Chapter 555

Arcane Sniper [Matan’s Shooter] Chapter 555

“Leeha-nim...”

“Why so? Are you not going to give it to me?”

Leeha looked alternately at Bahamut’s face and the quest window.

This was precisely why he felt uneasy about having the fruit of the World Tree in his hands.

【Radical Growth’s Shadow-2】

Content : Deliver the ‘World Tree’s Fruit’ to Bahamut within 150 days of acquiring the ingredient item (Time remaining : 68 days)

Reward : Useable item [Growth Accelerator]

Failure condition : Exceeding the deadline

Upon failure : Ingredient item ‘World Tree’s Fruit’ will disappear

“So,what happens if we remove a seed from the World Tree’s Fruit?”

“What?”

The quest explicitly called for the delivery of the World Tree’s fruit. However, had Leeha not promised the spirits? One of the two seeds within the fruit must be planted in front of Citadel Gaza!

‘How will it go if I explain carefully...?’

Leeha told Bahamut all about his experiences with the spirits and on the new continent.

Bahamut couldn’t help but lose his composure when Leeha mentioned that Toon had fully recovered and the high-ranking spirits had “returned to the spirit world.”

This was the first time Leeha was seeing Bahamut, who had managed to remain calm during the Kuzugu’nac incident, expressing such a dark visage and he was a bit surprised.

“So that’s why the mana of Bailephus was so weak...

It seemed that Alexander and Bailephus had yet to arrive at Bahamut’s Lair.

Leeha waited momentarily until Bahamut decided to speak again.

The Platinum Dragon and lord of the metal dragons quickly regained his lightly smiling expression.

That sitting on a throne requires good expression management is something he knew very well.

“You’ve had a lot of hardship. High-ranking spirit fellows are vastly disagreeable, let alone dealing with such creatures.”

“Well,it wasn’t easy.”

“Ha! Leeha-nim! Using such an impudent tone towards the Lord-“

“What can I do about the truth? Isn’t lying more impolite?”

Leeha laughed as he tussled Blaugrunn’s hair, who struggled in response. Blaugrunn was still unable to counter Leeha’s logical(?) rhetoric.

”So... as I mentioned earlier, I must remove one seed, can you make the growth accelerator with that?”

“You can make a growth accelerator with a fruit with only one seed remaining. However, you will not be able to achieve the result you desire.”

Leeha was about to exclaim ‘Woah’! but paused abruptly. He couldn’t achieve the result he wanted? If he created a growth accelerator, wouldn’t that be the result he wanted?

He wasn’t sure whether to express joy or sadness.

“The result I want...

“You’ve forgotten what your goal was? Weren’t you trying to grow this guy into an adult?”

“Ah- Ahhhh?!”

Leeha despair. What the heck! It means that all the running around was in vain!

The moment he obtained the Water of World from Poseidon, everything he did to receive the World Tree’s Fruit through the top-ranking spirits turned into a futile effort.

‘If I break the promise with the spirits-... no, no. That could be the worst choice.’

Leeha’s mind whirred negatively, but quickly came to a halt.

He remembered the cautionary words from Noeanen as well. The Earth Spirit King Gnoas said that he would know when the seeds of the World Tree’s fruit were properly planted.

If he did something inappropriate, he would definitely be despised by them forever.

Bahamut had an ominous grin on his face, as if he understood what Leeha was thinking.

“The implication is that there will be insufficient energy to grow the dragon. Ah! Speaking of planting the seeds of the World Tree’s fruit, how about spraying the growth accelerator on it? The spirits would love it!”

Bahamut was gifted in adding fuel to the fire.

“Eeeaah!Just make it!I want to leave here quickly–!”

Bahamut roared with laughter at Leeha’s protest. However, it was a forced laughter.

Toon’s full recovery and the exchange of energies between the Demon Lands in the Erika continent was no light matter. Thus, the Lord intentionally played the high-spirated joke.

“Yes.”

