𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟎𝟗
‘Mithril?’
Mithril was a common material in other online games as well. Is it considered Rare grade in Twilight? As I was looking for materials, this Mithril was quite significant to me in many ways.
‘If Mithril is Rare grade, there’s no need to hesitate.’
Moreover, Mithril Ingots could be used as a shield material. If I could make a Rare shield by adding Mithril Ingots, it would be the perfect situation.
“I’ll buy it.”
“Oh! How many will you buy?”
“How many?”
Wasn’t there only one piece of Mithril?
“I have up to three. If you buy all three, I’ll give them to you for 57 gold.”
“……”
I was speechless, touched by the consideration of reducing the price by 1 gold per piece. Were there three pieces of Mithril? Then it would have been nice if he had just given them to me for 55 gold, but I didn’t want to argue over something like this, so I quietly nodded and said,
“Give them to me.”
“Thank you!”
More importantly, 57 gold just disappeared in an instant.
As I sighed to myself, lamenting how I was losing all the money I had earned after logging in after a few days, I suddenly heard chatter around me.
“Wow, to buy that. Does he have money to burn?”
“Don’t you know who he is? He’s the Vice Master of the Emperor Guild.”
“Vice Master? Oh~ The rumors that you can make a lot of money by joining the Emperor Guild weren’t lies.”
“Of course. How many dungeons do they have?”
“Maybe if I talk to him, we can become friends?”
“Dream on.”
‘Should I really change my helmet to cover my entire face?’
It was annoying to be whispered about every time I went somewhere. Besides, since I could make a helmet with my crafting skill, it wasn’t particularly difficult.
‘Anyway, let’s see if there are any other materials.’
After purchasing the Mithril, I moved to another location to find the remaining materials. I easily obtained all 10 Enhancement Stones for training purposes, but no matter how hard I looked, I couldn’t find the materials. It seemed that the quantity of Rare grade materials was less than I had expected, not just regular materials.
“Oh my, thank you.”
Having no choice but to give up on the Rare grade materials, I used a Return Scroll to go back to my house with the Iron Ingots I had purchased for training purposes.
[Using Return Scroll.]
Whoosh!━
‘I spent 30 silver on Return Scrolls today.’
Well, that amount of money wasn’t a burden to me now.
“Hmm.”
Anyway, I checked the materials I had gathered so far. I already had the materials to make a shield. It was just postponed because it was made with Magic grade materials. However, since I had a Rare Material Box now, there was a good chance I could get more Rare grade materials from it.
The possibility of making a Rare shield, that is.
“I hope it comes out quickly this time.”
Was it because of my wish?
[Ding!~ You have acquired ‘Blue Light Magic Stone’.]
A little over an hour after I started, I was able to obtain another shield material I wanted. You could say I was lucky, and with this, I had acquired a total of 5 Rare grade materials.
‘If I can’t make a Rare shield even after all this……’
I’m not going to go through this trouble again. I rested for about half the time in the hospital, but it was a task that took almost ten days. If I couldn’t make a Rare shield even after all that, it would be a sign to just give up.
‘Yeah, there’s no way it won’t come out.’
However, my crafting level bothered me. If I leveled up to 20 and then made it, a better shield would definitely come out. But I shook my head, remembering my character that had been stagnant for 5 days while I was hospitalized.
Crafting level, what crafting level?
Right now, it was more important to become stronger than to level up my crafting. I had to show an overwhelming performance in the sparring match with my guild members in two days. For the record, I wasn’t confident that I could raise my crafting level to 20 in two days.
‘Let’s just make it.’
3 Mithril Ingots, 5 Brilliant Magic Iron Ingots, leather, and Magic Water. Finally, I took out the Blue Light Magic Stone and the Ancient Protection Emblem that I had drawn from the Rare Material Box, changed my title, and took out the Rare Hammer to finish preparing for crafting.
[Materials have been placed. The number of hammer strikes will be determined based on the grade of the materials placed.]
[Related Ability Skill (205) will be applied.]
[The number of hammer strikes will be reduced. Final count: 135.]
