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The statue shaped like a refrigerator was very unfamiliar to the soldiers’ eyes.
“What the heck is that? I’ve never seen anything like it before.”
“It looks like some kind of storage box.”
“It must be a divine object since it’s enshrined in the innermost part of the temple.”
They also couldn’t interpret the logo and nameplate engraved on the statue.
“Is this… an ancient script?”
“Well, maybe it’s a script used by gods…”
The soldiers examining the refrigerator had serious expressions.
After all, it was an encounter with the unknown.
Only Minhyuk was thinking practically.
‘After buying a refrigerator exactly like this, how am I supposed to replace the existing refrigerator?’
The instructions in the message weren’t detailed.
But it had always been that way.
The fact that if he touched the refrigerator and said ‘Return,’ he could come back to this world without using up all of his Return Time was something Minhyuk had figured out through trial and error.
So, if he bought the refrigerator and figured things out as he went along, he’d be fine.
＜Return Time in Possession: 1 day, 2 hours, 20 minutes, 35 seconds＞
It was currently 6 PM on Friday in the real world.
He had enough Return Time left to stay until Saturday evening.
It was enough time to buy a home refrigerator, but he wasn’t sure about a commercial refrigerator.
For now, he’d call the store and find out.
“Return.”
Poof-
Minhyuk returned to the back of the truck with a flash of light.
He took out his cell phone and entered the refrigerator model number he had memorized into the internet search bar.
A refrigerator that looked exactly like the statue in the temple appeared.
＜xx Electronics Commercial Refrigerator＞
The brand confirmed it.
It was the exact same refrigerator.
First, he checked the product information.
The height and width of the refrigerator were 1.9 meters.
The cargo bed of Minhyuk’s 4.5-ton wing body truck was 2.6 meters high and 2.4 meters wide.
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He could easily fit the refrigerator in upright.
‘Good.’
After getting a bigger truck, the refrigerator had gotten bigger, so things were falling into place.
However, there were dozens of online shopping malls selling the same model.
Minhyuk chose one of them and clicked on the chat button.
A chat window popped up.
＜Hello, how can I help you?＞
＜This is the AI chatbot of Shin Nara Distribution.＞
＜How can I help you?＞
1. Product purchase
2. Payment related
3. Delivery related
It wasn’t a counselor but an AI.
Minhyuk had a negative view of chatbots.
He had once wasted a lot of time exchanging messages with a chatbot about something, and it had only been a waste of time.
Still, he went to the product purchase window just in case and searched for the refrigerator model he wanted and selected it.
Then a link immediately popped up, connecting him to the payment window.
The price was a little over 2 million won, but for Minhyuk right now, time was much more important than money.
Minhyuk asked the chatbot.
[How long will it take for me to receive the item?]
＜It will be shipped within 3 days after payment.＞
＜After shipment, you will receive the product within 2 days, excluding Jeju Island and island/mountainous areas.＞
[Can’t it be faster?]
＜It will be shipped within 3 days after payment.＞
＜After shipment, you will receive the product within 2 days, excluding Jeju Island and island/mountainous areas.＞
[What if I go and get the refrigerator myself?]
＜It will be shipped within 3 days after payment.＞
＜After shipment, you will receive the product within 2 days, excluding Jeju Island and island/mountainous areas.＞
It’s saying the same thing again.
He clicked connect to a counselor, but even after a long time, there was no news.
‘I’ll never use a chatbot again!’
Until the distant future when AI robots rebel against humans, he would never deal with a chatbot again.
Minhyuk immediately searched for the direct sales store and called.
-Hello, this is the XX Electronics sales store. How can I help you?
“I’m looking to buy a commercial refrigerator. The model number is…”
After giving him the model number, the employee told him the fastest way.
There was stock at a sales store 2 hours away from Minhyuk’s house by car.
He could just drive a truck there right now, buy the refrigerator, and load it up.
He finished the call with the employee so easily.
Minhyuk got into the driver’s seat of the truck.
‘Just a minute.’
Suddenly, he had a thought.
‘Do I really need to buy a new one?’
The refrigerator he was currently using was also second-hand.
He had picked it up from the home appliance collection point in front of the Gosiwon.
Besides, he wasn’t going to use the refrigerator for its original purpose anyway.
He wouldn’t even be plugging it in.
So, Minhyuk buying a new refrigerator wasn’t just a waste of his own money, it was a waste of the entire planet’s resources.
‘I’ll buy it second-hand.’
Minhyuk searched for the same model refrigerator on a used goods website.
There were quite a few listings.
He checked out the closest one.
‘Found it!’
There was a refrigerator 20 minutes away by car.
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.
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＜Three-way Junction Restaurant＞
There were many taxis and trucks in the restaurant’s parking lot.
“Okay!”
With the help of the restaurant owner, Minhyuk parked his car right by the front door.
To make it easier to load the refrigerator.
Then he went into the restaurant.
The smell of kimchi stew and spicy pork stir-fry made his mouth water.
Come to think of it, it was dinner time.
Minhyuk followed the restaurant owner into the kitchen.
There was the refrigerator he was looking for.
It looked very clean.
“I was using it, but I bought a bigger one recently. My kitchen is too small to have two refrigerators, so I’m selling one.”
“Oh, I see.”
“I had the power cord unplugged, but I turned it on when I heard you were coming to look at it. Look, it’s nice and cold!”
The refrigerator was chilled.
But the refrigerator’s cooling function wasn’t that important to Minhyuk.
What was much more important to Minhyuk was the size of the refrigerator’s interior space.
‘It’s huge!’
