The Price of Life (3)
9.
“There, there!”
Wiga city, full of mystery and admiration, was getting noisy.
“A wolf holy beast? Isn’t that Lucky?”
“It is Lucky! The holy beast who broke the swordsman’s record!”
“It’s BJ Archmage!”
The reason for the noise was BJ Archmage.
Players under level 50 and even Azmo were so interested in him.
It was reasonable to cause a disturbance.
Besides, he wasn’t alone.
“Huh? What’s around him?”
“What? Are they his comrades?”
6 fully armed people were guarding BJ Archmage.
The scene wasn’t normal.
The people guarding BJ Archmage weren’t even players.
“They aren’t his comrades but NPCs.”
“NPCs?”
“The knights protecting Wiga city.”
“Are you saying the Wiga knights are guarding BJ Archmage?”
The knights were the most powerful NPCs in Wiga city.
They were guarding BJ Archmage.
“Oh my god, I’ve never seen something like that!”
“What on earth is BJ Archmage?”
“How is that possible?”
It was so shocking that no one could guess the situation.
Everyone was surprised at the scene.
‘What on earth is happening?’
Even Midas couldn’t understand the situation and was surprised.
They suddenly appeared as soon as Midas came to the main entrance of Wiga city and told him to follow them since Wiga, the NPC, the owner of Wiga city, was looking for him.
‘Wiga is looking for me……’
The reason was obvious.
‘It’s because of the main scenario for sure.’
This happening must be from the main scenario.
‘Ok, that’s good.’
By that time, Midas interpreted the situation in a good way.
‘It’s better to go to Wiga’s mansion where everyone knows than to go to Sahalin’s house in front of people.’
Going to the NPC, Sahalin, was more pressuring for Midas.
Woof!
First, Lucky became too big to be hidden in Midas’s bosom.
“Definitely my lord. Everyone is looking up to you.”
Plus, Gold was added in this situation.
It would be impossible to hide both of them and go to Sahalin’s house unless he had invisible magic.
No matter what, he couldn’t avoid the situation that someone found out Sahalin’s house’s location.
So, he prepared for getting caught.
‘People after me can’t do anything this way.’
To delay his quest, he was determined to give a clue to those who sent the killer, Lola to Midas.
He can’t succeed if he’s afraid of failure.
It wasn’t just success. It could make Midas’s miserable life glossy.
That was why going to Wiga’s mansion was a more positive thing than going to Sahalin’s house for Midas because he didn’t need to let other competitors know about Sahalin’s house’s location.
When Midas thought about that, he could finally be relaxed.
‘Yea, let’s milk it since it has already happened. When can I experience something like this in Wiga city again?’
At that moment, Midas put his hands up and said, “Everyone, are you watching this? I’m going to Wiga with these NPCs guarding me. You guys can’t see this anywhere. For real. It’s only available for the chosen ones who are watching my channel.”
He pretended to broadcast.
One of the audience was surprised.
“Is he live broadcasting?”
“Really?”
“I couldn’t find BJ Archmage’s channel though.”
“Then is it true that his channel is only for VVIPs who paid a huge amount of money?”
“Are you talking about the joining condition which is to have at least 10 million won in assets?”
Then, they started making rumors and even more rumors about the rumors.
That was what Midas wanted.
“Now, focus on this more. You’re going to see a secret that only my viewers can see.”
‘The fastest thing that spreads is a rumor.’
If rumors spread this way, BJ Archmage’s popularity would also naturally spread.
‘Once my popularity spreads, it’ll become money.’
And his popularity would put more cash in his pocket in some ways.
“Now, I’m going to get inside!”
Midas went inside Wiga’s mansion.
11.
Thud!
Midas became separated from the world as soon as the entrance door closed in Wiga’s mansion which was in the middle of Wiga city.
It wasn’t a metaphoric expression.
[ You have entered Wiga’s mansion. ]
Midas came inside of the separated world where anyone could know unless he opened it in public. When Midas figured that out, he changed his facial expression.
‘Let’s focus on the quest.’
At that moment.
There was someone at the staircase in front of the entrance door.
“You’re here.”
The familiar face welcomed Midas while walking down the stairs.
It was the NPC, Sahalin.
“Oh, he came.”
And there was an old man with white hair that was pulled back.
[ You have acquired a title, ‘Someone who was invited by Wiga’. ]
[ You have received a rune as a reward. ]
It was the moment the owner of this city appeared.
‘I’ve never imagined myself meeting Wiga in person.’
Midas wasn’t the first player who saw Wiga.
Not only that, but there were actually many players who met him.
‘It was an established theory that players can only see him when they get Wiga’s weapons…..’
At least, players met Wiga more than one time when they got one of Wiga’s weapons in person.
They had to get a quest from Wiga directly to get Wiga’s weapons and also come back to finish it.
In other words, meeting Wiga meant that a player would have history with a legendary item, Wiga’s weapon.
The meaning was uncommon.
‘I’ve never expected to meet him this way.’
Moreover, Midas met him because of the quest which was more important than the legendary items.
“So, did you find it?”
