The Automatic Rooting Range Is Too Wide - Chapter 167

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Auto Looting Range Too Wide Episode 167

Episode 167: Ramakan (1)

Mincheol was greatly surprised after checking the PDF.

The plan was far more detailed than he had imagined.

Not only did it include a rough sketch of Ramakan, but it even showed the durability differences by body parts.

“Did you make all of this?”

-No. I went to world-famous guilds and gathered information about Ramakan!

Mincheol paused.

There was no way Bokdol-i, trapped inside the Iron Doll, could physically visit guilds.

Which meant…

“…We won’t get caught, right?”

-Of course not! I told you not to worry about that part! Earth’s civilization can’t trace my tracks online!

Bokdol-i spoke confidently.

He was probably right, so Mincheol didn’t argue further.

-More importantly, look at the data! Unlike what I thought, there were many guilds that seriously attempted to conquer Ramakan! Especially Helios in the United States collected information over a long period and established plans! Though they ultimately failed to defeat Ramakan!

Mincheol was impressed.

The fact that they failed wasn’t a reason to underestimate Helios. Ramakan was a hidden boss after all.

Moreover, just collecting the information was an amazing feat.

It meant they had analyzed Ramakan while avoiding death, and even managed to escape back to Earth alive.

-Look here, it says rare-grade weapons can’t penetrate Ramakan’s armor. That’s natural though. Ramakan’s armor is made of solid platinum alloy.

“Platinum alloy?”

-It’s an alloy made primarily from platinum ingots to enhance mana conductivity! It has high resistance to various things, so it’s not easy to process either!

Bokdol-i flipped through the PDF. Other materials appeared.

-And it says you need at least unique-grade equipment to block Ramakan’s attacks. Even then, lower-quality equipment gets destroyed without lasting long.

Mincheol looked at the photos attached to the PDF.

Various weapons and equipment were cleanly sliced through.

Even if they were lower quality, it could destroy unique-grade items this easily?

It truly had the power befitting a hidden boss.

‘Then I can’t be at ease either.’

The Black Drake armor Mincheol wore was also unique-grade armor.

Thanks to the Partial Hardening skill, its defense was very high, but he had no intention of taking Ramakan’s attacks head-on.

If his armor got damaged, it would be a disaster.

“But what principle does this Ramakan use to cut through things?”

-Ramakan is a product specialized for just one function. Mana discharge.

“Mana discharge?”

-Yeah, the more you compress mana, the harder and sharper it becomes. It discharges maximally compressed mana to cut through objects.

“What about blocking ranged attacks?”

-That’s the same. It fires compressed mana to slice through ranged attacks.

In other words, it was both offense and defense combined.

-Ramakan’s flight is the same too. It discharges mana to lift its body and move quickly.

Bokdol-i brought up a video.

It was different from what they had found in Seolang.

The video captured all of Ramakan’s patterns utilizing mana discharge.

-As you can see from the video, Ramakan doesn’t have many patterns. Just floating, flying, and discharging mana cutting either as single shots or large-scale bursts.

The patterns themselves were simple. That didn’t mean it was easy to conquer though.

-The range of mana cutting reaches up to 30 meters maximum. There are no directional restrictions either.

It meant anywhere within 30 meters was within the cutting attack range.

-However, large-scale mana cutting has greatly reduced range. Only about 10 meters.

Mincheol was slightly confused whether it was appropriate to use the word “only” for a 10-meter distance.

Of course, it was much shorter compared to 30 meters.

-As you can see from the consecutive failures of large guilds, Ramakan can’t be defeated through ordinary methods.

The guilds Bokdol-i had stolen data from were all world-famous places.

Helios in the United States, Qiuchuan Alliance in China, Crusade in Europe.

All three were guilds standing at the forefront of Tower conquest.

But they all failed to conquer Ramakan.

-Lower floor Awakened can neither block mana discharge nor find ways to penetrate it and deal damage. But we can do it. I’m here, and most importantly, you have your unique skill.

“But Ramakan uses mana as its power source, right?”

-Right. For you to use Auto Looting, we first need to exhaust Ramakan’s mana.

Bokdol-i said while flipping through the PDF.

-I checked through each guild’s reports. Just inducing single discharges didn’t cause mana depletion.

“So we need to induce large-scale discharges?”

-Yeah, exactly. If you cause large-scale discharges a certain number of times within 10 minutes, Ramakan’s mana gets drained and it switches to charging mode.

Bokdol-i’s explanation continued.

