Translator: rainbowturtle
Editor: LD & Jyazen
Hyeonuâs surprise announcement had caused several groups of people to become busy. The busiest of them were the miners of the large guilds. They quickly predicted the future situation and delivered various instructions.
âContact Master. No, before that, go to the auction house. Buy potions. Sweep up all the potions of intermediate level and above!â
âRecruit more production class players. Continue the scouting as well. Gather more materials for repair!â
Their goal was only materials. Repairing items and potions were required to fight wars, so these two things must be present to make this war possible. The leaders of the big guilds watched Hyeonuâs stream as soon as they received the information. Simultaneously, they verified the facts with the NPC nobles they were acquainted with.
âEarl Dulla, I heard a strange rumor and came to see you.â Lucan, a miner of a big guild, visited Earl Dulla. This was an NPC whom Lucan had completed the favorability work for under the orders of the guild master.
âHow do you know about this? Has the news already spread to adventurers?â Earl Dulla looked like he couldnât understand the situation. It had only been a week ago that he heard the emperor talk about the invasion of the demon world. He hadnât told anyone about it because an agreement had yet to be reached among the nobles. Despite that, an adventurer came to him and seemed to already know about it.
âAn adventurer called Gang Hyeonu revealed it. He said he would wage a war on the demon world under the orders of His Majesty,â Lucan conveyed Hyeonuâs words to Earl Dulla.
âGang Hyeonu? Did Marquis Gang Hyeonu do that?â A deep crease formed between Earl Dullaâs brows. It was unexpected that the marquis had actually received an order like that! Earl Dullaâs mind started spinning rapidly. What were the emperorâs intentions? Furthermore, how could he possibly go against the emperorâs desires?
âThen why donât you and the other guild adventurers participate in the demon world invasion? If you dedicate yourself to the empire... it wonât take long for you to be rewarded for it.â Earl Dullaâs choice was to follow the emperorâs orders.
It wasnât important to consider the opinions of other nobles. The more important thing was to know what the emperor was thinking right now.
âIf we are given such an opportunity, we will naturally fight hard, Earl Dulla.â Lucan bowed his head.
âThis reaction shows it isnât a lie... Iâll bet the guildâs life or death on it,â he decided. Content like the main scenario was an opportunity because of the massive quests.
At the same time, it was a crisis. It was a chance to grab peopleâs attention and climb up a bit further, but it was also a high-speed train that would sink to the ground if it got buried by other guilds. Even so, the rewards that could be obtained were so sweet that no one could throw away the opportunity of a main scenario. Now, staying still meant regressing.
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[Players recruited 178/???]
[Players recruited 246/???]
[Players recruited 372/???]
âIt is constantly going up.â
Hyeonu smiled when he saw the quest messages that constantly popped up in front of him. The viewers saw Hyeonuâs expression and started to chat.
-Why is he smiling all of a sudden?
-This isnât a smiling situation, right?
-Is he thinking about that person?
-Did he smile just imagining her face?
The viewers casually threw out mean messages. There was no great malice though. They just wanted to make fun of Hyeonu. Hyeonu knew this and responded with a smile, âI canât stop smiling when I think about you watching my stream. I donât think my clown smile will go down.â
He raised his hands and pointed at his face. His mouth was really curved up toward the sky like a clown.
-Donât lie.
-How can a person lie like that without changing his expression?
-If you have a conscience, then you should at least apply saliva to your mouth.
-Is that a bare face or a mask?I donât know.
The viewers were disgusted by Hyeonuâs response. In fact, they felt like they had taken a beating. There was no fun and no bewilderment.
âHow is it a lie? All I care about is you. What would I be without all of you? I would just be someone who plays a game.â Hyeonu poured out cheesy comments one after another. Today, he was so into it that it was impossible to make fun of him any longer. He let viewers know that the wrong chat messages might receive this in return.
-Stop for today.
-Iâm going to die of anger.
-It is greasy like butter...
-Opening my curled up fingers...
Hyeonuâs expression brightened when he saw the viewersâ reactions. Now there would be no one making fun of him.
âTime to call Tang-E...â
In fact, he didnât prepare any content to show on todayâs stream. It was all about presenting things related to the main scenario.
âThis alone is enough already...â
Therefore, it was now time to call Tang-E and chat.
âNow, letâs spend some time with Tang-E. We can eat meat and watch Tang-Eâs tricks together.â
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âI want to thank everyone who watched Alley Leaderâs streaming today. I will end it here. See you next time!â
Alley Leaderâs stream ended. It went smoothly without any particular peculiarities.
âIn the end, it is over 1,000.â
Just before the end of stream, the number of players who would participate in the demon world invasion surpassed 1,000.
