Player Farming in the Dragon’s Lair - Chapter 21

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21
[Frost Wolf Sword]
– Grade: A
– Effects
– Attack Power +35
– Agility +10
– On successful hit, consumes Mana to apply ‘Frost Binding’ effect
– Description: A blade infused with the power of the Frost Wolf that rules the extreme tundra.
“This is insane!”
The sword Lee Woo-jin had shown him was Grade A.
A weapon of a grade that couldn’t be obtained at auction houses even with premium bidding!
It was precisely the item Kang Min-woo needed most to challenge Hard Difficulty.
Since Kang Min-woo primarily relied on Swordsmanship-based skills, he desperately needed an A-grade blade, and the moment he saw the Frost Wolf Sword, his heart thundered in his chest like a drum.
– Lee Woo-jin: Yes?
Kang Min-woo typed his reply at once.
– Me: Yes!
– Lee Woo-jin: You sure you want to use this?
– Me: I’d love to use it!
– Lee Woo-jin: OK
How much should he offer for this?
Typically, B-grade weapons traded for 3,000 to 4,000 Coins.
A-grade weapons were difficult to appraise because their supply was scarce.
To begin with, A-grade items were monopolized by adventurers climbing the Hard Difficulty towers in the United States, China, and Japan.
Of course, the structure meant that eventually more adventurers would tackle Hard Difficulty and the supply would increase, but right now, this was an extraordinarily rare item.
And that item—
[Trade Completed.]
“……!!”
Lee Woo-jin had given it for free.
Was this a mistake? Kang Min-woo gasped sharply.
– Me: We’ve already traded?
– Me: How many Coins should I give you……?
– Lee Woo-jin: It’s fine!
– Lee Woo-jin: I don’t need it anyway
– Me: …….
Kang Min-woo had suddenly struck the jackpot of all jackpots.
With this, challenging the Hard Difficulty tower would be far more manageable.
This was entirely thanks to Woo-jin.
– Lee Woo-jin: But I do have one favor to ask
– Me: Anything you need, just say the word!
Kang Min-woo resolved to dedicate his loyalty to Lee Woo-jin.
How he had obtained an A-grade weapon didn’t matter.
What mattered was that Woo-jin had offered his patronage.
He had essentially acted as an Observer for him.
An Observer.
A ‘great being’ who watches over the adventurers in the tower.
Their rank was divided into lower, middle, and upper grades, with higher ranks possessing greater power.
When an Observer takes notice of an adventurer, they receive items,
gain skills, or obtain other kinds of ‘hints’.
Various benefits are granted this way, and the top-ranked adventurers from America, China, and Japan climbing Hard Difficulty received aid from Observers.
‘Now I have a chance too!’
Kang Min-woo was prepared to grant Lee Woo-jin any request at all. He was the Guild Master of The Sky, South Korea’s premier guild, and the nation’s number one ranked adventurer.
Naturally, he possessed both prestige and wealth.
But.
The favor Woo-jin asked for was remarkably modest.
– Lee Woo-jin: Could you go to my family home and ask my mother for a box of Kimchi and some Aged Kimchi? Oh, and 10 kilograms of Pork Belly and a container of Ssamjang too, please.
“…….”
* * *
An apartment in Seoul.
[Korea Apartment Building 101, Unit 1001]
Kang Min-woo stood before the front door and rang the doorbell.
A monotonous doorbell chime sounded through the intercom, followed by a voice.
– Who is this?
A young woman’s voice.
Kang Min-woo identified himself.
“Hello, this is Kang Min-woo. I’d like to have a word with you about Lee Woo-jin. Do you have a moment to talk?”
– Wait, wait, wait! It really is Kang Min-woo!
– What’s all the fuss about?
– Mom! It’s Kang Min-woo! Kang Min-woo came to our house!
– What?
It would be fair to say that there are hardly any people in South Korea who don’t know Kang Min-woo. After all, in twenty-first century modern society, an unprecedented object of interest called the “Top” had appeared, and South Korea’s most famous Awakened One was Kang Min-woo.
Click.
The door opened.
Kim Mi-sook, Lee Woo-jin’s mother, and his younger sister Lee Yoon-ah stepped out.
Kang Min-woo bowed respectfully.
“Good afternoon.”
“Eek! It really is Kang Min-woo!”
“My goodness. My goodness. What brings you here?”
.
.
.
Two large containers of kimchi were retrieved from what looked like an old refrigerator.
Freshly made kimchi and aged kimchi.
Kim Mi-sook opened the lid to check the condition.
The Kimchi—crisp and fresh, the kind that would taste perfect with boiled pork, packed full to the brim.
The Aged Kimchi—neatly arranged with the kind of presentation you’d see at a distinguished family’s house.
“Our Woo-jin loves kimchi so much. Hehe.”
“Perhaps he’s missing your cooking.”
“I don’t understand why he asks a busy person like you to bring it when he could just come himself. But how did you meet Woo-jin in the first place?”
It was a question he’d anticipated.
“We’re in contact for work-related matters.”
A bland, ordinary answer.
Fortunately, Kim Mi-sook didn’t press further.
Lee Yoon-ah spoke as if she understood.
“Ah, my brother must be working as a government official managing the Top, so there must be some work coordination with The Sky Guild!”
