Even right before I returned, there were so many unsolved secrets in the world.

Among them, there was one related to the ‘masked sage’.

There was one sorcerer wearing a mask that looked very similar to the ‘Pharaoh’s Golden Mask’ I had previously obtained.

Nothing was known about his identity.

However, the only known fact was that he was a wizard who removed the disasters that the players of Earth were difficult to deal with.

‘The Masked Sage’ has appeared only 7 times in the world, and I have met Lee Ja-ja in person.

‘Schwer Gustav. In the fight against Shin Yuri… … You saved us.’

Shin Yu-ri was one of the strongest villains in Korean history.

She was leading the ‘Demi-God Alliance’, a coalition of villains, and had a battle with us.

‘We underestimated Shin Yuri’s power and almost got annihilated.’

At that time, the person who helped us was the masked sage.

I’m not wearing a mask now, but I could feel it as soon as I saw it.

The author must have been a ‘masked sage’.

‘You’ve got severe burns on your face.’

The face was so distorted that it was difficult to recognize the shape.

So it seems that he was wearing a mask.

The masked sage looked down at me and said.

“It paid the price.”

His voice wasn’t good to hear.

It sounded like a metal sound because it was husky.

It felt like my life was being sucked out of me just by hearing his voice.

Before I knew it, the fruit I picked was in the hands of a wise man.

I don’t even know when it was taken.

“Let’s go back.”

“how?”

You need fruit to pass through the gate.

The sage’s eyes turned to me.

I clearly understood what those eyes were trying to say.

‘What does that have to do with me?’

Anyway, since he took my life and got the price for the fruit, he took the stance that he had done his job.

Whether I’m locked up here or starved to death, it’s none of your business.

It was so reasonable and obvious that I had no choice but to admit it.

“sorry. I asked a useless question.”

I asked for something much more productive than that.

“I need the fruit to get out of that exit. I want to pay a fair price to get the fruit.”

“The price is up to you.”

The direction of the road seemed to be well taken.

You must not steal, and you must negotiate well with him.

[Quest, ‘Trade with ???’ has been activated.]

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[Deal with ???]

You must present transaction conditions that ‘???’ can understand.

However, you only get one chance, and if you present inappropriate conditions, you may be killed by ‘???’.

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Being able to be killed by the Sage didn’t particularly bother me.

After all, if you can’t get the fruit properly, you’ll die.

‘There are very few things I have that will satisfy him.’

Even if you think about it common sense, isn’t it?

I don’t know his level exactly, but no matter how bad he is, he’ll be over level 250.

Among the things that a low-level person like me possesses, there is no way that he will be full of castles.

Even the best items I own, such as Veraclaf’s necklace, Guardian’s ring, and Rakan’s great sword, must be jap items in her eyes.

‘It can’t fill a real need.’

If so, I had to approach it in a different way.

‘The answer was already decided from the time he came out.’

The sage did not wait that long.

“Give me a condition.”

“yes.”

I took an item out of my inventory.

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[Pharaoh’s Golden Mask]

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All I could give was this.

Even before returning, he wore a mask similar to this one.

“What is it?”

What do you think I should answer?

I soon came up with an answer.

“The mask of the one who dreamed of eternity.”

If you can’t fill the practicality, you can fill the kanji.

uh?

The golden mask of the pharaoh in my hand disappeared again.

I looked to see where he had gone, and before I knew it, the wise man was wearing a mask.

The sage skimmed the mask with his hand.

‘Wow, that’s it?’

The ‘Pharaoh’s Golden Mask’, which looked relatively crude, had turned into a detailed and sophisticated golden mask that I was familiar with.

In other words, it seems that the japtem has been transformed into a myth item.

“The price has been paid.”

It was a bit bittersweet that this mask was worth more than my single life, but I guess I liked him anyway.

“There is only one fruit permitted to you. keep in mind.”

When I came to my senses, it had disappeared before my eyes again.

With my current skills, I couldn’t even read the movement itself.

‘I’ve felt it before… … It’s really strong.’

