Gold Rush

After arriving in the new area, [Ruthless Wasteland], the first thing I checked was the [Gold Rush] content.

Thankfully, the Gold Rush content proceeded exactly as I remembered.

In the Ruthless Wasteland, there are randomly generated gold veins. The Gold Rush content is about finding those veins.

However, you couldn’t find them through ordinary means. To track down a gold vein, you had to spend a large amount of gold to hire an expert NPC who could track gold veins, and you had to separately hire equipment and worker NPCs to mine the vein.

The gold required for that alone was enormous. Not many individual users would be able to afford it.

It’s a job where you need money to make money.

Because of that, Deron in the other world didn’t do this job alone.

Usually in guild units, or groups equivalent to that.

Once all the preparations are complete, the [Gold Rush] expedition sets off to find the gold vein.

The Gold Rush expedition wanders the wasteland for a long time, searching for the gold vein.

The expensive expert NPC only starts working when they successfully find the gold vein.

It’s not all over just because the work starts. The amount of gold mined varies depending on the workers’ speed and the condition of the vein.

It’s not over even if you spend a long time mining a large amount of gold.

Because there was work left to do after that. It involves transporting the mined gold to the city and exchanging it for gold.

The problem arises right here. Transporting a huge amount of gold. There’s no way the outlaws of the wasteland wouldn’t smell the gold.

The users escorting the gold-laden wagons back to the city are attacked by a group of looters made up of NPCs in the middle of the wasteland.

Of course, there was no guarantee that the looter group was made up of only NPCs.

,So. To put it simply, you’re saying we should rob gold?”

,That’s right.”

When I nodded at Iyap’s words, Snow Mage, who was sitting next to me, sparkled his eyes and said.

,As expected of Captain-nim! Not satisfied with piracy at sea, you’re doing it in a new area too!”

I nodded at Snow Mage’s words and looked at Hwarang.

He was already immersed in it.

You could tell just by looking at the cowboy hat he was wearing low on his head.

When did he start wearing that kind of costume?

He definitely wasn’t wearing that hat when he first got off the ship.

,Hmm… Looting, huh.”

Hwarang said that and quickly drew the weapon holstered in his holster.

The pure white revolver sparkled in the sunlight in his hand.

He even changed the weapon’s appearance.

Hwarang was serious right now.

,But Captain-nim, it’s a brand new content, will there be anyone who will invest that much gold?”

Snow Mage’s point was valid.

That’s right. As it was the first content introduced today, no one had yet fired the first shot of this Gold Rush.

But there was no need to worry. People’s greed is bigger than you think.

,Everyone, let’s go.”

,Where are you going?”

,I need to join the looter gang.”

In order to loot an expedition in the middle of a Gold Rush, it was necessary to join a gang of looters made up of NPCs.

That was the only way to carry out the looting.

Before leaving the village, I bought a cowboy hat from the cash shop and put it on.

This kind of work is necessary to fully enjoy the game.

Snow Mage also bought and wore a cowboy hat like me and Hwarang.

Only Iyap was left.

I stared at Iyap without saying a word.

,Ah…”

Iyap hesitated for a moment, but eventually bought and wore the same cowboy hat.

He’s such a nice ajussi. I wanted to give him a compliment.

,Come out!”

I spread my arms and shouted loudly. From the large magic circle that was created, a Hellfire Warhorse Pony popped out, not a growling or a cheeping one.

,Heeing…”

The main characters of Westerns all ride horses. I was going to ride a horse here too.

The pony seemed somehow listless.

This bastard, I hadn’t called him in a while, and he was acting like this.

I went closer and climbed onto the pony.

The [Ruthless Wasteland] area was created with a Western theme.

Therefore, summoning flying mounts was impossible here.

,Do you know where the looter gang is?”

,I don’t know.”

I answered with a confident expression to Iyap’s words.

Then his expression twisted strangely.

No matter how pretty and outstanding a guild leader I am, there are things I don’t know.

,Let’s go!”

,Heeing!”

When I shook the reins in my hand vigorously, the pony started running quickly.

My loyal subordinates followed behind me.

Hwarang, the sharpshooter with a perfect aim.

Snow Mage, the evil psycho mage.

Iyap, the despicable thief.

And the most perfect me.

The party of four galloped powerfully across the wide wasteland.

Running and running again.

The unknown world, where no one knows what lies at the end, offered considerable fun simply by running.

The maximum number of people who can join the looter gang was only 5.

The maximum number was limited for balance.

Finding the looters was also a chore. They were always wandering around the wasteland.

,Ah! There!”

At that moment, Snow Mage pointed to a distant place with his finger.

