The situation quickly turned chaotic. Aileen and her party didn’t intend to fight. At first, they only wanted to register at the crystal stele’s checkpoint. She planned on persuading them before using brute force if the mysterious people refused. However, the crystal stele wasn’t a checkpoint.

[Quest discovered!] [Summary – You have discovered a group trying to steal an ownerless crystal stele.] [Goal – Steal the crystal stele from that group.] [Reward – Special Skill Acquisition Book – Lv.3 Secret March, Lv.5 Crystal Stele]

A quest suddenly popped up and the opposing group treated them as an enemy. Aileen felt slightly surprised. The giant from the opposing group smiled as they recognized each other.

“You.”

The fight began after she muttered a single word. The giant man took off his robe and shot forward like the wind. He clearly wanted to fight, but Aileen stopped his charge with one word.

“Stop.”

The giant froze in front of her. His feet dug into the ground as he tried to resist the Spirit Speech. However, a slim man holding a spear also attacked Aileen’s group.

“I’ll be your opponent!”

Shin Jonghak intercepted him and the two spearmen began fighting. Koong! Shin Jonghak felt a heavy pressure as their spears made contact. However, he could manage it.

“Hold on.”

Long ranged reinforcement came from behind as Yi Yongha’s hellfire shot towards them. Jin Seyeon’s arrows also came flying without her even using a bow.

Cheok Jungyeong’s body clashed against Yi Yongha’s fire as Jin Yohan’s spear clashed with Jin Seyeon’s magic arrows. Shockwaves burst and whirlpools of magic power erupted. The ground...