The Automatic Rooting Range Is Too Wide - Chapter 71

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Auto Looting Range Too Wide Episode 71

 

Episode 71: Gold Orb (4)

 

“Phew, I won.”

 

Only after defeating Song So-yeon did Mincheol finally relax his tension.

 

“It ended more anticlimactically than I thought.”

 

Mincheol quietly stared at Park Min-gi’s corpse.

 

He had been on guard the whole time, not knowing what his intentions were since he kept just watching.

 

But then suddenly he coughed up blood and collapsed.

 

Thanks to that, the dagger wielder’s concentration dropped, allowing him to defeat her quickly.

 

“What was that really about?”

 

Mincheol scratched the back of his head.

 

Since he was acting as the leader of the two, I thought he’d be some incredible expert. Who knew he’d just stay still and die like that.

 

“I didn’t know Awakened from mid-sized guilds, not even large guilds, could be this strong.”

 

Until now, Mincheol had achieved remarkable growth by acquiring many rewards.

 

Especially the Hidden Quests, which gave massive amounts of stats as rewards.

 

So he had hoped that he could overwhelm Awakened of the same level with just physical abilities alone.

 

“But Song So-yeon didn’t fall behind me.”

 

Song So-yeon had tried to face Mincheol head-on.

 

She casually parried the halberd that Mincheol swung.

 

Contrary to Mincheol’s thoughts, she wasn’t inferior in stats at all.

 

“If Awakened from mid-sized guilds are like this, how strong are those from large guilds? This doesn’t make sense.”

 

Mincheol once again took King Burger’s advice about never being complacent to heart.

 

But this was merely Mincheol’s misunderstanding.

 

Song So-yeon had received concentrated support from Jeok-song thanks to her unique skill that additionally increased her stats.

 

Thanks to that, her stats alone were considered equal to those of large guild Awakened.

 

Considering the prowess of large guild Awakened, even this was remarkable.

 

When you watch them fight, you truly understand what it means to be on a different level.

 

“Iron Fang wasn’t easy either.”

 

Iron Fang’s two Awakened who used knives and war hammers weren’t much in terms of individual skill.

 

But their combined attack was different.

 

Mincheol’s specialty of throwing was completely blocked.

 

“Unique skills… they’re more troublesome than I thought.”

 

It was a different kind of difficulty from facing monsters.

 

Mincheol felt like he had gotten a small taste of the potential that Awakened possessed.

 

“The gap is too long when drawing weapons from inventory.”

 

As the floors got higher, enemies would become stronger.

 

Both Awakened and monsters alike.

 

Against them, this gap would be extremely fatal.

 

“I need to improve this.”

 

While Mincheol was organizing his thoughts.

 

The four corpses turned to dust and disappeared.

 

Mincheol carefully examined where the bodies had been.

 

“Ah, there it is.”

 

Mincheol headed to where Park Min-gi had been.

 

There lay an orb shining with golden light.

 

Mincheol memorized the appearance of the gold orb, then activated Auto Looting.

 

【Acquiring all ‘Gold Orbs’ within a 900m radius.】

 

【1 ‘Gold Orb’ is stored in inventory.】

 

【You acquire 100 points!】

 

Mincheol’s eyes widened.

 

Copper orbs were 2 points, silver orbs were 10 points.

 

In contrast, gold orbs were a whopping 100 points. Much higher than the other two orbs.

 

“No wonder gold orbs are hard to get.”

 

Seeing there was only one within 900 meters, they seemed difficult to acquire and even harder to protect.

 

“I must have stored all three types in Auto Looting… now shall I run around earnestly.”

 

Mincheol’s eyes changed.

 

It was time for a feeding frenzy.

 

* * *

 

Mincheol ran.

 

He ran really hard.

 

Every corner of the stage.

 

He roamed through every nook and cranny.

 

All for the sake of acquiring orbs.

 

【14 ‘Copper Orbs’ are stored in inventory.】

 

【4 ‘Silver Orbs’ are stored in inventory.】

 

【1 ‘Gold Orb’ is stored in inventory.】

 

He mainly acquired many copper and silver orbs.