For some reason, my heart was pounding.

Maybe someday, if I really get stronger, I might be stronger than this sage?

Just imagining it made me very excited and happy.

Just like I was happy imagining winning the lottery first place in the past.

‘First of all, shall we collect a fruit?’

* * *

I bought another rope.

Using the bangbangi bow, he stood on top of the tree branch in the same way as before.

‘for a moment.’

But are all these fruits the same?

It couldn’t have been.

Even apples grown on the same tree taste different.

‘If I can only take one, I’ll have to carefully select and bring it.’

The sage didn’t give me a time limit, so I decided to think slowly.

I don’t think it’s meaningful to simply distinguish pretty things by their shape.

‘I think it would be nice to be able to use luck itself.’

When the hell will this mystery be used again… … uh? can do.

I don’t know if I’m lucky or bad.

Before I knew it, I was able to use ‘luck itself’.

As long as this was available, it was meaningless to think about it with my head.

[Mystery, ‘luck itself’ was used.]

After the sage disappeared, I felt a bit more relaxed.

“I used mystery.”

At the same time, I reflected a little.

When I was faced with a really urgent situation, I couldn’t proceed with the play like I was broadcasting.

All my nerves were focused on thinking about how to get out of the situation.

‘I can’t call myself a true streamer like this.’

If you are a real professional, shouldn’t you be able to maintain a broadcast of equal quality in any situation?

As the sage appeared, I forgot what I had to do.

It’s fortunate that it was practice, but if it was a real battle, I should have died with my nose on a plate.

I regained my original intention (?) and opened my mouth.

“Among the many fruits, I see one that shines in particular.”

As if possessed by something, I started climbing the tree.

He moved around like Tarzan using his bow and rope.

“Looks like this guy… … uh?”

I tried to reach out and collect the fruit, but it suddenly disappeared.

Looking around, I saw a sparkling fruit far away.

“We’ll have to catch that light before it disappears.”

I bought a spray from a brokerage store.

I got closer and sprayed it to mark the fruit, and after that it was a series of nogada.

“He ran away again. He’s insanely fast.”

I grinned.

What’s so fast about fruit?

I kept chasing after the fruit.

‘Ugh!’

I moved with caution, but I almost touched another fruit.

I let out a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from my forehead.

“It is a job that requires a great deal of physical strength and fine mental strength.”

I don’t know how it looks from the outside, but I’m very nervous.

If I touch two berries by mistake, I will die.

There was only one fruit that the sage allowed me to do.

‘And not getting that fruit I want is a terrible result.’

Dying while playing is a very common thing, so even so, not getting what I was aiming for is worse than death.

“I will definitely get it.”

I smirked again.

It’s been a while since I’ve felt this level of tension!

‘This is what the original play is like.’

I had never felt this tension before.

This exhilarating sensation, as if even the slightest mistake would blow your throat.

‘I am alive.’

It was as if this primal sense that made me realize life awakened all my cells that had been asleep.

‘Did he run away again?’

Fruiting is too fast.

So it was fun.

You will be able to enjoy this time more.

“I will catch it.”

I don’t know how much time has passed.

It seemed like 10 hours had passed.

“Got it!”

It is said that heaven helps those who help themselves.

In the end, I was able to hold the fruit tightly in my arms.

In case it ran away again, I quickly put it in my inventory and immediately threw myself toward the exit.

[I checked the fruit.]

[Escape from the Guardian Dungeon.]

Usually, the expression ‘clear’ is used, but here I used the word escape.

Maybe it’s a place where the concept of clear doesn’t exist in the first place.

No compensation was given.

That fruit wriggling in my inventory seemed like a reward.

“It’s already evening.”

I looked at my inventory again.

The feeling is bizarre.

How should I express this?

“I feel like my inventory is about to explode if left alone.”

I’ve never heard of an inventory exploding.

But I felt like I couldn’t leave it alone.

“Looks like we’ll have to plant the fruit in the ground!”

What conditions must be met.

What to do.

I don’t know anything.

However, I know exactly where the guardian tree grew in the past.

