The Automatic Rooting Range Is Too Wide - Chapter 7

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Auto Looting Range Too Wide Episode 7

Episode 7: I Can Buy Everything

-Daehun Pharmaceuticals Manager Kim Dong-pal : Sorry. I had to step away briefly to look for something.

-Daehun Pharmaceuticals Manager Kim Dong-pal : I’ll put up the payment right now.

【’Daehun Pharmaceuticals Manager Kim Dong-pal’ has registered 36,680,000 won.】

Contrary to Mincheol’s worries, Kim Dong-pal quickly returned to the trading window.

70,000 won each for a total of 524 pieces.

He had earned a fortune of 36,680,000 won all at once.

“Wow, all that hard work paid off.”

Actually, there wasn’t much hard work involved. He could quickly gather herbs just by casually walking around the 3rd Floor.

Just as Mincheol was looking at the trading window with joy, another item appeared in the window.

【’Daehun Pharmaceuticals Manager Kim Dong-pal’ has registered ‘C-Grade Skill Random Box’.】

-Manwolsang : ??

-Manwolsang : I think you uploaded the wrong item.

-Daehun Pharmaceuticals Manager Kim Dong-pal : No, I uploaded it correctly. It’s a gesture to show I hope we can continue working well together.

-Daehun Pharmaceuticals Manager Kim Dong-pal : (Rabbit hopping emoticon)

“Even so, to just give away something this good?”

Though it was random, he could obtain one of those precious skills. To throw in such a good item as a bonus.

Truly befitting a manager from the nation’s 3rd largest pharmaceutical company – he was generous.

-Manwolsang : Thank you. I’ll put it to good use.

-Daehun Pharmaceuticals Manager Kim Dong-pal : I’ll continue cheering for Manwolsang’s climbing!

After completing the trade, Mincheol took out the skill random boxes and placed them on his desk.

Just looking at them made his heart feel warm. Having experienced firsthand how amazing skills were made him feel even better.

“I hope the coin effect triggers again this time.”

If he got another rare skill, his power would be greatly enhanced. Then dealing with goblins would become even easier.

But getting his hopes up only to be disappointed would make him feel several times worse. Mincheol decided not to seriously expect anything.

Besides, even if it wasn’t a rare skill, it would definitely be helpful.

“Which one should I choose? This one!”

【Opening C-Grade Skill Random Box!】

【You acquire the Normal grade skill ‘Quick Hands’.】

【Quick Hands】

-Grade : Normal

-Description : When repeating the same action, speed increases.

“…Ah, it’s Normal grade.”

Though he said he wouldn’t have high expectations, he couldn’t hide his disappointment.

C-Grade Skill Random Boxes could give you either Normal or Special grade skills.

In other words, Normal grade was the lowest grade skill you could get from this box.

“The effect is ambiguous too. Speed increases when performing repeated actions.”

Though Mincheol had little combat experience, he knew well how urgently you had to move when fighting. There was no leisure for repeating the same actions.

“Please let the second one be good!”

【Opening C-Grade Skill Random Box!】

Mincheol prayed earnestly as he opened the second box.

At that moment, a familiar message appeared.

【Lucky Coin takes effect.】

【Having five coins enhances your luck.】

【The reward from ‘C-Grade Skill Random Box’ is upgraded to ‘Rare’ grade.】

“Oh? Ooh!”

Mincheol cheered and quickly checked the skill.

【Eagle Eye】

-Grade : Rare

-Description : Consumes mana to enhance vision. When mastered, you can clearly see objects 20km away.

“This is pretty good?”

The advantage and disadvantage of Auto Looting was that its range was too wide.

Because of this, even when Auto Looting detected goblins, it was hard to find their exact location.

But with Eagle Eye, he could precisely locate the goblins detected by Auto Looting.

“It’s been a while since the lucky coin proved its worth.”

Just as Mincheol was happily checking his newly acquired skills.

-Ding dong.

