Became the Transcendent Monarch of the Corner of the Room - Chapter 64
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Episode 64
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Normally, the room would have been filled with the noisy chatter of the Block Toys.
Clang! Claang! Claang!
But for some reason, no one’s voice could be heard and it was quiet.
The only sound that could be heard was the hammering on the anvil.
‘This is… a dwarf.’
Inside, Choi Hyun-min was watching the dwarfs with his mouth tightly shut.
Sparks flying up each time the hammer was lifted and brought down.
Between them lay the chunk of adamantium that Choi Hyun-min had brought.
With each swing, it changed shape as freely as clay.
‘Definitely… different.’
He could see why they were called the blacksmith race.
The countless Hunter videos he had watched.
Among them were some about blacksmith Hunters.
But none of them.
Not even in the ranker videos.
Had he seen anyone handle hammering as skillfully as these guys.
-Take it.
-Should we quench it?
-Right away.
The three of them even worked as if they had been one body from the beginning.
They showed amazing teamwork, understanding each other perfectly.
Hissss!
Clang! Clang!
Quenching in water, then heating again.
Taking it again and hammering it.
Choi Hyun-min watched the endlessly repeating series of processes without taking his eyes off them.
Then suddenly.
-Done, it’s complete.
The one holding the hammer among them said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.
Then the other two dwarfs simultaneously lowered their hands.
-Whew…
-This kind of adamantium certainly isn’t easy.
On the anvil lay a large axe that Dehof had ordered.
“Is it finished?”
When Choi Hyun-min, who had been watching, asked, all three nodded simultaneously.
-It’s done. You can check it yourself, Master.
Is that so?
Unable to contain his curiosity, Choi Hyun-min approached the anvil.
As he got closer, the heat that hadn’t yet cooled hit him.
‘This is… an axe made from adamantium.’
What lay on the anvil was the battle axe that had been ordered.
In terms of size, it was large enough to easily cover Choi Hyun-min’s torso.
The length was also quite long, looking to be easily a meter.
And what about the color.
It had a gleaming feeling as if gold had been sprinkled all over it.
It was so large that it looked like a golden bat with its wings spread wide.
“Can I even lift this?”
Choi Hyun-min carefully reached out and tried to lift the axe.
Well, it did lift, but…
“Nngh…”
-It’s too heavy for a human to lift.
-It’s not made purely of adamantium, so it weighs quite a bit.
Wh-why is this so heavy?
He had clearly lifted it with both hands.
But it only budged slightly on the anvil.
It even felt like lifting a refrigerator by himself.
‘I’ve trained quite a bit too… but I can’t even lift this properly.’
He thought his strength wasn’t particularly weak.
But a battle axe was definitely a battle axe.
Since it was difficult to lift and examine directly.
He lightly reached out and used his appraisal skill, and the axe’s status window appeared.
[Adamantium Battle Axe]
[Grade: SSS]
[An axe forged from formless adamantium. The blade is crafted to be thin and sharp.]
[Will never break or shatter from physical force.]
Ooh!
The moment he checked the item.
Choi Hyun-min’s pupils dilated.
‘It will never break?’
No matter how good weapons and armor were.
It was common for them to break when hit by unexpected attacks or fighting monsters.
Especially Hunters who mainly engaged in close combat would repair their equipment three or four times while conquering a single floor.
In that regard, the performance of the axe made by the dwarfs was at an absurd level.
‘If they made the blade this thin and sharp but it won’t break…’
If only Choi Hyun-min could lift this.
It had such excellent stats that he would want to use it instead of a sword.
But what was truly amazing was written below.
[Additional effect from creator’s ability: Upon impact, unconditionally damages opponent’s armor and defensive abilities.]
What is this?
It unconditionally reduces the opponent’s defensive abilities?
“This is just ridiculous…”
It was so absurd that he almost laughed.
These types of weapons that use physical force are inevitably weak against tough monsters.
But this would smash right through that…
‘It’s not SSS grade for nothing.’
Choi Hyun-min stared blankly at the axe.
Meanwhile, the dwarfs hesitated before speaking up.
-Ahem. Is it alright, Master?
-We put our heart and soul into making it… no, making it wasn’t particularly difficult.
