Is It Bad That the Main Character’s a Roleplayer? - Chapter 5

◈◈Episode 5 I shouldn’t have done that (5)

It’s been a while since I thought of my parents and I feel a little nostalgic.

Still, filial piety is filial piety and a quest is a quest. There were still six keepsakes left to find.

“wait.”

I’ve searched everywhere else, so the remaining six are definitely in this space.

I searched the den, focusing on the space where the child was hanging. As a result, we were able to find bones hidden between the roots.

“Um, Mom…”

During the process, there were times when the child recognized his mother’s belongings and cried… but there was nothing I could do. The only thing left to do is to properly dispose of his body.

Anyway, thirteen keepsakes. I found everything. I almost lost my eye trying to find it because it didn’t display the object.

Those damn Haejinju bastards. I admit that they made a good game, but I think they didn’t pay too much attention to user convenience. I don’t think this is bad either.

“Little.”

“Mom… huh.”

The child didn’t seem to want to move on his own, so he just held it with one hand and left the cave. He was able to swing a two-handed sword with ease, so he could handle at least one child.

「Purification│Once the devil settles in and the space becomes demonic, it must go through purification.

Demonized spaces can be purified by burning with the power of a holy god or pure flame. Possible purification methods vary depending on your occupation.

Demons will reappear in spaces that have not been purified.

“Make sure that the devil never appears in this land again.”

He said that separate purification was needed, so he took out an oil can from his bag and sprayed some oil on it.

This is also a system that existed in the original, and it was easy to do because the initial item given was an oil can.

Just as I was about to throw a lit torch onto the sprinkled oil. Suddenly, I remembered the end of a blocked road at a crossroads.

…I’m thinking about it now, but I guess I have to burn it to fill it up 100%.

「Purification progress 1%」

「Purification progress 4%」

「Purification progress 7%」

100% purification progress is not a condition for completing the quest, so it probably doesn’t matter much. As expected, I feel uncomfortable, so I should try it on my way out.

With that thought in mind, I went outside while watching the Jeonghwa Island slowly rising. This is why I suffocated because I realized that if I burn in a cave, I will run out of oxygen.

It would have been nice to just feel moderately suffocated, but even the feeling of my lungs tightening and my heart racing all the way down my throat was specific.

Even though the pain level was set low, my chest felt tight and uncomfortable.

This is me. I don’t have any trauma related to it, but I think it may be controversial for some people. Are you okay?

Covering his mouth with his gauntlet, he coughed softly and walked quickly. Even if it was me, I had to hurry because I didn’t know what the child would be like.

Cough, cluck,

“…Tsk.”

When I heard the child coughing, I just ran. Fortunately, my legs were faster than my acting.

“Are you okay?”

“…yes.”

We left the suffocating space in less than three minutes. I didn’t escape the sewer, but I came first to the section where the smoke had not yet reached.

And after that it was easy. Having learned that if you start a fire, you will be ruined, I did not attempt any further purification, and since the path was already taken, I was able to find it without difficulty.

It was a good thing that I had a good memory when it came to roads. I didn’t know it when I was moving forward after dealing with the goblins, but the road was particularly twisted and long.

It felt like it took 30 minutes just to get out.

Clap!

Still, I managed to find an exit and kicked the iron cage door with my foot and exhaled. Although it had a musty smell, it was fresher than the air inside the sewer.

The sunset that was just setting stung my eyes.

So it took roughly 2 or 3 hours? I don’t remember what time I entered, but I think it was daytime and 8 hours is a day in the game.

Well, the time it took to find the way and defeat the devil was a bit long. When I think about the size of the sewer I explored, I wonder if that’s all there was to see. I felt like I had been there for four or five hours.

I would have known exactly if a clock function had been provided, but that is a bit disappointing.

“Little.”

“…?”

Anyway, I checked the child in my hand. A distant face was clearly visible among the scruffy faces.

It looks like there are still tears in his eyes, but he’s still alive.

I climbed the riverbank and slowly made my way back. They told me to come to the guild and report, so it was time to go to the guild.

“Knight.”

Then wait a moment. The child, who had caught his breath, whimpered and called me.

“Mom, you’ll be happy next to God, right?”

It was a question with a definite answer.

“okay.”

We reached the adventurer’s guild.

* * *

“Oh, adventurer? “What happened… about that kid?”

I guess it’s because it’s evening. The guild was more noisy than before. However, because it was mostly bar users, the window itself was a bit busy.

Thanks to this, it was very easy to find Secretary Izren. Reporting to her and handing over the child were the same.

“Take it.”

I pushed the child towards her as she came out of the window.

I thought it was a difficult weight for an ordinary person to lift, perhaps due to the strength required to lift the two-hender with both hands, but the secretary was able to accept the child.

amazing. I think even the real world would be at a loss if it accepted that kid.

“This child….”

“He is the child of a worker. “He said he went into the sewer to find his parents. Tell him the details.”

It’s something I can’t do to a child, but the truth is, I haven’t heard anything properly. I roughly summarized it.

“yes?!”

Of course, the secretary looked back at the child who had accepted it. The child is holding on to the memento of his mother that I gave him and is keeping his mouth shut.

