Episode 26 United Front (1)
D-DAY 7
One week before admission to Milles Academy.
Jae-hyun and Park Seong-jae are now at a department store that handles items specializing in radar.
The reason the two were here was simple.
This is because Yooseong said that he would buy a present for Lee Jae-hyeon's admission to Milles Academy.
Thanks to this, the two are walking around the department store with a check card worth 100 million won.
‘It's a pity that the teacher couldn't come with us. I can't help it.'
Yoo Sung-eun, who said she would give her a gift, couldn't make time for it because of her guild work.
Thanks to that, Jaehyun had to come to the department store alone with Park Seongjae.
‘This one is fine... and that one would be useful too, right?'
I have already spent half of the purchase limit of 100 million by purchasing necessary items.
Park Seong-jae stuck out his tongue in admiration for Jae-hyun’s frugal consumption.
“...You are really amazing. The line to buy stuff by filling it up like this thriftly.......”
“You can still go out, right? Then, shall we go to the equipment corner this time?”
Jaehyun said calmly.
The places I visited with Park Seong-jae so far are places that sell ingredients related to potions and elixirs.
If you go a little further upstairs, you will find a place that handles equipment items.
Of course, what you can get with 50 million won in your pocket is only a little better than the basic equipment given by Miles Academy, but it doesn't cost money to look around.
At this point, I wanted to check what grade of equipment had a high price range and what special effect items were being sold in department stores.
Jaehyun, who checked the wish list on his smartphone, said with a gesture.
“Then over there……”
“Wait a minute!”
at that time.
Park Seong-jae's urgent voice was heard.
The voice was so loud that all the shoppers around turned to look at them.
However, as if he didn't care, he put his hand into the inside pocket of his blazer and took out his smartphone and held it to his ear.
“yes. W Hello? yes. All right. Such an emergency! I will go right away.”
Park Seong-jae, who put the phone back in his pocket after the call, scratched his head and said.
“Ah, sorry... I have an urgent business with the guild, so I think I need to go now. I'll give you a card for the rest, so why don't Jaehyun buy it himself...” ”
Yes. what. That's fine, but hey...”
“Hot! Then I'll just go. Please contact me later.”
Park Seong-jae quickly left the department store with those words.
Jaehyun sighed and looked at the card in his hand.
He crossed his arms and muttered.
“No matter how hard it is. You hold your phone upside down and act. If it's difficult, you can just tell me.”
Park Seong-jae went out with an urgent voice and exaggerated acting, but in reality, he was tired of walking around the department store and just ran away from Jae-hyun.
The amount left on the card he left halfway was about 50 million won.
I can still use half more, but it is true that I am a bit reluctant to use the card recklessly now that Park Seong-jae is away.
“If you use all of this, you will become a ignorant bastard, right? okay. At this point, I'll return the card tomorrow......”
I was about to stop shopping with this, but Jaehyun suddenly grabbed the card again.
‘no. Still, let's go upstairs and look around. just in case.'
Jiying.
As I rode the escalator to the next floor, I took out my smartphone and checked the message.
Kim Yoo-jung
[Yayaya. Today, I bought Cooledor.]
[By type! You know what I eat?]
Min Jaehyun
[I just eat anything?]
After lightly replying, Jaehyun arrived upstairs and looked around the show window to see the equipment.
From weapons such as swords and bows that contained mana to armor, there was nothing missing.
the problem is.
‘What what? 300 million?'
All of which are outrageously expensive.
It was a level that Jaehyun couldn't even afford with the money he had.
“Even with all the money I have, I can’t buy a single piece of A-grade equipment. Of course, 5,000 is not a small amount of money... but unless you get high-end equipment yourself, you won't be able to for a while.”
It was unavoidable.
Even without that, the equipment and magic tools Radar could use were few and far between.
Even there, the probability of getting a C-grade or higher equipment item is very slim.
‘Especially, Artifacts of Grade A or higher can be obtained with a low probability only from boss monster drops or unidentified item appraisals, so their ransom is higher. It's not that I don't understand why the price is so high.'
Now, with the money Jaehyun had in his hands, he couldn't even buy a single B-grade item, let alone an A-rank.
