One Man Army

Chapter 166 [Episode 85] Continent of the Sun 2

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Sssssss, flash!

When Sang Hyuk, Gye Baek and Dark Knight passed through the portal and set foot on the Continent of the Sun for the first time, the same system message appeared to all three at the same time.

Congratulations. You are the first dimensional traveller to visit the Continent of the Sun. This record will be left in the world forever.

You have achieved the legendary title the Descendants of the Sun.

“Wow! Another legendary title!”

Gye Baek and Dark Knight were already freaking about the legendary titles given in a row.

Sang Hyuk had experienced this before, but for Gye Baek and Dark Knight, the legendary titles were really a dream come true.

“Well, well, get your minds straight, first get the marking book and save the coordinates first. Then we have to find the closest soulstone. If you space out and die in vain then it will be pathetic.”

Although Gye Baek and the Dark Knight didn’t know, Sang Hyuk knew very well what kind of place the Continent of the Sun was.

“By the way, this place…. the atmosphere here is a bit different, right?”

Gye Baek murmured while looking around.

Hagye and Middle Layer had a medieval atmosphere but this place had a totally different ambience.

“This place is really different from Hagye and the Middle Layer, so be careful. The basic atmosphere itself is similar to the Industrial Revolution era…. so there are trap cards everywhere.”

“Trap cards? What do you mean?”

“To put it simply, the Continent of the Sun can be said to be the land of the supermen. The NPCs in this place are called the Sun People….and this is not a joke, they are very very strong. You have to throw away all the common sense you’ve had about the NPCs. To give you an  extreme example, a common bakery owner who sells bread in a small village can be stronger than us.”

“Heol…. Is this possible?”

“Don’t try to understand it, just accept it. This place is that kind of place. In fact, the NPCs consider themselves descendants of the gods, so their pride is incredibly high. If we offend them then we will be crushed so we have to be careful. Especially the Sun People who don’t like dimensional travellers very much so it will probably be very hard to adapt at first.”

As Sang Hyuk recalled his memories from the past one by one, he told Gye Baek and the Dark Knight about the Continent of the Sun.

“So, we just have to be careful with the NPCs?”

“Of course not. If the NPCs are savagely strong, do you think the monsters that they face would be normal? The monsters are also insanely powerful.”

“So, what the hell can we do here?”

“If you follow the standard procedure….. we are going to start with the Messenger of the Sun People.”

Actually, lots of top level users in Sang Hyuk’s previous life came to the Continent of the Sun and were frustrated. The users who ruled in the Hagye and Middle Layer almost like gods, came to this place and were treated like trash by the NPCs, so they had no choice but to be frustrated.

“Woo, the Messenger…..”

Gye Baek was surprised at Sang Hyuk’s words. It was a natural response because it was an unacceptable reality.

Even though she was characteristically silent, the Dark Knight was also quite surprised.

“You don’t have to think too hard. Just remember that a completely new world has opened up. And if you are a little stressed here, you can go down to Hagye and release your stress for a while.”

Even after the Continent of the Sun opened up, most users never moved their base to the Continent of the Sun.

The reason was simple.

Hagye was much easier to play.

The users preferred to remain comfortably in Hagye, rather than eat the Sun People’s sh!t in the Continent of the Sun.

Time passed and the dimensional travellers began to exceed the Sun People’s greatest power, ‘Immortality’, it took a lot of time to do so, even though a new update had unfolded.

“Phew, it’s going to take some time to get used to it.”

“Anyway, you’ll be forced to adapt when you meet the Sun people later.”

Sang Hyuk could have said more, but he didn’t. They couldn’t understand although he said everything that could be expressed with words alone. If they remembered, this would help them understand after they experienced it for themselves.

Sang Hyuk was able to recall the memories of his past life and find a barely abandoned soulstone quickly. In his previous life, he came up fairly late to the Continent of the Sun, but had been active in the Continent of the Sun for longer than anyone else.

At first, he was forced to do all sorts of rough things for the workshop, becoming faithful messengers of the Sun People. Then after the Second Dimensional Planet was opened, Sang Hyuk, who had begun to suffer from VR Overindulgence Syndrome, was eventually unable to endure the Second Dimensional Planet and became a VR cripple, useless to the workshop.

After it ended like that, it was realistically impossible to move on to the Second Dimension Planet. In that situation, all he could do was to return to the Continent of the Sun, and do Sun People’s errands, which was all he could manage with his low VRA, so he had no choice but remained on the Continent of the Sun for much longer than others.

As a result, he knew a lot about the Continent of the Sun.

“So, the soulstone could be outside of the town like this?”

The soulstone was usually the center of the village or city. At least it was like that in Hagye or Middle Layer. But the Continent of the Sun was different.

“I told you. They don’t really like dimensional travelers. So, of course the soulstones that can respawn dimensional travelers are hidden.”

“Oowww….. then looking for the soulstone will be required, right?”

“Of course. By the way, the soulstones that exist in the Continent of the Sun are sometimes destroyed by powerful monsters. So, the Continent of the Sun’s soulstone gives you a choice to not store the soul and after moving the soul to the lower side of the three layers, there is a way to return using long-distance recall. Of course if you use it, then the recall cost will be a lot and you won’t be able to use the Return Skill, but at least it is safe.”

The soulstone in the Continent of the Sun was unprotected by the NPCs so it was not a 100% safe revival point.

