Honor Point Farming

The day the honor points were updated, I definitely ranked myself up to 4th place before falling asleep.

But the next day, after school, when I logged into the game, my ranking had dropped to 11th place.

“Hueh…”

My energy just drains away.

What’s the point of working hard to raise my ranking? I just didn’t have enough time.

Honor point rankers are only possible for time Bill Gates-nim.

Hwarang also had his ranking, which he had raised to 3rd place, drop significantly.

Only Snow Mage was the only person who had maintained that position since the open.

Time wasn’t fair.

Looking at the rankings of the human faction, as expected, a rogue user named Melvin was overwhelmingly in 1st place.

Now his honor score is over 2,000 points.

I sighed and went outside the safe zone.

I didn’t have as much motivation as yesterday, but the only thing I could do right now was farm honor points.

The Hell Field felt a little less crowded than yesterday.

It seemed that ordinary users had moved their positions because of the vicious killers they encountered throughout the field.

As the field was less crowded, there were also plenty of collectibles.

Occasionally, I saw the corpses of users lying next to the collectibles, but no users attacked me.

Rather, they ran away as soon as they saw me.

Yesterday, I stabbed every enemy I saw with my sword, so it seems I’ve also been branded as a killer.

However, it was an unavoidable choice to maintain my honor rank.

I drew my sword again.

Today, I was planning to slice and dice human users until the shutdown system approached.

But before moving, I started writing in the guild chat first.

Because there was something I was curious about.

Snow Mage, where is that person raising so many honor points?

Of course, he’s maintaining his rank because he has a long play time, but I still wanted to know her know-how.

Yeon-[Snow-nim?]

Snow Mage-[Neeet!]

Yeon-[Could you possibly tell me where you’re raising your honor points?]

Snow Mage-[Yes!]

Snow Mage sent me the coordinates without hesitation.

I immediately summoned my Foal Warhorse.

“Come out!”

“Hiiiing!”

The warhorse, which appeared from the magic circle, shook its burning mane and approached.

I climbed onto its back without hesitation.

“Let’s go!”

Dagudak dagudak dagudak.

The place I arrived at after driving the warhorse was in front of a three-way intersection with a lot of people moving around.

The road leading to the Demon King’s Castle, the road leading to the mine gathering route, and the road leading back to the village.

Above those roads, the corpses of users were scattered.

“Blood Demon King-nim!”

At that moment, Snow Mage used Blink and appeared in front of me.

As she got closer, the cold chill that hit me made my body naturally shrink.

“Is this Snow-nim’s spot?”

“Yes, that’s right. Since it’s a place with frequent movement of people, it’s a place where you can get a lot of honor points.”

The magician woman wearing a blue robe nodded her head, which had large horns.

Looking at her confident expression, it seemed that she had planted a lot of magic engineering mines around here.

“Ah, there are people coming over there.”

As Snow Mage said, users were walking from afar.

Seeing that all three of them were walking together while maintaining a constant speed, it seemed like they were a party.

The moment the three users came into view, Snow Mage began a very long casting.

As she held out her hand and began to chant in a small voice, the hem of her robe fluttered and poured out a rough wind.

An explosion occurred under the feet of the three human users, and at the same time, a huge ice pillar soared from the explosion site.

Peobeobeobeong! Kwajajajak!

A combination of a huge explosion and an ice pillar.

The only one who survived that powerful attack was a paladin wearing a huge full plate mail.

Snow Mage ran forward at the sight of him frozen solid in ice.

“Iyaaap!”

A staff swung with a slender shout.

But at the end of that staff, blue mana was formed.

The moment Snow Mage’s staff was swung wide, that mana spread out like a blade and cut the paladin’s body, trapped in the ice pillar, in half.

“Are you doing this all day?”

“Yes!”

Snow Mage answered my question with a bright smile.

She was truly an amazing person.

After one hunt like that ended, she sat down and started drinking potions.

It seemed like she was recovering her mana.

“If you do this all day, don’t people come looking for Snow-nim?”

“Yes! There is! There’s a very sneaky thief named Melvin…”

“Me, Melvin?”

“Yes!”

Snow Mage’s eyes lit up when I pretended to know Melvin and told me her story.

She said that if you kill a high-ranking ranker with high honor points, you can get more honor points than ordinary users, so he comes to Snow Mage periodically.

“I’ll help you!”

“Yes? Really?”

I nodded at the question.

I also had a debt to repay to Melvin.

He survived in front of me even though he was a thief. I could never forgive him.

“You said he comes if you wait here, right?”

“Yes, I think it’s about time he came, but I still don’t see him.”

I nodded at Snow Mage’s words and ran to a large rock next to the path and lay flat on my stomach.

