Overgeared Chapter 56:
Chapter 56
“I don’t know . I only met her when we competed in the game, so how could I know so much about her?”
“Didn’t you team up with your successor and participated in the fight? He also didn’t notice anything about Erina?”
“Yes . ”
These guys couldn’t even guess that I was Khan’s successor . Maybe it was because I looked like a beginner, as no one would think that the successor of the prestigious blacksmith Khan would be a beginner .
“…Sheesh . ” Whether it was because they were irritated at not gaining anything, or because he was an NPC, the men left without saying goodbye to Khan .
I pulled out salt from my inventory and sprinkled it in front of the smithy .
“Phew, unlucky **** . Don’t come back again . ”
Khan scratched his head as he looked at me . “Shouldn’t you be sprinkling coarse salt?”
“…Ah, is that so? Hum hum, let’s go back to work . ”
As I turned back to the furnace, Khan opened his mouth and asked, “Are you going to work today without resting?”
“Of course . ”
“The more I look, the more I feel admiration . You already have excellent skills, but you aren’t satisfied and you keep working hard…”
Excellent skills… If my skills were really excellent, I would’ve created a unique and legendary rated item among the 73 items that I made . But not only did a unique rating not emerge, I only made three epic rated items .
I was still lacking . I needed to raise my skill level further . I would make a lot of money and show my parents .
‘I need to be quickly recognized by my parents…’
The fact that I had less time to play the game was a big problem .
Ttang! Ttang!
As I concentrated on making the items, Khan sat at the counter and sold the items I made to the customers . It was a very desirable system; other users would go green in envy if they saw this .
Why? There were three ways that ordinary users could sell items to other users:
Firstly – they could open up a street stall and sell them to users directly .
Secondly – they could sell items at the auction site .
Thirdly, they could post the items to be sold on a cash transaction site .
In the first case, a lot of time could be wasted waiting for customers to come . In addition, bargaining with the customers was frequent and could be stressful . The second and third options saved time but there were high fees involved .
In other words, it meant that a normal user had to take time and money to sell the items . But I was different . Khan sold the items on my behalf, saving me time . He also didn’t charge me a sales commission .
I just needed to make the items, while Khan sold them and gave the proceeds back to me . If I steadily made money by producing more than two items a day, I would surely become rich someday…
“…I’m still waiting! This is rotten . No, **** . Does this make sense? I am a legendary class so why can’t I make a legendary item?”
On that day, the S . A . Group Headquater’s operations team received an email .
Title: Look and you will see .
Contents: If you look at my information, you can see that I’m a legendary blacksmith . So why can’t I make any legendary items? If I am a legendary blacksmith, isn’t it normal for me to be able to make a legendary item? No, I didn’t do anything else for a month and made 73 items, but there were no legendary items at all . Yes? I didn’t create a single unique item and only made three epic items, so isn’t this manipulation? Yes? You are probably manipulating this right? Huh? Right? Ah, look . This is really X . Do you want me to snap? Should I go there? Eh? The materials and production method are good, so isn’t this manipulation, you #~!$@ .
The employee who checked the email thought it was absurd .
“What manipulation… First he should raise the level…”
Level 10 users and level 100 users . Assuming that both of them had the same dexterity stat and skill level, a level 100 user was more likely to produce a higher rated item than the level 10 user .
In other words, the higher the level of the maker, the better the item . This was common sense among users with production classes . However, this wasn’t known by the user who obtained a legendary class .
The employees sighed as a group .
“It is painful to see that great class…”
Then someone said . “If the contents of the email aren’t false, he really is an unlucky person . With the Legendary Blacksmith’s Craftsmanship Skill, he only made 3 epic items out of 73? Unique and legendary items are unlikely because their probabilities are low, but there is a fixed probability of creating an epic item . Looking at this, doesn’t he really seem cursed?”
All the employees were sympathetic .
“He really is a person with bad luck…”
“No wonder why he feels doubts about manipulation…”
“If it is really possible to intervene, I would like to increase his chances of making higher rated items . ”
From that day onwards, Grid became famous for his bad luck among the game operators .
***
The 73 items I made were weapons and armor with a level 60 limit . The total sales amount was 1,590 gold, with a net profit of 1,079 gold . This was equivalent to exactly 1,294,800 won when converted to cash .
The game, which I played for 5~6 hours a day, earned me around 1 . 3 million won a month . If I quit going to the labor office, I would be able to make three times as much money . In addition, if I was fortunate enough to make a unique or legendary item, I could earn tens of millions of won .
