Return of the Archmage

Chapter 70

Mana is needed to strengthen items.

This is an absolutely immutable truth that applies not only to Lee Hye-sung but also to other strengtheners who try to strengthen using skills.

However, Lee Hye-sung does not add the word probability.

100%.

The technology to strengthen items with the possibility of rewriting the history of reinforcement requires more mana than other users do.

The higher the item level.

This is why the prosecution failed to challenge the first robber.

Of course, a nine-level accessory, the Ring of Blessings, was also impossible.

A ring with the power of God, not as much as a holy sword.

It's something that needs to be amplified by adding Lee Hye-sung's mana to the mana.

Nevertheless, Lee Hye-sung decided to strengthen his efforts.

It was confidence.

"Now that I've grown this much, it's worth a challenge.”

Level 46 and Mana Stats are added to the item effect, exceeding 220.

A blessing buff added to this.

"Three hundred would add up to this and that."

[Harma (19) has gone up]]

Invest the stats that are collected directly into mana.

And I check it again.

"It's possible."

Stats at 19.

It doesn't seem like a lot, but it was enough to break down the border.

All that's left is to find a mana to put in a poor jar.

"Hey, help me buy 50 billion worth of crack cores.”

“…….”

I shamelessly ask Kang In-ho.

Somehow, I calculate the feeling of sighing whenever I meet him.

"50 billion, you're gonna get a six-level core, right?"

"That would be great. The higher the core, the better the efficiency.”

"It's a little difficult to get as an individual, and I can't sell it to users in other countries even if I get it on a national level. Why don't you tell the government? I won't be able to get it cheaply, but I'm sure you have quite a collection of cores.”

It's a lot of money.

50 billion won.

Who dares to throw it away to use it overnight.

Nevertheless, Kang In-ho's expression was not bright.

It's not because I can't eat anything in the middle.

He's grumpy too, but curious.

Everything that Lee Hye-sung does.

I want to help.

Just looking from the side makes me feel like I have a wider view of the new world.

Plus, building connections with him is an investment for the future.

However, even with that mindset, it is never easy to find a high-level crack core.

I know better because I've been running around trying to get it myself.

Would Kang In-ho have held a high-level crack core without selling it even though he could sell it at a high price if he got it?

Crack cores are used in modern society that much.

This means that there is no way that the core managed by the state can be sold to users.

Still, if you want to save it, you can save it.

Anyway, users keep selling cores to the government.

It is not a bad deal for the government to sell it on top of the money.

You can buy it that way.

Lee Hye-sung shook his head.

"No matter how much money you spend, you can't fool around."

On a fantasy level and on Earth, humans are all the same, and so are governments.

Those who have achieved power are excessively confident.

Believing in the power of the herd.

You can tell just by looking at China.

No matter how strong the enemy or opponent has, I don't think they are stronger than me.

Therefore, it is one of the two when dealing with such forces.

You can get a head start on the red pepper paste, or you can't get involved.

If you listen to what you want, pretending to compromise moderately, you will end up with really uncontrollably rude behaviors.

"But there's no other way to get it."

Kang In-ho nodded because he knew, but no other answer came to mind.

One or two, you can only get them at auction.

However, if they were going to save it like that, they would not have concluded that it was 50 billion won in the first place.

Spending that much money also includes the willingness to bring the necessary supplies as soon as possible.

Lee Hye-sung said to him in trouble.

"Why are you buying so expensive? There's a pushover right next to me who's spreading his arms to eat my back."

"Huh?"

"It's not enough to buy in the market. Core horsepower efficiency has gone up to 20%, but I'm going to do at least three, so I need to buy at least 100 billion won."

Is it a task that requires so much mana?

Certainly, considering the characteristics and effects of strengthening Lee Hye-sung, it is not strange, but he frowns once again when he says he needs at least twice as much supplies.

You need twice as much supplies at the right price.

I can't get more money, so I'll buy it at half price.

How?

"China. Let's go negotiate."

“…….”

I couldn't reply to what he said with a wicked smile.

Of course.

"…with China?"

If Lee Hye-sung comes right away, wouldn't it be a good thing if he didn't use all the assassins he could save?

As such, China's grudge against Lee Hye-sung is beyond imagination.

Kang In-ho thought of China at first, but gave up soon.

At the same time, the company lost even top users in the event quest.

It's a rare opportunity, but it doesn't apply to Lee Hye-sung.

"Let's go. That's what humans do. In a situation of despair, you hold your enemy's hand graciously just before you fall off a cliff."

Kang In-ho was still convinced when he saw Lee Hye-sung moving forward.

China will never hold Lee Hye-sung's hand.

Although it has suffered a lot of damage, it does not mean that the country itself is ruined.

Even if it is tilting to the point of ruin, the hands will overflow and overflow besides Lee Hye-sung's.