So, safety-conscious users would give up a lot and save their souls on the Heroic Lands, or the Hellfire Desert. (EN: On chapter 37, the author lists the three layers as the Hellfire Desert, Heroic Lands and the Solar Continent.)

“Are we supposed to play like that at first?”

“You don’t have to. Frankly, the cost of the long-distance recall from Hagye to here, the Heavenly World…. If it keeps accumulating, then it will get expensive. And giving up a free-to-use return is definitely a waste.”

It was Sang Hyuk, who could care less about the recall fee more than anyone else, but he thought it was not necessary to spend the money that he didn’t need to spend. (EN: Yep, he’s cheap.)

He had been lining up backup soulstones in his past life. So, there was no reason to use the recall from the lower side of the three layers.

“For now, since the connection time limit is nearly up, we will cut the connection, then sleep and rest as much as you can, and after ten hours let’s meet again. It’s okay to take care of the loot at that time, isn’t it?”

“Even without that, I’m tired as he11.”

Okay.”

The three of them were dead tired after ending the bloody battle.

At a time like this, it would be best to just shut up and rest.

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Sang Hyuk and Leah, who had disconnected and were out of the capsule, went directly to their beds at the same time.

The two just slept for about 8 hours.

Leah was the first one to wake up. She stretched out her sleep first and then made simple sandwiches.  Because she and Sang Hyuk actually had not eaten anything for 12 hours they were very hungry.

Sang Hyuk also woke up 30 minutes after Leah.

Sang Hyuk who has had a good sleep after a long time also had a delicious sandwich made by Leah.

“Wah, this is different than the ones I usually make and eat by myself.”

“Haha, I have my secret recipe.”

“The spaghetti last time was not that good, but this is really delicious.”

“Hey, last time you said it was good!”

“I didn’t say it was good. I said it was still edible.”

Sang Hyuk and Leah became more friendly the longer they stayed together. Originally, Sang Hyuk’s personality took a long time to get close to anyone but strangely he got close to Leah quickly.

They were growing closer, because they were a perfect fit to each other in some parts.

“By the way, is the Continent of the Sun really hard?”

“Outrageously.”

[This is really a personal question…. How can you know all of that? Ah, this is not a question that you have to answer, I just asked out of curiosity.]

Leah threw out the question that she wondered everyday although she never asked out of consideration. Since it was the question that she was curious about and didn’t mean to trouble Sang Hyuk, she didn’t expect any answers.

“Yeah, this sandwich is very expensive.”

Sang Hyuk laughed and put the remainder of the sandwich in his mouth. Then he slowly opened his mouth.

“If I said that I had experienced all of this before, would you believe it?”

[What do you mean? Yesterday, you and I got the title of the first visit, how could you experience this first?]

“Correct. It would be nonsense, right?”

Sang Hyuk nodded and made a bitter laugh. It was a real truth that no one could believe, even if he wanted to say it all truthfully.

Then at the time like this, all that was needed was a white lie.

“I managed to get a ring of fate with an important hidden NPC through a quest early game so that I could hear a lot of valuable information. Actually, thanks to that NPC, I became more special than everyone else.”

“Ooo… really?”

The lie seemed more truthful than the truth so Leah nodded now.

“Otherwise, how do I know all of this?”

“Now I can understand a bit.”

Leah nodded her stretched head and laughed as if she was too embarrassed.

Sang Hyuk was a little sorry, because this was Leah, but realistically he knew it was best so he had to lie.

Sang Hyuk and Leah, who had enough rest, decided to get into the game and Gye Baek was waiting for them as he came first.

The three first began to divide the loot.

As always the first right to choose the loot was given to Sang Hyuk. Sang Hyuk took a closer look at the loot that the Red Bearded Whale threw up.

‘As I had expected, this is all I need!’

The result after he inspected the items didn’t change from his first glance.

The Red Whale’s Flame [Legendary +++] <first growth>

– The Armor of Fire that was made by uniting all of the fire energy in the Red Bearded Whale’s body. This Dark Red Armor, that seemed like it was made from the fire of hell, is a set armor that combines all four parts, “shoulder”, “chest”, “legs”, “arms”, into one.

[Basic Ability] All abilities +500 (+150) [Special Ability] Defense +30(+9)% [Special Effect] <Shield of Flame (S): Flame attribute defense increased by 400%. You have acquired the ‘Heat Immune’ ability that able to endure fire no matter how hot.>

[Item Skill] <Flare up! (S+) : Absorb the energy of fire into the body and elevate the flame attribute to a high master (120) level for 30 minutes. But, if this happens, then you will lose all armor for the duration of this skill. Reuse waiting time 24 hours.>

[Bonus Effect] Flame attribute: +10, agilityL+60, health +100

[Growth Limit] Assembled armor, combined with 4 parts with up to 3 levels of growth is possible (currently level 1)

This was the defense that Sang Hyuk was looking for.

It was not even just a legendary item, but a growing legendary item.

This was the highest level legendary item that was almost as good as a mythical item, so Sang Hyuk chose this without thinking twice.

Other than that, there were four more legendary items, but Sang Hyuk doesn’t need any of them.

Even if there are other important things too, it was right to give up on them if he has this great item.

After selecting, Sang Hyuk handed over all the remaining 40 items to Gye Baek and the Dark Knight.

‘Now I can check the titles properly and finally manage the normal skill slot.’

The good things were not over yet.

This time, a number of new legendary titles.

Checking on those was a great pleasure.

Chapter 166 [Episode 85] Continent of the Sun 2 – End

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