Chapter 114
Chapter 114
Тhrее Gаtes eхist 300 kilоmеtеrs еast of Erindеl.
Оrdinary аdventurers саll this рlасе the ‘Thrеe-Forkеd Gаtes’ bесаusе thеre is а blue Gаte at еасh оf the threе forkеd paths.
“Leаdеr, can we just give uр nоw? How long are уоu planning to keeр this uр?”
How mаny timеs is this nоw аt just this Gаte?
Karel, whо belongеd tо bоth the Advеnturеr’s Аssociаtion of Аrcana and Аilеe’s Pаrtу, mutterеd with a displеased eхprеssiоn.
Karel, he was а Swordsmаn оf еxсeptiоnаl skill еven within the Аdventurеr’s Аssосiаtion.
Не рrided himsеlf оn wielding a sword better than most Knights.
“Karel, how long are you going to keep whining like that? Do you think you’re the only one? Huh? There are still a few days left until the Underground Arena Tournament starts, so let’s just keep checking until then, okay?”
“No, even so, this is too much. Sigh… Shouldn’t we have a drink, rest a bit before the tournament? If we get eliminated from the tournament due to poor condition, it’s not like you’ll take responsibility, Ailee.”
The Party Leader of Ailee’s Party, she, wore an expression that seemed to be getting gradually annoyed.
Tch.
She even thrust the Staff she was holding right in front of Karel’s eyes and spoke.
“Karel, if you’re going to keep grumbling, go back to the city alone or something. I don’t want to hear your whining.”
As the atmosphere grew heavy, the giant man who had been watching from behind stepped between them.
“Hahaha, getting bored so you two are fighting again? Stop it, both of you. Karel, you also agreed to find and defeat the Wolf King together at the Three-Forked Gates, so it’d be good if you stopped whining, right?”
“Tch. Taking Ailee’s side again this time, Drazeon?”
“Well, Ailee is our party’s leader, isn’t she? Honestly, I’m also a bit tired of seeing you whine. Hahaha!”
The giant man, about three times the size of an ordinary person, was Drazeon.
As he laughed heartily and acted nonchalantly, the tense atmosphere changed in an instant.
Ailee, Karel, and Drazeon.
These three were the strongest trio among the members of Ailee’s Party, which belonged to the Adventurer’s Association.
“Karel, anyway, I’m sorry for speaking too harshly. There are only a few days left, so try to hang in there a bit more, okay? Huh? Who knows, the Wolf King might appear.”
“Hoo… Alright.”
“Or are you too exhausted from continuously entering the Gates? Should I cast a heal on you?”
“It’s fine. Not to that extent.”
Ailee was a Mage, Karel a Swordsman, and Drazeon a Tanker; these three were an excellent combination for hunting Monsters in Gates.
As they were highly skilled even within the Adventurer’s Association, they could easily clear a place like the Three-Forked Gates.
“By the way, is it true that a Treasure Chest appears inside the Gate if we defeat the Wolf King? What if we defeat it after all this hard work and nothing comes out? What do we do then?”
Just when it seemed to have quieted down a bit, Karel suddenly recited in a voice that sounded aggrieved.
Then, Ailee let out a deep sigh and spoke.
“Ugh. Then there’s nothing we can do. What do you mean ‘what do we do’? Let’s go try the right Gate again now.”
“Hoo… Fine. I’m really bored out of my mind. How many days has it been already?”
Ailee’s Party had already repeated entering and exiting each of the Three-Forked Gates over twenty times.
Naturally, each time they entered, they defeated all the Monsters inside and waited about an hour at the end of the Dungeon for the Wolf King to appear.
After clearing the Gates several times a day like that, they would pitch a tent nearby and sleep.
Honestly, Ailee was also tired from repeating this routine for several days now.
‘But there are still a few days left… Even just because it would be a waste to have been here this long, I should see it through to the end.’
The Three-Forked Gates, 300 kilometers east of Erindel.
This place was somewhat famous among adventurers who traveled around conquering Gates across the world.
It was rare for three Gates to be densely clustered in a close area, and also because the hidden Monster ‘Wolf King’ randomly appeared in these Three-Forked Gates on a cycle of several months to several years.
‘If I kill the Wolf King, I should be able to get items of tremendous value as a reward. If that happens, I can even establish a guild…!’
Ailee was a figure with considerable standing even within the Adventurer’s Association.
Her party was strong enough to rank within the top 10 in the Adventurer’s Association.
However, she now wanted to leave the Adventurer’s Association and establish her own guild.
If she defeated the Wolf King and obtained the Treasure Chest, she should be able to secure at least the minimum funds needed to establish a guild.
“Alright, alright! Let’s go in now!”
Drazeon urged them on, patting Ailee and Karel on the back.
They moved their steps into the right Gate.
* * *
[Skill ‘Space-Time Leap’ has been used.]
Upon using the newly acquired 4th-grade Hidden Skill ‘Space-Time Leap’, Khan and Sharin arrived near the Three-Forked Gates in an instant.
“Is this the Three-Forked Gates, Master?”
“No, we need to walk a bit from here.”
“Ah, yes!”
What Khan and Sharin saw when they opened their eyes was a dense forest.
A forest with bumpy ground and lush trees all around.
