Chapter 4: I Can’t Study Because My Back Hurts
“What the?! Is this a bug?!”
It hadn’t been long since Kyung-joon opened his magic theory book to read, but he was already starting to absorb knowledge at an incredible pace.
This knowledge immediately translated into time for his Dimensional Study Room.
And consequently, it led to an increase in his stats and skill levels.
“W, Well… Ah, could it be?! Maybe it’s because he studied Physics 1?”
“What? What are you talking about?”
“Wasn’t it the same last time? You only studied Chemistry 1, but then you briefly read that magic book and instantly learned Energy Bolt and Basic Magic Mastery. And because you met the requirements for two skills, the Dimensional Study Room was unlocked.”
“Wait, you’re saying that studying Chemistry 1 and Physics 1 automatically completed your magic studies? That doesn’t make sense!”
“But that’s the only explanation…”
It was true.
There was no record of Kyung-joon using any bugs or cheats in his logs.
The only explanation was that he had studied Physics 1.
“Tsk! Then Kim Bu-ha, you! Contact the development team and get the contents of that Basic Magic Theory or whatever it is! And see how it’s related to Chemistry 1 or Physics 1!”
“Well… that’s a bit difficult…”
“What? What’s so difficult about it? You went to a science university, didn’t you?”
“I… chose Biology 1 and Earth Science 1 for the SAT…”
That’s right.
Kim Bu-ha was a science student who absolutely hated chemistry and physics, especially physics.
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[Your Intelligence has increased by 1 through continuous studying..]
[Your mana has increased by 1 through continuous mana consumption.]
[Your knowledge has reached a certain level.]
[1 hour has been added to the Dimensional Study Room.]
“Phew, nice. This is killing two birds with one stone, isn’t it?”
The most efficient way Kyung-joon found to juggle studying for the game and school was to connect what he learned in school to the game, no matter what.
Just like how studying Chemistry 1 actually helped him a lot in studying the basics of magic theory.
Physics 1 also shared a lot of common ground with the basics of magic theory.
So, instead of studying magic theory first, he would study Physics 1 first.
Then, he would open his magic theory book again and simply replace the Physics 1 concepts he just learned with magic terms, and voila! Magic study complete!
[Your Intelligence has increased by 1 through continuous studying..]
[Your knowledge has reached a certain level.]
[1 hour has been added to the Dimensional Study Room.]
[The level of the general skill 『Basic Magic Mastery』 has increased to 3.]
[The level of the general skill 『Energy Bolt』 has increased to 3.]
The Dimensional Study Room time kept accumulating!
Plus, leveling up his general skills and stats was a bonus.
“As expected, just like Chemistry 1, Physics 1 overlaps a lot with magic theory.”
If it weren’t for this, this study method wouldn’t have been possible.
But coincidentally, magic theory in The World shared many similarities with modern science.
<I’m quite surprised myself. It seems there are many commonalities in the laws governing both this world and Master’s world.>
“Yeah, I think so.”
Kyung-joon guessed that the developers at Seolha Group must have referenced modern science a lot when constructing the concept of magic.
<Master, while this study method is very efficient and good, I think it would be good to try studying something completely new.>
“Hmm? Is that better?”
<ᕦ (ò_óˇ)ᕤ>
<I believe it would be difficult to achieve everything the previous Infinite Knowledge Seeker accomplished with just the knowledge of magic alone. He was someone who put in effort in areas beyond magic as well.>
“Hmm, I see what you mean. Something new……”
Over the past few days, Kyung-joon had secured a lot of Dimensional Study Room time through his unconventional magic studies using Physics 1 and Chemistry 1.
[Dimensional Study Room]
▶Time Dilation: 2.0x
▶Accumulated time: 13 hours
In reality, he had earned 13 hours while studying!
Furthermore, if he used the 2x Time Dilation, it would be 26 hours.
With this much time, he could spare some time to study something else besides schoolwork.
