Chapter 140 – 140. Jeweler’s Request
“First of all, I have Nous’s bracelet you are looking for.”
Her shocking comments from her jeweler made me hug her like a doll and almost give her a ride on the plane.
However, I barely endured it because it was clear that if I really did something like that, the good feeling I had raised by consuming hundreds of thousands of coins would be ruined.
“Is that true?”
“Yeah … But I didn’t expect that I already got her ring and necklace.”
“I was lucky.”
“Yeah.. Really.. Really lucky… Amazing.”
The jeweler explained to me that in the case of Nous’ ring, the manufacturing method of which was published, it was a mass-produced product that only borrowed Nous’ name. In short, it is a product that peddlers who live in an unknown place collect flowers that grow on the roadside and sell them after magical processing.
However, he said that there was only one case like Nous’s necklace in the world. There might be replicas that were crudely imitated, but it seemed that it was impossible to imitate an object containing the essence of Nus.
Therefore, only the necklace that Heeseon noona has is the only real ‘Nus’s necklace’ in this world, and it means that the necklace cannot be obtained through any other route.
“Well, if it’s a druid, it’s a hero class that belongs to Mangwijeon.”
Just as the cultist is the hero class of Manma War, the Druid is the hero class of Man Ma War.
The world tree deserved to kill me for the strange reason that it had kidnapped its own daughter. How angry they must have been because I gulp their only class.
“Well, anyway, bracelets aren’t something you can only get by luck. It can only be obtained from me because I have it for sure. In the end, everything is decided by luck..”
Luck, or the flow of causality. The jeweler was silent for a moment as if thinking about it. She closed her eyes and pondered something of her own.
She oddly emphasized luck throughout the conversation. As if… It would take a lot of luck to get Noos’ bracelet.
“Rather than that, enslaving a Druid… I’m so lucky. Oddly… Strangely lucky…”
The jeweler’s eyes seemed to twinkle for a moment. As if trying to detect something…
I’ve had experiences similar to this before.
When I tried to buy parasitic spores, the poacher looked at me with those eyes… Maybe that was to check the opponent’s status. Isn’t it like a privilege only for NPCs?
“Hmm… That’s right. Being able to get a ring and pass it on to the right class… That class is, after all, a druid, so even getting a necklace as an achievement reward is, in a way, all areas of luck… And you’re the second human I’ve ever met… So good luck.”
Wait, second? So, is there another human who surpasses the luck of 666?
Could it be that there really is a 777 on the side of the good gods… This is information about an existence that might be my last enemy.
I pushed her upper body at her and asked her first human information.
“I’m the second one…”
“Yeah… It’s the second…”
“Then, the first one… Isn’t there someone with 777 luck?”
“Is that so… You seem curious?”
“Of course. I’m going crazy because I’m curious. Please… Can you tell me something?”
“Hmm.. If you ask me that much… You’re a cultist… Hmm… Yes, the first one…”
The moment the jeweler tried to inform me about the existence of Lucky 777, her eyes fluttered. At the same time, a bright light entered her body once and then went out.
“Hmm. Spare no words Please don’t open your mouth recklessly. I mean, I have a position. I’m sharpening my teeth like this, but I can’t show off the rules. Understand me.”
“Ah.. Yes. All right.”
She kept her mouth shut about the lucky 777.
It seemed that her predecessors directly pressed her. Or maybe the administrators might have interrupted it because mentioning information about other players is close to breaking the rules. Anyway, unfortunately I haven’t heard of the 777.
‘Lucky 777… I’m afraid just by imagining it… What the hell is this bastard doing?’
Is it a woman or a man… I don’t even know the gender of the guy. I was only vaguely aware of its existence. Information on Lucky 777 was thoroughly blocked. It would be nice if the other person was also blocked from information about me…
‘An entity that doesn’t know age, nationality, name, or even gender… One thing’s for sure…’
The fact is that me and the lucky player with that 777 will continue to fight until one of them dies. In fact, in order for me to survive, I must catch and kill him. I’d like to avoid it as much as possible… But I won’t be able to avoid it.
‘A bastard with 111 higher luck than me… Even if he stays still, the world will help him, right? You probably won’t get a chance while going through hardships like me… It’s crazy to think like this…’
It is unfair and sad to think that the youngster lying quietly in the corner of the room picked up and ate the chance someone had to go through several death hurdles.
‘This goddamn plant in the greenhouse… I’ll show you how strong the weeds are..’
Of course, he might be struggling like me… But in the end, I decided to curse at him recklessly because he was the one I had to kill with my own hands. It’s none of my business to know his situation.
“Well, back to the story… If you want Noos’s bracelet, you have to do me a favor.”
“As expected… There are some conditions.”
“Of course. You’d be surprised if you knew what I sacrificed to get it.”
The expressionless jeweler let out a laugh as if recalling a very funny memory of her. Her face wasn’t smiling at all, but the sound of laughter made her look a little grotesque.
