Even if I Make It Roughly, Ex-rank Items Continue to Accumulate - Chapter 107

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Even Hastily Made Ones Keep Stacking Up as EX-Rank (107)

Going to You

Just as a message appeared before Hyeon Eul-cheong’s eyes.

[New Visitor!]

[A new guest has visited the 『Subspace』 through your invitation.]

[The mana of the crevice fluctuates due to the new existence. It may feel alienated and reject mana with different properties from yours. Please be cautious of danger.]

[…Achievement in progress detected.]

[Accordingly, 《Constant Buff》 neutralizes the danger.]

[《Constant Buff》 is partially shared with target ‘Hyeon Eul-cheong’.]

Lee Si-hyeok was also looking at a similar message.

Watching the confused Hyeon Eul-cheong, he read through the text.

Danger, constant buff, neutralization. It wasn’t a difficult story. Easy enough to understand immediately.

‘So originally, Hyeon Eul-cheong might have been in danger.’

Because a heterogeneous existence different from before was suddenly introduced.

However, due to previous achievements, the mana of this space came to possess the same properties as Lee Si-hyeok’s, and thus it embraces Hyeon Eul-cheong’s danger—that was the story.

He thought it was indeed good that he brought her here.

“Ah, subspace? What is this place exactly…?”

While he was thinking, he felt Hyeon Eul-cheong’s gaze.

He closed the message and smiled faintly at her.

“It’s my special skill.”

“A skill? I’ve never heard of this kind of skill existing….”

“That would be right. I was the first one too.”

Lee Si-hyeok grabbed the handles of the wheelchair. Click. Though it had an auto-drive function, for some reason he wanted to move together like this now.

“It’s a space at the boundary between dimensions and dimensions. Maybe it’s below that, or above, right, left. I’m not sure exactly where.”

Continuing the conversation, they headed toward 〔Gyeongdogak〕.

“Even if you stare at me like that, I can’t tell you anything more. Even I myself am still full of questions about this space.”

“May I, may I speak instead?”

“By all means.”

“My body right now, something feels strange.”

“Your body?”

“Yes. I was extremely tired because I couldn’t sleep properly for several days, but suddenly the fatigue completely disappeared, and moreover, I feel like strength is gradually rising….”

She looked down at her body as if it was strange. Swish swish, she moved her arms this way and that, and clenched her fists tightly.

Watching her, Lee Si-hyeok asked.

“Doesn’t it feel exactly like you slept soundly for several days and woke up? But your mind is still tired as usual.”

“…Oh, that’s right. That’s exactly the expression. My heart is extremely anxious as usual, but only my body feels like the fatigue has completely disappeared.”

“It’s because of the mana in this space.”

“Mana?”

Simply put, it would be because of the message he saw just now.

The 《Constant Buff》 effect of the subspace being partially shared with her as well.

Among them, ‘Fatigue Recovery’, ‘Swift Movement’, and ‘Robust Body’ would be gradually influencing her.

When he explained the rough principle, she nodded as if she understood. Her level was quite high too, so her understanding was quick.

“Amazing. To think such a space exists….”

It seemed like thoughts about the wristwatch were temporarily forgotten.

The two crossed through the vast darkness and moved forward.

As the appearance of 〔Gyeongdogak〕 in the distance gradually drew closer, she opened her mouth again.

“Then that building.”

“Yes.”

“What is that building? Was it originally here?”

“No, I built it myself.”

“…What?”

Instantly, Hyeon Eul-cheong widened her eyes and turned her upper body. Her calm eyes met Lee Si-hyeok’s eyes.

Pupils containing the question: Did I hear wrong?

“I think it took about 3 weeks. The reason I couldn’t be contacted was because I was building that. Since I built the building completely from scratch, it was quite difficult.”

“Ah, then when you stopped by my workshop recently….”

“That’s right. I said I was building a research lab then, didn’t I? That’s it. Though it’s closer to a research institute than a research lab.”

“….”

Hyeon Eul-cheong was at a loss for words. It was because she couldn’t believe it at all.

Of course, she knew well how amazing Lee Si-hyeok, that engineer, was. Even though Cheongyeon Workshop was a place cut off from the world where outside news didn’t reach, there were customers.

Customers working in the magical engineering field.

They sometimes came with news. There was this incident in Seoul, someone published this paper…. Though Hyeon Eul-cheong had secluded herself, such stories were always interesting.

Even without seeing directly, she could feel it.

But the news that had been coming for the past few months was only about one person.

‘Lee Si-hyeok.’

Song Chae-ah and Song Hyeon-gyu siblings, who had become friends without her knowing, and other customers who visited occasionally.

Everyone talked about Lee Si-hyeok.

So she too had no choice but to know about his genius exploits. Recently, didn’t he lift some magical engineering academy high into the sky?

However, even knowing such background, the current situation was clearly a different matter.

“By, by any chance, have you ever worked in construction…?”

“Construction suddenly? Not at all. Until I awakened, I only did transportation work to death.”

“….”

“Well, stacking towers with Gate byproducts on trucks could be considered construction in a way.”

“….”

Usually, design and construction are completely different fields.

No matter how perfect a design a magical engineer makes, if the contractor in charge of construction leaves out even one material, a completely different result is born.

So sometimes, such eccentric people appeared. Oddballs who harbored the extraordinary dream of doing both processes alone.

However, the result was obvious.

How could it work? Construction was usually a profession that Hunters engaged in. The building materials of this era were quite dangerous.