‘That’s quite a lot.’
Perhaps because 5 Rare grade materials were used, the number of strikes was quite high. If my crafting skill was C-rank, I wouldn’t have even dared to attempt it. I wonder if there’s anyone who can make this? I tilted my head and started hammering, and as soon as I passed 130 strikes, I used Intuition to turn the light of the anvil golden.
“Phew, I’m finishing it.”
[Regenerating Iron Wall Fortress has been completed.]
[The effect of the title ‘Legendary Craftsman’ increases stat effects by 39%.]
[The effect of the title ‘Legendary Craftsman’ increases durability by 30……]
[The effect of S-rank skill ‘Dreton’s Equipment Crafting’……]
[S-rank skill……]
[Would you like to add Rudin-nim’s name to the description?]
“Huh? Name?”
What name are they asking me to add all of a sudden? Anyway, I used Intuition to make it a great success, so it’s definitely Rare. In that case, it seems like you can add your own name to Rare grade equipment and above.
“Add it.”
[Rudin-nim’s name will be added to the description.]
Curious about the message, I added my name to the description and checked the completed shield.
[+2 Regenerating Iron Wall Fortress] (Rare)
Description: A shield crafted by ‘Rudin’. This shield, made by mixing Mithril, has a powerful Protection Emblem and Magic Stone. Moreover, the Magic Water connecting the two is arranged in a perfect structure. It is also a masterpiece that transcends the limitations of materials through the craftsman’s outstanding skills.
Defense: 1109 (+192) Magic Defense: 608 (+105)
Durability: 450/450
*When using Shield type skills, 9.7% of damage taken is converted to health.
*When using Shield type skills, 0.19% of damage taken is converted to stamina.
*Enhancement Option (1): Penetration Defense Probability increased by 5p.
As expected, my ID was written in the description. Along with the thought that you could add your name from Rare grade equipment onwards, I looked at the stats and couldn’t help but be impressed.
“……The defense is insane.”
The effects of the S-rank crafting skill and the title were amazing. Just looking at the numbers, it was better than a Unique item. Of course, if you included the additional stats, a Unique item was slightly better, but this item was definitely an incredible piece of equipment.
“And to think that health and stamina conversion would appear as well.”
It depended on the damage taken, but the calculation was simple. Roughly speaking, when 1,000 damage was dealt, 97 health would be recovered, and 1.9% of stamina would be recovered.
I didn’t care much about the health recovery, but the stamina recovery was nothing short of amazing.
‘If I do this right, can’t I fight without stamina restrictions?’
It might be a bit difficult in 1:1 situations, but it seemed like it would be fine in large-scale battles like the previous battle with the Bamut Cult or guild wars.
Furthermore, there were still enhancements left.
I wondered what kind of monster would be born if I enhanced the Unique Hammer and the Rare Shield to +10. With that anticipation, I took out the Enhancement Stones, thinking of enhancing the hammer first.
[Friend ‘Sina’-nim has logged in.]
[Friend ‘Sina’-nim has requested a conversation. Will you accept?]
“Conversation request?”
Seeing that Sina had requested a conversation as soon as she logged in, I looked around. Since Sina wasn’t at home, it seemed like she was somewhere else. By the way, did something happen?
‘To contact me as soon as she logs in.’
After briefly pondering over various thoughts, I accepted the conversation request.
[Connected to conversation.]
━Did you get discharged from the hospital today?
“Yes, I did.”
━Wow~ To log in to the game as soon as you’re discharged. That’s amazing in a way.
“……”
I felt like I should say something, but nothing came to mind.
━More importantly, did you contact Yua? Did you tell her you were discharged?
“Huh? No, not yet.”
━As expected, you’re the epitome of indifference. You should at least contact her. You know how much Yua went through.
Sina’s words were all true. I should have contacted her before logging in. But it was already too late.
━Go out and contact her now.
“……Huh?”
━Or were you planning to just keep playing the game?
“No, I should contact her.”
━Contact Yua and then log back in.
