It’s an Academic Fact That Rankers Are Model Students – Chapter 57

Chapter 57: The One Who Makes Bread from Air (2)

Kyung-joon pondered what to name the synthetic fertilizer he had created.

Should he just name it artificial nitrogen fertilizer, based on its principle?

But somehow, he felt that was a waste.

<How about naming it after Master? Famous scientists in the history of healthcare have always named their theories and inventions after themselves.>

“You’re right. That’s not a bad idea.”

A tiger leaves its fur when it dies, and a man leaves his name.

Scientists are no different.

They leave their names on their research and pass it on to future generations.

As if to say, ‘I existed here’.

Kyung-joon, the first in the world to synthesize fertilizer using mana.

He wanted to engrave himself on his achievement.

[You have named the Unique Item 『???』 as 『Kyung-joon Fertilizer』.]

[Kyung-joon Fertilizer]

▶A mysterious fertilizer synthesized solely from Orochi air through advanced mana control. Imbued with a growth acceleration spell and a large amount of earth power, it rapidly accelerates crop growth without depleting the soil’s fertility.

▶Crop growth speed increased by 3 times.

▶Crop growth speed increased by 50%.

※This fertilizer does not consume soil fertility.

※One can be used per square meter.

▶Item Grade: Unique

Both growth speed multiplication and percentage increase are applied simultaneously.

If the crop growth speed is 1, a 50% increase would make it 1.5, and with the 3x multiplier, it becomes 4.5.

An incredible fertilizer that allows crops that take 4.5 days to grow to be harvested in just one day!

“Good. Let’s make a thousand of these.”

The Study Villa’s territory spans a modest 1km*1km.

Even among that, the farmland area alone is enormous.

The fertilizer needed for the farmland, which amounts to almost thousands of square meters, would also amount to thousands.

But there’s no problem.

After all, the ingredient for Kyung-joon Fertilizer is ‘air’.

Since air is everywhere, he can make as much as he wants as long as mana allows.

If someone asks later, 『What is this unique fertilizer made of?』, Kyung-joon will answer like this:

『It’s made of air.』

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

After about a week, the foundation of the territory was complete.

[Installation of all Energy Towers has been completed.]

▶Number of Energy Towers currently installed: 479

[Residents feel safe from monster attacks.]

[Average resident satisfaction increases by 5.]

[Residents have a place to live.]

▶Current number of households: 100 (49 occupied)

[Average resident satisfaction increases by 5.]

[Average resident satisfaction has reached 70.]

[Satisfied with their territory, residents work harder.]

[Resident buff is generated.]

[All stats of residents within the territory are increased by 10%.]

The fences, Energy Tower installations, and house construction, which were the goals, were all completed.

“Wow! Our village is finally complete!”

“Our days as wandering farmers are finally over!”

“We’re completely free from those nasty Black Secret Village b@stards!”

The residents felt a great sense of accomplishment in the territory they had built with their own hands.

But it doesn’t end here.

Just as the president of a country makes the final decision on everything.

Kyung-joon also had one last task to do as a lord.

Is he going to give a speech?

However, Kyung-joon had no intention of doing such a superficial thing.

He intended to show it, not say it.

Something that would be of very practical help.

“Bangwool, Mod. I need your help.”

━Mumul!

━Huue……!

As Kyung-joon asked Bangwool and Mod, whom he had summoned beforehand, for help, they both jumped into the newly built building as if diving into water.

The energy of the water spirit and the energy of the earth spirit began to permeate the houses, fences, Energy Towers, and the entire territory.

An enormous amount of mana was consumed, but it was replenished by his mana and wisdom stats, which he had raised through studying, and the HP/MP recovery effect that was originally present in Study Villa.

The mana recovery function of the unique bread also helped a lot.

[Mana increased by 1 due to constant mana usage.]

By the time almost ten status windows indicating increased mana had popped up.

The task of infusing the entire territory with the spirits’ energy was complete.

