Something Keeps Appearing in My Subspace - Chapter 238

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238. Suspicious Phenomena in the Underground Sewers (4)
The first chapter of causing chaos in the Other World Empire Capital was simple.
Drawing aggro.
“I possess a sacred relic of the Moon Sect!”
I held up the necklace I’d received and shouted, drawing everyone’s attention. Of course, I couldn’t stop there.
“I captured the wanted criminal Deron and obtained this sacred relic of the Moon Sect! Anyone interested in buying?”
Strictly speaking, Deron was a victim caught up in something enormous due to personal connections and obligation.
I’d received the Moon Sect’s sacred relic, but since it was beyond my capabilities, you could say the situation was hopeless.
Saving him was the hidden objective of this Gate. Of course, I could probably escape just by rampaging, but…
I needed to properly imprint something on these people.
‘I suppose you could call it a kind of service.’
Once the Gate was subjugated, this world would likely disappear, but I wanted Deron to be safe, even if only slightly. I’d felt since long ago that he seemed truly alive.
In any case, the moment I cast out the bait, the fish came rushing.
“A sacred relic of the Moon Sect obtained from the serial killer Deron! Anyone buying? Is there really no one?”
A few knights patrolling the streets rushed off somewhere, and people who looked somewhat strong began creeping toward me.
“You there, approaching me—are you buying?”
….
The helmet obscured their face, but I could sense tension in their eyes. They approached without a word.
“If you won’t answer like that, it won’t do. No matter how much of a knight you are, it’ll look like you’re stealing it, won’t it?”
At the same moment, I felt presences approaching through my spatial awareness. The detected positions varied—between alleys, on rooftops, and elsewhere.
Well, I’d drawn the initial aggro properly.
-Whoooosh!
Now it was time to draw aggro once more. I pulled Yong-yong out from the Subspace.
“Kraaaaaah!”
The moment Yong-yong emerged as instructed, she let out a tremendous roar. Those approaching flinched and retreated.
“I-insane….”
“…Why is a dragon here?”
“A-a dragon! A dragon has appeared!”
In most worlds, dragons are perceived as objects of terror, and this world was no exception.
Citizens who’d been wondering what was happening immediately began fleeing the moment they saw Yong-yong.
“Hmm. Looking at something this cute and running away like that. I don’t understand.”
I’ve experienced that before too, but that one was enormously massive. Completely different. Yong-yong is so incredibly adorable.
Yong-yong is apparently even rising in the mascot rankings on Earth, surpassing several major IPs.
“Let’s go! Yong-yong.”
“Krr!”
I climbed onto Yong-yong’s back and soared into the sky. The knights who’d been approaching stood frozen, their heads turned skyward like dogs chasing chickens.
Above the city we’d taken flight from, quite a few people were visible on the rooftops. This time they looked like assassins of some sort.
Well, the Emperor had sent people, so all sorts would be gathered here. Since they’d never seen a dragon before, they were all flustered.
From atop Yong-yong, I held up the necklace and called out.
“Anyone want to buy a sacred relic of the Moon Sect?”
“…?”
I could see the ones on the roof flustered by my question.
“No one? Then let’s move on.”
I quickly urged Yong-yong forward. In the original game, if there were no customers to hunt, you’d rapidly shift to different areas.
Moving from the South Gate to the East Gate using a teleportation skill, or switching Free Market channels, for instance.
Since this world had no channels, relocating was the closest equivalent. That’s when I spotted a fortress rising from the center of the sprawling city.
Hmm. Merchants naturally congregated at the center. And the Emperor would surely be there too….
“Yong-yong, let’s head there.”
I soared toward the Imperial Palace at the heart of the Imperial Capital. To properly draw aggro, the Imperial Palace was the answer.
“A, a Red Dragon is heading toward the Imperial Palace!”
As expected, chaos erupted below.
Those startled by the Red Dragon hurled daggers, throwing knives, and arrows at me, but what chance did they have against Yong-yong?
I was flying high to begin with, and Yong-yong was a dragon. Such attacks posed no threat whatsoever.
The flight to the Imperial Palace didn’t take long at all.
“It’s a Red Dragon!”
My flight speed was faster than their ability to spread word, so no one was prepared to intercept me.
Magic came flying from the Imperial Palace direction, but belatedly….
In truth, hitting a flying dragon with magic is no simple task. Dragons possess exceptional magical resistance as well.
The Imperial Palace loomed before my eyes.
‘Causing a scene in the Other World Empire Capital, chapter two is….’
Creating a full-scale disturbance.
* * *
Drawing aggro is effective, but I had to remember that enemies weren’t fools either. They could deduce that my actions were deliberate misdirection.
While they’d certainly chase me, the level of inspections and vigilance might not decrease significantly.
Deron, Spear Master, and the young boy Pim might slip through, but their group now included four additional guild members.
‘Their clothing will stand out too.’
To ensure Deron and the guild members escaped safely, I needed to create far more substantial chaos.
For instance, if only I flew around, perhaps moderately strong opponents would pursue me. But if I attacked the Imperial Palace itself?
That meant the Emperor, consumed by rage, would deploy every soldier in the capital to chase me down.
I issued an order to Yong-yong from before the Imperial Court.
“Yong-yong, cause a disturbance!”
“Krrr?”
“Destruction beam!”
“Krrrr?”
Yong-yong tilted his head, not understanding my command. Was this impossible without dragon-human unity?
“No, I mean shoot your breath. When I say destruction beam, you shoot your breath. Got it?”
“Krr!”
Yong-yong unleashed a roaring inferno of breath toward the towering Imperial Palace.
Being human myself, I made sure not to aim at where people were. Just the outer surface of the solitary spire that rose above.
‘Drawing aggro is one thing, but I have no intention of needlessly killing innocent people.’
