Haroon

Harun returned to reality, wondering if he went to Beyond's homepage and searched for information about the Iron Snake.

‘This isn't it. ’

The information he gained was that the Iron Snake was a monster with a powerful venom and ferocious nature, primarily living in a minefield ranging from 3 meters to 7 meters in length, and that horn, blood and gall bladder were used as the highest price medicinal ingredients.

There's no information on the 40-meter Iron Snake he killed himself anywhere. At least the information was also extracted from the ancient books of the Imperial Library, which made it less credible.

Harun searches for information, and Bell gives him a cup of tea.

“Hey, isn't this the Hook Mountains? ”

“That's right. Why? ”

Harun suddenly wonders why Bell asks.

“Gaming channels like Virtual Vision have been broadcasting information about it for days. It's a very dangerous area, but I was wondering if you were okay. ”

“Really?"

Virtual Vision is one of the game broadcasters, not Union Networking, but a company that has a network that encompasses the entire planet. Due to the popularity of virtual reality games, it was a station famous for its much higher viewership than Union itself.

“Let's see what you're talking about. Belle, bring up the feed! ”

“Okay."

Bell puts a virtual vision program on a holographic video in front of Harun's eyes. Because it was evening time, Virtual Vision's main program, 'World of Imagery Games,' was being broadcast.

One of Union's top stars, Layura Singh, was in charge of the main MC, with a guest who appeared to be a gamer talking with her, and the background had views of Mount Hookran from various angles.

Layura Singh, a mixture of black and yellow, is a beautiful woman with a racy skin that looks healthy and bright. In her history, she was already a genius who finished college at the age of 18. With bright eyes and a beautiful smile like a blooming flower, she was very popular with the lower class of Union in the age of despair.

She was asking the guests questions about Hookran.

- So Dalat's saying that most of the users heading to the Hookran Mountains are fascinated by the Gem Mine?

- Yes, it is. Some Guilds have already found the Gem Mine. Highly classified information obtained from our ‘Arabian Information Guild’ suggests that the gem mine is an open sea mine with a wide variety of mines buried in six mountain ranges ranging from 1,000 meters above sea level.

At Dalat's words, Layura opens her mouth in surprise and reveals her dazzling white teeth.

- Ores like jewels come out of the ground in the open?

- No, that's not it. And of course, in some cases, only a few meters out. Mines usually buried within 100 meters of the surface of the earth, which contains minerals, are called open-air mines. But it's easier to get the ore you want than a normal mine that you have to dig hundreds of meters, or more than 1,000 meters, to dig it up.

Awesome. Can't we just be greedy as our users?

- Yes, and unless confirmed, quarterbacks like crystal or pumpkin or opal can dig up a little bit of dirt.

- Oh, my God. I can't believe there's such a place. It's the place our women dreamed of.

- Hahaha, it's not just women. Not only jewels, but also gold and silver and iron ore are known to be buried near the topsoil, so users and the residents of Beyond are competitively headed to Hookran. This is especially disruptive because it's a mining mine that doesn't require specialized mining skills or astronomical development funding.

At Dalat's explanation, Layura's eyes twitch slightly.

- Then……?

Dalat had already guessed what Layura was going to say.

Of course there's gonna be a bloody fight. No, there are stories that have already happened. Highly classified information has already been obtained that four of the large guilds sent out of the squadrons were exterminated before they arrived there.

- Oh, my God, that's horrible!

Layura looks frightened as she blushes her long lashes.

Miss Layura, you don't have to be so scared. because if you don't go there, it's safe.

- But I'm scared because I think a lot of users and NPC people are bleeding. Isn't life more important than treasure? There's no way our wise users could have known that. It's so horrible.

Layura shudders to see if it's really terrible.

Harun frowns at Layura's actions. Usually men like the appearance of women who provoke protective instincts, but Harun was different. I liked the strong and colder look of both men and women.

Harun thought that in order to live in this harsh world, one must have the courage to challenge danger with strong temperaments, whether male or female.

“Bell, get me back on the air. ”

“Haha!”

Belle laughs and turns the channel, assuming Harun's judgement. Just then another giant game broadcaster, Houl Vision, was broadcasting a program on the same topic.

It was a program run by a famous female warrior Nora who was a real gamer and a high ranker in 'Lacrano of Dusk’. Nora, who was dressed as a warrior, as she enjoyed playing the game, exposed as much muscle tone as possible.

- Mr. Oring will brief you on the terrain of the Hookran Mountains.

Oring was also a gamer who flew his name as a ranker through several virtual reality games.

