by Yoo Seong
…..That’s what he thought…..
“This is a video from Athamas.”
Marquis Martin showed him a video after the battle ended and he returned. The video showed a Rama warrior wielding a red lightsaber. His identity could be determined as soon as he saw the appearance.
“The Red Slaughterer?”
“Yes, this video was taken shortly after the destruction of the antenna base and the federation army was in the midst of attacking the Rama headquarters. In other words, it is after you claimed to defeat the Red Slaughterer. Considering the Red Slaughterer’s level, it is impossible that he revived using the Fairy.”
The higher level a pioneer was, the more time it would take to revive with the Fairy. The Red Slaughterer was over level 100 so a minimum of 2 days was required for resurrection. Yet the allied federation and Aschulat troops had attacked the Rama headquarters when less than 24 hours had passed.
“In other words, the Red Slaughterer wasn’t killed in battle with you. And that guy escaped through the Star Gate before the Rama headquarters was destroyed.”
‘I certainly didn’t confirm that he died……’
Ark had thrown a grenade into a trap and buried him. If he survived in those circumstances then he was like a zombie. He realized once again that Lucifer, the Red Slaughterer wasn’t an easy opponent. But he hadn’t expected that his war with Lucifer would end with this confrontation. And overall it was Ark’s victory! And he received compensation for that victory!
Character Information Window
Name Ark (R-02788) Level 94
Species Human Occupation Elim’s Heir
Fame 8,520 Adventure 1,120
Health 2,500 (+90) Mental Power 1,500 (+340)
Mana 65 Force 260
Strength 240 (+38) Agility 305 (+41)
Stamina 385 (+18) Wisdom 40 (+13)
Intelligence 230 (+68) Luck 55 (+8)
* Title
Cleaning Foreman (Agility + 3)
Ignorant Destroyer (Wisdom -10, Strength +7, Stamina +7)
Beltana’s Hero (Strength, Agility, Stamina, Wisdom, Intelligence, Luck +3)
Athamas’ Hero (Strength, Agility, Stamina, Wisdom, Intelligence, Luck +5)
Mediator (Wisdom, Intelligence +15)
* Contribution: Galactic Federation 11,850, Aschulat 500
* Affiliation: Dark Eden (CEO)
*Body Coating: Survivor
+ Environmental adaptation increases by 50% due to the Survivor coating
+ The Survivor coating reduces the drop rate of Satiety by 30%
+ The Survivor coating will reduce fall damage by 50%
+The ‘Clairvoyance’ effect of the Survivor coating is applied
Level was the first thing he checked! Ark had played a core role in the federation’s victory so he had received bonus experience ad gained 9 levels. But there was even more.
-You have received the title from the Galactic Federation.
This title is given to the user who participated in the war on the disputed planet and gains the most achievements. Therefore it is a unique title due to the different names of the disputed planets. Only one person can receive this title so it is different from the general titles.
The user who receives a title with the name of a disputed planet would be given huge compensation from the galactic federation. You will be given priority in investing on Athamas when development starts. You will also receive preferential treatment compared to the average citizen.
