Loop Mob – A Mob’s Interdimensional Travel Caught in a Loop

Chapter 55: Birthday Present

Today, just like any other day, I flew into the dungeon in the middle of the night. I, too, suspect that the root cause of the loop is in the royal capital, so I’ve been discreetly gathering information here and there. However, infiltrating the Noble Academy, a crucial location where only the children of nobles gather—essentially a gathering of VIPs—is not an easy task. I don’t want to get caught. Therefore, I’ve been popping into the Adventurer’s Guild, the Commercial Guild, trying to casually gather information, but it’s been fruitless. Even adventurers become tight-lipped as their rank rises, and the lower ranks simply don’t know much. Merchants, in reality, value trust and information more than the actual goods. So, I couldn’t grasp the internal situation at all. In that aspect, the “Tower” from the previous loop would have been much better. If I had delved deeper back then and gathered information about the academy and nobles, it might have been helpful.

Wandering aimlessly and back to the dungeon, I’ve come all this way on an expedition, so I want to collect noteworthy materials. Perhaps they might transform into excellent enchantment materials. Even if they are decent on their own, some materials may become extraordinary when concentrated. Additionally, I want items suitable for concentrated enchantment. With such thoughts, there’s no end to how many rounds of dungeons I have been through.

Especially for me now, I absolutely need items suitable for enchantment. After all, Urrica’s birthday is approaching. Last year, I brushed it off with a cake, but since we’re technically engaged, I need to prepare a proper gift. I am a man too. I can’t keep running away as a coward forever. Even though I’m younger, in situations like these, a man needs to step up. I’ve been studying alchemy for many years; I want to surprise Urrica. I want her to be pleased. In that case, I want to enchant a rare item with a significant amount of magical essence. That means attacking high-difficulty dungeons and defeating rare monsters. The actual defeat is not that difficult. I have both magical tools and Max equipment. But what should I aim for? When it comes to weapons Urrica uses, is it a knife? A bow? No, for now, it would probably be a robe focusing on defense. However, even if the item is good, isn’t the design important for girls? Should I go for a talisman that doesn’t interfere with appearance?

After thinking about various options, I decided to go with gemstones for now. Since I’m the son of a merchant, I have some confidence in taste, but everyone has their own preferences. Even though I say gemstones, it’s not about regular mining; it’s about dragons that drop gem-quality magic stones. There are various dungeons around with several dragons sitting as bosses. I’m going to hunt them.

Since I don’t know which color or type of stone she prefers, I’ll go for all types and run through several dungeons. Even if they are the same magic stones, the colors and shapes are subtly different each time. Occasionally, rare drops happen too. This is why I can’t stop attacking dungeons.

However, the special magic stones dropped by dragons have excellent effects from the start. I can’t enchant inferior materials and nullify them. So, this is when the Magic Stone +Max comes into play.

The Magic Stone +Max, as soon as it’s overfilled and etherized, recrystallizes as Magic Stone +Max again. However, superior magic stones can absorb it properly. This is the same for enchanting other materials. Once you concentrate it to a certain level, evolution stops at a certain stage, and ether no longer goes in. Still, with higher-level materials, enchantment evolution can continue.

Certainly, hunting a mountain of higher-tier magic stones and applying Max enchantment between them would be the best, but the better the material, the more required before reaching Max. It feels like it will never end no matter how many years pass. Therefore, I concentrate on applying Max to the magic stones created from a massive number of slime cores, pushing it to the limit.

As a result, each magic stone could be processed up to +1. It seems to be the limit for slimes. However, it consumed an enormous amount of Magic Stone Max to reach +1, and the storage capacity of magical essence increased surprisingly.

For example,

– Blaze Dragon Ruby
→ Fire attribute, weight 0.3, contains MP 1,000, fire attribute added, flame immunity

This became,

– Blaze Dragon Ruby +1
→ Fire attribute, weight 0.3, contains MP 1,500,000, fire attribute added, flame immunity, double attack power, double POW

It turned out like this. Oh, the effects have increased a bit, haven’t they? By the way, the double physical attack power and double POW are not offset; they both remain as they are. For magical skills, the effect is doubled, and for physical attacks, it’s double the attack power of the weapon + POW, with an additional POW added again. Also, the contained MP is incredible, and approximately 10 times can be stored. I enchanted over 1,000 Magic Stone Max, but something incredible was created.

Secretly from Urrica, in the workshop near the slime dungeon, I repeated the process and synthesized five each of Blaze Dragon Ruby, Frost Dragon Sapphire, Storm Dragon Emerald, and Grand Dragon Topaz. It was tough, but with at least five, I can make rings, necklaces, earrings, etc. Perhaps she is wind attribute, and her eye color is green. The main one would probably be the emerald.

One thing about Urrica that bothers me. Even when I appraise her, I can’t see her stats. Is it because of the different race, or is it because she has a higher level? Knowing it might be impolite, I asked her,
“Hehe, it’s a secret.”
She said. Maidens are more attractive when they have secrets, she added. My current level is almost 200. I’m soloing through higher-level dungeons, and even if I appraise the adventurers around me at the Adventurer’s Guild, there’s no adventurer like me. I wonder what level she is.

Anyway, it’s ready for her birthday. Now, I just need to bake a cake at the viscount’s mansion and prepare for the day.