I Conquered the Tower with the EX-Class Character That I Raised - Chapter 46

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Chapter 46
As always, I pressed ‘No’.
Ding—!
[Hidden Quest: Curse Removal Completed]
‘….’
No, this was absurd. Following the Epic Quest, even the Hidden Quest had already shattered.
‘And I haven’t even properly started cultivating the Emperor yet?’
What on earth was this!
“So that’s how it is. Developer, was your capacity truly limited to such a degree…”
I’d lifted Lee Ah-woon’s curse and elevated him to EX-rank.
Satisfied with merely that.
I understood now… the extent of your vessel.
“It’s so tedious I want to die.”
I remained unsatisfied.
When I refused the reward, Lee Ah-woon, who had been rising up engulfed in golden light as if about to ascend, simply dropped—thud—to the ground.
“Phew.”
I caught my breath.
Next, I checked the rewards for the Outer God subjugation Quest.
[Quest Rewards]
[Fragment of Genesis x1]
“Now that’s what I’m talking about.”
A Fragment of Genesis!
An essential material absolutely necessary for crafting Genesis-tier items.
“Only one, though. That’s a bit disappointing.”
I wished multiple Outer Gods had emerged.
The Fragment of Genesis I’d used when crafting the wooden shaft portion of the Eternal Winter staff had been my last one.
Now that a new fragment had arrived, I could craft one more Genesis-tier item.
I returned to the Safe House with Lee Ah-woon.
“Hmm.”
Bestowing aptitude was proving far more difficult than I’d anticipated.
With cursed items, the sealed consciousness of beings who’d pushed that aptitude to its limit becomes the wearer upon possession, and is judged as aptitude. But if I embed the same mechanism into a Genesis-tier item, Lee Ah-woon would become a puppet of the Genesis-tier item rather than himself.
That wouldn’t be ideal.
‘…Or would it be?’
A subordinate offering unconditional loyalty with a snap of my fingers?
I would have preferred to see Lee Ah-woon as an NPC.
“But Lee Ah-woon isn’t an NPC.”
My character wasn’t so warped as that.
I maintained a reasonably universal standard of morality, after all.
In any case.
Difficult as it was, if I personally carved out the options to create a ‘Genesis-tier item’, it would be possible.
An impossible feat that creates aptitudes that don’t exist!
‘Which aptitude should I grant?’
From the 1st lineage to the 7th lineage…
Physical-type jobs were out of the question for now.
That left the 8th through 14th lineages.
The 8th lineage—Elemental Magic—was relatively the easiest to develop, so I’d skip it.
The 9th lineage—Dark Magic—I’d already maxed out with Lee Ah-woon.
‘The 10th lineage—Holy Power… there’s no immediate rush.’
A healer was essential, certainly.
But I wouldn’t need Lee Ah-woon as a healer for the 94th Floor conquest.
So that was excluded.
The 13th lineage—Creation and Modification—were production classes, so I’d skip those.
‘That leaves…’
The 11th lineage—Summoning.
The 12th lineage—Arcane.
The 14th lineage—Anomalies and Out-of-Specification.
Three lineages in total.
“Hmm.”
What should I do?
After a brief moment of deliberation, I reached a decision.
* * *
Now I needed World Tree materials.
“I’m here, Elf.”
I traveled to the Elf Forest and thoroughly stripped the World Tree bare.
[The World Tree is… just a big tree…]
The NPC Elf Queen murmured beside it.
“You’ve been educated quite well.”
The World Tree was similar to Sorang.
From head to toe, nothing was wasted.
It naturally became a farming spot I visited frequently.
The only downside was that every time I stripped the World Tree, the Elf Queen would have a fit and wail incessantly.
The Elf Queen was a patient with infantile regression, calling the World Tree—merely a large tree—her “mother” and obsessing over it…
Moved by her plight, I provided her with prolonged “mental education,” and she eventually regained a healthy mind.
Branches aplenty, leaves aplenty, fruits aplenty.
After thoroughly shaking everything loose…
I sprinkled a bottle of fairly high-grade Elixir as a nutritional supplement.
“World Tree, enjoy that Elixir and grow strong and healthy.”
[Thank you! Thank you!]
The Elf Queen, her face flushed with joy, bowed repeatedly.
The vitality granted by the premium Elixir far outweighed the wounds I’d brutishly inflicted upon her.
“Yes. Let’s continue to work well together.”
I tossed a set of lower-grade elixirs to the Elf Queen.
She cradled them in her arms as though they were precious nutrients to revive the World Tree itself, holding them with the reverence of a sacred treasure.
This should be sufficient compensation.
