“Phew, they are persistent bastards.”
Sand fell from his head as he shook it. The thieves who he met in the swamp were so persistent that it was scary. Usually chaotic users would only chase for a maximum of 1 hour but these guys stuck to him like leeches. The 70 people separated and searched so it wasn’t easy to escape them.
‘In addition, their chasing abilities are just as good as JusticeMan and the rehabilitation brothers.”
He also didn’t know how 70 of them managed to be gathered. It had been 1 year since New World opened and most people had formed groups by now. Many guilds were made from the beginning and a lot of users stayed with the people the met in the early days. These days, the recent trend in New World was to form groups or clubs instead of guilds. In the case of such groups or clubs, they didn’t have the organizational skills of a guild.
‘If this was a survival game then there would clearly be a military club’
This gathering showed a strong organizational ability. The military club was those that would enjoy playing mock combat survival games in the mountains. In addition, their physical bodies were comparable with their level and combat abilities. With these characteristics, the thieves ran after Ark tightly.
“That’s because it is Ark-nim.”
Buksil also dropped down onto the sand and whined.
“If you just ran away then they wouldn’t have followed you. But you killed their leader and grabbed an item so now they want to pursue you no matter what.”
“Weren’t you the ones you brought them?”
Anyway, it was a bit annoying but there was an unexpected benefit.”
-Burikand’s Combat Helmet (Rare)
Armour type: Shell Helmet
Defense: 80
Durability: 90/90
Weight: 60
User restriction: Level 200
The combat helmet of Burikand, the leader of a mercenary group. In the past, Burikand was a mercenary who defeated a legendary monster and made a helmet from its shell. Thanks to its attribute, it tolerates magic. If it suffers damage then the durability will gradually recover over time.
Option: Magic Resistance +10%, Strength +20, Stamina +10.
Special Option: Even if durability is damaged, it will automatically recover.
This was the helmet that Jepeteu had dropped. In fact, Ark didn’t have huge expectations when he picked up the helmet. A chaotic player had a 100% chance of dropping an item when they died. So it was common sense that chaotic users would wear trivial equipment. But the reason that Ark had taken the risk to kill Jepeteu was because he expected the leader of the bandit group to wear a magic item.
‘Yet he dropped a rare item!’
Rare items were incredibly good but scarce items. It was enough compensation for risking his life. Thanks to Radun and Baekgu carrying them, they managed to arrive at Haman Fortress before the group caught him.
‘Huhuhu, now I can say goodbye to those guys.’
Of course, most of them were normal users except for Jepeteu. There were no restrictions on entering the city but they couldn’t follow him to Haman Fortress. Although they couldn’t attack inside the city, the 70 people could watch the entrance and wait for an opportunity.
‘But I have no more business in Seutandal.’
That’s right. Ark had finished all his business in Seutandal. He had found all his pets and also changed to his 2nd profession. He might as well leave Seutandal and return to the continent. Then the 70 thieves in the vicinity couldn’t act.
“Come, let’s cross to the continent before those guys bother us.”
“Are we returning to Schudenberg Kingdom?”
“No, this time the destination is the magic kingdom of Bristania.”
Ark laughed at Buksil’s question and replied. Ark chose Bristania as his next destination because of the quest item he received. It was the Lord of Darkness Valderas’ Insignia which gave him the quest. He had completed 3~4 quests during that time and this was the only one remaining.
‘The quest is restricted to level 120 so the reward might not be that great…..’
Yet he didn’t like the idea of giving up a quest reward. A low level quest given from a quest starting item might give him a special item. Who knew what kind of compensation he would get or if it would lead him to a new quest?
“Anyway, I’ve explored almost all of Schudenberg and Seutandal now. Even without a quest, it would be good to explore a new area. Although I can accept quests from the same area, Bristania would give more difficult quests to users from different kingdoms.”
Ark already felt anticipation at the thought of a new kingdom and quests. Then Buksil asked with a worried look.
“Don’t tell me we’re going to ride the dolphins?”
“Why?
“Why? Seutandal is 4 hours away from Schudenberg but it will take 7 hours to reach Bristania. Riding a dolphin for that long would throw out my lower back! Ark-nim can ride the dolphins. And I will ride the ferry with Baekgu.”
“Who will take the dolphin? I’ll ride the regular ferry.”
“Huh? Why?”
Buksil’s eyes widened at Ark’s reply. The ferry to Bristania was more expensive than the Schudenberg one and cost 18 gold! However, Ark who feared wasting even one gold was expectedly riding the ferry. But Ark couldn’t help it this time. The sea route between Seutandal and Bristania was quite rough. The last time he visited the vampire estates, he received motion sickness. What would happen if he rode the dolphin on waves that were several metres high? In addition, Ark had never been to Bristania. Without geographic information about Bristania, it was likely that he would wander off to some ridiculous place.
‘Well, that isn’t the only reason…..’
“Anyway, we’re going on the ferry. There’s still some time before the ferry will arrive so I’m going to make some preparations. You have some time so go visit a few places.”
“Yes. Let’s go Baekgu.”
Buksil headed to the shopping district with Baekgu. Buksil’s bag was basically bursting with japtem. He hadn’t visited Haman Fortress since they headed for Oberium from the vampire territory. So it was packed with the decorations he took from Racard’s castle, the cursed items from Oberium, the various miscellaneous items he received from hunting the Mould Zombies and the various food ingredients. Except for the curse items and food ingredients, he needed to sell the other items in order to clear some bag space. While Buksil was conducting business, Ark headed to Haman Fortress. It had been one and a half month since he visited Haman. The fortress had changed unimaginably and was still changing. Ark aimed for the trading post he completed shortly before leaving. But in contrast to the remarkable development of the fortress, the atmosphere was a little messy.
“The pirates have been attacking merchant ships so the atmosphere is a bit rough. A merchant fleet was attacked last time and there were a large number of casualties.”
Beseutyu spoke in a concerned voice. These days the pirates