Episode 26. Potential Power
-The points for leveling up are [500P].
Dojun leveled up his Hand of Midas without hesitation.
-The Hand of Midas skill level has increased!
-LV3 >> LV4
-New features added!
-[Potential Power] Ability is unlocked.
“Potential power?”
Dojun’s eyes opened wide.
-You can draw out the potential of the material.
“Can you draw out your potential?”
It wasn’t a phrase that was immediately understandable.
“I guess I’ll have to try it to find out.”
Dojun took out a platinum first.
This platinum was not the bad platinum used in the past, but platinum that was still platinum.
“This time it’s real A-grade platinum.”
As soon as I put my hand on the platinum, it began to glow.
-Material Potential: 50
-You can raise it by 80.
“Oh my.”
Now I’m starting to understand a little bit.
It seemed to be the ability to raise the original potential of the material, that is, the quality of the material.
“Even if the grade is A, the quality of the material itself is all different.”
Even if equipment is made with the same A-grade platinum, there are cases where the options are different.
It seemed that this latent power was what quantified such subtle differences and increased them to create better materials.
-Use potential power.
Shaaaaak-.
The platinum, which had maintained its original beautiful color, suddenly began to emit a brilliant light.
‘The original color has become darker.’
Dojun looked around at the platinum.
Platinum using latent power definitely felt different.
Anyone who has awakened in the production world will know right away.
That it has changed into so-called fresh ingredients.
“This way, if you buy bad ingredients, they will become good ingredients, and ordinary ingredients will become good ingredients, and good ingredients will······.”
Dojun took a breath.
“What happens?”
I was quite curious as to how far this latent power could be used and reached.
“Then I should check it out. I have money.”
***
The place Dojun found was the largest general store within the craftsman’s workshop area.
‘I’m going to spend all 600 million today.’
I was thinking of investing all the money I earned yesterday into materials.
‘First, purchase more Cheongdukseok.’
It’s about time now. Dojun found out separately that the Sky Tower raid team is currently raiding the last floor.
‘That means we’ll hear news of the attack soon.’
It meant that the black and blue stone was rising.
Dojun planned to follow suit by purchasing a large quantity of black and blue stones, making equipment, and putting them in the workshop.
Basically, it is a workshop that relies on requests, but it is right to go with the flow on this great opportunity.
‘And with the remaining 300 million.’
“These are the ingredients that just arrived! The ingredients that everyone has been waiting for! It’s the Blue Dungeon Mithril!”
Blue Dungeon Mithril.
This dungeon’s mithril was a very precious material.
“The grade is a bit disappointing, but since it’s an A grade, the price is very reasonable! You can never find it at this price!”
The voice of the store clerk echoed loudly.
“We’ll take you there for just 400 million won!”
“What? 400 million? Dungeon Mithril costs 400 million?”
“How much damage must it have done for the dungeon Mithril to only cost 400 million?”
“If it’s blue, it means it has a lot of mana in it.”
“Let’s check the condition!”
At the clerk’s words, the blacksmiths who had been waiting began to rush to check the Blue Dungeon Mithril.
“Hey, tsk.”
“So that’s why it happened like this?”
“There was a reason why my rating went down. Tsk.”
The awakened members of the production world began to step back, each saying a few words.
After they stepped back, Dojun stood in front of the empty space.
‘Dungeon Mithril is light and strong. And above all, it has incredible mana efficiency.’
Because of this, when making swords or armor with this mithril, mana could be used much more efficiently.
‘You can withstand more damage and deal more damage.’
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It also allowed you to receive mana more efficiently, which made you feel much more powerful no matter what gear you were wearing.
‘Especially this blue one.’
And then there’s this blue aura that rises softly.
‘There’s something that stimulates that emotion.’
But the reason the blacksmiths retreated was clear. This blue dungeon mithril had too many wounds and its aura was only coming up sporadically.
‘It’s not exactly low quality, but it’s not high quality either.’
In fact, considering that this blue dungeon Mithril was an A-grade item, it was considered good.
‘Most of the blue dungeon mithril are S-grade materials.’
There were actually many merits to being able to buy materials that would easily cost over 1 billion for just 400 million.
‘And actually, the merits are too great for me.’
Using the ability of the Hand of Midas LV4, this slightly lacking quality could actually be turned into an advantage rather than a disadvantage.
Since you can buy it cheaply, it can be seen as a big profit when you add that up.
‘But it’s a waste to buy it at this price.’
“Oh my, boss. If the Blue Dungeon Mithril costs 400 million, that’s really cheap. You can’t buy it for that price anywhere else.”
At those words, Dojun smiled and pointed to various parts of Mithril with his hand.
Every time Dojun pointed, the clerk’s smiling face cracked slightly.
“And then there’s this part. It’s a bit much to buy this for 400 million. But if there’s a discount······.”
Dojun took out cash from his pocket.
“I will buy it all in cash.”
“!”
The clerk quickly asked me to wait a moment and then went inside.
And then the clerk who came out bowed to Dojun.
“Thank you for waiting. I have received permission for a discount! They said that it is possible to get a discount of up to 3,000!”
“Do you happen to have some black stone at the general store?”
“There is nothing we don’t have in our store. Of course we also have black stone! But why are you looking for black stone…?”
He began to explain about the Cheongheukseok.
“Actually, there are many ingredients here that I would like to recommend more than that.”
