Chapter 18

Muhyuk, having returned to the Weebla Empire, first stopped by the general store.

“Welcome.”

“I’d like to buy some things.”

“What do you need?”

“Three shovels, and 100 each of Poison of Slowing and Poison of Hallucination, please.”

“Alright. The shovels are 1 Silver each, the Poison of Slowing is 2 Silver each, and the Poison of Hallucination is 3 Silver each. That’ll be 5 Gold and 30 Silver in total.”

“Here you go.”

After paying, he put the items in his inventory.

Leaving the general store, he headed to the herbalist.

“Moly, Creas, and Vir, ten bundles each, please.”

“Understood.”

He wasn’t done there.

He went to the document vendor and even bought a summon buff document.

It cost a whopping 10 Gold.

100,000 won just flew away like that.

Finally, he headed to the Alchemist Guild and rented a room where research was possible.

In the magic cauldron in the center of the room, he mixed Moly and Creas in a ratio of 4.2 to 6.8 and added the Poison of Slowing.

[Moly, Creas, and Poison of Slowing are mixed.]

[The magic cauldron reacts.]

[‘Poison of Slowing’ is created.]

Next, he mixed Moly at 1.3, Creas at 2.7, and Vir at a ratio of 6, and dropped in the Poison of Hallucination.

[Moly, Creas, Vir, and Poison of Hallucination are mixed.]

[The magic cauldron reacts.]

[‘Poison of Hallucination’ is created.]

Thus, 100 Poison of Slowing and 100 Poison of Hallucination were created.

Along with the summon buff document.

Alright, preparations are complete.

He headed back to the Orc Village.

As he walked, he listed 10 each of the Poison of Slowing and Poison of Hallucination in the auction house.

[Poison of Slowing (x10)]

A newly created poison with special additives included in the mixture of Moly and Creas. If it touches the body, it slows down and causes continuous damage.

[Auction]

[Starting Price: 20 Silver (x10)]

[Current Bid: None]

[Time Remaining: 11 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds]

In fact, the Poison of Slowing and Poison of Hallucination were just one of the many pieces of information Muhyuk knew.

He thought it wouldn’t sell now because it was an item only used by users over level 100.

But when he actually tried to make it, he became convinced that people with money would pay for it and use it if it was helpful.

About 30 minutes passed.

Just as he was getting close to the Orc Village.

As expected…

It was as he predicted.

[Poison of Slowing (x10)]

A newly created poison with special additives included in the mixture of Moly and Creas. If it touches the body, it slows down.

[Auction]

[Starting Price: 20 Silver (x10)]

[Current Bid: 40 Silver (x10)]

[Time Remaining: 11 hours 28 minutes 12 seconds]

[Poison of Hallucination (x10)]

A newly created poison with special additives included in the mixture of Moly, Creas, and Vir. If it touches the body, it causes hallucinations and continuous damage. However, it does not apply if a certain amount of HP is lost.

[Auction]

[Starting Price: 20 Silver (x10)]

[Current Bid: 30 Silver (x10)]

[Time Remaining: 11 hours 28 minutes 12 seconds]

The pure material cost was only about 5 Silver per item.

Even including the cost of the room rented from the Alchemist Guild, it was roughly 10 Silver.

Those items were now soaring to 30 Silver and 40 Silver each.

It seemed like he could get over 1 Gold each as time passed.

Is this turning a thousand won into ten thousand won?

Of course, it would only last for two weeks at most.

Thousands of alchemists around the world would use their skills to find the mixing ratio of Moly and Creas, and even discover the special additives that went into it.

He had to make the most of the limited time.

Let’s start by changing jobs.

After that, he could manufacture and sell the Poison of Slowing and Poison of Hallucination.

Krrr…

It was at that moment.

An Orc spawned and blocked the road.

Muhyuk was a little surprised, but he soon calmed himself and drew his sword.

Pabat.

He closed the distance and unleashed a flurry of attacks.

It was indiscriminate.

Krrruk…

The Orc, only level 23, couldn’t withstand Muhyuk’s damage.

It died pathetically after a few slashes.

He didn’t even decompose the corpse and moved forward.

Only then did he see the Orc Great Warrior in the distance.

He was almost there.

Muhyuk took out a shovel from his inventory.

“Huuuh…!”

Then he started digging the ground.

Thwack, thwack.

The ground was quickly dug up, probably because of his high Strength stat.