[The entire territory is imbued with the energy of a low-grade water spirit.]

[Durability recovery function is added to all buildings in the territory.]

▶5% durability recovery per minute

[The entire territory is imbued with the energy of a low-grade earth spirit.]

[Durability increase function is added to all buildings in the territory.]

▶Base durability increased by 20%

[Farmland exists within the territory.]

[The quality of farmland is further improved.]

▶Crop growth speed increased by 30%

▶30% increased chance of harvesting higher grade crops

“Wow…… Kyung-joon-nim can even control spirits.”

“I never imagined……”

“Look at the effects given to the territory. It’s unbelievable……!”

The residents couldn’t help but admire the newly added features to their territory.

They paid particular attention to the building durability increase and automatic durability recovery functions.

After all, the automatic durability recovery function means that it’s automatically repaired.

In fact, what many residents worried about the most while building these hundreds of Energy Towers and fences was this.

The issue of repairs.

It would take a tremendous amount of manpower to manage hundreds of buildings.

They thought to themselves that with only 107 of them, they might end up spending all day repairing instead of farming.

Liant had also reported this to Kyung-joon.

‘Every time I reported, he kept saying he’d take care of it himself…… Could this be what he meant? We truly have an amazing lord.’

The residents’ respect for Kyung-joon didn’t stop there.

No, it couldn’t be stopped.

Thud!

When Kyung-joon took out all the fertilizer he had made from his inventory, it piled up like a mountain before their eyes.

“This is the fertilizer you’ll be using for farming. I made it myself, so let me know if you run out.”

“Oh, you made it yourself? We’ll put it to good use. Thank you.”

“Wait, what? Kyung-joon-nim made the fertilizer himself?”

“Whoa, the lord himself?”

The residents approached the pile of fertilizer Kyung-joon had taken out and checked its information.

Then, silence fell upon them.

“……. “

“Ah……. “

“This is……. “

“Huh……. “

The residents were speechless at the fertilizer’s incredible performance.

It was a Unique grade fertilizer……!

Not only was the growth speed buff amazing, but it also perfectly solved the problem of ‘soil fertility’, which is the biggest concern when using fertilizers.

A fertilizer that doesn’t deplete soil fertility.

They had never heard of such a thing.

Only Liant managed to open his mouth and ask Kyung-joon.

“K, Kyung-joon-nim……! How did you get such a precious item?!”

“I studied and made it. It’s the first prototype I’ve made, so please let me know immediately if there are any problems. And let me know if you run out while using it.”

“No, no, no! How can we ask for more of such precious fertilizer! How much money did you spend making this……!”

“Ah, don’t worry about that. The materials were free.”

“E, Excuse me……?”

Liant couldn’t understand what Kyung-joon was saying.

It’s a Unique grade fertilizer.

How can it be free?

Surely, it must have taken enormous amounts of alchemical ingredients!

“Free? You can’t be serious……!”

“Hey, I’m serious. I made it with air, air.”

No matter how unbelievable Liant and the residents found it, it was unfortunately the truth.

No one owns the air.

We all own the air.

Therefore, it was free to use as much as they wanted.

“Air as an ingredient, you can’t possibly mean……. “

However, Liant and the residents still couldn’t believe it.

It wasn’t a matter of loyalty.

To the residents, Kyung-joon’s words were equivalent to saying, 『I made gold out of air.』

They wanted to believe it, but it was just too hard to comprehend.

“If you don’t believe me, I’ll show you how to make it.”

Seeing is believing.

It’s better to see something once with your own eyes than to hear about it a hundred times.

Kyung-joon demonstrated his Unique skill 『Kyung-joon Fertilizer Synthesis』 in front of the residents.

Wooong!

Then, a miracle happened.

A brilliant light of mana flashed from Kyung-joon’s empty hand, and before they knew it, something identical to the Unique fertilizer they had just seen was placed there.

