The Automatic Rooting Range Is Too Wide - Chapter 41
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Auto Looting Range Too Wide Episode 41
Episode 41: Residents of the Tower (2)
Mincheol accessed the Hunter Community to learn about the newly added resident.
-Anonymous : Anyone met the new resident? I haven’t found them yet.
└Yame : It’s surprisingly hard to find. Not many hints either.
└Anonymous : I heard they’re under the White Cliff but I can’t find them at all;;
As expected, the Hunter Community was buzzing with discussions about the new resident.
-Anonymous : When did they say this one was added?
└King Burger : Yesterday. Still fresh.
└Anonymous : Yesterday? Then no one’s cleared it yet?
└King Burger : Not yet. That’s why all the guilds are scrambling for it. Trying to get the first clear reward.
└King Burger : China’s especially fired up about it. They have that rivalry with America, you know.
The Tower had something called first clear rewards.
Tower floors, quests, specific areas, and so on.
Whatever you cleared first would give you bigger rewards.
That’s why the first achievement guilds would tout was their first clears.
-Anonymous : But wouldn’t high-floor gathering specialists just come down and get it easily?
└King Burger : That’s not how it works. High-floor Awakeners get penalties when they go to lower floors.
└King Burger : Not just stats, but all their skills get restricted too. Sometimes completely sealed.
└Anonymous : Really? Is that why high-floor Awakeners can’t break records on lower floors?
└King Burger : Are you a civilian? Once you clear a new floor, you can only visit previous floors but can’t update records.
As Mincheol read through the community posts, he had a question and posted it.
-Top Newbie : But do residents get added suddenly like this?
└King Burger : New residents and areas get added periodically. We don’t know why either.
└King Burger : I’ve read some papers on it. They theorize the Tower keeps adding content so Awakeners don’t get complacent.
It was quite an absurd theory. This wasn’t a game, after all.
Anyway, it was good news for Awakeners.
When new quests were created, it meant more rewards to be gained.
“So what kind of resident is it?”
Mincheol gathered a bit more information.
Since it was a newly added resident, there wasn’t much information available.
“Kkurururuk.”
Kkwaekkwi was lying next to Mincheol, sleeping contentedly.
Mincheol listened to Kkwaekkwi’s sounds while reading through the testimonies of experienced players one by one.
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The next day, Mincheol moved to the 11th Floor to meet the new resident.
According to posts he read on the Hunter Community, the new resident was located under the White Cliff.
“Kkwaekkwi. Look for a cliff.”
Kkwaekkwi, who had been yawning while perched on his head, flew up into the sky.
He could see far distances using Eagle’s Eye, but the mana consumption was too high.
His mana would run out before he could even find the cliff.
“Kkwak!”
After a moment, Kkwaekkwi landed back down and pointed west with its wing.
“Over there?”
“Kkwak!”
Mincheol headed in the direction Kkwaekkwi pointed.
Before long, he was able to spot the White Cliff.
“They said I’d find it right away once I reached the cliff.”
Just as Mincheol was looking around,
“Snore, kuuu…”
Loud snoring sounds reached his ears.
Mincheol pushed through the bushes toward where the sound came from.
He could see a Goblin lying on a large rock, sleeping soundly.
It was a Goblin with a face full of wrinkles and white eyebrows.
He didn’t know much about Goblins, but this one clearly looked old.
“This seems to be the one.”
According to his research on the Hunter Community, the added resident was none other than an old Goblin.
To think he’d encounter a Goblin as a resident rather than an enemy.
Mincheol shook the Goblin with mixed feelings.
“Hey. Hey there.”
“Keu, keueoeoek! Sea anemone! Anything but sea anemone!”
The old Goblin bolted upright with a strange cry.
Soon after seeing Mincheol, it let out a lament.
“Huh, what a truly wicked face. In all my life, this is the first time I’ve seen such a horrible fellow.”
Being called horrible by a Goblin made him feel somewhat indignant.