Sahalin threw the question to Midas and Midas took out an egg from his item window.
As soon as he took it out, the necklace in Midas’s neck moved towards it.
Ping!
The string of the necklace became tight.
Sahalin saw that and said, “You really brought it.”
Then she took out a book in her hand.
Midas’s eyes became bigger.
< Legendary Skill Card Book >
‘Okay, let’s do it without poking around.’
He wouldn’t mind if the quest ended here like this without any conversation.
Midas walked towards Sahalin with the egg in his hand and stood in front of her.
Sahalin reached out her hand towards the egg.
“Hm.”
At that moment.
Wiga moaned shortly and then opened his mouth.
“Wait.”
In his words, all the situations instantly stopped.
Sahalin and Midas turned their heads towards Wiga at the same time.
Sahalin opened her mouth first.
“Do you have any problems?”
Her voice was so cold that Midas’s spine was chilled.
However, Wiga didn’t react at the voice and only shrunk his shoulders.
“There’s no problem.”
“Then why are you interrupting all of a sudden?”
“Because there’s literally no problem.”
Midas frowned.
‘What the hell are they talking about?’
Midas couldn’t interrupt the conversation.
“This guy, Midas, found this without any problems when we couldn’t find it.”
“That’s right.”
“There’s no reason for someone else to do this job, don’t you think so? He’s so talented.”
Sahalin started to glare at Wiga with her cold eyes instead of answering.
However, Wiga didn’t even care about that.
Instead, he looked at Midas and said, “Like always, a hero appears in the middle of chaos. You, young man. You’re very talented.”
“Thank you, sir.”
“So I’m wondering, can you continue investigating the egg?”
Midas secretly checked Sahalin’s face.
Her face became more savage just like someone stole something of hers.
‘I see what’s going on now.’
Only then Midas understood the scenario.
Sahalin seemed to continue after she got the egg first.
However, Wiga stopped that somehow.
‘There’s some scenario between them.’
A new story was about to start.
‘Then I should make the story start.’
Midas didn’t hesitate.
“If you trust me and give me a chance, I won’t let you down.”
“I like your answer. Oh, we should calculate first.”
Wiga stopped the conversation for a moment, took the skill card book from Sahalin, and gave it to Midas right away.
“You gotta get a reward for the egg.”
When he got the skill card book, Wiga said, “Keep the egg with you.”
“Ok, sir. I’ll protect it.”
Midas answered right away.
At that moment.
As soon as Midas answered, a question mark appeared above Wiga’s head and Wiga said, “Of course, I believe that you’ll protect it with your life. But, it seems like Sahalin doesn’t agree with me.”
Wiga didn’t give Midas enough time to figure out the situation and tapped his shoulders.
“So, you gotta prove if you can really protect the egg or not.”
[ A new quest is uploaded to the list of the main scenario quest. ]
Midas wasn’t surprised.
‘As I expected, he wants me to hunt the jewel alligator.’
He already guessed the next quest would be to hunt the jewel alligator which was the boss monster in the swamp.
He was relaxed instead.
‘I’ve already planned for the raid.’
His plan to hunt the jewel alligator was even perfect, so there was no reason for him to get bewildered.
[ The Jewel Alligator ]
– Rank: Main Scenario
– Level: Level 40 and above
– Content: Hunt the boss in the swamp!
– Reward: Wiga’s wand
Therefore, Midas wasn’t surprised when he saw the quest window.
It was actually surprising since Wiga’s wand wasn’t as great as Wiga’s bow, but it was still a legendary item that was over $30,000.
It was surprising enough since the item was very expensive and perfectly tradable.
Though, the reason why Midas wasn’t surprised was simple.
! When solo killing the jewel alligator, you can acquire ‘Wiga’s white wand’.
! When completing the quest, you can continue the quest, ‘Huge Forest’.
It was because the hidden information was more surprising than the information above.
‘Wiga’s white wand? Not just Wiga’s wand, but Wiga’s white wand?’
It sounded like this item was definitely a higher grade item than just Wiga’s wand.
‘What the hell is that?’
Midas couldn’t even guess what it was.
Of course, one thing was certain that this quest would be worth risking his life.
“What about that? Can you do it?”
“Yes.”
12.
As soon as the conversation was over, Sahalin and Wiga disappeared and Midas walked towards the door of the mansion.
However, he didn’t go outside because he had something to do.
[ You are opening the skill card book. ]
He opened the quest reward in front of the door.
Then five skill cards showed their backside in front of Midas’s eyes.
All the gold lights were glowing in front of him.
Woof!
“Oh, you’re going to even glow more!”
At the same time, his two partners made a lot of noise in his ears.
Midas carefully turned his eyes to the very left card in the middle.
Of course, Midas knew what he needed the most at that moment.
‘Please, come out with an MP recovery card.’
Midas’s attack power was more than just enough.
What he needed in this situation was maintenance power to keep his attack power.
‘Yes!’
The thing he wanted was in front of him.
[ Dragon Mana ]
– Rank: Legendary
– Effect: You will be awakened with the dragon’s power and absorb MP from nature. The speed of MP recovery increases a lot.
