47. Rework
Early in the morning, Ko Byeong-gap opened his eyes in a disorderly manner. That was the day he decided not to go out for subjugations. However, there was something else he had to do, so he didn’t procrastinate and moved diligently.
He took a cold shower and changed into clean clothes. It was around 7 am when he was ready to go out.
He wouldn’t use his number one treasure today. Ko Byeong-gap took the subway for the first time in a while and headed to his destination… to a car rentalpany.
“You’re the one who called, aren’t you? Your name is…”
“I’m Ko Byeong-gap.”
“Oh, right. You can follow me.”
He was guided by the staff and headed to a car. A neat, blue one-ton truck greeted him, which wasmonly referred to as a dragon car. The cargo hold had a whistle, so it was perfect for moving luggage.
“Are you moving?”
The employee of the rentalpany asked with a smirk. Ko Byeong-gap roughly confirmed it. What he was trying to do today had nothing to do with moving, but he didn’t need to talk about it.
“I’ll use it well and return it.”
“Yes. Drive safely.”
He drove the one-ton truck out onto the road. It had been a long time since he drove a truck, but he was a pretty good driver. He quickly got used to it and manipted the gears.
He headed to a big furniture store. He was going to buy furniture and household items there.
How long had he been driving? He arrived at an enormous store that was a rectangr warehouse-type building, and at first nce, it looked like thousands of cars surrounded it.
“Why are there so many cars? I came on a weekday on purpose, but it’s a waste of time.”
Ko Byeong-gap sighed at the parking lot that was sorge, and it left him stunned. It was full of people despite it being a weekday morning.
Whatever the situation was, he went inside the building, and from the moment he entered, the faint smell of wood stimted his nostrils. Ko Byeong-gap really liked the scent.
“Wow…”
He had never been to such a big store in his life. He used to run to Daiso when he had something to buy.
of eye-catching furniture was there. Household items were neatly disyed, and each one looked beautiful. In his heart, he wanted to move that whole store to Ashvm. He enjoyed the eye candy as he strolled around the big store.
‘I wish I had Ea with me.’
Ko Byeong-gap smacked his lips. He wanted to bring Ea and show her around the store if possible. It wasn’t that he didn’t trust in his own eyes, but he thought Ea would be better in that regard.
If the talkative Spirit saw that ce, she would surely be constantly talking by that time.
‘How can I cover her up so she would look like a human being?’
If she dressed casually and covered her eyes with sunsses, she would look like a human being. Of course, the question was whether there were sunsses that couldpletely cover her eyes.
‘With Doran’s ears, she could just pretend to be a foreigner, right? But what about Ea?’
Ko Byeong-gap started shopping in earnest with such thoughts.
First of all, the items he nned to buy that day were kitchen-rted items. All the tableware that they currently use in Ashvm was recycled.
In other words, he picked up the cooking utensils, bowls, and even the spoons and chopsticks from different ces.
‘I should have bought these earlier… I’m a little sorry.’
So far, he turned a blind eye to it since he didn’t have any money to spare and was in a hurry to pay off his debts. The Goblins didn’tin anyway.
‘But I’m not going to treat anyone who follows me badly.’
The Goblins mined day and night to rebuild Ashvm and followed their Lord withoutints. He wanted to give them better conditions, even if their affection was hypothetical.
‘Let’s spend ten million won today. Let’s see what I can get!’
His wallet was full since his profits jumped sharply when he raised his subjugation targets to B-rank cracks. His debt settlement, which he expected to settle by next year, was also pushed earlier. That was the reason why he ran two subjugations a day. Hopefully, he would be able to finish them all within the next month.
Anyway, Ko Byeong-gap bought things at random. When he bought 350 spoons and chopsticks, the employees’ eyes widened.
Who was that guy? Was he going to open a restaurant?
Well, that was his n. He bought all sorts of things, ranging from tableware such as spoons, forks, and bowls to cooking tools such as kitchen knives, cutting boards, and pots. This processsted for more than three hours.
There was so much that he had to go back and forth to the parking lot dozens of times. He wanted to buy all the tables and chairs if he could.
“Was that all?” he said. At that point, he wanted to put about 300 beds in Ashvm, but the problem was that he couldn’t carry it all. Not even the one-ton truck could load all of it. He thought about using a cargo trailer next time.
‘I’m going to have to find another way.’
His shopping ended with some disappointment since he spent a lot of money.
“I spent about 8 million won.”
Ko Byeong-gap nced over the receipt and just crumpled it. Men shouldn’t leave any lingering attachments to the past.
He drove in search of a quiet ce.
***
It was almost noon when Ko Byeong-gap entered Ashvm. As he ordered the day before, Ea cleaned up her belongings as soon as breakfast was over, and because of it, lunch still wasn’t ready.
Ko Byeong-gap handed out bread and drinks he bought outside.
“Let’s eat this for a meal, even if it’s not good enough.”
“Lick!”
Contrary to his concerns, the Goblins responded well. No matter how good Ea’s cooking skills were, it wasn’tparable to processed goods.
“Gobung.”
“Ah, yes?”
“After eating that, just pick 50 people to work with me. Including you.”
“Including me. You mean? Okay! What are you going to do? What are you thinking?”
“Oh, I’m going to tear this ce down. I’ll walk down the tents and throw away the little things.”
“Little things. You mean?” Gobung’s eyes widened. “Well, what about us?”
