I’m Alone on the 100th Floor Episode 056
17. Tower Workshop (2)
While listening to the story, Eugene opened his eyes wide and turned towards the direction where the voice was coming from.
〈Ugh, you’re really not going to buy the ring?〉
Eugene, who had been walking without paying attention to Rasil’s voice, turned the corner and came across climbers talking.
“Excuse me. What did you just say? Could you tell me more about it?”
The two climbers, taken aback by Eugene’s appearance, explained the conversation they had just had.
“Isn’t that a very nutritious story?”
“I somehow became interested.”
“Oh, yes… …
Among the inventors of the workshop for climbers who conquer the tower, there were a few who seemed to have a taste for it. Among them… a young man who was called the so-called ‘eccentric genius’ was quite famous here.
why?
This is because, up until now, we have only invented ingenious but useless equipment.
“One of those useless inventions, maybe the one you just mentioned?”
“Huh? Yes. It’s equipment that can only be used by those below level 10. It’s an item that has a special effect when worn… I don’t know because I didn’t look closely at it.” The man nodded to Eugene’s question and added that he didn’t know the specifics of the item’s abilities.
“But perhaps, it wasn’t an item with such good effects compared to the conditions for wearing it.”
“If that were the case, we wouldn’t be here talking about that guy getting kicked out, Mani… things like that.”
Two people approached Eugene about the eccentric genius in the workshop and the things he had invented.
“I see, is this your first time at the workshop? If you don’t mind, why don’t you come to our shop? We have a lot of good items.”
“You don’t seem to be a warrior… You seem to be a wizard or a thief. Why don’t you come to our shop? A new item just came in, and without it, you’ll be called a beginner.”
Eugene, who had not even listened to the two people’s suggestions, answered instead.
“Do you happen to know where that eccentric person is?” I asked about the eccentric genius. True to his nickname, the inventor’s shop was tucked away in a corner of the workshop.
“???I’m lucky today.”
Not only was his clothes shabby, but his entire body was covered in dust as if he had been rolling around for a long time.
The workshop’s famous eccentric genius shrugged his shoulders at the sight of Eugene walking straight towards him.
“I thought I could close up shop today because a suspicious gentleman bought a bunch of stuff in the morning, but then a second customer came.”
The second customer who walked this way realized that he wasn’t the first and stopped to ask.
“Am I the second?”
“That’s right. Welcome.”
Looking at one of the empty display cases, it seemed like what he had just muttered was true.
“I also came to look at the items.”
Eugene, who had been browsing through the shelves with items rather than the empty ones, came to buy something. {This is Ki-ho}, the owner got up and dusted off the white powder on his head.
“What? Am I going to get struck by lightning?”
Eugene, who was laughing without realizing it, answered the owner’s monologue.
“You specifically said you came to look at things, not to buy them?”
The owner glanced over the guest’s head.
[Seon Yu-jin]
[Level: ???]
His second guest appeared to be wearing the workshop’s level shield, as the level was displayed as a question mark.
“Well, the atmosphere is like that of a ranker… I guess it’ll be hard to find what you want here?”
As the owner scratched his head and began to speak, Eugene took off his level cover with a look of surprise on his face.
[Level: 10]
As the level indicated by the question mark was revealed, the expression on the owner’s face, who had been indifferent until then, suddenly changed.
≪……r『
“I came here because I heard that they sell things that I might be able to use.”
“Huh?…”
At level 10, the main character, who had been blinking his eyes, opened the passage at the end of the display case as if to tell me to come into the store.
“First, inside.”
As I had heard before coming, it seemed like there were items for level 10.
“Just a moment.” Eugene glanced back and made eye contact with the deer that was looking at him from an appropriate distance.
‘Take good care of it.’
〈Don’t worry. I’ll be watching over the ring that you’re going to give me. So, when you buy everything, you should definitely get the ring too… Okay?〉
‘And then I’ll go and do it.’
Eugene, who had been frowning at Rasil’s voice, relaxed his expression and entered the beggar genius’s shop.
“Yeah. Level 10?”
When the owner asked about Eugene’s level one more time, Eugene glanced over his head.
[Philip]
[Level: 31]
The climber, who was called a weirdo by the people in the workshop, had a level of 31, an ambiguous number.
“yes.”
“You said you were looking for something usable, but what specifically? Weapons? Armor? Trinkets? Or consumables?”
Philip walked over to the pile of junk and asked.
‘Are they all items?’
I thought they were just a bunch of useless scrap metal, but they were all items that climbers could use.
“Customer, are you listening?”
Eugene, who had taken his eyes off the pile of items at the sound of Philip’s voice, answered the question.
“Well? I’ve never used anything that could be called an item before… I think something that I can just throw on would be fine.”
As Eugene scratched his head and answered, Philip frowned and looked at the second guest.
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‘what?’
It wasn’t really surprising that level 10 went up to the 20th floor.
This was because there were a certain amount of scrolls available to return to the Resting Floor at the top, and there were quite a few climbers who helped beginners.
‘Are you just being vague?’
I was a level 10 player who had a high guild and good connections, so I slowly reached the 20th floor… I thought it was just about that level.
