Academy Munchkin Grew Up To Become a Genius - Chapter 65



Episode 65 Quantum Jump (3)

Slime mold.

This creature, also called slime, is one of nature’s scavengers that feeds on decaying organic matter.

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▶Mana Slime Mold

– A symbiotic organism that takes root in the host’s body and produces mana in exchange for nutrients.

-This entity is currently [Infancy].

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The ‘mana slime mold’that Kang Seo-jun transplanted into his body his is also a symbiotic organism, but its essence is a’slime mold ‘

There was nothing better than rotten organic matter as a special food for growing this slime mold.

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▶Mega Ant Cordyceps sinensis

◆Grade

[Rare]

◆Description

– A parasitic mushroom that only uses giant ants living in the galactic outskirts as hosts. Artificial cultivation is difficult and individuals are very rare and difficult to obtain, but once they reproduce, they devour the entire ant colony, so there is a steady supply of them for sale. It is a precious material used in various fields such as alchemy, food ingredients, medicine, and sacrificial offerings.

※Store Notification: 1+1 promotion is currently underway!

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Seojun Kang chose the most cost-effective product, ‘Mega Ant Cordyceps sinensis’.

‘They’re even running a buy-one-get-one event.’

I was lucky.

‘Good. Let’s get started right away.’

What Kang Seo-jun must do from now on.

It was food fighting and mana training.

‘Let’s grow mana slime first.’

Seojun Kang quickly moved his fingers and purchased 100 units of ‘Mega Ant Cordyceps’.

-Toouk!

-Puck!

-Paang!

-Boom!

Four heavy leather boxes fell from the store’s message window with a dull sound.

When I opened the luxurious lid, there were large, bright red mushrooms neatly packed in it.

Even at a glance, it’s a huge amount.

We are running a 1+1 event, so there are 200 in total.

It was such a large amount that I thought I would have to bring in about 7 mukbang YouTubers to solve it within today.

‘No matter how strong your willpower is, it’s impossible to eat this much at once. Because there are physical limits to what can be put into the body.’

No matter how good things are for your health, if you eat too much and end up throwing up everything, you’re in trouble.

However, in order to evolve the mana slime mold into the growth stage within today, it was necessary to solve this large amount at once.

As always, Kang Seo-jun found the answer at Dimensional Store.

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▶Fire extinguishing agent

◆Grade

[Advanced+]

◆Description

-A fire extinguishing agent made using nanomachines and chemistry. With this medicine, you can digest steel into iron or limestone into calcium!

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‘I’ll just buy one first and buy more whenever I need it.’

This completes the preparations needed for the food fight.

All that was left was the repetition of chewing and swallowing.

‘A real man doesn’t cook.’

It didn’t look that good to just eat, but I don’t have time to cook it in the first place.

Kang Seo-jun ripped off a bunch of red Cordyceps sinensis and munched on it.

-Wow! Wow!

-Chop chop…

‘… Ugh…’

What should I call this taste?

‘This isn’t rubber clay… ‘?’

When you bite into it, the texture of the mushroom is soft and chewy, but the more you chew it, the harder it becomes like mud and it smells like rubber.

‘Ugh…’

A taste that literally makes you feel motion sick!

‘Don’t look down on me! I can’t be defeated by something like food!’

It’s literally a competition with food.

-Wagu wagu!

Kang Seo-jun moved mechanically, excluding taste and emotions.

Put it in your mouth, chew it, swallow it, put it in your mouth again…

It was so tasteless that it brought tears to my eyes, and I felt bloated after swallowing just a few bites, but I continued to drink the ‘Flower Digestive’ and didn’t stop until the cordyceps ran out.

About 2 hours and 30 minutes like that.

This was the time it took for Seojun Kang to process 100 Cordyceps sinensis and an additional 100.

‘Keuuu… My whole body feels tingly…’

Right now, all of his blood vessels must be flowing with Cordyceps sinensis broken down into nutritional molecules.

‘The skin… I feel like my whole body is going to explode…’

I could feel true fullness throughout my body.

‘After… Still, I definitely received compensation.’

Kang Seo-jun looked with proud eyes at the message window that appeared in front of him.

[The attribute 《Mana Slime Lv. Rare》 is growing due to effective nutritional supply.]

[The attribute 《Mana Slime Lv. Rare》 is growing due to effective nutritional supply.]

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-Bam! Param bam!

[The trait 《Mana Slime Lv. Rare》 evolves from 《Infancy》 to 《Growth》.]

[The trait 《Mana Slime Mold Lv. Rare》 has been strengthened to 《Mana Slime Mold Lv. Rare+》.]

