88 – Magnifying Glass (2)
Among those who fall into gambling, what is the most dangerous type?
At least, in Kim Hyunwoo’s opinion, the most dangerous type among those who fall into gambling is surprisingly those with intelligence.
Basically, intelligent people do not become addicted to gambling.
However, once addicted, intelligent people start to calculate.
More precisely, they invest time and money to create data and use that data to formulate their own formula.
But, naturally, the calculations of intelligent people have little significance in front of gambling.
Because, from the beginning, even if you can roughly grasp the probability in gambling, it does not mean you can use it.
In other words, calculations in gambling are almost infinitely meaningless and ultimately have no meaning at all.
Especially, magnifying glasses like the box-type ones for the lowest-grade adventurers are even more so.
Therefore, Kim Hyunwoo, calming Adriana as if telling her to be calm, informed her of the probability of the magnifying glass, just like with Elena.
At least for Kim Hyun-woo, Adriana was an important person.
The only problem was…
“…I am well aware that the probability is extremely low. But still… If we try something with about 3000, can’t we at least break even?”
Adriana didn’t seem ready to give up easily.
With a very serious expression, like a middle-aged person who had been studying Baccarat for 30 years and achieved success, Kim Hyun-woo looked at Adriana, who spoke with clear eyes. After persuading her several times…
“…It does seem a bit difficult to base it solely on probability.”
“Right? After all, just because the magnifying glass itself calculates probability doesn’t mean we can pick out winners.”
Kim Hyun-woo was able to rescue Adriana, who had been stuck in the swamp of the magnifying glass.
…Well, honestly, I don’t know if I rescued her, but at least at this moment, she seemed quite sharp.
‘Well, once she breaks through the truth and escapes from the burden of burial costs, it should be easy to escape.’
Thinking briefly while looking at Adriana, Kim Hyun-woo opened his mouth.
“So, did the top row go well?”
“Yes, there weren’t any difficult points this time either.”
The conversation began with a light greeting.
Of course, the magnifying glass popped up from time to time, but overall, Kim Hyun-woo was smoothly leading the conversation. Soon, he could hear Adriana’s question.
“But, are you intentionally limiting the supply of magnifying glasses? It seems like the daily quantity is always fixed.”
Adriana’s question.
To that, Kim Hyun-woo awkwardly laughed and said,
“I don’t particularly have that intention. It’s just that the supply can’t keep up with the demand.”
“Ah, I see. So, it does take quite some time to produce the magnifying glasses, right?”
“No, that’s not it. It seems there’s a leak issue… So I’m currently making it alone.”
“What? Alone?”
“Yes.”
“…Huh?”
Adria, who had a look of confusion, cautiously asked.
“So, does that mean you’re the one making all the quantities that come out in a day, Yeongju?”
“Yes. Unfortunately, I have no choice but to make them that way for now.”
“Alone, over 4,000 magnifying glasses?”
“Yes.”
“Uh… Is that even possible?”
Kim Hyun-woo nodded, his expression showing genuine surprise at Adria’s astonished face.
“Well, it is possible… I used to make 4,000 of them rigorously before, but now I can leisurely make 4,000 magnifying glasses even when I’m in a higher stage.”
“But eventually, I can’t keep making them alone forever, so I’ve been thinking about various ways, but I haven’t come up with a suitable solution.”
“…Indeed, that part must be quite a headache. You need to find someone trustworthy to work with without leaking the manufacturing method of the magnifying glasses.”
Adria, who noticed which part Kim Hyun-woo was struggling with, spoke after a moment of contemplation.
“Is the work a simple task?”
“Yes.”
“If it’s a simple task, how about trying to use a skeleton?”
“…A skeleton?”
With a puzzled expression, Adriana nodded in response to Kim Hyun-woo’s question.
“Yes. If it’s a skeleton, there’s no need to worry about leaks. Of course, being a being without intelligence, it can only handle simple repetitive tasks and its speed is quite slow.”
“Oh, indeed…!”
