The Automatic Rooting Range Is Too Wide - Chapter 74

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Auto Looting Range Too Wide Episode 74

 

Episode 74: I’m Not a Warrior Though (1)

 

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Despite experiencing the major event of the 15th Floor, Mincheol couldn’t rest.

 

‘Of all things, why did both swords have to break.’

 

He needed to get new twin swords to replace the ones that were shattered in the battle with Song So-yeon.

 

To earn money to buy weapons, he started harvesting and selling Soothing Thorn Flowers from the Hidden Stage again.

 

‘The money’s not coming in as well anymore.’

 

Soothing Thorn Flowers were spirit herbs with components that dissolved mana. That’s why they were quite expensive.

 

However, perhaps because Mincheol had supplied too much quantity.

 

The price that was 2 million won per kg had dropped to the mid-1 million won range.

 

‘I want to get better weapons. But my income keeps decreasing.’

 

Not all Rare grade items were the same. Quality varied even within that grade.

 

Just like how Song So-yeon’s Demon-Slaying Blade shattered Mincheol’s twin swords in one strike.

 

Naturally, the better the quality, the more expensive the price.

 

To purchase such equipment, he needed better money-making methods than Soothing Thorn Flowers.

 

It was while Mincheol was earning money to get twin swords.

 

“Kkwak, eat your dinner.”

 

While putting magic stones in Kkwaekkwi’s food bowl, an unexpected message appeared.

 

【’Cardmos Dunwall’s Memory Stone’ is being activated.】

 

Mincheol examined the message with a confused expression.

 

“Activated? What does that mean?”

 

Suddenly his inventory opened and the Memory Stone fell out.

 

Then white smoke poured out from the Memory Stone.

 

The smoke gathered in one place and naturally transformed into Cardmos.

 

-Hah! It’s been a long time since I came outside.

 

Mincheol was so surprised he couldn’t say anything.

 

‘It could come outside?’

 

Cardmos looked around and then noticed the frozen Mincheol.

 

-You! It’s been a long time.

 

“Uh… hello.”

 

-What’s with that reaction? Your teacher came to see his student after so long, but you don’t seem very happy?

 

Mincheol was dumbfounded.

 

‘Would you be happy if you were me?’

 

Mincheol didn’t particularly like Cardmos.

 

From their first meeting, he had tried to kill Mincheol, and during their second meeting, he even modified a Quest to try to kill Mincheol.

 

“But why am I your student?”

 

-Look at this guy? Then what else would you call someone who inherited all my techniques if not a student?

 

“That’s just something I earned through legitimate compensation.”

 

-Hah, look at this insolent fellow. This is exactly the problem with kids these days.

 

Cardmos clicked his tongue.

 

Mincheol suppressed his slowly rising anger and asked Cardmos.

 

“So what business brings you to me?”

 

-Ahem, I came as a teacher to check on my student’s achievements.

 

“Achievements?”

 

-Tell me how proficient you’ve become with the Meteor Spear Technique I taught you.

 

“Uh… forget proficiency, I haven’t used it even once recently.”

 

-Right, it wouldn’t be easy. I know everything. I came to help you… What? You’ve never used it?

 

Cardmos’s eyes widened. It was a terrifying glare.

 

-Why!

 

“Because there was no need to use it?”

 

-If there was no need, you should have created one to use it!

 

“Huh? Why would I need to do that? It’s better to use it when necessary.”

 

-When you have a legendary treasure, don’t you naturally want to use it somehow!

 

“But there’s nothing to cut. Forcing myself to find something to swing at is a bit…”

 

Cardmos’s face turned bright red.

 

Even though he was clearly made of smoke, it was obvious enough to see at a glance.

 

-Then you mean you haven’t grown at all this whole time?

 

“Um… Oh, I did learn a new skill though. Want to see it?”

 

-Ha! It’s obviously going to be some trivial skill compared to the Meteor Spear Technique! To think you’re proud of learning such a thing! You’re too pathetic to be my student!

