Chapter 55
Translator: MagicFishCat
Proof-reader: TheMonitor
“Here you go . ”
After arriving at the library Soo Hyuk gave his token to the librarian and strided through the entrance . Inside the library, he headed towards a bookshelf while thinking,
‘Will there be more?’
Will there be another coloured book this time?
‘Yellow would be best . ’
The shocking passive ‘Troll Blood’ . Soo Hyuk looked forward to more yellow books because of that fraudulent skill .
Soo Hyuk started slowly search through the books after reaching the bookshelves . But it seemed he hadn’t fulfilled anymore conditions since there were only white books around him .
‘There’s none . Well, it’s true that I only hunted trolls . ’
He had even managed to get the title ‘Enemy of all Trolls’!
‘How long will it take?’
He thought as he pulled out books from a new bookshelf . How much longer would it take for him to read all the books in Matab Library?
‘There’re still a lot of books left…’
The library was huge .
‘But there’s a lot of copies of the same book . ’
He was thinking about the books that were in Oren Library . There were copies of the same book in Oren, around 4 . However, in Matab, there were around 5 to 10 copies of the same book .
As a result, the bright while lights in the library was rapidly dwindling . At this, it wouldn’t take very long to conquer the entire library .
After choosing 6 books from the bookshelf, Soo Hyuk returned to his reading desk . Then he opened his book . He was full of concentration as he started reading .
“Hah, I’m going crazy . ”,
Yang Joo Hyuk thought as he stared at the monitor .
‘Level 500 already is too fast . ’
The player who climbed at an amazing speed from day 1, Hunting King . His current status had recently reached level 500 . For some reason, Hunting King hadn’t put his name on the rankings . But what if he suddenly did?
‘It would be a big issue . The number 1 is going to change after all . ’
The current no . 1 ranker was level 398 . Number 2 was 393 . There was a difference of 5 levels, but Hunting King was level 500, with an enormous 102 level difference .
‘Even if he was a tester, this speed is too fast . ’
A 102 level difference . His levelling speed was unmatched among other users .
Being a tester, Hunting King had a lot of initial knowledge about Pangea . And using that knowledge, he monopolised all the best hunting areas .
‘What are the other testers even doing . ’
Of course, there were also other testers . They were also showing an extremely fast growth, but it felt severely lacking compared to Hunting King .
“Team leader . ”
“…?”
Yang Joo Hyuk turned to the person calling him . It was Jang Yool .
“What is it?”
He asked .
“It’s tomorrow . ”
“…Tomorrow?”
Yang Joo Hyuk cocked his head in confusion . Was there something important tomorrow?
“Ah!”
He then quickly realised what Jang Yool was talking about .
“Has that much time passed already?”
Time really flew when he was busy .
“Tell me when he completes it . ”
“Yes . ”
Yang Joo Hyuk turned back around after Jang Yool replied . Then he called Jang Yool once more as he faced his computer .
“Yool-ah”(TL: Casual way of calling first names . )
“Yes?”
“Where is he now?”
“He’s in the library . ”
Ti-li-ling!
The alarm rang inside the exercise room .
Hearing the alarm blare, Soo Hyuk climbed down from his treadmill . His expression was full of energy as he stopped the alarm .
‘It finally came . ’
The reason for his joy .
‘The final day of the quest . ’
His month-long endeavour was finally coming to an end .
Full of energy, Soo Hyuk ran down to the first floor and raced to his room after quickly taking a shower . Then after briefly checking his phone, he connected to Pangea .
The darkness inside the capsule changed to the scene of the Matab library . Soo Hyuk exited the library and headed to the Tower of Poison while opening his quest window .
[30-Day Endeavour]
You, who lacks poison resistance! Pavian will boost your immunity . Take Pavian’s poison once a day!
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[Take Pavian’s special poison: 29 / 30 ]
[Quest Reward: Title – Poison Maestro]
He would gain the title ‘Poison Maestro’ after finishing the quest . He was eager to discover the title’s effects .
‘It would be good, right?’
He didn’t know what the effects would be, but it couldn’t be bad . It had taken an entire month, and more than anything, Pavian himself had given this quest . There was no way that it could be bad .
‘Titles are good but…’
Pavian had also promised him something else . It was magic . Pavian told Soo Hyuk that he would teach him poison magic .
‘Please let it be another quest . ’
Of course, just because Pavian said he would teach him didn’t mean he would be able to learn it . This was because Pavian could teach him through skill books .
Because of the special characteristics of Archmage’s Descendant, Soo Hyuk couldn’t learn skills from skill books . While praying that it wouldn’t be a skill book, Soo Hyuk closed the quest window .
A few minutes after, Soo Hyuk arrived at the Tower of Poison and naturally climbed up to the 4th floor . Like usual, the women at the entrance escorted him to Pavian’s room .
Tap! Tap!
“Soo Hyuk-nim is here . ”
“Come in!”
At Pavian’s words, the women opened the door and stood to the side . Soo Hyuk entered the room .
