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When he looked into the refrigerator, he saw seashells.

The ginseng had turned into seashells.

The 100 million won ginseng had turned into a bark the size of a palm, and the 3 million won ginseng had become even smaller than that.

<Clam Shell of the Rose>

– A freshwater clam’s shell that inhabits the rivers and lakes of the Rania continent.

– You can tell the age of the clam by counting the stripes on its shell.

It was a shell of a clam that could be easily collected anywhere and was not special.

‘Nice!’

Just like the growth rings of a tree, you could tell its age by counting the stripes on the clam shell.

Minhyuk counted the stripes on the clam shell.

The larger one had about 100 stripes, and the smaller one had 25.

Aha!

The shell of a 100-year-old clam was a 100-year-old ginseng, and the shell of a 25-year-old clam was a 25-year-old ginseng.

Minhyuk used the ring to contact Tres in the Imperial Palace.

It seemed like he would know a lot about clams since he was a chef.

Tres was also wearing Durango’s twin ring.

Minhyuk would use the ring to order a dinner menu from him whenever he suddenly wanted to eat something.

“Do you know about the Rose Clam by any chance?”

– Yes, it’s a very common but delicious clam. I’ve served it to His Majesty once before.

“Really?”

It was a clam that Minhyuk had already eaten.

However, since Tres had only put the dried clam meat in the soup, he had not seen the shell.

– The bigger ones taste better. I’ve heard that there are some that are over a thousand years old, but you can’t get those in Asdel.

Asdel did not have any large lakes or rivers.

So most of the Rose Clams caught nearby were only 10 to 20 years old.

– There’s a very large lake in Melbeck, so there might be some that are 1,000 years old there.

He was talking about the lake where Kudalkang, who was killed by Yong, lived.

He would definitely stop by the lake when he went to Melbeck later and collect clam shells.

If he found a 1,000-year-old clam shell, he would get 1,000-year-old ginseng.

‘How much would a connoisseur pay for 1,000-year-old ginseng?’

Anyway, that was something to think about after he moved to Melbeck.

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For now, he should hatch the parrot griffin’s egg first.

“Return.”

BAM-

With a flash of light, Minhyuk moved to the back of the truck.

He got out of the cargo hold, took the elevator, and went up to the first-floor living room from the parking lot.

It was surprisingly very convenient to have an elevator in the house.

‘It is nice.’

He sat on the living room sofa and watched TV for a while, and then the delivery arrived.

There were 200 16GB USB drives in the delivery box.

Minhyuk took the elevator back down to the parking lot.

He went up to the back of the truck and put the USB drives in the refrigerator.

And returned to the Temple of Freya.

“Inventory.”

Thud-

The refrigerator was filled with the tufts of fur from the forest antelopes.

Minhyuk called one of the dwarf engineers.

He ordered him to make a wooden box that was a little bigger than an egg of the parrot griffin.

Knock, knock, knock-

The skilled dwarf engineer quickly finished making the wooden box.

“It is done, Your Majesty!”

Minhyuk laid the fur of the forest antelopes on the bottom of the box and placed the egg on top of it.

And wrapped the entire egg with the antelope fur.

Then he contacted Professor Raymon again.

“If I leave it in a warm place like this, will it hatch? And how many days do I need to wait for it to hatch?”

– It is written in the book that it hatches much faster if you leave it in a place with dense magic power.

A place with dense magic power,

One place came to Minhyuk’s mind.

It was the underground space where the Altar of Protection was enshrined.

The magic power in that space seemed dense.

Minhyuk couldn’t feel magic power sensitively because he hadn’t learned magic.

However, that place felt different from other places, perhaps because of the magic power emitted from the Altar of Protection.

Furthermore, the magic tools there could be used continuously without having to charge them with magic power.

Perhaps it was because of the magic power emitted by the Altar of Protection.

‘Should I leave it there?’

Minhyuk immediately took the parrot griffin’s egg and moved to Asdel Fortress.

