TARRITW 07

The Auto-Looting Range Is Too Wide
Episode 7: I Could Buy It All

-Daehoon Pharmaceutical Dept. Head Kim Dong-pal : I’m sorry. I had to step away for a moment to find something.
-Daehoon Pharmaceutical Dept. Head Kim Dong-pal : I’ll transfer the payment right away.

<‘Daehoon Pharmaceutical Dept. Head Kim Dong-pal’ has registered 36.68 million won.>

Contrary to Mincheol’s worries, Kim Dong-pal quickly returned to the trade window.

At 70,000 won per item, a total of 524 items.

He had earned a whopping total of 36.68 million won in one go.

“Whoa, it was worth the effort.”

Actually, it wasn’t really an effort. He could gather the herbs quickly just by wandering around the 3rd floor for a bit.

Just as Mincheol was happily looking at the trade window, another item was posted.

<‘Daehun Pharmaceutical Dept. Head Kim Dong-pal’ has registered a ‘C-grade Skill Random Box’.>

-Manmulsang : ??
-Manmulsang : I think you posted the wrong item.
-Daehoon Pharmaceutical Dept. Head Kim Dong-pal : No, I posted it correctly. It’s a gift, meaning I look forward to working with you well in the future.
-Daehoon Pharmaceutical Dept. Head Kim Dong-pal : (Emoticon of a rabbit hopping up and down)

‘Even so, he’s just giving away something this good?’

Although it’s random, you can obtain a skill, which is rare. To give away such a good item as a bonus…

Truly generous, befitting a department head from the 3rd largest pharmaceutical company in the country.

-Manmulsang : Thank you. I’ll use it well.
-Daehoon Pharmaceutical Dept. Head Kim Dong-pal : I’ll continue to support Manmulsang climb!

After finishing the transaction, Mincheol took out the skill random boxes and placed them on his desk.

Just looking at them made his heart feel warm. Having experienced firsthand how amazing skills were, he felt even better.

“I hope the coin effect triggers this time too.”

If he got another rare skill, his combat power would greatly increase. Then dealing with goblins would become even easier.

But getting his hopes up only to be disappointed would feel several times worse. Mincheol decided not to expect too much.

Besides, even if it wasn’t a rare skill, it would definitely be helpful.

‘Which one should I pick? This one!’

<Opening C-grade Skill Random Box!>
<Acquired special grade skill ‘Fast Hands’.>

<Fast Hands>
-Grade: Common
-Description: When repeating the same motion, speed increases.

“…Ah, it’s common grade.”

He said he wasn’t expecting much, but he couldn’t hide his disappointment.

A C-grade Skill Random Box could yield one skill from the common or special grades.

In other words, if it was common grade, it was the lowest grade skill obtainable from this box.

‘The effect is ambiguous too. “When repeating the same motion, speed increases.”‘

Although Mincheol had little combat experience, he knew well how urgently one had to move during a fight. There was no leeway to repeat the same motion.

“Please, let the second one be good!”

<Opening C-grade Skill Random Box!>

Mincheol prayed earnestly as he opened the second box.

At that moment, a familiar message appeared.

<‘Lucky Coin’ takes effect.>
<Thanks to having five, luck is enhanced.>
<The reward from the ‘C-grade Skill Random Box’ is changed to ‘Rare’ grade.>

“Oh? Ooh!”

Mincheol cheered and quickly checked the skill.

<Eye of the Hawk>
-Grade: Rare
-Description: Consumes magic power to enhance eyesight. With mastery, objects up to 20 km away can be clearly identified.

‘This is pretty good?’

The advantage and also the disadvantage of Auto-Looting was that its range was too wide.

Because of that, even if he detected goblins with Auto-Looting, it was hard to pinpoint their exact location.

But with Eye of the Hawk, he could accurately locate the goblins detected by Auto-Looting.

‘It’s been a while since the Lucky Coin proved its worth.’

