1st Place In The Ranking Is A Villager

1st place in the ranking is the villager

- Volume 5 Episode 15

15. Beyond the Barrier (1)

[Old uniform]

Class: Normal

Defense: 0

Durability: 1/100

This is the uniform used by the Grim people.

It's worn out over the years, and it feels like it's going to crumble just by putting it on.

It has no function as a defense at all.

Wear Restrictions: None

'Why is this here?'

The word “grim group” written in the item description caught Hoya’s attention.

Then I looked around and noticed that the tents in this plaza had a similar shape to the ger in the village of the Grim tribe, although they were old and had collapsed and lost their original shape.

'...is there no one around?'

After confirming that there were no people around, Hoya escaped the torch's visible range and entered a dark passage to summon Toyun using the effect of the benefactor of the Grim tribe.

Because he felt the need to ascertain why there was such a thing here.

"Hoya-sama, what did you call me for... Here!"

Toyun, who was summoned by Hoya, was startled by something and looked around, and then his gaze arrived at the old uniform in Hoya's hand.

"Hoya-sama, where did you get it?"

"I found it in a place like the plaza in front of this. Do you know anything?"

Hoya explained the current dungeon to Toyun.

When Hoya finished explaining, Toyun nodded.

"A tunnel hidden under the root of a tree... Hoya-sama, this is the passage we dug when we left our hometown."

When Consannu decided to leave his hometown, and the Grim followed him, they had to find a way out of the crowd.

Since there was no place on the ground where the gaze was not laid, the method they chose was to move little by little by digging a tunnel in the basement where they were hiding.

Because the street is a street, I had to move for a long time, so I had to make a base in the middle, and the only thing left behind is the square.

"They must have been used as a nest by vampires..."

"Do you know about vampires?"

"Yeah, they're the ones who have been asking us to lend our power to take revenge together on those who rejected them from the time we started moving away from them. Of course, we didn't agree to their demands. They continued to pursue us. "

Vampires feed on human blood.

No animal or monster blood.

It can only survive on human blood.

If you do not consume human blood, your strength will gradually weaken and your intelligence will also decrease.

And if you lose your sanity completely, you are thrown out of the group.

Such vampires identified the Grim tribe with themselves and demanded that they attack humans together, and the Grim tribe did not accept that request.The vampires have used force to force the Grim people to cooperate, but their power was not strong enough to defeat the Grim people.

In the end, the vampires were defeated by the Grim tribe, and after that, they persistently pursued them, dreaming that revenge would be possible only with the power of the Grim tribe.

"Perhaps they found traces of us and entered the tunnel and used it as a nest."

Hoya recalled Toyun's words in his mind.

This is the passage the Grim people dug when they left their hometown, and the vampires came in and settled there.

That being said... it is at the end of this underground tunnel.

Home of the Grim and Consonu.

"Hoya-nim? Where are you?"

Then, Luna's voice was heard.

She shouldn't have shown her Toyun, so Hoya showed her gratitude to him, sent him back and went to her Luna.

"I'm here."

"From now on, individual actions are prohibited, Hoya-sama!"

"Yes, got it."

Hoya and the Royal Knights started moving again.

As the monsters became stronger and more intelligent, there were many dangers, but as a result, they were able to clear the 6th area.

After clearing Area 6, it was time to leave the underground tunnel in a good mood.

"Mo, did you all see the restrictions on entry to Area 7...?"

Gangnam Firefist stuttered and asked a question.

If you clear the underground tunnel, you will come out in front of the entrance of the next area, not the entrance of the area you cleared.

Of course, the place they came out of after clearing the 6th area was in front of the earthen wall leading to the 7th area.

At the words of Gangnam Fire Fist, everyone approached the earthen wall and confirmed the restrictions on entry to the 7th area.

[Underground Tunnel - Area 7]

[Admission limit: minimum 1 person, maximum 1 person]

For a while, everyone was silent.

* * *

Fortunately, the conditions for clearing the 7th section of the underground tunnel were different from those of the previous sections.

To find the boss monster within the time limit and successfully hunt or find an exit, that was the condition for clearing the 7th area.

Hoya found and hunted the boss monster in the center of the tunnel and successfully cleared it, but it was not at a level that others could catch alone, so the Royal Knights were aiming to find an exit.

From their point of view, it was no different from a survival horror game in which you find an exit while escaping from monsters.

However, the 7th area was like a maze, so all the first attempts ended in failure.

After that, they entered one by one and drew a map.

The map recorded by the first person was taken over by the next person, and the scope was gradually expanding as the record continued.

Still, the Royal Knights expected that it would take time to find the path to the complicated maze, so Hoya suddenly had at least a day of free time.

"Is this your second time coming here? I heard that first."

"Yes, I've been here with Moan once before."

