Something Keeps Appearing in My Subspace - Chapter 327

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327. Pan Krete Ruins (5)
The massive beast named Brieken fixed its crimson gaze upon me, murder seething in those eyes.
The slight stiffening of my body meant only one thing: this creature was every bit as formidable as its reputation.
Well, it had brought an entire empire to ruin. If Catoblepas could do it, then this level of destructive power was only to be expected.
Had I not invested in mental fortitude beforehand, I would have been in serious trouble.
‘I suspect even that Grand Mage sealed it away because of that Reflection ability.’
What was done inside the Fortress, done for safety—yes, that was true. But wasn’t it also to avoid being caught by Brieken’s Third Eye?
Either way, it didn’t matter much now. We had one job to do, and it had become far simpler than before.
We’d taken the Third Eye from Brieken—the one with the Reflection ability. And we’d dropped a stone pillar from high above, landing a solid hit.
No matter how massive this thing’s frame was, it had to have sustained a concussion.
‘If it had been me, I’d have been pulped beyond recognition.’
What surprised me was that it endured, that it still raged. When that stone pillar came crashing down from the sky, I’d expected instant death on impact.
Its durability was absurdly inhuman.
-Krraaaagh!
The creature’s roar shook heaven and earth. My organs quivered slightly. But it didn’t interfere with my movement.
This division had been calculated to reserve power for sustained combat without the burden of that Reflection.
When the beast charged recklessly toward me, evading was simple—its eyes had rolled back after losing the Third Eye. Whether it was ever capable of proper thought, I couldn’t say, but normal cognition was now impossible.
Whoooosh—!
I could’ve used a leap, but a more effective option existed. I opened a Subspace before its charging head.
Against mindless brutes charging blindly, a counter is the answer.
-Kraaaang!
Massive though the creature was, a full-size Subspace reached nearly six by six meters. More than enough to stop it.
At the moment of impact, tremendous force erupted from the beast’s skull.
-Krraaagh…!
A cry wracked with pain echoed across the ruins. But then, it lived up to its status as a Level 81–90 Ruin monster.
It hesitated only briefly before moving again—and again, toward me.
“We’ve taken the Reflection ability! Now we strike properly!”
“Understood!”
Without that Reflection ability, we had nothing to hold back. And we didn’t even need to pierce that massive hide.
“Target the space between its eyes!”
Where the third eye—the one bearing the Reflection—had been was still gaping open. A weakness laid bare, you might say.
Apart from that, the sight was somewhat nauseating.
Dozens of blood vessels just beneath the skin writhed like tentacles, squirming as if searching for where the eye had been.
I didn’t remain idle either.
-Whoosh!
I deployed a Flame Talisman, burning the space between those eyes.
-Krraaaaaagh!
Each shriek the beast uttered vibrated my organs, but I had no choice but to endure.
-Kraaaang!
The old man didn’t idle either. The Dragon Scale Piercing Spear drove down between its eyes. Through countless battles, his accuracy with that spear exceeded ninety percent.
But what deserved the most attention was Min-jae.
-Crackle-crackle-crackle!
A mage who wielded an S-rank Staff and possessed a skill to match. Min-jae had once drawn power nearly equivalent to an S-rank mage even with an A-rank mage skill…
But now? There was no comparison to those days.
-Kraaaang!
When potent Lightning Magic struck the space between its eyes, the beast froze in place, trembling. He’d driven the magic deep into that crevice, electrocuting it from within.
I’d thought electrocution impossible against a monster of this caliber, yet Min-jae made it possible. Remarkable.
-Guuuaaargh!
Had Brieken retained that reflective eye, the battle after awakening would have been far more troublesome.
Min-jae’s Lightning Magic would have been deflected, as would the old man’s Dragon Scale Piercing Spear.
We’d have needed to avoid the face entirely and break through the thick, armor-like skin of its hindquarters instead.
But stripped of the Third Eye, the creature was merely an annoying monster to contend with.
-Kraaaargh!
Once I climbed atop Red Dragon, the beast’s options evaporated entirely.
It had tried leaping with its frog-like hind legs, but Subspace could block that easily enough.
-Whoooosh!
-Guuuooosh!
Each collision only added to the accumulating damage. Yet the creature showed no sign of learning.
It chased me blindly—the one who’d taken its eye.
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[You have leveled up.]
It didn’t take long for Brieken, stripped of his Reflection ability, to collapse. It would have been difficult even if his eyes had remained intact.
You could say we’d stumbled into an unexpectedly easy victory. Either way, what came next was clear.
“Let’s go, quickly!”
It was time to head for the mansion where the Grand Mage had been. Min-jae wore the brightest expression of all of us—after all, we were hunting a Grand Mage.
Of course, there was one more thing to check first.
‘Does this thing have a Dragon Heart or something?’
—I’m not certain, sir.
A creature this powerful surely ought to have some elixir or inner core, but even after dismantling Brieken, we found nothing of the sort.
His skin didn’t convert into items either, so there was nothing worth taking.
—Probably because his eye was an S-rank item. That’s likely why.
That was Chun-bae speaking, and I nodded along. We’d already obtained the eye before even seeing the dropped loot—asking for more would have been downright greedy.
After spending a small amount of time there, we headed straight for the Grand Mage’s mansion.
“Heh-heh.”
Since we were riding Red Dragon, the journey didn’t take long, but Min-jae was already rubbing his hands together in anticipation.
Chun-bae, apparently jealous, started picking on him.
“What if it’s not? Then what’s your plan?”
“Come on. That can’t be right.”
“Could be something good that he used for magic.”
“Chun-bae. You said yourself it was a robe. A robe belongs to a mage first and foremost.”
Hmm.
The conviction in his voice was so absolute that even Chun-bae couldn’t keep joking.
“This is about where it was.”
“Didn’t you sense it from here before?”
“Yeah, around here.”
The Grand Mansion, revisited, looked different from before. Even finding it was different—the translucent barrier had definitely vanished.
It seemed the magical barrier had been dispelled when we defeated Brieken. I couldn’t feel the strange quality of mana anymore.
“Oh, the barrier’s been lifted?”
As expected, the magical barrier was completely dispelled. Unlike before, we opened the door carefully and stepped inside.
[I offer my deepest gratitude to the hero of a later age…….]
[If my belongings, which I used for the magical barrier, remain intact, then by all means, use them as you see fit.]
It was then that I heard a soft voice. Had he set this up beforehand? Perhaps. But we were surely not the hero he’d imagined.
A bitter feeling crept over me. Maybe it was from witnessing the past directly.
I wished a hero had appeared in this world, as the Grand Mage had hoped. But it seemed that hadn’t come to pass.
Of course, bitterness was one thing. Items were another.
“There it is!”
Chun-bae and Min-jae rushed ahead first, but it was Min-jae who let out a cheer.
“Anyone can see this is a mage’s item. Chun-bae.”
“Hmm. I suppose so. But!”
Chun-bae spun around quickly.
“There’s still a cloak left!”
“I’m just saying that cloak is mine too. Finger and all.”
“What?”
At Min-jae’s words, Chun-bae hesitated, then stopped him before he could move closer.
“Stop right there!”
“Sir?”
“Wanna bet?”
“Sure. What do we bet with?”
“How about drinks after we leave the Gate?”
“You’re on.”
Chun-bae, who’d stopped Min-jae, turned to look at me.

