Towards the Sea

Had it been about two months since the raid was fully cleared?

An announcement was posted on Deron’s website, alerting users to an update.

[Client Update Information]

Hello, Adventurers-nim.

Deron Online’s update is scheduled for Wednesday, April 5th.

The new content, the sailing system, will be introduced.

From now on, you adventurers will be able to explore the vast sea.

You can build your own personal ship in the newly added port town [Huston], and higher-grade ships may be added through future updates.

New currency, Maritime Coins, will be added.

The [Maritime Coin] currency used in sailing and maritime areas will be added.

This currency cannot be traded between users and can be purchased with gold through ground-based currency exchanges.

A new content, specialty product trading system, will be introduced.

Specialty product items will be added to land and sea areas.

You can earn special rewards by selling these items to regions that want specialty products from other regions.

A new content, naval battle system, will be introduced.

Unlike land, the sea is an area where there is no law.

If you leave the safe zone, you will be forced into a PVP state, and all PVP penalties will disappear.

If you occupy an enemy ship through PVP, the [Plunder] function will be activated.

When attempting to plunder, a [Wanted] debuff will be applied for 12 hours, and you will not be able to use the functions of any NPCs on land.

If you die on land with the [Wanted] debuff, you will be resurrected in prison.

A new content, Treasure Island Scramble system, will be introduced.

[Treasure Island]

Entry Restriction

Level: 60

30 Maritime Coins

Pirates invite you adventurers.

When you enter Treasure Island using Maritime Coins, all users’ appearances will be changed to masked pirates, making it impossible to recognize each other.

In addition, adventurers’ abilities will be restricted due to the magic of Treasure Island.

[Magic of Treasure Island]

All chat systems are unavailable.

1:1 messages cannot be written.

Party system unavailable.

The new raid boss monster, Sea God Kraken, will be added.

No one knows when or where the Kraken will appear.

***

On the day of the update.

A huge crowd was gathering in the Lunaris capital city.

This was because new users were flowing in thanks to the advertising through the new update and the increased popularity due to the global server.

Deron launched a level 40 jumping character event to coincide with the influx of new users.

Level 40 users were swarming.

But my interest wasn’t directed at the newbies.

Even with generous support and intensive care, those who will disappear, disappear.

I hated newbies. No, to be precise, I hated the people who hid behind the name of newbie and took all the support for granted.

“Come out!”

Only those who will stay, stay. Finding new guild members is something to do then.

I summoned a cool Hell Wolf.

Since the newbies who had just started the game had never seen such a mount, they all started to marvel at my wolf.

“Eureureureong.”

“Wow…”

“I guess there are puppy pets too?”

“Isn’t that a wolf?”

“It’s small for a wolf, isn’t it?”

I got on the wolf, leaving behind the envious gazes of the newbies.

I had to go enjoy the new content.

“Let’s go!”

“Wong!”

Tadak- Tadak- Tadak- Tadak-

I start running with the wolf. As always, the newly added area didn’t have a warp point, so I had to run there myself.

I logged in after school, so my start was slow. Other users had already built their ships and launched them.

I started buying wood and stone while riding the wolf.

Because they were the basic materials for building a ship.

After running for a while, I was able to reach the port town [Huston].

Kkieek- Kkieek- Kkieek-

The cries of seagulls were carried on the cool sea breeze.

It smelled salty.

I felt the unique smell of the seaside and entered the town.

Inside, many users were moving around busily.

I was going to build a ship first.

A very large and cool ship.

Tadak- Tadak- Tadak-

I drove the wolf towards the ship-building NPC.

“Hmm, are you interested in building a ship?”

“Yes!!!”

I answered energetically.

Then, the ship-building system appeared before my eyes.

There were various types of ships that could be built.

From the smallest and cheapest ship to the incredibly large and expensive ship.

My goal was, of course, the most expensive and largest ship.

But the ship’s required materials were excessively numerous.

I frowned and opened the auction house.

Because most of the items needed to build a ship could be obtained through the auction house.

However, the materials that went into building the ship were forming prices higher than the average winning bid.

It’s because I was late logging in due to school.

But what can I do? I can’t possibly go around mining all these materials.

I started to spend the gold I had saved by selling Orc Rings.

Most of the gold was used to bid on raid equipment, but there was still a considerable amount of gold left.

Insufficient stone and wood, silk, iron ingots, etc. As I started to sweep up numerous materials, the market price of the auction house began to fluctuate.

The gold used was 15,000 gold.

If I had started buying materials right after the update, I could have saved about 5,000 gold.

I had all the materials to build the ship, but the gold in my inventory was running low.

It seemed like I would have to sell the remaining Orc Warrior Rings.