And left the egg next to the Altar of Protection and returned to the construction site of the Temple of Freya.

***

The Golden Carp Plaza on the outskirts of Melbeck Fortress.

Swish-

For the first time in a long time, water was spurting out of the fountain.

A carp statue was erected in the center of the fountain.

The statue that used to shine in gold was now tarnished and faded.

Thud, thud-

A hooded man was walking around the Golden Carp Plaza.

He was a wandering magician.

The one who helped the Asdel army by creating wind with magic in the Horn Mountains.

He stopped in front of a building.

<Bluebird Association.>

The wandering magician entered the inn.

A staff member ran up to greet him.

“Are you here to eat?”

“I’d like to… have a meal and a place to stay.”

He handed the clerk a gold coin.

It was a 10,000-krone gold coin.

The clerk’s tone became even more amiable as he saw the guest’s fat wallet.

“We’re a humble establishment, but we’ll do our best to accommodate you. How long do you plan to stay?”

“Indefinitely.”

A single gold coin was enough to stay at the inn for over two months, with three meals a day.

“It’s still early, so you’ll have to wait a bit for your meal to be prepared. Let me show you to your room first.”

Led by the clerk, the wandering wizard entered a room on the second floor.

He looked around the room briefly and nodded.

“Not bad.”

“I’m glad you like it. I’ll come and get you when your meal is ready.”

“No need for that. I’ll come down when it’s time. And… no one is to enter my room while I’m here.”

“But we need to come in to clean.”

“No need for that either.”

The clerk found it strange, but he nodded.

“Understood.”

The clerk closed the door and left.

The wandering wizard reached out to the door.

Swish-

A magic diagram made of light was drawn on the inside of the door, creating a magic barrier.

No one could enter the room unless they broke the barrier or smashed the door frame with brute force.

‘I should pay a visit to the nest.’

Pop-

A light flashed from the wizard’s necklace.

At the same time,

Thud-

He disappeared from the inn room.

And appeared in a place far away from Melbek.

The necklace was a magic tool that allowed for teleportation.

The place where the wandering wizard was now was a dragon’s nest.

A huge creature came into his sight, sleeping.

It was the Akara Dragon.

‘You’re safe and sound. My body.’

The wandering wizard’s true identity was the Akara Dragon.

He had used a Puppetry to possess the body of a human.

The Akara Dragon’s purpose was to get close to the visitor.

Only then could he create an opportunity to kill him.

If he couldn’t kill him, he needed to at least figure out the visitor’s abilities.

If he could get his hands on a drop of the subject’s blood, he could cast a much more powerful Appraisal spell.

If I could get my hands on the visitor’s blood and figure out his abilities, it would be much easier to deal with him.

‘But things have gone awry!’

I expected to meet Minhyuk under the Horn Mountains.

That’s why I even got the help of the Saltus Wyvern to approach Asdel’s army.

But Minhyuk wasn’t there.

‘How could I be so unlucky?’

I had no choice but to do this.

I just have to wait until Minhyuk comes to Melbeck.

‘Come on, hurry up. Melbeck Fortress will be your grave.’

Whoosh-

The wandering wizard teleported back to the Melbeck Inn.

***

After a week, the construction of the Freya Shrine was finally completed.

The advanced magic disk was finally moved to Asdel Fortress.

Minhyuk installed the magic disk in the underground space with the Altar of Protection.

If it was installed here, there was no need to recharge it when using the disk.

<Magic Storage Disk (Advanced)>

-A disk that can copy magical effects.

-Can store up to 10 magics at a time.

Minhyuk placed the Flame Barrier Armor on top of the magic disk.

Then, the magical effects in the armor were stored on the disk.

Unlike the lower-grade magic disk, the magical effects were not moved, but copied.

<Agility Enhancement effect has been stored in the disk.>

<Automatic Detachment effect has been stored in the disk.>

<Automatic Repair effect has been stored in the disk.>

All three magical effects in the Flame Barrier Armor were stored in the magic disk.

