I Became a Swordsmanship Genius in the Game

Chapter 29. The First Calamity

Unfortunately, the opportunity to draw his sword and punish the gorilla who had disturbed his precious time did not return.

A group of gorillas, resembling the one in front of him, were glaring at him from all around.

...He was confident he could win, but if there were casualties, things would get complicated.

Hyunwoo gave up the idea of moderately suppressing his opponent and began to observe him.

The emblem of a gray wolf engraved on his shoulder armor stood out.

The same emblem was engraved on the armor of the others around him.

'If it's a gray wolf... could it be Baron Modric?'

They all seemed to have the same sponsor.

The gorilla sitting opposite him opened his mouth.

"I heard you caught the Black Whale and were promoted to Silver. I'll be direct. Are you interested in receiving a sponsorship?"

"Sponsorship?"

Hyunwoo guessed that their sponsor was Baron Modric, but he pretended not to know and recalled the baron.

'A guy who has a place in the parched land of death. For his strong military power, his intelligence was lacking, wasn't it?'

He was remembered as being strong among the barons, but by the mid-game, he could no longer be found.

'There are more than one or two demons who die after getting caught up in disputes every time.'

Among them, Baron Modric was the worst of the worst.

He might be a strong guy right now, but as a sponsor, he was the worst.

"I refuse."

"Do you know who's sponsoring you and are still refusing?"

"Isn't it Modric?"

"How dare you say the Baron's name so carelessly!"

Several gladiators, incensed by Hyunwoo's words, burst out in anger.

"Even a king gets bad-mouthed when he's not around."

"...What?"

Of course, if he were to insult the real 'Demon King,' he might come and cut his throat right away.

But so what.

He was just a baron, not a demon king.

The gorilla sitting opposite him raised his hand, stopping the ones who were about to step forward.

"The reason?"

"I don't like him?"

Hyunwoo refused his offer as if it wasn't even worth answering and took a swig of his beer.

The gorilla continued to make offers.

It didn't seem like he had a very good impression of him, but he couldn't understand why he was being so persistent.

Three offers were made, and all three were rejected.

But the guy's reaction was strange.

He had expected him to get angry because his pride was hurt...

But instead of getting angry, the guy grinned―.

"Thanks for refusing. The thought of being comrades with a lowly human is disgusting, isn't it?"

At the racial slur he hadn't heard in a while, his hand naturally went to his Cheonbyeondo.

...Patience.

He would be able to face them in the arena someday.

For now, it was more important to get more information about them.

Hyunwoo, engraving the word 'patience' in his heart, opened his mouth.

"...Why did you offer a sponsorship to a lowly human?"

"What choice do I have. I have to do what I'm told from above. Since you refused, I'll kill you without pain when we meet later as a token of my gratitude."

"That's what I was going to say."

"Insolent bastard."

The guy gripped the table with his giant hand.

The edge of the wooden table crumbled, and crumbs fell off.

"Be grateful that this isn't the arena. The Baron likes to stomp on sprouts before they grow. Let's go."

"......"

The gorilla got up and led his gang away.

Hyunwoo pretended to be relaxed, but he felt a sense of vigilance as he watched them.

'I should start paying attention to my safety.'

It was just that Baron Modric had been revealed to be a violent guy, but there might be other demons who held a grudge against him for refusing their sponsorship.

...The gorilla's presence had ruined the taste of the beer.

Hyunwoo paid the waiter for the beer and stood up.

"Here you go."

"Thank you. Please come again."

As Hyunwoo was about to leave the tavern, a topic of interest caught his ear from the mouths of the drunkards.

"I heard a vampire gladiator has been running wild lately."

"...A vampire? A vampire is a pure-blooded demon, but he's a gladiator?"

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The vampire he had met at the request center.

Lucas Cayenne.

Lucas was the only vampire active as a gladiator in the arena.

Hyunwoo paused for a moment and leaned against a pillar where the conversation was flowing from.

"I heard he's a fallen demon."

"Ah, a fallen demon."

The drunkard who had first brought up Lucas's story looked around.

Then, he lowered his voice and whispered.

"There's a rumor that Baron Modric is dying to kill the vampire."

"Baron Modric?"

"The gray wolf emblem. He's the sponsor of the guys with that emblem on their bodies."

"Ah, that bas... ahem... those guys?"

"Yeah. No matter how strong the vampire is, it won't be easy if guys like that are after him."

The ensuing story was that the two had already clashed once, and the ones sponsored by Modric had been crushed.

Because of that, Modric's gladiators were said to be grinding their teeth.

They were actively expanding their forces.

The sponsorship offer to Hyunwoo a little while ago was an extension of that.

Hyunwoo left his spot when the drunkards moved on to lewd jokes.

'So they've already clashed.'

Hyunwoo also had a rough idea of their backgrounds.

The clash between the fallen demon Lucas and the gladiators sponsored by the baron, Modric.

'It was in the Sylvester region, wasn't it?'

It was only natural for them to clash since they were rivals in the same region.

And if their rumors were so widespread even among these ordinary gladiators...

'The day the Sylvester region becomes a mess is not far off.'

It meant that the day a Sylvester request would be created was not far off.

Hyunwoo, recalling the grotesque appearance of the Lafres that would soon appear in the Sylvester region, headed to his quarters.

***

The next day arrived.

Someone was knocking busily on the door of his quarters since early in the morning.

Bang, bang, bang―!

If it had been Van, he would have let himself in, so the visitor was undoubtedly Pierre.

