Even if I Make It Roughly, Ex-rank Items Continue to Accumulate - Chapter 145

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Even Hastily Made Ones Keep Stacking Up as EX-Rank (145)

 

The Leader of Muksi Guild

 

Muksi Guild .

 

It was a guild Lee Si-hyeok was well familiar with.

 

A small elite group operating within China, specializing in archaeology and crafting.

 

The first time he learned about them was when he was searching for information about an S-rank Gate that appeared in China a few years ago, wasn’t it?

 

After a long conquest, the Gate was cleared, and Muksi Guild took all the Legacy Artifacts that came out as byproducts, which made them famous.

 

‘Before that, they were probably one of those organizations known only to those in the know.’

 

Of course, that single fact alone wasn’t what made their reputation so widespread.

 

What caused the biggest stir was the identity of that Guild Leader.

 

The identity of the ‘Leader’.

 

Lee Si-hyeok swallowed his saliva and recalled the content of the wiki site he had seen back then. The wiki, which was updated in real-time, had this phrase written on it.

 

[The identity of Muksi Guild’s Leader has not yet been revealed. However, people judge that awakener’s identity to be a ‘dual awakener’. One who has mastered both crafting and combat types…]

 

Due to the nature of wikis where ordinary people could participate in editing, it was decorated with complex modifiers that were hard to understand, but when summarized, the conclusion was simple.

 

‘The Leader is an S-rank awakener in both crafting and combat types.’

 

Lee Si-hyeok naturally doubted it when he learned that fact.

 

Because there had been no precedent at all. A dual awakener.

 

Usually, when awakening, one awakens to only one type. Among those, there are cases where one possesses multiple skills, but that’s limited to skills only.

 

There had never been a case of awakening to two completely different types.

 

Still, since that achievement was remarkable, the atmosphere was to dismiss it as baseless rumors, and Lee Si-hyeok also passed it by without digging deeper.

 

In fact, he wasn’t particularly interested.

 

He focused on imagining what kind of Legacy Artifacts were discovered there and what magical engineering combined with archaeology would look like, rather than paying attention to whether the Leader was a dual awakener or whatever.

 

But now.

 

At this point when Bae Jun-wan mentioned that Snow Flame Empress was Muksi Guild’s Vice Leader.

 

And now that he knew, as an EX-rank irregular, that such an absurd case could actually exist.

 

“…”

 

Lee Si-hyeok couldn’t help but be shaken. His pupils trembled violently. He slightly lifted his buttocks and pressed his upper body close to the table.

 

Then he asked.

 

“Snow Flame Empress… is Muksi Guild’s Vice Leader?”

 

Snow Flame Empress, who was reading the report Bae Jun-wan had handed her, looked at Lee Si-hyeok. Her eyes narrowed as if finding it interesting.

 

“You, did you not know?”

 

“How could I know? You didn’t tell me.”

 

“Hmm. That’s true.”

 

However, Snow Flame Empress didn’t immediately explain.

 

She just let out her characteristic nasal sound and continued reading the report. The sunlight from the clear sky was serving as illumination.

 

Then she suddenly blurted out.

 

“Muksi Guild’s Leader.”

 

Her low-toned voice continued.

 

“He is from Orbes, same as I.”

 

“…Pardon?”

 

Lee Si-hyeok unconsciously asked back.

 

Because it was such an out-of-the-blue statement. From Orbes, what was this…

 

“Did you not see it too? In that fake world modeled after the world I lived in. That I was a coward who abandoned the collapsing kingdom and fled.”

 

Snow Flame Empress’s face suddenly approached Lee Si-hyeok.

 

She gazed at Lee Si-hyeok’s dumbfounded expression with a faint smile and asked.

 

“What are you doing? Not answering.”

 

“What answer…”

 

“I asked if you didn’t see my cowardly fleeing appearance, didn’t I?”

 

She whispered.

 

“So hurry up and say it. That I am a cowardly runaway.”

 

“…What the.”

 

He thought she was going to say something important, but it was just this kind of prank. Lee Si-hyeok, who belatedly realized she was playing a mischievous prank, quickly pulled his upper body back.

 

Only then did the distance from Snow Flame Empress increase and her distinctive fragrance fade.

 

“Please explain properly. Don’t say pointless things.”

 

When Lee Si-hyeok grumbled, Snow Flame Empress laughed with amusement. Did she know? That Bae Jun-wan standing behind her was looking at her with very pathetic eyes.

 

“Hmm. Interesting, interesting.”

 

Snow Flame Empress, who had been covering her mouth and laughing for a while, finally calmed down and began explaining. Lee Si-hyeok settled his gaze again and listened attentively.

 

“Anyway, there were others who came to Earth with me at that time. You probably thought I was the only survivor, but that wasn’t actually the case.”

 

“Then there were more survivors?”

 

“That’s right. The dimensional gate that opened in the middle of the kingdom was small, but it was still large enough for six people to pass through easily. Besides me, five more people crossed over.”

 

“Huh.”

 

Who would have thought.

 

“Fortunately, all those who crossed over together succeeded in settling in this world. It wasn’t difficult. Orbes was a place where magic and magical engineering had developed, unlike Earth. They made full use of the abilities they originally possessed.”

 

“That’s exactly why Cha Yu-rim was able to rise to A-rank in one go.”

 

Bae Jun-wan added from behind. He seemed to already know this fact.

