Episode 4
“But how do you plan to prove it in a place like this?”
In response to Kang Jin-hyeok’s question, the dwarf packed his luggage and spoke in a loud voice.
“Follow me.”
“Where do you want to go?”
“You’ll know when you see it, Emma!”
The dwarf, who had a strong sense of craftsmanship, was furious that the precious orichalcum, the metal of dreams, was being ignored as cheap.
Kang Jin-hyeok felt reluctant, but he had no choice but to follow the dwarf.
As I followed the dwarf through the labyrinth, I encountered a few goblins, but they were no obstacle at all.
“Get out, you guys.”
The goblin was hit by the dwarf’s lightly swung hammer and was shattered like a popped balloon.
Kang Jin-hyeok learned for the first time today that monsters can die in that way.
“Is this a fuss for nothing… … .”
“Huh? What did you just say?”
“Oh, no. I’m just talking to myself.”
Kang Jin-hyeok, who was walking behind the dwarf, soon discovered an unusual place.
A huge furnace and anvil, as well as numerous hammers and equipment, seem out of place in a labyrinthine dungeon.
It was a stereotypical sight, as if to say, ‘This is what a blacksmith is like.’
“What are you staring at so absentmindedly? Did you fall in love with my house?”
“A, a house? In a place like this?”
“The monsters that come here sometimes are a bit annoying, but it’s a pretty good place to live because there’s good quality ore.”
“… … Your criteria for what constitutes a good life are truly unique.”
It was the gentlest way to say, “Are you crazy?” but the dwarf took it as a compliment.
“Really? I think it was a really creative idea.”
The dwarf, who had been laughing heartily, realized that he had been making a bet, coughed, and belatedly looked serious.
The dwarf placed his luggage on what looked like a desk and then extended his hand toward Kang Jin-hyeok.
“Give me that bat.”
“What are you going to do with this?”
“Oh, please! Don’t ask so many questions, just give me some!”
Kang Jin-hyeok hid his words, “What a fu*king personality,” in the back of his throat as he handed over the bat he was holding.
“Don’t try something weird and ruin it for nothing.”
“You idiot! Do you really think I would do something careless without knowing how precious Orichalcum is?”
The dwarf took the bat and went straight into the room near the furnace.
Kang Jin-hyeok couldn’t go in with them because the door was slammed shut.
“I thought they were going to melt everything down right away when they told me to go to the furnace… … .”
Judging from the way he entered the room, it seemed like he wasn’t planning on melting the bat down to make something weird.
But it was too early to feel at ease.
It seemed unlikely that a dwarf with that outgoing personality would use an aluminum bat for ordinary purposes.
As expected, dazzling lights began to leak out through the crack in the door.
“What on earth are you doing with a 250,000 won bat?”
As the intensity of the leaking light grew, the feeling of anxiety grew even more.
Kang Jin-hyeok, unable to bear it any longer, walked towards the door and knocked on it with his fist.
“What are you doing right now?!”
“It’s almost over, so shut up!”
“No, you don’t have to explain what you’re doing! You’re not switching things out, are you?!”
No matter how loudly I shouted, no more words could be heard from the room.
As the silence continued, Kang Jin-hyeok knocked on the door.
Bang bang bang.
By the time the sound of knocking filled the blacksmith shop, filled with protest.
The door opened with a bang and the glove he had thrown away flew out and hit Kang Hyuk in the face.
“Eww!”
Kang Hyuk, who was hit with a loud thud, covered his face.
“You impatient little brat! Do you really have to do something like that when you can’t stand that little moment?”
“Ugh… … If you had explained it to me before you went in, this wouldn’t have happened!”
“X-hey! What good will it do if you foolishly believe that you’ll do well on your own?”
The dwarf swung the bat roughly, screaming loudly.
“Look at this, you little shit!”
Kang Jin-hyeok took the bat and tilted his head.
“Is this my bat? It’s turned red.”
“That’s the special feature of Orichalcum, Inma! If you just use it, it’s a soft and weak metal, but the more you enchant it, the redder and stronger it becomes.”
“This, enchantment?”
Kang Jin-hyeok doubted his ears.
As far as he knows, when an item has a special effect attached to it, it is said to be ‘enchanted’.
Enchanted items were extremely rare items that were only dropped by high-level monsters of A rank or higher.
Even if it was a normal item, if it was enchanted, it was sold for several times more than a rare item.
There was someone who could do that artificially.
Kang Jin-hyeok’s perspective on dwarves changed.
I thought the author was mentally unwell, but it turns out he’s actually a very capable person!
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Kang Jin-hyeok looked at the bat with an excited face.
[Legendary Baseball Bat]
Rating: Legendary
Description: It was a common baseball bat made of aluminum, but through repeated enchantments, it reached legendary status.
[Added Effects]
Durability S
Presence detection
Automatic recovery
Kang Jin-hyeok, who was checking the information, was startled.
Although the other effects were amazing, the one that caught my eye the most was ‘durability’.
Even if only B-grade was attached, the durability that would have been inflated by tens of millions of won was attached to a single baseball bat that was as good as S-grade.
“At this point, it’s worth just calling… …!”
A durable B-grade weapon
If I sold just this one, I could live off of it for at least three generations without lifting a finger.
This is truly a life-changing lottery!
The dwarf proudly told Kang Jin-hyeok, who was filled with joy.
“How is it? Isn’t it amazing? Plus, Orichalcum increases the enchantment ability by over 300%!”
