[You are short 20 ‘Relic Fragments’ needed for crafting.]
“Ah…… I’ve already run out.”
The next day.
I tried my best to get over being scammed, but neither crafting nor [Royal Kits] went as I wanted. On top of that, I even ran out of the quest items needed for crafting.
“Ah, shit…… To farm Relic Fragments, I have to go to Cheonyu……”
I’m more passionate about crafting, which I raise as a sub, than combat.
Combat, the main content of the game, I only followed along when others did it, and I wasn’t particularly good at it, nor did I enjoy it. Though I do like watching others fight.
So when I had to collect items from a dungeon that was hard for me to run, I had no choice but to get help from someone.
If it were before, I would have gotten help from guild members, but…… since I transferred servers, I couldn’t ask for help. (And now I’ll pass on those bastards’ help anyway.)
“Should I try joining a guild……”
But most posts saying [Recruiting Guild Members] on the ‘Guild’ board on the official homepage recruited combat users. There were no guilds welcoming people like me who enjoy crafting.
That’s because Card of Fantasy gives guild points for running dungeons and doing quests. There’s no real way to collect guild points through crafting, so crafters were often treated as idle characters. As a result, there were no guilds that welcomed idle characters.
So instead of joining a guild, I decided to pay money to hire a carry.
It had been about an hour since I posted the conditions in party matching and waited.
[Looking for Celestial Ruins carry, 8 million per run]
I’d already changed the wage twice in the meantime.
First it was 6 million, then 6.5 million, and now 8 million. The amount went up steadily with the time spent waiting.
The initial 6 million wasn’t below market price either, and now it was blatantly 2 million higher, but still no one came. Well, I understand why people aren’t coming though.
Celestial Ruins.
In other words, Cheonyu had tricky monster patterns and gimmicks, making it not easy to clear. Even high-level players would end up rolling around if they couldn’t match the timing because of the monsters’ invincibility skills.
So I was clearing other quests while leaving the party matching up.
Raising the money more here would be difficult. Because of that bastard Banye eating and running with 225 billion, my funds weren’t abundant.
Of course, opening [Royal Kits] would generate gold, but after barely getting one to drop yesterday and losing it, I had no motivation.
About 2 hours of that.
Ding, finally a notification rang that someone had joined the party.
I welcomed them gladly.
[Party][Aang] Hi
[Party][Jeoseungtour] hey
What entered the party was a [Dark Knight] holding a huge greatsword.
Jeoseungtour clearly showed traces of diligently raising their character. They must have done quite a bit of enhancement because a subtle golden light flowed from the greatsword.
This should be doable.
I came to a conclusion and moved by marking coordinates toward where Jeoseungtour was. As soon as I arrived, Jeoseungtour contacted me through chat.
[Party][Jeoseungtour] How many runs?
[Party][Aang] I need quest items so until I get them all
[Party][Jeoseungtour] How many runs
[Party][Aang] About three?
[Party][Jeoseungtour] ok
[Party][Jeoseungtour] Pay upfront
“Pay upfront……?”
Is this server originally like this?
I really didn’t want to, but there was no choice. I’m the one who needs this, and I don’t have a guild either…… I requested a trade with Jeoseungtour and handed over 8 million gold, the price for one run.
[Party][Jeoseungtour] let’s go
I diligently took screenshots in case they ate the money and ran this time too. Fortunately, they weren’t a scammer like Banye, as Jeoseungtour took the lead and entered the dungeon.
[You have entered ‘Celestial Ruins.’]
After entering the dungeon, I was tense.
My gaming skills were…… pathetic by ranker standards. I was good at following along with what I was told to do, but lacked quick reflexes. Even when doing well, if an exceptional situation suddenly popped up, I would invariably fumble.
No matter how much of a carry it is, I can’t show myself lying flat…… Perhaps because of tension, my hand placed on the keyboard trembled slightly.
[Party][Jeoseungtour] I’ll gather and kill them so maintain distance
[Party][Aang] ok
If I loitered around for no reason and the monsters’ aggro got pulled to me, Jeoseungtour would be annoyed and I’d be in danger. So I obediently agreed to Jeoseungtour’s words.
Saying that, Jeoseungtour took the lead and killed monsters quite well.
“Huh? What.”
The problem was they were killing them without giving me a chance to hit.
Quest items only go into my inventory if I hit the monster at least once. But Jeoseungtour gathered the monsters in one place and killed them without giving me a chance to hit.