“I understand this for now. “We will take care of the child.”

「❖ Contaminating the sewer

∎ Removing the devil 71 / ??

∎ Bonus: Finding Mementos 13 / 13

∎ Bonus: Retrieving Traces of Dead Adventurers 10 / ??

∎ Choice: Saving the child”

The moment the secretary said that, a quest was cleared. I think the rest will probably be cleared once I report it.

“Where should I put the recovered keepsakes?”

“Oh, did you bring a keepsake too? “Just put it down here for now.”

The clerk handed the child back to a fellow employee and guided me toward the counter. Looking at the hand pointing to a desk that is neither wide nor narrow like a bank, it seems like they are telling me to put everything there.

Without hesitation,

he poured out his belongings. The worker’s belongings are accessories and clothes, and the adventurer’s traces are all adventurer shells, so you won’t get confused.

“You brought a lot of yam.”

of course. How can you ignore a submission unless you’re in a situation where you can’t do it? Of course, I was the one who gave the impression of a dog-eat-dog who seemed to ignore other people’s situations.

I frowned and looked down at the secretary. The secretary swallowed his saliva and quickly checked the belongings.

“Are these belongings to all 13 dead workers?”

“Then what does it look like?”

The secretary was annoyed because he reacted nervously regardless of his intentions.

“Oh no. First, we will deliver the items to the clients and verify their identity. And this adventurer’s paddle…”

She was speechless. The bloody, copper-colored paddle tumbled from her fingertips.

“…I would like to thank you on behalf of the guild.”

The slightly muffled voice sounded particularly human, which made me feel strange. I’ve always hoped for a realistic NPC, but given an NPC like that, I can’t help but feel a bit uncomfortable.

I think this is how the real Skynet is born. Of course, it’s fun so I’ll keep doing it!

“Is this the end of today’s hunting?”

“…?”

What are you talking about. Why do players stop hunting?

“Ah… Are you going back to the sewers? But you could also take a little rest…”

“I don’t understand what you mean. Why do I have to go back to the sewers?”

hmm. Is it because of Jeonghwa? But it would be a bit awkward for me to go in and do it myself.

“Do I even have to do the purification?”

“You have to… catch the devil…? yes? “Jeonghwa?”

I frowned, recalling the purification progress that ended at 43%.

I don’t mind taking on the purification if I can use the purification stone, but demon knights can only be purified through fire. You may die from suffocation while purifying. I want to avoid that as much as possible.

“I was just wondering… have you dealt with all the demons?”

That was a somewhat unexpected question. My eyes went up.

“Then why did you think I was standing here?”

“To… take the child away?”

I think it would have been the same if they had found the child in the middle… But then, do you think that just because they found the child now means they gave up?

Was it programmed to react like this when the clear time is fast? But I don’t think my clear time is fast.

“…It’s very unpleasant. “Are you ignoring me?”

The secretary frowned and desperately shook his head.

“No, I wasn’t ignoring it. I apologize, adventurer. “So, has the removal of all demons except Purification been completed?”

“okay.”

“…Then, we will contact the client right away.”

Just in case, luckily it looks like I didn’t have to clean it all up. It would have been difficult if purification had been included as a completion condition. It was luck. The quest

“❖ Contaminating the sewer

∎ Talking to the client”

was also updated, which added to my confidence. The sewer quest is truly over.

* * *

「Adventurer’s Guild│In the Adventurer’s Guild, you can do a variety of things, including reporting on quests and receiving rewards.

You can enjoy cheap food and alcohol at the guild’s tavern, but it will be less tasty. But if you’re lucky, you might be able to get some useful information.”

While waiting for the client, I looked into the guild’s various systems and even ate dinner.

It was just at the end of my meal that the messenger from the requested NPC arrived.

“This is the fee for the request. And… I will pay the brokerage fee for you.”

It was a high-ranking person in the company who called me, so I had no choice but to walk there. In return, they even paid a brokerage fee.

Even if I hadn’t come all the way here, I think recovering all of the workers’ belongings would have had an impact. To be honest, I’m the only one who is dissatisfied with being called out, since NPCs have no qualms about pampering players.

“Are you okay, Secretary?”

“If it’s that convenient, I can take care of it.”

“If you do, here it is. “It’s the 400,000 I promised.”

Rather, I checked this amount when I signed the contract, but is it really true? I was surprised by the units back then, but I couldn’t believe it even more now that I had found out about the prices.

This is not an amount worth paying for just one tutorial.

“Confirmed.”

The moment I pushed the gold coins into my inventory, I could barely suppress the pounding of my heart as I watched the amount display at the bottom. It had to be that way.

In most games, even in the original ‘Legend of Heroes’, only an amount of one hundred to one thousand was given when completing a quest. In severe cases, there were many cases where they didn’t even provide that and made up for it with cheap equipment or a few consumables.

This is because there is more to loot while walking along the road or catching mobs than to earn from quests.

However, the remake version was different. It seems that these guys only allow you to earn money through quests, instead of making them earn money by catching mobs. Otherwise, there was no way he would have given 100,000 units of money.

“The spoils obtained from the devil….”