[Brother! I have been waiting for your arrival! Take this ore and give me alcohol! Strong alcohol! Plenty of it!]
‘Ugh, I can practically smell the alcohol from here.’
After that, I stopped by the Dwarf Kingdom to extract some rare ore.
[Ugh… you’re taking everything again? Really?]
I also plundered the rare magical beast eggs the beast-kin had gathered.
Then I made a complete circuit of all my material suppliers.
Finally, I went to the city humans called the Holy Kingdom and found the Grand Cathedral.
Passing by the priests who prostrated themselves before me with exaggerated cries of ‘Guardian!’, I moved to the center of the Grand Cathedral.
I positioned my character before the colossal goddess statue.
【Goddess Gaia】
“Magnificent. It never gets old.”
I paused to admire the goddess statue.
A flawless marble sculpture, pristine white.
Above it was a specially designed chamber that allowed sunlight to pour down during the day and moonlight at night.
Where that light struck, fine gold had been delicately etched to make those areas shimmer brilliantly.
Absolutely magnificent.
Even I, an efficiency-obsessed veteran, always took a moment to appreciate the statue whenever I visited the Grand Cathedral.
“But I still have work to do.”
I clicked on the goddess statue to target it.
Then I cast the ultimate skill that had obliterated the Outer God in a single blow.
A deep rumbling sound—
The moment a black sphere materialized before Nebula.
The statue trembled.
Perhaps sensing the threat of annihilation.
Whether a true goddess dwelt within or not, the statue shuddered and tears streamed from its eyes, dripping down.
The tears flowed down the marble cheeks, glistening white, before falling to the floor with a soft patter.
I cancelled the ultimate skill and looted the tears.
[Goddess’s Tears]
“Easy. Too easy.”
With this, I had gathered all the materials I needed.
* * *
Returning to the Safe House, I clicked on the anvil that gleamed with iridescent light and began crafting.
[Unique-Blacksmith God’s Anvil: Kardanium is activating]
As the world’s one and only anvil of supreme performance awakened, 99 empty slots filled the screen.
This was the interface for filling in the materials needed to craft equipment.
Normally, when crafting items, I had to meticulously calculate arrangements and ratios before filling in various materials.
But.
I casually disregarded such complicated processes and simply embedded exactly four ‘Runes’ into it.
[Eternal Inferno: Pyronos (Legendary)]
[Breath of Earth: Terbolg (Legendary)]
[Primordial Ice: Primaris (Legendary)]
[Oath of the Storm: Stormgald (Legendary)]
The four primordial elements, each one legendary-grade.
If I fed these four to Kardanium…
Flash!
A brilliant pillar of five-colored light engulfed the anvil.
[Primordial Four Elements Confirmed—Hidden Mode Activated]
[Mode: Hidden—Arctor of Genesis]
[※This mode can lead the user to death!※]
A hidden mode that allowed me to craft genesis-grade items opened before me.
From here on, even the slightest mistake would result in failure.
All those precious material items would vanish without a trace.
[The Breath of the Blacksmith God protects the item from destruction]
‘Ugh.’
Everyone except me.
Now I inserted the Fragment of Genesis into it.
[What world would you like to create?]
A polite question returned to me.
Below it, a series of options stretched out.
This was the stage where I designed the specifications of the genesis-grade item.
From now on, I had to fill in an enormous number of fields in this blank space, from core abilities to auxiliary abilities.
I could arrange these options to create negative synergy.
Or the synergy could become so excessive that it exceeded the material’s durability threshold.
If I made such a mistake, my character’s head would explode with a pop.
In Lost Honor, where death meant character deletion, it was far too great a risk.
This was an absolute effect that even the anvil’s abilities couldn’t prevent.
“Right, I just need to not make any mistakes this time.”
I chuckled softly and began filling in the options, inputting rare materials I’d gathered from across the world.
By the way, these options.
The maximum capacity increased with each material I added.
The input limit was infinite.
This was precisely why I needed to invest such precious materials as World Tree components or Goddess’s Tears.
* * *
[Agent, isn’t this function redundant?]
“Hm? Whitey, you were watching?”
While I was deeply focused on designing the item, Whitey offered unsolicited commentary.
“Let me see.”
They say that in chess or Go, there exists a divine move that only becomes visible when viewed through the eyes of a third party.
Besides, Whitey is an incredibly intelligent AI, isn’t she?
I should heed the advice of such a capable secretary.
[No. 626: Spirit Affinity Increase] [0.0449]
[No. 83844: Spirit Affinity Increase] [0.0449]
“Ah. So it’s this.”
