Chapter 48: Stenographer's Typing Speed
Comments expressing disappointment, promoting his own novels, or using raw curses. After that, comments from rather scary concept users lined up.
After checking the comments, Seo Juhwan muttered in disgust.
"W-was the notice not posted?"
If readers had seen the notice, there would be no reason for them to react this way. It was strange. Soon understanding the situation, he grabbed his forehead as if it was troublesome.
"Damn website error."
This sometimes happens when serializing. A situation where text is registered but doesn't post due to a website error. It seemed an error occurred right when he posted the notice.
Already quite late, Seo Juhwan quickly posted a notice now. Since this was a work aiming for monetization, having a bad reputation set would be disastrous. No matter how entertaining the writing was, if public sentiment turned, a fifty percent drop in reader retention was laughable.
After posting the notice, a different thought occurred to him belatedly.
"...I'm really grateful."
Seo Juhwan scratched the corner of his eye awkwardly for no one watching. Was this also because of the absence of misfortune? In his past life, he had written several works, but this was the first time receiving such attention. He had thought his writing skill was barely enough to earn a living, but maybe he had more talent than he thought.
"Should I write right now?"
Seo Juhwan began stretching, extending and rotating his wrists. Seeing his readers' reactions waiting for his writing, a sense of pride as a writer welled up. At the same time, he felt strongly that he should repay them.
Then Lucy spoke to him.
[Master, I recommend using Desire Points before writing.]
"Oh, right. Can I upgrade to B-rank now?"
[Yes. And becoming level 2 allows you to do skill draws.]
"Hmm. How much LP do I have left?"
[55,100 LP.]
"That's quite a bit. Or is it not really that much?"
The number seemed quite large at first glance, but when he thought about the costs needed for rank increases, items, and skill purchase costs, his thoughts changed.
Especially with something like 'Blessing of Focus,' the LP consumed per minute was 10. An hour would be 600 LP, so an hour a day for a month would be 18,000 LP. Truly a point-eating hippopotamus like no other.
'I need to save diligently.'
The fortunate thing was that the sources of LP acquisition were very wide-ranging, including Desire Quests, achievement completion, fetish collection, and sex fantasy collection. For now, it seemed okay to use generously.
"What should I do first?"
[Since you've reached level 2, I recommend doing a skill draw first.]
Skill draws can only be purchased once per level. For reference, the price increases with the level and is quite expensive.
Seo Juhwan purchased the skill draw.
Ding!
[20,000 LP is used to purchase a skill draw.]
[Skill, Holy Seed Pouch acquired.]
"Holy Seed Pouch? Is it a set skill?"
It had a similar name to the Holy Touch he already had.
[Holy Seed Pouch (F)]
▶ Effect 1: Vitality increases very slightly.
▶ Effect 2: Semen becomes very slightly sweeter.
"Ah... it won't be useful right now."
Seo Juhwan's face colored with disappointment.
Vitality enhancement was not a concern at all since he had the Dream Demon God's blessing. And the second effect... he had no idea what it was for. What was he supposed to do with sweeter semen?
"Let me upgrade talents."
[Which talent would you like to upgrade?]
His current talents were four in total: writing, gaming, and education, which were his original talents, plus boxing talent obtained from Jeong Sora.
"Of course writing. I'll upgrade the others later."
Nothing else was immediately necessary.
[Using 3,000 LP, the Writing (C+) talent rank increases.]
[Writing talent has risen to B, allowing you to unlock a special ability.]
He blinked at the unfamiliar term and spoke.
"Special ability?"
[It's an ability that unlocks when talent reaches B rank. For reference, the ability is given randomly and costs 10,000 LP.]
"...You give as much as you take."
As diverse as the sources of LP acquisition were, the uses were equally diverse.
Seo Juhwan hesitated briefly but ultimately decided to purchase the special ability. He could acquire LP again somehow.
[Using 10,000 LP, purchase a random special ability for the Writing talent.]
[Special ability, 'Stenographer's Typing Speed' has been acquired.]
[Stenographer's Typing Speed]
▶ Effect 1: Can type at an average speed of 800 characters per minute without errors.
▶ Effect 2: When using a stenographer-exclusive keyboard, can type at an average speed of 1,200 characters per minute without errors.
※ Cannot use words you don't know.
"W-wow!"
A scream-like exclamation burst from Seo Juhwan's mouth. The sound was so loud that startled Seo Juhui and his mother opened the door to check.
He sent the two shocked people away and barely calmed himself. Then he read the special ability's effect one more time. His mouth fell open as he read.
"Ehehe. This is insane. I won't have to rush with serialization deadlines anymore."
A typical web novel chapter is usually at least 5,000 characters with spaces and averages around 5,500 characters. If the amount is large, it sometimes exceeds 6,000 characters.
But 800 characters per minute? Even better, 1,200 is possible with a stenographer keyboard. His writing speed would definitely become incredibly fast.
"Lucy, I'll use the blessing for an hour."
[600 LP will be used.]
[Blessing of Focus (1 hour) is applied.]
As the blessing applied, he felt his concentration and thinking ability increase in his body. His mind spun rapidly and the needed sentences came to mind.
Seo Juhwan smiled broadly and placed his ten fingers on the keyboard. His fingers tingled with excitement to use the new ability.
Tap tap tap! Clack! Tap tap tap tap!
Seo Juhwan's ten fingers danced across the keyboard.
*
10 LP consumed per minute. 600 LP per hour.
It was somewhat burdensome to use every time he wrote. However, Seo Juhwan didn't find the LP wasteful at all. Using 'Blessing of Focus,' stray thoughts disappeared and he could focus entirely on writing. Being able to focus completely on one task was a much greater benefit than expected.
He lost track of time and immersed himself in writing.
Ding!
[00 : 00 . 00]
[Blessing of Focus effect disappears.]
"Phew...!"
An exclamation leaked from his mouth as he woke from the focused state. The blessing brought him increased concentration and thinking ability, but simultaneously consumed a lot of stamina.
"Let me see. About one chapter per hour?"
Before the special ability, it was one chapter per two hours, so the speed had doubled. But it wasn't as fast as he had hoped.
Seo Juhwan nodded in acceptance of the result while smacking his lips slightly in disappointment.
"Well, if I want more, that's just greed."
This speed was created by the synergy between 'Stenographer's Keyboard' and 'Blessing of Focus.'
In fact, writing is less about the time spent typing and more overwhelmingly about the time spent planning the story with settings and plots.
Even when writing as if possessed, if the story development seems off, it needs correction, and if the desired sentence doesn't come to mind, you have to think for a long time. When that rare inspiration strikes, you can write in a trance-like state, but usually, fast typing doesn't dramatically increase overall writing speed.
"This is enough."
Seo Juhwan set aside his disappointment and lifted the corners of his mouth with a smile.
Being able to write one chapter per hour alone was an insane speed. Other writers would be shocked saying it's impossible if they knew.
"Should I write again?"
Seo Juhwan placed his hands on the keyboard again.
Only an hour had passed at this point. There was still plenty of time to write.
Today's goal was five chapters total.
He was planning to gift his readers who had waited indefinitely with consistent updates.
[2,400 LP is used.]
[Blessing of Focus (4 hours) is applied.]
Seo Juhwan's fingers began flying across the keyboard again.
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