"Hmm, honey."
Tudor leans against the counter with a coy smile and makes his face towards me. Her long hair falls out splendidly, sprinkling sparkling light.
"Resolvers usually disclose a lot of information to increase their own value. "It's the same with mine."
"however?"
"But private information that the solver does not want to reveal is very expensive, as is the information under his mask. Or, there are many cases where people become targets of attacks just because they are digging about it."
I know what you're talking about. You can pay money to find out, but be prepared to cause trouble.
"Well, I have no intention of making such a request right now. Rather, I came today to receive a request."
"Hmm, good, good. There is an interesting request that you might like... … Thirteen, can I ask you here for a moment?"
Perhaps because he was such a regular, Thirteen chuckled and gestured that he understood. Still, she doesn't seem to have any intention of taking on the role of a barista, just standing there leaning on one side of the counter. She seems to be planning on either kicking out guests or telling them to wait.
Tudor, who saw this, nodded slightly towards Thirteen and motioned for me to follow him to the office.
"And I have a proposition for you."
"What offer?"
"that… … "Why don't we go inside and talk privately, just the two of us?"
Tudor said and winked.
As soon as he entered the office and sat down, Tudor started talking about settlement.
It feels like the past since I went dancing with Jang Hyeon-deok and Tanhyeon, met the Yellow King, dug for gold, and danced all kinds of crazy blues, but the last quest I officially solved was defeating a ghoul and a ghoul spellcaster in the basement of an apartment in Munsan-eup. .
"As I said before, I am very satisfied with Yeonam Construction. "I guess the cleaning up was very neat, right?"
"It wasn't handled sloppily."
"Yeah, that's why I got a bonus."
"bonus?"
"Okay, bonus. wait for a sec."
Tudor paused for a moment and tapped on the keyboard. The sight of the witch wearing her wide-brimmed cone hat looking at the computer screen and making a transfer to her account... … It is a fun sight to see at any time.
"Okay, deposit completed. Do you have a banking app installed on your smartphone? No, you know the concept of an application, right?"
"… … I know."
"It's always fun to see a wizard wearing such a mask carrying out banking transactions on a smartphone."
I don't know if Tudor read my thoughts or if it was just a coincidence, but I felt like I was caught off guard. I checked my smartphone while trying to catch Tudor's joke.
100 million won, 80 million won.
Since the account originally contained exactly 100 million won, 80 million won was deposited.
"You gave me a lot. "I am grateful that they gave me an extra 30 million won in bonus."
"You don't sound happy at all."
"No, I'm glad. "It's good to have a lot of money."
Although I was sick for almost a week, I worked one night and earned 80 million won.
It seems like I'm slowly starting to become insensitive to money.
The cursed jewels currently piled up in my room are contributing to that insensitivity. It's a difficult item to dispose of, but if you can dispose of it, it will be several times the amount of money you currently have in your bank account.
"Well, if a wizard of his level was interested in money, he would have done something else instead of working as a dangerous fixer."
"Well, I won't deny it."
"What should I put forward… … Are you able to please yourself?"
Tudor said that and looked up at me, taking a half-lying position on the desk. Although she sometimes forgets, her appearance stat is 20. Her beauty is classified as transcendental. If it weren't for the magician's talent and a few other characteristics granted to her, that is, if she had been Kim Shin-hwa, an ordinary 20-year-old working from home before coming to this world, she would have been completely frozen and unable to say anything.
"The story I told you yesterday is enough. "It's a request that I'm quite interested in."
"Hmm, yes. "Now that we're done talking about money, shall we move on to talking about something new?"
Tudor then handed over a thick folder.
When I turned the cover and checked the first page, I saw that there was a photo attached.
The photo shows an old hospital. And the area around the hospital is full of trees, and a very large mountain can be seen behind the hospital.
Hospital, trees and mountains.
It may not be easy to specify a place simply with this keyword, but I know what kind of place the mountain in that photo is. A place I have visited several times through games.
Gamaksan Mountain is the highest mountain in Paju.
And an old, abandoned hospital built against the backdrop of the mountain.
'It's finally come out.'
I kept waiting.
This is it.
This is one of the reasons why I chose Tudor among the numerous brokers operating in Paju.
The first fixed quest provided by Tudor.
It is [Gamaksan Mountain's abandoned hospital].
From the outside, this building looks like it has just lost its owner and was abandoned, but if you look closely, you can find something odd about it. The only thing that is not managed is the appearance.
Even though it has been neglected, the windows are clean, and the interior peeking through the windows is also extremely neat.
At this point, I would like to say I understand right away without having to read any further and run to Gamaksan Mountain, but that would be too hasty. Tudor's attitude towards me is already filled with strange suspicions, so I can't act like I know everything about a request I'm seeing for the first time.
I have to talk to Tudor for a while.
"It looks like a ruined hospital, huh? "Where am I?"
Tudor is looking through my mask with a strange smile. What is he thinking? Soon Tudor's mouth opened.
"This is a place called Gamaksan Mountain. I know?"
"Just that there is such a mountain. so?"
"It's the highest mountain in Paju. Aside from that, the mountain has many things that are good for wizards and psychics, so it might be a good idea to take a look around it while you're there this time."
