Chapter 29

Chapter 29

Level 2 Player

Ice Dragon Staff

‘I’m alive.’

Shin Su-a let out a sigh of relief as Jin-su moved leisurely. With the single heart of not wanting to be abandoned by Jin-su, she tenaciously endured a forced march where the dark circles under her eyes came down to her chin.

It took Shin Su-a about 100 days to climb from Floor 1 to Floor 12. But it took less than 10 days to come from Floor 51 to Floor 62, so it was natural to be exhausted.

For such Shin Su-a, the increased rest time and sleep time due to the growth of the Shadow Summons and Dragon Tooth Soldiers were the same as rain in a drought.

However, even if the rest time and sleep time increased, when hunting, she had to move extremely busily. In Jin-su’s case, even if he just watched while working the summons, he could suck up experience points and accumulate achievements.

But Shin Su-a had to continuously spray blessing skills and protection skills to eat experience points. Even if she worked that hard, it wasn’t a big help to the hunting, so compared to the experience points Jin-su eats, she only obtained dust-level experience points.

In the case of titles, when Jin-su obtains first, excellent, great, etc., Shin Su-a only obtained about the degree of one who contributed.

‘It’s all thanks to Jin-su.’

Even so, Shin Su-a didn’t envy, jealous, or feel disappointed in Jin-su. Rather, she thought it very thankfully. Although he has a purpose, he was continuously taking care of the useless herself.

Also, compared to when she was in the previous party, the speed of level rising was overwhelmingly fast. Moreover, although the stat increase effect is lower compared to normal titles, anyway she could acquire a lot of titles that she had only acquired 5 in 2 years.

There is a saying that dust gathers to become a mountain, but Jin-su surpassed that degree. Because he was handing over enough dust to Shin Su-a every day to make a mountain and still have leftovers.

‘I absolutely won’t fall away.’

Shin Su-a’s life itself changed after meeting Jin-su. Hope also arose. At first, the only purpose was to meet Shin Su-jeong with Jin-su’s help. But now, she wanted to be together with Jin-su even after meeting Shin Su-jeong.

‘Because Jin-su also wants to bring Su-jeong as a party member.’

The wish to continue being together with Jin-su began to grow bigger and bigger in Shin Su-a’s heart.

***

Jin-su and Shin Su-a diligently climbed the Tower. Then around the time they broke through Floor 85, Lucy came looking.

“I brought the finished product.”

Lucy held out one staff to Jin-su.

“Wow! Really cool!”

Shin Su-a opened her mouth wide and admired. The staff Lucy held out to Jin-su was really splendid. The pure white staff that sparkled with light had both ends processed sharply like spear tips. Also, the part with the core at the top was wrapped in a dome form by the White Drake’s claw.

‘It seems okay to use as a blunt weapon too?’

Because it was made of the White Drake’s bones and claws, the durability looked harder than an ordinary blunt weapon.

‘Good. The durability of the staff I was using now was almost at the bottom anyway.’

Perhaps because he used it as a blunt weapon in the battle with the White Drake, it was full of cracks and broken places here and there. No matter how much mana he poured in to protect it, the basic durability was low so there was no choice.

‘Moreover, there was no self-repair option either.’

Jin-su received the staff.

‘Ice Dragon Staff. Level 987?’

The staff’s level was enormously high.

‘Even if I used materials with a lot of accumulated karma, I thought the limit was about Level 800 because the White Drake’s level was low.’

It was a completeness that lightly exceeded Jin-su’s expectation.

‘Moreover, the options are also good.’

The increase width of options needed for mage-type classes such as mana amplification, mana recovery speed increase, magic attack power amplification, etc., was enormously large.

Along with that, options like separate magic attack power increase, magic attack range increase, mana consumption reduction when using cold-attribute skills were thickly attached. If mainly using cold magic skills, it was a form of double buffs being applied.

‘To obtain an item like this for free just by giving materials.’

