Chapter 46: Chapter 45: It’s a Trap?, Part II
Translator: HunterW
Editor: RED
"With this, we won't be hurting Deva Lee Jiwon; we'll be giving him a huge advantage . He'll be getting free Stat points without having to level up . He can get at least 520 Stat points just by sleeping for a couple of years . Isn't that right?"
"Hehehe . What a wonderful idea, Manager #17 . "
"He's right! I say we do it . With all those free stat points we'll be giving him, he'll have to thank us, really!"
"He's getting a Rank 10 item, at the morn of the Otadolon stage . Aren't we doing him a huge favor? Hahaha!"
The other managers showered Lalaku with praise .
"Hohoho . Then am I to presume that everyone here is in favor of my plan?"
"As expected of Manager #17 . I'm very impressed . "
"Thank you, Manager #1," replied Lalaku to the Manager #1's praise with a smile .
"This is why I invited you all to this meeting," Lalaku said, tapping on the Sleepy Trainer .
"Even though this item has only one use to its distraught monarch curse, it's still a Rank 10 item . I had to spend twenty billion golden rings, buying it secretly off the Troll Market . That price is too much of a burden for me to bear alone, and so I asked you all to join me in this meeting . "
"I'll put in two billion golden rings," Manager #1 cut in as soon as Lalaku finished his sentence . The other managers stopped talking for a second .
"As expected of Manager #1 . I knew that I could rely on you and bought the item at 20 billion golden rings . " The other managers had whispered amongst themselves when Lalaku mentioned golden rings; to try to pay Lalaku the least amount possible . When Manager #1 made his offer to split the cost in tenths, the other managers immediately fell silent .
"Haha! Manager #1 made his amazing offer of two billion golden rings . Would the other managers be ok splitting the rest evenly?"
"That's fine with me . "
"Let's do that . "
"Is there anyone opposed?" The managers eyed each other, but no one raised their hands . "Then let's begin the operation . "
"How do you suggest we start?"
"Devas get quests, don't they? We'll use that," replied Lalaku smiling, as if the answer was obvious .
"We may have to put in more golden rings as part of the quest reward, but I'm sure with a bait this delicious, he'll bite for sure, won't he?"
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I woke from sleeping at ten AM, and got up from my bed after yawning and stretching .
"Now I need to get to Mt . Fuji…ugh . " I had a good night's sleep, but I frowned when I thought about Mt . Fuji .
"It's so big!"
I had been to Hokkaido's mid-grade dungeon a few times before, so I wasn't too worried about that . It's just that Mt . Fuji was so damn big .
"Besides, all I know is that the dungeon is somewhere on the upper half of the mountain . It'd be real nice if I knew which side of the mountain it was on . "
I decided to start at the peak and make my way down in a spiraling path . Just knowing that it was on the upper half of the mountain made it difficult for me to gauge the midline of the mountain . If I chose wrong, I could end up wasting a lot of time searching the wrong places . I had to cover as much ground as possible .
Once I found Japan's dungeons, Japan's devas would be able to begin hunting sooner than expected .
There was no way that they wouldn't be able to find a giant dungeon entrance in the middle of Mt . Fuji and Hokkaido . I even thought about waiting until the end of the eight months before finding the dungeons, but I thought against it as the timeline was too close to when society was supposed to collapse .
I also doubted that I would be able to freely come back to the dungeons again . I decided it was best to find the dungeons while I had the chance .
"Still, it won't matter to me . I'll have all of the dungeons' bonuses, and no matter how hard the Japanese devas train, they won't be able to catch up to me . "
I had no good feelings towards Japan . Or, to be honest, I didn't really care how strong Japan got . I just wanted to focus on my growth .
I wasn't going to push back my progress just to help out Japan . Even if I wanted to, it wasn't like anyone was going to recognize my efforts, anyway .
"Fine, I'll go . I can't even enter dungeons, anyway; I might as well find as much as I can . " I had already booked a 1:30 PM flight from Incheon International to Sapporo Airport the day before .
"I should start getting ready . " I stuffed a carrier with underwear, comfortable pants, and t-shirts, that way I could carry it all in one inventory slot .
"Ten slots really aren't enough . Inventory check!"
[-3,505 golden rings
-High grade health potions x5
-Shining high grade potions x2
-Bread x5
-Beverage x5
-Orb of Vitality
-Orc champion's unexpectedly durable greatsword
-Money case, ring case, notebook, pen
-Luggage carrier
-Remaining slots x1]
"I've only got one slot left . "
"I've only got one slot left . "
Multiple small, Earth objects could fit into one slot . I took out some cash from the case into my wallet and put the money case, ring case, my notes, and my pen into one slot .
