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The Stone that gathers Lightning
Re-translated by Leollyn
Paruvan.
It was a place that travelers and Caravans stayed for lodging while traveling over the Bar Khu mountain range. It was originally a place built by the ranger division of the Rosenheim Kingdom to rest themselves, so it wasn’t a place people visited often.
“We’re lucky enough to find this place. We’re only a day or two from our destination.”
“The trip was so rough, I thought I was going to die.” Halman laughed.
“This was all because of you, Margaux.”
“You ought to say it straight, Levi. It all started ’cause you killed that guy.”
Halman, Margaux, Levi, and Gran, were four famous player killers from the United Kingdom of Briton. They lived for the joy of killing other players and looting their equipment. The notorious quartet was better known as Dwichigi (Meaning: Back-stab).
However, about one month ago, they had fearlessly messed with the Cloud guild. This guild wasn’t just a large guild in the United Kingdom of Briton, but it was one of the ten largest guilds in the whole continent. It boasted a membership count of over 6,000 players, and if the allied guilds were included, it was an influential force to be reckoned with. The guild had enough influence to rival that of the United Kingdom of Briton.
In other words, even for the Dwichigi quartet it wasn’t a name they could easily ignore. In fact, they didn’t mess with the Cloud guild on purpose. For a while, the four who were on the most-wanted list decided to focus on hunting to level up, but a guy named Brandy acted arrogantly and said:
“Get out of here. This is our area.”
“Huh, who is this guy?”
“That’s rubbish!” (TL: or you could put bullshit if you want)
Naturally, the four flew into rage. At this point their red PK symbol had already disappeared, since they had donated a lot of money to the temple and had hunted for a while. Brandy disrupted their hunting and claimed that this place was his area, since he had no idea who the 4 were. Then Levi exploded in anger and said:
“Let’s just kill this bastard!”
“I’ll teach you not to mess with us!”
The four who usually killed first on a whim obviously didn’t have the restraint to let things like this go unpunished. Brandy was killed instantly. As expected of the notorious Dwichigi, the four stealthily positioned themselves behind his back and attacked. Brandy’s level was lower than 3 of the 4 Dwichigi members, so the simultaneous attack from the 4 gave him no chance and he died easily.
Then they received a map as a loot.
The tomb of the one with short legs – Durability 1/1
The place where the short eccentric fell into slumber.
In the midst of two canyons, underneath the sturdy tree.
Rumbling, pounding!
A narrow road.
The primal power cannot be passed without sacrifice.
Among the pounding, seek the sound which does not ring.
Author: Reineig R. Hansberg
“What is this?”
The four laughed and ignored the map. They thought it was one of those treasure maps that were scattered around. Since then, however, they had been persistently tracked by the Cloud guild. Only then did the quartet realize that they had attacked a member of the Cloud guild.
“Damn it! You bloody idiot. If he had told us that he was from the Cloud guild, I would have never killed him!”
“We killed him without giving him a chance to speak.”
“How is that our fault!”
“Anyways, we need to lay low for now.”
From then on, the four hid in places where no people passed by and did not reveal themselves for 2 weeks. However, the pursuit by the Cloud guild did not die down even a little bit. To avoid death, the four had overcame many hardships to barely escape.
The levels of the quartet had exceeded 220, but without their PKing experience, they would not have been able to escape from multiple crises. Halman finally spoke.
“This is weird.”
“I think so too, don’t you agree?”
“An entire guild won’t be chasing us for just killing one member.”
“Yeah, they’re seriously trying to kill us even to the bitter end.”
“Wait a minute, what was that map we picked up from that guy?”
“I think it was something like ‘the tomb of the one with short legs’…”
“There’s no mistake then, this map must be extraordinary. Those guys weren’t after us, they were after this map.”
“Hehe”
“Then we should try to find the treasure from this map.”
Since then, the four had started to discover the secrets of the map. They had crossed over to another kingdom, to an archive with old books and found information regarding the map, then, they deciphered the meaning of the phrases. As a result, they had come to the Bar Khu mountain range.
“Now all that’s left to do is entering the tomb.”
“Yeah, but what’s should we do? There isn’t an Adventurer among us, so traps in the dungeon can’t be dismantled.”
“That’s…”
“Our bodies can take a few traps.”
“Even if the whole process goes smoothly, one guy still has to die to the final lightning strike. So, which one of us is going to die?”
