Ch.174174. Purified Ice Spirit Liquor

A large whiteboard was set up next to the door at the entrance of the cabin.

I had bought it on my way here as requested, and it served as a bulletin board where we could write down tasks and items to take out.

It was quite large, giving the impression of looking at a school-sized blackboard.

“Wow. It’s huge.”

“Can I write down what I need on this?”

“From now on, this will be our farm’s bulletin board!”

Until now, we had been doing things based on memory, but as the list of tasks grew and the time spent both in reality and on the farm increased, we started forgetting and missing things. That’s why we set this up.

Since we pass by this spot every time we enter and leave, we’re unlikely to forget anything if we glance at it on our way out.

We created separate spaces for individual needs and general requirements.

I wrote down my tasks first.

1. Complete exploration achievements (100% including hidden ones)

2. Receive main quest for level 2 biome

3. Explore and organize level 2 biome

4. Open accessory random boxes and create auction items

4-1. Mine copper for 2-3 days

In reality, most of my tasks involve completing quests and pioneering biomes.

It seemed simple when I wrote it all down.

Still, I noted the copper mining task because I might forget these small details when focusing on other things.

“I should assign goblins to the mining area too.”

Writing things down made it easier to think about tasks.

4-2 Organize mountain goblins and assign them mining work.

We use Black Monkeys for farm work, and there’s no rule against using monsters for mining.

For this login session, I planned to organize the level 2 biome if possible. Otherwise, I’d strengthen our foundation and make some progress. With that in mind, I headed outside.

There was something I needed to do first, even though I hadn’t written it on the task board.

That was purifying the SS-grade item, the Ice Spirit Liquor Necklace.

“Hehe. Hehehehehehe.”

I had been waiting for this moment.

Restraining my urge to log in immediately and throw it into the cauldron.

“Will it truly be worth an SS-grade ability selection?”

The Ice Spirit Liquor Necklace only reaches its true value after purification.

If anyone on Earth had the ability to purify it, this item wouldn’t be valued similarly to other SS-grade items.

Well, SS-grade items themselves have only officially appeared for the first time now.

“Are you purifying it? I want to watch.”

“Master! Fighting!”

Kim Soo-jung and Lulu, who were resting after finishing their morning routines, waited beside me as I prepared to put it in the cauldron.

With trembling hands, I placed the necklace into the cauldron.

Woong—

With a rattling sound, light burst forth.

The chaotic energy was purified, and purified energy gushed out.

“Oh!”

From my experience purifying chaotic energy multiple times, I’ve learned that the Chaos Stone Purification Cauldron reveals hints about the success level through the amount of chaotic energy and purified energy released during the process.

While it’s not enough to predict all three purified options, if a lot of purified energy comes out, it means at least one of the three options has been applied.

I’m not asking for anything else.

Please, let the highest probability trigger.

Even the 40% chance would be great.

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

“Yes!”

For other unidentified items, I didn’t care much whether their grade increased or not.

For B-grade or A-grade items, a one-level increase just meant B+ or A+, which was better than nothing but not dramatically different.

But this is an SS-grade item.

The difference between SS-grade and SS+ grade is like heaven and earth.

I couldn’t expect multiple grade increases like with unidentified items, but still.

[5% chance for one item option to increase by 1 grade.]

“Ssssssss!!”

The Ice Spirit Liquor Necklace brought me luck.

Whether it was the necklace or the purification cauldron that brought the luck, I don’t know.

Unfortunately, the 1% chance for an additional purified option didn’t trigger, but this was enough.

“Opening the exciting latest comments section.”

“Oppa, are you reading YouTube comments?”

It’s not typically used in this situation, but when I watch trending YouTube videos these days, comments like these are often at the top, making me chuckle.

Especially in Kang Sung-jun’s recent viral videos, comments like these appear, and if you actually sort by newest, there are many impressive comments.

With that same anticipation, I check the item options.

Just increasing the grade by one level already met my expectations.

Now the important part:

The effects increased by 30% through purification, the improved options from becoming SS+ grade,

And the miracle of that 5% chance.

Which item option had its grade increased?

Personally, I was hoping for the Magic Power +2 grade option.

This was already considered a legendary to mythical option, but what would happen if it increased by one more grade?

Could I see the world’s first +3 grade stat option?

[Purified Ice Spirit Liquor Necklace]

– Grade: SS+

– A pearl formed from the frozen abyss’s cold energy. A necklace made by connecting 10 pearls that form once every 100 years. It contains mana filled with extreme negative energy, which becomes poison to those unworthy of containing mana.

– The purified energy makes the extreme negative energy slightly stronger.

– Equip Condition: Magic Power grade SS- or higher / Mana 1,000 or higher

– Magic Power +2 grades

– Maximum Mana +130%

– Mana Recovery Rate +26% per minute

– Final Damage +2.6% per 100 Maximum Mana (currently 83.2%)

– All Skill Effects +10% per 1000 Maximum Mana (currently 30%)

Unfortunately(?), the Magic Power +2 grade option didn’t increase, but perhaps an even better result occurred.

“Damn…”

The option for Final Damage +1% per 100 Maximum Mana had its grade increased.

Moreover, this option must have been legendary grade, as the increased state is extraordinary.

The Final Damage increase doubled to 2%, and with the additional 30% from purification, it became a 1.6% increase, resulting in a bizarre total Final Damage boost of 83.2%. On top of that, the purified energy option lived up to the special effect hidden in this Ice Spirit Liquor Necklace.

The standard of +10% skill effect per 1000 mana seemed quite demanding, but my mana was boosted to 3200, allowing me to gain a whopping 30% skill effect.

While there’s some overlap with the Light Magic Sword’s 100% mana skill effect and it might seem a bit weaker in comparison, the best part is that it applies to “all” skills, not just mana-consuming ones.

Literally all skills, including passive skills.

And skills using divine power.

Even spirit affinity.

“Thank you. Thank you.”

This definitely made it worth the SS-grade ability selection.

“Thank you for making the Ice Spirit Liquor Necklace more valuable than giving an SS-grade ability to Kim Soo-jung.”

“…Oppa. I can hear you. I was sincerely congratulating you, but now I feel hurt.”

“You’re next in line. You’ll get one when we complete the quest, so just wait.”

“Congratulations. My beloved brother.”

I have a bizarre item that somehow doubles damage when equipped, despite being a mana item.

Even passive skills like [Master of Melee Weapons] receive the effect, adding +300% to melee weapon attack power.

From now on, if I just keep stacking mana items, I might keep getting stronger in this strange situation.

“I could just focus on magic power all the way.”

It’s not that I have some strange philosophy making me insist on melee weapons.

I just use melee weapons because they’re good in the early game, efficient, and easy to handle, while developing magic power as a secondary focus. I like flashy, simple, easy, and powerful things too.

I was planning to gradually build up my magic abilities for the mid to late game.

The purified Ice Spirit Liquor Necklace has become perfect for that build-up.

“This summer is turning out great.”

It felt like I was having perfect days, except for the heat.

Growth was tangible, and breaking through biomes was smooth.

I was steadily recruiting talented people to build the farm.

They were so passionate that I didn’t need to worry much.

The only issue was that these talented individuals were too free-spirited, passionate, and capable.

“Boss! I think we should break through high-level biomes quickly. Can we really go up to level 3-4 biomes? Even if we can’t organize everything, could you mine just the resources I mention?”

“Boss, I made a blood eel stamina tonic. Would you like to try it?”

“Oppa, the Naru tribe knows a good crop variety to plant near the World Tree, but we’re short on materials.”

I quickly escaped from the cabin.