No, no. I didn’t know because I only looked at combat and defense and paid less attention to life, but there was ‘slaughter’ among the life skills.

It was a skill that allowed you to obtain loot from the corpses of beasts or demons. If you take pictures, you may be able to make money just by hunting rather than doing quests.

I wonder if it will actually help you earn more than this.

“be not interested in.”

But that doesn’t mean I regret taking the close-up martial arts technique. Considering the nature of the concept, it seemed unlikely that I would ever get any loot from goblins.

On the other hand, close-quarters techniques and subsequent attacks were useful. Even if I had known of the existence of slaughter, I would have taken pictures of these first.

“What kind of money do you get from those bugs?”

I held my form and declined any additional compensation. It’s not that I don’t have regrets, but when it comes to concept work, you have to overcome all of that.

I can confidently say that I did not have a single regret in my answer.

“Is this the end of the matter?”

He crossed his legs, crossed his arms, and slightly lowered his head. He asked in the so-called sly pose. The middle-aged NPC noticed and answered, “Yes.”

Bappambaam!

The quest completion BGM rang in my ears.

“Then there’s no reason to stay any longer.”

Oh my. My expression almost broke. Why did they set the quest completion screen so large? If I don’t reduce it, I’ll at least give it a try later.

“Enough.”

I stood up, comforting my pounding heart. The chairs that were pushed out in the process were not necessarily put in.

“Then I’ll just go too.”

The secretary also prepared to follow me out.

It

was at that moment that the sound of running without stopping was heard from the hallway outside. The sense of urgency passed over the wall and reached me.

“Something?”

I opened the door and stood aside. Soon, someone entered the room, worthy of the description Woodangtang. The secretary was startled and took a step back.

“Oh, old man!”

“Are you a colt with a fire in his asshole? What!”

He used to talk like an old man. I watched the situation while holding back the urge to laugh out of affection. It’s a bit strange, but that’s because it was also a main quest.

Even if you don’t remember the original version, some say that the game jjambap accumulated over many years smells like a quest.

“This is a rescue call! A signal fire came from nearby! “It’s a signal that we belong to our company!”

“What!?”

As expected, it was like that.

“I informed the castle guards, but they said it was difficult to come forward due to time constraints and they were too slow to move…!”

“Those bastards don’t work even though they spend so much money!”

The old man raised his blood and shouted loudly. He was truly an old man who could easily live to be two hundred years old.

“Send our kids right now!”

At that point, my gaze became entangled with the elderly NPC.

“you! “You go too!”

“…don’t command me.”

There is no way this type of person would react well to a one-sided order. I don’t know if a devil was mentioned, but it’s also unclear who attacked it.

After that interpretation, I wrinkled my face to save my pride.

“Are you saying you don’t like this?”

“I have no reason to listen to your orders.”

“Is that why you’re going to refuse it?”

But rejecting it completely is also a bit different. There is no need to refuse.

I glanced at the secretary. The secretary was also looking at me.

“As the matter is an ongoing matter, the writing of a contract can be postponed.”

“…you will have to pay reasonable compensation.”

“If that’s the case, I’ll take great care of it!”

“The contract is concluded. Guide me.”

Well then, let’s go get it right away. But where is it? If I knew that, I would have to go catch him and kill him.

「❖ People in danger

∎ Choice: Join the mercenaries

∎ Move to the battle site

∎ Eliminate the raiders 0 / ??

∎ Bonus: Number of survivors ?? / ??」

The quest window that I opened just in case was quite helpful. It seems like quests are created even if you don’t write a contract.

I checked the updated quest and estimated the location. Even though there was no mini-map, there was a full map, so it wasn’t difficult to check the location.

It’s just inconvenient to keep the entire map open.

“Send me on a horse right away!”

“yes yes!”

Fortunately, a messenger was attached as a guide.

“With mercenaries—.”

“Not required.”

It’s a tutorial, but do I really need to drag a mercenary along? There was no need to endure such troublesome work.

「❖ People in danger

∎ Choice: Join the mercenaries

∎ Move to the battle site

∎ Eliminate the raiders 0 / ??

∎ Bonus: Number of survivors ?? / ??」

I’m very bothered by the number of survivors in that bonus quest.

There is no number written on it, but my old intuition tells me that it looks like Time Attack. Unless it is essential to go with the mercenaries, I think it would be better to go first.

“But it will be dangerous.”

“…Are you just discussing danger with me?”

It’s an early quest. Could it be dangerous? I’m worried about all the NPCs. Considering the time it takes to get there, it might not be enough to leave right away.

“Just let me go!”

At that time, the old man intervened.

“If you can sweep the sewer by yourself, you won’t die if you go first!”

“yes yes!”

It was unexpected help. The messenger led me straight to the stable.

“You can ride this!”

The horse given seemed very large and strong. However, horses are a frequent means of transportation in the game, so instead of being scared, I jumped on their backs.

Among the games I played in the first place, there was a horse racing simulator. Horseback riding was a game that was evaluated as reality itself.

Thanks to this, I am now getting used to riding horses.

“Hey!”

The horse’s stick-like feet began to run, pounding the mud.