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“Jonas, I found it over here! ”

“Oh, Dias! ”

“Wow, is this the first crystal stone at last? ”

As soon as the portal opened, the Heavenly Army rankers entered a dimensional forest and searched through it without hesitation.

In exactly 30 minutes of entering, they were able to find the first magical crystal.

And soon after the Magic Crystal was discovered, the rankers' expressions were inspiring.

“Come on, let's destroy it and find the next crystal! ”

“Yes. I found one in half an hour, so finding three would be a piece of cake. ”

“Hehe, will you only look for three? I have to remove the mulberries from this quest. Unlike mining quests, this quest has no upper limit for public values. ”

“Oh, that's what I heard. Let's get a promotion!”

The first form of Magic Crystal that rankers found reminds me of a giant crystal.

In a position that floated about a meter from the ground, there was a sharp block of ice that emitted a brilliant light.

In an instant, the five rankers surrounding the Magic Crystal begin to move erratically.

“Fedric and I will get the deal, so keep the others away from the monsters! ”

“Yes, Jonas! ”

“Yes!”

“Ryoka, bring up the broad shield just in case! ”

“Yes, I understand. ”

Under Jonas' orders, rankers from the heavenly army are quickly in formation.

Soon after, the work of destroying the first crystal stone began.

The role of placing the Deal into the Magic Stone was Jonas and Frederick, the single most powerful attackers.

Boo-hoo-hoo!

Kuaang -!

But that's when the work started.

Jonas' excited face begins to harden gradually.

It was because the defense and stamina of the Magic Crystal were much higher than expected.

What kind of defensive force is this? How is this the only deal he's got? ’

Ka-chow!

Jonas alternately checks the system message in front of him and the durability gauge of the horsepower decision.

- Critical damage to 'Dimensional Magic Crystal'!

- ‘Dimensional Magic Crystal’ has 178 Durability!

- ‘Dimensional Magic Crystal’ Durability decreases by 149!

Of course, it was much easier to destroy the Crystal Stone compared to the Epic Monster we met at the mine, the 'Iron Worm’.

Even with Iron Worm, no matter how powerful a skill is, you cannot inflict more than 1 damage.

Nevertheless, the fact that it would struggle to destroy itself did not change.

“Frederick. This is gonna take all day to break. ”

As Jonas speaks in a calm tone, Frederic grunts and replies.

“Well, not all day, but it's going to take about 30 to 40 minutes to destroy one. ”

“Ugh, do I have to be so ignorant.... ”

Jonas' face darkens slightly.

I had a dream of destroying dozens of magical crystals and building enormous public values, because this would slow public works more than twice as fast as I expected.

Hence, Jonas began to roll his head to find a new way.

“Dias, do you have a moment? ”

“It's not bad yet. ”

“Then perhaps one of you is looking for the next magical crystal? ”

“Aha, I'm sure that will save us some time. ”

“Oh, Jonas! ”

As the party members raise their thumbs, Jonas' firm expression lightly unfolds.

But Jonas' mood had to sink again soon.

Ryoka, who was always quiet, suddenly woke up with labor pains.

“Jonas, may I have an opinion? ”

“Yes, of course, Ryoka. ”

“If you want to run the power like you just said, Ian, why don't Hun come to see you now? You two have summoners, so you should be able to find the Magic Stone a lot easier. ”

Jonas' expression again distorted by Ryoka's unexpected opinion.

Moreover, Jonas was embarrassed by her opinion.

“Th-there's no crystal stone without a dimensional horsepower detector. ”

“We can give the summoners one detector at a time. ”

“Hmmm, I heard that, but... ”

Jonas has lost his words, given an opinion he didn't expect.

But then, Frederic, who was next to him, started supporting Jonas.

“Do you know where they are and want to find them? And then you might waste your time. ”

“Well, that's ……. ”

“Frederic is right. I'm afraid I can't help it. ”

Ryoka's opinions were clearly sharp and plausible, but Jonas and Fedric had no intention of doing what she said.

‘There's no chance of this reversal of public values again. ’

‘If the two join together, the ranking will remain intact……. I can't do that. ’

Because of this, they just quietly swing their swords at the magical decision.

Boo-hoo-hoo!

Kwam! Kwam!

And after the story about Ian and Hun became clear, as time went on, there were fewer and fewer conversations between rankers.

It was not because of the disagreement.

As the number of monsters gathering towards the Magic Crystal increased, there was no room to speak.

Even now that Dias has left his post to find other magical crystals, he has to stop the monsters, and the two rankers are getting stronger and stronger.

And did it go on for another 10 minutes?

“Jonas, Frederick! One of you has to deal with the monsters first! ”

“Yes! If we keep going, we'll be able to breach the defense line!" ”

In the end, the two rankers who stopped the monsters had to ask Jonas and Fedric for help.

“Ugh, I see. Let me help you defeat the monsters first. ”

And it was actually the beginning of a disaster.

Since one of the two men who put the deal into the Magic Crystal is missing, the time it takes to destroy the Crystal has doubled again.

The quest that seemed to be going smoothly started to twist completely.

But the catastrophe that is coming to the party, it does not end here.

When it took Frederick almost an hour to put his solo deal into the Magic Crystal and destroy it.

“Ahhh……! ”

Boom-boom-!

The message in front of the party members was truly shocking.

- Tyring!