<br /><br /> + 2,000 additional fame. + Galactic Federation contribution +5,000 + Acquired 400 Adventure points<br /><br /> + Acquired 3% investment stake in Athamas that has become the property of the galactic federation.<br /><br /> A new hero title! His fame and contribution rose significantly while all stats earned +5 points. However there was a difficult part involved with that. A hero’s duty. It was becoming the federation’s promotional billboard. Ark had no intention of being dragged around like before. On Beltana he had made a secret deal with Marquis Martin so he had no margin to argue. Of course, fame was useful in many ways. It helped maintain a good impression with the NPC. Fame could also help prevent make unnecessary enemies. Ark already had a powerful enemy called Lucifer so it was best to avoid any new ones. So he made a suggestion.<br /><br /> “Can you give that role to someone else?”<br /><br /> “Someone else?”<br /><br /> “I’m talking about Slayer, Leon and Melina who earned some large achievements. I received the Hero title but it wouldn’t be possible if it wasn’t for them. You know better than anyone that a hero can’t win a war by themselves. It is soldiers fighting in unison. If the hero receives the entire spotlight then wouldn’t the morale of other soldiers fall? I’ve already been exposed to the mass media so wouldn’t using other warriors have more effect?”<br /><br /> It was an annoying task for Ark. But his suggestion was quite persuasive.<br /><br /> “If I reuse the same person then the effect would definitely drop.”<br /><br /> If herbal medicine was used too many times then the effect would lessen……<br /><br /> “Okay. This time I will use them.”<br /><br /> Marquis Martin nodded.<br /><br /> “Really?”<br /><br /> “I’ll do it! I’ll do it!”<br /><br /> Slayer and Leon welcomed it with open arms. In fact, that was how most users would react.<br /><br /> “We’ll finally get to be celebrities. As expected, it is good that I came along with Ark-nim! Huhuhu, now we will be popular!”<br /><br /> Leon and Slayer were celebrating because of the bonuses that came with being a celebrity. They expected that they could use their brilliant background to attract the interest of female users. Well, it was consistent with their personality.<br /><br /> “Doesn’t that mean Ark-nim is going to leave now?”<br /><br /> Unlike Slayer and Leon, Melina wasn’t that excited. However Ark had no intention of parting with Slayer, Leon and Melina here. There were numerous users in the game but it wasn’t easy to meet reliable ones. And they were the most reliable users he had met so far. Maintaining the relationship with these users was also important.<br /><br /> “We can meet again any time if necessary.”<br /><br /> Ark exchanged ID codes with Slayer, Leon and Melina. The clean-up after the battle…..wasn’t over yet. There was still the most important thing. The title was just a perk he obtained for his active role. He still needed to receive the quest reward from Marquis Martin. This was the reason he was waiting in Tatuine after leaving Athamas.<br /><br /> “Was the problem dealt with?”<br /><br /> “I guess.”<br /><br /> Marquis Martin nodded.<br /><br /> “Jyubel is in charge of the Department of Domestic Affairs so it was slightly difficult. But his Majesty the Emperor also showed an interest thanks to your achievements so that guy couldn’t say no.”<br /><br /> “So now…..”<br /><br /> “I finished the process a short while ago.”<br /><br /> Marquis Martin said as he handed over a memory chip.<br /><br /> “The debt between us is cleaned up with this. I don’t know why you’re interested in a place like that but here you go. I wish you well. Now, is there anything else I can help you with? Or will you return there immediately?”<br /><br /> “I’ll go there.”<br /><br /> “Then I’ll lend you my personal airship. This is compensation for the delay in the processing.”<br /><br /> Ark had no intention of rejecting it.<br /><br /> “Thank you.”<br /><br /> Ark headed towards the airfield where the Royal Guards were gathered. The Royal Guards had returned the rental equipment after arriving in Tatuine and now looked like their previous selves. But Ark wasn’t disappointed. Ark wandered for a while before finding the target and the Royal Guards was only starting now.<br /><br /> “Hyung-nim, what will we do now?”<br /><br /> “Surely we’re not going back to the Silver Hand again?”<br /><br /> The members asked with uneasy expressions. They had to give to the Silver Hand to repay the money the Silver Hand lent Ark. They had spent a month and a h<br/>alf with the Silver Hand and they still hadn’t repaid the money. The Royal Guards were also aware of this and was concerned they would be sent back to the Silver Hand. However Ark had already paid back the debt out of his own pocket. This was because he judged that further training wasn’t required.<br /><br /> “You guys will be coming with me.”<br /><br /> “To where?”<br /><br /> “You’ll see.”<br /><br /> Ark smiled and replied. And the place Ark headed to on Marquis Martin’s airship was……<br /><br /> No, before that!