𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 31
[How to Obtain the Exploration Skill.]
[Content: Many people have been asking about the Exploration skill, so I’m writing about it here. First of all, the Exploration skill is a skill that allows you to find dungeons, hidden devices, hidden quests, and so on. Those of you who have read this far are probably all trying to learn the Exploration skill.
But it’s impossible.
First of all, the Exploration skill is not sold in the library. It cannot be obtained through quests either. The only way to get it is through a Random Skillbook. Of course, I don’t know all the quests, so I can’t be sure.
However, I want to let you know that the only way that has been discovered so far is through a Random Skillbook.]
” A Random Skillbook, huh…… ”
I let out a long sigh as I rummaged through the bulletin board, looking for information about the Exploration skill. As expected, there was no other way than a Random Skillbook.
‘But it’s a waste to learn it with a Random Skillbook.’
What I’ve realized while using Intuition so far is that multiple choices are impossible. If I were to draw an S-rank Exploration skill, both the ‘rank’ and ‘Exploration skill’ would have to be met, which would become multiple choices.
It’s different from crafting, where the results appear and are automatically updated every time you tap.
Therefore, if I learned the Exploration skill, I would have no choice but to give up the rank. Even if I tried, there’s a high probability that an F-rank skill would come out.
‘Let’s put this on hold.’
I still have one Random Skillbook left, but I decided to put it on hold because I didn’t want to acquire it at F-rank. Soon, I recalled the gains I had made from the dungeon. First of all, I was satisfied because I had achieved my goal of level 20 and obtained the set item I had been longing for.
Of course, it wasn’t easy.
This is because I had to extend my logout time and hunt until I achieved these two goals.
‘Damn wolf bastards.’
This also happened because my break time was longer than expected. To be precise, it was because the crazy wolf attacked me while I was resting.
If that happens again, I’ll either have to finish it off with my remaining stamina or run away, and I usually chose to run away. It may sound pathetic, but I couldn’t help it because it was difficult to damage the dungeon wolves without Giant’s Sprint.
Well, thinking back, it was a situation full of hardships and adversity. How many times did I run away back then? Anyway, reaching level 20 also meant that the skill limit had finally been lifted.
‘Right, I should focus on crafting rather than the Exploration skill for now.’
So far, I’ve earned about 500,000 won with the Crafting skill. Not bad. What if I level up to 10 today and put all the longswords I made on the auction house? I might be able to earn at least a few million won.
Click-
‘Then shall I go level up my crafting?’
With that thought, I turned off the computer and got into the capsule.
[May you find what you desire on the streets illuminated by Twilight……]
Along with the connection, the dark vision unique to the dungeon was shown beyond my blurred consciousness.
‘Are there…… no wolves?’
I look around the dark surroundings, searching for wolves. Honestly, I can’t help but feel uncomfortable with this limited vision. Since it’s dark and I can’t see properly, if I get ambushed, I’ll have no choice but to react a step late.
‘Well, it doesn’t matter if I get ambushed.’
I stop looking around. My stats are high enough for me to have such thoughts now.
” Status Information Window. ”
[Name: Rudin]
[Title: Shield of Protection]
[Level: 20]
[Fame: 84]
[Health: 2417/2497]
[Magic Power: 24/620]
[Stamina: 53.3%]
[Attack Power: 229] [Magic Attack Power: 38]
[Defense: 336] [Magic Defense: 261]
[Stats]
Strength: 165 (121+44) Intelligence: 38 (20+18) Agility: 135 (56+79)
Stamina: 87 (77+10) Magic: 22 (8+14) Skill: 20
[Acquired Skills: 11/20]
Level up, skill level up, and even equipped with a set item, my current stats are significantly higher than yesterday. In particular, my agility has increased tremendously, so now I can cope with wolves without much difficulty even if I encounter them.
‘Also, the skills that went up yesterday……’
To summarize briefly, it’s like this.