Sina ended the conversation with those words. Even after the conversation ended, I thought about myself for a few seconds and then sighed, putting the hammer and Enhancement Stones back into my item window. As Sina said, I felt guilty and indifferent.
‘Since it’s come to this……’
I thought I could make dinner plans while I was at it. I owed Yua a lot in many ways.
“Log out.”
[Logging out.]
[Once again, on the street illuminated by Twilight……]
“Phew…… Huh?”
After logging out and returning to reality, I looked down at my clothes with a strange feeling. I had assumed that my clothes would be drenched in sweat from using Intuition, but strangely, they weren’t.
“What’s this?”
Of course, they weren’t completely dry either. I only had a small amount of sweat compared to usual. I tilted my head at the unknown phenomenon, but soon gave up trying to figure it out and got up to contact Yua.
Ding-dong~
“……?”
The doorbell?
There’s no reason for my doorbell to ring. So I thought I had misheard it for a moment, but the doorbell rang again, letting me know that I wasn’t mistaken.
‘Could it be……’
With that thought, I opened the door, and……
Click━
“Hello.”
There stood Yua.
“……”
Did I tell her I was discharged?
I was busy logging into Twilight as soon as I got back, so that couldn’t be it. Then why was Yua here? Did Sina tell her? While I was lost in thought, trying to figure it out, Yua spoke casually.
“Here you go.”
Looking down, I saw rice cakes on a plate.
“Can I come in?”
“Oh, yes.”
I nodded unconsciously as I received the rice cakes Yua handed me, and she entered my house, saying excuse me. I looked at the rice cakes in my hand and started to wonder what was going on.
‘Are these rice cakes to celebrate moving in?’
“Wow~ It’s so clean.”
It was neat, as there was nothing but necessities, but I didn’t have time to answer. I put the plate in my hand down somewhere and asked the question that came to mind.
“How did you know and come here?”
“I went to the hospital. I found out that Rudin-nim was discharged.”
“……”
Ah…… If I had known this, I should have contacted you as soon as I arrived.
No wonder she said he wasn’t in Twilight. And because of the guilt, I couldn’t think of anything to say, and as my mind became complicated, Yua spoke again.
“Were you surprised?”
“……Yes.”
To be precise, I was more surprised that Yua had this kind of personality than the fact that she came to visit me, but I didn’t say that.
“But if you move like this, won’t your parents object?”
What parents wouldn’t worry about their young daughter living alone? Especially a daughter with Yua’s looks. I asked with that thought, but Yua shook her head.
“I originally live alone.”
“……”
Well…… frankly, it doesn’t matter whether Yua moves or not, but I couldn’t think that way when I faced her directly. Thanks to that, Yua spoke again to me, who was feeling even more complicated.
“Do you hate me doing this?”
“No, I don’t hate it.”
“You seem to have a lot on your mind.”
“……No.”
Hesitantly answering, I looked at Yua again. Unlike me, who was flustered and confused, Yua was standing calmly and looking at me. Realizing that I was unusually flustered by Yua’s appearance, I decided to talk first.
“By the way, I’m curious. Why did you move?”
At the hospital, I only heard that it was good to do so, but I didn’t hear the proper reason. Thinking that I might be able to hear it now, I asked the reason first, and Yua asked back with a puzzled expression.
“Do I have to answer?”
“You don’t have to answer, but…… I personally want to hear it.”
However, I could see Yua’s puzzled expression change to a contemplative one at my answer. Was the persuasion insufficient? It seemed like a similar answer to what I heard at the hospital would come out, so I decided to tell her my honest feelings first.
“I’m sorry to Yua-nim. I’m sorry for making you worry, including the incident at the hospital, and if you even move like this, how should I repay you? At least if I knew the reason why you are doing this, I would feel more comfortable.”
Yua, who was quietly listening to my rambling, nodded and answered.
“How can I not worry about someone I like?”
“……”
“I told you before in Twilight. That I like you. Isn’t that a good enough reason?”
At those words, that she liked not only Rudin in Twilight, but also me in reality, I couldn’t help but give up persuading her.
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