Chapter 11
Kale, head of sales at Nike Management, was hard at work today as well . His job was to excavate raw gemstones . His hands were busy wandering around the Arena communities . This only lasted a moment though as Kale didn’t see anything he liked .
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“Is it a waste of time again today . . . ”
At this moment, an article caught Kale’s eyes .
[PK Bugs Catching Video . avi]
“Ohu? Isn’t this interesting?”
Thinking it was the video of a ranker or high-level player catching low-level professional PK players, Kale played the video to relieve his stress during the interlude .
“Eh?”
His prediction was off the mark . The high-level player wasn’t the main character . No matter how he looked, the low-level player was the main character .
‘Isn’t this story interesting?’
Up to now, Kale thought it was just a pretty interesting video . Nothing in the video seemed special . It was a player who could be seen anywhere .
“Eh? What else is left?”
Kale thought the video would end with the PK players dying to the dark elf chief . However, there was a reversal . The protagonist of the video, thought to be a low-level player, destroyed the dark elf chief .
“This . . . amazing!!”
‘He is a friend worth signing up . ’
It didn’t matter if the man had a high or low level . Just being able to show this play was enough . It was rare for players to create such a story on the fly .
“Channel Argon? I’ll have to contact it . ”
The source of the video was ‘Argon’, Yeongchan’s streaming channel . Kale was busy moving his hands as he wrote a message to the first gem he had found after a long time .
[To: Argon]
[Hello, Argon .
I am Kale Brown and I’m the head of sales at Nike Management .
Our Nike Management is a management agency created by Nike, a company everyone knows, to watch only Arena .
(Omitted) .
The reason I’m sending this email is no different . It is because I want to bring the main character of the video [PK Bugs Catching Video . avi] to Nike Management .
Please carefully consider it and contact me at the below number at your convenience .
Contact: 010-XXXX-XXXX
Email: [email protected]]
“Will I get a reply in one week?”
Kale was certain that a positive answer would come . It was Nike who made the suggestion, not some other company . This was a natural confidence .
“By the way, why is he dressed like that? Are the options really good? Or is he just confident in his face?” Kale muttered while sipping his Americano .
While Kale was sending an email to Yeongchan, Hyeonu left for a new hunting ground . It wasn't bad to keep catching the dark elves . He had only reached the tip of the iceberg here . However, he didn’t know what would happen if he kept staying here . Thus, he left .
The Meadow Wolf Tribe—they were the orcs who ruled the north side of the Black Forest . The orcs of the Meadow Wolf Tribe were monsters that were at least 10 levels higher than the dark elves . Hyeonu was hunting these orcs with the help of Tang-E’s buffs .
[A Meadow Wolf Orc has been killed . ]
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[Experience has been acquired . ]
“Master dude . Let’s take a break . ”
“I will level up if I catch one more . Let’s catch one more . ”
“How many times have you said that?! It has been more than five times . Five times!” Tang-E angrily stretched out a palm . He seemed to be trying to express the number ‘five’ .
“I understand . Then we will take a five-minute break . ”
Hyeonu checked his status window during the break . It was to distribute the remaining stat points gained from leveling up .
[Status Window]
[Character Name: Gang Hyeonu
Level: 24
Class: Warrior
Title: Warrior Acknowledged by Khan .
Stats: Strength: 55 (+68) Agility: 50 (+28) Physique: 40 (+50) Magic Power: 30
Remaining stat points: 5]
‘The level up speed is really fast . ’
If there was one difference from the past, this was it—the leveling up process . In the past, items weren’t good, and there was no information . It was because Hyeonu had been the top player . Now, it was different . There were many things he could enjoy as a latecomer . He would use all of them to catch up as quickly as possible .
‘I’ll catch up soon . ’
Hyeonu also confirmed Tang-E’s status window .
[Status Window]
[Name: Tang-E
Level: 15
Species: Marionette Bear
Title: Bung Bung Island’s Heir
Stats: Strength: 35 Agility: 35 Physique: 50 Magic Power: 90
The heir of Bung Bung Island . Bear-like physical abilities and high magic power are racial characteristics . He is very affectionate, unlike his prideful tone .
Intimacy: 15
Skills Possessed: Bear’s Momentum, Forest’s Blessing]
‘This is definitely a unique pet . ’
The criteria for figuring out the rating of pets was the increase in stats per level . Players gave a rating based on their own standards .
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[Uncommon: ~3–5
Rare: ~6–7
Unique: ~8–10]
Tang-E was the highest-rated unique pet by these standards . He gained two strength, agility, and physique, as well as four magic power, per level .
‘His buffs are above average and I’ll be tanking later, so this is perfect . ’
“A lucky charm . A lucky charm . ”
“Ugh! Master dude, don’t do this . ”
Hyeonu was stroking Tang-E’s two ears as he lay comfortably .
“The break time is over . ”
The orcs of the Meadow Wolf Tribe were powerful . Most players hunted one in a four-player party . Meanwhile, Hyeonu was different . It was even possible for him to compete against three at the same time . Just like right now .
“Human!! Chwiik! Strong . ”
“Human, sword warrior who has tasted the joys and sorrows of life . Chwiik!”
Just five minutes ago, the meadow orcs had expected to eat tender human meat . There was only one human, so they had been wondering how to divide the meat between themselves . They had no idea that they would be killed .
“Tang-E! Buff!”
“I understand . Master dude!”
A green beam emerged from Tang-E’s hands . It was Forest’s Blessing . The shape of a bear came to life behind Hyeonu’s back . This was Bear’s Momentum . There were also additional effects when Tang-E’s two skills ranked up . It was no wonder that the buff effects improved .