“Iguoguoden~ Baebbangbbanglehu~”

Kang Seo-jun patted his stomach and closed the message window with satisfaction.

As a result, the magic power produced by the mana slime mold would have at least doubled.

Naturally, the efficiency of mana training would also have increased accordingly.

‘If you add this crystal ball that you picked up from the secret warehouse and do the exercises…’

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▶Archmage’s Mana Practice Auxiliary Artifact

◆Grade

[Narrative+]

◆Description

-A crystal ball artifact created by a legendary archmage for his favorite disciple. If you perform mana practice while holding this artifact in your hand, the practice efficiency increases by 150%.

– If the user’s anti-demon and mana abilities are less than 16, practice efficiency increases by 300%.

– This item cannot be used if the user’s Anti-Magic and Mana abilities are each 31 or higher.

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Kang Seo-jun’s magic ability level is currently only ‘8’, so he can receive a 300% experience buff.

Then, combining the effects of the mana slime mold and this crystal ball, the efficiency is at least 6 times higher!

‘I guess I’m the only one receiving the experience event.’

This is the cheat, and this is the room scam map.

The dopamine that comes from that feeling of superiority is literally a waterfall.

‘I can’t bear it without quickly starting the Mana Practice.’

Kang Seo-Jun forced his tingly body to sit cross-legged.

In the past, when my body was twisted, I couldn’t sit cross-legged, so it was difficult to control the flow of mana.

With all kinds of elixirs and training, my skeleton got closer to normal and I was able to sit cross-legged, so I was able to move the flow of mana more easily.

‘I feel like the whole universe is helping me.’

Seojun Kang closed his eyes and quietly observed the magic power emitted by the mana slime mold.

I didn’t forget to pick up the Archmage’s Mana Practice Aid Artifact.

In that way, Seojun Kang was immersed in the mana exercises, forgetting the passage of time.

From noble mtl dot come

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-Beep beep beep! Beep beep beep! Bibibbibik!

The alarm that Seojun Kang set with his smart watch rang loudly.

“Fuuu…”

Kang Seo-jun took a deep breath and slowly opened his eyes.

Numerous message windows were waiting for his confirmation

[The efficiency of mana practice increases due to the effect of the item 《Archmage’s Mana Practice Auxiliary Artifact》.]

[Because the user’s magic ability is less than ’16’, mana practice efficiency increases by 300%.]

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[Magic experience increases through basic mana practice.]

[Magic experience increases through basic mana practice.]

[Lucky bonus! Great luck will come into play and inspire your practice! Magic experience increases significantly!]

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[With the right effort, magical power will bear the fruit of growth! Magic power increases by +3!]

[Mana is firmly established, and anti-magic power grows to fruition! Anti-demon ability increases by +4!]

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[As the magic power increases, the debuff of the attribute 《Mana Insensitivity Lv. Low》 is weakened.]

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‘I really enjoyed it and immersed myself in it.’

After an hour, I completely forgot about the passage of time and became immersed in the mana exercises.

As a result,

◆Ability level

[Anti-horse: 5 → 9]

[Magic attribute: 8 → 11]

‘I raised my stats by a total of 7 points in just 8 hours.’

Of course, the stats themselves are low, so there is little experience required, but even taking that into account, the speed is truly incredible.

‘Mana insensitivity will be completely cured soon, right?’

The trait 《Mana Insensitivity Lv. Low》 disappears by itself when both the magic and anti-demon abilities are 11 or higher.

‘Mana insensitivity can be cured with the emperor’s life support device, but the power source is consumed. It’s better to treat something that I can easily treat on my own.’

At least two weeks must pass for the installation of the “Galactic Emperor’s Life Support System” To be completed.

In the meantime, Kang Seo-jun planned to train his body and mana as much as possible to remove all the debuffs he could.

‘But I didn’t intend to do anything in a hurry. I stayed up all night again.’

It’s already 6 am.

Now it was time to return to the academy dormitory.

-Wooow!!!

-Weeeeeng!!!

“Oh, oh!”

As soon as he opened the portal and entered the dormitory, Kang Seo-jun’s smart watch vibrated as if it was going to explode.

[Jin Se-rin: 1 missed call, unchecked message!]

[Seo Eun-ha: 65 missed calls, unchecked messages!]

[Kim Joo-hee: 3 missed calls, unchecked messages!]

A mountain of messages and missed calls.

“Why have I received so many calls?”

… I guess something happened overnight.

I have a good luck stat, and it’s not the right time for a big incident to happen yet, so I don’t expect it to be anything serious…

It is unusual that everyone sent message bombs.

Kang Seo-jun started by checking Jin Se-rin’s contact first, hoping that it wasn’t a big deal.