Chapter 78: Chocte Mine
Trantor: ChubbyCheeks
PR: MattForgenti
[All skills and abilities rted to Dexterity will have a 40% improvement.]
It was literally a sharp increase in the numbers. Originally, there was only a 10% improvement every 100 points increased in DEX. However, it suddenly increased to 40% after it reached 1000. In other words, if the power of Minhyuk’s skills and abilities rted to DEX were originally at 10, right now they would be 20.
But that wasn’t the end to the notifications.
[A special privilege will be generated for a random skill picked out from your skills and abilities rted to DEX. Your skills and abilities rted to your Food Fighter job ss are excluded from the random picking.]
[The Beginner’s Bandaging has been randomly selected.]
[You can now view the sealed special privilege.]
Minhyuk quickly opened the Beginner’s Bandaging Skill.
(Beginner’s Bandaging)
Passive Skill
Level: 4
Effects:
━ Wound recovery +1.8%+1%
━ +0.6 times eleration on the slow recovery pace.
Sealed Special Privilege: Material restoration.
‘Huh? Material restoration?’
Minhyuk looked at it strangely before clicking on it. Fortunately, it opened without a hitch despite its name saying that it was sealed.
(Material Restoration)
Special Privilege
Effects: It can restore all materials and ingredients that have been spoiled, inedible or damaged such as bruised fruit, meat that was left out at room temperature, or even spoiled milk.
Minhyuk’s hands trembled when he read the effects.
‘Wow……! This is really good!’
The special privilege that he got for the Beginner’s Bandaging skill was really really awesome.
In our daily lives, we would never buy spoiled meat and milk or bruised fruits. Improperly storing these materials would eventually fade and rot over time.
However, the special privilege could allow him to return these ingredients to their peak state. But in order for him to do so, he would need to be at the intermediate level in his bandaging skills. In addition, this special privilege was randomly picked among his skills and abilities that were rted to DEX. It even excluded the skills he had in his Food Fighter job ss.
I didn’t know that there would be another special privilege after the first one.
After he finished checking everything, Minhyuk was left in deep thought.
‘I can’t believe that he cried while he was eating……!’
Ron had never seen anyone quite like him in all of the years that he’d been alive.
“Boy, you must really like food.”
“Hehe, that’s right!”
Minhyuk nodded his head as if answering in agreement was still not enough to show his love for food.
“Actually, there’s this legend that has been going around since long ago.”
“A legend?”
Minhyuk’s nose twitched, he could definitely smell the scent of another quest.
Ron shook his head at him.
“There’s only one mine near the vicinity of the Kingdom of Barras and it was said that there was a chocte tree that will never wither in there.”
“......Cho, chocte tree. Did you say chocte tree?!”
“Chocte?!”
Both Minhyuk and Hyemin reacted at the same time to the word chocte. Ron shook his head helplessly as he exined it to them seriously.
“Yeah. They said that no matter how much you eat chocte from the chocte tree, there will always be chocte the next day. I don’t know if this will count as proof but if you go and mine in the Brethni Mines, you can dig up iron ores but sometimes you will be able to dig up chocte ores along with the iron ores.”
“Wow!”
“Woooow!”
Minhyuk and Hyemin both let out gasps of admiration.
Then his mind started to wander and imagine…
‘If I eat a lot today, chocte will still grow the next day……!’
Today I can eat just the chocte, tomorrow I can melt the chocte and eat it like it was the devil’s jam, Nute! I can also make chocopie with the chocte and eat it deliciously!
“Chocte…… If you freeze it…… then it would be the best.”
Minhyuk and Hyemin both licked their lips and gulped down their saliva. Then Hyemin suddenly said…
“No! Chocte tastes better if it’s melted. It’s more delicious if you suck the chocte on each finger after every bite!”
“That’s good too!”
“Hehe!”
Ron interjected in their conversation.
“The most important thing is that the chocte tree still has many abilities that are way beyond what anyone can imagine. I think one of the skills was ‘Can Cure Someone at Death’s Door all at Once.’ or so I’ve heard?”
“Ooooooh.”
“There’s a miner named Leton. Boy, why don’t you go and meet with him?”
Ring!
[Quest: Confirm the details of the Legend of the Chocte Tree with the Miner Leton.]
Rank: ?
Restrictions: Favorability with Ron.
Rewards: 6,000 cksmithing Proficiency Points
Penalty for Failure: Will not be able to determine the existence of chocte trees.
