Something Keeps Appearing in My Subspace - Chapter 93

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93. Trial of Mana (3)
—Craaaaaaaaawwww!
The first thing Choi Chul-gi did after soaring into the air atop Yong-yong was to unleash the dragon’s roar across the battlefield.
Thanks to this, I managed to draw the attention of every mage in the Magic Tower.
“A dragon! It’s a dragon!”
“Target it!”
The effect was undeniable.
First, the firepower of the mages positioned above the Magic Tower was directed at Choi Chul-gi riding the dragon.
However, since Choi Chul-gi’s purpose from the start was merely to draw attention, the spells never reached him.
He circled by drawing closer then pulling away in a calculated pattern.
“Now! Strike!”
But as a result, the magical firepower directed at our forces diminished, allowing our assault on the Magic Tower to intensify.
And most importantly, it allowed Han Hye to climb the tower undetected.
‘He’s reliable.’
While all eyes were on Choi Chul-gi, I used a leap to move to the rear of the Magic Tower.
A place where the mages’ gazes could scarcely reach.
Then I began ascending the towering structure at rapid speed. Though the tower’s surface was smooth with no handholds, there were no real dangers.
By opening small Subspaces to use as footholds and combining them with leaps, there was no risk of falling.
—Craaaaaaaaawwww!
While I climbed, Choi Chul-gi was executing the distraction flawlessly.
If he merely circled from a distance, the mages might have sensed something amiss.
Knowing this, Choi Chul-gi deliberately varied his movements.
Using Dragon Unity, he feinted charges toward the tower, keeping the mages’ attention firmly locked on him.
‘One on the left.’
Moreover, with my spatial awareness, I could sense the mages positioned near my climbing route.
In other words, I could ascend without any interference whatsoever.
The climb didn’t take long.
By the time Choi Chul-gi made exactly two feint approaches, I had reached the summit of the Magic Tower.
‘Chun-bae, can you grab that?’
But a small desire had taken root.
The Mana Core. Not infinite, but a device that supplied mana with an almost limitless feel.
If I stored it in my Subspace, it seemed I could utilize it whenever and however I wished.
For instance, if I gave it to Seo Min-jae, who was a mage, he could unleash spells like the Magic Tower’s mages.
—Negative. That is essentially a mass of mana drawn together by the magical formations spanning the Magic Tower’s vicinity.
‘So it’s useless?’
—The moment you place it in your Subspace, it will lose its cohesion. It is merely a device that continuously gathers mana from the surrounding area.
‘Like a backup battery with a charger plugged in?’
I nodded. If its structure relied on magical formations, taking the Mana Core would be meaningless.
‘Then should I destroy the Magic Tower quickly? Before it regenerates?’
—No. The Mana Core cannot be remade in such a short timeframe.
‘Well, if that’s the case… I just need to pierce it, right?’
-It is possible, but you must be cautious. It is a condensed mass of mana. You must account for the shockwave when it is destroyed.
Han Hye nodded and retrieved the Heavenly Pierce Sword from the Subspace. The moment I grasped the blade, I felt strength surge through my body.
Just as I was about to set up cover in front of me using the Subspace, a different thought suddenly occurred to me.
‘Wait.’
Now that I thought about it, there was no need to risk piercing the sword. Hadn’t I recently acquired the Incinerate skill?
It was an S-rank flame that burned mana.
Since it was Level 1, I wasn’t sure if it could burn through this entire mana condensate, but…
It seemed safer than piercing with the sword.
-Whoosh!
And immediately, I activated Incinerate on the mana core. A flame the size of my fist appeared before the mana core.
And then, it began devouring the mana core in an instant. It was a flame that burned mana.
“Huh?”
“What?!”
As the flow of mana began to be cut off, the mages in the Magic Tower started to panic.
The continuously supplied flow of mana was gradually decreasing.
‘Insane.’
However, I wasn’t unaffected either.
Incinerate.
As befitted an S-rank skill, the mana consumption was enormous, and it was even worse now as I burned through the massive mana condensate.
As the Incinerate burned the mana core, my mana drained away like a receding tide.
In other words, it wouldn’t be strange if I ran out of mana at any moment.
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Had I ever consumed mana like this before? I hadn’t, because I would rest in the Subspace whenever I used even a little.
Moreover, my mana was draining away in such a short span of time.
-At this rate, you will suffer mana depletion. You must increase your mana stat.
At Chun-bae’s advice, I came to my senses and immediately opened my status window.
[Lv33 Void Lord, Han Hye]
Strength: 40
Agility: 40(+1)
Stamina: 41(+1)
Spirit: 32
Mana: 56(+10)(+1)
Bonus Points: 6
I invested points into mana just before I would have suffered depletion. This was precisely why I kept bonus points in reserve for situations like this.
So I invested 10 points into my mana stat. If I had spent all of them as soon as I leveled up instead of saving them, I would have been in quite a predicament.
-Crackle!
And after investing 10 points into my mana stat, the mana core was completely consumed by the Incinerate flame.
The flame that had started the size of my fist had grown larger than my body.
Thanks to my flame resistance, it felt like warmth rather than heat, but due to the enormous mana consumption, I hastily extinguished the Incinerate.
It happened in an instant.
[Skill Blaze (S-rank) has leveled up.]
[The Magic Tower’s mana core has been destroyed. Absorbing a portion of mana from the nearest source.]
[Mana stat increases by 10.]
“Really?”
I couldn’t help but marvel at the message floating before my eyes.
When I awakened in a Gate of level 90 or higher, piercing the dragon’s eyes had granted me 10 increases to health and mana.
But destroying the mana core alone had increased my mana by 10. Just as Chun-bae had said, this Gate offered reliable rewards.
