Chapter 80

Chapter 80

‘So, I’m looking for a veteran of the Second Human-Demon War....but without an arm. For information like this, it is best to ask in crowded places.’

Leeha knew the witness’s name and unique appearance, so the NPCs should know about it.

Leeha opened his map and zoomed in on the Nitai Village. The map was really helpful for Leeha.

‘If it wasn’t for this, I would have lost a lot of time.’

Every time he had to find something, he would have had to log out and back in again to find the information.

Since the time between reality and Middle Earth flowed differently, there was a risk of a huge loss of time if something did not go well in reality.

Logging out should be used only when necessary.

“Hehehe, die, monster!”

“Oww, you crazy! Throwing stones!” Waaa—!

“Ahahaha, that kind of weapon does not work on me! My sword, my sword! Oh, I must pursue the archers!”

“Run away, run away, the crazy beggar is chasing us!”

“Kyaaa〜 •—”

What are they doing? A group entered Leeha’s line of sight as he walked towards the pub.

It looked like the neighborhood kids were surrounding someone and throwing rocks at him.

Being bullied must be insane.

‘I want to tell them to stop and... maybe I could get a quest. In exchange for saving the crazy beggar, he might ask me to do something for him!’ ...He thought.

If he had such a unique look, it is highly likely.

But for now, it’s not Leeha’s problem. It was crazy to get another quest when he was doing a quest with a time limit.

‘The important quests are, of course, Browless’s and the Lunchbox. I’ll finish those two quests first and come back to this city later.’

He walked back down the road and stepped toward the pub again.

It was a small to medium-sized city that even had a bank, but the inside was not so spacious.

Less than 10 minutes later, Leeha entered Nitai’s pub.

“Welcome.”

The old wooden door creaked, followed by a short reflexive greeting.

There were a few round tables scattered in the dark and the counter had some seats. Because it was just before sunset, there were few people gathered.

“One butterbeer please.”

Leeha naturally went to the counter and sat down.

At the appearance of an outlander, people’s eyes went to Leeha for a moment.

However, it was only for a while.

‘Whether it’s a human or an NPC.’

There was chatter and laughter, but when he heard their conversation, Leeha couldn’t make any sense of it.

“Here it is.”

“Thank you. May I ask you something?”

As soon as the butterbeer came out, Leeha opened his mouth.

In any case, only the owner of the pub was certainly an NPC. Of course, Leeha had to ask him.

“What is it?”

“I heard there was a one-armed man named Lepanto in this city... Do you know him?”

“One-armed Lepanto? One-armed Lepanto... “

The bearded owner of the pub repeated the name over and over again but shook his head.

“Well? There are a lot of people without an arm in this town, but I don’t know their name.”

“There are a lot of people without an arm?”

“Just because the war is over doesn’t mean that their arm will come back.”

“Oh, then... They all participated in the Second Human-Demon Wa-”

“That’s right. I mean, there are a lot of people like that in this town. Are you an outlander?”

“Ah... “

The pub owner only shrugged his shoulders.

It was a village where veterans gather? If that’s the case...

‘If I think positively, it is only natural that those drunkards didn’t know about the betrayal or surrender. Doesn’t that mean he’s a person with a tight mouth? In other words, what if he couldn’t speak freely because what he saw was true?’

It was very likely to be true.

If he had such skill and personality, one could expect roughly what his appearance would be.

‘Somewhat serious looking. He must be someone with tightly closed lips. You should be able tell just by looking at his impression.’

The day was coming to an end.

There were 19 days left to complete the quest of Browless, and 12 days to complete the lunchbox quest.

‘I don’t have time. Let’s go and look around all the shops.’

Leeha started walking all over Nitai.

“Well... I have never heard of such a name.”

“Lepanto! I know who he is! But is he in this city?”

“You didn’t know?”

“I’m sorry, it’s time to close the store.”

“Wouldn’t it be better to go to the city hall and check the resident registration? Isn’t that the young man who came next door?”

“Lepanto... Lepanto... I don’t think there was anyone like that.”

“Thank you.”

Leeha took a deep breath.

“Phew... “

He looked around the city until midnight but to no avail.

‘How could this be?’ I have no strength to walk. Where should I look?

‘Was he famous? Of course, he was famous 20 years ago, shouldn’t they be able to recognize his face? He would not have a common job if he used a rapier.’

It was now midnight.

No more NPCs roamed the streets. The lights at the marketplace were extinguished, and there were a few patrol guards and a number of users walking around.

“Ehehehe.”

“Ahh! I was surprised! Who are you?”

Leeha was startled by the sudden sound of laughter.

“Ehehe, would you like to play war with me?”

“Oh?”

It was the ‘crazy beggar’ he saw during the day. It was quite late at night, why didn’t he go home?

‘No, he doesn’t have a home. That’s why he’s a beggar. By the way, how did he get behind me?’

Leeha was perplexed by the current situation.

Wasn’t he on a street that no one was walking? Doesn’t that mean that Leeha didn’t realize that he was being followed?

No matter how much he was preoccupied with his thoughts, it was different from before.

Leeha’s assimilation rate was raised by 50%, and his senses were raised.

‘But I didn’t know someone was following me?’

This was something strange. Leeha’s instincts were tingling.

Leeha looked at the crazy beggar.

His beard and hair were thick, so his face couldn’t be seen properly. His bangs went down to his chin and completely covered his eyes and nose.

Wide shoulders and back, strangely bent knees, and...

The crazy beggar had no left arm.

“Uncle, your name... is it Lepanto?”

Middle Earth was also a game. There was no way it would ask a user to blindly look for someone.

And in the situation that Leeha was in, it was not an exaggeration to say that he had met all one-armed men of Nitai.

And a one-armed beggar appeared in the end.

The crazy beggar swung his right arm and shouted.

“Hihi, Lepanto! Lepanto! Let’s go, squire! Give me my sword, my rapier!”

Rapier. Leeha was certain.

This crazy beggar must be Lepanto.