I’m the Only One With Two Towers - Chapter 16

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Only I Have Two Towers Episode 016

Miner Job Change

Jinhyeok’s basement room.

“I’ve grown attached to this place, so it feels sad to think we’re leaving.”

“We’re not leaving. There’s still time left on the contract. Today we’re just moving the essentials, so pack light.”

“Understood!”

Kancheo gave a spirited reply, saluted, and then ran off.

By the way, what does he even have to pack?

Setting aside that slight question, he continued focusing on packing his belongings.

‘I need to hurry.’

Dozens of udium minerals left abandoned there.

The sun had already set, and considering the location near the peak of Mount Inwang, it was unlikely anyone else would go there, but he couldn’t help feeling anxious.

Even if they weren’t high-grade minerals, they were still money.

‘Should I just pack this much?’

A burner with butane gas, 20 packs of ramen, 5 cans of spam, 10 cans of tuna, and one bag of rice.

This should last about a week, he thought.

If it wasn’t enough, he could buy more at the convenience store down the mountain.

“Seira, could you take this?”

“Sure.”

He handed the heaviest item, the bag of rice, to Seira who had the most strength.

He roughly stuffed the rest into his backpack and slung it over his shoulders.

“Let’s go. We just need to buy a pickaxe and shovel on the way and we’re all set.”

Jinhyeok turned around and paused for a moment.

Kancheo was waiting by the shoe rack, ears perked up.

Kancheo was holding two large bags.

After bustling around for a while, it seemed he had packed something.

“Hmm.”

After completing a general scan, he picked out a few snacks that Kancheo liked from the bags.

“The rest are eliminated.”

“Eliminated?!”

“Yeah. You won’t need them right away. You’ll have to hold a shovel soon too, so just take this.”

“Understood!”

After putting Kancheo in the pet carrier, he left the room.

Perhaps because it was late, there were few people around.

He thought that was fortunate.

A duo carrying such luggage at this hour – anyone would think they were fleeing in the night.

Jinhyeok took out the udium he had mined from Mount Inwang.

It was a mineral in the form of ordinary rock with udium embedded throughout.

Thanks to this, impurities were stuck all around the udium ore.

-We only purchase refined materials ready for immediate sale.

He couldn’t sell it to the General Store in this condition.

He wondered if he should look into places that refine minerals.

‘Damn expensive.’

Jinhyeok clicked his tongue as he browsed the website.

A minimum commission of 20 percent.

That meant they’d take even more depending on the situation.

He rubbed his chin with a low groan.

Doing it ourselves would be best.

Even aside from the cost, disputes always arise where interests are involved.

“Seira. Can you remove everything except the shiny ore from this?”

He first handed it to Seira, the strength character.

Seira nodded and began putting strength into her arms.

Crack!

“Oh.”

As expected, her strength was ridiculous.

She had shattered not only the attached impurities but the ore itself.

His assets had just gone minus 200,000 won.

Seira was eliminated.

It seemed this wasn’t work that could be done with strength alone.

Just as he was thinking he’d have to research online again, the pet carrier behind him rustled.

“Let me try!”

He went to a suitable bench and took Kancheo out.

Crack crack.

Kancheo stretched noisily and rubbed his hands together.

Somehow it felt like his assets were about to go minus again.

“You can’t do this with strength!”

Kancheo pulled out a small carving knife from his chest.

It was from the luggage he had said was eliminated, but apparently he had secretly packed it.

Kancheo crouched down low and began pressing the carving knife firmly.

Poke poke poke poke poke poke poke.

Jinhyeok and Seira approached to watch closely.

At first glance, it felt like he was drawing lines without any particular reference point.

In some ways, it seemed similar to making dalgona candy.

“Do you have a hammer?”

He took out a steel hammer from the tool set he had brought.

Kancheo swung the hammer along the lines he had just made.

“Complete!”

“Whoa.”

He exclaimed in admiration, just like when Seira had tried it.

If there was one difference, this time his assets had gone plus 200,000 won.

Jinhyeok looked at Kancheo with a moved expression.

This friend had surprisingly skillful hands despite appearances.

“The life of explosive manufacturing is precision! If I slip up, I’ll get blown away! This much is like eating cold meat!”

He didn’t know why it was “cold meat” instead of “cold rice cake” this time, but anyway.

The 20 percent commission was saved.

The next afternoon, near the peak of Mount Inwang.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Pleasant friction sounds could be heard.

Seira and Jinhyeok had been mining udium non-stop since morning.

Poke poke poke poke poke poke poke.

On one side, Kancheo was receiving the ore and proceeding with refining work.

It was a simple but efficient udium refining conveyor belt operation.

Jinhyeok wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked to the side.

Seira was wielding the pickaxe with one hand like it was some kind of switch.

It was so effortless for her that not even a drop of sweat had formed on her forehead.

Meanwhile, Jinhyeok’s entire body was soaked with sweat.

‘This is hard!’

Since last night, his body had been aching all over from the unfamiliar pickaxe work, but.

‘Still, it’s fun!’

His mood was very good.

Making hundreds of thousands of won with just a few swings of a pickaxe.

This is unbearable.

On top of that.

[Your muscles scream with joy! Your Strength and Stamina stats have increased!]

