Chapter 20: Hidden Piece (3)
Odok.
Odok.
The woman who was chewing the herb answered.
“……It’s bitter.”
“Yes.”
Perhaps she had sothing wrong with her mind?
So, I had suddenly thrown a question without a subject, but the woman's answer was just calm.
She didn't even show any particular signs of anxiety.
‘I’m lucky.’
Because usually, even after regaining consciousness, they would fail to adapt and have a seizure.
Just taking care of that mind was no ordinary task, but fortunately, this woman was calm.
‘Resilience and even ntal strength.’
This much was an exceptionally superior side, both physically and ntally.
Indeed, she had recovered from the 'Star Ash', a poison that feeds on dreams.
It would be a difficult feat without strong ntal power.
To the extent that I'd call her special, even compared to the several colleagues who had been with through my nurous past lives.
‘Of course, there is a separate talent that must be assessed.’
For now, I am satisfied with just this.
‘To think such an excellent talent was right under my nose.’
I had even saved team mbers from a nearby park countless tis.
‘I don't know if I was unlucky until now, or if this life is, at last, a sign that things will go well.’
Odok.
Odok.
I asked the woman, who was chewing the herb as instructed.
“Your na?”
“Na……. My na is……. My na……”
However, perhaps because there was confusion in her mory, she couldn't even answer with her na.
“Right, I’ll hear that later. I’m Han Chulwoon.”
“Yees……”
“From now on, I will tell you what you have to do.”
I would leave at and herbs, so she was to take care of the child.
From ti to ti, she was to wet the child's mouth with water.
When he started to react to the water and move, she was to feed him the juice from chewing the detoxification herb.
She herself was also to consu the remaining detoxification herb and have a simple al.
In particular, she was to drink a lot of water so she would urinate a lot.
While those instructions were being given, the woman nodded her head without a word.
It was a small movent, making it hard to know if she had understood properly, or if she was just nodding in reaction to the voice.
“Take this.”
Finally, I handed the unidentified at to the woman.
It was Goblin at.
It was slightly contaminated, but it was right to replenish stamina even like this for now.
Because if one accumulated energy in the body in any form, minor side effects could be managed with just the [Stamina] stat.
Tiiing-
Lastly, I handed her one coin.
I had flicked it with my fingers.
Tuuk.
She flinched, but quickly caught the coin.
‘Her reflexes aren't bad either.’
“……Um, what is this?”
“It’s called a coin. Put it on your hand and think, ‘It’s mine.’”
At that, the coin went huuk- and disappeared.
“Ah?”
“You should have been given sothing called a Status Window User Manual. Check it.”
“Yes.”
“Raise Stamina by 5. Raise Focus by 1.”
I gave her 90 coin.
With this, she could secure 6 stat points, and 5 Stamina stats would dramatically recover her body.
1 Focus point would clear her mind.
“It’s fascinating.”
She blankly stared at the palm where the coin had disappeared.
Shyuuk-
She created the coin again.
She had ‘materialized’ the coin I had handed her, for trading.
It was sothing anyone could do, but not sothing one could do while not even knowing the basic usage of the Status Window.
Furthermore.
Papat!
Hududuk.
She even split one coin into multiple, and combined them.
‘Her curiosity and application skills are good, too.’
To think she could do this much just by knowing she could make the coin disappear.
Perhaps, her insight also seed outstanding.
I let her move freely and went behind the tree shade to sit.
‘I have to suppress the Qi Deviation one more ti.’
I first chewed one bite of the Capenlis Root, which had an awakening effect.
Kkuuk.
Kkuuk.
As if pressing, I crushed it with my molars and squeezed out the bitter juice.
‘This, too, has a pretty good flavor when mixed with black tea…….’
I brushed off the minor regret.
I raised my Focus and Stamina with the coin I had.
[Focus has been raised by 2.]
[206 coin has been consud.]
[Stamina has been raised by 2.]
[266 coin has been consud.]
Thanks to that, I felt my head clearing a little.
[Strength : 15]
[Stamina : 17]
[Focus : 10]
[Willpower : Error(Unknown)]
‘The Magic Power Rampage has weakened a little, too.’
With the effect of 2 Stamina, the herb's recovery effect created synergy with it and aided recovery.
And Focus reaching 10.
This was also a big help.
‘With this, I’ve laid the foundation.’
A stat of 10 is the ability that becos the foundation for all skills.
A stat level that can't be called extraordinary, but is not lacking.
The standard for barely escaping talentlessness is precisely this 10.
The reason Qi Deviation occurred even though I used magic skillfully was also because of the problem that my Focus was 10 or less.
With this, that one thing was resolved.
For a mont, I waited for the herb's energy to circulate.
Since the tabolism, temporarily activated by the Stamina stat, was spreading the herb's energy quickly, it would not take long.
…….
…….
…….
A little later.
“Heueup.”
I controlled my insides with the continuing breathing technique.
“Puhu.”
With a long breath, I slow down the activated body again.
“Heueup- Puhu-”
If the mind succumbs to pain, the Magic Power Rampage accelerates, so I am suppressing the pain by collecting my mind.
In the end, magic is the act of building a building of knowledge on the foundation of the mind.
If you don't control your mind, this bastard called Magic Power would attack even its master as it pleased.
That is why Magic Power Rampage (Qi Deviation) is more frightening.
Because the pain spreads from within the body, but its solution begins from peace of mind.
Because with an ordinary ntal strength, one cannot suppress that pain.
Thus, overcoming the pain and steadying my mind and body, I took another long breath-
“Huu.”
