Chapter 24
Translator: MagicFishCat
Proof-reader: TheMonitor
Blue, red and now a new colour appeared . Purple . Soo Hyuk put back the book that he was about to pull out and walked towards the bookshelf in the middle of the line .
When he arrived in front the bookshelf, Soo Hyuk pulled out the purple book .
“Archmage Lapis?”
The title of the purple book was ‘Archmage Lapis’ . Holding the three white books and the new purple book, Soo Hyuk returned to his desk .
As soon as he sat down, he opened a book to the first page . It was of course, ‘Archmage Lapis’ .
“Does this book also give a quest?”
The blue and red books before all gave special quests of different kinds . What will this new book sparkling in purple give? Suppressing his excitement, Soo Hyuk dived into the book with a smile .
I raised ten towers . The towers of Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Lightning, Darkness, Light, Healing, Poison and Illusion . I couldn’t manage them all on my own, so I appointed 10 Spire Lords to manage these new towers .
I have to choose a successor soon . But no one catches my eye .
I couldn’t decide in the end . Oh well, it’s not like I have to have one anyway . The city is currently flourishing as well .
I’m sure my successor will appear someday .
The book ended with that sentence . Soo Hyuk closed the book silently .
A message appeared as the purple sparkle disappeared .
[Promotion Quest ‘Successor of Lapis’ has been created . ]
[You have obtained ‘Archmage Lapis’ Letter’]
The purple book also gave a quest . But it was slightly different from the blue and the red books . Because the purple books gave out promotion quests and didn’t give any wisdom .
“……Successor of Lapis?”
Soo Hyuk was startled after reading the message .
“Lapis the Archmage……”
It was because of who Lapis was .
“It’s going to be really hard, right?”
It was the successor of the Archmage . How hard was the quest going to be? But it couldn’t be helped that Soo Hyuk was excited over this . After all, it was bound to give a special job . So, Soo Hyuk opened the quest tab and opened the ‘Successor of Lapis’ quest .
[Promotion Test – Successor of Lapis]
[It is your destiny and fortune to become Archmage Lapis’ Successor! Prove your worth by reading ‘Archmage Lapis’ Letter’!]
[Quest Reward: Special Job – Lapis’ Descendent ]
“……?”
Soo Hyuk was left speechless after reading the quest description .
“So I just have to read the letter?”
The quest was way too easy, right?
“Isn’t there anything else?”
Soo Hyuk thought that it was too easy . He just had to read the letter he got along with the quest .
“Don’t tell me that there’s a catch to reading the letter?”
Soo Hyuk wondered if there was a special condition or a catch to reading the reader, so to check, he opened his inventory and pulled out the letter .
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[You will be teleported to another subspace when you rip the letter . ]
It was the letter from the Arch Mage, but that was all it contained .
“……?”
Soo Hyuk became suspicious as he stared at the letter .
“So, there’s no condition to opening the letter?”
He had opened the letter easily .
“But it says I’ll be teleported the moment I rip the letter . ”
Nothing had happened when he opened the letter, but it seemed as if he had to rip the letter to be promoted .
“Where’s the subspace?”
The problem was the contents of the letter .
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“I don’t know what could happen if I rip it . ”
But he thought that it couldn’t be a big problem as the quest stated that he would get the special job if he followed the letter .
Soo Hyuk first looked at the three remaining books on his desk . He was considering whether to read the books first as he didn’t know what could happen .
“Well, the books won’t run away or anything . ”
In the end, Soo Hyuk decided to rip the letter first . Of course, the quest wasn’t going to run away as well, but he was more curious about the quest .
Soo Hyuk held the letter with both hands . And pulled it apart .
Rippp!
The ripped letter disappeared in his hands and a message appeared .
[Warping to ‘Archmage’s Subspace’ . ]
The message appeared according to the letter . Of course, it wasn’t the only one .
[You have completed the promotion Quest ‘Successor of Lapis’ . ]
[Promoting to ‘Lapis’ Descendent’……]
[You have been promoted into the special job, ‘Lapis’ Descendent’ . ]
[Obtained the skill ‘Archmage’ . ]
“……”
Jang Yool stared at the monitor blankly . But his expression was slowly hardening . Then suddenly, as if a dam had been broken, various emotions flooded him at once .