- The Hookran Mountains, which consist of more than 400 high mountain peaks including Mount Hookran, have subtle topography with three-way blockages on the Seine. It is roughly a hundred times the size of Kowon Union, with the east and west being shorter in shape than the north and south. At the beginning of the mountain range is a dangerous area populated by the Wyvern, with high annual snow peaks. To the east are relatively low mountains, but to the west are mountains with high peaks. The south is the meadow. Due to the high, humid winds blowing from the south to the north, the interior of the mountain ranges consisting of several plains, low mountains and plateaux has a relatively mild, moderate rainfall, making it a suitable climate for life.

- So there's a lot of monsters out there?

It was a question of course. Unlike humans with the intelligence and will to overcome harsh environments, monsters mostly live where the climate suits them.

Nora's question was answered by another ranker, Osiris. He was an adventurer or a finder, a dominant figure who was ranked in two virtual reality games.

- Yes, it is. According to our Guild Finders, who explored the south-west of the Hookran Mountains, there are large numbers of top monsters such as Trolls and Ogres. Thanks to you, we Finder Guild members have sacrificed a lot. What's unusual is that, unlike other places where we live as individuals or as a family, we live as a tribe here.

- Wow, that's amazing. Trolls and Ogres with the power to exterminate even a tribe of Orcs live in a colony.

Nora's eyes flashed with intense speculation. The cast smiles at her reaction with a genuine warrior temperament. Osiris drenched his lips for a moment and continued to speak.

- The grasslands to the south have not yet been explored due to the wide expanse of the Seine and the wild currents with aquatic monsters like cannibal fish. But the visual observation across the river shows that herbivores are dense, so Orcs, Goblins and many other predators are in place. Due to the steep slopes to the north of the Jorn Plain and the abundance of rocks, Wyvern is home to a large number of top monsters. The narrowest of the Seine makes it the best place to enter the Fuchran, dominated by Orcs in the long plains of the river. But inside the Hookran Mountains, things seem a little different.

The cast all stared at Osiris. He enjoys the reaction for a moment, then opens his mouth.

-Hukran is information that has been traced back to villages near the mountains, to cities, to folklore and to the Theon Empire. Apart from the south-west and north of the Hookran Mountains, the land is said to be the domain of Orcs with horns called ‘Demon Orcs'. They have been called Rump Orcs in this Beyond world since ancient times, by wizards, Orcs with twice as much power as regular Orcs. According to the eclipse, their horns are a kind of bio-manazite made by ingesting special water that has melted Mana over thousands of years. For some reason, the intelligence of those Orcs is similar to that of Humankind, but the rank of the Warrior Chief is said to be able to write Mana like a human knight. Informally, many of the users and knights who died this time in Fuchran were killed by these Rump Orcs.

His words sparkled the eyes of the cast. I was curious about Orcs with similar intelligence as Humans.

- What are their numbers?

A performer, who is not a facilitator, asked Osiris.

- That no one knows. because the Hookran Mountains have been banned for a very long time. It's natural for the users, but it's rare for Beyond's NPCs to enter and come back to life.

According to what Osiris has said so far, it is truly a great ban.

- But it's not without information. From the funding from Houl's vision, Dan found a record of this place in the Imperial Palace Library.

I opened my eyes again. In fact, this information could not be recognized by an individual or a guild. It was showing how powerful and powerful the information guild and orissis led was.

- This record will be a specialty of our Howl vision. This record is left by those who entered Hookran and came back alive. The story goes that over 300 years ago, one of the authors who ruled a vast territory nearby, including John Plain, acquired a map of the gem mine and visited the gem mine with 10 Knights of 1500, 300 Seeds, two Magic Legions led by 6 Circle Wizards, and 20 Soldiers. They entered the eastern route, the most accessible route, and split into two groups, leaving their expeditions northwest and southwest. Six months later, only some of them came back. No more than ten survivors, including knights and wizards. According to the Imperial Court reports from their late author, there are at least ten Rump Orc tribes in the Hukran Mountains, and warriors from one tribe usually have between ten and ten thousand.

- Phew! That's amazing. So no matter how few you catch, there are more than 100,000 warriors. The land of the devil is named after its inhabitants.

He said so, but Nora's eyes, a warrior of birth, were unseen by speculation. I wanted to fight the Rump Orcs right away. But now she has not forgotten that she is the host of a program.

Nora's gaze shifts as she regains her composure.

- But you got the precious video on the Rump Orcs?

- Yes, it is. A user contacted me before joining this broadcast. He videotaped a guild battle with Rump Orcs in the Hookran Mountains. I sent you a minute of combat footage in advance, and it was amazing.

He was very excited. Not only that, everyone, including Nora, showed tremendous interest. If you can see the battle scenes, you can learn advanced information about the Rump Orcs, including their abilities and combat skills.

- That would be a specialty.

- Yes, thanks to the recognition of our guild users for their generous information. Maybe next time I can show you the video myself.

