The Automatic Rooting Range Is Too Wide - Chapter 55

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Auto Looting Range Too Wide Episode 55

 

Episode 55: Not My Problem (1)

 

After a brief moment of calm.

 

“Then how are we supposed to raid the storehouse?”

 

Mincheol asked while observing the soldiers standing on the castle walls.

 

Then, Nasalga answered refreshingly.

 

“We can’t.”

 

“…What?”

 

“Your stigma is impressive, but doesn’t it have a distance limit?”

 

Auto Looting had a range of 900m.

 

It was quite a long distance, but not enough to retrieve items from inside the storehouse while outside the castle.

 

“In the end, we’d have to get somewhat close. But how can we approach when the defenses are so thorough?”

 

“If we could find some way to infiltrate…”

 

“I already tried bribing an insider. It was a complete waste. They said their heads would roll if the Count caught them.”

 

Nasalga sighed and shook his head.

 

“Then what do we do?”

 

“What choice do we have? We’ll just have to scour the mountains.”

 

“How long would that take?”

 

“Hmm, let me see… There are 5 types of herbs we can gather in this area, and for the ones we can’t find, we’d have to ask merchants…”

 

Nasalga closed his eyes, calculated, then gave his answer.

 

“About a month?”

 

“A whole month?!”

 

Mincheol couldn’t help but shout.

 

He had already spent considerable time getting his equipment fitted twice.

 

And now he was supposed to sit here for a whole month?

 

‘Is there something that would make Mother faint? Absolutely not.’

 

If contact suddenly cut off, Mother would definitely worry.

 

After all, Mother didn’t even know that Mincheol was an awakened yet.

 

“Oh, and I don’t think I can make elixirs for you anymore.”

 

“What?”

 

“But don’t worry, I’ll pay you proper wages.”

 

From Mincheol’s perspective, it was unsatisfactory compensation.

 

Thanks to the summoning ring, his skill’s mana consumption had greatly decreased, but he still lacked absolute mana capacity.

 

To use Auto Looting more freely, he needed the elixirs that Nasalga made.

 

‘Then there’s absolutely no reason to go through this hell?’

 

Mincheol grabbed his head and fell into deep thought.

 

‘Can’t I abandon the Quest midway?’

 

Unfortunately, it was impossible.

 

As far as Mincheol knew, to leave the Tower, one had to either complete or fail a Quest.

 

And failure only occurred when the awakened died.

 

After repeated contemplation, Mincheol’s eyes turned vicious.

 

‘This won’t do. Let’s raid the castle.’

 

He was about to waste a month and not even receive elixirs.

 

Rather than doing such a losing business, it was better to raid the castle, quickly complete the Quest, and obtain elixirs too.

 

‘But how do I raid it?’

 

The security was tight, with no way to infiltrate.

 

Even raiding the castle was problematic. The Count’s anger would surely grow even greater.

 

The situation was already dangerous. If it became even more dangerous…

 

‘Wait.’

 

One realization struck Mincheol’s mind like lightning.

 

‘…Why am I worrying about the Count getting angry?’

 

Mincheol was an external being.

 

Once he got outside the Tower, his safety would be guaranteed.

 

Then he could just abandon the Hidden Quest.

 

Thinking this way, he suddenly felt at ease.

 

“Nasalga sir.”

 

“What is it?”

 

“Let’s just raid the castle?”

 

At Mincheol’s words, Nasalga tilted his head.

 

“What nonsense are you suddenly spouting?”

 

“No, think about it. It’s better to raid the storehouse than spend a month scouring the mountains, right?”

 

“That’s true, but… How? There’s no way to infiltrate.”

 

“We don’t necessarily need to infiltrate. We just need to get close to the storehouse, right?”

 

“That’s also true, but… How do you plan to approach?”

 

At Nasalga’s question, Mincheol only made a meaningful expression.

 

* * *

 

It was an unusually dark night.

 

Storm clouds had gathered, blocking even the moonlight.

 

“Yaaawn.”

 

The Goblin Soldier guarding the castle walls yawned loudly.

 

Normally he would secretly doze off, but lately getting caught doing that could cost him his head.

 

The Count was furious because precious herbs stored in another castle’s storehouse had been stolen by thieves.

 

“What kind of suffering is this because of those thieves.”

 

The Goblin Soldier yawned again.

 

It was a somewhat poor attitude for standing guard, but the soldier didn’t care at all.