Small items dropped by monsters took up their own slot .
"I should have at least one slot open . " I had equipped my orc champion armor and red orc belt so that they wouldn't take up more room in my inventory .
I gave one last check before hailing a cab to head to the airport .
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When I arrived at the airport, I still had another 30 minutes before my flight and decided to have a coffee at a nearby café . I ordered an iced coffee and sat down, facing a window .
"Huh?"
I spat out my coffee . Something very unexpected just happened .
"A quest? Why did I get a quest now? And why here at the airport, and not at the Store?"
It was definitely a quest . There was a glaring exclamation mark in front of me so there was no doubt about it .
I just couldn't understand why there was a quest marker at the airport . Normally, they only appeared on the notice boards on the first floors of Stores .
I stood up and walked over to the quest marker .
"What in the world?" It was a real quest marker .
I couldn't think of a reason why there would be a quest marker in Incheon International Airport when they were only supposed to show up at Stores .
I looked around me but no one else seemed to have noticed the quest marker . They probably couldn't see it as only devas could .
"Hah, geez . " I was truly flabbergasted at the sight and could only laugh .
[Pop-up Quest (Rank 5)
Help cure insomnia!
Danhari found a very rare treasure, but is losing sleep over it . Danhari is afraid that someone might steal it from her or that she might lose it herself . She has never let the treasure go from her hand and has never stopped thinking about it .
She is afraid that if she falls asleep, the treasure will disappear from her hands and hasn't slept since .
After holding on to the treasure for 357 years, Danhari is now exhausted .
She is sick and tired of the insomnia that has become part of her daily life and is now looking for someone to take this treasure away from her . She wants to know if there is someone out there who could sleep with the treasure in their possession . She believes that if someone can, then she could, too .
Receive quest item on accepting quest . (Forfeiting or completing the quest returns the treasure to Danhari . )
Losing the quest item requires a reimbursement of 1,000x of quest reward .
Losing the quest item requires a reimbursement of 1,000x of quest reward .
Time limit: none .
Quest reward: 1,000,000 golden rings
Accept/Reject]
"What is this?" I had nothing else to say about this weird quest . "What the hell kind of quest is this?"
In the past, I had completed my fair share of quests . I knew about the Hokkaido dungeon that I was heading to now because of a quest . The quest required me to farm some materials from the monsters in the dungeon . I'd never seen a quest like this one before .
"This isn't a kill quest or a gather quest . It just wants me to sleep . " And the quest reward was a million golden rings . A million!
I read the quest description another three times, in case there was a catch, but I didn't see anything that suggested there was .
Can you sleep with the treasure in your hands? If you can, you get a million golden rings .
If I lost the quest item, I had to reimburse for it at 1,000x the quest's reward . That was a whopping 1 billion golden rings! But really, there was nothing for me or any other devas to worry about . I had an inventory .
As long as the item was held in your inventory, no one could steal it from you . Inventories were the safest place to store your items .
"I really don't get this at all . " The whole part where the quest marker appeared at the airport didn't make sense . But I couldn't pass this up, not with a quest reward of a million golden rings .
"That's a lot of money, especially this early in the game . " No matter how much I thought about it, there was no reason for me to not accept this quest . There was no chance of failing this quest . It's so simple .
"I'll do it . There's no time limit, no way for me to lose the quest item . Not accepting the quest would be stupid of me, especially for a million golden rings . " I really couldn't let all those golden rings go .
"I doubt anyone else would reject this quest . Besides, there's no real reason to be suspicious about it . Quests are designed to help devas in the first place . "
Quests only existed to help devas progress in their growth . There was not a single quest out there designed to intentionally harm devas . Sure, some devas ended up dying trying to complete a difficult quest, but that's because they were insufficiently prepared for it . It wasn't the quest's fault . As a result, it was the norm to complete quests as much as possible . It was what I did before, too .
"Of course I should accept . There's nothing to lose and it's simple enough . " I made my decision . Actually, I didn't have a decision to make; it was already decided .
I placed my hand over the Accept button .
[Pop-up Quest (Rank 5)
Help cure insomnia . ]
You have accepted the quest .
As the message screen disappeared, something began to materialize in front of me . I stretched my hand out to catch it .
"Is this the treasure?" The treasure that supposedly prevented that Danhari person from sleeping all this time wasn't really that big . It was about as big as a shoebox .
