Chapter 61

After obtaining the quest ingredients, Troll Blood, Ogre Heart, and Giant Ogre Heart, Ming Hu returned to the village.
“Ha.”
Ming Hu let out a short sigh and opened his inventory. Twenty Troll Blood, twenty Ogre Hearts, and five Giant Ogre Hearts sat neatly in his inventory.
“At least the troll’s blood came out well…”
Unlike the Heart, Troll Blood had a decent drop rate. After soothing his weary heart with blood from the Heart, Ming Hu opened the quest window.
<Experimental Material N in Gadgets
Dr. Kadugu, the village chief and doctor of Himise, is conducting various experiments. He needs many ingredients for his experiments, but it takes too much time for him to get them. Take his place and get him the ingredients he needs!
[Blood of the Trolls: 22/20].
[Heart of the Ogre: 20/20].
[Heart of the Giant Ogre: 5/5] [Rating: 5/5
Difficulty Level: C
Quest Reward: 4 Elixirs of Strength, 4 Elixirs of Health
"Hmm."
Ming Hu gave a short laugh and closed the quest window. He walked straight to the chief's house.
"Hello!"
"Oh, welcome!"
Ming Hu approached Gadagu, who greeted him and took out the ingredients. He then went into his room and came out with the elixir, as he had been doing all along.
[You have completed the quest].
[You have obtained 4 Elixirs of Strength].
[You have earned 4 Elixirs of Health].
'What do I do… Should I just take it?
Ming Hu thought for a moment. He had no intention of breaking the quest even if he received it. Right now, he had other things to do before the quest.
"Goodbye!"
Eventually deciding to take the quest later, Ming Hu stepped outside and immediately took the elixir from his inventory.
[You have taken the Elixir of Strength, permanently increasing your Strength by 10].
[You have taken the Elixir of Strength, permanently increasing your Strength by 10].
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[You have taken the Elixir of Stamina, permanently increasing your Stamina by 10].
[You have taken the Elixir of Stamina, permanently increasing your Stamina by 10].
Name: Ming Hu
Nationality : Helioca [Empire]
Age: 22 Occupation: Berserker/Strong Smith
Fame: 50000
Level: 220
Life: 1313950
Mana: 6420
Strength : 65430 [6543(+40)] Dexterity : 165 Constitution : 107 Strength : 10 Wisdom : 311
Dexterity: 7
Bonus Stets: 510
After taking the elixir and opening the character window to check his stats, Ming Hu closed the character window and opened the crafting window, and once again checked the materials needed to craft the Ogre Power Gauntlet.
"I've got 100 tendons, I've got 10 kilograms of steel, all I need now is a stone of strength."
You've gathered most of the materials you need to craft, and all that's left is the Power Stone.
"Did Demes have a matap?"
Stones of Power are sold at the Magic Tower. Ming Hu tried to recall if there was a magic tower in Demes, but he didn't know if it was there or not, as he hadn't paid attention to it.
"If there's no magic tower, there must be a magic shop."
Of course, not having a tower doesn't mean you can't buy ingredients. In places where there are no towers, there are shops that specialize in selling magical ingredients. You didn't have to worry about not having a tower.
"Let's go."
Ming Hu pulled out a travel scroll and tore it up.
Siaak
With the light, Ming Hu arrived at the main square of Demesne. He headed straight for the streets lined with shops. It was then.
"Son of a bitch!"
"Ha, asshole. You really don't want to play."
Ming Hu looked toward the source of the sound.
Woof, woof, woof
A large group of players were gathered and chattering. Ming Hu's curiosity got the better of him, and he turned toward the shop. Soon, he saw two players, one of whom he recognized.
"Golking?
It was golking.
"Hey, wait a minute."
Golking said, looking at the user in front of him with an expressionless face.
"Why, so you can call them assholes?"
"What, assholes?"
It wasn't Golking who answered the user's question; three users came to his side.
"You're here!"
"…!"
The Golking smiled and greeted the three players, while the faces of the players who had been arguing with the Golking quickly hardened.
Woof, woof, woof
"I didn't mean to call you, I already did."
"Wow… That's creepy."
The players muttered to themselves as they watched Golking, the three users next to him, and the confronting user.
"Dude, say that again"
"…"
Golking's words left the user speechless.
"Ha, if you hadn't called me an asshole, I would have killed you once and been done with it. I remembered your face."
"Yuck."
The three apparent representatives who showed up late sneered at the user who couldn't say anything.
"Let's get out of here!
Unaware of the details of the situation, Ming Hu shrugged it off and started walking back down the street of shops.
"Power Charging!"
Puck!
"Up!"
Soon, Ming Hu realized from the sounds behind him that the PK had begun. Ming Hu was a little curious about the PK, but he ignored his curiosity in favor of making the Ogre Power Gauntlet.
"Found it!"
After a while, Ming Hu reached the street of shops and found a slightly larger shop, Leplen's Magic Shop. Ming Hu walked right in.
"Welcome. Guest!"
Once inside, Leplen, the shopkeeper, called out with a smile.
"Hello."
"Yes! How can I help you?"
