Chapter 11

Haroon – Vol . 3, Chap . 11 – Prepared Members

《Prepared Members》

 It was on the seventh day after the members of the Gusts of Wind, except Serinn, had entered the Halls of Warriors . The members came back to the guest house in the late afternoon . Although they seemed exhausted due to their hard training, it was good to see that their eyes were still burning bright .

 “I really appreciate your consideration, Boss . I learned some good tricks, thanks to you,” said Teeno .

 Haroon was concerned about Teeno being weak in combat, but now he was relieved that he’s learned a good combat skill .

 “Hahaha! Boss! Now I can knock down every monster with a single shield!”

 Haroon chuckled from the chatterbox’s words, but he didn’t rebuke him for it . It was good to see that he was being confident for once .

 “Hoho, monsters are my bread from now on . I learned an awesome skill, you know?”

 Haroon hoped so . He hoped she wouldn’t get the party in trouble by taunting the monsters .

 “Boss, thanks . ”

 Haroon found Philip the most trustworthy, as he could easily tell that his eyes had deepened . Though it was pitiful to see Serinn’s sagging shoulders, there was nothing the party could do for her . All they could do was speak no more about it .

 ‘I wonder how much they’ve changed… . ’

 Haroon was expecting a good result, as it was the first time he was opening the guild stat window after they had completed their first quest .

Name: The Gusts of Wind

Grade: Small guild – D
Specialization: N/A
Members: Philip, Gitan, Serinn, Ritrina, Teeno, Haroon(leader)
Fame: 100

 Though they have completed two quests, there was no change made to the grade as they were personal quests, not through the mercenary office . Haroon touched on each member’s status window .

Name: Philip
Race: Human NPC
Class: Swordsman
Level: 40
Title: Grade-D Mercenary
H . P . : 1,400      M . P . : 1,100
Strength: 44            Stamina: 48
Intellect: 25          Wisdom: 28
Luck: 5           Agility: 19
Focus: 6

[Skills]

Smashing Blow – Basic Lv . 5(96 . 25%)/Lv . 5
Multi-blow – Intermediate Lv . 1(85 . 20%)/Lv . 5

 Philip has leveled up 5 times during the journey, and he has learned an intermediate skill in the Hall of Warriors . By name, Haroon presumed it to be an evolved skill of Smashing Blow .

Name: Gitan
Race: Human NPC
Class: Swordsman
Level: 32
Title: Grade E Mercenary
H . P . : 1,535     M . P . : 740
Strength: 61           Stamina: 60
Intellect: 5          Wisdom: 7
Luck: 5          Agility: 7

[Skills]

Shield Attack – Basic Lv . 2(12%)/Lv . 5
Shield Crossing – Basic Lv . 1(88 . 50%)/Lv . 5』

 Gitan has leveled up 7 times . His stat gains were mainly on Strength and Stamina . Like Haroon thought, this character would be like a corpse without his strength . Though he might be a cowardly man, he learned two skills in the Hall of Warriors . He wondered how Gitan was able to learn two skills when Haroon only paid for one .

 ‘Well, scientists do say bears are clever when they look rather dull’

Name: Serinn
Race: Human NPC
Class: Swordswoman
Level: 23
Title: Grade-E mercenary
H . P . : 1,105     M . P . : 970
Strength: 26           Stamina: 34
Intellect: 18         Wisdom: 25
Luck: 7          Agility: 11
Coquetry: 6

[Skills]

Housework – Basic Lv . 1(82 . 36%)/Lv . 5
Skinning – Basic Lv . 4(24 . 40%)/Lv . 5

 Since Serinn was not deployed for combat, she only leveled up twice . Though, because Haroon forced her to do every miscellaneous job, her strength and stamina rose quite a lot . Her skill Skinning was quite high as well .

 Though, it was Haroon’s concern that she doesn’t have any combat ability . Coquetry didn’t rise at all as she didn’t have much chance to use it lately .

Name: Ritrina
Race: Human NPC
Class: Swordswoman
Level: 28
Title: Grade-E mercenary
H . P . : 1,070      M . P . : 830
Strength: 34            Stamina: 34
Intellect: 16          Wisdom: 18
Luck: 8           Agility: 26

[Skills]

Swift: Basic Lv . 1(90 . 20%)/Lv . 5
Taunt: Basic Lv . 3(24 . 40%)/Lv . 5』

 Ritrina has leveled up 4 times . The name of the skill she learned in the Hall of Warriors suggest that it’s an agile skill . It was interesting to see how she was able to level up her taunt skill 3 times in such a short time .

