ALL NOVEL Ch 11
Chapter 11
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[Guardian’s Oversized Gilite Plywood Beehive (★★+)]
* Category: Other
* All friendly entities and objects in a 10KM radius are covered by ‘Guardian’s Light Spirit’s Protection’.
※ Guardian’s Light Spirit’s Protection: Fatigue disappears and you gain 11(+1)% immunity to vision-blocking effects. For natural vegetation where the object can grow, its growth rate is accelerated by 33(+3)%.
* As an additional bonus from the removal of the Sturdy Keyword, your Beehive gains additional durability and armor.
* It is currently empty.
* Population Capacity: 0 / 185,000(+27,000)
* Current Honey Status : 0%.
* Health : 7,680(+3,150)
* Defense : 87(+41) Hp : 53(+29)
* Durability : 665 / 665(+95)
* Description: An Oversized, ★★+-rated Gilite plywood beehive engraved with the Guardian’s keywords. Blessed by the Light Spirit, it spreads a wide radiance of life around it.
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“Phew. This isn’t so bad.”
While the Thornwood Beehive had the effect of a dream house with a mix of defense and offense, the Beehive made of Gilite Plywood has the effect of a buff.
Furthermore, the durability and defense stats of the beehive have been greatly increased by incorporating the effect of the keyword “Sturdy” that was already applied to the Gilite plywood earlier.
“It’s not something that can be easily broken.”
Considering that Sung-hyuk currently has 350 health, it’s hard to argue with how high his 7,680 health is.
What’s more, what Sung-hyuk gained from crafting this hive was more than just one awesome Dream House.
[You’ve leveled up, gaining 5 stat points].
Building a Beehive requires a considerable amount of time, and it’s a difficult construction.
High risk and high reward is a common trait in games.
Thanks to this, Sung-hyuk gained a decent amount of experience and leveled up to reach 14.
“Finally…”
In fact, leveling up is one of the most primal joys for most people.
However, there was another reason for the joy Sung Hyuk was celebrating.
[You have fulfilled the requirements for the skill -> Level 14, Experience making and consuming royal jelly powder and pills].
[You have acquired the skill, Guardian’s Royal Jelly Concentrate].
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[Guardian’s Royal Jelly Concentrate (Lv.1)]
* Classification: Skill
* Mana Cost: 15
* Required Ingredient: Royal Jelly
* Effect (Active): Consumes Royal Jelly to create a Royal Jelly-related crafted item (no cooldown).
* Description: Consumes Royal Jelly and the caster’s mana to create a Royal Jelly-related crafted item. As your level increases, you will be able to obtain more diverse and higher-grade finished products.
※ There is a small probability that you will gain a processed item inscribed with the keyword ‘Guardian’.
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[Rubigem Royal Jelly (★+)] X 216
Due to his lack of skill, he’s been gathering royal jelly for a long time.
Finally, the time has come to process and use them.
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There are many byproducts of honey bees that are beneficial to humans, but if asked to name the best, Sung Hyuk would say royal jelly.
Why?
Without mincing words.
First of all, it is the staple food of the Queen Bee, which boasts a long life span, so naturally, it is rich in nutrients, and it solves health problems such as fatigue and anemia.
In addition, it has proven benefits for skin beauty and anti-aging, which are essential in a society that focuses on appearance.
Moreover, these are not the only benefits of royal jelly.
“It’s a must-have item for men.”
VIRILITY.
If you were born a man, your first priority would be to get virile regardless of age.
Royal jelly is one of the most popular health foods to increase sexual potency.
“It’s been proven to increase virility. I mean, it can’t hurt to have good sexual stamina.”
The same goes for Sung-hyuk, an oddball who has spent his life pursuing a life beyond the bees.
After all, he’s a man with an XY chromosome.
There’s no reason for him to avoid any means of improving his virility.
“Tsk. It’s a shame because if I could get a propolis-related skill, I’d be able to use it in a variety of ways.”
The best way to maximize the byproducts of bees is to extract the best of each ingredient and combine them together.
For example, if he creates a cosmetic product with propolis, he can add some honey and royal jelly to make it better than just propolis itself.
In a world that has become a game, the effects of these items could be seen immediately, and the caster’s mana would eliminate the need to go through difficult and time-consuming processes and refinements.
Ironically, however, the convenience of the game means that without the skill, Sung-hyuk’s efforts, no matter how much knowledge and heart he puts into them, are a “crude success” and don’t even have the keyword “guardian” attached to them, which is most important for a bee guardian.
“I can’t help it, I have to be satisfied with the current progress.”
Who cares if it’s not good enough?
Just like the royal jelly, the propolis will come in handy someday.
When it comes to living a full life, it’s always better to have a positive mindset than a negative one.
“Probably best to make it as efficient as possible.”
The most efficient way to consume royal jelly.
