Chapter 10
The hunt for the dark elf chief was smooth . So far . . .
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“Heal!”
The two warriors, Carl and Crawford, blocked the dark elf chief .
“These humans dare—!” The dark elf chief cornered the two warriors with his unique sharp movements .
Len fired an arrow at the chief . “Power Shot!”
At this moment, Tang-E showed himself in the corner . There was a tiny stone held in Tang-E’s hand . He threw the stone toward Len’s shoulder . Len was hit by the stone, making his aim go a bit off . The result was disastrous .
“Kuaack!”
He pierced the dark elf’s shoulder, not his blade . Then the dark elf chief’s dagger pierced Carl’s neck as the sword struck him in the shoulder . Len realized that something was strange and yelled at Crawford, “Get out! Run away!”
‘Now . ’
“Where are you going? You should die here . ” There was a person who blocked their retreat with a cheerful smile . It was Hyeonu .
“W . . . Why?”
“Why? If you are planning to hit someone in the back, then you should know if you can beat them . Yet you didn’t know this?”
“Step aside! Why do you mean by hitting someone in the back?”
“What about ‘Let’s catch the chief and pretend to kill him by mistake . Our good intentions became twisted’? Wasn’t that what you said?”
“ . . . Then?” Len realized the truth and fell into despair .
The fish caught in the net wasn’t Hyeonu, who was standing before them, but themselves .
“It is as you are thinking . It is you, not me . ”
It was a terribly chilling truth . Len pulled out a dagger and charged toward Hyeonu . He only fired arrows from a distance and couldn’t compete in close combat with Hyeonu . Len could be killed in a single attack . Yet it didn’t happen . Hyeonu wanted to create an indelible memory for Len .
‘Don’t do this again . ’
He wanted to completely trample on this person .
Team Holic’s leader, Len, died . He died with a body entirely covered with wounds .
‘He probably won’t do this again . ’
“Human!!” Now there was only the chief left .
“Tang-E, buff!”
“Forest’s Blessing . Bear's Momentum . ”
The real battle was starting now . The dark elf chief’s movements were swift, but they were simple . Hyeonu reacted decisively to every action . This was the end . The dark elf chief lost to Hyeonu even though he normally abused level 50 players who had priest’s buffs applied . Additionally, it was too one-sided .
The dark elf chief was helpless . He didn’t succeed with even one attack . It was blocked by Hyeonu every time . In the end, Hyeonu cut into the dark elf chief’s abdomen . It wasn’t a deep wound, but it was enough to limit his movements .
“A human at most . . . ”
“At most . . . It is sad . Do you know? Hey~ you’re going to die today because of a human . ” Hyeonu showed off his distinctive stance of a sword on his shoulder and accepted the chief’s words .
Hyeonu’s provocation worked well . The dark elf chief ignored the wound in his abdomen and ran forward . The chieftain’s attacks were significantly slower than they were before . It was as if he were moving through water .
Hyeonu couldn’t be affected by these types of attacks . He used exquisite movements to dodge the dark elf chief . Simultaneously, Hyeonu’s longsword moved . Tok . The arm holding a dagger fell to the ground .
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“Grrrr . . . ” The dark elf chief groaned from the pain of his arm being cut off . No, he tried to do so . However, his neck had already been cut .
[The dark elf chief has been killed . ]
[Experience has been acquired . ]
[You have leveled up . ]
[All health and magic power have been restored . ]
[You have leveled up . ]
[All health and magic power have been restored . ]
‘Two levels . . . good . ’
Tang-E jumped onto Hyeonu's shoulder . Then he did a high-five with Hyeonu . It was a ceremony of triumph . Hyeonu’s big picture was a success .
“Uhahaha!”
“Three inventories . ”
The result of the big picture was gorgeous . After all, they were professional PK criminals . The penalty resulted in them dropping a lot of expensive equipment . Unfortunately, the priest wasn’t a murderer, so only a few miscellaneous items were dropped .
‘Isn’t it quite profitable?’
