379 - Hammer, Anvil, and Enhancement Stone 4

379 - Hammer, Anvil, and Enhancement Stone 4

TL/Editor: raei

Schedule: 5/week

Illustrations: Posted in discord

Join the discord! Here

The charming heroic act of soliciting donations of spare enhancement stones from the temple and royal knights was quickly thwarted.

Neither the temple nor the knights had any enhancement stones to spare.

As a result, Han Se-ah's cheeks puffed out in a pout. She was denied the typical "hero's move" of smashing other people's yard pots, barging into bedrooms, and ransacking closets to pilfer every last gold coin.

How could there not be a single one left when there was a chance to get free enhancement stones if she played her cards right?

"Ah, there's nothing here. I thought the temple might not have any, but I didn't expect the knights to be out too."

-Of course they wouldn't have any... Who hoards enhancement stones instead of using them right away lol

-For real, buy an enhancement stone and just sit on it? Only a real weirdo would do that

-Looks like they did buy some though, since they're saying they already used them all

-Han Se-ah's intelligence <<<<<<<<< Knight's intelligence

-LOL If they offer to enhance your equipment for money, who wouldn't do it? You'd be crazy not to. Of course they bought everything up, obviously nothing's left.

Whether Temple Knights or royal knights, knights are obsessed with strength. To prove themselves to the Goddess they worship, or to demonstrate their loyalty to the leader chosen by the Goddess, knights always crave power.

It's not like switching out a trusty old weapon for new equipment. Just a stone or two can instantly enhance the gear they've used for over a decade. If there's a knight who wouldn't pour gold into this, they'd be like a mage who's given up on research.

Even adventurers and mercenaries desperately seek good equipment as it's their lifeline and livelihood. How could knights of all people lack such ambition?

"Well, at least we got to see the city. Does this mean we'll head for the 51st floor first thing tomorrow?"

"I think we should have one day to rest. So today in the city... Oh?"

After coming up empty-handed, we ended up back on the 50th floor at the Harpy District. We were about to discuss whether to spend the night in the city or find an inn in the district, but that became pointless.

In less than half a day, not even a quarter of a day, a huge mansion had been built.

"Is this really our lodging?"

"The location's right, but..."

Our group could sense it was still night without looking at Han Se-ah's stream clock, even though the sky never darkens in this 24-hour dim world. Those who've reached the upper echelons don't lose their sense of time so easily.

In fact, Han Se-ah's stream clock showed it was just past midnight, the time when she usually starts debating whether to end the stream.

According to Granny Shasha's boastful declaration, they should've just started tearing down the workshop to prepare for building. But not only was the preparation done, a two-story mansion was already built and its exterior was being refined. No wonder we were surprised.

"Oh, Squishies? How'd you know to come back already?"

-Sounds like total bullsh*t but I hate that I understand it all lol

-Doesn't look like a ruby but I guess it's red so it's a ruby? Well, not wrong I guess

-If it's red and round, it's a ruby lol Who cares about other gems

-Red ruby, blue sapphire, green emerald, yellow topaz, we don't accept other colors, only primary colors lol

-Saying there's just enough for one enhancement, looks like this really is an enhancement tutorial. What a dumbass, clearing floor 50 and doing the 41st floor tutorial on floor 52

Han Se-ah was a player in a virtual reality game, and no matter how much Heroes Chronicle touted its realism, it was bound to have basic system windows.

Starting with the stream camera drone, there were inventory and status windows, and system windows for reading other NPCs' star ratings and so on. So naturally, if enhancement stones appeared, an enhancement-related system window would pop up.

Regular enhancement stones could enhance equipment just by transferring mana. Special enhancement stones could only be handled by stone dwarf craftsmen. Equipment couldn't be enhanced infinitely, and so on. She was explaining these basic systems to the group as if telling the viewers.

Looking at her, I suddenly thought, 'Can she handle this?'

"Wow, amazing."

"So we just need to transfer mana?"

As if confirming my thoughts, everyone's eyes sparkled brightly. From Grace admiring the rainbow-reflecting crystal to Katie who looked eager to enhance her sword, they all gazed at Han Se-ah with shining eyes.

Han Se-ah, Han Se-ah the First scout. She had various images as an 18-star failure, mecha p*rno girl, chemical terrorist, mad scientist, pioneer of explosive art, and so on, but that was her image as a streamer outside the game.

Viewers may have teased her as an all-purpose pack mule, but to our group, Han Se-ah was seen as a genius mage.

More precisely, she was "a genius beautiful mage who uses high-level magic effortlessly with innate talent, chosen by the Goddess as a hero, a believer who's also cute and lovely with a touch of country innocence after coming up from the countryside."

'Inventory, minimap, skills, and now enhancement stones.'

Some might feel nauseous hearing this, thinking even the most sycophantic brown-noser wouldn't suck up this much, but that was only from the viewers' perspective.

When the hero lady pulled items out of thin air, memorized tower maps with magic, and used newly learned spells without mistakes, wasn't it natural to idolize her when she could even recognize other races' treasures at a glance?

Especially since it was just a few weeks ago that even mages bought enhancement stones to study their principles.

In other words, she was now rattling off knowledge about a new material that didn't even have properly established research papers. It was like a long post on a superconductivity forum being more accurate than future expert papers.

"As expected, Hanna is amazing!"

"Huh? Uh..."

"You can tell at a glance? You can even analyze items from another world mined by a different race...!"

"That's incredible, Miss Hanna!"

"Amazing!"

That thoughtless mouth should be grateful there wasn't another mage here right now.