Leo once invested more than 10,000 hours of pure play time in The Lost World.
That’s 10,000 hours, I don’t know how many years I’ve been playing this game, excluding sleeping and eating.
That’s why I memorized various hidden pieces to the extent that even the community run by the users of this Lost World could hear the voices of people, and they knew how to develop characters.
But that Leo was scratching his head right now.
“Where should this go… .”
It is certain that there is a hidden peace in the slums of the empire.
I went and got it several times.
So, if this was a game, I knew the locations, including the forks, well enough to go straight by looking at the mini map.
However, when it became a 4D reality, I was very confused.
Terrain that used to be expressed in ambiguous graphics on the monitor becomes a reality, so you don’t know where it is.
“This way?”
With a completely unsure voice, Leo stepped into an alley.
However, as a result, I entered a more unknown path.
Now Leo has come to a place where he can’t even guess where he is.
“Well… .”
It was then.
“It seems like a difficult situation. Can I help you?”
A man with an impressive scar across his left eye approached.
He glanced up and down at Leo and smirked.
“It’s a face I haven’t seen before. Aren’t you from this slum?”
“right.”
Leo nodded.
It wasn’t just the slums, it was the first place to come to the Empire after all, but that’s it.
“I don’t know what you’re looking for, but I know very well where I am. Ask me anything.”
Leo stared at him.
Looking at those scars and mean-looking eyes, I don’t really trust them, but… .
‘I don’t even need a guy like that right now.’
“Then can I ask you a favor?”
Leo grinned.
* * *
The scar around his eye was a man named Rexle.
“Churches that are falling apart? Ahh. You know there.”
Leo told him where he wanted to go, and Rexel, as if telling him to trust him, took Leo to the alleys of the slums.
As we walked, the condition of the houses and walls-like buildings we saw gradually deteriorated as if they were about to collapse.
Even now, even when I was still, I felt a gloomy atmosphere.
Leo asked Rexle, who walked away quickly with her back turned.
“Is this the right direction?”
“then.”
“It is strange. The place I want to go should be in the center of the slums, but this place looks like the outskirts no matter how you look at it?”
“… … .”
Rexel turned the corner once instead of answering.
When Leo followed him around the corner, all he could see was an old empty lot.
In the empty lot, there were 5 clumsy-looking bullies gathered.
They were smiling at Leo.
Leo looked at Rexle.
“What are we going to do with this?”
“Khehehehe. Well? What is this?”
“Sigh. I guessed it, but as expected, it doesn’t deviate from my expectations.”
“Guess what? This is a funny guy.”
Rexel sneaked behind Leo and blocked the alley they had entered.
“This is a single road. Give up now because there is nowhere for you to run.”
Rexel, who had a mean laugh, shouted at the bullies gathered in the clearing.
“Hey, friends. I asked for good prey, how is it?”
“Yeah. Lexle, did you do anything right today? well picked Look at the clothes that guy is wearing. It’s no joke.”
The bullies looked at Leo and smirked.
Leo hid his silver hair to avoid trouble, but he didn’t change even the clothes he was wearing.
Of course, I didn’t like clothes with flashy colors, but the clothes were okay, but I couldn’t stop the luxurious feeling and subtle elegance felt from the fabric itself.
In the eyes of people who have lived their entire lives in the slums, the luxury was bound to stick in their eyes.
“Hey kid. When you say nice things, if you put down everything you have, you won’t get hurt.”
“Heh heh. Of course, you know you have to take off all your clothes, right? Give me everything, even the panties. A guy like you would be wearing nice pants.”
The bald man, who looked like the leader of the bullies, swung his dagger and said.
Leo stared at them and opened his mouth.
“Let me ask you one thing.”
“what?”
“I’m tall now, so why are you calling me a kid?”
If you simply look at the height, there were quite a few guys shorter than Leo among the bullies.
It was because he was showing great growth for his age, to the point where he was approaching the mid-170s.
“… What do you call a question like that? Did you lose your mind because you were scared?”
The bald head tilted his head as if he was dumbfounded and answered.
“Your face looks like a child. You seem to be the son of a wealthy merchant somewhere, but you made a mistake by stepping into this slum.”
“Your face looks young… Right.”
Leo nodded.
Even though he has grown taller, it seems inevitable that he still looks like a child.
Leo stretched out his hand.
“Since you answered well, I will give you my life.”
“… what?”
The bullies, including the bald one, didn’t understand what that meant, but it didn’t matter.
[Ice Arrow Barrage]
Dozens of ice arrows were created around them, and they started beating them nonstop.
-Perberbubbobeobuck!
“Ouch! Now wait… !”
“Hey, what is this? arrow? Aww!”
“Hey, are you a wizard? Turn it off!”
Embarrassed, they sat down in their seats.
I crouched down and tried to hide the vitals, but who was Leo?
In terms of magic control, it is second to none.
It was impossible to block or avoid the ice arrow that bent in midair.
Head, uvula, epigastrium, nangsim, etc.
The vital part was stabbed without a break.
-puck!
– Kwajik!
– Ppabababak!
“Quaaagh!”
“Keoeoeouk!!”
Hellish screams echoed through the slum alleys for quite some time.
* * *
After lightly beating Bald and his gang, Leo was guided by them.
“This is it.”
“yes. How nice would it be if you guided me like this from the beginning?”
“ha ha ha… That’s right, Gongja-nim.”