- Thank you very much. I'm already excited about that video.

In Nora's words, the Oring smiles deeply. The joy of having caught a special one was evident in my face. I had to like the special remuneration, but it only took a few detonations to become a special staff member of the broadcaster, so I could get a huge salary and a great mansion.

Nora only mentioned other topics to the viewers after she had raised her expectations for the next time.

- I think people like Mr. Oring love our broadcaster so much for their enthusiasm and hard work. Then tell me about the current situation there by the Wizard Ellan.

Ellan, she said, was a wizard in a subtle golden robe, a celebrity who was once a top ranker on "Earth of the Daylight," who was also named for a while as the best virtual reality game.

- According to the information we got from the Gold Tower, the first place we got information about this place was the KOM Guild.

Harun also knew about the Gold Tower through the information Bell gave him.

Gold Horse Tower is an organization organized by famous user wizards like Ellan, and a group of NPC Horse Towers, like several other towers, are growing their influence among the users.

It may have evolved in the future, but it is no different from the Guild.

- I know a thing or two about the Koem Guild.

Nora pretended to know. When Ellan smiles at her, Nora explains what she knows.

- The KOM Guild is a medium-sized guild with just over 2,000 guild members. We know that there is a relationship between him and several other games, but he is well funded and has quite a high level of merchants and producers.

- Yes, it is. A medium-sized guild that is qualified to grow a huge guild in the future. Anyway, in this KOM Guild, the information guild obtained the map secretly, along with information about the gem mine. However, the Information Guild did not apply any tricky conditions to the map, but sold information about the mine in Fukran to other guilds. Since the beginning, large guild troops have gathered at the Castle of Taust, the largest city east of the Hookran Mountains, and the royal families of Beyond. Their information is here.

Ellan showed me the names of the guilds and nobles gathered at Town Castle through a hologram.

- But there was a problem. Not only you, but the NPCs, no one knew the geography of the Hookran Mountains. According to information, the first expedition of the Koem Guild ended in less than a week. All but the Guild Master and Deputy Guild Master were killed.

- How long have you had the expedition?

This time, an archer with a golden bow on his back asked Ellan. The famous gamers were Harun, but she had never seen him before.

- Oh, Samir wants to know.

Nora, the facilitator, replies to Ellan's startled question.

- Absolutely. Samir is also the guild leader.

Their average level is known to be just over 50. I heard that the Guild Rankers left in a hurry after issuing a summoning order.

- You couldn't last a week with that kind of manpower and level?

In fact, when considering the current user level distribution, level 50 is critical. At that level, you alone can take on the Orc Warriors, the leading monsters. Moreover, the guild would naturally be surrounded by various occupational groups, including wizards.

Guild forces mixed with various occupational groups usually have more power to process synergies than the average level.

Ellan smiles once as if he understood Samir's question.

- Yes, it is. The problem was that the map was so blurry that without a guide, we couldn't go there. We found all the hunters and herbalists in the vicinity of the Hookran Mountains, but not one of them had the decency to enter the forbidden zone. This was a problem that not only the KOM Guild could solve, but also the other forces that acquired and gathered information. However, the KOM Guild did not know how, but found a guide.

- You found a guide?

Nora and the rest of the cast expressed their interest.

- Only the Head of the KOM Guild knows the details, but the minimum information is known through the guild members. The Koem Guild members who were chosen by the mercenaries called the "Tornado" selected only the top elite to safely guide them to the Gem Mine. They said they had relatively detailed topographical information about the Hookran Mountains, as well as the template information of monsters, and that their strength was strong enough to save the guild members from danger.

- What a mercenary.

Nora was amazed. The average level would be 55 to 60 for the elites selected by the Medium Guild. If you can save guild members with that level of skill, you can guess how strong they are.

So I went through the mercenary guild in my own way, and I didn't know who they were. There were more than ten mercenaries with the same name, and it was hard to locate them. In conclusion, there was no mercenary who could do such a quest. because there were only five miniature mercenaries that were registered less than a few months ago. So my conclusion was that they were unregistered mercenaries who were not enrolled in the mercenary guild. This Beyond is home to quite a number of unregistered mercenary groups dealing in secret with nobles.

Harun felt relieved and sad at the same time as Ellan. However, I found out the name of the gust, and it was very informative.

- However, according to information from the members of the Koem Guild, it is presumed that this Squad has long hunted or completed a quest in Fuchran. because otherwise you wouldn't have so much detailed information about that vast area.

The name of the mercenary was known, but it was fortunate not to mention his own name. The guild members, including the Currency Sisters, know his name, but only because the guild members below don't know his name and only because he is the commander of the Storm Mercenaries.

Even though his name was known, no one would believe him as it is now, but I wanted to stop being known through the broadcast.