“That... I’m glad that dragons don’t farm.”

“What do you mean?”

Blaugrunn stared at Leeha with a frown. Was I being mocked? That was the look in her eyes, but with such ignorance, how could she be mocked.

Leehan let out a sigh and bowed his head.

“Ah... Alright. Please lay down this land you are holding on – you have hoisted – and... dig down about 15 cm. Goodness, Duya. Why are there so many headache-inducing people lately? I will have to take a break and get some sleep.”

Things were supposed to unfold smoothly after the operation in Hong Kong, but for some reason, there wasn’t a single bright light in his days.

“Uh-uh...”

Blaugrunn puffed his cheeks, but still paid close attention to Leehan’s words.

Not long after, as the monitor seed was properly planted in the ground, the nearly desolate wasteland sparkled radiantly, exuding a green hue.

‘Once I go out and come back in... It’s about time to go out for rehabilitation treatment. After my evening treatment and sleep, by the next log-in, the full penalty for the failure of the common quest would have been revealed.

‘I have a rough estimate. But, there will be much work ahead. Including the uses of growth-promoting agents. There are a few things I’ve been considering; I think it’s time I began.’

Leehan scratched his head and bid farewell to Blaugrunn.

“Hwajung, what are you doing? You didn’t even turn on the lights.”

“Sister.”

Ram Hwayeon, who just barely finished her tight work schedule, was surprised when she saw the inside of the room.

The reason being that Ram Hwajung was sitting huddled up with her knees drawn in, alone in the room without even a light on.

“What happened?”

“...Nothing.”

Ram Hwajung hid her face between her knees.

Ram Hwayeon, who would certainly pick up on such obvious signs, thought it was quite a transparent action, particularly among siblings.

Flashing a light smile, Ram Hwayeon reached out and gently patted Ram Hwajung’s back of the head.

“What’s wrong? Did something happen in Middle Earth? Is it because you couldn’t catch Toon?”

“It’s annoying.”

At Ram Hwayeon’s words, Ram Hwajung instantly responded.

Just as she thought, it was Toon. Ram Hwayeon nodded in understanding.

Most of the users were consumed with worry and anxiety due to the failing quest.

But the rankers were different. Rather than passive feelings like worry and insecurity, it was active emotions like anger and resentment that made them seethe with rage.

Ram Hwajung, who was currently ranked 7th, was no different.

“Even with Alexander and Lee Jiwon together, they still couldn’t catch that thing. They should have just swallowed their greed-”

“Oppa didn’t come to help. It’s annoying.”

“-Uh?”

Ram Hwayeon, who was about to comfort Ram Hwajung, faltered after hearing her response. Was Ram Hwajung annoyed not because they couldn’t catch Toon but because she is disappointed in Ha Leeha?”

“......Leeha?”

“Yes. Oppa. He aimed for the dinosaur. If I had properly frozen it”

Tears were welling up in Ram Hwajung’s doll-like eyes. Looking at her face, with her small lips furiously biting down, Ram Hwayeon felt taken aback.

‘I was a bit annoyed too, analyzing the effects of the failure of the quest.

However, was that the emotion that had been rocking her younger sister, Hwajung, even more fiercely? And not because the quest failed, but because she couldn’t help Ha Leeha?

“Sister.”

“Yes, Hwajung.”

“Help me.”

“You... you’re asking for my help? Are you asking me to help?”

Ram Hwajung nodded as she looked up at Ram Hwayeon with tear-filled eyes. Her eyes looked like they were going to spill tears at any moment, but she was stifling her tears.

‘Oh my, Hwajung is-‘

She doesn’t ask for help from anyone.

She doesn’t really listen to anyone’s words. The youngest daughter of Ram Family was so stubborn in her own way.

The first to approach Ram Hwajung was due to Ram Hwayeon’s purpose of operating Middle Earth for ‘business purposes’. She had a hunch that her youngest sister’s personality had changed significantly.