“Is that true?”
“Why would I lie?”
Kang Jin-hyeok couldn’t close his gaping mouth.
I thought the dwarves were just talking nonsense about aluminum, but they really did make something amazing.
After seeing this thing, I couldn’t help but admit it.
“I lost.”
The question, ‘Didn’t you swap it for something else?’ was useless.
After checking the item information, it was clear that this was the baseball bat that Kang Jin-hyeok had brought.
When Kang Jin-hyeok cleanly admitted that he had lost the bet, the dwarf let out a hearty laugh.
“Hahahahaha! This little brat finally believes it!”
Kang Jin-hyeok expected that since the dwarves won, they would immediately ask for something.
But what the dwarf said was completely different from what he had thought.
“Don’t bother talking nonsense again when you don’t know what you’re talking about, and take good care of that bat.”
“yes?”
Kang Jin-hyeok looked at the dwarf with a surprised expression.
“You want me to take this?”
“Why do you ask something so obvious? Did you really think I was going to take it away from you?”
“That, that… … .”
As the dwarf said, Kang Jin-hyeok thought that he would take his bat as payment for the bet.
Since it was an orichalcum, it was treated as such a precious item.
But the dwarf had no intention of doing that.
“I’m not a thief. Why would I take someone else’s equipment?”
“Then why this enchantment… … ?”
“You asked me to show you the evidence.”
Dwarves were a greedy race, but there were two things they never touched.
It was the work of another blacksmith and equipment that was not his own.
“I’ll take it if you give it to me, but looking at you, it looks like you have no use for anything other than that weapon.”
In fact, the Orichalcum was coveted, but that was precisely why the dwarf did not take the bat.
‘It’s the metal of the gods, so there must be a reason why they chose it as their master.’
The dwarf believed so and buried his personal greed in his heart.
“Since I gave you an enchantment, you should stop acting like a beggar. Inma.”
Kang Jin-hyeok was moved when he heard the dwarf’s words.
“Thank you, sir.”
The memory of being annoyed by the constant cursing and yelling has already disappeared as if it were washed away.
What’s the big deal about hearing some insults when you turned a 250,000 won bat into something worth hundreds of millions of won?
Kang Jin-hyeok checked the bat’s information once again to confirm that this was not a dream.
Two features that come with the Durability S.
Presence detection was the ability to detect enemies within a 5m radius, and automatic recovery was the ability to return to the owner within 1 minute no matter where it fell.
“Is it possible for this automatic recall to not change targets?”
When asked by Kang Jin-hyeok, the dwarf immediately nodded.
“I gave it to you because I didn’t want it to get stolen.”
Kang Jin-hyeok had a complicated expression on his face after hearing that answer.
The kindness was appreciated, but it meant that the bat could never be transferred or sold to anyone else.
‘It’s a bit disappointing that even though the performance is good, it can’t be sold.’
Kang Jin-hyeok, who was feeling regretful, suddenly remembered something.
“Then, if I bring another orichalcum, can you enchant it like this?”
“That would be easy. But not now.”
“Yes? Why?”
“I don’t have any more materials to use for enchantments.”
It was a very disappointing answer.
Aluminum is abundant outside, so if only I could have enchanted it, I could have gotten as much as I wanted.
“Then can’t we get more materials?”
“Hmm… I guess I can get it if I search through this dungeon.”
“Really?”
Kang Jin-hyeok reacted so violently that his eyes widened.
“If you have the materials, can you make something like this?”
“Yeah, yeah. It’s possible if you just bring the materials.”
The dwarf couldn’t understand why Kang Jinhyuk was so excited.
Orichalcum isn’t a common item, so what difference would it make if I brought it as enchantment material?
The dwarf thought that Kang Jin-hyeok was harboring vain dreams, but the reality was different.
Kang Jin-hyeok was burning with motivation as he discovered yet another reason to explore the dungeon.
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Kang Jin-hyeok made an excuse that he had something to do and left the attic after parting ways with the dwarf.
It was a rule that you shouldn’t rush in recklessly just because you’re full of enthusiasm.
Since there was so little information about the dungeon, we had to prepare even more thoroughly.
“First, let’s sell this goblin corpse and buy new inventory.”
If you want to spend a long time in the labyrinth, you need an inventory that can hold dozens of monsters.
“But how do you sell this?”
Selling through exchanges was impossible unless the source was disclosed.
The Association’s unreasonable policy of preventing other hunters from stealing their loot became a huge obstacle for Kang Jin-hyeok.
“Should I try the black market… … .”
In every transaction there is a market that operates illegally.
In order to dispose of the goblin’s corpse without revealing the true identity of the labyrinth, he had no choice but to visit a place he thought he would never have anything to do with in his life.
“Let’s see… … I must have received a business card then.”
Kang Jin-hyeok took out his wallet and found the business card he had received before.
Looking at the business card with only a phone number and a name written on white paper without any promotional text, Kang Jin-hyeok recalled what the other person had said at the time.
‘One kidney is a gift from God. If you need money urgently, please contact me.’
When I think back on it, it really is a great saying.
Using the skills you’ve built up through long-term trading, you can even trade monster corpses.
I just imagined it and it already gave me goosebumps.
“Don’t be scared, I’m not selling my body.”
Kang Jin-hyeok took a deep breath and regained his composure.
Then he took out his smartphone and entered the number written on the business card.
