Chapter 125 – 125. Unexpected News

We ate rice in bland miso soup with no tofu and no vegetables. Still, when I brought out a lot of side dishes for Juha and Eunha, both of them opened their eyes wide and hurriedly emptied several bowls of rice.

I ate well, so I kept feeding it because it looked good… I even heard that I was going to vomit later. Something to be proud of

However, it seems that Japanese people don’t like to eat small amounts of food.

“How does it taste?”

I asked Hayato, who was silently chewing a grain of rice. Then Hotaro, who was next to me, translated my words without realizing it.

“Uh… It’s delicious. Well, but they say it’s a bit spicy…”

“Okay? What can’t you do If this is too much we have no way either. Gotta get used to it More than that, Hotaro, your Korean is getting better day by day?”

“Lol. Thank you! Always working hard!”

I nodded and poked my teeth with a toothpick. Then Ha Jin-seong brought two men and women to me.

“Older brother. These two can speak Japanese.”

“Okay?”

“Yes. This mother is Japanese. She has lived and worked in Japan for about 5 years. Both are native speakers. You speak Korean well.”

“Wow.. Jinseong-ah. If you entrust a task, you do it for sure. Great job.”

Haha. No big deal. Then I will go to lunch too!”

“Uh. Good job. Go ahead.”

Ha Jin-seong bowed her head and quickly ran to eat lunch.

“Have you guys eaten?”

“Uh.. Yes! Mmm, I ate!”

“Me too!”

Both of them were tightly armed. Because they both knew too well that I was the leader of this group, and that I was a madman who would catch people and make human sacrifices when I was bored.

“What are you guys doing?”

“I mainly patrol around the building!”

“I-I mainly do laundry and chores..”

Of the two, the man was an Awakener and the woman was a non-Awakener.

“So you guys are out of business now, so you see these people here?”

“Yes! It looks good!”

“Yes!”

“All eight people here are Japanese. Please help me to be able to speak Korean as soon as possible. Hotaro here is still able to talk to some extent. The other seven are a bit difficult to talk to.”

“Yes! All right! I’ll try my best!”

“Me too!!”

“Huh. Okay. I wish you well.”

Hiro took it off. In the first place, Hiro is not even at the dining scene now. He was going to be killed by tomorrow anyway, so giving him food felt like a waste, so he ordered him to stay on the roof and then left it unattended.

Apparently, Sora put on an expression that, far from pitiful, tempted her and her step-brother, seeing her suffering so much. There were so many forms of resentment. And the rest of the Japanese didn’t seem to care much about Hiro being bullied by me.

Since Heero doesn’t seem to be of much help to their survival, he must have given up quickly. Even if they were compatriots from the same country, they were the ones who cut their hands without making any money. But that’s right. If you insist on defending someone who will soon follow you, and sparks will fly, you will only lose yourself.

“Sister. Get that dragon head out. And the flask containing those spores.”

“Huh? Flask? Ah~ that. For a moment.”

While drinking her coffee, Heesun noona brought out an Erlenmeyer flask containing the head of a black horned dragon and parasitic spores. The head of the black horned dragon was in the same state as when you first picked it up, thanks to being in the inventory. It was not corrupted, the blood dripping fresh, and in very good condition.

“I’m going to see the alchemist for a bit, so everyone is eating and resting.”

“Huh! Go~”

“Yes!”

Receiving their greetings, I went down to the second floor of the mart.

On the way down, I ran into Durahan Gu Kyo-han and Rich Son Ha-eun and exchanged greetings. Dyurahan is still saying that her throat is itchy, and Son Haeun is now completely skinned and only bones remain. I wanted to talk more, but they both said they had to go on patrol soon, so I quickly let them go. Because you can’t miss a day’s work.

I headed back to the alchemist’s inspiration.

*****

The black horned dragon’s head, given as a gift by dragon slayer Zeke, is a special material that can be used to make various things. However, since I had no crafting skills, I decided to entrust this to an alchemist in our group who seemed to be the most skilled at handling this material.

However, in the space where the alchemist old man had created a workshop, Sumin was alone scribbling something in a notebook. Next to her was Yoon Ha-joon, an al-seid infected chain, stirring a pot with a beanie over his head. He must have been taking this guy from here.

“Ah, you’re here.”

“Oh Sumin. How are you? What have you been doing?”

“What. I was holding the old man’s hand. Who is the owner?”

“What have I been struggling with? By the way, the alchemist’s inspiration?”

“That’s… I guess the coffee I had in the morning didn’t suit my body, so I got an upset stomach.”

“Huh.. I got a stomach ache because some alchemist ate something wrong. What the. Then he must be in the bathroom right now?”