Of course, my mana stat was already high, but…
‘When I think about Blaze, it’s definitely worth it.’
I’d felt it before—Blaze consumed far too much mana.
In the past, I’d thought my mana stat was excessive, but now that I possessed Blaze, it was anything but.
“Now’s the time! The magic has stopped!”
A fierce shout echoed from below. Now that I thought about it, the thunderous booming had ceased.
With the mana core gone, the mages of the Magic Tower could no longer unleash spells endlessly.
-They had likely already exhausted their own mana and were fighting using the mana supplied by the core.
‘That makes sense. A mage without mana is just an ordinary person.’
After that, everything proceeded smoothly.
Not long after the mana core vanished, the Magic Tower fell.
“Waaaaah!”
Among the cheering forces within the Gate, the Subjugation Team welcomed me. Everyone looked exhausted.
It couldn’t be helped—the vanguard had pushed through while taking magic attacks, and the mages had responded with maximum firepower.
The healers had consumed considerable mana treating the vanguard.
Yet everyone wore smiles because they had successfully subjugated the Gate.
“How on earth did you manage that?”
“We could never have cleared it without Han Hye.”
“That’s not true. I could only climb because Chul-gi helped me.”
“Ah, right. It was brutal back there. We’d have been in serious trouble without the Dragon Guild.”
As praise spread to his side as well, Chul-gi scratched the back of his head and laughed, looking happier than usual.
It was pleasant to see. After all, this was probably his first experience with a Subjugation Team like this.
‘He must have dreamed of being recognized like this all along.’
So I deliberately gave him credit.
“I wouldn’t have made it up without you. I almost got stuck midway, but you charged in and saved me.”
“Ah, you climbed well on your own.”
“It’s both of your achievements. Honestly, we struggled quite a bit too… We’d have had to use an Escape Secretary if it weren’t for the Dragon Guild.”
Everyone nodded at someone’s words. I agreed as well. If we hadn’t destroyed the Castle Wall in the first place, it would have been difficult to push through.
Since I’d destroyed the left tower, their firepower had been reduced considerably too.
‘I wonder if it was made to be destroyed in the first place.’
-Strictly speaking, this place wasn’t made to be subjugated.
‘To that extent?’
-Even the Previous-Previous Princess and Previous Princess failed to clear the Trial of Mana in their worlds, causing numerous Gate Breaks.
Chun-bae’s sudden remark caught me slightly off guard.
‘But he didn’t mention it was that serious before we entered.’
-I believed you would succeed, Han Hye. You are that formidable, after all.
Hmm. Had I earned some recognition from Chun-bae? The thought suddenly occurred to me.
‘So I’ve earned recognition?’
-….
I asked, but Chun-bae fell silent for a moment, as if calculating something.
-Not yet.
I decided not to grow impatient. I could infer much from the situation, and I could feel Chun-bae’s acknowledgment regardless.
Seeing him go this far, I suspected the Previous-Previous Princess had placed restrictions on Chun-bae.
Not just the Princess’s will, but perhaps certain level requirements or the need for the Subspace skill to advance.
At this rate, I thought I’d hear from Chun-bae before long.
[Gate ‘Trial of Mana’ Subjugation Complete.]
[You have gained experience points.]
[Your level has increased.]
[Mana stat increases by 10.]
The moment the message appeared, all members of the Subjugation Team erupted in cheers.
“No way!”
“Is this real?”
“Woohoo!”
“Are you serious? Mana stat plus 10?”
My earlier admiration wasn’t without reason. The stat gains I received from this Gate were 20 Mana.
When I pierced the Red Dragon’s eyes, both Health and Mana increased by 10 each—the same as this.
‘Even if the experience was somewhat modest, the rewards are absolutely absurd.’
You’d need to consume three Grade A elixirs to gain 10 stat points. Yet the entire team’s Mana stat increased by 10.
It was only natural that everyone was cheering.
“Long live Han Hye!”
“Long live Han Hye!”
“The Red Dragon is supreme!”
“The Red Dragon?”
“The Dragon Knight is supreme!”
Some of the Subjugation Team members were so delighted they shouted all manner of strange things.
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[Korea’s First Clear of the ‘Trial of Mana’ Gate!]
[All ‘Trial of Mana’ Gates that appeared worldwide have vanished.]
[Trial Gates: The First Clear is Everything!]
[What on earth happened? The world’s attention pours onto Korea.]
Just as Chun-bae had said, the Trial Gates that appeared elsewhere vanished the moment we exited the Gate.
[China’s Subjugation Team ejected outside the Gate. Subjugation failed.]
China’s secondary Subjugation Team entered later than us, but the moment we cleared the Gate, they were expelled.
[Korean Subjugation Team unanimously praises: ‘Without the Space Mage and Dragon Knight, we never would have succeeded.’]
[Liu Zhen, who possesses an S-rank Swordsmanship skill, failed to clear the Gate—yet the Space Mage with only auxiliary skills conquered it!]
[The hollow expressions of China’s Subjugation Team]
What’s more, we succeeded in clearing it in less than twenty minutes after entering, leaving them utterly dumbfounded.
To be honest, I never thought they’d be capable of clearing the Trial of Mana Gate even if they entered.
‘What good is S-rank swordsmanship when there’s no way to ascend the Magic Tower?’
Or perhaps not? Maybe they had some confidence since they assembled a secondary Subjugation Team?
Well, it wasn’t my concern. We cleared it faster, after all.
-Hye, take a look at this article.
Not long after, an absurd headline caught my attention.
[China: ‘Korea bribed a Chinese Hunter for information about the Trial of Mana Gate. Compensation must be returned.’]
It was complete nonsense.

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