Chapter 81 - I'm Going To Tell My Noona About This.

Chapter 81: I’m Going to Tell My Noona About This.

Translator: ChubbyCheeks

PR: MattForgenti

27 I’m Going to Tell My Noona About This.

Minhyuk and the other miners went inside the mining cave and finally saw the dead monsters. Since the bodies of the dead monsters would just disappear over time the miners slowly went and took their places to start their mining.

“Ruan. You and the new recruit are both foreigners so let him know about the other things.”

“Yes. I understand.”

Then, Ruan stood beside Minhyuk and loudly spat on both of his hands.

“Well then... You should lift your pickaxe like this!”

He pulled the pickaxe high and stabbed it towards the rocks with all his might.

Baang!

A pile of stones suddenly splattered as Ruan grinned proudly at him.

‘I haven’t changed my job class yet but I’m sure that I will get an ‘Indomitable Mining’ skill once I change to the Indomitable Blacksmith class. Hoho!’

As he thought of this, he diligently started to mine for iron ores. After 5 minutes of digging around, he was finally able to get one piece of iron ore. Sounds of admiration rang out from his surroundings.

“Oh. Ruan, you bastard, you already got one?”

“Keuha! You’re finally using your strength correctly!”

“Ruan’s our mining team’s ace!”

Ruan shrugged his shoulders as he listened to the praises that they heaped on him.

“Well, if you’re able to mine one withing 5 minutes then that will be great. They will all react like this too. It will be okay if Minhyuk-nim can mine two in an hour.”

Minhyuk nodded his head when he heard his words. After all, it was the truth that Ruan was the person who dug up an iron ore the fastest. This just showed that his indomitable mining skill was quite effective even though it wasn’t completed yet!

Ruan even thought that no one could surpass him in terms of mining. In addition, the iron ore came out so fast because he was lucky but in truth he could only mine one ore for every 15 minutes.

Minhyuk transformed Ellie’s Kitchen Knife into a pickaxe. Once he looked at the area where he was supposed to mine, he saw a bright red spot on the wall. Then, he clasped his pickaxe with both his hands and hit the spot that was shining brightly with great strength.

Fwooooom━

Clink!

The moment his pickaxe embedded itself on the wall, a pile of stones fell down from the wall. The pile of stones were significantly larger in amount compared to what Ruan did. Then, along with the pile of stones a notification rang in his mind.

[Please fill the proficiency bar to 100% in order to add the Mining Skill to your Blacksmithing Skill.]

Unlike other abilities, the mining skill could be easily added to his blacksmithing skill just by filling the proficiency bar to its fullest.

Then, he hit the wall once more...

Fwooooom━

Clink!

Rumble, rumble, rumble━

[You have acquired an iron ore.]

“Oh, an iron ore......!”

Minhyuk was so shocked. An iron ore appeared just after he hit the wall twice. Ruan, who was watching beside him, was completely shocked. Leton also discovered what happened after hearing the commotion.

“Keok?!”

“I, it’s a coincidence, right~!”

“Our rookies are quite lucky today!”

Then, Minhyuk hit the wall again.

Fwooooom━

Clink!

Rumble, rumble, rumble━

[You have acquired an iron ore.]

“Oh. Another one!”

“......”

“......”

For a moment, the people surrounding him were left speechless. Ruan, who was right beside him, murmured under his breath.

“You...... How in the world......”

He could mine faster than anybody else due to the mining skill of the hidden class Indomitable Blacksmith. Although his skill was not yet fully mastered, his proficiency bar was almost filled!

So how can someone who just started to mine become so good!

“W, what’s your secret?”

“I eat well and work diligently!”

“......uhm.”

Ruan had doubts whether he heard him correctly.

Minhyuk then stood in front of the direction where the “Ingredient Tracking” was pointing to and grabbed his pickaxe.

‘I’m going to eat...... brownies!’

Fwooooom!

Clink!

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

[You have acquired a chocolate ore.]

‘I’m going to eat...... chocolate!’

Fwooooom!

Clink!

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

“.......!”

“.......!”

Ruan’s murmurs made Leton and the rest of the miners shocked beyond belief. The chocolate ore only has a one out of ten probability of coming out when digging for iron ores. They were also much more expensive compared to regular chocolates with their prices twice that of the regular ones.

