Transcendent Warrior with a Dimensional Shifting Inventory

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Asdel’s soldiers, who were facing the two-horned dire wolves, felt no fear.

They shot from a distance with crossbows,

When the distance was close, they ran in and stabbed with daggers,

And if they got hurt, they drank a recovery potion and went back into battle.

That’s how Asdel’s elite soldiers, using actual battles as training, grew into even stronger warriors.

Swaaa-

The wolves resisted, spewing out poisonous fog.

But it didn’t work on Asdel’s soldiers.

The green intermediate potions they had been supplied with had excellent detoxification effects and a long duration of effectiveness compared to the lower-grade potions.

＜Your subordinate soldiers have detoxified the poison with the supplied potions. 10 seconds of return time has been accumulated.＞

＜You have defeated a two-horned dire wolf. As a reward, 1 minute of return time has been accumulated.＞

＜Your subordinate soldiers have healed their wounds with the supplied potions. 10 seconds of return time has been accumulated.＞

＜You have defeated a two-horned dire wolf. As a reward, 1 minute of return time has been accumulated.＞

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Messages notifying him of the accumulation of return time appeared before Minhyuk’s eyes.

Tatatat-

Minhyuk also ran around the wasteland, killing the wolves with the Star Dagger.

Even while he was in the fortress, he had been receiving swordsmanship training from General Drake.

Minhyuk’s skills, not only as a commander but also as a warrior, continued to develop.

Puck-

Swish-

He cut again and again.

How much time passed?

The parched wasteland had been thoroughly soaked with the crimson blood of the wolves.

Thud-

And as Minhyuk’s dagger struck, the last remaining wolf collapsed.

The subjugation of the wolf habitat was complete.

＜Remaining Return Time: 4 days, 05 hours, 10 minutes, 30 seconds＞

The current time in the real world was 6 AM on Monday,

and he had accumulated enough return time to stay until Friday morning.

And apart from the return time, there was something else he needed to take care of.

Inside the body of the Twin-horned Direwolf was a small, low-grade magic crystal.

If you kill a monster and leave the magic crystal for a long time, it will automatically disappear.

Large, highly concentrated magic crystals will remain intact for dozens of days or more, but small, low-concentration crystals will disappear in just a day or two.

However, Minhyuk had a way to preserve the small magic crystals.

‘I can just put them in the refrigerator.’

Minhyuk instructed the soldiers to extract the magic crystals from the wolves’ bodies and bring them to him.

Soon, magic crystals the size of fists were piled up at Minhyuk’s feet.

“Inventory.”

Poof-

Minhyuk filled the refrigerator with the magic crystals.

“Return.”

Poof-

With a blinding flash, he returned to his studio room.

Opening the refrigerator door, he saw rows of canned ham.

He took them all out and stacked them to one side.

This way, he could store the magic crystals by turning them into canned ham.

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In particular, canned ham was a representative food item that could be stored for a long time.

“Return.”

Poof-

Minhyuk traveled back and forth between his studio room and the wasteland, turning all the magic crystals into canned ham.

The Giant Duck also had a magic crystal, but it was too large to fit in the refrigerator.

Anyway, the casualties among the soldiers in this battle were minimal.

There was no need to go back to the fortress and reorganize the troops.

He would take advantage of the momentum and subjugate the cave vampire bat habitat.

“Commander! Someone’s coming this way!”

An officer who had been scanning the vicinity with binoculars reported to Minhyuk.

He looked in the direction the officer was pointing, and saw someone riding a horse.

Someone on horseback outside the territory of Gaho.

It was an unusual sight.

However, upon closer inspection, it wasn’t an ordinary horse.

＜A Dragon Horse has been discovered. You can earn 30 seconds of Return Time by defeating the Dragon Horse.＞

The soldiers aimed their crossbows at the Dragon Horse.

“Don’t shoot!”

Rin waved a white cloth in her hand.

It was the scarf her grandmother had wrapped around her neck.

Instead of a white flag, she waved the scarf to indicate her intent to surrender.

Rin’s eyes met the red-haired man’s.

As a warrior, she could tell intuitively.

‘He’s strong!’

Moreover, unlike the other soldiers, the red-haired man wore extraordinary armor.

‘He must be the leader.’

Rin stopped her horse and shouted to Minhyuk.

“My name is Rin from Melbeck! I am the daughter of General Melbeck.”

Minhyuk asked her.

“Why did you come all the way from Melbeck?”

“I have a letter that I must deliver to General Drake. Is the general at Tamrin Fortress?”

General Drake was defending Tamrin Fortress with the remaining troops.

However, he could not reveal this fact to her without properly verifying her identity.

“How did you know that we had recaptured Tamrin Fortress? It’s suspicious.”

“Everything is written in the letter! I must deliver the letter to General Drake!”

“I cannot let a suspicious person meet the general. So hand over the letter to me. I will deliver it to the general.”

Minhyuk was right, but Rin could not hand over the letter.

The letter was also very important to her for another reason.

She and her grandmother had never met General Drake in person.

The letter was the only thing that could prove that they were the family of Tarman, a friend of the general.

She could not carelessly entrust such a lifeline to someone else.

“Please! Let me meet General Drake in person!”

As she pleaded earnestly, a message appeared before Minhyuk’s eyes.

＜A woman from Melbeck has requested your help. Safely escort her to Tamrin Fortress, where General Drake is located.＞

＜Upon success, you will be rewarded with 10 minutes of Return Time.＞

In the past, 10 minutes of Return Time would have made his mouth water.

But not anymore.

Still, the fact that such a message had appeared was not something to be overlooked.

After bringing the princess to Asdel Fortress, Minhyuk’s life within the fortress had begun in earnest.