However, my parents didn’t agree, as they knew that the number of people who made money from the game was very low . Furthermore, I had been playing for over a year, and yet I still couldn’t escape my debt .
That’s right . In society and in my home, I was treated as someone with bad credit . My parents overlapped with the first and second financial institutions that rejected me .
‘Should I sell the Ideal Dagger? No, no . It isn’t time yet . ’
I could sell the Ideal Dagger as a means of proving to my parents that I could make money through Satisfy . But I couldn’t sell the Ideal Dagger . The reason for this was the terms of use for the Ideal Dagger .
In order to meet the Ideal Dagger’s usage conditions, the passive skill called Advanced Dagger Mastery was needed . But at the moment, the top rankers of each class only had intermediate level skills .
If I put up the Ideal Dagger on the trading site in this situation, only the merchants thinking of future profits would flock to it . Therefore, the merchants were likely to bid at the cheapest price possible and it was likely that the dagger would be sold at an unsatisfactory price . I had to hold onto the Ideal Dagger for the moment .
It was four in the morning . I reached the end of my limit at the thought of going to the labor office .
“Do I have to live like this forever…”
Four in the morning was when most people would still be dreaming . But I had to work until 6 p . m . just for 90,000 won per day, while my body suffered . I could endure it if it was my only way of making money like before, but now it was different!
I was able to make more money from playing the game than doing labor work, so going to the labor office was just a waste of time!
“Shit…I want a unique or legendary item . Or if I make a lot of epic items, it will help persuade my parents that I am making a profit… Urgh, dammit . I feel angry as soon as I open my eyes . It can’t be helped . I should get some cold air . Huh? This…”
As I was exiting my front door to go on a walk around the neighborhood, I saw a flyer sticking out from the newspaper .
[September 10th! The long-awaited opening!
The best capsule room is open!
There are 150 top of the line capsules!
It is fully equipped with cafe facilities .
Delicious food cooked by a 5 star hotel chef .
A feast of beauties and handsome workers!
* Please don’t ask for the employee’ telephone numbers .
On September 10th, for just one day! Any customers who sign up will receive a 30% discount on the capsule room fee for a lifetime!]
Heok… a lifetime discount on a capsule room? The capsule room was 6,000 won per hour . If it was a 30% discount…
“This is it!” I got a good idea .
“Okay!”
I headed back to my room . I changed into my work clothes and opened the door .
“Huh? Your work clothes? Are you going to work already? Isn’t it only 4 . 10 a . m?” My puzzled mother asked and I vigorously nodded .
“That’s right! I am going work! Hahahahaha!”
“… Why are you so full of energy in the morning?”
“Puhahaha! Of course! I am young and overflowing with energy . Then Mother, Father! I will go to work early this time! Puhahahahat!”
“Youngwoo, are you sick or something…?”
“Yes… I am worried…”
I left the house while my parents felt worried . Today was September 10th! I looked for the newly opened capsule room . The colorful banners hung outside a building to announce the opening of the capsule room .
“This will be my job starting from today . Puhahahahat!”
Yes, I was going to quit the labor jobs today . Now I would play Satisfy from the moment I got up to when I fell asleep . I would spend the morning and afternoon in the capsule room . Then I would play at home at night .
“Now I can work harder to make items . Puhahahat!”
***
Recently, Khan’s smithy was a great source of interest for users .
Among the items sold at Khan’s smithy, there were level 60 equipment made by a craftsman with great talent and potential, but lacking in experience and reputation . His equipment had an almost 20% better performance than normal items . Even the normal rated items were comparable to rare rated equipment at the same level .
The users called this the ‘Unknown Craftsman Series’ and it was very popular . The performance was good but the price was rather expensive . However, money wasn’t a problem . They couldn’t live without this equipment .
The users entered Khan’s smithy on a daily basis .
“Did the unknown craftsman make any more items?”
“I will buy any items he made! I will pay however much you want, so please sell it to me!”
“Give me his name . I personally want to ask him to make me an item . Yes? Where can I meet him?”
The users wanted to have items made by the unknown craftsman, or they were curious about his identity .
But Khan never replied .
Grid always made a limited number of items due to time restrictions, and he didn’t want others to know his identity .
Ttang! Ttang!
The crowd at the counter never imagined that the beginner user hammering at the furnace behind Khan would be the one they were looking for .