“Yes. I don’t know how many times I’ve been in and out since before. Oh right. Master.”

“Huh?”

“I think I will change my class.”

“What? Really?”

“Yes. A notification popped up the day before, saying that he had become an official disciple of an alchemist. I heard that if you get his recognition, your class will change from Mage to Witch..? It’s like a high-level female mage job. It felt like being strengthened in my basic job.”

I couldn’t believe it, but I thought the real class would change. Apparently, when she asked her to help her alchemist inspiration, she imagined that there would be a change in class… But, no way, she’s not an alchemist, but a witch job change…

‘If a female mage learns alchemy from her alchemist teacher… She will change her job to a witch…’

It’s like a hidden element of this game. Even though Eunji accepted the oni’s seal and her job evolved, that was an event element within the game.

However, this is an element that was not literally disclosed. If it wasn’t for Hwang Soo-min, he might have passed on without even knowing that this setting was hidden. Of course, I owe the most to my ability to buy an alchemist from a slave trader at a high price. Still, this must be a great thing.

‘It won’t happen to jobs that have high grades from the start, such as cultists… But relatively common jobs such as warriors and archers become job candidates when certain conditions are met..’

And most importantly, few people know this information.

“Sumin.”

“Yes?”

“Will you be my girl too?”

I asked half-jokingly. Hwang Soo-min isn’t particularly pretty, but he quietly works hard at his work, has become a witch in his class, and doesn’t seem to have a man right now. How to say, I asked because it seems like a style that is good at helping people quietly. He was more like a playful invitation than a heartfelt confession.

“Uh.. That, well..?”

However, Hwang Soo-min himself was not very happy with his expression.

Why? A woman… Rejects me…?

Of course, that could be the case, but I was a bit shocked because I hadn’t been rejected lately. However, I did not fall in love with her or fall in love with her like the 2nd generation slapped in the cheek in her drama. Just a little puzzled

“Then tell me if you feel like it. If it’s a witch… I can hug you.”

“Okay, that’s okay. While there are many women I’m just… Hmm… I prefer small and cute boys. Master is too big.”

It wasn’t just his taste, it seemed like he rejected it. I don’t like it, but I can’t help it. Still, I wanted to give Hwang Soo-min, who was close to the original member, something.

“Okay? Then next time I see someone like that, I’ll catch him.”

“Huh.. That, yes..”

Hwang Soo-min was very embarrassed when I told him that I would take a slave he liked and give him as a maid, but he nodded as if he didn’t hate it.

“Then let’s go look for inspiration… Huh?”

There is no inspiration in the workshop, so I was about to leave the room to go to the bathroom and clean it up. I saw a scene where Yoon Ha-joon, an Alcid infected person, was putting something into the pot with his head down as if he was hiding it from me.

Upon closer inspection, it was spitting up small eggs.

“Hey you crazy bastard!! Isn’t that… A larva? This fuck. I told you to report it before I pack the larvae.”

“Ah, Lord, Master! For a moment!! This, this… That, yes! Unfertilized eggs!!”

“Unfertilized eggs are shit!! This bastard is a hermaphrodite or something, I know you’re doing it alone, but where are you groping! If you have a chance, go go!”

I immediately hit Yoon Ha-jun in the back of the head.

“Kyaaaaa!!! Gee, it’s real!! Trust me!! First of all, I can’t disobey my master’s orders!! Ah!! It hurts!! It hurts!!”

“You say you can’t obey orders? Yes that’s right No matter how smart you are, you can’t disobey my orders. So, is it really unfertilized?”

“Yeah, that’s right… I kept saying…”

“Uh… I’m sorry. But what do you do with unfertilized eggs?”

“That, that’s because Hellus… Makes a mind-altering potion with this…”

“A mind-altering potion?”

“Uh.. I don’t know what that is either.. I’m just doing what I’m told..”

“Hmm. You must have an idea Keep working hard.”

“Ah, got it..”

Seeing the bug man who was intimidated by just being beaten a few times by me, I felt a desire to just explode and kill him, but I held back. Alchemist Hellas seems to be trying to make something out of his unfertilized eggs, but I can’t ruin things with my impulsive desire for destruction.

I licked my lips and left the workshop and went to the bathroom. Just then, I bumped into Hellas, who came out of the bathroom.

“Uh… Are you here?”

“Hey, I heard you got sick after drinking coffee.”

“Ah.. Yes. That’s fine now. I ate the governor’s medicine… But even if you’re going to order something… Huh? Master. That’s what he had in his hand…”

“This? Can you find out what?”

“Uh, how.. The head of the black horned dragon.. Is here..”

