CH 159

The time I could stay in the forest was running out.

In the cave, Jung Dae Nam, a miner, was very nervous at Jun-woo’s declaration that he would not catch golden mandragora.

Numerous adventure stories are told while working as a miner, and countless rare monsters and treasures are discovered by miners.

Among them, the meaning of gold was said to have reached a legendary level.

Rumor has it that you will be given one of the legendary grades just by catching it.

It could be an item, it could be a material, it could be a skill book.

It wasn’t the monster he discovered, but there was no such thing as ownership. But it was frustrating to say that the discoverer didn’t catch it.

Jeong Dae Nam approached Lloyd, who was watching the golden mandragora and whispered.

“It seems that the Master does not understand the value of that monster. When Master returns, Lord Lloyd will try to convince you again… ….”

“I am very sorry, but I don’t think it will be of any use because you are a person who keeps his promises.”

“It’s not a promise to a monster… ….”

“It looks special for a normal monster.”

“Then we have to hold on to it even more.”

“The time is running out. You’ll have to catch the ring if you don’t return it. So maybe it would be better if you didn’t return the ring.”

The golden Mandragora, who had heard their whispers, stood up and broke into a cold sweat.

After a few minutes, the phrase came to mind.

[Returns to the original location after 60 seconds.]

Lloyd walked towards the golden mandragora.

Mandragora was wary and took a step back.

“Give me the ring.”

It was Mandragora wearing a ring with high mana recovery that Jun-woo lent him.

Mandragora made the number 40 seconds into a stem and showed it.

“If you have a special talent, you might be able to last 40 seconds, so give it back now.”

Mandragora made the number 40 larger.

Then Lloyd’s right palm was pointed at Mandragora.

Mana gathered at the tip of the palm to form a single energy ball.

The gathered energy balls grew larger and contained powerful energy.

As Lloyd’s mana continued to enter the energy ball, Mandragora and Jeong Dae Nam’s eyes widened.

It was a powerful energy that seemed to inflict great damage.

‘Master, the level of explosion magic is not…, maybe even more dangerous than that… …. Awesome, it keeps getting bigger… ….’

As mana was injected, the energy ball went beyond the size of a basketball and became a huge size with a diameter of over 50 cm.

Just when Lloyd looked at Mandragora, who was bewildered, Jun-woo appeared from behind, changing his position.

When Jun-woo appeared, the energy ball on the tip of Lloyd’s palm quickly decreased as if there had never been and then disappeared.

Jun-woo looked at Lloyd’s back with a puzzled face.

“Yes?”

Lloyd turned around and smiled.

“Are you here, Master?”

“Lloyd, did you have such an attack skill?”

“It’s a simple energy ball.”

“It’s great, but you want to catch it?”

“Is it possible? I was only going to get a ring.”

“You didn’t?”

“It looks like you want to have it as insurance, but you probably don’t have enough time.”

Jun-woo approached Mandragora and held out his palm.

“Give me now.”

Mandragora looked into the three of them and clasped her hands.

“I won’t kill you, you promised.”

[Returns to the original location after 40 seconds.]

When Mandragora didn’t move, Lloyd spoke up.

“Mandragora doesn’t keep his promises. Master, will you eat me?”

“No, that’s right. Master, take it. It might give you something better.”

Jun-woo nodded his head lightly and spoke.

“Did you hear me? I might catch you if you don’t give it to me.”

Still hesitating, Jun-woo created three self-destruct boxes around Mandragora’s body.

Mandragora, startled, glanced over the huge black boxes.

“If you’re like this, you might really explode.”

Mandragora nodded cautiously and extended her clenched hand.

A thin stem stretched from Mandragora’s hand, and two rings were placed on June’s palm.

Jun-woo said, putting the returned ring on the glove.

“Thanks, ah, and sorry for damaging the forest.”

According to the explorers, Mandragora was said to roam the forest with a smile.

[Returns to the original location after 20 seconds.]

Mandragora was still wary, and Jun-woo turned his back and spoke.

“Twenty seconds left. You worked hard, Jeong Dae Nam. Lloyd, you too.”

“Good job, Master… ….”

“Are you really okay if I don’t catch you? master.”

Jun-woo nodded his head.

“Yeah, that’s enough.”

It was Jun-woo who coaxed Mandragora and ate 4 fruits.

Thanks to that, the ring and skill window was expanded, and I could raise my Intellect by 10 and my stamina by 10.

“It’s a little disappointing, though.”

Jun-woo and Mandragora spent time looking at each other.

The time came, and finally, Jun-woo said to Mandragora.

“Take care.”

At the same time as those words, the dull Jun-woo, Lloyd shaking his head slightly, and Jeong Dae Nam with a sad face disappeared from there.

Golden Mandragora let out a shallow sigh and ran out of the burrow.

The wooden door had disappeared.

Mandragora went outside and looked straight ahead.

A roaring forest.

White smoke was rising from all sides, and flames were spreading everywhere.

Mandragora made a face that looked like she would cry when touched, then dug dirt into the ground with magic and went inside.

His body went to the ground, and the dirt covered him.

When only the golden leaves were exposed to the outside of the Earth, a white light radiated there.

