Chapter 374

Chapter 374

TL: xLordFifth

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Hearing his serious voice, Ram Hwayeon buried her face in the pile of paperwork.

“C-cough. If you’re grateful, pay it back in 5 days.”

“Huh?”

“I told you. I’m going to Korea. It’s not 5 days in Middle Earth, it’s 5 days in reality. Ah, so busy.”

Flip- flip-.

Ram Hwayeon turned over the papers with excessive movements and hid herself from Leeha’s gaze.

“W-wait? Five days later-”

Shyuuk-!

Without even being able to react, Leeha’s body moved to the Vatican. That was how the conversation ended and the space movement started.

Everyone had already gathered in front of the Pope’s audience chamber.

“-ah. oh-”

“Come. Come in.”

Although he hadn’t yet sorted his thoughts about Ram Hwayeon’s trip to Korea, Leeha couldn’t continue thinking about it after hearing Bailephus’ words.

“–Yes. Pardon me for being late. I’m going in.”

It was no longer necessary to exclude others from the Pope’s audience chamber.

According to the quest conditions, all of the Demon King’s army and agents were dead and the current quest was completed. Secrecy was no longer needed.

Inside the audience chamber, the Pope, high-ranking Ezwen Church officials, and cardinals and bishops of the Church of Ahlo were lined up.

“Your Holiness, the Pope, I just returned after completing the mission regarding the subjugation of the Demon King’s army and agents.”

“What happened to Bluebeard?”

Not only the Pope and the other NPCs, but also the users of the Demon King’s army subjugation team were waiting for Leeha to speak quickly.

All of them were either rankers or outsiders.

They could have guessed what it meant when the quest condition achievement rate reached 100%, but they couldn’t come up with an answer as certain as Leeha had.

“......Unfortunately, we couldn’t get him.”

“What? Then he-”

“The mission that Your Holiness the Pope had given us is to subdue all Demon King’s army and agents within the [current continent].... And without being able to catch Bluebeard, we killed all the Demon King’s army and agents in the [current continent].”

“......Then- Les...”

“Yes. Bluebeard is not in this continent.”

Leeha knelt and looked at the Pope and the cardinal NPCs around him.

The NPCs immediately figured out what the hidden meaning in Leeha’s words was.

No, perhaps it was only natural. Because they were NPCs set up according to Middle Earth’s intentions.

This was all a flow.

Why did the flow keep twisting right after they got the quest?

‘No, maybe we got the quest too soon, and it might also be the same with Fernand-ssi. He tried to get to ‘that side’ even faster than me.... Of course, at the time, I had no choice but to do it.’

It must have been the system that hindered us from getting to ‘that side’ when the main quest of Middle Earth had not yet progressed.

Leeha slowly took a deep breath and gave his last report.

“The Fragment of the Demon King left... Across the Sea of Dawn.”

“Across the Sea of Dawn? He went to that place?”

“Yes.”

“Why......? The one who dared to think about humanity’s extinction and the revival of the Demon King.... Didn’t he stay and remain hidden in this continent until the end of the Human-Demon War even when everyone from their side fled after losing the war?!”

Listening to the Pope’s question, Leeha calmly expressed his thoughts.

‘Right. Middle Earth always gave hints in any quests.’

Considering the reason why Bluebeard moved, and the surprise when Bluebeard was discovered on this continent, it was a very natural conclusion.

“That’s right. Everyone said that when Bluebeard was first discovered. In the final battle of the 2nd human-demon, the Demon King’s army that was defeated all crossed the sea of dawn...... Therefore, Bluebeard shouldn’t be here.... However, that wasn’t the case. Indeed, Bluebeard succeeded in remaining on this continent. Now we have to reverse the assumption from the ground up, including director Browless and the Pope’s.”

“I’m already in agreement with the King of Fibiel. He said that if I participated, he would set up an expedition to the new continent. Of course, Leeha, the subjugation leader, is also included. It would be much easier if the Holy Father lent us his name. Can you leave this job to me?”

Fernand looked alternately at the pope and Leeha.

It looked like he was talking to the pope, but in reality, he was asking someone else.

Leeha: Fernand-ssi?

Fernand: Leeha-nim already has the right to join the new continent expedition anyway. Besides, I have some friends in Kraven and Minis, so if I’m going to lead the expedition, it’s better for me to move because I have more intimacy-

Leeha: Thank you. Please.

Fernand’s chatter, which seemed to continue indefinitely, was quickly cut off.

‘Right, I’m the number one contributor to Fibiel. If it was Fibiel’s decision, it would be quicker for me to meet the king and negotiate......’

Fernand really was the Pioneering King.

He, who wants to go to a new place, knows best what kind of preparation, how much, and from whom to get it.

“I understand. If so, I will ask each country to cooperate. Will you take care of this job, Fernand?”

Fernand’s body trembled for a moment.

Users around him knew he was looking at a quest window.

.

“Yes. Please leave it to me.”

“And I want to ask all of you who were in the subjugation team again.”

Shuuuk-!

The moment the pope opened his mouth again, a notification window appeared in front of the other users.

[The Embers of the New World Expedition]

Description: ‘You who have killed all of the Demon King’s army and agents on this continent, are the knights of punishment given by Lord Ahlo

.... If the new continent expedition is formed, I want to borrow your strength once more. It will be easier to gather the strength of the other heroes if you, the Demon King’s Subjugation Team, participate first.’

I want you to be a member of the newly formed New Continent Expedition.

However, remember that your life will not be guaranteed on the long journey.

That the mana present on the current continent may not reach the unknown land that no human being had ever reached!

Content: Arrive in the new continent after joining the new continent expedition

Reward: ??

Advanced Compensation: 3 stat points

Supply of rare potions from Ahlo Temple in the current continent(Daily Limit: 2)

Failure conditions: Destruction of the expedition ship or death of all the expedition members before reaching the new continent

Penalty for failure: Achievement: Human Sacrifice for Demons

Continental Reputation -20,000

Affinity with all countries in the current continent -50%

– Would you like to accept?

‘The advanced compensation is 3 stat points? Rare potions are expected- no, the stat points are ridiculous!’

“What is this...”

Kidd’s quiet words spoke of everyone’s thoughts. It was rare to give stat points even as a normal reward.

It’s not even a success reward, but an advanced compensation?

There was also the supply of rare potions, but the stat points was so great that it was ignored.

‘In other words- it means that the quest will be difficult. The current continent’s mana not working must be a hint.’

The conditions for failure are not tight.

The destruction of all the ships or the death of all the members of the expedition.

In other words, even if they died, they could succeed as long as they managed to reach the new continent with only one expedition user in a boat.

However, that was not reassuring.

It meant that it would be so difficult that even with this level of condition, they had to give that much reward.

“Bailephus-nim, the current continent’s mana doesn’t work on the new continent?”

He couldn’t just click the accept button. Leeha asked Bailephus first.