And after bringing Melbeck’s messenger to Asdel Fortress, he had begun to organize an expedition in earnest.

Allowing the woman before him to meet General Drake could be the beginning of a new event.

Hmm-

But it wouldn’t be fun if he simply granted her request.

“Alright. I will let you meet General Drake. But on one condition.”

“What are your terms?”

“Disarm yourself.”

She intended to take her weapons and armor.

In fact, what Minhyuk was after was her armor.

＜Blessed Traveler’s Armor＞

– Armor made with past techniques that are now obsolete

– Leather armor reinforced with steel

– Magic effects are imbued in the armor.

Protection barrier creation (flame)

Protection barrier creation (poison)

Self-repair

The materials used in the armor were nothing special, but the magic effects it granted were excellent.

A protection barrier that blocks poison and flames? It was impossible not to covet it.

However, he didn’t intend to outright steal her armor.

David’s teacher, Balin, had mentioned before that he had discovered a high-level magic disk that could copy magic effects in an ancient temple somewhere.

However, it was too large to take with him.

If Minhyuk could find it, he could copy the magic effects imbued in Lynn’s armor and infuse them into his own items.

Once the magic effects were copied, he would return the armor to her.

He didn’t know when that would be, though.

“I understand.”

Lynn obediently complied with Minhyuk’s demand.

She was entering a foreign fortress, so disarming herself wasn’t an unreasonable request.

Lynn handed her armor and weapons to the officer in charge of the armory.

Minhyuk called over a soldier.

“Hans.”

“Yes, Commander!”

He was the soldier who had placed first in the special forces selection.

He had also steadily gained merit by slaying a large number of monsters during the expedition.

Minhyuk looked at Lynn and her grandmother, then gave Hans his orders.

“Lead them safely to the fortress with 30 special forces.”

“Yes, Commander!”

It wasn’t that far from here to the fortress.

Furthermore, all the beasts that had been visible along the way had been eliminated.

Ten men would have been enough, but he assigned 30 just to be safe.

A small force including Hans escorted Lynn and her grandmother to the fortress.

Minhyuk led the main force to the entrance of the cave where the vampire bats dwelled, as per his original plan.

The soldiers drank the pink potion and entered the cave.

The cave was enormous.

Despite drinking the potion that allowed them to see clearly in the dark, the depths of the cave felt like an abyss.

Minhyuk led the soldiers and moved deep into the cave.

Flutter-

Bats flew in great numbers with the sound of flapping wings.

In fact, cave vampire bats weren’t that difficult to deal with if you had enough pink potions and ranged weapons.

They were bigger than normal bats, so it was easy to aim with a crossbow.

Thwack, thwack, thwack-

The bats couldn’t keep up with the crossbow bolts that the soldiers poured down like rain, and they fell to the bottom.

＜Cave vampire bat slain. 10 seconds of return time has been credited as a reward.＞

＜Cave vampire bat slain. 10 seconds of return time has been credited as a reward.＞

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As they were just small fry, the return time given as a reward was only 10 seconds per bat.

However, there were an incredible number of them.

After annihilating all the bats, the return time had increased considerably.

＜Return time in possession: 5 days, 14 hours, 50 minutes, 30 seconds.＞

Enough return time had been accumulated to stay in the real world until Saturday evening.

“Let’s go back!”

As he was leading the soldiers out of the cave, an officer ran up and reported to Minhyuk.

“Commander! We’ve found something strange inside!”

Minhyuk followed the officer’s guidance and went into the depths of the cave.

There, an artificial sculpture was erected.

It was so old that its shape was unclear.

Upon closer inspection, it seemed to be a carving of a woman.

A message popped up before Minhyuk’s eyes.

＜You have discovered the entrance to the ancient temple where the goddess Freya was enshrined.＞

＜Mystical ancient artifacts lie dormant within the ancient temple.＞

Oh-

He had discovered a treasure trove.

Could this be the place that Valen had mentioned?

The one with the superior magic storage disk.

If so, he would be able to copy the effects imbued in magic items from now on.

Just then, another message appeared before Minhyuk’s eyes.

＜Melbeck’s woman safely arrived at Tamrin Fortress under the guidance of your subordinate.＞

＜10 minutes of return time has been credited as a reward.＞

The soldiers who had left for the fortress had successfully completed their mission.

As expected, return time was credited even when his subordinate soldiers completed the mission instead.

However, he was troubled.

Should he return to the fortress for now and check the contents of the letter brought by Melbeck’s woman,

Or maybe explore the ancient temple first.

However,

Minhyuk made a third choice.

‘Let’s move first.’

He had accrued enough return time to stay in the real world for a whole week this time.

So he had to move, something he had always dreamt of.

Anyway, time in this world stops when he goes to the real world.

So there was no need to hurry.

He could decide whether to go to the fortress or explore the ancient temple after he finished moving and came back to this world.

“Return.”

Pop-

Along with a dazzling flash of light, Minhyuk returned to his Gosiwon room.

It was currently 6 AM.

He had to wait a bit for the real estate office to open.

‘Let’s look it up on the internet first.’

Minhyuk accessed the largest real estate site in Korea.

There were houses of various types listed on every webpage.

Apartments, officetels, villas, detached houses.

Large houses, small houses.

New constructions, old constructions.

Sales, deposits, monthly rent, short-term rent.

In fact, there were many times when he had looked up houses on real estate sites when he was depressed living in his Gosiwon room.

But back then, it was all just wishful thinking.

But not anymore.

He could have anything he wanted now.

Of course, he had to refrain from buying or depositing hundreds of millions of won right away so as not to catch the attention of the National Tax Service.

‘What should I get?’

It was a happy dilemma.

A smile spread across Minhyuk’s lips without him realizing it.

It was the most enjoyable shopping time he had ever had.