Luspel and Kaimon .

The two great powerful empires .

Their powers were so absolute that even the Lotus didn't dare to take their swords on them .

But the same two empires were completely collapsed now .

From the map of the continents, the names of the two empires had completely disappeared .

No matter how long or fierce the war was, how could such a thing happen?

The greatest influence, however, was, the decline that was happening due to the war .

But, if it wasn't for the last 'event' that was shown in the episode, maybe the situation would have been slightly different .

It was a hard and fierce war, but the winner of the war was surely Luspel—the main character .

Although the long war had weakened the strength of the Luspel, it was a situation where it could become much more powerful if it unified the empire .

“If only they didn't…!”

A small hut on the slopes of the Neuron mountain .

An elderly man in the front had a cane that was shaking .

“Kheum . ”

The elderly 'Louisie', with his wrinkled eyes, sat down on the rocks .

Now, in his mind, a beautiful woman with flames all over her body came up the mountain .

“Well, if it is her… she can probably help me . ”

A few hours ago…

A powerful woman with a robe had come to visit Louisie .

It was like he was looking at the powerful magicians of the imperial army of the empire during his time .

He hadn't seen her perform any magic or spells, but he just knew .

It was because Louisie himself was a wizard .

And if it wasn't for a powerful wizard, there was no way the place he was staying could have been found out .

“Said it was Remir… let's try and trust her for once . ”

Louisie moved his eyes and closed his eyes again .

If would be fine if it was that woman, she can find the secrets of 'Striae' .

But then .

Louisie's eyes turned a wide .

The woman he had been thinking of till a while ago—the woman called Remir, was right in his line of sight .

And his expression brightened .

The fact that she returned meant that something had been done .

Even there was nothing that could be achieved, the spirits that protect it would've at least been killed .

But after a while, Louisie was forced to be panicked .

It was because there were others along with Remir .

Louisie gained all the energy he could to get a clear look at the three new men .

And among the three, his gaze was fixed on one person .

That was the person with a red cloak and golden gloves .

Also, he was wearing a golden waistband .

Seeing him get close, Louisie began to get intimidated more and more .

“Wow, how did you know?”

“A transparent spell and fly magic . How many more wizards are there that can double cast in real time? Besides, look at the forest, it's a mess with ashes . If it wasn't you, then who could it be?”

“Ugh, you son of a ghost…”

Remir who was found out by Ian had an odd feeling .

A bit of hate and like too—hence the expression was adoring and disgusting at the same time .

'If I go with this jerk, then I'll surely level up faster…'

However, after a week of hunting with him, there was a minor side effect that came along with it—she had to stay in bed for a day .

“Anyway! There is a cabin of the Louisie on that side right?”

“Yeah, you shameless jerk . ”

“Shameless?! Well, can't there be a little exchange of information between us?”

“What do you mean by us?”

“Hm… since we battled in the war together…?”

“Boo, not a funny joke b.a.s.t.a.r.d . ”

Before the beginning of the Dimension War, the relations.h.i.+p with Remir was there .

They haven't come together in the past few months, but neither of them had been out of touch .

By helping out the Lotus guild, she had become close to Herz .

Her age was 24, the 3-years difference between them didn't affect anything .

“Then, noona, by getting the Louisie instant quest, you're trying to level up while hunting?”

Remir nodded and replied,

“I guess so . I came here as soon as the server had opened . ”

With a strange look, Ian questioned her,

“Nothing else apart from an instant quest? I'm sure that it wouldn't be ended like that…?”

“Well…? I haven't received any other quest apart from the instant quest yet . ”

“Aha…?”

Frowning, Ian touched his chin and drifted into thoughts .

'There is no way… if it is Louisie, he would've given a huge quest related to the Luspel Empire…'

Ian was recollecting the second part of the episode that he had seen .

It would have been a tough task for people with less concentration and eyesight, but he was sure that the background in the video was the Neuron Mountain .

And surely most of the Luspel empire people would've been somewhere in the mountain .

And in the screen, they showed Louisie, who was hiding near the Undead in the Neuron mountains for a split second .

'There should be some quests related to him…'

Ian who was deep in thoughts stopped, the moment Remir had stopped .

“Why did you stop? There's nothing in here?”

“Wait and see . ”

Hwoong-!

Remir was swirling her hands in the air .

A small hut on an empty ground came into his visibility the next moment .

In front of Ian was an old man in a grey robe with a staff in his hands .

And Ian was able to recognize the ident.i.ty of the man immediately .

'Ruisei…!'

Blow – blow-!

Thanks to Remir, Ian easily managed to find Louisie, and he approached him with a smile on his face .

But then, Louisie did something unexpected .

“G.o.d! Ian has come here . ”

Louisie suddenly bent down on one knee in the direction of Ian .

Even Remir, who was right beside Ian was shocked at this, Ian took a step back at this unexpected act .

And Ian getting his composure back, nodded and extended his hand .

In fact, even Ian knew that such an act from Louisie was a natural thing .

