SSS-Class Ranker Return

Chapter 100

Knight’s Oath (4)

As the first and only knight in the Linai Territory, Lokan, who had the right to command, flew.

He laid out inexhaustible soldiers, protected the city and the copper mine, the only source of income, and cleaned up all the surrounding monsters.

Perhaps because it was near an urban area, the level of monsters was low, and although this level was sometimes solved by calling mercenaries or mobilizing a large number of soldiers, it was encouraging to finish it alone and in a few days.

“You… … . No.”

The lord, who watched the scene suspiciously and curiously, was embarrassed when it seemed that Lokan had no intention of dragging the monster to the area where the rights were guaranteed, but he kept his mouth shut.

He thought that saying such words could be considered an insult because he saw the other person as a person who only revealed money.

‘This should be enough.’

However, Lokan had no intention of doing anything suspicious there.

‘When it’s stable enough, I’ll start working on it.’

He doesn’t touch the monster’s corpse anyway, but drops items that come directly into his inventory belong to him, and that’s because there is a secret dungeon that is neither a mine nor anything.

Unless it’s a mine, I signed a contract to own everything there, but Lokan didn’t intend to let it go.

It’s been a year, but what will happen after that?

This secret dungeon was one of the great potentials of the Linia territory to be revealed later, so it was advantageous to keep it an absolute secret.

If this becomes known immediately and users begin to flock, it will be difficult to buy this estate even if you give tens of thousands of gold instead of a few thousand gold.

“Still, the experience is salty.”

I was waiting for the day to find the secret dungeon quickly, but the situation was still quite good.

[Subdue the monsters of Mount Rinai][Quest]

A subjugation quest from Lord Linai himself. It is unpaid work, but if you work hard, you will see results.

-Completion conditions: Defeat the monsters of Mount Linai.

-Completion deadline: 1 week

-Completion Reward: 1.3x EXP acquired during quest, and 1.2x drop rate increase

It is thanks to this lord quest. The quest that the lord gives directly in relation to the territories can also be rewarded like this.

However, the experience and drop rate rewards cannot be selected arbitrarily.

‘But I just reset it.’

However, Lokan was different from the others.

First of all, it is a relationship between a master and a knight, but rather than a master-slave relationship, it is an almost equal contractual relationship.

Lord Linai, who had only one Rokhan as a knight, had no reason to reject it.

It doesn’t cost money every time you activate a quest, and you can win Lokan’s favor with a single word and make him stronger, and you can also get the corpses of countless monsters he kills, so how can you not follow it?

As much as Rania had already lived in poverty to the point of near ruin, he had lowered his self-esteem to an extent that other nobles could not even imagine.Even if someone gave me 10 gold for the permanent residents right now, I could show them dancing.

Isn’t it possible that one’s own low self-esteem can feed the young people?

‘A good person is the bottom line.’

Judging from that, Lord Rania was a person with qualities close to that of a saint. She is for Young Jimin and is a person who knows how to treat her personally.

However, he is just a person who does not have the ability or resourcefulness to take responsibility for them. In this world, that was a bigger reason for disqualification than I thought.

“Young Ji-min’s safety is our top priority. Strictly block only those who run over there!”

I know that, but it’s too early to do something like agitation now. Therefore, Rokhan was fulfilling his role very faithfully as a knight of Rania.

In fact, it was nothing more than eluding his soldiers and taking over the monsters.

[You have leveled up.]

From level 200, it is extremely difficult to raise level 1 unlike before level 199.

While the required experience increases by 4 to 10 times, the experience given by monsters increases by 1.2 to 1.5 times at most.

In addition, as all The Road users of the country met in the central continent, the monster competition became fiercer and the level up was going to be difficult.

However, this was not the case for Lokan, who took hundreds of monsters in the level 200-220 and received the experience buff to monopolize them.

The level went up quickly, and the security of the city and mine improved noticeably.

In addition, it goes without saying that the barns of the estate were thickly filled by selling the corpses of monsters.

‘Ttttttt, I’d rather wear clothes.’

The lord released all the money he had accumulated for the sake of the young people.

He could use what he liked to eat, wear nice clothes, and buy luxuries, but he chose to distribute it evenly among the young people.

He said that it was a reward for making it difficult for him, and he gave him good clothes and good food to buy.

Lokan didn’t like it.

I thought this was the limit of this lord.

I did it out of a sense that I was sorry for others, but even if I distribute it clumsily like that, the cost to the individual is not much.

Even if you put a few pennies in your hand, your gratitude is only temporary, and since nothing has fundamentally changed, your life will not improve and your dissatisfaction will remain the same.

‘This Youngji… … There is no answer.’

Of course, I do understand it to some extent. Because there is nothing else to expect from the Reinai estate.

There was nothing worth investing in the area other than to develop additional mines in the area where the monsters were driven out.

‘It’s a pity, but that’s why it’s better for me to eat it.’

Therefore, he did not give any advice on what the lord was doing. It is easier for this estate to be swallowed up if it continues to be poor.

Right now, I’m just quietly doing what I’m supposed to do.