But building the ship was the priority.

I went back to the ship-building NPC and pressed the button to build the highest-grade ship.

Then, after a waiting time of about 10 seconds, a small model ship appeared in my inventory.

[Black Leviathan]

Unique

Level Restriction 60

“What…”

It was clearly written in the production description that I would be building a huge ship.

But all I got was a tiny model ship.

Could I have been scammed by the NPC?

I was frowning and glaring at the pot-bellied NPC.

At the end of my slightly turned gaze, a faint hologram was floating above the blue sea.

The hologram was drawing the shape of a large ship. As if I could install the ship I built there.

With a doubtful heart, I held out the model ship in my hand and moved it around.

Then, the faint hologram became clear, and a message appeared before my eyes.

[Would you like to install the ship?]

The moment I pressed the YES button, the model ship I was holding disappeared, and the shape of a huge ship appeared on the sea.

“Oh, oh oh…!”

The ship that appeared before my eyes was incredibly huge.

The black, smooth body and the sculpture on the front of the ship had the head of a very cool dragon.

I nodded, looking at the ship management menu that appeared before my eyes.

It was worth spending the expensive gold to build the highest-grade ship.

The maximum number of passengers was 200. All my guild members could board this ship.

I drove the wolf onto the ship.

The deck of the ship was quite wide.

Enough to run around to my heart’s content.

I quickly wrote a message to Helena.

Because I wanted to brag about making such a cool ship.

Yeon-[Helena!]

Helena-[Yeah]

Yeon-[What are you doing?]

Helena-[I just logged in and I’m in the capital city.]

Yeon-[I made a very cool ship, you know? Come to the port city quickly.]

Helena-[Ship?]

Yeon-[Yeah, quickly.]

How long had it been since the message was cut off?

I was sitting on the end railing of the ship, letting time pass, and a familiar silhouette began to appear from far away.

A red-robed mage riding a large Hellfire Warhorse.

It was Helena.

I started waving to her from the ship.

Then she increased her speed even more, driving the warhorse and approaching in an instant.

To board another user’s ship, you needed the owner’s permission.

I changed the restrictions on users who could board the ship to guild members and friends.

Helena came aboard the ship.

“How is it? Cool, right?”

I spread my arms out to Helena and bragged.

How is it, isn’t my ship quite cool?

It was the highest-grade ship that could be obtained right now.

It didn’t shrink like the Hell Wolf and Hellfire Warhorse.

“What are you going to do with such a big ship?”

“What do you mean? I’m going to be a pirate, of course.”

“Pirate…?”

“Yeah. The sea has been added and naval battles have been added, and they said there are no PVP penalties, so of course I have to become a pirate.”

“Is that obvious?”

“Of course!”

It seemed that the current middle school student didn’t understand this sensibility.

Every man must have imagined becoming a cool pirate at least once.

I ran to the bow of the ship and stood on the sculpture.

“The wind is perfect… Today is a good day to sail.”

I took out the guild member summoning item from my inventory.

A cool ship and a very cool and charismatic captain-nim were prepared.

With a very kind and smart first mate to assist me here, it was time to fill the remaining positions.

“Are you going to summon the guild members?”

“Yeah. I need crew members.”

“But, everyone will be busy doing their own things.”

“We just have to tell the people who want to be pirates to come.”

With those words, I wrote a guild chat.

Yeon-[Those who want to be pirates with me, receive the guild summons. It’s okay if you’re busy and can’t receive it.]

SnowMage-[???]

Iyap-[Guild Leader-nim, have you changed your concept again?]

I took out the pirate hat that I could get from the last event from the costume window and put it on.

A skull mark was engraved in the center of the wide-brimmed black hat.

“Come!”

In that state, I use the summons in my hand.

Then, numerous pillars of light fell around me, and guild members walked out from within them.

80 people responded to the summons.

The amount for two raid parties. It was just right.

“Wow, what? You got a ship? Isn’t this the best one?”

Is it because he has the same blood as me?

Hwarang recognized the coolness of this ship at once.

I was very satisfied with the way he looked around the ship and admired it.

“Guild Leader-nim, are you playing pirates today?”

“I heard that pirate comics are popular among middle school girls these days.”

“Everyone, focus!”

I clapped my hands and gathered the guild members’ attention.

I had finished checking the ship’s settings and figuring out how to operate this ship.

“You will become pirates today!”

Raise the anchor and unfurl the sails. The ship’s operation was assisted by the system, so there was no problem as long as I changed the direction.

Peolleok-!

The guild mark of our MalLangJonDeokCow, a spotted cow face, was engraved on the powerfully unfolded sails.

It was the guild mark that was changed with the recently updated function.

“Departure!”