This time, Minhyuk placed the ‘Traveler’s Armor with Blessing’ on top of the disk.

<Protection Barrier (Flame) effect has been stored in the disk.>

<Protection Barrier (Poison) effect has been stored in the disk.>

<Automatic Repair effect is already stored in the disk.>

Of the three magical effects in the Traveler’s Armor, two were additionally stored in the magic disk, excluding the duplicate one.

The Traveler’s Armor belonged to Lynn, Tarman’s daughter.

When I first met her in the Two-horned Direwolf habitat, I confiscated her armor under the pretext of disarming her.

I haven’t returned it to her for a long time, so she must be fuming.

She couldn’t have asked for it back since the other party was the emperor.

Now that I’ve copied the magical effects, I’ll return it to her the next time I see her.

Minhyuk placed Durango’s Twin Rings on the magic disk.

<Long-distance Conversation effect has been stored in the disk.>

The magical effect in the ring, not just the armor, was also copied.

‘By any chance?’

Minhyuk retrieved the Gaon he had left at the square in front of the Imperial Palace and placed it on the magic circle.

If he could copy the magic effect of Gaon, he would be able to create and use multiple pairs without expanding the refrigerator.

<Legendary magic tool effects cannot be copied.>

Ugh-

Minhyuk clicked his tongue in disappointment.

He tried putting up Charon’s potion pouch, but its magic effect could not be copied either.

The effects of magic tools classified as legendary could not be copied.

However, just being able to copy the effects of general magic tools was more than enough.

‘For now.’

Minhyuk infused the magic effect stored in the magic circle into the Flame Curtain Armor.

<Barrier (Poison) effect has been added to Wanderer’s Flame Curtain Armor (Orichalcum)>

An armor that could block both fire and poison was created.

And he learned something new.

<Flame Curtain Armor (Orichalcum)’s magic effect is saturated.>

<You must remove an existing magic effect to infuse another.>

The number of magic effects that could be infused into the Flame Curtain Armor was limited to four.

It was not possible to infuse dozens or hundreds of magic effects into a single item.

When he experimented with Rin’s Traveler’s Armor, he could only infuse up to three magic effects.

‘Does it depend on the material?’

Minhyuk placed the greatsword made of dragon bone on the magic circle.

And began to infuse magic effects.

<Automatic Repair effect has been added to the greatsword.>

<The greatsword has been upgraded to the magic tool ‘Asdel Emperor’s Dragon Sword’.>

The greatsword made of dragon bone automatically gained a name as it transformed into a magic tool.

Minhyuk continued to infuse other effects.

He just infused them without thinking.

If he didn’t like them, he could always delete the effects later and infuse new ones.

<Agility Enhancement effect has been added to Asdel Emperor’s Dragon Sword.>

<Auto-detach effect has been added to Asdel Emperor’s Dragon Sword.>

<Barrier (Flame) effect has been added to Asdel Emperor’s Dragon Sword.>

<Barrier (Poison) effect has been added to Asdel Emperor’s Dragon Sword.>

<Asdel Emperor’s Dragon Sword’s magic effect is saturated.>

After infusing five magic effects, it became saturated.

The sword made of dragon bone could be infused with one more magic effect than the armor made of orichalcum.

By the way, he wondered how the auto-detach effect would work on a sword, not an armor.

Minhyuk reached out his hand toward the sword.

“Equip.”

Swish-

The greatsword flew toward Minhyuk at an incredible speed.

Clank-

The sword handle was gripped in Minhyuk’s hand.

hahahaha!

It had become a greatsword that flew to him when its master called.

It could be very useful if he ever happened to drop his sword during battle.

Creak-

Sizzle-

Suddenly, a cracking sound could be heard from somewhere.

Minhyuk turned his head in the direction of the sound.

It was coming from the parrot griffin’s egg.

‘No way.’

Creak-

As the eggshell broke, the parrot’s beak popped out.

Squawk, squawk-

The parrot griffin had hatched.

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