BJ Archmage - Chapter 224
Chapter 224. < Episode 72. To the pioneer land (2). >
5.
Flutter!
The place where the stingray, which was flapping its wings infinitely lightly as if swimming in the sea, stopped flapping its wings at the highest place on the big stage, the manager of the building, Papatu.
There was nothing special about Patu’s hut itself.
‘and…. It’s amazing every time I see it.’
What was special were the pillars supporting the hut.
The pillar was as thick as a child’s wrist.
Of course, those who saw the cabin could not help but imagine that the cabin tilted like a seesaw the moment someone stepped on it.
“Climb the railing.”
The NPC Hitu ordered Midas to step towards the 3-pyeong railing in front of the door of such a hut.
A terrifying command to embody the ghastly imagination that has come into your head.
“There is nothing to break. This is where the dragon sits and never shakes.”
The NPC Hitu spat out something that seemed to reassure him.
‘shit.’
However, from the listener’s point of view, the fear of heights, which was not there, was only a threat that could be made.
Of course Midas knew.
That no one who had ever visited Patu’s hut had fallen to his death.
But that fact meant nothing the moment he became a party.
‘Who the hell designed this kind of design?’
I just express my resentment and anger towards the existence that set my worldview in this way.
‘It’s really a garbage game from one to ten.’
Midas, who repeatedly chewed on his anger, spoke to the jackpot next to him.
“Jackpot.”
couw?
“Catch me if you fall.”
couw?
“You really have to hold onto it.”
With a more earnest and desperate expression than ever before.
couw?
Didn’t you understand what the owner meant by jackpot? I just tilted my head as if to say.
Seeing this, Midas bit his teeth once more, then turned his head toward the hut and stepped forward.
Of course, nothing special happened.
The cabin was as strong as NPC Hitu said.
Kirik Chirik!
Just like a cabin, the wood creaks.
However, from Midas’ point of view, the sound had to be interpreted in a different way.
‘no way? Isn’t it leaning?’
While Midas was nervous, Lucky and Gold threw themselves.
king!
“master!”
As the guests visited again, the cabin began to emit more harsh sounds, and Midas flinched each time.
‘It’s a real fucking garbage game.’
And he swears inwardly over and over again.
Eventually NPC Hitu stood on the railing, and only then could Midas enter the cabin.
[You have entered Patu’s hut.]
[You have achieved the title of the person who visited Patu’s hut.]
The interior of the hut, which appeared with the following notifications, was a difficult place for ordinary people to live.
There was no furniture to speak of.
All that is there is a long stick in the middle of the hut where a bird could sit, and a bird with seven-colored feathers the size of a jackpot on top of it.
“Are you here?”
Then the bird opened its mouth to greet Midas.
“nice to meet you. I am Pato.”
That bird was Patu.
The entity that manages the city of Papatou here on the Big Stage.
In front of that presence, Midas lowered his head lightly while managing his expression.
“My name is Midas.”
“I won’t tell you a long story.”
At Midas’s greeting, the NPC Pato was repulsed.
I heard about your abilities. And now I’ve heard that the same thing is happening in the land of the pioneers as it happened here. Do you know what I want?”
At that question, Midas clicked his tongue briefly inwardly.
‘I was just impatient because I couldn’t pamper myself. If I give you a cup of tea, where does it get worse?
Of course, the complaint was short-lived.
And the trouble was short-lived.
It wasn’t difficult to figure out the intentions of the NPC Pato.
“I will go to the land of the pioneers and solve the problem.”
[A new quest has been updated in the main scenario quest list.]
The quest window appeared right after that answer.
[The Land of Pioneers]
– Quest Level: Main scenario
– Quest Level: 180 or higher
– Quest Details: Let’s meet Tex in the Land of Pioneers.
– Quest Reward: None
! Upon completion of the quest, you can proceed with ‘Guide to Tex’
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A breath that should be exhaled by someone who is about to enter a new stage.
I mean, that was evidence.
“So when are you leaving?”
Evidence that Midas has already completed all his mental preparations.
“I will go right now.”
That was the reason why Midas answered that question right away without a second’s hesitation.
“Okay, then I will guide you myself. To the next destination, the Land of the Pioneers.”
6.
Land of the Pioneers.