Once or twice, sure, it’s chaotic so whatever.
But gradually as we cleared the dungeon and monsters started decreasing, it reached a level I absolutely couldn’t just let pass.
No. You should carry, why are you hunting alone!
[Party][Aang] Hey
[Party][Jeoseungtour] yeah?
[Party][Aang] What am I supposed to do if you kill them all alone like that;
[Party][Aang] I’m getting carried to get quest items, so match the pace a bit
I thought that if I asked nicely like this, Jeoseungtour would naturally be careful. Because it was a reasonable request.
But…… the bastard was completely crazy.
[Party][Jeoseungtour] No, you gotta hit them yourself
[Party][Jeoseungtour] Do I have to take responsibility for that kind of thing while carrying?
[Party][Aang] I said I’m getting a carry because I need quest items
[Party][Jeoseungtour] Then you should’ve written in the party that you need help getting quest items
[Party][Jeoseungtour] I’m doing the carry since it’s a carry party, why so many complaints
[Party][Aang] ? ㅡㅡ;;
At the shameless behavior, I couldn’t even properly speak.
In the meantime, Jeoseungtour ran off alone, gathered mobs again, and started killing them alone again. I quickly ran over and dealt damage, but a considerable number of monsters had already met their end to Jeoseungtour’s skills.
[Party][Aang] Excuse me, give me time to kill them
[Party][Jeoseungtour] Run over like that and hit them
Despite my protest, Jeoseungtour remained shameless. The bastard who ate 8 million gold had no conscience.
[Party][Aang] Earlier you told me to stay backㅡㅡ
[Party][Jeoseungtour] Can’t even follow and kill what’s gathered? lol
……I shouldn’t have paid the carry fee, I should have just bounced right away. Jeoseungtour thoroughly lived up to their nickname.
In the end, I ran through the rest of the dungeon half-giving up. And when we came out, Jeoseungtour requested a trade. Wondering why they were requesting a trade, I declined, then they requested a trade once more.
[Party][Aang] ?
[Party][Jeoseungtour] Trade
[Party][Aang] ?
[Party][Jeoseungtour] Money for three runs
Would you do it if you were me?
“This crazy bastard!”
I finally let out the curse I’d been holding in.
[Party][Aang] You carried like that and you want to do more runsㅡㅡ;;
[Party][Aang] Do you have a conscience?
[Party][Jeoseungtour] Isn’t it you who doesn’t have a conscience?
[Party][Jeoseungtour] You said three runs so I prepared for three runs, what if you say you won’t do itㅡㅡ
What preparation, the bastard just came in right away…… Unless I was crazy, I had no intention of running more dungeons with Jeoseungtour.
[Party][Aang] No thanks, I’ll find someone new
[Party][Jeoseungtour] Unbelievable
“What, this bastard……”
What’s unbelievable, the unbelievable one is me.
But Jeoseungtour started coming at me with absurd accusations.
[Party][Jeoseungtour] I used all my buffs because of you, what are you gonna do
“What?”
[Party][Aang] ㅡㅡ What do you want me to do
[Party][Jeoseungtour] Pay for 3 runs
[Party][Jeoseungtour] You wasted my time
[Party][Jeoseungtour] Hey
[Party][Jeoseungtour] You made a reservation, paying for buffs is courtesy
“Wow, this bastard is really absurd.”
You carried like that and you’re talking about courtesy?
I was frustrated, but Jeoseungtour continued to annoy me by endlessly requesting trades through party and whispers.
First, I pretended to go AFK by talking to an NPC character so the bastard couldn’t request trades. But this guy must have a lot of time too, as he stood there firmly planted in front of me.
[Jeoseungtour] Not answering lol
[Jeoseungtour] Added insolence charge
“Ugh, really! Why are all the people on this server like this?!”
I despaired.
To think that my decision to deliberately move from the countryside server I was on to a crowded city server for a fresh start would bring such disastrous results……
I heard that city servers had somewhat bad waters, but to have nothing but crazy people and scammers like this. Who knew the server level would be this trashy.
I did it to live buried among people…… Regret washed over me that I should have just left the guild on the previous server, pretended to quit, and not transferred servers.
But then, suddenly someone sent me a whisper.
[Whisper][Banye] ?
[Whisper][Banye] Hey
[Whisper][Banye] You online right now?
It was the scammer, that bastard Banye.