Just as Mincheol was happily checking his newly acquired skills.

• Ding dong.

The food he had ordered arrived. Mincheol went to the door in one stride and received the food.

“You ordered delivery, right? Here you go.”

The delivery driver held out the food. But the amount was quite large.

Burgers, fried chicken, pizza, and more.

The delivery driver’s arm was trembling slightly, as if it was hard to even hold them.

Mincheol spread the delivery food out on his low dining table. He picked up a burger first.

It was his favorite, the King Burger’s Quattro Cheese Burger.

While munching on the burger, he operated his smartphone with one hand.

Recently, whenever he had a spare moment, his hobby was accessing the hunter community and gathering information.

-King Burger : Anyone here cleared up to the 3rd floor? If so, be careful from the 4th floor on wards. Gimmicks start getting added gradually.

Just then, he found a post that caught his interest. It was perfect timing, as Mincheol was also planning to challenge the 4th floor tomorrow.

Moreover, King Burger was someone who usually posted a lot of useful informational posts. He could be trusted.

Mincheol immediately replied to King Burger’s post.

-Tower Newbie : Gimmick? What’s that? First time hearing about it.
└King Burger : No need to over complicate it. It just means one more behavioral pattern gets added to the monsters.
└Tower Newbie : Gimmick? That’s a thing? People said floors below 5 are all easy.
*└King Burger : To be precise, they are easy when you faithfully follow ‘the seniors’ strategies’.

As expected, you have to hear the whole story in Korean.

Mincheol focused on reading King  Burger’s subsequent advice.

└King Burger : From the 4th floor on wards, the number of goblins nearly doubles. If you faced 6-7 so far, from the 4th floor, assume you’re dealing with at least 15 from the get-go.
└King Burger : Plus, if you let even a single goblin escape during battle? That bastard will immediately bring reinforcements.
└King Burger : The number of goblins coming as reinforcements isn’t just one or two either. If you’re unlucky, it can exceed twenty. If you get surrounded like that, you die.

Even Mincheol had never faced over twenty goblins.

‘Even if I take all their weapons with Auto-Looting, dealing with that many seems tough.’

Mincheol took another bite of his burger and continued reading the senior’s advice.

└Tower Newbie : Then what should I do?
└King Burger : The best method is to avoid them entirely. You can clear it just by obtaining the gem anyway.
└King Burger : But if you’re spotted by goblins or forced into a fight? Then you have to kill them all by any means necessary. If you let even one escape, the goblins will swarm you.
└King Burger : If you do lose one, run as far away from that spot as possible immediately. Goblins have terrible tracking ability.

Indeed, King Burger’s advice was useful.

However, he couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed that he had to run away from goblins.

‘It was kind of fun, though.’

As the number of times he entered the Tower increased, Mincheol was starting to enjoy fighting goblins.

He liked the tension that only combat provided. He liked the thrill when his strategies worked perfectly.

‘Whoa, that’s a dangerous thought.’

Mincheol shook his head.

His goal was to climb high floors and get hired by a large corporation, not to hunt monsters.

Rather than risky challenges, climbing the Tower as safely as possible was the best course of action.

Munch munch.

By the time he finished reading the informational post, he had devoured the burger in his hand.

Ugh-

Mincheol crumpled the wrapper and threw it towards the trash can.

But the wrapper hit the edge of the trash can and bounced out.

wish, I don’t feel like getting up.”

Mincheol said in an annoyed voice.

Then, he realized how foolish he was being. Couldn’t he just use Auto-Looting to get it?

‘Let’s see, to bring just that… King Burger’s Quattro Cheese Burger wrapper?’

<Acquiring all ‘King Burger’s Quattro Cheese Burger wrappers’ within a 400 m radius.>
<‘King Burger’s Quattro Cheese Burger wrapper’ (1) acquired.>

“Oh, it worked.”