-Party member ‘Fedric’ has succeeded in destroying the Magic Crystal.

- A party member's Magic Crystal Destruction Contribution is determined.

-1. Pedrick – 79.80 percent

-2. Jonas - 20.20 percent

-3. Rias – 0.00%

-3. Ryoka – 0.00%

-3. Save – 0.00%

- Contribution Points are calculated based on player contribution.

- Increases user's Contribution Points by 79.8.

- Contribution Points for ‘Jonas’ users are increased by 20.2 points.

- Increases Contribution Points of ‘Rias’ users by 0.0 points.

- The Contribution Points of the ‘Ryoka’ user...

…… Snapshot……

A hollow murmur echoes through Jonas' mouth, checking all messages.

The Contribution Points you get when you destroy Magic Stone are too different from what you originally thought.

“This……. Weren't all party contributions raised by 100? ”

Rankers naturally knew that when one Magic Crystal is destroyed, all party members would earn 100 Contribution Points.

Since the usual way of distributing Contribution Points for quests was usually the same.

However, as shown in the message, it was the way the party members shared 100 Contribution Points.

This resulted in the overall contribution gains being five times slower than expected.

In a very unexpected situation, a lump of cold sweat drips down Jonas' forehead.

‘Ugh, when this happens... It's not a matter of flipping the ranking. You have to worry about clearing, right? ’

It took the Heavenly Army rankers an hour and a half to destroy one Magic Stone.

It was virtually impossible for all the party members to clear a total of 15 Magical Crystals.

Even if you shorten the time as much as possible, the Contribution Points will not be limited to 900 for the remaining time.

Jonas' understanding of the situation began to become increasingly complex, and the facial expressions of the other parties grew stiffer.

Even after distributing 900 Contribution Points, no one can complete the quest.

Therefore, the best thing to do is to change the target and drive out the contribution points whenever 300 Contribution Points are made.

Moreover, in order to do so, it eventually required more than one sacrifice.

And none of the rankers would want to make sacrifices.

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Meanwhile, while the Magic Decision Quest team was struggling, Hun and Ian were hammering without a word.

As a result, I was able to complete all the Magic Stone Refining in a short time.

It was almost twice as fast as Tiber had anticipated.

“This is the last one, right, bro? ”

“Oh, is it over? ”

“Yes. Let's get to the portal. ”

“Wait a minute, brother. I have one thing left to do. ”

Especially aspirations for the Forest of Love (?), the working speed of the Huns was truly the outbreak.

We refined the amount of Magic Stone that was not lacking compared to Ian's machine in Nogada.

And the moment Ian finished refining the last Magic Stone he was working on.

- Tyring!

A new system message appeared before their eyes.

- Magic Stone Refining successful!

- Refined all remaining Magic Stone in the forge.

- You met the requirements.

- Stronghold development contributions increase by 0.4 percent.

The two who then checked the message quickly began to pack the magic stones into the inventory.

It was because we had to move to a dimensional forest, just a little bit sooner.

But when I was about to leave the forge with all the magic stones....

“Wait.”

“What's the matter, bro? ”

Ian suddenly stopped, feeling something strange.

“0.4 percent increase in contribution...? ”

The quest contribution that came as a result of nearly two hours of inactivity was too low.

“Oh, really? Come to think of it, 0.4 percent is too low. ”

Ian and Hun opened the quest window almost simultaneously to double-check the content.

The quest itself was very concise, so it didn't take long for it to be read again.

- (F) Dimensional Giant Raid-2

Quest Category: Main (Hidden) Quest.

Quest Occurrence Condition: (F) Clear a dimensional Giant Raid-1 Quest.

Amity with the Defense Captain is over 20.

Can be obtained between 300 and???

The Garrison Commander, who valued your colostomy, has given you a special mission.

Refine the Magic Stone extracted by the Warriors to repair the Old Fortress.

Help Tiber repair and upgrade an old fortress!

You'll need to develop a lot of strong defensive facilities before you can defend the fort against the Giants who will wake up.

Quest Success Requirement: Stronghold development contribution achieved 3%

Quest Reward: 100 Public Points per 1 Percent Contribution

Unknown Reward A, B (Option 1)

* Acquisition Public Values are deducted by 100 percent when applied during the mission process.

* If the quest fails, you can try again the next day.

After reviewing the quest, Ian quickly rolled his head.

‘Hmm……. At a rate of 0.2 percent per hour, you can only achieve two percent of your labor without rest. ’

When Ian first received the quest and checked the information window, he thought the quest content was very okay.

But after completing this first mission, I started to feel a little uncomfortable.

‘As expected……. You couldn't have easily set the difficulty of the pairing quest. ’

Ian and Hun chose this quest. It was probably a gamble.

After all, if you carry out the same quest with others, you could continue to maintain your ranking, because you chose a different route to create your own variables.

Perhaps Ian and Hun will be overturned by this choice.

‘But I'm more interested in doing something special than everyone else. ’

However, after thinking about it, Ian and Hun started walking again, because there was nothing that could be changed now.

At the portal, Ian's face was slightly reminiscent.

The quest clearing conditions were difficult or impossible to make, and the lack of contribution due to simple nogada was a testament to the many other variables that could raise the contribution.

"I hope you have lots of interesting content. ’

Ian's jaw dries up, wondering what content might be in the fortress expansion.

If he had been afraid of variables in the first place, Ian wouldn't exist now.