Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 17

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Episode 17

‘Where is this place?’

The world turned upside down along with the danger alert.

He was sure he had been looking at the creature management window.

Choi Hyun-min’s vision flickered for a moment, then he found himself in a completely different world.

Whoooosh-

An endlessly sprawling verdant grassland.

It was a vast plain without even a single low hill.

And beside him-

-Woo! Woo! Woo!

-That guy is coming!

-Master, my lord! Please save us!

There were Block Toys!

Not in their previous tiny size, but in a form similar to himself!

He had just upgraded them with his scientific advancement ability.

They were still heavily armed like Spartans.

‘Why are they all so confused?’

The strange thing was that ever since the danger message appeared, those guys had become completely terrified.

These were the same guys who hadn’t been intimidated at all when they went to the maze with just a wooden spear.

For some reason, even though nothing had appeared yet, they were in complete panic.

Eventually, Choi Hyun-min decided he needed to call someone he could communicate with.

“Hans!”

-M-Master!

Then a man came rushing out urgently from among the identical-looking toy soldiers.

Though he had grown in size, judging by the atmosphere he gave off, it was definitely Hans.

“What’s going on that you’re all so scared? And… where is this place anyway?”

As he spoke, he subtly observed the guy’s reaction.

Fortunately, unlike the other toys, he didn’t seem to have lost his mind.

‘This guy seems just as scared as the others though.’

Fortunately, Hans immediately provided an answer to his question.

-The Interrupter, the Interrupter is coming!

“Interrupter?”

Come to think of it, the Quest had mentioned something about the first Interrupter.

Was that someone’s name?

-Haven’t you seen him before, Master! It’s that very guy!

“I’ve seen him before? Who exactly…”

The toys were speaking incomprehensibly and seemed confused.

Choi Hyun-min tried to extract information from them but gave up.

Trumpeeet-!

A thunderous cry echoing from beyond the plain.

The moment he heard that powerful sound, exactly like an elephant, he had an intuition.

‘Don’t tell me this is… that mammoth?!’

Originally, the Block Toy that Choi Hyun-min cherished was made up of one species set.

A campfire.

Toy primitive humans standing beside him.

And…

Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud!

The adversary, the mammoth!

‘That guy is the first Interrupter?’

The mammoth approaching from afar, shaking the earth.

Even Choi Hyun-min was startled by its appearance.

And for good reason, its presence was overwhelming.

Despite being far away, its massive bulk was clearly visible.

He had been feeling confident about heavily arming the toys.

Trumpeeet!

But in front of that elephant-

No, that mammoth, they looked like ant soldiers holding toothpicks.

“Stop panicking and prepare for battle!”

-R-Right! The master is speaking, you guys! You can’t run away anyway!

When Choi Hyun-min gave the order, Hans added to it.

Then the guys hesitantly picked up their spears and shields.

They seemed to follow the command, but their faces were still filled with fear.

-It’s, it’s coming!

-Ugh… Can we win?

-We’ll lose… We’ll lose…

-Look at that size. We’ll just get crushed to death.

Really going to lose?

That couldn’t be.

In Choi Hyun-min’s mind, the memory of when he first bought those guys surfaced.

The sight of them fighting bravely with equipment much inferior to what they had now.

Their equipment had definitely gotten stronger and their numbers had increased since then.

‘We can win.’

But this was only Choi Hyun-min’s thinking.

The guys had already lost their fighting spirit.

-Ugh…

-L-Let’s fight for now…

Trumpeeet!

The mammoth approached right in front of them.

The moment it came close, one of them bravely stepped forward.

At that moment-

Thwack!

-Aaaahhh!

A powerful kick thrust forward.

With that single blow, one toy soldier went flying backward.

Overwhelming power!

Seeing him fly like a bird and crash into the ground, the remaining soldiers’ faces turned pale.

-N-No good!

-We have to run!

-We’re going to die, Captain! We’re going to die!

Trumpeeet!!!

The moment one fell helplessly.

From then on, it was just a matter of time.

Like cavalry gaining momentum, the mammoth pushed through between the soldiers.

It began rampaging in all directions with nothing to stop it.

-Aaaahhh!

-S-Save me…

-Can’t win! Can’t win!

When it kicked, one guy would go flying.

When it swung its long tusks, several would be launched into the air at once.

When it swings its long tusks, several people are sent flying into the air at once.

Even Choi Hyun-min, who was watching from a step away, felt his knees go weak.

‘This can’t be right. I was sure we had enough power to win.’

Wasn’t it already proven by history that people working together could take down a mammoth?

Just when the Primitive Humans were half knocked out.

[A new skill is being unlocked.]

A skill!

Choi Hyun-min’s eyes widened at those words.

‘There was a skill?’

In this one-sided beating, they needed help from skills or anything else.

[New Skill: Phalanx]

[Gathers the Hoplites unit among your creations to reorganize their formation.]

[Defense of creations using this skill increases by +100%]

It seemed like a skill that appeared when those guys got the new name Hoplites.

There was no room for hesitation now.

If they could gain the stats to fight against the Interrupter, they had to do whatever it took.

“Phalanx!”

The moment Choi Hyun-min’s shout cut across the battlefield!

The soldiers scattered in all directions began gathering around him.

Clank. Clank.

One by one.

The soldiers lined up in a long horizontal formation.

Their appearance was like looking at ancient Greek warriors arranged in battle formation.