Rexel forced a smile in the corners of his eyes that had become puffy.
limp. limp.
I walked with a hard step on my staggering ankle, not knowing where I had hit it wrong.
said Leo.
“If you keep acting on it, it could really make you crippled.”
“… … !”
Startled, Rexle started to walk properly.
Where did he look like he was about to fall?
‘Are you a ghost? How did you notice this?’
Rexel was sweating profusely without looking back.
Rexel, who was in charge of catching hukou among his friends because of his good acting skills, but to be caught in a room like this.
Of course, Leo knew that there would be no injury that would make him unable to walk because he had handled it with careful control.
I don’t know if it’s an arm or a shoulder, but I can’t break the legs of the guy who should be guiding me.
“I said it before, but just guide me properly. Then I’ll just let you go.”
“Ah, I understand, Gongja-nim.”
The bullies guided Leo trembling.
Unlike before, it was a sure path.
They soon arrived at an abandoned church in the center of the slums.
It seems to have been used as a place where an ordinary family house was converted into a church, but now it was on the verge of collapsing.
There were spider webs hanging here and there, as if it hadn’t been used by anyone for a long time.
“Hey, we’ve arrived. Confucius.”
So can we stop now?
Rexel looks at Leo with such hopeful eyes.
Leo shook his head.
Rexel made a shocked expression.
“Uh, why… !”
“There is still work to be done. Dig here.”
Leo stepped on the floor in the backyard of the church.
“Papa?”
“uh. If you do this, I will really let you go.”
“… … .”
There was no way he could resist Leo’s cold eyes.
In the end, the bullies, including Lexl, had no choice but to shovel.
“I… Confucius. What about the tools? I guess I’ll have to use a shovel or something… .”
“shovel?”
Rexel lowered her eyes slightly at Leo’s staring gaze.
“uh… Nope. it’s okay. Come to think of it, I don’t think I need it.”
If he nodded here, he felt like he would become a living shovel.
Eventually, they started digging with stones and planks that were rolling around.
How much did you put into shoveling?
“Huh… Heo-eok… .”
“Hoo-wook… Whoop… .”
The sound of rapid breathing came from here and there.
Shoveling is a much harder job than it looks.
They were big, ferocious-looking bullies, but they knew how to rip them off, but they didn’t have good stamina.
Even the tools were not good, so my arms were shaking and sweat was flowing like rain.
‘Oh, how long do I have to dig?’
‘It looks like it’s already sold to waist height… .’
He didn’t have the patience to continue digging, but he was afraid of Leo, so he pretended to dig and only glanced at Leo.
“The hand slows down. Can you wake me up like before?”
“Ah, no, Gongja!”
It was hard, so when I slowed down a little, I heard Leo’s voice like thunder.
In the end, they had to squeeze all their strength.
As I was digging for a while, I heard Leo’s voice.
“stop. That’s it.”
“Okay, are you done? Can we go?”
“no.”
Leo shook his head and pointed to the side.
“That wasn’t it. I was confused because it was different from the mini map. Dig next to it this time.”
“… … ?”
The arches’ faces became white.
* * *
The shoveling continued for several hours.
‘I, that demonic human… .’
‘really… I feel like dying… .’
Leo pushed them to their limits with minimal breaks.
In the first place, one eye that sees is a really good Leo, so he carefully grasped the physical limits of the bullies and adjusted them.
Thanks to that, they are now slowly getting to the point where the sky looks yellow.
However, Leo continued to cast spells without blood or tears.
-It’s not there.
– I was confused. Strangely, it seems to be different from the mini map… . It must have been here… . Dig here this time.
Though the thought of rebellion popped into my head, I soon gave up because the area where I had been beaten earlier felt so painful.
Rexel regretted his trashy eyesight.
‘There are many crazy people among wizards. You really got caught by an idiot by mistake.’
‘Saying strange self-talk… Oh damn.’
The other bullies next to him also looked at Rexle with resentful eyes.
They asked for prey and asked why they brought such a disaster.
Rexel answered with his eyes.
‘Did I know this would happen! Even though you guys liked it at first, saying that I was good at asking for hogu!’
In the midst of being busy working like that and noticing each other.
Leo gave the command he had been waiting for.
“stop. That’s it.”
“Huh… Heo-eok… . Yeah? Shall we sell next door now?”
“no. That’s it. Good work. Stop and go.”
Leo nodded.
“!!”
“!!”
The arches raised their heads in surprise.
I didn’t quite understand at first.
Is it really over like this?
‘yes! How many pits have I dug so far!’
‘It seems that the mad wizard’s mind has been relaxed now!’
“Yep! Thank you, Confucius! From now on, I will live doing only good things!”
The gangsters quickly greeted him in case he called him again and withdrew.
Leo smiled as he watched them rush off.
“Do you think we can return safely?”
Unbeknownst to them, quite a few onlookers had gathered nearby while they were shoveling.
The gaze I felt was not very nice, but what will happen?
However, Leo soon pushed their thoughts out of his head.
That wasn’t what mattered now.
Leo dug through the hole the bullies were digging with his feet.
Soon after, an old wooden box appeared.
I carefully took it out, brushed off the dirt on the outside, and opened it, revealing a pair of shiny earrings.
‘Earrings of blessing.’
A formidable item that increases the value of one of your talents with a talent level of 3 or less by 1.
Leo smiled and put it on his ear.
Aw hell nah its an RNG stat increase too. Bros gonna get a 1