Chapter 21: How to Hunt While Studying – Energy Tower (1)
<Photon Cannon? What is that?>
“Yeah. Photon Cannon is……. “
Photon Cannon!
It refers to the defensive fortress of the alien Protoss that appears in the game StarCraft.
A very good ground-to-air defense building that automatically fires photon cannons when an enemy enters a certain range to protect the base.
I had to build one of those.
‘If I build it, I can protect Study Villa without having to do anything myself.’
A defensive building that automatically protects the base once it is built.
If you made just one thing, there was no need to hire mercenaries or go hunting yourself.
Just study as much as you want.
<I understand. It’s a very convenient building just thinking about it.>
“Right? But it’s just a hope, and is that really going to happen? I should just hire a mercenary. I have the money.”
<I don’t think you’ll have to. I remember something similar to what Master said.>
“Oh, really?”
He just said it casually, but Teemo said something very unexpected.
<Yes. The previous Infinite Knowledge Seeker also used to think about magic traps to protect his laboratory. The name is a little different from the Photon Cannon that Master mentioned, but the function itself seems to be almost identical. It was a building called the ‘Energy Tower’.>
“Wow, that’s amazing. Then you’ll remember how to make it, right?”
<Please wait a moment. I’ll have to access it once to find out.>
<Accessing…….>
Teemo displayed an ‘accessing’ sign on the front of the crystal ball.
And soon.
Ding!
[This magical engineering technology will be unlocked when the level of the mythical skill 『Just A Rather Very Intelligent System』 reaches 2.]
The status window that popped up in front of him soon wasn’t very good news.
<ㅡ_ㅜ>
<As you can see, it seems impossible to open it at my level yet.>
“Really? That’s a shame.”
The moment Kyung-joon was about to get depressed, Teemo continued.
<However, I vaguely remember the principle itself.>
<Like you succeeded in recording the sound of rain by studying Magic Memory Stone before, why don’t you try making it yourself this time?>
“Is that possible?”
<Master, you can definitely do it.>
This is what most players who play World think.
To do something in the World, you need skills, and to learn those skills, you need to obtain skill books separately.
In other words, they think they can’t do anything until they learn the skill.
But Kyung-joon was different.
Whether he had the skills or not, he studied first, dug into the bottom, and eventually achieved what he wanted.
Kyung-joon, who had been on a roll like this lately.
It was still too early for the momentum to be broken.
“Okay. Let’s give it a try. So how does it work? Tell me, Teemo.”
Kyung-joon confidently declared and began listening to Teemo about the principles of the Energy Tower.
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“So, in the end, the most important thing is whether we can implement these three things.”
<That’s right, Master.>
Kyung-joon, who had been organizing the contents while listening to Teemo explain the principles of the Energy Tower.
There were three things in total needed to create the Energy Tower.
First 『Automatic Enemy Detection Ability』.
If Kyung-joon had to manually control the Energy Tower or hire additional personnel even after building it, it would be useless.
Kyung-joon wanted to focus on his studies, so the Energy Tower had to be able to detect and eliminate enemies on its own, unmanned.
Therefore, the first thing needed was to equip it with automatic enemy detection capabilities.
Second 『Automatic Attack Function』.
As mentioned earlier, once an enemy is automatically detected, it must eventually be eliminated.
Just detecting it is meaningless.
For that, an automatic attack function was essential.
It goes without saying that the stronger the attack power, the better.
Lastly 『Cost-effectiveness』.
Even if it satisfies the above two, it’s meaningless if it costs more than hiring mercenaries.
Without proper efficiency, it’s just a fancy but useless object.
The maintenance cost of the Energy Tower had to be much cheaper than hiring mercenaries, or at least almost the same level.
Only then could it be put to use.
“First of all, the first 『Automatic Enemy Detection Ability』…… Teemo, you had that surrounding detection function, right?”
<Yes. Enemy detection is possible within a minimum radius of 50m, and depending on the terrain, up to about 100m.>
“Good.”