“Sprinkle it in the area where the monster was driven out. Be careful not to get too far apart!”

Distributed ‘some items’ to the soldiers and instructed them to spray at regular intervals in the area where the monsters were driven out.

It was a magical item that Rokhan had stopped by Taimura for a while to purchase.

It’s called ‘predator’s dung’.

It’s not real shit, but it was a monster intrusion prevention item made by wizards and alchemists by mimicking the body odor of a predator.

Monsters who smell the scent of a higher-ranking predator are afraid and do not approach.

By using this in the monster zone where monsters are regenerated, you could temporarily prevent monsters from appearing.

‘I can do it for a few more days.’

As I increased the areas that could be used in the metallurgical Rania estate, a new mine size came out.

Of course, even if we develop this place, a huge vein will not come out. Another potential of the Rania area, ‘Heartstone Mine’, can be found almost at the border of the territory.

However, once they enter the mine development, the eyes of the lords and lords will be focused on that, so he intends to work on the land that has been handed over to him in the meantime.

“Before that, you should bring something.”

Besides, even if it wasn’t a secret dungeon right away, there were quite a few things that Lokan had to do and take care of.

During the day, I had to subdue monsters and narrow down the monster area, and in the evening… … .

[You have entered the public dungeon ‘Cave of Silence’.][Increases the experience gained by 30% for three days as a first entry bonus.][The drop rate increases by 30% for three days as a bonus for the first entry.][The initial entry bonus is enhanced by 10% due to the effect of the title ‘Pioneer’.]

Using the rune book, he went around the dungeons near Taimura and sucked the sweet water.

If it was a dungeon, there were a couple of dungeons in the Linai territory anyway, but it is a dungeon that Lokan can monopolize anyway, and the dungeon near Taimura is the dungeon that almost everyone who advances to the central continent is aiming for.

It doesn’t give very special experience or drop great items, but it was essential to get as much experience and drop rate as 40% higher with this first entry bonus.

‘Why give this good thing to others’

If he doesn’t eat it, others arriving on the Central Continent will benefit.

In his position, he had to leave it alone and call his competitor’s ship, even if he didn’t hunt at all, as much as the initial entry bonus had to be taken away.

One or two, the first entry bonus of the metallurgical open dungeons sucked up all the sweet water, and finally it came to fruition on the side of the Linai territory.

“Finally, we started the second mine today.”

As if pouring water into a fallen poison, Lord Linai, who spread welfare like compensation for the people who suffered in the past, started the second mine development.

Even if there was only one copper mine as large as the first mine here, it was a jackpot for Linai territory.

Because they were so poor, they could enjoy the joy of becoming a middle-class.

Of course, the reality is that it is a gutter, and only the development cost is wasted.

“That’s good news. Then, for the time being, I will instruct the soldiers to strengthen the borders around the city and mines and help with development.”

“Yes, I will.”

By this time, Lord Linai was also in a state of openness to Lokan, unlike the first time he looked at him suspiciously.Although it was strange that he did not visit the area to which he received the ownership, he was helping so hard that it was hard to believe that he had other ideas.

However, Rokhan’s actions were just the beginning.

“Then I’m alone. I’m going to do some patrols.”

“Good work.”

After confirming the start of mine development through an interview with the lord, Lokan finally moved to find the land he had saved.

So far, monster subjugation has taken place in the opposite direction of the land that Rokhan decided to own.

Thanks to that, Lokan, who entered the Monster Zone without overlapping with his soldiers’ movement, even used his stealth to secretly enter a certain area and reveal his true nature.

“The owner of the land is here with his eyes wide open, where are you pretending to be the owner?”

He showed the bitter taste of the ax to the squatters of his own land.

After they were all slaughtered, they sprinkled the predator’s dung and blocked the monster’s re-generation.

And one last thing.

“Set up a large hut.”

When I used the ‘house blueprint’ item I bought from Taimura, a pretty plausible house was built in a spot designated by Rokhan.

It is much more expensive than using a laborer, but it can shorten the time extremely, and above all, it was good not to attract other people’s attention.

cut profit.

Lokan opened the door and went inside, immediately smashing the floor at a certain location to make a hole. The stone slab that appears when the floor is swept again.

“Whoa.”

Whoops!

When he slammed the Battle Ax down on the place where the ancient, unreadable language was written, to his surprise, very small shards began to splatter and mana began to gather.

“Okay.”

woo woo woo.

A blue warp gate appeared. A gate leading to any dungeon.

However, because it appeared from within the house, neither the appearance of the gate nor the intensely emitting light did not spread out.

[Ancient Slate] [Durability: 2,999/3,000]

And the durability of the fallen slab.

It was surprising that the durability had only dropped by 1 despite Lokan’s blow, but it was understandable enough.

Because the durability of this slate means that this gate was created once, rather than being cut by an attack.

If you create 2,999 more dungeons in the future, they will disappear, but until then, the things you can get here have been amazing.

“Now, it’s time to suck the honey properly.”

In a sense, Lokan began to gladly move into the dungeon where he could get the most valuable things he had ever occupied.

end of book 4