Chapter 222
Chapter 222
-Donation receipt?
-Why does that matter? Atonement?
-Hey, look at the amount . He donated a lot?
-Hah . . . The amount of the donation is one billion won .
To be precise, ‘1,060,000,000 won’ was written on the receipt .
“This is the money I’ve earned from working as a proxy knight . I’ve donated all the money to atone for my past . You don’t have to forgive me . However, I realized my mistake and decided to become a better person . Thank you for listening to me . ”
Lee Hoon bowed and disappeared from the arena with these words . Then the chat window started to heat up . The audience’s opinions were divided, and they started to fight . The donation of a billion won clearly meant Lee Hoon was repenting for what he’d done in the past . Still, the stream was well done, so it was an investment for the future .
-No, how good is Red Devil’s streaming that he would give away one billion won? He is still just a common arena streamer . If it were you, would you invest one billion won?
-I wouldn’t be able to . Heder just did it because he has a past .
-Eh, no way .
Public opinion slowly crept in Heder’s favor, but it was at a very slow speed . The opinion that he chose to cut himself off from the past by donating the one billion won he had earned while working as a proxy knight became popular .
At this point, Hyeonu intervened in the chat . Hyeonu didn’t add any nuances . He only reorganized the facts . “One billion won isn’t a small amount of money . Investing one billion won in this vague future is like investing in stocks without knowing anything . It is crazy . Anyway, I’ll see you in the next stream . ”
***
A laptop was placed in front of Hyeonu where he was sitting on the sofa as usual . Next to the laptop was a plate of fruits sliced into bite-sized pieces and a drink .
“Um . . . ” A groan flowed from Hyeonu’s mouth as he looked at the laptop screen . Aside from Rain, there were four people on the screen . Documents from Gang Junggu, Liu Shei, Mascherano, and Reina were there . The names of as many as two guilds were written in each document, and there was at least one name that Hyeonu was unfamiliar with .
‘JT Telecom, Mano, Blaine, Five Stars, the Tank Corps, and Zenith . ’
Among them, Hyeonu had encountered half of the guilds personally . JT Telecom, Mano, and Zenith—all three of them were bad news . There was JT Telecom, which included Jung Hanbaek, and Mano, that Hyeonu had already fought with once . There was also Zenith that Hyeonu had friction with in the Balder Mountains . Once Hyeonu saw those names, his conscience disappeared .
‘The Tank Corps are really famous . ’
Unusually, the Tank Corps consisted entirely of Europeans . Germany, Belgium, and France were the main focus . It was one of the best guilds, apart from New World .
‘The master is called Daniel? He’s that runaway . ’
Daniel was the man who almost left a stain on Hyeonu’s career when Masked Fighting King had just started . It went well at the time, but Hyeonu’s heart still beat faster when he thought about it now .
‘Blaine and Five Stars?’
It was the first time he was hearing about the guilds—Blaine and Five Stars . No, he knew their names, but that was it . They were large guilds that were famous in Arena, so he couldn’t not know their names . However, he didn’t know any detailed information such as their masters, the main contenders, and the strengths of the guilds .
Nevertheless, Hyeonu wasn’t worried . He didn’t go to the community to find information . After all, Hyeonu had a vending machine for this sort of information .
“Hey, what are Blaine and Five Stars doing?”
It was Yeongchan . Yeongchan barely suppressed his desire to spit out the Coke he was drinking .
“Cough . . . What? What are they doing? Are you kidding me?”
Yeongchan slammed the glass of Coke onto the table . It was just in case his hand moved with agitation .
“What is it? I’m asking because I don’t know . I only know the names—Blaine, Five Stars . ”
Yeongchan sighed at Hyeonu’s words . This friend truly didn’t know .
“You should pay some attention . New World, Red Bull, Warriors . . . Don’t just think about the people you know . I’ll start with Blaine,” Yeongchan said and sat down on the sofa . It was because this seemed like it would take quite a long time . Then he continued, “Blaine is a guild founded by Anthony, the grandmaster of the arena . As such, there are quite a few arena rankers . They have excellent control, and their raid ability is very good . ”
“Really? How is it compared to Mano?”
“Mano? The comparison is a pitiful one . Marco is an early master at most . Anthony is called the grandmaster . They can’t be compared . In addition, Anthony’s personality is good, so many people follow him . The levels of the guild members are different . Mano only got to this position because of Patrick’s resourcefulness . ”
In his words, Blaine was a pretty good guild . It was too much to just use and discard them .
‘The information will spread anyway, so I think it is okay to spread it . ’
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Hyeonu wrote Blaine’s name separately . Then he picked up a piece of fruit, placed it in his mouth, and chewed it .
“Then what about Five Stars? Why is this name so childish? The naming sense is at the very bottom . Kowloon is an exemplar grade name . ”
“Five Stars was created by five arena master rankers . . . The rumors about them are bad . It’s rumored that there are organizations within the guild specializing in PK . In any case, they are dirty . ”
Hyeonu listened to Yeongchan and quietly listed Five Stars next to Zenith . The guild classification had ended . The list of four guilds, led by JT Telecom, were cannon fodder . On the other hand, Hyeonu distinguished the Tank Corps and Blaine as guilds he could work with .