It is to freeze-dry it, grind it into a powder, put it in an ingestible capsule, and make it into a one-time pill, as he had done once before without skill.
The idea is that it would be easier to carry around as a pill than as a powder, so it would be easier to store and easier to take in an emergency.
“Plus, it’s kind of hard for me to use it all by myself.”
Sung-hyuk’s goal with beekeeping is not just to level up, but also to sell the processed products he makes.
The colony is still growing thanks to the queen bee, which is still constantly producing eggs.
As a result, over a hundred jars of honey are being collected every day, and a corresponding amount of processed products are being made.
Needless to say, Sung-hyuk is not a pig and cannot possibly inhale all of it.
“The coins can be used in some way, so I should save them while I can.”
The people who have lived through the capitalist society, like the materials of the beehive such as Gilite plywood, have no doubt seen the value of ‘coins’ as a currency.
And that goes for Sung-hyuk, who has become a celebrity on the exchange under the nickname Honeybee.
No, it’s the fact that he’s tasted the currency the most that makes him want to earn more coins.
Unique Class: Bee Guardian.
Something ordinary beekeepers wouldn’t dare to attempt.
Sung-hyuk’s unique products, labeled with the keyword “guardian,” can only be made by his profession.
Honey tea, honey wine, honey soap, beeswax candles, and more.
Following the numerous exclusive items, Sung-hyuk has created one more exclusive product of his own.
[Royal Jelly Concentration Success! The Bee Guardian’s seal will be engraved on the Royal Jelly Pill].
[Guardian’s Rubigem Royal Jelly Pill (★★) has been produced].
The first two-star item to be crafted outside of the hive.
This capsule pill is filled with royal jelly produced by a bee called Rubigem and is covered in a bright red powder that looks as if it has been pigmented.
If someone didn’t know better, they might mistake them for strawberry-flavored sweets or jelly.
“Well then, let’s see the effects.”
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[Guardian’s Rubigem Royal Jelly Pill (★★)].
* Category: Consumables
* When ingested, in addition to restoring fatigue, boosting stamina, and beautifying the skin, the individual is granted ‘Guardian’s Rubigem Royal Jelly Pills Strong Health’ and permanently increases durability by 1. Consumption to this point 0 / 1
* Guardian’s Rubigem Royal Jelly Pills Strong Health: Increases Strength and Durability by 13 (+3) for 60 minutes.
* Description: A ★★-rated Rubigem Royal Jelly Pill engraved with the Guardian’s keyword. Simply consuming it will dispel fatigue and provide a variety of beneficial effects to your body. It can also permanently increase your stats once per player.
※ Note: Royal Jelly Pill buffs from the same series do not stack.
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“Wow. As expected, Guardian Keyword is good.”
100% success rate of the Guardian’s keywords.
The additional effects of the pill are almost jaw-dropping.
Instead of the usual 25 minutes of strength and 5 gains in durability, this time it was a whopping 60 minutes, with 13 points more than doubling in effectiveness.
And perhaps most importantly, it’s a permanent stat boost.
“Awesome….”
Permanent.
Literally, not just expendable stats that last a few minutes and then disappear, but stats that continue to become the player’s lifeblood, like the 5 stat points earned by leveling up.
Well, technically, it’s only a one-time stat boost, and as a pill, it’s limited to one per player, but considering how hard it is to level up, that’s no small feat.
Own personal stats.
In other words, if there is an element of a means to enhance oneself, how much coin will people spend on it?
Next to honey, royal jelly would make it possible to sweep the coins off the exchange with a rake!
But the miracle of royal jelly didn’t end there.
[You have successfully completed the requirements for the opening of the Class Specialization, Bee Crafting Enthusiast -> Craft a bee-related craft with a permanent stat boost].
* Bee Processed Product Lover: You are now free from the restriction of permanent stat boosts only for bee-crafted items (6-hour cooldown for each crafted item).
A new class specialization for the Bee Guardian, Bee Processed Product Lover, was gained from this experience.
As soon as Sung-hyuk saw the words, he didn’t hesitate to take the Rubigem Royal Jelly Pill in his hand and bring it to his mouth.
*Gulp.*
[This is your first ingestion experience. Permanently increase your durability by 1. 1/1]
The effect of the options, is delivered with a sour and tangy taste.
But that’s not the end of the notification sounds Sung-hyuk hears.
[Bee Guardian’s class specialization, Bee Processed Product Lover, is triggered].
[Guardian’s Rubigem Royal Jelly Pill (★★) is freed from the restriction of permanent stat increases. 0 / 1 6 hours remaining]
“Ha, hahaha…..”
The discovery of a way to permanently increase stats beyond leveling up, with literally only a limited cooldown.
On this day, Sung-hyuk felt like praising himself from the bottom of his heart for pursuing a passion for bees.