Information he hadn’t known.
Kang Min-woo caught it without missing a beat and nodded.
“That’s right.”
In truth, the situation allowed for much deeper questioning if he wished.
Logically speaking, contact with a Guild Master would typically require someone of director-level rank or higher.
It was nearly unheard of for a civil servant handling administrative work and the Guild Master of The Sky to exchange business communications.
And a Guild Master running errands for a civil servant’s kimchi?
It made no sense at all.
Yet Kim Mi-sook and Lee Yoon-ah didn’t press with further questions about the inconsistency.
No doubt they’d call Woo-jin later and interrogate him about every detail.
“Here you go. Will you be able to carry these? They’re rather heavy.”
“Of course. No problem.”
He lifted the kimchi container easily to demonstrate.
Kang Min-woo gave a quick bow to Woo-jin’s family and left the house.
* * *
[The transaction has been completed.]
Kimchi.
Aged Kimchi.
10kg of Pork Belly.
1 container of Ssamjang.
“It’s here!!!”
Two large kimchi containers arrived right before his eyes.
They were the familiar containers he’d seen since childhood.
He popped the lid open.
“Mmm~ that smell~”
The Kimchi and Aged Kimchi from Kim Mi-sook, South Korea’s number-one expert in making kimchi!
Woo-jin tore a strip of Kimchi in half with his fingers and popped it into his mouth, chewing thoughtfully.
“Mmm.”
His mother should have sold the kimchi.
Then perhaps she would have earned enough to let three generations live comfortably without working.
“Heh heh. Tomorrow’s a Pork Belly party.”
The lettuce and perilla leaves hadn’t fully matured yet.
By tomorrow, they’d probably be the perfect size to eat.
[Kimchi has been stored in your Subspace Backpack.]
[Aged Kimchi has been stored in your Subspace Backpack.]
[Pork Belly has been stored in your Subspace Backpack.]
[Ssamjang has been stored in your Subspace Backpack.]
Everything fits so neatly!
All these items vanishing into it at once—incredible.
Putting things in or taking them out required no effort whatsoever.
– Me: Thanks so much!
– Anonymous 3861: Not at all. Please let me know if you need anything!
– Me: But you just switched to formal speech all of a sudden?
– Anonymous 3861: Yes… it feels more comfortable!
– Me: Then I’ll speak formally too from now on.
– Anonymous 3861: Just speak however is comfortable for you!!!
– Me: Formal speech has started feeling more natural.
– Anonymous 3861: ……!!!!
– Me: Let’s stick with formal speech!
– Anonymous 3861: …Yes!
It seemed clear he was reacting this way because Woo-jin had given him an A-Grade weapon.
‘Honestly, even I’d treat him as a senior for that.’
Anonymous 3861 was responding perfectly normally.
– Anonymous 3861: I… actually have something I need to tell you.
– Me: What is it?
– Kang Min-woo: I’m actually Kang Min-woo. The Guild Master of The Sky. I apologize for not telling you sooner.
– Me: ???
– Me: Huh?
South Korea’s number one ranked Kang Min-woo?
Woo-jin blinked, unable to believe it.
‘Have I really been talking to Kang Min-woo this whole time?’
Kang Min-woo proved his identity by showing Woo-jin an item.
– Adventurer’s Token (Normal Difficulty Conqueror)
“Wow. For real.”
A token awarded only to those who cleared the Tower’s Normal Difficulty up to floor one hundred.
This proved that Kang Min-woo wasn’t just someone with the same name.
– Me: I’m a fan of yours!
– Kang Min-woo: …Thank you. In any case, thanks to the A-Grade weapon you gave me, I think I’ll be able to attempt Hard Difficulty much more smoothly. I really appreciate it.
– Me: Come on! Of course I had to! You’re Korea’s top-ranked player!
This wasn’t right.
Woo-jin had already decided to give Kang Min-woo an S-Grade weapon—the Holy Knight Commander’s Sword.
When equipped, it raised Strength and Stamina considerably and had exceptional attack power. More importantly, it was an S-Grade weapon that had never been unsealed before, which was why he’d originally planned to keep it himself.
‘But Kang Min-woo using it would be much better than me using it.’
After all, he wouldn’t be using it to beat down monsters.
Besides, Woo-jin preferred ranged combat.
When he was mapping out the simulation in his head before entering the Tower—from Normal floor one up to floor twenty—he’d naturally been imagining himself using a bow.
If it had been an S-Grade bow, he would’ve kept it, but a sword was like a white elephant.
– Me: Guild Master, use this too!
[Holy Knight Commander’s Sword has been registered.]
– Kang Min-woo: ?!?!?!
– Kang Min-woo: What???
– Kang Min-woo: S-Grade… you can’t be serious… where on earth did you get something like this……??
– Me: Found it while taking a walk.
– Kang Min-woo: What????
– Kang Min-woo: Are you really sure I can have this? I mean, shouldn’t you be the one using it…….
– Me: Nope, I don’t need it
[Transaction completed.]
– Kang Min-woo : Thank you so much! I truly cannot thank you enough!
– Me : You’ve got this! I’m rooting for you!
– Kang Min-woo : Yes! I will make sure to show you results!!
Woo-jin smiled with satisfaction.
A Player Farming at Dragon Rare (Serialized)
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