 

Gold orbs were only found occasionally.

 

‘Orbs! I need more orbs!’

 

The more this happened, the more passionately Mincheol burned and ran even faster.

 

Sometimes he encountered other Awakened along the way.

 

But no particular conflicts occurred.

 

“Ugh, uaaaah! It’s, it’s the Butcher!”

 

“No, no way. I, I definitely heard he was attacked by Iron Fang and, and Jeok-song.”

 

“How, how is he alive?”

 

“How should I know! Just run!”

 

Because every Awakened he met ran away as soon as they saw Mincheol.

 

‘The rumors must have spread in the meantime, like on the 5th Floor.’

 

At that scene, there were plenty of Awakened who had gathered targeting the gold orb.

 

The rumor that Mincheol and the two guilds had clashed was bound to spread quickly.

 

However, not all Awakened ran away upon seeing Mincheol.

 

There were others who didn’t. But they too treated Mincheol cautiously all the same.

 

“Isn’t that the Butcher? What should we do?”

 

“What do you mean what should we do. Don’t provoke him. There’s no benefit in fighting, and we can’t win anyway.”

 

The purpose of the 15th Floor was to acquire orbs and raise points.

 

In other words, fighting when there weren’t even orbs was literally a waste of time.

 

So most just passed by even when meeting other Awakened.

 

It was when he had been running around like this for a while.

 

【Time has ended.】

 

【Returning to the Waiting Room.】

 

Along with the light, Mincheol’s body disappeared.

 

* * *

 

Mincheol returned to the waiting room.

 

Other awakened ones were also being summoned to the waiting room one by one.

 

‘Are Iron Fang and Jeok-song here too?’

 

It was somewhat burdensome to face the people he had killed again.

 

However, he realized that the number of awakened ones had significantly decreased compared to the beginning.

 

‘Unlike the 5th Floor or events, it seems like you get kicked out immediately if you die here?’

 

This way, he could stay at ease.

 

“Hey, how many orbs did you find?”

 

“Me? I didn’t find many. This time, they were strangely hard to see.”

 

“You too? Same here. No matter how much I searched the forest, I couldn’t find any silver orbs, let alone copper ones.”

 

He could hear the awakened ones grumbling around him.

 

‘I feel a bit sorry.’

 

Mincheol wore a bitter smile.

 

The reason there were fewer orbs than usual was probably because of him.

 

Since he was sweeping up orbs with Auto Looting, it was natural that other awakened ones couldn’t find them.

 

Apart from feeling sorry, he didn’t regret it.

 

Naturally, his desire to get good rewards was stronger.

 

“Huh?”

 

“What’s that?”

 

Then, several awakened ones cried out in surprise.

 

A black hole had opened in the ceiling of the waiting room.

 

With everyone’s attention focused, a large disc slowly descended from the black hole.

 

A woman sat seductively on top of it.

 

Healthy brown skin and lustrous black hair.

 

She was a rare beauty, but no awakened ones were admiring her.

 

“Wh-what is that?”

 

“A snake? Don’t tell me it’s a snake?”

 

Surprisingly, from the waist down, she was composed of a snake.

 

Half-human, half-snake.

 

That was the woman’s identity.

 

“Hello hello everyone. I’m Henel, a 3rd-grade manager of the Tower.”

 

Henel waved both arms cheerfully with a bright smile.

 

Despite her frightening appearance, she was a very cheerful manager.

 

“Oh? This time, far more people survived than usual? Were there many pacifists?”

 

Henel tilted her head. Her black hair flowed to one side.

 

“Well, that doesn’t matter. What’s important is the score! How many points you earned is what matters!”

 

At the mention of score, Mincheol recalled a question he had put aside.

 

‘Come to think of it, what’s my score?’

 

While collecting orbs, Mincheol had never checked his score once.

 

Breaking the highest score was already guaranteed from the start.

 

The key was how high he could raise the highest score.

 

So instead of checking his score, he focused on collecting orbs.

 

‘I’m sure the higher the score, the better the reward.’

 

After hearing that from Yeonhui at the sushi restaurant, Mincheol had done some research.