-There are two main cases when Ramakan uses large-scale discharge. When large objects fly toward it, or when multiple attacks hit simultaneously.

Either launch one massive attack or attack simultaneously in large numbers.

Mincheol thought for a moment, then considered internally.

‘I can do both, can’t I?’

Mincheol had both the Grand Warlord’s axe and Kaela Marbenia.

He could easily trigger large-scale discharges within Ramakan’s attack range.

“Alright. Let’s do it.”

Mincheol stood up abruptly as he spoke.

Then Bokdol-i shouted in surprise.

-Huh? Don’t tell me you’re going to challenge it right now?

“As if. I haven’t even reached the 34th Floor yet.”

-Ah.

“And you said rare-grade weapons don’t work on Ramakan.”

There was no way it would use large-scale discharge to block non-threatening attacks.

In other words, to induce large-scale discharges, he needed to prepare unique-grade weapons.

But Mincheol had no intention of using his main weapons.

If they got damaged by Ramakan’s attacks, he’d lose sleep from regret.

Fortunately, Mincheol had a way to mass-produce unique-grade weapons.

“First, let’s make weapons from platinum ingots.”

Platinum ingots, obtainable only from the Machine Empire, were crafting materials for unique-grade items.

Mincheol opened his friends window and sent a message to someone.

-Manwolsang: Hello Olttetiramisu. I’d like to request equipment crafting.

* * *

South Korea’s first and finest Awakened-specialized blacksmith workshop.

Yun Ga-yeong, the youngest blacksmith at Bulgasal Forge, was currently bored to death.

‘Ah, this is so boring.’

Though she was diligently hammering heated iron, her face was full of boredom.

The reason she was so bored was because she’d been doing nothing but simple labor all week.

‘Making 100 fixed spears by myself, does that even make sense?’

It was an order from a large guild.

Something about needing spears for guild members to use in conquering a large-scale quest.

‘Even if I’m the most pushover, this is too much. Where else would they dump work on someone like this?’

Yun Ga-yeong sighed and put the iron in water for quenching.

Though it looked like ordinary water, it was a special solution containing various materials.

“Sigh.”

Just as Yun Ga-yeong was about to resume work after sighing.

-Manwolsang: Hello Olttetiramisu. I’d like to request equipment crafting.

Yun Ga-yeong’s expression crumpled as she read the message.

“What? You put me through all that trouble and now you’re asking for a crafting commission?”

Not long ago, Yun Ga-yeong had made a spear at Manwolsang’s request.

The problem was the materials that went into that spear.

It required a rare material called wind pressure stone.

Instead of obtaining wind pressure stone ingots, Manwolsang had brought her a massive quantity of poisoned needles from trap layers that contained the material.

She thought her back would break from melting all those poisoned needles to extract the wind pressure stone.

Of course, thanks to that, she was able to freely test the metallurgy techniques she had been planning.

“Hmph, absolutely not.”

Just as Yun Ga-yeong was about to send a reply.

-Manwolsang: I’ve already secured the materials. You know about silver ingots, right? I’d like to request this.

But her hand, which had been about to refuse, stopped at the mention of silver ingots.

“Silver ingots…?”

It was a metal no blacksmith could be unaware of.

After all, these ingots were only found in the Machine Empire, famous for having steel technology far superior to Earth’s.

While low mana conductivity was a flaw, it was so sturdy that it more than made up for this shortcoming.

Armor made from silver ingots was coveted even by mid-tier Awakened.

The problem was that there were so few available for sale.

This was because the Machine Empire was such a dangerous place that few Awakened climbed there.

It was so rare that Yun Ga-yeong had never even handled it.

Whenever any came on the market, her teacher and seniors would take it all.

“Oh my, I can’t let this opportunity slip by!”

Yun Ga-yeong immediately sent a message.

-Olttetiramisu: Of course! What kind of items do you need this time? Another spear?

-Manwolsang: Three spears, twenty hand axes, and ten daggers…

But the moment she saw the order that followed, Yun Ga-yeong couldn’t help but be flustered.

-Olttetiramisu: You’re ordering all of that?

-Manwolsang: Oh, are you busy by any chance?

-Olttetiramisu: No, no. I can definitely make them! However, to make all the weapons you mentioned would require an enormous amount of silver ingots, wouldn’t it?

Even China and India, which poured enormous amounts of materials into weapons due to their populations, had very few silver ingots.

That’s how dangerous a place the Machine Empire was.