And Hoya decided to take advantage of that free time to visit the Demon Realm.

Below his feet was the black energy he had seen before.

I used to feel bad, but now I don't feel any of it at all.

"Then I'll go down first, so come down after me."

Chibin, who had moved to Moan's barrier with Hoya, fixed the rope on the cliff, wrapped it around her back once, grabbed the rope with both hands, and started descending the cliff very naturally.

In the blink of an eye, he had already broken through the dark energy and disappeared from Hoya's view.

Hoya followed behind him and threw himself down the cliff.

"Fly."

Hoya's body, which had been falling at a high speed due to gravity, defied gravity and descended slowly as if riding an elevator.

As I passed the black energy, the scenery of the demon realm caught my eye.

Dark trees grew on the gray-colored ground, and when I looked up at the sky, gray clouds were floating in the dark sky.

It was almost black and white.

At that time, a system message occurred to Hoya.

[Great achievement!]

[You have entered the Demon Realm for the first time as a player.]

[Acquire the title 'Demon Realm Pioneer']

[Do you want all players to know about the discovery of the Demon Realm? Yes No]

"what......?"

Whether he knew Hoya's embarrassment or not, the system message kept flashing and asking Hoya to make a choice.

"......no."

[You have selected 'No'.]

[Your great achievements are not noticed by players.]

The system message went silent, and Hoya sighed in relief.

Hoya, who crash-landed to the ground due to a sudden system message, blinked his eyes as he looked at the log of the remaining system messages.

It felt like going back and forth between heaven and hell.

"Why are you doing this?"

"......"

"Hey~?"

"Yes? Oh, yes."

"What are you so obsessed with?"

"Oh, nothing. Ha ha ha."

If the fact that the Demon Realm existed was known to the player, it would also be known to the NPCs through them.

It was a point where not much time had passed since the magic had been arranged.

That the wound has not yet healed.

If the existence of the demon realm is known, regardless of the will of the demons, people will equate demons with demons and fear them again.

The existence of the Demon Realm was not yet known to people.

"It's refreshing...."

Hoya moved behind Chi-Bin, examining his newly acquired title.

[Demon Realm Pioneer]The first person to enter the Demon Realm.

I salute you for your great discovery.

Title Effect: Basic favorability with demons increases. When hunting monsters in the Demon Realm, you gain 10% additional experience.

The increase in basic affinity with demons is also an effect of 'those recognized by the demon king'.

However, the effect of the title was basically overlapping, so it wasn't a bad thing.

The higher the sensitivity, the better.

In addition, it had the effect of giving an additional 10% experience.

Thanks to the effect of the title, the momentary embarrassment of the system message subsided.

At that moment, Chibin tapped Hoya's shoulder with his finger.

"what......."

"Shh-."

After Chi Bin gestured to be quiet, she looked in the direction she was pointing and saw something wriggling among the trees in the distance.

It looked as if the surface of the gray clay doll was dripping down.

"Enter the Demon Realm and encounter the first monster! What are you going to do? Should I just detour? Or hunt?"

"Um, no. I'll give it a try."

She would not have encouraged Chi Bin to hunt if it was an opponent she could not defeat.

Hoya thought so and pulled out the sword he was wearing around his waist.

"Okay, but it's going to be a little harder than it used to be. Aren't you going to help me?"

Hoya nodded to Chibin and cautiously approached the monster.

He was planning to secretly attack first, but things didn't go the way Hoya had thought.

Whoop-, quaang!

As Hoya approached a certain distance, a monster with his head turned to where Hoya was, extended an arm thicker than a human torso. Its speed gave it a similar feel to what I had encountered before with a crocodile.

"Buff, agility. Quick."

Hoya didn't panic and attacked using his skill, but it didn't take as much damage as he thought.

The only thing that had to be done was that there was a huge level difference with Hoya.

[Polluted Mud Man]

Level: 541

He had a level that was about 1.5 times higher than that of Hoya due to a slight overdrive.

In terms of the total amount of stats, Hoya was at a higher level than Mudman, but in terms of the highest stat alone, he was ahead of the rankers by a small difference.

Still, all stats show similar values ​​without biased stats, so the synergy shows a higher effect than the numbers, but the level difference was too great.

After spending a long time hiding his embarrassment, Hoya was able to hunt the contaminated Mud Man.

It was the first time since the crocodile that the monster was out of breath.

When I checked the experience points, there were so many experience points that it was difficult to catch them.

However, when comparing the efficiency compared to the hunting time, the vampires in the underground tunnel were more efficient.

It takes a long time, but it was a big deal that the experience points were low due to the level difference between monsters and Hoya.

"Isn't it harder than you think? But don't worry. Not all monsters are like that. There are weak monsters around the city."

Chibin led Hoya, who had sensed the level of the demon realm, to the city where Mayglyn was located.

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