This place, a hunting ground for players who graduated from the Stage Tree Forest, was special for two reasons.
The first reason was the nature of the hunting grounds.
Existing hunting grounds had fields or dungeons, and players hunted monsters that appeared there, but the land of pioneers was different. In the land of the pioneers, players were able to hunt in the pioneering area after receiving the pioneering quest.
Several parties received these pioneering quests at the same time.
Of course, the party that could clear the quest and receive the reward was only one of many, and the presence or absence of the reward had a great impact on the character’s growth.
It means that they are forced to compete in an unprecedented way.
The second reason was the level of the players.
“At last we are in the land of the pioneers.”
“I thought I would hit level 200.”
It was after level 200 that most players set foot in the land of the pioneers.
Its meaning was different.
“Small Park Ranking is graduation.”
“You graduated, you were nabal, and you didn’t even put your name on the rankings, right? It should be called expulsion, not graduation.”
The reason why the small park ranking was created was to establish a ranking for players below level 200, excluding the top rankers.
In other words, it meant that the moment you reached level 200, you would be compared to the top rankers.
The label of a so-called promising player is disappearing.
The evaluation of the benefits and treatment that he received after being labeled as a promising player also naturally disappeared.
“It’s because we’ve been focusing on rapid growth so far. It will be different from now on.”
“Yeah, it should be different. If you can’t produce results from now on, you might be fired from the guild right away.”
Especially for those who want to make playing professional player games a career, now is the time to make results.
If you can’t produce results, you’re just a player who’s good at the game.
Moreover, like the first reason mentioned above, the land of the pioneers was basically a competition.
Those who have to produce results fight each other and in the end only one of them can survive.
Naturally, players had no choice but to play the game much more fiercely and desperately than usual.
And from the perspective of the Wars Tube channels that support those players, there is no choice but to worry.
Rising Star Channel was no different.
“Rather than that, I’m going to enter the land of BJ Archmage Pioneers.”
Rather, the opposing Rising Star channel had more serious concerns than ever.
“Do you really want to be solo?”
It’s nothing but the worry of being a solo player of BJ’s great mage.
In fact, it was a worry that I didn’t even need to do in the first place.
For the reasons mentioned above, no one has ever played solo in the Land of the Settlers before.
Everyone took it for granted that BJ Grand Mage would also party play from the land of the pioneers.
“Isn’t it worth trying? Seeing you fight against the three ringed monkey brothers, it looks like there’s nothing you can’t do.”
However, such public opinion began to change starting with the Three Ringed Monkey Brothers Reid.
Solo play is possible enough! Because BJ Grand Mage clearly proved that ability in front of over 10 million viewers.
Of course, if it was a normal hunting ground, the story would have ended there.
He would have received praise and admiration just by playing solo.
“I might be able to do it. But is it a competition? Will other parties or guilds just leave it alone?”
The problem was that in the land of pioneers, BJ the great mage had to win the competition not with monsters but with players.
It is a relative evaluation, not an absolute one.
“Well, it won’t be a joke if you catch the BJ Archmage.”
Now, for those who need to create results, build a reputation and gain recognition, there is no clearer opportunity than this.
Naturally, as the typhoon called BJ Daemage drew closer, the land of the pioneers began to become cluttered.
And at the same time, a new typhoon began to form in the land of the pioneers.
7.
Youngjun Park, who was watching the monitor, lightly tapped his temple with his finger.
‘Jungwon Guild.’
What troubles him is the midfield guild.
It wasn’t a guild I didn’t know.
‘A large guild with the Tsinghua Group on its back.’
The granddaughter of the founder of Tsinghua Group, one of the top three in China, is growing in power with enormous financial power, and it is strange if you do not know it.
‘I expected it to move.’
Furthermore, Park Young-joon expected that the midfield guild would tackle the BJ Grand Mage’s move in some way.
‘Of course I had to recruit talented people.’
Therefore, Park Young-Jun was not surprised when the midfield guild said that they would recruit players from the top ranks of small parks to form a stronger team.
‘I got a chance to join BJ Tsushima, but if I don’t aim for this, it’s a dereliction of duty.’
There was no doubt that their purpose was to eat away at the reputation of BJ the great mage.
‘But I never thought I’d put a bounty on myself.’
However, the method of the midfield guild was honestly unexpected from Park Young-joon’s point of view.
