The Automatic Rooting Range Is Too Wide - Chapter 130

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Auto Looting Range Too Wide Episode 130

Episode 130: Victory (2)

The waiting room was like a festival atmosphere.

The team members hugged each other and shed tears of joy.

“Sniff, I can’t believe I won an event.”

“H-how many points is this? With this score, I can buy a unique-grade item!”

“This isn’t a dream, is it? If it is a dream, I hope I wake up as late as possible…”

Originally, unaffiliated Awakened couldn’t easily obtain even rare-grade items.

And now they had gotten their hands on unique-grade items.

It was natural for them to burst into tears.

But there was exactly one person who was different.

“Huhuhuhng.”

Park Du-nam was shedding tears of sadness, not joy.

And he was doing so while kneeling at Mincheol’s feet.

“When will we meet again if we part like this! Huhuhuhng.”

Mincheol looked down at Park Du-nam with a tired expression.

The sight of a grown adult crying like a child was much more unsightly than expected.

“Older Brother, please! Please accept this younger brother’s friend request!”

“I’ll do that.”

Park Du-nam’s eyes widened at Mincheol’s permission.

“A-are you serious?”

It was natural for Park Du-nam to not believe it.

Mincheol had sharply refused Park Du-nam’s attempts at interaction until now.

It was to block any actions that might expose his identity.

‘But a friend request should be fine.’

The Tower had a ‘friend add’ function like a game.

He had used the friend request function several times before.

He had added ‘Olttetiramisu’s’ contact, and also added contacts of companies he met in the Mercenary Layer.

But this was the first time he was adding a friend due to personal friendship.

It was probably because of what Park Du-nam had shown.

He was a strange guy obsessed with playing younger brother, but his loyalty was certain.

‘It might be helpful to know a skilled Awakened.’

Moreover, Park Du-nam was a disciple of a Top Layer Awakened.

He might know information that couldn’t be obtained from the Hunter Community.

“T-then I’ll send it right away!”

When Park Du-nam manipulated the system window with his finger, a message appeared.

【’Romantic Adventurer’ has sent you a friend request.】

Mincheol looked at Park Du-nam with a strange gaze.

Looking at the nickname, he doubted whether this person was really around his age.

【Will you accept ‘Romantic Adventurer’s’ friend request?】

【Will you use the ‘Manwolsang’ profile as is?】

Mincheol created a new ‘Butcher’ profile instead of ‘Manwolsang’.

He was using different profiles to prepare for any situation.

When adding companies to his friend list, he also used a profile called ‘Teacher Rabbit’ instead of ‘Manwolsang’.

“Then I’ll be going.”

“I’ll contact you often! What are you all doing? Older Brother is leaving, so come greet him!”

At Park Du-nam’s shout, the team members rushed over hurriedly.

“Thank you!”

“We’re really grateful!”

It was burdensome, but it wasn’t a bad feeling.

Thus, Mincheol left the waiting room with his teammates’ farewell.

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As soon as he returned home, Mincheol threw his body onto the bed.

“Ugh, I’m tired.”

It was natural to be tired after playing three main tournament matches in a row.

Moreover, two of them were against strong opponents. The fatigue Mincheol felt was beyond imagination.

“Kkwaaak…”

Kkwak was tired too.

It was because he had used buffs twice in one day.

“Kkwak, you worked hard.”

“Kkwak.”

“Whitey, you also worked hard.”

Mincheol said as he took out the golden plate from his inventory.

Whitey had also become smaller than usual.

“Gurrgle…”

Kkwak fell asleep immediately.

Thanks to that, the smartphone became entirely Mincheol’s.

Mincheol naturally accessed the Hunter Community.

It had become a habit to access the Hunter Community whenever he had spare time.

Although its reliability was low, it was a place where he could quickly learn about industry rumors.

-Anonymous: I’ve asked a hundred times who the event winners are. Quickly “answer.”

-Anonymous: Goseong just announced! Three winners were added to Goseong’s side!

The Hunter Community was actively discussing the Capture the Flag event.

There was great interest since it was a major event and promising members from each guild were clashing.

-DTD: But doesn’t it seem like the number of winners announced by guilds is a bit low this time?

└Anonymous: It’s because of those Hope Society bastards. They self-destructed to eliminate teams with even slightly famous Awakened.

└DTD: Why the hell did they do such a thing?

└Anonymous: It’s not certain, but there’s talk that it was to make their own promising members win.

He could also see curses about Hope Society here and there.

It was because so many people had been harmed by Hope Society.

-Romantic Adventurer: I’ve been watching from earlier. Why are you all so ignorant about news?

Then, he saw a familiar nickname.

“It can’t be, right?”

But there couldn’t be two such tacky nicknames.

Mincheol clicked on the post with unease.

-Romantic Adventurer: It’s not just guild-affiliated Awakened who won. You know Butcher? He also won.

-Romantic Adventurer: Do you even know who his opponents were? It was Kim Eun-ae from Gakdeungjeong and Song Beom from Hope Society.

Sure enough, it was Park Du-nam.

-Soft Bean: Isn’t that a lie? Butcher is unaffiliated, so how did he beat Kim Eun-ae and Song Beom?

└Romantic Adventurer: Look at my nickname, I don’t tell lies.

└Soft Bean: What does your nickname have to do with lying…

└Romantic Adventurer: If you don’t want to believe it, don’t. Rather, listen to my awesome story. How well Butcher fought was…

Comments were lined up below. They were all posted by Park Du-nam.

Mincheol’s face burned at the heroic tale mixed with plenty of exaggeration.

“Why is he doing this again?”

