Light of Arad: The First to Walk - Chapter 38



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Linus looked at Jinseong with wide eyes.

“Oh! It’s you! But why did you appear in that direction…?”

Could it be because he didn’t just walk normally, but used Jinseong’s special teleportation potion?

Linus greeted Jinseong, but quickly looked him up and down as he continued speaking.

“-Have you grown enough to figure out a way to get around, by now?”

“Hey, not that much. Hehe, it was all possible thanks to Linus-sama issuing me a pass before. Thank you again.”

Jinseong bowed his head deeply to Linus and greeted him.

It wasn’t just a vulgar desire to look good to him, but it was actually a way to show gratitude for the help he had received from the Elven Guard.

Perhaps because his heart was touched, Linus smiled awkwardly.

“Heh heh, no, no, it’s embarrassing to say that. Ahem, so? Is your friend okay? Did Dr. Roton develop a new drug?”

Then he quickly changed the subject.

One of the lies that even Jinseong himself had momentarily forgotten.

“Friend… yes, I can’t say that it’s completely, how should I put it, improved, but I can say that it’s not as painful as it used to be… ”

Nevertheless, Jinseong was able to answer with a relatively flexible attitude.

Linus nodded with a solemn face.

“Well… I guess so. It would be difficult for even Professor Roton to develop a drug that would allow one to forget the pain of Kazan Syndrome all at once… It’s fortunate that at least some painkiller has been effective.”

“Yes, that’s fortunate.”

Jinseong also agreed.

The feelings he spoke of just now might not be his own state of mind.

“So? I don’t think you came here to say hello and say things like that…….”

“Huh, how did you know? Of course I wasn’t just going to greet you with words.”

In response to Linus’ question, Jinseong rummaged through his bag and took something out.

It was a small dagger.

“……knife?”

“Yes. It is. It is an item I obtained from the GBL believers in Behemoth.”

Every word Jinseong uttered was enough to startle Linus.

Above all, it’s not just surprising.

“Behemoth!? GBL cult-.”

“It’s a sword made by a group that seeks truth. It was made by people who are not professional blacksmiths, but what do you think, Linus?”

Even the magic words that can capture the attention of the blacksmith Linus!

Linus quickly opened his eyes and examined the dagger Jinseong held out.

“It’s not bad. No, it’s good. I wonder how they did the polishing at the end. It’s so clean that it’s ridiculous for an unskilled person to have done it……”

“If you’re really curious, I can look into it for you. I know a GBL believer.”

Jinseong said to the admiring Linus.

Ophelia, a member of the GBL Church who originally escaped from Behemoth and was saved by Jinseong himself using the .

I had never encountered him directly while completing the polluted quest, so I had no intimacy with him, but it didn’t matter.

‘Now that I’m a member of the official wizard’s guild, I can make any requests I want in the name of the vice-chairman.’

Jinseong could confidently say that since Linus could grant any request he wanted.

And as if he had read Jinseong’s mood, Linus was looking at Jinseong with a pleased smile.

“A young man who didn’t even have a pass to enter Hendonmare… is amazing. It doesn’t seem that old, but he’s suddenly become quite adventurous.”

“No, I’m not an adventurer… I don’t want to be called one.”

Jinseong simply rejected Linus’s words, which were almost like compliments.

The nuance of appearing to have some level of confidence was good, but the word adventurer itself was bound to be repulsive to Jinseong.

“Haha, just kidding, just kidding. So… there’s no way you’d just give this to me. I’d have too much change left over to pay back the 3,000 gold you gave me for travel expenses back then.”

Linus said with a hearty laugh.

Only then did Jinseong’s eyes begin to change.

The reason I came to see Linus was not just to say thank you or to give him a gift.

What Jinseong had been thinking about before arriving was increasing his own capital.

“So, I’d like to ask you a favor.”

“Please? What is it?”

Jinseong himself must have items that he can actively utilize in the game Dungeon & Fighter.

And it is no exaggeration to say that the value of ‘good items’ is several million gold, or even tens of millions of gold, or more.

‘There’s no way to get them using normal methods. They’re discontinued items, but the ones I got… … They may be rare, but no one would pay hundreds of thousands or tens of millions of gold to buy them. You can’t just sell them in the first place. They’re basically ‘non-tradable’ items.’

If you consider that the amount of money that the Magician’s Guild gives away is around 100,000 gold, it’s difficult to make money just by interacting with NPCs.

Also, rare items that Jinseong himself has obtained, discontinued items, or items that are virtually discontinued are ultimately items that have performance that low-level users can use, so their prices cannot be set higher than their rarity.

So that’s what Jinseong thought.

“I want to make a sample.”

So, considering that rarity is not translated into price, there is only one way to make that rarity available to high-level users.

The game Dungeon & Fighter has a Skin system, and we have already confirmed this in Arad, a real-life location, not a game.

‘The one I was wearing clearly had its effect applied, but it didn’t change its appearance. Well, it was the same when I wore steel armor in the first place. In that respect, it’s the same as the in-game system. It means that the appearance of the armor only changes with the avatar.’

Even though he is still wearing clothes, his true appearance is still that of a ‘Dark Knight’.

In other words, even if you are a true character, you can only customize your armor through your avatar.

‘But the weapon… … is not just the Avatar.’