<br /><br /> “Don’t touch any of the food or drinks on this airship!”<br /><br /> —————————————————————————————-<br /><br /> Da da da da!<br /><br /> Hegel sprinted forward. Once he arrived at a distance place, he spread his arms and shouted.<br /><br /> “Pant pant pant! Hyung-nim, here too?”<br /><br /> Ark silently nodded. Then Hegel ran a few hundred metres in the opposite direction and shouted again.<br /><br /> “Pant pant pant! Hyung-nim! Hyung-nim! Here too?”<br /><br /> Ark once again nodded and smiled. This situation repeated a few times. Hegel ran around gasping and asking the same question while Ark nodded without any annoyance. Once he had done this a dozen times, Hegel ran back with tears in his eyes.<br /><br /> “Hyung-nim, really? It’s not a joke? Yes? This is really our land?”<br /><br /> “Yes, it is our land.”<br /><br /> Ark replied while patting Hegel’s head. A large wasteland stretched in front of him with a mountain located in its centre. This was Mt. Fargo, the dormant volcano. The reward Ark claimed from Marquis Martin for the <Athamas’ Battlefield!> quest was Mt. Fargo.<br /><br /> “You want to have Mt. Fargo?”<br /><br /> This happened a few days ago when Ark was flying to Tatuine on the airship. Marquis Martin frowned and said.<br /><br /> “You seem to be misunderstanding something. Mt. Fargo doesn’t belong to me. Strictly speaking, Istana doesn’t even belong to the federation. I don’t have the right to give you this land.”<br /><br /> “I know.”<br /><br /> Then why did you say that?”<br /><br /> “Mt Fargo doesn’t belong to the galactic federation but what about the different sectors?”<br /><br /> “Are you talking about splitting that area into sectors?”<br /><br /> “That’s right.”<br /><br /> Ark said with a smile. The reason he thought of this reward…..<br /><br /> ‘The fight with Lucifer won’t simply be decided with a 1 on 1 fight. Something larger was required to meet the ultimate goal. Then there would be limits on my power alone. I need the strength of an organization behind me.’<br /><br /> This was one of the reasons why Ark hurried to register as an agent. Luckily he was able to register as an agent in Charem. However, the agent registration wasn’t his goal. It had no meaning if he didn’t grow it properly. Of course Ark’s interest was in growing the agent.<br /><br /> The first step was to secure a base.<br /><br /> An organization required robust roots in order to grow. And the foundation of any organization is a base.’ Ark had intended to use Charem as a base. He managed to become an agent for 18,900 gold, he also had a 3% share and the Charenjok’s food manufacturing factor was nearby. It was also a special autonomous trade city so the growth possibilities were endless. That idea changed once he found the Elim Sanctuary. He had obtained the occupation Elim’s Heir from there. Ark needed to focus on growth and obtaining Xanax’s legacy. Therefore he needed to make his base at Mt. Fargo where the Elim Sanctuary was located. Of course, this wasn’t the only reason to pick Mt. Fargo. There was a hunting ground situation inside Mt. Fargo. He could earn income from the gallstones and grow the Royal Guards at the same time.<br /><br /> ‘This place is perfect as a base.’<br /><br /> And there was no apparent difficulty. Mt. Fargo was located in the Outlands. Istana basically belonged to the federation but they had no reach over the Outlands. Therefore a user was free to make it a base.<br /><br /> ‘But……’<br /><br /> That was the problem. The federation isn’t involved in anything that happens in the Outlands. Therefore establishing a base is free but it won’t be protected by the federation’s laws. Of course, if someone killed a user or NPC in the Outlands then they would become chaotic. But unlike a city, the chaotic value accumulated was low and they would just need to pay a small bail. This was the reason why PKing was prevalent in the Outlands.<br /><br /> Outlands= lawless.<br /><br /> Building a stronghold in this place was dangerous. Even if he painstakingly developed the building, its rights wouldn’t be formally acknowledged. So he had no way to stop large guilds from forcibly crushing it. That was the reason why Director Bain needed to request help from the Laius headquarters when the Kero clan attacked. The federation troops couldn’t get involved in incidents in the Outlands. There was only one way to prevent such a situation!<br /><br /> ‘A sector!’<br /><br /> The only thing the federation could manage in the Outlands was a sector. The same laws as a federation city also applied to the sector. The federation troops could help out in a raid.<br /><br /> ‘An unsafe base will only be a burden. If he wanted to establish a stronghold in Mt. Fargo then it was necessary to make a sector. And it will be good if I’m registered as the administrator of the sector.’<br /><br /> This was the conclusion Ark came to. Of course, that task wasn’t as easy as it seemed. The user had to have a business to apply for a sector. It also required the appropriate fame and federation contribution. This was the minimum conditions required to apply for a sector! Marquis Martin looked frustrated and said.