The leaves grew rapidly and clustered together to form a huge golden bud.

White light erupted from within as the gigantic flower bud slowly unfolded.

When the flower bud was in full bloom, a small and cute-looking woman, about 150 in it, flew away with transparent wings.

As the fairy, with a piercing expression, puffed out her mouth and let out wind, the fire burning the forest went out as lightly as a match.

And as it flew and fluttered white powder, grass grew, burned trees regenerated, and the forest quickly returned to its original shape.

The fairy, looking at the restored forest, flew toward the outside of the forest where the boundary had disappeared with a satisfied smile.

* * *

The total stats Jun-woo obtained from the forest were 20 intellect and 52 stamina.

His intelligence was 709, and his stamina was 220.

Jun-woo has achieved a tremendous increase in recent times because he often gets bonus stats.

I went outside with a feeling of satisfaction, but Jeong Dae Nam seemed very regretful that he didn’t catch mandragora.

“Jeong Dae Nam, I’m fine. Mandragora has had enough fruit.”

“Ah, yes… …. I’m just curious what you’d get if you caught it… ….”

“It was an inherited fruit. The rewards were good enough.”

“Yes, Master… ….”

“Now, let’s get out.”

“Yes, let’s go.”

When I went outside, people working on the tunnel flocked to me with curious faces.

“Everyone worked hard. Thanks to you, I was able to get something good.”

“Five! Congratulations, Master.”

“Congratulations!”

“Thank you, we will reward you for the jewels and shoes that Jeong Dae Nam found.”

“Wow! thank you!”

Although it was discovered while constructing the tunnel entrusted by Jun-woo, anyway, the discovery of the dungeon was accomplished not only by Jeong Dae Nam but also by all the workers here, so Jun-woo rewarded them a lot.

Jung Dae Nam, who worked hard, promised Jun-woo’s reward separately.

“Then everyone suffers. You will be able to receive your reward soon.”

“Thank you! master!”

“Go in!”

Jun-woo lightly bowed his head and boarded the flying car with Lloyd.

As the two left the tunnel site, people asked Jung Dae Nam many questions.

People were curious about what was in the dungeon and what it was obtained from.

Jeong Dae Nam took a deep breath and smiled.

“Have you ever seen a golden monster?”

“Huh? no way?”

Jeong Dae Nam smiled and talked about what had happened there.

“Lie. Save it?”

“Because it’s real.”

“Why? Why the hell?”

“You made a deal with that monster, and Master protected it.”

“It’s not a lie? Ask me next time?”

“Ask. It’s hard to believe I’ve seen it now, so everyone worked hard. Let’s have a drink today and take a day off. Will you be okay today? Chief Choi?”

“Ha-ha, that’s right. Let’s try again tomorrow. How was Lord Lloyd?”

“Oh, Sr. Lloyd… …. Let’s have a drink and talk. Let’s go.”

They packed the excavator and explosives in the item window and returned to their dorms.

The story of that day started in their mouths and spread quickly.

The next day, Jun-woo, drawing the blueprint, heard the story from Jeong Hye Yeon.

“Boss, stories about you are spreading on various community sites.”

“What about this time?”

Every little action of Jun-woo was reported in the news, so he didn’t really care what kind of story was coming out.

“That means you went to a secret dungeon, and the story about golden mandragora…, it seems that several broadcasters will report it soon. What should I do?”

The only people who knew about the story were Lloyd and Jeong Dae Nam.

Even Lloyd, who likes to flirt, doesn’t seem to have talked to anyone about this, so Jeong Dae Nam spoke with his colleagues.

“Yeah, that’s fine.”

Whether known or not is a story that doesn’t matter to Jun-woo.

However, it was an event of great interest to explorers.

The secret dungeon was presumed to exist in another dimension, space, or gate.

Their idea was that if they could find the forest that Jun-woo went to, they could see the golden mandragora.

“All right. And we have two Automail customers in the afternoon, sir.”

“Yeah.”

“Then let’s go.”

Hye Yeon Jeong lightly bowed her head and left the master room.

Jeong Hye Yeon left, and Jun-woo quickly tapped the computer keyboard.

Searching was necessary because I had to fill in the extended ring and skills.

While looking at what rings and skills there are in the world, Jun-woo’s personal cell phone rang.

[Kunming 1: Ziqin’s deputy master, Xiao Wang, appeared in Kunming. Recently, large guild executives in Yunnan have frequent meetings.]

It was a report from an informant in Yunnan, planted by Jun-woo.

Jun-woo didn’t care much about what they did or what kind of cooperation they did.

He was growing daily, and the golems he created were also developing.

The scary thing is the feeling of disappearing day by day.

Right now, finding the ring and skill book was important to Jun-woo.

Lloyd left the room and smiled.

“I would like to visit the Earth Plaza for a while, Master.”

“Yeah, let’s go. Take a good look at the golems.”

“Yeah, I’ll take a look and come back.”

Lloyd and other golems made by Jun-woo were also filled with items Jun-woo had to do.

Jun-woo, rummaging through auction houses around the world, moved to the trading room to earn gold when it was time for the auto-mail reservation.