I Became the Youngest Summoner in the Strongest Guild

57. Arcana Online(Part １ Complete)

57. Arcana Online(Part 1 Complete)

After the introduction from Area 1 to Area 10 was finished, a message appeared along with a notification that the scores would be tallied.

[You have successfully revitalized the Golden City of Eldorado.]

Rankings based on contribution are being measured.
Please wait a moment.

After a while, a message that hadn't appeared for a long time popped up.

[All players who worked to revitalize the Golden City of Eldorado will receive equal rewards.]
[Channels will normalize in 1 minute after the quest ends.]

Everyone received rewards and the main scenario quest ended, and the channels returned to normal.

All players were satisfied with this, and some were even screaming with joy.

This kind of reward isn't bad either.

The Heavenly King and Demon King hugged me once each before leaving.

And even the mysterious girl.

I asked about her identity, but she left with the meaningful words that I'd find out everything later.

And then came peace.

I was worried about what would happen if we failed, but fortunately, we cleared it.

Are we going back to normal life now?

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A year had passed since I started the game, and I was having tea with Rea unni at the Frey Guild headquarters in the Golden City of Eldorado, which had developed incomparably from before.

At that moment, a message appeared.

[A Battle Royale event will be held in 30 minutes, please participate.]

"Aren't you participating, Rea unni?"
"I'll pass this time."
"Then I'll be going!"
"Take care!"

The Battle Royale event is where numerous monsters attack the city, and the rewards and experience are quite good.

The monsters that appear are not from the Arcana continent, but from another world.

Monsters that pass through dimensional gates attack the city, and it's the players' role to stop them.

As I was moving to the Battle Royale location riding Yong-yong, I could see fierce battles already taking place in the distance.

"Please."

Blue particles gathered around and with a huge roar, a breath attack was fired, sweeping away the otherworld monsters, and the quest ended.

[The Battle Royale event has ended.]

After confirming the message, our Yong-yong flew back to the headquarters.

I don't know how reliable it is.

When I arrived at the guild headquarters and opened the door, I heard the sound of firecrackers.

'Pababang!'

"Our youngest is here!?"
"What's going on!?"

Surprised, I looked around and it was set up like a party.

"Today is the 300-day anniversary of our youngest joining the guild!"
"You even calculate that!?"

As I looked at them with a surprised face, they guided me to a cake, telling me to blow out the candles.

This is my first experience of this kind, so I blew out the candles with a "hoo~" and everyone congratulated me.

"Our youngest! This is a gift for you!"

Sasha unni handed me a gift with her ears twitching.

«Necklace of the Dragon King»
When equipped, greatly increases the summoned creature's stats.

A necklace that the Dragon King Ernia received as a coming-of-age gift.
If Ernia discovers this necklace, your relationship will turn hostile and she will pursue you until she retrieves her necklace.

If you die to Ernia while wearing the necklace, it will disappear and Ernia's curse will decrease all your stats by 50%.

"Where did you get this!?"
"We accidentally entered a dragon's lair and found it there! We swiped it thinking of our youngest!"

I've met Ernia before.

If she finds out about this, she won't let it slide.

'I'll be kidnapped again, just like before.'

Ugh, bad memories came back.

I thanked them and decided to store it in my inventory forever.

And after a long party when I was exhausted, a message appeared.

"What's this."

[Main scenario quest conditions have been met.]
[LAST CHAPTER: Another Meeting After Farewell.]
[Time remaining: 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds]

I checked the newly appeared golden window and looked at it blankly, then turned to our Yong-yong.

"Kyuung?"

Our Yong-yong tilted its head and asked what's wrong.

I don't know what's going on either, but all the guild members have fallen into panic.

It was the same with the community.

After checking the community that had turned into a chaotic mess, I looked at the guild member unnies and oppas.

While everyone was checking the community with dumbfounded expressions, I heard a clapping sound.

'Clap!'

