NOVEL NEXT Ch 37
Chapter 37
With each passing day, the number of bees grows.
But ultimately, it’s not the ordinary worker bees that are the most fundamentally outstanding element of Sung-hyuk’s apiary.
Rather, it’s the bees of a higher, evolutionary species.
The Rubigem scouting and honeycomb bees’ effectiveness, the Peridot Ramdoc and Suicide bees’ combat efficiency.
But there’s nothing quite like the strength of the elite bees, the finest of the class.
The Peridot Galehound Corps Commander Bee, whose valor and physical strength are so unparalleled that he was given the name TunTun, and the Rubigem Dark Releaser Corps Commander Bee, who can wield a variety of special skills and black magic.
Between the amount of honey they bring in and their combat performance.
And the special bee venom of the two at the peak of their powers, which was both an ultimate weapon and an elixir.
“I need to get the balance of them right, the potency of the venom is significantly higher for TunTun so I should use more of the Lily’s.”
As a potential mad explorer, the desire to experiment in different angles was overwhelming, but unlike honey and regular bee venom, which were so abundant that it didn’t matter if he failed, the venom of elite bees was extremely scarce.
Therefore, failure is unacceptable, so he focused all his attention on it.
[The blended honey processing is a success! The Bee Guardian’s sigil is engraved on the Rubidot Dark Galehound Bee Venom].
[Guardian’s Rubidot Dark Galehound Bee Venom (★★★+) is crafted].
“……Nice. It’s a success!”
Considering the difference in toxicity, he decided to combine the Galehound Bee Venom and the Dark Releaser Bee Venom. Perhaps mixing the two in a ratio of 1:3 was a good idea?
Fortunately, the powerful 3-star+ ranked bee venom was crafted with great success.
Sung-hyuk immediately checks the effectiveness of the powder, which resembles a glittering powder with the keyword ‘Guardian’ on it.
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[Guardian’s Rubidot Dark Galehound Bee Venom(★★★+)]
* Category: Consumable, Material
* Reduces Health by 650 (+50) over 10 minutes when ingested or exposed to wounds, and at the end of the 10 minute duration, additional sustained damage is taken twice. For 180 minutes, excruciating pain is combined with high fever, paralysis, and hallucinations (stacks up to 7).
* Description: A ★★★+ ranked Rubidot Bee Venom that is engraved with the keyword Guardian. It is a concoction of Galehound Bee Venom and Dark Releaser Bee Venom, blended together in just the right proportions and with just the right amount of skill, with the addition of remnants of black magic to make it extremely toxic. Ingestion causes high fever, paralysis, and hallucinations, along with excruciating pain.
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“Great, this is good.”
After all, once a person has begun a research, they cannot stop until they have concluded the end.
When Sung-hyuk gets his hands on something of value, his mood immediately brightens.
But originally, wasn’t it said that all exploration is a never-ending process, both the beginning and the end
Having succeeded in creating such an excellent poison with the help of blended processing, but failing to properly maximize its effectiveness with secondary processing is a sin.
“Considering the characteristics of these two elite bees, it would be best to mix the venom into honey tea or cosmetics, perhaps?”
TunTun’s Galehound Bee Venom in honey tea.
And Lily’s Dark Releaser Bee Venom was most effective as a cosmetic item that permanently increased one’s stats.
It is possible that the mixing of the two may have altered the properties of the bee venom somewhat, but it’s always best to start with the most obvious avenues of research.
Once Sung-hyuk had created one more Dark Galehound Bee Venom, he immediately tried to make a couple different products, one with honey tea and the other with propolis and royal jelly, as well as a cosmetic item.
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[Guardian’s Rubidot Dark Galehound Venom Honey Tea (★★★★-)]
※ Aging time remaining: 25 days (The toxic effect will be neutralized when aging is completed.)
* Category: Consumable
* When ingested, instantly restores 1,570 (+270) Health and Mana along with an incredible energy boost, satiety, and grants the individual the one-time skill “Black Magic – Undead” along with “Guardian’s Rubidot Dark Galehound Venom Honey Tea’s Immunity”. Permanently increases Control and Spirit by 3 once. Consumption to date 0 / 1
※ Guardian’s Rubidot Dark Galehound Venom Honey Tea’s Immunity: 85(+15)% immunity to all types of penalty effects for 120 minutes, while increasing the user’s Maximum Health and Max Mana to 1,100(+200), and Control and Spirit to 55(+10) (cooldown 120 minutes).
※ Black Magic – Undead: Summons a number of undead equal to the user’s Control + Spirit Power X 1. The level of the summoned undead is reduced compared to their original stats.(Summoned undead will revert to corpses after 30 minutes).
* As an additional effect of the fusion of the Guardian’s keywords, the effect of bee venom honey tea increases further.
* Description: ★★★★-grade Rubidot Dark Galehound Venom Honey Tea with the Guardian’s keyword engraved on it. The combination of Rubidot Honey and Rubidot Dark Galehound Venom gives this tea a sweet and tart flavor, and when consumed, it provides a substantial amount of satiety, as well as a temporary boost to the player’s stats, immunity, and the ability to wield black magic. It also provides a permanent stat boost, which is limited to one per player. However, the toxicity has not yet been properly neutralized, and ingestion is likely to cause painful side effects.
※ Note: Bee Venom Honey Tea buffs from the same series do not stack.
[Guardian’s Rubidot Dark Galehound Venom Propolis Cosmetics (★★★★-)]
※ Remaining Time Period 13 days (Toxic effects will be neutralized upon completion of the time period.)
