Chapter 1 (1/2)
Kan!
Kan!
Kan!
A hammer and iron struck, and then a sound rang out in the studio.
Kang Joo-ho laughed at the clear sound that came to his ears.
He loved this sound.
He felt like he was training not only iron but also his mind.
There were beads and torrents of perspiration all over Kang Joo-ho’s body, and his work clothes were soaked from it because of the heat coming off from the hot flames in the furnace and numerous hammerings he engaged his energy with.
Nevertheless, without wavering his smile, Kang Joo-ho continued to swing his hammer.
Right then.
“-Piyiyiyiyi kia-ang!”
The sound came from a large speaker in the corner.
Kang Joo-ho stopped hammering when he heard the sound,
He put down the hammer with a wide grin.
“finally…”
Kang Joo-ho murmured, wiped the sweat from his face with a towel, and then left for the studio.
“Are you coming out, Master?”
When he left the workshop, the deacon Yang Seok-hyun, who was waiting outside the door, slightly bowed.
“Don’t wait.”
Kang Joo-ho said to Yang Seok-hyun with a contrite expression.
“No. It’s my job.”
Yang Seok-hyun replied. A warm smile lit Kang Joo-ho’s face at his words.
“I will prepare a meal right away.”
“No. Please prepare it in 2 hours. I have something to do.”
At the end of Yang Seok-hyun’s words, Kang Joo-ho shook his head.
There was a reason to quit Mezzil earlier than usual.
“Okay. I’ll see you in two hours.”
Yang Seok-hyun bowed his head and greeted Kang Joo-ho and then left for the 2nd-floor study.
There were numerous bookshelves in the study occupied by various books.
But the reason Kang Joo-ho came to the study was not to read the book.
He’d bought the bookshelves and the books for decoration. He was never interested in whatever value the books held inside them.
He sat on the desk and muttered as he looked at the monitor’s black screen, which was turned off on the desk.
“I wish you success.”
PC game ‘Earth’ was the best MMORPG game of all time that once exceeded 70% of the market share.
Earth, which formally beat all the other games, began to fall as the virtual reality game started to dominate.
Nonetheless, Earth was particularly fun, and mainly because there was a considerable difference between playing on a monitor and having a seemingly real experience.
The moment the market share of over 70% fell to 30%, Earth’s virtual reality launch was announced.
At the announcement of the launch of Earth’s virtual reality, users started to drop at a very fast pace.
And that was because Earth had no need to be played on a computer anymore if it came out in virtual reality.
Most of the users began to fold the game and dispose of the items to recover the amount of money and time they had invested in it.
A lot of time has passed, yet the number of users still reduced to the point where they can only contain a city.
One of the few users was Kang Joo-ho.
And Kang Joo-ho was also planning to play a virtual reality of Earth.
He hasn’t yet grounded the computer Earth because there was a goal that he wanted to achieve. It was the production of equipment.
The items needed for the production were enormous enough that he has to invest for several months to save each one, such as ‘Sign of God’, ‘Source of Spirit King’, ‘Sign of Devil’, and ‘Ailes’ by attribute.
And if the users had not given up, it would have taken years to get the equipment.
No, it may not have been available after several years.
Fortunately, many users have folded, and countless items have been abandoned.
Among them were materials items that Kang Joo-ho needed.
Kang Joo-ho met a family member that had it for sale.
(Anything that didn’t come out was obtained by moving it.)
It took 180 days to collect all the equipment, a whopping six months.
After collecting the materials, Kang Joo-ho immediately went into production.
The production time was 72 hours.
Of course, there was nothing very difficult because he only had to click the production button and wait.
He liked the fact that the probability of its successful production was 50%.
“After…”
Kang Joo-ho sighed deeply.
When he turned on the monitor, he saw the results.
He reached for the monitor’s power.
Tsuat! Ugh!
As the monitor was turning on, Kang Joo-ho closed his eyes, turned his head slowly to face the monitor. Then he opened his eyes and looked at the monitor.
-Production success-
“Nice!”
Fortunately, the production was successful.
He jumped up from his seat hysterically, his features washed with joy and excitement.
Soon after, he managed to calm himself and confirmed the equipment’s options.
< Esran’s Shield [God]>
Limit: Level 1000
Durability: –
Physical Defense: 50000
Magic Defense: 50000
Physical Attack: 50000
All stats +1000
+ 19% to all resistances
The shield enshrined by Ezran’s protection will not be destroyed by any attack.
The item that Kang Joo-ho created was a new-grade item, ‘Esran’s Shield’.
Among the new ranks, Esran’s Shield was located at the top.
“Ah…”
Kang Joo-ho confirmed the options and sighed.
“19%…”
There was only one reason why Kang Joo-ho made the shield of Esran.
‘Resistance’.
The Shield of Esran was created to increase resistance.
“Give me only 1% more…”
However, Kang Joo-ho had spat out and sighed because of his resistance level.
Esran’s shield resistance ranged from a minimum of 15% to a maximum of 25%.
Kang Joo-ho wanted 20% because 20% was what it took to achieve his true goal.
“I can’t recreate.”
There was no material to rebuild Esran’s shield for more resistance.
Kang Joo-ho wore the shield with a sad face.
Then he opened the character window and clicked on the second page.