Tolerable B-class items are also lightly priced in the hundreds of millions, and it is common for A-class equipment to exceed billions.
But Jaehyun didn't care.
This is because the purpose of Jaehyun this time is not to purchase expensive items in the first place.
I just came to look at the equipment items that I could use here in advance and buy them later when I had money.
In any case, he was more relaxed than impatient.
‘I knew this clearly while raiding the dungeon. Now, I should be able to handle E-class and D-class dungeons by myself without difficulty.'
Jaehyun nodded slightly.
Not long ago, in Helheim Dungeon, he defeated Night Shade, a C-rank boss.
Nightshade is a fairly high rank among all C-class monsters.
Perhaps selling the material would have secured at least 100 million won.
‘The number of raiders in the country that can defeat C-class or higher bosses is about 5%.'
Among the graduates of Miles, the upper middle class or higher can record.
With a body that had just returned to fire, Jaehyun reached that level and succeeded in defeating Night Shade.
‘Of course, the system sucks, but...'
The Nornir system is giving quests to actively grow Jaehyun.
For example, the quest I received at the beginning gave me a blank card just to recover my physical strength, and when I encountered Hell, I gave a skill at the same time as clearing the ordeal of Hell.
All of this must be to quickly grow Jaehyun as an adversary.
‘It's fortunate that we're just using each other right now...'
Jaehyun thought for a moment.
Although now the anti-Asir gods want Jae-hyeon to support his growth, what if he becomes useless?
What will happen next?
Jaehyun gulped down his saliva and calmly analyzed his current situation.
‘It can be abandoned by them at any time. Come on, you must be strong. To the point where even the system couldn't handle me carelessly.'
Jaehyun was thinking of becoming strong enough that even they couldn't do anything about it.
And defeating Night Shade this time is the first step he takes.
“...Come to think of it, I attacked the dungeon, but I couldn't confirm the item I got.”
It was Jaehyun who had been busy for two days and was not in the mood to check the items separately.
Even if they tried to register the material on the black market anyway, it took quite a while to issue an ID, so they didn't care much.
However, as the words came out, Jaehyun became curious about the performance of the item.
With a face full of anticipation, he manipulated the system and opened the inventory window.
“Then shall we check from the beginning?”
[Equipment Item]
Name: Shadow Armor
Grade: B
The armor that protected the Night Shade. Upon equipping it, you gain the 《Stealth》 skill.
Effect
1. Physical / magic defense +100
2. Learn the active skill 《Stealth》.
[Active Skill]
Name: Stealth
Rating: B
Stats: -
Completely hides from the enemy's sight range for 5 minutes.
Cooldown: 30 minutes
*However, if an enemy uses the 《Detection》 skill, the duration of the skill is reduced to 1 minute.
After reading the description of the skill, Jaehyun raised his lips in delight.
‘good! If it's a B-class armor, at least it's a level that goes over hundreds of millions. In addition, the active skill 《Stealth》... It is famous for its high utility value because it is useful in many ways.'
The 《Shadow Armor》 obtained from Night Shade had much better options than Jaehyun thought.
In particular, the presence of an active skill played a part.
In general, there is a low probability of attaching a skill to B-grade or higher equipment, but this is because it is rare enough to be only about 2%.
However, from the first boss item, the skills were attached like this.
‘A good start? Then next...'
The next item I checked was 《Night Shade Core》.
There was no explanation, just that it contained concentrated mana.
‘Generally, core items are used to generate magic fields by sending them to research institutes that study magic engineering. It's useless if I have it anyway.'
Since it was an item to be sold anyway, Jaehyun passed quickly and checked the last item.
The item I was most curious about out of the three.
It is a title item that did not exist in the Aesir system.
[Title item]
Name: The one who overcame the first ordeal
Rating: C
A title given to the opponent who overcame the first ordeal, the ordeal of Hel.
All stats +10
“Insane.”
Several people passing by looked back at Jaehyun's voice, frowning.
But I couldn't stand it.
It is an item that corrects all stats.
It's a strange situation that doesn't surprise me.
‘As expected, this must be a prank of the Nornir system. I don't know what Mimir's plan is, but for now, I should be grateful.'
Jaehyun's eyebrows went up.
