Mixed Novel Haha Chapter 1571 9 - 15

Chapter 9: Gangnam Station (5)

Hansoo who had entered the the third floor nodded at the light in the distance.

A corridor that stretched far.

In the space there darkness was best suited for, a stationary train made hissing sounds as it shone its lights in the distance.

And because of that Hansoo didn't need to search in order to find out what lived in this place.

There was a snake that shined silver in front of the train sleeping in a curled up position.

'Barb snake'

Being soft and squishy, its main diet was normal animals but it also ate Juterium metals as a secondary source of food.

The Juterium metal that is digested within its stomach gets fused with the special liquid released inside its body and gets excreted between the scales.

And this mixture dries in the air to cover the scales on its body.

'This guy is pretty fast.'

The slippery and hard scales combined with its speed makes it hard to catch.

Hansoo looked at his Podao that had its edge almost dulled out.

It was a good Podao out of the ones that came out of goblins and that was the reason why it survived until now but it was quite lacking to go against those.

'It might be a little hard with this.'

Paralysis poison is only effective if the blade gets through.

The weight and hardness are important but first you need a sharp edge.

Taesoon, who had a kitchen knife on his waist, backed off after seeing Hansoo's look along with Sangjin who also had them.

Hansoo clicked his tongue as he watched Taesoon and Sangjin.

'These guys need to go through some more socialization process.'

"Try giving them to me."

One isn't enough.

They will likely break during the fight.

At Hansoo's words Sanjin looked at him with a slightly dissatisfied expression.

"… You have yours."

At those words Hansoo looked at Sangjin with an amused look.

'It seems like this guy has the same idea.'

Hansoo looked at Sangjin and Taesoon and spoke:

"Are you guys trying to fight that?"

If they were to fight he had no intention of asking them for their knives.

He wasn't in a hurry and there were probably a few left in the convenience store, he could just go back and get some.

But unexpectedly they wanted to fight even though he thought that they would say they wouldn't want to.

At that moment Hansoo looked at what they could see and knew what these 3 were thinking.

'Are they looking down on that thing?'

The Barb Snake was not really a large snake.

Its length was only about 3 meters.

The length was long but its body was smaller than the Land Mermaid.

The Land Mermaid's length was about 2 meters but it had a lower body that resembled a grub and these looked more agile.

From a point of view they don't really look formidable.

But you can't assume things like that.

This guy was more dangerous than all of the Land Mermaids above combined.

Hard scales and fast speed. Along with the strong muscles that can crush the Land Mermaid as well as sharp fangs and grip strength that do not fit snakes.

The barb snake was a predator that chewed upon Land Mermaids.

And it was also smart so it went for the weaker ones first.

If these guys were to attack then they would get murdered.

It won't be a case where they will cry after getting hit once then absorb their gathered runes, instead their limbs will fall off.

'How do I handle these guys. There should be a different situation where you should have greed for runes.'

He had seen these types a lot.

Something that always happened during group hunts.

They will forcibly join the hunt and try to receive some of the distributed goods.

'Eres was really good at persuading'

But he wasn't really interested in persuasion.

It was annoying too.

Normally Eres would persuade, Keldian would threaten and control them with carrots and whips, if a negotiation failed to bloom then Kangtae would walk out to force them off.

And if that failed to clean things up he went out.

There was no need to see blood for these.

Fun was fun and work was work.

He was annoyed with dealing with kids that were a fourth of his age so he gave them two options.

"I will give you options. First, I will get out and you fight them yourselves. Second, you guys get out and watch me fight alone."

"…"

"How do you want to do it?"

Taesoon got angry at the suddenly different attitude from Hansoo.

'This bitch, we were hunting well together so far but why is he suddenly like this?'

What his psychic powers were couldn't be grasped by him but his reaction told him that what the snakes dropped was rather good.

If they fought together and shared the drops it would be good but why did he need to get greedy to the point of excluding them.

When Taesoon was about to say something somebody quickly made their decision and spoke.

"I'll get out."

"What?"

The one who had made the decision was not Mihee but Sangjin.

Taesoon, who had been looking at Sangjin with a flustered expression, scowled as he spoke.

"Hey! He's being petty and leave us friends out to eat them all by himself!"

'Friend. It's a good word.'

He didn't decide to bicker over it although his idea was that good things were shared together and hardships were gone through together but it seemed like Taesoon was using it in a slightly different way.

