Chapter 154 Back To Antique Shop

[Lv.10 Burning Giant(E-Rank) has been killed.]

[Your team gained 100 points.]

[You gained 1000 experience points.]

[Congratulations; at the conclusion of the match, you will receive your reward for killing the region boss.]

''Heh, I made it on time. This time the region boss turned out to be more challenging than I thought. ''Looking at the four-meter-tall giant that was lying in front of him with its big, three-eyed head separated from its body, Raydon remarked.

Even though the enormous boss was dead, sparks occasionally flew from its red hairs and vanished into the air.

Actually, Raydon's challenge was not that this monster was more powerful than other region bosses, but rather that it had a fire attribute. Raydon was only able to use Flame Burst as a movement-type skill in this fight, and it was difficult to cut off the monster's head by damaging its thick skin under the red hairs because of his lack of strength. After a 15-minute battle, however, the berserker technique proved successful once again, and the giant was killed.

It also took a considerable amount of time to locate the region boss beneath the magma heap where it was sleeping, but he eventually did so thanks to his despise skill.

"Let's see how much time I have left."

[Time remaining until the end of the match: 00:03:15]

''Time is almost up, and there are no more mobs nearby to kill anyway,'' He exclaimed gleefully as he reflected on his three productive hours.

During this time, Raydon tracked down and eliminated the entire enemy team of five. Furthermore, he killed 612 mobs, which was more than the previous match's total of around 500, setting a new record.

This meant that, excluding the Region Boss and the opposing team, Raydon had killed nearly 4 mobs per minute. Of course, his despise and depart skills were the main reason he was able to kill so many mobs.

By using his despise skill, he was able to locate the areas with the highest concentrations of monsters, and by continuously dispatching them, he was able to maintain a full stack of his movement-type skill, allowing him to move to the next mob slot and dispatch them once more before the depart skill's effect wore off.

"These two skills really made a good combination," Raydon said, grinning as he checked his accumulated XP.

[Experience]: 252.203/ 1.000.000

''Damn, I still have a long way to go before reaching 1,000,000! '' He was fuming again after recalling with regret all the experience points he had failed to earn from the inheritance.

''It looks like I won't be able to level up quickly until I hit E-Rank. The alternative is that I'll need to find another inheritance. However, I don't believe finding inheritance keys is that simple. '' Raydon snorted.

While he was deep in thought, the match ended with a system message, and his body faded away into the glimmering light.

[The match has ended.]

[Winner Team: B7890-D4850]

[…Based on the contribution, rewards are calculated.]

[You gained gold coins: 328]

[You gained item blueprint: Earring(White)]

[You gained crafting material: Blazing Skin(Green)]

[Win streak: 5]

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"What am I going to do? Should I tell the organization? But if I do that, that zombie will surely kill me the next time he returns. But if I don't report it and word gets out, the organization will kill me for real this time. What am I going to do? What should I do? '' The owner of the antique shop, who was slumped on the couch, muttering with a white face.

The redness of his eyes and the puffiness of the skin under his eyes were telltale signs that he hadn't slept in a very long time.

''Please come up with an idea, boss. Let me live a little longer, please. '' The woman working in the shop was standing over the old man, holding a fan above his head and forcing him to concentrate.

Two days ago, after an argument, Fehim and Raydon mysteriously vanished, shocking the old man and the female worker. There has never been a fight between item holders within the territory of the Trade Organization before.

Furthermore, if this was just an ordinary fight, the organization would hear about the event in a short amount of time regardless of whether or not the shop owner reported it.

But things were different this time around. Both Fehim and Raydon mysteriously vanished. The store owner would be at fault for failing to report the incident to the appropriate authorities if the organization learned of the incident and determined that it occurred in his shop.

However, if the shopkeeper went to report the incident and the zombie who caused it later returned and found out that the shopkeeper had ratted him out, the shopkeeper would still suffer a horrible death. Naturally, the shopkeeper wouldn't be the only one affected by this, as the employee who witnessed it would as well.

''Boss, you must find a way out of this situation. You are old and wise, so please exert a little bit more effort. '' The female worker hadn't slept for two days straight, and she was so worn out that she couldn't even hold the fan correctly.

'What the heck are they doing? ' Upon returning from the match, Raydon was taken aback to find himself back in the antique shop rather than the inheritance dimension, and he was even more baffled by the sight before him.

'Oh, I guess they were worried when we disappeared. Had they been waiting here like this for two days?'  He realized what was going on after overcoming his initial confusion.

''It was great to be back in this world after all that time in that dimension. I didn't want to waste another day in that nothingness,'' Raydon sighed in relief.

''Y-y-you are back? ''

Raydon had said what he believed he was thinking from the outside due to the happiness and relief he was feeling, and he had attracted the attention of the shopkeeper and the woman.

''Yes. Don't mind me, I know the way. '' Raydon remarked, then turned around to head to the item market.

He was about to open the door to the item market when he abruptly turned around and said to the bewildered eyes staring at him.

''Also, if you tell anyone about what occurred here, you will die.'' Then he turned and walked out the door.