Chapter 39: How Did He Study So Well That Rumors Spread Like This? (1)
What PhantomSherlock took out was the soft bread Kyung-joon had previously put up for auction.
[Deep Mana Infused Soft Bread]
▶ Soft bread made with a high level of mana control. Feel the deep mana flavor.
▶ Restores 10% satiety, increases mana by 10% for 1 hour and recovers 0.5% per second
▶ Permanently increases mana by 1 (48 hour cooldown) (Limited to 10 times in total)
▶ Item Grade: Unique
The 50% tenacity effect was not visible to them because they were not Infinite Knowledge Seekers.
Even considering that, the effect of the bread was enough to make GottaSeeAlchemy’s eyes roll back.
“Gasp! T, This is…”
GottaSeeAlchemy couldn’t even speak properly at the unbelievable status window.
It wasn’t just the effect of the bread that surprised him.
He saw it.
At the top right of the status window, it said Player, not NPC.
“A player made this?! Who the hell is it! Is it that crazy chef ChefofCarnage?”
“No, I went and asked him, and he said no. Almost died because of it.”
“Then who the hell is it! Th, this kind of thing can never be made with just cooking skills! It’s absolutely impossible without alchemy knowledge!”
“That’s right. But judging by your reaction, it doesn’t seem like you. I’m leaving then.”
PhantomSherlock left the workshop, leaving behind GottaSeeAlchemy with his eyes bloodshot.
It had been a very short time, less than a minute since he entered the workshop.
It took him several days to get here to Plovdiv, but at least he got something.
‘I’ve met all the top-ranked chefs and alchemists I can meet.’
However, none of them were the owners who made this bread.
Everyone just made the same expression as GottaSeeAlchemy when they saw the status window of the bread.
One thing is revealed by this.
None of the official rankers can make this bread.
‘Tsk, this is a headache. It’s like going back to square one.’
PhantomSherlock thought he should go back to World’s Best and talk to the guild master from the beginning.
At that time, GottaSeeAlchemy grabbed his shoulder with a trembling hand.
“W, Wait……! Is this…… something from your guild? Is there someone in your guild who can make that?!”
“My ears are going to fall off. Why are you so excited and making a fuss?”
“How can I not be excited about this?!”
It was a very important matter to GottaSeeAlchemy.
For him, the title of 1st place in the ranking was nothing short of a Unique life achievement.
He lost it so easily.
There’s no way he could admit it.
“Don’t tell me I fell in the rankings……!”
GottaSeeAlchemy immediately checked the ranking.
Fortunately, he was still in 1st place.
Seeing that, GottaSeeAlchemy was able to regain some peace of mind.
‘Oh my, that idiot.’
PhantomSherlock felt sorry for GottaSeeAlchemy, who was so obsessed with being number one.
There are many strong people in this world anyway.
Even aside from unofficial rankers whose existence is not confirmed, there are plenty of outstanding people even among NPCs.
A player who has only been in the world for a year and a half was still a newbie.
PhantomSherlock resumed speaking to be sure.
“Didn’t you hear me ask just now? We’re also looking for the guy who made this. It’s just that it wasn’t you.”
“Ugh!”
PhantomSherlock’s words came to GottaSeeAlchemy as ‘You failed to make a Unique item, didn’t you?’
PhantomSherlock knew it and deliberately added a footnote.
“Honestly, it’s too early for players to make Unique items. Right?”
“Ugh……!”
PhantomSherlock was inwardly pleased at GottaSeeAlchemy’s trembling appearance.
‘Phew, look at him tremble. Thinking about how arrogant he was when the guild offered him a scout last time makes me feel so refreshed!’
Maybe he knew the bone in PhantomSherlock’s words.
GottaSeeAlchemy gritted his teeth and spat out harshly.
“Ugh! Then who is that guy! The guy who made this bread! It said he was a player too! A guy who’s not even on the rankings did what I, the No. 1 alchemist, couldn’t do? That can’t be true!”
PhantomSherlock didn’t bother to answer and just walked out of the workshop.
Because there was no need to talk anymore.
PhantomSherlock, who had permeated the darkness of the back alley with the assassin’s quick movements, thought.
‘If he had joined our guild from the beginning, we would have given him a sample to analyze this bread. That’s why it’s important to do well from the beginning, tsk.’
Currently, the World’s Best guild was analyzing Kyung-joon’s bread by mobilizing all production jobs, including direct alchemists and chefs.
They also asked the NPC alchemist, who is under contract as an advisor.
The analysis results they heard were always as follows.
『U, Unbelievable! I can’t tell what magical ingredients went into this bread! Is this really bread made by someone from another world……!』
A slightly knowledgeable and level-headed alchemist in the guild said this.
『This can only be seen as ordinary water, flour, butter, etc., all containing mana.』
『There are dozens of ingredients just to make bread, right? If all of this was such a special ingredient, at least it should have had a name. Like how Griffin’s Tear Potion has the noun ‘Griffin’ attached to it. This cannot be the case with the system.』
『But this bread doesn’t even have a name or an explanation. I even got some magic wheat and compared it myself, but it didn’t match at all. The only thing similar is that they’re both wheat.』
『This bread is really made with just plain wheat. But it contains unbelievable magical effects. It’s a complete mystery. It doesn’t make sense! Ugh! This is a hack, a hack! It’s a bug!』
“It’s a real mystery. Isn’t he really using hacks?”
Of course, The World was a perfect cloud computing system, so hacking was impossible unless you directly touched the headquarters computer.
The bread that baker made was so mysterious that it made me think like this.