“What are the conditions? If it’s too difficult… I’ll refuse.”
“Whoop whoop. It won’t be something that you’re having a hard time with.”
“Is that so?”
“Yeah… Maybe…”
The word “Maybe” Scares me the most.
“I’m worried.. Please tell me in detail.”
“Just… Bring me one thing.”
“Uh… Is that thing in some dragon’s nest?”
“No. What kind of dragon’s nest is it when you’re less than level 20?”
“Then what the hell is it?”
“Well… Go into some abandoned mansion and bring me a ring.”
“A ring?”
“Okay. It’s the signet ring used by the head of a family that fell into disrepair.”
Signet ring. It is a ring engraved with the pattern used to seal letters with sealing wax. It could be said to be a symbol of the family.
‘Abandoned mansion… Asking me to bring the ring used by the head of household… I think I’ve already seen a horror movie just by setting the background…’
It smells like a high level of difficulty. Why is it that it reminds me of a labyrinth of disgusting difficulty? I think I’m going to go in and shoot a horror movie…
“I… I’m really sorry. Can’t you just sell Noos’s bracelet to me for money? I’m the only one who will buy it anyway.”
“Even if it wasn’t… Actually Nous’s bracelet, I was thinking of asking you… This is also related to other jewelers…”
“Another jeweler?”
“Right… I didn’t think I would be the only jeweler… Didn’t I?”
Wasn’t it? It’s a peddler. After talking, it seemed like there were several people… But I thought the jeweler was just her.
“I am not Santa. You can’t travel all over the world. It’s better to think that there is one merchant NPC per server.”
“Aha.. Then you must be a jeweler on the Asian server?”
“Okay. The chicken run of evil fatalists, mad skeptics, and idiot gods who insist on eternal return is going on not only in this country, but throughout the planet.”
Also. Again, a new keyword that hurts my head came out. Gods who insist on fatalism, skepticism, and eternal return.. These seem to mean pantheon, manmajeon, and mangwijeon, respectively.. It seems like something important, but now I don’t know what that means.
“Uh.. I don’t know what the heck that means.. Sudden fatalism…”
“Because it’s just like a disgruntled puppeteer’s self-talk… You don’t have to use your brain too much. It’s just a matter of who survives to the end. You just have to keep struggling as hard as you are now.”
“Ah.. Yes.”
The jeweler, who had evaded the story, cleared his voice and explained his circumstances.
“Anyway, all the other jewelers will have their own champions. Help me, cultist… Instead of Nus’s bracelet… On the condition that I reside here. How about it?”
“Yes?”
Do you live here?
What is this sound?
“I will make this a base. Yes, that will work You will be able to buy trinkets from me every week. You can meet me 100 percent without relying on probability.”
This is definitely a good condition. Last week, when I was in the missing person’s forest, the jeweler didn’t come. So she couldn’t buy her trinkets. However, if she resides here, she will be able to get 3 trinkets in her hands every week.
This is the same as getting one more reward for the achievement of ‘Life Guarantee’, which was achieved by eating the twisted inner sheath of the Black Death. At that time, she got a black chip as a reward, but among her three rewards, there was also a windswept gold chip. For reference, the gold chip of the wind catcher was an effect that allowed one merchant NPC to reside.
“If you give me a room, I’ll live here and make accessories… And let’s agree that up to 3 mage-type players can learn skills from me. By the way, the skills I can teach are jewelery and doll tuning.”
“Uh.. Whoa..”
This turned out to be a bigger deal than I thought. It means I can almost monopolize the jewelry store. This is an unconditional call. Even if she meets her alchemist Hellus and her .. There is no telling what will happen.
‘I’ve already put in a large number of mages that I got from Hyoseon Girls’ High School as Hellus’s pupils…’
I saw Hwang Soo-min, who was a mage, become a disciple of Hellus and evolve into her witch, and she put it into her Hellus workshop, wondering if any other mages could enjoy the same benefits as her.
‘Of course, Hellus said there were limits to nurturing disciples, so he only picked two more talented ones and rejected the rest of the mages… But this is a new opportunity.’
Those who were rejected can be sent in as apprentices of jewelers. Doing one of her favors and being able to accept her is a great way to strengthen her base.
If you shoot a few shots of elemental magic, you can recycle the mages who couldn’t do anything like premature ejaculate. My heart is already racing to think that they can learn the skills of a jeweler and become a jewelry maker or puppeteer.
I have no choice but to do this.
‘I am Jang Jo-jun. The black market, the underworld, nightmares and the forest of the missing. I came back alive and well in a place where others couldn’t even come back alive. I’m sure I’m going to have a hard time this time too, and it’s going to be really hard… But I can do it.’
This is not conceit or carelessness. Confidence through experience. It is the courage to do it.
“I’ll do it.”
“Good. Great.”
I shook hands with the jeweler.