“But let’s finish up the schoolwork for now.”
He couldn’t let the tables turn on him.
Scribble scribble.
After finishing a good portion of his Physics 1 and Chemistry 1 studies, Kyung-joon got up from his seat.
But his face was contorted in discomfort.
“Ugh, my back hurts too much to study.”
Kyung-joon stretched his stiff back from sitting for so long.
As he stretched for a few minutes, Teemo asked curiously.
<Is your back hurting a lot?>
“The chairs in this library are terrible. They don’t support my back properly. My back starts to hurt after sitting for a while.”
Just then, a thought crossed Kyung-joon’s mind.
“Should I study and make a chair? Come to think of it, there was a carpenter’s workshop in the beginner’s village, right?”
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“Give me the basic carpentry skill book.”
The Carpenter, who was in charge of the carpenter class change in the beginner’s village, handed a skill book to the player.
“Crafting, Processing, and Repair, three in total. It’ll be 10,000 liyan each.”
The currency in The World was unified as liyan for convenience.
The prices were roughly similar to reality.
If you wanted to exchange liyan for Won in cash, you just had to remove one zero.
In other words, 100,000 liyan was about 10,000 Won.
“Hey, Jinsu. Should I just buy the same basic carpentry skill books as you?”
“If you don’t want to waste money, you can just buy the Crafting skill book, try it out, and then decide.”
“Ah, I see. Then please give me just the Crafting skill book.”
“One Crafting skill book, 10,000 liyan.”
The Carpenter mechanically received the money and handed over the skill book.
“By the way, haven’t you heard about those strange things happening in the forest east of the beginner’s village lately?”
“Ah, I saw it on the community. People suddenly faint without realizing it. They say when they open their eyes, their bodies are wet.”
“Haha, they probably peed themselves after getting scared by a monster.”
“No way. There are no real monsters near the beginner’s village.”
“Or maybe they got stung by bees. I heard there are hornets here.”
The two players received their skill books and soon disappeared, chatting amongst themselves.
‘Trading with otherworlders is always like this…’
They only wanted the skill books they would use and weren’t particularly interested in learning the skills directly from the Carpenter.
Of course, learning directly from an NPC resulted in higher initial skill proficiency compared to learning from a skill book.
However, no one bothered to do so in the beginner’s village, and the Carpenter had become a skill book vending machine.
Then.
A man dressed in beginner’s clothes like any other player stood before the Carpenter.
He looked ordinary, yet somehow intelligent.
A question came from the man’s mouth.
“You can learn carpentry skills here, right?”
“That’s right. You can learn directly from me, or you can buy skill books separately.”
“Skill books?”
“If you learn from a skill book, you can acquire the skill immediately. But if you learn directly…”
“Ah, I see. Okay.”
“Huh…?”
Before the Carpenter could finish his explanation, the man nodded.
It was as if he was talking to someone else, not the Carpenter.
His gaze was also directed at the empty air, not at the Carpenter.
‘What the…? Did he just listen to the first part and make up his mind? But it was a bit awkward how he switched from formal to informal speech so suddenly…’
The Carpenter decided it wasn’t important and let it slide.
For now, he had to focus on his business.
“Anyway, that’s why it’s not a bad idea to learn directly from me if you can. So, what will it be?”
Usually, other players would ask for skill books as soon as they approached the Carpenter.
But this person didn’t.
Perhaps he wanted to learn directly.
The Carpenter’s shoulders twitched at the thought of finally teaching someone and moving his body after a long time.
“Ah, then I’ll just take the skill books.”
However, it seemed like the Carpenter’s wish wouldn’t be granted so easily.
“I knew it… Alright. First, we have the basic skill books: Crafting, Processing, and Repair. Each one is…”
The Carpenter suddenly stopped his explanation and trailed off in a dejected tone.
“……Never mind. You’re probably not interested anyway.”
