Even if I Make It Roughly, Ex-rank Items Continue to Accumulate - Chapter 123

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Even Hastily Made Ones Keep Stacking Up as EX-Rank (123)

 

Massacre

 

The harpoon emitting light.

 

Lee Si-hyeok, who had been staring at that radiance for a while, came to his senses.

 

When he turned his head, he saw a sandstorm spreading outside the window. The monsters had somehow approached within close range.

 

“Master.”

 

The golem stuck its head through the window and spoke.

 

“That harpoon. Could you perhaps give it to me?”

 

“…This?”

 

Lee Si-hyeok hesitantly gripped the harpoon. The golem’s arm smashed through the window and approached Lee Si-hyeok.

 

“For some reason, I feel a familiar energy. I think I could handle that weapon better.”

 

The approaching hand snatched the harpoon. Though I said snatched, it was closer to Lee Si-hyeok handing it over.

 

The golem’s arm quickly withdrew in one swift motion.

 

The presence that had filled the room disappeared along with tremendous wind pressure, and he could see the golem turning its back outside.

 

The harpoon glowing madly in its grasp.

 

[The 〈Soul-Pursuing Harpoon〉 has returned to its original owner!]

 

[It will display even more powerful might!]

 

Thud thud thud thud.

 

Brown sandstorms completely covered the blue sky.

 

The raging storm from the vibrating earth was gradually closing the distance toward the golem standing opposite.

 

And the golem stood perfectly still without the slightest movement.

 

Preparing to face it all.

 

‘I should also hurry…’

 

Lee Si-hyeok couldn’t just stand idle either.

 

He immediately opened 『Subspace』 and requested the necessary artifacts from Hyeon Eul-cheong.

 

Though he wasn’t skilled with combat artifacts, there were still things suitable for this situation.

 

Barrier artifacts like the 〈Isolate Barrier〉 he had used at the seminar. It wasn’t that he didn’t trust the golem, but there might be monsters that slipped through.

 

In preparation for that, he deployed barriers around the cabin.

 

Mana waves extending from Lee Si-hyeok as the center created blue light barriers.

 

“Stay well hidden, Master.”

 

Lee Si-hyeok gulped.

 

Beyond the golem’s broad shoulders, he could see an enormous number of monster legions.

 

‘Powerful Presence’. Due to that effect, everyone from the arena had flocked to this place. Their forms began to come into view more clearly.

 

They looked not much different from Necrosis.

 

Wildly swinging their grotesquely long limbs as they ran madly forward.

 

Whoosh.

 

The golem swung the harpoon in a circle.

 

Just from that alone, the sandstorm in the sky split lengthwise.

 

And in the next moment, the harpoon was raised high.

 

The spear point was aimed at one of the monsters in the lead.

 

The golem brought its arm down at a terrifying speed.

 

In an instant.

 

―Whoosh!

 

The launched harpoon pierced through the monster’s head in one strike. The silver-gleaming spear point penetrated through its temple and continued straight through.

 

Yet it didn’t lose its power.

 

More, more, more. Rather, it tore through the air as if this was just the beginning.

 

Clatter! The sound of the chain being pulled from the handle connected to the spear point rang ear-splittingly, and only after piercing through dozens of monsters did the spear point finally lose its momentum.

 

The golem pulled its arm back greatly once more.

 

Then the spear point was instantly retracted to its original state.

 

The blade that had been emitting only silver radiance was now soaked with blood.

 

‘This is insane.’

 

Lee Si-hyeok was shocked. He was carefully observing with only his head poking out from the window side. Even though he hadn’t examined it properly, he couldn’t help but be amazed.

 

The golem and the harpoon.

 

It was impossible to determine which had the upper hand between the two.

 

Whether the weapon shined because the pilot was good, or whether the pilot also seemed strong because the weapon was good.

 

The power was so overwhelming that judging this seemed ridiculous.

 

“…It must be both.”

 

Even from his perspective, there was nothing to criticize. The efficiency of the circuits, and how to design them to extract the maximum performance.

 

Everything was perfect.

 

Of course, he could see slightly better directions too. For example, whether the chain could be connected through mana rather than using a physical method.

