TARRITW 06

The Automatic Looting Range Is Too Wide Episode 6

Episode 6: I’m This Kind of Person

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Min-cheol swung his sword through the air. The blood on the blade fell away cleanly.

“I didn’t expect goblins to be at the starting point.”

Although it was an unexpected situation, Mincheol wasn’t particularly shocked.

This was thanks to reading information posts thoroughly before entering, which stressed never letting your guard down.

Even if he had been attacked, the chances of taking serious damage were low anyway.

Because Mincheol had rare-grade armor and a ring that could heal wounds.

“As expected, having good equipment makes all the difference.”

Until recently, Mincheol was an ordinary person who had never been in a fight.

The reason Mincheol could fight goblins this skillfully was all thanks to the overwhelming stats gained from Automatic Looting.

Therefore, Mincheol had no intention of bragging about his achievements.

He thought that anyone with stats as high as his would be able to climb the Tower easily.

“Humility, I must stay humble.”

It was when Mincheol was making that resolution.

<You have defeated over five goblins in a single blow!>
<This is a great achievement impossible to accomplish on the current floor! Acquiring a title!>

“Oh? A title too?”

He never expected to receive such a nice gift.

Min-cheol quickly checked the effects of the newly acquired titles.

<Goblin Murderer> Effect 1: Intimidates goblins. Effect 2: Becomes sensitive to the presence of goblins.

<Swift Sword, Instant Slash>

• Effect 1: When wielding a bladed weapon, attack power increases by 5%.

• Effect 2: Reduces the durability consumption rate of bladed weapons.

The first title was ambiguous, but the second was different.

It had an effect that increased attack power by a full 5%.

Getting two titles just for being in danger for a moment was a great deal.

“Now, shall I go find the quest item?”

Min-cheol first discarded all the goblin equipment in his inventory.

Stone axes and blowpipes didn’t sell well in the auction house either. He decided to keep the clubs since they were quite expensive.

<Activating skill of ‘Ring of the Prospect’.>
<Mana is slightly recovered by the ‘Mana Recovery’ skill.>

Then he used the ring to recover the consumed mana.

<Acquiring all Tiptoe Herbs within a 300m radius.>
<Acquiring all ‘Goblin’s Vine Top’ within a 300m radius.>

Finally, he changed the target of Automatic Looting. As soon as he switched the target, messages started flooding in relentlessly.

<5 ‘Tiptoe Herbs’ have been stored in the inventory.>
<4 ‘Tiptoe Herbs’ have been stored in the inventory.>
<6 ‘Tiptoe Herbs’ have been stored in the inventory…>

Perhaps because the range had increased, Tiptoe Herbs began to pile up non-stop.

Just then, a slightly different message appeared.

<5 ‘Goblin’s Vine Tops’ have been acquired into the inventory.>
<4 ‘Goblin’s Vine Tops’ have been acquired into the inventory.>

“Kieeek?”

“Keeeeek?”

From a distance, cries filled with bewilderment were heard. Mincheol immediately ran towards the direction of the sound.

“Found you!”

Mincheol shouted loudly upon discovering goblins gathered next to a tree.

At the shout, the goblins turned to look at Mincheol. The goblins’ eyes began to shake wildly.

<Effect of title ‘Goblin Murderer’ activates.>

“Keeeek!”

“Kueeek!”

Frightened by the title’s effect, the goblins started screaming and fleeing.

Mincheol chased after the goblins and took them down one by one.

At some point, monsters had changed from dangerous entities to prey in Mincheol’s mind.

How long did he search floor 2 like that?

<You have acquired the quest item!>
<You have cleared Floor 2! You can challenge Floor 3!>
<Time: 1 hour 3 minutes, out of ranking!>

A message appeared announcing the clear of Floor 2. Of course, Mincheol didn’t end it there.

“I’ll challenge again.”

Mincheol challenged Floor 2 again. Before the light curtain disappeared, he designated the target for Automatic Looting.

‘Green Gem!’

<Acquiring all ‘Green Gems’ within a 300 m radius.>
<You have acquired the quest item.>
<You have successfully cleared Floor 2!>
<0.01 seconds! It’s a world new record!>
<You have cleared Floor 2 in an impossible time!>
<The Tower is greatly satisfied with your achievement!>
<Clear rewards are greatly enhanced!>
<Acquiring special titles!>
<Acquiring ‘Hidden Piece’!>

It was the moment his third 0.01-second record was set.

While Mincheol was challenging Floor 2, a peculiar post appeared on the Hunter community.