“Hey, don’t worry. I’m trying to build you a better house. You think I’m going to lose my mind and smash decent things?”
“Ahhh…”
“You can’t live in a tent that’s always falling down. Did you forget thest time it rained? It was leaking, and there was an uproar.”
“Yes.”
About a week ago, rain fell in Ashvm for the first time. Even though there wasn’t much rain, raindrops seeped through the cracks in the tent.
“You guys are having a hard time, so it’s hard to put you to sleep in a ce like this. I’m your Lord, so shouldn’t I take care of you guys?”
“Lord…” Gobung looked up at Ko Byeong-gap with teary eyes. He seemed to be moved.
Ko Byeong-gapughed at how funny the scene was and said, “Anyways, pick the best workers.”
“Yes, sir!”
Ko Byeong-gap took a step closer to the tents. He looked at the cluster of tents with fond eyes. Fragments of memories passed by his eyes. He remembered shooting all over the city, trying to pick those up. He remembered the first time he set up a tent and drank with pride.
“I did a good job,” Ko Byeong-gap said to himself inside the tent. It was a torn piece of cloth at best, but it was the best he could do at the time.
‘I’m a little sad that I’m going to throw it away. I can’t help it, though.’
Although it was a bit disappointing, that ce had to be overturned for future development.
‘Even if we cross the fog, we have to empty this ce.’
In the past, Ko Byeong-gap had implicitly thought so. That there was nothing more to see there once they crossed the fog. That ce was only for them to stay in for a while, so there was no need to invest and develop it.
However, that was a big miscalction.
‘There is no guarantee that there is a crystal cave beyond the fog. Why did I overlook that?’
The rocky mountain nearby provided valuable crystals. It was foolish to abandon such resources for one-time use only.
‘We need topletely fortify this ce. That way, we can get resources safely.’
If they removed the fog, the monsters called Grugles might flood in. If that happened, of course, it would disrupt the supply and demand of crystals.
The rocky mountain had to be an impregnable fortress. It was their home base with crucial resources.
The meal was soon over. Gobung gathered 50 workers just as Ko Byeong-gap ordered, and the unselected personnel headed to the cave as usual.
“Lord. Ready.”
“Good! First, take all the things here and stack them up in the field.”
“Yep!”
The Goblins moved in perfect order. The tents, which had been the home of the Goblins for nearly three months, quickly lost their form. Some of the Goblins looked disappointed.
‘We have to organize it well.’
Ko Byeong-gap unfolded arge drawing paper that he had brought from his house. There was already a bit of a sketch of the approximatendscape of Ashvm. Ko Byeong-gap painted an additional building on it. In other words, it was like a bird’s eye view of the city.
By the time theposition waspleted to some extent, the work to dismantle the tent was finished.
‘Good.’
Ko Byeong-gap rose from his seat with the drawing paper and opened the ancient shop.
[Ancient Shop]
– Construction
– Techniques
– Misceneous Goods
– Others
[Crystals on Hand: 1,367,420]
All the crystals he used recently were about 30,000 crystals to buy the sr-poweredmps. As he saved them, he realized that there were already over 1.3 million crystals.
Ko Byeong-gap opened the ‘Construction’ category for the first time in a very long time.
‘If possible, I would like to buy a good one, but if I buy only the highest quality, I would have no savings left. Let’s make a moderatepromise between intermediate and advanced.’
He nced over at the items on disy. Some of the things that looked good at a reasonable price were cited.
‘From high-end items, even one product has many forms. This is good.’
There were many types of “high-end brick buildings” such as L-shaped, U-shaped, and straight ones.
He decided to put the restaurant first.
[Advanced Multipurpose Hall Type I]
– Price: 18,000 Crystals
– Description: A multipurpose building that can be used in various ways. It is suitable to amodate arge number of people. It is made of high-quality materials and has excellent durability.
“Everyone, back off. I’m cing the building!”
Ko Byeong-gap shouted that and forced the Goblins to retreat.
“Wow…”
“That’s cool.”
It wasn’t long before the silhouette of a blue and translucent building came before them. Exmations rang in the area over its majestic figure, and Ko Byeong-gap ced the building on a well-organized site.
[Do you want to install ‘Advanced Multipurpose Hall Type I’ in this location?]
[Starting instation…]
[Required time is about 120 minutes.]
‘It would take a long time because it’s arge building.’
“Wow, that’s so cool! I’ve never seen such a nice building in my life. Seriously! What is this building for?” Ea asked with starry eyes. Ko Byeong-gap straightened his back, proud of himself.
“This is the restaurant.”
“What? A restaurant? This wonderful ce?”
“Yes. You can cook over here from now on. I reced all the cooking utensils with new ones, so it’ll be easier to cook.”
“Wow, thank you!” She was so happy that she jumped. Ea, who was in charge of cooking, was joyful to have her own home. Ko Byeong-gap also felt better when she saw her happiness.
“Oh, be happyter and help me now.”
“Help you? Alright, tell me anything! I’ll do my best to help you! What should I do?”
“Help me put the building down because I think you have a good eye.”
“You noticed it, didn’t you? That’s right. I have a good eye, and I’m very good at reading things. If I help you, I can decorate this ce beautifully!”
Ko Byeong-gap and Ea began to put the building together. The crude Ashvm gradually transformed to have a more sophisticated look.