What was going on at this hour?

Hyunwoo, waking up from his sleep, opened the door.

"Hyunwoo-nim―!!!"

As expected, the visitor was Pierre.

He rushed at him, grabbing his leg and clinging to it.

"What's going on so early in the morning."

"Hyunwoo-niiiiiiim!!!!"

"Let go of me. Come in first."

Hyunwoo looked around and pulled Pierre inside, lest anyone see.

If he left him there, a noise complaint would come from the next room.

He took a closer look at Pierre's complexion after he entered the quarters.

He was biting his nails, looking anxious, and constantly looking around.

He was reminded of the gambling addicts in the movies.

"Did you get into some kind of trouble?"

"The item..."

"Huh?"

"The item!"

Pierre grabbed Hyunwoo's leg and shook it, his eyes turning red.

"The price of the item is really going to rise more, right? Right?"

"......"

"Tell me right now if it's okay not to sell it right now!?"

It seemed like just a little while ago, he had been confidently telling him to leave it to him...

Seeing Pierre's frantic behavior, it seemed he had also invested in the item he had mentioned.

By the way.

"The price has already gone up?"

"Yes! It has already started to jump quite a bit."

"Did Lotus make a move with a plan."

"Yes?! Lotus? Are they involved in this?"

"No. So how many mana stones did you use to get like this?"

"All my assets... I bought it with all my assets. Please! It's really going to rise more, right?"

Pierre's bloodshot eyes widened.

He had completely lost it.

For a guy with a petty bourgeois mentality to have invested all his assets, he had taken quite a big risk.

He understood the situation, but...

It was a hassle to deal with him.

"Pierre."

"Yes...?"

"What you invested in me was my future value. Right?"

"Yeees... well, that's right?"

"That investment will also include things like this 'information.' There will be more opportunities like this in the future, are you going to be like this every time?"

"Opportunities..."

"If you want to remain a back-alley black market merchant instead of a great merchant of the Demon World, well, I won't stop you."

"......"

Pierre mumbled to himself, mulling over his words.

"Opportunities... future value... a great merchant of the Demon World..."

After muttering to himself, as if his self-hypnosis was over, his eyes changed.

"I apologize for the commotion this morning. As the future 'great merchant' of the Demon World, I shouldn't be shaken by such trivial matters."

"Right. Don't worry and just wait."

He was about to point out that using all his assets was not a trivial matter, but he stopped.

It was fun to watch his mood swings change rapidly, but it was a hassle to soothe him.

Just as he was about to start his daily routine, leaving the calmed Pierre behind, he heard approaching footsteps.

Creak―

"Huh? You have a guest at this hour."

"......"

Come to think of it, it was the first time he had seen the two of them together.

Pierre, glancing around, bowed his head slightly.

They seemed to have an awkward relationship.

The Orc casually accepted his greeting and turned to him.

"An urgent request has come in at the request center. I came to let you know because I thought it might be the request you were looking for."

"Sylvester?"

"That's right. They said it's that region."

Before Van could even finish his words, Hyunwoo shot up from his seat.

"Pierre."

"Yes?"

"Now you just have to wait a little longer."

It had been a long wait.

The time he had been waiting for had finally come.

Hyunwoo immediately headed to the request center on the 3rd floor of the market.

***

The request center was already bustling with gladiators who had flocked there.

'It came in as an urgent request.'

Even if he hadn't asked his administrator separately, the news would have been announced to everyone.

A staff member climbed onto a desk placed in the center of the request center.

"Quiet! Quiet! An urgent request has come in!"

"We know, so just send us quickly!"

The gladiators, ignoring the staff member who was about to start the briefing with a tense expression, booed in unison.

"Sigh. Honestly..."

The staff member, giving up on calming the excited gladiators, sighed and began to explain.

First, the news that it was an unlimited request caused an even greater commotion among the gladiators.

An unlimited request meant that anyone could participate without any personnel restrictions.

"What? Unlimited?"

"If it's a large-scale request, the mana stones will be good."

Finally, when the talk of rewards came up, a sense of excitement filled the gladiators.

"1,000 mana stones per day!"

And that was just the basic reward.

Depending on the performance, it could differ by up to ten times.

At the rare jackpot request, the gladiators' eyes began to be colored with greed.

From among the murmuring gladiators, one shouted.

"What is the content of the request?"

"A large-scale Lafre swarm has appeared in the Sylvester region."

"Ha! Just Lafres?"

The man-eating plant of the Demon World, Lafre.

The request to subjugate mere plants was like telling the gladiators to do farm work.

'It won't be easy.'

There was no need to rush, blinded by the merits.

'It's a long-term battle anyway.'

The gladiators hadn't yet realized why this was being broadcasted as an urgent request.

Just man-eating plants.

They were indeed insignificant creatures.

The problem was that there were too many of them.

And, they were special.

⌜Scenario Quest Activated!

You have discovered the 'Lafre Infestation,' a precursor to the 'Calamity that Consumes the Demon World.' Find the cause of the Lafre Infestation and stop it.

Time Limit: Before the Sylvester region is destroyed.⌟

The prelude to the first Calamity he would face in the 'Masal' game had begun.

A forced scenario quest that could not be avoided or ignored.

⌜Failure Penalty: Destruction of the Demon World.⌟

'If I fail to stop the Calamity, everything ends. Simple.'

It was really simple.

So Hyunwoo chewed on a curse.

That it was a really crappy game.

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