1st Place In The Ranking Is A Villager

1st place in the ranking is the villager

- Volume 3 Episode 2

2. Guardian of Izbaront (4)

"This......."

Ordo, the village at the edge of the earth.

Mo-an, who was enjoying her leisure in her own home, sensed something beyond the distorted space.

"Monster Wave?"

He sensed that a monster wave had occurred, but Moan didn't move at all.

Although there is an error of 1-2 years, the monster wave is a natural phenomenon that has always occurred in a period of several decades.

People will be harmed.

However, she has already become a figure in history, and the rule she made is that they do not interfere in the affairs of the world as much as possible.

Especially if their intervention is something that will go down in history.

The present work is a task that people living in the present must solve.

* * *

"Pee profit-!"

The hippogryph, pierced by Hoya's sword, screamed and disappeared as a light, leaving behind a feather.

[Level has risen.]

Hoya has hunted more than a dozen monsters so far.

However, this was the first time the item had fallen.

Hoya picked up his feathers and checked his item information.

[Tainted Hippogryph Feather]

A magi-tainted hippogryph feather.

Hippogryph feathers are one of the favorite materials of alchemists, but they have lost their value due to being corrupted by magic.

"......"

When he first checked the contents of the quest, it was just in case.

When I checked the modifier 'contaminated' in front of the monster's name, I thought of no luck.

However, unlike there, there was no reason to become contaminated with 'it', thinking that the cause did not exist.

However, it seems that Hoya's thinking was wrong.

The monsters of the monster wave that occurred in Izbaront now were tainted with Magi just like the Ents of the tainted forest.

The energy emitted by demons is 'magi'.

Ents in the polluted forest have a border with the Demon Realm where demons live nearby.

Ents were contaminated by the magic that slowly leaked out of the demon realm due to that reason.

So what about these monsters?

Could it be that there are demons or something similar here somewhere?

'...For now, let's inform Moan about this.'

Something is strange.

As Hoya was thinking about it, a quest occurred for him.

[The quest 'disturbing movement' has occurred.]

[irregular movement]

Monsters contaminated with Magi, which should never be found, were discovered here.

As a resident of Ordo, you have a duty to inform the village chief of Ordo, Moan, of this abnormal situation.

Please inform Moan of the occurrence of the tainted monsters.Completion Conditions: Inform Moan about the tainted monsters that appeared in Izbaront.

Success Reward: Slight increase in favorability of all Ordo residents, experience

Failure Penalty: Decreased favorability of all Ordo residents.

Hoya, who thought the situation was strange, was right.

A quest occurred as if to prove it.

Anyway, that's exactly what I was trying to do.

Hoya was going to use the village return to inform Moan of what was going on.

[Currently, the use of some warp skills is restricted.]

I did it anyway.

Returning to the village was also included as a subject of restrictions.

That said, in order to inform Moan of this and complete the quest, he had to hunt down all the contaminated monsters and clear the quest 'Izbaront's Guardian 2'.

"God bless you."

Hoya moved faster than before and hunted monsters.

It was a fact I had already heard from Doban that the tainted monsters were classified as dark.

one two three four.......

As he was hunting monsters for a while, something quickly flew over his head in the opposite direction to Izbaront.

Earthwing exudes a vicious energy.

The subtle appearance was different from the ordinary Earthwing.

Hoya's head, which was following the flying Earth Swing, stopped.

A huge red bear snatched Earthwing from its swift flight and threw it into its mouth, visible across the horizon.

Gigant Red Bear's gaze, which swallowed Earth Swing, moved slowly and focused on Hoya far away.

Gigant Red Bear's eyes were tinged with anger as he looked at Hoya.

"Chur hoo!"

Like the flames of Gigant Red Bear, the red fur became a real flame.

Gigant Red Bear ran up to him and threw fiery fists at Hoya.

He had quite quick feet and fists that didn't match his size.

Quang!

Hoya first blocked Gigant Red Bear's fist with his sword.

The pressure is stronger than expected.

"fast."

Using Swiftness, Hoya slashed Gigant Red Bear for 10 seconds.

Gigantic Tread Bear's blazing body rubbed against his body, causing damage from the flames, but not enough to bother him.

[Tainted Gigant Red Bear]

Level: 305

Hoya couldn't help but be surprised at the information about the polluted Gigant Red Bear that came to mind.

The original level of the field boss monster, Gigant Red Bear, is 210.

He already knew that the tainted monster was dozens of levels stronger than the normal monster.

However, Gigant Red Bear went further than other tainted monsters and was nearly 100 levels higher than its original state.

They were even on the same level as Doban.

It was a level monster that the current top rankers could barely catch by raiding.

But the tainted Gigant Red Bear's surprise didn't end there.

[Tainted Gigant Red Bear]

Level: 306

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[Tainted Gigant Red Bear]

Level: 307

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"what......."

As time passed, the level of the contaminated Gigant Red Bear was rising at a rapid rate.

About one level goes up every 5 seconds.

I don't know what caused the level to rise, but I knew one thing.

If you don't finish it quickly, it's going to be quite difficult.

