Even if I Make It Roughly, Ex-rank Items Continue to Accumulate - Chapter 129

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Even Hastily Made Ones Keep Stacking Up as EX-Rank (129)

 

Space Separation

 

〈Soul Pursuit Harpoon〉.

 

It’s an ‘Origin Artifact’ discovered inside the Gate that can absorb and store various skills. The moment they’re absorbed, they’re neatly stored in a space prepared within the harpoon, waiting to be used again.

 

Before exiting the Gate, Lee Si-hyeok was examining the 「Bright Light」 ability he had absorbed from the Guardian of Light when he soon realized a new fact.

 

“The interior space was finely separated. It’s not a single space concept, but divided from each other even within it.”

 

“Divided…”

 

Hyeon Eul-cheong, who had been listening to Lee Si-hyeok’s explanation, muttered blankly as if she couldn’t believe the story so far.

 

She was the sub-administrator of Gyeongdo-gak. Since she had the right to know about Origin, the realm beyond Legacy, Lee Si-hyeok had explained it to her.

 

Even so, she didn’t completely understand it.

 

“…It’s too difficult a concept.”

 

“But you understand it roughly, don’t you? That’s enough for you to know. I don’t know much about it yet either.”

 

In the end, if we lightly summarize the enlightenment gained from 〈Soul Pursuit Harpoon〉, it’s just the concept of ‘space separation’. Lee Si-hyeok was planning to actively utilize that principle when creating an Origin Artifact this time.

 

After finishing his explanation, Lee Si-hyeok put down the harpoon and headed to the first floor lobby, where he discovered the golem sitting forlornly on the sofa with its waist bent.

 

He gestured for it to follow him and went outside Gyeongdo-gak.

 

When he looked up at the sky, organized numbers appeared.

 

[An environment created 『Seamlessly』.]

 

[41.8% similarity to ‘Below Daegwallyeong Pass, Gangwon Province’]

 

A similarity percentage that was high if you considered it high, low if you considered it low. However, seeing the number that didn’t even reach 50%, Lee Si-hyeok felt a slight bitterness spreading in his mouth.

 

It was disappointing.

 

Considering the situation at the time, it was unavoidable, but still, the regret lingered that he could have done better.

 

“There doesn’t seem to be much difference in appearance.”

 

As Hyeon Eul-cheong, who had followed him out, said, it was landscaping almost similar to Cheongyeon Workshop to the eye. Even the cool breeze felt pleasant, evoking that comfortable nostalgia.

 

However…

 

“Try reading the mana. Your impression will be quite different.”

 

“…You’re right. I never thought the identity of the discomfort I kept feeling was because of this.”

 

The crudely twisted mana was close to a counterfeit that could hardly be considered normal. That’s not to say it was wrong. Lee Si-hyeok knew better than anyone the importance and necessity of mimicry.

 

Even so, what ultimately surpasses everything is creation alone.

 

Recalling once again the reality that was no longer just a dream, Lee Si-hyeok carefully waved his hand through the air.

 

In an instant, several messages appeared before his eyes as four general skills activated simultaneously.

 

「Mana Control」, 「Mana Sensitivity」, 「Mana Conduction」, 「Mana Amplification」.

 

Skills that normally took quite a bit of time even when activated sequentially had been triggered consecutively with just one hand gesture.

 

“Wow…”

 

Lee Si-hyeok let Hyeon Eul-cheong’s exclamation of admiration go in one ear and out the other as he moved his fingers to sense the surrounding circuits.

 

Calmly and slowly.

 

The work he was doing now didn’t require great energy. Just a bit of delicacy and concentration. It was delicate work that required only that much.

 

Like putting his hand into water to find a single thin thread, Lee Si-hyeok’s ears twitched sensitively as he closed his eyes tightly.

 

After some time passed, Lee Si-hyeok was able to find one massive core circuit that penetrated through the circuits of this entire 『subspace』.

 

‘The center. I can start crafting from there.’

 

An Origin Artifact is a space.

 

To create one, it meant having to create an entirely new space, and no matter how many times he thought about it, subspace seemed like the most suitable place.

 

If he excluded this openly given space, what remained would be no different from creating a new dimension like Orbes, or having to gain yet another enlightenment.

 

Even so, it wasn’t easy.

 

The subspace had already established itself as a single space. It could be changed and modified according to Lee Si-hyeok’s touch, but it couldn’t be newly created.

 

Lee Si-hyeok, who had finally found the answer to the dilemma he’d been repeating since before, moved his steps and stood directly in front of Gyeongdo Pavilion.

 

“I’m going to separate Gyeongdo Pavilion from the other parts of the subspace.”

 

“Like the Soul-Pursuing Harpoon you mentioned?”

 

“Yes.”

 

Transforming or creating this entire space anew right now would take too much time. That would be problematic, because Lee Si-hyeok had tasks piled up like a mountain.

 

So he planned to develop starting with Gyeongdo Pavilion step by step for now.

 

“First, I need to plan the landscaping of the space like I did before. Do you have anything in mind, Eul-cheong?”

 

“…Me?”

 

“Anyway, you’re also a sub-administrator. I think you’ll probably be in the subspace longer than me.”

 

“Hmm, I’m not really sure. I originally liked the feeling too…”

 

“So you like that atmosphere of Cheongyeon Workshop. Got it.”

 

He turned his gaze away from Hyeon Eul-cheong, who was nodding her head.

 

He asked the golem behind them, who was staring blankly at Gyeongdo Pavilion with a dull expression.

 

“Don’t you want anything?”

 

“Hm? Me?”

 

“Yeah, you.”

