Chapter 50

Lucky Drop (1)

Pabat!

Hyrkan was running forward with the mane of his lion head fluttering in the air .

At Hyrkan’s destination…

Kikii!

Was an Armor Monkey letting out an impatient cry . Having lost its arm to a Skeleton Warrior made from using Armor Monkey as material, it had lost its will to fight and was trying to run away .

However, when it turned around to escape, it faced the one person it should have never faced .

It was Hyrkan .

When the distance between him and the Armor Monkey was close enough, Hyrkan’s longsword stabbed through the T-shaped hole in the Armor Monkey’s helmet .

Stab!

Hyrkan could feel the depth of the stab on his fingertips . It meant the sword stabbed through deeper than he had expected . Although it would be horrifying feeling for most people, Hyrkan smiled as if he enjoyed it .

‘How clean . ’

Hyrkan’s remark was accurate, yet terrifying .

Hyrkan finished off the Armor Monkey with a single strike . The Armor Monkey drooped down like a toy hanging on a nail .

Chwing!

When Hyrkan swiftly pulled his sword out…

Thud!

The Armor Monkey’s body fell to the ground powerlessly .

[You have leveled up . ]

[You have obtained the title, ‘Half to Hundred . ’]

However, Hyrkan did not even glance at the Armor Monkey that had fallen on the ground .

He quickly put away his sword, and fiddled with the watch on his left wrist .

[Hyrkan]

– Level: 50

– Class: Magician

– Title: 20

– Stats: Strength (349) / Stamina (119) / Intelligence (239) / Magic Power (301)

’Level 50, finally . ’

Hyrkan had finally reached level 50 . It was a definite reward and proof of his efforts .

However, Hyrkan did not show extreme sense of happiness like he previously did with his body . Swiftly, as if he was reading through a boring school textbook, he put all stat points into strength and closed the stat window .

What Hyrkan looked at next was his skill window . A list of skills he owned appeared in a hologram in front of him .

– Summoning

[Skeleton Fragment (C)], [Madness Helm (E)], [Bone Armor (E)], [Skeleton Magician (E)], [Skeleton Science (E)], [Golem Summoning (F)]

– Curses

[Demon Curse (D)], [Slow Curse (E)]

-Body Modification Skills

[Skin Sewing (E)]

‘I hit level 50, but not a single skill ranked up . ’

After checking his skill ranks, Hyrkan turned his gaze away from his watch . Although he would normally dance in happiness at achieving a level milestone, the current Hyrkan was only making a serious face .

At the same time, Hyrkan’s body did not show any signs of ease . As if he was in a hurry, Hyrkan checked the time .

‘I’ll be cutting it a bit close, but I should be able to log out after reaching the Ranger Village . ’

After he finished checking the time, Hyrkan quickly began running .

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The wall of a small one-room apartment was adorned with a rather unfitting 50-inch monitor . Everything else seemed old and broken down, but the monitor looked brand new like a technology transported from the future . The expression ‘pearls before swine’ could accurately describe the scene .

On the minitor, a video was being played . In an overgrown forest that could not possibly exist in this world, a monkey wearing armor was fighting with a warrior made of only bones and a golem made of mud .

The whole scene was very much like a movie . One that was worth the money .

However, the one currently watching the video, An Jaehyun, did not seem very interested in the video .

He was sitting on his overused mattress full of cheese-like holes in only a tank-top and underwear . His gaze was fixed on his tablet PC, not the 50-inch monitor . Moreover, the video being shown on the tablet PC was exactly same as the one on the large monitor . But what An Jaehyun was really looking at were the comments below the minimized video .

– As expected of Hahoe Mask Hyrkan . This one was just as good as the others .

– Hyrkan’s skeletons are the best in the world!

– I’m raising a necromancer after seeing you . I’d appreciate any tips on raising Skeleton Warriors .

– Is it possible to put skeletons up for adoption?

Most comments were positive . An Jaehyun made a light smile . No one would be unhappy with comments like these .

Then…

‘Hm?’

A needle-like comment caught An Jaehyun’s attention .

– I don’t get what’s so great about this idiot . I don’t understand the thought behind people like him spending so much money to spec-up just to make videos like these . Is that fun? I’d be a better necromancer if I tried .

It was a rather long comment, one that would normally make the reader frown . However, An Jaehyun made an even bigger smile .

“If he said this to my face in Warlord, I’d have a watch on the spot, heh . ”

If he crumbled because of comments like this, the time An Jaehyun spent would have been worthless .

In any case, what really made An Jaehyun’s mood great were the donations . Although only 3 minutes had passed since he last checked, An Jaehyun once again checked his donation box . 1 dollar… 1 euro… donations were coming in endlessly . Hyrkan converted the donations into the Korean won, then made an even bigger smile .

“Uhahahaha!”

‘I finally feel like a Warlord gamer!’

His hunting guide on the Armor Monkey hunting was a bigger hit than he had expected .