10 minutes, and then another 10 minutes.

Thanks to the non-stop shoveling, he made a hole about 1 meter deep.

“What’s he doing?”

“Is he making a trap or something? Heh heh.”

The surrounding users laughed and stared, but he ignored them.

Keep shoveling, keep shoveling.

He stopped shoveling after another 40 minutes.

“Huu…”

Two holes, 1 meter deep.

One hole, 1.3 meters deep.

A total of three holes were completed.

He looked around.

He saw an Orc Great Warrior idling around.

“Skeleton Summon, Zombie Summon.”

After completing the summons, he applied the Poison of Slowing and Poison of Hallucination to the weapons they were holding.

Then he positioned himself to avoid the holes.

“Zombie, forward. Wait.”

He sent Golgolil to the Orc Great Warrior.

As the distance closed, the Orc Great Warrior glared and charged.

“Golgolil, retreat.”

The first hole was not far away.

The moment the Orc Great Warrior, who had reached close proximity, swung his greatsword.

“Golgolil, lie down. Roll.”

The Orc Great Warrior’s greatsword cut through the air.

Kwooooaaaaaa!

Enraged, he followed the rolling Skeleton.

Thwack.

Thanks to that, the Orc Great Warrior’s leg fell into the first hole.

Kwoooo?

Watching the bewildered Orc Great Warrior, he commanded Golgolil to stand up.

Then he ordered the Zombie to attack.

The Zombie’s knuckles struck the Orc Great Warrior’s side, and the Poison of Slowing took effect.

The Orc Great Warrior’s movements were noticeably slowed. Then he instructed the Skeletons to attack as well.

Was it because the Poison of Hallucination on the sword had taken effect?

The Orc Great Warrior stared blankly into the air with his leg stuck in the hole.

“Everyone, attack!”

Proper hits followed.

Kheu, Kwooooaaaaaa…!

When about 10 percent of his HP was gone, the Orc Great Warrior regained his senses and swung his greatsword in all directions.

“Retreat.”

He ordered everyone to retreat.

“Zombie 1 to the left. Zombie 2 to the right. Golgolil, Golgoli, Golgolsam, jump.”

He busily issued commands and lured the Orc Great Warrior to the second hole.

Thwack.

Again, his leg fell in.

Jjiijik.

This time, he even used the summon buff document.

[‘Additional Damage (10)’ is applied to the summon’s ‘Attack Power’.]

[The summon’s ‘Defense Power (5)’ is increased.]

[The summon’s ‘Health (100)’ is increased.]

It would only last for 5 minutes.

He had to finish it within that time.

“Everyone, attack!”

The summons rushed at the Orc Great Warrior, who was trying to pull his leg out.

The Skeleton’s sword.

The Zombie’s knuckles.

Attacks came in succession.

Hallucinations no longer worked, but his movements were still slow due to the Poison of Slowing.

Thanks to that, he could reduce the number of hits he took from five to four.

Thanks to the power of the document, his defense and health increased, allowing him to withstand one or more additional attacks, and he was dealing an additional 10 damage.

On top of that, he was continuously dealing poison damage, albeit minimal.

Nevertheless, the Orc Great Warrior was still strong.

The greatsword he wielded was still destructive.

Perseok.

Golgolil, who had barely been holding on, was unsummoned.

Even Zombie 2.

Kwooooaaaaaa!

The Orc Great Warrior roared.

Did he have some leeway?

He pulled out his leg, properly regained his balance, and continued his attacks.

Muhyuk wasn’t going to just stand by and watch.

“Retreat.”

About 30 seconds left on the buff.

One trap remaining.

He was currently taking poison damage.

There was no other choice. He would give up on the buff.

He decided to stall for as long as possible so that he could inflict more poison damage.

“Golgolil, approach. Wait. Retreat.”

So he instructed Golgolil to hover around the Orc Great Warrior.

A precarious situation unfolded.

It was a loss if he got hit even once.

“Duck! Zombie 1, bite!”

Meanwhile, Golgolil’s sword occasionally stabbed the Orc Great Warrior’s body.

Thanks to that, the Poison of Slowing continued to torment him.

If it weren’t for the Poison of Slowing, all of his summons might have been unsummoned already.

“Everyone, back.”

Now it was time to make a move.

Kwooooaaaaaa!

The Orc Great Warrior, roaring as he charged, fell into the last trap.

The Orc Great Warrior’s thighs were completely submerged.

