Aerial Combat

,Hee hee hee…”

The moment I logged into Deron, a laugh escaped me without even realizing it.

The reason being none other than the login time.

Current time: 1:30 PM.

A time when ordinary students could never log in.

But who am I? None other than the winner of the VRS school competition.

The school was completely exempting me from afternoon classes even after the competition ended.

That’s why I can log into Deron at this hour.

And on top of that!

Today was also a very important day.

It was the day of Deron’s massive update patch.

The patch that always comes at that time, right before moving on to a new expansion pack.

The faster you log in, the more information you can access.

RPG is a battle of information. In other words, I was ahead of other ordinary users.

I immediately opened the auction house and checked the price fluctuations of various material items.

Basic first-tier gathering materials such as wood and stone were about twice as expensive as usual.

Looking at the fluctuating prices, I recalled the events of the naval battle.

What was I like back then? I didn’t listen to Deron’s words that he had announced in advance, so I suffered huge losses and didn’t build a ship.

One mistake is enough. I smiled as I thought of the wood and stone items piled up in my warehouse.

The materials I had been buying little by little for this day were so reassuring.

,Yeona.”

,You’re logged in!”

A voice from behind me.

A female magician wrapped in a red robe.

It was Helena.

I smiled as I ran to her and hugged her.

I’m not alone now.

I have a reliable ally who logged in with me from school.

Just imagining how fun it would be to push through the main quest with my best friend made me smile non-stop.

,Ahem…”

Just then, another voice came from right next to me.

I turned my head slightly and saw a pure white paladin girl standing there, looking around.

,Jupiter!”

,I, I came to clear the quest together…”

With this, everyone who logged in together from school was gathered.

With this kind of member, we will be able to push through the main quest faster than anyone else.

,Then let’s go!”

I create a party and send invitations to Helena and Jupiter.

The start of the main quest begins at the Adventurer’s Guild on the main continent.

[The Widened Rift of Dimensions]

Go to the Adventurer’s Guild and accept a new request 0/1

,Did you all get the quest?”

There’s no way they didn’t get it. The quest alarm pops up as soon as you log into the game.

I led the two of them to the main continent and headed to the Adventurer’s Guild.

,Wow…”

In front of the Adventurer’s Guild.

I open my mouth blankly and exclaim at the unexpectedly large crowd.

Is it because the game has been integrated into the global server?

It was more crowded than when it was a single Korean server.

After waiting in line for a long time.

Finally, it was our party’s turn.

I wanted to push through the crowd with my tremendous strength stat, but I didn’t because of the guild’s image.

,Quest!”

,Ah, Adventurer-nim. You came at the right time. I want to talk about the rift of dimensions that was discovered this time…”

,Skip!”

,The details are in this request form…”

,Yes!”

Skip, skip, skip.

I skip all the dialogue.

After all, the important details are all in the quest details.

,I hope you have good luck on this journey…”

The conversation ends here.

,Hyeolmawang… Don’t you think you’re going too far…? I was in the middle of talking…”

What is she talking about?

What was important to me was not the NPCs’ lines.

I had to see the end of the new content faster than anyone else.

That’s how I enjoy the game.

Now that Jupiter and Helena were with this party, they had to follow my way.

,Just follow me.”

,Ah, okay…”

The new main quest is no different from usual.

A quest line that’s twisted here and there.

I run errands and catch monsters. And I go to the NPC and hand over the materials.

After about 30 minutes.

I was finally able to receive the airship construction quest.

[Traveling Through the Widened Rift of Dimensions]

Step 1: Build an airship 0/1

,Hmm…”

I checked the quest details and immediately clicked the ship creation button.

Then, a familiar interface unfolds.

It’s not much different from the interface when building a ship.

Even better.

As the quest said, I clicked on Build Tier 1 Airship.

[Would you like to build Tier 1 Airship: First Departure?]

Wood 300X

Stone 300X

Iron Ingot 200X

Fabric 50X

Magic Circuit 10X

Magic Engine 1X

Ether Essence 1X

I could build wood, stone, iron ingots, and fabric right away because they were in the warehouse, but I had to buy the items below separately.

The magic circuit and magic engine were items that could be crafted through magic engineering, and the ether essence was an item that was newly crafted by refining the transcendental stones I had.

I was wondering how to deal with the transcendental stones that had been piling up, but they added a consumption point like this.

I nodded and built the ship.

I frowned as I looked at the design of the completed ship.

Overall, it has the shape of a sailing ship.

Well, it’s only Tier 1.

That means it’s hard to expect a cool appearance.

It didn’t suit me.

The ship that suits this Hyeolmawang should be bigger and cooler, and also rare.

,Yeona. Did you make it?”

,Yeah. But I don’t like Tier 1.”

,Are you going to make a bigger one?”

,Yeah.”

,Do you have gold?”