[Yes. Numbers 626 and 83844 both have Spirit Affinity Increase, and the values are duplicated at 0.0449…]
“You really did hit the core.”
I praised Whitey first.
Quite diligent, aren’t you, Whitey.
“But you’re wrong.”
Try harder.
[Pardon? But…]
“Look.”
I moved the mouse to show the options connected to numbers 626 and 83844 respectively.
“This one, and this one, and that one, and this one. And that one. If you weave them together like this…”
[…Fire Spirit Affinity Increase becomes the result?]
“Right. But if you think about it in connection with this…”
[There’s a collision with the Water Spirit Affinity settings configured in the 6000 range.]
“So…”
[Ah… Number 83844 is meant to…]
“And…”
[Then the reason you set it to 0.449 points is…]
“The cost required for understanding fire-attribute minerals in the 30,000 range is…”
The review of options continued at length.
At the end, Whitey murmured in a voice filled with realization.
[I… understand.]
“Right. It’s not that difficult once you know, is it?”
[…]
* * *
The AI, Snow White—Whitey—fell silent.
[‘…Does this even make sense?’]
Agent Apostle is human.
And the human brain has its limits.
The number of options that Apostle is clicking through—click, click—without pause is approaching one hundred thousand.
Throughout it all, Apostle’s mouse clicks and typing have never faltered once.
[No. 90012 World Tree Leaf—Mana Recovery Increase] [0.00021]
While intuitive, if one were to interpret it, it would be as follows.
The 90,012th option.
The ability I would grant was an increase in mana recovery when using World Tree leaves as the material.
The increment was a mere +0.00021.
Whitey carefully examined every single entry the Apostle had filled in from the first to the present.
And shuddered.
There didn’t appear to be a single flaw in the Apostle’s ‘design’.
Even the redundancy I’d painstakingly discovered—when woven together with the 6,000-tier and 30,000-tier choices—became an entirely different interpretation.
[ ‘How is a human calculating all of this?’ ]
A human was considering all hundred thousand variables?
“Heh heh… this is fun.”
And doing it like that… genuinely enjoying it?
As an AI, Whitey could remember every single choice the Apostle made, but…
calculating what all these countless choices ultimately meant was impossible.
After observing the entire process.
The abilities granted to the ‘Genesis-rank item’ the Apostle was creating were as follows.
Monster taming.
Golem creation.
Puppet manipulation.
Beast legion command.
Insect swarm command.
And finally, spirit affinity.
All of it was woven together so densely—almost obsessively—that it felt meticulous.
As Whitey traced those marks and repeatedly, again and again, checked whether there might be any problems.
Like a mad scientist, the Apostle—who had been laughing softly while staring at the monitor in the dark room—
“It’s done.”
stretched languidly and declared the creation complete.
[…]
The number of the final choice was… 99,999.
* * *
‘This is absolutely insane fun.’
Lost Honor really is the best.
This is why I love making Genesis-rank items so much.
I almost wish more Outer Gods would invade.
The concept of this Genesis-rank item is ‘bestowing aptitude’.
So I packed it full with 99,999 entries—all items that could grant aptitude to Lee Ah-woon.
Of course, when making all items, there’s no need to pack them this densely every time.
I just did it this way because it was the most efficient approach for this particular task.
The core of a Genesis-rank item isn’t how much mana recovery it boosts or whatever…
that tedious, long-winded, pedantic stuff.
That’s just basic fundamentals any Genesis-rank item should naturally possess.
The true core is the Genesis attribute.
The Primordial trait attached to Han Seol-ah’s Eternal Winter was “Winter That Heralds the End.”
It possessed an absurdly broken ability—the negation of magical resistance.
Such an overpowered trait could only be granted through a Primordial trait.
The reason I’d micromanaged across 99,999 different choices with precision down to 0.00001 was simple.
To induce only the Primordial trait I desired.
[Will you begin crafting a Primordial-rank item?]
[1. Yes] [2. No]
…If I pressed ‘No,’ I’d have to grind through this entire ordeal again, so I’d better obediently select ‘Yes.’
A brilliant flash erupted.
Radiant light of five colors burst forth.
“Gulp.”
[Gulp.]
Before I could stop myself, I swallowed hard.
My calculations were flawless.
But what if, by some chance, I’d made an error?
What if my fingers had mistyped a single digit?
Then Nebula would explode.
And our lives would explode with her.
[A ‘world’ dwells within the item you have created]
“It’s done.”
[Please bestow a name upon this world]
“The name is.”
My trembling hands moved across the keyboard.
[Primordial Essence]
The moment a Primordial-rank accessory is born.
One that would transform Lee Ah-woon into a Dual Class wielder.

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