Chapter 76

“Ugh, I’m hungry.”
Emerging from the capsule to do some research, Ming Hu frowned at the rapidly rising hunger.
Still, I sat down at my computer and started searching, and soon found an informative article.
Title: Entering the Forge of Fulan Manor ^^.
Username: Detective
You’ve finally made it into the forge under the purple lord. Ugh, what a ride.
Still, I’m excited about the quests and rewards ahead.
Of course, I’m most looking forward to the achievements, so I’ll have to earn them.
Crafting is crafting, but I think we’ll prioritize quests for the time being.
I’ll get some karma and proficiency and make templates and sell them.
-James Trouble: Hulk, how did you become a blacksmith?
-Detective: Quests lol you can go into a forge and talk to the smiths and they’ll give you a transfer quest. You can break it and transfer and work in that forge at the same time. But it’s really hard.
-2JO: Quests are terrible. Don’t bother switching to blacksmithing, it’s more profitable to just hunt.
It seemed that in order to work there, one would have to speak to the local blacksmith. Thinking that this might be the wrong article, Ming Hu searched for a few more and turned off his computer.
“I’ll just have to go talk to him.”
Tsk, tsk.
Ming Hu was about to re-enter the capsule when he heard a noise, and he turned and walked back to the kitchen.
Rummage
“Do you have any ramen noodles…
The usual abundance of ramen noodles was nowhere to be seen. Ming Hu looked all over the kitchen, but there was nothing to eat.
“Let’s go out and eat.”
It wasn’t as if he had no money. Ming Hu was ready to go. Soon, Ming Hu was ready and out the door, heading straight for the restaurant in front of his house. That’s when it happened.
Ooooohhhhhhh
Your phone vibrates in your pocket.
Sigh
“Minhyung?”
It was Minhyung’s phone.
“Uh, Minhyung.”
-Oh, you’re on time today! Aren’t you playing games?
“I went out for a quick bite to eat.”
-Great. I haven’t seen you in a long time! Come to the butcher shop then! I’ll shoot!
“Huh?”
Minhyung’s abruptness caused Ming Hu to question.
-Yes! Hurry up! You’re first!
Poof!
But the half-question didn’t sound like a half-question, and Minhyung hung up. Myung-hoo thought about calling Min-hyung again, but soon shook his head, put his cell phone in his pocket, and started walking toward the meat shop Min-hyung had mentioned.
Jumbled
Arriving at the butcher shop some time later, Ming Hu went inside.
“Hey, you’re back!”
As Myung-hoo walked in, Min-hyung, who was already seated, waved at him and called out. Myung-hoo walked over to Min-hyung and sat down.
Profit
When Ming Hu arrives, Min Hyung puts meat on the grill and drinks the soju he ordered ahead of time.
“Here you go.”
Myung-hoo raised his glass and took a drink, then handed over the bottle and poured it for Min-hyung.
“What’s going on?
Ming Hu realized that something was wrong when he saw Min Hyung’s expression. It was the usual Minhyung, but something was definitely off. It was then. Minhyung opened his mouth to speak, looking quite serious.
“I… I’m thinking of quitting my job.”
“…?”
Myung Hu was speechless for a moment at Min Hyung’s words.
“I don’t think I’m quitting, I think I’m getting fired. Kya.”
Minhyung put down his cup of soju with a bitter expression. Ming Hu realized something was up with Min Hyung’s words and expression.
“What’s going on?”
“Hm, remember that asshole I told you about?”
“The grandson of the president who’s supposed to be your team leader?”
“Yeah. Hmm.”
Minhyung continued, still looking bitter.
“Something happened with that asshole.”
As Minhyung finished his sentence, Ming Hu couldn’t help but frown. It wasn’t Minhyung’s fault by any means.
“And the woman?”
“As a woman, it doesn’t do me any good to be known for being sexually assaulted.”
“So what are we going to do?”
