Ranker's Return

Chapter 757

During the time when Hyeonu was engaged in a bloody (?) battle with the dark elves on the East Continent, there were those wandering in search of elves in the south of the West Continent.

“How many quests is it now?” a handsome man with a cold impression asked the man walking beside him.

“It is 48. Two more and it is 50. I’m going to die of boredom,” the other man replied with a sigh.

They had already spent nearly a fortnight on meaningless quests. They couldn’t even see the elves they were aiming for. They didn’t see any traces, let alone the elves themselves. What they found was the possibility of the existence of elves. The possibility that there would be a village of elves made of NPCs rather than monsters.

“Let’s go wherever we should go. We can’t give up now.”

“Honestly, I like it better now. It is enough that we don’t have to go to places like that any longer.”

“Right now, we are looking for elves. Elves. We aren’t walking through the desert, climbing volcanoes, or digging up graves.”

There were no complaints from anyone except the man who complained. It was natural. They were happy with the Arena play they were enjoying right now. This was heaven compared to the Arena they previously experienced.

“So you should give up now, Ket,”Asu, the handsome man with the cold impression, told Ket who had a face full of dissatisfaction. Apart from him, the rest of the Pioneer Guild members liked finding the elves. It was boring but there was a clear goal.

Additionally, the southern part of the West Continent basically had good weather. It wasn’t hot or cold. It was optimized for moving. They couldn’t even compare it to the rough terrain they had always roamed. The pleasant environment that seemed to welcome them made them feel better.

“That’s right, we don’t have to follow your arbitrariness any longer.”

“We’ve already fallen for your ridiculous coaxing once or twice. Now I’m tired.

“From now on, we will continue to decide through voting. We will move in the direction that the majority agrees upon.”

Maha, Jewel, and Nix each threw words toward Ket. They had left the demon world after being killed by Galiya. Then there was a heated discussion. They didn’t want to struggle any longer. They were playing Arena to have a different experience from reality, but that was only once or twice. There was no longer the fun of a game, so it was stressful instead.

After losing the justification of another experience, Ket lost the power to lead the other guild members. They used their information network to find something to do in Arena. Through that process, Asu found there were rumors of elves in the southern part of the West Continent. Everyone except for Ket was intrigued by the rumors and started to move.

“Stop making that grumpy face and smile, you jerk,”Asu approached Ket and opened his mouth.“We’ve only been following you for over two years.”

At these words, Asu turned around and started to walk again.

The elves. It was to confirm the truth of the rumors.

***

“It is finally the boss monster, everyone. The exhausting time has come to an end,”Hyeonu said with a smile in the center of the ruined town.

-I have goosebumps.

-He is smiling over there.As expected of a pro.A pro.

-He can never stand in the same position as others.

-By the way, he can still smile over there?

Viewers saw such a Hyeonu and got goosebumps. The place where Hyeonu was standing was naturally the middle of the Highwind Tribe’s village. There was no time to move anywhere else because he fought without a break. The village of the Highwind Tribe was in ruins. The houses collapsed and the ground was dug up. Additionally, the dug up ground and shattered houses were dyed red. It was a sign of the death of the dark elves.

Hyeonu was smiling in the midst of a scene that was strewn with corpses and drenched with blood. It wasn’t unreasonable for the viewers to be shocked.

“Well, they are all traces that will disappear anyway. It isn’t like I’ve seen this only once or twice. Why are you like this?”

Hyeonu smiled again when he saw the chat window.

‘Level 399.’

There was another reason why Hyeonu couldn’t erase his smile. His level was close to his target. If he killed the boss monster who hadn’t appeared yet… He would be able to reach level 400. If that happened, he would immediately go do his fifth class advancement. After the fifth class advancement, he would be able to get information about the divine world.

‘It is going smoothly.’

Hyeonu felt like his blockage was cleared.

“This is just what I think but… perhaps the boss monster isn’t in the village. It would’ve come out earlier if it was in the village. It wouldn’t have run away.”

The Highwind Tribe was devastated due to Hyeonu. It was safe to say it was destroyed or annihilated. The number of dark elves killed on the way to the village was huge and the number of dark elves killed in the village was even greater than that. Even so, the chief of the village who should be the boss monster didn’t appear.

‘By the way, what if… what if it is a monster like Raccoon?’

The smile disappeared from Hyeonu’s face. He imagined something that shouldn’t happen.

-Look at that bloody expression.Is he saying that he isn’t going to let anyone live?

-Is this pulling out all the roots or what?

-He swept away a village.

-Add a line to Alley Leader’s achievements.

Viewers didn’t know what Hyeonu was thinking. They only saw the change in facial expression and chatted. After a long time, the dark elf didn’t appear.

“The boss monster isn’t coming out, so I will go through town to see if there are any items.”

