NOVEL WEB Chapter 34: Ultimate Pay Day
Two months later,
The winds howled while a man with bandages on his arms and legs and head and torso and shoulder and with a baby stroller coughed.
'This-this sucks! Why did I try to kill Hell God Monarch King! I should've just paid Smokey! I had the fudding money! I had the fudding money!"
Hell God Monarch King was a tough opponent, so he waited to 12 PM every night to fight him for 5 minutes. To make matters better, he was also huge so it was hard for him to see Harvard.
He attacked him for 3 days and 3 nights before he finally got his health bar down 10 percent. Then he woke up, and almost killed him with one finger! He thought he was awake the whole time! It turned out he was just turning in his sleep and trying to swat a fly when he attacked! That man was terrifying! He'd need an army of level 90 Ghost Adventurers to stand a chance against him!
'Well, at least I got an easy quest,' Harvard walked into the front of Able Tower.
He had on a woman's outfit, so he could sneak passed the guards because Able Tower was off limits to normal Ghost Adventurers. Ghost Tower is where NPCs went to train and talk bad about Ghost Adventurers. A few pictures of Harvard could be seen on the walls and his child Smokey.
"That Smokey! He-he saved my daughter but then destroyed my house!" An NPC lamented!
"Smokey accidentally killed my father! He was about to win against a Ghost Adventurer before he shot him through a wall from kilometers away!" Another NPC expressed her sorrow.
"He installed my bell tower on backwards! It doesnt' ring right, and he always takes my candy for 50 percent off! I'm going broke!" Harvard recognized the Candy Store owner. His daughter was married to a noble who happened to be one rank above Harvard.
The noble ranks in Central City were first noble, second noble, third noble, royal noble, and full noble king. For some reason, this also made him think about Harvest King. What the hell ever happened to that guy?
"Huh, I heard Harvest King got kidnapped by an NPC because he knows Harvard." Another NPC went to the register and smacked down 5 Lograms. "Give me a fight on the first floor! I want an easy opponent to take out my rage on! Make him wear the Harvard Mask! The one that makes him look like Harvard!"
[New Quest: Impersonate someone else or face death]
[Harvard is the most hated person in Able Tower. Only second to his son.]
[Good luck on the seven floors in Able Tower!]
'I-I wonder how everyone else is doing,' Harvard was too scared to look at the leaderboard. He almost wanted to cry he was so far behind. Even the candy kids that liked May Tape had probably already reached level 35. 'Oh well, Miss, I'll fight Harvard too please! A 1000 Logram tip for you being generous!"
[No tips accepted]
[The NPC found this disrespectful.]
[New Quest received: Get slapped in the face!]
[Quest declined!]
[You ducked!]
"Curse you! Go to the first floor," The blonde NPC with the cute bowtie and brown hair pointed at the door. She had a blue and white dress that curved down her body and got stuck around her butt before it descended all the way to her thighs. Harvard gulped, and then looked at her hands! They were huge! "Hmph, I'll give you the hardest opponent I can find that's a Harvard impersonator! Don't you dare tip me again!"
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7th floor of Able Tower,
Harvard took a deep breath and Harvard also took a deep breath.
It was Harvard versus Harvard! He stopped using morph on the 5th floor because the impersonators on the 5th floor really looked like him!
[You are up against a Class 2 NPC, Redeem Smiles]
[Redeem Smiles]
[Level 30]
[When he smiles, he attacks. When he's in his store, when he smiles, you get a discount.]
[Works at Redeem Smile's Weapon Shop. Defeating him will earn you a 10 percent discount!]
'Hmmm, I see. He's that Redeem Smiles. The one known for hunting Ghost Adventurers at night to give them discount flyers. I knew he looked familiar!'
Harvard prepared to battle himself, and took a deep breath.
Luckily, it was 12:00 AM. For once, he could plan when he fought someone!
[Midnight Ruler has been activated!]
[You've equipped Midnight Ruler Daggers, Gloves, Leather Armor, Shoes, (no cape), (no shoulder pads), Midnight Ruler's Badge Accessory]
[+200 Agility] [30%]
[+90 Damage] [15%]
[+1 Vitality] [.007%]
[You have upgraded Midnight Ruler to 3rd level! You can now use it till 12:08 PM!]
