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When Ian first received the quest for this' Secret of the Covenant Magic 'final, he didn't think it would take him that long to complete the quest separately from the difficulty.

I had completed all five coupling quests in one day, from the second to the sixth, so I thought the difficulty of the last quest would be high by half the time.

But as the quest progressed, Ian realized he was wrong.

‘It's like a Giant Raider or something...'... They just keep coming. ’

Even though the first half of the day had already been anticipated, I hadn't met the Supply Depot Shadow, not to complete the quest.

The ongoing burst quests and incoming Giant Raiders were also a problem, but the bigger problem was that they were unable to find a way to enter the 'Forward Node’, the destination, even though they had reached the area indicated on the map.

The structure of the cracked north-east map, called the 'Maze of Cracks', was extremely complex and difficult.

“Phew...! ”

Ian takes a deep breath once again after defeating the rushing Giant Chargers.

The lack of stamina was consumed by swinging the spear relentlessly through the battlefield, but it was still too relaxed.

It was because of the increased resistance to dimensional magical power, fatigue did not rise as rapidly as before.

Resistance was close to 100, and Debuff remained so weak that it was hard to feel.

‘I'd like to go through 100 quickly and see what happens if I gain excess resistance.... ’

- Current Dimension Magical Resistance: 98

Ian's cumulative dimensional resistance to date was 98, gaining twice more resistance as a reward for the breakthrough quest.

And now that the last quest was about five hours away, Ian thought it was a long time ago to get some more resistance.

‘Is it because the fatigue is not full or because the figure itself is high, making it difficult to raise the stat……. You're not coming up. ’

“Phew.”

Once more, Ian began to kill the Giant Chargers, wielding his long spear again.

Whoo-whoo-hoo!

And then, let's kill the last Giants...

- Tyring!

As the system notification tone rang, the polite messages began to blur and come to mind.

- You have successfully completed the quest 'The Annihilation of the Giant Chargers'.

-Clear Grade: SSS

-Clear rewards are paid.

- You earned 70,000 XP.

- You have earned 500 Reputation (transcendence).

- Earned 5,000 ‘doubloons’.

…… Snapshot……

‘Well, is it any different...? ’

Ian checks the list with a grumpy look, as they have already been checked several times.

But after checking all the messages, Ian's pupils were slightly dilated.

“Hmm…? ”

At the end of the message, there was a new message that came to mind.

- You defeated the Giant Raid Commander.

- You won the "Fearless Pandant" item.

‘I didn't even know there was a Raid Commander...' ’

After obtaining the first item he saw, Ian immediately opened his inventory.

And Ian was forced to resiliently check the information window of the sparkling pendant in one corner of the inventory.

“Found it. This is it...! ”

This panda of bravery was like a compass that would lead Ian to the Giant Advance Node.

- Pandant of Valor.

Rating: unique (transcendent)

Classification: General Goods

This pendant is given to Giants who hold positions above the rank of "Commander" in the Giant Faction.

With a pandant, you can easily find your way to the Maze of Cracks.

* If you have this sign, you can enter ‘Jacquaram Village' in Jiger <UNK>.

* This item belongs to the user ‘Ian’.

Not transferable to another user or available for sale, and will not be dropped even if the character dies.

Plus a new content called Jacqueram Village in Jeju (?), but that was a problem to consider later.

It was more urgent for Ian to complete an ongoing quest.

‘Let's see……. Easier to find your way to the maze? ’

Ian, who swallowed up the thirst of expectation, began to move around the maze where the bodies of the Giants lay.

And shortly after, I was able to figure out the meaning of the word 'easy to find my way'.

“ ……! ”

We have seen an invisible flow of Red Energy everywhere in the maze, and we have instinctively realized that it leads to the Giant Advance Node.

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Kung-kung - kung -!

“Stop the invasion of the dragons! We mustn't give them any supplies! ”

Boom, boom!

