Laborer Mr. Kim Reaps Sweet Rewards with Auto-Hunting - Chapter 15

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Episode 15

The Meteor Sword—the weapon wielded by the number-one ranked Awakener.
(Estimated value) Estimated worth in the tens of billions and beyond.
Money couldn’t get you anything comparable, which is why it’s called a slump….

“You can make it?”
“Yeah!”

She can make it.

“I can make anything if you just bring me the materials!”

Nice.
That’s reassuring.

“So, a sword then!”

Okay.
A sword first, then.

“But later. We don’t have the materials right now.”
“It’s frustrating… I can’t make anything without materials….”

Lee Bo-jun, the number-one ranked Awakener.
There’s nothing we can make here without materials….
Should I post a commission request on the Awakener Network?
The silly thought crossed my mind, and I nearly laughed.

“The materials alone would cost at least hundreds of millions, if not billions. There’s no way anyone on the Awakener Network would take on a commission like that.”

I wouldn’t take it on either.
Still, though.
Maybe some smaller jobs would come in?
Might as well post an ad on the free bulletin board.

[Accepting all types of crafting commissions.]

Ugh.
New posts are still flooding in.
This’ll take a while….

“Can’t be helped.”

Well, I’ve posted it now.
If it gets buried, I’ll put up another one tomorrow morning.
So, you know.
Hope you all read it, potential customers.
Take on a commission with us, and you won’t regret it.

* * *

The next day, seven o’clock in the morning.

“Man, what is it with commissions showing up on a weekend morning….”

Weekends are supposed to be for resting.
Normally I would’ve slept straight through.
I’d set my alarm deliberately and dragged myself out of bed.

“Still need to post that promotional message….”

What I’d posted yesterday?
Completely buried.
It got pushed down the moment I hit submit.
I’d meant to post something fresh and slip back to sleep, but….
Wait.
Something seems off here.

Ding!
[A commission has come in.]
[A commission has come in.]
……
…

One, two, three….
How many of these are there?
And they’re all crafting commissions?

“What the—”

Didn’t it get buried?
Curious, I clicked on the free board.
My post was….
Ah, there it is.

– Do you happen to make things like those gloves you auctioned off before?
– Saw this in Best Posts—are you seriously the Personnel Management Office chief lol Do you not have a combat job?
– Can you craft weapons too?
– I’m curious how high-grade materials you can work with. I’d like to commission something using materials from Floor 32.
……
…

“Wow…, there are so many comments.”

Skimming through, most of them were questions.
Judging by the pile of commissions, they must’ve handled things fine on their own.
But anyway….

“Something about a Best Post in there…. What did that mean.”

I searched and found it.

[BEST]
5. [Tower of Chaos Exclusive) The Personnel Management Office Chief is Taking Commissions on the Free Board lololol]

Best Posts rose in ranking based on recommendations.
And it was already number five?
How many people saw this?
Whoever you are—thanks.

“With this, I could rank up right away.”

Let me start by looking at the commissions.
There are way too many options….
Okay.
It’d be better if the maker picks.

[Fixed Team Summoning]
– Rani (High-grade)

“Director! Hello!”
“Hey.”

I greeted her warmly.
Then I pulled up the commission list.

“Pick one from these. Whatever you’d most like to make.”
“You’re going to make something? With these materials here?”

Her eyes lit up like a child’s.

“That’s right.”
“Eek!”

Now she’s bouncing on her feet.
It’s the same reaction she had eating samgyeopsal—is she really that excited?
I wonder what’s gotten into her….

“Siiigh.”

Rani.
Did you come here to shop….
The commission window’s going to burn a hole through the screen.

“Take your time. No one’s rushing you anyway.”
“Okay!”

In the meantime, let me check how the crafting commissions are progressing….
Nothing particularly special about it.
You submit materials when you lodge a commission.
Complete it and send it back—commission done.
The Awakener Network really is convenient.

“I want this one, Rani!”

Ah.
She’s chosen.
The list was pretty long—I wonder what she picked?
I glanced at it.