Just when I’d forget about it, my stats would go up by one or two points.

The growth genius embedded in the Black Knight Order’s basic swordsmanship.

Really an incredible thing.

“Seira. No one’s come close, right?”

Seira nodded her head.

“No need to worry. If anyone crosses the signs I put up this morning, I’ll notice right away.”

Last night, the first thing I did upon arriving here was make no-entry warning signs.

There were accident-prone area signs below, so people probably wouldn’t come anyway, but I took extra precautions just in case.

Jinhyeok gave a thumbs up and started swinging his pickaxe again.

Actually, even if someone did enter, the chances of them safely reaching this house were almost zero.

The hallucinogenic fog from the Udium was still thick in the air.

While I was focused on swinging my pickaxe.

“Commander!”

Kancheo, who had been working on refining, came running over in a hurry.

“What? Did someone come in?”

Seira had mentioned this before.

Yodel Ranger Kancheo’s natural ability to detect presence was far superior to her own.

Kancheo, who had run right up to me, caught his breath.

Then shouted loudly.

“Hunger party!”

He didn’t need to shout with such a serious face.

I thought this while putting down my pickaxe and stretching.

I was getting a bit hungry anyway.

“Should we eat something?”

“I want to eat chicken.”

“I’ll buy some tonight. Let’s have ramen for now.”

“Tuna ramen with rice again!”

“Can’t help it since delivery doesn’t come here.”

I looked around at the mansion standing alone.

I had seriously thought about moving here, but after just one day I was already wavering.

Not having delivery, the greatest convenience service of the 21st century, was that fatal.

We were somehow managing to use water and electricity with the existing water tank and generator, but there were quite a few inconveniences anyway.

Bubble bubble bubble.

We sat in a circle and stared at the ramen that had started boiling.

“Now.”

As soon as I lifted the lid, the chopsticks of Kancheo and Seira, who had discovered the taste of chewy noodles, flew in.

The two people who complained about wanting to eat something else, but when it was actually cooked, they devoured it in the blink of an eye.

Perk!

Kancheo, who had been slurping away, turned his head.

“Someone’s coming this way! They’re going back and forth from a direction without signs, so they seem to be lost!”

I had only put up signs where there were paths.

Meaning they were climbing the mountain via the wrong route.

“I’ll go check it out.”

Seira got up from her seat and put on the fluorescent vest she had prepared in advance.

In one hand, she held a flashing light stick.

“But will those two things really work? They might be suspicious.”

Jinhyeok put down his chopsticks and shook his head.

“You don’t know what you’re talking about. With that vest and stick, you could probably get into most venues for free.”

With those two items, people would roughly assume she was some kind of forest fire-related government official.

“But couldn’t we just leave them alone? They won’t be able to come up because of the fog anyway!”

“That’s true, but.”

As Kancheo said, we could just ignore them, but there was a high probability of an accident due to the hallucinations.

Not only would people getting hurt be a problem, but the aftermath would make the whole area chaotic.

It was right to prevent anything that could put a brake on the mining work.

‘It also feels a bit uncomfortable to just ignore them.’

Jinhyeok scratched his face.

The 44th floor transition that had started at an unknown time.

I could clear it sufficiently to end the transition, but I was delaying it to mine Udium.

Meaning I wasn’t entirely without responsibility if an accident occurred.

“I’ll go and come back.”

Seira, who had properly put on her mask, headed down the mountain.

Then she turned around as if remembering something.

“You can eat all the noodles, but it would be nice if you left some of the soup.”

“Okay! I’ll make it delicious.”

I prepared rice to add next and looked around at the Udium minerals I was currently working on.

It would be finished in about three or four days.

I felt like I needed to work as hard as possible to finish it.

Before any other variables arose.

Two days later, morning.

Jinhyeok, who had been sitting, looked back and forth between his phone and Seira.

Oh no, a variable had emerged from an unexpected place.

# I got lost on Mount Inwang but a really pretty older sister gave me directions.

@ Welcome, delusional patient.

@@ Not a delusion. It’s real. I got lost with my girlfriend and thought we were screwed, but suddenly this tall, incredibly exotic-looking older sister gave us directions.

@ You should moderate your lies. Why would someone tall and incredibly exotic and pretty be there?

@@ I know it’s hard to believe but it’s real. I kept staring without realizing it and got cursed out by my girlfriend.

@ My mom and dad said they saw her too? They often go for walks on Mount Inwang, and when they got lost going up high, that older sister helped them. She was wearing a mask but her eyes were so pretty they remembered her.

@@ That’s right. Blood-red eyes, like something that jumped out of an animation.

@ Blood-red eyes, what the hell lol. Two otakus are in on it together.

After that, the comment section was full of back-and-forth arguments.

They didn’t seem to completely believe it yet, but additional sightings were appearing here and there.

Among ghost story YouTubers, there was even someone forming a team saying they’d go up there tonight to see for themselves.

Jinhyeok looked at the fluorescent vest and light stick he had given to Seira.

The items he had prepared were sufficient.

What was lacking was plausibility.

Seira’s face had destroyed all plausibility.

“Hmm.”

Jinhyeok, who had been rubbing his chin, got up.

The work was somewhat in its final stages.

It seemed like I’d have to clear the 44th floor transition today.

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