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“Plenty, then. ”

“Tell me a lot. ”

“Are there all the spirit kings of the Four Paths in the Spirit System? ”

“Well, that's not much. ”

“Then?”

“I know that Elisha and Trowell are the only two spiritual kings in the Spirit Realm now. Ragnaros and Ezylon died fighting machine civilizations. ”

“Elisha must be the Spirit of Water King..." ”

“Yes. Trowell is the Spirit King of the Earth, Ragnaros is the Spirit King of Fire, and Ezylon is the Spirit King of Wind." ”

“Th-that's it. ”

In Ian's head, a lot of stories passed by like a muzzle.

And I began to dry up without even knowing it.

Trowell, the Spirit of Earth King.

I found traces of something I didn't expect.

‘The cradle of the earth...' That's a sensible name for a place with traces of the Spirit King in it. ’

Ian was very excited when he opened the information window of the Emerging Quest, "Finding Traces of Trowell."

For Ian now, his encounter with the existence of the Spirit King of the Earth was of enormous complexity.

"There may be content that pops up in the Attribute Dungeon, or we may get clues about Elisha……. Maybe both. ’

A familiar quest information window was then created in front of Ian's eyes.

- Trace of Trowell.

A war between a machine civilization and a spiritual system that lasted a long, long time.

Bitterstella was the last bastion and sanctuary of the Spirit Realm, and the Mataya Bong was the cradle of the spirits of the earth.

Cradle of the Holy Land that conceived Trowell, the Spirit King of the Earth, and allowed him to protect the power of the earth.

Trowell puts all his strength into protecting the Holy Spirit's land from the invasion of machine civilization, and as a result, he falls into a deep sleep in the cradle of the earth.

It consumed all its spiritual power through the cradle of the earth, defending Bitterstella.

But even then, it's only temporary.

Mechanical civilization will soon raise an army again to mount a massive invasion, and Bitterstel will no longer be safe.

Ragnaros the Fire Spirit and Ethylon the Wind Spirit were already extinct during the war with the machine civilization, and Elisha the Water Spirit who left in search of the 'source of contamination’ disappeared.

Now that Trowell is asleep, Bitterstella's fate is like a lightning torch.

Of course, Trowell will awaken again after restoring all his strength, but no one knows when.

And before that, if the great invasion of machine civilization begins, it will be catastrophic.

Trowell has fallen asleep somewhere in the cradle of this deep and complex earth.

Track down Trowell, who's asleep, and help him wake up.

If Trowell rises again, it will be a powerful shield against the invasion of the machine civilization.

Quest Difficulty: S +

Quest conditions: The party must contain a Class User with a level 80 (transcendent) or higher who has learned Necromancy.

The party must contain one of the following recognized users: ‘Lava’, ‘Corkscrew’, or ‘Ice Spirit’.

Timeout: None

* Once you go outside the Cradle of the Earth or if all the party members are logged out, you will never receive this quest again.

* If you find three traces of Trowell hidden in the cradle, you will complete the quest.

Reward: 50,000 Reputation

Earn the title 'Protector of the Earth’

Amity with ‘Trowell’ +10

The content of the quest was quite long.

But the contents contained information that was just as important.

‘This is going to start a big battlefield scenario soon. ’

Although it is said that the spirit system and the machine civilization are still at war, it is technically a truce.

On the contrary, there were no significant quests being generated for users of the Human Faction in the Spirit Realm, and for users of the Horse Faction in the Machine Civilization's Dimensional Realm to attack the opponent's Faction in terms of war.

Queek, but there is only one local conflict between the users going back and forth.

But the moment this quest was created, the story changed a bit.

In search of Trace of Trowell, the quest was an epic quest before the breakthrough quest, meaning that it was an epic mission with a game-wide story.

When war is mentioned here, it means that the scenario related to war begins.

‘Somehow this quest seems to be the trigger for the next scenario in the Spirit Realm……. ’

Of course, if you were an ordinary user and not a ranker like Ian, you might have read the quest window without thinking.

However, Ian, who has always opened content at the forefront of every scenario, has found every hidden meaning in the quest information very sharply.

‘Three hidden traces of Trowell……. I don't have a good feeling about this yet, but we'll see if we can find anything. ’

Ian quickly clears his mind, looking back at the party members.

They had already read the information pane of the quest, so they had already guessed what Ian would say.