[Crafting Commission]
[Requested Item: Sword]
[Primary Materials: Lava Drake Fang x10]
[Secondary Materials: Flame Bird Heart x3, Mithril Ingot x10, High-grade Mana Stone x5]
[Requester: Baek Hwa-rang]

Whoa.
What scale is this….
Who on earth commissioned this?

“Baek Hwa-rang?”

Isn’t he the guild master of the Hwarang Guild?
One of the Five Great Guilds….
Don’t they have any crafting-related jobs in the guild?

“This is the one I want, Rani!”

Of course it would.
Each material looks expensive at first glance.
Well….
I’m not sure why the commission was placed, but.

“All right, let’s make that.”
“Yes! I love it!”

We’ve accepted it anyway.
So we might as well do it.
First, accept the commission
and then hand the materials to Rani?

“Wow! Such fine materials! Rani will make something beautiful!”

She scurried off excitedly, patter-patter-patter.
Gathering up the materials, she headed to a corner of the workshop.
And then.
Clang, bang, clang, bang.

“Hehe!”

She just kept laughing, she was having so much fun.
But Rani, though.
Those really are expensive materials….

“How does Baek Hwa-rang just send materials from Floor 51 like this so casually.”

The primary material comes from Floor 51 monsters.
And the secondary materials?
They’re no joke either.
The Mithril Ingots and High-grade Mana Stones alone are, wow.
But….
Materials like these make me even more excited.
I wonder what kind of item she’ll create.

* * *

“Tada!”

Phew, it’s done.
This one took quite a while.
Well, the materials were high quality.

“There’s more!”
“Huh? More materials?”
“There’s leftover!”

Materials left over?
I could’ve sworn I sent exactly the right amount….
I tilted my head, looking closer.

“Almost half of it’s still here?”
“Yep!”

Rani, surely you didn’t….
Forget to use some materials….

“Mmm…. If I can’t make something, it takes a lot of materials, but Rani is really good at crafting so there’s no waste!”

No, that’s not it.
So you’re saying half was enough because Rani’s workmanship is so good?
Wow….
So how does it perform?
Let me take a look.
I picked up the blade and—

[You must name the weapon to complete its creation.]

Huh?

“Rani, I need you to name the weapon.”
“A name? Hmm….”

She thought it over.

“Hwaryeureuk!”
“Huh? Hwaryeureuk? That’s the weapon’s name?”

Was that actually right…?
I looked at her eyes, and they sparkled.
She’s completely serious about this.
Well, fine.
What does a name matter anyway?
Performance is all that counts.
Hwaryeureuk it is.
Now let me check the options.

[Hwaryeureuk]
– Masterwork of an exceptionally skilled craftsman.
– Grants continuous fire-attribute damage to enemies.
– Each time it blocks an enemy attack, flame automatically counterattacks.
– Grants access to the special skill Burn to Ashes.
– Increases fire-attribute resistance.

“Insane.”

See?
What does a name matter?
She created a weapon with this many options packed onto it!
Just reading the description….

“This is seriously on the level of that Meteor Sword we saw yesterday?”
“Yep! Rani can make stuff like this!”
“I know….”

Wow.
The customer’s definitely going to be satisfied with this.

“Rani, you worked hard.”

First, I slipped a sweet candy into Rani’s mouth.
Then I sent off the Hwaryeureuk right away.
The materials?
There’s no way to send them.
I kept them safely in my inventory instead.

<Commission Complete!>

Like this, then. Done.
The reward?
Thirty High-grade Mana Stones?

“A High-grade Mana Stone goes for ten million won each, doesn’t it….”

No.
They’re sending three hundred million?
Am I actually allowed to take this?

“Wait. I heard a Meteor Sword goes for hundreds of millions.”
“A sword Rani made! Even better!”
“Right. After making us something like that, this is nothing.”

But still….
The scale is something else.

“They weren’t even certain, yet they send materials like that, and the quest compensation too….”

So this is what it means to be one of the five major Guilds?
Baek Hwa-rang.
I should remember that.
For now, the Personnel Management Office first!

[Quest Completed!]
[Crafting Quest Clear!]
[Bonus Reward]
– Quest Points 2,000

What? Two thousand?

“Ah! I should’ve used a 2x scroll!”

If I had, I’d almost have it all….
Too bad.
Still, I can raise the Rank….
Yeah.

