Even if I Make It Roughly, Ex-rank Items Continue to Accumulate - Chapter 88

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Even Hastily Made Ones Keep Stacking Up as EX-Rank (88)

This Actually Works

Looking back, there were a total of two teams that handled the aftermath when the Gyeokryeolbiyeoldo Gate was conquered.

The Korea Awakener Association and Chronos Industry.

At that time, it was before Termion Corporation had grown its influence, so Chronos Industry was monopolizing the front lines.

But the boss monster they thought they had completely eliminated was actually still barely alive.

“It would be right to assume they secretly transported it.”

“Huh.”

Isaac, who heard Si-hyeok’s deduction, opened his mouth in shock.

Monster breeding is strictly prohibited by international law. It’s a precaution against potential dangers. In some ways, it could be far more dangerous than a Gate Break.

‘Actually, it doesn’t make sense that they secretly transported an S-rank boss of all things…’

From another perspective, it was understandable.

At that time, it hadn’t been long since the Gate era began, so it was close to a lawless era also called the ‘age of romance.’

Moreover, wasn’t it a Gate that appeared in the middle of the sea?

It would have been relatively easy to move secretly.

“Then… what kind of experiment were they trying to do, Boss? Our family clan isn’t hiding an S-rank boss either.”

“I don’t know about that.”

“You don’t know?”

“I haven’t seen any traces of proper experiments yet.”

Minor traces were detected, but even those were at a superficial level. The Chronos bastards were probably quite troubled too. Monster experiments were already a first for them, and they started with this high a grade.

Still, this was a kind of opportunity for Lee Si-hyeok.

An opportunity to freely experiment with an S-rank boss monster.

‘This is good?’

Honestly, he hadn’t expected this much.

He thought something more impressive would be hidden, but who knew it would be Necrosis.

Moreover, since Si-hyeok knew quite a bit of information about that creature, it seemed he could utilize it more effectively.

Of course, it was strictly prohibited…

‘It probably doesn’t matter much.’

Anyway, except for himself, there would be no one else who could approach it, and there would be no one in this world who could utilize it as well as he could.

Suddenly, countless ideas came to mind.

A sudden jackpot, no, a gift that surpassed even that.

Many people had tried experiments using monsters until now, but they frequently failed. Because of the danger. They escaped, civilians died. The legal prohibition was all for those reasons.

So it was an area that Si-hyeok had never even considered, never had a chance to think about, but suddenly facing it like this made his heart race like crazy.

However, he didn’t act rashly.

Grooooar…!

With Necrosis growling menacingly right in front of him, he quickly turned his mind.

How could he proceed with research as safely as possible?

And effectively?

Then, a good idea came to Si-hyeok’s mind.

“Hm? Where are you going?”

He immediately moved.

The destination was the laboratory discovered on the bunker’s second floor.

Isaac asked in confusion, but it didn’t even reach his ears. Si-hyeok’s mind was entirely focused on the idea he had just conceived.

As soon as he arrived at the laboratory, he brought the necessary materials.

Soon he activated ‘Mimicry’ and added appropriate modifications.

Whirrrr! Click.

Hissssss…

Creak, creak.

Creating the foundation of an artifact.

Inserting sensitivity along with the core.

Permanently tuning the mana circuit and waves.

He proceeded through the series of processes smoothly without hesitation.

It took less than 10 minutes to complete the artifact.

“It’s done. Let’s go.”

“…Already?”

Taking the surprised Isaac with him, he went down to the underground again.

Necrosis was still struggling in rage.

“Are you going to start right away, Boss?”

“Of course.”

“Hmm…”

But Isaac seemed slightly uncertain.

Just before, while going down to the underground, he had explained about the artifact, but it seemed hard to believe. Even Isaac, who had been watching Si-hyeok all this time, couldn’t help it.

What he was about to do was that extraordinary.

Si-hyeok didn’t delay and raised the artifact high.

And immediately activated the artifact.

—Whoosh!

The mana emanating from the artifact instantly swept through the surrounding area. It even penetrated inside the experiment chamber and scanned over Necrosis.

Grooooar!

Necrosis’s rage intensified.

But that was only for a moment.

—Groo… I’m hungry! Food! Stop just watching and give me food!

Instead of its roar, a ‘voice’ began to be heard.

“…!”

Isaac’s eyes widened greatly.

Meanwhile, Si-hyeok continued to observe the situation without panic.

—My stomach, my stomach hurts…! I’ll starve to death at this rate!

Thud! Necrosis’s tentacle hit the glass.

—I want to get out! I don’t want to die!

A 30-meter tall giant.

Yet a body reminiscent of bones due to being so emaciated.

Skin soggy as if soaked in water, with mana vessels constantly writhing beneath the surface—despite such a grotesque appearance, Necrosis’s ‘way of speaking’ was quite simple and crude.

—Why are you just watching, human! I’ll kill you! I’ll kill you!

Like a child who, when angry, can only express that rage with the worst words they know.

Necrosis was pouring out such words.

Information that was originally unknowable became knowable once the ‘Translation Artifact’ was activated.