"I told you to follow me. I never said I was going to take you."

"…"

At those words Taesoon looked at Hansoo with a dissatisfied expression.

And Mihee, who had been listening, spoke as she nodded.

"Let's stop. If Hansoo is talking like that then it means it's really dangerous."

If he wanted to take everything then he would've beaten them down then taken all the runes.

Even when Taesoon was in danger after he got shot by the paralysis poison from the Land mermaids Hansoo didn't talk like that.

From the way Hansoo was acting right now meant that those scrubby looking snakes were actually very dangerous.

No, since there was only one monster on the whole third floor, there was no way that thing was not strong.

They had forgotten that for a moment due to greed.

Taesoon, who had started to come to his senses, calmed down then started to take out the knives by in waist while clenching his teeth.

'Six of them'

Hansoo started to apply the poison from the Land Mermaid on the edge of the kitchen knives from Taesoon and Sangjin.

Though that thing ate Land Mermaids it was only because it was all digested within its stomach that could even digest Juterium. The land mermaid's poison, which was almost like a neurotoxin, had to get into its muscles to work.

Hansoo, who had numerous knives dangling from his waist, spoke as he looked at the three.

"Hunt the land mermaids above. Hunting should be done constantly."

Taesoon looked at that Hansoo and answered expressionlessly.

"Didn't you bring us along to take us all the way?"

Taesoon grinded his teeth because he felt like they were used.

Hansoo smirked at those words.

'How did I not remember these amusing friends.'

He remembered clearly that they followed him in here but it had changed to him bringing them here.

'You should really be lucky that Keldian didn't come here. Ah, Keldian didn't start here anyway.'

Hansoo thought of Keldian who was probably wandering around the purple region and laughed.

If it was Keldian, he would've made everyone above fall into a trap and take all their then started.

And because of that he was pushed out of returning here.

'He's always progressing forward but the results aren't the best.'

Hansoo looked at Taesoon and spoke as he thought of Keldian.

"Go stay above. If you aren't lucky then your eardrums will pop."

And then Hansoo charged at the Barb snake.

Keeeeeeeeeeek!

And then a frightening scream was heard and the three who had been going back up realized at once why Hansoo told them to stay out.

.........…

Kyaaaak!

The Barb snake's whole body squirmed as it expanded out then compressed in an instant.

And the air that was expanded and compressed exploded out of the Barb snake's mouth with an incredible speed.

Paaaaaang

An attack that had slight amounts of Magic.

The power wasn't that great but it was a shockwave that had an impact that shook the opponent's balance by destroying their eardrums and cochlea.

"Uuuk…"

The body of the three, who had been standing by the stairs, swayed for a moment by the impact force that rang throughout the third floor.

But Hansoo already expected that attack after seeing its stomach and neck area.

'Good'

The impact came through the hands that had been covering the ears.

But the magic resistance came into play and reduced the damage.

Hansoo, who had succeeded in not losing his balance, quickly moved his hands from his ears and quickly attacked its momentarily defenseless body.

Body, to be precise the scales were hard but in between the scales there had to exist a gap from which the melted Juterium mixture came out.

The knife with paralysis poison applied to it went in between the scales.

Kyaaak!

'Good. Three have been inserted.'

There were 5 major spinal nerves throughout its body that controlled its body.

Hansoo, who had touched the nerve after getting between the scales and its ribs, quickly backed off.

Kyaak…

The Barb snake, who was decorated with three knives within its body, twisted its body while making clattering sounds with its scales as if its body was harder to move than before.

'As expected, poison is the best in the beginning.'

The beasts and clans in the later stages had incredible amounts of resistance and regeneration so most poisons basically had no effect on them.

And if they also use skills it gets even harder.

But poison was one of the extremely effective methods against the monsters in the beginning whose body were smaller and had less resistance.

Even him, if he didn't have the paralysis poison, would have struggled a lot.

'Well. It's easy now.'

He was bitten on his arm when he first inserted the knife but due to him raising his vitality the wound would heal.

Hansoo charged again to insert two more knives into its body then finished it off by stabbing deeply within the roof of its mouth with the last remaining knife.

"mmm?"

Hansoo made a weird sound as he looked at the skill rune dropped by it.

The skill rune which shone next to a few stat runes.

[Barb snake's shockwave] To use this thing he needed mana so he couldn't use it yet.