As the time of the Luspel's empire reign, Ian was the bravest and loyal warrior in the whole of the Empire .

“It has been so long, Louisie . Stand up right away . ”

“Huk, Keuk…!”

Louisie stood up while crying, he was unable to control his emotions .

And he managed to speak between the sobs .

“I'm very glad that you're safe…! Is the Lotus Dukedom all well?”

Ian nodded and answered,

“Yes, Louisie . And just today the Dukedom of Lotus has claimed the Kingdom t.i.tle . ”

“Ahah…!”

Louisie had a look of fascination on his face .

Ian was one of the most trusted person for King Serius, which meant that the Kingdom was like a tribute to him .

He wouldn't have felt glad if the Luspel hadn't been destroyed, but in the situation that he was in, he couldn't help but feel glad for the Lotus .

“Lord Ian, will you come inside?”

Louisie led Ian into his cabin, and Ian followed without much words .

And Ian would be able to gather a lot of information from him .

“So . . what you mean to say is, the place where Remir was fighting was far under the ground?”

“Yes, your majesty . Please speak in a low voice . ”

“Umm, well… I can do that . ”

Ian smiled and sat back into his seat .

It felt nice to get asked like that .

'Well, it was a clue to find Louisie, the disappeared loyalist of the Imperial Luspel Empire . '

And Louisie continued,

“Majesty . Please rescue the other loyalists of the Empire who are trapped in there . ”

Ian answered with a quick nod .

There could be some talented people in there, even if was just one named NPC, that itself would be huge .

And if he managed to clear out the quests, then he might be able to get the human resources he wanted .

“All right Louisie . I'll give it a try . ”

“I'm in your debt, your majesty!”

Louisie bowed to him Ian as a sign of grat.i.tude, and the very moment a quest window appeared in front of Ian's eyes .

Tring –

– Catacombs Exploration I (Hidden, Linked Quest) –

Ruisei, the former head of h.e.l.laim, the chief of Knights of the Luspel Empire in the past .

By finding Ruisei who was hidden in the Neuron mountains, you have received the information about the 'Catacombs' .

According to Ruisei, the underground jungle is guarded by the powerful undead, and many of the Luspel Empires loyalists are in there .

Destroy the undead and move to the eastern end and rescue those of the Luspel Empire .

When you help them, with the bind of trust with you, they would be willing to be your servants .

Quest Difficulty: SS

Quest Condition:

Level 330 or higher .

Affinity with Louisie needs to be more than 50 .

A user who was a n.o.ble of the Luspel Empire .

Time limit: None

Rewards:

Fame of 20 million .

Affinity with Louisie increases by 25 .

Richie King, Chalian's necklace .

(The rewards depend on the user partic.i.p.ating in the quest . )

Ian read the contents of the quest and lifted his head .

The name of Chalian written for the rewards was for a familiar .

'What…? Richie King Chalian… it is a name I have heard somewhere…'

After a while…

Ian was able to remember where he had come across the name .

'That is it! The Orb of Darkness! The monster-like guy appeared in the Tower of Commander when we received the Orb of Darkness, Chalian!'

The very moment, his head started to get heavy .

Chalian was apparently sealed in the Devildom .

Which was he didn't understand why his name appeared in here .

But now, it was important, Ian opened his mouth as he had something to say to Ruisei,

“Then, I'll be going Louisie . Wait for me . ”

Louisie bowed his head as a polite gesture and responded,

“Yes, lord . Be careful . ”

“Okay . Don't worry about it . ”

Remir, who was standing beside Ian had something to say,

“Sir, why wasn't I given anything like this?”

Unlike Ian, Remir was only provided with an instant quest for which Ruisei spoke with a gentle expression .

“I couldn't, as I wasn't sure of your t.i.tle Miss Remir . On the other hand, Ian is a n.o.ble, someone I already knew…”

“Sh*t . ”

“If I knew you were an acquaintance of his majesty, then I would've said something in the very beginning . So please don't show the grudge on my majesty, and help him with this . ”

And in front of Remir came the same quest window that Ian had seen, now she was smiling .

“Alright, sir . Trust me . ”

The two people moved away from the cabin of Ruisei .

Since Remir knew the exact location, there was no need for wasting time .

And then .

Remir who discovered the underground frowned and mumbled,

“Oh Sh*t, that one is back again . I had a hard time taking him down in the morning . ”

And the mumbling of Remir, Ian's gaze moved to the place Remir was looking with curiosity .

“What? What is wrong? Is it because of that pig sh*t that's standing there?”

Where Ian's gaze stood—a dark-colored golem was standing, at which Remir nodded and said,

“Yep, that guy . He's not hard to deal with, but he's huge . It took me around 20 minutes to get a hold of that guy in the morning…”

At those words, Ian smirked and muttered,

“Don't worry noona . That fatso…”

Ian lifted his hand and a red haze began to form in front of them .

As the red haze became thicker, it soon began to shape itself .

Both the eyes of Remir and Ian were shocked at what they were seeing .

“Ba, Balrog…?”