‘I have to make the equipment and go back quickly . ’
Hyeonu pushed the plate of fruit in front of Yeongchan . “Hey, eat this and get rid of it . ”
***
The inside of the smithy was filled with hot heat . A muscular dwarf and tall human were facing each other .
“No . Go back . ” Edchan, a muscular dwarf, shook his head with a determined expression . “Didn’t I already make that weapon for you? Go back quickly . I have no more equipment to make for you . ”
Hyeonu sighed when he saw Edchan’s iron-wall attitude .
‘There isn’t a lot left . . . ’
It seemed he would have to take out his secret weapon . Hyeonu pulled out an object from his inventory .
“I really don’t have a lot of this left . ”
“That?!”
The identity of the object Hyeonu took out was a small bottle of alcohol . It was the alcohol he had bought from the East Continent . He was ripped off by the emperor and Edchan the other day, but there were still a few bottles left .
“Groan . . . ” A groan emerged from Edchan’s mouth .
Based on the rapid movement of his pupils, he seemed quite distressed . Would he give up on the good alcohol of the East Continent? Or would he make equipment? A helping hand was extended to Edchan who was engulfed in endless agony .
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“I’ll give you two bottles, two bottles . I’ll give you one now and the other when the armor is finished . ” Hyeonu ended Edchan’s troubles .
Edchan extended his right hand toward Hyeonu . “I will make the armor you said . Give me the alcohol . ”
Hyeonu threw the bottle, and Edchan snatched it away . He opened the lid and started to drink from the bottle . “Kuah! It’s delicious . The heat is different from when I drink beer . ”
Edchan closed the bottle with an ecstatic look . “Then take out the materials you’ve brought . I want to see them . ”
Hyeonu pulled out the drake leather and heart that were placed in a corner of the inventory . “It is a drake’s leather . This is his heart . ”
Edchan’s eyes shook when he saw the leather and heart that Hyeonu pulled out . He never imagined the materials brought by Hyeonu would be so luxurious .
“How did you get these? It wouldn’t have been possible on your own . . . What treasure warehouse did you steal it from?”
Hyeonu shrugged at Edchan’s words . “It is a secret . However, I’ll tell you that I got them in a very fair way . ”
“What do you want?”
“I want you to make me a set of leather armor . A helmet, top, bottoms, belt, and shoes—I want it to have five parts like this . ”
“Is that all? I think that there will be a lot of material left over . . . Tell me more because this is the last time . You won’t have another chance . ”
Hyeonu shook his head . There were no more items he could wear .
“Everything that is left over can be for Edchan’s personal use . Those five are enough for me . ”
“Really? Then I’m going . Come back in 10 days . Ah! Oh, call Tresha on your way out . Never tell him about the alcohol . Got it?”
‘10 days . . . ’
Hyeonu bowed to Edchan and exited Red Anvil .
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Hyeonu arrived in the Balder Mountains and ran straight to New World’s camp where Gang Junggu was located .
‘As expected of New World . ’
New World beat the other four guilds and was the first to establish itself in the Balder Mountains . During this pioneering period, having a camp was very important . It was because the camp could store materials . The scarcest thing was potions . If potions could be stored in large quantities, then they could be replenished without having to go back to a castle .
This meant an increase in hunting time . It wasn’t just that . With a camp, safety would be guaranteed, so they could log out without returning to the castle . Thus, they could save some time .
‘By the way, why was I called?’
Gang Junggu had contacted Hyeonu by phone and said it was urgent . Hyeonu couldn’t help feeling anxious . This anxiety soon became a reality and flew at Hyeonu .
“Huh? Who has united with whom?” Hyeonu asked in a rare, agitated voice .
“Zenith, Five Stars, and Mano have joined together . They have already killed a few of Warriors’ players . That woman is running around wildly . ” Gang Junggu’s expression was one of exhaustion . He was mentally fatigued from trying to stop Reina . Unlike her nickname of Ice Queen, Reina was quite fiery .
“I will go there . Zenith, Five Stars, Mano . . . How did you select the guilds?” Hyeonu’s voice sank .
The face behind the mask was distorted . He was outraged that his plan had been ruined .
‘The cost is great,’ Hyeonu thought .
Gang Junggu noticed that Hyeonu’s feelings weren’t good and hit Hyeonu’s shoulder several times . It was to comfort Hyeonu that it wasn’t his fault .
“Five Stars was brought by Kowloon, we brought Mano, and Rain brought Zenith . I’m not sure about Lane but Kowloon and I brought ‘sacrifices’ to thoroughly suck up to them . I never imagined this would happen,” Gang Junggu explained .
Hyeonu nodded .
Sacrifices . . .
It was a sacrifice for something other than pioneering the Balder Mountains .
“Sacrifices . . . This time, I will take the sacrifices . Consider other guilds, Brother . I think we’ll have to reorganize things soon . ”
Hyeonu’s eyes were filled with energy .