“Once you leave, you'll never be able to do this quest again..." ”

“Isn't this like Ian's Taste Sniper Quest? ”

“Yeah, until we find Trowell or something, we'll probably have to do the quest in writing. ”

“ ……. ”

Ian nodded and opened his mouth, smiling at the conversation of the three people.

“Don't you all know me too well? ”

Fioran insists.

“Isn't it weirder not to know by now? ”

“Well, maybe……. ”

Ian then stepped into a cradle as loud as the answer to her question, and the party members also followed behind him without hesitation.

I couldn't erase the feeling of entering the gates of Hell, but I was curious the moment I entered Ian's party anyway.

It's impossible to get off the tiger's back now.

Thus, the first thing to welcome them into the hidden field was the spirit of the powerful earth, unleashing a sense of intimidation.

- You're a man with a sense of spiritual power.

“ ……! ”

- I will test if I am worthy to tread on the holy spirits' cradle from now on.

The first time Kanoel discovered the Spirit of Earth, he was stunned for a moment.

“Oh, no, what did you do from the start? ”

Since the specs of the Earth's spirits that first appeared before their eyes were as follows.

- Greater Earth Spirit Ragruth: Lv. 99 (Transcension)

Of course, Ian was even more excited in front of the unconscious spirit.

“A field full of earth attribute spirits……. Is it your turn to borrow Blaster's power? ”

Storm Spirit Blaster with unique abilities of powerful wind attributes.

Ian, who summoned him, jumped into the spirit of the earth without hesitation.

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Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-tak-.

Click, click.

Planning team 1's office is full of busy mouse clicks with dull typewriter sounds.

In this barren space where zombies gather and work, suddenly clear and clear (?) The sound echoes.

Tiring-Tiroring -!

It sounds as if the alarm of the elderly is surprisingly rustic and loud.

But the moment this sound rang....

“ ……! ”

Something even more surprising happened inside the office.

As soon as the sound rang, all the typewriters' sounds and clicks stopped at the same time, as if they had promised.

The only thing that fills the office is the sigh of the young zombies.

“Ahh... ”

A moment later, a man slowly approached the sound, and the team watched him with a tense expression.

It was because their fate was also decided this month based on what caused the alarm to go off.

“Please…… Like an open production class scenario, right? ”

“Like discovering the hidden recipe of the cooking king.... ”

“Representative Kim, do you have a scenario like that? ”

“No, I'm just saying. ”

“ ……. ”

A clear ringtone in a dull typewriter was something quite fresh, but in fact, there was not a single person in the room who liked it.

This ringtone was a ringtone that only went off when a new scenario that had been locked in was opened, which meant that a work bomb had been delivered.

Gulp.

Due to this, the first team members had to swallow dry water and watch the whole place.

Everyone prays with one mind until Team Leader Kim Ui-Hwan checks the data logs.

“No, I don't think so. The beep was just a two-tier hidden-class open message, right? ”

“Ugh, I hope everything goes well again today..." ”

However, as time went by, the team members who were watching Kim's face felt that something was wrong.

Kim's expression of data logging was too serious, as it took too long to check the log.

It wouldn't have taken more than a minute to check the logs if it had been an open scenario.

And bad intuition always fits.

“Ian, this color... …. ”

“ ……. ”

“Ian?”

“Sir, you're not mistaken, are you? ”

“The battle for Lotus is about to begin, Ian? ”

Even with the team's urgent questions, Kim could not answer a word.

What was unfolding in front of me was the most unbelievable thing that no one else could believe, because it was Kim Yinghwan himself.

"Ian, why isn't this maniac preparing for a knightfight? ’

In fact, ten days before the opening conditions of the War, Kim's team and Planning 1 have been sighing for relief.

Most rankers who were running the top content at the beginning of the Knights' War would stop their quest, and the next content would be slowed down.

So I finally thought I had a time to sigh, but this time Ian broke everyone's common sense.

“Maybe in the next month……. ”

“ ……? ”

“The Spirit King of the Earth will awaken. ”

“Yes……? ”

“You heard wrong? ”

As the bomb-like words of Kim drop, all the team members are frozen in place.

Among all the cases that could happen at the moment the ringtone is confirmed that the worst-case scenario is unfolding.

And among them, two whose faces turned almost gray.

“Representative Yoon, Kim Joom. ”

“Sir……. ”

Kim was forced to speak with a depressing voice towards them.

“Annual return this month….. ”

So disaster struck again today in the office of Planning Team 1.