“Hey, Hye. Take a look at that cloak.”
A hollow laugh slipped out of me.
“That’s from some old movie, isn’t it?”
“Old? It’s recent to me.”
“Right.”
I chuckled and examined the cloak. And the winner was……
Min-jae. The cloak had options that increased magical efficiency and raised his Mana stat.
“Definitely a mage’s item.”
“Look at that!”
The old man tilted his head back toward the sky with mock frustration.
“Ugh…….”
“The team dinner’s on the leader this time.”
Both pieces of equipment fell to Min-jae without dispute. Unfortunately, neither was S-rank. Only the Combat Robe qualified.
The cloak’s description mentioned it had been used in a Magical Barrier, suggesting it had lost some power.
Still, the haul was substantial. Including the Third Eye, Min-jae had claimed two S-rank items.
The robe was one thing, but the Third Eye that Brieken had carried—that was the real prize.
‘It’s a one-time use, but…….’
The ability to reflect an opponent’s skill back at them was beyond imagination. Combined with Lee Shin-hee’s Invincibility, it meant he could dodge certain death and counter in the same breath.
Min-jae had a feeling there would come a time when he’d need this.
The Übermenschen.
Their conspiracy was deepening by the day. Yet as time passed, something like anticipation stirred in him.
‘They’ll come prepared, that’s for sure.’
But he had resources too—a Doppelgänger to fool them with, Lee Shin-hee’s Invincibility, and now Reflection. His arsenal was growing considerably.
Reflection itself was something Min-jae hadn’t predicted at all.
Even if that creature stole another’s skill, could it anticipate Reflection?
He didn’t think so. He hoped this Third Eye would become the hidden blade that found its mark in that thing’s chest.
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[Gate ‘Pan Krete Ruins’ cleared.]
[Experience gained.]
[Level increased.]
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[Lv88 Void Lord, Han Hye]
Strength: 110
Agility: 120(+10, +5, +1)
Vitality: 150(+15, +1)
Spirit: 110
Mana: 161(+1)
Stat Points: 22
Han Hye studied her status window, considering whether to invest some of those accumulated points.
But the Übermenschen situation weighed on her mind. She had no way of knowing which stats would matter when that confrontation came.
The danger they posed was precisely their unpredictability—she couldn’t guess what skills or items they possessed, or how they’d strike.
She had to account for the possibility of skill suppression, as had happened before.
‘If I can’t access the Subspace, both vitality and mana might become critical.’
So she decided to hold her points in reserve and instead trained in other ways.
Her Spatial Sense came from the Subspace—an instinctive sixth sense of sorts. But she’d learned last time just how crippling it was when she lost it.
It wasn’t quite blindness, more like losing one eye. So she trained to compensate.
That meant practicing rapid visual assessment and movement without relying on Spatial Sense.
‘It was harder than I thought, not to rely on it.’
Unlike a true on-off switch, the sense didn’t work that way. It would have been simpler if it were like an eye she could just cover. This middle ground was frustratingly vague.
Her Guild members were training just as hard. Everyone shared the same conviction.
“If they’re scheming at this level and coming at us with a plan, they’ll bring their full strength.”
“We should kill them, of course, but if we can take down their leader this time, that would be ideal. They’ll be a constant threat otherwise.”
There was indeed a difference now.
During the Übermenschen’s last attack, they had been stronger. Han Hye hadn’t yet surpassed Shin Chang, the Fist King, or Choin.
So survival had been the priority then. Asking Shin Chang and the Fist King for help made sense at that moment.
Defeating them would have been a bonus. But now it was different.
‘This time, I’m cleaning house.’
From what Choin had revealed, the reason the Übermenschen produced such powerful Hunters was because of their leader.
Extracting and distributing skills like that—it was an ability that shouldn’t exist.
But if that creature fell, the Übermenschen’s power would crumble with it.
In other words, she only needed to kill the leader. And she would.
“Hm?”
Even as these thoughts crystallized, the Ring of Conspiracy on her finger shifted once more.
Pitch black.
The conspiracy had arrived at her doorstep.

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