▶TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant: Phantom, can you whisper me now?
Just as PhantomSherlock was about to return to World’s Best, he received a whisper from the guild master.
▶PhantomSherlock: Yeah, unfortunately, it wasn’t that alchemy maniac either.
▶TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant: I see.
TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant’s tone was as if he had expected it.
PhantomSherlock continued to type on the chat window.
▶PhantomSherlock: It’s one of two things.
▶PhantomSherlock: Either a non-ranked guy made it by chance, or he made it and didn’t register for the rankings.
▶PhantomSherlock: Probably the former.
PhantomSherlock thought it was more likely the former than the latter.
Anyone who can make that kind of bread would have already secured the 1st place in the ranking.
There was no reason not to do it because of the benefits of being a ranker.
Unless he was a pervert who felt extreme pleasure in hiding his power.
‘In the first place, it hasn’t been confirmed yet whether there are unofficial rankers.’
As PhantomSherlock was concluding so, TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant gave a completely different opinion.
▶TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant: No, I think it’s the latter. You can’t say that 50 Unique breads came out by chance.
▶PhantomSherlock: Hmm.
▶PhantomSherlock: Maybe he made them all at once and it turned out like that.
▶PhantomSherlock: The second thing chefs learn after the basics of cooking is mass cooking.
With the right equipment, you could make not only 50 but also over 100 or 200 breads at once.
But TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant said this.
▶TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant: Then, I wonder if this also came out by chance.
PhantomSherlock, who was looking at the chat, felt something.
▶PhantomSherlock: ??? What do you mean.
▶TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant: Search the auction house for ‘Deep Mana Infused Sweet Honey Castella’.
▶PhantomSherlock: No way.
PhantomSherlock immediately searched the auction house as the merchant said.
It was obvious how he would react.
▶PhantomSherlock: Crazy.
Immediately after, the whisper window between PhantomSherlock and TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant began to explode.
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Kyung-joon, who studied general chemistry for a week.
It was vacation, so he could devote more than 10 hours a day to studying.
If you say 10 hours a day, it’s 70 hours a week.
But what if the Dimensional Study Room comes out here?
Dimensional Study Room’s Time Dilation allows you to use 1 hour like 2 hours, doubling it.
In other words, Kyung-joon studying for 10 hours a day means that he studied for 20 hours a day.
That’s 140 hours a week.
In other words, Kyung-joon spent more than 140 hours studying general chemistry for a week.
“Phew. I think I’ve seen about a third of it.”
Kyung-joon, who read a third of the general chemistry book, which is over a thousand pages long, in just one week.
If any college student had heard this, they would have told him to stop lying.
College freshmen also study general chemistry for a semester.
And they don’t even read all thousand pages of the book.
The professor just teaches a few things, and the exam only comes from there.
In fact, it’s no different from skipping almost half of the second half.
But a high school student finished a third of general chemistry in just a week?
And not even a science high school, gifted high school, or special purpose high school student, but an ordinary high school student?
It was truly insane study power.
“Oh my.”
However, despite this tremendous achievement, Kyung-joon did not look very happy.
Rather, he was regretting it!
“I spent almost 150 hours, but I only saw a third of it. Ah, I should have concentrated more.”
<No, Master. You worked hard enough.>
It was true.
Kyung-joon didn’t feel it, but the concentration he showed when studying was not that of an ordinary high school student.
No, it was even weird to say high school student.
Studying for 20 hours a day.
It was a level that no one, whether a high school student or an adult, could dare to attempt.
First of all, unlike Kyung-joon, they only have 24 hours a day.
In the first place, it is difficult for ordinary people to concentrate on their studies for more than 4 hours a day.
Even those who are preparing for the bar exam say that they usually get exhausted after studying for more than 10 hours, but 20 hours?
Anyone who saw it would have called him a monster beyond a hard worker.
Nevertheless, Kyung-joon was not satisfied.
“No, I could have concentrated more. If I had, I would have seen 1.5 times more.”
Kyung-joon felt it.
He could definitely concentrate more than now.
It wasn’t just that he felt that way.
Indeed, this was based on something very quantitative.
“The state of Trance. The double concentration I felt at that time was real.”
Super-concentration skill obtained while fighting Vitriol Acid.
Kyung-joon turned on the 『Infinite Reading – Trance』 skill window once more.
[Infinite Reading – Trance]
▶ When entering the Trance state, concentration, including all buffs, is doubled.
Trance.
When you think you are really concentrating while studying.
No, the moment you become so engrossed in what’s in front of you that you don’t even realize you’re concentrating, that skill is activated.
The feeling at that time was still vivid.
The surroundings begin to narrow down.
Even the sound of the wind rustling through the grass turns into a quiet silence.
The pupils are focused only on the formula in front of them.
And the hands move on their own, like a spinal reflex.
The 10 minutes of that moment surpassed the Dimensional Study Room, which doubles the time.
Depending on how immersed he was, the 10 minutes at that time could be 20 minutes, 30 minutes, or even an hour at other times.
What he understood in an hour, he could understand in just 10 minutes at this time.
Kyung-joon was determined to further improve the efficiency of his studies by developing this ‘Trance’ state.
“You know what it says, 『Concentration, including all buffs, is doubled.』?”
In other words, it means the same as saying that concentration buffs also exist.
Just like increasing tenacity and creativity with Study Villa and calculation ability with castella.
He would be able to increase his concentration in the same way.
<Are you thinking of making something that increases concentration?>
“Yes, that’s it.”
Kyung-joon nodded his head and smiled.
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