They felt like they were watching a chocolate mukbang that was hosted by an elephant with how much chocolate he has eaten. Once Minhyuk finished eating his chocolates, he stood up from his seat and started to dig up iron ores again.

“Boy, would you come with me for a moment?”

“Yes?”

Minhyuk tilted his head when he heard Leton talk to him. He led Minhyuk further inside the mines where the rest couldn’t hear them.

“Do you remember what I told you earlier? About your question about the chocolate tree?”

“Ah. Yes!”

“Actually, I lied to you about not knowing anything. The chocolate tree actually exists.”

Minhyuk shook his head at him, after all he already knew that it existed due to his ingredient tracking skill.

“However, I believed that I shouldn’t tell anyone about the existence of the chocolate tree...... but now I can see that you’re not just anyone.”

Along with his words, a set of notifications rang in Minhyuk’s head.

[You have achieved the Secret Quest: ‘A True Chocolate Lover.’]

[Every time you dig up a special mineral, you will be able to dig up a much more special chocolate ore compared to the regular chocolate ore.]

“Oh......?!”

Minhyuk was shocked.

A secret quest?

He pondered deeply about why he achieved such a secret quest.

‘He said that he couldn’t just tell the legend to just somebody. So it means that the moment I meant Leton-nim, I was already doing the secret quest!’

Secret Quests were always like this. No one knew when and where it would pop out.

Minhyuk was really excited about this secret quest reward that he received. After all, he would be able to get a more special chocolate whenever he dug up a special mineral.

Then, he heard Leton sigh heavily.

“Boy, I wish you could just easily approach the chocolate tree but there was something about it in the legends...”

He paused for a moment, as if to collect his thoughts before speaking again.

“Only those who have the key would be able to open the path towards the chocolate tree.”

“......So does that mean that I will not be able to go no matter what I do?”

“Well, I don’t know about that. But right now, I know for sure that you won’t be able to get there because you still don’t have the key.”

He felt a bit sad when he heard the fact about the key but Minhyuk was not someone to be discouraged.

What if I’m able to dig it up one day? Nothing is impossible in this world.

And right at that moment...

Ruuuumble━

“Huh?”

The two of them looked behind them and saw that the pile of stones suddenly collapsed. They looked curiously at the space where the pile of stones once were.

***

Brony arrived at the vicinity of the Brethni Mines.

‘I definitely need to check out the mines before I take over it.’

It was definitely necessary since they needed to kill off all of the NPCs before they could take over the mines. So before they would attack, he needed to look at the overall situation. He even drank an extremely expensive potion that would allow him to turn invisible for half an hour. However, while he was still invisible, he wouldn’t be able to attack or his invisibility would be cancelled.

‘There are a total of 30 soldiers deployed in the troops that supervise the mines. This will be a piece of cake.’

He covered his mouth with his hands to hide his breath further and went inside another mine with the sign ‘5th Mine’.

As soon as he entered the mine, he could see all of the miners working diligently.

“Hoo. Aren’t those the foil of those iron-like chocolates? Quite amazing.”

It was the chocolate ore that he had only heard of! However, only the foils could be seen. The chocolate was nowhere to be found. It seemed like the miners ate the chocolate to replenish their strength. Brony ignored the foils and went further inside the mine.

‘I can hear people talking over here. Are they still working there?’

If there were people then he had to check carefully. This was so they could prepare and make an exception if there was a royal knight or someone stronger before taking over the mines.

As he stepped further inside and saw the two people talking, Brony’s body trembled uncontrollably. He even stepped back as he recalled the voice of his father and the warnings that were still lingering in his ears.

‘You bastard. You have grown up already. You’re old enough to be imprisoned too.’

He had also grown up... the protagonist of his nightmare and his darkest history.

‘Ka, Kang Minhyuk......!’

He clasped his mouth with both of his hands to make sure that he wouldn’t let out any unsightly scream and quickly tried to back away. However, in his haste, he stepped on the pile of stones that the miners had piled up and made it collapse.

“Huh?”

“......?”

The two people who were talking seriously suddenly turned towards his direction. And the eyes of Kang Minhyuk, the person he had identified, looked at him.

Badump, badump, badump, badump, badump!

His heart beat wildly as if it wanted to escape from his chest.

***

TL’s corner!!!

Well, well, well... It seems like the bullying incident had left a deep impression on this bully.

PR’s corner!

Welp, Minhyuk’s back to being compared to an elephant...

ANNOUNCEMENTS

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