Count Scribe's Tutor

“I don't see anything. ”

All I can see is the fog. And all the wooden pillars that were floating to the end of the sky with clouds on their knees. I didn't see anything that required special treatment.

“I can't see it now. But there were a lot in the sky. ”

“So what? ”

I frowned slightly and asked again.

But Korut began again in the language of the Desert Tribe.

Ferda sighs and looks at Shantam and Tervand. Like you asked me to explain instead.

“The sphere where Akasha was born, it was suspended. ”

“I had a hard time counting them. ”

Shantam and Tervand replied in turn.

Ferda narrows her eyes when she hears that there are many fruits. Perhaps those fruits are the troops that proclaim the beginning of the second disaster.

‘Honestly, it's not that hard to handle. ’

After climbing up the mountain with Keang, you can ask him for help. Then the fragments of the catastrophe will be burned to the ground with no effort.

‘But · · · · · · ·. ’

I didn't want to.

It was because I felt uneasy.

I feel like I shouldn't touch the fruit right now. Your huntsman instincts give you a fierce warning. When I hesitated for a long time.

A system message appeared.

[Reminder]

* Hidden Quest has occurred.

* Do you want to view the quest?

[YES]/[NO]

As soon as I checked the message, I frowned.

He now doubts the Yggdrasil system itself. And at this point, there was a quest?

How do we deal with this? ’

I felt a strange feeling.

I felt like pressing the decline button right away, but I couldn't do it. It was because I was curious about the quest content and the reward.

Ferda, who was thinking about it for a moment, decided to check the contents.

[Hidden Quest: Lumberjack]

[Completion Condition]

Eliminate the catastrophic debris within the time limit.

Fragment of Disaster (0 of 1,000)

(Even if your colleague defeated you, you will be recognized as defeated.)

[Reward]

1 Grade S Hunter Kang Tae-min Skill (Random)

1 Grade S Hunter Kang Tae-min Gear (Random)

Achievement Points [+500]

[Time Limit]

48 hours

The mission is to hunt 1,000 Akashas, fragments of disaster.

And what my colleagues have killed counts. Then this quest was a free one. With real power, you can achieve your goal in 48 minutes, not 48 hours.

Quest rewards were substantial. Even if it is random, this may be an opportunity to obtain a skill and equipment. It also gives quite good achievement scores. If this quest had happened yesterday, I would have pressed [YES] without hesitation.

‘But. ’

At this point in my doubt about the system, I was frankly hesitant.

As a hunter, my intuition also contributed to my hesitation to make a choice. Ferda soon made her choice, after a while of worrying.

‘· · · · · · · Hold for now. ’

It doesn't even say when to accept the quest.

So at least let it wait until the system is cleared of suspicion. Then Ferda looks back at the group and opens her mouth.

“I agree it's dangerous. But now is not the time to decide. ”

Korut protested with a face he couldn't understand.

“Why? · · · · · · · · · If it is dangerous. ”

“The reality has consumed too much magical power. ”

In response, Korut lost his words.

There's only one person in the group who can handle the fruit.

“In reality, we need rest. Making a decision is next. ”

“That's right. It looks like it's going to be dark soon, so let's find a place to rest first. ”

Isha supported Ferda's opinion.

Korut wants to refute something, but he can't refute it.

After a while, they simply followed Ferda's words. As everyone's thoughts narrow to one, the group quickly finds a place to rest.

* * *

That night.

The group set up camp near the canyon. A place as far away from the fog's influence as possible. The terrain was flat, so it was a good place to stay for the night.

There's a long cliff just behind the camp, but there's no problem. In case of one, Isha has a fence made of ice.

Bloop!

Raucous campfire.

Desert nights are cold. So to keep the fire going, I kept putting in dry firewood. Since it was the cover of Akasha, Tervand was naturally responsible for managing the campfire.

When it gets warm on the cold floor.

A small dinner began. A stew boiled with all the ingredients from a termite village. It tasted a little crude, but it was enough to soothe the cold and hunger.

After dinner.

Is it because it consumed a lot of magical power? I fell asleep during the meal, leaning on Ferda's shoulder. Then Ferda carried him on her back and carefully moved him to the temporary barracks.

After that, the rest of the group rests.

Ferda sits by a small campfire just outside the camp. Then I stared at the long rising wooden pillar and thought.

‘An Yggdrasil system. ’

I've written it for a long time.

Of course. The system was an indispensable tool for Hunters.

So I was embarrassed for the first time when the system was available here, and then I used it naturally. Like you did on Earth.

‘But now... ’

I don't think it will be as hard as it used to be.

It was because the sprouts of suspicion grew well.

Behavior that seems to be trying to hide something. And it looks like you're trying to control Ferda through quests and rewards.

There are more than one or two suspicious things.

‘I feel like I'm in chains. ’

It also felt like he was watching his every move. The deeper my doubts got, the more frustrated my heart became. Ferda sighs heavily as she looks up at the quest window.