Obviously, no one wanted to die. The quartet who liked killing others didn’t want to die themselves, so they stared at each other. Then, Gran held a beaming smile.
“It’s decided.”
“Who?”
“You aren’t pointing at me, right?”
Gran pointed his finger, but it wasn’t pointing at any of the 4 including himself. Gran was pointing towards the bottom of the mountain range. While arriving, Weed and Mapan’s cart was creaking away.
“Wow! I did not expect to meet people in a place like this. Hello, my name is Mapan.”
“I’m Gran, and here is Levi, Halman, and Margaux.”
“Nice to meet you.”
The quartet all had big smiles on their face, welcoming Weed and Mapan.
“It’s rare to see people traveling in the Bar Khu mountain range, for what reason are you traveling?”
“Ah, we came in order to trade.” Mapan went ahead and replied.
“For trade? Then the two of you are merchants, right?”
“Yes, I am a merchant, and Weed-nim over here is a sculptor.”
“Oh, I see.”
Gran had a wide smile. Halman, Margaux and Levi also were trying to hold back their laughter.
‘He says he’s a sculptor’
‘There are people that would choose that as a class?’
However, when they dealt with Weed and Mapan, they were entirely courteous. This was because their task still needed to be completed. Most cautious of the four, Gran asked the questions. Ever since the incident with Brandy, they were more careful in dealing with others.
“Anyways, I understand. But how did you come across the Bar Khu Mountain range as a sculptor and merchant when it’s filled with monsters? How did you deal with the monsters?”
“That’s due to Weed over here…”
Mapan was about to explain, but Weed elbowed him on the side.
“Weed-nim?”
Mapan who was about to speak zipped his mouth shut. He noticed that Weed wanted to hide something and stopped. Gran noticed and raised his eyebrows then laughed.
“Well, is it difficult for you to tell us this?”
In truth, Weed had a feeling that the quartet wanted to hide something. On the large continent of Versailles, not withstanding the vast multitudes of users, it was rare to meet people in the place known as the monster’s paradise.
Typically, when you meet other people in out-of-the-way places like the mountains, you would greet them, and maybe even eat food with them. If your destinations were the same, you would travel together for a while, but these people were far too happy.
Also they became even more delighted when they found out their class. Weed naturally glanced at the four, scrutinizing them. Gran was standing at the front talking to Weed and Mapan, while the 3 others were at the sides and the back.
‘They might be bandits.’
If you thought that monsters were the only risk on the continent of Versailles, then you were in for a world of hurt! Rather, encountering users in a place like this was far more dangerous. Weed acted naturally and said:
“I am a sculptor, but I have a unique technique.”
“What kind of technique?”
“It’s a kind of yell. When the monsters hear the sound they run away. Shall I demonstrate?”
“Yes, I’m curious.”
Weed gathered his mana with all his might and cast the skill, Lion’s Roar.
“Roooooaaaaar!”
At the hint of Weed’s roar, Mapan covered his ears with his hands, but the four were unprepared and staggered from the shock.
“Damn.”
“How can this roar be …!”
Gran calmed down Margaux and Levi with just a glance, looking back at Weed and smiling widely.
“What a tremendous roar. That reminds me, I’ve heard a roar several times. This has the effect of keeping monsters away?”
The Lion’s Roar skill.
Weed had not yet formed a party with Gran, so his leadership had not increased, and the additional effects did not take effect. The only thing they experienced was the loud noise.
“Yes, monsters hesitate when they hear this sound, and during that moment, I escape.”
The quartet laughed after Weed’s explanation.
‘It’s really not a big deal.’
‘I guess these guys are the perfect bait?’
‘We should have these guys go past that place.’
‘We only need 1…’
‘What, is there a problem? We take out the remaining one with our own hands, and since they are merchants they’ll drop a lot of loot.’
‘Good, let’s do it.’
The four came to a conclusion without even talking, communicating their intent with their eyes. Gran put on an earnest face toward Mapan and Weed and said:
“So far, this trick may have let you pass through safely, but the Bar Khu mountain range is a really dangerous place. You could call this meeting fate, so from here on we are going to be your escort. Anyway, since we are traveling on the same route and we are offering this out of goodwill, there is no reason to refuse. Haha.”
“Haha! If it is like that, we are truly grateful.”
Mapan purposely laughed loudly. As a weak merchant, it wasn’t a bad idea to accompany a group of 4 players that looked
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