Chapter 163
Chapter 163.
"That's impossible!!!"
Kim Juyeong was shocked at the story that the Transcendent of R'lyeh was Lovecraft.
"Not Azathoth, not Yog-Sothoth, but the writer Lovecraft is a Transcendent! He's human!"
"Is that so?"
"Human? Transcendent Lovecraft is?"
"Kikik. Well, you'd have to see him to know..."
"There's an agent named Nyarlathotep who mainly deals with merchants."
It seemed like the Goblin merchants had never actually seen Lovecraft, the Transcendent of R'lyeh. The Goblin merchants couldn't readily believe Kim Juyeong's words. Meanwhile, Lee Ganghan thought.
'The Transcendent of R'lyeh, Lovecraft... It's interesting that his name contains Love.'
Well. In Korea too, there are cases where people name their children 'Love', so maybe it's similar to that?
"But what exactly is R'lyeh in the end? What kind of race is it?"
"R'lyeh is... a race???"
"Yeah. Most of the opponents that appear in the league are races."
"Uaaaak...!"
Kim Juyeong held his head in anguish at Lee Ganghan's reasonable question. But he soon collected himself and said.
"Right... If you don't know about the Cthulhu Mythos, it's natural to think that way..."
"...?"
"R'lyeh is an ancient underwater city that appears in the Cthulhu Mythos. Think of it as a despairing version of Atlantis."
He briefly explained about R'lyeh.
"Oh. Is that so..."
"It's from human mythology, that thing?"
"Hmm. It was strange that an ordinary person knew about it..."
The Goblin merchants listened attentively from the side.
"So R'lyeh isn't a race like Golden Fragrance, but a place?"
"That's right."
"Hmm. But what does Lovecraft do, then?"
"He's the person who created the Cthulhu Mythos."
"He created a mythology?"
"Yeah. Lovecraft was a person from the 19th-20th century."
If he was a person from the 20th century, that wasn't long ago, right? Lee Ganghan heard from Kim Juyeong. The story that the person who created the Cthulhu Mythos was Lovecraft.
"Actually, rather than grandly trying to create a mythology, Lovecraft was closer to writing horror novels, but still, the unknown terror he showed in his novels, the cosmic horror, left a deep impression on later people, so the Cthulhu Mythos became established as a created mythology."
"Really? But you know quite a bit about this?"
"I was once obsessed with the Cthulhu Mythos like a maniac. But for him to be a Transcendent... I can't believe it."
Not only does a being from a mythology created in the 20th century exist in the Reserve League. But the author who wrote it is a Transcendent? This was completely unexpected.
'Well, it wouldn't be strange for anyone to appear in the Tower... Son Goku also came from Journey to the West, if you think about it.'
Having come to sell the Kobold Royal's Hand. Lee Ganghan, who unexpectedly obtained information, asked the Goblin merchant.
"So, what rank is R'lyeh currently?"
"It's a bit difficult to tell you that much. A warning message has already appeared..."
"A warning?"
"Yes. It says we're spreading too much information that humanity should find out on their own through the black market. If warnings accumulate like this, we might lose our merchant license. Kikik."
"Really? I'll have to be careful with my words."
Is it difficult to tell them R'lyeh's ranking too? We got quite useful information here, but it's disappointing.
"If it's R'lyeh, wouldn't it naturally be 1st place? It's a group where cosmic beings, cosmic horrors gather!"
"But Lovecraft is human. If that person is the Transcendent representing R'lyeh, then it might not be that level?"
"Is that so...? Hmm. Still, I think it would be in the upper ranks."
Kim Juyeong glanced at the Goblin merchants while saying this.
"Even if you look at us like that, we cannot tell you."
"If our merchant license gets revoked, we'll return to being ordinary Goblins too..."
It seemed there was no more information to come from the Goblin merchants.
"It's fine. I'm grateful that you told us this much."
"Thank you for understanding. Kikik..."