In any case, the effect was undeniable. An enormous crowd poured forth from the Imperial Palace. Moreover, most of them looked quite formidable.
“Moon Sect sacred relics for sale!”
I held up the necklace and shouted loudly, but as expected, there was no response. Everyone’s faces were filled with shock.
Instead of Esirel, I wielded the Flowing Sword and swung it several times. It was wind-cutting meant for offense rather than harming enemies.
“…!”
And then, not mediocre magic, but powerful spells cast by the Grand Mages of the Imperial Capital began raining down from above.
And whether it was the flying magic Deron had mentioned, several knights began soaring into the sky.
Of course, they posed no real threat to me. Flying magic in name only—they couldn’t move as swiftly as Yong-yong.
Hmm. This should be sufficient.
“Let’s go.”
I turned Yong-yong’s direction. As we flew straight ahead, I could see people on the ground chasing after me.
Whether magic had distance limitations, the knights who received flying magic couldn’t pursue beyond a certain range.
Those on horseback were primarily the ones chasing me. However, in this battlefield, my adversaries were limited to mages.
I couldn’t consider sword-wielding knights as capable of attacking me.
‘What good is flying magic if they can’t even catch up?’
This was something even Mister could accomplish. I came here because I possessed teleportation in case of unforeseen circumstances.
The Red Dragon’s broken advantage, so to speak. In this open space, if I didn’t necessarily have to kill enemies….
I could spend as much time as I wanted. Like in the Subspace, it was nearly a cheat in a survival-type Gate.
Of course, it wasn’t perfectly safe.
-Kuuuuung!
While flying, I felt an intense wave of magical power from below. Without even looking, I grabbed the reins.
Yong-yong made a sharp turn mid-flight. A white beam shot skyward toward where we had been heading.
“Insane….”
It looked stronger than the magic the Previous Previous Master had fired before. Given this was the Imperial Capital, it wouldn’t be strange if someone like a Grand Mage existed.
However, it didn’t feel like something that should appear in a level 70 limit Gate.
‘Could this be happening because I touched the Imperial Palace?’
Normally, there were predetermined enemies that would chase from the Imperial Capital, but I might have stirred up a hornet’s nest and provoked something stronger.
And it wasn’t just magic. Some knight was running across the rooftops, with multiple spears lodged on his back.
-Whiiiik!
Javelin throw.
The speed was tremendous. I hastily opened the Subspace to block it.
-Kwaaang!
But an odd sound erupted. Normally, this type of projectile attack would end with the weapon entering the Subspace.
I had a separately created zone within the Subspace—a defensive space, after all.
Yet an explosion sound came. It was the noise of the spear striking the wall of the defensive space inside the Subspace. It sounded exactly like a bomb detonating.
From the shockwave, tremendous sword energy burst outward from the Subspace.
If that hit, Yong-yong and everything would simply explode. At this point, I could be certain.
Enemies that shouldn’t have appeared were now coming because I had touched the Imperial Court.
[You have attacked the Imperial Court. More powerful enemies are pursuing you.]
At that moment, the message updated.
* * *
[Surviving the Capital]
-Recommended Level: 56~80
-Endure until Deron escapes the Capital while holding the Moon Sect’s sacred relic.
Another Gate transformation had occurred.
Including the one the Princess had reversed, this was the third transformation.
‘The recommended level reaching 80 alone….’
A hidden dungeon within a hidden dungeon within a hidden dungeon, so to speak? The one silver lining was that the time limit had vanished.
Deron’s original plan had been simple.
-There is a known route, but there’s no guarantee you could break through even if you caused a commotion. I’ve actually tried spreading false information to test it.
-Then what?
-You must survive for a long time. Only when you evade capture and force the vigilant troops to pursue you will the path open.
That was precisely why I’d been causing such a proper disturbance from the start. Likely, I’d needed to create chaos for six hours so Deron could escape safely.
But now that I’d touched the Imperial Palace, that time constraint had completely disappeared.
‘It shouldn’t take that long.’
I just needed to endure until Deron and his group slipped away.
At this point in the situation, I felt immensely grateful that I’d come instead of Mister.
Even if the enemies’ magic was formidable and their spear throws possessed absurd destructive power, I had Leap and Subspace.
I executed a series of acrobatic aerial maneuvers.
“Yong-yong!”
-Whoooosh!
-Crash!
Magic and spears came flying. It felt like playing a bullet-hell game. And not in 2D, but in 3D, 4D.
The saving grace was that even though the knights throwing spears and the mages were powerful, they weren’t faster than Yong-yong’s speed.
“How many times must I say it! You can’t trade spears for this necklace! This is a sacred relic!”
Since I had to keep drawing their aggression, I couldn’t venture too far. Besides, they’d already positioned themselves and begun tightening the noose around me.
I’d even attempted high-altitude flight once.
[You are currently outside the Imperial Capital. Return at once.]
A warning message had appeared. It seemed that flying too high was treated the same as leaving the Capital.
There were moments of genuine danger. Continuing to fly, there were times when enemies flanked me on both sides.
-Whooom!
Blocking with Subspace had a limit of two instances, leaving me no choice but to perform acrobatic aerial maneuvers. On top of that… I used Leap as well.
In dangerous moments, I simply leaped off Yong-yong’s back. After all, I was the one holding the necklace.
-Poof!
When I became the target, I’d just use Leap to land back on Yong-yong’s back.
“Huh?”
The world froze at that moment. It was a familiar sensation. The same as when the God of Play had appeared in the Hall of Winners.
And this time was no different. A mischievous-looking child stood before me.
“What is this now?”
“…?”
What struck me as odd, however, was that the God of Play seemed utterly unfamiliar with me. The deity’s eyes narrowed to slits.
“You… you’ve come from another world, haven’t you?”

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