Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 129

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Episode 129

At the System Message notification.

Choi Hyun-min couldn’t help but be astonished.

‘So that means I can produce items in Alton?!’

Did he notice that?

Mage Ian.

He approached with elegant steps, then bowed his head slightly.

-While Alton is known as a city of mages, it has actually been more famous as the ‘City of Artisans’.

“City of Artisans?”

When Choi Hyun-min asked back, he smiled and continued.

-Since ancient times, Alton has been a border region adjacent to many nations. Because of this, various people came and went, and commerce developed tremendously.

So that’s what Alton was like.

If one were to imagine Alton before it changed to its current state.

Not just Choi Hyun-min, but anyone would find Ian’s words hard to believe.

-Therefore, most people of Alton were engaged in production or trade, and it was said that every household had at least one person with exceptional skills, earning it the nickname ‘City of Artisans’.

“Really?”

This was something he didn’t know.

Choi Hyun-min’s eyes widened as he listened to Ian’s words.

-It’s the same now. Previously, it was impossible since all the proper facilities for making things had been devoured. But now the Savior has completely restored everything, hasn’t he?

This time Todur interjected.

Certainly, before there weren’t many people.

And there seemed to be no facilities to speak of.

But if the current appearance was Alton restored to its former state.

“Should I get my hopes up?”

Choi Hyun-min pondered for a moment.

He cautiously opened the village management window.

Then Alton’s information appeared before his eyes.

[Alton Village]

[Location: 40th Floor of the Labyrinth]

[Owner: Choi Hyun-min (Transcendent Lord)]

[Population: ☆☆☆]

[Prosperity: ☆☆☆]

[Collect Taxes]

[Open Village]

[Banish]

[Production]

Three stars?

From the beginning?

He was sure when he obtained other villages, they started with one star.

Perhaps because this village was different in size from the others.

The star ratings indicating population and prosperity started at three stars.

‘This is definitely on a different level from other villages.’

Below that, there wasn’t much difference from before.

The notable point was that special abilities like banishment were provided from the start.

And-

‘Huh? Production?’

At the very bottom.

There was an additional ability in Alton Village’s status window that couldn’t be seen in other villages.

‘Production… does that refer to what Ian and Todur were talking about earlier?’

Choi Hyun-min pondered for a moment, then activated the [Production] function.

Then.

[You command Alton’s production artisans to create items.]

[Currently available personnel for production: 631 people]

[Alton Village’s production level: 1]

‘Wow! I can really make the entire village create items?’

[List of items that can be made at current production level]

[Lowest Grade Healing Potion]

[Lowest Grade Antidote Potion]

…

Along with Alton’s production level.

What items could be made was clearly displayed.

“I can make all of these items?”

-If the Savior just gives the command, we can gather the artisans and make them right away.

At Choi Hyun-min’s muttering.

Todur puffed out his chest and lifted his chin confidently.

That’s how confident he was.

‘Then, let’s start with 100 lowest grade healing potions.’

In terms of the value of lowest grade recovery potions.

Since they were already countless in the market, they weren’t very expensive.

But since he didn’t know if these people could actually make them.

It would be perfect for confirmation.

The moment he selected lowest grade healing potions and started production.

[100 lowest grade magic stones are needed for 100 lowest grade healing potions.]

“Oh! The materials…”

-Since we can’t make anything from nothing, we hope the Savior will show mercy.

Choi Hyun-min scratched his head in embarrassment.

And Todur bowed deeply toward him.

Indeed, asking them to create items without providing any materials

was truly a thief’s mentality.

‘Lowest grade magic stones are items that are everywhere anyway.’

Lowest grade magic stones were extremely common items.

Even at their most expensive, they didn’t exceed a thousand won each.

For something like that, he’d provide a hundred or even a thousand.

“Wait a moment. I’ll get them right away.”

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“Choi Hyun-min.”

“Oh… Ch-Chairman?”

Choi Hyun-min briefly returned to his room to get the lowest grade magic stones.

What greeted him as soon as he opened his eyes.

His dark room.

And Chairman Choi Seung-hyun’s face looking at him with a peaceful expression.

“Why are you here…”

“I came because I have something to discuss with you briefly. Could you spare some time?”

At those words, Choi Hyun-min just blinked instead of saying anything.

Of all people.

Chairman Choi had come here personally.

‘I didn’t do anything wrong, did I?’

Gulp.

Normally he would have sent his secretary to call him.

Coming here personally meant-

“Congratulations.”

“…Pardon?”

“What happened on the 40th Floor this time, it was probably cleared thanks to you, wasn’t it?”

Ah, I see.

The Quest that Choi Hyun-min had received—

The message he saw while catching Belmerer probably wasn’t something that appeared only to Choi Hyun-min.

Of course, the name of the person who succeeded in the Quest wasn’t displayed there.

But Chairman Choi seemed to have thought of Choi Hyun-min from the moment the notification appeared.

“Th-Thank you.”

“The more I see, the more amazing you are. Just a few months ago, I never even thought you would surpass your other brothers by such a margin.”

“….”

Choi Hyun-min didn’t bother to respond to those words.

Instead, he stared intently at Chairman Choi’s face.

“You can tell me directly.”