But in the case where he gained a mana rune during the tutorial, it would be an effective tactic in the beginning.

Well the visualization of it coming out of the body was not great but as long as it was effective.

'As I expected. Due to it being a rather strong mob the rewards are…'

And the three who had been standing afar off slowly crawled up and spoke out after seeing the skill rune on the ground.

"…Are you going to use this Hansoo?"

Taesoon mumbled with a jealous filled expression while looking at Hansoo.

Because the already strong guy would get a skill rune so now he would start flying around.

'Damnit'

At those words Hansoo shook his head

"I'm not going to use it."

He could only use seven so why would he use something like that.

"What?"

Sangjin stood up and shouted:

"Then can I use this?"

If he wasn't going to sell it didn't it mean he would give it to them?

Taesoon scowled at Sangjin's shout and spoke.

"What would you do with it. It'd be better if I…"

"What are you guys talking about. I'm going to sell it"

"Huh?"

"I'm selling it. To the person who brings the most runes."

"…"

"If you buy it now I will give a discount. 5%"

Hansoo shook the runes within his wrist and laughed.

"…Can't we do an installment plan?"

"If you guarantee it. Stand together."

"…"

From his expression, if one person were to ditch then the guarantees would have to sell all their gear to pay him back.

The three made an expression as if they had chewed on crap.

Chapter 10: Gangnam Station (6)

"Have you decided?"

Whilst Hansoo went to the convenience store to get something he gave some time to the three of them to decide.

And then Mihee nodded her head.

'Well. They probably know.'

You can realize just from Taesoon's situation.

Stats were important but skills were also very important.

If that skill went into somebody up there then the gap they created through diligent hunting could be crushed in an instant.

And to prevent that a trustworthy person of the three would purchase the skill.

'In conclusion, gathering up the runes has been beneficial.'

The runes that one person has is rather lacking to buy it but it could easily be solved by lending.

Hansoo asked while chuckling:

"Whom was it decided to be given to?"

At those words Mihee answered.

"It's me."

'As I expected.'

He guessed somewhat to this extent.

Since Hansoo saw Mihee pick up a mana rune earlier.

No one was there to bicker who killed it so from her taking it quietly, it seemed like she wanted to hide it.

'Well the more hidden cards you have the better.'

Whatever happens that skill required mana.

And because of that for Sangjin and Taesoon who had no mana it'd be rather burdensome for them to invest in the skill rune.

Since they would never know when a mana rune would come out.

But Mihee had already gained mana runes and already confirmed that mana runes can drop from hunting.

And from her situation where she had already confirmed the performance of the skill, it would have been very enticing.

And the remaining two probably felt safer giving it to Mihee than giving it to others.

Mihee borrowed the runes from Sangjin and Taesoon while shaking their hands and then approached Hansoo.

"Good. Here they are. There are three each for agility and perception and seven each for stamina and strength."

"Since I said I'll give a 5% discount I will only take six strength."

"You're quite thorough."

Mihee looked at him with a slightly resentful expression.

With that many stats you could really become strong.

She had fought a few times but you can tell instantly.

Not having runes is getting closer to death.

Though she had gotten a skill, she seemed to have felt a little regret.

And Hansoo looked at Mihee's expression and chuckled.

"Don't think that it's too much. If you get into the habit of getting free things around here you will die quickly."

"…"

There is no trade in this world that does not cost in some way.

Whilst chasing costless things the cost will have stacked somewhere else and will explode.

It wasn't somewhere like a mart's food sample corners where no one would say anything if you eat and run away.

'Let's see'

Since the Barb snake was dead and the trade was complete, there was something he had to finish here.

Hansoo started to look around the train station.

'The existence of a Barb snake means there is Juterium Ore nearby'

And indeed there was a few orange ores that sprouted out like crystals near the train station.

Hansoo grabbed them with his hands and rooted them out.

Tududuk

It was very elastic despite it being a metal, it felt like pulling rubber.

Hansoo started to mold the Juterium with his hands.

And the three stared at Hansoo.

'Spike? Needle?'

Taesoon stared at the Juterium metal that was being molded like clay enthusiastically.

Hansoo left the needle that was molded to about 20cm in the corner, went up to the barb snake, ripped off the scales and started to rip its stomach open.

Shuuuuk

'It's here'

Hansoo made a delighted expression as he saw that the Lysate solution sources hadn't dried up.

