Chapter 115
Translator: similarTIGER
Editor: Sotheno
Soo Hyuk kept some distance from Romian and said,
“I should be asking that . ”
Romian kept silent, he didn’t know what to say . What could he say in a situation like this?
‘What is he looking at?’
Staring at Romian, Soo Hyuk frowned at his actions .
Romian was cautiously searching the ground for something .
All of a sudden, Romian swung his hammer at the ground, and the ground sunk in .
‘A trap?’
Seeing the sudden movements, Soo Hyuk thought Romian activated a trap . There were no other explanations for Romian’s random behavior and the ground sinking .
Soo Hyuk was correct and reflexively looked at the ceiling . There was an ominous sound coming from above, and a crack appeared .
Soo Hyuk leaped away from the spot, and as soon as he did, the ceiling crashed down .
The stones kept falling continuously and thought while looking at the stones piling at the spot he stood .
‘I thought he’d at least come up with an excuse…I wanted to have a conversation, but it seems like he doesn’t . Then…’
“Fire Spear . ”
Soo Hyuk cast Fire Spear to clear the path, and with a loud explosion, a path was made .
“…!”
Soo Hyuk saw Romian at the other side surprised, and unlike before, Soo Hyuk shot a cold gaze at him .
“I can ex…”
Was it because of the glaze? Or maybe because of what he just did . Romian was about to say something . It may have been an excuse or something else .
“Poison Spear . ”
However, Soo Hyuk had no reason to listen to that . Soo Hyuk made up his mind . To avoid himself from hesitating from Romian’s words, Soo Hyuk attacked .
A Poison Spear was flying towards Romian, and with a loud thud, it exploded .
“Ahh!”
Getting hit by the spear, Romian yelled and laid dead with his head facing the ground .
[Quest ‘Romian’s True Intention’ has been completed . ]
– Iron Hammer x1
– Iron Chisel x1
Along with the quest completion notification, the drop window popped up .
It seemed that killing Romian was a valid option .
‘What was he trying to do?’
After checking the quest notification, Soo Hyuk turned his head towards the drop list and saw the hammer and chisel Romian was holding . Soo Hyuk wondered why Romian was using these tools to break through the wall .
After accepting the items, Soo Hyuk stood there and stared at the wall .
‘There’s nothing special about it . But there should be something here…’
Romian wouldn’t have been hammering the wall for nothing . There was bound to be something to be found . To check further in detail, Soo Hyuk walked over to the spot Romian was standing and was surprised at what appeared .
Before he walked to the spot, Soo Hyuk saw a plain wall, but once he arrived, writings appeared on the wall .
– The door shall open for the proven one .
– The door will open with ease for one who is in the process of being proven .
– For one neither proven nor in process, no matter thy strength, the door shall not open .
– Thou who has opened the door shall taste the beauty of my treasures .
‘Door? What door?’
Other than the writings, there was a fine crack in the shape of a rectangle . That was probably the door .
In the beginning, Soo Hyuk thought it was a thin crack and didn’t realize it was a door .
Staring at the writings, Soo Hyuk moved to the right, and after a few steps, the cracks and the writing disappeared .
Soo Hyuk took a step to the left, and they reappeared .
‘It’s the same no matter where I stand . ’
Since the phrases and cracks suddenly appeared, Soo Hyuk thought it was possible for a different crack or writing to appear at some other position .
Looking at the writings on the wall, Soo Hyuk opened the quest window .
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The preparations have been finished for the exploration of the secret cave of the Great Thief Kelta . Now it’s time to explore . Reach the deepest part of the cave and figure what Kelta left behind!
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‘I’ve figured out that it is a treasure, but seeing that the quest is not completed…’
The requirement for the quest was figuring what Kelta left behind, but even though Soo Hyuk figured it was a treasure through the writings, the quest didn’t finish . That probably meant Soo Hyuk had to see the treasures in person .
‘Will I be able to finish this quest…?’
Soo Hyuk checked another quest .
〈Special Quest – Kelta’s Legacy〉
The Great Thief Kelta, who had no blood relatives, hid her lifelong treasures at a secret location . Find the treasures!
[Quest Rewards: ???]
That quest was ‘Kelta’s Legacy’ .
Soo Hyuk was currently in Kelta’s secret cave . If the secret location in the quest was this place . It would be possible to finish this quest too .
