54. Dipping Artist
54. Damgeumju Artist
“Senior, Woros senior! How the body… Are you okay? I was worried after hearing the news of my senior, so I prayed until late at night.”
“Is that so? Thanks to that, she seems to have passed without much trouble. Thank you.”
“Thank you. It was something I had to do.”
El Denia, who came to play in my greenhouse, stretched out her chest as she said that. After Lerisha passed away yesterday, she immediately returned to the conservatory. Just a few days ago she was stabbed to death because she couldn’t sleep in an infirmary with no safety gear.
She seems to have taken her words to Lerry Shah yesterday, so though it bothers her, she decides to think it was necessary. Isn’t she the only one in trouble when someone like the princess obsessed over hiding her power?
While she was thinking about that, her saintess, Eldenia, looked up at me.
“Senpai, I heard that her store has been damaged a lot. Are you okay?”
“Yes, yesterday when Deputy Principal Duralph came over, we talked a little. Due to this incident, it seems that the compensation money will come out. And. She said she would send someone from the Imperial Knights of Meloyer to apologize, but she refused.”
“I see. Then I, El Denia, will help restore her shop.”
Eldenia says so, and she proudly puts her hand on her chest. She didn’t even say something to El Denia, it seems like she skipped the lecture today because of me. So, you have to do everything right.
“Then shall we leave immediately? Actually, I have a little work to do today.”
“Yes! Anything will help.”
“Actually, I’m thinking of scouting a new employee to work in the store. It means creating a so-called faction.”
“Faction, faction?”
I nodded. I need someone to carve the golems or decorate the items I’m going to make. Quality is important for things, but I think that design is also important, so you must recruit that person.
“I have to meet senior Denas Yeseul, but he must have gone to take a lecture.”
“Then, shall we go to the store first? I, Eldenia, intend to help restore the store and drink that moist strawberry honey tea.”
“Ah, you heard about it from Sotia.”
“Yes! Because it tastes so good.”
She shrugged her shoulders in anticipation of El Denia. I nodded her head and walked out of her conservatory with her. The first destination was my store. I joined Sotia in the completely overturned store and headed straight to Nicia’s workshop.
“This is Ms. Nishia’s workshop. Why are you here?”
“Because I have to feed the bee breakfast.”
“Yes? A punishment?”
“Yes”
Eldenia asked in surprise. Sotia, who was listening to the story next to him, was a beehive the size of a watermelon. She says to herself, swallowing her saliva. I pulled the cloth covering the cage.
“Oh, oh oh! There is a watermelon honeycomb! Oh oh! Big strawberry. It’s really big.”
“Sotia?”
“Kuhm. Well, it really was.”
Eldenia and Sotia stare at the wax strawberries that are as big as watermelon with sparkling eyes. Like it or not, I opened the tin I had placed next to the cage that contained the bees.
“I’m telling you first in case you ask. This is the food of these guys. My special material, magic candle. And it’s made with commercially available honey. Jumping bees have a habit of sharing magic with their own kind. Worker bees come from outside sucking up nutrient-rich nectar and converting it into magical power. We live in a way that we share with our fellow countrymen at home.”
I put the honey containing the essence of magical gardening in a small container and put it inside the bee’s cage. By feeding them food made from magical horticultural plants, a bee the size of a thumb nail will eventually grow to more than a long-lived wasp.
If that’s the case, the amount and number of transfers of mana to each other will increase, so you’ll be able to harvest several strawberries a day. When I can afford it, I plan to make various items besides strawberries. Because everything will be connected with money.
“Be careful. They are weak to light, so they become sensitive when exposed to light.”
“Bur, how many bees do you have?”
“If you include caterpillars, there will be about 400 of them. I started with 300 at first. Because the environment and food are so good, they reproduce quickly. If you look closely over there, you’ll see a beehive. There is a queen bee in there.”
Flipper Bees are weak against light. So I covered the beehive with a cloth. That leaves a hole for air to pass through. Eldenia and Sotia bend down to look at the beehive. Jumping bees are creatures that show great utility in the field of alchemy because of their ecology that transfers mana to each other, so they decided to raise them carefully.
While the bees were preoccupied with food, I collected five strawberries that were as big as soccer balls and all the moist tree bark that was lying on the floor. Tea should be made from the bark of this tree.
“I have finished all my work here.”
Originally, I would have to go to the store and clean up, but now I have work to do. After looking at my stats yesterday, I had something to do.
What happened was that my stats were severely nerfed under the influence of . In such a situation, my stamina and willpower stats rose slightly, perhaps because of a recent incident.
My physical strength was originally 7. The total stat is 15, and 8 is reduced by penalty to 7. But this time, as my physical strength stat increased by 1, I noticed the secret of my body. Of course, my total health, which was 15, became 16, and the 8-person penalty became 9, so I thought my stats would not change.
However, the stamina stat I raised this time was purely based on my ability without receiving any penalty. The same was true of the will to rise together. Apparently, the stats I accumulated after being possessed are not affected by the penalty.
Perhaps it could be directly linked to a penalty if a stat rises in a situation where certain conditions are met. What I expect is a karma level of 150. Maybe at a higher level than that, it seems like there is a penalty for increasing stats.
To be honest, I was very worried. Even if I protect my body by manufacturing ancient magic or powerful potions, wouldn’t the limits be clear only with that stat? However, since I realized that I was able to grow, I couldn’t help but pay attention to my training.