[S-rank Jayer’s Guardian Shield] [LV2→4]
[F-rank Basic Shield Training] [LV2→3]
[D-rank Battle Recovery] [LV1→3]
[A-rank Giant’s Sprint] [LV3→5]
Because I only used Jayer’s Guardian Shield and Giant’s Sprint, these two skills have leveled up considerably, and the other skills have also leveled up a bit as a bonus.
However, thanks to these leveled-up skills, a problem, albeit not a major one, has arisen.
First, let’s look at Jayer’s Guardian Shield, which has reached level 4……
[S-rank Jayer’s Guardian Shield Effects] (LV4)
━Physical & Magic Defense increased by 150→175.
━Penetration Defense probability increased by 15→20p.
━Health recovery rate 20→25 per second.
━Temporarily increases health by 1500→2000.
━Increases all basic stats by 20→25.
━Increases all attribute resistance by 12→13%.
━Increases shield-related skill effects by 15→20%.
━Ignores magic attacks below the defense value.
━Duration 40→45 seconds.
Consumes 300→600 Magic Power upon use.
Consumes 10% Stamina upon use.
As you can see, the Magic Power consumption has doubled. Well, I already knew that Magic Power consumption would increase as the skill reached level 3, but it’s a different story when it’s an S-rank skill.
It’s because I finally had some leeway, but I’m back to square one.
‘How can I increase my Magic Power any further?’
Giant’s Sprint is also level 5, so its Magic Power consumption has doubled. However, compared to the S-rank skill, it wasn’t a big burden. To begin with, it was just a skill that consumed 100 Magic Power changing to 200.
Hmm, thinking about it this way, it’s like, what should I say?
Thinking that S-rank skills don’t always have advantages, I turned my steps towards the entrance of this dungeon. Now that I’ve finished my business here, I think I’ll just go back to town and focus on crafting.
* * *
Murmur~ Murmur~
‘I need to go to the blacksmith first.’
Arriving in town without any incidents, I headed to the blacksmith first. Actually, I have 148 iron ingots and 221 impure iron ingots in my item window, but for some reason, I felt like this number wasn’t enough.
Clang- Clang-
Arriving at the blacksmith, I could see Deron hammering away. Deron glanced at me as I entered the blacksmith and casually spoke to me.
” You again. ”
” Looks like you’re busy. ”
” I suppose I am busy. So, are you here to buy iron ingots again today? ”
” Well, yes. ”
Deron nodded at my answer. Then, Deron got up from his seat and sold me 150 iron ingots, and I paid 30 silver.
‘Let’s see…… now I have 298 iron ingots?’
Calculating it, that’s enough to make 24 longswords. Plus, I can make 18 more with the impure iron ingots, so I can make a total of 42 longswords……
Thinking back to the number of longswords I made to reach level 5, it seems a bit lacking.
” Come to think of it, you also have blacksmithing skills. ”
” ……? ”
Huh? What’s he talking about all of a sudden?
Just as I was thinking about leveling up my crafting after getting the iron ingots, Deron started talking about something out of the blue.
” Actually, I need to make spears to deliver to the royal palace by tomorrow. But due to the lack of manpower, I’m not sure if I can deliver them by tomorrow. ”
‘Is this a quest by any chance?’
” If you have any thoughts, please help me. I’ll pay you generously. ”
[An NPC quest has appeared.]
‘It’s a quest after all!’
What should I say? It’s a quest that’s been a long time coming. A quest that popped up on the first day and hasn’t appeared since. Honestly, since I haven’t had any contact with NPCs other than Deron, it’s not unreasonable that no quests have appeared.
By the way, what kind of quest is it?
[Let’s make spears to deliver to the royal palace.]
Explanation: Blacksmith Deron needs to make spears to deliver by tomorrow, but unfortunately, he’s short on manpower. Therefore, he’s asking for your help, as you have acquired blacksmithing skills. Accept the quest to help him.
‘Hmm.’
I want to do it since it’s a quest that’s finally appeared. I’m also curious about what changes will happen if I increase my Favorability with an NPC. Also, since I was planning to level up my crafting anyway, there’s no particular problem with accepting this quest.