With that sound, I looked at Rea unni.

"Let's wait until tomorrow for now."
"R-right. They wouldn't end the service overnight, right?"
"That's right. They wouldn't end such a well-made game, right?"

She spoke as if she was calm, but her hands were trembling.

It's the same for me.

Not knowing what's going on, I hugged Yong-yong tightly, and it licked me to comfort me as I trembled.

"Kyuung."
"R-right. Our Yong-yong said it would always be by my side, right?"

Maybe it's a surprise?

An event prepared by the game company, I mean.

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[LAST CHAPTER: Another Meeting After Farewell.]
[Time remaining: 00 hours 00 minutes 59 seconds]

1 minute remains.

With trembling hearts, we were at the headquarters with the Frey Guild members when the time came.

[Thank you for loving Arcana Online all this time.]

With those words, starting from our legs, we slowly turned into light and disappeared.

This anomaly only happened to all travelers.

"N-no! Yong-yong!"
"Kyuung!?"

With Yong-yong's surprised voice at the end, the world went dark and I returned to the real world.

In a dazed state, I lay on the bed and tried to press the play button to log into the game again, but it was useless.

[This game's service has ended.]

With trembling hands, I tried to connect to Arcana Online dozens, no, hundreds of times, but it was useless.

[Usage has been suspended due to user abnormality.]

With those words, even the gear became unresponsive and tears started to flow.

One year.

For some, it's a short time, and for others, it's a very long time.

And I'm included in the latter.

The time I've spent with Yong-yong until now.

And I parted with numerous monsters I had communed with and newly befriended monsters.

All in one morning.

At first, I denied it, and at some point, I got angry and threw the gear on the floor.

And the last emotion that came was just the fact that nothing was left.

Then the doorbell rang.

It's Rea unni.

With a dejected heart, I didn't even answer the phone and was in bed when I heard footsteps.

"Yuna. Unni is here."
"......"
"F-first, don't have any bad thoughts. Unni will solve this somehow."
"......"

Rea unni's voice was trembling.

Unni must not understand this situation and is having a hard time too, but she thought of me first and came.

I understand with my head, but I can't understand with my heart.

Am I worth that much?

I don't know.

I don't know anything.

If I sleep and wake up, maybe all of this was just a dream?

I'll wake up again and log into Arcana Online and feed our Yong-yong first.

Its taste has become so refined that it won't eat anything but unique-grade magic stones.

Our Yong-yong. It's not satisfied unless it eats three meals a day, plus snacks and late-night meals, what should I do?

I'm sorry. When I go in, I'll make sure to give you delicious magic stones.

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I woke up to the sound of the bell and hurriedly picked up the gear I had thrown, but it was useless to try to connect to Arcana Online.

[This game does not exist.]

An alert window that appears as if it never existed from the beginning.

It's all reality.

Wiping the tears flowing from my eyes, I got up and looked at the scenery outside the window.

What I see is a residential area.

This is reality, but it's not reality for me.

What should I do from now on...?

I... I...

No matter how much I think, my head won't work.

Then I heard footsteps and my room door opened, and Rea unni, who found me, rushed over and hugged me.

"N-no! You can't have bad thoughts!"
"......"

I understand what kind of misunderstanding she's having.

It might not be a misunderstanding.

Rea unni, hugging me and crying.

She says it's too early to give up and let's find a way together.

At that moment, there was a tremendous vibration and the ground shook, and an earthquake occurred.

Rea unni hugged and protected me.

After a long earthquake, the house turned into a mess.

When the earthquake stopped, Rea unni asked if I was okay.

Just as I was about to say I was fine.

She pointed outside the window and looked at the sky with a blank expression.

Not knowing what she was pointing at, I looked up at the sky, and at that moment.

Huge letters were floating in the sky.

[Main scenario quest conditions have been met.]
[CHAPTER 1: ■■■■ ■■■ ■■.]
[Time remaining: 719 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds]