Otherworld Exploration

A week has passed since the new expansion pack was added.

All the locations of the newly added job instructors have been revealed, and the respawn cycle and movement radius of the rare mount, Windwalker, have also been revealed to everyone.

A significant portion of the hidden quests that were hidden have also been revealed.

However, no user has yet exceeded level 80.

The talk started from day one.

Leveling up in this expansion pack is considerably slower.

It wasn’t just my imagination.

It’s different than before. All users were definitely feeling it.

Even if you combine hunting and repeating quests all day long, the rate at which experience points increase is worse than a snail crawling.

I also haven’t been able to exceed 80.

Looking at my level stuck at 79, I can only sigh.

This was the case even after clearing all the subquests that could be performed at this level.

,Peace! Peace! The NPCs must be feeling pain too!”

,Stop preparing for war right now!”

The self-proclaimed pacifists were gathered again, talking nonsense.

Now that everyone is used to it, no users are paying attention to their voices.

Everyone said. Don’t block the road, just stay in the corner.

,Let’s go!”

Leaving the voices of the mentally ill behind, I soar into the sky with Windwalker again today.

Now I was too used to this flying sensation.

***

Late that evening, as a result of dedicating myself to hunting without taking a breath using the optimal hunting route, I was able to reach level 80.

I have reached the level where I can perform the main quest that was blocked.

[Final stage to prepare for war]

Go to another world and collect information 0/11

The main quest contained what most users expected.

A full-scale otherworld exploration begins. Since they came over, we are also going to the other side.

There were things to prepare before crossing over to the other world.

I hurried back to the World Tree’s Rest.

Reached level 80.

Deron’s items tended to have a significant jump in specs every 15 level intervals, so it was essential to wear level 80 equipment.

I took off all the level 65 raid items that I had grown fond of and put them away in the warehouse, and took out and wore the level 80 limited rare equipment that I had stored.

Since these were equipment that could be easily obtained in the field, they were not very pretty in appearance.

I immediately went to the blacksmith NPC and changed the appearance of the equipment.

It’s a task that consumes a lot of gold, but it’s better than walking around wearing ugly equipment.

My character always had to be cool.

The main quest was saying.

You have to go to a new area. It is exploring a strange land that no one has ever been to.

Proper preparation was needed.

I gather the herbs and low-tier potions that I collected diligently by collecting them with the wolf and find the alchemist NPC.

Since I reached level 80, it was to create new potions and doping drugs suitable for that level.

I manipulate the settings in front of the alchemy machine to set a level 80 health potion.

Then, when I poured in all the materials I had, the alchemy machine made a chikhikhpokhpokh sound and spat out a new potion.

Various doping drugs are also made in this way.

As a result of investing about 10 minutes like that.

I was able to process all the materials that were piled up in my inventory.

All preparations are complete. Now it was really time to leave.

,Come out!”

I take a ready stance to summon the mount.

Spread your legs and arms wide and stretch them out.

Then, a large magic circle was formed in the air, and a cool griffin popped out from inside.

,Ppiyaaak!”

I get on Ppiyaki and quickly leave the city.

Below the blurry city, self-proclaimed pacifists were holding a demonstration even at this late hour.

Unlike reality, it doesn’t seem physically difficult, so it doesn’t seem to be a problem to stand all day.

As I turned my head like that, Ppiyaki began to accelerate, kicking through the air.

Paaang-!

The surrounding scenery stretches out and begins to pass by in an instant.

As a result of flying like that for a long time, I was able to arrive in front of the otherworld portal.

The shining wind guiding the main quest was also heading inside that portal.

I charged into the portal with Ppiyaki.

,Let’s go!”

,Ppiyaaak!”

Shuung-!

I pass through the otherworld portal, falling almost vertically from the sky.

At that moment, Ppiyaki, who was riding, was forcibly unsummoned, and my body was transferred to another world with light.

Spot-!

The area I arrived at with the light was in the middle of a forest, unlike before.

,What…”

I looked around, slightly embarrassed.

Before, the place I arrived at through that portal was on top of a large altar.

It means it’s not in a forest like this.

Could it be a bug?

I stroked my chin and nodded.

It seemed necessary to get out of this forest first.

,Come out!”

I stretched out my arms and legs and shouted.

It was to summon Ppiyaki again, who was unsummoned when I crossed over here.

However, a blurry message appeared in front of my eyes.

[Flying is not allowed in this area.]

Flying is not allowed?

Could it be that I can’t summon my Ppiyaki because flying is not allowed in this area?

