1st Place In The Ranking Is A Villager

1st place in the ranking is the villager

- Volume 6 Episode 5

5. Chasing Black Dragon (2)

'I think what Iza said was true.'

Jo Jo-yeon grabbed his subordinate's waist and looked at the man who was riding on his horse.

He was skeptical when he said that the man knew who he was looking for.

Still, the place he was talking about was in the expected direction of the person he was chasing, so he was heading there just in case.

In the meantime, seeing that he encountered a man who was almost identical to the one the library owner had been talking about, it seems that the man's words were not false.

"Answer me. Have you seen this object?"

Hoya pondered inwardly how to answer his question.

And he soon realized the mistake he had made.

He had told him not to find out that his grandfather, who handed him the clothes, was an outsider.

He said he was careful, but he didn't know that gold would hold him by the ankle.

'Even if it is peculiar, it cannot be related to the Western Continent......'

He must have known that gold was the currency of the Western Continent before.

The players who crossed over to the East Continent were the first to know, so there is a high probability that they were known through NPCs.

While Hoya was worried, another whisper arrived from Luna.

[Luna: So you can't go to the village! If you are going, dye your hair and go!]

[Hoya: I think it's already too late.]

[Luna: Yes?]

Hoya kept his head still and rolled his eyes to check his surroundings.

He looked at the atmosphere and it seemed that the soldiers had an answer because he had not answered himself.

'...I'll have to run away.'

That was when Hoya thought so.

Nettle-! Kaang!

At some point, Jo Jo-yeon, who came down from his horse, pointed his sword at Hoya.

Following him, his men also dismounted from their horses.

It was not a many-to-many fight, but a many-to-one fight, and if the opponent did not ride a horse, it took less time to get off the ground than to ride a horse.

As they descended, the well-trained horses gathered in an orderly manner.

"Keep......"

"If you don't answer, I'll force you to open your mouth."

Hoya, who struck off Jo Jo-yeon's attack with his sword, retreated a little.

'The attack is fast, but not enough to stop it.'

He gives and takes an attack, see a gap and let it escape.

Hoya thought so.

But it didn't take long for him to change his mind.

Kagang!

"Hey, are you going to block this too? Then try blocking this as well."

Nettle-! Kang!

"The reaction speed is as good as my subordinates."

Every time Hoya blocked and dodged an attack, Jo Yeon was gradually pushing Hoya in, increasing the speed and intensity of the attack little by little.

It felt as if he was judging Hoya's ability.Jo-yeon alone is so overwhelming, and if the people around her join in, Hoya will not be able to block all their attacks.

'There is no time to use Return to Village!'

He is too much on his own.

While Hoya was thinking like that, Badu and Miho in the bag came out and raised themselves.

And at the same time, Jo Yeon, who was close to Hoya, put something inside his right sleeve and whispered in his ear so low that only Hoya could hear it.

"Run away."

"what......."

Koo-! thud!

"Aww!"

"Grumple!"

Badu and Miho, who got down on either side of Hoya with a heavy sound, showed their teeth toward the surroundings.

Badu, who has changed from gigantism to increase or decrease, has grown bigger than before, and Miho has grown as well as when they first met.

Seeing the soldiers maintaining their posture regardless of their hostility, General Jo's subordinates seemed to have been properly trained.

But he couldn't get any closer to Hoya.

It was the same with Jo.

Because of Miho's existence.

"Why is he here...?"

Jo Yeon, who whispered to Hoya and backed away, recognized Miho and shed a word, but Miho did not answer it and asked Hoya aloud as if everyone around him should listen.

"Hoya, what do you want to do? Do you want them to be eaten by chewing them up? Or do you want them to be frozen alive. Either way, just say something.

At Miho's words, Hoya grabbed her right sleeve and muttered a little.

"...return to the village."

Hoya chose to run away from the current situation according to Jo Yeon's words to check what Jo Yeon had inside her sleeve.

* * *

“Where is this place? No, why did you run away from it?”

Miho, who came to Ordo with Hoya, looked around and asked.

He felt that there was no threat as before, and his body was reduced in size.

"Is it possible that you don't believe in my power?"

"That's not right."

As Miho had spoken in a slightly gloomy voice, Hoya immediately denied it and tucked his left hand into his right sleeve.

"I did it because I had something to check. It's not that I don't trust you, Miho."

"Hmm..., first of all, believe me."

"thanks."

What Jo Yeon put in Hoya's sleeve was a note and a key.

Hoya opened the folded note and read what was written on it.

"People of the Western Continent..."

Man of the Western Continent, the fact that you are reading this note now means that you have run away from me in some way.

Before I start, I apologize for my rudeness.

I would have attacked you as soon as I saw you.

Please understand that this is unavoidable under the circumstances.

To get to the point, to be straight-forward, there is something I want to ask of you.

I'm sorry I couldn't avoid the gaze of others and write more details in the letter just in case.

First of all, I just want you to know that there are people who need your help.

I want to tell a detailed story, so I want to avoid the gaze of others and talk alone.

If you are interested, please come to the place indicated on the map below at night within a week after receiving this letter.

There will be an abandoned house in the marked place, and the key you handed over is the key to the basement hidden inside the abandoned house.

I will be waiting for you to come.