,Yeah.”

I nodded with a confident expression at Helena’s question.

The gold I received from Helena was still in my inventory.

Of course, a lot of gold was spent buying raid equipment.

,What tier are you going to make?”

,Hmm…”

I let out a small groan and look for ships that can be built.

The ships at the very end were locked because they required blueprints, but the Tier 15 ships below them could be built right away.

Shall I go with this?

The ship made of giant dragon bones perfectly preserved the image of the ghost ship I had imagined.

The name is also cool.

[Deathwing’s Roar]

Kya…

Looking at the ship’s description, it said that the wings could be moved thanks to the magic that the dragon used when it was alive.

How can I resist?

I’m building it right away.

,Ah…”

But.

The problem was the materials required.

[Would you like to build Tier 15 Ship Deathwing’s Roar?]

Dragon Bone 10,000X

Dragon Heart 500X

Steel 5,000X

Mithril 2,000X

High-Performance Magic Circuit 300X

High-Performance Magic Engine 10X

Ether Essence 1,000X

Is this what they added to make me build this?

Even if I calculate it roughly, the materials cost more gold than I could imagine.

If I collect them myself, I would have to farm for at least a few months.

,Hoo… Tier 15 ship…”

Jupiter was also showing interest in the Tier 15 ship.

I wondered what kind of ship she would build, so I turned my head slightly and spoke to her.

,What are you going to make, Jupiter?”

,If it’s a ship that would suit this Knight of Light, it’s definitely this.”

[Saint Eagle]

Saint Eagle. It was a Tier 15 ship, the same as the Deathwing’s Roar that I wanted to build, and its overall appearance was in the shape of a pure white eagle.

,A, are you going to build it?”

,I already pressed the build button.”

,Already…? Doesn’t it take a lot of materials?”

,I bought them all.”

Jupiter answers as if there’s no problem.

Only then could I recall Jupiter, Ellie’s background.

That’s right. Jupiter, like Helena, was one of the users who could play without worrying about gold.

,Hyeolmawang, if it’s your taste, you would have built Deathwing’s Roar, right?”

,W, well, right…?”

,Hmm… That ship is not to my taste. I guess I’ll have to leave here.”

Jupiter left those words and summoned a huge ship in front of the large dock.

Paaaaat!

The appearance of the huge ship, which was pure white and scattered a subtle light, drew the attention of many users.

,Heh heh…”

Jupiter smiles victoriously.

She jumped up from her seat and stood on the head of the giant eagle.

,I’ll go ahead and wait! Come find me when Deathwing’s Roar is completed!”

Shuuuuuuk-!

With those words, the Saint Eagle began to depart.

The giant eagle’s wings fluttered and began to fly towards the rift of dimensions in the sky.

Helena and I stared blankly at the scene.

,Aren’t you going to build a ship?”

,I, I am…”

I am…

I want to, but I don’t have enough gold.

With the gold I have left, I can only afford a Tier 5 ship at best.

,Do you happen to be short on gold…?”

,A, a little…”

,Shall I lend you some?”

Lend? Should I borrow? No. I shouldn’t.

I turned my head away, ignoring Helena’s brightly smiling face.

,N, no…”

,Aren’t you going to ride a Tier 15 ship…?”

Of course I want to ride it.

But…

I swallowed hard and looked at the Tier 16 ship that existed above Tier 15.

A brilliantly shining golden glow.

The ship, which was larger than Tier 15, was enough to elicit admiration just by looking at it.

,I’m going to make a Tier 16. So I’m not going to make a Tier 15.”

,It’s locked right now, isn’t it?”

,… It’s okay because I’m going to get the blueprint.”

,Yeona. The new content that has been created is aerial combat. Of course, you can get the ship’s blueprint through the aerial combat content, right?”

,I guess so…?”

,Then wouldn’t it be more advantageous to ride a Tier 15 ship than a lower tier ship?”

,T, that’s right…”

,So you have to make it.”

,But…”

,Jupiter made it too.”

That’s right.

Helena smiled brightly and applied for a trade with me.

,Don’t feel pressured.”

,Ah, but…”

,Then shall we do this?”

,H, how…?”

,You pay half, Yeona. And I’ll pay the other half.”

,Uh…”

,In simple terms, let’s use it as a joint ship. Of course, you’ll build it.”

,Oh…”

,So accept it.”

Half. Joint ship.

Half…

Yeah, if it’s half, I think I can pay it back enough before the end of this season.

With my ability…

[The trade has been completed.]

,Gasp…”

When, when was the trade completed?

I opened my mouth as I looked at the huge amount of gold that had entered my inventory.

,Tier 15 ship. I’m really looking forward to it!”

Helena clapped her hands and laughed.

Yeah. Now that it’s come to this, I’m going to quickly build it and conquer the new content.

I opened the auction house and started sweeping up all the materials.