[Mission Complete!]
[Crafting-Related Quest Clear: 1/1]
[Reward]
– Unique Skill Experience
– Quest Points 5,000

Jackpot.
With this, I could move to a new place?
And my Rank goes up too!

[Unique Skill Rank Advanced.]
[Worker Summoning (Rank – Bronze) → Worker Summoning (Rank – Silver)]

Silver now!
The number of summons went up too.
And the skill itself changed.
And then?

[New Function Unlocked: Worker Training Center Now Available]

A new feature—the Worker Training Center.
What could that be?

* * *

Hunters scaling the tower.
To ordinary people, it’s just someone else’s story.
But does that mean they don’t care?
No.
Of course not.
News of a record being set doesn’t become a topic of conversation for nothing.
Especially among the top-tier hunters?
Their every move draws attention.

And then came the news.
Rank 1, Lee Bo-jun, in a slump.
It spread like wildfire.

[Has anyone heard about Lee Bo-jun? lol]
[Wait, there’s someone who went from Rank 1 to washed-up because his weapon broke? lolol]

Starting from internet communities.

[Lee Bo-jun’s Slump — Fact or Fiction?]
[Why We Haven’t Heard about the Tower of Chaos’s Highest Floor Being Conquered Lately]

Internet articles.
And even.
Regular broadcast news segments discussing it.

“Our next topic: there’s been quite a buzz about Lee Bo-jun, who has been climbing the Tower of Chaos’s highest floors.”
“Ah, yes, I heard about it. Apparently his weapon was damaged.”
“It’s certainly unfortunate news.”
……
…

And when Rank 1 stumbles?
Rank 2 naturally comes into the spotlight.

– What’s Baek Hwa-rang up to? Isn’t he Rank 2 in the tower conquest?
└ Scratching his belly at home
– If Lee Bo-jun’s in a slump, Baek Hwa-rang should be moving up lololo
└ No way he can make it.
└ 2222 That guy just cleared Floor 52 and has been thrashing around on Floor 53 for six months now lololol
└ Wow, turns out neither Rank 1 nor Rank 2 were that impressive lololol

Could Baek Hwa-rang possibly move up?
This topic had the entire nation buzzing.
Naturally, the man in question, Baek Hwa-rang, caught wind of it soon enough.

* * *

“What the hell do those bastards know.”
“That’s just how journalists and internet people are.”

Guild Master of the Hwarang Guild, Baek Hwa-rang.
Current tower conquest rank: Rank 2 in Korea.
Right now?
Being suddenly mocked on the internet.

“Hah….”

I’m furious.
And the fact that I have nothing to argue back with just makes it worse.
It’s true that I’ve been stuck for half a year since clearing Floor 52.

“Damn it, if I only had a weapon like the Meteor Sword….”

Ding!
[Your commissioned item has arrived.]

“Oh?”
“What is it?”
“Your commission just came in?”
“Ah, yes. The one you left with the Personnel Management Office head?”
“Yeah.”

I give a vague reply and log into the Awakener Network.
I received the weapon….
The name is Hwaryeureuk?

“This bastard’s playing pranks with someone else’s weapon.”

It’s ridiculous, but the options….
It’s insane.
What is this….

“What’s wrong?”
“Huh? What’s wrong? Look at this. The sword’s name is Hwaryeureuk, right?”
“What? Who would give a sword such a name…. Wow…….”

She’s having the same reaction.
Right?
Your jaw just drops, doesn’t it?
Mine did too.

“You mean you made this right after receiving the commission?”
“Yeah…. Look, I said I wanted to entrust it to you, didn’t I?”

The guild members below?
They all objected.
What basis did I have for entrusting such expensive materials.
What basis.
I trusted the instinct that made me rank number 2.
A gamble?
So what.
It paid off, didn’t it.

– Baek Hwa-rang can’t possibly clear Floor 53 lmao I’ll cut off my hand if he does

I was in a great mood just a moment ago….
Of all things, that has to catch my eye?
An internet comment I’d just finished reading.
Baek Hwa-rang can’t possibly clear Floor 53?
I’ll show them.

“Call the journalists. I’m going to clear Floor 53 right now.”

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