But Mincheol decided to quietly suppress his anger.
This was also thanks to advice from experienced players.
-Anonymous : Ah, don’t mess with that Goblin. It’s seriously terrifyingly strong.
-Anonymous : I thought it was just a Goblin and underestimated it. I barely escaped alive. If it had been a little faster, I would’ve died.
There was no need to take unnecessary risks in the already dangerous Tower.
“Wait, now that I look closer, you’re not a Goblin, are you?”
Still not fully awake, the Goblin realized a beat late that Mincheol wasn’t a Goblin.
“You’re too big for a Goblin, and your skin color is all pale and white! You couldn’t be…!”
Mincheol didn’t bother making excuses.
More precisely, there was no need to.
“…A mutant Hop Goblin!”
This was because the old Goblin misunderstood on its own.
This was also something the experienced players had mentioned.
Even if you stayed quiet, the old Goblin would do all the talking itself.
‘Was it because humans don’t exist in this dimension, so it tries to fit things into its own framework?’
Various dimensions existed within the Tower.
Humans didn’t exist in the dimension that comprised floors 11-15.
“I had heard that Hop Goblins become this unsightly when they don’t get proper nutrition, but…”
The old Goblin examined Mincheol carefully, then shuddered.
“To think it would be this terrible. The gods are truly cruel!”
‘No, this bastard really.’
Mincheol felt choked up again. Being called terrible by a goblin was more burdensome than he could have imagined.
“And on top of that, you’re carrying an ugly bird on your head. This is exactly when you’d use the phrase ‘birds of a feather flock together.'”
The old goblin shook his head disapprovingly.
“Poor thing. At least eat this.”
The old goblin threw something to Mincheol.
After catching it, he saw it was a dark green pill.
“It’ll give you some strength if you eat it.”
Huh?
Mincheol was puzzled. He hadn’t heard any information about receiving something like this.
Since it was a Quest that had only been created a day ago, there was a lot of unknown information.
“What are you doing instead of eating it quickly?”
The old goblin urged him.
If he didn’t eat it, he might not be able to receive the Quest.
Mincheol squeezed his eyes shut and put the pill in his mouth.
The taste was quite awful. It didn’t dissolve well either, so he had to chew it thoroughly.
‘Ugh.’
Mincheol barely managed to swallow the pill.
【You have consumed a ‘Vitality Pill’!】
【Stamina increases by +5!】
His eyes widened at the message that appeared.
Mincheol looked at the old goblin with an incredulous expression.
“Heh heh, surprised?”
Finding Mincheol’s reaction amusing, the old goblin let out a strange laugh.
“It’s nothing special. I could make thousands of such elixirs if I wanted to.”
The old goblin puffed out his chest as he spoke.
“Listen well and serve me properly. I am the great Nasalga, the Forest Alchemist, whom even nobles grab by the trouser legs and beg!”
Mincheol couldn’t say anything.
Was he surprised? It was more because he had no idea how famous the Forest Alchemist was.
‘Seeing how he casually gives out this level of elixir, he must definitely be an amazing alchemist.’
Elixirs that had the effect of raising stats were so rare that they never appeared at the Auction House.
From what he’d heard, there were special trading routes for them.
“So, did you come after seeing the notice I posted?”
“Ah, yes.”
“Hmm, I clearly said I was looking for a capable herb gatherer.”
Nasalga looked Mincheol up and down.
His inner thoughts of finding him unreliable were clearly felt.
Mincheol instinctively knew this was the timing to appeal himself.
“Why don’t you trust me and give me a chance?”
“How are you going to find herbs with that beanpole height?”
Mincheol almost found himself convinced without realizing it.
Now that he thought about it, being shorter would probably make it easier to find herbs.
“Are you, the Forest Alchemist, judging a person… no, a goblin by their appearance?”
“What?”
“Just give me a chance. Once you see my skills, you’ll be grabbing my trouser legs and begging me to please work with you.”
