A Wimp’s Strategy Guide to Conquer the Tower - Chapter 50



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Ten days of collecting ore.

I just kept it at home.

I thought it might disappear when I put it in my inventory and enter or exit the tower.

But it piled up too much.

If this continues, the house will collapse.

I think it’s time to hand it over to the management.

First, let’s get the ore appraisal done.

Surely it won’t take as long as leather.

Joohyuk received the ore that Gobang had picked up and put it in his inventory.

‘Oh my, there are a lot.’

This is not easy.

I thought my arm was going to fall off because I had to pretend to put the ore in with my hand.

“I’ll be back soon. Get some rest.”

“Girl, I pray for the success of your Majesty.”

“Fighting, Summoner Bong! Get it for a high price.”

“I will take good care of the house.”

“Huh!”

When the appointed time arrived, Deputy Director Jeon Gwang-il appeared in front of the apartment right on time.

I feel burdened because it seems like I’m using the vice president as my chauffeur.

So I apologized,

“Hahaha, don’t worry. Meeting player Bong Joo-hyuk is very important. And it’s the safest way.”

Then what?

“And I have something to tell you.”

“What are you talking about?”

“We are currently taking reservations for the Holy Sword.”

It’s a reservation.

“Uh…. There are many countries that applied?”

“There’s only one country, Norway. We have to clear the 66th floor there too. Soon, the number of countries that have reservations will increase.”

Still one place.

Just because you’ve reached the 61st floor doesn’t mean you have to use the Holy Sword.

You can go up to about 65 floors with just light attribute items.

Because Korea was like that too.

“As for the rental or reservation of the Holy Sword, please have the Management Office take care of it as they have done so far…”

“Yes, don’t worry.”

Another ten million dollars.

It still doesn’t feel real.

If this continues, my sense of money will become dull.

‘When I get some money, I should buy some land.’

Land or buildings are the best.

You can retire later and farm.

Of course, farming is not to be taken lightly.

Maybe this team is optimized for farming?

Gobang, who is stronger than an ox, Lajix, whose class itself is a worker, Gyeondal-lae, a priestess who prays for a good harvest, Cossack… you can just tell them to chase after gorals or wild boars.

“Wow! The Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates has entered Korea.”

“Hmm, I see.”

But what does that matter?

“The situation in the Black Tower of the United Arab Emirates is not good. Recently, all the national training players were killed in a terrorist attack by Islamic extremists.”

“Oh my!”

There’s terrorism in that neighborhood every day.

Even the players are getting involved.

“There are only 20 days left to conquer the tower. I plan to submit a temporary naturalization request to the Korean Awakening Management Agency soon.”

If you are a player eligible for temporary naturalization,

“To player Nam Ga-eun?”

“Yes.”

The liver is also large.

You want to borrow the best player?

“Currently, the United Arab Emirates believes that there are two best Korean players.”

“…Is it Yoo Cheol-min? He’s Japanese.”

“No, I mean player Bong Joo-hyuk.”

…That’s a random remark.

“How do you know me from that side?”

“Of course I don’t know. But I think our administration knows the identity of the S++ strategy recorder.”

Tsk, I guess it’s urgent.

“If that’s the case, wouldn’t the neighboring country be better? There’s also Saudi Arabia.”

“There is one top Saudi player, but I doubt you would lend him to me. I guess he might be a future player, but the difference in level between the top and next is more than 10 levels, so that won’t work.”

Of course.

Next time, if Plan B is solid, we can consider it.

But you’re sending your best players?

What if something goes wrong?

“In fact, the relationship between the two countries is not very good.”

“Why in the same Arab country?

“It’s because of the rune that strengthens the trait.”

Solgit.

Joohyuk shows interest.

Suddenly, we’re talking about runes for strengthening traits.

“When the runes of attribute enhancement were first released on the market, there was fierce competition between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates based on their enormous oil money.”

Oh! Jagangducheon.

“There were rumors that many of the Runes that were supposed to be contracted with Saudi Arabia ended up in the United Arab Emirates. This has not been confirmed.”

This means that the United Arab Emirates may have hit Saudi Arabia in the back of the head.

“As a result, the UAE has succeeded in nurturing a large number of nationally trained players… so the rumor may be true.”

A competition among countries to climb the unconquered upper floors of the Black Tower.