“Ah…… Ah……. “

“He…… created something…… out of nothing……!”

“He’s not like a hero……! A god! Yes, he’s reached the realm of a god!”

“C, Could he be…… the incarnation of Demeter, the goddess of agriculture……!”

[Residents’ loyalty increases rapidly.]

[Fezun’s loyalty has increased by 32.]

[Liant’s loyalty has increased by 42.]

[Rina’s loyalty has increased by 37.]

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[Average resident loyalty has exceeded 100.]

[The territory skill 『By the Hero’s Command』 has been replaced with the higher-level skill 『By the Incarnation’s Command』.]

[Special conditions must be met to use this skill.]

“Oh, Incarnation……!”

All 107 residents bowed down to Kyung-joon.

As if a god had descended before them.

“Incarnation, they say…… I’m just a student who studies.”

Kyung-joon could only scratch the back of his head awkwardly.

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷

While Kyung-joon was causing a fertilizer revolution in Study Villa and having a hard time being treated like a god.

“Hmm.”

TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant was waiting for a call.

The one who leads World’s Best, the top-ranked guild in The World.

The fact that he was waiting for a call in his office meant it was a very important call.

For example, waiting for a royal summons.

Or waiting for crucial information that should never be disclosed to the outside world.

This time, it was the latter.

“Hrmmm……!”

But no matter how long he waited, the call didn’t come.

It had been a week since he had taken over all the approval work he had entrusted to his vice master.

He had stamped his seal hundreds of times, but there was no sign of ‘that person’ contacting him.

“That damn baker…… No, why doesn’t Kyung-joon contact me?”

He had already given him a way to contact him.

His business card, which he had given him back in Player Street.

With that, he should be able to contact him anytime, anywhere.

Even in areas where normal whispers don’t work, that business card would allow him to contact him.

However, the business card was one-way, so only Kyung-joon, who had the card, could initiate contact, and TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant couldn’t contact him first.

“Well, a week seems like enough time. Strange. Does he have something else to do?”

TheWorld’sGreatestMerchant himself had received love calls from various places in the past, so he didn’t like to rush things by visiting him out of the blue.

Out of consideration for him, he had only given him his business card, telling him to contact him when he had time after finishing his work.

‘To think he’d make us wait this long…….’

World’s Best, the number one guild.

Even though the guild master himself had proposed to talk, there was no word from him.

He even thought that maybe Kyung-joon was playing hard to get.

Of course, he had no intention of forcing someone who didn’t want to join them.

However, Kyung-joon was the benefactor who had saved his employees from Black Secret Village.

At the very least, he had to express his gratitude and offer him a reward.

Moreover…….

[Wagon’s Request]

▶Wagon, an employee of your guild, and his colleagues owe their lives to a player named Kyung-joon. If it weren’t for Kyung-joon, the guild would have suffered immense casualties and material damage. As the guild master, offer him a suitable reward and gratitude.

▶Quest Reward: Increased loyalty of Wagon and his colleagues. 10,000 Guild Points.

▶Quest Type: Guild

▶Quest Grade: Unique

The guild quest that had appeared after hearing Wagon’s story.

Clearing this would give him a whopping 10,000 Guild Points.

The Guild Shop is a place that can only be used by guilds, not individuals.

Naturally, the items that can be purchased with points are all related to the growth of the guild.

Moral righteousness aside, he had to meet Kyung-joon and offer him a proper reward for the sake of the guild’s benefit.

“Beginner’s Village……. “

However, he had heard from Wagon.

He said he came from Beginner’s Village.

Moreover, according to PhantomSherlock’s information, he had somehow returned to Beginner’s Village through the Warp Gate.

So, it was systematically impossible to go after him.

But it wasn’t like there was no way.

Knock, knock, knock.

Just then, he heard a knock on his office door.

“Come in, Wagon.”

“Hello, Guild Master.”

Wagon entered the office as scheduled.

“You’re going to Beginner’s Village today, right?”

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