The red setting sun, the gently blowing sandstorm. And even the tumbleweeds rolling around.

It was a scene from a perfect Western movie.

Beyond that background, a group of people on horseback was slowly walking.

They didn’t have guild and title floating above their heads, and their names were gray.

They were NPCs with a friendship level of 0.

,Let’s go!”

I drove the pony and approached the NPCs with my subordinates.

The number of looters always changes randomly. But there is one person who never changes.

The leader who leads the looters, a figure known as the legend of the wasteland.

It was Siberik, the Twilight Eyes.

[Twilight Eyes]

[Siberik]

A cowboy hat worn low and white hair flowing down next to it.

The scars and wrinkles on his face told that he was quite old.

The party I lead and Siberik’s looter gang face each other silently.

It was Siberik who broke the long silence.

,Do you have business with me, no. With us?”

It’s a line I remember. If I express my intention to join the looter gang here, Siberik will accept us without saying anything.

,I want to join you guys?”

,Join? Do you even know what we’re doing?”

I know and that’s why I came.

I nodded.

,I want to make money.”

,Money? You? You guys?”

Siberik chuckled at my words and took out a large cigar from his pocket and put it in his mouth.

Tang-!

The old man lit the cigar with a bang.

White smoke was flowing from Siberik’s revolver, which he didn’t know when he had drawn.

,Hup-“

Siberik, who lit the cigar by firing the revolver, took a deep breath of the smoke.

,Hey. Kid. Can you shoot a gun?”

I frowned at Siberik’s answer.

It was a line I didn’t remember. Of course, it was possible to have some conversation thanks to the high-performance AI installed in the main NPCs, but Siberik’s gaze was not directed at me.

The Twilight Eyes were flying towards Hwarang behind me.

,Kid? Are you talking about me?”

,Yeah, is there another kid here besides you?”

Kehehehe!

When Siberik answered Hwarang’s question, the nasty looter NPCs around him burst into laughter.

It was at that moment. A blazing flame began to rise from inside Hwarang’s eyes, and his hand moved quickly.

Taang-!

A small bullet is fired from Hwarang’s fingertips. The quickly drawn revolver was emitting light from his hand.

The long trail pierces the hat Siberik was wearing.

Tuk-

Siberik looked down at his hat that had fallen to the ground and smiled lightly.

,Not bad.”

Siberik, with the long setting sun behind him, held out his hand to Hwarang.

,Welcome. Kid.”

Could there be a hidden Easter egg for archer users?

The names of the looters, including Siberik, changed to green.

It meant that Hwarang’s attitude had raised their favorability.

,Hmm.”

Hwarang glanced at Siberik’s hand and turned his head.

Then, he quickly rotated the revolver in his hand and inserted it into the holster.

Whatever the intermediate process, I joined the outlaw gang.

At that moment, the guild mark, title, and nickname above the heads of my party members, including me, all disappeared.

[You are now a looter.]

All preparations are complete. From now on, I have become a ruthless looter without an inch of mercy.

,Snow Mage-yeo.”

,Yes! Captain-nim!”

,From now on, call me Bandit King, not Captain-nim.”

,Gasp… I understand!”

,Iyap.”

,Yes…”

,You should also call me Bandit King.”

,I understand.”

The last one was Hwarang. He was staring at me silently.

My gaze and Hwarang’s gaze intertwine in the air.

I’ll know even if I don’t say it.

Hwarang nodded.

We mingled with the looter gang and began to wander the wasteland. It may seem like we are wandering aimlessly, but that was not the case.

The looters regenerated in the field had the characteristic of instinctively running towards the place when the Gold Rush started its final transport. This place would not be much different.

It was while walking down the road.

Siberik, who was leading the looters at the front, stopped in his place and looked up at the empty sky.

The sky in the Ruthless Wasteland area always had a sunset.

It means there is no morning and evening.

The moment the long sunset light covered Siberik, he opened his mouth and said.

,The time has come.”

As if those words were a signal, the atmosphere of the looters, who had been listless, changed in an instant.

The eyes of these people, who looked like ordinary ajussis, came to life, and a sharp momentum began to emanate from their bodies.

,Chase the smell of gold!”

Heeing-!

Siberik shouted loudly and started running his horse.

I can’t miss him. I also whipped the pony and ran out vigorously.

,Heeing!”

,Bandit King-nim! Your horse is too small!”

,Be quiet!”

I answered loudly to Snow Mage’s words.

I know it too. I know that my horse looks uniquely small among the many horses.

The pony, which looked like a small donkey, shook its head and ran out vigorously.