“What is the quality of the black stone?”
“They’re all A-grade, and there are probably some higher grades. But, as you know. And as I explained······.”
“I’m planning on buying a large quantity of Cheonheukseom. As you said, there should be quite a lot in stock. I’ll buy a lot of them. In return, I’d like you to give me an additional discount on this Blue Dungeon Mithril.”
The clerk hesitated for a moment again at Dojun’s negotiating skills.
Eventually, he brought in someone who seemed a little higher up on the inside, perhaps because he thought he couldn’t solve it on his own.
“Hello. My name is Kim Deuk-gyu, the manager of the general store.”
“hello.”
“You said that you were thinking of purchasing the Blue Dungeon Mithril in exchange for purchasing the Blue Black Stone. 30 million won is the maximum discount we can give you, but how much more Blue Black Stone are you planning to purchase?”
Dojun smiled at those words.
“As much as you give me a discount.”
“······yes?”
“The 30 million won discount has already been applied, so I will purchase the black stone equivalent to the 370 million won discount.”
The store manager’s eyes wavered at Dojun’s suggestion.
Likewise, in the general store, black stone was not a very valuable item.
There were hardly any people living there, and only small amounts went out very occasionally.
The size of the general store was such that a large amount of black and blue stones had been purchased, and the black and blue stones were not materials that would rot or anything.
Just storing it was costing money.
Of course, that wasn’t something the store manager had to worry about, but if he could get rid of this stock of black and blue stones, it would definitely be a huge advantage in his performance evaluation.
“Well, then.”
“Please give me 300 million.”
As Dojun answered neatly, the store manager’s eyes shook once more.
“That’s too······.”
When I expressed my position that I was in trouble, Do-jun greeted me without hesitation and tried to leave. The store manager grabbed Do-jun in a hurry.
Normally, there would be no compromise in this situation. Even though he is the store manager, there is a line that only a store manager can draw.
But this situation was a little different.
‘The blue-black stone is clouding my eyes.’
Dojun knew this situation very well.
Those ambiguous and worrisome situations.
And when I hit that exact spot, I got the desired reaction back.
‘I guess we should finish here now.’
“I would like to purchase 300 million won worth of black stone, including the 5 thousand you are giving me as a discount.”
“yes!?”
In that moment, the store manager’s eyes completely turned around.
“Is it possible?”
Now was not the time to hesitate any longer.
“Yes! If you purchase it like that, yes! I will make it possible somehow! Thank you, sir!”
***
Dojun put the purchased black stone in the workshop’s material warehouse.
I saw the blue dungeon mithril I had purchased.
“Hoooooooo.”
This was my first time experiencing something like this.
‘I never thought the day would come when I would be able to buy something worth hundreds of millions of won like this.’
Dojun handled Mithril very delicately.
“Let’s make it. Grade A.”
– Make equipment!
– Choose your main ingredients.
– Select [Blue Dungeon Mithril].
The object that Dojun was going to make was a sword.
The Draco’s Claw that was made previously was a dagger, so it might work well in places like the Shindorim D-class dungeon, but it was difficult in dungeons higher than that.
‘Now you can make A-class equipment.’
There are quite a few classifications of the awakened members of the production world.
This can be considered the lowest tier, and is essentially the bottom tier that is not treated as a crafting awakened person. Starting with the crafters who cannot create artifacts because they cannot store mana, they are divided into D-class crafters, C-class crafters, and B-class crafters.
These are rated as Tier 3.
‘My current status is that of a tier 3 crafter. However, I have a big advantage over other tier 3 crafters.’
Likewise, there were quite a few producers who were 3rd tier producers but received attention by making use of their special skills like Dojun.
Usually, producers who belong here join workshops or guilds to make the most of their strengths.
If Dojun could make A-class equipment here, he would become a producer who could make A-class equipment with the advantage of speed.
‘Then my value is.’
It has no choice but to soar to the ceiling.
The number of scouts coming this time will be ridiculously large.
‘And there are times when I have to go into dungeons beyond that to get materials. I need to make a sword that will work properly.’
-Check your potential power.
-[Blue Dungeon Mithril]’s Potential Power [45]
-You can increase your potential power up to 75!
Dojun immediately brought out his latent power.
Shaaaaah-!
Then, the light emitted by the Blue Dungeon Mithril became even stronger. Dojun then selected the auxiliary materials.
Dojun, who had selected Mana Stone as a secondary material, continued his work.
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‘This time, I’ll make the sword in the most classic way. Without any other techniques. A sword that is truly a sword. I’ll make sure to take advantage of the Blue Dungeon Mithril’s strengths.’
The idea was to make a sword that was neither too thick nor too thin.
Clang-! Clang-! Clang-!
As Dojun continued to strike the hammer, the sword’s appearance slowly began to change.
Kyaang-!
And as soon as he finished striking the hammer, light spread from the sword like smoke.
-You’ve created the equipment!
-We created equipment by drawing out all the potential of the materials!
-You have earned [50P] points!
-Great hammering! Extra points earned.
-You have earned [10P] points!
The notification window kept appearing, but Dojun’s gaze was on the finished product that had already been created.
“······.”
Dojun stared at the object he had made for a while in silence.
“It’s to the point where I wonder if I really made it.”
A sword of such beauty was completed.
Dojun then confirmed the most important thing.
“!”
Dojun’s eyes widened as he checked the grade.
