TARRITW 04

The Automatic Looting Range Is Too Wide Episode 4

Episode 4: The Man Worth 1.9 Trillion Won

<Acquired a large amount of experience.> – Level increases. – Lv.4 -> Lv.7 – All stats increase by 2 per level.<Acquired a large amount of skill experience.> – Unique Skill ‘Automatic Looting’: Lv. 2 -> Lv. 3 – Range: Radius 200 m -> 300 m – The number of  targets increases. 2 -> 3

<Acquired Floor 1 clear reward.>

• All stats increase by 10.

• Acquired C-Rank Skill Random Box.

• Acquired ‘Ring of the Prospect’.

<Acquired title ‘Best of the Best’.>

• Effect: All stats +10.

<Acquired title ‘Bullet Man’.>

• Effect: Agility stat +10.

<Acquired hidden piece.> – Acquired 3 ‘Lucky Coins (Bound)’.

Again, enormous rewards poured in. Just like during the tutorial, his stats increased dramatically.

Mincheol swung the one-handed sword a few times as a test. The one-handed sword, which had felt slightly heavy before, now felt as light as a switch.

Not only that, but the sound of it cutting through the air had become much sharper and more threatening.

It was to the point where he could feel himself getting stronger. It was thanks not only to his level increasing but also to his stats rising due to the titles.

“What effects do the items I got this time have?”

Mincheol opened his inventory and checked the item information.

<Ring of the Prospect> – Grade: Rare – Description: A ring made by someone in the Tower for a prospect. Has the effect of recovering health and magic. – Skill 1: Can use ‘Wound Healing’ skill 3 times a day. – Skill 2: Can use ‘Magic Recovery’ skill 3 times a day.

“Huh? It has recovery skills attached?”

The Hunter community, which he checked whenever he had free time. He had gained quite a bit of information there.

Among that, there was a story that veteran Hunters always talked about. It was about the importance of recovery items.

• Anonymous: Always carry recovery items. I mean things like potions or ointments.

• Anonymous: Ah, it’s really important. The healing medicine from the Tower is incredibly effective. Just spraying it can close wounds immediately. It’s almost like an extra life.

• Anonymous: If you get an item with a health recovery effect? Then your life will blossom. The difficulty of climbing the Tower drops significantly.

It had the recovery skill that veteran Hunters praised so tirelessly that their fingerprints would wear out.

Moreover, the skill the ring possessed wasn’t just one. It even had a function to recover magic.

Considering that health is the most important resource, followed by magic this was truly incredible.

“They probably gave me this to use together.”

Mincheol took out a small box from his inventory.

<C-Rank Skill Random Box> – Description: A box that allows you to obtain a skill. When opened, you can randomly obtain one skill from the Normal to Uncommon grades.

Skills were special techniques that could be used by consuming magic

They were incredibly powerful and useful, so they were essential for climbing the higher floors of the Tower.

“Wow, I didn’t know I’d get a skill this quickly. I heard they normally appear from floor 10 on wards.”

Normally, skills could only be obtained after floor 10. Even then, the probability was very low, making them hard to acquire.

Because they were hard to get, skills were items traded at very high prices in the auction house.

“I think even Normal grade skills go for over 10 million won.”

However, the box Mincheol obtained could yield skills up to the Uncommon grade, which was one level higher. Of course, that required luck.

“How much could I get if I sold this?”

Mincheol’s imagination soared in his mind. He would need to check to be sure, but it was clearly incredibly expensive.

“But still, using it myself is probably better than selling it.”

Mincheol’s reason for climbing the Tower was not only to make money but also to escape being unemployed by joining a large guild.

And to join a large guild, he needed to climb the Tower.

As such, at this point, obtaining a skill and increasing his climbing speed was far more beneficial.

“I can make money by gathering material items.”

Above all, the higher the floor, the more expensive the material items became. There was no need to be fixated on money right now.

<Opening C-Rank Skill Random Box!>

Mincheol opened the box without hesitation.

<The Lucky Coin exerts its effect.> <Thanks to the two coins being together, luck is strengthened.> <The reward from the ‘C-Rank Skill Random Box’ is changed to ‘Rare’ grade.>

“Huh?”

Before he could be surprised, a skill popped out along with fireworks.

<Whirlwind Slash> – Grade: Rare – Description: Spin quickly and broadly cut the surroundings. The number of strikes increases by the amount of magic叠加.

“A Rare skill really came out?”