The old alchemist immediately guessed what the dragon’s head was in my hand.

“Sir, no way… Did you catch it yourself?”

“No. I just picked it up.”

“Ah, no… Since you came from wandering around in some kind of outer demonic world… Are you picking up the head of a black horned dragon… Huh…”

I first handed him a head to make something out of it.

But, of course, Hellas, who was a weak old man, couldn’t lift her head because of her lack of strength and tried to die by being crushed by her head. In the end, I brought the black dragon’s head back to the workshop.

“But what can I make with this?”

“Uh.. Since it’s a dragon’s head… A potion that permanently increases magic power… A short-range teleportation scroll… A dragon’s breath scroll… Or an Ego Sword… Or even an Ego Grimoire can be made… Uh… Also..”

The items that the alchemist lined up in a row.

“Haha…”

“Of course, we will need other materials, but it seems that this world is rich in resources. There are many workers. With enough time and materials, I think a pretty interesting result will come out.”

“Uh.. Yes. If you need anything, Sumin is on her side and tells Hajinseong everything. I will give top priority to inspiration work unconditionally.”

I promised the alchemist unconditional support. Originally, mad scientists have to invest a lot of time and money. Then it’s probably because they’re the creators of the time machine.

This inspirational man is also a half-crazy alchemist, so he is a great man who will create something as great as he will do if he supports him. Occasionally, he was ignorant and foolish, but he was a great human being when you get to know him. So, just in case, I took out the flask and showed it to the old man.

“Any inspiration. Can we make something out of this?”

When he took out the flask containing the parasitic spores, the old man stepped back in fright. It was a bonus to scream as if in a half-delirious state.

“Hey!! This, this… My God… Why is that dangerous ancient monster… Here…”

“Does inspiration know what this is?”

“Oh, I’m afraid to even say it. He is called the destroyer of civilization. Oh my… I’ll meet you again before I die… Oh my god… What is fate…”

When the old man saw the parasitic spores, he removed the crane and waved his hand. Self is something that can’t be dealt with. I don’t like dealing with…

The nuance of saying something was trying to deal with this, but it felt like the world was crushed… Could this be the reason I became a slave?

In the end, I came out of the studio without much harvest. As expected, I should use this when making mushroom people.

After getting out of the workshop, I went out of the mart for a while and caught a suitable zombie. After crushing its head with its tentacles, I picked up only the corpse and found an empty storeroom in the mart and threw the corpse into the corner.

“Now, let’s see…”

I shoved the Erlenmeyer flask down the dead zombie’s throat. Then, from a distance, he threw a stone he had picked up from the side of the road at the flask.

-Pajajak!!

The flask cracked, spewing green spores swirling inside it. Soon the green spores attached themselves to the dead zombie’s corpse.

As the spores adhered, the zombie’s corpse began to melt little by little. A disgusting smell wafted out in all directions.

Now, if you leave it alone, 3 mushrooms will grow. If you remove the red mushroom quickly and leave the remaining 2 mushrooms alone, you will become a mushroom man. It is to create your own race of slaves.

“Good…”

I ordered slaves to watch over the zombie corpses in the empty warehouse on 24-hour shifts. Then I went up to the roof again.

It was because while we were eating, Yewon informed me that the eggs had hatched and said that she would show them to me when I come to the rooftop later. For reference, the egg is the unknown egg purchased from a poacher on the black market.

I left it with Yewon, the Unholy Queen and beast trainer, and went to the forest, and it seemed to have hatched in the meantime.

“Ah, brother..!”

“Huh. Yewon. Yes, where are you?”

“Ah.. Here..”

Yewon took out her plastic cage and showed it to me.

“Wow… What is this…”

It was something different from what I had imagined.

The red baby salamander-like thing in the cage was very small and looked weak. Above all, I couldn’t tell if it was a caterpillar or a snake. If you press it hard, it will explode and die. Why was such a strange person born?

“Brother. This is hetzling.”

“Hetzling..? Uh? Where have you heard of this… Ah… No way… Wait… The fuck is this..”

The red reptile that Yewon, the Unholy Queen, hatched after holding it in her arms for about six days…

It was a child of a dragon. The red hetzling born after being incubated by the Unholy Queen for 6 days… Isn’t this the red dragon of the Apocalypse?

Fucked.

If the dragon catcher finds out about this… It’s sure to be horrible.

What if they kill me for raising a child of a dragon…?

Even if you die and wake up, you can’t win against the dragonslayer…

‘Even if I call all of Kissilia and Anax… I’ll get a penalty because my level is low… Shit…’

Rather than the joy of having obtained a dragon, I was overcome with anxiety that I might be torn to death by the dragon hunter.