However……
‘I was planning to sell the weapons I made today for cash.’
Can I turn them in for the quest? Of course, he said he’d pay me depending on the quality, so it wouldn’t be a complete loss.
‘……It can’t be helped.’
After a brief moment of contemplation, I finally made up my mind and nodded.
” Yes. I’ll help you. ”
[You have accepted the quest ‘Let’s make spears to deliver to the royal palace.’]
[Your Favorability with Deron increases by 5.]
” Thank you. I won’t forget this. ”
‘Of course, you shouldn’t forget.’
Anyway, what I had to do after that was obvious.
Leaving the blacksmith, I found a secluded place and started making spears non-stop, and soon I was able to make 21 spears using all the iron ingots I had.
Clang!-
[A Soul-Infused Spear has been completed.]
[Ding!~ The level of C-rank skill ‘Dwarven Weapon Crafting’ has increased.]
[Stats Strength +2, Stamina +2, Skill +3.]
” This is crazy! ”
Making spears wasn’t difficult. However, the fact that I couldn’t reach crafting level 10 even after making 21 spears made me flustered.
” I made this many and I’m still only level 7. ”
Moreover, all 21 spears were made with Great Success. Despite using Intuition to achieve Great Success on 21 spears, my crafting level was only 7.
It seems like the experience gain drastically increases from level 5 onwards.
‘Just how many more do I have to make to reach level 10?’
I reached level 7 after making 21, so it seems like I’ll have to make at least 50 more to reach level 10.
What should I do? Should I buy them from people?
It would cost me some money, but if I buy iron ingots that way, I’ll definitely be able to reach level 10. Or there’s the option of buying iron ingots from the blacksmith and slowly leveling up over a few days, but I didn’t feel like doing that because it would take too much time.
‘Besides, I can’t make them with impure iron ingots……’
The quest says I have to make spears to deliver to the royal palace. I judged that I couldn’t make weapons to deliver to the royal palace, of all places, with impure iron ingots, so I got up from my seat and decided to buy iron ingots from people.
Aside from the skill level, I felt like 21 spears weren’t enough to deliver.
‘How much money do I have now……’
[4 Gold 12 Silver 42 Copper]
” That’s enough. ”
The money I earned from robbing the Dawn’s Light guild and completing quests was quite substantial. With this much money, it seemed like I could easily reach level 10 and still have some left over.
After checking my funds, I immediately headed towards the crowded streets. There were all sorts of people doing business on the streets, so there would definitely be iron ingots, and I might even be able to buy items I need.
It didn’t take long to reach the streets.
Murmur~ Murmur~
‘As expected, there are a lot of people.’
Is it because it’s Sunday?
” Selling Magic-grade items! Come take a look! ”
” Selling various foods! Increases stats! ”
” I’ll enchant your items! Just give me the materials! I won’t charge any money! ”
After looking around at the people, who seemed to have increased since yesterday, I started to slowly walk around. Countless people were sitting on the streets, selling various items, and it felt like there wouldn’t be enough time to look at them all one by one.
‘Where are the iron ingots?’
I wanted to look at other items as well, but I thought it would be better to buy the iron ingots first. If someone else bought the iron ingots while I was looking at other items, wouldn’t that be troublesome?
Of course, there wouldn’t be only one or two people selling iron ingots.
Anyway, as I was walking around with that thought in mind, I found a player selling iron ingots.
To be precise, they were selling various ores, including iron ingots.
‘There are a lot of ores I’ve never seen before.’
Have I been too focused on iron ingots?
Tilting my head, I approached the player and asked.
” How much are the iron ingots here? ”
” 40 copper each. ”
” …… ”
‘That’s really expensive.’
Then how much is 300? 100 is 40 silver. Then 300 is 1 gold 20 silver. It’s not an amount I can’t afford, but it’s too expensive.
I can’t believe they’re doing this kind of rip-off business.
‘Huh? But these iron ingots aren’t impure iron ingots, are they?’
Taking a closer look, I could see that these iron ingots were the same as the ones sold at the blacksmith.
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