Of course, if it had just happened unexpectedly, Park Young-joon wouldn’t have hit me on the head right now.
‘This works.’
What made Park Young-joon worried was that this provocation had no choice but to be eaten by the BJ master mage.
In fact, if you entrust the request to the BJ master mage, the BJ master mage does not have to accept the request.
No matter how valuable an item is, it is something that can be obtained by oneself with the ability of a BJ great mage.
In the case of money, it couldn’t even be the reward for the quest.
In other words, there was no need for a BJ master mage in front of that request, so I could ignore the request with just one word.
But the bounty was different.
‘I haven’t played the media now, but the moment BJ Grand Mage enters the land of the pioneers, I’ll explode it right away.’
I put a bounty on my neck!
I’ll give you this if you catch me!
How will public opinion react to such facts?
‘Public opinion will unconditionally heat up.’
Even if the bounty is meaningless to BJ Archmage, public opinion will want a bounty hunt.
This meant that public opinion could not be used as a shield.
To be honest, at this moment, Park Young-joon had already decided on the answer.
‘I have no choice but to set fire to this.’
The other party gathers an all-star team and provokes it, but there is no need for the BJ master mage to respond to the provocation alone.
Of course, if BJ Grand Mage formed a party, there would be opposition or disappointment in the public opinion, but it was possible to cover it up with media play.
There is no need to worry about the fact that it is much better to carry that negative public opinion than to become the trophy of the midfield guild.
‘How do I convince you?’
What I was worried about was persuading the BJ master mage.
“president.”
A subordinate came up to Park Young-jun, who was worried about it.
“Items have arrived from Gamma Pharmaceuticals. Shall we send it to BJ Archmage right away?”
At those words, Park Young-joon nodded and said.
“Send an email while sending items.”
“E-mail?”
“I want to have a live meeting.”
“Yes, I understand.”
After that conversation, Park Young-joon stopped banging his head.
‘I’ll stop doing it alone somehow.’
8.
A view that reminds me of the Grand Canyon. A stingray came down over the scene.
For the stingray that came down to the floor like that, a group came down.
When Midas finally came down, the NPC Hitu on top of the sky ray said to him.
“I contacted Tex, so if you wait, Tex will come.”
“Yes, thank you.”
After a short greeting, NPC Hitu flew back into the sky with the stingray in the sky.
Afterwards, Midas’ expression when he turned his head and looked at the land of the pioneers was not good.
‘It feels cheap.’
It wasn’t because of the scenery in front of me.
The land of the pioneers is a place I have already stepped on.
‘It’s so comfortable.’
What worried Midas was that he had come so comfortably from the grove of trees to the land of the pioneers.
‘It would take 30 minutes just to come back as usual.’
Originally, to come to the land of pioneers, players had to fight a lot while moving a not short distance.
‘Even NPCs come directly?’
It’s not even going to find the NPC, but if you wait, the NPC will come to you directly?
‘When they treated me kindly, the difficulty of the quest was just fucking right.’
Based on Midas’ experience so far, the difficulty of the quest to be completed this time will never be low.
Kreureung!
A hyena the size of a tiger appeared before Midas’ eyes.
Behind her is a large man wearing a cowboy hat.
“It’s you. I am Tex.”
NPC Tex appeared and immediately spoke to Midas.
“Thank you for coming.”
The talking NPC, Tex, was still not coming down from the back of the giant hyena.
“Is it urgent?”
It means that I don’t have much time to get off here and talk.
“Sorry, that is. One o’clock is urgent.”
“Is there a problem?”
To Midas’ question that followed, NPC Tex said.
“There is a change taking place in the hyenas of the unexplored territories. It’s amazing, and at a very fast pace.”
Midas was not surprised by that fact.
‘It’s like a stage tree forest.’
Something I’ve already experienced several times.
“The problem is that even the pioneers who went to deal with it ended up just like the hyenas.”
“yes?
“It is literally. Even those who went in to deal with the problems of the unexplored lands became the same. Because of that, we can’t even send a search party to find out the situation right now. We just designate the area as a no-pioneering area and prohibit anyone from entering.”
no exploitation zone.
The moment he heard that word, Midas could understand the true nature of the anxiety he felt.
‘……Even if I don’t like it, I have to do it alone.’