“I don’t know . I only met her when we competed in the game, so how could I know so much about her?”
“Didn’t you team up with your successor and participated in the fight? He also didn’t notice anything about Erina?”
“Yes . ”
These guys couldn’t even guess that I was Khan’s successor . Maybe it was because I looked like a beginner, as no one would think that the successor of the prestigious blacksmith Khan would be a beginner .
“…Sheesh . ” Whether it was because they were irritated at not gaining anything, or because he was an NPC, the men left without saying goodbye to Khan .
I pulled out salt from my inventory and sprinkled it in front of the smithy .
“Phew, unlucky **** . Don’t come back again . ”
Khan scratched his head as he looked at me . “Shouldn’t you be sprinkling coarse salt?”
“…Ah, is that so? Hum hum, let’s go back to work . ”
As I turned back to the furnace, Khan opened his mouth and asked, “Are you going to work today without resting?”
“Of course . ”
“The more I look, the more I feel admiration . You already have excellent skills, but you aren’t satisfied and you keep working hard…”
Excellent skills… If my skills were really excellent, I would’ve created a unique and legendary rated item among the 73 items that I made . But not only did a unique rating not emerge, I only made three epic rated items .
I was still lacking . I needed to raise my skill level further . I would make a lot of money and show my parents .
‘I need to be quickly recognized by my parents…’
The fact that I had less time to play the game was a big problem .
Ttang! Ttang!
As I concentrated on making the items, Khan sat at the counter and sold the items I made to the customers . It was a very desirable system; other users would go green in envy if they saw this .
Why? There were three ways that ordinary users could sell items to other users:
Firstly – they could open up a street stall and sell them to users directly .
Secondly – they could sell items at the auction site .
Thirdly, they could post the items to be sold on a cash transaction site .
In the first case, a lot of time could be wasted waiting for customers to come . In addition, bargaining with the customers was frequent and could be stressful . The second and third options saved time but there were high fees involved .
In other words, it meant that a normal user had to take time and money to sell the items . But I was different . Khan sold the items on my behalf, saving me time . He also didn’t charge me a sales commission .
I just needed to make the items, while Khan sold them and gave the proceeds back to me . If I steadily made money by producing more than two items a day, I would surely become rich someday…
“…I’m still waiting! This is rotten . No, **** . Does this make sense? I am a legendary class so why can’t I make a legendary item?”
On that day, the S . A . Group Headquater’s operations team received an email .
Title: Look and you will see .
Contents: If you look at my information, you can see that I’m a legendary blacksmith . So why can’t I make any legendary items? If I am a legendary blacksmith, isn’t it normal for me to be able to make a legendary item? No, I didn’t do anything else for a month and made 73 items, but there were no legendary items at all . Yes? I didn’t create a single unique item and only made three epic items, so isn’t this manipulation? Yes? You are probably manipulating this right? Huh? Right? Ah, look . This is really X . Do you want me to snap? Should I go there? Eh? The materials and production method are good, so isn’t this manipulation, you #~!$@ .
The employee who checked the email thought it was absurd .
“What manipulation… First he should raise the level…”
Level 10 users and level 100 users . Assuming that both of them had the same dexterity stat and skill level, a level 100 user was more likely to produce a higher rated item than the level 10 user .
In other words, the higher the level of the maker, the better the item . This was common sense among users with production classes . However, this wasn’t known by the user who obtained a legendary class .
The employees sighed as a group .
“It is painful to see that great class…”
Then someone said . “If the contents of the email aren’t false, he really is an unlucky person . With the Legendary Blacksmith’s Craftsmanship Skill, he only made 3 epic items out of 73? Unique and legendary items are unlikely because their probabilities are low, but there is a fixed probability of creating an epic item . Looking at this, doesn’t he really seem cursed?”
All the employees were sympathetic .
“He really is a person with bad luck…”
“No wonder why he feels doubts about manipulation…”
“If it is really possible to intervene, I would like to increase his chances of making higher rated items . ”
From that day onwards, Grid became famous for his bad luck among the game operators .
***
The 73 items I made were weapons and armor with a level 60 limit . The total sales amount was 1,590 gold, with a net profit of 1,079 gold . This was equivalent to exactly 1,294,800 won when converted to cash .
The game, which I played for 5~6 hours a day, earned me around 1 . 3 million won a month . If I quit going to the labor office, I would be able to make three times as much money . In addition, if I was fortunate enough to make a unique or legendary item, I could earn tens of millions of won .