• Seal: Honestly, aren’t all these Super Rookies backed by guilds just riding on their stats?

• Seal: No, isn’t it true? They’re slathered with all kinds of elixirs and items, starting with stats far superior to others, and on top of that, I heard some of them even have skills.

• Seal: If you can’t succeed with specs that high, aren’t you just an idiot? Do you think it makes sense to call such guys ‘Super Rookies’?

However, other users did not agree with this post. Some even showed cynical reactions.

• Anonymous: Are you stupid? How many guys have died on low floors despite receiving that enormous support?
  └ Anonymous: For real lol.
  └ DTD: Bae Jong-min, Park Daehoon, Jo Myeong-woo,, Alexander Harper, Emma Glory. All were heavily backed by guilds. Now you can’t even find their bodies.
  └ Anonymous: Not Emma Glory. She’s alive because she ran away scared lol.

The higher you go, the more dangerous the Tower inevitably becomes. Especially, it’s not a place you can climb just because your stats and equipment are good.

If that were the case, the Hunters of Helios, the #1 guild in the US, would have conquered the Tower.

• DTD: It’s not a place you can climb easily just because you have a good unique skill either. Look at Alexander Harper. He had an unprecedented unique skill surpassing Malcolm Bernard.
  └ Anonymous: What was it? An ability to turn into light? It was a crazy ability that allowed movement, attack, and defense all in one.
  └ Anonymous: Seeing that he died with that, he certainly wasn’t a regular. He was an idiot.

Soon, community users completely forgot about the original poster.

Instead, they started discussing what the most important ‘quality’ was when climbing the Tower.

• Steel Lord: Teachers~ I think having a strong mentality is important. Because Malcolm Bernard challenged the Tower again even after nearly dying to goblins on Floor 1. And in the end, he became a top-tier Hunter now, right?

• King Burger: I think intelligence is most important. You need it to utilize your unique skill properly. That’s why Haruka Miyuki used her unique skill to pass the tutorial in an instant.
  └ DTD: Are you all stupid? Combat talent is most important. While others were avoiding goblins on low floors, Michael Alzen was killing them all by himself.

The debate topic raged on for a while. Then opinions converged on one point.

• King Burger: What’s certain is that being good at just one thing isn’t enough. You have to be good at everything.
  └ DTD: Right. Not being afraid when seeing monsters, fighting well… and what else was it?
  └ King Burger: You have to be humble. So you don’t become arrogant.

But how common are such people? That’s why the number of Hunters challenging the highest floors is so few it can be counted on one hand.

Just then.

• Strawberry Cheese: The 0-second person appeared again!

A new topic was posted on the community. Seeing the title, users quickly opened the Floor 2 record window.

And there it was, the record of 1st place, 0.01 seconds, clearly displayed at the top.

• Anonymous: Holy shit… 0.01 seconds three times in a row? Is this really not a bug, but a human?

• Anonymous: Malcolm Bernard? Haruka Miyuki? Michael Alzen? All unnecessary. In front of the 0-second person, they’re all just trash.

• Anonymous: What on earth is their ability! Please, just tell us the unique skill!

The Hunter community, which was winding down the Super Rookie debate, became noisy again.

But less than an hour after they started chattering about the new topic, more fuel was added.

• Strawberry Cheese: Hey, Floor 3 is up too! It’s the 0-second person again!
  └ Anonymous: You’re lying. What kind of crazy person climbs two floors in one day?
  └ Anonymous: That’s what I’m saying. It’s physically draining and mentally fucking hard.

Climbing the Tower was originally an act that drained both physical and mental energy simultaneously.

Floors 1 to 10, known to be safer compared to other Towers, were no exception. They were only relatively safer than higher floors; dying was still the same.

And in such a situation, challenging two floors in one day?

No matter how much lying and bragging goes on on the internet, such an absurd lie is a bit much…

• Strawberry Cheese: You sons of bitches! If you don’t believe me, go check for yourselves!

At that, several people opened the record window.

• DTD: …Uh?

• Seal: …Shit?

• Steel Lord: …Huh.

The Hunter community was turned upside down.

After clearing Floor 2, Mincheol immediately challenged Floor 3.

Climbing the Tower was easier than expected, and he also wanted to fulfill the promise of 500 herbs he made to Kim Dong-pal.

Floor 3 was also easily cleared in 0.01 seconds.

“Phew, that feels good.”

Just returned to Earth, Mincheol gulped down the milk he had stored in the refrigerator.

“I’m hungry after doing two runs at once.”

