Gathering
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In the past, the other villages around Morata were devastated from waves of monsters. In the streets piled up with snow, around the buildings with patched up ceilings, many people were gathering around. The thing that captivated everyone’s attention was the glorious statue!
“So Morata is somewhere around here.”
“That’s the place with the Tower of Light!”
“People can’t come to the Northern area without hearing about it at least once.”
“I like how there’s a lot of good monsters to hunt too.”
The number of tourists visiting Morata increased exponentially each day.
“Looking to hunt over at the hills!”
“Going to rescue the fire wizards from the insects in the cave.”
“The name of the quest is ‘Lisa’s Handkerchief’. You can get a high quality handkerchief as the reward for finishing it.”
“Buying food! Is there anyone selling food that lasts longer than a week?”
The vacant lot in the center of Morata village was in an uproar.
Ever since the ice melted in the North, hundreds of thousands of travelers from the central continent moved over. Some of them came to Morata.
Morata was one of the most important geographically positioned paths to the rest of the Northern Continent.
Still, no one expected that such a large crowd of travelers would come.
Moreover, they did not expect to be able to use the town as a base when they were hunting.
The Tower of Light had changed everything.
Wonderful sculptures!
Women were the first people to come and see the beautiful Tower of Light.
“So pretty!”
“I almost feel like I would have regretted it if I didn’t come here.”
They had seen the video, but standing directly on top of the rocky mountain in front of the light choreography was an experience of a lifetime that one would never forget.
It was impressive to see it shining in the moonlight until the sun rose over the plains.
“So this is the sculpture.”
“Even if the class’s attack power is quite low, it’s amazing they can make something like this.”
“I know. There are a number of pieces like this on the Versailles continent.”
Over time the popularity of sculptors grew.
Most of the tourists that came to the rocky mountain was due to the Tower of Light.
There were still a lot of female users, but there were a lot of males as well.
There were couples everywhere!
These men were forced to visit by the women, but there were some classes that visited for more practical reasons.
The life-or-death hunting.
However, less than 10% of the entire Versailles continent actually hunted to this extent.
“Health, Mana and Stamina regeneration are all increased so we can hunt monsters without taking as many breaks.”
“It’s thanks to the Tower of Light that the hunting time has sped up so much.”
“Increased elemental? Have you seen the Tower of Light?”
“Looking for a cleric that has visited the Tower of Light last night!”
The dance of lights.
The effects of the statue eased and hastened hunting.
They wanted to hunt but didn’t want to leave the proximity of Morata Village.
The statue was the symbol of Morata Village!
Because of the advantages of the sculpture they were forced to stay around the village.
The church of Freya was also affected.
The priests and paladins were readily available if one wanted to receive blessings or dispels.
Morata was the only village at the center of the Northern Continent with a church.
As the number of tourists steadily increased, the effects of the statue will continue to develop the amount of quests and hunting grounds.
Weed could not watch over it for long.
Time was approaching for him to go to the Vampire Kingdom of Todeum.
“Call Vampire Lord Tori!”
“You have called me.”
Tori was dressed in black clothing as well as a black cloak.
A handsome pale face!
He was tall and overflowing with grace.
Weed looked over him with his eyes.
“It seems that you have grown since you no longer call me master.”
“Well I mean, in four more days, I’ll be free.”
Vampire Kingdom Todeum!
Only three days left until it was time to go there.
Weed did not forget to remind Tori about the last three years he had him for.
“The last three days can feel longer than the last three years. In the course of the last three days, it wouldn’t harm you to say it.”
“...”
“Hey, tell me more about Todeum.”
Weed wanted to gather more detailed information about Todeum.
“Todeum is our Holy Land. Every three months we get together and celebrate.”
“Celebrate?”
“Yes. The nobility of the night get together and celebrate our eternal lives with blood.”
“What else?”
“Compared to the crude and childish technology of human civilization, the nobility of the night have cities boasting a long history.”
Tori had a tremendous amount of pride and self-esteem for Todeum.
Weed judged.
‘Vampire Lord Tori grew up there so he’s probably embellishing it a bit.’
If it takes a considerable amount of effort to go somewhere then you can expect to be something special there.
It was true for the prestigious kingdom of the dwarves and the kingdom of the elves.