 

I told you I’m not your student.

 

Mincheol glared at Cardmos and took out two ballpoint pens from his desk drawer.

 

He put one pen in his inventory and held the other in his hand.

 

“Here, watch this.”

 

Mincheol took a stance to throw the pen.

 

【’Kaella Marbenian’ is activated.】

 

【210 mana is consumed.】

 

【Please designate an item from your inventory.】

 

The world slowed down dramatically.

 

Mincheol selected the pen from his inventory, then threw the pen.

 

At that moment, two pens traced parabolic arcs and fell onto the bed.

 

“See, amazing right?”

 

Mincheol said, pointing at the bed.

 

But something was strange. He couldn’t hear any response from Cardmos.

 

“Excuse me?”

 

Mincheol turned to look at Cardmos and was startled.

 

Cardmos was trembling with his eyes and jaw wide open.

 

-Wh… what kind of crazy skill did this bastard bring!

 

“Oh, it’s a skill called Kaella Marbenian.”

 

-The, the effect! Tell me the effect!

 

“It warps space so I can additionally throw items from my inventory.”

 

-More! There must be more!

 

“Thought acceleration? Anyway, the world seems to stop for a moment before throwing. And the number of uses increases with each level.”

 

-My, my goodness! Where did you get such an absurd skill?

 

“The managers gave it to me for getting too high a score on the 15th Floor.”

 

-The 15th Floor is the treasure collecting floor. It’s hard to get treasures so aiming for high scores is difficult… No wait, with your unique skill it’s definitely possible! No, it’s not just sufficient – that floor was made for your unique skill!

 

Thud.

 

Cardmos collapsed to the ground. He rolled around on the floor muttering.

 

-How does such a unique skill belong to someone like this… My stomach hurts. It hurts so much!

 

It didn’t seem like he would recover anytime soon.

 

Mincheol left Cardmos alone and asked Kkwaekkwi.

 

“Kkwak, want more food?”

 

“Kkwak! Kkwak!”

 

Kkwaekkwi shook its head repeatedly. Mincheol took out more magic stones and put them in the food bowl.

 

-…Congratulations.

 

Cardmos, who had barely recovered, spoke to Mincheol.

 

No matter how you looked at it, it wasn’t the face of someone congratulating, but Mincheol didn’t bother to point it out.

 

-You’ve really obtained an absurd skill. The word ‘amazing’ isn’t enough.

 

“Right? With just this skill, I can throw twice as many projectile weapons.”

 

Mincheol said with a triumphant expression.

 

Then Cardmos clicked his tongue and shook his head back and forth.

 

-Foolish one. You don’t understand the true value of this skill at all.

 

“True value?”

 

-Launching multiple weapons simultaneously isn’t that impressive. Any warrior of my caliber can do it.

 

“Really?”

 

-Look.

 

He raised his finger. Mana gathered and created several toothpick-shaped spears.

 

-I can create flying spears and control them freely, or scatter them to face multiple enemies.

 

The toothpicks flew freely through the air before splitting into dozens of thorns.

 

“Seeing this suddenly makes my skill look shabby.”

 

-You should listen to people until the end. This is nothing more than a trick.

 

“A trick? But it’s so amazing.”

 

-Only in appearance. Compared to spears I throw directly, the power is far inferior.

 

When Cardmos clenched his fist, all the mana spears disappeared.

 

-Spear throwing shows its true power when accompanied by physical strength. Like a bow and arrow.

 

Cardmos was a figure called the strongest on the Continent with just one spear.

 

Since such a great person was saying this, he couldn’t help but believe it.

 

-Moreover, you can’t perform the Meteor Spear Technique with flying spears.

 

“Even a master like Cardmos can’t?”

 

-Keu, keuhm. It’s natural to think that way. This body was the greatest of all time who ruled the Continent with a single spear, the number one under heaven.

 

I didn’t say that much.

 

Though he had that thought, Mincheol kept his mouth tightly shut.