Si-hyeok, who had been watching its struggle, opened his mouth. His voice was transmitted inside the experiment chamber through the artifact.

—Please, just give me something to eat…

“What do you want to eat?”

Stop.

—…?

Necrosis’s movement immediately stopped.

The wildly swinging tentacles came to a halt in mid-air, and its sunken eyes looked down at Si-hyeok. Did I mishear? That kind of gaze.

That sight was quite terrifying, but Si-hyeok calmly continued speaking.

“I asked what you want to eat. You said you’re hungry, right? I need to know what you want to eat so I can give it to you.”

—…

“Not answering? Aren’t you hungry?”

—…Human.

“What?”

—Can you… hear my words…?

“Yeah.”

Lee Si-hyeok grinned broadly. Just like how Ryu Se-eun would occasionally smile. He curved the corners of his eyes as meaningfully as possible.

“I can hear you.”

―…?!

Kuguugugung!

At that moment, beyond the experiment chamber, the laboratory—no, the entire bunker—began vibrating like crazy.

The shocked Necrosis unleashed an insane amount of mana that shook the entire area.

Lee Si-hyeok, who had been swaying, barely regained his balance and shouted.

“Hey, hey! Calm down a bit…!”

―This is insane! How can a human understand my words! Gooooo!

However, no matter how much he said, there was no sign of it calming down.

Lee Si-hyeok, who was struggling to hold onto a nearby wall, quickly looked at Isaac.

Receiving his gaze, Isaac nodded and kicked off the ground.

Whoosh.

Thwaaang!

Flying at tremendous speed, he threw a punch at the experiment chamber glass.

A collision sound that truly brought to mind bombardment. In fact, for a brief moment, slight cracks appeared in the glass.

Only then did Necrosis, noticing something, stop its fit.

―Uuum? What’s this?

It discovered the cracked glass window.

―Ooh. A strong human. Even I couldn’t break the wall!

“…”

―…Come to think of it, it was all because I was hungry. Food! I need food! Gooooo!

“Hey, just calm down first!”

He quickly shouted as it showed signs of having another fit.

‘By the way, the smell…’

Thanks to the barrier installed inside the experiment chamber, water didn’t leak out through the broken crack. However, the smell inevitably escaped. From the body of Necrosis, which possessed the nature of ‘necrosis,’ came the stench of blood and rotting seawater.

Necrosis, who had been waving its tentacles splashing at Isaac, shifted its gaze to Lee Si-hyeok.

―Ah, right. You were here too. I was so hungry I almost forgot.

“…”

* * *

After that, Lee Si-hyeok attempted various conversations with Necrosis.

Logically, attempting to converse with a monster didn’t seem to make sense, but surprisingly, normal communication was possible. So much so that even he, who was having the conversation, couldn’t believe it.

‘…This actually works?’

That made sense, given the very foundation of the magical engineering field.

From the beginning, magical engineering was a discipline that encompassed numerous areas beyond simple engineering—mana life forms, gate theory, and so on.

Therefore, research on monsters had also been ongoing for a long time.

How could they not be curious?

What exactly was the true nature of gates?

For what reason and what purpose did they suddenly begin appearing on Earth?

And what kind of beings were the monsters that emerged from those gates?

It wasn’t a topic that curious scholars could just casually dismiss. Naturally, studying gates led to interest in monsters, and before it was banned by international law, experiments using monsters had been attempted several times.

‘Of course, they all failed.’

Most ended with the research teams being wiped out.

Nevertheless, records remained, so Lee Si-hyeok had been steadily reading various information on academic sites.

What he could learn from there was only one thing.

[Monsters are literally ‘monsters.’ There is no other way to describe them. No communication is possible with them, and they do not possess normal thinking…]

[…If you attempt to communicate with monsters after reading this record, congratulations. It means you have the boldness to voluntarily jump into danger. You might as well fall straight into the middle of hell.]

The fact that despite being an authoritative medium called a research paper, it was written in quite violent language.

That monsters were just monsters, or demons.

Therefore, Lee Si-hyeok had also lived with the same thinking.

When he first encountered ether after arriving in Orbes, the reason he thought the possessed people were ‘similar to monsters’ was all due to this.

Since he had never experimented directly, he had no choice but to believe other theories.

‘That was the case until just a while ago.’

From when he was observing Necrosis struggling, he began to have different thoughts.

The creature’s anger had a clear reason: hunger.

Then what if he directly solved that problem? How would things unfold?

Others would have snorted and called it crazy, but Lee Si-hyeok couldn’t easily make such a judgment. After all, it was an area no one had ever explored.

Dream.

Lee Si-hyeok felt his dream of magical engineering tickling one corner of his heart. That if he delved into this as a subject, he could achieve new developments.

So he created the translation artifact.

The original was the 〈Lumen Listener〉, a translator developed for non-awakeners.

From there, considering the mana flow of monsters, he created the 〈Spell Codec〉 that would translate language between monsters and humans.

Having succeeded in communication and extracted various information through long conversations.

―Chomp chomp.

“…Is it delicious?”

―Very tasty.

He became the first person in humanity to understand a monster’s dietary preferences.

―Burp.

“…”

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