"Then, is it possible to sell this Kobold Royal's Hand?"
"Of course it's possible. However, it would be better to contact the Transcendent side to sell it. Then you might get special compensation."
"Should we try making a proposal to R'lyeh's Transcendent, Lovecraft?"
"Oh. Can you arrange that?"
The Goblin merchants. Maybe because they think of him as a prospective Dragon Knight, they're treating him really well?
"Of course. We'll receive the arrangement fee from that side. Kikik..."
Then one of the Goblin merchants. Said he would go to make a proposal and disappeared.
"Wow... This is amazing. If I upload this video, it'll cause a stir for a while. It's okay to upload this kind of thing, right?"
"Of course, it's important for everyone to know."
"But then one of the Tower Occupation Reservations is from R'lyeh invading? Then there would be no chance of winning against such places..."
"Well, there are several towers where you die as soon as you enter. Maybe it's one of those places?"
"That might be it."
Among the Tower Occupation Reservation towers. There were many cases where you died instantly upon entering the 1st floor, so you couldn't know what kind of existence the opponent was.
So many experts predicted that races from the higher league, Prime League, were doing this.
R'lyeh might also be one of those places.
'I came to sell a hand and obtained valuable information.'
In the Reserve League, the currently revealed races are 4th place Orcs, 5th place Beautiful Monkey Tribe, 9th place Kobolds - these three races.
Above the Orcs, Golden Fragrance is in 3rd place. Seeing that Elves and Dwarfs are also matched together, these two would also be somewhere in the Reserve League rankings.
'1st, 2nd place and 6th, 7th, 8th places remain, but if we include Elves and Dwarfs, three spots become empty.'
Then is one of these R'lyeh? Of course, R'lyeh might belong to the Prime League. Lee Ganghan decided to consider it as part of the Reserve League for now.
'If we include R'lyeh, only two races remain?'
No wait. If we think about the Giant Race Heracles too, realistically only one race remains.
'I might be able to figure this out faster than expected?'
Lee Ganghan asked Kim Juyeong while thinking about the remaining spots in the league.
"Juyeong, do you know what races there are when you get matched for cooperative battles in Diamond?"
"When matched for cooperative battles, there were mainly Orcs and Dwarfs, Beastkin, and there were also Lizard humans, there were several."
"If we include R'lyeh now, there are 2 races left in the Reserve League, so I was wondering who the remaining candidates might be."
"Hmm... There have been many analyses by people, but they're all similar races so it's ambiguous. Plus, races like Kobolds can disguise themselves too."
Is it not easy to find out through races met in cooperative battles?
"It would be difficult to deduce just from matched opponents."
"Even our Golden Fragrance alone has countless races residing in it. Kikik..."
The Goblin merchants who were listening to the conversation from the side also. Said it would be difficult to know just from matched opponents.
'Right, from Golden Fragrance to R'lyeh, there are two places that aren't races.'
I shouldn't predict in advance by looking at the faces of opponents met in matches. Lee Ganghan nodded and turned to Kim Juyeong.
"Then let's go to Karana."
"Are we done with things here?"
"Yeah. I came to find out the value of the Kobold Royal's Hand. I didn't know that being able to experience paradise would be this valuable."
"Ah, paradise... I saw that Elf too, right? In your broadcast."
Then.
"That paradise illusion only appeared during live broadcasts. Even when I replayed the live video, it didn't appear twice."
Kim Juyeong said that paradise wasn't visible in recorded videos.
"Really? That's also interesting."
"It's disappointing. That Elf was my ideal type..."
"But did you also see an Elf, not a human?"
"Huh? Of course. Elves are the superior version of humans."
Kim Juyeong looked at Lee Ganghan as if he was strange.
"Unless you're someone with special tastes like those fox enthusiasts, you'd naturally look at Elves, right?"
"But they're a different race. Even their ear size is different?"
"What does that matter? They overwhelm with their beauty."