Description: There’s a legend about the Chocte Tree handed down from the Brethni Mines. This is the chance to find things out about it. Meet with the Miner Leton!
“Poopy piggy, since you ate all of my chocte you should also let Hyeminie taste the Chocte Tree, okay?!”
Minhyuk hesitated for a moment but he soon nodded at her with a smile.
“Sure!”
“Hehe!”
Hyemin recently gave Minhyuk some ABD choctes. Those choctes were the first choctes he had ever eaten after so many years. It was the chocte that he couldn’t eat no matter how much money or things he had in real life.
Hyemin’sDad called Minhyuk their benefactor but for Minhyuk, perhaps, Hyemin was his benefactor.
‘Chocte tree…… Let’s get it!’
Minhyuk thought like this but he needed to log-out soon.
It was time for his exercise.
***
Minhyuk followed Changwook to the swimming pool as soon as he got out of the capsule to exercise. As soon as he finished exercising, he sat down on a chair and rested for a while.
He then started to browse through Athenae’s official homepage as he munched on his cherry tomatoes. He searched about the Brethni Mines as he continued to eat.
[Is it true that chocte orees out together with the iron ore in Brethni Mines?
gadad624: Yes, it’s true. Something like that has been found in the Kingdom of Barras.
AMasterLaborer: It’s because the Kingdom of Barras is a treasure trove and a ce for production sses. The chocte ores were used by chefs in a recipe, most of them were sold by cksmith ss users who dig up iron ores to chefs and choctiers.
Lucie’sHeart: There are a lot of those kinds of things in the Kingdom of Barras. You can even learn bandage wrapping from a mob in there and whenever you treat a monster with it you will even get iron ore as a drop. Then you can sell the iron ore to a cksmith. There are a lot of quests like this in that ce.]
Minhyuk now understood.
The chocte came from the mines. And there would be someone who would ask Is this thing special? at least once. But the Kingdom of Barras, where Minhyuk is currently located, was like the home for all of the production sses.
If fishermen could even receive bandages just by fishing then cksmiths could also mine for iron ore but receive chocte, an ingredient used for cooking. A painter could also sell sculpting materials that he received frompleting a painting to a sculptor from the next town. In other words, the system also allowed the users to learn about trading and transactions.
However, just by looking at it, he could tell that chocte was something that they have neglected from the drops or loot they got through hardbor.
[Frankly speaking, I think the worst thing that cane out of the Brethni Mines is the chocte……
Miner’sSpittingSaliva: Same. In all honesty, I think the miners are the ones who have the hardest time in getting materials…… It’s really hard to break those rocks so this ahjussi is telling you to stop choosing this work ???? I beg you, we’re already short on materials…… And there’s also a penalty once you choose the miner ss, so I hope that you don’t……
gkad5126: Being a miner is really too hard for any person…… thumbs down. I don’t think there’s someone crazy enough to choose the miner’s job ss just so they could eat chocte.]
Minhyuk was confused.
“Hyung.”
“Huh?”
“There’s a weird guy here. Why are they saying that it’s crazy to be a miner if they want to eat chocte? I think he’s weird the moment I saw hisments?”
Minhyuk twirled his hand beside his head, it seemed like he really thought that the person was weird.
“Y, yeah. That person is weird. Ha, hahaha!”
“Why are youughing like that?”
“No, nothing…… Are you going to work as a miner so you could eat chocte?”
“Yes.”
“......”
Changwook scratched his cheek.
In fact, mining was a really tough job that no other job could evenpare. And because of that, the mine itself was neglected and dismissed. Even though it seemed that some cksmiths would go and mine in there, they would also walk away and dismiss the idea soon after.
There were plenty of other mines outside of the Kingdom of Barras where there were much better minerals and much better treatment for minerspared to the Brethni Mines.
“You’re really going to mine just because you want to eat chocte?”
“Yes!”
“Not for the mineral and ores?”
“Of course. What’s the use of minerals when I can’t even eat them?”
“Goo, good luck……”
Changwook shook his head in defeat as Minhyuk turned to look at him.
“Ah, that’s right. Hyung. Do you know Hyemin’sDad?”
“Isn’t that somebody’s father?”
“No, it’s a nickname.”
“I don’t know?”
“Then, do you know about the Dragon Sword?”
“Hey, of course I know! Does it even make sense for someone who ys Athenae to not know about the Dragon Sword?!”