Hansoo took out all six of the of the Lysate solution sources, then set up the burner and the pot and started to squeeze them above the pot.

Ploploploplopplop

And soon the pot was filled with a green liquid.

And when the liquid started to boil he started to break apart the scales of the Barb snake and started to throw them in.

The hardness of the scales on Barb snake's skin was extremely powerful but it wasn't to the point where you couldn't break it.

'It's not good enough for a weapon.'

So he had to make a new one.

In the same way the Barb snake made his scales.

Shockingly, when the hard scales entered the boiling Lysate liquid they all melted down.

And Hansoo, who had seen the green liquid slowly turn silvery, plopped down the Juterium metal he made once it turned completely silver.

And soon a change occurred.

Chorurururuk.

The Juterium metal, which did not exceed 20cm and barely entered the pot, started to absorb the liquid aggressively.

The needle which had an orange tint started to change its color very quickly as it absorbed the liquid.

And soon the size increased gradually as well.

The needle, which hadn't reached 20cm before, was already over one meter long and the width was as thick as a thumb.

'The end… is a little blunt.'

He molded with all his might but due to it being hand molded as well as the enlarging process, the tip was a little blunt.

Hansoo held the needle with all his strength and started to grind it with the dull Podao.

Kududuk. Kududuk.

A hardness that barely peeled off when Hansoo used all his strength while sweating intensely.

'Yeah. It should at least be that hard.'

Hansoo made a satisfied expression as he was working very hard to grind it.

'As I expected, you guys are the best when I'm against strong opponents.'

If his attacks went into the enemy easily then cutting parts would be good but once you go against mobs that have decent amounts of physical resistance, cutting attacks don't work well.

If one was confident in fighting up close then rather than long swords that cut, needles and daggers that stab are much better in going through the enemy's defenses.

While the area of damage is small and secondary damages such as bleeding is hard, if you know the weak points of the enemy and have the confidence to stab the weak point accurately, then the needle is the best.

'And if I need to go through his defenses when fighting him, it should at least be this much.'

Hansoo thought of the opponent he needed to go against in order to obtain one of the two hidden pieces in the first tutorial area.

Number 11 out of 134 weapons that can be created with the materials gained from the monsters in the first tutorial area.

If you think about the alchemists went through a lot of trouble for a long time in order to create the best quality weapons out of the low quality materials that you gain in the tutorial area, it should at least be this much.

If a Rokoko Lizard or Carnivorous sac came out then he could create an even stronger 1-17 or 1-96 but Barb Snake wasn't bad at all.

It would be rather hard obtaining a better weapon in the tutorial area than this.

'I should conclude now'

Hansoo, who had grinded the edge to a sharp point, took out the goblin leather he had saved, cut it into a long piece and then applied the poison weakly onto it.

Chiiiik

Hansoo nodded as he saw the insides of the leather melt slightly and then wrapped the leather around the handle area of the needle.

As he felt the right feeling of a grip in his hands, he made a satisfactory expression as he stabbed into the air.

When he uses it later he could apply poison or paralysis poison depending on his preference then.

"Can't we buy that?"

Taesoon looked at Hansoo's weapon with a greedy expression.

If it's that much then he was willing to buy it with runes.

If Hansoo struggled that hard to make it then it's hardness was incredible.

As he was dissatisfied with the blades that went dull from a few strikes ever since a while ago, it could only be tempting to Taesoon.

And then Hansoo shook his head.

From the start you guys cannot use this unless you were high rankers.

Since the area of damage is extremely small.

And something like this would be especially hard for you guys to use.

'Well, to be honest it would depends on the user so I would sell it…'

Despite that he couldn't make more.

"I cannot make more because I used all the Lysate solution."

"tsk"

Taesoon looked at the bottom of the empty bot and clicked his tongue.

Hansoo left them like that and moved inside the train.

'So if I get on this then this should move'

He just needed to get on the train and go receive the reward. The battle was over.

The Barb snake was already strong enough but if an even stronger boss came out after getting on the train, how would a first-day adventurer kill it.

Hidden piece just means it's a hidden mission and not an impossible mission.

Hansoo went inside the train leisurely and sat next to the pillar of the train.

His favorite spot.

And then he saw someone getting on after him.

Hansoo chuckled as he asked.

"Why are you guys getting on?"

And at those words the three had a slightly befuddled expression.

They were not stupid.

An extremely suspicious train in the very bottom of the train station.

