Episode 50

“The soul? What does that mean?”

“I don’t even feel mana, so I don’t understand even if I listen to it, but they say I’m going to die because my heart loses its strength just like the body loses vitality.”

It was difficult to figure out exactly what the problem was just from Kitt’s words.

“Are there any other stories?”

“That’s all I’ve heard. If you want to know the details, pay the completion fee.”

“How old are you?”

“It’s a hundred gold coins. The down payment you paid is nine gold coins, so you can subtract that much.”

“yes?”

100 gold coins is more than 1 billion money in the sense of money in the previous life.

It was an amount that a mercenary from Dongpae could barely earn even if he worked his entire life.

“The completion fee is set at about one hundredth of the value of the information. If you want to buy a high-level Sim method with money, you need at least tens of thousands of gold coins, so it can be seen as rather cheap. I don’t know if you’re doing it or not. The soul dries to death. Just hearing the word is terrible.”

“hmm.”

If you can get advanced mana simbeop, I’m willing to pay even 1000 gold coins instead of 100.

However, it was ambiguous to pay the money in a situation where they did not know exactly what the problem was.

‘But I can’t help it.’

In hindsight, it was nothing to worry about.

People or forces with advanced mana mental methods are difficult to dare to approach with my current status.

As a direct example, the Earl of Stoke, whom Uncle Herbert serves as his master, was in such a position.

There was only one option as long as he could not obtain advanced simbeop on his own.

‘If I miss this opportunity, I don’t know when another advanced simbeop will come out.’

“I’m going to buy that information. I’ll give you the cost right after I get the auction price.”

My decision gave Uncle Kit a worried look.

“Are you sure it’s okay? Even if there’s a major defect, you won’t get your money back.”

“It’s something I’ve been prepared for and decided on.”

“Okay. Then let’s stop by the Mercenary Agency first and then go to the Merchant Guild. I’m grateful that you trust me, but it’s not even a penny or two, so I guess I need to check it out.”

“Yes. Then I will.”

We headed straight to the Mercenary Office.

The Mercenary Office was still crowded with people.

After waiting for a long time, I was able to meet Serena.

Wait for Serena on the 2nd floor of the Mercenary Office.

Kennel, with a sullen look on his face, entered the room.

If I have to mix long words, only I will lose.

I opened the subspace pouch without a word.

As the ogre hides piled up on the floor, Kennel’s eyes also grew larger.

“Did you hunt this alone?”

“Yes. Please put them all up for auction.”

“Okay. For reference, the supply of by-products has increased recently, so the overall price has gone down. Still, your products are in better condition than the others, so you should be able to get the price without much difference from the existing ones.”

Kennel even told me what I didn’t have to say.

His tone and attitude were noticeably more cautious than before.

In a world where force is valued, it is natural to show courtesy and treat the strong.

The less monsters and monsters there are, the safer the kingdom becomes.

No matter what the purpose was, just taking the risk and going out hunting was something worthy of respect.

Kennel left and Serena came in.

After signing the confirmation of receipt of the auction payment, I received a pouch containing the payment.

I counted 285 gold coins and 60 silver coins.

While I was checking the money, Serena filled out the consignment auction item certificate.

Serena handed me one of the two parchments she had finished writing on.

“Mr. Ian. Did you hear that rumor?”

“What rumors?”

“There’s a rumor going around among the mercenaries right now. It caused a stir.”

From noble mtl dot com

Serena continued with a sly smile.

“It seems that dead ogres are constantly being found with their skins peeled off these days. That’s why mercenaries from the same party are going on expeditions to the ogre habitat, aiming for a quick fortune. It’s a lot of facts.”

“Really?

There was no other person besides me bringing only ogre skins.

Serena knew that I was a magical warrior, so there was no need to hide my identity.

“Mr. Ian is right. Who can stop a person from being presumptuous and greedy? By the way, Mr. Ian. Do you have time today? We haven’t seen each other in a long time. Let’s have dinner together. And you should appreciate the tea leaves I mentioned last time.”

“I’m busy today, so I’ll stop by in a few days.”

“Okay. It’s a promise.”

It’s good to have a good relationship with Serena.

And regardless of profit or loss, I felt good when I was with Serena, who has bright energy.

“Heh heh. It’s a good time. Good tea doesn’t lose its deep flavor even if brewed several times.”

Uncle Kit said with a hearty smile.

I left the Mercenary Agency and moved to the Merchant Guild.

Like those who move enormous wealth, the Merchant Guild was using the entire six-story stone building.

I followed Uncle Kit into the office where the Information Merchants Association was located.

The contract was drawn up and the completion fee paid.

After counting the gold coins, the clerk handed me a leather envelope.

I couldn’t hold back my curiosity and immediately opened the leather envelope.

Inside was a document with the request information written on it.

Request number: 7976

The purpose of the request is:

Barclay Grant Howl.

Baron Danseung living in Wiford City in the western part of the kingdom.

object:

Grant Mana’s method.

It has a special mana management method with the no-use mana simbeom handed down from the Grant family.

When using mana, instead of consuming psychological power, it can exert a higher output than a warrior of the same class.

Changes according to the consumption of PPR:

Stage 1: Natural recovery possible.

Stage 2: No natural recovery. Healable through priests.

Level 3: Unable to heal through priests. Permanently reduces the amount of energy consumed.