Dragonic Mana!
“It’s definitely a great game! It comes out right away!”
The skill card that Midas wanted the most appeared and Midas didn’t hesitate to touch the card.
“It’s a great choice, my lord”, Gold said.
Woof!
Lucky also barked next to Midas.
Then Midas instantly stopped.
‘Wait, woof? Not howl?’
Soon, Midas pulled his hand back from the card and looked through the other skill cards.
From the left to the right. He finally checked the very right skill card.
[ Dragon Fever Time (龍熱病) ]
– Rank: Legendary
– Effect: You get dragon fever. During a certain time, the casting speed increases a lot. MP consumption also increases a lot.
Dragonic Fever Time.
In plain language, it was a very strong booster skill.
In return for MP consumption increasing, it reduced the casting time.
The skill existed in any other games.
“What……”
However, it was different in God Wars.
There were unique nicknames for the skill.
‘………Is this it? The million dollars!’
The skill was called the million dollars.
The nickname was made not because it was traded at a million dollars for real.
On G-bay, this skill was never traded officially.
The reason why it had the nickname was because of Azmo.
After half a year since God Wars started, Azmo found out about the skill’s existence and said that he would pay a million dollars if anyone brought it to him.
Whether he really bought the skill at a million dollars from someone or he bought it somewhere else was unclear. Anyway, the skill became one of the representatives of archmages and Azmo.
Of course, this skill wasn’t helpful for Midas at that moment.
It was actually for a boss raid.
Dragonic Mana skill was more helpful when hunting normally.
Moreover, Midas already felt the lack of his MP. It was certain that he wouldn’t use the true value of the skill.
It was throwing pearls before swine.
‘I can’t even buy it even if I sell my house.’
However, that kind of worry was useless for Midas.
‘I should push ahead whatever the result may be!’
Midas’s hand didn’t hesitate to touch Dragonic Fever.
[ You have acquired Dragonic Fever. ]
Soon, an alert notified of the skill acquisition.
Hoowl!
Also, Lucky howled to congratulate him.
While listening to them, Midas thought, ‘The rest of the things I need are now Wind Arrow and Fire Arrow.’
Then Midas shortly expected, ‘Oh, isn’t anyone going to give me them for free?’
After that, he giggled.
‘Well, there won’t be anyone that nice.’
There wouldn’t be a pushover like that.
13.
“Boss, I sent an email.”
“Ok.”
Yeongjoon nodded at his subordinate.
“Then now, it’s time for you to ask me a question.”
The subordinate held his tongue and Yeongjoon laughed at him.
“You were going to ask me why I sent an email saying that I will find anything he needs.”
Then his subordinate nodded strongly.
Yeongjoon happily answered, “Do you remember I talked about the biggie which is the sequential period for bribes? That’s what I’m doing right now.”
His subordinate asked with his unsatisfied face, “Wasn’t it a joke?”
“A joke? Why is it a joke?”
“Isn’t it bullshit?”
“What do you mean by bullshit? I’ve never said something like that in my life.”
Yeongjoon protested, but his subordinate still made a doubtful face.
“Frankly speaking, everyone’s going to be rich if giving bribes is a biggie.”
The cross question was reasonable.
Yeongjoon giggled.
“That’s why it’s called a biggie. Just giving an expensive gift isn’t a bribe. That’s just a tribute. Think about it. If someone buys you a Rolex Submariner, you’ll be happy. What if that person buys you a Hermes Birkin bag next time? How would you feel?”
His subordinate tilted his head.
He seemed like he didn’t understand the value of the gifts.
“They both are over $10,000.”
“Oh!”
Only then he understood and said, “Well, I think I would be happy. No, I might probably reject the next gift.”
“They’re for free. Why?”
“There has to be a reason why that person gives them to me.”
Then Yeongjoon pointed at his subordinate with his finger.
“Yea, that’s right. If someone buys you expensive gifts in a row, you’re naturally going to wonder, ‘does he want something from me?’. But what if the person says something like this after giving you the Rolex?”
“Like what?”
“I’m working in the concert industry, so I can get a singer’s concert ticket easily. Just tell me if you need it. Now, what are you going to answer? Are you going to say ‘your intention is suspicious, so no.’?”
The subordinate shook his head.
He made a face that he understood and Yeongjoon smiled.
“Now I understand why you’re doing this to BJ Archmage, but what if he asks for something ridiculous? Something like a legendary item or a skill card?”
“We can reject politely. Also, if he was going to ask that kind of thing, he would’ve done that already.”
Yeongjoon tapped his head with his finger.
“I’m sure that BJ Archmage will figure it out and ask for something reasonable. Probably a rare grade skill card. Something cheap in his standard. Maybe about 3 to 4 million won in cash. Something that is not too much for us. Something that he can get comfortably from us.”
Yeongjoon smiled with his words.
“However, I can at least grab one of his collars as soon as he gets it from us.”
He smiled like a fisherman who just saw his float’s movement.
“You’ll see BJ Archmage in my hand soon.”