TGMND 47

‘The conditions for collecting the Blue Light Cluster Flower have been met.’

In order to advance from a Shadow Warrior to a Hero in the game, one had to go through a fourth-class advancement quest, which unlike previous advancements, was purely laborious.

“How did you do this on your own in one day…”

Yeo-woon muttered to himself and let out a small sigh. There were two types of quests, a hunting quest where you had to catch monsters on the map and watch the advancement scenario, and gathering quests where players had to collect around 500 flowers scattered around the map and deliver them to NPCs.

“It should be over by today.”

Phew. Yeo-woon sighed and slumped his shoulders. He had completed two gathering quests alone yesterday, and that alone had drained him both physically and mentally. Luckily, today there were people helping out, so the progress was smoother… but still, there were too many. He groaned softly and stretched his hands above his head.

‘The conditions for the Wild Boar Subjugation Quest have been met.’

Taking advantage of the time while gathering plants, Yeo-woon’s guildmates who were free at the moment joined a party and were busy killing monsters in the map. Thanks to that, Yeo-woon was able to collect peacefully without even being attacked by monsters, and could simultaneously progress through several quests.

[Party] Halloween Eggplant: How many are left?

[Party] neutaaaa: All the pigs are done, and we’re finished with the blue flowers too.

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Hmm… What about the red flowers?

“Let me see, red flowers, red flowers…”

They were talking about this, right? Yeo-woon scrolled down the quest conditions displayed on the screen with the mouse wheel and replied.

[Party] neutaaaa: There are still about 100?

[Party] Halloween Eggplant: Okie dokie, follow me.

Halloween Eggplant, wearing strange-looking sunglasses, rolled over to Yeo-woon and hopped in front of him. Then, he signaled Yeo-woon to follow him to the left.

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Shall we move to the next map?

Wandu Wandya, riding in a green ball, ran ahead of Yeo Woon. It may not be at Earth Star level, but it seems like they all basically have the option for movement speed.

[Party] Halloween Eggplant: Yeah, once we’re done with the blue flowers and wild boars, it’s good to do the quest on the third map together.

[Party] Halloween Eggplant: There are also butter tigers and yellow flowers there.

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Wow, how do you remember all that?

[Party] Wandu Wandya: It’s been so long since I completed the 4th advancement quest that I don’t remember a thing lol.

It was a valid point. Yeah, remembering all the monster names too. Seems like he has a really good memory. Yeo-woon nodded in agreement, praising him.

[Party] neutaaaa: Wow, you’re really amazing!

[Party] Halloween Eggplant: ? There’s no way I remember all that.

[Party] Halloween Eggplant: I’m also reading walkthroughs~^-^

[Party] Wandu Wandya: I thought you were smart.

So, not a genius who remembers everything. Anyway, he should’ve checked out the walkthroughs. It seemed like they always helped him doing the advancement jobs quest for no reason and ended up being a nuisance… Yeo-woon wanted to do something for them, but everyone was such a veteran that he couldn’t just give any random items.

Last time, he handed money to Halloween Eggplant, calling it “allowance,” only to end up receiving pocket money through mail from over ten people, saying he was acting crazy as a newbie, and they retaliated by doing ‘cash stuffing’. Thanks to that, Yeo-woon unintentionally became wealthy.

Yeo-woon, who was scratching the keyboard with his fingernails, went into the item window to express his gratitude to the guildmates who were helping him as if it were their own business. Then, he grabbed a disposable firework item he had saved in the consumables window and pulled it out.

When the fireworks exploded, there was a popping sound and colorful confetti flew in the air.

[Party] Halloween Eggplant: What are you doing? Hahaha

[Party] Wandu Wandya: What a mess.

“…”

The reactions were more lukewarm than expected.

[Party] neutaaaa: Thank youㅠㅠ

[Party] Halloween Eggplant: For what?