And as if electricity was working in an devastated train station, the lights were on.

A feeling of a jackpot.

Even in games when something like this exists there will be a jackpot.

No matter how one looked it did not look ordinary but Hansoo, who had psychic powers, went in there.

And even with a comfortable expression.

They have never seen Hansoo lose tension before a battle so the chances of there not being any battles were high.

Isn't following him on obvious.

But they were surprised by Hansoo who had never said anything about following him suddenly saying things.

"This is one person only. Get off."

"Huh?"

"Only one person can get on."

Hidden piece is only permitted to one person.

The train was large but it only moved when only one person was on it.

'It was made so that the difficulty is at where twenty people need to come down to clear but only one person can get…on'

If a god existed then he definitely had an evil hobby.

"…That might not be the case."

Sangjin mumbled with a hopeful expression.

And then Taesoon spoke after him:

"And is there a rule which says you have to go? We've come here with our own strengths as well."

'Magnetism huh'

As Hansoo glanced at the Barb snake's corpse from those words, the faces of the three all turned red.

Mihee was also making an embarrassed face but didn't really stand on Hansoo's side and speak for him either.

'Aiigo. You dummies.'

Hansoo laughed inwardly.

It wasn't that understanding did not exist.

They've probably got the idea somewhat.

Whenever a chance occurs you need to grab it.

If you miss the chance because you are embarrassed or due to pride then you will realize that that's a very foolish act.

The three who were actually talking about it had their face reddened.

They knew that they were pushing it as they were speaking.

'But they have not realized one thing yet'

"Oh. Of cause such a rule doesn't exist since there isn't such a thing as an absolute law in this world."

Then Hansoo who was holding onto the handle of the needle grabbed the tip instead.

And in as the bulky handle spun upwards the needle turned into a bat…

Hoong, Huooong.

The bat in Hansoo's hands cut through the air while making threatening noises.

"You either get out now. Or you deal with me first then talk nicely with your lawyer later and find me in court. Choose one of the two."

"…"

Hansoo laughed while looking at the three.

.........…

"Damnable Bastard"

Taesoon cursed as he looked at the train that was quickly making distance while making clunking sounds.

It was extremely alluring. That thing that was at the end of the train station.

And because of that he pondered for a moment.

Should the three of them try fighting him together.

He even thought inwardly.

'Surely he won't be too cruel, we're friends and we've come this far together."

If they fought and won they could take his weapon and if they lose they could beg for forgiveness."

Not a bad gamble.

'And if I take all the runes on his wrist…and even take whatever is at the end of the station.'

It was basically a jackpot.

The chance of success was low but it was a low risk high return case.

Taesoon, who had finished his thoughts, tried to move his hands towards the kitchen knife on his waist but gave up as soon as he saw his eyes.

The only reason he was talking over it because they didn't act out.

'fucker…'

He was laughing and the way he was handling the situation was so-so but his eyes were different.

He was watching enthusiastically with eyes that could destroy someone's vitality.

As if he was full of expectation to see how it was going to play out.

'Fuck. Fuck…'

He felt unfairness as he got scared from just his eyes but he had to get off because he didn't have the courage to fight.

"Let's go up. We should move too."

Mihee opened her mouth as she looked at Taesoon.

Sangjin and Mihee were making expressions as if this situation was supposed to play out like this.

Taesoon spat out curses in his mind.

'You retards. This is why you guys aren't capable.'

Why are you making such an embarrassed expression.

Anybody else would've done the same thing as him.

'I am not sorry… I am not embarrassed.'

Taesoon mumbled inwardly as he grinded his teeth, raised his body and headed upwards.

Chapter 11 – Otherworld's Moon (1)

Rattle. Rattle.

The train moved to the next station swiftly.

'Let's see… he did say there were multiple stations.'

Hansoo thought of the stories of the four who had acquired the hidden piece.

If you were to organize the conclusion was like this.

Firstly. As you take the train you will go through 20 stations.

Secondly. The artifact on each station was random.

Thirdly. A station that you've passed cannot be returned to and going further did not mean better artifacts came out.

'It's a structure designed to give people mental conflicts'

Hansoo took a glance above.

A map of the train route with 20 stations.

He had to choose well here.

Chiiiiik

There was a platform laid on the center of the empty station with an artifact above it.

'Let's see'

There was plenty of time. Since the train won't move until you get back on.