Mincheol checked the skill over and over with an expression of disbelief.

“So when Lucky Coins are together, they exhibit this kind of effect.”

The reward didn’t double as he had initially hoped, but the grade increased.

Needless to say, this was a much bigger deal.

Because a Rare grade skill was far more valuable than two Uncommon grade skills.

“It said when coins are together, luck is strengthened, right? Then if I gather more coins, luck will get even stronger?”

Lucky Coins appeared both when he cleared the tutorial and when he cleared floor 1.

There was a high possibility of obtaining more Lucky Coins if he cleared other floors in 0.01 seconds too.

If coins keep accumulating like this, what kind of luck will come? He couldn’t help but anticipate it.

“I got a skill, so I should try using it.”

Mincheol gripped his one-handed sword and took a stance.

It was his first time using a skill, but there was no problem.

The moment he acquired the skill, knowledge of how to use it entered his mind.

<Using ‘Whirlwind Slash’.>
<Consumes magic叠加 5 times.>

He felt something inside his body drain out. Simultaneously, his body spun.

Five rotations executed in the blink of an eye.

The one-handed sword cut through the surrounding trees multiple times.

Crash.

Trees as thick as beams shattered into pieces and collapsed. This created a small clearing in the forest.

Wow, wow, wow!”

Looking at the scene created by Whirlwind Slash, Mincheol rejoiced like a child.

Not only was the speed incredibly fast, but the power was also high. There was indeed a reason Hunters went crazy over skills.

“With this, it wouldn’t be a problem even if dozens of goblins rushed me, right?”

The large magic consumption was a drawback, but with the Ring of the Prospect, he didn’t need to worry much.

“Time to go back now.”

<Returning to Earth.>

A halo of light wrapped around Mincheol. Soon after, Mincheol’s figure disappeared.

Returning to Earth, Mincheol accessed the Hunter community without even washing up.

It was to accurately determine the value of the Rare skill.

But when he actually accessed the Hunter community, it wasn’t really a situation where he could find information.

Everyone, quickly check the floor 1 record window! The person who cleared in 0.01 seconds has appeared again!

Because the Hunter community was seething with talk about Mincheol.

• Anonymous: What unique skill must they have to clear the Tower in 0.01 seconds?
  └ Strawberry Cheese: Whatever it is, they seem dozens of times stronger than Malcolm Bernard?
  └ Anonymous: Malcolm Bernard’s unique skill is Absolute Zero. If it’s stronger than that, how amazing must it be?
  └ Strawberry Cheese: Maybe they have some kind of instant-kill ability where just looking at a monster kills it?

Of course, not all reactions were favorable. Naturally, there were also many users who couldn’t accept Mincheol’s record.

• Seal: Isn’t it a bug? No matter how much I think about it, clearing in 0.01 seconds is impossible.
  └ Anonymous: Agreed. I could somehow accept under 1 minute, but 0.01 seconds? Does that make sense?
  └ Anonymous: I don’t think clearing floor 1 in 0.01 seconds would be possible no matter what skill you have.
  └ Strawberry Cheese: I don’t think it’s a bug. The Tower has never had a bug before, right?
  └ Anonymous: That’s why this would be the first time.
  └ Seal: Clearing the Tower in 0.01 seconds vs. The first-ever bug. Which one do you think makes sense?
  └ Anonymous: Latter.
  └ Anonymous: Me too, latter haha

Eventually, people even started to deny Mincheol’s existence.

“Hahaha, you’re all too much. Treating a person like a bug.”

Mincheol, the person in question, held his belly and laughed at their actions.

• Strawberry Cheese: You don’t have to tell us how you cleared it in 0.01 seconds. I just wish you’d reveal your identity!!

• Steel Lord: I,,, am also,,, very curious,,, really,,, whether it’s a bug,,, or a human,,,!! ^^

Contrary to people’s pleas, Mincheol had no intention of revealing his identity at all.

Isn’t there a common saying? That one wishes the whole world didn’t know them, but that they had lots of money.

Being famous comes with that much danger.

It was when Mincheol was browsing the community with a big smile.

• DTD: Hey, did you hear? The Helios Guild made a public declaration!
  └ Anonymous: What declaration?
  └ DTD: You know the 0.01-second person? They said if that person just shows up, they’ll pay a signing bonus of 1.9 trillion won!

1.9 trillion won.

‘Huh?’

It was an amount that wiped the smile clean off his face.