"Item check!"
[This treasure box is locked . A password is required . If you would like to open this treasure box without the password, please pay 10x the original lock fee .
Original lock fee: 100,000,000 golden rings . ]
[This treasure box is locked . A password is required . If you would like to open this treasure box without the password, please pay 10x the original lock fee .
Original lock fee: 100,000,000 golden rings . ]
I expected something like this, finding out that it was locked only made me more eager in anticipation .
"Fine . I just need to go to sleep once to complete the quest . I don't need to know what's inside . "
I quickly put the mysterious treasure box away in my inventory .
"The quest's reward is a million golden rings and the box was locked for a hundred times that . Whoever made this quest had a lot of money . " Happy with what I just got, I began to walk towards my gate .
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"It's done . " As Lee Jiwon disappeared into the crowd, two men seemingly materialized from behind the quest marker . One man was wearing a hoodie with the hood up, obscuring his face . The other man was bald, large and gruff-looking .
"Recall!" The quest marker vanished at the bald man's command .
"I've done as you asked, but this is very inappropriate . "
"It might be inappropriate, but it's not illegal, right? Besides, this is all good for the deva . "
"You're being sophistic . "
"So what if I am? It's fine as long as we don't do anything criminal . "
"Fine, but with this, my debt to you is clear . "
"Hahaha . Of course . But take this with you . You need golden rings, too, don't you?" Lalaku took out a pouch of a million golden rings and held it out to the bald man .
The bald man glared at the pouch for a minute . Lalaku didn't react and continued to hold the pouch out . After what seemed like an eternity, the bald man finally took the pouch .
"Good choice . "
"Don't ever contact me again . " The bald man then vanished with his pouch and quest marker . Lalaku watched as the bald man vanished and turned in the direction Lee Jiwon disappeared in .
"Hehehe . You're getting a lot out of this, so don't be too mad . Who knows? If you're lucky, you'll end up with a tremendous amount of stat points . Although, I'm not too sure if you'll ever be that lucky . Hehehe! Sweet dreams!"
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I sat down on my assigned seat on the plane heading for Sapporo .
"The flight's supposed to be almost three hours…"
The flight from Incheon to Sapporo took exactly two hours and fifty minutes .
"Huh…I might actually be able to sleep . " I put on the complementary earphones and put on a pop song to settle in to my seat .
I thought about a few things regarding the time I was about to spend in Japan . What would be the best way to search Mt Fuji? Should I look for some local fine eats while I'm there? Should I visit a hot spring inn while I was at Mt Fuji? Before I knew it, I soon fell asleep .
And I slept for a very long time .
Chapter 46: Chapter 45: It’s a Trap?, Part II Translator: HunterW Editor: RED With this, we wont be hurting Deva Lee Jiwon; well be giving him a huge advantage . Hell be getting free Stat points without having to level up . He can get at least 520 Stat points just by sleeping for a couple of years . Isnt that right? Hehehe . What a wonderful idea, Manager #17 . Hes right! I say we do it . With all those free stat points well be giving him, hell have to thank us, really! Hes getting a Rank 10 item, at the morn of the Otadolon stage . Arent we doing him a huge favor? Hahaha! The other managers showered Lalaku with praise . Hohoho . Then am I to presume that everyone here is in favor of my plan? As expected of Manager #17 . Im very impressed . Thank you, Manager #1, replied Lalaku to the Manager #1s praise with a smile . This is why I invited you all to this meeting, Lalaku said, tapping on the Sleepy Trainer . Even though this item has only one use to its distraught monarch curse, its still a Rank 10 item . I had to spend twenty billion golden rings, buying it secretly off the Troll Market . That price is too much of a burden for me to bear alone, and so I asked you all to join me in this meeting . Ill put in two billion golden rings, Manager #1 cut in as soon as Lalaku finished his sentence . The other managers stopped talking for a second . As expected of Manager #1 . I knew that I could rely on you and bought the item at 20 billion golden rings . The other managers had whispered amongst themselves when Lalaku mentioned golden rings; to try to pay Lalaku the least amount possible . When Manager #1 made his offer to split the cost in tenths, the other managers immediately fell silent . Haha! Manager #1 made his amazing offer of two billion golden rings . Would the other managers be ok splitting the rest evenly? Thats fine with me . Lets do that . Is there anyone opposed? The managers eyed each other, but no one raised their hands . Then lets begin the operation . How do you suggest we start? Devas get quests, dont they? Well use that, replied Lalaku smiling, as if the answer was obvious . We may have to put in more golden rings as part of the quest reward, but Im sure with a bait this delicious, hell bite for sure, wont he? --------------------------------- I woke from sleeping at ten AM, and got up from my bed after yawning and stretching . Now I need to get to Mt . Fuji…ugh . I had a good nights sleep, but I frowned when I thought about Mt . Fuji . Its so big! I had been to Hokkaidos mid-grade dungeon a few times before, so I wasnt too worried about that . Its just that Mt . Fuji was so damn big . Besides, all I know is that the dungeon is somewhere on the upper half of the mountain . Itd be real nice if I knew which side of the mountain it was on . I decided to start at the peak and make my way down in a spiraling path . Just knowing that it was on the upper half of the mountain made it difficult for me to gauge the midline of the mountain . If I chose wrong, I could end up wasting a lot of time searching the wrong places . I had to cover as much ground as possible . Once I found Japans dungeons, Japans devas would be able to begin hunting sooner than expected . There was no way that they wouldnt be able to find a giant dungeon entrance in the middle of Mt . Fuji and Hokkaido . I even thought about waiting until the end of the eight months before finding the dungeons, but I thought against it as the timeline was too close to when society was supposed to collapse . I also doubted that I would be able to freely come back to the dungeons again . I decided it was best to find the dungeons while I had the chance . Still, it wont matter to me . Ill have all of the dungeons bonuses, and no matter how hard the Japanese devas train, they wont be able to catch up to me . I had no good feelings towards Japan . Or, to be honest, I didnt really care how strong Japan got . I just wanted to focus on my growth . I wasnt going to push back my progress just to help out Japan . Even if I wanted to, it wasnt like anyone was going to recognize my efforts, anyway . Fine, Ill go . I cant even enter dungeons, anyway; I might as well find as much as I can . I had already booked a 1:30 PM flight from Incheon International to Sapporo Airport the day before . I should start getting ready . I stuffed a carrier with underwear, comfortable pants, and t-shirts, that way I could carry it all in one inventory slot . Ten slots really arent enough . Inventory check! [-3,505 golden rings -High grade health potions x5 -Shining high grade potions x2 -Bread x5 -Beverage x5 -Orb of Vitality -Orc champions unexpectedly durable greatsword -Money case, ring case, notebook, pen -Luggage carrier -Remaining slots x1] Ive only got one slot left . Multiple small, Earth objects could fit into one slot . I took out some cash from the case into my wallet and put the money case, ring case, my notes, and my pen into one slot . Small items dropped by monsters took up their own slot . I should have at least one slot open . I had equipped my orc champion armor and red orc belt so that they wouldnt take up more room in my inventory . I gave one last check before hailing a cab to head to the airport . ------------------------------- When I arrived at the airport, I still had another 30 minutes before my flight and decided to have a coffee at a nearby café . I ordered an iced coffee and sat down, facing a window . Huh? I spat out my coffee . Something very unexpected just happened . A quest? Why did I get a quest now? And why here at the airport, and not at the Store? It was definitely a quest . There was a glaring exclamation mark in front of me so there was no doubt about it . I just couldnt understand why there was a quest marker at the airport . Normally, they only appeared on the notice boards on the first floors of Stores . I stood up and walked over to the quest marker . What in the world? It was a real quest marker . I couldnt think of a reason why there would be a quest marker in Incheon International Airport when they were only supposed to show up at Stores . I looked around me but no one else seemed to have noticed the quest marker . They probably couldnt see it as only devas could . Hah, geez . I was truly flabbergasted at the sight and could only laugh . [Pop-up Quest (Rank 5) Help cure insomnia! Danhari found a very rare treasure, but is losing sleep over it . Danhari is afraid that someone might steal it from her or that she might lose it herself . She has never let the treasure go from her hand and has never stopped thinking about it . She is afraid that if she falls asleep, the treasure will disappear from her hands and hasnt slept since . After holding on to the treasure for 357 years, Danhari is now exhausted . She is sick and tired of the insomnia that has become part of her daily life and is now looking for someone to take this treasure away from her . She wants to know if there is someone out there who could sleep with the treasure in their possession . She believes that if someone can, then she could, too . Receive quest item on accepting quest . (Forfeiting or completing the quest returns the treasure to Danhari . ) Losing the quest item requires a reimbursement of 1,000x of quest reward . Time limit: none . Quest reward: 1,000,000 golden rings Accept/Reject] What is this? I had nothing else to say about this weird quest . What the hell kind of quest is this? In the past, I had completed my fair share of quests . I knew about the Hokkaido dungeon that I was heading to now because of a quest . The