Joo-hyuk isn’t really interested in things like national competition, but there was something he had been obsessed with since a while ago.

“Hey, does the United Arab Emirates still have the runes for enhancing traits?”

“It’s very likely that they didn’t use it all at once, but rather stored it away.”

“What if we pursue temporary naturalization in exchange for that?”

“Well, I don’t think they’ll give it up unless absolutely necessary. They’d rather settle it with money.”

“I see.”

If you don’t give it to me, I’m not interested.

They’ll figure it out themselves.

‘I also happen to have a ticket to use the multinational tower.’

If I get a trait enhancement rune in return, I’ll try to burn this body.

Tsk, I have to climb slowly.

As we were talking, we were already in the management office’s top materials warehouse.

Joo-hyuk and Jeon Gwang-il got out of the car, put on long padding, and went inside.

They say the temperature is kept very low to store the leather.

“The leather is safely stored and will be processed as soon as the processing facility is ready.”

no way,

It’s still there.

What will you do when you get a lot of money later?

You should come in now.

First things first.

“I brought some materials today too. It’s not leather.”

“Ah! Yes, yes.”

A day full of anticipation.

It’s not leather.

Then what?

It won’t necessarily be an ordinary item.

Actually, I do have some expectations…

A rectangular metal ingot that players receive as a reward.

‘I wish it was an ingot.’

Joohyeok starts taking out the ores that Rajix canned from his inventory one by one.

Jeon Gwang-il was somewhat disappointed.

Although he didn’t show it.

It wasn’t an ingot.

An ordinary looking stone.

“…It’s a rock.”

“Similar.”

Definitely a boulder. No matter how you look at it, it’s a boulder.

‘No.’

A boulder that goes into the top’s exclusive inventory.

If you look closely, it looks like something is sparkling.

So I picked it up with my hand.

Ouch! Jeon Gwang-il is surprised.

It’s quite heavy.

It’s not as heavy as I imagined.

Like iron ore….

‘hmm?’

Iron ore, iron ore, iron ore?

No way.

“Oh, is it ore?”

“yes.”

Crazy! Stupid.

Why didn’t I know?

The tower materials that player Bong Joo-hyuk brings are different from those that players receive as rewards.

It was the same with leather and herbs.

No, bring the ore too?

What is it that you can’t bring?

“…This is adamant ore.”

“There’s also orichalcon and sectonium, although less than adamant.”

Jeon Gwang-il was speechless for a while.

Bong Player is Bong Player, but…

‘haha…’

Always exceeds expectations.

So much so that your imagination can’t keep up.

“It’s an ore, not an ingot, so it’ll be a bit of a hassle to use.”

“Oh, no. It wouldn’t be a hassle!”

Ore, not ingot.

Smelting ore yields metal.

Is top ore also possible?

Of course it will happen.

All metals melt in fire.

The same goes for the top reward ingots.

So you can also craft weapons and equipment.

“Ah, then I’ll take them all out.”

“…Is there more?”

“I have quite a lot, so I need to put it in something.”

“Okay, just wait a minute.”

Joohyuk continued to take out ores from his inventory.

The mouth of On Jeon-gwang-il, who had brought several baskets, slowly opened.

Ore comes out.

It comes out again.

I thought it would stop now, but it came out again.

Joo-hyuk, who was already sweating profusely, took off his padding.

This is so fucking hard.

There are a lot of sheep.

The number of ores is roughly around 600.

When you take it out of your inventory, you have to hold it in your hand and put it down somewhere.

‘It was light to lift inside the tower,’

Because it’s outside.

All you have to do is sit still and regularly collect the rental fee for the Holy Sword.

‘It’s hard to buy it.’

How much money do you plan on earning?

Or you can just wait for the leather products to sell.

But I couldn’t turn away from Rajix’s expectant eyes.

I’m talking about the desire to help, even if it means mining ore.

Jeon Gwang-il didn’t stay still either.

I received the ores that Joohyeok had taken out, sorted them by type, and put them in a basket.

Adamant, Orichalcum, and Sectonium, each separately, can be identified by their colors.

yet,

“Ugh, it’s all over.”

“Okay, is that the end?”

“Yeah, I thought my arm was going to fall off.”

“ha ha ha…”

How many replacement baskets are there?

“…Would you like to buy this?”

“I will buy it unconditionally.”

I’m glad you bought it for me.

All that remains is the price.