‘This is… this is their skill!’

A massive fortress built in an instant.

Just moments ago they were busy running away like a ragtag bunch.

But the moment the skill was used, they immediately gathered to show this formation.

A shield fortress packed tightly together.

And long spears protruding like thorns between them.

-Ugh! Ugh! We don’t move!

-We don’t move! The master commanded!

-We do not retreat!

Where had their earlier appearance gone?

The Primitive Humans shouted resolutely while glaring ahead.

Right after they formed their formation-

Buooooo!!

The Mammoth came charging.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Threatening footsteps that shook the earth.

The moment it approached right in front of them, his knees went weak at that tremendous bulk.

A body so large you had to crane your neck up just to see it.

The creature lifted its broad foot to trample the Block Toys like before.

Flinch.

Trauma? Or instinct?

The soldiers’ bodies trembled.

“Don’t run away! You can hold out!”

But they couldn’t run away.

The moment they scattered, being picked off one by one would be their destined fate.

At Choi Hyun-min’s shout, the soldiers who had momentarily wavered raised their shields.

Instead, the shields bunched together tightly in one place.

They boldly raised them toward the direction the Mammoth was lifting its foot.

And the moment its sole came stomping down-

THWANG!

‘They blocked it!’

Unlike before, the Mammoth was blocked by the shields and couldn’t budge.

In that moment, Choi Hyun-min’s eyes sparkled.

“Now! Attack!”

-Attack! Attack!

The fierce command that burst from his mouth.

The moment Hans received those words and shouted to the soldiers.

Swoosh! Swoosh swoosh!

The long spears they held in their other hands flew toward the Mammoth.

Those standing close stabbed at its legs.

Those far away aimed for its torso and threw.

Thunk.

It had clearly been a predator that swept away soldiers just moments before.

But before the sharp spear points, even its massive bulk was useless.

Its thick hide was sliced through like cheesecake.

Kuooooo!

Hide tearing in an instant.

The moment they saw the thick liquid spurting up with it.

The positions of hunter and hunted were completely reversed.

-Got it! We wounded its leg!

-Ugh! Ugh! Charge, charge!

The soldiers’ courage multiplied.

They swarmed the Mammoth like ants and began stabbing with their spears.

Thunk! Thunk!

The first couple hits might have been endured with its overwhelming size advantage.

But once, twice, three times…

As the damage accumulated, you could see the Mammoth’s strength failing.

Then.

Sway.

Its body wobbled unsteadily-

CRASH!!!

And it collapsed just like that.

-It’s dead!

-We won!

The Mammoth lay fallen with its eyes wide open.

Block Toys gathered around it.

Just to be sure, they stabbed it with spears a few more times.

‘It’s dead. Definitely dead.’

With no movement at all, it was clearly down for good.

The guys stared at the Mammoth with blank faces.

Choi Hyun-min slowly approached between them.

“Thank goodness. We almost got seriously hurt-“

Thud.

“What, what? Why are you all acting like this?”

Choi Hyun-min had approached to comfort the toys that had worked hard.

He was startled when the one in front suddenly prostrated himself.

As if performing a deep bow, it was looking this way and falling flat on its face.

But…

It wasn’t just one.

Thud. Thud.

Using the first one as a signal, they all bowed toward him in unison.

Among them was their leader, Hans.

That guy was included too.

-It’s all thanks to the boss.

“Wh-what are you talking about? All I did was just-“

-The first Interrupter was our eternal enemy.

Eternal enemy?

Don’t tell me they’re talking about when they were toys.

Originally, these guys and the Mammoth were Block Toys sold as a set.

Of course, they were designed with the intention of creating scenes where they would fight against that thing.

-We were always busy running away from that thing. Either we’d get scared and run away, or die. It was one or the other.

“….”

At Hans’s words, Choi Hyun-min nodded silently.

As he said, before Choi Hyun-min had organized their formation, they had been busy running away.

-But master saved us! If it weren’t for master’s orders, we would have died again!

-It’s thanks to master!

-Master, thank you!

“Ah, no, it’s not that big a deal.”

It wasn’t like he had done it to receive thanks.

A Mammoth had simply appeared before his eyes, so he moved to defeat it.

‘Besides, it was those guys who actually fought the Mammoth directly.’

Feeling somewhat embarrassed, Choi Hyun-min scratched his head.

He wondered what he should say to them, pondering for a moment-

“…Everyone did well.”

-….

“Let’s go eat some sausages.”

He said it casually, as if tossing the words out.

As soon as he finished speaking, his vision gradually began to blur.

“Huh!”

Like a movie theater with ending credits rolling up, it slowly turned black, then returned to normal.

He was back in his room.

‘It wasn’t a dream… was it?’

Since this was his first experience like this.

He instinctively turned his head to look at the Block Toys.

-We’re here, master!

-We’re back too!

Seeing them wave and greet him cheerfully, it didn’t seem like it was a dream.

But what exactly was it?

Just as he was pondering this.

Ding.

A brief notification sound struck his ears.

[The Transcendent Lord has defeated the first Interrupter.]

It wasn’t a dream!

Then was this some kind of Quest that only he could do?

Choi Hyun-min’s eyes widened as he focused on the message.

Around the time the notification disappeared, the next message appeared before his eyes.

[You have obtained an EX-grade skill book as a reward.]

W-wait a minute….

Are my eyes playing tricks on me?

…An EX-grade skill book?!

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————