“Focus attack!”

There was nothing more Muhyuk could do.

He could only watch.

Time passed in tension.

Perseok.

Golgolil shattered.

Zombie 1 was also forcibly unsummoned.

Only Golgolsam remained.

Keureuk, Keureureu…

At that moment, the Orc Great Warrior’s eyes glazed over.

He even dropped his greatsword.

“Golgolsam, aim for the neck!”

The sword cut through the air.

Thwack.

The moment it stabbed into the Orc Great Warrior’s neck.

[The summon’s attack is applied as a critical hit.]

[Double damage is dealt.]

[20 additional damage is applied.]

The Orc Great Warrior turned gray.

Ah…!

He had won.

He defeated the Orc Great Warrior with summons alone!

“Hey, did you see that?”

“Yeah. That’s amazing…?”

“Wow, he took down an Orc Great Warrior with five summons?”

“He must be a pretty high level.”

“I guess so. He must be at least in his mid-30s.”

The voices of the users.

“More than that, didn’t the Orc Great Warrior seem a little slow?”

“Yeah. I felt that way too…”

“And even the traps.”

“Huu, he’s playing the game in an interesting way.”

“Isn’t he making it too hard on himself?”

“I don’t know why he’s trying to raise a Necromancer while doing things like that.”

“Heh heh, there’s a charm to summoning a large army later on.”

“A weak Skeleton army?”

Of course, he didn’t hear them.

Because he was feeling a thrill.

A sense of exhilaration that was coursing through his entire body.

“Huu…”

He barely managed to calm his excitement and took off his helmet.

He felt the breeze blowing as he cooled off his sweat.

This is fake…

It was really amazing.

The fact that everything he was feeling right now was just ‘virtual’.

Should he stay like this for a little while?

He wanted to feel this refreshing feeling a little longer.

Yeah.

He put his helmet in his inventory and turned to complete the quest.

“Oh, oh!”

“Jackpot!”

“Hey, look over there!”

Suddenly, the surroundings became chaotic.

It was because of the people who appeared in the distance.

“That’s Yura, right?”

“Wow, she’s even prettier in person.”

Yura.

She was a former idol who was the MC of the program called World of Illusion.

It was Muhyuk’s first time seeing her in person too, so his eyes widened a little.

She is pretty.

He could understand why people were cheering like that.

A slender figure with curvy lines.

An innocent face with seductive eyes.

“Hello!”

And even a lovely voice.

“Nice to meet you. I just wanted to ask you one thing. Would that be okay?”

“Of course!”

“Ask me anything!”

“Thank you. Has anyone seen a user wandering around alone? They’re likely to be carrying a shield and a sword…”

She was probably looking for the Holy Knight, the one ranked number 1.

But just listening to the description…

“Hmm…?”

It was as if it reminded him of a user right next to him.

Perhaps it was because his hunting method was so unique that it had stuck in his head.

Anyway, the eyes of the users who heard the story shifted to one place, and Muhyuk was standing there all alone.

Despite being a Necromancer, he was carrying a sword and a shield.

What’s with this atmosphere?

Muhyuk frowned.

“Excuse me.”

Yura approached him.

As the distance closed, Yura’s features became even more distinct.

Hmm…

Was it right to say that he was breathless?

She was that beautiful.

“May I ask what your name is?”

Yura scanned Muhyuk from bottom to top.

His items didn’t seem very good.

But she didn’t make a hasty judgment.

There were so many unique people in Illusion.

In fact, there were many users who were skilled but didn’t have good items.

“I don’t think I’m the person you’re looking for.”

“Pardon?”

“I watch the program, so I know.”

“Ah, I see. But would you still tell me?”

He refused to be the center of unnecessary attention.

Well, in his current state, there was nothing to focus on anyway.

“No, thanks.”

“Pardon?”

“I’m busy. Goodbye.”

Muhyuk turned away from her and walked away.

“Hey, wait!”

“…”

“Just a moment!”

He could feel her approaching.

Muhyuk subtly changed direction.

“Hey, just a little chat…”

At that moment, Yura fell into a trap.

“Kyaaaa!”

He turned his head and looked at her.

She looked pathetic.

Such a beautiful woman flailing around.

He wanted to run over and help her right away, but he forced himself to turn his head back.

“Are you okay?”

“Ms. Yura!”

“What are you doing! Help her!”

“Ah, yes!”

Ignoring the commotion behind him, he took a step forward.