“Who am I? I know what I’d do if I got fired from my job.”
Minhyung looked at Myeonghu with a wry smile.
“You said you were a legend, right?”
“Uh.”
Ming Hu couldn’t help but scratch his head as he answered. Suddenly, he didn’t understand why Minhyung was asking this question.
“I’m going to start a business there.”
“…What? Business?”
But at Minhyung’s next words, Myung-hoo was at a loss for words for a moment, then looked at Minhyung and said.
“Don’t look at me like that, it’s something I’ve been thinking about for a while, and I’ve been looking into it, and I’d rather have a
I could make more money than I do now, or more likely than not, so…”
Speechless, Minhyung stared at Myung-hoo for a moment before opening his mouth to speak.
“Help me re-up. I’ll pay you per up.”
At Minhyung’s words, Myung-hu said nothing for a moment, but then he turned serious and said to Minhyung, “You’re right.
“Are you… Are you?”
“Yes, it’s real.”
“Huh.”
Ming Hu sighed at Min Hyung’s words. Then he continued.
“Enough with the karma money. What’s between friends. When are you gonna do it?”
“I don’t think we can start right away. It’s going to be about two weeks.”
That was the moment.
Chin!
“Service!”
Delay said, setting down his freshly baked pie.
“Uh, thanks.”
“I’ll eat it.”
Even after Sang-chun returned from vacation, Myeong-hoo and Min-hyung, who had come to the meat shop together several times, had already made up with Delay.
“But Delay, are you still in the forest?”
“Huh? No, I’m out of there, I’m traveling for a while.”
“What, you’re a legend for lateness too?”
Min-hyung opened his mouth to speak in response to Myung-hoo and Ji-yeon’s conversation.
“Yes.”
Delay nodded and replied.
“Hey!”
As soon as she answered, she heard the voice of her guest, and Ji-yeon quickened her pace. When she was gone, Minhyung turned to look at Minghu.
“You have to help anyway!”
“Okay.”
“But where are you?”
“Heliocarae Nexus, you’re going to be here a while, so if you don’t have a starting town in mind, start there.”
* * * * *
Ming Hu immediately started looking for a costume shop to buy clothes.
“…there it is!”
Scanning the rows of buildings in front of the entrance, Ming Hu soon spotted a costume shop and quickly walked over.
“Welcome!”
When Ming Hu entered the clothing store, the owner greeted him. Ming Hu glanced at the shopkeeper and began to look around the shop, inspecting the clothes.
<blue cardigan
Limit: 500 reputation
Dignity +20
It's a blue cardigan.
"I don't think this will work…
His reputation was well-deserved, but it seemed unlikely that a cardigan would get him past the Imperial Palace gates. Just then, the owner of the costume shop approached.
"Are you looking for something…?"
"I have to go into the imperial palace, and I was wondering if I had anything decent to wear."
"Ah! Can you come over here?"
The costume shopkeeper said so and moved to the other side. Ming Hu walked after the costume shopkeeper and reached the other side.
"…looks the same.
The clothes from the first place and the clothes here look the same, but if they weren't, the NPC, the Clothing Store Owner, wouldn't have brought you here.
Sigh
"Would you like to take a look at this first?"
The shopkeeper soon pulled out a shirt and handed it to Ming Hu. Ming Hu took the shirt and checked the information on it.
<Red shirt created by Menu
Limit: 30,000 reputation
Physical Defense: 20
1500 Dignity, +50 Charm
The red shirt, made by Mary New, exudes dignity and charm.
"Fame is worth 30,000.
The first blue Guardian we saw had a required reputation of 500. But this red shirt needed 30,000, 60 times more prestige. Ming Hu looked at the costume shop owner.
"Hmmm. Mmm… that's good."
The shopkeeper handed Ming Hu a shirt, mumbled something about looking for clothes, and then, with a look of satisfaction on his face, handed Ming Hu the clothes he had found.
"This should be enough to get you where you need to go."