Rare items in the level 50 range were worth at least hundreds of thousands of won, no matter how bad they were . If a popular effect was attached, then it could easily exceed one million won .
‘I’d love it if all of their items dropped . ’
Hyeonu checked each item . There weren’t any expensive items apart from the rare items .
“Eh? What is this wealth?”
Then a fairly good item came from Len’s inventory .
“A random rare skill book?”
Random rare skill book—Hyeonu had seen it a few times . This item gave a rare rated skill . It was naturally expensive, very much so .
‘Should I sell it?’
Hyeonu struggled while holding the skill book in his hand . Should he make money by selling the skill book or use it to possibly get a bigger jackpot?
“I’ll go to town first and think about it later . ”
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“Did you sell it?” Yeongchan asked Hyeonu who was scouring his laptop .
“Yes, I’ll sell it soon . I only need to subtract the fee of 500 . ”
“You were lucky . How did you meet those guys?”
Hyeonu explained the situation roughly . It was the story of the people who tried to take Hyeonu’s items . Yeongchan thought it was ridiculous when he heard it . They had picked the wrong target . They didn’t aim for anyone else; they aimed for Gang Hyeonu .
‘Trying to catch a madman . . . Their luck was lousy . ’ Yeongchan expressed his condolences for those who reached an obvious end .
“Did you shoot a video?”
“A video? I took it . ”
“Then pass it to me . ”
He would do something for Hyeonu . Yeongchan received the video Hyeonu had stored on his laptop . Hyeonu disappeared into the cube, and Yeongchan remained alone in the living room .
“This person is a bit lacking, and this one can’t be contacted . Shall I raise the price a little bit?”
Yeongchan was looking for someone to make a video of Hyeonu . The thing Hyeonu needed now was publicity . He needed to raise awareness of Hyeonu before his streaming debut . Yeongchan decided to edit some of Hyeonu’s gaming videos into a movie . It was the original video from before Hyeonu even opened his mouth . There was nothing more to desire if great editing techniques were added . It was a jackpot .
‘A jackpot, naturally . ’
“Ah, found it . ”
One person’s name and contact information appeared on Yeongchan’s laptop .
[Ellis Movies]
[Field: Arena video editing expert .
Career: #1 in the video category of the month for Arena World . Arena Maker of the Year . ]
“It is expensive but . . . ’
Three million won—some people might think it was too much money spent for editing a video that was only 30 minutes . However, the value of this money . . . It was not expensive at all considering the value it would bring . Additionally, Ellis Movies was the top among such movie makers . It was a name Yeongchan would never have known if he hadn’t been introduced by an acquaintance . The flaw of the job was that there were more conditions aside from money, but Yeongchan believed that Hyeonu’s video would suffice .
“It is worth it . ”
Ellis—among the Arena video makers, he was known as a ghost . He selected the appropriate BGM and edited it frame-by-frame . Sometimes, he stole their vision like a ghost by using a change in color . Ellis hadn’t originally planned to be an Arena movie maker . His dream was to be the director of a big blockbuster or a graphic designer who implemented virtual reality games .
In other words, he wanted to be great . Yet reality was grim, and the path he found was Arena . From the moment he stepped into this world, he ran on the road to success . It was to the point where he felt that this had always been his vocation . One day, he had been editing Arena videos like a squirrel when he had a thought . ‘This is the life I dreamed of . ’
From then on, Ellis’ heart removed everything else, and he only touched videos .
“This is crap . This as well . Can PK be done like this? It is clearly just hitting for money . ”
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Ellis sorted out his mail which as usual was piled up today . He couldn’t watch all the footage in detail, so he only watched the opening minute .
“Umm . . . What is this video?”
His hands stopped pressing the delete button after a while . He saw a video he liked . The combat style of the man in the video was terribly tidy . It was a fighting style Ellis had never seen before . No, he had seen it once in the past . That’s right, it was in meleegod’s videos .
“Yeongchan? Michael introduced him the other day . . . ”
‘Yet this isn’t him?’
Ellis’ thoughts didn’t last long . He was immersed in Hyeonu’s video . It was a video with no editing, but it was very immersive . Ellis’ motivation sparked after a long time .