It was the path Khan, Sharin, and Byutek had taken by Carriage when they came to Erindel.
‘Since the Space-Time Leap Skill only allows movement to places I have visited, this is the best option.’
For reference, the Cooldown for ‘Space-Time Leap’ was originally 10 hours, but for Khan, who possessed the ‘Sage’s Heart’, it was only one-tenth, or 1 hour.
[The Cooldown for Skill ‘Space-Time Leap’ has been reduced from 10 hours to 1 hour.]
He planned to visit all three Gates within today and gather all the Materials Eddy asked him to bring.
‘What Eddy asked me to get was definitely…’
Khan recalled the items Eddy said he needed.
100 Mana Stones and teeth from Wolfdogs, 100 Frost Spider Silk obtainable from Frost Spiders, and 100 Rock Lizard’s Claws.
‘This means I’ll have to defeat quite a lot of Monsters… but it should be fully possible within today.’
In other ordinary Gates, it would have been impossible to gather this many Materials from Monsters in one go.
However, the Three-Forked Gates that Khan and Sharin were heading to was a place with an incredible Monster Respawn rate.
‘From my memory, Wolfdogs were in the rightmost Gate of the three paths, Frost Spiders in the middle, and Rock Lizards in the left Gate… I’m not sure if my memory is correct.’
According to Khan’s memory, it seemed like about three hundred Monsters appeared per Gate.
Back when he played <Geo Arc>, the Three-Forked Gates was a somewhat popular Gate among Users.
The spawn rate of Monsters was high, the Experience Points were decently rewarding, and in one of the Three-Forked Gates, a hidden Monster called ‘Wolf King’ appeared randomly.
‘If you defeat the Wolf King, I heard you could even get Unique Rank items from the Treasure Chest that appears, if you’re lucky.’
He also thought he might encounter other adventurers hunting Monsters inside the Gates if he went to the Three-Forked Gates.
‘Or perhaps the adventurers here don’t even know that the Wolf King appears here yet.’
And in fact, the Monsters in the Three-Forked Gates—Wolfdogs, Frost Spiders, and Rock Lizards—these three were quite strong fellows.
The Level of a Wolfdog was 74, a Frost Spider was 73, and a Rock Lizard was 72; all three were higher Level than Khan.
‘But I have Sharin.’
Khan glanced sideways at her walking beside him.
“Master? Why? Is there something on my face?”
“It’s nothing.”
[LV.95 Genius Mage Sharin]
Even after continuously looking at the Level floating above her head, he couldn’t believe it.
‘Just by increasing Mana, how can her Level rise that much?’
If Khan’s Level also rose just by increasing Mana, his Level would have risen quite a bit more than it is now.
However, no matter how much Mana increased, Khan’s Level would absolutely not rise unless he gained a certain amount of Experience Points.
‘Times like this make me envy Sharin.’
Moreover, as Sharin’s Level rose, she probably became able to use Magics she couldn’t use before.
‘This time, I’ll have to properly rely on Sharin a bit.’
Since Khan had helped Sharin a lot until now, it was time to receive help from her.
In a way, it was Khan who raised her, so wouldn’t it be okay to ask for something like Auto Hunt?
Of course, as a Master, he had dignity, so he couldn’t outright say the words ‘Auto Hunt’.
That’s why Khan had spoken to Sharin in advance.
Coincidentally, Sharin, perhaps wanting to continue the conversation a bit more with Khan, opened her mouth.
“Hoo… I’m a bit nervous, Master. You’ve never given me proper magic guidance even once, right? That’s why I thought maybe I didn’t have Talent for magic. But I’ve finally received a bit of recognition from Master and will get magic guidance, hehe.”
“……Sharin, as I said before, from the moment I first saw you, I called you a genius. The fact that you are a genius hasn’t changed.”
“But… I’m still far from becoming like you, Master. No, actually, no matter how hard I try my whole life, I won’t be able to become like you, Master.”
“…That’s why you should strive even harder. I plan to absolutely not intervene in the Gates we’ll enter today, so stay sharp.”
“Ah, yes! Understood! I’ll really do my best!”
Khan looked at Sharin, clenching her small fist and burning with motivation, and made a dumbfounded expression inwardly.
‘If you have no Talent… then what on earth am I?’
Honestly, Khan wasn’t confident he could win if he fought Sharin One-on-One.
She was truly an incredible genius, and simply in terms of Mana Capacity alone, she probably had ten times… no, almost twenty times more Mana than Khan.
And so, Khan and Sharin walked for about ten minutes and arrived at the three-forked path.
The Three-Forked Gates was literally a three-forked path.
The difference from an ordinary path was that the paths weren’t connected and a blue Gate was firmly positioned there.
‘I don’t sense any particular presence around. Do the adventurers of this world not know yet that the hidden Monster Wolf King appears here?’
Anyway, it didn’t matter.
In fact, if there were no people, it would be easier to gather the Quest Materials.
‘I might encounter someone inside the Gates, though.’
It would be fortunate if they didn’t pick a fight for no reason.
Khan moved his steps toward the left Gate and opened his mouth.
“Let’s enter the left Gate first, Sharin.”
“Yes!”
Khan and Sharin entered the Gate.
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