"Is the difference that significant...? Isn't it similar beauty to famous celebrities?"
"No, don't you really feel the difference? Don't you get a feeling when you see them?"
"I don't feel it at all."
"Haa... I can't understand."
Kim Juyeong sighed deeply. No. I'm the one who can't understand.
"Let's go for now."
Lee Ganghan opened Ten Thousand Demon Battle to check Karana's location. At first, he naturally thought she would be at the Orc Shaman's Altar.
'Huh? She's in the Elf territory?'
She slept there last time. Don't tell me she's been sleeping until now? Lee Ganghan tilted his head and opened a portal to the Elf territory to move there. Then.
"Chi, chiik...?"
Leaning her back against a tree. Karana, who was poking at light spirits, was startled and stood up.
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"He, Heavenly Demon, this is, that... I absolutely did not forget about evolution work! Just, just for a very brief moment I was catching my breath!"
Karana continued speaking rapidly with a flustered face. This. Does this feel like being caught secretly resting during work? Lee Ganghan waved his hand saying it was okay.
"Ah. It's fine. You need to rest while working for efficiency."
And actually. His expectations for Orc evolution had disappeared long ago.
"Ohh... A flustered Elf..."
Meanwhile Kim Juyeong raised his camera. Vividly capturing such an appearance of Karana. Then.
"Chiik. That human is... the friend I saw last time?"
"Yeah, I came because of the job I proposed then."
"Ah. Good. I'll work to repay the debt of these earrings."
Karana clenched her fist showing motivation.
"Chiik. But what exactly do I need to do?"
"Well, it could be called a role of promoting products."
"Product promotion... But is that kind of work sufficient?"
Karana touched her earrings while saying this. Even though they look like that, the price was 7 million TP. She probably wondered if product promotion work could pay it back. Then.
"More than sufficient!!!"
Kim Juyeong, who was holding the camera, said with an excited voice.
"If Lady Karana promotes products, whatever it is will be 100% sold out! An Elf advertising? This is irresistible!"
"Not an Elf!"
"Ah. Right, an Orc!"
"Well anyway... I'll do any work besides product promotion. Just give me orders."
Maybe because she was convinced that promotion alone couldn't earn 7 million TP. Karana was already showing a stance of being willing to do anything.
"You don't need to worry too much! If Lady Karana becomes an advertising model, everyone will come with money, so no matter how much debt there is, you'll pay it back quickly!"
"Is, is that so? Human tastes are truly peculiar..."
"Hey, let's film a casting video first."
"Got it. Then could you take off your hood first?"
When Kim Juyeong with the camera said so. Karana nodded and took off her hood. Then.
"Waa...!"
Kim Juyeong approached with the camera, exclaiming repeatedly.
"How can a person be like this... Ah. It wasn't a person but an Elf...?"
As he filmed while losing his composure. Karana looked at Lee Ganghan with a puzzled expression.
"Why is that human acting like that?"
"I found out this time too, but humans lose their composure over Elf-like appearances."
"Chiik. I'm not an Elf but an Orc..."
"I know. But you do resemble an Elf?"
"Th, that's undeniable."
Maybe because she had seen Valkyrie Hild several times. Karana didn't deny that she resembled an Elf. Kim Juyeong circled around Karana while continuing to exclaim, then.
"Lady Karana, how about taking off the earrings?"
He pointed to one of Karana's ears.
"Take this off?"
"Yes. It doesn't suit Lady Karana's elegant appearance."
Certainly those Orc earrings. Made of bone, they were crude and too large. They looked completely unsuitable hanging on Elf ears. However.
"Chiik...! I cannot do that!"
Karana hardened her expression at that suggestion.
"You, you could just take them off briefly and put them back on..."
Even when Kim Juyeong suggested taking them off just until filming the casting video.
"No! This, this much is absolutely cannot be removed...!"
She firmly held onto her earrings with her hands in a stubborn attitude.