From Jin-su’s perspective, it was enormous luck. Although he guided it anyway, the production request commission of 45 million points was literally the same as a cheap price.

“Huh?”

In Jin-su’s eyes who was examining the staff’s options with a satisfied smile, a strange option was seen. It was the mana recovery option upon physical attack.

“Why is the mana recovery option upon physical attack attached to a staff for mages?”

Usually, such an option is attached to warrior weapons.

“Lord Unraelba conveyed the meaning of apology. He said that while trying to raise the mana recovery option upon magic attack more, he failed and by mistake an option useless to mages was attached.”

Probably if it had succeeded, an enormous masterpiece would have come out. The value possessed by the Ice Dragon Staff would also have risen vertically.

“Did that person just apologize and pass over?”

He is a person who enormously obsesses over the completeness of the works he creates himself. Probably if it wasn’t for the contract with Jin-su, such a failure would have been destroyed as is the moment it was born.

Even if he had no choice but to sell it, he wasn’t a person who would wipe his mouth with just one word of apology.

“Th, that’s the case?”

Lucy trembled and slightly turned her head to avoid Jin-su’s eyes.

“Really? Shall we write a new contract and talk again?”

As Jin-su took out a contract from the inventory along with those words, Lucy urgently opened her mouth.

“Actually, he said he would return the request fee of 45 million points again.”

“Is that the end?”

At Jin-su’s questioning, Lucy deeply bowed her head with a gaze full of despair.

“As the meaning of apology, he said that if materials are provided, he will produce an item for free once.”

“As expected, it was so.”

Jin-su smiled and stroked Lucy’s head.

“You were trying to swallow the 45 million points and the free item production opportunity whole in the middle.”

“N, no!”

“What no. Ah, when I climb to Floor 100, I should spread the rumor. That Peddler Lucy scams players.”

At Jin-su’s words, Lucy’s fur stood on end.

Rumor spreading on Floor 100 isn’t actually that big a blow. But if such a rumor is spread every time Jin-su climbs the Tower in the future, an enormously big blow to credit arises.

“Ja, I was wrong. First, receive the 45 million points.”

Lucy deeply bowed her head and handed over 45 million points to Jin-su.

Jin-su who received the points pondered whether he should return it to the artisan Unraelba again. Although one option useless to mages was attached, the remaining options were too enormous.

‘Moreover, for me, it’s not a useless option so my conscience is a bit pricked.’

Other mages aside, Jin-su has the experience of using the staff to strike the Ice Drake’s head.

The attack power was reasonably not bad and the impact feeling was substantial, so he was thinking of continuing to use the Ice Dragon Staff to inflict physical damage on monsters that attempt close combat. And there, the mana recovery option upon physical attack is also attached?

Although inferior to mana recovery upon magic attack, from Jin-su’s perspective, it was a quite usable item.

‘But if I say I’ll return it, that gentleman’s personality will rather get angry.’

His pride is not ordinary, so if the production request fee is returned, he might rather regard it as insulting himself and get angry.

“Next time if good materials arise, please convey that I’ll entrust the production request to Lord Unraelba with top priority from now on.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“And you, put out the compensation.”

“Co, compensation?”

“You tried to scam me. Naturally, you have to pay compensation.”

“I really don’t have many points.”

At Lucy’s words, Jin-su showed a benevolent smile.

“Don’t worry. I also accept goods.”

Jin-su thoroughly shook out the items Lucy possessed.

“Even if the skill books are so, you don’t need the class change book, staff, or robe!”

At Lucy’s protest, Jin-su glanced at Shin Su-a and opened his mouth.

“To give to her.”

At Jin-su’s words, Lucy sank as is.

“From now on, absolutely don’t think of scamming and just do business honestly.”

Everything shows in the eyes, ears, fur, and tail, so he couldn’t know what thought she had to try to scam. Honestly, in his heart, he wanted to tell her to quit business too, but if the easy mark disappears, it’s troublesome, so he forcibly endured.

