bookpower Chapter 132
Chapter 132
[Translator - Kiteretsu]
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Chapter 132
Birshin watched the battle between the stranger and the Guardian in a daze.
It seemed like an exchange of blows, but it was a very one-sided fight.
'...It seems like I'll lose this bet too.'
The second bet he had made.
If they reached the Celestial Ore, he would be the loser of the bet.
But even if he lost, he didn't feel bad at all.
Rather, he was excited.
He had wasted a year trying to see the Celestial Ore again.
But seeing the changed mine, he realized that if he hadn't met this stranger, he wouldn't have been able to reach the Celestial Ore even if he had spent his entire life trying.
"Let's go."
As Jeong-Hoon defeated the Guardian, the barrier blocking their path disappeared.
"Yes, let's."
Birshin followed Jeong-Hoon past the barrier.
And they arrived.
At the very place where he had seen the Celestial Ore a year ago.
The same tombstone he had seen back then stood there, but the Celestial Ore was nowhere to be found.
[Qualifications proven.]
The tombstone had clearly said 'Celestial Ore' a year ago, but now it said 'Qualifications proven'.
"Go ahead and touch it."
Jeong-Hoon stepped aside.
Birshin naturally approached the tombstone.
"Is it okay to touch it? What if something strange happens again, like last time...?"
"I think it'll be fine."
'What an optimistic fellow... Or is it confidence in his skills...?'
Birshin took a couple of deep breaths and then slowly stroked the tombstone.
The tombstone glowed, and a blue light emanated from the empty wall, revealing the ores he had seen before.
"The... Celestial Ore..."
Birshin murmured in a voice filled with emotion.
[Achievement Unlocked! 'First Discovery of Celestial Mineral' completed! 50,000 Achievement Points awarded.]
'It worked.'
The final condition for revealing the Celestial Ore was for Birshin, who had first touched the tombstone, to touch it once again.
Knowing this condition, Jeong-Hoon had brought Birshin into the mine, and because the condition was met, the Celestial Ore appeared.
Jeong-Hoon took out a pickaxe and mined a small amount of Celestial Ore.
[All materials have been gathered.]
- Squishy Tears (Acquired)
- Unidentified Battery (Acquired)
- Celestial Ore (Acquired)
With this, he could finally craft the Bone Lord Wyvern's heart.
And that wasn't all.
"Thank you so much. If it weren't for you, I would never have seen these beautiful minerals again."
The Birshin who had tried to kill Jeong-Hoon at the beginning was gone.
He was now expressing his sincere gratitude to Jeong-Hoon with a respectful attitude.
And above his head, an exclamation mark was blinking.
[Quest Completed.]
[You have acquired the Luminous Stone.]
The reward Birshin offered for losing the bet was the Luminous Stone.
Like Evolution Stones, it was a stone used for equipment.
However, unlike Evolution Stones, which upgraded equipment, the Luminous Stone could restore lost equipment.
'It's so rare that its value is equivalent to 10 billion won.'
He hadn't even imagined that Birshin would possess the Luminous Stone.
"Are you sure you want to give me something this precious?"
"Oh, you have a good eye, don't you? How did you know it was valuable?"
"I can tell just by looking at it."
"Haha, this is the most valuable item I have, so I'm giving it to you."
"..."
"Don't feel too burdened. I'm giving it to you as an apology for everything, from trying to kill you at the beginning to underestimating you."
Birshin traveled all over the country collecting minerals.
He had acquired the Luminous Stone by chance during his travels.
It was a Legendary-grade Luminous Stone, far more valuable than a Unique Enhancement Stone, and he knew that with just this one, he could live comfortably for the rest of his life.
However, as a mineral re
"Uh... Yes!"
Kim Bong-Goo took out a pouch filled with gold from his inventory.
Jeong-Hoon looked at him with a dumbfounded expression.
"What are you doing?"
"Huh? Didn't you tell me to take out money?"
He naturally assumed Jeong-Hoon was going to extort gold from him.
"...I said take out your dagger."
"D-Dagger...?"
"Yeah. Let's spar a bit from now on."
Only then did Kim Bong-Goo notice the weapon in Jeong-Hoon's hand.
It wasn't Anima or Leviathan, but a simple dagger from the training grounds.
'Seriously, why are you doing this to me?'
Kim Bong-Goo hurriedly knelt down.
"B-Brother? I don't know what I did wrong, but please forgive me!"
"Bong-Goo. I really hate repeating myself."
"...Ugh!"
'You're a real jerk.'
In the end, Kim Bong-Goo took out a dagger from his inventory and held it.
"From now on, we're going to test if tuning is possible."
"Tuning...?"
"When I saw you at the Wyvern's Nest, your car was a wreck."
"..."
"It wasn't just a matter of depreciation, it was at the level of needing to be scrapped. You know what I mean?"
"No, but..."
"So I'm thinking of tuning it up and taking it for a proper spin, but before that, I want to do some tests. Okay?"
"...Bong-Goo car is just a nickname. I'm actually a human."
"Let's start."
Jeong-Hoon's figure vanished.
At that moment, a sharp pain pierced his side.
Jeong-Hoon had already moved to his side and stabbed him in the ribs with the dagger.
"Ugh!"
Kim Bong-Goo groaned in intense pain and trembled.
"...This is serious."
Jeong-Hoon pulled out the dagger and used healing.
The pain subsided, and the wound quickly closed.
"B-Brother... I can't do this. I'd rather train with someone else!"
"Ah, that's not possible. You need to do your 3rd class advancement when you reach level 201, right?"
"That's right...?"
"So, come back when you've upgraded to Unique."
"What...?!"
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