Published at 21st of November 2020 06:17:13 PM
Chapter 1: 1
“Hoo . ”
The 15th in the official power rankings of the virtual reality game Athens, the black wizard Ali, has reached the summit of the Berest [1] Mountains .
‘It took me two months just to find this thousand-year-old ginseng . ’
The thousand-year-old ginseng is a rare medicinal item that increases your magical power by 1 . 5 times permanently upon consumption and is considered to be worth 200 million won in cash .
It is well-known that the higher the level of the player, the harder it is to raise the mana [2] reserve . Hence, the thousand-year-old ginseng is considered to be the best item for this drawback in the game .
‘I can go and exceed the limits of the game . ’
Ali can’t help but hook up the corners of his mouth . [3]
He reached his destination shortly but Ali’s face distorted .
“Huh, it’s not here…?!”
He has no other choice but to be shocked . There are obvious traces that someone has taken the thousand-year-old ginseng .
‘Who the hell took it…?!’
Did someone receive a duplicate quest?
No, completing this quest is impossible if you’re not a high ranker .
Ali scratched the thought from his mind and approached it objectively .
‘Perhaps he’s still in the vicinity’
I’ve spent 2 months just to get it .
A blue light came out of Ali’s hands .
[Tracking Magic Activated]
Once this tracking magic is used you can easily find the item if it is within 1km from its origin .
Ding!
[Target is within 300m radius]
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[Commencing tracking]
An arrow slowly floated in front of him .
‘Even if I have to PK [4], I have to get it at all costs!’
Ali chased the arrow quickly . After following the arrow for 100m, a small cave appeared in front of him .
Whoosh!
[Hellfire]
[A huge fire from hell has been created . ]
As expected from an 8th class magician, he summoned a huge fireball in front of him in case of an emergency since he doesn’t know anything about the situation ahead .
He slowly walked inside the cave . As he went further inside, Ali smelt something enticing .
This smells familiar .
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‘This…’
Since he is a Korean user, he can tell what it smells like, it smells like samgyetang [5] .
As he went further inside, Ali was shocked with what he saw . In front of him was a man, a fire and a big cauldron .
“Samgyetang should really have actual ginseng in it . ”
“H-hey…”
Ali’s voice trembled as the man with a neat, black hairstyle turned around .
Ali didn’t want to believe .
“T-that’s not the thousand-year-old ginseng, right?”
The thousand-year-old ginseng… Gone .
Special items lose their effectiveness the moment they get split or cut, and the system even prevents others from sharing .
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If you’re not an idiot and you’re a user of Athens, you should definitely know that .
“Yeah?”
The man spoke slowly while cramming the food in his mouth as if someone would take it away from him .
“A th… thousand-year-old ginseng, which bastard will cook a thousand-year-old ginseng and put it in a samgyetang?!”
“Here . ”
The man answered calmly .
[1] 베레스트 : This is the name of the mountain . It can either be Verest or Berest .
[2] Mana : or magic, is the energy used to cast spells in games .
[3] Hook up the corners of his mouth : smile a bit, smirk
[4] PK : Player Kill, destroying or killing an opponent in a game .
[5] samgyetang : a soup with chicken stuffed with ginseng, garlic and jujube . Read more HERE