Chapter 582 – Farm Story: Vespin Town
Seong-il, who thinks Edward’s words are reasonable, temporarily stops his security work and calls him to the direction of the mine.
‘First… Summon the alter ego…’
Seong-il calmly summoned 10 alter egos. After that, he throws the pickaxe he had prepared for mithril mining in the past to the alter ego.
“Can I lead them to dig?”
The wooden doll given by the Yin-Yang inspector has a much higher intelligence than other alter egos, so even though Seong-il has not been instructed, he reads Seong-il’s intentions in advance and asks questions.
“Yes. That’s right. Let’s dig together with Edward.”
“Okay.”
After a brief reply to Seong-il’s words, the alter ego starts digging the ground with mining equipment spread out on the floor.
‘It’s fast…’
The alter egos digging up the ground at great speed. As Seongil grew up, their bodies also became quite strong, and even ordinary alter egos who could not use their inner energy were showing quite strong physical abilities.
“Master.”
“Hmm…?”
While Seong-il observes his alter ego’s work and records the progress, Edward approaches and talks to him.
『How about using the Ethereal Stone of matter? If you use the power of that stone in your work, it will be of great help.”
“Oh… That’s a good idea!!”
As Edward said, if the Ethereal Stone of matter has strong material interference ability, it would accelerate the mining speed, so Seong-il is pleased with Edward’s words.
“Okay… I’m with this…”
Following Edward’s advice, Seong-il takes out the material Ethereal Stone from his inventory and tries to manipulate the surrounding terrain.
『Hmm… Why don’t I use the Ethereal Stone instead of Master?』
“…You?”
“Yes. Anyway, the Ethereal Stone doesn’t require the user’s ‘magic power’ until it passes the critical value, doesn’t it? I only use it until I cross the critical point.”
“Hoo…”
Seong-il is very interested in Edward’s words that he will try using the Ethereal Stone of matter outside of battle.
『It would be nice for the master to use the stone, but it would be more efficient if I used it. I can use the stone’s power to accelerate the production of nanomachines inside my body. It is something that is normally impossible.”
“!!!”
Unexpected application ability. Considering that it usually takes quite a long time for Edward to produce a certain level of nanomachines in the form of silver liquid, Seong-il could feel how unconventional his words were.
“You use it. And when you use up your mana, tell me. I’ll charge you.”
“Yes. And…”
When Edward came here, he read the memories of Seongil accumulated during the first floor mining in the past and finished analyzing the data, even presenting a pretty meticulous first plan for him.
‘I’m okay…?’
Seong-il is interested in hearing Edward’s proposal.
‘It’s quite interesting how Edward floats in the air and uses projectile beams to find empty spaces in the mines, directs his clones, or weakens the solid ground with stones and beams, isn’t it?’
Seong-il gets the feeling that things will be solved surprisingly easily.
“Edward! I’ll give you the full power, so do it yourself. I’ll just watch it this time.”
『Leave it to me.』
Seong-il, who was curious about how much Edward and his alter ego could do without his help, decides to get his hands off of this job altogether.
‘…Are you good at it?’
At first, Seong-il wondered if he would be able to reach the 50th floor of the basement within 24 hours. However, as the alter ego and Edward are digging the ground at breakneck speed, he examines the scene with a surprised expression.
‘If I skip the work of digging for minerals and thoroughly search for the entrance to the next floor, I can find the entrance within 3 to 40 minutes per floor…?’
‘Of course, there is a problem that the difficulty of mining increases as you go down to the deeper layers… But it’s only up to the 50th floor…’
Seong-il watches the mining progress with a relaxed mind.
“A large hollow can be felt in the direction of 3m to the left and 5m to the bottom. Please concentrate on digging there.”
Floating in the air, Edward quickly finds a singularity using the material ethereal stone and material perspective beam, and instructs his alter ego, and the alter ego shows efficient movement according to the instructions.
‘…Certainly, the fact that thoughts are linked is a great strength.’
Edward and his alter egos communicate without dialogue by connecting thoughts based on Seongil’s precise nanomachine relay.