Melvin avoided me. If he saw me and Snow Mage together, he would definitely back out immediately.

So it was right to lure him in while disguised like this.

Yeon-[Can’t you see me?]

Snow Mage-[Yes!]

How much time had passed while hiding behind that big rock?

It was when Snow Mage made another victim.

Something blurry was approaching behind her back as she sat down on the floor to recover her mana and picked up food.

I was prepared for his appearance, so I was able to use the skill without hesitation.

[Touch of Death]

A black hand stretched out from my outstretched arm and grabbed the back of Snow Mage with all its might.

But what was caught in that hand was a large log.

Melvin used the shinobi’s skill [Substitution].

“Ugh…”

Since he was approaching while using stealth, Melvin could no longer hide himself.

He quickly stepped back, drew daggers in both hands, and frowned.

“Ah, damn it…”

“Hey, I heard you’re having fun killing our guild members?”

“Fun? Hmm, I guess so.”

At that moment, Snow Mage, who had recovered all her mana, attempted an attack.

Staff attack using Blink.

The end of the staff emitted a blue light and created a mana blade, attempting to pressure Melvin.

He used his only escape skill. It meant that Snow Mage trusted me that much.

I immediately used all doping and buff skills and rushed at Melvin.

“W-wait a minute…!”

Kang! Kaang! King!

Swords clash in the air. But Melvin showed a strange movement and deflected all of my and Snow Mage’s attacks.

Seogeok-!

The slightly penetrating magic sword grazed his thigh, but it couldn’t inflict proper damage.

“Tch!”

Melvin stepped back and scattered dozens of throwing stars into the air.

Chwarararak!

Throwing stars. It wasn’t a very powerful skill, but it was an annoying skill that caused bleeding and poisoning if hit.

I moved forward and swung my sword to deflect the throwing stars.

Kagagang!

At that moment, Snow Mage’s ice arrow flew and hit Melvin’s shoulder.

Frost descended on his body with a freezing sound.

A debuff that slows down all speeds was applied.

Melvin glared at Snow Mage, who was firing ranged attacks from behind, and then detonated a smoke bomb on the floor.

Peoeong!

A stinging and thick fog obscures the view.

I immediately turned around and cast [Leap Strike] towards where Snow Mage was.

My body, which jumped towards a high place, escaped the smoke and landed next to Snow Mage.

At that moment, as I expected, an attack aimed at Snow Mage flew in.

The effect of the stealth skill disappeared and his appearance was revealed as it was.

My eyes meet his in the air.

But for some reason, I felt like it was empty.

At that moment, I changed the direction of my sword without hesitation.

This attack was the shinobi’s [Clone].

Seogeok-!

The moment the magic sword slightly grazed Melvin’s body, as expected, his body disappeared blurrily.

I didn’t stop the movement of my sword.

I struck the ground as it was.

Kwang!

The surrounding area is turned upside down by the effect of the [Ravage] skill.

The black soil that soared from the ground scattered into the sky, and Melvin, who had been hiding his appearance, also appeared blurrily.

“Ugh!”

He was hit by the first strike of Ravage. He won’t be able to avoid it.

That’s what I thought.

My body automatically starts moving due to the effect of the Ravage skill.

The crimson sword strike swung towards the sky touched Melvin’s body, and his body became blurry again.

-Another clone!

I grit my teeth and forcibly twist my body.

The direction of the sword strike decorating the sky is elongated to the side according to my will.

Chwajajajak!

At that moment, a green blade flew from right next to Snow Mage.

This time it was the real body, Melvin’s real attack.

But then, a small light flashed and exploded under Melvin’s feet.

Kwagaang!

It seemed that Snow Mage had installed magic engineering mines around her.

A huge number of bombs exploded at once.

But Melvin didn’t die. The moment the explosion covered his body, his body became blurry once again and a log appeared in its place.

[Substitution] was used once again, and Melvin escaped the explosion.

The dirt and dust caused by the explosion covers the surroundings.

I was able to find something blurry moving above that dirt and dust.

-That’s it.

I move my body without hesitation. I felt it instinctively.

If it’s not now, I won’t be able to catch him.

The body that ran out quickly, the strongly stretched leg, the moment it hit the ground, the power that started from the waist started to move the sword held in both hands.

Kwajik-!

The jet-black sword energy that stretched out from the magic sword pierces the air.

The sensation caught at the fingertips was very clear.

“That’s cowardly…”

“Where is cowardice in a fight?”

“Ha…”

Melvin, whose neck was pierced, did not move.

Instead, he took a deep breath and glared at me.

His body slowly began to turn gray.

Honor Point +50

The moment Melvin died completely, a huge amount of honor points came in.