But knowingly, I had no choice but to keep up.

"I'm curious, if you say so."

Now I can't live without Lee Hyesung.

***

Not only in China but also around the world, there are areas where monsters live.

Crack brake.

The more cracks are generated at the lower level, the more frequent low-level cracks are, but if high-level cracks are unlucky, several cracks can be generated in one area.

If it is a crack brake that can be blocked by users, it can be prevented even by asking other countries for help, but if it.

An area occupied by monsters.

Level 6 crack brake.

Level 7 crack brake.

Level 8 crack brake.

There are quite a few countries that have not been organized before and now.

I've improved a lot.

Thirty years ago, when cracks first appeared and users were all playing tutorials, I thought about whether level 4 should be a national disaster and give up.

It's heaven now compared to then.

Many areas have been reclaimed and made into human habitable spaces again.

Still, there are places where there are not many, but there are places where it is hard to even dare to access.

There are four places in China, which has the largest land mass in the world.

1 level 6, 2 level 7, 1 level 8.

Almost all the disasters in the world are so unlucky that some say China has taken them.

In a way, China's devastating country.

A place you shouldn't touch.

Lee Hye-sung, China's least favorite, touched it.

"Level 6 has the opportunity to negotiate with other countries, so we don't have to bring it up, and we can repair level 7 contaminated areas."

"……what!"

China did not refuse Lee Hye-sung, Kang In-ho, and Ariel who entered the country on their own.

However, he was arrested as soon as he entered the country.

Lee Hye-sung, who was arrested for his own good, said this as soon as he met the angry Chinese chief.

Of course, it is bound to provoke anger.

"Shut up! I don't do any business with you!"

Well, it's not like I'm putting in a lot of conditions.

Monsters who come out of the crack brake and occupy an area do not leave the area.

The six-level crack brake also took the monsters across the continent, but if they had escaped to sea, they would never have returned to land.

For some reason, such characteristics have been found regularly.

Therefore, humans were able to avoid fighting monsters and unilateral genocide by giving up the area.

So if you don't have to go in on your own, you don't have to take it back right away.

Above all, it's not just about doing it.

"Give me 100 billion won worth of level 5 and level 6 crack cores."

"You saw a robber on a day like this!"

I'm not asking for a cheap price.

They just ask for it.

Then he says shamelessly.

"Anyway, the economic benefits of recovering contaminated areas exceed trillions. Where level seven monsters were occupying, the value would not be translated into figures."

That's true.

The area occupied by monsters can be economically effective in whatever they do with their mana seeped into the ground.

As long as it's repaired.

Currently, no country has recovered level 7 contaminated areas.

I'm a little curious.

It is also a story that Lee would have taken positively if it were not for the enemy of China.

Shake your head within one.

The damage that he has suffered so far has been recalled.

I refuse even if it is free, not 100 billion won. I don't want to give you the best of your game. Be thankful that you don't kill him right now and get out of here!"

"If you don't like it, never mind."

Lee Hye-sung nodded unexpectedly firmly in response.

A moment of silence rings.

You came even though you knew you wouldn't welcome me, but you gave up so easily?

Doubts from China's chief have deepened.

What's he believing?’

I'm sure you're here for something you want.

And Lee Hye-sung already said it.

Crack core.

High-level core products for each country are not sold but managed.

The current situation in China is easy, so I would have come this far.

How can you give up so easily?

Lee Hye-sung said the reason in a humble way.

"It's just a close and bad relationship, but I didn't mean to, but I came here to give you some help and get something you need, and I can't help it. There are many other countries that want to recover contaminated areas. Don't tell me you won't give me 100 billion won worth of cores for a trillions of profits.”

“…….”

The meaning of the word was clear.

The difference between A and B is clear.

What's unfortunate is China.

Even if you don't have to recover contaminated areas right now, you can make a huge profit if you do, which means kicking is a clear mistake.

There is no enemy before profit.

When revenge and resentment were cleared for a while, two of the world's strongest and hottest users were standing in front of me.

With one healer.

China's chief secretary nodded.

***

asked Kang In-ho.

"You said you'd buy 50 billion and 100 billion won worth, why'd you hit me like that all of a sudden?”

Lee Hye-sung shrugged as if it were natural.

"Honestly, if my eyes were going crazy and I rushed to kill them all, I'd be obsequious and borrow them for half the price, but they were more pushover than I thought."

"I think I could eat more.”

Even Ariel shakes his head at the words he says.

What the hell are these two...….

"It's 50 billion won. I'm gonna buy some land with this."

"I heard the land in the recovery area is expensive. Why don't you ask for a discount there? Sweetheart."

"Oh, that's nice."

Once, I got a slight chill from the thought of biting the door to the end.

I look back with him.

I think I'm a pushover.

The bitterness lingered in Kang In-ho's mouth.

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