Since it was better for awakened ones to handle them than ordinary people, it was a profession chosen by Hunters specialized in that field instead of Gates.

‘That’s definitely the case….’

He accomplished that alone? And in just three weeks?

“We’ve arrived. It’ll look even better up close.”

Creak. The wheelchair stopped under the 3-story building.

The moment Lee Si-hyeok let go of the handles and opened the main gate.

Clear evidence appeared before Hyeon Eul-cheong’s eyes, who had been unable to believe his words.

[You have reached creator ‘Lee Si-hyeok’s research institute, 〔Gyeongdogak 〕.]

[This is a building that the creator directly designed and constructed, destined to design countless futures at the boundary between dimensions.]

[‘Lee Si-hyeok’ permits your entry. You may enter 〔Gyeongdogak〕.]

Hyeon Eul-cheong slightly opened her mouth.

This way, she had no choice but to believe. Muttering so inwardly while looking up at the building, Lee Si-hyeok pulled the wheelchair again.

“Let’s go in.”

The wheelchair passed through the open main gate.

Translucent glass with thorough security design. The moment they passed through there, Lee Si-hyeok’s eyes immediately became calm.

The excited mood from showing the research institute subsided, and his concentration was raised.

‘I wonder how it will turn out.’

Because there was something he had been thinking about since a while ago.

When Hyeon Eul-cheong entered the subspace. At that time, 《Constant Buff》 was partially shared.

Then the two buffs that this Gyeongdogak possesses should be the same.

But according to the results he checked before, wasn’t there a buff that didn’t work properly?

[2. Absorption

―The mana of the gap that has assimilated with your nature holds warmth. That warmth will melt completely into your body.]

The buff called ‘Absorption’, which explained that mana with Lee Si-hyeok’s nature would melt into the body.

He had pondered why this hadn’t worked before, but surprisingly, the answer came out simply.

‘I already possess my own mana from the beginning, so there’s no need to absorb that nature.’

The nature of being assimilated with the gap’s mana originated from Lee Si-hyeok in the first place.

Just like how layering whipped cream on top of whipped cream still results in whipped cream, Lee Si-hyeok originally possessed that nature, so he might not feel much difference.

But what if it were someone else?

Whirrrr.

The wheelchair crossed the threshold and entered Gyeongdogak.

First floor. The interior, still completely empty, came into view.

“Huh?”

Hyeon Eul-cheong suddenly let out a surprised sound.

“…What? Why all of a sudden…”

“What’s wrong?”

Lee Si-hyeok asked, pretending not to know.

“I, I feel a bit strange. Different from before.”

“Specifically how?”

“This is, how should I put it. Just a moment ago my heart was pounding and I kept feeling anxious, but now…”

She placed her hand on her chest. The left side, where her heart was. The beating that had been anxiously pounding for ten years straight was somehow calm.

“…My mind is at ease. Strangely, incredibly so.”

“Your mind is at ease. Is there anything else?”

“I feel somewhat cozy too, and it’s like someone is warmly embracing me… Why, why is this happening?”

“Hmm.”

So this was how it worked.

Lee Si-hyeok, who roughly grasped it, stroked his chin.

‘By the way, my mana nature is warmth?’

Since it appeared occasionally in recent messages, he had wondered, but seeing Hyeon Eul-cheong’s reaction, it seemed to be true. Though he had no idea why.

Click.

As he was organizing his thoughts, Hyeon Eul-cheong suddenly pressed the wheelchair’s automatic driving button.

The handle left Lee Si-hyeok’s hand and slowly moved through the empty first floor lobby.

“May I look around alone for a moment?”

Her expression was much more relaxed than before.

Actually, from the first time he saw her, Hyeon Eul-cheong had been filled with inexplicable melancholy. Though she spoke as if nothing was wrong, her disheveled hair and pale face made it feel even more so.

But the ability of ‘Absorption’ had now made it possible for Hyeon Eul-cheong to wander around an unfamiliar space alone.

Lee Si-hyeok readily answered.

“Of course. Just don’t break anything.”

“Thank you.”

Whirrr…

The sound of wheels rolling echoed through the quiet space.

* * *

A while later.

After briefly watching Hyeon Eul-cheong venture out to explore the second floor following the first floor, Lee Si-hyeok entered the ‘Great Workshop’.

There were several rooms on the first floor, and the Great Workshop was the largest and most centrally located among them.

‘I’ll be conducting most of the work here.’

It could be considered a kind of main crafting hall.

Upon entering, he could see the equipment he had lightly installed.

Large work table, tool storage.

That was the end of it.

Since he hadn’t even started the crafting work for the equipment yet, he had to hurry now. He planned to create the necessary devices one by one and fill everything from the first floor to the third floor.

“Let’s see.”

Holding the materials he had brought from the warehouse built behind the research institute, Lee Si-hyeok approached the work table.

It would probably be a long and arduous march.

It might take days, or perhaps even weeks.

Then what would be most important was choosing which device would be the ‘first’ in that process.

Wasn’t there a saying that a good start is half the battle?

Even in terms of design, to connect mana circuits as efficiently as possible, that start occupied half, no, nine-tenths of the work.

And…

Lee Si-hyeok had one device he had thought of in advance.

The crafting equipment that he had continuously thought must absolutely be the first, the core that would become the heart of the research institute.

[Crystal Growth Chamber]

‘I’m going with you.’

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