 

As several gazes focused on him at once, the golem scratched his head as if embarrassed. Had he always had such a foolish image since the first time they met? He seemed scarier originally.

 

“I… would like there to be a hot spring.”

 

“A hot spring? Why a hot spring?”

 

“Warm things are good. Not just me, but the other hunters I protected also like warm water.”

 

Lee Si-hyeok tilted his head and looked at the golem, then soon recalled that when he first discovered the golem not long ago, the guy had been sleeping inside a pond.

 

Thinking about it, it wasn’t that strange. The circuits responsible for pain sensation had also been designed together from the beginning.

 

‘Is this enough?’

 

Lee Si-hyeok looked at Gyeongdo Pavilion again and simply summarized the two’s opinions. There were fewer requirements than expected, so it was compressed to about two lines.

 

1. Tranquil atmosphere

 

2. Warm hot spring

 

An important point suddenly came to mind.

 

“Warm or hot?”

 

“Hot. Boiling water would be good.”

 

“Okay.”

 

Lee Si-hyeok, who modified the second requirement, clapped his hands together and pushed the golem and Hyeon Eul-cheong far away from Gyeongdo Pavilion.

 

It was to prevent them from getting caught up during the work.

 

Then, as he put on his work gloves, a message window appeared before his eyes.

 

[Activating 『Mimicry』.]

 

However, he immediately dismissed the spear and stared straight ahead.

 

He wouldn’t use 『Mimicry』. He had already gained enough experience copying the scenery of Cheongyeon Workshop. If that was the case, then now was the time to directly create something new.

 

Lee Si-hyeok’s eyes moved rapidly.

 

A three-story building. He thoroughly scanned the entire area around the research institute that felt both modern and old while maximizing efficiency.

 

Soon after finishing his assessment, the figures were organized and displayed directly.

 

[Space separation will commence.]

 

[Expected range: 50m radius around the 〔Gyeongdo-gak〕 building]

 

It was quite a wide radius to use as the outskirts of a research facility, but Lee Si-hyeok thought this much would be sufficient.

 

He never knew when or where another necessary facility might be needed. Rather than being pushed out later due to lack of space, it would be better to secure as wide an area as possible from the beginning.

 

Next, while placing virtual pins by eye where the hot springs would be built, Lee Si-hyeok recalled the four skills he had activated just moments ago.

 

“…!”

 

The sensation that had quieted down now covered his entire body.

 

From here it wasn’t difficult. Just like he had done before, he activated the 『Seamlessly』 ability and through it synchronized his mana with the mana of the gaps circulating in subspace.

 

While calmly feeling the mana flowing out from his body, he stirred the circuits covering the Gyeongdo-gak area with his fingers.

 

Like slowly brushing down threads on a loom with his hands, each movement of his finger created a continuous soft sensation.

 

And then….

 

Clench.

 

He suddenly made a fist and grasped the bundle of circuits.

 

The gap’s mana moved and fluctuated as if confused, but Lee Si-hyeok remained unshaken. With his closed eyes slowly opening, he began rapidly injecting his mana into the gap.

 

Surge, surge!

 

He felt resistance through his skin. He didn’t yield.

 

Still concentrating his mind, he recalled in his head the mental image he had conceived beforehand. The coziness and warmth that could only be felt in Cheongyeon Workshop, the pond in the cave where he had discovered the golem, and Lumibra’s 〈Nest of Life〉 that he had reached at the end….

 

Adding and combining all those mental images.

 

[『Subspace』 is changing!]

 

[〔Gyeongdo-gak〕 is separating from the 『Transcendent Artifice Subspace』! It is being formed as an independent space!]

 

[Excessive mana generation during formation may be danger….]

 

[Space separation successful. A new space has been created.]

 

Something never seen anywhere before.

 

Lee Si-hyeok had created a new space.

 

“….”

 

Lee Si-hyeok let out a hot sigh and looked at the transformed appearance of Gyeongdo-gak. His head felt as hot as if burned by fire from concentrating so intensely.

 

The previous Gyeongdo-gak area had scenery almost similar to Cheongyeon Workshop.

 

Grass and blue sky.

 

However….

 

“Wow, w-wow. It’s like a Forest Garden…”

 

The scene now visible was a completely different impression from that.

 

Instead of the bluish weeds that had bloomed, green grass mixed with deep and light colors filled the ground completely, and the sky was barely visible between the pine trees that stretched low and high around the building.

 

If you push through those trees a little and move forward…

 

“A hot spring! A hot spring!”

 

Splash!

 

…There was a large-sized lake that the golem had frantically run to and jumped into. Lee Si-hyeok frowned and wiped the moisture from his face after being hit by the water splash while defenseless.

 

It was already hot, but it got even hotter because of the hot spring water.

 

“Ugh, seriously.”

 

“Kekikik.”

 

While he was glaring at the golem in annoyance, Hyeon Eul-cheong, who had been sitting neatly in her wheelchair, suddenly let out a quiet laugh.

 

“On the way here, all the fl-flowers got trampled. Kekik…”

 

As she said, on the path where the golem had frantically run, colorful flowers of various hues lay fallen, mercilessly trampled. It was recreating what they had seen in Lumibra’s Nest.

 

Was she the type to find this kind of thing amusing?

 

It was around the time Lee Si-hyeok shrugged his shoulders as if finding it novel.

 

Ding!

 

Finally, a message announcing success appeared before his eyes.

 

[You have succeeded in creating a new artifact 〔Gyeongdo-gak〕.]

 

[Result grade: ‘Space’. Classified as ‘Origin Artifact’.]

 

[Accordingly, the level of 『Mimicry』 increases by one stage!]

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