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Chapter 20
“Please open the gloves in an open form, not in a traditional glove shape. Instead, I’d appreciate it if you could make the wrist area expandable and elastic.”
“Hmm…”
“I’d like the texture to be soft, so please make the suit using mameli raw material from L’Aquila, Italy.”
“Sir, if I may ask you one question?”
After Kang Shin Hwa’s storm of orders ended, Hwang Seok-cheol finally caught his breath and asked a question.
“Ha, I seem to have been talking only about my preferences. Yes, please go ahead.”
“How do you know such detailed manufacturing methods? Unless you’ve made these directly, you wouldn’t typically know such intricate details.”
“I’ve heard quite a lot.”
Kang Shin-hwa smiled.
A returnee was reciting future knowledge, but explaining it to others would require considerable effort.
After all, he himself had not always been negative about Nicholas’s return.
Therefore, Kang Shin-hwa had thought of Nicholas as a person with precognitive abilities, someone who could foresee the future.
“It’s amazing. You even know about the shock-absorbing cushion that I’ve been developing privately without announcing to the outside world.”
“Aren’t you, Master Hwang Seok-cheol, the kind of craftsman who turns the impossible into possible? I’m just boldly suggesting something that might work.”
“To conclude right away, all the requested crafting is possible. However, the cost will increase exponentially.”
“How much?”
“It will easily cost 2 billion won.”
“Can it be made immediately?”
“Aren’t you concerned about the price?”
“You can’t put a price on a life.”
Kang Shin-hwa shook his head.
Considering the huge money he would earn, the 2 billion won investment in the suit was mere pocket change.
It would be solved with the cost of two top-grade magic potions he would make in just two days.
“Very well. Shall we take measurements after you pay the deposit?”
“Let’s do that.”
The deal was done.
Hwang Seok-cheol, sixty-six years old this year.
He would demonstrate his vigor until the age of ninety-two, creating suits for numerous awakened individuals.
Kang Shin-hwa planned to visit this old man often to order various types of enhanced suits in the future.
He also intended to subtly pass on some tips for suit manufacturing.
‘If future technology is applied to suit production much faster, the sacrifices of capable awakened individuals might be reduced somewhat.’
It was his own calculation.
Rather than broadly preparing for others’ futures, it was to make his own future movements more comfortable.
If fewer capable awakened individuals die, wouldn’t he be less likely to be called out of retirement later?
If two who would have died become one, and one who would have died becomes no one dying…
As this virtuous cycle accumulates, the time might come when it would benefit him.
Moreover, it wasn’t about creating an invincible suit with future technology, just knowledge to increase current safety.
This much wouldn’t be considered a breach of heavenly secrets.
“This way. I must inform you that it’s an undeveloped form not yet commercialized, so it might be imperfect.”
“Don’t worry. If any issues are discovered during production and measurement, I’ll inform you first.”
Kang Shin-hwa responded with a smile.
Facing 2020’s technology with memories from 2052 was not just easy, but something he could recite with his eyes closed.
And so, production began.
Time flew by.
For half a day, Hwang Seok-cheol meticulously crafted Shin-hwa’s suit with all his might.
Kang Shin-hwa provided advice to Hwang Seok-cheol whenever there were parts that deviated from his memories.
“If you do micro-stitching inside instead of outside, the elasticity increases by about 20%.”
“You’re setting the dimensional stone as an internal inlay for aesthetic reasons, but that’s unnecessary. If you make it an external inlay, the dimensional stone’s utilization efficiency increases by at least 15%.”
‘Where on earth is this young man gathering such knowledge? Is he possibly from the World Awakener Association or a hidden master?’
Hwang Seok-cheol clicked his tongue in admiration.
The things Kang Shin-hwa mentioned were calculations he had somewhat considered in his mind but never properly experimented with due to the overwhelming incoming orders.
The level of expertise embedded in the statements was too high to be dismissed as mere boasting.
When he mentioned details about materials and their mechanical relationships!
Even Hwang Seok-cheol, called a master craftsman, was shocked. It was beyond what he knew.
“If you think my words aren’t just hot air, feel free to apply them in production. Prove them yourself, and let me know if there are any incorrect parts.”
“Is that okay?”
“I wouldn’t have mentioned it otherwise.”
Kang Shin-hwa looked over the nearly completed custom-made enhanced suit with a satisfied expression.
Having passed nearly perfect knowledge to Hwang Seok-cheol, his production skills would significantly improve in the future.
‘Well extracted.’
He examined the suit from various angles.
As expected from a master craftsman, a perfect enhanced suit was created without a single mistake.
‘With this, it could probably withstand being crushed by a 10-ton truck once or twice.’
In other words, with this suit, he wouldn’t be ‘crushed’ by monsters in the dungeon due to poor suit quality.
The 2 billion won investment was entirely worth it.
Among the causes of Awakener individuals’ deaths, being crushed by monsters was more common than expected.
