The magic tools possessed by monsters are called “Magu.”
Of course, just because a monster possesses an item doesn’t mean that all of them are magic tools.
Among the boss-level monsters, it was rare to find an individual with a magic tool.
Occasionally, there were ones who held relics they somehow acquired, but…
These items were contaminated with the monster’s magical power and could not be used.
Of course, if the contaminated magical power were “purified,” the item could be used, but there was a high risk that the abilities of the magic tool might disappear during the purification process, making it a very delicate task.
Literally, it was “hit or miss.”
If the ability remained after purification, it would be a stroke of luck, but otherwise, it would be discarded.
Since even the purification process was not easy, most items ended up being discarded without purification.
However…
[Curse Doll of Room 406]
[Grade: Rare]
A bear doll containing the fear of a girl who achieved enlightenment. It weakens the opponent’s magical power.
The bear doll that Jeanne purified retained its abilities intact.
It might have been a lucky coincidence, but surprisingly, it wasn’t.
“Jeanne, is it possible to purify a magic tool and leave its abilities intact?”
“I’ll have to try more, but I think it’s possible.”
“That’s amazing.”
I genuinely admired her.
“Is this what they call ‘divine power’?”
I knew divine power was a special kind of force, but its range of use was beyond imagination.
“Jeanne, you’re truly incredible.”
Vanessa also praised Jeanne.
Embarrassed by the continuous compliments, Jeanne’s face turned shy and red.
But it was still too early for a celebration.
“Let’s find more magic tools and check them.”
“Okay.”
We began searching nearby gates for monsters with magic tools.
Since there weren’t many hunters who brought out magic tools from gates, it was not something we could easily find in the market.
After about 30 minutes of wandering around the gates…
“Keek!”
“Finally, one has appeared.”
An ‘Orc Shaman’ holding a staff appeared.
“Keek! Ik!”
The shaman was surrounded by dozens of orc warriors, guarding him tightly.
Of course, it didn’t matter whether there was a guard or not.
“Gr?”
A black shadow passed through the orc warriors like water.
Swish.
The Orc Shaman’s arm was severed.
Before long, Vanessa returned, holding the Orc Shaman’s staff.
“Good job.”
“With Vanessa here, things are easy.”
Vanessa smiled silently.
Then Jeanne began purifying the staff with her purification magic.
I examined the staff with the excitement of scratching a lottery ticket.
And then…
[Orc Shaman’s Staff]
[Grade: Normal]
It makes it easier to control magical power.
“Oh.”
“Is it done?”
“It’s done! The ability is still intact.”
I blinked my eyes as I confirmed that the abilities remained in the staff.
“That’s a relief.”
“Congratulations, good work.”
Both Jeanne and Vanessa’s expressions brightened.
After that, we continued to gather magic tools by going around the gates.
However, their attitudes were strangely very enthusiastic.
Whoosh!
The monsters melted under the light.
Crunch.
They were sliced by scissors.
“Good work.”
“Well done.”
“Jeosun, it’s purified.”
“Jeanne did well too.”
Thanks to the unusually enthusiastic duo, the task of collecting magic tools proceeded incredibly quickly.
In just two hours, we had obtained more than a dozen magic tools.
“Shall we go collect more magic tools tomorrow?”
“I’m good with that.”
Could it be that monster hunting was enjoyable?
“I guess we’ll have to visit the gates more often.”
Their proactive attitude was nice to see, but it was enough for now.
“We’ve gathered quite a few magic tools, so I think we’re good for a while.”
At a corner of the pawnshop, there were more than ten magic tools piled up.
The results, of course, were incredible.
[Orc Great Warrior’s Long Sword]
[Grade: Normal]
[Minotaur’s Axe]
[Grade: Rare]
[Dark Specter’s Orb]
[Grade: Rare]
As Jeanne purified each one, the magic tools revealed their abilities.
The preservation of abilities, which should have been a gamble, was achieved 100%.
It was like scratching a lottery ticket with no “losers.”
Of course, there was a limit to this.
Purifying a single magic tool consumed a considerable amount of divine power.
“Normal-grade items are fine in any quantity, but for rare-grade items, purification takes quite a bit of divine power.”
“How many do you think you could purify in a day?”
“I’m not sure; it depends on the item, but I think up to five should be fine.”
Then I should only do three.
I had no intention of purifying the harness by overworking Jeanne.