Then I suddenly felt popular.

Light footsteps only. I didn't have to look back. There's only one person in the group with that kind of footstep.

Soon after that, the owner of the footsteps sat next to him.

The one with the thick blanket. It was just Isha. With a faint breath into the air, she mutters, her hands on the campfire.

“As expected, the desert nights are cold. ”

Half the blood of an Eye Fairy is mixed up, and I can't believe it's cold.

Ferda smiles silently.

However, the word "cold" was not a joke. Looking at the hot tea poured into a cup. After a while, Isha takes a sip of the car and turns to Ferda straight away.

“Would you like a drink? ”

There's no reason to refuse. It was cold.

So I received a cup of tea. Just holding it still makes my body feel warmer. Immediately, after a sip of steaming tea, my face crumpled.

“· · · · · · Tasty. ”

“That's right, it's a drug. ”

In response, Ferda's face crumpled even more.

Somehow it tasted awful. As I was grumbling and putting down the tea cup.

“Still, you'd better be patient because it relieves fatigue. ”

Isha said in a bold tone.

Then Ferda raises her cup of tea again. I felt the bitterness, but it wasn't enough to drink. Suddenly, I drank half of it.

Then, Isha's words, which were tightly closed, opened.

“So tell me now. What happened inside. ”

I knew you'd ask.

Ferda lowers her cup of tea and looks up at the sky. Then I took out the answer I had prepared earlier. Of course, I couldn't tell everyone the truth, so I only gave out as much information as I could.

First of all, the terrain has changed a bit.

He also delivered a piece of Ser Mer's message. Of course, all the sensitive parts of the world were excluded. At the end of the story, Isha opens her eyes wide.

“Yes? Sermer? ”

It seems to know something.

Felt this, Ferda immediately asked the question.

“Do you know his name? ”

“Of course. A wizard wouldn't know that name. ”

I feel like I caught a big fish in a place I didn't expect.

Ferda gives ear to Isha, who follows her.

“Sermer Ridius Argres. The symbol of the Mother of Life and of all the Gods. Protector of fairies and spirits. There are many names, but we have a much more familiar name. ”

Isha pauses and replies briefly.

“The number of the world. ”

As soon as he finished, his eyes sank low.

Immediately, his gaze turned to the wooden pillar reflectively. Then Isha, who saw it, asked with a suspicious face.

“You don't really think that's the number of the world, do you? ”

“Can't you think that way? ”

“Of course. That's ridiculous. ”

“Why?”

Is there a reason to tell me that doesn't make sense?

Ferda wondered, and Isha's explanation began.

“First of all, world water is transcendent, emerging only in mythology. So it's no exaggeration to say that you're anything like God. Do you think it makes sense to be in a place like this? ”

What Isha was trying to say was, does it make sense to meet God's comparable existence so easily? Isha then added a second reason.

“And the number of worlds is generally known to conceive countless lives and be better than anyone else. But that's the exact opposite. Spit out the weirdest monsters. ”

Isha frowned and explained the third reason.

“Last but not least, the mythical waters of the world are said to have been consumed by the wars of the gods. So that can't be the number of worlds. ”

Isha insisted.

Clearly, this is as far as I could hear. But Ferda couldn't accept Isha's answer. He saw Sermer's message with his own eyes. So I opened my mouth to protest.

“But it's clear in there. ”

“You said Sermer's name was mentioned, right? ”

After Ferda's silence, Isha suddenly raises her head.

With a nod, a new guess returns.

“Then it's probably a magic coefficient. ”

What the hell is that?

As I tilted my head to the unfamiliar word, the description immediately returned.

“The shadow of the world's number with the same name as the world's number. They used to be called the Father of Death and the symbol of the Devil. This is as far as I go, okay? The MACO is the exact opposite of the world's numbers. ”

Strangely interesting story.

But I didn't think it was a horse coefficient. The reason was simple: in Lara Hamilton's notebook, Sermer was described as life and salvation.

But you can't tell Isha about Lara Hamilton's notebook. Ferda nods roughly as if accepting.

“Anyway, interesting. I can't believe there was such a thing in there. ”

After a long story, Isha looks at the wooden column.

There was no miscommunication between the two. When only the sound of burning firewood filled the surroundings. Tervand, patrolling the perimeter, approaches you two.

“Are you still up? ”

“What did you see? What's more real? ”

“You've fallen asleep. I don't know if anyone can carry me. ”

Well, I spent a lot of magical power in a short time.

You must be tired. Ferda nods silently.

“But he might wake up as soon as you're gone. ”

Isha, who was with me at that time, continued.

Later, she suddenly looked at Ferda with a serious face.

“Then I have a question for you. ”

“What do you want to ask? What is it?”

When Ferda asks again, Issa wiggles her fingers.

Like he's hesitating to take it out. But for a moment, Isha raised her head with a resolved expression. Then I opened my mouth with a stiff face.

“· · · · · · What is your purpose? ”

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