“Can I weigh it first?”

“yes.”

Jeon Gwang-il brought a large scale from the corner of the warehouse.

After zeroing the scale, we started to load the sorted baskets.

Record the weight of each basket carefully.

Weight measurement complete.

Jeon Gwang-il’s trembling hands as he touches the smartphone calculator.

It was difficult to lift the basket, but the amount was enormous.

“Player Bong.”

“yes.”

“Usually players will receive metal in the form of ingots as a reward for completing raids.”

“I know that.”

“In the Player Shop, 1kg of Adamant Ingot is being purchased for 5 million won. Orichalcon is 10 million won per kilo, and Sectonium is 20 million won per kilo. That is the international standard price.”

Metal is a more valuable material than leather when it comes to tower climbing.

Leather is only made into armor, but metal is used for weapons, armor, and everything else.

The probability of receiving equipment items as a reward for clearing the top tier is very slim.

Most players will have to enter the game wearing weapons and armor made by their respective countries.

In short, it is a top climbing strategy material.

So we set the standard price so that it is not too expensive.

‘The metal purchase price is better than expected?’

Actually, a small hand shield made of metal plate cost 40 million won.

That too at cost price, quite cheaply.

This might have good results.

It will definitely exceed 1 billion.

Jeon Gwang-il continued speaking while holding a piece of ore.

“Usually, the iron content in iron ore is about 50% or more. This seems similar to iron ore…”

At half the price of the ingot,

“I’m thinking of buying Adamant Ore at 2.5 million won per kilo, Orichalcon Ore at 5 million won, and Sectonium Ore at 10 million won. Is that okay? This is the standard price.”

Joohyuk nodded.

If there is a standard price, there is no need to haggle over the price.

So what’s the total?

“Adamant is 3,742,500,000 won, Orichalcon is 2,680,000,000 won, Sectonium is 3,050,000,000 won, the total is 9,427,500,000 won.”

Then, he looked at Joo-hyuk’s expression and asked slyly.

“What do you think? Do you like it?”

Joohyuk doesn’t move at all, but he heard the amount…

“How much?”

“94.275 billion won.”

“Not 940 million?”

“It’s 9.4 billion, but at standard price.”

wince,

9.4 billion.

Is this true?

Does this make sense?

“…Uh, uh, did you miscalculate?”

“That’s impossible. The total weight of the ores is 2,342 kg when rounded to the nearest decimal, of which 1,497 kg is Adamant Ore, 536 kg is Orichalcon, and 309 kg is Sectonium.”

The ore was 2.3 tons.

“Later, when more ingots are extracted, we will add the same amount to you.”

“…what if less is extracted?”

“Well, it was my mistake, so there’s nothing I can do about it.”

Even Jeon Gwang-il couldn’t believe it.

What a huge amount.

If it’s 50%, the total amount of metal ingots exceeds 1 ton.

Even if only 30% of the smelting is successful, it’s 700 kg.

700kg is a little more than the amount of metal purchased by the Player Shop in a year.

I’m ashamed of myself for worrying about things like leatherworking tools.

We can now provide players with a wide range of quality equipment.

For melee players, you can wear plate armor.

“Thank you for selling to me.”

Should I be more grateful?

I wanted to say that, but my heart was pounding so hard that the words wouldn’t come out of my mouth.

These days, transactions are in the hundreds of billions.

In the holy sword, in the penthouse, in the ore.

This is a big deal.

A billion doesn’t even seem like money.

Thanks to Lajix, I’m going to get bigger and bigger.

***

Joohyuk’s penthouse.

The Cossack was rolling around on the floor, munching on cookies.

Rustle, rustle,

Every time you take a cookie out of a bag, crumbs fall out,

The living room floor is dirty, but don’t worry.

Degurururur, the fur ball Lajix rolling in from far away,

“Huh!”

Swoosh! Swoosh! Just wipe it off with a rag and you’re done.

“Thank you, Mr. Rajix.”

“Whoa.”

Lajix disappears again,

Gyeondal-rae shook her head from side to side.

A Cossack who dirtys the living room without any guilt.

Lajix, the servant who runs happily whenever there is something to clean.

The one who throws away and the one who cleans up. The perfect match between the two.

‘Ha, this is ridiculous.’

Cossack said, rolling around on the cleaned living room floor again.

