Leveling Up By Surviving Alone - L.U.B.S.A Chapter 48

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The smooth blade of the Jawsbar reflected the sunlight.

The chicks’ eyes sparkled as they saw it.

Peep…

It seemed their instinct as birds was drawn to shiny objects.

When the blade came down, the massive basalt split with a sharp crack.

Peep peep!!

The sight must have looked incredibly cool to the chicks.

Kim Kkokko, watching this, scoffed at their childishness but couldn’t help feeling proud of Ji Yeonwoo.

Just a few weeks ago, Ji Yeonwoo had been as fragile as a leaf in the wind, but now he was strong enough to split a large rock in one go.

The Watcher felt the same.

Not long ago, Ji Yeonwoo had nearly died from a sea serpent’s bite or a bull shark’s attack, but now he was capable of splitting such a massive rock.

However, the Watcher’s feelings were slightly different from Kim Kkokko’s.

While Kim Kkokko looked at Ji Yeonwoo with pride,

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– The Watcher says they feel greatly relieved watching you.

“Huh? Why are you relieved?”

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– They say it’s because they were worried about what would happen if you died.

“Hehe. I’ll make sure that doesn’t happen.”

Ji Yeonwoo continued his work.

He split the rock into two pieces and roughly shaped them into circles using the saw.

He made the bottom piece larger and the top piece about half its size.

Now came the most important part.

Making the bottom piece convex and the top piece concave, so they fit together perfectly, required incredible precision.

‘I thought about cutting them in half with the saw to make them fit…’

But considering that they needed to be shaped circularly to rotate smoothly, it seemed like more trouble than it was worth.

It would be much easier to carve them.

“Hehe… I actually won an award for wood carving in middle school!”

It’s called wood carving in fancy terms, and Ji Yeonwoo had won the top prize in his middle school art class for it.

He had carved a cat out of wood, modeled after a unique cat his childhood friend Jeong Manduk used to own.

A beautiful cat with a silver base and white stripes.

He remembered naming the piece after the cat, calling it “Jeong Yaong.”

And now, Ji Yeonwoo planned to channel that same craftsmanship to make the millstone.

He didn’t have a carving knife, but he had a multi-tool knife.

Made from the jawbone of a bull shark, which was harder than the tungsten steel of his hunting knife, it seemed capable of carving basalt like wood.

If the blade got too thin and damaged, he could just refresh it and continue.

And so, Ji Yeonwoo began carving the basalt.

Swish swish. Stone chips flew around, and the grating sound was unpleasant, but the basalt steadily took the shape Ji Yeonwoo desired.

Soon, the convex bottom stone and the concave top stone were complete.

He shaped the edge of the bottom stone like a bowl to prevent spillage, and made the top stone smaller, with a hole slightly off-center for the ingredients.

When placed together, they fit perfectly.

When he forced them to rotate, they turned heavily with a grinding sound.

Now it was time to carve the hole through the center.

He made a hole in the center of the top stone and carved a matching hole halfway through the bottom stone.

Though he did it by feel, it surprisingly fit well.

Now it was time to insert the central axis.

He had prepared a bamboo stalk about the thickness of a child’s wrist for this purpose.

He inserted it,

And tried rotating it.

Squeak squeak.

It didn’t fit perfectly, but the top stone began to rotate smoothly around the bamboo.

The millstone was complete.

Except for one thing.

“What the…?”

The handle. Or rather, the lack of one.

Ji Yeonwoo transformed the multi-tool knife into a harpoon shape and stabbed it firmly into the top stone.

Crack! The harpoon-shaped multi-tool knife became the handle for this “ridiculous” millstone.

He tried rotating it.

Squeak. Squeak. Squeak.

The stones ground against each other and didn’t rotate smoothly, but that was fine. It meant the ingredients would be ground well.

“Is it done?”

Just then,

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– This object can become one of your registered cafts.

– Would you like to register it as your creation?

“Hehehe.”

Ji Yeonwoo’s lips curled into a smile.

He had expected this, given the effort he’d put into it.

“Of course.”

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– Please name it.

“Combat Millstone?”

If no fun name came to mind, adding “combat” was the way to go. Better than ending up with something random like “Jawsbar” popping into his head.

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– Combat Millstone (F) has been registered as your creation.

– This object can hold one wish.

– Would you like to use your profession skill, “Wish Granting”?

“Of course!”