As Tudor said, Gamak Mountain is such a place in [Cthulhu World]. If you wander around well, you can mine elixirs, and there are several altars for the descent of spirits or mythical beings that help increase magical power.
When I nodded appropriately, Tudor continued speaking slowly.
"On the outside, it's just an abandoned building that's been ruined for a long time, but in reality, it's still managed by the owner. In the past, a ghost story streamer went to an abandoned house to experience it, but was caught by the building manager and kicked out."
"That's a funny story. "Even though it's a building like this, there's a manager guarding it at all times?"
Tudor smiled at my words.
"That's an accurate point. "The reason this building looks like a ruin is because the building owner wanted it to look that way."
"It looks like there's something interesting hidden inside, right?"
"But recently a problem arose. "Some random people suddenly took over the abandoned hospital where that precious thing was hidden under the pretext of exercising lien rights."
Lien exercise. This is an incident that often happens in real life, but in [Cthulhu World], a special setting is added. For example, something like what is written in the file here... … .
"It says here that they are not just wanderers, but a group of armed forces made up of people with supernormal abilities and mutants."
"that's right. "In fact, the rights relationship is a little twisted, but they are not the ones who really have the right to exercise the lien, they are just gangsters."
"It looks like this is a situation that cannot be resolved through law and common sense?"
"A team has already been sent from somewhere else, but no one has returned." So I went around and around and ended up here. "The request amount is 120 million won."
Since I have 180 million in my bank account, if I put 120 million into it, does that make it exactly 300 million?
As Tudor pointed out earlier, he was not very impressed by the amount. I'm more concerned about something else than that. Is this the end?
The reason I was waiting for [Gamak Mountain's abandoned hospital] wasn't because of money, so I don't mind if this is the end... … .
The contents of [Gamak Mountain's Abandoned Hospital] that I remember, and the contents of the request when it was linked to Tudor, did not end there. I asked Tudor, wondering if there was a trigger I was dissatisfied with.
"Is that the end? Should I just go and knock down everyone I see?"
Sure enough, Tudor gave me a wink and continued speaking.
"Hehe, if it was just a request for forced eviction, there would be a lot of people other than yourself who would do it."
Yes, it should come out like that. There is some more hidden information in this quest.
When I nodded and showed interest, Tudor continued speaking with a proud expression.
"After accepting this request, I feel a bit… … I have a feeling. "I did some more research before introducing myself."
"I guess there's something hidden?"
"that's right. The client gave me too much detailed information about the talented people here. Oh, the contents are attached to the back of the document. Anyway, hmm. But for all that, the people listed here are all faces I don't recognize."
It's something we all know, but it's still worth listening to because it's presented in this way.
"Hmm, unfamiliar face? so?"
"After checking, this wasn't a hospital in the first place."
Tudor spoke as if declaring a shocking story. Yes. This is not a hospital, but a research institute. Secretly conducting human experiments.
And there is only one person in Paju who does this kind of thing.
"This is one of the secret research institutes under Helistic."
Yeah, those guys.
This hospital on Mt. Gamak is a facility similar to the secret laboratory where I woke up.
"The mutants who are said to have taken over the hospital are actually test subjects who underwent unusual procedures at the laboratory. "That doesn't mean I'm an ordinary person."
When I signed a contract with Tudor, I said I would not do anything that would involve dealing with the general public.
As Tudor said, these are not ordinary people or innocent victims. Helistic's test subjects are generally criminals or death row inmates of a similar level to Lee Chang-hyuk.
In any case, these are people who live such crazy lives that they voluntarily submit to experiments because it is an opportunity to strengthen their bodies. You can beat up these guys without hesitation.
"Hmm, good. "Let's proceed."
[Quest accepted!
Suppress all the people with supernatural abilities occupying the abandoned hospital and return it to a 'safe' state.
Goals remaining: 0/58
Reward: 750,000XP + 180,000,000 won
In case of failure: death]
Quest information has been specified. The mission ends by suppressing the 58 test subjects shown in the remaining objectives.
58 test subjects... … . It may not be impossible, but it won't be easy to complete. Although they are much smaller in number than ghouls, these guys are different from ghouls who attack with ignorance. Moreover, some of them are as annoying as ghoul magicians.
However, I have a reason why I must proceed with this quest.
If things go well, the mystery of this world that has been plaguing me may be resolved a bit during this quest. Besides, even if it's not necessarily like that… … There are also items that can only be obtained in this place.
I was about to get up with that thought in mind, but Tudor caught me.
"Honey, before I leave, can I make a suggestion?"
"proposal? Oh, come to think of it, I said something like that."
"I saved it for myself, but there was someone who showed interest in this request before I came today."
"however?"
"If it's okay, how about the two of you proceed together? "Maybe you'll like it too?"
"You like it? "Why do you think that?"
"That's right, this is the person I'm going to introduce to you."
Tudor holds out a photo.
There is a frontal photo of a problem solver.
Long white hair, a bright red leather jacket, a small face whose age is hard to guess, and a huge yam that looks like something out of a cartoon.
"It's a curtain call."