They succeed in reaching the 30th basement floor in 8 hours, twice as fast as expected, based on truly ridiculous mechanical efficiency.
“Seongil!! I found this!!”
“Hmm…?”
While Seong-il watched the clone army digging the ground with a bored expression, a shout came out of the clone’s mouth.
‘What…?’
Seong-il, who has a slightly sleepy expression due to boredom, moves in the direction the alter ego is shouting.
“This…”
The appearance of a metal that emits a strange blue light in a clear silver color. The metal, the size of a fist, was radiating clear magical energy to the surroundings.
“Isn’t it Mithril…?!”
A rare ore, Mithril, found randomly with a 50% chance only on the 30th floor. Seong-il feels the drowsiness go away and accepts the mineral.
“Oh…”
After confirming that the mineral in front of him is mithril through emotion, Seong-il tries to manipulate the metal with an expression of interest.
‘Even though it’s lighter than aluminum, it’s several times harder than steel…? But paradoxically, it’s very elastic… And I think Yuna would like it if I gave it to her?’
Thinking so, Seong-il picks up aluminum and calls for tariffs.
『Unprocessed Mithril Ore: 1,000 points.』
“…Isn’t it cheap?”
Despite being a rare material, Mithril’s price is very affordable. Seong-il looks surprised at the unexpected price.
‘Is it because it’s not refined? Or is it because I haven’t made it as an artifact yet?’
However, whatever the reason, it was good for him if the price was cheap, so Seong-il postponed his curiosity and put it in his inventory after paying the Mithril duty.
『Certainly, the progress slows down from the 30th floor onwards.』
“Okay?”
“Yes. The ground is harder, and the mounds of dirt you have to dig to reach the entrance are thicker. The difficulty level rises from a certain floor… It seems like a structure… Master. Is this really a mine…?”
‘It’s definitely a bit like a mine.’
Like Edward’s question, Seong-il feels that this place is more like a kind of magical dungeon, but it’s hard to see it as a mine.
‘After a day, it becomes an initialization internal structure, magical substances are buried and the entrance is hidden, etc. This place seems more like a dungeon than a mine.’
The farm story world was just a country life with a little bit of fantasy elements from the player’s point of view.
It used to make Seong-il, who lived a life embodied in reality, feel more strongly about wandering in a forgotten fantasy world than living in the countryside.
‘Isn’t this game also a hidden setting?’
Seong-il, who thought so, starts digging the ground together with the struggling alter egos.
“You are suffering a lot.”
“Keuk… No. It’s easier for me to complete the quest sooner rather than later.”
Even if he reached the 50th floor, only 1 to 3 adamantiums would appear on the 50th floor with a 50% chance, so Seongil wanted to reach the 50th floor today.
‘Because it gets tiring when bad luck comes out consecutively for the rest of the period…’
Thinking so, Seong-il wildly wields the magic engineering pickaxe made by Yuna.
‘Ah… It’s filthy deep.’
Seong-il wielding a strong pickaxe and digging up the ground at terrifying speed. However, despite this, it is not easy to remove the excavated rocks or piles of soil, so the work speed gradually slows down.
‘Kkeuh… As I clear the pile of dirt with my telekinesis, the speed of digging slows down… Whoa… It would be convenient if I had supernatural powers.’
At that time, Seong-il was worried about a difficult problem he hadn’t thought of. One thought hitting him hard in the head.
“No fuck… Come to think of it, this is a cleared world!? It’s enough to just bring followers, damn…!!!”
When Seong-il thinks about it, he realizes that he can mobilize a few high-end personnel even with the exception of his alter ego and Edward.
“I have to go pick up the kids right now!!”
Thinking so, Seong-il entrusts the work to Edward and immediately tries to return to reality.
***
“Children!! Are you busy?!”
“Huh…? Seong-il? What happened? Suddenly?”
When Seong-il suddenly appears at the research facility, Hana, who is assisting with the research work in place of Dr. Jun, who is resting, looks at him with a puzzled expression.
“Ah! I need the help of the kids on the Red side!!”