However, I couldn't remove all the skills from here by asking to catch the contaminated Gigant Red Bear.

I had to think about the tainted monsters that still remained.

I had to catch the contaminated Gigant Red Bear with the minimum skill and maximum efficiency.

So,

"Buff, divine power."

Hoya thought that he should feed him a big one.

"A villager's blow."

* * *

"glare."

A pure white line was drawn in the air, and all the monsters in the place where the line passed took damage and engraved stigmata on their body.

Doban was slowly hunting monsters.

On the other hand, there was a black wolf and a black and white boy with a white rope wrapped around his neck, still running around with flames.

And on the horizon beyond that, something huge and red began to run fast.

Doban immediately recognized the identity of the red thing that had completely escaped the horizon.

Gigant Red Bear, Hoya was in front of the direction it was heading.

Quang!

Soon, with a loud roar, information about the contaminated Gigant Red Bear came to mind even for Doban, who was in the party state due to the battle judgment received by Hoya.

"......!"

The tainted Gigant Red Bear was on the same level as himself.

No, for some reason, the level continued to rise.

Dovan thought he should help Hoya, and immediately ran towards the tainted period Tread Bear.

But it seems there was no need for that.

"A villager's blow."

When the dust cloud formed by Hoya's use of the villager's blow was lifted, the already contaminated Gigant Red Bear disappeared as a light.

"Hey, human. You're not moving, what are you doing here? Move quickly!"

"......okay."

Hieros rebuked Doban, who stood tall at the scene.

At Hieros' rebuke, Doban started hunting monsters again.

He continued to hunt monsters, but Doban's gaze was intermittently directed towards Hoya.

* * *

Hoya collected all the items that had been dropped in the place where the contaminated Gigant Red Bear disappeared.

All in all, it was just a single black marble with a slightly melted surface, and a few materials and items that were tainted with magic and lost their value or were in a dangerous state.

There was also the meat of Gigant Red Bear, but there was an explanation that it was contaminated and could not be eaten.

Among the items dropped by Gigant Red Bear that was contaminated by Hoya, the thing that he noticed was a slightly melted black marble.[Incomplete Magic Essence]

It is a marble formed by the agglomeration of demons' magic for a long time.

Since it was being absorbed directly by the monster, the gathered magic energy has faded a lot.

If you send the magical energy inside the marble towards the monster, it will contaminate the monster with the magic energy.

Contaminated monsters are strengthened in strength and pursue the essence of magic to gain even greater strength.

It was clearly written as 'The Demon's Magic'.

Judging from the contents, this marble seemed to be the cause of this monster wave.

As proof of that, the eyes of the monsters at the south gate were focused on Hoya.

The essence of Magi made me crave for it, but most of the monsters did not attack Hoya blindly.

The monsters were also watching because they saw the contaminated Gigant Red Bear die with his blow.

Only monsters with intelligence that couldn't think up to that point ran towards Hoya, aiming for an opportunity.

However, the monsters that rushed to Hoya did not achieve what they wanted.

Hoya started hunting the contaminated monsters at the south gate quickly.

I don't know why the Essence of Magi is here, but I've figured out the cause of this situation.

It was only a few, but due to the essence of magic, the monsters' aggro were being attracted to them.

Perhaps, if you move to another door where you didn't see Hoya slaying the tainted Gigant Red Bear, more monsters' aggro will be attracted.

Hoya was going to use this to hunt monsters as quickly as possible and head to his Moan.

* * *

One of SBC's main programs, 'Start! Into Initium'.

In other broadcasting stations, Initium-related programs began to take place and entertainment programs were also created, and although the ratings dropped slightly, the ratings are still maintaining the 14% level.

But even that was slowly coming out of danger.

Then came the news about Izbaront's Monster Wave.

"Stop everything you're doing!"

"PD-nim, what's happening all of a sudden? Besides, if I say everyone, the only ones in the office right now are me, the PD, and the sub-writer, right?"

"What's going on. PD-nim?"

"Big news appeared on Izbaront!"

Park Bong-seok explained to the two what had just happened.

The news is slow as to whether the writers of Initium-related programs are not monitoring well.

Upon hearing Park Bong-seok's words, Soo-ah Lee and Kyung-ah Choi brightened their eyes.

"I'm going on my own, so move quickly!"

"Father, let's go!"

"Ah, wait! Who's going, me or the sub writers? We only have two capsules!"

"You're both going! The youngest, go to the capsule room and come in! Hurry up!"

"Ah yes!"

At Park Jong-suk's words, Lee Soo-ah ran outside with only her cell phone and wallet.

As the cast of the villagers did not work properly and the viewership ratings went down, Park Bong-seok was under a lot of stress from the nagging coming from above.

If something like 'I couldn't get in because there was no room in the capsule room!'

As Lee Soo-ah left the SBC broadcasting station, she dialed every phone in the surrounding capsule room.

"Boss! Do you have a capsule seat?!"

- Oh, wait a minute. Only one empty...

"The place! I'll go! Make a reservation, please!"

-Uh... We don't take reservations?

"The price is double!"

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