Weapons also have avatars, but there is one more system besides that.

You can create a shape of an existing weapon and use it as a skin.

“Bone? Are you talking about a shape?”

“Yes. Something interchangeable. I would like to commission you to create a shape that can only be made using Linus’ steel formwork.”

Even in the case of made using , they can be exchanged between users, so if Jinseong can bring the right weapon, he can create the form of that weapon through Linus and then exchange it for gold.

‘Originally, even that would be worth several million gold. Even if you buy it with cash at the Sera Shop, it’s not cheap. But… …if I can use it like this!’

Linus crossed his arms as he looked at the nervous Jinseong.

It was natural for him to sigh.

“…It’s not an easy task. It takes a lot of money, time, and effort. But! I can’t refuse without even looking at the item, right? So, what kind of weapon are you trying to make?”

Among all that, if there is one positive aspect to Jinseong, it would be that he is a true blacksmith.

Even Linus, who showed curiosity, was calculated by Jinseong that he would be interested in what Jinseong would create.

“This is it.”

After confirming it, it was also predictable that I would definitely want to make it.

Swish… … .

Jinseong took something out of his inventory and showed it to me.

It was clearly a weapon, but what Jinseong was holding was not a steel blade.

“T, this is-. How can this be!? Is what I know correct?! No, I was skeptical when you talked about Behemoth and the GBL cult earlier, but are you saying that the rumors were true?”

“Huh, I thought the Queen of the Duchy had kept her mouth shut, but it seems she couldn’t stop the rumors after all.”

The series of events that took place on Behemoth are currently kept under wraps.

It was one of the orders personally given by the Queen of the Duchy of Bel Myer, as it could cause confusion among the people of Arad, but even so, it could not be stopped from spreading little by little!

“Yes, the rumors are true. This is-.”

Jinseong said, pushing the item closer to Linus.

“-The tentacles of the Apostle Lotus.”

When I cut off Lotus’ tentacles with , which had its skill level increased by two.

Jinseong couldn’t just sit by and watch the pieces of flesh fall to the floor, especially those in the shape of tentacles.

Jinseong, who even stripped the clothes off of the brainwashed GBL believers, remembered that there had been a weapon using Lotus’ tentacles in the past, and he took as many of them as he could and went outside.

Linus was so embarrassed that he even stammered.

“Ha, but to use this as a weapon-.”

Can you use the Lotus tentacles?

Can you make it into a weapon and even shape it into a shape?

Jinseong already knew the answer to the question Linus had not yet finished asking.

“You can use it. I’m already using it.”

Jinseong took out the sharp tentacle from his scabbard and showed it to me.

As expected, it is an item that is difficult to obtain in the current Dungeon & Fighter game, which can be considered as being ‘practically discontinued’.

, level limit 35, sword.

This item was not yet level 35, but by using the power of the received from Nemer, the level limit was lowered to 25, so it can be used right away.

Although it is a low-level weapon with high difficulty of acquisition and low performance, it has a unique appearance.

However, even for users who only want to use the appearance, it could not be sold because it was ‘non-tradable’, but if you use , you can make it ‘tradable’.

“This…can’t be happening.”

Not a system to increase affection with NPCs in the game Dungeon & Fighter, but a true interaction that can be made as a human-to-human relationship.

“You’ll do it, right? There are a few of them, so I’ll sell them and reinvest the remaining money back into Linus’s blacksmith shop.”

The fact that Linus is drooling and struggling means that the first step of Jinseong’s plan has already been passed.

The problem was exactly what to do with the shape created in that way, and Jinseong had already made some plans for that part.

Jjanggrang, Jinseong added up all the gold he had earned by selling the 100,000 gold Sharan had given him and the items he had acquired while exploring the dungeon area: Behemoth.

‘I didn’t use all the travel expenses Linus gave me, so if you look at it this way and that way… … 110,000 gold worth.’

Jinseong said as he watched Linus begin to remove the steel formwork.

“Linus, I’m going to go out for a bit. It won’t take long.”

“You said it wouldn’t take long, but I-… am already gone.”

Linus sighed beside the steel formwork and the pile of Lotus tentacles.

* * *

The user stretched out while looking at the monitor screen.

“I finished four miners… ugh, I feel so bloated. I’m only in my mid-twenties and my body’s already falling apart?”

In the character selection screen of the game Dungeon & Fighter, you could say that characters covered in all sorts of dazzling auras are waiting for pilots.

This screen would be very familiar to users who enjoy playing Dungeon & Fighter, a game that recommends multiple characters.

Among the characters that were incredibly flashy, the user looked at one character with a particularly shabby appearance, and one character whose level and adventurer fame were ridiculously low compared to the other characters.

‘Oh, that’s right. I need to get Vanguard to max level soon too.’

Then I logged into that character.

The moment I tie my hair tightly and try to check my daily mission.

As always, there was a post in the noisy chat window.

[Megaphone] (Ch. 1) Jinseong: [LV.35 Lotus’ Thorn Tentacle Form] for sale. The concept is cute and the weapon is fun.

The user’s eyes widened as he looked at the monitor.

“Huh?! Phew, it’s you, sir! What are you doing!”

She, the pure-hearted one, immediately pushed up her glasses and whispered to Jinseong.