Chapter 154 – 154. More Is Better

Dawn when everyone is asleep. Ayun brought the unusual creatures into the base labyrinth, and I left the clearing and returned home for a while.

When I got home, most of the drunk men and the kids who had gotten drunk for no reason had gone to bed.

“Are you here?”

Father and mother were awake. My father was waiting for me in a drunken state, and my mother was sitting next to the sleeping Seongho.

“It was hard.”

“What?”

“No. This is sincere. It was really, really hard.”

My father may have become emotional due to the alcohol, but he hugged me and patted me on the back for my hard work. I can’t believe my father directly expressed his feelings like this.

“What is your name?”

“Huh. The breathing sound is also stable. I think it’s okay.”

Mom smiled brightly. She smiled awkwardly, saying that our family had finally gathered, and that she had been half out of her mind, so she looked like she couldn’t see the rest of the group.

“It’s okay.”

Everyone didn’t really care. Anyone would be sad if their loved one dies.

“Here, I’ll leave some magic stones. Don’t be afraid to turn on the stove.”

“Okay. Thank you.”

I piled up the magic stones I had like firewood to prevent the fire in the magic stone stove from going out and came out of the room.

Seongho, who had been in a zombie state for a while, could not enter the base labyrinth yet because his survival level did not exceed level 5.

That’s why you have to sleep outside.

“Whoa.”

When I came out of the house, Seunghee, who had been waiting for me, approached me.

“Here you go. “You told me to set it aside.”

“Oh..!”

Seunghee handed me the Rune Stone of Strengthening and the Rune Stone of Evolution that came out of the reward box.

“A lot of things came out of the reward box, but there were also a lot of duplicates.”

“Really?”

“Yes.”

Seunghee said she roughly organized the items in the green and blue boxes by type and handed her a piece of paper with the items written down.

First of all, these are items from a huge green reward box. It is organized into a total of 5 types.

They were weapons, tools, accessories, armor, and books, respectively.

“No, it was organized very well. “Who did it?”

“Uncle Youngseop organized it.”

“That guy drinks a lot.”

Kang Young-seop, Kang Ji-yeon’s biological father. He was a person you didn’t want to meet because he was a complete idiot, but he had an unexpected talent.

First of all, the handwriting was very fluid. And even though I was very drunk, I never thought I would have organized it this well.

“Let’s see.” First thing first.”

The first type of green reward box was, of course, weaponry.

The types of weapons themselves were very diverse, but the effects were all there. Most weapons had increased destructive power against humanoid enemies or had a similar effect.

There was nothing particularly special. I expected another rusty old sword to come out, but it didn’t come out. It’s a shame.

“There is a lot of duplication of tools.”

“Yes. I don’t think the types are infinite. “There were a lot more duplicate items than I expected.”

For example, in the case of the grave robber’s pickaxe, which can destroy geographical features, or the golden fishing rod, which can catch something unknown within 10 minutes, more than 5 of them popped out.

“I could just fish all day.”

In addition, among the products that had been released so far, including the sleeping eye mask, there were quite a lot of duplicates. And the same goes for accessories. Almost all of them were that guy, and there were duplication after duplication.

I had a strong feeling that no more special items would be released. Well, I guess it would be wrong to keep hoping for new things to come out even though I’ve played so many boxes.

Still, new items that can be farmed separately in the labyrinth often appear, so let’s think that you have collected a collection of items that can be obtained through reward boxes.

And what if it’s a duplicate? It’s not a bad thing. It’s good if we all use it together. Yes, the more anything, the better.

It is much better to die from overeating than to starve to death because you have nothing. More is more.

“Next is the armor. Is this all?”

“Yes. There was very little armor.”

They almost always hand out weapons, but don’t provide much armor. There were only three pieces of armor released this time.

[Sticky Boots: Can stick to walls or ceilings. Although it slows down your movement speed, it is very useful in special situations. Does not fall into the swamp.][Durability 55]

[Work gloves for service: If you pick up a tool while wearing work gloves, you can apply the ‘Destroyer’ effect to the tool.][Durability 15]

[Destroyer: Generates shock waves when destroying terrain, and strength is doubled.]

[Helmet of the Unknown Pioneer: When wearing a helmet, information about the surrounding environment is displayed in the lower right corner of the visor. You must replace the magic stone periodically.] [Durability 150]

There were three things: It has useful functions, but it feels like it is more focused on adapting to the environment and improving survival rate than on defense.

Even the work gloves were closer to magic clothing that didn’t care about defense at all.

“Only 10 survivors’ diaries were found in the literature?”

“It almost felt like I was giving it away.”

If so many survivors’ diaries were published, it should be assumed that almost everyone who survived so far, including us, knew that a winter night would come.

It seems like the real winter nights will soon begin, so I feel like spraying it whenever I can. Of course, even if I tried to prepare now, it was too late because the winter nights would begin in two days.

“Anyway, this is the end of what I got from the green reward box.”

“Yes. The items from the blue reward box are written on the next page.”

“Ohh.”

According to the table organized by Youngseop Kang, the items coming out of the blue reward box could be divided into three types.

