It’s an Academic Fact That Rankers Are Model Students – Chapter 25

Chapter 25: Bread that Makes You Study Well (1)

[Mana Baking]

▶A new baking skill created by mixing the knowledge and mana theory of this world. It speeds up the fermentation and kneading process of any flour. In addition, a strong mana energy resides in the dough.

▶Skill Level: Lv.1

▶Skill Type: Active

▶Skill Rank: Unique

Unique skill!

As the name Unique skill suggests, Kyung-joon created a skill that did not exist before.

This is very rare.

Even now, wizard NPCs all over the world are working day and night to create new magic, but over 90% of them end in failure.

This is the case with NPCs, but magic creation was a dream come true for players who are still much weaker than NPCs.

But Kyung-joon succeeded.

He did not realize an existing skill on his own, but created a completely new one.

If this fact were to be known to the Fairy-Elven Magic Academy, all the wizard professors there would go out of their way to take Kyung-joon as their disciple.

The reason Kyung-joon was able to achieve such a feat was, quite ironically, his consistent schoolwork.

If he had been obsessed with magic theory like other wizards, this achievement would not have been possible.

A skill that could be created by applying chemistry and physics, ‘real-world scientific knowledge’ that no one in the world was interested in, to magic.

That was ‘Mana Baking’.

“Oh. This way I can make bread quickly, right? I didn’t like that the dough took so long anyway. It’s taking away from my study time.”

Of course, Kyung-joon was just happy that he was able to bake faster.

He was learning to bake to make bread he could eat as a snack while studying, but it would be pointless if it took away from his study time.

Then and now, Kyung-joon was purely interested in ‘studying’.

It wasn’t just the unique skill that Kyung-joon got.

[You have learned the rare skill 『Multi-Casting』 on your own.]

[Multi-Casting]

▶You can use multiple skills at the same time. The number of skills that can be used simultaneously increases as the skill level and grade increase.

▶Skill Level: Lv.1

▶Skill Type: Passive

▶Skill Rank: Rare

He used several skills at the same time to create a new skill, so it was natural to acquire Multi-Casting.

[110 hours have been added to the Dimensional Study Room.]

Realizing new skills on your own means accumulating new knowledge.

This meant that more time had been added to the Dimensional Study Room.

“Gasp, 110 hours.”

The amount of time added was unusual.

Originally, the Dimensional Study Room time was charged from 1 hour to a maximum of 10 hours.

The last time he realized a rare skill on his own, 10 hours were charged.

Perhaps the 100 hour figure came from creating a unique skill.

As such, the gap between rare skills and unique skills was huge.

“How much time did I actually earn with 110 hours……”

Since the current Dimensional Study Room’s Time Dilation is 2x, even if you study for 220 hours, only 110 hours will pass in reality.

In fact, it was no different from just earning 110 hours.

Study to earn time, and use that time to study again.

This infinite cycle of study that Kyung-joon casually uttered was really coming true.

After a brief moment of admiration, Kyung-joon went back to baking.

“Okay. I’m done kneading and fermenting with this. What was the next step?”

<Now it looks like you can shape it and bake it right away.>

“Wasn’t there something like a first fermentation and a second fermentation?”

<All processes have already been completed with the Mana Baking skill. If you ferment it more, the bread will become sour.>

“Aha, I see. More fermentation will only increase the alcohol and acetic acid content.”

<That’s right. Now is the perfect time to bake.>

Kyung-joon shaped the dough he had kneaded with Mana Baking and put it in the oven.

The smell of fluffy baking bread.

My nose feels good already.

Soon, after the set time, he took the bread out of the oven, and on the kitchen table lay the freshly baked, steaming hot bread.

[You have successfully completed cooking.]

[A unique dish has been created.]

[Dexterity has increased by 20.]

[The effect of 『Infinite Reading (Lv.2)』 adds a special effect to cooking.]

[Deep Mana Infused Soft Bread]

▶Soft bread made with a high level of mana control. You can feel the deep mana flavor.

▶Restores 10% satiety, increases mana by 10% for 1 hour, and recovers 0.5% per second

▶Mana permanently increases by 1 (48 hour cooldown) (10 times limit)

▶When eaten by an Infinite Knowledge Seeker, tenacity instantly increases by 50%, then slowly decreases to 0% over 1 hour.

▶Item Grade: Unique

“Wow, this is really Bread that Makes You Study Well.”

Kyung-joon wondered if this was really the bread he made.

Although it is only momentary, tenacity increases by 50%.

Currently, if you add up to 40% of Study Villa’s Tenacity buff, a total of 90% Tenacity buff is applied at the moment.

Even if you really don’t want to study, you can keep your buttocks on the chair with just this bread.

It was a tremendous effect for anyone to see.

<To be precise, isn’t it bread that makes you work hard, not study well? It’s tenacity.>

“Aha, is that so?”

<Not only tenacity, but other effects are also enormous. There is both a temporary mana buff and a permanent mana increase.>

Although Kyung-joon was so interested in abilities that helped him study that he was quite buried, as Teemo said, the other effects were also excellent.

0.5% mana recovery per second was much lower than other continuous recovery potions.

One lasts for an hour.

It recovers 30% per minute, for a total of 1,800% mana recovery per hour.

Add to that the effect of permanently increasing mana by 1.