The refrigerator had several doors, and the interior space was wide open.
It was divided into just two sections: a large freezer and a refrigerator.
It was no exaggeration to say that a person could fit inside and lie down.
A refrigerator this big could easily fit the greatsword, spear, shield, and armor.
And it could also fit the Giant Duck’s magic bead.
The duck’s magic bead was about 60 cm in diameter, and the refrigerator was 80 cm deep.
‘Yes!’
A new horizon had opened up for Minhyuk’s refrigerator-based item procurement.
“I’ll buy it.”
“Really?”
The restaurant owner smiled broadly at Minhyuk’s quick decision.
**Chapter**
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The restaurant owner, the employees, and Minhyuk began to move the refrigerator together.
There was an outside door in the kitchen, but it wasn’t big enough for the large refrigerator to fit through.
So they had to take the refrigerator through the dining room and out the front entrance.
As they moved the refrigerator out into the dining room, the delivery drivers who were eating nearby stopped eating and came over to help.
The restaurant owner told them,
“Oh my, please keep eating! We’ll be fine on our own!”
“It’ll be done in no time if we all work together.”
And so, more than 10 people joined forces to carry the refrigerator out of the restaurant.
Loading the refrigerator onto the truck wasn’t too difficult.
That’s because the truck was equipped with a lift.
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**Wing-**
The refrigerator was lifted onto the lift and raised to the height of the cargo area.
They moved the refrigerator to the very back of the cargo area and secured it with belts so that it wouldn’t move.
Then they handed the restaurant owner 1 million won in cash.
He gave 100,000 won back to Minhyuk.
“You came to pick it up yourself, so you shouldn’t take the full 1 million won.”
The new refrigerator cost over 2 million won, but he was able to get the used refrigerator for 900,000 won.
Anyway, all that was left was to replace the old refrigerator with the new one.
He wanted to do it right away, but he held back.
He couldn’t keep blocking the restaurant’s entrance with the truck.
And besides, such a monumental task should be done at home.
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**Boong-**
Minhyuk drove the truck back home.
He got out of the driver’s seat and closed the gate.
He had already called an automatic door company.
They would come on Monday to give him an estimate and start the installation right away.
So all Minhyuk had to do was diligently accumulate return time so that he could return home next Monday.
He opened the cargo door and climbed inside.
The small refrigerator and the large refrigerator were sitting side by side like a baby bear and a papa bear.
Minhyuk stood in front of them.
And he said,
“Change.”
But nothing happened.
‘I knew it.’
Minhyuk put one hand on the small refrigerator.
And with his other hand, he reached for the large refrigerator.
And he said again,
“Change.”
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**Jjirrit-**
I felt a current run through my body.
It was the same feeling I had when I first removed the amulet that was stuck to the inside of the refrigerator.
‘Did it work?’
Minhyuk tried it out and said to the small refrigerator.
“Return.”
Originally, a flash of light should have occurred and I should have moved to the other world.
But nothing happened.
The small refrigerator had lost its mysterious power.
It seemed that the power had moved to the large refrigerator.
Minhyuk put his hand on the large refrigerator and said.
“Return.”
BAM-
Along with a flash of light, Minhyuk returned to the ancient temple.
And right away,
CLATTER-CLATTER-CLATTER-
The refrigerator-shaped stone statue shook.
The surrounding soldiers nervously stepped back.
BAM-
A bright light radiated from the magic diagram engraved on the temple floor.
Then, the refrigerator-shaped stone statue crumbled into small, glowing particles and dispersed.
The particles circled around in the air and then came to Minhyuk and were absorbed into his body.
＜Inventory has been expanded.＞
A glowing magic diagram and blue particles.
It was a dazzling display of light.
To the soldiers, it was a truly magnificent scene.
They thought to themselves.
‘As expected, the commander is no ordinary person!’
‘Was his arrival at this temple all part of a divine plan?’
Someone even thought this while looking at Minhyuk with an absent-minded expression.
‘What on earth did he come to this land to accomplish?’
The soldiers considered Minhyuk to be a divine messenger who had appeared on the continent of Rania to carry out some noble task.
And they were glad that they were able to assist him in his endeavors, even in a small way.
They felt an indescribable sense of pride in their own existence.
To some, this sense of pride was more precious than the lives that they had lived in the past, when such pride had seemed worthless.
‘I will follow him even to my death!’
While the soldiers were lost in their emotional fervor,
Minhyuk looked at the large inventory floating before his eyes and smacked his lips.
‘What should I put in it first?’
The first thing he wanted to put in and check was the armor.
After all, he had always been dissatisfied with the fact that he had not been able to increase the soldiers’ defense power until now.
If only I could equip all the soldiers with the ＜Blazing Metal Plate Armor of the Wandering Star＞ that I’m wearing,
If so, I might be able to confront Taydon head-on and defeat him without resorting to trickery.
Of course, there’s no need to do that now that the Pookari fruits are piling up.
‘Let’s head back to the fortress for now.’
This temple is also a dangerous area.
I can’t allow my subordinates to see their commander acting like an idiot taking off his armor in a dangerous area.
Let’s put the armor in the refrigerator when I get back to the Tamrin fortress.
And when I get to the fortress, there will be a greatsword and shield made of Star Metal.
Those are the ones I instructed David and Balin to make in advance, intending to use them as soon as the refrigerator gets bigger.
If those get put in the refrigerator and become easy to procure in large quantities, the soldiers’ combat power and defense will jump to another level.
‘It’s promising!’
Minhyuk led the special forces out of the ancient temple.
And he met up with the main force waiting outside the cave and headed for the fortress.