Chapter 343: Extra – Still the Earth Goes On (2) (1/2)
Extra Chapter 2 – Still the Earth Goes On (2)
It was an early summer afternoon with a clear sky in Hong Kong’s famous A-rank continuous gate, Ice House Garden. Kang Shin-hyuk had been sitting down at a stand.
“Kaah!”
[Heavy! Heavy!]
The baby dragon was carrying his child and flying in the sky. In all actuality, he didn’t have much power yet, so he was floating at the height of one meter rather than flying in the sky, but Ian was having fun.
“Higher, higher!”
[Heavy! Pig! Can’t fly anymore!]
“Ian’s not a pig, nor is he heavy!”
“Hey, look over there.”
“What? Magic tool? Is that a monster?”
“It’s with a child?”
The kids were playing and making noise, so it was unavoidable the superhumans waiting to enter the gate noticed them.
“It’s the guest zone.”
“Selling cocktails? Go into the dungeon with a cocktail that has a buff effect!”
Vita, dressed as a waitress, shouted in a lively voice to pull the customers’ attention to her. For reference, Kang Shin-hyuk wore a waiter’s outfit as well.
“Uh, what? Isn’t that Kang Shin-hyuk?”
“Puppeteer? Why is the Puppeteer at an A-rank gate? Ooh, there’s the Alchemist too?”
Kang Shin-hyuk and Vita were eye-catching, but today’s main sight was the Bartender. People soon discovered Claire’s presence at the stand with a shaker. It was no exaggeration to say they were the hottest couple in the world, so interest in them gathered.
“What the hell is going on? Are you experimenting with potions?”
“I heard that the Alchemist opened a bar in Seoul before.”
“If you can drink a cocktail made by the Alchemist, I don’t care! One Black Russian!”
Before long, one of the braver superhumans approached and ordered a cocktail. However, Kang Shin-hyuk smiled and shook his head.
“If we were thinking of selling regular cocktails, we wouldn’t do business here. What we’re selling here is a cocktail specifically tailored to the nature of the gate you’re going into.”
“It fits the gate…?”
“Yes. The cocktail name is… Honey, what did you say?”
He already knew, but it was on purpose. Today, Claire, who maintained the silent concept, shook the shaker politely and poured a fiery blue liquid into the glass before speaking.
“The Frozen Heart. $50,000 per cup.”
“Have you heard?”
“50,000?! No, but okay!”
$50,000 for a cocktail was a scam that wasn’t worth thinking about. Most of all, the man and the other superhumans who flocked to this neighborhood were trying to enter an A-rank dungeon so they could pay the price without difficulty.
“Oh, what is this? Drinking it is very strange… Is this fire? Should I drink it?”
“Just drink up.”
The man who paid the 50,000 dollars coolly took a quick sip of the blue flamed cocktail. Immediately after, a message window appeared before his eyes to inform him of the change of condition.
“No, what is this… is it true? Then… hey! Everyone come here!”
He immediately yelled for his party members.”
“Come and drink one! Come quick!”
“No, I hate alcohol…”
“Shut up and drink!”
The man immediately paid $250,000 for his party members and ordered five more. Claire skillfully prepared five servings of the cocktail, as if it were expected. Again, today’s Claire went for the silent concept, so Vita handed over the cocktails to their guests with a smile.
“Ooh, thank you.”
“Can I really drink this?”
“It was made by the Alchemist, so you have to drink it even if it’s poison.”
The man’s party members drank them at once, and then a similar appearance was repeated. Barely freed from the hectic flood of messages, they bowed their heads to Claire and ran toward the gate. Vita opened her mouth as she watched them run as if they were on fire.
“It lasts for eight hours, so they don’t need to rush like that.”
“Because this gate is a place they can hunt for a few days inside, I guess they want all they can get.”
The Ice House Garden was an area with monsters and traps that used extreme cold. The Frozen Heart, developed by Claire, gave high resistance to cold temperatures for a certain period of time and even increased attack and defense power in cold regions. Those who drank it were probably 1.5 times stronger when they were in the Ice Garden.
“What, why are they doing that?”
“Wait a minute. Did they change after drinking that? It looks like it’s not an ordinary potion.”
“If it were, it wouldn’t hurt… Huh?’
“Custom-made?”
The superhumans, realizing what had happened, ran to the stand. Surprised by the crowd rushing forward, the baby dragon flapped his wings and quickly moved back.
“Give me one drink!”
“Everyone in the party, so eight people, 400,000 dollars, right?”
However, despite the numerous requests, Claire held her index finger up.
“$100,000 per cup.”
“Yes? Previously, those people paid 50,000 per cup…”
“Eight glasses cost 800,000 dollars! Here you go!”
Next to the man who dumbly questioned the price jumping up, another superhuman quickly grasped the situation and handed over his card. Kang Shin-hyuk took it quickly, and Claire made eight cocktails.
“Hey, how is this…!”
“Quick, let’s get in!”
Those who drank the cocktail showed a more intense reaction than the previous party and threw themselves into the gate.
“What the hell? 100,000 is okay, so give me a drink!”
“$150,000 per cup.”
“Ah.”