 

“However, I was merely the weakest among those six. When Orbes collapsed, I was still young, wasn’t I? Even though I had sufficient magical talent, I lacked proper education from the Magic Tower, so my learning was insufficient. That’s also why I’m still stuck at A-rank.”

 

“…”

 

“However, the other four were different. They possessed incomparably more powerful abilities than I, and when they additionally went through this world’s ‘awakening’, they gained even stronger power.”

 

At that moment, a story flashed through Lee Si-hyeok’s mind.

 

Muksi Guild’s Leader is a dual awakener.

 

What if he originally had combat talent, and when he came to Earth, he went through awakening and gained crafting abilities as well?

 

“Don’t tell me, that dual awakener of Muksi Guild…”

 

“Your thinking would be correct. Muksi Guild is a guild established by an Orbes native, and it’s like a sanctuary for those who lost their homeland.”

 

“…!”

 

Lee Si-hyeok’s shocked gaze turned toward Bae Jun-wan.

 

The organization for those who lost their homeland that Bae Jun-wan had been talking about all this time. That clue finally felt like it was falling into place. Like puzzle pieces fitting together perfectly.

 

He said.

 

“Cha Yu-rim. There’s one thing you left out.”

 

“Hmm? Left out? What are you talking about… Ah.”

 

Snow Flame Empress, who had been tilting her head, nodded.

 

“I almost forgot the most important thing.”

 

The corners of her mouth curved up.

 

“Muksi Guild’s Leader. He is my father.”

 

“Father means…”

 

“The King of Orbes.”

 

“…!”

 

Lee Si-hyeok swallowed his bewilderment. He had been gasping in surprise since earlier, but with this continuing, even the strength to do that had disappeared.

 

Instead, he gulped down his coffee and then stared at Snow Flame Empress while thinking. The sunlight revealed as the dark clouds cleared was illuminating her figure particularly brilliantly.

 

‘Thinking about it, it’s not something impossible.’

 

If six people crossed from Orbes to Earth, naturally royalty would have been included. Moreover, since it was when the King and Queen were still alive, their crossing over was, in a way, natural.

 

When he organized it that way, something suddenly came to mind.

 

‘Come to think of it…’

 

Hadn’t he never met the King and Queen in Orbes?

 

Thinking about it, that was right.

 

In the past in Orbes, Lee Si-hyeok had gone to the Audience Chamber following an Apprentice from the Alchemy Association to have an audience with the King. It was to identify Snow Flame Empress’s identity and whereabouts.

 

But both the King and Queen had disappeared, and even after searching the entire Royal Capital afterward, he couldn’t find any trace of them anywhere.

 

If that Imitation World modeled after Orbes continued repeating the same timeline, there was no way the two royal figures would have disappeared seamlessly.

 

At that time, he was so focused on finding Snow Flame Empress that he passed it by without much thought.

 

‘Was that because they had already escaped from Orbes?’

 

The Imitation World only had records of the people who existed at the time of destruction.

 

Now it seemed to make sense.

 

Lee Si-hyeok quickly finished organizing his thoughts and looked at the Snow Flame Empress. She had been watching Lee Si-hyeok lost in thought, but had returned to reading the report again from a moment ago.

 

He asked her.

 

“Then where are the other four? You definitely said six crossed over.”

 

This was still a remaining question.

 

She looked away from the report and glanced this way.

 

“My father and mother are both in the Apocalypse Order. And the one who was my guard knight is also working there.”

 

“Including you, that makes four. Then what about the other two?”

 

“Hmm. Those two are…”

 

But the Snow Flame Empress showed an uncharacteristic hesitant expression.

 

As she hesitated, Bae Jun-wan, who had been listening quietly, answered instead.

 

“They’re with the Reynolds Family.”

 

“What? Reynolds?”

 

Lee Si-hyeok’s eyebrows twitched.

 

“Why there? Ah, did you perhaps send them as spies?”

 

In Lee Si-hyeok’s perception, the Reynolds Family wasn’t good. Reynolds had been behind the previous Eterion Magical Engineering Academy incident too.

 

“No. Those bastards ran away from us as soon as they crossed over to this place. Of course, it’s the punishment those cowardly deserters rightfully deserve, but…”

 

The report crumpled in the Snow Flame Empress’s hand. She paused for a moment, then sighed and said.

 

“Next time.”

 

Her tone was filled with deep worry.

 

“Would it be alright if I tell you when the opportunity comes next time?”

 

“Well, I don’t mind.”

 

“Thank you.”

 

The Snow Flame Empress smiled faintly.

 

Though he had asked, Lee Si-hyeok had no intention of forcibly prying either.

 

What he had been curious about in the first place was the connection between China and the Snow Flame Empress.

 

But as an unexpected gain, he had learned even the identity of the Apocalypse Order, so it was a sufficiently satisfying result. Since it was a famous guild in the magical engineering field, he had been interested in it normally too.

 

‘Hmm.’

 

Lee Si-hyeok shrugged his shoulders as if it wasn’t bad and sipped his coffee. There was barely any left because the Snow Flame Empress had drunk it once.

 

Still, sitting with Blackie on his thigh and petting it somehow made him feel at peace. Its body had grown slightly bigger too, giving it a nice grip that was truly like Clear Mirror Still Water.

 

“Maaang…”

 

The little one also seemed to be in a good mood, making a sweet crying sound.

 

Such a cute thing. As he quietly admired the creature rolling around with its fluffy body while lying comfortably, Bae Jun-wan and the Snow Flame Empress having a heated conversation while looking at the report suddenly caught his eye.

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