<br /><br /> “But that is literally the smallest condition. In order for a sector to be formally recognized, the area needs to have a minimum population and you need to apply to be qualified as an administrator. Once all those criteria are met, you need to pass an exam at the Department of Domestic Affairs.”<br /><br /> “Isn’t that why I asked Marquis Martin?”<br /><br /> “You think I can do something like this?”<br /><br /> “Yes, that is what I think.”<br /><br /> Ark replied with a serious expression. Marquis Martin sent Ark a sour look before finally nodding.<br /><br /> “Okay. If you succeed on Athamas then I’ll take care of it.”<br /><br /> That was the behind the scenes deal Ark made over Athamas. And Ark did his part. Somehow Marquis Martin had also achieved his promise. Ark didn’t care how he persuaded Jyubel who was in charge of Domestic Affairs. That important thing was that Marquis Martin had registered Mt. Fargo as a sector and Ark was the administrator. That was the contents of the memory chip given to Ark before leaving.<br /><br /> -You have become the administrator of a new sector!<br /><br /> Sector code: S-20 Sector rating: Lv. 1<br /><br /> Sector range: 1 km area around Mt. Fargo.<br /><br /> Sector manager: Ark (Agent- Dark Eden)<br /><br /> * You have become the administrator of a sector and was granted the right to uphold the laws of the federation in this area. You can receive taxes from pioneers and merchants who visit the sector. However, you have to pay the federation 50% of the tax money as a public utility fee. In return the sector will be protected from all threats.<br /><br /> The administrator of the new sector S-20! This was founded on Ark’s achievements in Athamas.<br /><br /> “I never thought this day would come!”<br /><br /> “You were a criminal sent to the battlefield and now you’re a sector manager!”<br /><br /> “I’ll have no regrets even if I die now!”<br /><br /> The members looked around with eyes full of tears. They were beyond impressed. They used to suffer from hunger on Beltana and now they were the subordinates of a sector manager. Ark also felt a deep emotion with looking at the area around Mt. Fargo that he was in charge of. He had finally gained a piece of land in Galaxian!<br /><br /> “It is thanks to your suffering.”<br /><br /> “Ugh! Hyung-nim!”<br /><br /> Tears finally fell from the eyes of the members. However Ark wasn’t entirely pleased. It was a small scale town when Ark came here for the first time. However many of the merchants’ trailers were abandoned after the Kero’s raid. The Laius’ re<br/>search centre on the slope of Mt. Fargo was also smashed by the landslide. The debris was just left around Mt. Fargo so it was no different from a ruin. The caves inside the mountain had also collapsed so users couldn’t hunt. The merchants also all went away. It hadn’t been designated as a formal sector when the attack happened. It was natural that everyone would desert it and it would become a ghost town.<br /><br /> ‘Now it is time to fight!’<br /><br /> Ark started the sector reconstruction project. This was the first step he had to do after registering it as a formal sector. However, he used his remaining funds to clear the Royal Guard’s debts with the Silver Hand so he was penniless. No funds meant he couldn’t build anything……<br /><br /> -Sector S-20 Administration<br /><br /> Manager: Ark<br /><br /> This was the information on a signpost.<br /><br /> “Hyung-nim, it is okay to cry.”<br /><br /> While the members were thrilled, he was sighing in front of the signpost. But it couldn’t be helped. He had no money!<br /><br /> “It might be disappointing but this is our reality. As you can see, a formal sector was registered but this is the middle of nowhere. How it changes will depend on us. We need to pour our blood and sweat into this land. We have to transform this sector into the largest and most thriving sector in Istana. Of course things won’t be that easy. But I believe in us. Working together nothing is impossible.”<br /><br /> “We believe in Hyung-nim!”<br /><br /> “I’ll do whatever you say! Anything!”<br /><br /> “What do we need to do?”<br /><br /> He had waited for those words.<br /><br /> “This!”<br /><br /> Ark took out a shovel. An entrance fee from pioneers was the basic income for a sector. If he added many inns and shops then he could get additional income. In the Outlands, pioneers needed a Fairy the most so he could also obtain money from that. Therefore the necessary thing for his sector’s growth was to secure pioneers! But the caves inside Mt. Fargo were blocked by the landslide. It was necessary to create the caves in order to return the sector to its original state. Then he needed to do one thing.<br /><br /> Dig!<br /><br /> Of course he wasn’t going to do it alone. Ark had used his remaining money to purchase 11 shovels in Tatuine. 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