“So, infrastructure, pioneering supplies, and production equipment are coming out.”

“Yes.”

First of all, infrastructure. These are literally things that are the basic basis for survival. For example, water purification pumps or large-capacity compressed water tanks are included here.

These are items that provide the basics of life, such as water and electricity.

“There is also an air purifier?”

“Yes. “It sucks in contaminants without a filter and then just clumps them up and spits them out.”

“If this is…”

“Uncle Yeongsik said he thought he could purify the sewer area, Labyrinth No. 1.”

“Hoo.”

There were many items that could be helpful in many ways.

Next is pioneer supplies. When I looked into why this was called pioneering supplies, it seemed like all the items that could be helpful in exploring the labyrinth and in battle were included in this section.

“There are 5 open fantasy stones?”

“Yes. It seemed to float better than I thought.”

Agaf emerged from the open illusion stone. And it lost its function. But there were 5 of them.

There are 5 fantasy stones that allow you to obtain a guardian spirit. Quite a lot. Seeing that it appears frequently, I think that in the future, each survivor will have a guardian spirit.

“What else?”

“Anvils for weapon repair were also released.”

“Anvil for weapon repair?”

“Yes. It is said that if you have a blacksmith’s disassembly hammer, you can refill the durability of a weapon placed on an anvil with magic stones.”

“That’s good.”

“Instead, as the number of repairs increases, the probability of failure increases. And they said that if it fails, it will be smashed on the spot.”

“What?”

“So, if you repair it about three times, it will almost certainly be destroyed the next time.”

It turns out it wasn’t as perfect an item as I thought. Still, it’s pretty good. This means that a weapon of moderate use can recover its durability up to 3 times.

“Okay. Then the last one.”

It is a production item. These were items that literally created something by inserting ingredients or magic stones.

“There are a lot of good things.”

“Right.”

In fact, at this point, I don’t think we’ll have to worry about our group dying for lack of something. The temperature around here is rising right now, and if we plant luminescent trees near the Nakdong River, we can even get light.

Anyway, with this, I actually checked all the items that came out of the reward box. Now all you have to do is check the awakening stone…

“Hey, uncle.”

“Huh?”

“Now, give me some combat skills too.”

“Also. “You waited for me to ask for your skills, right?”

“Hehe.”

Seunghee smiled and held out her hand to me.

Since I am in full charge of managing awakening stones, anything is fine, so I guess I’ll just ask for one. Uncle Junho last time wanted to not give it to me if possible, but honestly, it’s a bit difficult not to give it in a situation where there are so many skills. And we can’t leave Seunghee and Heejeong out of battle forever.

Even if you don’t allow them to go around the simple labyrinth themselves, it would be okay to have them conquer the base labyrinth.

Since most of the group members, including Yeongsik, have become somewhat accustomed to the work, I think they will be able to manage it even if Seunghee is caught in the middle. Above all, as Junho’s uncle continues to get stronger biologically, shouldn’t his daughter start working too?

“Wait for now.”

I had put all the awakening stones in a gunny bag so that I could check my skills tonight.

From there, I took out some of the awakening stones I had seen earlier and handed them over to Seunghee.

[Create venom (A)]

[Effect: Allows you to create paralyzing poison from your fingertips. If you inject too much, you may die from breathing difficulties.]

[Penalty: Blood equal to the amount of poison created is consumed. If an excessive amount of poison is produced, death may result from excessive bleeding.]

[Baekbal Baekjoong (A)]

[Effect: Proficiency with long-distance weapons or throwing skills increases quickly, and accuracy increases.]

[Handicap: If vision is lower than 1.0, the skill does not activate.]

[Penalty: The 101st ranged attack is guaranteed to miss.]

“How about two of these? Looking at the items I organized earlier, I saw that there were items for making bows and arrows out of wood. “I could use it with them.”

“Wow.”

When I handed over the two awakening stones, Seunghee was very satisfied. Close-range combat is dangerous, so if you allow long-distance attacks, even Mr. Junho won’t be able to say anything.

Additionally, if the arrowhead is dipped in poison, it can be used as a poisoned arrow.

“Thank you!”

I patted Seunghee’s head as she nodded.

Whenever they see me, they ask for some skills. With this, it will be quiet for a while.

“Oh, take this too.”

“Yes?”

As a bonus, I also gave them Class A physical enhancement. I was already planning on handing out some physical reinforcements to my companions tomorrow, but I guess it would be okay to give them in advance.

“You said you gained a lot of skills this time. It seems to be true. Is it okay to give away A-level skills like this?”

“Are you okay. There are so many that I haven’t even checked the skills yet. There are more than a few hundred, so checking them all is a task.”

“Wow..”

It’s so overflowing.

Of course, most of it is a body enhancement skill, but this alone is great because it means that the body enhancement can be adjusted to SSS level.

“It’s late, so you should hurry up and go to sleep.”

“Yes!”

Seunghee smiled brightly and went through the gate.

Now I’m finally alone. I sat down and poured out all the awakening stones that were in the sack.

It’s as many as four gunny sacks worth of awakening stones. We will classify these from now on.