 

But even that would just be an addition.

 

The figure called the ‘Creator’ came to mind intensely.

 

Lee Si-hyeok swallowed his saliva and continued watching outside the window.

 

His eyes widened.

 

“Come to me! Attack me all at once!”

 

The golem let out a roar.

 

It was like a scene from mythology of a general facing hundreds and thousands of troops alone yet not losing spirit and fighting valiantly.

 

Each time its arm moved, dozens of monsters were annihilated.

 

Large gaps appeared in the disgustingly dense swarm that had been rushing forward.

 

The moment it finished about half of them.

 

Rumble.

 

A sound like lightning striking came from the sky.

 

Lee Si-hyeok’s eyebrows twitched as he watched.

 

He immediately turned his head back to look up at the sky. But there was still only the brown celestial body covered in sand and dust.

 

He was momentarily puzzled, but soon he could identify what it was.

 

‘The harpoon.’

 

Radiance was emanating from the harpoon the golem had been throwing.

 

It was the same light that had been emitted when the special ability ‘Soul Pursuit’ activated a moment ago.

 

[Using 『Bright Light』 absorbed by the 〈Soul-Pursuing Harpoon〉.]

 

[A powerful force of light dwells within the weapon!]

 

[A beam of light that could burn everything to ashes and still have power left burns the enemies’ mana!]

 

The light grasped in the golem’s hand was swung.

 

The exact same movement as before.

Though it was certainly the same, the result was on a completely different level.

 

―CRAAAAAAAAASH!

A beam of light shot out in a straight line, piercing through the monster army. Not stopping at just one area, but eternally. So long that its end couldn’t even be gauged.

 

The light that pierced through split the charging monsters in half.

 

The piercing light split the charging monsters in half.

[What an amazing achievement!]

[The monsters fall into confusion. Enemy combat efficiency decreases by 30%.]

 

[Monsters fall into confusion. Enemy combat efficiency decreases by 30%.]

Earth-shaking explosive sounds continued in succession by his ears.

 

Lee Si-hyeok let it go in one ear and out the other as he narrowed his eyes.

 

A series of earth-shaking explosive sounds thundered in his ears.

‘…The Soul-Pursuing Harpoon completely absorbed the Pasuin’s skill 『Bright Light』.’

 

And conversely, the Pasuin had lost the 『Bright Light』 ability. Since no mana that he had always felt from him could be detected from where he lay collapsed near the cabin entrance.

 

It was because seeing that “Soul-Chasing Harpoon” triggered something that seemed almost familiar, yet elusive.

It was a certain fact that a skill had been newly stored inside that harpoon.

 

And conversely, the guardian had lost his 『Radiance』 ability. No trace of the magical power that had always emanated from him could be detected as he lay collapsed near the entrance of the hut.

And if he approached this from a different angle.

 

He could see that there was a ‘space’ inside the harpoon.

 

One thing was certain: a new skill had been stored within that harpoon.

Because otherwise, accommodating other skills would be impossible.

 

And if we approach this in a different way.

As he deliberately pondered that realization, a message appeared in response.

 

You’ll need some free space to store new skills.

[You will receive a 1-time success correction for future Origin Artifact crafting. The mana will assist you!]

 

“…Space. Then does that mean the Soul-Chasing Harpoon is also an Origin Artifact?”

He thought he’d been seeing Origin Artifacts quite frequently lately. In the subspace, Blackie, and Orbes before that too.

 

Even so, it was an amazing discovery.

 

[Successfully identified the artifact grade of 〈Soul-Chasing Harpoon〉.]

It had merely been a process to find Necrosis’s main body.

 

Lately, I’ve been thinking that I’m seeing Origin Artifacts quite frequently. In subspace, and with Blackie, and even before that with Orbes.

Nevertheless, it was an amazing discovery.

To move on to the next stage, I need to develop “Imitation,” and to do that, I need to successfully craft an Origin Artifact at least once.

Not only do we have new research data, but we’ve also received system calibration.

It was merely a process to find the main body of Necrosis.

‘The results are better than I expected.’

Lee Si-hyeok smiled and closed the message window.