“You’re the best blacksmiths I’ve ever seen. Really.”
It absolutely wasn’t empty words.
To buy an item of this caliber with cash would cost at least several billion.
-I-is that so.
-As expected, Master has a good eye.
-You seem to be the human with the most excellent eye among humans.
“Dehof. Come here and try using this.”
-I was waiting for that, Master.
The dwarfs wiggled their short bodies at Choi Hyun-min’s praise.
He left them behind and called for the axe’s owner.
Then, as if waiting for this moment, the barbarian warrior came running from behind.
“That thing there, can you lift it? It seems quite heavy.”
-This much is light for me.
Without being told, the guy positioned himself in front of the anvil where the axe was placed.
Thud.
Then he grabbed the handle with his right hand.
“Wow!”
And just like that, he lifted it effortlessly with one hand.
‘As expected, a warrior is still a warrior.’
Clearly, Choi Hyun-min had struggled even to lift it with both hands.
But Dehof not only lifted it lightly with one hand.
Whoosh! Whooom!
He even swung it around lightly like a plastic fly swatter.
“How is it? Does it seem to fit?”
-Hmm. This weight doesn’t seem bad. I’ll have to use it to know how strong it is though.
Then shall we test it out somewhere.
The next target, the 16th Floor.
Normally, he would have sent other musketeers along to conquer it together.
“Now that you have an axe too, how about it. Can you handle this one alone?”
-No problem.
“Good. Then cross over to the Maze right away and conquer the 16th Floor. You can do it, right?”
-I’ll be back soon, Master.
Dehof turned around confidently at Choi Hyun-min’s order.
He crossed over to the other side through the Maze Toys without complaint.
Then the situation board appeared before his eyes—
Tug.
“Huh? What?”
When someone suddenly grabbed his pant leg.
Choi Hyun-min instinctively looked down.
There, three dwarfs were looking up at him.
-Master.
“What?”
-The promise… shouldn’t you keep it.
-We’ve been waiting only for that.
“Promise? What…”
Grumble grumble grumble.
Ah! That’s right.
Choi Hyun-min had been tilting his head at the dwarfs’ words.
At the sound that came after a brief silence.
He couldn’t help but burst into laughter.
“Got it. I’ll order it right away, so wait just a moment. Secretary Kim? Are you there?”
***
“A visitor came? Who?”
“Well… they said they’re from the Dimensional Management Office with questions. They said they’re the Monitoring Team manager.”
Team Manager Lee Hyung-jun of the Awakening Management Agency.
He looked away from his monitor at Officer Ji Min-gi’s words.
“Monitoring Team? Why would they come?”
“Well… it’s not a team we work directly with.”
The Awakening Management Agency.
Among them, Team Manager Lee Hyung-jun was someone who directly managed Hunters.
Most of his work didn’t involve much interaction with other departments.
But a team manager from not just another department, but another building came directly?
“I’m a bit busy right now… but let’s meet them anyway.”
“Understood.”
“The 3rd Floor Meeting Room is empty, right? Show them there.”
What could this be about.
While pondering in his head, Lee Hyung-jun made three cups of instant coffee.
He carefully held the three paper cups and took a seat in the meeting room first.
Creak.
“Team Manager. I’ve brought the Monitoring Team Manager.”
Soon the meeting room door opened and Officer Ji Min-gi entered.
Following behind him, Team Manager Park Hyun-chul came in together.
“Nice to meet you. I’m Lee Hyung-jun, Personnel Management Team Manager.”
“I’ve heard a lot about you. I’m Park Hyun-chul from the Monitoring Team.”
The two men sat far apart across the long vertical table.
Ji Min-gi took a seat somewhere in between with an awkward expression.
“It seems like you have some urgent business. Most matters could be handled by phone or email.”
Team Manager Lee was the first to speak.
In fact, he too was quite swamped with work.
If it wasn’t something important, he planned to brush it off and send him away.
“Actually… I came directly because I have something to ask the Personnel Management Team.”
“I suppose it’s something difficult to handle over the phone?”
At Team Manager Lee Hyung-jun’s pointed question.
Manager Park nodded slightly, almost imperceptibly.
“…It wouldn’t be good if word got out unnecessarily.”
What kind of story is he trying to tell.