-Manwolsang: I’ll provide as many silver ingots as needed, so don’t worry about it.

The moment she read the message, Yun Ga-yeong felt like fireworks were going off one after another in her head.

If anyone else had said this, she wouldn’t have believed it.

But this was Manwolsang. The man who had obtained massive quantities of poisoned needles from trap layers that few people collected!

“This is why people should stay close to wealthy people!”

Yun Ga-yeong cheered with joy.

Then, she heard a voice from behind her.

“What are you talking about?”

“Oh, well, you see. There’s someone I got to know. And they said they’d provide as many silver ingots as needed…”

Yun Ga-yeong turned around and froze stiff.

Her teacher was looking at her with a bewildered expression.

Oops.

Yun Ga-yeong hadn’t told anyone about Manwolsang’s existence.

If other blacksmiths learned about Manwolsang’s existence, her chances of handling rare materials would decrease.

“Well, you see…”

Yun Ga-yeong pondered how to get out of this situation.

But it was already too late.

“Silver ingots? Did you just say silver ingots? They’ll get them for you? In South Korea? How?”

Her teacher asked with blazing eyes.

“Tell me the details right now.”

Yun Ga-yeong broke out in a cold sweat.

* * *

Afterward, Mincheol first tackled the remaining floors.

‘To obtain silver ingots, I need to expand my inventory capacity first.’

With Mincheol’s current inventory, after storing Bokdol-i and Iron Doll, there wasn’t much space left.

At most, he could only fit three or four silver ingots.

【The factory and security robots’ activities have ceased.】

【This is an unprecedented record! The grade will be greatly enhanced!】

【You have cleared the ’33rd Floor’ and ’34th Floor’ with EX grade!】

【You acquire a massive amount of experience.】

Lv.74 -> Lv.76 -> Lv.78

-All stats increase by 2 per level.

【You acquire clear rewards.】

-All stats increase by 40.

-You acquire 2 ‘Inventory Expansion Vouchers.’

【You acquire a hidden piece.】

-You acquire 20 ‘Bound Coins of Fortune.’

Mincheol checked the number of Coins of Fortune.

‘Now I have over 150.’

Thanks to clearing the Industrial Complex with EX grade, coins had accumulated in large quantities.

‘With this amount, I should be able to buy various things from the Secret Shop, right?’

Just imagining it made him feel good.

Next, Mincheol tore the Inventory Expansion Vouchers.

【Your inventory’s maximum weight has increased.】

【145kg -】 155kg>

Afterward, Mincheol repeatedly challenged the 32nd Floor and collected silver ingots in the amount Olttetiramisu requested.

-Olttetiramisu: This much is enough!

Having delivered all the materials, now all Mincheol had to do was practice his strategy for tackling Ramakan.

Mincheol wandered around the 34th Floor with Bokdol-i, familiarizing himself with the terrain.

And he simulated how to respond when Ramakan appeared.

A week passed like this.

-Olttetiramisu: It’s finished!

The delivery date Olttetiramisu had promised arrived.

Mincheol thoroughly checked the items Olttetiramisu had sent.

Befitting items made from silver ingots, all the weapons had a faint silver hue.

“Hm?”

Mincheol’s gaze lingered on a spear.

It was one of the three spears Mincheol had ordered.

He had ordered three because he had Kaela Marbenia in mind.

【Silver Wing】

-Grade: Unique

-Description: A spear completed by tempering silver ingots thousands of times. It takes a form specialized for throwing.

Mincheol stared at the spear with a blank expression.

The form was simple. It was a spear made solely for throwing.

Compared to the Dark Elongated One, it didn’t even have any options attached.

But Mincheol couldn’t take his eyes off this spear.

It was because of the strange presence he felt from the spear.

“I knew she was skilled, but… was she this good?”

It was to the degree that he had the illusion that she had become a different person.

Suddenly, Mincheol realized one fact.

“You could have given them proper names too?”

Then why had he been giving them names like Gray Elongated One and such until now?

“Anyway, I like it.”

Mincheol put the weapons into his Inventory.

-Master! You’re going to challenge the 34th Floor now, right?

“Yeah.”

He also extracted Bokdol-i’s core and put it in his Inventory.

He couldn’t take Iron Doll with him because he needed to store equipment.

Anyway, he could just get another body on the 34th Floor.

“You two come along too.”

“Kkwak.”

Whoosh.

After gathering the remaining two, Mincheol spoke with a determined voice.

“I will challenge the 34th Floor.”

A new record was waiting for Mincheol.

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