Large, intelligent monster types target the gaps and weaknesses in Awakener individuals’ armor in such ways.
Anyway, after going through a final inspection process for fitting and final touches for about 10 minutes.
Hwang Seok-cheol’s whole-hearted suit production came to an end.
Kang Shin-hwa was ready to step out wearing the suit.
He was planning to head to the K-911 dungeon at Uijeongbu Station.
According to Kang Shin-hwa’s taste, the entire suit gleamed.
The externally crafted dimensional stone emitted a pleasant golden light.
‘This is why custom-made suits and tailored clothing are the best.’
He was satisfied.
“I’ll be back.”
As Kang Shin-hwa left the workshop, he smiled and spoke before disappearing.
“…”
Hwang Seok-cheol stood in place.
For a long time, as if time had stopped, he pondered the words left by Kang Shin-hwa.
“Who was he?”
An extraordinary young man.
“Kang Shin-hwa.”
After confirming the name he left in the guest book, Hwang Seok-cheol made a phone call somewhere.
“Hello? It’s been a long time. I have something to tell you…”
This was a call from Hwang Seok-cheol to an ‘acquaintance’ in Japan after a long time.
* * *
“Today, I’m so busy moving around. Once I change my legs, I’ll be flying on top of buildings. Moving by taxi has its speed limitations.”
After leaving Hwang Seok-cheol’s suit workshop, I stopped by an open market to purchase the artifact I wanted.
Unlike the Awakener’s Exchange, this open market was operated by ordinary Awakeners, with the artifact’s quality and composition varying depending on the manager’s capabilities.
I completed purchasing the artifact gauntlets.
The price was 1 billion won.
Compared to the price that would soar to 100 billion won in the future due to supply not keeping up with demand in my previous life,
This was a C- rank artifact purchased at an incredibly low price.
“Preparations are complete.”
Camping tent and equipment for a safe resting point.
An enhanced suit with overwhelming durability and resistance that can easily overcome one or two crises.
And an artifact that can reduce the 50% energy loss from magic discharge to just 1%.
Preparations were perfect.
Now, for the first time since my regress, I could challenge with proper preparations.
I felt reassured.
With this psychological stability added, I felt my body’s combat power had somehow increased.
I could now approach combat more boldly and challengingly.
[Kookmin Bank: Account Holder Kang Shin-hwa]
[Balance: 54,004,305,252 won]
“Still plenty.”
I boarded the express train to Uijeongbu with a satisfied expression, looking at my still substantial balance that seemed unaffected by my shopping.
Now it was time to obtain the one-of-a-kind artifact, Calais’s Chaos.
The artifact from another space.
* * *
30 minutes before the planned conquest time.
Following my habit of always arriving early, I reached the site ahead of schedule today.
I’ve always hated making anyone wait throughout my fifty years of life.
Even after returning to a young body, this habit and mindset remained unchanged.
With the suit and gauntlets prepared,
Now was the time to check if I could conquer a C- rank dungeon alone stably.
Typically, a dungeon’s rank is determined by whether four Awakeners of the same rank can clear it.
In other words, a C- rank dungeon would require four C- rank Awakeners to tackle it.Â
However, I’m officially – as shown on my status window – a D- rank awakener.
This certainly can’t be considered normal.
That’s probably why Jin Bo-mi asked during our call if I needed support or had other party members.
‘Considering my experience from my previous life, right now I’m almost at the level of a trainee. I haven’t even properly warmed up yet.’
I’ve only demonstrated my abilities once while treating Jin Bo-mi.
Defeating Magos when he was still young was something I felt almost embarrassed to call a significant achievement.
Of course, it seemed to be shocking to the engineering department members and Yun Byeol-i who witnessed the scene.
[I heard you have your first conquest today. Wish you the best of luck! Show your true skills!]
Just then, a message arrived on my smartphone from Chairman Jin Seong-tae.
“Seriously…”
My feelings were complicated.
Jin Seong-tae treating me so courteously was likely not just because I saved his daughter, but because he judged that I have significant potential value in the future.
No matter what, it was fine.
There was no reason to refuse when they were helping to raise my market value.
As soon as I renew the contract next month, the contract amount will likely increase again.
‘I should discuss the supply of top-rank magic potions with the Yanghwa guild.’
Although it disappeared yesterday due to direct experimentation,
From today, I plan to seriously produce top-rank magic potions for commercial purposes.
I need a sales channel, and I plan to borrow the Yanghwa guild’s infrastructure and sales capabilities.
After all, the open market operated by the Yanghwa Guild at the Yanghwa Tower near Gangnam Station’s Exit 12 is considered a sacred place for Korean Awakeners.
“Maybe I can earn much more than the 10 billion I anticipated? This is why guilds exist, haha.”
A smile appeared on my lips, containing both happy and sinister emotions.
Just then.
“Mr. Kang Shin-hwa? Why are you here so early?”
“…Why here?”
Someone I didn’t expect suddenly called my name.
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