* Category: Consumables
* When used, in addition to the effects of skin beautification and immunity enhancement, ‘Guardian’s Rubidot Dark Galehound Venom Propolis Beauty’ is applied to the individual, and all stats are permanently increased by 1 only once. Currently used 0 / 1
※ Guardian’s Rubidot Dark Galehound Venom Propolis Beauty: For 90 minutes, increases the user’s immunity to all types of penalty effects by 65(+10)%, and increases Control by 35(+7). (Durability reduced by 1, with a cooldown of 90 minutes)
* Durability: 9 / 9(+3) – Cannot be repaired.
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“As expected.”
The mad exploratory instinct of a 24-year journey through life.
For Sung-hyuk, it was not just a useful stimulant and skin care…….
But it was also a stepping stone to the single greatest permanent stat boost of all.
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It’s been 33 days, 23 hours, and 55 minutes since the “commercialization” of Earth began.
Following the Chapter #1 update on Day 6, as the time for the Chapter #2 update began to approach on Day 34, the pets began to get busy and set the atmosphere of their channel.
[Livestock training for merchandising complete! As soon as the Transcendent gives us a mission, we’ll immediately go to war where you specify!]
[The ultimate tech tree! A 5+ natural vegetation, the Philosopher’s Stone, is the result of grinding countless resources and lives. Who will be the first player to claim this elixir, which boasts an incredible array of options? Feel free to throw in some incarnations of the Transcendents if you’d like].
[Good vs. evil. Who will win? Place your bets!]
[We can even give you control of a field boss of your choice. Would you like to try your hand?]
[Now, who will be the last livestock to survive?]
….
A provocative title that somehow manages to catch the Transcendent’s eye.
As the title suggests, the Transcendent’s “pets” have no qualms about the destruction of countless lives that will result in the process.
Though that’s not surprising.
As previously noted, as they have commercialized countless dimensions as their “pets,” their only thought is to rise in status.
No matter how many lives are sacrificed in the process, so what?
In the first place, their thought processes do not view the Earth and other commoditized life forms as “life” like themselves.
Only for their own advancement and the fleeting pleasures of the Transcendents.
To them, being sacrificed for the sake of it is a glorious enough death.
[The conditions for proceeding with the Chapter #2 update have been met -> 34 days elapsed].
[Additional increments of the chapter #2 update will be made. 3, 6, 11%…….]
In the meantime, the update of Chapter #2 began to progress.
At the same time, one by one, the bored Transcendents begin to enter the channel set up by the pets.
– Do you want to see a monster wave sweep? You’ve sponsored me, I’ll do anything for you!
– Oh, Master Nachashigari. Thank you for your support! I will proceed according to the mission you desire!
– Yes, Master Chasur. You can do whatever you want. Whether you decide to stab it or shoot it dead, help yourself to some stress relief!
– I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you were going to incarnate a livestock like that.
– What? Are you serious? I can’t believe you’re putting such a valuable item up for auction. I’m going to make the most of it.
The fate of the channel, which will be divided according to the pets, the admins who run the servers in each country.
The detailed intervention of the full-fledged transcendents of the world modified by the system with the contents of the different Chapter #2 updates.
As if they can’t lose, the pets start to fight each other at any moment.
– Riggle, you bastard, why are you trying to wage war on me?
– Well, what can I do about the sponsorship from a Transcendent? If you’re not satisfied, why don’t you declare war on me?
– I can’t believe you’re trying to make war on me. Isn’t this going to turn Earth into another one of those dimensions that went straight to the trash?
– Who are we to know? Hahaha
– You’re right. We’re just having fun.
In fact, due to the irritating and overheated behavior of these pets, some dimensions that were in the process of being commercialized collapsed and were completely wiped out, but it was literally irrelevant.
Even if a dimension was wiped out, life would somehow sprout under the power of the Transcendents, who possessed divine powers, so they could always kill the livestock.
It’s like a pawn in chess.
And thus began the pavement of commoditization on Earth.
And with that, Chapter #1.
The end of the “Tutorial” chapter, as it’s commonly referred to by pets, and the beginning of a channel’s sponsorship that allows them to really rise up the ranks.
But…..
– Man, this crazy honey-sucker. I knew he wasn’t a normal guy, but this one’s a real thing, kikikikik! How the hell is he already producing his own 4-Star items?
While all the pets were busy, Riggle was secretly laughing in a corner.
The pet in charge of managing the Korean server clicked his tongue at the sight of a 4-star item that wasn’t made from natural vegetation like the Philosopher’s Stone, but from Sung-hyuk’s own processing.
– How could this be possible with the productivity of the small natural vegetation on the Korean server?
It’s only been 34 Days.
For those who have accumulated a certain amount of life karma or have been lucky enough to get their hands on some high-grade materials, a 3-star crafted item can be made on the Korean server.
However, it’s a different story starting at 4-star.
Even if it’s just one star, the difference in effectiveness and power is almost unbelievable.
Of course, if he expanded the creation of 4-star items to servers around the world, rather than just the Korean server, a few players would probably be able to create them.
But they only did it because they had the resources to do so, and it’s nothing short of a miracle that they did it within the small land mass of the Korean server.
– Honey-sucker. This guy is definitely worth cultivating, huh?
He even managed to craft not one, but two items, so it’s safe to say that this was more than just a fluke.
[A player crafting two 4-star items in just Chapter #2, and he hasn’t even connected with any Transcendents yet – it’s first come, first served, so come invest in this amazing crafting mastermind and make him your incarnation!]
It was also a huge opportunity for Riggle, who still had relatively low status as a pet.
– Kiki-kiki-kiki-I hope you don’t die and serve me well for a long time to come, sweet livestock!
The other pets prepared themselves for the “Soldiers vs. Civilians” matchup, and the players drew a huge amount of aggro towards Riggle, who didn’t have much to show for it other than the usual video footage.
Without any hesitation, Riggle used Sung-hyuk on his server as bait to attract transcendentalists to his channel.