Gold and Silver Alchemist

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Three cards came to mind.

[Which of Alan’s emergency cards would you choose?]

Before, I really enjoyed this moment of choice, but not now.

Because I knew that every time I used an emergency card, my lifespan was shortened.

But there was no other way.

Dozens of guys with gray knives surrounded me.

The elixir is also in a state of exhaustion, so if you don’t use the emergency card, you will die right now.

‘Before I choose, I’ll ask you one thing. Which of the emergency cards is the best value for money?’

I wondered which of the three cards took up less life.

It was an incredibly important issue for me.

[By the way, ＜Delete＞ consumes the least amount of vitality. Rather than ‘Memory Manipulation’ in ＜Deceit＞ or ‘Teleportation’ in ＜Escape＞, ‘Disappear’ in ＜Elimination＞ is a relatively low-level magic.]

It was a pleasant sound to hear.

I was going to use ＜Remove＞ anyway.

I cried out without hesitation.

‘eliminate!’

[Choose ＜Remove＞ from Alan’s emergency cards. Everything that makes you uncomfortable disappears.]

Moment,

hiss-

All the people who surrounded me disappeared.

And in the tumultuous underground passage, a chilling silence came.

‘omg! oh my god!’

Gangsters who attacked with knives.

Chairman Kim, who was strangling Madame Jung.

Madame Jung was on the verge of passing out of breath.

Secretary Park stood beside them, lost in thought.

Everyone disappeared without leaving a trace.

It wasn’t just the living things that disappeared.

The corpses of the thugs who had already died from being stabbed by me also disappeared.

Their clothes and belongings disappeared, and even the gray knife in my hand disappeared along with it.

And the siren that was crying loudly disappeared.

Everything I wanted to get rid of was gone.

This was ＜Remove＞.

‘It’s so neat!’

I asked the manager.

‘How much did lifespan decrease again?’

I wondered how much life force was consumed while using ＜Remove＞.

[3 years of life has been reduced.]

‘3 years? it has shrunk tremendously Didn’t you know ＜Remove＞ was relatively cheap?’

[There were a lot of numbers to destroy. I destroyed 54 people including the body.]

Killed 54 people.

I really felt like a murderer.

For killing them, my lifespan was shortened by three years.

Did you have enough business to do this?

In any case, a total of 7 years of life has been reduced so far.

‘If this is the case, then the first goal has been set.’

Seedlings will fully develop.

That way you can get the secret to eternal life.

I don’t really want to live forever, but I don’t want to die too soon.

So, until you know the secret to eternal life, you should act as cautiously as possible.

If you encounter a crisis every time and use Alan’s emergency card each time, you will die soon after.

trudging-

The sound of my footsteps broke the silence and echoed through the underground passage.

Go through the iron door and enter the vault.

Everything disappeared, but the ‘money’ piled up like a mountain remained.

‘When do you move all of that?’

It was a huge amount, but I would take it all and take it out without leaving a penny.

It wasn’t ‘bloody’ as a clichéd expression, it was money that I really got in exchange for my life.

‘Is there any good way?’

I looked around here and there, figuring out how to move the money.

Then I noticed that there were wheels under the pallet on which the money was placed.

click-

click-

I unlocked the locks on the wheels.

And I gently pushed the pile of money with my hand.

Squeak-

The wheels roll and the pallet slides very easily.

In the first place, the money was piled up on a wheeled pallet for easy movement.

But I couldn’t move the money out of the safe like this.

This is because the pallet is too large to fit through the iron door.

‘I don’t understand. How did you get the palette in the first place?’

Suddenly, an intuition flashed through my mind.

‘Is there another door by any chance?’

I looked under the pallet.

It was no ordinary floor.

It was a lift device.

‘bingo!’

It was evident that a lift had been used to make the money go down or up.

I looked around to see if there was a switch to activate the lift.

Then I found a controller box attached to the wall.

Gloves were neatly placed on the box.

Once I put on the gloves.

Maybe later the police can find this place.

If you leave fingerprints here and there, you can become their target.

After putting on gloves on both hands, I opened the box.

Inside was a wired remote control that could control the lift.

I took it out.

And press the top button.

ugh-

As the lift turned on, I heard the sound of the hydraulic pump running.

‘good!’

This time I pressed the second button from the top.

whiz-

Then the ceiling just above the pile of money split in two.

There is an exit that leads to the top.

‘That’s right!’

Excitedly, I pressed the next button.

ugh-

The hydraulic cylinders worked and the lift began to rise.

Mountains of money rose into the air.

sniff-

I also quickly climbed onto the pallet.

And rose up with the money.

ugh-

fluff-

finally came up to the ground.

pat-

The lights automatically turned on and the surroundings brightened.

It was inside a building surrounded by prefabricated walls.

There was one vehicle near the lift.

It was a wagon just the right size to load all the money.