Although it had a 48-hour cooldown and a total of 10 times limit, it was possible to permanently increase mana by 10.

Considering that 5 stat points are given per level 1, it was actually the same effect as raising level 2.

It was even more remarkable if it was raised by simply eating bread instead of hunting.

<With this much effect, it will be sold out to anyone. Unlike when we sold the chair last time, we don’t have to persuade them separately.>

“Yeah, I think so. I didn’t really intend to, but I got a way to make money.”

If you just put it up for auction at the player auction house, all sorts of rankers will jump into the auction saying they want to buy it.

It might sell for much more than a Mana Elixir, which instantly restores 50% of MP.

Of course, in terms of recovery alone, continuous recovery and instant recovery cannot be compared.

However, Kyung-joon’s bread was not a competitor to the Mana Elixir, but rather a complementary product that could be used together.

Taking Kyung-joon’s bread would save money on Mana Elixirs, and as a bonus, you could get an additional +10 mana permanently.

Who in the world would not buy it?

None, none at all.

As long as you have money, you will definitely buy it.

“Then, considering the expiration date, shall I make about 100, eat half and sell half?”

<I think that’s a good idea.>

< (≧∇≦)b>

“Okay. Let’s get it over with quickly.”

And so Kyung-joon began kneading flour non-stop.

Using the unique skill 『Mana Baking』.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

It didn’t take long for Kyung-joon to make 100 loaves of bread.

Using the Mana Baking skill, kneading and fermentation are completed in less than 5 minutes.

Kyung-joon was baking dozens of loaves every 5 minutes, and the kitchen was filled with the savory smell of baking bread.

The smell soon spread to Bread outside.

‘Hmm? The smell of bread all the way here? Kyung-joon must be baking a lot of bread. At this rate, he’s going to use up all the dough I’ve pre-made?’

Bread, who told him to use the ingredients in the kitchen as much as he wanted, had a problem if Kyung-joon used up all the dough he would use tomorrow.

‘I’d better go and stop him.’

It’s time when there are no customers.

Bread went to the kitchen to see the situation.

As he had guessed, the kitchen table was full of freshly baked bread.

“Hey Kyung-joon. How much bread did you bake?”

“Ah, Bread.”

“It’s good to practice, but you have to save enough to sell tomorrow. Tsk, I’ll have to start kneading again from now on.”

Considering the amount, kneading alone is a task that takes several hours.

Including fermentation, it will probably take a good 10 hours.

If you don’t do it now, you might have to close the shop tomorrow.

At that time, Kyung-joon stopped Bread, saying it was unnecessary.

“Ah, that’s okay. I used my dough.”

“Huh? What do you mean? Your dough is still fermenting.”

Bread thought Kyung-joon was talking nonsense again.

Then, pretending to be fooled, he checked inside the dough container.

As Kyung-joon said, his dough remained the same.

“Gasp… It’s really still there? Don’t tell me you baked the bread without even fermenting it?”

“I left it for about 5 minutes.”

“5 minutes? No, then there’s no way the bread will be made properly……! Huh! It, it’s made properly?!”

Bread was astonished to see the status window of the bread Kyung-joon made.

“If you bake it right away without fermenting it properly, it will definitely fail to cook? How in the world…”

[Fame increased by 3 due to Bread’s admiration.]

[Affinity with Bread has increased by 1.]

“Well, I just kneaded hard.”

“No! No matter how hard you knead, there’s no way that’s possible…… Huh!”

Bread was once again astonished as he looked at the bread’s status window.

This time it was because of the buff attached to the bread.

“A, A temporary mana buff on bread? And to top it off, it even raises it permanently……! Did you mix the dough with Griffin’s Tear or something?!”

[Fame increased by 5 due to Bread’s admiration.]

[Affinity with Bread has increased by 3.]

“Griffin’s Tear? I don’t know what that is, but it’s not that, I just lightly put some mana on it.”

“Aha, I thought it was something like that. Why didn’t you tell me sooner…… What the hell! There’s no way that’s possible! This kind of effect is only possible for alchemists……!”

“Alchemist? Come to think of it, I did get a transmute skill before, is that related to this?”

“Huh……! T, Transmute skill……?!”

[Fame increased by 10 due to Bread’s admiration.]

[Affinity with Bread has increased by 5.]

Bread was busy being astonished by every single word Kyung-joon casually uttered.

On the other hand, Kyung-joon shrugged as if it wasn’t a big deal and said something else.

“Rather than that, try it. Is this delicious? I thought it was okay. It’s about 0.8 Paris Baguette.”

<How much is it for Tous Les Jours?>

“One 0.7 Tous Les Jours?”

<It seems that Master likes Tous Les Jours more.>

“Yeah. It’s cheaper there. More than that, Bread. Try one.”

“Uh, huh……? Ah, okay……”

For a moment, Bread looked at Kyung-joon, who suddenly started talking into the air, strangely, but soon Bread was offered a taste test.

‘Y, Yeah. Let’s try it first. Mana buff, ascension, let’s put all that aside for later……’

“Then let’s see……”

Bread first tried to calm down and tasted the bread Kyung-joon handed him.

“Munch munch.”

Once, twice, three times.

After chewing just that much, Bread had no choice but to open his mouth wide and reveal all the contents inside.

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