"Do you happen to have a power stone?"
"Oh yeah, we have it, we just got it in today and haven't put it on display yet, your timing is amazing, just give us a minute!"
Dada!
With that, Leplen quickly walked into what appeared to be a storage room and emerged a short time later with a fist-sized red stone.
"Here it is!"
Leflen placed the power stone on the counter and smiled at Ming Hu.
"150 gold."
"…here."
Ming Hu paused slightly at the higher price, but immediately pulled 150 gold from his inventory and handed it to Leflen.
"Anything else?"
Leflen asked with a smile, but Ming Hu, who had nothing to live for but the Power Stone, walked right out.
"Nothing, goodbye."
"Come back next time!"
Ming Hu smiled as he stepped outside to Leflen's greeting and opened his inventory. 100 ogre tendons, 10 kilograms of steel, and a power stone. He had gathered all the materials he needed to craft the Ogre Power Gauntlets.
"First, let's see if it's quiet anywhere."
Ming Hu closed his inventory and began looking for a secluded spot. He wanted to create as soon as possible, but he didn't want to be seen by passersby.
"Wow. It's so secluded in here!"
Soon, Ming Hu found a secluded spot where not a single ant could be seen, and he took a blue orb from his inventory and threw it.
Poof!
A small forge appeared in the smoke. Entering the forge, Ming Hu immediately opened the crafting window, then went into the Gauntlets section to find and select the Ogre Power Gauntlet. Seeing the Ogre Power Gauntlet glowing blue, Ming Hu smiled and pressed Craft.
Swoosh swoosh swoosh
When I pressed Build, the materials I was holding were automatically placed on the workbench, and a hammer flew to the side of the workbench.
[Hold the hammer].
The message is now a little familiar: Ming Hu has a hammer, and he's ready to strike.
[Tap the marked spot with a hammer].
A section of steel shimmered with a message. Ming Hu quickly struck the shiny section with his hammer.
Bam! Swoosh
Ming Hu raised the hammer again. There was no message that the crafting had succeeded, but there was no message that it had failed. As Ming Hu lifted the hammer, he noticed a new shiny spot.
It was not like the iron swords, iron armor, and the like that had been forged at one time. Ming Hu struck the shiny part with his hammer again.
Bam! Bam!
After tapping on the shiny area a few times, Ming Hu noticed something unusual: the ogre's tendons, which had been used as material, were shrinking at a rapid rate each time he struck the shiny area.
"When that's gone, is that the end of it?
He wasn't sure, but it felt like it. Ming Hu quickly struck the shimmering spot and watched the tendons shrink.
"This is the last one!
Boom!
The tendons all disappeared at the same time as the final descent. But there was still no crafting success or failure message. Ming Hu turned his gaze to look at the power stone that still remained.
Thrrrr
As soon as Ming Hu saw it, the Stone of Power moved of its own accord and stopped on the steel it had been pounding.
Sparkle!
Then the Stone of Power began to glow brightly in the center. Ming Hu briefly wondered if he should strike the Stone of Power, but when no prompt appeared, he quickly struck it down with his hammer.
Boom!
[You have successfully crafted the Ogre Power Gauntlet].
And as he struck, he saw the message that the crafting was successful. With a smile on his face, Ming Hu put down his hammer and looked over at the workbench he had been pounding on, where a gauntlet of considerable size was lying in wait.
"Hmmm. Let's look at the options."
Ming Hu picked up the Ogre Power Gauntlet, or OPG, to confirm the information.
<Ogre Power Gauntlet [Rare
Limit: Force 1000
Physical Attack: 900
Physical Defense: 550
Strength + 1050
A gauntlet that allows you to harness some of the ogre's power.
"Huh?"
After checking the options, Myung-Hoo was a bit surprised to see that the options in the created OPG had higher values in all aspects than the options listed in the build window.
"Huh, I didn't think it could get any better."
Ming Hu muttered something to himself and put the OPG into his inventory. After pressing a button to close the forge, Ming Hu removed the cold, screaming knuckles he had been wearing.
"Thanks for everything!"
With that, Ming Hu put the Screaming Knuckles back into his inventory, took out the OPG he'd put in earlier, and put it on.
"Wow. That's gonna stand out like a sore thumb."
Ming Hu muttered as he looked at the size of the OPG, which was at least one and a half times larger than his head. He'd thought it was big, but now that he was wearing it, it was even bigger. Shaking his head, Ming Hu opened the character window.
Name: Ming Hu
Nationality : Helioca [Empire]
Age: 22 Occupation: Berserker/Strong Smith
Fame: 50000
Level: 220
Life: 1523950
Mana: 6420
Strength : 75930 [7593(+1090)] Dexterity : 165 Constitution : 107 Strength : 10 Wisdom : 311
Dexterity: 25
Bonus Stets: 510
"Yikes."
Ming Hu couldn't help but be impressed. With just one weapon change, his strength had increased by more than 10,000 and his health had surpassed 1.5 million. In addition, his dexterity had increased by 18.
"Hmm. Now I just need to change jobs."
Ming Hu muttered something to himself, closed the character window, and began walking toward the center square.