Mincheol spoke with a confident expression.
As long as he had auto looting, this wasn’t just bravado.
“Ho, I do like that confidence of yours.”
Nasalga’s expression softened. Nasalga turned around and said.
“Follow me.”
Nasalga moved along the mountain path. Not only was it steep, but it was also very rough.
However, for Mincheol, who was an Awakener, this was nothing.
‘What’s with that goblin that he’s moving so easily?’
Rather, Mincheol found Nasalga fascinating.
With such a small, wrinkled body, he was walking lightly along the mountain path.
“You’re following better than I expected.”
Nasalga casually made a comment.
“I’m confident in my stamina.”
“Hmm, I’ll have to take back my thought that you looked frail.”
“Then can you consider me as having passed the test?”
At Mincheol’s question, Nasalga snorted.
“Not a chance. Did you think it would be so easy to claim the glorious position of being my personal herb gatherer?”
‘It doesn’t seem particularly glorious though.’
Mincheol thought this to himself but didn’t voice it.
Even though they were trapped in the Tower, they still had emotions and intelligence.
It was common for them to cancel Quests if they felt bad or upset.
“We’re here.”
The place the old goblin brought Mincheol to was a basin.
A fairly large forest was surrounded by mountainous terrain.
‘So this is the additional stage.’
According to what Mincheol had heard, this stage could only be entered by following Nasalga.
Several Awakeners had tried to remember the path and retrace it, but couldn’t find it.
“If you can gather 300 of these plants before sunset, I’ll acknowledge you as my assistant.”
Nasalga pulled out a single plant wrapped in a handkerchief from his pocket.
“What kind of herb is this?”
“It’s not an herb. It’s just grass.”
“Just grass, but you want me to gather it?”
“Why? Do you have a complaint?”
Mincheol shook his head.
He had no complaints. He was just curious why he was being asked to gather grass that had no effect.
Mincheol carefully examined the appearance of the grass.
Not just the shape of the leaves, but even the hair on the roots.
He was about to use auto looting when he remembered the case of Cardmos Dungeon.
“Is there anything I should be careful about?”
“Precautions? What precautions are there for gathering grass?”
“Well, like having to dig it out directly with both hands, or not being allowed to use tools.”
“There aren’t any. Just gather them.”
“Can I use magic or something?”
“Ah, why are you asking so many questions! Use whatever method you want, just gather them!”
Nasalga shouted angrily.
Only then did Mincheol stop asking more questions.
‘This way he can’t complain later.’
Mincheol immediately activated auto looting right there.
【Acquiring all ‘Bandle Grass’ within an 800m radius.】
【318 Bandle Grass stored in inventory!】
The empty inventory became full.
Just as Mincheol was about to take out the Bandle Grass from his inventory with satisfaction.
“Tsk tsk, it won’t be easy.”
Nasalga let out a wicked laugh as he spoke.
“Bandeul grass looks no different from weeds on the surface. Even skilled herbalists can’t tell the subtle differences between the two.”
He wants me to gather 300 of those things? Is he insane?
Mincheol looked at Nasalga with an incredulous expression.
“If you can’t find them by appearance, the only remaining method is to dig up the roots. It’ll be extremely painful work. You won’t even be able to gather all the Bandeul grass within the time limit.”
Nasalga laughed loudly.
“Let me tell you in advance. I won’t tolerate giving up quickly. Since you’ve wasted my time, you’ll have to pay the price accordingly, won’t you?”
Only now did Mincheol realize why Nasalga had agreed to the test.
He had been planning to enjoy watching Mincheol suffer while gathering the Bandeul grass.
He thought Nasalga was a good goblin for giving him the elixir, but it was the opposite.
“What are you doing? Start right now!”
“Here you go.”
When he opened his inventory, Bandeul grass poured out from thin air in heaps.
Nasalga’s mouth fell wide open at the sight of the Bandeul grass piled high on the floor.
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