I’m sure you’ll know that when you see the truck.

hahahaha!

Chairman Kim is a madman, but his preparations were very thorough.

In case of an emergency, this facility was prepared so that the money could be loaded into the vehicle and escaped at any time.

I opened the driver’s door of the truck.

The car keys were stuck.

And a hat, mask, and sunglasses were placed on the sheet.

‘Have you seen such a careful guy?’

It must have been a prop prepared for fear of being photographed on another car’s black box or CCTV while driving.

I wore a hat, sunglasses and a mask.

Then I got into the driver’s seat.

burrung-

I started the car and brought it close to where the money was.

When I got down and checked, the height of the pallet matched the height of the cargo compartment.

jump-

I opened the cargo door wide and got back into the car.

Then he brought the tea close to the pallet.

I got out of the car again and pushed the pallet into the cargo hold.

Squeak-

As the wheels rolled, money could easily be loaded onto the wagon.

‘good!’

Now all you have to do is get in your car and get out of here.

There was a door for vehicles on one side of the building.

I opened the door slightly and looked outside.

A dirt road leading to the hill came into view.

This was not Chairman Kim’s factory.

I went outside and looked around, but there was nothing around.

There were only rice fields and fields.

Earlier, I followed Secretary Park along the underground passageway, but in the first place, the money was stored far away from the factory.

Chairman Kim’s vigilance was truly amazing.

‘good!’

All humans who knew the existence of money had disappeared.

Even if the police find this place later, they will never know that the money was there.

So all you have to do is find a new place to hide your money.

It is impossible to deposit tens of billions of won in a bank with unknown sources.

“Let’s go for now.”

I looked up at the sky and saw a red flag hovering in the darkness.

It was just before dawn.

humming-

I pulled the truck and started running down the dirt road.

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rattle-

We drove for over two hours along the mountain road.

There was a map in the car, and the route was marked with a red line.

It was marked as a mountain road without CCTV.

It was probably the escape route that Chairman Kim had drawn.

First of all, we drove along the route marked on the map.

rattle-

Before I knew it, the car was in the middle of the mountain.

It was a valley deeper than the place where the private casino was.

And finally we arrived at the destination marked on the map.

A container lay loosely in an empty lot surrounded by dense trees.

I got out of the car and looked inside the container.

A single bed was placed.

And there were 5-liter water bottles and canned food piled up on the floor.

When I saw the bottle of water, I felt thirsty.

I haven’t had a sip of water for several hours.

Beep beep-

I drank cold water.

After quenching my thirst, I returned to the wagon and opened the cargo compartment.

The money was fine.

‘How much is all this?’

We know that one 50,000 won bill weighs approximately 1 gram.

So, 1 kg is 50 million won.

One ton is 50 billion won.

The pile of money in the car looked much more than a ton.

‘It must be around 7, 80 billion.’

clap-

I closed the cargo door and locked it with the key.

Then I got into the driver’s seat.

I didn’t mean to start again.

I was thinking of putting some snow on it.

I woke up and fell asleep.

There is a cot inside the container, but I can’t sleep there with tens of billions of dollars left outside.

I was relieved to sleep in the car.

I pushed the chair back as far as possible.

The back was blocked so it didn’t bend much.

But this was enough to keep me awake for a while.

after-

I closed my eyes and let out a long breath.

and fell asleep

***

I was standing in the backyard of a factory.

I was having a lucid dream.

‘I don’t know if it’s okay to sleep while dreaming.’

Even while dreaming, I was worried about money.

It was impossible for someone to come suddenly in the middle of the mountain, but I was still anxious.

“Are things going well?”

The manager came up to me and asked.

“till now.”

“The seedlings have regained their strength. I am ready to pass on a piece of knowledge to you.”

“Uh, is that so?”

It was a welcome sound.

If you learn at least one more magic, you will be less likely to face a crisis.

I turned my head and looked at the flower bed.

The seedlings were emitting bright light.

Just in case, I asked the manager.

“Is there such a thing as magic? Like being able to store things in a space of another dimension…”

“Are you talking about the inventory?”

“Right, that! Inventory!”

“sure. Inventory magic is a basic skill for high-ranking wizards.”

“So, Alan’s knowledge includes inventory magic?”

“of course.”

The manager’s answer greatly improved my mood.

How reassuring it would be if you put something in your inventory that you can never throw away and that is hard to hide anywhere.

That’s the money in the car.

It wouldn’t be better if you could keep cash worth tens of billions of won in your inventory and withdraw it as much as you need when you need it.

I looked at the leaves of the seedlings and asked the manager again.

“Could some of those leaves contain inventory magic?”

“Maybe it is. But I can’t give you a definitive answer. Because it was Alan who put the knowledge in the leaf. No one but you knows which leaf contains what knowledge.”

In the end, it is said that you have to take a good picture.

‘Please, use the inventory magic!’

I prayerfully put my hand on the leaf.