Right after the first return, Jae-hyun acquired the EX-class passive skill 《The One Who Receives the Attention of the Gods》 that corrects all stats, enabling him to grow faster than others.
But to get another additional correction item here.
Isn't it a case of giving wings to his growth?
Jaehyun thought.
Never before has things gone so smoothly.
Originally, Jaehyun had bad luck before returning and always had bad luck.
But these days, I feel that something has definitely gotten better.
In the Magical Engineering Shopping Mall, the 《Detection》 skill is just in time, or items that are difficult to obtain like now are easily available.
And in Jaehyun's opinion, all of these opportunities are related to the Nornir system.
From the first time I got < Odin's Lost Eye > until now.
Mimir and other anti-Aesir priestesses are just spreading items and skills to help him grow.
“okay. all good. Items are good, skills are good, everything is good, but…”
However, he was still obsessed with one worry.
He sighed and crossed his arms with a troubled face.
“I’m worried because none of the weapon items suit me.”
The other day, Yoo Seong-eun taught Jae-hyun and told him that general magical radar equipment was not suitable.
Jaehyun was also more accustomed to punching enemies with his fist than swinging his staff.
Thanks to that, he was still thinking about finding a usable weapon item.
‘Until now, I've done something with the < Mana Weapon >, a skill that supports physical attack power, but what should I do from now on?'
However, it was impossible to wear martial weapons.
If neither of the magical and martial weapons are suitable for you, you will have to find another way.
“Ah... this is embarrassing. Even in lower dungeons. It must be difficult without a weapon to enter a higher dungeon. Even more so, if there is a device that compensates for mana...”
Exactly when Jaehyun was thinking.
Uuuuuuuu......
“Huh? What is this sound?” An unfamiliar vibration sounded in my ears. It wasn't the vibration of the smartphone.
Jaehyun's brow narrowed.
‘Is this... system sound?'
That's when the thought went crazy. Again, the sound of the system was heard along with vibration.
―< < The Lost Eye of Odin > is resonating with an unidentified item.
Jaehyun's eyes narrowed.
The system was guiding itself somewhere.
His destination was in front of the show window where he was standing.
There, the image of an item hanging on the wall was visible, yet unidentified.
Jaehyun intuitively realized that the item resonated with Odin's Lost Eye.
He hurried his steps and pushed himself into a store with a show window.
Wooooooooooooo......!
As the item got closer, the vibrations of the system gradually began to intensify.
Jaehyun talked to the staff to check the item with his own eyes.
“hello. I want to see that thing over there.”
“ah. yes hold on.”
A mechanical answer came back.
The female employee was not particularly happy with Jaehyun.
but. It's true that it's annoying to be honest, and it's difficult to produce results when you're still a young customer and you ask me to show you unconfirmed items that are difficult to handle.
After a while, she brought the item and put it down in front of Jaehyun.
“Here it is. However, this item is an unconfirmed item... It has some problems, so I don't really want to recommend it.”
“What problem?”
“Even though it is an unconfirmed item, the appraisal skill is useless. So it's being sold as is. In fact, you have to consider it.”
An unconfirmed item that cannot be used for appraisal.
It was, frankly, something I didn't understand.
As I experienced in Revenue, unidentified items are very gambling.
If you do well, it is an addictive gambling that will literally kick you out if you fail.
But is there anyone who buys a lottery ticket that doesn't even win?
It was a bit strange that such an item was displayed on the upper floors of a department store.
“In addition, the price is quite expensive at 50 million won… I personally do not recommend it.”
The clerk didn't think that Jaehyun would buy this item.
Meanwhile, Jaehyun is in trouble for a while.
‘At first glance, it looks like an item brought by a scammer... And the system is responding so well. Ha... what the hell is this?'
He was worried, but in fact, Jaehyun's heart was already tilted to one side.
If you think about it, the system has never harmed you before.
The price of the unconfirmed item is exactly 50 million won, which is all the remaining money.
‘Should I buy this...should I not...'
The time when I was pondering meaninglessly when the answer was decided.
Wooooooooooooooooo......!!
The vibration intensified again, and soon the system sound and the item status window appeared.
―The ?Detection? skill has been activated automatically.
―Appraise the item.
―The appraisal of the equipment item 《Misteltain》 was successful!
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