579 First Battle, 'Dimensional Mirror’ (1)

- Tyring!

- You are the first Korean server to enter a 'village of warriors’.

- External items cannot be used in a warrior village.

-All items will be unavailable.

- 200,000 Reputation.

- You got 30 ‘Hero Points’.

When the white light obscured Ian's vision slightly, the first thing that came into Ian's eyes was a few lines of system messages.

And Ian, who was going to read those messages, had to look strange.

"Outside items unavailable"? ’

Ian's expression, which he then confirmed until the last line, became an interesting expression.

‘And your hero score? Wow.'

Hero scores are the special points you collected while trying to stamp Ian's Spirit.

As soon as Ian checked the status window, he could see that the hero score he had just obtained was the point of the same concept.

‘I thought it was only a common point in the spirit system……. ’

Then one guess came to Ian's mind.

‘Maybe this hero score is the currency used in the warrior village? ’

All items were banned and a hero score of 30 was awarded.

Ian reads the planning intent of these two lines of system messages naturally.

Although this is a close guess, Ian has not played one or two games so far.

Ian was confident that this feeling would be almost correct.

‘If I had known this, I would have turned the seal harder. ’

And as I thought about it, I heard someone's voice in Ian's ear.

“Looks like you're a new recruit, considering. ”

“ ……? ”

Ian's gaze naturally turns toward the direction of the sound, and there stands an armored knight.

And on top of the knight's head, concise NPC information pops up.

- 'Commander Parker’/Lv. 20 (transcendent)

Then, towards Ian standing still, Parker's words resumed.

“I'm a little worried about sending in an untrained rookie, but I can't help it. There are no trained recruits in town. ”

“Yes? What is that……. ”

“Less than 30 minutes until battle begins. Get ready quickly! ”

Ian was a little embarrassed, not yet determined the situation.

I talked to him and he told me to get ready for the road trip.

It's even weirder not to panic.

"No, you have to tell me what kind of battle it is. ’

Ian was going to ask you something about Captain Parker.

But before that, the system message blinded Ian's vision.

- Tyring!

- The conditions are met.

- The ‘Prepare for Journey’ Quest is triggered.

- Prepare for departure.

Recognized from the warrior's path, you make it to the warrior's village safely.

He successfully took his first step towards the ‘middleman’.

But to become a true middleman, you must be recognized in a warrior village here.

And in order to be recognized, we need to set up a proper ‘ball'.

The "Dimensional Mirror" battle is about to begin in the south of the Valley of the Warrior.

Let's be prepared enough to join the battlefield along with the heavenly troops on their way.

When you are ready, go to Commander Parker and he will let you join his unit.

Quest Difficulty: None

Quest Conditions: Recognition of Ancient Heroes.

Timeout: 25: 32

Reward: Hero Points 15

A friendly quest window detailing Ian's curiosity.

After confirming this quest, Ian was more confident of his initial assumptions.

‘As expected, I was buying the item with hero scores. ’

Ian takes off his feet lightly, smiling with a pleasant smile.

The town has a lot of buildings that look very spacious and similar, but if you check the sign, you should be able to find an equipment store easily.

‘Now, shall we hit the tempo? ’

Shopping is always fun.

Ian's pace began to accelerate.

* * *

“Hey, boss. ”

“What's going on, Mr. Delay? ”

Nazi Chan, who was preparing a report, turned to Kim Delay's voice reflectively.

With her nervous voice, I'm guessing she didn't bring any good news.

Kim Delay encountered Najchan's eyes once swallowed a dry saliva and opened his mouth.

“Well, the monitoring team just called. ”

“Don't be shy. Tell me. ”

“Three of the rankers who entered the warrior village first received a Dimensional Mirror Battle Quest. ”

“Eh……. Mirror... Dimensional Mirror?”

After a moment of thinking about what a dimensional mirror battle was, Najchan had to get up from his seat after a while.

He would, too, because the ‘Dimensional Mirror’ map itself was a map he should not have entered.

“No, Mr. Delay, why did the Mirror Battle suddenly begin? ”

With Najchan's question, Kim Delay scratched the back of his head and replied.

“It's Sunday, boss. It's not 12: 00 yet. ”

“Hmm?"

“Did you forget that Sunday's quest was a mirror-world battle? ”

“ ……! ”

Hearing Gim Delay's words, Najchan's head began to spin.

And it didn't take long before I could understand the situation.

By the way, the opening hours for the Saturday quest event were 9: 00 to 10: 00. If so, is it time……? ’

Najchan, who checked the watch, seemed to be dizzy.

The time at the top of the smartphone was exactly 9: 45 pm.

“Ahh... ”

There are many quests in a warrior village.

But the most important of these were the main quests and the Sunday quests, because they were related to the 'Promotion’ system.