quest required me to farm some materials from the monsters in the dungeon . Id never seen a quest like this one before . This isnt a kill quest or a gather quest . It just wants me to sleep . And the quest reward was a million golden rings . A million! I read the quest description another three times, in case there was a catch, but I didnt see anything that suggested there was . Can you sleep with the treasure in your hands? If you can, you get a million golden rings . If I lost the quest item, I had to reimburse for it at 1,000x the quests reward . That was a whopping 1 billion golden rings! But really, there was nothing for me or any other devas to worry about . I had an inventory . As long as the item was held in your inventory, no one could steal it from you . Inventories were the safest place to store your items . I really dont get this at all . The whole part where the quest marker appeared at the airport didnt make sense . But I couldnt pass this up, not with a quest reward of a million golden rings . Thats a lot of money, especially this early in the game . No matter how much I thought about it, there was no reason for me to not accept this quest . There was no chance of failing this quest . Its so simple . Ill do it . Theres no time limit, no way for me to lose the quest item . Not accepting the quest would be stupid of me, especially for a million golden rings . I really couldnt let all those golden rings go . I doubt anyone else would reject this quest . Besides, theres no real reason to be suspicious about it . Quests are designed to help devas in the first place . Quests only existed to help devas progress in their growth . There was not a single quest out there designed to intentionally harm devas . Sure, some devas ended up dying trying to complete a difficult quest, but thats because they were insufficiently prepared for it . It wasnt the quests fault . As a result, it was the norm to complete quests as much as possible . It was what I did before, too . Of course I should accept . Theres nothing to lose and its simple enough . I made my decision . Actually, I didnt have a decision to make; it was already decided . I placed my hand over the Accept button . [Pop-up Quest (Rank 5) Help cure insomnia . ] You have accepted the quest . As the message screen disappeared, something began to materialize in front of me . I stretched my hand out to catch it . Is this the treasure? The treasure that supposedly prevented that Danhari person from sleeping all this time wasnt really that big . It was about as big as a shoebox . Item check! [This treasure box is locked . A password is required . If you would like to open this treasure box without the password, please pay 10x the original lock fee . Original lock fee: 100,000,000 golden rings . ] I expected something like this, finding out that it was locked only made me more eager in anticipation . Fine . I just need to go to sleep once to complete the quest . I dont need to know whats inside . I quickly put the mysterious treasure box away in my inventory . The quests reward is a million golden rings and the box was locked for a hundred times that . Whoever made this quest had a lot of money . Happy with what I just got, I began to walk towards my gate . ----------------------------------------- Its done . As Lee Jiwon disappeared into the crowd, two men seemingly materialized from behind the quest marker . One man was wearing a hoodie with the hood up, obscuring his face . The other man was bald, large and gruff-looking . Recall! The quest marker vanished at the bald mans command . Ive done as you asked, but this is very inappropriate . It might be inappropriate, but its not illegal, right? Besides, this is all good for the deva . Youre being sophistic . So what if I am? Its fine as long as we dont do anything criminal . Fine, but with this, my debt to you is clear . Hahaha . Of course . But take this with you . You need golden rings, too, dont you? Lalaku took out a pouch of a million golden rings and held it out to the bald man . The bald man glared at the pouch for a minute . Lalaku didnt react and continued to hold the pouch out . After what seemed like an eternity, the bald man finally took the pouch . Good choice . Dont ever contact me again . The bald man then vanished with his pouch and quest marker . Lalaku watched as the bald man vanished and turned in the direction Lee Jiwon disappeared in . Hehehe . Youre getting a lot out of this, so dont be too mad . Who knows? If youre lucky, youll end up with a tremendous amount of stat points . Although, Im not too sure if youll ever be that lucky . Hehehe! Sweet dreams! ------------------------------------------ I sat down on my assigned seat on the plane heading for Sapporo . The flights supposed to be almost three hours… The flight from Incheon to Sapporo took exactly two hours and fifty minutes . Huh…I might actually be able to sleep . I put on the complementary earphones and put on a pop song to settle in to my seat . I thought about a few things regarding the time I was about to spend in Japan . What would be the best way to search Mt Fuji? Should I look for some local fine eats while Im there? Should I visit a hot spring inn while I was at Mt Fuji? Before I knew it, I soon fell asleep . And I slept for a very long time .