 

The massacre was already coming to an end.

 

The monster horde visible outside the window was now full of sparse gaps. Unlike the beginning, they were all dead in straight lines, but the speed was absolutely insane.

 

“There’s not enough prey! Are there no more left!”

 

The golem seemed to be getting excited. Lee Si-hyeok chuckled as he observed this for a moment, then turned his gaze to the Pasuin at the entrance.

 

A sudden thought crossed his mind.

 

‘Could I perhaps absorb other skills?’

 

As far as Lee Si-hyeok knew, the Guardian of Light possessed several more skills.

 

Like ‘Sacred Light of Purification’ that heals everyone around.

 

Or ‘Divine Judgment’ that explosively enhances power against a single target.

 

Or perhaps…

 

The mental type skill that had attacked Lee Si-hyeok earlier.

 

If he could steal all those skills through ‘Soul Pursuit’, it would be an enormous gain.

 

‘Rather than simply stealing and using them…’

 

He wanted to dismantle and analyze the skills themselves.

 

To understand how they work, and also to experiment with them.

 

Because such opportunities were rare.

 

The basic principle of Magical Engineering was that ‘everything has a reason.’

 

Then surely those skills’ operating methods would also have specific principles. They couldn’t just work with a simple poof! like casting magic.

 

Lee Si-hyeok had tried researching his own skills several times with this in mind. However, since they were all EX-rank, it was much more difficult than expected.

 

But if it was around S-rank, wouldn’t it be worth trying?

 

Lee Si-hyeok licked his lips. Right now, the Pasuin looked like tempting prey to him.

 

However, he calmed his mind while deactivating the cabin’s barrier.

 

‘Next time.’

 

After all this business was finished.

 

Another opportunity would come then.

 

Since the Pasuin had tried to attack him anyway, there was no need to be courteous anymore.

 

“Is it all over?”

 

Lee Si-hyeok poked his head out through the window. The golem, who had been roughly grabbing the last monster and stabbing it with a harpoon, turned around.

 

“Are you hurt, Master?”

 

“Thanks to you.”

 

“That’s a relief. This place seems to be finished. You can come out now.”

 

As soon as he heard the answer, he jumped out the window. Whoosh! It was only the second floor height, but the golem immediately spread its palm to catch Lee Si-hyeok.

 

“It’s dangerous. You could get hurt jumping recklessly like that.”

 

“What’s the big deal about this much?”

 

“I must protect Master. That’s my reason for existence.”

 

“Hmm…”

 

What embarrassing words. Lee Si-hyeok deliberately ignored it and climbed down from the palm.

 

The floor that had been nothing but dry sand was now thoroughly soaked. Though it had felt only crumbly until just now, with each step he took, a squelching sensation traveled up through his shoes.

 

Blue-green blood.

 

All of it was the product of a massacre created by the golem.

 

Fortunately, the sky was clear. Whether the wind pressure from the harpoon had blown away all the sandstorm, it was high and blue.

 

Lee Si-hyeok enjoyed that refreshing feeling for a moment, then looked straight ahead.

 

It was because the message he had been waiting for finally appeared.

 

Ding!

 

[You have passed the third trial, 〈Extreme Blood Battle〉!]

 

[You have eliminated all 4,000 monsters without exception.]

 

[You are granted the qualification to proceed to the next stage!]

 

It seemed he could finally escape this vast space.

 

Though there seemed to be several more trials remaining, he had no intention of delaying any longer. He planned to head straight toward Necrosis’s main body together with the golem.

 

However, the message didn’t end there.

 

Lee Si-hyeok’s steps, which had been about to move, came to an abrupt halt.

 

[…Recognizing the method of passage once more.]

 

[Confirmed that 3,300 monsters were all eliminated within 5 minutes. Of these, 1,000 were eliminated in 0.0001 seconds.]

 

[These are figures that cannot be easily determined.]

 

[Retracing previous data for accurate judgment…!$!#$@^]

 

[This is data that cannot be found in 49,231 records.]

 

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Looking at the long corridor where dozens of different colored lights leaked out simultaneously, Lee Sihyeok swallowed hard.

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