The Returnee's Hidden Strategy Stream

[Translator - Jjescus ]

[Proofreader - Starfall ]

Chapter: 114

Approximately 30 minutes later.

Hanbit's party left the city and headed towards the snowy mountains. Gorik and Xenon, who had accompanied them, disappeared from sight after passing through the gates. They would probably reappear once they reached their destination.

As he walked, Hanbit checked the community board.

<Hidden skill coordinates found.>

-‘Black Dragon stream the location of Snow Drake.

The first one to find it will probably get the dwarven heirloom, right?

If you give it to Gorik, you can learn dwarven metallurgy.

Go to the highest peak of the Ifrit snowy mountains.

Since all the corporate guys are digging through the snow, maybe we can sneak in unnoticed?’

It was still the most popular post on the community RPG.

Hanbit scrolled through the screen to the latest posts.

<Breaking News) Suspected castle entrance discovered>

-’The advanced player Blood dug up a strangely shaped crevasse.

It must be a path to the fortress, judging by the bright light inside?

He’s preparing to enter now.’

-He found it;

-But the information is already all over the place. lol

-Whoever gets there first wins, right?

-I'm leaving now.

-Aren't you going to lose to Blood?

└lol If you want a penalty, go ahead and try.

└Yeah, it's fine if you die~

-Info) A lot of people have already gathered.

-How do you break through the advanced players and come in first?

└Hard work

└Black Dragon would be crying.

└I guess they thought the advanced players were easy. lol

The newly discovered entrance to the fortress attracted a lot of attention.

The first to find it was the advanced player Blood.

He was a player I had heard of once in a previous chat.

‘I didn’t particularly ignore him.’

Hanbit had a certain respect for the advanced player’s strength and experience.

It was never easy to quickly move forward while experiencing this world for the first time.

Since even the Ranger, whom he had played a trick on, had acknowledged his strength, he had used it in his plans.

“They already found it? Are you okay?” Kim Jaeha, who was walking beside him, asked quietly.

He seemed to be checking the community atmosphere as well.

“I’m fine. We’ll arrive there soon enough.”

The crevasse that Blood found was just the entrance.

Even if they entered inside, it was impossible to reach the fortress in one step.

Even if they fought Snow Drake first, there was no problem with the plan.

“By the way, how strong is the advanced player Blood?”

“Blood? Isn’t he in the top 6,000?”

-Yeah, that's right.

-Exactly 5,812th.

-The 4,000 barrier is too high.

-But his skills are so overpowered, he's strong.

-Really cool.

-Legendary nickname.

The chat window poured out additional explanations on its own.

And then Hanbit's interest grew at the following sponsorship.

[SkillExpert has sponsored 1,000 won.]

[Blood's hidden skill 'Bloodletting' is a god.]

“Bloodletting?”

As soon as he heard the word, a clear memory came to mind.

Seeing his reaction, Avantgarde quickly joined the conversation.

“It's a hidden skill that only Blood is known to use. As the name suggests, it's a power that uses the blood of the opponent, but there's no detailed information that's been made public. It's all just speculation.”

“Really?”

Bloodletting.

It's a technique that uses mana to extract and manipulate the blood of living things.

Usually, it's used on monsters, but in reality, it was most useful in human wars.

It was difficult to gauge its limits, from creating small weapons to large-scale killing magic.

It could be a skill that could have a big impact on Hanbit's plans.

“What about the people following us?” Avantgarde asked, glancing back.

Players who had been following them since they left the city.

There were so many that it was difficult to ignore them.

"Let's just ignore him."

Without even glancing at him, Hanbit continued walking. And when he entered the beginning of the snowy mountain, he turned at an angle.

"Oh, there it is."

Below a slope filled with bare trees was a space. In the middle of it were about 10 people.

"Hey!"

A blond-haired human male, who had simultaneously spotted Hanbit, raised his voice.

Despite his character being overly concerned with aesthetics, it was clear who he was just by his irritable atmosphere.

"Isn't that the divisional manager?"

"Yeah, doesn't his character look even more disgusting?" Kim Jaeha nodded, showing a disgusted reaction.

Hanbit nodded and stepped forward. The divisional manager had already approached a few steps and glared at Kim Jaeha.

"You crazy bastard, you made me wait almost two hours? I told you to come secretly without other players, so I was so worried!"

-?

-Who is this guy and why is he acting like this?

-Who are you?

-Shall we spam his messages, master?

-Already sending a friend request.

-Looking at his personality, his face is probably smashed too;

-Look at his tone. He's 100% an ugly, old-fashioned, pot-bellied uncle.

As soon as the insults flew, the viewers' keyboards turned into weapons.

"This..."

Hanbit approached him and said, "I told you in that text, didn't I?"

"What?"

"I said let's meet at 3 PM. I can be a little late because I'm busy. Oh, and by the way, telling you that he was going to come secretly without other players was just something I said."

"You little brat..."

The divisional manager gnashed his teeth at the completely disrespectful attitude.

Glancing at his subordinates behind him, he leaned in closer and lowered his voice,"Don't you still get the situation? If I open my mouth, you'll just fall into the abyss."

"So don't start any pointless arguments and just do what you have to do. What you want is the hidden skill, right?"

"...Tch."

The divisional manager, who had intended to provoke him, clicked his tongue and stepped back.

After all, it didn't matter as long as he got what he wanted.

There was no time to waste, as the advanced teams and players were swarming.

