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Is this the first in this community?
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-Wow congrats congrats congrats
-Whoa how did you clear the 2nd named?
-Is this the second clear after ‘Chris’s Raid Party’?
ㄴ There’s a transaction record for ‘Orc King’s Yin-Yang Orb’ around the same time as Chris’s party clear. Probably the third?
-I’m a Swordsman but can’t tank the 2nd named at all. Even if I block, the damage is too strong?
ㄴ Swordsman tank difficulty is super high. Block performance is good, but you need to practice for a long time to get the feel. Just using skills doesn’t reduce all damage. The damage reduction rate is a physical issue. Need to level up skills too.
ㄴ Wow looks like you need to go to Kendo Academy to play Swordsman lol. What’s with this virtual reality difficulty
ㄴ Our party’s Swordsman keeps dying too. Both ‘Chris’s Raid Party’ and this party have Fighter tanks.
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-So, is this dungeon soloable? I’ve only played solo games and don’t want to do party play.
ㄴ You can’t play this game without party play. Elite dungeons recommend 4-player, and if you can’t farm elite dungeons, you absolutely can’t hunt in the next area’s field. There’ll probably be raid dungeons later too?
ㄴ It might be possible when levels get higher later. But absolutely impossible at appropriate level.
ㄴ A skilled Swordsman who can block all frontal attacks might be able to do it, but while 3rd named might be possible, 2nd named makes it impossible. How would you block the Mages and the boss’s rear ambush? There’d be four or five Orc Mage patterns + boss attacks in just 1 second? And you’d throw in thrusts and slashes in between?
* * *
I slept restlessly.
The accumulated fatigue from staying up nights demanded rest from my frail body.
When I finally woke up in the evening, I looked around the room blankly.
How long did I sleep?
I went to sleep around midnight yesterday, so about 18 hours?
The evening glow faintly seeped through the window.
The single room scene dyed golden.
I had thrown out the trash before sleeping.
A single room with only one old PC and one shiny virtual reality capsule as furniture. And a slightly old-feeling, second-hand latex mattress. One set of blanket and pillow.
“Ah!”
I quickly opened my smartphone to check my balance.
[Lee Seulbi]
[Hanwa Bank]
[Balance 1,080,174 won]
“Heh.”
It wasn’t a dream.
1 gold obtained from selling the ‘Orc King’s Yin-Yang Orb’ I acquired yesterday.
In my bank account, where I had cashed it out, there was indeed 1 million won.
I thought about saving some and using it in the next area, but I also needed money in reality.
I clenched my tiny hands.
“I just need to keep farming today.”
‘Orc King’s Cave’ took over 2 hours to clear completely alone, even without retries due to failed attempts.
For me, who couldn’t play recklessly, it would take even longer.
The named bosses’ HP was that overwhelming. It wasn’t a 4-person dungeon for nothing.
But if you think of it as 1 million won cash per dungeon run?
I unconsciously drooled.
I couldn’t rest.
The 18 hours of restless sleep felt too wasteful.
I sold the Yin-Yang Orb obtained from yesterday’s first clear on the auction house, and equipped the sword obtained from the second clear.
Having obtained accessories and a sword, I should be able to run the dungeon faster from today.
But before that.
I opened the delivery application I had installed yesterday.
“Gulp.”
Chicken.
Fried chicken from a large franchise chicken place is something you can’t taste even in ‘Astria Online’.
Satiety in the real world was important too.
“You need to eat well to have energy for gaming.”
I nodded in understanding and, with trembling fingers, paid for one whole chicken.
It was an enormous luxury.
But I had earned a lot of money yesterday. Now I can afford this level of luxury.
* * *
Thud.
The massive body of the giant Orc King laid on the ground.
After eating delicious chicken and logging into the game with renewed energy, I succeeded in the third clear of ‘Orc King’s Cave’.
“Good!”
I expressed my joy of victory by hopping up and down, then quickly checked the drop item.
[Orc King’s Sword]
[Elite Grade]
[Attack Power 60]
[Increases ‘Thrust’ combo skill damage by 20% on successful block]
“Hmm….”
It was a sword, a weapon for my ‘Swordsman’ job class.
But I already have a sword equipped.
I checked the options on the sword I’m currently wearing
Everything else was the same, but the additional option part was different.
[Additional 10% damage reduction on successful block]
“Hmm.”
I prefer block enhancement over thrust enhancement.
It seemed better to keep using what I’ve been using.
And, once you equip a sword, it becomes bound at that moment and becomes untradeable.
Accessories were ‘bound on acquisition’, weapons were ‘bound on equip’.
