Chapter 1078: An Opportunity Seized

Chapter 1078: An Opportunity Seized



Hazard inwardly sighed in relief. The fact that Izroth held no grudge against him and did not outright turn him away was already a huge win in his eyes.

"Leave it to me. I know this place like the back of my hand." Hazard said confidently.

...

Approximately thirty minutes later...

Hazard's steps came to a halt as he stood at the bottom of a steep mountainside. His body shivered as breath mist escaped his mouth.

"I really hate coming to this place..." Hazard muttered to himself.

The air in this particular part of Fragul's Valley was unusually cold and numbed one's movements. If a player stayed too long in this kind of environment, they would be riddled with debuffs and eventually fall to the monsters that lurked nearby.

"This is the place," Hazard confirmed as he looked at Izroth, who seemed completely unaffected by the cold air.

'We didn't run into any trouble on the way here. I detected quite a few monsters in the vicinity, but he took the safest paths to avoid direct contact with them. I suppose his intentions are probably genuine -whatever those intentions may be.'

Izroth nodded and replied, "Is this place where the Golden Imp lives?"

Izroth used his Energy Vision Sense to scan the surrounding area; however, there were still no traces of any mythical creatures or anything that remotely resembled one.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"To be entirely honest, I have no idea. This is only the second time the main guild has sent someone to Fragul's Valley who needed to be guided. Usually, once we complete our mission to guide the person sent by the main guild to this location, we're instructed to leave." Hazard explained.

'I see. So that's how it is.'

Shattered may be a subsidiary guild of Broken Exile, but that did not mean Broken Exile would entrust them with important secrets.

'If it is a secret worth keeping from their own subsidiary guild, then it is definitely worth checking out. Still, since I've already made some previous arrangements, I don't want to waste too much time searching for something that may never be found. Not to mention, I doubt that those from Broken Exile will sit still once they discover what happened in their territory.'

Of course, Izroth was not afraid of a direct confrontation with Broken Exile. There was simply a high chance of them getting to the mythical creature before him since he was unsure of how to locate it. Even if he waited and followed them after they arrived, there was no guarantee that he could see the mythical creature. After all, while he had no idea of the conditions set by mythical creatures, it could be strict enough that only the first person to see it would obtain the reward it granted.

'Since Hazard said that the guides are sent back after accomplishing their mission, seeing as how that guy came here alone, at the very least, approaching it myself should not pose an issue. In order to minimize the risks, I need to search for it by myself.'

"This is as far as you go," Izroth said as he opened his inventory and tossed a small pouch toward Hazard.

Hazard was a little taken aback when Izroth suddenly threw something at him; however, he managed to catch it without fumbling.

"This is...?" Hazard uttered as he checked the contents of the pouch.

Hazard gulped as he rubbed his eyes and said, "I'm not dreaming, am I? This... It's real,

right?"

In the small pouch behind the 50 gold coins were three additional items. A grade-one pill, a grade-two pill, and a grade-three pill!

Hazard nearly fainted from shock after he finished rubbing his eyes and realized that he was

not hallucinating or dreaming.

A grade-three pill! It was a real grade-three pill!

"Last I heard, a single grade three pill is worth at least 150 gold coins...! This one pill is

basically half a year of the annual salary I would have received from Shattered!" Hazard

exclaimed.

While the value of the grade three pill overshadowed them, the grade one and grade two pills were also valuable in their own right.

In truth, some of Hazard felt guilty for accepting such huge benefits. After all, all he did was

get beat up a bit and then act as a guide.

"Do I truly deserve something like this..?" Hazard said to himself.

"No... I can't think like that. Palace Master Izroth has given me a chance that may never come

again in my lifetime. If I don't seize it with all my might, I only have myself to blame. Deserve it? Even if I don't deserve it, I just have to work hard enough until I do!" Hazard resolved

himself.

"Alright! I won't let you down, Palace Master Izroth!" Hazard roared.

...

Meanwhile, somewhere in Fragul's Valley...

'It should be somewhere around here.'

Woosh! Tap.

'So, this is the place that my Energy Vision Sense is unable to see through.'