"So, what's the information?"

"The location of the dwarven heirloom. I'll only tell you that much. The entrance to the fortress has already been found, hasn't it?"

"Hmm."

The divisional manager stroked his chin and pondered.

Then, with an expression as if he had realized something, he continued.

"Who do you think you're fooling?"

"Fooling?"

"You think you can just throw away the information and take the core part for yourself? That makes no sense. We've even given you a competent employee for free."

The divisional manager’s lips curved as looked away.

Kim Jaeha's fist involuntarily tightened as he met his gaze.

However, this situation was exactly the flow Hanbit wanted.

-What's this?

-Please explain.

-You're going to give him information?

-Who is he?

-Get lost

The chat window, which had been quietly burning, was now blazing.

Hanbit watched it amusingly and waved his hand.

"Viewers, don't do that. I said I would give him the information on the condition that I recruit Jaeha Hyung."

-EPL?

-Transfer market crazy

-Info) The RP industry is really a transfer market.

-Jaeha hyung is so reliable.

-But isn't the hidden skill information too big?

-Well, since you're only giving the information anyway...

As he came up with a reasonable reason, opinions in the chat window were divided.

"...That's right, that's right. Jaeha's worth is high,” the divisional manager responded as if he understood the intention.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Hanbit also found his attitude disgusting, but in the end, all that awaited them was ruin.

"Information alone is not enough, right? Then I'll take you directly to the location of the dwarven heirloom."

"Take me?"

"But I'm not going to spoon-feed you. You know there's a risk of death, so think about it."

“…Hmm.”

The divisional manager feigned thought.

But he was secretly overjoyed because he got what he wanted.

Even with an expression that was trying to maintain calm, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

“Well, it’s not bad, but…”

He narrowed his eyes slightly, as if gathering his thoughts.

The flames of greed that had ignited were not extinguished.

Glancing at the map floating on his screen, the divisional manager said, “One more thing. You have to tell me the location of the heirloom beforehand."

"Why? I said I'd take you there directly."

"How long am I supposed to follow you around? We need to make flexible decisions too."

-Bullshit. lol

-He's trying to go ahead and get it.

-Should we just kill him and move on?

-Yeah, Jaeha is already ours.

-Want to taste some fire?

His true intentions were so obvious that even the viewers could tell.

Hanbit, who had been pretending to think, sighed and said, "Gorik will reappear before entering the fortress. I'll share the location of the heirloom when I use the token."

“We’re communicating so well. When you have ability, things progress so smoothly. You should all watch and learn. Got it?” The divisional manager lectured his subordinates.

Those who were on the receiving end of his gaze nodded reflexively in agreement.

‘They’re just playing around.’

Hanbit chuckled inwardly, continuing his act.

His goal was to gauge how greedy the man in front of him was, and he was more than he expected.

It seemed like he would play along with Hanbit’s plan perfectly.

As a big, stupid bait, that is.

“So, when are we leaving? We're going to the crevasse that Blood found, right?" The excited divisional manager asked impatiently.

Hanbit looked at the people around him and said, "That's difficult. You'll lack entrance tickets."

"Entrance tickets?"

-?

-There are entrance tickets too?

-Where do they sell them?

-I'm buying scalped tickets.

-Report completed.

The existence of entrance tickets was unknown to anyone.

But in a way, it was obvious.

It was strange for just anyone to enter Snow Drake's fortress.

"Black Dragon!"

At that moment, someone popped out from between the trees.

An overly ornate appearance with flamboyant jewelry and a hat.

A magic tool for amplifying sound was in his hand.

"Who are you?"

"Ah! I'm the streamer Mint Octopus Bokkeumbap!"

“…What?”

-Ah;

-This guy finally came.

-Why is his nickname like that?

-He's just good at trolling.

-He's acting like a quasi-journalist. lol

-Kill him and ignore him gg

Various vicious comments poured out at the streamer's intrusion.

The reason was soon understood.

"What do you think about the suspicion of collusion with the developer?"

"Collusion? That's absolutely..."

"There are also rumors that you're in a relationship with the CEO of a major conglomerate! Is it true that you're getting support through the power of love and making rapid progress?"

"No..."

-Is that guy's voice broken?

-Black Dragon, you had a girlfriend?

-Disappointed.

-Sorry.

-Don't believe him;

The endless barrage of questions continued.

It was just so absurdly pure fiction that it was ridiculous.

‘Well, there are people like this.’

He had used the raid on the private area as bait, but it wasn't a universal solution.

There were people like Liwei who didn't care.

Of course, the strange streamer in front of him was only spreading negative vibes.

"Please explain the controversy about your connection to political forces! At a time when both the ruling and opposition parties are showing great interest in RP..."

"Are you okay?"

“…Yes?”

Mint Octopus Bokkeumbap looked puzzled, not knowing the intention.

Hanbit met his gaze and pointed upwards with his finger.

At that moment.

Swish-

A giant shadow loomed over the streamer's head.

KWA-KWANG-!

Something that covered him without a chance to dodge.

The ensuing tremendous shock shook the ground.

"What the...!?"

The divisional manager, who had fallen backward, was flustered and couldn't come to his senses.

Kruk-

At that moment, a strange sound reached his ears.

With a strange chill running down his spine, the boss slowly raised his head.

And.

Kieeek-!

He met the gaze of a giant, snow-white wyvern.

[Translator - Jjescus ]

[Proofreader - Starfall ]