Although it wasn’t specifically written in the skill description, Teemo was a very excellent supporter with various functions.
It helped Kyung-joon in various ways, such as measuring the data he needed and guiding him.
It also detected enemies.
It told him how many prairie wolves were outside when they attacked the Study Villa today.
“The first problem is solved immediately if I use you, Teemo. You can manage the Energy Tower, right?”
<No problem.>
<ᕙ ( ᐛ )ᕗ>
Teemo showed an emoticon saying not to worry.
Still, Kyung-joon thought there was one more thing to point out.
“But if your activity level increases, my MP consumption will also increase, right?”
<Yes, that’s right.>
“If I keep getting Mana Exhaustion because of mana consumption, it would rather interfere with my studies.”
The problem wasn’t just Mana Exhaustion.
If Teemo is unsummoned mid-way due to running out of MP, the Energy Tower’s operation would stop.
If a monster were to attack during that time, the Energy Tower would be nothing more than a sturdy sandbag.
Of course, this part was also easily solved.
<There have been no instances of Master’s MP running out since his intelligence exceeded 200.>
“Really?”
<Furthermore, while you are studying, your HP/MP recovers by 16% per minute as a buff, so it’s unlikely that your MP will run out.>
“Ah, right. I didn’t think of that.”
Kyung-joon nodded with a satisfied face and moved on to the second problem.
“Then the second one, attack power. How about using the ‘Magic Memory Stone’ I used before?”
Magic Memory Stone!
The reward Kyung-joon received for clearing Burari’s sudden quest before.
“I have Energy Bolt, right? It took down even the named monster in one shot earlier, so I think the power is sufficient. I’ll engrave that on the Magic Memory Stone and make it into the Energy Tower’s turret. Sounds good, right?”
<It doesn’t sound bad…… but there’s one thing I’m worried about.>
“Worried? What is it?”
<The third issue, cost-effectiveness.>
“Ah.”
Kyung-joon nodded as if he understood what Teemo was saying.
Teemo continued.
<Currently, Magic Memory Stones are traded at a base price of 200,000 liyan or more in the player auction house. In other words, 200,000 liyan disappears with each attack. Since Master has about 100 million liyan, if the Energy Tower fires a total of 500 shots, it will all be gone.>
“Ugh, that’s crazy expensive.”
200,000 liyan per shot.
That meant 20,000 won in cash would disappear with each shot.
Even in reality, a single bullet for a rifle or pistol costs around 500 won, or 2,000 to 3,000 won at most, but 20,000 won?
It was an absurd price.
“We need to lower the price by at least 1/10, or even more, for it to be meaningful, right?”
It wasn’t simply two or three times, but dozens of times more efficient.
For that, he had to find something completely new.
Just like Admiral Yi Sun-sin devised the Turtle Ship by plating the ship with iron, it was a stage that required innovation, not development.
“Ah! Come to think of it!”
Kyung-joon suddenly remembered something.
He immediately opened his inventory and searched for an item.
[Quartz (28)]
▶Hexagonal crystal…… (omitted)…… Its property of resonating with mana makes it frequently used as a magic material.
▶Item Grade: Rare
“Yes, I found it! Resonance! If I utilize this well, I can solve the third cost-effectiveness problem and make the attack power even stronger!”
<Resonance, you say?>
<?_?>
“Yes, resonance! This is not the time! Let’s get to work right away!”
Kyung-joon hurriedly started working before he forgot the idea that had just come to him.
Energy Tower.
Kyung-joon already had a rough idea of how to implement it in his head.
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Resonance.
Not Zhuge Liang, the “Sleeping Dragon” of the Three Kingdoms, but resonance, read as Resonance in English.
So what is resonance?
Simply put, imagine this scene:
-A↗ah↗ah↗ah↗~!
━Clink!
A scene from a movie or cartoon where an opera singer breaks a glass by raising their voice.