Jeanne came first before money.
Vanessa also had a hard time retrieving the harness from the anomaly.
Anyway.
“You won’t have to worry about money anymore.”
Selling purified harnesses would surely bring in an enormous amount of money.
Even selling just three rare-grade harnesses could easily fetch hundreds of millions of won.
“I’m glad I could be of help.”
Jeanne smiled brightly, pleased to be useful.
She really was a lucky charm.
“Let’s go out today and eat whatever you two want.”
“Is that okay?”
“Of course.”
No matter what they ordered, it wouldn’t be that much.
Both Jeanne and Vanessa were light eaters.
I could tell they ate little to avoid burdening me.
But now that I suggested going out for a feast, they both looked excited.
“Let’s go. I actually looked up a good restaurant nearby for this.”
“A restaurant chosen by Eun-gong? I have high expectations.”
“You can expect great things.”
I put on my coat and got up.
Forget the harnesses—I’d think about them after having fun.
The next day, after eating and drinking to our heart’s content with them and even inviting Choi Seoyeon for bowling,
I arrived at the headquarters of Dawn’s Constellation in Seocho-dong to sell the harnesses.
After calling from the building lobby, Kim Hayun came running out moments later.
“You could’ve just contacted me. There was no need to come in person.”
“I have some items to show, and I didn’t want to take them out just anywhere.”
“In that case, please follow me.”
Kim Hayun led me down to the fourth basement floor via elevator.
It was a massive space, seemingly used to store gate byproducts.
“What do you want to show me?”
“These.”
I reached into my subspace backpack and pulled out the harnesses I had brought.
A cursed doll from Room 406, a Minotaur’s axe, an Orc Warlord’s longsword—one by one, the harnesses appeared.
Seeing them laid on the floor, Kim Hayun gave me a puzzled look.
“What is this?”
“They’re anomaly harnesses.”
“I can see that, but…”
“They’ve been purified.”
“Of…!”
Kim Hayun’s eyes widened.
“Don’t tell me you successfully preserved their abilities?”
“Yes.”
She looked at the harnesses with renewed astonishment.
She knew well how difficult it was to purify anomaly harnesses.
Dawn’s Constellation had attempted to purify them in the past.
But not only was ability preservation impossible, even purification itself was challenging, so they had given up on commercialization.
Even a 1-in-10 success rate was considered lucky.
It was the same everywhere, which was why no organization in the world was currently running a purification business.
Only the church occasionally attempted it.
And even they usually failed to preserve abilities.
Yet, Choi Jeosun had succeeded with five.
“Amazing… You really managed to do this…”
“Oh, this isn’t all.”
“Huh? There’s more?”
“Not at the moment, but from now on, I can purify all harnesses.”
“…What?”
Kim Hayun stared at Choi Jeosun, utterly confused.
What he said was beyond her comprehension.
“It’s exactly as I said. I can purify harnesses while preserving 100% of their abilities.”
“…!”
Kim Hayun’s eyes slowly widened in shock.
She was so stunned that she barely managed to stammer out a response.
“A-Are you saying you want to entrust this to us?”
“Yes, wasn’t it agreed that Dawn’s Constellation handles gate byproducts?”
We could have sold the harnesses directly at our store, but that would have caused too much disruption.
Trying to monopolize something like this would only lead to problems.
It was better to delegate it.
That would be more convenient for me too.
“Understood. Please wait a moment.”
With that, Kim Hayun dashed up the stairs, not even thinking to use the elevator.
Dawn’s Constellation was in chaos.
“He can purify harnesses?! Is that for real?”
“Yes, I saw it with my own eyes.”
“You’re absolutely sure?”
“Yes, I checked multiple times. We even had an appraiser confirm that the abilities remained intact.”
Ha Jin-woo asked again and again, unable to believe it.
Purifying harnesses?
That was an industry-shaking, impossible ability.
But it was real.
The harnesses they gave Choi Jeosun as a test had all returned fully purified the next day.
“…Unbelievable.”
Ha Jin-woo immediately called the guild master in the U.S.
He got scolded for calling at dawn, but once the guild master heard the reason, his attitude changed completely.
He even decided to cancel all his schedules and return immediately.
This was a game-changing event.
“Hah… Haha.”
Looking at the harnesses, Ha Jin-woo let out a stunned laugh.
This was a jackpot.