The Holy Sword of the Sun God

Immediately after arriving at school, I began a large-scale reorganization of the raid party.

Early in the morning, before going to school, I sent gold by mail and removed the users who kept doing tank-bottom DPS from the raid list.

They just did stationary DPS without any special movements. Even so, they couldn’t catch up to the tank.

That means they have no talent. When I brought it up in the raid party’s KakaoTalk room, most people seemed to agree. But there were also people who expressed their desire to stay until the end.

I absolutely won’t show mercy. You have to be firm about cutting ties.

As soon as I cut them off decisively, half of the raid party’s members were left hanging.

“What are you working so hard on?”

“Ah, Sohee-ya.”

When did she come? I thought I had come to school quite early, but Sohee was already walking around in the classroom.

I smiled slightly and put my phone in my pocket.

“Just… there’s a problem.”

“Hmm… Should I help you?”

She offered to help without even knowing what the problem was, and it was a moment where I could see how beautiful Sohee’s heart was.

It’s not a bad feeling. Rather, I felt a slight tickling sensation inside my chest.

“It’s okay.”

I shook my head. Since it’s a problem related to the game, there’s no room for Sohee to get involved.

She tilted her head at my answer and handed me a candy.

This time, it’s a big green grape candy.

Perhaps it’s because of the all-night study session with Harang, but recently I’ve been feeling like I can vaguely follow the math class.

Looking at the densely filled solution process on the notebook, I felt a sense of pride.

***

5 PM. School ends and I arrive home around 5 PM.

That meant my Deron login time was 5 PM.

I had returned to the capital city in the morning to send the gold mail, so this time again, I woke up in the middle of the capital city.

I carefully moved while pressing down on my helmet.

I didn’t intend to, but I ended up on the broadcast. Not all users may have been watching, but it wouldn’t hurt to be careful.

After the raid, I examine the acquired items.

The [Warrior’s Heart] necklace, which I won for 3,000 gold, will become the final item until the next season.

The item itself had decent options, but the most important thing was the [Berserk] skill attached below.

It increases attack speed by 50% during the duration and reduces the cooldown of all skills by 50%.

The downside was that the duration was only 20 seconds, but the moment an average physical dealer acquires this accessory, they transform into a terrifying destructive tank that breaks through DPS.

If the item’s options haven’t changed separately, the items in this world would also have the same effect.

But the important thing wasn’t some necklace like this.

[Right Piece of the Sun] [Left Piece of the Sun]

The Sun Piece series.

I can’t believe they both dropped on the first raid.

The moment the other side dropped from the last boss, my heart almost jumped out of my mouth.

It was hard to hide my wildly fluctuating expression and trembling lips.

I had to fill the raid party, but there was still plenty of time left.

Today, I was determined to focus entirely on the hidden quest, so I even coldly rejected Harang’s request.

I immediately equip the ring items and head to the Lunaris Temple.

The quest starts with the priest NPC standing inside the Lunaris Temple.

“Adventurer-nim…? I can feel the power of another god from your body.”

The priest NPC watched me closely and continued speaking.

“It’s a sacred power… but it feels familiar somehow… Would you like to hear a story?”

When I nodded, the priest NPC continued to speak.

“There is a snow-covered mountain range far away from the Lunaris capital city. That’s where my hometown was. The elders of the village always used to say that the mountain range was always full of warm energy in the past.”

“Does that mean it’s not like that now?”

“Yes, that’s right. They said that the god who took care of that mountain range disappeared. But clearly, traces of that god remained. The divine power felt in the ruined shrine deep in the mountain range was proof of that.”

“Are you saying that divine power is felt in my body?”

“… I can’t be sure, but I feel that the divine power I felt back then is similar to the divine power emanating from your body now, Adventurer-nim.”

The moment the priest finished speaking, a semi-transparent message window appeared in front of my eyes.

[Traces of the Lost Sun]

I heard a story about a god who is now lost.

To get more detailed information, you must head to the snow-covered mountain range that the priest mentioned.

The priest closed his mouth after saying that.

That meant there was no more information to be obtained from him.

I quickly left the temple and threw myself into the portal leading to the snow-covered mountain range.

Snow-covered mountain range. As the name suggests, the entire large mountain was covered in snow.

The monsters that appear are beast-type between levels 22 and 25.

It wasn’t a popular hunting ground. It was because of the [Chilly Cold Wave] debuff that the map possessed.

It was a very annoying debuff that reduced movement speed and decreased health at regular intervals.

In addition, the snow that obscured the view was an element that caused a lot of people’s annoyance.

When I came out of the portal, the quiet surroundings greeted me.

There were a few users doing quests near the mountain range, but there wasn’t even a shadow of a person above the mountain range.

I quickly entered the mountain range.

It was that moment.

[The power of the sun dwells in your body and drives away the cold]

The two rings I was wearing shone, and the cold air that was rushing in from all directions began to recede in an instant.

I can’t believe they hid such details.