I started running with all my might.

‘uh?’

And I felt my body lighten considerably.

Just yesterday, I ran with the steel sniper, so I was able to experience it accurately.

‘I grew up!’

I felt a thrill run down my spine.

Apparently, running between the branches while maintaining a state of extreme tension seemed to have grown me to a higher level.

This sense that cannot be expressed in any numerical value such as level or skill.

Water levels can never know this subtlety.

This growth, which can only be achieved through training, made me happy again.

It is a happy day in many ways.

‘Ah, calm down.’

There was a sense of crisis as if the inventory would explode.

It feels like my life as a player will end when my inventory explodes.

It felt like I was running with a ticking time bomb inside me.

not.

There is a more precise expression.

This is a sudden feeling.

‘please! hurry!’

This is Yeonhui Samgeori.

A road the size of four lanes round trip.

In the past, someone had grown a guardian tree in the middle of this place.

‘I’m about to explode!’

1 second felt like 1 minute.

It looked like it was about to explode in a moment.

‘Come quickly!’

I called the wood string.

It was because I thought that Nam Mok-hyun would do better than me.

Fortunately, Mo Mok-hyeon said he would protect Cha Jin-sol and was nearby.

He said he was riding a bicycle.

‘come!’

I explained over the phone on the way.

As soon as Woodhyun arrived, he hurriedly got off his bicycle.

“I’ll hit the barricades first.”

Woodhyun applied the tree acidity to pull out the stems from the ground.

bread! bread!

The flow of cars got tangled.

Cars have become unable to come and go.

‘Mok Jae-hyeon. You’ve grown!’

It made me very happy to see him do it well without being told.

But it’s really about to explode.

“Hey, quickly.”

Timber Hyun used tree trunks to dig the ground.

I think it was about 3 meters deep.

I threw the fruit of the guardian tree into it.

The fruit of the guardian tree touched the ground.

Koo Goo Goong-!

An earthquake occurred in the area.

It was such an earthquake that the signboards of nearby shopping malls fell to the ground.

And the whole notification was heard.

[The ‘Seed of the Golden Guardian’ has been sown.]

An auspicious golden beam of light soared from the center of the place where the fruit was thrown.

Soaring high enough to touch the clouds, it was like a single pillar.

‘There was no happening like this before the regression?’

Something has changed.

‘This ray of light must be… … .’

I’ve never seen it on Earth, but I’ve seen it on other servers.

It is said that when a golden guardian tree is planted, a pillar of light like this blooms.

[72:00:00]

The pit was covered by itself, and instead a number floated over it.

It was a 72 hour timer.

[71:59:48]

After 72 hours, it was clear that a golden guardian would grow from this spot.

‘There were only about 6 golden guardians across all servers.’

I’ve never seen it on a mid-level server like Earth.

I remember that 3 of them were concentrated in Arbis, the strongest server, and the other 3 were in another strong server, one by one.

Not much was known about the Golden Guardian.

It was because the server did not open much information about the golden guardian beast, but it is said to have much greater power than the general guardian beast.

‘That’s great.’

Below the time timer, I could see some blurry text.

[Seeker: Kim Chul-soo]

It seemed like this was a text that only I could see.

‘Sower?’

It seems to be saying that I planted it, but I don’t know why this is even recorded.

It seemed that 72 hours would pass before we could know a little more accurately.

Soon, golden powder began to rise from the place where the guardian fruit was buried, and all notifications continued.

[A radius of 1,000m or less is set as a safe zone.]

The guardian tree hadn’t even grown yet, but the safe zone had already been established.

I think it’s because it’s not a normal guardian, but a golden guardian.

The seed subject was quite admirable.

‘The boundaries of the safe zone are clearly drawn in my head.’

It felt like a small map unfolded in my head.

Seeders seemed to be given several benefits.

‘I hope 72 hours pass quickly.’

hehehe,

Laughter leaked out without me knowing.

When I returned home with a smile on my face, Shinil Group Chairman Choi Ik-hwan’s secretary had visited my house.