 

If those thieves had any sense, would they come to the castle again?

 

Besides, even if they came, it would be problematic. How could just two people raid a castle?

 

This side had dozens of people.

 

“Yaaawn.”

 

It was when the Goblin Soldier yawned for the third time.

 

Whoosh-

 

The sound of something cutting through the air was heard.

 

It was too loud for an arrow. There was also a sound like something spinning.

 

“Huh? What’s this sound…”

 

Thunk.

 

With a dull sound, a hand axe embedded in the Goblin Soldier’s forehead.

 

Instant death.

 

There wasn’t even time to feel pain.

 

The remaining body swayed back and forth before falling below the castle walls.

 

Soon after, circular rings flew from the darkness.

 

Throwing weapons called chakrams embedded successively into the castle walls.

 

A moment later, Mincheol emerged from the darkness and climbed up the castle walls by stepping on the chakrams.

 

After confirming no one was on the castle walls, Mincheol dropped a rope outside the walls so Nasalga could climb up.

 

“Huh…”

 

Nasalga, who had been waiting outside the castle walls, looked at Mincheol with disbelief.

 

If this became known, the Count would surely go beyond anger and fly into a rage.

 

But attacking a castle just because he doesn’t want to wait a month?

 

“Is he really insane?”

 

Even Nasalga couldn’t help but click his tongue.

 

* * *

 

It was when Nasalga grabbed the rope and climbed up onto the castle wall.

 

From somewhere, a bell rang and someone shouted.

 

“It’s an attack! Thieves have appeared!”

 

“They’re on the castle wall! Everyone get up there!”

 

Soldiers who noticed the attack began climbing up to the castle wall. Before long, the castle wall was filled with soldiers.

 

“What are you planning to do now?”

 

Even Nasalga, who had experienced all kinds of hardships in his decades of life, had never encountered such a situation.

 

Without realizing it, he had no choice but to rely on Mincheol.

 

“I told you we’d break through head-on, didn’t I?”

 

“You did.”

 

Mincheol took out chakrams from his inventory and threw them in succession.

 

The chakrams precisely dug under the helmets. Half their necks were severed.

 

“Gaaah!”

 

“Gah!”

 

The soldiers standing in formation spewed blood from their necks and collapsed.

 

Mincheol clenched his fist and cheered.

 

“I hit them!”

 

Thanks to using chakrams frequently lately, his accuracy had greatly increased.

 

Mincheol was so delighted that he turned to Nasalga and said.

 

“Did you see that? I hit exactly where I was aiming!”

 

“Y-yes, congratulations.”

 

Nasalga answered with a stutter.

 

His expression was as if he were looking at a murderer.

 

Mincheol took out another chakram and threw it.

 

But unlike the first time, this one didn’t hit.

 

“Damn! Throwing weapons? There was no report about using such things!”

 

“Everyone cover your joints! Or you’ll die!”

 

It was because the soldiers had blocked the chakrams using their armor.

 

‘Is that so?’

 

Mincheol took out a hand axe from his inventory and activated a skill toward the soldier standing in front.

 

【Activating skill ‘Helmet Splitter’.】

 

【Consuming 50 mana.】

 

As soon as he threw it, the axe hit the soldier.

 

The armor and torso split completely in half as blood gushed out.

 

“Aaaaah!”

 

“What? What happened?”

 

“Th-the armor split completely in half!”

 

“D-did he cast magic or something?”

 

While the soldiers were in panic, Mincheol threw another hand axe.

 

Helmet Splitter displayed its exceptional power once again.

 

“Aaaaah!”

 

“Shields! Shield Bearers to the front!”

 

“We need to block his attacks!”

 

The soldiers split to the left and right.

 

Then soldiers holding shields rushed forward in a crowd and filled the formation.

 

【Activating skill ‘Helmet Splitter’.】

 

【Consuming 50 mana.】

 

Mincheol activated the skill again. Then, just before the hand axe hit, the soldier slightly tilted his shield.

 

The hand axe bounced off in a completely different direction.

 

It was truly exquisite shield technique.

 

‘Right. These guys were Elite Soldiers, weren’t they?’

 

These weren’t ordinary soldiers but veterans who had survived battlefields alongside the Count.

 

While Mincheol was surprised, the soldiers began charging with the Shield Bearers at the front.

 

‘Should I steal their shields with Auto Looting?’

 

‘No, there are so many Shield Bearers that stealing just one or two won’t help.’

