1st Place In The Ranking Is A Villager

Chapter 154

1st place in the ranking is the villager

– Volume 7 Episode 7

7. Returning Villager (3)

Hoya set foot on the eastern continent for a long time in order to obtain the last materials needed to improve weapons.

A lot of things have changed for the good in the East Continent, which has been around for a long time.

First of all, Dew Village, which was small and shabby, became the first village where players who cleared the underground tunnel stayed, and the size of the village grew and the number of residents increased a lot.

He didn’t even notice the soldiers as he had seen them for the first time before.

In addition, it became possible to exchange gold, the currency of the western continent, into the currency of the eastern continent, Jeon, or vice versa.

There is a small fee, though.

It was a good thing because it meant that the relationship between Kwon Nara and Ruzeros was going smoothly.

Hoya walked into Dew Village for a while to see his grandfather’s face before going inside the continent to get ingredients.

But he couldn’t meet him because he left last year on a long journey of no return.

Therefore, Hoya expressed his condolences to Grandpa No. 1 and moved toward his destination.

Some players followed Hoya for curiosity and information purposes, but no player could match Miho’s pace.

It took a while to borrow Miho’s back to move, and Hoya arrived at Tanyang, the capital of the Kwon Dynasty.

The dungeon where Hoya was trying to obtain the material he was looking for was located on the top of the snow-capped Mt.

There was also a way to get admission by clearing the chain quest at the soldiers’ garrison located at the entrance of the mountain, like those who went to the snowy mountain to catch the dark, but it took a long time to complete the quest.

And Hoya had no intention of leaving the fast road and going back.

It was Hoya’s idea that if he asked Jo-yeon, he might be allowed to enter.

‘If it doesn’t work, I’ll have to ask Kwon Hyun-woo by using the title effect.’

But before he could do that, he needed to sort out the gazes that were following him.

Because no player yet knew he was acquainted with Jo Yeon.

“Phantom Illusion.”

As Hoya muttered a little, the figure of Hoya disappeared from the sight of the people who were chasing Hoya as if it had melted into the air.

“What, what! Where did you go!”

“I think I used a skill.”

“I know that! Doesn’t it depend on your search skill?”

“Yes.”

It disappeared from their sight, but Hoya remained there.

It was the name of a skill that depends on the special effects of Phantom Illusion, Hoya’s new equipment, which he made by paying the materials collected from the demon realm and materials already in place to Dantals.

[Leather Armor of Psychedelic]

Class: UniqueDefense: 1,240

Durability: 230/230

* Skill ‘Phantom Illusion’ can be used

*10% chance to evade attacks.

*Stealth in the dark is now more perfect.

This armor is made by processing the traces of the Phantom into leather by Dantals, the legendary blacksmith.

It has been processed so as not to damage the traces of the phantom as much as possible, so it can use some of the power of the phantom even if it is limited.

Restrictions on Wearing: More than 730 horsepower, more than 610 strength

[Phantom Illusion]

This is the skill of the item ‘Leather Armor of Hallucination’.

When you use a skill, you can overwhelm yourself with hallucinations, completely hiding your appearance and presence for 5 minutes.

If you attack the opponent before the 5 minute duration has expired, the skill is automatically canceled and does not work on opponents with higher magical power than you.

MP used: 1,500

Cooldown: 24 hours

It was a skill that could only be used once a day, but the effect was excellent.

There is a limitation that it does not work against those with higher magical power than himself, but he did not care much.

After waving his hand in front of those who looked at him, Hoya confirmed that he was invisible to them, and then quickly ran away from their sight and headed for the Black Dragon’s garrison.

After arriving at the main gate of the garrison, passing the main gate and hiding behind a wall, the skill was released in good time.

At that moment, the soldiers of the Black Dragon corps sent a momentary alert to Hoya, who suddenly appeared, but they quickly recognized him and removed their alert.

And Choi Do walked out between them and talked to Hoya.

“Hoya?”

“Ahahaha… hello, long time no see.”

“It’s been a long time, but please don’t sneak in from now on and call one of us from the front door. I almost thought it was an intruder and cut it.”

“I will do that in the future.”

After making an appointment with Choi Do, Hoya told him what was going on and was guided to the training ground behind the garrison where Jo Yeon was training.

Jo Yeon, who was wielding a blunt iron sword for training, found Hoya and welcomed him with a friendly face.

“I haven’t seen you in a long time. Are Miho and Seonwoo doing well?”

“I’m here. As you can see, I’m doing fine.”

“Concenu is doing well too.”

“okay.”

In response to Hoya’s answer, Jo Yeon smiled warmly.

“But what did you come here for? Seeing you suddenly appear after such a long time, it seems like you want something from me.”

“Hahaha, do you drink a lot of tea?”

Hoya told Jo Yeon that he needed permission to enter Mt. Manseol, and Jo Yeon gladly wrote a letter to Hoya that would allow him to receive a pass for entering Mt. Manseol.

