32 – World 11. Fort Fritton (2)
On the wall we looked up at, a man who looked like the captain of the soldiers looked at us and then shouted to the surroundings.
“Since you are from another world, everyone, go back to your original seats!”
Surprisingly, he didn’t say who it was.
I was puzzled by that part and asked Karina.
“Do you recognize that you are from another world at once?”
“I have no choice but to find out. The beasts that parasitize on corpses all look terrifying.”
Karina answered and pointed to the side door next to the large castle gate.
“You can go in there now.”
“Is there no such thing as a checkup?”
“Go inside and do it. Besides, players can’t harm the people here. So, you can see it as relatively spacious.”
After answering that, Karina suddenly tapped my arm.
“When you go inside, your eyes will be focused on Seongmin Lee. I will ask you then.”
“What… yes.”
It seemed to be talking about my tone and actions.
I still didn’t get used to it, but I decided to endure it more than I decided to do.
Bubbly-
Then, as I entered the side door made of steel, four soldiers with spears blocked the way to greet me.
“Thank you for coming to Fort Fritton. Mr. Lee Kye-in Excuse me, but if this is your first time, please tell me your name and occupation.”
name and occupation?
‘Do I really have to say it?’
Thinking about it, I glanced at Karina, and she stepped forward first and said,
“Karina. It’s a five-star job.”
“…!?”
As soon as Karina’s plain words came out, the soldiers in front of them all made a surprised expression.
“You mean five, five stars?”
“Yes. And this is Mr. Lee Sung-min. Likewise, he has a five-star job.”
“ah······.”
Karina next revealed that I was also a 5-star job, and the soldiers looked at each other with quite a bit of bewilderment.
“Now, please wait a moment.”
Then, a soldier presumed to be a superior started running somewhere, leaving only a word to wait.
Thanks to that, the remaining soldiers couldn’t do anything, but Karina told me as if it didn’t matter.
“There is a seat. I will sit down and wait.”
In fact, when I looked to the side, there was a long chair made of roughly hewn logs.
As I moved there, I inquired about 5-star jobs.
“But why 5 stars?”
“How did the soldiers react? That’s natural. Getting a five-star job is a big deal in itself.”
“Only with that?”
“Yes. People here think of a 5-star job as a job that can only be obtained by achieving truly heroic achievements in the past, present, and future timeframes. So, at least from the soldiers’ point of view, it is as if a hero has arrived to save this place.”
I also knew that you had to complete achievements to get a 5-star job, but it turned out to be better than I thought.
“Who currently has a 5-star job?”
“Excluding Seongmin Lee and me… there must be 7 of us.”
7 people.
It was a number that I couldn’t figure out whether it was a lot or a little.
‘Then, with Karina and I, it’s going to be 9 people.’
But even thinking about it again, it seemed that a 5-star job alone would not be able to wipe out the battlefield or overturn an unfavorable game.
Also, when I thought that way, I felt that the reaction of the soldiers was too exaggerated.
“The five stars in this Fort Fritton?”
“There is not one. Everyone is active in a different fort.”
“Looks like you’ve been planted with anticipation.”
I wondered if I had heard the story of a 5-star job that was active in another fortress.
If that was the case, the reaction of the soldiers was understandable.
A 5-star job that was only rumored to have come to this fortress.
‘yes?’
Then, at a distance, I could see 20 or 30 people looking this way and whispering.
It seemed that they were not soldiers, judging from the different armaments they were carrying.
“He’s a player active in this fortress.”
“Why are you looking at this?”
“He flew on a carpet and was wearing such scary armor, so he must have been curious.”
Well.
If so, that would be it.
Originally, with my ability, I would have been able to hear what they were talking about even from this distance, but it was difficult with my body right now.
Even others can become stronger than their original bodies with a little effort, but not me.
No matter how strong he became here, he couldn’t reach his original strength.
‘I don’t know if the level goes up by a thousand.’
However, considering Hayden’s body level (88), it didn’t seem like it would rise by a thousand.
Bubbly-
In any case, while waiting.
“Come over there.”
Along with Karina’s voice, I saw several people approaching from one side of the road.
‘Are there four people in all?’
Among the four, there was a soldier who had just run away.
Except for the soldiers, the other three…
‘Two knights and one priest.’
Among them, the knight in the middle seemed to be in charge here.
He had a slightly tired face, but he was a man in his 40s with an overall strong impression and physique.