It seemed he would need to give him a stern warning when they met next time.

Mincheol looked for other posts to forget about Park Du-nam.

-Thick-Skinned Ruler: It’s up! Seol-aeng uploaded the finals video!

Then, an intriguing post caught his eye.

Mincheol clicked on the title. Then a YouTube video appeared.

Mincheol couldn’t help but be surprised as he looked at the video.

“That’s Baek-ryul, isn’t it?”

Seol-aeng’s promising talent.

He was said to be the best among Awakened of the same generation.

His annoyingly handsome face made him instantly recognizable.

“Who’s the person fighting Baek-ryul… wait, isn’t this Go Dan-hae?”

This one was also recognizable at a glance.

He was Goseong Guild’s promising talent and a blood relative of the owner’s family.

The tremendous background of being from the Goseong family.

Plus the outstanding talent that had bloomed from a young age.

Go Dan-hae was also famous as a prodigy no less than Baek-ryul.

In other words, two people called the top among South Korea’s promising talents had clashed in the finals.

“Wow, I can’t miss this.”

Mincheol played the video.

The image quality was clear, as if filmed with a fairly high-grade recording item.

Kwaagwang-

An explosion occurred right from the start. Two young men clashed within it.

Baek-ryul was using a longsword, while Go Dan-hae wielded a long blade.

Every time the two weapons collided, storms erupted. Massive sword energy swept across the ground.

“Whoa, whoa whoa…”

Mincheol quickly became absorbed in the video.

He had heard that mid-tier Awakened and above were called walking disasters.

The two people in the video were low-tier Awakened like Mincheol.

Even so, they seemed worthy of being called disasters.

Song Beom was strong too, but not to the extent of these two.

“So this is Baek-ryul and Go Dan-hae…”

At some point, Mincheol stopped admiring as he watched the video.

Instead, he imagined himself fighting the two of them.

‘Could I have dodged Baek-ryul’s sword strikes?’

‘Go Dan-hae’s long blade is tyrannical. I can’t allow him to get close.’

He read their sword paths and pondered countermeasures.

He gauged whether he could counter with the skills he possessed.

The imagination was enjoyable. He lost track of time.

But at some point, Mincheol rapidly lost interest.

“…This is boring.”

Imagination was just imagination. It was completely different from actual combat.

Moreover, there were limits to grasping the two people’s capabilities through mere video.

It was disappointing.

He couldn’t contain his desire to actually cross weapons and compete in technique.

“Ah, it’s over.”

Just then, the battle between the two reached its conclusion.

Baek-ryul’s sword had severed Go Dan-hae’s neck.

-@Ram_cider : Wow, Baek-ryul won in the end. This settles it. Among the promising talents, Baek-ryul is the best.

└@GoGoGoGo_Go : You can’t know that. The Capture the Flag event is a team battle. There are too many variables. It’s not a place to purely compete in skill.

└@Ram_cider : What nonsense are you talking? Didn’t you see them fighting 1:1?

└@GoGoGoGo_Go : Go Dan-hae might have faced other strong opponents in previous matches, or his teammates might not have been helpful, causing him to consume a lot of stamina during the competition.

└@Ram_cider : ? What kind of excuse is that? I heard Go Dan-hae’s fandom was crazy, and it’s really true.

The comment section was nothing short of chaos.

Baek-ryul and Go Dan-hae.

Since both were famous figures, they were also very popular.

Fans tore each other down without giving an inch.

“But I am curious.”

From what he saw in the video, both seemed to have similar skills.

That meant if they fought again, the result could be different.

“If the two fought in perfect condition, who would win?”

No, that wasn’t it.

What Mincheol was really curious about was something else.

Could I win if I fought them?

The two were frighteningly strong. Even with his current abilities, it was hard to discuss his chances of victory.

But it wasn’t like there was absolutely no possibility of winning.

‘If I raised my agility stat a bit more? If I had one more skill that could catch them off guard?’

What would he need to do to beat those two?

What aspects should he fill, and what should he obtain?

“Huh, I had pointless thoughts again.”

Mincheol belatedly came to his senses and calmed his mind.

“I keep doing this lately.”

Wanting to fight, wanting to compete in skill.

It was a way of thinking that didn’t help at all in climbing the Tower.

“It doesn’t suit someone like me who’s cool-headed, rational, and pursues safety at all.”

Mincheol wasn’t climbing the Tower to become strong.

It was to gain social stability after getting a job at a large guild.

Dueling with those two was impossible in the first place.

He couldn’t just go directly to their guilds.

If there was a way, it would only be meeting them in event battles.

But even that possibility was slim.

The Tower was vast, and there were many Awakened.

The possibility of encountering those two in an event was extremely low.

“Ah, right.”

Mincheol opened his inventory and took out an item.

It was the skill random box he had purchased by gathering all his event victory points.

The total points Mincheol earned from winning were 310.

Even after purchasing the Skill Random Box (Unique), he had 110 points left.

So Mincheol was able to add plenty of desired conditions to the skill.

-Throwing: 10 points

-Enhancement type: 30 points

-Mana consumption (Low): 30 points.

-Versatility: 40 points.

Mincheol wanted a skill that could improve throwing weapons overall.

So he added enhancement type and versatility.

The reason he added mana consumption (Low) was to prepare for coordination with Kaela Marbenia.

“I hope something good comes out.”

Even with these conditions added, it was still ‘random’ in the end.

Mincheol prayed earnestly, then opened the box.

【Opening ‘Skill Random Box (Unique)’.】

【You have acquired the skill ‘Magic Bullet Marksman’.】

Something extraordinary had appeared.

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