 

‘But there are too many to steal them all.’

 

Considering he needed to escape from the castle, he couldn’t waste mana.

 

‘To break through, I need to deal a big blow.’

 

Instead of activating Auto Looting, Mincheol took out a spear from his inventory.

 

It was the moment when the Dark Elongated One would see its first real combat.

 

Mincheol twisted his waist and concentrated all his body’s strength.

 

Meteor Spear Technique.

 

Chapter 1: Starlight Flying Heaven.

 

The spear shot forth as a flash of light.

 

A large hole pierced through the center of the great shield.

 

It wasn’t just the great shield. Even the soldiers standing behind it were all pierced through by the flash.

 

The soldiers who had been standing in a line collapsed in a heap.

 

“….”

 

Nasalga stared at the scene in a daze.

 

They say when people are too shocked, they become speechless, and that was exactly Nasalga’s state now.

 

“What are you doing? Not moving.”

 

“Uh, uh-uh, I understand.”

 

Only after Mincheol spoke to him could Nasalga come to his senses.

 

The two men went down from the castle wall. They ran toward where they expected the storehouse to be.

 

“You remember the herb list I told you about, right?”

 

“Of course.”

 

Actually, there was no need to remember it.

 

Because he just had to register the necessary herbs in Auto Looting and that would be the end of it.

 

When the storehouse entered Auto Looting range, the herbs would be automatically acquired.

 

“Intruders! They’re going inside!”

 

“Be careful! He’s using throwing weapons!”

 

The soldiers inside the castle began swarming to catch the two men.

 

【Activating skill ‘Helmet Splitter’.】

 

【Consuming 50 mana.】

 

Mincheol immediately threw a hand axe.

 

The soldier at the very front was split in half.

 

“Kraaagh!”

 

The soldiers were forced to stop as the corpse became an obstacle.

 

Seizing that opening, Mincheol rushed in, drew his twin swords, and cut down all the soldiers.

 

Five or six soldiers all turned into corpses.

 

Nasalga looked at Mincheol with a surprised expression.

 

“You, when did you become this strong?”

 

“Good question.”

 

Despite his calm tone, Mincheol was inwardly surprised as well.

 

The soldiers guarding the castle were all elite soldiers.

 

Certainly, until recently, he had struggled considerably when fighting them.

 

But now he could handle them as easily as cutting down scarecrows.

 

‘Is it because of my experience fighting Kang Ung-hyeok?’

 

He had felt it when fighting the Successful Golem too, but every time he fought a strong enemy, his skills literally improved by leaps and bounds.

 

The quality of experience gained through ordinary battles versus life-and-death struggles was different.

 

However, this time there seemed to be another factor at play.

 

Martial Bone.

 

It was a trait obtained by consuming the summoning pill, which had the effect of reducing mana consumption and increasing skill power.

 

However, the effects Mincheol felt didn’t end there.

 

‘My body feels strangely light. I’m overflowing with strength.’

 

Martial Bone didn’t directly increase his stats.

 

But Mincheol could clearly feel it.

 

His physical abilities had improved compared to before.

 

“More importantly, let’s move quickly.”

 

Mincheol and Nasalga ran deeper inside again.

 

That’s when it happened.

 

【3 ‘Moonscent Herbs’ have been stored in inventory.】

 

【2 ‘Blue Ice Fruits’ have been stored in inventory.】

 

【5 ‘Black Lotus Woods’ have been stored in inventory.】

 

Messages indicating that Auto Looting had brought medicinal herbs appeared in succession.

 

“Got it!”

 

“Then let’s run away quickly!”

 

The two immediately turned around. They retraced the path they had come.

 

“Over here! They’re over he… Guk!”

 

They encountered soldiers along the way, but thanks to Mincheol gifting them with his hand axe, they all became quiet.

 

The two climbed up to the castle wall where they had initially ascended.

 

Nasalga descended using the rope Mincheol had set up.

 

Mincheol jumped down from the castle wall without a moment’s hesitation.

 

Thus, the two disappeared into the darkness.

 

“…”

 

The soldiers who arrived late could only watch their retreating figures like dogs who had lost the chicken they were chasing.

 

The castle had been turned into chaos by just two people.

 

No, strictly speaking, it wasn’t even two people.

 

Only one person had led the situation and faced the soldiers.

 

They had essentially been defeated by a single person.

 

“This is absolutely ridiculous…”

 

One soldier muttered quietly.

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