“Gobang-ah, don’t worry and just say whatever comes to mind.”

“I can’t remember.”

“Okay. I’ll talk first. I’ll give you 500 million.”

Then Gyeondalrae.

“Is that all? How dare you disparage Rajix’s hard work like that? Fine. I’ll take 1 billion.”

“Princess, I won’t give you anything. I’m sure you heard it was 1 billion.”

“I am not a Cossack. I will never change my mind.”

“Huh! I will never let you see me as a princess.”

“I don’t even ask you to look at it.”

Cossack, Gobang and Gyeondallae are making a bet to guess how much the ore will sell for.

The penalty is that the first place winner gets to hit the last place winner with a hammer.

“Gobang, if you’re not going to talk until the end…”

“would.”

“how much?”

“10 billion.”

The Cossack jumped up and laughed.

“Kya kya kya, the ore costs 10 billion? You really have no sense of reality. This house costs 20 billion.”

“Is that so?”

“You’re not soft either. Get ready to get hit, you punk! Don’t transform when you get hit.”

“…I get it.”

And then I rolled around on the living room floor again.

Cookie crumbs scattered all over the floor.

Degurrurur.

Ssuksak!

Degurururur

“Huh!”

That was it. Snap!

The Cossack’s ears twitched.

Whirlwind! The Cossack disappeared in an instant.

Spot!

‘Why is he like that?’

The moment when Gyeondalrae tilts her head.

Tirik!

The front door opened.

“I’m back.”

It was Joohyuk.

“Welcome, Your Majesty.”

“Summoner, I’ve been waiting.”

Cossack reappeared, holding a cordless vacuum cleaner.

Wheeing!

While cleaning the living room with a shameless expression,

“Huh? When did you get here? Chong! Summoner Bong’s right-hand man, Cossack, was cleaning. I was helping Lajix.”

“Oh my, you’ve worked hard. As expected, there’s no one better than Mr. Cossack. Hahahaha.”

“Hehehehe.”

“Huh?”

Gyeondal-rae looks at the sight with a bewildered expression.

‘That, that cunning….’

He is a traitor from heaven.

A treacherous official who disrupts state affairs.

I really want to throw it at the mad horse.

Joohyuk took off his shoes and sat on the living room sofa.

Everyone looked at me with curiosity.

So how much is the ore worth?

Joohyuk’s mouth opens slowly.

“94.275 billion won.”

“…Huh?”

What is 9.4 billion?

“This is the money I earned from selling ore today.”

“…Huh?”

The summoned ones have bewildered expressions.

“Do you understand what I’m saying…?”

Joohyuk smiled and said again.

“It’s 94,275,000,000 won. I sold the ore. It’s the money that Mr. Rajix earned all by himself.”

The Cossack’s eyes trembled without mercy.

“Eek?”

Gobang smiled happily.

“hmm.”

The hawk flew down like a butterfly and bowed deeply.

“Your Majesty, I congratulate you.”

Lajix still seems dazed.

“Huh, huh?”

Suddenly! A burst of cheers!

“Wow!”

“Long live Lazix! Long live Lazix!”

“As expected, you are a servant of a wealthy family.”

At the same time, a white ball of fur soars high into the sky.

It’s Lajix Hangarae Time.

“Whew, whoa, whoa,”

Lajix also enjoyed this moment.

I felt happy and proud of myself.

Even though I went up so high, I wasn’t scared at all.

But Cossack stopped washing his dishes and, as if remembering something, approached Juhyeok with a pale face and whispered in his ear.

“Look, Summoner Bong.”

“Why? Um, your face doesn’t look good. What’s wrong?”

“I’m not feeling well, so can you release me from the summons right now?”

“Huh?”

What’s wrong with your health?

“I have to go and have a company dinner.”

“No, that’s not it…. Unsummon me right now, please!”

“Uh huh.”

“Hurry up! Or I’ll die.”

Right then!

Snap!

A huge hand grabs the Cossack by the collar.

“Come on!”

“Huh?”

“Assassin, a promise is a promise.”

“Okay, let me tell you a little bit….”

Exactly!

Boom!

An explosion loud enough to shake the living room windows.

The Cossack’s head was thrown back as if it was about to snap.

A Cossack who was hanging limp and shaking while being held by the collar by the gobang.

Gyeondalrae’s happy smile.

“…”

What the heck.

Surely he’s not dead?

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