Chapter 534

Chapter 534

TL: xLordFifth

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[Common Quest: When You Beat the Bushes, Snakes Will Appear]

Objective: Identify the Demons Base (5/7)

Failure Condition: Fail to identify the Demons Base within 100 days (Time remaining: 42 days)

[The Light and Shadow of Radical Growth-2]

Objective: Acquire the World Trees Fruit material item within 150 days and deliver it to Bahamut (Time remaining: 87 days)

Wow Time flies, doesnt it?

Although Leeha had logged in relatively quickly, time in Middle Earth didnt wait for anyone. The quest for the World Trees Fruit, which he hadnt even begun to touch, was already halfway through its duration.

But what about the common quest? I cleared up to 5 in no time and thought the rest would be quick too. Are there still two left?

Leeha had anticipated at least one of them.

The incident that led to the annihilation of the RUSH guild, one of the Demons Bases, was where the Matans Shooter resided.

But aside from that is there another one yet to be found?

Most people on his friends list were logged in. The locations of Alexander, Lee Jiwon, and others were also in the New Continent. So, there shouldnt be any issues, right?

Kijung: Hyung! Hyung! Youre here?!

Leeha: Hey, Kijung. Hehe, hey, do you know what happened yesterday? I-

Kijung: Thats not important right now. Come to the New Continent quickly, to Juma. Hurry!

Leeha: Huh, what? All of a sudden?

Leeha wanted to recount his recent adventures, including being kidnapped with Ram Hwajung and meeting the Chairman of the Ram Long Group, but Kijung didnt give him the chance.

Whats going on? Why the urgency?

Leeha wanted to ask more, but Kijung sounded too rushed to continue whispering.

Leeha eventually activated the teleportation crystal. JMA, Juma, as the users called it, was officially named Erika Continents Jointly Managed City under the Treaty of the Four Nations of the Lope Continent.

But no one ever called it by its full name.

It seemed like an internet parody of Koreas Joint Security Area JSA had become the common nickname, Juma JMA.

It makes sense. A tiny city no, a village with four heads.

Fibiel, Minis, Kraven, and Shazrasian, the Governors in name, NPCs, made the place dysfunctional.

However, it was the only place in the New Continent where users could fully regroup and repair their gear, apart from the Old Continent.

Since they avoided traveling to the Old Continent, this was the only spot in the New Continent, so it was bound to be the scene of daily incidents and accidents.

Guilds and players entangled in various national and personal grudges, all met in this village. It would be strange if it wasnt chaotic.

Kijung!

Hey, hyung! Come here and talk to me, if its not too much-

Cough, Ha Leeha-nim. Its been a while.

Leeha greeted the members of Byulcho gathered in a corner of Jumas square. However, Byulcho was with some other people.

Among them, one who greeted Leeha was someone he knew.

Ah, Ron sir.

Ron, the guild master of RUSH.

He had initiated a quest in Leehas special forces during the national war and was recently at the center of an annihilation incident, making him one of the most talked-about users.

His expression was grim.

When Ron spoke to Leeha first, Kijung looked uncomfortable.

Kijung also looked frustrated, scratching his head. He was equally helpless in resolving the situation.

Leeha picked up on an odd point in Kijungs statement.

The RUSH guild members said they saw it on the community. But RUSH is predominantly an American guild.

And what Kijung just said

-Worldwide communities are in an uproar?

-Yeah. In short, right now you are

When Leeha heard Kijungs last whisper, he felt as if his recent leg surgery might have been a mistake.

-The public enemy of Middle Earth.

The thought made his legs go weak with dread.

Ah, Im already swamped with quests to clear, and now this

He had just logged into Middle Earth after a long time, but he couldnt stay for long.

Although Ron believed in him, allowing the RUSH guild to leave, the expressions of the guild members indicated they still suspected Leeha.

After a lengthy argument with RUSH and hearing stories from Byulcho, messages from Leehas acquaintances like Shin Nara flooded in.

Ultimately, Leeha had no choice but to log out. He needed to find out what had happened to lead to this situation.

Crazy

[Title: But could he really do it? You cant even see where hes shooting from]

[Title: 1. Siding with the Demon Army / 2. Promoting Byulcho. What else?]

[Title: Lre: Just for personal reputation?]

[Title: Lre: Lre: Wouldnt that be a total loss? Not fame, but infamy]

[Title: Lre: Lre: Lre: In Middle Earth, theyre the same]

[Title: Reason why its not Ha Leeha.txt]

The atmosphere on the community forums was anything but friendly.

Every post Leeha clicked on made him frown. About half of the ten posts he read were related to him.

There were no posts defending Leeha. The plausible titles were all clickbait.

Damn.

The busiest Korean community forum changes topics every hour, not just daily.

And this same topic has been going on for several days?

As far as Leeha remembered, such prolonged discussions were rare, except during national wars or voyages to the New Continent. Even the Rising-Sun or Hwahong vs. Byulcho issues cooled down after 2-3 days.

Leeha stared intensely at his phones small screen and clicked the Write Post button.

Do people think I have no personal life and only play Middle Earth?

As he furiously typed, expressing his recent experiences, Leehas hands stopped.

Would writing here quell the baseless rumors?

Would writing emotionally, even if he proved he was Halihali, make any difference?

After pondering, Leeha pressed the Cancel button.

Thats not the way to go. Without evidence, anything I say will just add fuel to the fire. The writer needs to be Halihali, but more importantly, solid evidence is needed. But to do that, the existence of the NPC Matans Shooter in that place needs to be revealed

Leeha shook his head.

Anything related to the Matans Shooter was top-secret information.

In Middle Earth, where the value of information was higher than any game, would he disclose top-secret information just to clear up a misunderstanding?

Argh!

That would be absurd. If Leeha wrote such a post, players like Luger and Kidd in Middle Earth would go out of their way to blow his head off.