âThere are 1,000 worker ants under me.â
He was happy just imagining it. Was this how it felt to have slaves? It was a happy thing to receive benefits even if he stayed still.
âPuhuhuhu,â a strange laugh flowed from Hyeonuâs lips.
âMaster dude is crazy.â Tang-E didnât have a good expression as he looked at Hyeonu. It seemed like he was looking at a madman. This was understandable because Hyeonu was trying to hold back the laughter that was coming out. He grabbed at his mouth and in turn covered his face with both hands.
The problem was that this didnât stop the laughter flowing through his lips. Thus, he created a more grotesque look for himself.
âNo matter what the problem is, it is clear you must be firm.â Tang-E walked up to Hyeonu and banged their heads together. A loud sound broke out like the sound of a walnut cracking.
âAck!! Why did you hit me?â Hyeonu frowned at the sudden pain. Then he turned his head toward Tang-E, the cause of the pain.
âWake up, wake up. I donât know whatâs going on, but if you stay like this, there will be trouble. Master dude,â Tang-E said while looking at Hyeonu with cold eyes. Hyeonu listened to Tang-Eâs words and felt his mind return. His boiling blood finally cooled down.
âTang-E is right. It isnât the time to be excited.â
The war hadnât even started yet; it was only in the preparation stage.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
It wouldnât be too late to rejoice when there was a heavy result in both hands.
âI need to be more fully prepared.â
The preparations were endless, but it was all so he could get even a slightly bigger reward. Hyeonu started to reflect on them one by one.
âEverything Iâve prepared...â
There was nothing left to do. He didnât change any items or gain any new skills. He didnât even prepare any potions.
âI already have enough potions.â
Hyeonu didnât think he should prepare them because he didnât use them often in the first place. After thinking about it, there was nothing left to prepare.
âAll I can do is...â
The only thing that remained was leveling up or increasing his proficiencyâimproving his character itself.
âI have to fight with the demons anyway...â
He thought it would be okay to start the fight first. Killing one demon now meant one less demon to kill later.
âTang-E, letâs hunt. It is a very difficult and hard hunt,â Hyeonu spoke to Tang-E with a slightly stiff expression.
âUnderstood, Master dude.â Tang-E nodded when he saw Hyeonu returning to his usual self.
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Hyeonuâs hunting spot was very different from that of the other players.
The majority of players in the demon world hadnât left Etono as they had no information for what was beyond it. Another reason was that the demons and demonic creatures were too strong. With such powerful opponents, it was very risky to move around a dangerous place without any information. Theyâd be risking their lives.
However, Hyeonu was different. He knew more information about the demon world than any other player. Additionally, he was strong enough to easily deal with the demons and demonic creatures.
âKilling those guys isnât the goal.â
Hyeonuâs real goal was something else. It was possible to hunt the lowest or low-grade demons and demonic creatures anywhere. Thus, Hyeonuâs aim was the boss monstersâat least the advanced demonic creatures or demon nobles. He aimed for them.
âThere were 33...â
This was the upgrade condition for upgrading Rainbow of Desires, the ring that Hyeonu had.
[Stage 3 opening condition: Kill boss monsters above level 400 0/33.]
Hyeonu had looked for the fastest way to bring about change to his character, and it was the Rainbow of Desires that caught his eyes.
âI donât need to kill all 33. It will be filled naturally during the war.â
Even if there was an invasion of the demon world, the high-ranking demons like an earl or marquis wouldnât appear at the beginning. The law of the game was for strong monsters to appear sequentially. It didnât make sense for a strong guy to come out from the beginning.
âI know where one boss monster is.â
Hyeonu had already set a goal to catch. Boss monsters were rare. They werenât stones rolling around on the road. The hard part was finding them. They were also quite difficult to find in the demon world, compared to the middle world which had a large number of them. It was because not just anyone could become a noble in the demon world.
âI can find them from Earl Kalea.â
Earl Kalea was the owner of a city quite far from Etono. That city was at the end of the territory that Baler recognized. Still, that didnât matter at all. For Hyeonu, Earl Kaleaâno, his city was a fishing ground, and the masterâs position was nothing more than bait.
âOnce it is occupied, they will keep coming.â
It was a good fishing spot where the fish would be replenished as soon as they were caught. Cities were very important to demons and couldnât be left empty for even a second. It was because the city was a measure of the size of the forces.
âI will move to Penn.â
Earl Kaleaâs city was located between Penn, which belonged to Viscount Garcia, and Quere, John Blakeâs former city. It didnât matter where Hyeonu went, but he was more drawn to Penn than Quere.
[The Penn Return Stone has been used.]
[Moving to Penn.]
[Current number of uses remaining: 5/6]
[Remaining time to charge it once is 5 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds.]
âStart with the earl...â
This was a tidy start.