Struggling to Survive in Hell Difficulty

Chapter 105.

[Urgent Town Quest: Save The Core Members]

[Time Limit: 0 Hour 59 Minutes 53 Seconds]

[In a catastrophic turn of events stemming from a glaring neglect of duty by a previously appointed Adventurer, the township of Dune has suffered immense loss and devastation. The group that had been dispatched to fix the broken waterway had been brought to the brink of ruin following an onslaught of monstrous entities that emerged with ferocious intent from the untamed wilds that border the town's periphery]

[The engineers and artisans of Dune, whose skills have long been honed to craft remarkable mechanisms and structures, had to flee for their lives. They managed to stay alive with their ingenuity, but they obviously lacked the capability to stay alive against the onslaughts by numerous monsters]

[If left to fend for themselves, the remaining survivors would inevitably succumb to their desperate plight. It is imperative to promptly locate and rescue these people]

[If every single survivor is rescued, it might be beneficial to the waterway's construction project...]

[Quest Progress: 1/5]

[Note: This Quest is Automatically Accepted. You cannot reject or cancel the Quest]

I was utterly flabbergasted by the intricate details of the Quest laid out before me. I started to think that I might be at fault for casually asking that question or if it was just somewhat awful timing on the game's part.

All I was certain of was the pressure of the ticking clock. We were rapidly running out of time.

{Fortunately, we already knew where the 4 people in question were}

Just as I was getting confused by what TIZ was talking about, a system window suddenly appeared next to the description of the Urgent Quest, displaying the zoomed-out map of Dune and the Horasia Region surrounding it. Looking closely, the map was marked with four question marks, the same one that had disappeared after I saved Shimm. And these four question marks were also located outside of Dune.

At this point, it was obvious what challenge I would likely find and had to do to save these four people.

"...Shimm, do you know where I can buy some Potions?"

A thorny system message popped up for a moment, but soon disappeared, as if TIZ was hesitating to say whatever she wanted to say just now.

"...Potions you say..."

On the other hand, Shimm seemed to be reluctant to answer my questions. I was curious as to why he acted like this, but I didn't think I had any time to waste right now.

"If not, can you at least tell me where I can sell my items? I will need a lot of money if I want to buy the Potions."

"...there is a trading post close by. If that is what you want, th-"

"Can you guide me there, then?"

Shimm seemed to hesitate to agree with what I asked, but soon stood up and began walking towards the entrance. I followed suit behind him, letting him walk ahead as the path ahead of us was illuminated with his lantern.

"...may I ask what is it that you wanted to sell?"

"It's just some monster materials... including the Sandtusk from earlier."

I would rather keep the [Sandtusk's Carcass] and [Sandtusk's Tusk] as it might be possible to use it for crafting my own equipment, but I highly doubted I would have enough Gold to buy a lot of Mana Potions to solve the current Urgent Quest if I did not sell them.