Lee Hyung-jun exchanged glances with Ji Min-gi for a moment.
He threw a question at him with an annoyed expression.
“So. What is it you wanted to ask?”
This better not be something trivial.
Just as he was glaring at the other side with that thought.
“By any chance, regarding the recent complete conquest of the 15th Floor… is there any fact that an EX Ranked Hunter was involved in it?”
“…What?”
What is he talking about.
At the completely unexpected question, Lee Hyung-jun froze in place.
“It’s exactly as I said. Complete conquest. This concept itself didn’t exist at all until that person appeared.”
“Well, that’s…”
“The day the 15th Floor was completely conquered. The Watcher sent us a system warning. And at an intensity we’d never seen before.”
He already knew that.
Since it was a warning sent to all Hunters.
Most of the Hunters at the Awakening Management Agency had also received the warning.
Team Manager Lee Hyung-jun was the same.
“And when the conquest ended. The Watcher’s warning also disappeared like a lie.”
“Do, do you think that has anything to do with the EX Ranked Hunter?”
“I wouldn’t know. However…”
“However?”
“The fact that an unprecedentedly strong warning was instantly suppressed. And that it perfectly matches the EX Ranked Hunter’s record-breaking progress… that’s about all I’ve been able to deduce.”
Sharp.
At Manager Park’s words, Lee Hyung-jun almost nodded unconsciously.
“I-Is that so?”
“For all of this to become certainty rather than speculation… we need the exact identity of the EX Ranked Hunter. If not that, then at least confirmation that he was the one who perfectly conquered the 15th Floor. We need to verify at least that much.”
Lee Hyung-jun also knew about the EX Ranked Hunter.
More precisely, he even knew who that person was.
‘Of course, I’m not 100% certain.’
The day he went to Manwol with Deputy Manager Ji Min-gi.
He had already met Manwol’s youngest son, Choi Hyun-min.
He had met him.
‘Certainly, that EX Ranked Hunter was also due to conquer the 15th Floor.’
A person he was always keeping a close eye on.
He was someone he was more interested in than any other Hunter or ranker.
“So, what you want to say is…”
“We need information on the EX Ranked Hunter. If not that, then information on whoever completely conquered the 15th Floor. We need one of the two. Both would be even better.”
An utterly brazen demand.
And for good reason, since although the two belonged to different departments.
They were both people working for the country.
Moreover, this concerned an EX Ranked Hunter who had tremendous impact on national security.
Naturally, they should cooperate, but…
Glance.
Manager Lee looked at Ji Min-gi without Manager Park noticing.
Since he was in charge of handling Manwol’s affairs, he was probably asking for his opinion.
However, his response was unexpected.
Shake shake.
Deputy Manager Ji Min-gi shook his head slightly, barely visibly.
“I’m sorry, but that would be difficult due to personal information protection.”
“Excuse me? I’m not from an external organization, I’m from the Dimensional Management Office…”
“That would be the same even if the Director came personally. We cannot simply hand over information on Hunters we’re managing without any authorization.”
Hmm.
It was Manager Park Hyun-chul who got a headache from the polite refusal.
Because strictly speaking, there was nothing wrong with Manager Lee’s words.
“…Are you planning to be this uncooperative?”
“If you really need it, please get permission from higher up and request it through official channels. Then we’ll do our best to cooperate within what we know.”
He knew.
The fact that Manager Park came here personally like this.
Meant he had no intention of getting permission or approval from higher ups.
“I understand. If you’re going to be like that…”
Screech.
Manager Park pushed his chair back noisily at Manager Lee’s refusal.
Before he could say anything more, he stormed out of the conference room.
“…Manager?”
Deputy Manager Ji Min-gi, who had been quietly listening.
He looked at Lee Hyung-jun with a displeased expression.
“We need to be careful. Both you and I.”
“What do you mean?”
“I told you. The existence of an EX Ranked Hunter is such a big deal.”
“That’s…”
At Manager Lee’s words, Ji Min-gi couldn’t say anything.
Had something gone wrong?
Would it have been right to share the information with Manager Park?
Manager Lee looked at him and shrugged his shoulders.
“Well… I’m just saying it would be good to stay alert from now on. It’s about time the flies start swarming.”
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