I opened the auction house to sell the weapon I just acquired.
But.
“Gasp…!”
25 silver.
‘Orc King’s weapon’ was forming an average price of about 25 silver.
“Why!?”
I stomped my feet.
Clearly, until before I went to sleep, I had sold a weapon for 1 gold?
Scribble scribble.
As I angrily flipped through the auction house to check, I could see the cause of the price drop.
The first weapon sale was 1 gold.
The second weapon sale was 5 gold.
After that, as listings increased a lot, it was on a steady downward trend.
As the parties succeeding in clearing ‘Orc King’s Cave’ increased, those advance parties kept running the dungeon nonstop and continuously supplying weapons.
“Ee… eek!”
18 hours.
During the 18 hours I was sleeping, many things happened.
A transient weapon, even an elite dungeon weapon that’s tradeable and a guaranteed drop, couldn’t maintain a high price for even a day.
I had missed the golden time of the advance party.
“Hiiic.”
I whimpered, wiping away tears of frustration that kept flowing.
I had expected the price to fall. Many more parties will clear this dungeon in the future.
‘Orc King’s weapon’ will soon become established as the first elite weapon for beginners to pass through for smooth farming of this elite dungeon and entry into the next area.
However, I was very frustrated that I had sold the first weapon, which could have been sold for 5 gold, for 1 gold.
“Hee, hee.”
I vowed while crying.
If I get the first weapon by clearing the next elite dungeon as part of the advance party, I’ll definitely sell it for a high price.
Anyway, I continued to run ‘Orc King’s Cave.’
Although I quickly completed farming due to the good accessory drop rate, I still had to keep selling weapons that were maintaining a decent price.
Now the dungeon clear time had reduced to about 1 hour and 30 minutes.
It was quite a good speed for solo play in an elite dungeon.
“Hmm.”
The price of ‘Orc King’s weapon’ had now come down to about 10 silver.
Similar to the level of the shop-sold ‘Vigilante weapon’.
Now, no one would buy the expensive Vigilante weapon from the shop for use.
Already, the entrance to ‘Orc King’s Cave’ was full of people wearing ‘Orc King’s weapon’.
Of course, while the weapon performs well, you can’t hunt in the next area with just the weapon.
The stats on accessories were vital.
Anyway, those people will need to complete accessory farming before they can be seen in the next area.
“Time to go to the next area.”
There was no need for me, who had completed farming, to stay in this area anymore.
I could earn much more gold if I clear the first elite dungeon in the next area.
After leaving ‘Orc Forest’ behind, I moved my steps towards the next area, ‘Fames Desert’.
Thump thump.
* * *
Hot wind made the desert sand dance as if blown off from a coal mine.
The endless yellow sand swayed here and there like waves.
Desert…
The desert region existing in the continent of Astria, ‘Fames Desert’.
Having arrived there, I soon felt thirsty.
“Heurgh.”
Good thing I brought water.
Even in a virtual reality game, thirst from dehydration was felt.
If the synchronization rate were low, the character would just slow down and that would be it, but with my very high synchronization rate, I couldn’t help but feel like my throat was actually burning.
Gulp gulp.
After frantically drinking water from my canteen, I wiped my mouth and blankly stared ahead.
The desert was silent and desolate, but within it was a spirit of hope and life.
It was full of life’s will to maintain existence even in harsh environments.
It was beautiful.
To think I’d feel such emotions in a mere in-game desert.
“Fames Desert.”
Surprisingly, it was a familiar place to me.
During my time as a hero in the continent of Astria, I had passed through this desert.
The world of ‘Astria Online’, where the few people I know don’t exist and traces of the artificial game system can be felt in many aspects.
But the ‘scenery’ remained the same.
The scenery of the continent of Astria.
That alone strongly reminded me of the fact that I had been here.
“Ah.”
Shake shake.
I shook my head vigorously.
I need to hunt.
There was no time to be lost in sentiments.
I need to hunt quickly and level up.
Earn a lot of money to become stronger faster than others, and use the leftover money to buy chicken.
I targeted the first monster of Fames Desert roaming around me, ‘Fames Scorpion’.
I approached quickly with my sword drawn.
You, become my experience points obediently.
As I got close to the Fames Scorpion, a fierce ranged attack came flying from somewhere.
Boom! Thwack thwack!
“Kiiiieek!”
The Fames Scorpion flipped over in front of me and collapsed.
Left like a dog chasing chickens, I blankly stared at the scene with my sword gripped tightly.
I turned my head to look in the direction the attack came from.
“Oh. Finally met you.”
A tall woman with red hair.
For some reason, she had a welcoming expression.
“Eh.”