‘I should really call those monkeys my filial sons . ’

As he expected, a never before seen monster became a topic of interest for many . Because of the new viewers coming to see his hunting guide, his Skull Clown video had surpassed 1,000,000 views as was currently approaching reaching for 1,500,000 . The Double Bear video had surpassed 800,000 and was going for 1,000,000, and his other videos were doing just as well .

It goes without saying, his revenue had increased as well . Donations were one thing, but he had finally gotten sponsorship deals . Although the sponsor wasn’t desperate, An Jaehyun was still able to receive 500,000 won for a 1-week contract .

‘With this, I can buy have meat for dinner every day!’

It was more than enough for An Jaehyun to eat meat 3 times a day with expensive coffee as a dessert .

‘It’s been a while . Why don’t I go oil my stomach up?’

At that moment, An Jaehyun’s watch began to vibrate .

– Your conversion request has been completed . Thank you for using our service . For further information, please call…

“Finally…”

When he saw this message, the thought of meat disappeared from An Jaehyun’s head .

‘I’ve finally got the bullets . ’

It wasn’t the time to do something like that .

When he hit level 50, there was only one thing on his mind . Finding new items .

And now, he had acquired the funds to make his purchase .

’16,000 gold . Even if I have to use all of it, I’ll get some proper items . ’

16,000 gold was equivalent to 16,000,000 won . After paying off his debt, An Jaehyun converted most of the money he earned to gold . Although he left some for emergency use, it was only enough to pay for his one-room rent, maintenance fees, V-Gear fees, and living expenses .

Since he was now making money on a regular basis, he would soon have more money to spend . Even so, what he did was not something most people would have done . When a poor person made 10,000,000 won playing a game, he would most certainly think to save it for the future . Very few, if any, would spend it all back into the game .

It was an all-in, in every sense of the word .

However, An Jaehyun did not feel uncomfortable by his spending at all .

He had always been like this with Warlord .

Any money he earned through Warlord, he re-invested it into the game . He didn’t put any of it into savings . As a result, when he was betrayed by the Hahoe Mask Guild and the Stormhunter Guild forced him to quit the game, his life had practically ended .

Even so, An Jaehyun didn’t have an inkling of mind to put his money into savings in this lifetime as well .

After all, An Jaehyun’s life was not in the real world, but inside the game world .

‘Oh!’

An Jaehyun’s eyes flashed with surprise .

‘At this price?’

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“Huhu . ”

Watching himself in the video he just took, Hyrkan couldn’t stop his almost offensively disgusting laughter from flowing out . He no longer had the childish lion suit . In its place, a bit wacky yet stylish skeleton armor was warming his body .

Skeleton Snake set . It was a level 50 item set made from the boss monster Skeleton Snake .

‘This design is not bad at all . Who made it?’

Including the helmet, top, bottom, gloves, and boots, it cost a total of 15,000 gold!

It was expensive .

However, it was worth every gold coin .

‘Just my magic power is 75 points higher than before . ’

It wasn’t just the design that was good .

The items’ options were great as well . Just by changing his items, his magic power had risen by 75 points . Considering his old lion suit was a Magic Power Switching set, a 75 point increase was truly significant .

‘My stamina is… about 50 points higher?’

His stamina stat had risen by about 50 points as well .

Even to a magician, the stamina stat was important . If the stamina stat was too low, one became what was called the Sunfish Magician . Simply said, a single touch by a boss monster would kill them .

Of course, just these weren’t enough to make the items cost just as much as a car .

By standard, the helmet and glove parts of a set were Unique rank . The cost of Unique items was on a completely different level than Rare items . Rich players ran at them to acquire even 1 more stat points . That is, they came with brand name effects like designer purses and shoes did in real life .

What affected the price the most was the bonus option that came from wearing all 5 parts .

Hyrkan checked the bonus option one more time .

– Decreases the magic power used by summon-related skills by 10% .

Hyrkan couldn’t help but smile .

This bonus option was the reason Hyrkan was able to buy the Skeleton Snake set for a cheap price of 15,000 gold . If the bonus option was for curse-related skills, the price would have about 30,000 gold . In reality, Skeleton Snake magician sets, priest sets, and curse magician sets sold for at least 30,000 gold .

In other words, that was how unpopular the necromancer class was .

In any case, Hyrkan was satisfied with the items he purchased . It was perfect in every way . The design fit the necromancer class, not to mention the bonus option .

There was only one problem…

‘What do I do for the weapon…’

He was unable to buy a weapon . Although he had bought a Normal rank item just in case, for someone who was aiming for the top, a weapon of at least Rare rank was paramount . Moreover, now that he was level 50, it would be hard to raise another 10 levels within a month . Although there might be no problem using a low-end car for a day or two, but the effect of doing so would become clear within 30 days .

That was how important good items were . As time went on, their effectiveness became even more evident .

However, since he didn’t have the money, he couldn’t buy any .

‘I could get myself something good if I sold this lion suit set… but that’s going to take a while . It’s too much of a waste to sell it under price too . ’

It would take some time before he could sell off the lion suit set . However, he couldn’t just suck on his finger and wait . He had to do something .

There was only one choice .

“If I don’t have a weapon, I’ll just have to make one . ”

It was time to aim for what all gamers liked . A lucky drop .