‘But what does it mean by proven or proving?’
Closing the quest window, Soo Hyuk thought about the meaning of proven while looking at the writings .
‘The third probably is what Romian was trying to do . ’
Romian was trying to break through the door with the hammer and chisel .
If Romian was a proven one or someone undergoing proving, then the door should have opened .
‘Am I also in the third category?’
Seeing that the door didn’t open as he approached it, Soo Hyuk was not in the first category . But it didn’t seem that he was in the second either .
‘Well…’
But Soo Hyuk couldn’t be sure . Who knows? Receiving the special quest ‘Kelta’s Legacy’ might be the undergoing proving process .
With this thought, Soo Hyuk placed his hand on the wall .
‘Will pushing it be enough?’
Although it’s called a door, it’s a wall . There wasn’t any handle to pull on, so the only thing left was pushing it .
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As he pushed the wall, the door began to open .
‘…What? It’s opening?’
Soo Hyuk only pushed just in case . He did not expect it to actually open, so he was surprised .
‘So what is it that I am undergoing proving?’
According to the writings, someone in the process of being proven can open the door with ease . And the door opened with only a push .
‘Is it the quest?’
Soo Hyuk began to wonder whether a quest had anything to do with it . He assumed that receiving the quest can act as the process of being proven . But it was impossible to figure out whether it was the ‘Cave Exploration’ or the ‘Kelta’s Legacy’ quest was the key quest .
While Soo Hyuk was thinking, the door finally stopped, and a new passage appeared .
Fortunately, the passage was not long, and Soo Hyuk reached the end of the passage .
Exiting the passage, Soo Hyuk was amazed and stared in a daze at what lay before him as he walked forward .
“Wow…”
[You have discovered Kelta’s treasure . ]
[The quest ‘Cave Exploration’ has been completed . ]
As Soo Hyuk exited the passage, these two notifications popped up, but Soo Hyuk was too amazed to check it .
“Wooahh…”
Looking around at the view, Soo Hyuk let out another sound of amazement .
‘Is all of this the reward?’
What Soo Hyuk saw was a massive amount of treasures, ranging from jewels, swords, lances, shields, earrings, etc . There were various types of treasures lying around everywhere .
‘You can stack up a mountain with just the gold in here . ’
Other than the jewels and swords, there was so much gold lying around .
‘How much is all of this? Just with the gold, it should be above a million . ’
‘The amount of jewels is also massive . ’
The problem was there was more than just gold .
There were so many eye-catching treasures . The jewels, earrings, rings, swords, lances, gloves, shoes, chain armors, etc . all looked very high-class .
‘Is all of this really the reward?’
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At that thought, Soo Hyuk felt a shiver go down his spine .
‘The difficulty does not match the rewards…’
Soo Hyuk also felt uncomfortable . The difficulty surely rose towards the end, but it wasn’t to the point of receiving a reward like this .
‘But…’
There was something else making Soo Hyuk uncomfortable . Checking the logs, Soo Hyuk frowned .
‘The special quest hasn’t been completed . ’
The only quest completed was the ‘Cave Exploration’ quest .
‘That means this isn’t the secret location . ’
The condition for the completion of the ‘Kelta’s Legacy’ quest was to find the location where Kelta hid all of her treasures .
For the quest to not be completed meant that the current place was not the secret location in the quest .
‘Then, what are these?’
If the place where Kelta hid her lifelong treasures was the secret location, what were these treasures?
‘Does it mean the treasures here are only a tip of the iceberg?’
‘First of all…’
There was no point in pondering on that question now .
‘Let’s collect all of these first . ’
Soo Hyuk decided to think about that later .
Staring at all the treasures, Soo Hyuk smiled and thought .
‘I’m probably gonna have to pass my logout time to pick all of these up . ’
There were so many things to pick up, and it looked like it would take some time .
Soo Hyuk reached out his hand to pick up the gold, but as soon as he touched it, the gold disappeared with a bright light .
“What? What happened?”
Soo Hyuk was surprised at the sudden disappearance of the gold .
“What is this? Where’d it all go?”
The problem was that it wasn’t only the gold that disappeared . All the treasures in the room were nowhere to be found . They all disappeared .
‘Wait…Did having a taste of the treasures mean this?’
Remembering the last sentence on the writings on the wall, Soo Hyuk was lost for words .
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