Mincheol hurriedly went to a news portal. An article prominently featured on the main page caught his eye.

<USA’s #1 Guild Helios! Public Declaration! Will Pay Signing Bonus of 1.9 Trillion Won to the 0.01-Second Record Holder!>
<Signing Bonus Over Twice as High as Malcolm Bernard’s 900 Billion! Who is the 0.01-Second Record Breaker?>

Mincheol couldn’t close his gaping mouth.

1.9 trillion won?

Can such an unrealistic amount of money even exist?

“I’ve heard that Hunters climbing the high floors earn enormous income…”

Once upon a time, a elixir called Amrita was discovered in the Tower.

Amrita’s effect was to restore the body to its prime.

In other words, it was an elixir of youth.

The king of an oil-rich country spent tens of trillions of won to purchase Amrita.

Considering that, Helios offering 1.9 trillion won was plausible.

But Mincheol wasn’t particularly attached to it. Because it was money he couldn’t have anyway.

Contrary to people’s expectations, his unique skill wasn’t a combat type.

“More importantly, this is more important.”

Mincheol opened his inventory. Inside the inventory, it was piled high with Tiptoe Herb.

“107 in total. If I sell all of these?”

At 50,000 won each, that’s 5.35 million won.

It was an amount that wasn’t even a speck compared to 1.9 trillion won. But unlike the illusory 1.9 trillion won, 5.35 million won was money Mincheol could actually touch.

With a happy face, Mincheol listed all the Tiptoe Herbs on the auction house.

“Ah, I’m going crazy.”

Kim Dong-pal, the head of the Raw Materials Department at Daehoon Pharmaceuticals, South Korea’s 3rd largest pharmaceutical company, was just sighing deeply.

“Mr. Kim, our department head, looks like he’s trying to die again today. Here, have some coffee and soothe your heart.”

A subordinate employee said, placing an American filled with ice on the desk.

Kim Dong-pal put the straw in his mouth and slurped the drink.

The cold energy spread through his stomach, but his emotions hardly settled.

“Do you think I sigh for no reason? We need to supply Tiptoe Herb. There’s a severe shortage of listings.”

Recently, it became known that Tiptoe Herb has a hair growth effect.

Because of this, pharmaceutical companies worldwide are researching Tiptoe Herb.

Daehoon Pharmaceuticals was no different. The research department constantly pressured Kim Dong-pal to bring them Tiptoe Herb, almost every day.

This was because the role of the Raw Materials Department, where Kim Dong-pal was the head, was precisely to procure materials from the Tower and supply them to the company.

The problem was that the listings for Tiptoe Herb available in Korea were extremely scarce. So much so that it was hard to secure even for research purposes.

“Is it that hard to just pick some damn herbs…?”

“It is hard. They look exactly like weeds, so you can’t tell them apart, plus you have to prepare for goblin attacks.”

Furthermore, the small number of Awakened also played a part.

In such a situation, having to compete with other domestic pharmaceutical companies made it inevitably difficult.

Of course, not all countries suffered from such material shortages like this.

“What method did China use to have such an abundance of materials?”

Not all countries suffered from a shortage of Tiptoe Herb listings.

Typically, in China’s case, they had so much they couldn’t consume it all domestically and even exported it abroad.

“Rumor has it they create Awakened and have them bring materials from the Tower.”

“Is that possible?”

Kim Dong-pal asked with a surprised face. Then the subordinate employee whispered in a low voice.

“People awaken when they desperately wish for something, right? So they put their own citizens into such situations to force it…”

At the subordinate’s words, Kim Dong-pal frowned. He could easily guess how China created Awakened.

“I wish some Tiptoe Herb would just drop from the sky. About a hundred of them.”

“That would be really nice.”

It was when the two were lamenting.

<A desired item has been registered in the auction house.>

A message appeared before Kim Dong-pal’s eyes.

Kim Dong-pal was not an Awakened. Yet he could still use the auction house.

This was because the auction house system was provided to companies that met certain conditions.

He didn’t know the reason. He just used it because the Tower provided such a system.

The moment Kim Dong-pal opened the auction house and checked the listing.

His eyes widened.

“A-A-A-A-A hundred!”

“Department head? Why are you suddenly broken?”

“A hundred! It’s a hundred! Over a hundred have been registered for real!”

Kim Dong-pal shouted in joy, overflowing with happiness. Then he came to his senses.

“Purchase! I need to purchase it right now!”