Hyeonu couldn’t wait and started moving directly. Together with Tang-E, they searched the village of the Highwind Tribe.

-Is this some type of robbery content?Or is it a thievery content?

-How is this stealing?It is robbery.It isn’t about stealing. It is killing and stealing everything.

Viewers burst into laughter when they saw Hyeonu and Tang-E robbing the village of the Highwind Tribe. This was a very rare scene. No, it wasn’t rare. This was the first time they were seeing it. It was such an absurd sight.

As the viewers were laughing at Hyeonu’s actions, Hyeonu continued to wander around the houses to look for items. He was wondering if there was anything he could use.

Hyeonu entered a house in a corner of the village. The inside of the house was neat. There was a bookshelf full of books and the desk had some decorations and books. There seemed to be no problem apart from the rather dark energy.

‘Is there nothing here?’

Hyeonu wandered around inside the well-organized house and searched carefully. Then a small rectangular seal entered Hyeonu’s eyes.

‘Item information.’

Hyeonu immediately grabbed the seal and called up the item information window.

[Seal of the Highwind Tribe’s Leader]

[It is a seal that symbolizes Yuris, the chief of the Highwind Tribe.]

The item description was nothing. It was just a seal. However, the owner of the seal was the chief of the Highwind Tribe that Hyeonu was looking for.

‘This seems to be the chief’s house…’

It was just that the chieftain wasn’t present. Hyeonu would’ve known if he had died in the previous battle. At the end of the battle, Hyeonu checked the message windows related to the battle faster than anyone else.

“This is the home of the chief of the dark elf tribe, the village’s representative and the boss monster. Yet there is no home owner. Then I’ll take a look around the house until the owner comes.”

Hyeonu started to mess up the neat house.

He approached the bookshelf, pulled out all the books that seemed like they had something and started reading them. Of course, he didn’t read them all. He took a rough glance and threw anything that didn’t have a message window pop up or interesting content in it to the ground.

-It is the level of breaking into a house without an owner.

-Look at him throwing the books he read on the ground straight away.

-His personality comes out like this.

-His actual house seems to be cleaned by Argon.Alley Leader just messes around.?????

“No? He doesn’t clean either? There is someone separate who does the cleaning,”Hyeonu looked at the chat window and spoke out when he saw the ridiculous nonsense filling it. He couldn’t stand for Yeongchan’s reputation rising due to false rumors.

‘First, I’ll take this…’

Hyeonu placed the seal in his hand into the inventory. It was a trivial item, but he somehow felt like he should take it with him.

‘I can sell it if it is really useless.’

The money would be decent if he sold it to those collecting unusual items. Otherwise, he could give it as a gift. Hyeonu continued to mess around inside the house after taking the seal. After he finished looking at the desk, he approached the book and took out this book and that book.

[History of the Highwind Tribe]

[How to Make 5 Gold into 20 Gold]

[How to Seduce the Elf Next Door]

[How to Beat the Orc in the Back House]

[How to Get Rid of the Idiot Downstairs]

‘What? It is just like this.’

Hyeonu’s expression crumpled when he looked at the bookshelf. It was because there was nothing for him.

‘Are there no skill books? Skill books.’

He couldn’t even see books related to a quest, let alone skill books. Literally, there were only useless books. The annoyed Hyeonu punched the bookshelf with his fist. A number of books fell out of the bookshelf. The bookshelf became empty. There was nothing left apart from a few books.

‘Huh?’

Then something became visible in an exposed vacant spot.

-Is this a movie?

-What is that?

-Is it a secret device?

Viewers saw the same thing that Hyeonu saw. He saw a small button between the empty bookcase. Hyeonu didn’t hesitate to put his hand between the bookshelf and press the button. The bookshelf split in half and revealed a new space.

“Ahh…!” Hyeonu exclaimed when he saw the new space that appeared.

He felt rewarded for his struggles so far.

“I think it is a treasure warehouse. There is one here.”

The space in front of him was a type of warehouse. All types of jewelry and gold coins were piled up everywhere on small desks. It was a sight normally seen in movies and manhwa.

-Share what you received, share.

-Here is a disadvantaged neighbor who needs your favor.

-Let’s help the nearby neighbors.

The viewers spoke nonsense when they saw the gold and silver coins.

“Leave a comment on the video I will post after editing today's livestream and I will send 100 gold to 100 people through a lottery.”

Hyeonu didn’t miss any of this nonsense. He couldn’t be called a streamer if he didn’t make the mood good at this time. It was extra business if he could win the public sentiment of the viewers with gold. Hyeonu entered the treasure warehouse with the enthusiastic support of the viewers. There, he found something very interesting.

‘It smells fishy.’

It was a book. It was a book with a strong sense of a jackpot.

[Diary of Yulis, Chief of the HIghwind Tribe]