I frowned and tried to summon another mount this time.

,Come out!”

This time, no warning message appeared.

The large magic circle that formed in the air spat out a majestic wolf from within.

,Eurureurang!”

The map was not lit up because it was the first place I arrived.

It was necessary to brighten up this entire area by running on foot.

But before that, finding the nearest village was the priority.

There was a path in the forest.

It seemed to be telling me to follow it, and the guiding wind of the main quest was also scattering along that path.

Tadak- Tadak- Tadak-

I ride the wolf and quickly scan the forest.

I can’t see any tree fruits that can be easily collected. I also couldn’t see any basic prey such as rabbits or deer.

The slowly swaying leaves were also tinged with a yellowish color.

The grass growing on the ground was even drooping as if it had no energy.

The place I arrived after running for a long time was the entrance to a small village.

It is a building of a style that could not be seen in Deron. Houses with tiled roofs and thatched houses that were about to collapse came into view.

What about the small stone walls surrounding the houses, the unpaved dirt floors, and the NPCs’ clothing?

I felt like I was on a historical drama set.

As expected. The world across the otherworld portal was a martial arts world.

I drove the wolf and slowly entered the village.

They were unfamiliar NPCs that I was seeing for the first time, but they had blue exclamation marks floating above their heads.

[Starving Resident]

It was an NPC without a special name.

Usually, in this case, there were no linked quests either.

I tried talking to the NPC as a test.

,Hey.”

,Hmm…? An unfamiliar face. What brings you to this village?”

,Do you need help?”

,Huh? Help? Ha, that’s ridiculous. Are you trying to imitate a knight-errant or something? Give it up. If rumors spread that you’re helping others in times like these, it’ll become troublesome.”

As expected, that’s what I expected. The NPCs scattered here were naturally providing information about this area through short conversations.

But it wasn’t anything I was particularly curious about.

I needed experience points.

,Just tell me what you need.”

,You’re a very unique person. If you have some money to spare, please share some food.”

[The Starving Resident’s Request]

Hand over 5 ‘Food’ items.

It wasn’t a very difficult condition.

I took out the steak item I had in my inventory and handed it to him.

,Hmm… I’ll gratefully accept it.”

The quest ended there.

Because it was not a very difficult condition, the experience points that could be obtained were insignificant.

I rode around on the wolf and performed the subquests of the NPCs in this village.

Most of the unnamed NPCs were starving, injured, or sick NPCs.

There was no great difficulty in obtaining the items they requested either.

Food, potions, antidotes, etc. I was able to obtain various information and experience points with cheap items.

Famine, crop failure, and witchcraft were words that repeatedly flowed from the NPCs’ mouths.

It seemed that a great famine had come to this world.

This time it was time to perform a quest for an NPC with a proper name.

As a result of helping the villagers, a quest that did not exist before was created.

[Old Man Heo]

This person, called Old Man Heo by the villagers, was said to be a scholar who used to work in the imperial palace.

,You. I heard that you’ve been helping the villagers these days. What is your purpose?”

Old Man Heo, with a stern expression, stared at me and asked.

Perhaps because I was reminded of the martial arts novels I used to enjoy reading.

At this moment, I began to perfectly immerse myself in the game.

,Do you need a reason to help people?”

,There’s an unprecedented great famine and crop failure, and even the imperial family is having a hard time, so you’re scattering money in this insignificant village?”

,What’s the problem?”

,Tell me the truth, did you come here because you need sacrifices for human sacrifice?”

,Human sacrifice?”

I stared with a face that I didn’t understand for a long time.

Old Man Heo raised his eyebrows and asked me.

,Are you really not a member of the imperial family?”

,I’m not related.”

But this suspicious old man didn’t seem to believe me easily.

,It’s hard to believe you right now.”

,What can I do to make you believe me?”

,There are stakes planted near this village, I will believe you if you remove them.”

[Old Man Heo’s Request]

Collect ominous stakes that can be found near the village 0/20

I frowned and looked at Old Man Heo.

A faintly shining wind was spinning around his body.

It was a sign indicating the main quest.

It seemed that I had to proceed with Old Man Heo’s subquest to acquire the conditions for the main quest.

The beginning of a full-scale story.

I drove the wolf and left the village.

Tadak- Tadak- Tadak-!

The place I arrived at by driving the wolf was a forest quite far from the village.

As Old Man Heo said, there were stakes emitting an ominous energy planted on the forest floor.

But there was one unique thing.

Lively grass was growing only around the stakes planted in the ground.

It was definitely a different appearance from the surrounding grass.