The攻略 itself wasn’t too difficult. But after several battles with goblins, he inevitably felt tired, whether he realized it or not.

Mincheol first ordered plenty of delivery food.

He didn’t used to eat this much, but since awakening, his appetite had increased.

Next, he checked the rewards he obtained this time.

<You have cleared Floors 2 and 3.>

<Acquired a large amount of experience.> – Lv.7 -> Lv.10 -> Lv.13 – All stats increase by 2 per level.

<Acquired a large amount of skill experience.> – Unique Skill ‘Automatic Looting’: Lv.3 -> Lv.4 – Range: Radius 300 m -> 400 m – The number of  targets increases. 3 -> 4

<Acquired clear rewards for Floors 2 and 3.>

• All stats increase by 6.

• All stats increase by 7.

• Acquired ‘Inventory Expansion Ticket’.

• Acquired ‘C-Rank Skill Random Box’.

<Acquired title ‘Front Runner’.>

• Effect 1: All stats +20.

• Effect 2: Health +5%.

<Acquired title ‘Overwhelming Strongman’.>

• Effect 1: Agility +5%.

• Effect 2: Attack speed slightly increases.

<Acquired title ‘Lucky Man’.>

• Effect: Luck slightly increases.

<Acquired hidden pieces.> – Acquired 3 ‘Lucky Coins (Bound)’. – Acquired 4 ‘Lucky Coins (Bound)’.

Just reading the messages made him feel good automatically.

“It’s a bit disappointing that the skill level only went up by one.”

Mincheol wasn’t too concerned. Because information posts on the Hunter community also stated that leveling up unique skills was normally difficult.

They said it was usual for a unique skill to reach level 2 around the time you reach floor 5.

On the other hand, Mincheol was already at level 4. It was no exaggeration to call it explosive growth.

“Getting another Inventory Expansion Ticket is the best part.”

As soon as he got the ticket, he used it right on the spot.

So now, Mincheol’s inventory capacity had increased to 20 kg.

“Thanks to that, I could gather plenty of herbs.”

Actually, even after clearing up to Floor 3, the herb quantity was insufficient, so he challenged Floor 3 a few more times.

Originally, even for floors cleared once, you needed to be fully prepared before entering because they were still dangerous.

But this common sense didn’t apply to Mincheol.

Because he could just leave one slot in his Automatic Looting skill empty and add the quest item immediately if an emergency arose.

Mincheol opened the auction house. And sent a message to ‘Daehoon Pharmaceuticals Department Head Kim Dong-pal’.

• Manmulsang (Merchant): The herbs are ready.

After sending the message, Mincheol opened the Hunter community. He planned to rest a bit until a reply came.

• Daehoon Pharmaceuticals Dept. Head Kim Dong-pal: just now confirmed the message.

But contrary to Mincheol’s thoughts, a reply came immediately without any time to rest.

• Daehoon Pharmaceuticals Dept. Head Kim Dong-pal: I’m sorry. I was so surprised I couldn’t send a proper reply.

• Manmulsang: It’s fine. Shall I send a trade window now?

• Daehoon Pharmaceuticals Dept. Head Kim Dong-pal: Yes! Please send it, I’ll accept right away!

Mincheol immediately requested a personal trade. Kim Dong-pal accepted the trade right away.

<User ‘Manmulsang’ has registered 524 ‘Tiptoe Herbs’ in the trade window.>

But even after putting the items in the trade window, no amount was offered.

No matter how long he waited, Kim Dong-pal remained silent, so Mincheol sent another message.

• Manmulsang: Department head?

• Manmulsang: Why aren’t you replying?

• Manmulsang: Hello?

No matter how many messages he sent, no reply came. Mincheol tilted his head and muttered.

“What’s wrong with this guy? Is he broken?”

Mincheol didn’t know, but Kim Dong-pal was currently in no state to send a reply.

“Eww! Whoaaaaah!”

Because he was shouting in joy, unable to contain his happiness.

“He got them! He really got me 500!”

So happy was he that Kim Dong-pal jumped up from his seat and ran around the department head’s office several times.

“Now those bastards in the research department won’t be able to ignore me anymore!”

After shouting for a while, Kim Dong-pal stopped in his tracks, panting for breath.

 I’m sorry for doubting you, my faith was lacking, thank you so much.”

Eventually, Kim Dong-pal knelt on the floor and began to confess.

“I can’t let it end like this. I have to maintain this relationship somehow.”

Kim Dong-pal started pondering for a moment.

Then, something clicked.

“There’s one Skill Random Box left that I bought as a gift for Awakeners, right?”