He was curious.

What wish would be registered?

He hadn’t had any particular wish in mind while making it, so he was even more curious.

Would it reflect the wish he had while carving it?

Or would some strange unconscious desire manifest as an oddball wish?

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– The Combat Millstone will automatically rotate after being turned 10 times and will continue rotating unless deliberately stopped. It consumes a certain amount of mana while rotating.

– The Combat Millstone’s grade has risen to E.

“Ooooh…!”

This time, the wish aligned perfectly with what he wanted.

Who would have time to keep turning this thing?

Ji Yeonwoo immediately tried rotating the millstone.

After turning it about 10 times with some resistance, he let go,

Squeak squeak squeak.

“Ooooh!”

It began rotating on its own.

The millstone maintained the speed Ji Yeonwoo had set and started rotating automatically!

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– The Watcher is amazed by your actions.

– They say this is practically magic and ask what skill you used to achieve this.

Kkok, kkok…?

Kim Kkokko felt the same.

Despite Ji Yeonwoo letting go, the millstone continued to rotate on its own, leaving the ancient bird in shock.

Though Kim Kkokko didn’t realize it, moments like this made her look up to the young ape.

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– Kim Kkokko’s loyalty has increased by 1.

– Kim Kkokko’s loyalty: 3

“…Huh?”

Only Ji Yeonwoo noticed.

Though he didn’t understand the mechanism behind Kim Kkokko’s loyalty increasing.

And most of all, the sparkling gazes warmed the back of his head.

Peep peep peep…

The five chicks behind him were fixated on the magical millstone that rotated on its own.

At their age, everything was fascinating. Watching a massive rock transform into something mysterious and then rotate automatically was an obvious source of wonder.

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– @#%@’s Chick 1’s loyalty has increased by 20.

– @#%@’s Chick 2’s loyalty has increased by 20.

– @#%@’s Chick 3’s loyalty has increased by 20.

– @#%@’s Chick 4’s loyalty has increased by 20.

– @#%@’s Chick 5’s loyalty has increased by 20.

“Haha. Happy, aren’t you?”

Of course, hearing this in real-time made Ji Yeonwoo incredibly proud.

And he thought,

“I’ll give you all names soon.”

Peep peep!

Peep!!

As the chicks hopped around in response, Ji Yeonwoo gathered the ingredients.

He had chosen magic bamboo shoots, rift sea bream, rift grouper belly, and dried kelp pieces.

He mixed them in the right proportions, chopped them, and lightly pre-mixed them. He didn’t forget to add potato starch to help it stick together. Once done, Ji Yeonwoo poured the mixture into the still-rotating millstone.

Squeak squeak squeak.

The ingredients were crushed as they rotated.

They were ground down and flowed along the convex surface of the bottom stone.

By the time all the ingredients were added, the paste began to pool in the bowl-like bottom.

The resulting paste had a consistency slightly firmer than soft tofu.

Ji Yeonwoo spread it out on a flat stone. It was midday, the warmest time, and the intense sunlight quickly dried the paste.

Time passed, and evening came.

The paste had dried flat.

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The result was a 2-meter square.

Touching it, it felt crumbly, like a cracker.

Ji Yeonwoo cut it into small pieces.

He could have cut them larger to finish faster, but considering the chicks’ small beaks, that wouldn’t do. He carefully cut them into pieces slightly larger than a grain of rice.

By the time he finished, night had fully fallen.

The sun had set, the moon had risen, and the stars began to twinkle.

The edge of the sea, which had only reflected the sky, now underwent a beautiful transformation.

The colorful light orbs emitted by the fry.

They spread out like a galaxy, shimmering with the waves, creating an illusion that this world wasn’t real.

‘Well, it is another world.’

Thud!

Ji Yeonwoo stopped cutting.

The 2-meter square of paste had turned into a mountain of food pieces.

Firm enough to hold their shape, yet easy to eat, each piece was about the size of three grains of rice!

Ji Yeonwoo’s special baby food was complete.

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– This ingredient has an effect.

– Would you like to use your profession skill, “Effect Manifestation”?

“Hehehe. Of course!”

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[Ji Yeonwoo’s Special Feed]

– When consumed by a young target, it accelerates growth speed by 100% for 3 hours.

Ji Yeonwoo smiled at the satisfying effect, but his lips soon drooped.

“…It’s not feed, is it?”

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