I Never Run Out of Mana - Chapter 70

Chapter 70

70 . Loot from Joker Hunting(?)

Ending the call with Jong ho, I took a moment to re-organize my thoughts .

I had arrived at Yangpyeong’s association building late at night .

After the battle with Joker, it had already become dusk .

A cloudless greyish blue sky .

It wasn’t quite winter yet, slightly making my breath foggy .

“Shall I get going?”

I casted Warp to the midget’s office .

The Warp skill was very useful, connecting any place the caster has been to .

Other than the fact that you can’t go back and forth with one cast, this skill could be considered one of the best skills .

Jong Ho should have arrived there already .

Even during the call with me, it sounded as though he was getting ready to leave .

Picking up the loot that I got from Joker, I jumped into the warp spell .

****

I always conjure the warp gate in a small storage room next to the bathroom .

The feeling I get as I step through the gate is like this .

It’s that feeling you get when you put your foot out, thinking that there is another step to the stairs you are climbing .

It’s a strange and dizzy feeling that’s hard to describe .

And then my view changes to where I wanted to go .

The midget felt my presence and spoke to Jong Ho .

“Looks like he’s here?”

“Is that the room?”

“Yes . That’s correct . ”

-click

Jong Ho couldn’t wait and opened the door .

The sight before him wasn’t the same as when I left for Yangpyeong .

Places where my armor didn’t cover my body were covered in terrible scars .

I treated the wounds with the low ranking Heal, but it wasn’t possible to completely recover .

On top of that, the Lich King armor set that was originally black was glowing red as if someone stamped me with a red seal .

Probably due to the blood that spilled out from Joker and the avatars hardening on me .

I already cleaned off most of the blood on my face and body .

However, Jong Ho’s eyes were filled with regret and sadness as he looked at me .

Jong Ho couldn’t meet my eyes .

Covering his eyes with his hands, he spoke quietly .

“Holy shit… You’ve been through a lot . ”

“Why? Don’t I look okay?”

“No… You look okay . Very okay . Did you finish tending to your wounds?”

“Yes . There’s no bleeding or pain . But… . . ”

I pulled the gauntlet off my left hand .

Guess the blood didn’t harden properly, because it was pretty sticky .

The hand came out with a sickening sticky sound .

The thumb was cut off, and the index finger was missing entirely .

On top of that, the back of the hand was dug in like a crater, almost to the point where the bones and muscles were showing . A new bright pink flesh was barely covering it .

When I stabbed the sword in Joker and pushed him away, the hand that was closest must’ve blown off .

Showing my left hand to Jong Ho, I gave an awkward smile .

“Somehow it became like this?”

“… . . ”

“So what happened to the Status Negation 1 skill I asked for?”

“Don’t worry, Seokgyu just went out to get it . ”

“Aha . It’s been only 10 minutes since I asked for it, I guess?”

“Just in case we can’t get it, I told him that money isn’t the issue and instead get a healer who can cast it, so let’s wait for a bit longer . ”

“Thanks, hyung . ”

“Whew . I can’t look at you . Since there’s hot water here, you should go wash off . While you do that, I’ll go call them . ”

“Yes . ”

****

“What kind of an office has a shower?”

While grumbling to myself, I cleaned off my body .

The armor that I wore, as well as Joker’s armor and twin swords were taken in .

I wasn’t expecting much from them since Joker had taken my Formless Sword Aura with his body .

The condition of the armor should be its worst state possible especially since it was stabbed and cut through countless times .

However, as if to prove my expectations wrong, the armor didn’t even have a single scratch on it .

Almost as if the armor repaired itself .

I put the armor and the swords in the corner of the shower room .

After changing into the clothes that Jong Ho brought to me, I headed back into the office .

“Are you done cleaning off?”

“Yes . I feel alive now . ”

-Yo! Drop the beat . Shake shake~

“Wait a minute . ”

To fill the space that Jong Ho left as he went to take the call, the midget asked me .

“Where did you get a severe wound like this?”

“Ah . While I was hunting, I ran out of mana . ”

“Oho . . That could’ve been really bad . ”

“Yes . . That’s right . ”

“No matter how fast your regen in, you have to be careful . ”

“Yes, yes . ”

After giving half-baked answers, I ended the conversation with the midget .

Jong Ho was continuing to talk on the phone next to me .

“Yes . Yes . You can come up now . ”

By listening in for a bit, I could tell that someone had arrived near here .

‘Has Seokgyu already returned?’

My question didn’t last long .

From the hallway, I could hear urgent footsteps .

The door opened, and in came Ho Jin .

Looking at his face, I felt that I had talent for meeting good people .

Jong Ho and Ho Jin . These two should know what the weapon and armor Joker wore do, shouldn’t they .

There was a high chance that these two would also have information on this transparent pearl .

Well, I could find out about the sword and armor by wearing them myself .

What I was really curious about was the pearl that Joker tried to find desperately .

It was obvious that it had something extraordinary about it .

After he came in, I gave him the look before he could talk to me .

And I guess he could read the situation, because he confirmed that the midget and the employees here were present .

Coming near me and sitting on the sofa, Ho Jin spoke .

“Did the hunt go well?”

“Yes . It was clean . A full clear, and I brought back all the loot . ”

“Looking at your wounds, I’m guessing that it wasn’t an easy dungeon . ”

“Yes . I was surprised that I made it out alive . ”

“You’ve suffered a lot . ”

“Yes . Now I think I’m ready to receive it with pride . ”

“Ah! The ID, right?”