I crossed the mountain range with a bewildered expression.

If I didn’t have the knowledge of the past, I would have gone to the village inside the mountain range to gather information.

But I knew everything about this quest.

So I boldly skip the intermediate steps. If I proceed with the quest in the orthodox way, I would have to go back and forth between the Lunaris capital city and this mountain range countless times, but if I head to the valley where the ruined shrine is, I could skip that annoying section.

[Kereureureuk!]

As befits a snow-covered mountain range, monsters with white camouflage popped out.

A snow leopard with white fur ran quickly and swung its claws, but I dodged it slightly and swung my sword.

Red blood dripped down onto the white snow.

Since the surroundings were all white, it was difficult to properly recognize the approach of monsters.

“Hoo-“

White breath escapes from my mouth.

Calmly, my eyes scanned the surroundings.

It seemed like it would be difficult to get to my destination comfortably. The number of monsters approaching from the surroundings was excessively large.

Since it was an area where people didn’t come, the number of monsters on the map had reached its maximum.

I take off the helmet that limits my vision and immediately swing my sword. I push back the wave of pouring monsters and walk forward.

The speed doesn’t pick up easily. It was because the number of monsters was excessively large.

After investing a full hour to clear the path, I was able to reach the top of the mountain range, which was my destination.

At the very top, there was a small shrine covered in snow, and if I hadn’t looked closely, I would have just passed it by because the snow was so thick.

It was the moment I approached the shrine, shaking off the snow piled up on my body.

A strong light poured out from the ring I was wearing, and the snow piled up around me melted away in an instant.

And thus, the traces of the summit were revealed. Looking at the debris of the buildings scattered around, it seemed that a large temple had originally been built here.

[The light of the sun will guide you.]

A small voice was heard from the ruined shrine that had absorbed the light.

At that moment, the shrine shot out a strong light and pointed to the bottom of the mountain.

As if to say that I should head that way.

I go down the mountain range following the light. As I went down, I arrived at the edge of the map.

Located at the end of the map was a huge chunk of ice, and something blurry was inside it.

The light that started from the top of the mountain range was directed towards that ice.

The moment I approached the huge ice mass following the light, the ring I was wearing emitted light and began to melt the ice.

A faint golden glow began to flow out. The light that warmed the surroundings had a completely different quality from the moonlight of Lunaris.

After the ice completely melted, the sword that had been sleeping inside the ice slowly flew up and stopped in front of me.

[Holy Sword of Solar, the Sun God]

Strength +30 Stamina +30

Maximum Health increased by 10%.

Attack Speed increased by 15%.

Attack Power +300 Defense +70

[Declaration of the Sun God’s Sanctuary] can be activated once a day.

[Mantle of the Sun] is activated with a 20% chance upon attack, enveloping the wearer.

[Declaration of the Sun God’s Sanctuary]

Declares a certain wide area around the wearer as the Sun God’s Sanctuary.

Increases all stats by 25% and restores 1% of health per second during the duration.

Duration 60 seconds.

[Mantle of the Sun]

A powerful solar force wraps around the body like a mantle.

Summons the Mantle of the Sun, which deals continuous damage in a narrow area around the wearer and reduces the wearer’s damage taken by 10%.

Duration 10 seconds.

I already knew it, but it was truly an item with tremendous specs.

An item that I had only seen and never possessed in the past was now in my hands.

It was the moment I reached out and grabbed the sword.

Suddenly, my body moved and strongly slashed the empty air.

Swish!

A brilliant light of the sun burst out from the swinging sword.

The light spread in all directions and began to melt away all the snow-covered mountain ranges.

I blankly watched the scene.

I had seen a video of this hidden quest being carried out.

Clearly, this kind of scene appeared at the last moment, but it was just a cinematic video that didn’t affect the map.

Deron in this world had an excessively enhanced production of hidden quests.

The melted snow begins to evaporate, and even the clouds hanging in the sky disappear.

It was the moment when the brilliant sun, hidden in the clouds, revealed its appearance.

[[Holy Sword of Solar, the Sun God] has appeared.]

A server-wide message that was only used during server maintenance appeared.

I hurriedly used the return stone item and returned to the capital city.

***

All users playing Deron confirmed the message.

Users who couldn’t contain their curiosity inquired to the game company, but they couldn’t get a special answer.

Only the answer that it was not a bug or an error on the part of the operators came back.

[Deron Online Gallery]

[Who is Solar, the Sun God?] [2]

[Isn’t it just the start of an event?] [5]

[The Holy Sword of the Sun God is this. They’re going to give out items] [7]

[I think the snow-covered mountain range is related to this?] [21]

[The Sun God is also a middle school girl doing ninja shit, that’s why we can’t find her] [11]

Numerous speculative posts were also uploaded to the gallery, but there was nothing that ordinary users could figure out.

The snow-covered mountain range received attention for a while, but as time passed, the map regained its original snow-covered appearance.

People’s interest began to disappear like that.