Ch.151151. Artifact

In both the Farming World and reality, there exists something called artifacts.

It’s not some grand new concept, but rather a classification of items that feels somewhat different from regular items.

Items are literally just items.

They have options and help enhance the user’s abilities by being possessed, equipped, or used—serving a supplementary role.

This applies to most accessories, armor, weapons, and such things.

Artifacts, on the other hand, are items with special abilities.

Items that can make even someone without abilities function like a powered hunter just by using them—these are called artifacts.

Well, in reality, artifacts come with usage conditions, and their effects vary drastically depending on the user, so there’s no such thing as an artifact that would let an ordinary person gain world-dominating power.

High attack weapons!

High defense armor!

Rather than these simple things, think of them as items with some kind of fascinating ability attached.

They rarely appear in reality, making them hard to find, while in the Farming World, they were common items that helped with various farm work or hunting.

“S+ grade artifacts are quite rare.”

Even for me, who had seen quite a few artifacts in the Farming World, this type was fascinating.

The high grade of the artifact itself, with options better than its high grade, seemed to be the best example of what the Chaos Stone Purification Cauldron could achieve at its peak.

[40% chance to increase an item’s grade by 1.]

[5% chance to increase one of an item’s options by 1 grade.]

[1% chance for additional purified energy to seep into the item, adding an option.]

All possible options from the purified energy had triggered.

And that’s how this fan artifact was created.

Base grade A.

While purification increases the grade by 1, the fact that it became S+ made me think that perhaps the unidentified items’ displayed grades had decreased after being left unattended for a long time.

Otherwise, an item’s grade wouldn’t jump up by 3 levels just from purification.

So I could roughly understand that an unidentified item’s grade might increase by 2-3 levels after purification, even excluding the +1 grade option.

“An illusionist’s ability…”

This fan seemed perfect for concept builds.

It’s not an artifact with abilities that directly help win battles.

Honestly, having one of the five senses paralyzed doesn’t cause major problems in a fight.

Of course, in intense or disadvantageous battles, it could have enough effect to break the enemy’s fighting spirit.

In my case, would I be unable to kill an enemy if my sight was paralyzed?

Most opponents would die from my senses even if I couldn’t see them.

If one of the five senses is paralyzed and combat ability drops significantly, but you don’t have the ability to deliver a fatal blow to kill the enemy in that state, then this fan doesn’t exert S+ grade power.

So it’s a supporting role.

But if we consider its essential role, this artifact’s value is beyond price.

“100M is quite wide?”

Since I do everything myself, I might see this fan as rather useless, requiring 100 mana just to paralyze one of the opponent’s senses. But for other hunters, it’s different.

Despite the burden of using 100 mana, with an additional 100 for the extra option, spending just 200 mana to paralyze one of the five senses of all enemies within 100M for 10 seconds—a considerable time in battle—is like applying a massive area-of-effect debuff.

Though there are different expected values since it’s one of five different senses, so I’d need to calculate to know for sure.

Sight would be the jackpot.

Smell and taste might not be such big penalties.

Hearing is the second most important element in battle, perhaps even more important than sight sometimes, so that would be a jackpot too.

Touch was a bit ambiguous.

One might think losing the sense of touch would be good because you wouldn’t feel pain, but without the sensation of gripping, hitting, or holding something, you wouldn’t know if you’re striking properly or holding something correctly, leading to disharmony and inability to fight properly.

“Buffers would go crazy for this.”

Despite the illusionist talk, realistically, few hunters could use it.

Most hunters use mana, but to use this fan effectively, you’d need at least 500 base mana to use the special effect more than twice in one battle. Also, since using it while participating in combat would be difficult, only hunters who can stay back and wave the fan could use it.

A hunter with abundant mana.

But one who doesn’t need to participate in the main battle.

Healers obviously need to save mana for healing, and mages need to apply debuffs and deal damage, so naturally, buffer-type hunters come to mind.

Even buffers need mana to apply buffs to hunters, but since buff durations are relatively long, they could apply buffs, recover mana, and then use the fan, which wouldn’t be bad.

How much would this fan increase a party’s combat power?

I was curious.

It’s definitely an item I could use effectively too.

“This is perfect for the upcoming auction.”

If it had been an overpowered item that sealed one of the abilities for 10 seconds rather than one of the senses, I would have gladly kept it as a fixed slot on my belt to beat up monsters from the Rift Dimension. But this didn’t seem to reach that level.

Rather, it might be more fun to watch hunters compete and bid against each other.

I put the fan away.

“Let’s head out now.”

I’ve completed the main quests I aimed for.

The mud potion I wanted to develop is ready.

I’ve confirmed the purification of the unidentified items in the cauldron, so it seems like a good time to go out and come back.

Actually, the login/logout cooldown has decreased quite a bit, and since it stacks twice, I wondered if I needed to go out and come back regularly. But adventuring and occasionally returning to Earth seemed refreshing, so it wasn’t bad.

In the Farming World, I tried not to stay connected for more than 48 hours at a time to avoid getting too immersed. Back then, there were health concerns about staying in the capsule too long, and since I wouldn’t exercise outside anyway, I set my own limits. Similarly, in the Rift Dimension, if I stay here too long, there’s a kind of emptiness during these moments of pause.

What should I do next… there are periods of blankness.

That’s not necessarily bad—after all, this isn’t a game but my own dimension, so it’s fine to space out and think about how to decorate around the cabin. Still, I have many days left to live, and the Rift Dimension isn’t going anywhere, so going back and forth between Earth and the Rift Dimension helps with emotional release and prevents burnout.

I’m also curious about what’s happening in reality.

“Ah, right. I wonder what happened to those thugs?”

When I log in, time on Earth essentially stops, so when I go back, I spend time recalling what was happening on Earth.

Reminiscing. Or memories?

Looking back on things that happened can be fun, recalling interesting events.

It can also be an opportunity to plan what to do when I return.

“Kang… what was his name again?”

I didn’t want to see Kang Sungjun’s face long enough to finish dealing with him, so I left it to the Hunter Association when they said they’d handle it, and I don’t know what happened.

My YouTube channel was gaining tens of thousands of subscribers daily, with talk about when it would reach 10 million.

I wonder what interesting events will unfold when I go back this time.

Feeling like I’ve met my quota, I finished preparations with a refreshed feeling.

“I’ll just check on the Naru tribe before I go.”

I packed some swamp alligator meat and blood eel meat for the Naru tribe members who had been coming to the cabin since yesterday after completing their settlement preparations, and headed to the Forest of Purification.

Even at night, they were busy planting trees around their forest with fires lit.

From morning to afternoon, they help with farm work at the cabin, and in return, they plant tree seeds and resources to restore the Forest of Purification back to a forest.

They’re so diligent. True to their elven nature.

“Ah! Master!”

Chunbong, who was planting trees, runs over with a happy face covered in dirt.

“Hehe.”

What makes him so happy?

While wiping the dirt off his face, I handed over the meat I brought.

Enough for 35 people to eat for a solid week.

“Wow!”

“Didn’t you get a lot of fruit? You’re half human too, and if you only eat fruit, you won’t develop properly. You need to eat some meat too.”

“Yes!! Thank you!!”

“Oh, and you heard that Sujung and I will be gone starting tomorrow, right?”

“Yes!! Don’t worry!”

“Lulu will tell you what to do, but you can manage well on your own, right?”

“Of course. It’s your farm. I’ll watch over the World Tree to make sure it grows well.”

When I pat his head, he smiles broadly and rubs his head against my hand.

It’s really like raising a puppy.

I came to deliver meat and encourage them with their farm work, but it seems there’s no need to worry.