And exhaled.
While exhaling three long breaths, I passed the imdiate crisis.
The chaotically tangled energy had stopped for a mont.
Recovery requires ti, so there was no need to be impatient here.
‘To suppress the Qi Deviation. I need a little ti until the cald energy settles in my body.’
After doing this much.
I looked at the nearby well.
The well inside the Dinsional Fault.
‘Yes. This is it.’
I grinned.
‘This ti, can I…… get a skill?’
However, I don't know if this will be good luck or bad luck.
Because the skill I would aim for now was one that consud coin.
The problem was that I didn't know how much money it would cost.
I might not get it even if I empty out all the money I have now.
Furthermore, I don't even know if the skill obtained like that will be helpful or not.
‘That’s the true charm of this skill.’
In other words.
It was an unpredictable skill.
This attribute called ‘unpredictable’ was also an elent that brought joy to , who had experienced a determined future countless tis, making everything feel obvious.
‘Then.’
I opened the Status Window and withdrew coin.
[1714 coin remains.]
I changed this money into 17 100-coin pieces.
I could have split it smaller, but it was because the number I personally liked was 100.
Other than that, there was no reason.
‘Let’s begin.’
I threw it into the well.
Pongdang.
After that, I waited about 3 seconds and threw again.
Pongdang.
A little later.
Pongdang.
I threw, and threw, and threw.
Pongdang.
Pongdang.
Pongdang.
It was a wasteful act that anyone would call crazy.
Pongdang.
Pongdang.
Pongdang.
However, even after tossing 10 coins, what I wanted did not co out.
‘As expected. Was I short on money. Maybe I was a bit hasty.’
But I didn't stop and continued.
Pongdang.
Pongdang.
Pongdang.
When I threw the 13th coin.
Jjarang-!
“Oh!”
The cheerful sound of a coin echoed in my ears.
‘I thought I might not be able to get the skill.’
“I'm lucky.”
And then, a faint stream of water shot up from the well.
Like a fountain.
Pushiiik-
In a way, sothing that could be called a Hidden Piece within a Hidden Piece.
[Fountain of Good Luck]
[Do you know the custom of throwing a coin into a fountain to wish for good luck? A fountain that has held a coin changes into a Fountain of Good Luck.]
It was a Hidden Piece I found out about once while abandoning a corpse in a small pond.
That bastard must have had a coin or sothing in his pocket.
If you keep throwing coins into a place with a certain amount of stagnant water, that place becos a Fountain of Good Luck.
To get this effect, sotis 100 coin is enough, and sotis 10000 coin is not enough.
A matter where everything is literally decided by sheer luck.
‘1300 coin, I got it cheap.’
Following that, I obtained a skill.
[You have acquired the Good Luck Skill.]
‘Good Luck…….’
[Good Luck]
[It's an evening where sothing good just might happen.(Effect Unknown)]
[Good Luck F]
This was a skill that I wouldn't know when or where it would be helpful, and even if it was helpful, it was unknown if it was even the skill's effect.
Even its rank was the lowest, F-rank.
However, skills or items that raised good luck itself were extrely rare.
‘Since it’s not sothing that can be asured in the first place.’
Don't we call a good ‘coincidence’ good luck?
The mont good luck becos asurable, it becos the domain of inevitability, not coincidence.
asurable good luck, in effect, ceases to be good luck.
So it was bound to be rare.
Because it's impossible to even asure.
Even this F-rank Good Luck was a pretty rare effect.
‘Sotis, a single piece of good luck yields a greater fruit than a lifeti of effort.’
So, how could I not welco it?
‘Yes. It seems this life will go a bit well, at least.’
Even without asuring its efficiency, it was a skill that sohow made feel better just by having it.
This feeling alone was worth spending the coin.
The remaining coin was 414.
***
‘It's peaceful.’
This place was truly peaceful, to the point I wanted to spend ti and rest.
But the efficiency was poor.
Because the flow of ti was different in a Dinsional Fault.
aning 1 hour here could be 2-3 hours in reality.
It wasn't that there were no Dinsional Faults where ti flowed slowly, but they were rare.
From its scale, it was a small place, and its composition was also lacking.
It was incomplete from the beginning, and it had finished the story it wanted to tell.
This space itself would probably disappear before long.
‘Probably half a day.’
The Dinsional Fault would be maintained for now.
‘I should go.’
Since there would be movent outside soon, I had to leave the woman and child here to recover and go.
“I’ll co to pick you up later.”
“……Yes.”
Furthermore, since it was a space created only for the story of Elves and Orcs, other dangers would not exist.
It was when I was about to exit through the horizontally long-torn halo of light.
In other words, the dinsional gap.
“I rember.”
“Hmm?”
“It's Lee Seri. My na.”
“Right. I’ll be back soon.”
***
And so, reality.
‘Let’s see. Was the number of hardships I perford sufficient?’
I recalled what I had done.
If I included intentionally triggering Qi Deviation once in the hardships.
‘It’s enough.’
[The Constellation ‘Ruin of the Gigantes’ is curious about what Han Chulwoon did.]
[The Constellation ‘Six-Eyed Prophet’ looks at Han Chulwoon with its first and second eyes.]
[The Constellation ‘Ruin of the Gigantes’ has heard of Han Chulwoon’s actions from the ‘Six-Eyed Prophet’.]
[The Constellation ‘Ruin of the Gigantes’ sends extre praise for Han Chulwoon’s actions.]
I had perford 10 hardships, so now it was ti to receive the reward.
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