In the kingdom of the dwarves, the bellows and the hammering never ceased.
Elves were aligned with nature so they planted lots of trees and flowers.
Vampires were the nobles of the night so you could seem to expect luxurious and fashionable lifestyles.
‘In addition, this is an exclusive opportunity to get quests and hunting grounds that nobody else have been to before.’
According to Vampire Lord Tori, Todeum was a place that humans haven't been to in the past and will not be able to go to in the future.
So it was only available for Weed!
The number of quests in Morata increased but there were too many tourists. Even for a simple quest, there was a lot of competition.
It was hard to have a monopoly on a hunting ground. It’ll be easier to find people to party and go hunt monsters.
Even though it was worth it to hunt in Morata, it did not even cross Weed’s mind. He could not ignore the doubled experience and benefits of hunting for one week.
Weed wanted more information.
“You can only take a few people, can’t you?”
“It depends on the situation.”
“Situation?”
“Yes. I recall that I have a total of 200,000 bats to take with me to Todeum. It takes about 200 to take a human so I can only take 1000. But if you’re bringing stuff with you then we would have to reduce the number of humans.”
“Is there any limit to the number of people that can go to Todeum?”
“As long as the human being is prepared for death.”
“And what if you die?”
“Anyone that dies in the kingdom of the night is banished to the world of men.”
That meant that there was a significant penalty of dying once since they would not be allowed to respawn in the nearest city but rather expelled from the kingdom.
‘This is going to be very dangerous.’
Weed frowned.
It was not uncommon for people to die in the middle of a quest or hunting. This is because there are others that have already experienced it the first time.
In other words, that was the risk of hunting somewhere this rare since he could die since he didn’t know about the hunting grounds or quests.
Nervous because of not knowing what there was to come!
The situation was unpredictable.
To make matters worse, he couldn’t take along the Wyverns or Geumini. They wouldn’t be able to come back since, when they died, they had no way of reviving.
‘Safety first. It would be crazy to hunt without gathering information. Doing it alone will be difficult. I need to get my most trusted companions.’
Weed sent Pale and three others a whisper.
- Would you like to take the risk of going to Todeum with me?
***
After Pale received Weed’s whisper, he asked the others for their opinion.
“The Kingdom of Vampires Todeum. It’s still an undisclosed location so we don’t know how dangerous it is. Weed is trying to find people to go with him and I’m going with him, so what does everyone want to do?”
Currently Pale has the position of leader and this adventure had a significantly high probability of death so he had to see what his companions thought.
Considering what he had said, Maylon answered.
“I want to go.”
Since they were lovers it was no surprise that she was going with him. In addition, whenever Weed went on an adventure there were opportunities to be had.
‘This time we’re fighting under pretty high stakes.’
Maylon had gone hunting with Weed a few times, but she had never truly gone on an adventure or quest with him.
Surka nervously asked Romuna.
"Unnie, are you going?"
“Yes, of course. Won’t the vampire kingdom be very beautiful? It seems to be worth it. Come on, what do you say?”
“I wanna go with you. It’s my duty as a priest to go along.”
Romuna and Surka were vampire fanatics.
When they were young, they were mesmerized by vampire movies.
Pointed fangs!
Black cloaks!
The girls were even fond of the little bloodsucking vampire bats.
Now only Yurin, Hwaryeong, and Zephyr were the only three left to make a decison, as well as Seechwi.
Of course, Zephyr was going along loyally.
“I’m going. Hwaryeong, what are you going to do?”
She already made her decision to go along the very moment Pale mentioned Weed. She wanted to go with him for the Northern Expedition but unfortunately he had refused.
“I’ll be there.”
Now the party turned their attention towards Yurin and Seechwi.
In this case, it would be very dangerous for Yurin since she was very weak.
“I’ll go.”
Yurin wanted to go to Todeum with Weed.
“Chwiik, I’m going too.”
Seechwi decided to go.
It was an Orc’s nature to fight, even if the damage was insignificant.
For a monster, it seemed appropriate to go to dangerous places!
‘But...this time I’m going to get to kill something for sure.’
Seechwi had sorrowfully been a member of their party a few times. Pale’s party was mainly comprised of young people so she seemed to be an old maid.
The generation gap!
Irene and Surka treated the elderly warmly so that made the sorrow even wors