“Look out for their Bress! Hold the Magic Shield to prevent the Supply Depot from melting into the Bress! ”

Khhhhhhh!

A supply depot at the Giant Advance Base where the workshop is going crazy.

There was a ‘Horseman’ user who was running around with his teeth clenched, so of course the man was Aremis.

‘Ahhhh...! What the hell kind of quest difficulty is this? ’

Aremis was about to die.

Most of the mercenary troops coming into the Supply Depot now were Drakes, but somehow the strength of these drakes was far from what he knew.

"What the hell are these drakes doing so fast? ’

Typically known for its strong defensive and aggressive properties, Drakes have lower mobility and agility.

But the drakes in front of Aremis' eyes were never slow.

No. I've been with the settlers and I've been feeling faster than slower, rather than more agile monsters.

And the reason Aremis felt this way was also because of the influence of Debuff due to dimensional horsepower.

"Ugh, when does 12 hours pass? We have to survive until then... ’

At present, Aremis' ability was limited to one-on-one killing of a single drake.

No, it was almost impossible to even fight.

As a result, Aremis was holding a position as cleverly as possible.

In a situation where the battle between the Giants and the dragons was going on for a long time, he got involved in a subtle fight and took the way to leave behind only the so-called "Mata."

Of course, if you hit a dead end with no contribution, your experience points and rewards will not come in properly, but that was okay.

After all, hitting a Machete will be counted as the number of kills, so it does not interfere with any further rewards from the 'Supply Depot Defender’ quest.

‘Phew, let's see……. I think I've had about twelve successful hits so far, so I can expect at least 3,000 gold coins to last this long. ’

Aremis is energized by quest clearance rewards, despite the tremors in his legs due to massive stamina consumption.

Moreover, now that I know that there is a stat called 'Dimensional Magical Resistance’, I am a little more motivated to carry out the quest with difficulty.

‘I've already accumulated 5 points of resistance thanks to my hard work... …. ’

Aremis grips his teeth and encourages himself, despite his exhausted stamina!

- Quest ends in: 01: 03: 55

He did not doubt that if he had survived this hellhole for the remaining hour, a honey-like reward would come.

“Okay, let's get just two more to go before this is over...!" ”

But could it have been more than 10 minutes?

- Tyring!

A familiar system message rang out, and a system message appeared before Aremis.

- Reinforcements from the Dragon Faction have arrived on the battlefield!

- The mighty Laferite warriors appear on the battlefield.

- Due to an incident, the quest difficulty will be increased.

- Difficulty: SSS- > SSSS

- When you kill a Lapir warrior, you get triple the bonus reward.

Aremis freaked out in a situation he didn't even think of.

“Ahhhh…! ”

There was only one thing Aremis wanted to say at this moment.

‘No, I don't need any more rewards……! Please let me finish this quest! ’

The story of the Laferite Warrior's three times more rewarding is that killing him is three times harder than killing an ordinary Drake.

For the Aremis now, we can interpret that there are forces on the battlefield that we cannot even imagine.

"Whew, let's calm down, Aremis. Why don't you just hide in the corner of the warehouse? ’

But even at this moment of groaning, there was one worse situation that Aremis did not know.

“Let's see……. I think that's the Giant Supply Depot over there... ”

How many times scarier (?) Since there was a ‘Ian’.

Judging from his combat strength, Ian is now several times more powerful than the Laferite warriors.

“All right, let's wipe it out and get this quest over with. ”

Perhaps if the system had put Ian's existence into the difficulty factor, the ascension of the quest difficulty would not have ended in one step.

After Ian appeared, the end of this battlefield had to result in either.

Either the quest that stopped Ian was successful by Aremis or Ian's quest that destroyed the entire supply depot.

And if there was someone watching this situation right now, he would have said,

“I'm sorry I couldn't protect you, Aremis.... ”

Like any employee of LB who recorded the situation in the monitoring room.