“Help…?”
Hana now knows that Seong-il is more powerful than most wild psychics, so she looks puzzled when Seong-il mentions that he is a help.
“What’s the situation…”
Seong-il calmly explains the current situation. After hearing the story, Hana nodded her head as if she understood.
“Ah!! Was it like that? If it was like that, I can do it!! I’ll call the kids, wait!!”
‘Can I just take you…?’
While Seong-il was slightly taken aback by Hana’s cool agreement. She brings Red, Blue, and Luti, who Hana is quickly training at the institute.
“Hehe!! Are you going with Seong-il? Good!!”
‘Oh… Red’s vocabulary has definitely increased…?’
Red’s ability to use vocabulary has improved as quickly as Luti, a semi-legendary wild psychic.
“Children. I need to clear something from the mine. Your help…”
“I’ll do it!!”
“…Listen to the story and make a decision…”
“No! I’ll do it!! Take me with you!!”
“Yes…”
As if they were so happy to be able to travel with Seong-il after a long time, Red’s party refuses to listen to Seong-il and refuses to follow him recklessly.
“…Thanks anyway. Let’s go.”
The time when Seong-il was going to take such a party with him. She says in an urgent voice to Hana, who has entered the lab before she knew it.
“Ah! That’s right! Seongil!!”
“Hmm?”
“Sooner or later, magic research may be almost completed!!”
“…Really?!”
“Yeah!! Look forward to it!”
“Oh…”
Seong-il says goodbye with a look of interest at one proud statement.
“Okay!! You’re doing great!! It’s like telekinesis!!”
Edward softens the rock, and Seong-il and his alter ego hit the floor with a pickaxe.
“Whoa…!! I’ve reached it!!”
Thanks to that fantastic collaboration, Seong-il and his party succeed in reaching the 50th floor in just half a day.
‘I wish I had…’
Adamantium appears on the 50th floor with a 50% chance of 1-3 on each floor. Seong-il prays that he will be able to eat adamantium within a day, and digs out the floor.
“Seongil!! Here!!”
“Oh…?”
At Luti’s urgent cry, Seong-il quickly approaches in that direction. Then, a jet-black boulder the size of a visible human head.
‘Adamantium!!!’
Despite seeing it for the first time, the appearance of the rock convinced me that it was adamantium. Seong-il is excited and tries to use empathy quickly.
『Unprocessed adamantium ore: 2,000 points.』
‘Even the price is cheap…?’
An adamantium ore containing more magical power than Mithril. As much as its magical power, adamantium feels heavy.
“Okay!! Let’s just go like this!!”
When Seong-il, who is in a good mood, shouts out loud, Red next to him seems to be in a good mood as well, hugging him and starting to laugh.
***
“Uh…How!? Go… You saved adamantium like this… In just three days?!”
A few days later, Seong-il quickly succeeded in bringing three pieces of adamantium, and the goddess of harvest looked at Seong-il with a contemplative expression.
“Oh, what is it? I tried to find it~”
『…』
When her Seongil is openly sarcastic towards herself, the Harvest Goddess throws off her light and gentle demeanor completely and stares at him with her cold eyes.
“Now!! It’s my turn now? Unlike you, who gave me only one quest!! I’ll let you choose one of several quests! I’m merciful.”
『What do you say…』
Hearing the bullshit of her holy day, the goddess glares at him with a disgusted expression. Either that or not, Seong-il presents her quest to the goddess according to the causal rate calculated in advance.
“There are a total of three quests I’m suggesting!!”
“…Three?””
“Yes! First!! Having sex for half a day at noon with the same outfit as the statue of the goddess!!
Second!! Suck my dick for an hour on top of the town hall for three days! Ah! By the way, if you ejaculate, I’ll finish the quest that day early~”
Third!! Now in that outfit, with only her breasts off and the mask on, going to do a lewd dance for an hour at a different place in town every day!!”
Okay, three choices. In effect, Seong-il forces the goddess to make her third option.
『Go… Dare!!!』
The expression of the goddess begins to harden as it is in that lewd and low quest.
