Chapter 166
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Translator: 8uhl
Chapter: 166
Chapter Title: Archer's Holy Land
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Archer's Holy Land.
Michael entered the holy land following the map.
There arent many people?
The Archer's Holy Land was marked quite prominently on the map.
He had expected a crowd of archers, but there were barely more than ten inside.
Michael passed them by and went looking for Litton.
Litton was known as a devilish NPC even in this Archer's Holy Land.
The reason was that every one of his quests was exhaustingly tedious.
Unaware of that, Michael stood before Litton with an innocent expression.
Hmm? Who might you be?
Litton glanced at Michael and nodded shortly after.
Level 201 Dual Archer.
That was impressively high for an outsider.
Um... I came to do a quest.
A quest? Hmm, you seem a bit off somehow.
Litton narrowed his eyes.
Michael met his gaze with an awkward smile and a sheepish look.
No way, thats impossible. Haha...
Well, youll probably be fine. So, which quest will you take?
Litton showed three quests.
The first was bow crafting.
Go to the bow workshop downstairs and craft twenty bows.
A pain. Pass on this one.
Michael skipped the first quest without a second thought.
The second was city repair work.
Help out with renovating dilapidated buildings, as they were short on manpower.
Ah, this ones no good either...
This was pure grunt work.
A noble necromancer like himself couldnt stoop to repairing buildings.
Next!
The last one was cleaning.
Assist the cleaning staff with purification tasks.
The last one seemed easiest, but the scope was the entire archer city.
It meant hed be stuck there for days before seeing the end.
Anything else?
Hmph, if youre going to be picky, just leave.
Litton narrowed his eyes again.
Hed thought the level 201 Dual Archer would have a decent personality, but he was just a lazy slacker looking for easy work.
Hey, wait! I just dont feel confident about these.
Confident? You just dive in blindly and learn as you go.
......
Ah, I want to go back.
Why did Master give me this task...?
He felt wronged, but hed come too far.
No choice but to see it through.
Anyway, I cant give you a quest, so just go.
Litton turned away.
Michael clenched his fist tightly at the sight.
He wanted to punch him, but that would mean failing Masters orders.
Ill make the bows!
In the end, he chose the least bad quest.
Twenty bows.
Make them quick and get back to Master.
As he made that decision, a familiar voice echoed in his mind.
Can you hear me?
It was Masters voice!
Thanks to being subjugated by him, they could communicate even from afar.
Yes. I can hear you.
Good. Hell probably show you three quests at first. Right?
Huh? How did you know?
A chill ran down his spine.
How did he know about the three quests?
Did he plant eyes on me or something?
Clear all three. Then hell acknowledge you and give a new quest. Finish that too.
......All three?
Yeah.
......
This is insane.
Each quest is a masterpiece of annoyance, and he wants me to do all of them...?
Whats wrong? Any issues?
No, sir.
Then hurry up. If it gets too tough, let me know. Ill pull some strings to send you back.
And then its over?
What do you mean over? Take a breather and do more quests.
Yes, sir...
Michael spoke to Litton with a dazed expression.
Ill do the rest of the quests too.
......You sure? You dont have to if you dont want to.
......I want to do them so bad its driving me crazy.
Alright...? Start with the bows then. Ill give you the others after.
Yes, sir...
Having finished communicating with Michael, Jeong Hoon approached the NPC diligently cleaning.
NPC Info
-Nickname: Kyle
-Level: 275
-Job: Advanced Training Instructor
The training hall had three difficulty levels: beginner, intermediate, and advanced.
Kyle was an advanced training instructor.
Im here to train.
At Jeong Hoons words, Kyles hand froze mid-motion, and he turned his head.
Train?
Yes.
......Unbelievable. Go finish beginner and intermediate first.
Beginner and intermediate dont help at all. Cant I jump straight to advanced?
Kyles forehead vein bulged at the arrogant remark.
Is that so?
Kyle smirked and put away his cleaning tools.
In his time as an instructor, hed met all sorts.
When arrogant ones showed up, hed give them impossible tasks so theyd never return.
And now, an arrogant outsider appeared after so long.
Time for some proper discipline.
Kyle pondered how to break him.
A question mark blinked above Kyles head.
General Quest: Advanced Training (Archer)
-Restriction: -
-Reward: ??
-Description: Successfully complete Kyles training. Failure means you can no longer use the training hall.
Normally, youd progress from beginner to intermediate, but he went straight to the advanced instructor Kyle.
Kyle judges the player arrogant and offers training harder than standard advanced.