Mincheol took the wrapper out of his inventory and threw it again. This time, it went straight into the trash can.

A wide smile spread across Mincheol’s face. It was such a small thing, but he felt strangely satisfied…

“Wait a minute.”

Something flashed through his mind. Mincheol stared at the wrapper now in the trash can for a long moment.

‘If I have Auto-Looting… I can throw it again and again, right?’

A character from a game he played recently popped into his head.

It was a female warrior from Amazon who fought demons using a javelin throwing skill.

Couldn’t he, like that warrior, use thrown weapons to deal with goblins even if they ran away?

In the first place, Mincheol didn’t lose goblins because he was slow. He had no choice but to lose them because there were too many to chase.

‘It doesn’t matter if I miss. I can just retrieve it with Auto-Looting and throw it again.’

He didn’t have to use it only to kill fleeing goblins.

What if he threw thrown weapons at a goblin group from afar? What if he continuously retrieved them with Auto-Looting and kept firing?

He might be able to end the battle before the goblin group even got close.

‘Either way, it would increase the number of tactical options…?’

No matter how he thought about it, it seemed like a good idea. Mincheol immediately searched the hunter community for information on throwing.

-Anonymous : This guy used to be a baseball player. Think it would work on goblins?
└Otter : No either’ chance, wake up lol
└Anonymous : Getting hit by a baseball hurts like hell though?
└Otter : It hurts like hell, and maybe one or two bones break. But it doesn’t kill them, right?
└Otter : Goblins are tougher than humans, you think throwing shit at them will do anything?

Contrary to Mincheol’s calculations, people’s opinions were negative.

-Anonymous : Who said throw a baseball? Looking at the auction house, there are plenty of throwing hand axes or daggers.
└Otter : True. But common grade ones don’t stick well into goblins? You need at least special grade.
└Otter : Special grade costs at least a few million. You’re gonna throw something that expensive? And what if you lose it? Even if it sticks in a monster, what if it runs away with it?

Mincheol quickly understood why opinions on throwing were so negative.

‘In short, it’s not cost-effective.’

You need to throw a multi-million won weapon for it to even work. And you might lose it.

Facing that kind of risk, just holding a weapon and swinging it was several times better.

‘But I don’t need to worry about that.’

It doesn’t matter how expensive throwing weapons are. He can throw them freely.

Because thanks to Auto-Looting, he will never lose them.

‘Should I check it out?’

Mincheol opened the auction house and searched for throwing items. Listings popped up immediately.

A special grade hand axe that could be used for throwing was 5 million won.

A special grade throwing dagger used for the same purpose was only 1 million won.

‘Let’s skip the throwing dagger. It’s probably too light to be effective.’

As Mincheol continued scrolling down, he paused at a certain category.

<Skill: Volley Throw (Special Grade) – 10 million won.>
<Skill: Powerful Throw (Special Grade) – 10 million won.>
<Skill: Hunter’s Throwing Manual (Special Grade) – 12 million won.>

“…Special grade skills are this cheap?”

Common skills alone easily went over 10 million won. Decent skills went up to 20 million won.

But special grade skills, which are higher than that, were being sold for around 10 million won.

‘Is throwing unpopular, so the skill prices are low?’

To use throwing skills, you also need to purchase throwing weapons. That means the cost of the skill plus the cost of the weapons.

Even after investing that much, you could lose the weapon during battle, so it’s bound to be unpopular.

Mincheol did a quick mental calculation.

Mincheol’s current inventory capacity is 20 kg.

Each time he climbs the Tower, he can gather about 200 herb.

herb are 70,000 won each, so 200 items would be 14 million won.

In other words, if he goes back and forth on the 4th floor a few times…

‘I could buy it all.’

Money invested is meant to return as even greater income later on.

The higher Mincheol climbs, the more his income will increase, after all.

‘Strike while the iron is hot.’

Mincheol started adding the necessary items to his shopping cart.