After the promotion, the title of 'Elite Soldier’ will give you the ‘middleman’ status.

As usual, these quests on the day are not available until the end of the 'Basic Training’ quest.

Only after ‘basic training’ will the ‘trained recruit’ NPC speak.

But nowadays, there are no trained recruits in the warrior village.

It was a situation where Captain Parker even took soldiers with him.

“Damn……. ”

A light sigh came out of Najchan's mouth.

This was actually a problem that I knew and didn't even consider.

If you had completed the "Hero's Path" step by step in the beginning, it would have taken at least half a day.

If it were ‘original’, there would be no way for the user to enter the warrior village within Sunday when the server opened.

Especially before 10: 00.

‘But I didn't expect seven people to pass so quickly.... ’

With one hand on his wrinkled forehead, Najjichan sat back and began examining the warrior village quests.

Once we understand the situation, we need to fully understand what the problem will be.

Kim Delay, sitting next to Najchan, was quietly staring at his monitor, and after a while the two of them were able to come to a conclusion.

“Phew, nothing could be more twisted than I thought. ”

“Yes, thank God. ”

“Ugh, one Ian is enough, but seven content destroyers…. ”

Once again, Najchan shakes his head, checking the rankers' list.

And towards him, Kim Delay cautiously opened his mouth again.

“But, sir, ”

“Huh?"

“You know what you always say. ”

“What……? ”

He replied with a voice that crept towards Najchan, who was returning with a curious expression.

“We always have to make plans, assuming 'the worst’. ”

“Well, I was. ”

And Najchan replied, Kim's words continued again.

“What if, in a Mirror Battle of Dimensions, a platoon of rankers were to be ‘promoted’? ”

“ ……! ”

“Then the users in that platoon may not be able to join the main quest. ”

The main quest of the Warrior Town is‘ Basic Training ’, which will start all the matching quests.

However, in order to receive this basic training, the user must be a ‘trainee' class.

However, if a platoon of rankers is chosen to become "promoted," they will be promoted to the rank of "recruits."

In other words, you will not receive one of the most important content, "Basic Training."

“Ugh... ”

A sigh of emptiness emanates from Najchan's mouth, which was released.

Of course there's a slight chance of that, but who are those users in there now?

Top rankers in the world.

It is possible that you will be promoted on the first journey.

“I can't help it, Mr. Delay. ”

“Yes?”

Najchan's voice became more gloomy than ever.

“I'm working late again this week. ”

“ ……. ”

“Two teams and one team also win. Good. Let's get the word out quickly. ”

And as Najchan's words fell, depressing air began to settle in the offices of the planning team.

* * *

Meanwhile, this tragedy of the planning team (?), Ian was enjoying shopping with a nostril.

“Hiya, it's been a long time since I've seen such simple options. ”

Ian was a super-high-level user who reached almost a full level in the terrestrial world.

Because of this, it was no wonder that the items he had used so far boasted spectacular options.

But now on this‘ Forge of Warriors’, the items were not glamorous and had poor levels of options.

- Sturdy Warrior's Iron Sword

Classification: One-Handed Sword

Rating: Normal (transcendent)

Wear Limit: Over 50 Strength (Exceeded)

‘Trainer’ Rank and above

AP: 277-325

Durability: 215/215

Optional: Strength +15 (Transcension)

An iron sword crafted by the blacksmith Tiber.

Some of the weapons made in the 'Forge of Warriors’ are of good quality.

After checking the item information, Ian mutters, smiling deeply.

‘But since we don't have a choice.... ’

There were no items I liked, but I literally had no other choice.

The glamorous items in Ian's inventory were all unavailable.

‘Time is running out, and we need to fix it. ’

After checking the time remaining for completing the quest, Ian picks up the selected items.

As you might have guessed, the currency used in a warrior village is hero score.

Ian had a total of 150 points, including 30 hero points he earned as he entered the village, but 25 points were all he used.

Ian naturally wanted to buy better items, but the blacksmith wouldn't give them to him.

“These are the only weapons a trainee is allowed. ”

Anyway, for this reason, Ian could only buy one bow and one piece of leather armor.

Items like the Pearl Master that boosts the power of spirits didn't seem to exist in the forge at all.

- You are wearing the 'Strong Warrior's Crossbow’ item.

- You're wearing the 'Sturdy Warrior's Leather Armor’ item.

“Well, I pray for you, my friend. ”

“Thank you!”

After greeting the blacksmith "Tiver," Ian relaxed his steps.

The ‘Prepare for Journey’ quest still has more than 10 minutes left.

‘Now, things are crazy, but is this really the beginning? ’

Ian moves towards the rally point with a cheerful look.

But Ian couldn't know.

Ian came out of the forge, and two users jumped in.