The food he ordered had arrived. Mincheol went out in one stride to receive the food.

“You ordered delivery, right? Here you go.”

The delivery driver held out the food in his hands. But the quantity was quite a lot.

Hamburgers, chicken, pizza, and various other items.

It was so heavy to carry that the delivery driver’s arms were trembling.

Mincheol spread the delivery food out on his low dining table. He picked up a hamburger first.

It was a Quattro Cheeseburger from King Burger, Mincheol’s favorite.

While munching on the burger, he operated his smartphone with one hand.

Recently, his hobby was accessing the Hunter Community whenever he had time to gather information.

-King Burger : Anyone cleared up to the 3rd Floor? If so, be careful from the 4th Floor onward. Gimmicks start getting added gradually.

Then, he discovered a post that caught his attention. Coincidentally, Mincheol was also preparing to tackle the 4th Floor tomorrow.

Moreover, King Burger was someone who regularly posted useful information. He was trustworthy.

Mincheol immediately left a comment on King Burger’s post.

-Top Newbie : Gimmicks? What’s that? I’ve never heard of it before.

└King Burger : Don’t think too complicated. It’s just one additional behavior pattern for monsters.

└Top Newbie : Gimmicks? There’s such a thing? I heard everything below the 5th Floor is easy.

└King Burger : To be precise, it means it’s easy when you faithfully follow the ‘seniors’ strategies’.

Indeed, you had to listen to Korean until the end to understand.

Mincheol focused on reading King Burger’s subsequent advice.

└King Burger : From the 4th floor onwards, the number of goblins nearly doubles. If you’ve been facing 6-7 so far, from the 4th floor you should expect at least 15 as a baseline.

└King Burger : And if you let even one goblin escape during combat? That bastard will immediately bring reinforcements.

└King Burger : The number of goblins coming as reinforcements isn’t just one or two either. If you’re unlucky, it’ll exceed twenty. Get surrounded and you’re dead.

Even Mincheol had never faced more than twenty goblins before.

‘Even if I steal all their weapons with auto looting, dealing with that many would be tough.’

Mincheol took another bite of his burger while reading through the senior’s advice.

└Top Newbie : Then what should I do?

└King Burger : The best method is to avoid them entirely. You can pass through just by getting the gem anyway.

└King Burger : But if you get spotted by goblins or have to fight? Then you must kill them all by any means necessary. If you let even one escape, the goblins will swarm you.

└King Burger : If you do let one escape, immediately run as far as possible from that spot. Goblins have terrible tracking abilities.

King Burger’s advice was indeed useful.

However, the fact that he’d have to run away from goblins was disappointing.

‘It was quite fun though.’

As the number of times entering the Tower increased, Mincheol was enjoying combat with goblins.

He liked the tension that only combat could provide. He liked the thrill when his strategies worked out perfectly.

‘Whoa, that’s a dangerous thought.’

Mincheol shook his head back and forth.

His goal was to climb to the higher floors and get hired by a major corporation, not to hunt monsters.

Rather than dangerous challenges, climbing the Tower as safely as possible was the best strategy.

Munch munch.

By the time he finished reading the information post, he had eaten all of the burger in his hand.

Thud-

Mincheol crumpled up the wrapper and threw it toward the trash can.

But the wrapper bounced off the rim of the trash can and flew back out.

“Ugh, I don’t want to get up.”

Mincheol said with an annoyed voice.

Soon, he realized how stupid he’d been. Couldn’t he just bring it over with auto looting?

“Let’s see, to bring just that… King Burger’s Quattro Cheese Burger wrapper?”

【You acquire all ‘King Burger’s Quattro Cheese Burger wrappers’ within a 400m radius.】

【You acquire 1 ‘King Burger’s Quattro Cheese Burger wrapper’.】

“Oh, it worked.”

Mincheol took the wrapper out of his inventory and threw it again. This time it went right into the trash can.