However, my parents didn’t agree, as they knew that the number of people who made money from the game was very low . Furthermore, I had been playing for over a year, and yet I still couldn’t escape my debt .
That’s right . In society and in my home, I was treated as someone with bad credit . My parents overlapped with the first and second financial institutions that rejected me .
‘Should I sell the Ideal Dagger? No, no . It isn’t time yet . ’
I could sell the Ideal Dagger as a means of proving to my parents that I could make money through Satisfy . But I couldn’t sell the Ideal Dagger . The reason for this was the terms of use for the Ideal Dagger .
In order to meet the Ideal Dagger’s usage conditions, the passive skill called Advanced Dagger Mastery was needed . But at the moment, the top rankers of each class only had intermediate level skills .
If I put up the Ideal Dagger on the trading site in this situation, only the merchants thinking of future profits would flock to it . Therefore, the merchants were likely to bid at the cheapest price possible and it was likely that the dagger would be sold at an unsatisfactory price . I had to hold onto the Ideal Dagger for the moment .
It was four in the morning . I reached the end of my limit at the thought of going to the labor office .
“Do I have to live like this forever…”
Four in the morning was when most people would still be dreaming . But I had to work until 6 p . m . just for 90,000 won per day, while my body suffered . I could endure it if it was my only way of making money like before, but now it was different!
I was able to make more money from playing the game than doing labor work, so going to the labor office was just a waste of time!
“Shit…I want a unique or legendary item . Or if I make a lot of epic items, it will help persuade my parents that I am making a profit… Urgh, dammit . I feel angry as soon as I open my eyes . It can’t be helped . I should get some cold air . Huh? This…”
As I was exiting my front door to go on a walk around the neighborhood, I saw a flyer sticking out from the newspaper .
[September 10th! The long-awaited opening!
The best capsule room is open!
There are 150 top of the line capsules!
It is fully equipped with cafe facilities .
Delicious food cooked by a 5 star hotel chef .
A feast of beauties and handsome workers!
* Please don’t ask for the employee’ telephone numbers .
On September 10th, for just one day! Any customers who sign up will receive a 30% discount on the capsule room fee for a lifetime!]
Heok… a lifetime discount on a capsule room? The capsule room was 6,000 won per hour . If it was a 30% discount…
“This is it!” I got a good idea .
“Okay!”
I headed back to my room . I changed into my work clothes and opened the door .
“Huh? Your work clothes? Are you going to work already? Isn’t it only 4 . 10 a . m?” My puzzled mother asked and I vigorously nodded .
“That’s right! I am going work! Hahahahaha!”
“… Why are you so full of energy in the morning?”
“Puhahaha! Of course! I am young and overflowing with energy . Then Mother, Father! I will go to work early this time! Puhahahahat!”
“Youngwoo, are you sick or something…?”
“Yes… I am worried…”
I left the house while my parents felt worried . Today was September 10th! I looked for the newly opened capsule room . The colorful banners hung outside a building to announce the opening of the capsule room .
“This will be my job starting from today . Puhahahahat!”
Yes, I was going to quit the labor jobs today . Now I would play Satisfy from the moment I got up to when I fell asleep . I would spend the morning and afternoon in the capsule room . Then I would play at home at night .
“Now I can work harder to make items . Puhahahat!”
***
Recently, Khan’s smithy was a great source of interest for users .
Among the items sold at Khan’s smithy, there were level 60 equipment made by a craftsman with great talent and potential, but lacking in experience and reputation . His equipment had an almost 20% better performance than normal items . Even the normal rated items were comparable to rare rated equipment at the same level .
The users called this the ‘Unknown Craftsman Series’ and it was very popular . The performance was good but the price was rather expensive . However, money wasn’t a problem . They couldn’t live without this equipment .
The users entered Khan’s smithy on a daily basis .
“Did the unknown craftsman make any more items?”
“I will buy any items he made! I will pay however much you want, so please sell it to me!”
“Give me his name . I personally want to ask him to make me an item . Yes? Where can I meet him?”
The users wanted to have items made by the unknown craftsman, or they were curious about his identity .
But Khan never replied .
Grid always made a limited number of items due to time restrictions, and he didn’t want others to know his identity .
Ttang! Ttang!
The crowd at the counter never imagined that the beginner user hammering at the furnace behind Khan would be the one they were looking for .