 

-The Meteor Spear Technique is a spear art that transmits mana circulating within the body to the spear and shoots it out. The spear and body can be said to be one.

 

So that’s why he used the bow and arrow analogy earlier.

 

The power of an arrow comes from the tension of the bow.

 

-Therefore, you can’t perform the Meteor Spear Technique with flying spears. Now do you understand why I called it a trick?

 

“To some extent.”

 

-But that skill… I don’t know what principle it works on, but the additional throws were exactly the same as if you threw them directly. As if an invisible hand grabbed the pen and threw it.

 

Mincheol recalled the skill description.

 

It definitely said it contained power that couldn’t be explained logically.

 

No matter how much of an absolute being Cardmos was, it was natural that he couldn’t understand it.

 

-With this principle, it seems you could activate the Meteor Spear Technique with the additional throws too. Isn’t that right?

 

“Oh, that’s right. That’s what I heard.”

 

-You’ve lost your mind. Lost your mind. How can they just hand over such a skill to a low-level Awakened?

 

Cardmos sighed deeply.

 

-However, it doesn’t seem like an easy skill to use. There must be restrictions.

 

“They said mana consumption increases when activating throwing skills.”

 

-Hmm, then it would be difficult to utilize that skill right away. The cost-effectiveness is too poor.

 

Mincheol was already worried about this too.

 

Kaella Marbenian consumed quite a bit of mana even when activated.

 

On top of that, throwing skills also consumed a lot when activated.

 

This way, he could only use it three or four times during combat.

 

-Then collecting weapons would be useful.

 

“Weapons?”

 

-High-grade weapons contain skills, don’t they? Those skills don’t consume mana, so they have good synergy with Kaella Marbenian.

 

Oh?

 

Now that he heard it, that was true. This time with the halberd too, he could use the powerful skill called Sword Energy Release without consuming mana.

 

If he prepared several such weapons, he could further maximize Kaella Marbenian’s combat power.

 

-In that sense, you should go catch that guy.

 

“That guy?”

 

-The Goblin Count.

 

Huh?

 

Mincheol asked with a puzzled expression.

 

“How do you know about that monster? I never mentioned it.”

 

-I found out when I read your memories last time.

 

Cardmos said with a hearty laugh.

 

-I don’t know exactly what kind of monster it is, but since it appears in a Hidden Quest and even has the rank of Count, it’s no ordinary creature. If you defeat it, it should drop at least a Unique grade item. You can also improve your skills at the same time, so it’s killing two birds with one stone.

 

“I have no intention of challenging it.”

 

-…What? What kind of nonsense is that all of a sudden!

 

“It’s dangerous. Why would I go out of my way to hunt such a thing?”

 

At Mincheol’s answer, Cardmos looked speechless.

 

-Dangerous? For a warrior, danger is rather a blessing! The more you overcome, the stronger you become!

 

“I’m not a warrior though.”

 

-Don’t talk nonsense! Would someone who’s not a warrior act like a lovestruck colt whenever he meets a strong enemy!

 

“What are you talking about! When did I ever act like that…”

 

Mincheol hesitated.

 

His conscience was pricked to deny it outright.

 

“…Anyway, I have no intention of walking into dangerous places.”

 

-Shut up, you fool! Go kill that guy as soon as possible!

 

“I said no.”

 

-Argh! If you don’t deal with that guy, I won’t open the third Quest for you! Remember my warning!

 

Cardmos shouted angrily and disappeared into the Memory Stone.

 

“What kind of person is this.”

 

Mincheol looked at the Memory Stone with an incredulous expression.

 

“Why is he suddenly acting like this to me?”

 

Suddenly declaring himself a teacher, then telling him to fight the Count to get stronger.

 

“Could it be that he’s planning to kill me by making me fight dangerous monsters under the guise of training?”

 

Mincheol shuddered.

 

To think he would try to get revenge in this way.

 

He really was someone who shouldn’t be let his guard down around.

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