The answer that he didn’t even know what equipment he was going to use was truly disappointing for Philip, who had been called an eccentric for a long time and had been waiting for customers.
“ha.”
Philip turned his head and sighed softly so that the guests wouldn’t hear.
The first customer of the day who had just stopped by, and the second customer who came in a row… both seemed unable to satisfy their desires.
“Well then, let’s just take a quick look.”
As Philip, who had lost all motivation to explain, crumpled into a corner of the store, Eugene shrugged and began to look through the items.
‘Would you like to see some weapons?’
Most of the weapons were made in strange shapes, which made me realize why the people in the workshop I just met referred to him as a ‘freak’.
[Philip’s Rusty Sword]
[Rank: Normal]
[weapon]
[This is a rusty sword made by climber ‘Philip’. It has a special power hidden inside it compared to a normal iron sword, but it has not been released yet.]
[Wearing Conditions: Level ’10’ or lower Climate
[Philip’s Rusty Gauntlets]
[Rank: Normal]
[Armor]
[A rusty gauntlet made by climber ‘Philip’. It has a special power hidden inside it compared to normal gauntlets, but it has not been unlocked yet.]
[Wearing Conditions: Level ’10’ or lower Climate
Eugene clicked his tongue inwardly as he looked over the mostly rusty equipment.
Because they hadn’t been sold for a long time, and hadn’t been cleaned for a long time… most of the items weren’t in good condition.
‘Huh, they’re all really restricted to level 10? It’s strange, but…
I could understand being called a weirdo, but I couldn’t quite understand why he was called a genius.
‘There’s nothing worth writing about?’
Eugene, who was looking through the items, found a weapon that looked particularly sharp among the rusted things and picked it up.
[Philip’s masterpiece, the steel sickle]
[Rank: Normal]
[weapon]
[This is a scythe that climber ‘Philip’ put a lot of effort into making. It has a special power hidden inside, but it has not been revealed yet.]
[Wearing Conditions: Level ’10’ Climax
The weapon he picked up was a scythe, slightly larger than Eugene.
“This seems pretty good, doesn’t it?”
As Eugene lifted the large scythe, Philip, who was sitting in the corner, began to look expectant in his eyes.
‘You have an eye for seeing.’
The thought occurred to me again that the second guest might not be a beginner.
“I made it a while ago. Even if I say it myself, it’s pretty good. It’s usable.” Eugene spoke with a regretful expression as he slowly moved the weapon he was holding with both hands.
“It’s not bad, but is there anything better?”
Eugene carefully put the scythe back where it belonged and asked Philip.
“What’s better?”
Philip’s face crumpled.
“If you’re not satisfied with that much, you should just leave here.”
“o uh……”
—- C3 ?
“In the first place, there isn’t much equipment that can be used by level 10 players.”
Philip, with a fierce expression, pointed at the scythe Eugene had put down with his finger and looked annoyed.
“What do you think level 10 is?”
“excuse me??????
Eugene, who had been listening to the soft grumbling voice, looked over the other equipment and changed his question.
“I think the message was miscommunicated… That’s not a very good thing.”
“What?”
“At least, by my standards.”
Eugene, who had just answered that the scythe he had just lifted did not meet his standards, asked Philip, who had suddenly gotten up.
“You can’t call something good if it breaks after swinging it once or twice, can you?”
As Philip frowned, speechless at Eugene’s words, Eugene explained in more detail about the equipment he needed.
“Something that can be used by level 10, something that doesn’t break easily even if you swing it around a bit, something with a nice design… Actually, performance isn’t that important.”
Philip’s pupils began to shake at Eugene’s words that performance was not important.
If a guest he had longed for would come to visit him, he would bring up such words and wait for the deception.
“It doesn’t matter because I am superior to the weapon’s performance… Can this be interpreted as such?”
When Philip approached the guest and asked cautiously, Eugene answered while avoiding eye contact for no reason.
“Maybe?”
“Then there is something good.”
Philip turned around quickly and started rummaging through the clutter.
clattering!
Mountains of objects were falling one after another, but Philip paid no attention and continued searching for the items Eugene wanted.
“???this.”
What Philip brought out this time was wrapped in luxurious cloth, unlike the rusty or simply neglected items.
[Philip’s Failure, The Steel That Repays]
[Rating: ???]
[ingredient]
[This is an unfortunate material that climber ‘Philip’ put a lot of effort into making, but ended in failure.]
[Caution! This equipment made of steel has abilities that are proportional to the wearer’s ability, but it is designed so that only the strong can hold it.] The thing wrapped in cloth was a square piece of steel slightly larger than a human palm.
“What is this?”
A raw stone that had not yet been turned into equipment was in Philip’s hands.
“If it’s okay, I’d like to custom-make this for you… How many traits does it have, by any chance?”
When Philip asked with the attitude of shooting rays from his eyes, Eugene unconsciously took a step back and asked back.
“Why the sudden trait?”
“It will be proportional.”
“proportion?”
“Items made with this will have options proportional to the number of traits the wearer has.”
Eugene blinked his eyes.
“Yes. If there is a weapon that the customer wants, the customer must obtain the appropriate qualification for it himself.”
Philip asked, clutching the ‘Repaying Steel’ tightly.
“Trait… How many are there?”