Changwook’s expression screamed like it was only natural.
Dragon Sword!
It was the artifact that was sold with the highest auction price ever! There were even rumors that the man who made the artifact was hailed as the number 1 in the unofficial cksmith rankings. In fact, even yers of Athenae from overseas were interested in the Dragon Sword.
“The guy who made that said that he would make an artifact for me.”
“R, really? Is that the Hyemin’sDad person you were talking about earlier?”
“Yes.”
“......What did you ask him to make you? Huh? A sword would be great. A sword with a dragon motif! Waaah, it’s so cool even if I’m just imagining it. Wow! Or is it a shield? Invincible shield! Can defend against anything! Kyaa, I’m really jealous……”
“But I asked him to make me a frying pan though?”
“That’s right. A frying pan is really coo……”
He rubbed his ears hard, Changwook thought that he might have misheard what Minhyuk said.
“W, what……?”
“I asked him to make me a frying pan. Pfft. He even readily epted my difficult request.”
“B, by any chance… Did he look like he wanted to beat you with a frying pan?”
“Actually, he had tears in his eyes.”
Changwook suddenly felt a sense of camaraderie with Hyemin’sDad.
‘You were dumbfounded, right……? Each and every single day I can feel this sense of loss and dumbfoundedness too.’
Without knowing what’s going through his mind and heart, Minhyuk just continued to talk.
“Frying pan. I can’t wait for it!”
***
Horden Guild’s Bronny. He was known as Lee Sangmin in real life.
Before he essed the game…
‘I think I have 30 minutes until the appointment?’
It was the appointment with Card, who contacted him not too long ago!
He asked them to meet at the Kingdom of Barras. Their meeting ce was a shabby inn located in the kingdom.
In the meantime, he went and approached his father who was reading the newspaper. He wanted to ask about the user, who looked like Kang Minhyuk, who he PKed and robbed off of all the items recently.
“Dad.”
“What’s wrong, did you have another fight?!”
It was a scolding just from the get go! This just showed how much fighting and idents Brony have done despite his age.
“N, no. It’s not that. I was just curious about something.”
“You’re curious? I can’t believe that there’s something that you’re curious about in your life. This lowly one is very thrilled.”
“......”
“Why?”
“......No, nothing.”
Lee Sangmin suddenly realized what sorrow truly was. Then he carefully asked him…
“Do you remember Kang Minhyuk? The guy who took my money.”
“Of course I remember. Didn’t he rip you off of your money together with your friends? Weren’t there at least 20 people who he hit and begged for forgiveness from him? I, your dad, even want to remove you from the family register at that time but I endured out of pity for you.”
He was dumbfounded. For a moment, Lee Sangmin thought that he was just a child picked up from the streets by his stinking father.
Why is he hitting me with these facts?
“But Dad, you told me back then… Don’t ever touch him again if you don’t want our house to fall down in ruins. How can he even make our house fall if I touch him again. No. What did his dad do that he can even make our house fall to ruins if I ever did that again?”
His father ced his newspaper down as he heaved a huge sigh.
“It has been a long time ago. And you’re old enough to not talk around so foolishly. Right?”
“Ah, yes. Well, I have grown up.”
“I’d like to believe so. Even the next door neighbor’s stinking dog has grown up… Anyway.”
He looked around for a moment.
“What mobile phone do you use?”
“It’s from Ilhwa Group.”
“Yourptop?”
“Ilhwa Group.”
“The TV in front of us right now?”
“The TV is from Ilhwa, right?”
Ilhwa Group!
There was no household that this group could not reach. Even the groceries are from Ilhwa! Household appliances? Ilhwa! There was even a saying that Everything is from Ilhwa Group.
But, why is my father asking me about all of these things?
Lee Sangmin was already getting frustrated.
“Ah. Why do you keep on asking me about this nonsense.”
“It’s not nonsense. Even this lowly one still could not believe it.”
“Huh? What are you saying?”
At his question, his father grinned at him mockingly.
“That child’s father is Kang Minhoo, the CEO of Ilhwa Group.”
“......”
***
TL’s Corner!!!
Well, well… what a rich person. No wonder Minhyuk has a lot of money in the bank. Please hire me as a nanny. Or just someone who will wipe the floor. Thanks. LOL.
PR’s corner!
Hmm...would Kang Minhoo be the Steve Jobs, or Jeff Bezos of their world?
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