“From today on, I will be this person’s fan . ”
‘I’ll do it for him unquestionably!’
The video of this person catching the PK group in reverse was enough . The man’s combat style in the video was full of star power . It only needed the addition of his editing .
‘This is a jackpot . ’
Ellis immediately started the editing . He simply couldn’t stand it . It was the first time there was a video that evoked his desire for editing .
“Put this in the background here and zoom in like this! Good! Perfect!”
Ellis’ hands became busy . Then Hyeonu’s video started changing rapidly . This was the moment when Ellis became Hyeonu’s exclusive video editor .
‘What should I do . . . ’
Hyeonu was sitting in a corner of the village . He was feeling troubled . The random rare skill book was something he was reluctant to give up even though it might be useless . He didn’t think he would get a good skill if he used it, but he was hesitant to sell it . The price was expensive, but if a useful skill for Hyeonu came out, then it would be very valuable for the future .
At this time, Tang-E approached the struggling Hyeonu .
“Master dude . What are you thinking about?” Tang-E asked with his distinctive ears wriggling .
Hyeonu confided his concerns to Tang-E as he wanted to ask someone for advice . “I have a piece of land . However, it is a land that isn’t cleared . In other words, I don’t know what the results will be if I plant anything in it . ”
“So?”
“I’m wondering if I should sell this land or clear it to build a farm . ”
The moment Hyeonu’s story was over, Tang-E said, “What will you do if you sell the land?”
Hyeonu paused for a moment before replying, “Huh? I will do farming?”
“Then why sell? Do you have no money?”
‘Why do I want to sell this when they already gave me money?’
Hyeonu opened the skill book as soon as he realized this . He used the skill book .
[You have used the rare random skill book . ]
[A skill has been created . ]
[You and I in One Shot!]
[You and I in one shot . A blow with soul!
Type: Continuous
Rating: Rare
Skill Proficiency: F
Ignores 10% of the opponent’s defense . ]
The result of the gamble was a jackpot . This was truly amazing . It had an effect that would only be seen in high-level unique items . 10% defense penetration literally meant ignoring 10% of their armor and defensive skills . It was difficult to show the efficiency at Hyeonu’s level because the player’s attack power was relatively high while the monsters didn’t have much defense .
However, the efficiency was different as the level progressed . Thus, it was a big hit . After all, Hyeonu’s goal wasn’t to be a mediocre player .
Hyeonu got rid of all the system messages and picked up Tang-E . Then he started spinning around . It was an expression of Hyeonu’s joy while it was close to torture for Tang-E .
“Damn Master dude!! Put me down!!!”
“Thank you! Thank you!!”
A video was uploaded onto Arena World the moment Hyeonu hit the jackpot with the random skill book .
[PK Bugs Catching Video . avi]
People’s reactions were intense . In particular, those who suffered from vicious PK criminals at a low level were cheerful .
-Milk Drinking Yuljae: I was also hit by those guys before . It is exhilarating .
-Power Muscle King: If I meet them, I'll slice at them first .
-High-quality Watch: They were hit in the big picture .
-Unexpected Death when Touched: By the way, why go to the dark elf boss they can’t even catch?
-Sleeping Daoist: The 1 . 5L shot of cider feels refreshing . Recommended!
-Thailand Opha: Is this an Ellis movie? No wonder why the quality is different .
“Good, good . ”
There were 150,000 views . Yeongchan was pleased with the community’s response . It seemed that uploading a few more videos would be sufficient publicity . He uploaded it to his channel, so he was sure the number of views would go up .
“It isn’t a waste of money . I think they made it slightly cheap . ”
Yeongchan also liked the post-edited video . Above all, this was an amazing Ellis movie . Yet somehow, the price was very cheap . It was an unbelievable amount of money for the industry’s top expert .
“Well, this means that he likes Hyeonu . ”
Yeongchan felt it might be okay to move to the next stage .
‘Plan: Make Gang Hyeonu a star . Subtitle: Return of the gold spoon . ’
It was starting now .