“You came . ”
Soo Hyuk asked as soon as he entered .
“Is that the last poison?”
As he sat down, he could see a vial on the table mixed full of unfamiliar liquids .
“Hmm, this is the last one . ”
Pavian held out the vial as he replied . Soo Hyuk took the vial from Pavian and drained all its contents in one gulp .
‘Oh? It’s quite sweet?’
Soo Hyuk realised as the poison passed down his throat . All the poison so far hadn’t tasted very good . But was it because this one was special? Its sweetness stood out from rest of the poison he had taken so far .
‘But why isn’t there a message yet?’
He wondered as he waited . System message alerting him of various status conditions usually popped up straight away . But this time, the system messages didn’t appear after a few seconds .
“How’s the taste?”
Pavian asked at that moment .
“It’s quite sweet . ”
Soo Hyuk replied .
“Really?”
Pavian erupted into a bright smile at his words .
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“…?”
Why did Pavian suddenly smile?
“To think that poison was sweet, your resistance has risen quite a bit . It’s a success!”
Pavian shouted when Soo Hyuk was feeling doubtful .
[Quest ’30 Day-Endeavour’ has been completed .
[Title: Poison Maestro has been obtained . ]
‘Ah…’
Soo Hyuk realised as he stared at the sudden messages .
‘You have to resist the last poison to succeed . ’
This seemed likely as this was originally a quest aimed to raise his poison resistance . If he was still poisoned on the last day, then could it really be called a success?
‘Is he going to teach me poison magic now?’
Soo Hyuk looked away from the system message and asked Pavian .
“Umm…what method will you use to teach me magic?”
This was particularly important . He had to know if he was going to get a skill book or a skill quest .
“Wait a moment . ”
Pavian rose from his seat at Soo Hyuk’s words . Then he walked over to the bookshelf on the left .
‘I have to read those as well…’
Soo Hyuk couldn’t help but crave for the books on the bookshelf . It was full of silver shine .
‘Wait a minute . ’
Soo Hyuk’s expression hardened as a thought crossed his mind .
‘Why a book…’
Pavian had pulled out a book from the bookshelf .
‘It’s not a skill book . ’
Skill books didn’t have the colourful shine unlike normal books . That meant, the book Pavian had pulled out wasn’t a skill book .
‘Then a skill quest? But it’s white . ’
The book that Pavian pulled out was white, not yellow .
“Here you go . ”
While Soo Hyuk’s mind was in a mess from the unexpected situation, Pavian held out four shining white books to him . Soo Hyuk stared at the books then at Pavian, expecting an explanation .
“When using magic, your own path is very important . That’s why I believe that it’s unhealthy for others to teach you . For me anyway . ”
Soo Hyuk sense of crisis was rising as Pavian continued,
“Look at the book and move your mana . ”
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His sense of crisis was still growing gradually .
“With your talent, you should succeed in one or two tries . ”
Seemingly not sensing Soo Hyuk’s discomfort, Pavian continued his instructions .
“You also have no risk of poisoning yourself now . Haha!”
Soo Hyuk couldn’t help but feel disappointed .
‘What…’
It wasn’t a skill book or a skill quest .
‘Move my mana according to the book?’
How would a user like Soo Hyuk move their mana?
‘Sigh…’
This couldn’t be it . It was a chance to learn magic from the Poison Spire Lord himself . He wasn’t going to let this once-in-lifetime chance go to waste .
‘I have to get a quest . ’
He had to push Pavian for a skill quest .
“Ah!”
But he has surprised once again when he heard Pavian’s following words .
“I’ve prepared all the materials needed to use poison, so you can come get them whenever you like . You can either come to me or Kale .
“…Materials?”
“Hmm, to cast poison magic, you need many things . If you ever need anything, tell me anytime . I’ve gotten everything there is to get . ”
Soo Hyuk gulped in response to Pavian’s words .
‘All the materials used for poison magic?’
His mind, which was set on a skill quest, changed when he considered the weight behind those words .
‘All the materials? Then…’
Soo Hyuk didn’t need to spend any gold into casting poison magic . It was a reward comparable to a skill quest as he would probably save thousands of gold in the future . He would be stupid if he didn’t take advantage of this .
‘If I challenge the Door of Poison…’
If he was given a skill quest, then it would overlap with the skills he gained from opening the Door of Poison . But the situation had changed now .
He wouldn’t be able to learn magic from Pavian, but all the materials were prepared for him . Plus, they would try to acquire any materials that he could need .
‘Doesn’t this also mean that I can complete most of the skill quests at once?’
The skill quests for poison magic likely needed poison materials like the quests for fire magic . Hence, he wouldn’t be able to learn poison magic from Pavian, but he would be able to complete most of the poison skill quests at once .
“If you’re confused about something, then feel free to ask me . ”
Soo Hyuk was sucked out of his thoughts when Pavian spoke . Then matching Pavian’s smiling face, he replied,
“Yes!”