“Hm?”

“When you have something else you want to say, you touch your face like you’re doing now, don’t you?”

Choi Seung-hyun, who had been awkwardly stroking his cheek.

As soon as he heard Choi Hyun-min’s words, he burst into hearty laughter.

“Haha, you noticed even that?”

“Whatever you want to say is fine, so please speak comfortably.”

Was he trying to say something important?

Choi Hyun-min waited quietly.

Clink.

While looking at Choi Seung-hyun, he noticed a potion placed in front of him and tilted his head.

“This is….”

“Do you know what this is?”

“It looks like a healing potion to me.”

What Chairman Choi presented was a healing potion.

Inside the round bottle, red liquid was sloshing around.

Judging by the capacity and the bottle’s appearance, it seemed like intermediate or high grade.

“Isn’t this just an ordinary potion?”

“Take a look at it.”

At Chairman Choi’s words.

He cast his appraisal skill on the potion he received.

Then, as Choi Hyun-min had seen, information about the intermediate healing potion—

“Huh?”

[Due to acquiring Labyrinth resistance, no effect will occur even when used.]

One sentence attached at the very end of the item.

That was definitely a message that wasn’t present in ordinary potion items.

“Do you see it?”

“At the end, it says there’s no effect….”

“It’s not just that potion. The same message has started appearing on all consumables currently used in the Labyrinth.”

“No way….”

At Chairman Choi’s unbelievable words.

Choi Hyun-min instinctively opened his subspace.

Then he saw the potions he had bought and stored there before.

Choi Hyun-min reached in and pulled out several of them.

He lined up the potions in a row and used his appraisal skill on each one.

The result was.

“It’s, it’s really true…”

Even though they were all different items.

The same message appeared at the end of each.

Did that mean all existing items had become completely useless?

“I even tried using them just in case, but it was meaningless. Healing potions lost their healing effects, and antidotes lost their detoxification abilities. They just became beverages.”

Choi Seung-hyun lightly picked up the potion bottle in front of him and put it back down.

Then he stared directly at him and slowly opened his mouth.

“What do you think, can you solve this?”

“Pardon?”

“I’m sorry. Since this happened after the 40th Floor incident was resolved, I thought maybe you could solve it. I guess it’s a difficult matter for you too.”

At those words, Choi Hyun-min tilted his head.

Did father think that I would solve the current situation and lift this curse(?) placed on those items?

He hadn’t even known this situation had occurred in the first place.

That made sense, since he had just caught Belmerer and returned.

There was no way he could know what had happened outside the Labyrinth.

Nevertheless.

“Solving it would be difficult, but… I think I could consider other methods.”

“Other methods?”

At Choi Hyun-min’s words, Choi Seung-hyun’s eyebrows twitched and moved greatly.

Was there some other hidden method?

“What if we create entirely new items like potions?”

“It’s not that we haven’t considered that, but the guilds that make items are already expressing difficulty. I heard that the manufacturing methods themselves have changed so much from before that they can’t make items like they used to.”

Had the very concept of items completely changed?

Not only had existing items become useless, but the manufacturing methods for items had been turned upside down.

However, Choi Hyun-min’s situation was different.

“I think it might be possible for me.”

“R-Really?!”

Choi Hyun-min spoke confidently, unlike before.

At his words, Choi Seung-hyun’s eyes widened.

He could create items?

In this situation where even the guilds specialized in production were struggling?

“If you give me a moment, I’ll go make some items.”

If that was really possible.

It would open a path to immediately overcome the current chaotic situation.

Chairman Choi looked at him with unusually bright, sparkling eyes.

Choi Hyun-min bowed slightly to Choi Seung-hyun in greeting.

Then he lightly stopped by the 5th and 15th floors of the Labyrinth.

-Oh my, we can provide you with as many magic stones as you need!

-We had been accumulating taxes all this time, and there’s this much piled up. Being able to finally deliver them to you puts my heart at ease!

Taxes from the two villages that Choi Hyun-min owned.

Rather than having to buy magic stones with money, couldn’t he just use the magic stones produced from those places?

He had only visited two villages.

Thanks to how prosperous the villages had become, he was able to obtain far more magic stones than expected.

‘Let’s see, 50,000 lowest grade, 30,000 low grade, 20,000 intermediate grade.’

If converted to money, it would be quite a substantial amount.

But now was the time to use all of these as materials.

As soon as he returned to Alton, Choi Hyun-min activated his [Production] ability.

-Have you returned, Savior!

Ian’s greeting could be heard from the side.

But instead of responding to the guy’s greeting, he calmly began crafting items.

‘First, let’s start with 100 lowest grade healing potions.’

[To create 100 Lowest-Grade Healing Potions, 100 Lowest-Grade Magic Stones are required.]

[Would you like to proceed with manufacturing?]

“Yes.”

Choi Hyun-min nodded lightly as soon as the confirmation message appeared.

[Manufacturing will begin.]

As soon as he gave his consent, a manufacturing start notification appeared.

And how much time had passed?

[The item manufacturing ordered to Alton has been completed.]

The moment the item completion message appeared before his eyes.

‘What, what is this?!’

At this completely unexpected result.

Choi Hyun-min’s eyes filled with shock.

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