[Bear’s Momentum]
[-Gives a bear-like strength and physique .
Type: Buff
Rating: Rare
Skill Proficiency: F+
Increases the target’s strength and physique by 10% for 6 minutes .
Skill Cooldown Time: 1 minute . ]
[Forest’s Blessing]
[-Grants the vitality of the forest .
Type: Buff
Rating: Rare
Skill Proficiency: F+
-Increases the target’s defense by 10% and restores health by 0 . 15% per second for 6 minutes .
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Skill Cooldown Time: 1 minute . ]
Hyeonu became powerful the moment he received Tang-E’s buffs . This power was close to a disaster for the meadow orcs . In the blink of an eye, Hyeonu dug through three meadow orcs . So far, he hadn’t been able to penetrate the thin leather armor and thick muscles of the orcs .
‘This time is different!’
Now it was different . He instantly used Bash and Heavy Blow to maximize the power of his longsword . Then there was a subsequent side-cut! This one attack was a critical hit to the orcs . The battle ended in such a vain and unbelievable manner that it was like Hyeonu was joking around .
[A meadow wolf tribe orc has been killed . ]
[Experience has been acquired . ]
[Experience has been acquired . ]
[Experience has been acquired . ]
[You have leveled up . ]
[All health and magic power have been restored . ]
[The skill proficiency of Weapons Mastery has increased to F+ . ]
[The skill proficiency of Bash has increased to F+ . ]
[The skill proficiency of Heavy Blow has increased to F+ . ]
‘Will the video be good?’
Hyeonu ignored the message about leveling up . No, he had no time to care about it . He was checking the video of his recorded battle .
“It will be a big problem if it is poor again . ”
There was a reason why Hyeonu was doing this . After the hot response to Hyeonu’s video, Yeongchan encouraged him to continue posting videos, and Hyeonu sent him the ‘okay’ sign . The result was the current situation . He was making a video . Ordinary hunting videos couldn’t attract people’s attention . It might’ve been possible just by being Hyeonu’s video since his combat style was one that couldn’t be seen anywhere else . Yet Yeongchan wanted something bigger . He wanted a video where tension and pleasure coexisted in short battles .
“Oh! This is enough . ”
Hyeonu checked the recorded video and then confirmed the things he had postponed .
“Have my skills already improved?”
The proficiency rose faster than he thought . The reason was that the system gave extra points when he caught strong monsters .
“That’s right . Tang-E, can you get rid of those effects?”
“What effects? Master dude . ”
“The shining light that occurs every time you give a buff . ”
Tang-E understood what Hyeonu was saying . “It is certainly possible, but don’t you like this? It looks better, Master dude . ”
Hyeonu shook his head at Tang-E . “No, won’t it become useless if I have to use it secretly later?”
This time, Tang-E shook his head at Hyeonu’s words . ‘You are a sneaky master dude . ’
“Understood . I won’t show any signs in the future . ”
Hyeonu nodded at Tang-E's words and turned his attention to where the body of the orc had disappeared .
“It is a finished product!”
It was the emergence of some uncommon equipment that would help pay for potions . Hyeonu grabbed the orc’s leather armor .
“By the way, what is this?”
The thing in Hyeonu’s hand was an unidentified bone necklace . At this moment, a quest was created .
[A quest has been created . ]
[Heir of the Meadow Wolf Tribe]
[The bone necklace of Cancun, the next chief of the Meadow Wolf Tribe, has been found . Pass on the bone necklace to the chief, Raccoon .
Rating: D+
Conditions: Deliver the bone necklace to Raccoon 0/1 .
Rewards: Experience . ]
“Ohu? This is a quest?”
Hyeonu read the contents of the quest and shook his head . Strangely, the quest had a high difficulty . This was despite it being a simple delivery quest .
“Why is the quest rating so high if it is just a delivery quest?”
Hyeonu couldn’t hide his doubts as another message appeared in front of him .
-For Chief Raccoon to appear, you must be acknowledged by the boss monster of the Meadows, Fighter Dakan .
‘Acknowledged by a boss monster?!! This dog-like quest!!!’
“Then the chief isn’t a monster?”
Now Hyeonu could slightly understand the difficulty of the quest . Chief Raccoon wasn’t a monster of this level . He was likely to be an NPC . He was also probably a very high-level NPC .
“The only certain thing is that this is a jackpot . ”
The quest Hyeonu received this time was clearly the biggest income compared to anything else he earned in the Black Forest . Most of the quests associated with high level NPCs gave good skills or items . The many rankers proved it .
“By the way, how do I catch the fighter . . . ”
Hyeonu’s current level was too low to be acknowledged by Boss Dakan . It was only worth a try if he was at least level 30 . Hyeonu was currently level 26 .
‘There are four levels left?’
"Let's go, Tang-E! Start the hunt . ”
“Did you get anything today?”
A middle-aged man completed the authorizations and pleasantly greeted Kale who had entered his office . The identity of the middle-aged man was the boss of Nike Management . It was Jamie Moore .
“You start talking about work as soon as you see me . Aren’t you glad to see me?”
Kale wittily replied to Jamie’s greeting . “Today, I found a friend who will be Nike’s jewel . I’d like to scout the owner of this video .
He is a friend with a special talent . ”
Kale placed a tablet PC in front of Jamie . It was the video seen by Kale a few hours ago . Jamie watched Hyeonu’s video without saying anything . Throughout the show, he made gestures like he was the main character of the video . Finally, the video was over .
Jamie was lost in the afterglow of Hyeonu’s battle and finally opened his mouth . “He is a great friend . I think it is enough for him to become part of Nike . I’ll be waiting for the good news, Mr Kale . ”
“I hope so too, Boss . ”