Until now, Arteil had only used the Command Mage as a combat hero, so her approach sounded like a really good method. However, he soon wore a regretful expression.
“It does seem like a good method, but there’s no Command Mage in my territory.”
There wasn’t a Command Mage in Kim Hyun-woo’s territory.
‘It would have been nice if there was a Command Mage.’
At least, from what he remembered, Command Mages were quite rare, making it extremely difficult to find a Command Mage hero.
Even though, in Arteil’s setting, Command Mages weren’t rejected as a profession, finding a Command Mage hero was still very challenging.
‘I can consider getting the Command Mage of the Blue Forest as an early stroke of luck.’
Thinking about that, Kim Hyun-woo clicked his tongue and regained his appetite.
“Hmm? Nowadays, you can use skeletons even without a Command Mage?”
“…What? Even without a Command Mage?”
“Yes. Until about 7-8 years ago, you needed a Command Mage to move skeletons, but now there are scrolls created by Command Mages, so you can use skeletons with those.”
“…Really?”
“Oh, of course, the skeletons that can be summoned with scrolls are limited. Despite being expensive, they have no combat or carrying abilities. You can only perform very simple assemblies. Also, they consume quite a bit of magic stones.”
Adriana spoke like that and then wore a slightly embarrassed expression.
“Indeed, skeletons are a bit like that, right? Perhaps making a magnifying glass requires a slightly more complex process.”
However,
“No? It seems really okay?”
“Yes?”
“Do you happen to have a few scrolls that can handle that skeleton right now?”
“…First, I have about 10 that I can sell immediately.”
Kim Hyun-woo, with a smile on his face, threw the question and, in response to Adriana’s following words, he laughed.
“Those 10, sell them all to me.”
That’s how the conversation went.
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North of the continent.
After wandering around for a few days, thoroughly cleaning out the village where every summoning circle was drawn since then, Merilda, who had always shown a slightly reddish tint but now seemed to be dyed in a crimson color after demolishing the last village.
“The color has become a bit lighter…!”
As the last village crumbled, the stone that had always shown a vibrant crimson, albeit slightly, was now dyed in a rosy hue, making me unknowingly break into a bright smile.
She confirmed with her own eyes that the suffering of the past few weeks was not in vain.
Smiling again at the stone dyed in a rosy hue, Merilda turned her gaze to the absolute ruler of darkness.
Like Merilda, Lyn, with a smile on her face, was also looking at the stone that had turned crimson.
‘…Is that one brighter? No, it’s similar to me.’
Although they were traveling together due to the wind that immediately overlapped their destinations, Merilda had no intention of traveling with her from the beginning.
Originally, her goal was to return to the owner faster than anyone else, seek forgiveness, and in the process, she never had any intention of letting anyone else interfere.
It had to be her who returned to the owner first.
And by doing so, she would receive the owner’s favor.
Gently.
Just by thinking, Merilda’s tail, swaying in response to the heightened mood, came to a halt when her gaze met Lynn’s.
“…”
“…”
Lynn and Merilda didn’t say a word to each other right away.
They simply stared into each other’s eyes.
But even so, they quickly caught on to what the other was thinking.
“I’ll never lose to that half-wit.”
“I’ll never support that bastard.”
The two, who had been glaring at each other, soon turned their bodies in exact opposite directions.
Their information was the same up until this point, but from now on, they had completely different information.
In other words, their real fight would begin now. So, without any farewell or even a word from anyone, they simultaneously put strength into their legs and shot off in opposite directions.
“Master-!”
“Leader-!”
“?”
From different sides, the sudden appearance of Lorel and Ryu left them bewildered.
For a moment, the two who had revealed themselves from the opposite side also looked somewhat taken aback, but only for a moment.
“Leader! There’s news that a hero from 10 years ago has returned to Lartania…!”
“Master, there’s a report that the hero from 10 years ago has returned to Lartania…!”
Following Lorel and Ryu’s words,
““…Huh?””
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The expressions of the two froze, miserably.