“Uik!”

The corners of Lucy’s eyes became teary. In fact, Lucy usually did business honestly. There were cases where she moderately lowered the price based on information players don’t know and saw gains...

She had never taken excessive profits even once.

But if the transaction target is Jin-su, the situation was quite different.

From the first meeting to the second meeting, she was so thoroughly shaken that the desire to somehow extract something surged without her knowing. So she tried, but the result of being thoroughly shaken again came out.

“Go well. See you next time.”

“I hope I don’t see you!”

Lucy shouted like that and disappeared.

‘She always comes looking first herself and acts like that.’

Even if she says that, if Jin-su obtains an item filled with a lot of karma, it was obvious she would come running like a puppy with its tail on fire.

‘The Goblin Champion’s two-handed axe was like that and the White Drake byproducts were like that, coming looking right away seems like there’s some special skill.’

The novice peddler Lucy came looking for Jin-su first twice. Once is one thing, but the second time accurately finding the inn was absolutely not a coincidence. Probably the probability of possessing a special skill that detects items containing karma was high.

‘It will be convenient from now on too.’

If the easy mark event Lucy is there, he could properly extract up to the maximum limit with the highest price sale.

“Change class newly and change items too.”

Jin-su handed over some of the items he extracted from Lucy to Shin Su-a.

“Th, thank you.”

Shin Su-a bowed her head and received the class change book and items Jin-su gave. It was human nature to want to try using them upon obtaining new items.

First, Shin Su-a reapplied blessing and protection, and Jin-su gave the instruction to the Dragon Tooth Soldiers to herd monsters.

“Kyaaaak!”

Dudududu!

The Dragon Tooth Soldiers herded a number of monsters that looked to exceed at least 1,000 like a sheepdog herding a flock of sheep.

“Freezing Declaration.”

Jin-su who gripped the Ice Dragon Staff cast an attack skill. It was an attack skill of a debuff nature that slows the enemy’s movements.

Cheojeojeojeok!

The moment they entered the range of the pure white mist, over 1,000 monsters turned into ice fragments as is.

“Wow!”

Jin-su made a surprised expression, and Shin Su-a opened her mouth wide.

‘The power is certain.’

Although limited to ice-attribute magic skills, with this degree of power, it was an item of a degree that could be used even at Floor 500 level.

After that too, Jin-su tested the power of the Ice Dragon Staff while casting ice-attribute skills against the monsters the Dragon Tooth Soldiers herded.

The result was very satisfying.

Jin-su and Shin Su-a who finished testing the newly obtained item began to climb the Tower again.

***

‘Now there’s not much left until Floor 100.’

It was an enormously fast speed. But Floor 100 was only the foundation. There was still a long way to go.

‘The Mana Spirit Pill doesn’t come out anymore.’

The Mana Spirit Pill is of no help to Jin-su, but not to Shin Su-a. Even if not necessarily Shin Su-a, to strongly make those he will recruit as party members in the future, the Mana Spirit Pill was absolutely necessary.

‘If buying with points, it’s too expensive.’

Moreover, the real problem wasn’t that the Mana Spirit Pill doesn’t come out.

‘I raided so many hidden dungeons. Does only this kind of thing come out.’

In Jin-su’s thought, the hidden dungeons after Floor 51 only spit out too cheap items as rewards.

‘Usable ones come out like beans in a drought.’

It wasn’t that many items worth selling at a high price come out either. But this was only Jin-su’s thought.

In Shin Su-a’s case, she had no choice but to open her mouth wide upon seeing the rewards Jin-su obtains from raiding hidden dungeons. Because other players obtain once or not even once while climbing dozens of floors of the Tower, rewards that she obtained dozens of times a day.

But this was a natural thing.

Because the difference between items Jin-su thinks valuable and items Shin Su-a thinks valuable was as far as the distance between the sun and the earth.