The group of a dozen players all stared at Kirou after he removed his hood and introduced himself to them. They took note of his human-like features and his darker skin tone and just dismissed Kirou as another human player with nothing strange about him. As for the tribal tattoos signifying that Kirou was a halfling with Lycan blood in him, the current armor that Kirou wore hid most of it, and the parts that the group saw were thought to be part of the armor design.
As the group observed Kirou, so too did Kirou observe them. Looking over the entire group, it was a mix of both elf and human players, with just one female dwarf player on the side. Kirou wasn't sure if he should think that the higher-ups for Sanming were biased towards the humans and elves for their beauty but this lineup before him just doesn't allow him to think otherwise. This was especially so when he noted that only the dwarf amongst the group seemed like a bonified crafter.
<Following the hit to the head by the giant hammer, the shadow wolf was sent barreling away and crash-landed into a tree before it fell to the floor. Naturally, this was followed up by a huge damage figure in red appearing over the now whimpering shadow wolf's head.<Critical>[-1015]All persons and monsters in the area were stunned into silence at the scene. While the wolves were growling at the sudden change in the situation, the players were stunned stupid by the site of Kirou's current figure, as well as the high damage figure he just pulled off with one hit of that comically large hammer in his hands.While everyone else was stunned, Kirou was busy looking over the result of his attack, as well as the weapon in his hand. As if talking to himself but loud enough for the others to hear, Kirou spoke up, "This is a nicely made hammer. That swing felt so nice and the power delivered by the hit was quite good
Both men selected a corpse and got into position. While the thief, Short Fuse stuck to the knife in his hand, Kirou took out a small toolkit filled with various 'tools' from his inventory. The Sanming Sect Master and the rest saw this but most of them thought that he was just pretending. Kirou ignored their thoughts and started on his corpse with an unenthusiastic expression and an unhurried pace.Short Fuse saw Kirou start working at a slow pace and outwardly sneered before he too started working on his corpse. Like that, both men went about dissecting and dismantling the corpses of the shadow wolves before them. The rest watched as both men worked in silence, one set thinking that they will oust the faker while the others furrowing their eyebrows in confusion.After three minutes, Short Fuse had just finished working on his corpse when he turned towards Kirou, ready to gloat, only for the words to die in his throat as he saw Kirou still wo
Kirou smiled as he heard everyone shout. This was the reaction that he was both expecting and looking forward to the most. Kirou waited for a few moments, giving everyone else the time they needed to calm down and collect themselves.Navi was the one who spoke up, "Before we answer that question, would you mind telling us your reason, Kirou?" Her words reflected the current thoughts of everyone in the room, whether they wanted to admit it or not.Kirou leaned back in his chair, interlocking his ten fingers before his face, hiding the mischievous smile that he was making. No one could see it, but the group could instinctively feel that he was making such a face as he spoke up, "I don't have a problem sharing my reasons with you guys since I'm asking such an unreasonable request."His words sounded like they were apologetic on the surface but Navi, Guardian Knight, and the female elf thief could hear the mirth laced within
It's been three days since Kirou had concluded his deal with the Sanming Sect Master, Guardian Knight. During this period of time, while the Sanming Sect was busy making deals with the other major guilds and sects for their objectives, Kirou wasn't wasting his time either. Before the meeting between the two had even started, Kirou had already run through the majority of the scrap.... (cough cough) spare equipment in his inventory and storage, as well as a myriad of materials that he's found along the way.Although he hadn't gone all out with his crafting, Kirou had finished the remainder of his spare materials at the end of the first day. Since then, Kirou has been going around the various forests on the northwestern side of the Southern Continent, both hunting for new materials from the various monster and plant life and leveling up his three pets.So far, each of his pets has managed to reach level 18, while Kirou himself was a few kills a
It's was twenty minutes later that Shiroa brought Kirou to the area where he would be working. Just a few kilometers away from SC Pier City, in some unnamed forest, a large group of players was currently hunting every monster in sight, as soon as they respawned. Kirou raised an eyebrow at this but said nothing as the duo walked by all of these players.The duo's entrance did attract the attention of the group, but besides taking a single glance at the duo, the group no longer paid them any attention as they took down the monsters before them. After walking for another five or so minutes, the duo finally arrived at an open clearing where a large number of monster corpses were currently piled up. Along with this, on one side of the clearing, there was a group of players currently working hard to harvest materials from the corpses around them. Sadly, this group was moving too slow. By the time they finished working with one corpse, two more had already disappeared
Shiroa wanted to say something but she didn't know how to answer. If she admitted it, then that was as good as saying that the Sanming Sect didn't honor their deals with others and that would be the end of the cooperation between Kirou and her sect. Conversely, if she denied it, that was the same as turning her back on Blade Warlord, directly before his men. This situation left her between a rock and a hard place. Fortunately for her, Kirou turned away from her and now had the smiling Blade Warlord in his sights.Seeing the smug smile on his face made Kirou's hands itchy. Kirou genuinely felt the urge to wipe that smug look off of Blade Warlord's face but kept his urge in check as he spoke, "You know what, I just figured out the best way to decide whether or not I join the Sanming Sect."These words caused everyone, Shiroa included, to lock their eyes on Kirou. Feeling a bit full of himself, Blade Warlord queried in a cheery tone, "And what
Kirou was currently a few kilometers away from the forest clearing that he had just fought in. He was on his way back to his secret base with a smile on his face. While the actions of Blade Warlord had indeed soured his mood earlier, prompting him to take action and teach the man a lesson, the blueprints he received from Shiroa more than made up for it. This was especially so when he remembered looking at certain blueprints that were in the mix.Blueprint: SubmersiblePlayer Requirements: <Master Shipwright> (Rank 6+) or Crafting Master (Rank 5+), Level 30Material Requirement: ???Description: This is a long-forgotten blueprint design from a distant age for building a vessel capable of traveling underwater for an extended period of time. The materials for this vessel must be crafted by a <Master Blacksmith> and can only be assembled by a <Master Shipwright>.Blueprint: Seaview YachtPlayer Requi
It's been a day since Kirou started hunting monsters, starting with those brown bears. Right now, he was locked in combat with a bunch of giants wasps.Monster: Jade Forest Silverwing WaspMonster Level: 23Health: 27,000/27,000Attack: 140Defense: 70Skills: Poisonous Stinger, Penetrating Drill, Bug Buzz, Reinforcement CallThe creature itself wasn't anything special, just a half meter tall wasp that was slightly faster than average for a monster at its level. That being said, it shouldn't be underestimated as this monster has had Kirou busy for over twenty minutes now. The reason for this is due to the final skill that the Silverwing wasp possesses, <Reinforcement Call>.Roughly half an hour earlier, Kirou had found three of these wasps on his search for prey. Looking at their numbers and noticing that he was just a few kills away from hitting level 20, Kirou decided to make th