Clear it perfectly and earn recognition to achieve the original goal.
Jeong Hoon accepted the quest.
What do I need to do?
My training has five stages. Its not too late to go to the beginner instructor.
No. Lets start stage one right away.
Haha, really? You sure?
Kyle opened the door to the advanced training ground in the hall.
Whoa... going straight to Kyle like that.
......Poor guy. Doesnt know his place and hes about to get blacklisted.
Tsk tsk, shouldve just come to me.
Hmph, youre gonna teach that arrogant outsider?
The instructors murmurs reached even here.
Jeong Hoon smiled inwardly.
Whether its arrogance or not, time will tell.
Do I just go in here?
Yeah.
Kyle replied curtly.
He really doesnt like me, huh.
Jeong Hoon smirked faintly and entered the training ground.
As befitting an archery training ground, the interior was vast.
Stage one. Ten targets will move in front of you. Hit every single one without missing.
Not a single miss?
Ten shots, zero misses.
The targets moved at high speed.
Hitting distant ones required calculating arrow speed, target directioneverything. High difficulty.
Cant do it?
Kyle grinned.
Back out now if youre scared.
Of course, once inside, quitting means blacklistno more training hall access.
Well, I might forgive him if he begs on his knees.
But Jeong Hoon casually drew Anima.
Lets start right away.
Wait! You have to use this bow.
Before entering, Kyle had provided a practice bow and ten arrows.
For stage one.
Cant I use my own weapon?
Of course not. If its boosted by gear stats, its not true skill.
Hmm.
Well, quit if you cant.
Fine. Hand it over.
Jeong Hoon took the practice bow.
Its been a while since I held a practice bow.
Similar performance to a beginner bow.
Before regression, Jeong Hoon had scavenged practice bows to train archery.
Maybe thats why.
The familiar feel brought back old memories.
Time limit is ten minutes.
Kyle leaned against the wall, arms crossed.
Show me if you can hit them.
One miss and youre out.
Yes.
Jeong Hoon slowly nocked an arrow on the practice bow and drew the string.
His perfectly stable stance made Kyles eye twitch.
The string released, and the arrow whistled through the air.
Pew-shooook!
The arrow arced perfectly into the center of the moving 60-meter target.
What...?
Kyle panicked.
Even for a level 201 ranger, hitting a small distant target with a practice bow wasnt easy.
Yet this outsider did it effortlessly.
Not yet... just one hit.
The closest 60m target at that.
Stage one went up to 200mfar from easy.
Pew-shooook!
The second arrow nailed the 75m target dead center.
What the hell is this guy...?
Third, fourth, fifth...
100m, 120m, 130m.
Pew-shooook!
The tenth arrow struck the rearmost 200m target center.
All ten arrows hit all ten targets. Stage one cleared.
Done.
Jeong Hoon stepped down and looked at Kyle.
Only then did Kyle look away from the targets and clear his throat.
......Lucky bastard.
All ten dead center. You call that luck?
Jeong Hoon grinned.
Kyle scowled at the confident attitude.
......Ill see how far that arrogance takes you.
Stage two had targets with more complex movements.
Stage one was just left-right; these vanished and reappeared irregularly.
Number up to fifteen, max distance 430m.
Just hit all fifteen?
Obviously. No misses.
Got it. Time limit?
Time limit? Thirty minutes.
Understood.
Jeong Hoon nocked the first of fifteen new arrows and drew.
The targets began erratic movement.
Better shot than I thought. But stage twos impossible.
That cocky attitude grated on him.
Kyle was certain hed fail.
The fifteenth target at 430mimpossible with a practice bow.
The first arrow hit a vanishing-then-reappearing target dead center at 210m.
Kyles face stiffened at the flawless archery.
The final arrow hit dead center.
At 430m.
Kyle couldnt hide his shock.
Impossible...
No matter how skilled, stage two was impossible.
Practice bows couldnt exceed 400m.
Even top archers needed gear for range and power; poor gear meant less.
What trick allowed that crude bow to hit 430m?
Hes clearly rattled.
Jeong Hoon barely suppressed a laugh.
As expected, practice bows couldnt reach over 400m due to limits.
But he had the Unique-grade skill Extreme Archer: Soul.
Bow in hand: 700m field of view.
Not just viewthe option corrected trajectory enough for 430m hits.
Stage two cleared, but stage threes impossible!
Kyle shouted urgently.
Previewing the harsher stage three.
But deep down, he was starting to acknowledge Jeong Hoon.