The glass was broken only by raising the voice, without applying any other force.
How is that possible?
The basic principle is as follows.
The opera singer raises their voice until the frequency of the sound they make matches the natural frequency of the glass.
The moment the frequencies match, resonance occurs, and the vibration begins to amplify tremendously.
Eventually, the glass can’t withstand the vibration and shatters with a bang!
As such, the resonance phenomenon is very powerful.
The Seongsu Bridge collapse in Korea and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse in the United States in 1940.
It was even said that the cause of these two disasters was due to resonance.
(※Actually, it was revealed that it was not due to resonance but other reasons.)
Similarly.
The rare item Quartz that Kyung-joon used to create the windows of the Study Villa!
Quartz has the property of resonating with mana as a magic material.
Kyung-joon thought that by utilizing this fact, he could greatly increase mana efficiency and significantly improve the efficiency of the Energy Tower.
From the day he came up with this idea, Kyung-joon devoted himself to researching the Energy Tower, even cutting back on sleep.
He couldn’t neglect his existing studies, so it was a tough day filled with studying and researching.
Still, he was proud.
Working hard with a goal always gave him great satisfaction.
And the satisfaction he felt when he achieved what he wanted was beyond words.
[You have completed a Rare building.]
[Dexterity has increased by 5.]
[There is a low chance of gaining fame if your work becomes known to people.]
[The level of the general skill 『Basic Carpentry』 has increased to 7.]
[The level of the general skill 『Basic Woodworking』 has increased to 6.]
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Basic Patching, Common Construction, Basic Magic Mastery, Energy Bolt, Spell Delay, Spell Modification, Fine Mana Manipulation, transmute, Water Affinity, Earth Affinity, Intelligence, mana, Dexterity, and so on…….
Everything increased.
Creating the Energy Tower was a task that involved that much advanced technology.
[Dimensional Study Room]
Accumulated time: 28 hours 09 minutes → 63 hours 47 minutes
The Dimensional Study Room time was also charged for over 30 hours.
This was despite the fact that he kept the Dimensional Study Room turned on while making it to save time.
That’s how many new insights he gained while creating the Energy Tower.
“Wow, it’s amazing! Amazing!”
Kyung-joon cheered loudly as he looked at the completed first Energy Tower.
In front of him was an Energy Tower exactly 3m 15cm tall.
[Kyung-joon’s Energy Tower]
▶A ground-to-air defense building that automatically detects and attacks enemies. It amplifies the magic inputted into the Magic Memory Stone through quartz to automatically eliminate enemies within range. It possesses special effects due to the imbued energy of water and earth spirits.
▶Durability recovers 5% per minute
▶Base durability increased by 20%
▶Building Grade: Rare
“All I have to do is charge the ammunition!”
The ammunition was the Magic Memory Stone engraved with the Energy Bolt skill.
He inserted ten of them into the Energy Tower.
Then, the Energy Tower’s status window was newly updated.
[Kyung-joon’s Energy Tower]
▶Currently authorized magic: Energy Bolt (Lv.8)
▶Range: 53m radius
▶Attack speed: 3.7 seconds per shot
▶Number of energy bullets remaining: 0 → 500
“Ten stones for 500 shots, that’s 50 shots per stone? The cost-effectiveness is pretty good!”
50 shots per Magic Memory Stone!
Since a Magic Memory Stone costs around 200,000 liyan each at the auction house, dividing that by 50 makes it 4,000 liyan per shot.
Converting that to cash, it’s about 400 won.
It was exactly the price of a real rifle bullet.
“With this much, the money I have now is enough.”
He had bought this and that at the auction house to make the Energy Tower, but he still had close to 8 million liyan left in his inventory.
This would be enough to last him for a few months.
Of course, just because he made it cost-effective didn’t mean it was all over.
“The grand performance test remains.”
Kyung-joon was very excited to see how well the Energy Tower would slaughter enemies.
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