Hansoo walked up to the platform and checked out the artifact

'Raroon's Circlet.'

Hansoo showed a conspicuous color.

It raised the perception stat of the user by almost 10 and it showed the weak point of the beast on your first encounter with it.

With this the chance that you will struggle against beasts in the beginning will decrease.

The requirements was that you needed 25 or higher perception but it was well worth it.

'The standards are clearly higher.'

Since it was a hidden piece there was an artifact that would help greatly in the beginning.

But Hansoo shook his head.

This one is dismissed.

To Hansoo who knew every beast's weak points it was a rather disappointing item.

The perception stat was appealing but finding something else was better.

Hansoo laid the circlet down and got on the train again to get to the next station.

............

'This is the twelfth station.'

Hansoo sighed softly.

'Eight weapons huh…'

Maybe due to the fact that it was a hidden piece weapon, the quality was good even though it was a newbie weapon.

There were ones with lightning damage and even a gauntlet that raised the number of runes.

Since they were of higher quality than the needle he was holding there was nothing much to say.

But that was the problem.

The fact that they were better than his needle.

In other words the choice was rather disappointing to Hansoo who was holding the needle already.

'Will weapons continue to come out.'

Honestly since a good weapon in the start had abilities that were beyond simply raising stats and skills it wasn't weird that there were many around.

'Won't something like a stepping stone come out.'

Shoes that allowed you to momentarily step on the air .

With this you could have a much more three dimensional battle.

It was a weapon that was hard to obtain even in the second tutorial stage or out of that, the red stage, so finding it around here would be nice. He had a slight hope that this would come out but it had yet to do so unfortunately.

Hansoo slowly walked up to the platform and checked the item on it.

A small cigarette pack.

But Hansoo's eyes bulged out as he saw it.

"Huh? Maniac's Cloud Snack?"

'Even something like this comes out?'

The stepping stone instantly disappeared from Hansoo's thoughts.

This item was that rare.

A cigarette pack with 20 cigarettes.

But these were not ordinary cigarettes.

As soon as you take a puff your rune stats will start to increase and it will continue to increase as you keep smoking it.

And when you inhale all the smoke after you finish the cigarette all the rune stats will increase by around 20% and it will stay like that for around 10 minutes.

It was only 20% on paper, if all your stats were to increase by 20% then it meant your battle power basically doubled.

And it rose by percentage. This was very tempting.

It meant that as your stats got higher and higher the effects increased more and more.

And whilst smoking it there were moderate amounts of painkiller effects as well as increase of adrenaline so even without the stat increase your basic combat abilities rose.

An item that raised your battle power by a large amount for about 15 minutes after you start smoking it.

'huhh'

Hansoo rejoiced.

Although you couldn't use it outside the tutorial area but it was a small artifact that was one of the best within the tutorial area.

'This is it'

Hansoo chose instantly.

He didn't know what kind of artifacts would come out further along but there won't be much difference to the earlier ones.

Which meant there was no better choice than this.

Hansoo inserted within the side of his upper body then smiled as he walked towards the exit.

'Wait, but I don't smoke…'

Hansoo made a slightly perplexed expression due to the unexpected problem.

'Well. That guy will understand.'

He promised to stop but wouldn't he allow such a thing like this.

As Hansoo got on the train whilst humming, the train started to move slowly towards where Hansoo started.

.........….

'Did they all exit'

As Hansoo got off from the train, the train rattled as it stopped its operation and even turned its lights off.

A silence space with nobody else, Hansoo picked up the nearby cookwares and then got lost in thought as he started to proceed upwards from the third floor.

'Let's see'

Hansoo thought of the second hidden piece.

The first day ended in a satisfactory manner.

Since the first hidden piece was completed, as long as he completes the second one then he will have gotten all the hidden pieces he could acquire in the first tutorial area.

But he couldn't do it right now.

The second hidden piece could only be obtained after the fourth day.

Hansoo started to ponder for a moment.

There were two things Hansoo could do before the second hidden piece made its entrance.

Hunt and collect runes diligently.

Challenge the remaining missions.

'There's not much to decide.'

You will naturally kill beasts as you do missions.

He had to aim one of the missions of the 119, no, 118 due to him clearing one.

'No. A few of them were done on the way to here.'

First beast kill, First one to gain a new rune type and so on… such things were done on the way to here.

But these weren't the missions that were officially decided.