And the good news is, like any game. The higher the stat, the higher the growth experience, making it difficult to raise the stat. Even so, I managed to raise two stats.
Even though I didn’t polish any special skills or skills. That means that. The stat increase experience is not made up of total stats. It is highly likely that it is based on the current stats that have been nerfed.
Strangely, it was said that the total stats of Warros Blood, which were not penalized, were terrible. I remember that magic and dexterity without penalty were 22 each. Unfortunately, he was penalized and could only use 7 figures. Anyway, the number 22 is a huge number.
If you look at , While clearing the game, you have to drive all your talents into one stat to barely exceed 20. In addition, a special item must be used to achieve a number that can be aimed at. That is the number 22.
Magic power and dexterity. Considering that they are the main stats for each weapon-using class and magic-using class, 22 for both numbers is truly incredible.
Aside from that, all of his stats were extremely high. Perhaps the trick was this. His total stats are high, but his stats have been cut due to the penalty of . However, the stat increase experience is determined based on the low nerfed stat. It seems that Woros’ stats have risen vertically.
After being possessed, I knew that the increased stats would be my strength, so I had no choice but to use them.
“There’s something I want to check, so I’m thinking of going to District 2.”
I took the girls and headed for District 2. District 2 has a port, and the entire district is a huge commercial district. First of all, I matched my school uniform here. I decided to pay for the school uniform when I found it. When the reward money comes out, I intend to come and find it. After finishing my business, I moved to the entertainment area.
“Senior Woros. Have you ever been to a place like this?”
“It can’t be. I came because there was someone I wanted to meet. Oh there it is.”
“… You came to see him?”
An alley between bars and pubs. Seeing the middle-aged man sleeping with his arms outstretched on top of a pile of garbage, Sotia makes a puzzled expression. I don’t know what that person is doing, so I’ll react like this. Even Sotia wouldn’t react like this if he confirmed the true value of that old man.
ㅡ “Drumbling. Phew… Growl… Phew… “
“Sue, it smells like alcohol.”
“Would you like to stay a little further away? I don’t think you have anything to do with this kind of uncle.”
“No. I am a virgin I do not discriminate against anyone.”
Nod her head to El Denia who says so. I opened my stomach and shook the sleeping man to wake him up.
“Excuse me. Would you like to wake up?”
“Drumbling. Phew… Growl. Phew… “
“Sotia, would you like to say something to this man to wake up?”
Sotia tilts her head as if puzzled by my words. She spits out a word to wake up, as I tell her to do. Then the uncle’s snoring stopped, and she jumped up.
“Woman?”
“…… “
Sotia and the uncle meet eyes. Sotia couldn’t stand it, and she hid behind me.
“… What?”
“Ansink Cabion, right?”
“That’s right, it looks like students, but kids shouldn’t come to places like this.”
Ann Sink, the fat bearded old man, said and shook his hand. Then he yawns with his mouth open, scratching his armpits. Then, he smells the finger that scratched his armpit.
“Actually, I came after hearing about it from my family. Hello. My name is Woros Blood.”
“… !”
Perhaps because of the name ‘Blood’, Ansync’s indolent expression instantly becomes serious. Then he gets up and breaks his neck left and right.
“Blood. Are you from the Blood family? I don’t even get tired of this.”
“Ansink man. It’s true that I’m from the Blood family. Perhaps you didn’t come here because of what you think.”
“Then what is it? Depending on what you say, I will break your lower back.”
After Ansink finished speaking, Sotia stood over me. I told Sotia to step back.
“I want to become stronger.”
“… Go back.”
“I went to an academy, but I was bullied. I want to be strong. Please.”
“…… “
Because of the name Blood, his hardened expression changed to one of embarrassment. He, tying his beard, picks up a piece of paper that has fallen on his floor and blows his nose! And solve it.
“No work. Go back.”
Ansync said that and turned his back. Just then, three people with knives at their waists walk toward us. Eldenia, who was the most behind, pressed her body against the wall to get out of her way.
The trio of swords are wearing golden necklaces that indicate the level of adventurers. Probably because I am an adventurer. It seems like people who came to use the port in District 2. This means that it is not a fixed population in District 2. There was a reason I had no choice but to judge that way.
People in District 2 never pass through this alley. It has no choice but to do so because this alley was also privately owned by Ansink, and everyone in District 2 knew that it was his area, so he never approached it.
“Three idiots over there. This is my private property, so go back.”
Of course, in your own area, others. It was impossible for Ansync, who hates adventurers, to stay still after seeing them. The gazes of the adventurers turned to Ansync once, then to Sotia and Eldenia, and then they ate and laughed.
Like most of the adventurers, he never shows weakness in front of women. Ansink wasn’t even armed. Because he was just a dirty old man with a huge stomach. Apparently, the adventurers are trying to catch Gao in front of the woman.
“There, mister. Are you talking to us? Sorry, the alley could be private property. But we didn’t know Was it really necessary to be so aggressive?”
“I told you to go back.”
“Things are true. Don’t you talk like that?”
The three adventurers said that and smiled as they approached Ansync. Sotia and Eldenia, who had a sense of justice, tried to stop them, but I stopped them.
So, since Sotia and Eldenia didn’t know the identity of Ansink, they were trying to stop that adventurer, so they had no choice but to stop them.
And since those adventurers don’t know Ansync’s true identity, they’re approaching to say something to him.
If it were me, I would never turn Ansync into an enemy. What a pity.