 

As Yeonhui said, the rewards were truly diverse.

 

From small potions to miscellaneous equipment, even stats and abilities were given.

 

‘Among the currently confirmed rewards, the best was a unique-grade ring.’

 

The ring’s owner was a promising member of ‘Crusade’, a guild representing the European Alliance.

 

He was a super rookie receiving worldwide attention, whose name Mincheol had often heard.

 

“The current world’s highest score is 528 points! Can you surpass this score?”

 

Saying that, Henel tapped the air with her index finger.

 

A notebook-sized window appeared.

 

“Usually, it’s more fun to reveal scores from the bottom up. But there are too many people, right? So I’ll reveal from 1st place right away!”

 

Henel looked into the window with a bright smile.

 

And then.

 

“Huh?”

 

A question mark appeared on Henel’s face.

 

“What? Is it broken?”

 

Flustered, Henel dismissed the window and created a new one.

 

“It’s the same?”

 

“It’s still doing this.”

 

“What is the management team doing?”

 

After manipulating it for a while, Henel suddenly put her wrist to her mouth and got angry.

 

“Please connect me to the management team. What’s going on? No, I need to announce the rankings. There’s a system error and the scores are coming out weird. What do we do when this happens while Earthlings are watching? You’ll check and contact me? Do it quickly, quickly!”

 

Henel huffed and removed her mouth from her wrist.

 

A moment later, she put it to her mouth again and asked.

 

“So did you fix the error? What? There’s no problem at all? That can’t be. Do you know what the 1st place score is right now? I’ve checked several times because I didn’t trust the management team either. But you say there’s no problem? Wait, then…”

 

Henel looked at the window again.

 

Her pupils gradually grew larger.

 

“F-first place is… so… uh…”

 

Henel slowly turned her head toward the awakened ones.

 

With a dazed face, she muttered.

 

“…2,204 points.”

 

* * *

 

“What did that manager just say?”

 

“2,204 points?”

 

“Didn’t she say the current highest score was 528 points? But how can 2,000 points come out?”

 

“Didn’t she read it wrong? No matter how I think about it, it doesn’t make sense.”

 

The awakened ones began to stir.

 

Most seemed unable to believe the manager’s words.

 

It was too absurd a score to believe.

 

“2,204 points? Is this score even possible? No matter how I think about it, it doesn’t make sense. This can’t be possible.”

 

But the manager had no time to calm the awakened ones.

 

The manager was equally confused.

 

“How should I give rewards for this? Ugh… this is the first time for such a case.”

 

Henel grabbed her head and groaned as if she had a headache.

 

Then-

 

Whoosh-

 

Suddenly lifting her head, Henel opened her mouth.

 

“Everyone go back for now.”

 

Henel extended her hand toward the awakened ones.

 

Light that appeared from somewhere enveloped all the awakened ones.

 

Shortly after, all the awakened ones in the waiting room disappeared.

 

Except for just one person.

 

“Huh?”

 

Left alone, Mincheol looked around with a bewildered expression.

 

Henel spoke to him.

 

“Awakened?”

 

“Oh, yes.”

 

“Could you wait just a moment? This matter is too burdensome for me to handle alone.”

 

“Yes, I’ll do that.”

 

When a manager says they’ll handle it, how could a mere awakened interfere?

 

When Mincheol answered that he understood, Henel’s expression brightened.

 

“Then I’ll proceed with the meeting!”

 

Swoosh-

 

As Henel spread both arms, black holes appeared all around her.

 

Various creatures walked out from within them.

 

A giant turtle, a brown bear with green fur, a rabbit wearing sunglasses, and so on.

 

‘Wait, that rabbit is the manager who gave me rewards at the Event Stage.’

 

Not only the rabbit, but there was one more familiar face.

 

A Red Orc wearing a white suit.

 

Ursongbarsong had also emerged from a black hole.

 

‘Could they all be managers?’

 

While Mincheol was looking on with curiosity.

 

Henel spoke to the managers.

 

“Thank you all for gathering! Now I’ll begin the meeting regarding the reward proposal for Awakened ‘Kim Min-chul’!”

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