A fairly detailed map was drawn at the bottom of the note.

'But I don't know where this is......'

After reading all the contents of the note and checking the map, a quest occurred for Hoya.

[The quest 'General Jo-yeon's Call' has occurred.]

[General Jo-yeon's Call]

General Jo Yeon, the captain of the Black Dragon, wants to speak with you.

Go to the location marked on the note and talk to him.

Completion Conditions: After talking to Jo Yeon, accept his request.

Success Rewards: EXP, Jo Jo-yeon's favorability increase, quest 'Find the Emperor's Dog'

Failure Penalty: Decreased favorability of Jo-yeon

"His grandfather's name was Jose Yeon."

Hoya accepted the quest that occurred.

He deliberately told him to run away, and based on the quest that occurred, he decided that it was not a trap.

The problem was where the places marked on the map were.

At the end of the map, a village called Mindgi is marked, but Hoya does not know where it is.

It was drawn to serve as a milestone, but it was not fulfilling its role.

'Hmm..., let's think about it later.'

The Royal Knights are actively roaming the eastern continent, so if you ask them, maybe they will know something.

Hoya first asked her Moan and if she didn't know this place he decided to lend her power to the Royal Knights.

But before that, there was something I wanted to find out while I was in Ordo.

The condition of the completion of Badu's fourth quest, the confrontation with the gods, meant to borrow her wisdom from Reina.

Miho, who was relaxed, and Sammy, who came out of the bag at some point, were riding on Badu's back, which had grown a little, and were looking around the village, so he left it alone.

With Badu together, he probably wouldn't go out of town.

"Reina, are you there?"

Hoya went straight to Reina's house and knocked on her door, but there was no answer.

As there was no sign of presence inside, it seemed that he had completely vacated his seat.

"Hoya, why aren't you going in?"

Then Mo An came up to him and spoke to her.

"Did you come to Reina? She'll be inside, so she'll get in, don't get in the way."

"I don't think it's inside."

"What? Aw, there's no way... it really isn't."

Moan confirmed that there was no presence in the house, opened the door and went inside to check inside.

On the table in Reina's living room were two teacups that were still steaming.

"It's strange, you were drinking tea with me a while ago. Where did you go while you went to get some sweets?"

Mo An put the basket of sweets she had brought on the table and sat down on the chair next to it.

"If you're coming to see Reina, will she wait a minute? She'll probably be here soon."

"Then excuse me."

At Mo An's words, Hoya brought her chair, sat down and waited for Raina, but she didn't show up even though it had passed long enough for the car to cool down."Where did he really go so he doesn't come like this?"

A light knock was heard from the door as her mother's face had a sullen expression on her face.

When I opened the door, I saw a Badu wagging its tail in front of the door.

Apparently, he was drawn to the smell of sweets.

Moan's eyes gleaming brightly as she peered out from behind Hoya.

She then reached out her hand and took her Miho into her arms.

"What, what. Who are these white children?"

"Let go of this. I'm not old enough to be held like this!"

"Ah~, don't say that~. To me, everything is a baby."

"Even though I look like this, I have lived for over 100 years!"

"That's right, baby. I lived in that boat, baby. Oh, of course, I'm an eternal youth teenager."

"Great..."

As Mo An rubbed her face against him, Miho made an unwelcome expression on her face, but did not rebel.

Miho looked at Hoya with a face as if asking for help, but Hoya only smiled.

At that moment, a yellow bell appeared in the corner of Hoya's field of vision and began to vibrate.

- Son, will you come out for a second? Let's go out to dinner with Mom!

Hoya tilted her head at Lee Ye-sook's voice heard through the call button.

As usual, Ye-Sook Lee would have left work two hours later.

But she wondered that she had left work so quickly.

'Isn't it more sudden than eating out?'

Hoya greeted Moan and Miho out of curiosity and logged out.

* * *

“Mom, what are you eating out for all of a sudden?”

When Ho-young, who opened her capsule, asked a question, Ye-sook Lee gave a meaningful smile.

Now, she was wearing an H-line dress with a white accent on a black background that she had kept in her closet.

Since she said eating out, I thought she would go to a regular Gamjatang restaurant, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

"...Where are you going, why are you dressed like that?"

"Restaurant! I promised to eat with Jaegun's father's house. Son, change clothes quickly."

"Okay..., who do you eat with?"

"Jaegun's parents, to be precise, your father-in-law and your uncle's couple, their son and daughter. Ah! Your uncle's children are children of the same age as you."

It's good to eat together.

But why so suddenly?

When Hoya asked such a question, Ye-sook Lee gave a plain answer.

“I had already decided on the day I went to see her father-in-law.”

"But why are you telling me now?"

"Hohoho, Surprise Eyes~!"

Hoya let out a light sigh at Lee Ye-sook's humorous behavior with her arms wide open.

If she couldn't come out, what did she do to keep it a secret?

With that thought in mind, Hoya patted Lee Ye-sook on her back and went into her bathroom to take a shower before changing her clothes.

At that moment, a thought suddenly ran through Hoya's head.

'Wait a minute..., don't you mean that the children of your father's brother are the grandchildren and grandchildren of your grandfather? Besides, if it's my age...'

Hoya thought of two faces.

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