He said, “Show it to any of the soldiers at the entrance to the Bay Snow Mountain and they will issue you a pass right away.”

“thank you.”

“If you have a chance later, please visit this place again. Your Majesty wants to see you a lot.”

“Yes.”

After thanking Jo Jo Yeon, Hoya headed straight for Mt.

Although he was located an hour away from the capital, Hoya was able to quickly reach the entrance to the bay snow mountain.

He then grabbed one of the nearby soldiers and showed him the letter, and he panicked out loud, then grabbed the letter and ran into the garrison built next to the entrance to the mountain.

It was not the soldier who had entered the office with the letter, but a middle-aged man wearing armor that looked exceptionally good at a glance.

For some reason, his face turned slightly blue.

“Oh, you’ve been waiting for a long time. This is the pass you need to enter the snow-covered mountain. If there is anything inconvenient, please tell me right away. We’ll take care of it quickly.”

“Yes? Yes.”

“Please send your regards to General Cho as well. Ha ha ha ha.”

Hoya tilted his head inwardly at the man’s sincere attitude.

‘What the hell was written in the letter so far…’

I thought I would just get a pass.

Hoya was very curious about what was written on it, but he could not get back what he had already handed, so he thanked the man and went straight into the snowy mountains.

The snow-covered mountain was so high that the summit was swallowed up in the clouds.

The clouds were thick like fog and the visibility was narrow and the cold was very strong, so Hoya was able to find the location of the dungeon he heard from Chibin and move without paying attention to his gaze.

And after a while he was able to find a small piece of ice in the shape of hexagonal snow crystals covered with snow at the location that Chi Bin had taken.

Placing my hand on it triggered a system message.

[Pure white blizzard][Admission limit: minimum 1 person, maximum 11 people][Enter the dungeon ‘Pure White Blizzard’.]

Upon entering the dungeon, as the name of the dungeon suggests, a pure white blizzard was seen.

I knew this from Chibin in advance, but the visibility was extremely short than I expected.

When the sword is stretched out in front of you, the tip of the sword is almost invisible.

It was a perfect environment for a normal player to be attacked by a monster and die if he entered without any preparation like Hoya.

But Hoya had things to believe and things to know.

“Weakness detection.”

Using the skill, Hoya pretended to be embarrassed and looked around and started looking for a place where blue and red dots were gathered.

I heard that the snow bear and the snow peacock, the monsters in the pure white blizzard, have strong bonds with each other and have some intelligence, so they never go out alone, but attack in tandem.And just as it was said, beyond the blizzard, blue and red dots were divided into two places.

And inside one of those two places, there must be a cause of the blizzard that Chibin mentioned.

Chibin said that monsters keep ‘it’ for their own safety.

“Explosion.”

Quang-!

Hoya’s skill caused a loud explosion, and the screams of the monsters were not heard due to the explosion sound.

There was a 50% chance that there was an ice statue that caused the blizzard in the first place.

And at the same time, the snow bears and snow peacocks, who were barely surviving because they were away from the center of the explosion, became aware of the situation and began to join the unattended horde to respond to Hoya.

However, such judgments of the monsters were rather poisonous.

“Miho, hit the wall.”

“I get it.”

As Miho swung her front paws from the bottom up, a thick wall of ice rose centered on the monsters, forming a dome with a hole in one side.

When it was completed, Hoya used one skill.

“Memorize.”

[The skill currently stored in Memorize is ‘Explosion’.][The skill ‘Explosion’ is cast.]

Quang-!

Memorize, Hoya, one of the skills that was created as Moan’s magic skill rose to an advanced level, used it.

[Skill 6 – Memorize]

You can save skills only for Moan’s magic formula.

When you save a skill in Memorize, the MP required to use the skill you want to save is deducted, and the cooldown is applied to the saved skill.

The number of skills that can be saved at a time is 1, and when you save a skill while not using the saved skill, the skill you saved in advance will be lost.

MP used: 0~

Cooldown: 0~

Memorize, literally, means ‘to memorize’.

That is, memorize skills in advance, store them, and then use them later.

When saving a skill in Memorize, the MP of the skill to be saved is consumed and the cooldown time is applied as it is, but it is a very useful skill if you have time to prepare for future battles.

If you use the previously saved exploit after using the exploit, you can use the same skill continuously.

And the effect was quite huge.

Thanks to Memorize, Hoya made a simple hunt for a snow bear and a snow peacock, and proceeded to the next area while checking the surroundings for any surviving monsters.

After that, after passing about three zones, he was able to reach the boss monster.

A human-shaped monster with black eye sockets that could be sucked in, wearing a pure white suit, hair, skin, and everything in white.

The ‘cold cold’ from ‘Snowy Lady of the Cold’ was the material Hoya wanted.