“I am Diophen von Griet, who has reached the level of a sword master. He is also the general manager of this Fort Fritton.”
“Are you in charge?”
“Yes. I guess things aren’t too bad. This is the first time I know that Diofen has come out to meet players in person.”
While Karina was explaining, I saw the knight approaching me by about 20 paces, so I slowly got up from my seat.
He said he was the general manager of this fortress, so he couldn’t just sit and greet him.
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Diofen spoke with him in a tired voice similar to the first impression.
“Welcome to Fort Fritton. It is called Diophen von Griet, who is in charge of this place.”
“Lee Seong-min.”
I briefly said my name and faced Diophen.
Apart from the tired look, the brown eyes gave me the feeling of constantly watching me.
It seemed like he was trying to find out, at least briefly, who I was.
However, since he was wearing armor, there was no way he could easily recognize him.
After staring at it for a long time, Diopen opened his mouth.
“I’m sorry, but I’d like to check your job, would you allow me?”
“……What does that mean?”
When I asked this question out of curiosity, the knight seated silently next to Diofen twitched his eyebrows.
It seemed that he didn’t like my attitude of asking now.
Regardless of whether or not, Diofen answered without caring.
“It has meaning. If you have skills worthy of the rumors, there are not just one or two things to ask of you.”
Well?
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Did you think I was someone from another fortress?
Since he was armed with full body armor, there was nothing strange about misunderstanding.
“But… is the woman next to you the new 5 stars?”
Karina, who was now naturally standing next to me, was also Diofen, who I assumed was a 5-star.
‘It would have been natural since I introduced them as two 5-stars in the first place.’
However, he seemed to think that Karina and I would have similar skills to existing 5-star jobs.
‘I don’t think there’s any need to correct it.’
My current abilities were not inferior to theirs, so there was no need to correct them.
At that time, Karina, who was pointed out by Diofen, responded by herself.
“My name is Karina. I am here with Mr. Lee Sung-min.”
“…Are the same 5-star jobs working together?”
“To be precise, I am following Sungmin Lee. Lee Seong-min here is a person like that.”
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Diofen couldn’t believe that Karina, who had less than 10 5-star jobs in total, was following me.
Maybe that’s why, when he turned his head and looked at me, there was a small surprise in his eyes.
“Looks like it’s more than I thought. In that sense, I want you to confirm your job.”
The story came back to job confirmation again.
I didn’t think I was going to move on until I confirmed the job.
“Anyway.”
After allowing it as if it had nothing to do with it, Diofen immediately looked at the priest next to him.
At the same time, the priest put his hands together and prayed, and a soft light appeared from the bodies of Karina, Ren, and me.
I wondered if I had confirmed my job in the current light.
“Has confirmed. Both are 5 stars. The other one is a 4-star job.”
“What is your job title?”
“If the person in front of you allows it, I will tell you.”
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Do you know the name of the job?
However, Diofen didn’t want more than just the answer of 5 stars.
‘What if I got a job like a legend maker.’
Or there was a possibility that everyone who had obtained a 5-star job so far had a combat system.
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Deciding not to complicate things too much, I looked at Karina for a moment.
Because I thought it was over.
‘The only thing left is to go out of the fort and catch the beast or something.’
However, Diofen’s affairs were not over yet.
“I have confirmed that the two of you have 5-star jobs, so I want to ask you a favor.”
“ask?”
“I don’t think this is something to talk about here, but… it won’t matter since rumors have already spread.”
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Diofen calmly continued.
“I have obtained information that there is a hatchery of delinquents in the territory that has already been taken away. I want you to get rid of that hatchery.”
It’s a hatchery…
Roughly, I thought it was a place where thugs were born.
If you left such a place until now, there must be a reason.
“Are you saying that the three of you are going to the hatchery now?”
Karina spoke on behalf of me who was thinking.
Looking at the reaction, it seemed like a dangerous place too.
“There are between 4 and 500 players residing here. You can take them.”
“You can’t take it by force. What about the reward?”
“Unfortunately, I can’t give you much. How about a one-time crafting right for weapons and armor and 2kg of crystals? Instead, we limit the number of people to a maximum of 20 people.”
I understand the rights to make weapons and armor, but I was worried about 2kg of crystals.
‘Did you say that the decision was necessary to raise the job level?’
Looking at it, it seemed that the crystals obtained by the soldiers were collected separately and presented as rewards as they are now.