[Party] neutaaaa: For your help…

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Ah

[Party] Halloween Eggplant: LOL

[Party] Halloween Eggplant: LOL LOL LOL So funny, everything LOL

[Party] Halloween Eggplant: Hmm hahaha please be thankful haha

[Party] Wandu Wandya: It’s even funnier because of the appearanceㅠ

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Sometimes those newbie moments are really funnyㅠㅜ

[Party] Wandu Wandya: It won’t be easy to do that until you’re over level 200.

“…?”

Yeo-woon looked closely at his character. It wasn’t that ugly considering it hadn’t been equipped with any residual items or flashy accessories, to begin with. In fact, Illusion had a decent design even for the basic characters given at the start. Plus, he was wearing a cool cloak, so what’s with the comments?

[Party] neutaaaa: What’s wrong with my appearance?

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Are you asking because you really don’t know? LOL

[Party] neutaaaa: Aren’t I like a super pro right now?

[Party] Halloween Eggplant: LOL

[Party] Halloween Eggplant: LOL Pro LOL

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Go pick some flowers hahaha.

Fvck… Did he really thank them for nothing? Just caused more trouble and didn’t even get anything out of it. Fine, Yeo-woon decided to shut up and just focus on picking flowers. Then suddenly, Earth Star, who had been hanging on a ladder, jumped down in front of Yeo-woon and asked.

[Party] Ji9star: What about me?>_<

[Party] Wandu Wandya: Earth Star is seeking attention

[Party] Ji9star: Aren’t you thankful to me?

[Party] Halloween Eggplant: LOL Let’s go!

[Party] neutaaaa: Thx

[Party] Ji9star: Please say it longer

[Party] neutaaaa: T~~~~~~hx

[Party] Ji9star: Cool… ^^

[Party] Wandu Wandya: So cold

No, he didn’t mean to be cold, and he was thankful, but…

– Thankful, right?

“…!”

Suddenly, a voice came through the headset. Earth Star, who had been silent for a while, suddenly whispered in Yeo-woon’s ear. Startled by the sudden human voice mixed in with the game background noise, Yeo-woon widened his eyes and looked at the voice chat box. Next to the name ‘Ji9star,’ indicating that he was online, there was a green light.

– Are you thankful to me? I thought so

“…”

– But do you often mumble to yourself while chatting? I didn’t know.

There was an amused tone in his voice. Wait, does that mean Earth Star had been hearing everything Yeo-woon had been saying? Yeo-woon stood still in embarrassment and ran away to a corner where Earth Star was not within the screen.

“Why didn’t you say anything if you were listening? I thought you left.”

– Huh? I didn’t leave but just muted my mic for a moment.

“Why mute it?”

– Well, I have something to think about alone for a moment.

“…?”

Wow, that’s amazing. Earth Star could have thoughts too…

– What’s that supposed to mean, you want to pick a fight?

“…”

It seemed like Yeo-woon inadvertently blurted out his thoughts out loud due to his habit of talking to himself. Yeo-woon decided to keep his mouth shut and just think to himself from now on.

“What were you thinking?”

– Your thoughts.

“… My thoughts?”

At that moment, a strange thought occurred to him. Yeo-woon hesitated for a moment and instead of answering, wrote down what he wanted to say in the chat window.

[Couple] neutaaaa: Pervert

– What? Pervert?

[Couple] neutaaaa: Don’t talk to meㅠㅠ

– Are you crazy! I wasn’t thinking anything like that!

Earth Star was shocked. Yeo-woon suppressed his laughter and continued to shiver uncontrollably. It seemed like the guild members were making fun of Earth Star because of this taste.

– If you keep doing this, I’ll sue you for defamation.

“Do you even have a reputation to protect?”

-… Anyway, I’ll sue you?

Earth Star kept threatening to sue, sounding triumphant in Yeo-woon’s ears. He wondered how Earth Star managed to hold back from saying that for so long. Claiming to have had his thoughts is probably a lie…

‘The condition for defeating the Grumpy Tiger has been met.’

[Party] neutaaaa: Ah, the battle is over.