Stage 4: The mental power consumed is permanently reduced, and the mental power is continuously lost thereafter.

Stage 5: Death.

*The amount of psychological power consumed at each stage cannot be confirmed.

caution:

Many of the warriors of the Grant family went through stage 4 change and became unable to handle mana.

*In rare cases, deaths occur.

Object price:

1000 gold coins.

* Mana oath cost extra.

‘I didn’t hide the information for nothing.’

Not only can he not be able to handle mana, but there are even deaths.

This was a mental method that was difficult to learn unless one was prepared to become a dead man or a corpse.

If the contents of the document are true, it seemed that in a short fight, it would exert power that surpassed that of a warrior of the same class.

But battles don’t always go my way.

It was only natural that the battle would become long and intense if they met an unexpected enemy.

It was impossible to call a truce in the middle of an urgent battle, so he must have consumed his strength even though he knew he was going to die.

‘But the price is ridiculously cheap. Do I need an emergency supply?’

No matter how flawed it is, a prize is a prize.

It is normal to give at least 10,000 gold coins for advanced mana simbeop.

There were not a few people who would raise their hands if they could receive advanced mana simbeop for 1000 gold coins.

Psychic power consumption increases when mana is raised.

Whenever the output of mana increases, the amount of psychological power consumed also increases.

If you simply calculate the amount of psychic power that goes into mana simbeop, the output was less than 1 mana.

Operating a mana sim is similar to turning on a switch to operate a machine.

In a word, it was difficult to even feel how much mental power was consumed to activate the mana simbeop.

If a huge amount of mental power was consumed to operate the simbeop, it would have been impossible to learn the simbeop itself in the first place.

‘This means that if combat is not the purpose, it’s okay to learn it.’

Raising the level of Mana depends on the innate talent and effort of Mana.

Of course, the more advanced mana simbeop, the faster you can raise the level, but if you lack talent anyway, it was extremely difficult to cross the border.

In the end, the reason for finding advanced mana simbeop was training, but the purpose was to use it in battle.

Mana simbeop is operated consistently even without being conscious of it.

The seniority efficiency of the advanced mana method is 8 times that of the lowest level mana method.

Even if you stay still, mana is restored at a speed similar to when you use the lowest level mana simbeop with full power.

Depending on what kind of mana simbeop you learn, you will have a chance to survive even in a dying situation.

However, my real power is physical strength, not mana.

The main role of mana was to have the minimum ability to share the battle with the enemy.

‘Other people may not know it, but it’s the best method for me.”

Although it has fatal flaws, there was no problem at all if the purpose was training.

If I learn the Grant Mana simbeop and the training shows progress, I plan to practice closed doors.

After reaching mastery, it is enough to find an appropriate intermediate simbeop.

‘Once I get the auction price, I have enough money.’

You never know when an opportunity like this will come again.

Funds will be raised soon, so we decided to move as soon as the auction is over.

Of course, there is no guarantee that you will become a master by learning advanced mana simbeop.

In fact, there are parts of my cultivation method that I cannot tell others about.

In general, the realm of mana is achieved according to the talent and effort of innate mana.

I also showed achievements as much as my talents, but my achievements were determined in other areas other than simply Mana’s talents.

There are two cases where I have seen clear progress in training so far.

One was when life was harmed, and the other was when a great change occurred in the state of mind.

Among them, I felt that I had achieved achievement through a change of heart on two occasions.

It was the moment when he made a firm decision to save Talia’s group after helping Laura.

When I helped Laura, I wondered if it was because I was doing a good deed as a joke.

But should I say sixth sense?

For some reason, I had a feeling that the work with Laura would have something to do with the achievement of training.

And the work with Thalia and the others who led me to the Experienced Experience turned my vague guesses into certainty.

In order to verify your guess, you need to practice mana simbeop to see if your mana sensitivity increases.

A situation where training itself is impossible with the Yorick Mana Simbeop.

The current question would have been resolved only after obtaining a new mana simbeop.

‘Of course, the reason is not clear, but the cause is obvious.’

There was no way to explain the cause of this phenomenon other than a pocket watch.

The time when I was deep in thought.

Uncle Kit asked in a worried voice.

“How come your expression is dark. Isn’t the information zero?”

“No, fine.”

I was running a happy circuit, but in Kit’s eyes, it seemed that I was worried.

The value of the document I’m holding is 100 gold coins.

Knowing the value of information, Mr. Kit did not carelessly look at the document.

“Is it really okay? I heard that the soul dries up and dies.”

“Yes. Don’t worry. Thanks to you, I was able to save the mana simbeop. Thank you.”

“Thank you. How much I owe you. If you need anything in the future, just tell me. I will do my best to help.”

“Thank you. Oh, and ten gold coins here. Please ask for additional subspace items.”

“Okay. I’ll take it right away.”

After leaving the Merchant Guild, it was getting dark.

After parting with Uncle Kit, I went straight to the inn.

There was still work to be done, but time was delayed due to visiting the Merchant Guild.

Since this happened, I decided to take a break first.

When I entered the inn, the staff who recognized me greeted me in surprise.

Considering that normal mercenaries return from their original journey within a month or two at most, it wasn’t a particularly strange reaction.

I thought nothing of it, asked for bath water, and went up to my room.

I heard the footsteps of the busy staff behind me.

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