Harun had a vague fear of becoming famous because he had never been noticed before in his life.

- Well, I'm sure he's a great mercenary.

Harun thought it was odd that the Gust Mercenaries were drawing attention to the cast.

By the way, can you tell me what happened after that?

As Nori distracts her, Ellan opens his mouth again.

- When the Koem Guild suddenly disappeared, other forces gathered at Town Castle noticed the situation and chased after it in one swoop. It shouldn't be difficult to find traces of it because hundreds of people are moving all at once. The unchecked information also suggested that a user who was accompanied by the KOM Guild guided them through a secret back-transaction, which they could not confirm. However, unlike the Koem Guild, which arrived at the Gem Mine with relatively few casualties, the guild or knights who departed afterwards suffered enormous damage to the rough terrain of Hookran, predators and monsters. Particularly, the three Knights consisting of NPC Knights, who started last time, have already passed by and suffered heavy damage, causing the Demon Orcs to become angry and have suffered so much damage that no survivors at all.

- But they made it to the Gem Mine safely with the benefits of resurrection? So there was some kind of fight in the jewelry mine?

There is a three-day ban on access at the time of death, but if you set the resurrection location near the guild leader, you can maintain your own tax status.

Elan smiles and shakes his head at Nora's question.

- Theoretically, yes, but we have a problem. First, the Koem Guild arrived in the mines and noticed that someone was following them. The angry Koem Guild used the night to raid the following guild and killed two guilds in three days. However, the two guilds that followed were known in real life through the dead users, and were united and set a trap. Both sides were killed in the middle of the night, and as a result, all the members of the Koem Guild who had been weakened were dead.

After Ellan's briefing, Nora and the cast glittered. Now all the information is exposed. Even if they die, the guilds that already know the exact location will use more guild members to go to the Gem Mine.

- Oh, yeah?

- Strange thing is that the two guild leaders who survived at the time also died. They say they arrived at the Gem Mine and were ambushed by enormous monsters while exploring the veins.

- Monsters?

- Yes, there's been talk of dragons and giant lizards, but we haven't been able to find any definite information. The majority of users who arrived at the Gem Mine died from a powerful poison poison.

- After all, the location of the jewelry mine is unclear, so there will be a lot of bloodshed.

Nora said as if she was worried.

- Of course, if the treasure appeared in other games, there would be great confusion. In fact, this is a secret fact, and already a huge number of users are gathering at Castle Town. As long as we survive, we are heading there, individually or guild, thinking that the gems can share in the gem mines to fill our feet. Of course, the people of Beyond are also imposing themselves on this procession.

According to Ellan, Nora sighs.

Jewelry rush.

- Yes. As Nora Yang said, the jewellery rush is gathering into the inner rankers. In this state, I wonder if there will be an outbreak of war between the forces ahead of the Golden Battle in the Hookran Mountains. With more successors than ever before in this Golden Battle, there will be no force that will not be interested in this gem mine, as the funding will be extremely powerful. It would be a great opportunity for users, including the guild, to incorporate funds from the Gem Mine into the center of the forces that challenge the imperial realm in a heartbeat.

- Not only are the Demon Orcs the Master of the Hookran Mountains, but the monsters at the gem mine will eventually collapse in front of greedy Humans, no matter how strong they may be. But I'm afraid the blood that will spill in the process and then the blood that will be spilled by humans to take over the Gem Mine will destroy this beautiful Beyond.

In Nora's words, all the others nodded in agreement.

Humans were stronger than any other being because of greed. Humans who had a tendency to be completely unsatisfied were afraid of being unstoppable with time.

- I'm worried it won't be a big deal. I'm worried about what that might do to Beyond. The real fantasy world that we've been dreaming of has just appeared in front of us, and I'm worried about how this is going to happen.

Nora's words caused a strand of anxiety on the faces of the other performers. I'm worried that this might break the balance and prevent me from enjoying this exciting game. Suddenly, they're deep into Beyond.

Nora opens her mouth again.

- Mr. Osiris, would you be so kind as to introduce us to some of the safest routes known so far for our users into the Hookran Mountains?

- Yes, take a look at this map.

The topic has now moved to the topography of the Hookran Mountains. I didn't need to see it anymore.

Harun looks at Bell. She looks busy checking on something.

“Bell! I'll be right back. ”

“Already? Let's take a break. Aren't you tired, brother? ”

“It's all right. Do me a favor and dig into Beyond's history and find out about the Ra Empire.“ ”

“Okay, I'll find him until next time he comes out. ”

Harun notices the situation and immediately thinks about returning to Beyond. He was curious as he struggled with Iron Snake and practiced for days. Although they didn't have any special feelings for the KOM Guild, they had to first confirm that what they were saying was true.