A smile crept across Mincheol’s lips. He didn’t know why something like this was so satisfying…

“Wait a minute.”

Something flashed through his mind. Mincheol stared at the wrapper that had gone into the trash can for a long moment.

“With auto looting… I can throw it again and again, can’t I?”

Right now, a character from a game he’d recently played came to mind.

It was a female warrior from the Amazon who fought demons using javelin skills.

If he used throwing weapons like that warrior, couldn’t he respond even when goblins ran away?

In the first place, Mincheol hadn’t missed goblins because he was slow. He had no choice but to miss them because there were too many goblins to chase.

‘It doesn’t matter if I miss. I can just bring it back with auto looting and throw it again.’

He didn’t have to use it only when killing escaping goblins.

What if he threw projectile weapons at a group of goblins from a distance? What if he kept retrieving them with auto looting and kept firing rapidly?

He might be able to end the battle before the goblin group even approached.

“Either way, it would increase my tactical options…?”

No matter how he thought about it, it was a good idea. Mincheol immediately searched for information about throwing on the Hunter Community.

-Anonymous : This guy used to be a baseball player. Think it would work on goblins?

└Sea otter: That shit doesn’t work at all, wake up lololol

└Anonymous : Getting hit by a baseball really hurts though?

└Hae-dal : It hurts like hell, and would break a bone or two. But it won’t kill you, right?

└Hae-dal : Goblins are tougher than humans, so you think throwing stuff at those bastards would work?

But contrary to Mincheol’s calculations, people’s opinions were negative.

-Anonymous : Who said anything about throwing baseballs? I saw lots of throwing axes and daggers for throwing at the Auction House.

└Hae-dal : There are. But normal grade ones don’t penetrate goblins well? You need at least special grade.

└Hae-dal : Special grade costs at least several hundred thousand. You’re going to throw something that expensive? What if you lose it? Even if it gets stuck in a monster’s body, what if it runs away like that?

Mincheol could quickly understand why opinions about throwing were so negative.

‘In short, the cost-effectiveness doesn’t match.’

You had to throw weapons worth millions of won to barely make it work. And you could even lose them.

Rather than bearing such risk, it was several times better to just hold them in your hands and swing.

‘But I don’t need to worry about that.’

It didn’t matter how expensive throwing weapons were. He could throw them freely.

Thanks to auto looting, he would never lose them anyway.

‘Should I check it out?’

Mincheol opened the Auction House and searched for throwing items. Instantly, listings appeared in a long list.

A special grade hand axe that could be used for throwing cost 5 million won.

A special grade dagger used for the same purpose only cost 1 million won.

‘Let’s skip the dagger. It seems too light to be effective.’

Mincheol, who had been scrolling down, paused at a certain item.

【Skill : Rapid Throwing (Special Grade) – 10 million won.】

【Skill : Power Throw (Special Grade) – 10 million won.】

【Skill : Hunter’s Throwing Manual (Special Grade) – 12 million won.】

“…Special grade skills are this cheap?”

Surely even normal skills exceeded 10 million won. Useful skills went up to 20 million won.

But special grade skills, which were higher than those, were being sold in the 10 million won range.

“Are throwing skills cheap because throwing isn’t popular?”

To use throwing skills, you also had to purchase throwing weapons. It meant weapon costs were added on top of skill costs.

Even after investing that much, you could lose weapons during combat, so it couldn’t help but be unpopular.

Mincheol calculated in his head for a moment.

Mincheol’s current inventory capacity was 20kg.

Each time he climbed the Tower, he could harvest about 200 Stepping Stones herbs.

Stepping Stones herbs were 70,000 won each, so 200 would be 14 million won.

In other words, if he made just a few round trips to the 4th floor…

“I could buy everything?”

The money he invested would return as greater income later anyway.

As he climbed the Tower, Mincheol’s income would increase.

“Strike while the iron is hot.”

Mincheol began adding the necessary items to his shopping cart.

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