Name: Teeno
Race: Human NPC
Class: Swordsman
Level: 49
Title: Grade-C mercenary
H . P . : 1,500     M . P . : 1,350
Strength: 34           Stamina: 50
Intellect: 38         Wisdom: 40
Luck: 8          Agility: 36
Focus: 11         E . S . P . : 4
Observation: 12         Foresight: 10

[Skills]

Topography Recon – Intermediate Lv . 4(82 . 00%)/Lv . 5
First aid – Advanced Lv . 1(96 . 50%) . Lv . 5


Collecting Herbs – Intermediate Lv . 3(21 . 20%)/Lv . 5
Compounding remedy – Intermediate Lv . 2(40 . 13%)/Lv . 5
Messenger Moving – Basic Lv . 5(100%)/Lv . 5
Cartographing – Intermediate Lv . 3(64 . 54%)/Lv . 5
Defence Sword – Basic Lv . 1(90 . 20%)/Lv . 5』

 ‘Oh my gosh!’

 Teeno’s abilities were beyond Haroon’s expectation . His level was the highest in all the members in the guild, and he was even a grade-C mercenary . He had 4 additional stats, and various skills . Though he may lack some combat abilities, it was pure luck to have him in the guild .

 ‘I don’t think I should be the boss instead of him!’

 Haroon thought in doubt . Anyways, he was relieved by having him in the guild, as his members were not exactly the best, if he didn’t count Philip .

 ‘I should check mine as well . ’

 Recalling that it was first time checking his status window after clearing the dungeon, Haroon opened his stat window .

Name: Haroon
Race: Human
Class: Swordsman
Level: 22
Title: Mercenary Guild Leader(and 5 others)
H . P . : 1,235            M . P . : 1,265
E . F . P . : 450
Strength: 46(+15)       Stamina: 37
Intellect: 21          Wisdom: 39
Luck: 31          Agility: 34(+12)
Endurance: 16        E . S . P . : 12
Focus: 22          S . P . : 93
Fame: 1190        Leadership: 465
Fire Resistance: +10%
Magic Resistance: +10%
Bonus stats: 24

 ‘Dang, I’ve been power leveling!’

 He leveled up 12 times within a few days after getting his class advancement, and this was a remarkable achievement as no one has done that before . Although 7 levels were the reward of a quest, it made him feel proud, as he had been thinking that he wasn’t good at anything at all .

 He gained some fame, and leadership as he put his members in the Halls of Warriors using his own money . He also gained enough Soul Points to learn at least 3 basic skills, though, he was disappointed by how little H . P . and M . P . he had gained .

 Haroon distributed his bonus points equally to the 6 basic stats . That was enough to cover the points lost by the death penalty .

 He was pleased to see his new status window .

Name: Haroon
Race: Human
Class: Swordsman
Level: 22
Title: Mercenary guild leader(and 5 others)
H . P . : 1,315             M . P . : 1,365
E . F . P . : 450
Strength: 50(+15)      Stamina: 41
Intellect: 25         Wisdom: 43
Luck: 35         Agility: 38(+12)
Endurance: 16       E . S . P . : 12
Focus: 22         S . P . : 93
Fame: 1290       Leadership: 465
Fire Resistance: +10%
Magic Resistance: +10%』

 ‘Oh, right! I got an item after killing the Hobgoblin . ’

 Haroon quickly opened his inventory and checked his item . It was a small bead .

 ‘What is this? Is it a strange one again?’

 He felt betrayed by his expectation as it was another bead-looking item, right after he got a strange marble as a reward of the last quest . Still not losing hope, he checked the information of the item .

Poison Bead

Type: Magical ingredient, Medical ingredient

 A bead that was formed by the coagulation of the Hobgoblin’s poison . Strong and pure poison like this item has a lot of usages, often required for several poison-magic experiments, or for creating antidotes . It absorbs weak kinds of poison for the carrier . Sprays poison if the user can infuse mana .

 He was disappointed once again . He expected that it wouldn’t be a good item, but he didn’t expect it to be a common item . He also thought about controlling Brat’s poison with the bead, but realized that Brat’s poison would not be weak enough to do so .

 This item might be a great item to poison users, but it wasn’t worth much to Haroon . Though he uses poison as Brat does, his ability was not related to poison .

 ‘Well, I guess there will be a use one day . ’

 Haroon put the poison bead in the inventory, then joined the conversation with the others .

Translated by Channy_
Edited by Tom and Kmatt