“Yes . Did you bring it with you?”

“Of course!”

Ho Jin pulled out the ID from his inside pocket .

And with a smile that could brighten up the world, he handed it to me .

“Here . ”

“I’m glad that I’m able to receive this . ”

“Hoho! You’ve accomplished something very big . ”

“I only cleared a dungeon . It’s whatever . ”

-click

While in the midst of my conversation with Ho Jin was taking place, Seokgyu, who had left to get the Status Negation, had returned .

It looked as though he wasn’t able to get the skill book .

A man was being guided in .

The man looked to be blind .

Even while holding onto Seokgyu’s hand, he was using the other hand to fumble around with the wall .

“Due to today being a market day2, there isn’t any items on the market . So I brought someone who can cast it instead . ”

“Sorry to call you past midnight . It must be hard on you . ”

“Oh . It’s nothing, don’t worry . ”

The healer Seokgyu came in together with spoke .

“Who will be the one receiving treatment?”

“Ah! That would be me . ”

“How long since the injury?”

“Hm… Around 4 hours ago . ”

“As you can tell, I cannot see, so it is difficult for me to revert special injuries . Because of that, I’ll be casting Status Negation to the time before you received the injury . Is that okay?”

“Yes . Doesn’t matter to me . ”

“Then… . . ”

****

Status Negation could be used once every 24 hours .

Matching the long cool down, the effect was satisfying .

Just like how I received treatment from Park Hyun before, my body recovered to its state 4 hours ago .

Noticing how their duty was fulfilled, the midgets and the employees left the office while handing me the keys .

The midget had quite the good sense to have everyone leave with him, noticing that the others still had more to talk about .

The office now only had Jong Ho, Ho Jin and me in it .

I put the weapon and armor that I took from Joker on the table with a clatter .

It was expected that they would be very surprised when they’re explaining the items to me .

But .

“What is this? Armor?”

“Is this what you got from Joker?”

‘Huh? This isn’t what I was expecting?’

They were asking me with eyes that told me they’ve never seen these items before .

“Is this the first time you two are seeing something like this?”

“Yep . ”

“Yes . ”

“Well, I can find out by wearing these . What about this?”

I put the marble on the table .  3

Looking at it again from a brightly lit area, it really was a very transparent marble, almost to the point where you couldn’t recognize its shape unless the light reflected off of it .

Both their gazes shifted to the marble .

However, neither of them was talking .

“This as well… Is it the first time you’re seeing this?”

“I think they sell a lot of them at the stationery store . ”

“Hoho . I used to fight a lot with this when I was young . The fond memories are coming back to me”

‘No! You people, I didn’t bring this here so you can relive your fond memories!’

“Hyung . You don’t know? And you too, mister?”

Jong Ho flung the marble while speaking .

“It’s just a marble . ”

“Same here . It looks just like that, nothing more . ”

It appeared that I wouldn’t be getting any information .

I stood up and put on the armor as I explained .

“This is a marble that I took from Joker . He used it when he was about to die… Woah!”

“What? Why are you suddenly doing that?”

“What is this!”

“What’s the matter?”

Wearing the armor, I couldn’t help but be astonished .

It was because of the armor’s ability .

I couldn’t help but stare at my status window blankly for a while .

Level: 301

Exp: [11%]

Class: Magician

Special Trait: Mana does not run out .

Strength: 610+300

Mana: ∞

Dexterity: 10+300

Stamina: 910+300

All damage taken reduced by 40% .

“N-No way . ”

Look at this crazy armor .

Not only did it raise all stats by 300, but it also reduced all damage taken by 40% .

It wasn’t as if I was wearing a full armor set, but this was happening all from a single piece of armor .

Even during Fire Shock’s intense flames, this armor survived while everything else was disintegrated into oblivion .

Still, to be this good .

It had the capability of wearing the full Lich King armor set, which included the helm and a full suit of armor .

‘If this armor piece was part of a set, I had to obtain them no matter what . ’

If I put this unknown Joker’s armor with Lich King set’s helm, and then add the Lizardman Gauntlet?

It would be 60% physical resistance with 80% magic resistance .

The reason Joker was able to last so long despite putting all his points into strength was probably due to this armor’s amazing capabilities .

Calming down, I spoke .

“Hyung . Mister . ”

“What? What’s up?”

“Did the recovery not go as planned?”

“This armor gives 300 points to all stats and has a 40% damage reduction . ”

“Hey . This guy is joking around the moment he comes back to life . You goofball!”

“Despite working for the association for 20 years, I never heard of such powerful defensive equipment . ”

“It’s hard for me to believe too, but it’s the truth . ”

****

Since they didn’t believe till the end, I ended up lending the armor for them to wear .

Only after that did Jong Ho and Ho Jin had their mouths opened in awe .

Due to the expectations from the armor piece set, I excitedly held the twin sword .

But despite holding onto Joker’s twin sword, no stat points rose .

It wasn’t just for me, but the same case for these two sitting next to me .

It was just like when I tried to learn the skill beyond ranking and it didn’t respond .

I asked Jong Ho and Ho Jin to find information regarding the twin sword and marble .

If it’s these two, they should be able to ask around to find something at least similar to these .

I got lucky killing Joker and now I had this armor in my possession .

As I promised myself before when I steeled my resolve, I was going to get stronger to the point where it I can beat luck itself .

I had just barely gone over this mountain called Joker just now .

With this ID that would let me in anywhere and the fly that was bothering me gone, I was going to focus only on hunting .

“From tomorrow on, it’s hunting time!”