“You can’t die from this level of discipline.”
“Even the reserve corps in South Korea can train to this degree.”
“If you fall behind in this simulation training then brace yourselves!”
“The slogan of our unit is defeat evil!”
Each of the rehabilitation members led hundreds of troops so they burned with competition. They pressed the Baran hard because of that.
“Oooh, I’m going to die from this training.”
“I want to fight with the Nakujuk as soon as possible.”
The Baran were so tired that they were even saying those kinds of things. Anyway, the training was effective. Two days later, or 6 days in game time, the forces had managed to get used to the system and were able to somewhat take advantage of each other’s specialities. In particular, the assault troops showed tremendous growth. Although they looked like refugees, they were people who had inherited the Baran’s warrior lineage. The rehabilitation member’s training developed their potential and strength and they were now able to match the Nakujuk warriors. Their forgotten battle skills also manifested quickly. In addition, the scouting unit and the Dark Brothers went through joint training while the engineer troops levelled up their skills by repairing Haman Fortress.
“Okay, now I don’t have to worry about that.”
Ark nodded his head with satisfaction after observing some of the Baran’s training. But the next day Ark had to face a problem he never considered.
“Ark-nim, gathering the weapon supplies isn’t as easy as I thought.”
Lariette sighed as she spoke. While the rehabilitation members were assigned to training, Lariette had been responsible for requisitioning munitions from the southern villages. The Baran clan was a race which centred on farming, raising livestock or extracting minerals. So when the elders first started requisitioning, they were able to gather an overflowing amount of food and minerals. But they could not gather the most important military materials, weapons and armour. Of course, even the Baran clan had blacksmiths. However they were only experienced with rakes or shovels and had never created a weapon. Not only was there no weapons, the Baran clan’s equipment was like the Bronze Age while the Nakujuk was the Iron Age.
Daeng kang!
“Huk! The handle broke!”
It was normal for the handle of a spear to break during training. It the handle broke then the spear or javelin wouldn’t be able to be thrown. There was no need to explain the importance of weapons in a war. It wasn’t an exaggeration to say the performance of the weapon affect the combat power in a game.
‘Unbelievable. Every time something is fixed then another problem occurs.’
Ark continuously sighed. Weapons production was the most important problem that needed to be solved at the moment. Even if he started properly training a blacksmith now, it would take a while for them to be able to produce weapons. It took a great deal of time and money to become a skilled blacksmith.
‘Well, the Baran clan is able to obtain the ores necessary for production…..’
Wait, why had he never thought about that?
“Leave the problem to me.”
Ark immediately used the Dimensional Movement Powder to return to Lancel village. He visited the raccoon clan and showed them the ore from the Netherworld.
“This ore. What do you think about it?”
“Ohu, it is a very high purity ore. Where did you get it from?”
The raccoons were craftsmen so they felt greedier for the ore than money. As expected, the raccoon clan showed signs of desire as they were shown the ore. Ark grinned and made a proposal.
“In fact, I’m visiting with a request. Would you make weapons for me if I supplied you with this ore? As much as possible. I really need weapons so I’ll also supply the coal and whetstone. Please take the ore as payment for the weapons.”
“You’ll pay for all of it using the ore?”
The raccoon clan thought for a moment before nodding.
“We accept. Ore is similar to money for us so it’s not a problem. And this is a good ore so we’re quite greedy for it.”
That was the method Ark came up with. He took the ores from the Baran clan and commissioned the raccoon clans to produce weapons.
‘Now the problem of weapons supply will be solved. In addition…..’
Ark laughed after the raccoons entered into the weapons supply agreement. The munitions were the property of the NPC. Although Ark was the Commander, he couldn’t just embezzle it. So although Ark saw the munitions piled up in Haman Fortress, he could only swallow his saliva. Then he had a brilliant idea after hearing Lariette’s words. Currently, Ark made all the decisions as the Commander. He couldn’t take the war materials, but he could use the goods to barter for war preparations.
‘I’m in the middle so I won’t be able to profit if I deal directly with the raccoons.’
The raccoons signed a contract to trade one weapon for one ore and coal. There was no way for someone in the middle to profit. But who was Ark? Using cheap tricks, wouldn’t Ark be able to obtain coffee from a well?
‘Huhuhu, there’s also a handling fee when trading through an intermediary agent.’
The method Ark devised involved Ark’s Comprehensive Store in Lancel village. Using this method, Ark’s store received 1,000 ores from the Netherworld. At this stage, the ores still belonged to the NPCs. That was the key. The store would pass the ores to the raccoons who created 10 weapons out of them. The deluxe weapons of the raccoon family had considerable value to the Baran who didn’t have a method of developing advanced weapons. So during the war, he could barter and increase the value to 1,200 ores. Ark would then hand over the ores again for weapons production. In other words, except for the first time he paid 1,000 ores he was able to get an extra 200 ores with every transaction afterwards. It was like someone else arranging the table while he picked up the spoon. This was just his handling charge.
‘I get 200 ores for every 10 weapons. It is enough to create one weapon. Presently, we need approximately 1,000 weapons and armour. All that work will give me 20,000 ores. I could make a profit of at least 2,000 gold if I could sell all the weapons and armours!’
All Ark had to do was go back and forth between Lancel village and the Netherworld carrying the ores. Of course, he had to use the Dimensional Movement Powder every time but there was still a lot left. Besides, was the powder necessary once the Netherworld rose to middle earth? It would be like swimming on land!
‘Hahaha, war is also money!’
“Buksil, you will carry the weapons between Lancel village and the Netherworld!”
Ark made Buksil who was a profession merchant in charge of the trade route. At the end of the deal, Ark would be able to embezzle approximately 2,000 gold. In addition, the Baran clan’s lack of equipment was quickly solved. At that time, Ark also discovered that the weapons produced by the blacksmiths weren’t all the same. Just like Ark could create an ‘A la carte’ dish, the blacksmiths created 50~60 deluxe weapons. Of course, the stats for the deluxe items were significantly better than an equivalent item.
A Masterpiece Adamantium Sword (Magic)
Weapon type: One-handed sword
Attack: 33~38
Durability: 400/400
Weight: 50
User restriction: Level 200 and more
An adamantium sword created using the ore from the Netherworld. The craftsman put his heart and soul into it and created a rarely seen masterpiece. Compared to a regular item, the performance of the deluxe item is at least 10% better. In addition, it will steadily make fine adjustments to the user’s hand.