Magicless Extra: The Villain’s Survival Method – Chapter 11.2

Gold-grade was 1,000 gold, platinum-grade was 10,000 gold, and diamond-grade was 100,000 gold. The grade of a magic stone was determined by its purity.

He had 600 gold left. He invested 400 gold to purchase four silver-grade magic stones. The explosion magic bullets could only fire one shot, and the magic missile magic bullets could only fire ten shots.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦. . .’

If only he could increase his magic level, he wouldn’t have to worry about this. . .

After that, he visited a magic shop and purchased some healing potions. He still had about four of the holy water he had purchased last time, but. . . it was cheaper to use potions for minor injuries than to use holy water.

He also purchased recovery magic scrolls, emergency teleport scrolls, and other items, and almost used up the remaining 100 gold.

‘𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 50 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦. . . 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭, 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬. . .’

Since he still had some time left, he decided to stop by the Mercenary Guild and inquire about it. As expected, the Mercenary Guild recognized this as a contribution to their cause and promoted him to the Iron rank in one go.

Since he was promoted from Wood to Iron, it was that simple. . . From Bronze onwards, he would have to steadily accumulate contributions or prove his worth through his skills. Of course, the fact that he was a student of Imperius Academy also gave him some bonus points.

‘𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘐𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘐𝘳𝘰𝘯 𝘒𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴.’

Since they were recognized as Bronze Knights after graduating, they were treated as Iron Knights while they were students.

After finishing all his errands, Oswald headed to Central Station.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦.’

The stalker, who was now disguised as a man, had entered Central Station and sat down.

‘𝘛𝘴𝘬.’

Soon, the train bound for Erengrad in the Principality of Kiev arrived, and Oswald boarded it. The stalker also boarded the same train as Oswald and took a seat, secretly observing him.

‘𝘐 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘢 2𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 3𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯. . .’

Although he was a little worried, it didn’t seem like they were planning to do anything to him, so Oswald decided to just go with the flow and let them tag along.

‘𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘳, 𝘣𝘶𝘵. . . 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘵.’

Troll Forest.

As the name suggests, it was an area where trolls were abundant. Despite the fact that the Empire had sent out several expeditions to exploit the forest’s resources, they had been unable to conquer it.

He wondered if a Gigant, a magical engineering weapon, would be enough to deal with them. Of course, even a Gigant was just a slow and clumsy tin can robot, but. . . in ten years, magical engineering and steampunk technology would combine to make great strides.

‘𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘪𝘵.’

At that time, it would be possible to synchronize the rider’s magic power with the Gigant’s magic power, allowing the rider to flow their magic power through the Gigant’s magic circuit as if it were an extension of their own body. This would allow them to use magic spells through the Gigant.

Of course, it would be possible to ride it even without magic power, but. . . it would definitely be nothing more than a tin can robot.

After spending five days on the train, Oswald finally arrived at Erengrad Station.

“I’m going to take a 2nd class seat from now on.”

Since he wasn’t short on money, he decided to ride in a more comfortable 2nd class seat.

Erengrad was a place he had visited only once or twice during the game. The world was so vast that it was difficult to visit each city individually.

Anyway, he went outside and hailed a carriage.

“Where would you like to go?”

“Take me to the inn with the best food.”

As he handed over 2 silver, the coachman nodded cheerfully and drove the carriage. After about 15 minutes, they arrived in front of an inn with a decent appearance.

‘𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘕𝘦𝘴𝘵. 𝘐𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥.’

Even if the dragon wasn’t the dragon, it was a name that inspired some confidence. After thanking the coachman, Oswald entered the Dragon’s Nest.

“Oh?”

The name was unusual, but. . . the owner of the shop was from the eastern part of the Titan continent. For reference, the east was originally a setting with a culture and race similar to the Orient in our world.

“Welcome!”

“I’m planning to stay for two days.”

“That will be 10 silver.”

At that, Oswald took out 10 silver and handed it to him.

“Have you had lunch yet?”

“I’ll order now.”

“Take your pick. I’m not saying this just because I’m the owner, but as a person, I can say that the food in our shop is the best in Erengrad. Even the mayor comes here sometimes, so the taste is guaranteed.”

‘𝘖𝘩? 𝘐𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦?

“I’ll have jajangmyeon.”

“An excellent choice. Jajang dishes are the pride of our Zhou.”

The Great Zhou of the Eastern Empire, a country that held the hegemony over the eastern part of the Titan continent. If there was the Imperial Empire in the west, there was the Great Zhou Empire in the east.

Originally, there was almost no traffic between the two empires except by sea because of the Dragon Mountains in the center, but. . . with the development of magical engineering and technology, a tunnel was dug through the underground below the mountains and steam locomotives were connected, so the exchange between the two empires also became active.

In the east, instead of magic, there was alchemy, and in terms of technology, it was a country with internal combustion engines, or dieselpunk technology, which was one step more advanced than the steampunk of the west. Instead of magic, they focused on alchemy and technology, and thus developed dieselpunk technology.

Because of this, while airships were the flying vehicles in the west, biplane fighters flew in the east. They were not yet capable of long-distance flight, but. . . if a war broke out, they could easily take down airships.

Furthermore, with the development of alchemy, chemical technology had also advanced greatly, and they possessed various types of bombs. This meant that the east was stronger in terms of firepower.

“I’ll have to visit the east someday.”

In about two years, machine guns and automatic rifles would be developed in the east.

While he was thinking about the east, his jajangmyeon was brought to him.

“Let’s eat first.”

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