Chapter 167 - The Tempter

Chapter 167: The Tempter

Translator: ChubbyCheeks

PR: MattForgenti

Minhyuk was happily smiling after he had received the Moon’s Wheat quest right after logging back in to Athenae.

‘Delicious noodles!’

There was now a ‘0 kg / 5 kg’ flashing on his upper left corner beside the name Moon’s Wheat. Right now, he was holding a bow to raise his DEX and play nogada.

(Abyss’ Bow)

Rank: Epic

Restrictions: 400 DEX, 300 AGI

Durability: 5,000 / 5,000

Attack Power: 126

Primary Special Abilities:

━ For every 100 DEX, the hit rate, fatal blow rate and fatal blow power will increase by 10%.

━ Increase of 13% in AGI.

━ Active Skill: Master Archer’s Archery.

Description: A bow used by a Master Archer in the past who’s now deep asleep at the bottom of the abyss.

This was one of the artifacts that he had gotten from hunting the clam golem before and was the perfect artifact for Minhyuk to use right now.

It’s attack power was clearly significantly lower than most of the artifacts in his possession. This was because the attack power of both the bow and arrow would be combined. Before Minhyuk came here, he made sure to buy plenty of arrows with an attached 10% increase in critical hit rate from Valkyrie Kingdom. He also briefly unequipped Ellie’s Kitchen Knife from Barraca’s Greatsword and equipped it on the bow. He only had one reason to do so.

‘I can’t give up the x4 increase in my DEX acquisition rate.’

After finishing all of his preparations, Minhyuk was finally on his way to Ructo’s Tomb. Before he could arrive at Ructo’s Tomb, he had to face and hunt the monsters like the Owl Bear which appeared at the half a day journey towards the tomb. In the meantime, he thought that it was a good time to eat noodles while he went and collected the Moon’s Wheat on his way.

As he was walking, he finally saw a monster from a distance. It was an Owl Bear. Owl Bears were called like that because they had the huge body of a bear and the head of an owl. They were approximately 2m tall and although it was a monster at Lv300, it’s strength was comparable to any mob at Lv330. However, its defense was still quite low.

“Grrrrrrreuoooo!”

Minhyuk reached for his back as he grabbed an arrow and nocked it on the bow. The moment he pulled the strings of the bow, Minhyuk could clearly see a large red dot appear on the center of the Owl Bear’s body. Even a child could understand the meaning of this red dot.

Minhyuk pulled the strings taut before releasing his hold.

Shweeeeeeek!

The arrow flew at an incomprehensible speed as it pierced straight through the Owl Bear’s neck.

[You have dealt a fatal blow.]

“Keuooooo!”

The Owl Bear shrieked as it fell down with a thud.

“......OMG?”

Minhyuk was quite surprised. He already knew that it was due to the effect of the Abyss’ Bow and due to his DEX being high, his hit rate, fatal blow rate as well as fatal blow power were all increased by 150%.

Generally, archer’s artifacts had a tendency to increase those probabilities through DEX. Among them epic archer artifacts, the Abyss’ Bow was on the superior side. Usually, artifacts at this rank would only have an increase of around 3%~5% but the Abyss’ Bow had an increase of 10%. Right now, the destructive power of Minhyuk’s bow was already comparable to any archer user at his level. No, it was even a lot more than that.

And Minhyuk could clearly see...

The Moon’s Wheat that dropped!

[You have acquired 2,031 gold.]

[You have acquired 210g of Moon’s Wheat.]

​ “Kgghk!”

Minhyuk looked at it in satisfaction and awe. And just like that, he was filled with motivation to hunt Owl Bears. Once he had gathered around 3kg of Moon’s Wheat, he whipped out the noodle maker that he had purchased at Valkyrie Kingdom and prepared some noodles.

“Hiyaa......”

He quickly prepared a dough which he passed through the noodle maker. Thin and long strips of noodles slowly came out of the noodle maker. Then, he boiled the noodles before putting them in his pre-made broth. He added some garnishes on top of the noodles which included eggs, shredded zucchini, julienned carrots, chopped kimchi, and some seaweed flakes sprinkled on top of it all.

The steaming bowl of banquet noodles was done just like that. There were even plates filled with the red and appetizing kimchi and kkakdugi beside it.

Minhyuk shot another Owl Bear. Once it fell down, he harvested the Moon’s Wheat that dropped.

[You have acquired 300g of Moon’s Wheat.]

[You have completed the Quest: Hunting those who have stolen Farmer Carn’s Moon’s Wheat.]

[You have gained 30,000 EXP.]

[Your EXP acquisition rate will increase by 5% for 1 week.]

“This is the final Moon’s Wheat...... Sigh......”

300g. For ordinary people, it was more than enough to make some bibimguksu. But for someone like Minhyuk who wasn’t satisfied even with 3kg worth of noodles? It was totally not enough. Minhyuk sullenly thought of using regular flour to make some to fill the gap in his stomach.

At that moment, he suddenly felt a vibration from the ground.

“Huh?”

As soon as he turned around, he saw......

“Kyaaaaak!”

A female user being chased by Owl Bears and Harpies. There were even a total of five of these monsters all together.

“I’m really sorry but if you help me hunt these monsters then I’ll give you everything that drops!”

Minhyuk could see the things that dropped when she killed some monsters while passing by.

‘......!’

It was Moon’s Wheat.

And Minhyuk faintly realized something.

‘This woman had been given the Moon’s Wheat quest too!’

His eyes glinted cunningly when he recalled the words ‘I’ll give you everything’ from earlier. In other words, the Moon’s Wheat would be a compensation and reward of some sort for him.

And Javin? She smiled darkly inside.

‘Will you be able to resist helping me?’

She was such a beautiful woman. In fact, she had long straight hair, a great figure and an innocent appearance that men couldn’t resist. So far, most of the men who had gone to help her even went as far as to scream ‘You vicious monsters! Take my sword of light and justice!’ whenever she screamed pitifully for help. Some would even pretend to be a man of great honor and tell her ‘But Nim also did a good job so you should take the items and the gold.’ It was such a good feeling that she even thought of risking her work to become an Athenean girlfriend or possibly a real life girlfriend to some.

And, Minhyuk started to pull his bow. She could see that his eyes were blazing.

‘As expected, you’re just like the rest of the guys.’

Fwooosh! Fwooosh!

[You have dealt a fatal blow.]

Minhyuk’s arrow easily shot through the spot where he wanted to shoot. Furthermore, Harpy was an airborne monster that was quite difficult for regular users to deal with. However, nothing was more amazing than him striking a vital point and the monster dropping down in one shot.

‘Wow. That’s really good.’

She had no doubts about Minhyuk being an archer. She also believed that he was an archer that was beyond Lv360. His artifact’s damage and hit rate were proof of it.

After all of the mobs were cleared, she couldn’t help but grin.

“Just like I told you earlier, you can keep all the drops.”

She smiled as gentle as she could all while trying to show off her beautiful white teeth. She even emphasized the tight leather armor that she wore that was highlighting her breasts.

She thought......

‘He’ll say No, it’s not fair, right?’

Then, Minhyuk said.

“Right. Well then.”

***

Footnotes

[Nogada] 노가다 - It is a broad term, mainly used to describe a person who works on a construction site. Can also be used to refer to doing a simple repetitive task. In this case, it is used to refer to repetitive tasks. Back.

[Master Archer] - In the text, it says 명궁 which is an abbr of some sort for a word that refers to someone who is skilled in the bow. So I used Master Archer. It’s basically a title you attach to any archer that is skilled with his trade. Back

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