No matter how enthusiastically he explained the carpentry skills, the players never seemed to listen properly.
“It’ll be 30,000 liyan in total.”
“Here you go.”
The man handed the 30,000 liyan to the Carpenter.
Then, the man took the skill books with a satisfied look and turned his back on the Carpenter……
……But then he stopped and added one more thing.
“Can I sit on this chair for a bit?”
“Huh? Sure, go ahead. It’s a chair after all.”
The man tried out different chairs one by one, sitting on each of them several times.
“Oh, this one’s nice. I’ll sit here for a while.”
He finally settled on one.
The Carpenter thought he was a very picky man.
“Well, suit yourself. But you have to leave when it’s closing time……”
“Three basic skill books.”
“…Okay. That’ll be 30,000 liyan in total, 10,000 liyan each.”
Before he could even finish his sentence, another player arrived, and the Carpenter continued tending to his shop.
A few minutes passed.
The shop became quiet.
“Hmm? That fellow is still here.”
The Carpenter casually glanced at Kyung-joon.
And he couldn’t help but be surprised.
“Huh?!”
Flip! Flip! Flip!
The man’s hands and eyes moved incredibly fast!
The book the man was reading was the basic carpentry skill book he had just purchased from the Carpenter.
That’s right.
He wasn’t ‘using’ the skill book he bought, he was ‘reading’ it!
Flip! Flip! Flip!
And at an unbelievably fast pace!
“What incredible reading speed…! It’s like twice as fast as mine!”
Flip! Flip! Flip!
The man, as if he couldn’t hear the Carpenter’s words, continued to read the carpentry skill book.
‘I’ve never seen an otherworlder like this before……!’
There were players who bought skill books and used them immediately to learn the skills.
There were also players who asked the Carpenter directly for instruction.
But there had never been a single player who tried to ‘read’ a skill book and learn from scratch on their own!
“Repair is… mumble mumble… durability… mumble mumble… so in small carpentry… mumble mumble… Teemo, then what does this mean…?”
On top of that, he was muttering something incessantly.
He would occasionally turn his head and talk to the empty air, as if possessed by a ghost.
‘W, What in the world…!’
The Carpenter, frightened by the strange and eerie sight, became afraid of ghosts for the first time in his life.
But that wasn’t the end of it.
“Excuse me.”
“Eek!”
“Can I ask you a favor?”
“W, What, what, what is it?!”
The Carpenter reflexively responded, his face pale with fear.
The man gave him a look as if to say, ‘Why is this old man acting like this?’, but he brushed it off and stated his business.
“That chair I was sitting on was really comfortable. If you have the blueprint, could you show it to me?”
The man, Kyung-joon, wanted to learn the carpentry skills himself and make a chair.
After all, his back hurt after sitting in the library chair for too long.
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[Your Intelligence has increased by 1 through continuous studying..]
[You have learned the basics of carpentry.]
[The level of the general skill 『Basic Carpentry Crafting』 has increased to 4.]
[The level of the general skill 『Basic Carpentry Processing』 has increased to 3.]
[The level of the general skill 『Basic Carpentry Repair』 has increased to 3.]
[Your knowledge has reached a certain level.]
[3 hours have been added to the Dimensional Study Room.]
“Alright, finally got it.”
After days of continuous studying, his basic carpentry skill levels had increased considerably, and he had also secured a lot of Dimensional Study Room time.
Perhaps because there was so much to learn in a new field, he gained more time in the Dimensional Study Room than he used.
[Dimensional Study Room]
▶Time Dilation: 2.0x
▶Accumulated time: 47 hours
He had accumulated 47 hours, meaning he could actually study for 94 hours.
Almost 100 hours.
This would be more than enough time to prepare for the upcoming midterms.
‘This time, I will definitely surpass the average score.’
The saying “A dragon rises from a small stream,” which had now faded into oblivion.
He would prove it himself.
This midterm exam would be the starting point.
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