'Hmmm, I really should have just put it into Gap Pierce!' Skill point regret was a real thing for some Ghost Adventurers and Harvard was still feeling it now! 'Damn it! Activate Ghost Armor!'
Ghost Armor was a defense skill, so Harvard never read about it nor cared enough to learn it because if he didn't dodge he died, but when he tried to fight Hell God Monarch King he realized he might get hit because he was so large. EVen the wind from his attacks hurt!
[Ghost Armor - increases defense by 5 percent, up to 60 percent, and plus 5 percent for every 10,000 (+20) Lograms. The more Lograms you have, the more Lograms this skill will take. Don't think about getting around this by depositing your money! It's worth it, damn it!]
[You spent 60,120 Lograms to increase defense by 30 percent!]
[A ghost armor has appeared around your body! Scary!]
"Oh! What a beautiful armor!" The referee smiled and got in the center of the small bamboo thing they called an arena fighting ring. "You guys know the rules. Close combat! You can only dodge by stepping back two steps! Otherwise, you lose!"
"Hmph, I'll win. I one time tried to give Harvard a flyer, and he turned me down. Curses!" Redeem Smiles had a large set of scars all over his body and a blue pair of overalls with a white shirt underneath and an eye patch over his shoulder. "Curses! Curses! Curses! Let's fight!"
"Uhm, okay." Harvard took a deep breath. "However, what's that on your foot?!"
"What?" Redeem Smiles looked down before Harvard's hand punched him right in the face.
"And begin!"
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"It was attack speed versus sheer defense." The announcer laughed. "For the last 5 minutes, not a single one has moved a step back!"
Harvard moved to the side and then to the other side and then back to the other side while he slashed with his dagger.
Ding! Dong! Ding!
Sparks flew off of Redeem Smiles most expensive armor while he swung his heavier heavy sword at Harvard. What the hell was this guy made of?! No wonder this was a C Quest! He was simply too hard to get to budge.
"I-I don't want to do it," Harvard grumbled. "He also had learned a new skill called Ultimate Pay Day."It increased his Damage by 1 percent for every 1000 Lograms for one attack a day. It was one of the 10 remaining skills of Midnight Ruler! He also put a skill point into that, and sort of regretted it! He was going to be broke at this rate!
"Not bad, but I got this armor at a discounted price from the best store!" Redeem smiles laughed cheerfully! "Hah, I can tell you're slowing down!"
"It's… What the hell?" A little boy in the first row complained. "I-I bought this overpriced double dipped ice cream cone with gold sprinkles for this fight! Make something happen!"
"Ultimate Pay Day!"
"Redeem Code Activate!"
Both of them activated their maximum skills and attacked with all their might! Redeem Code increased Redeem Smiles damage by 20 percent and his attack speed by 200 percent!
Harvards cost a million lograms and it only strengthened one attack by a 100 percent! What the hell was with the cost to benefit ratio? He wanted to complain, but he didn't have time.
'His weakpoint is his neck.'
"He's looking at my neck!" Redeem Smile turned his neck slowly and slashed down with his silver ax handle with a sharp dagger shooting out of it. "Ha, he fell for my trap! Hidden Dagger in my ax activate!"
Boom!
Harvard's dagger collided with the incoming dagger before he screamed and stuck his tongue out. He then slashed him straight below the neck! He missed! That was an expensive attack.
Boom!
Redeem Smile fell back one step and then dropped onto his knee. Everyone gasped! Finally something happened!
"Knee to the face!"
Boom!
Harvard hit Redeem Smile in the face before he fell back another two steps!
"Victory! Victory goes to Hamlord! His name has been officially released from his great victory!"
"OH shit," Harvard turned around in fear. "Where did it say that in the tower contract! This is horrible!"
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[You've escaped with your life.]
[You've completed the Last Lord's Greatest Desire Quest]
[The Last lord wanted to insult NPCs by defeating them with one of his new students.]
[You've earned a class 2 opportunity! Would you like to join the Last Lord and become a Lasting Assassin?]
'A what? What kind of name is that!' Harvard complained! "I spent 2 days doing that Quest! Couldn't you have told me that name first!'
[System information: You cannot become a Lasting Assassin until you finish the Menace Lord's Quest.]
[You have gained 10 attribute points!]
'Good, well, I guess it's time to start Menace Lord's Quest,' Harvard got out from behind a tree and noticed the NPCs had left. 'Now, to wherever his daughters are!'