“Hooo……”
Jang Yool sighed deeply as he calmed his rampant emotions . Then his expression returned to normal, he turned his head and looked at Yang Joo Hyuk .
“I have to tell him, right?”
It was futile to hold this off . He would know about it soon anyway . Jang Yool opened his mouth after steeling himself .
“Team Leader . ”
“……”
Yang Joo Hyuk didn’t reply to his call . When Jang Yool looked at him, it looked like Yang Joo Hyuk was so absorbed in his work that he hadn’t heard his call . So, Jang Yool said again with a louder voice .
“Team Leader!”
“Hmm, what?”
Yang Joo Hyuk replied this time .
“He was promoted . ”
Jang Yool continued .
“What do you mean?”
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“Lapis’ Descendent . ”
“……!”
Yang Joo Hyuk stood up at his words . His expression was of surprise and resignation .
Yang Joo Hyuk asked again as he walked up to Jang Yool .
“To what?”
The Descendent of Lapis was a Tier 1 special job, but it was special even among other Tier 1’s .
“Do you mean what attribute?”
Jang Yool asked back . It was too determined what he had asked about . Yang Joo Hyuk nodded at his words .
“Please wait a moment . ”,
Jang Yool said as he began typing on his keyboard .
“He was only just promoted . ”
“Really?”
“I suspect that he’s thinking about it now . ”
“Hmm . ”
Yang Joo Hyuk then asked Jang Yool .
“He should’ve read the book, right?”
Apart from the ‘Archmage Lapis’, there was another book inside the subspace . The book explained what kind of job ‘Lapis’ Descendent‘ exactly was .
“Yes, he has read it . ”
“As expected . So, he should be pondering about the attribute change as we speak . ”,
Yang Joo Hyuk mumbled while slowly nodding his head to Jang Yool’s reply . He then continued .
“He should be logging out around this time . ”
“Yes, his usual log out time should’ve been around 30 minutes ago . ”
After all, it wasn’t as if he had a time restriction . He could choose to log out and in whenever he wants .
“Looks like he’s logging out later than usual . ”
This was understandable, given that he was in a situation many other users would kill to get .
“So he is . ”
Yang Joo Hyuk said absentmindedly as he nodded his head . Breaking out of his thoughts, Yang Joo Hyuk said to Jang Yool,
“Tell me his choice as soon as he picks . ”
“Yes, sir!”
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Jang Yool replied loudly as Yang Joo Hyuk went back to his seat .
The distorted space around Soo Hyuk soon stabilised as the message disappeared . When he could see clearly again, he slowly looked around him cautiously . He discovered that he was in a bright, small chamber with polished marble floors, a modest chandelier on the ceiling with a few other things .
“A book?”
In front of Soo Hyuk was a book on a stand .
And behind that, were ten doors with symbols on them .
“And where does that lead to?”
To the right was a tunnel that lead elsewhere .
“This is the Archmage’s subspace……”
A book, ten doors and a tunnel to the right . This was the Archmage’s subspace . After he looked around the chamber, Soo Hyuk then checked his message log .
[Warping to ‘Archmage’s Subspace’ . ]
[You have completed the promotion Quest ‘Successor of Lapis’ . ]
[You have been promoted into the special job, ‘Lapis’ Descendent’ . ]
[You have obtained the skill ‘Archmage’ . ]
After he finished going through the messages, he then opened his character profile .
[User – Soo Hyuk]
Job: Lapis’ Descendent
Level: 10
Experience: 0%
Vitality: 3040
Mana: 30420
Satiation: 62%
Strength: 14
Agility: 15
Stamina: 58
Wisdom: 1521
His job was changed to ‘Lapis’ Descendent’, but he couldn’t find any changes other than his job . Of course, it was to be expected since he didn’t receive any promotion rewards in the messages .
“Well, I just had to be sure . ”
Soo Hyuk had checked hoping that it was a bug, but it didn’t seem to be the case . Soo Hyuk closed his character profile with a dejected expression . However, he still had one more thing to check . Soo Hyuk opened the skill tab and checked for the ‘Archmage’ skill . But his expression soon changed drastically as he exclaimed .
“What the……”