The Automatic Rooting Range Is Too Wide - Chapter 168

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Auto Looting Range Too Wide Episode 168

Episode 168: Ramakan (2)

Upon entering the 34th Floor, Mincheol first subdued an Iron Doll, then inserted Bokdol-i’s core into it.

Having regained a physical body, Bokdol-i instantly seized control of the 34th Floor’s system.

-Master, let me confirm once more before we start. What was our goal again?

“To be the first in the world to subdue Ramakan.”

-And what do we need to do for that?

“Drain Ramakan’s mana, then use Auto Looting to carve out its body and extract the core.”

-Yes, perfect!

It was a plan that could only be executed because of Auto Looting.

Ramakan’s mana slashes were both offense and defense combined, making even approaching it impossible.

It wasn’t for nothing that the world’s top-tier guilds had given up on conquering it.

-Master, I’ll stay here and control the robots!

A single Iron Doll wouldn’t be much help in battle against Ramakan anyway.

In such a situation, if Bokdol-i’s core were to break by mistake, it would be a huge loss.

-I’ll send detailed instructions through the drone as we discussed earlier!

Mincheol left Bokdol-i behind and headed to the location he had scouted in advance.

It was the center of the 34th Floor and the most spacious area.

Mincheol planned to face Ramakan here and settle things once and for all.

Whirrrr-

Just then, a gnat-like drone flew over.

The drone firmly gripped Mincheol’s collar.

[Ah, ahem, Master. Can you hear my voice?]

“I can hear you clearly.”

[Excellent! Then I’ll wake up Ramakan now.]

The drone’s lens glowed and projected a hologram before Mincheol’s eyes.

The footage wasn’t particularly special.

It was just showing a wall in a corner of the factory.

But that was only how it appeared on the surface.

Behind this wall existed the Secret Room where Ramakan was waiting.

[Normally, you’d need to blow up the wall to activate Ramakan. But we don’t need to do that.]

Bokdol-i could wake up Ramakan simply by using the factory’s system to forcibly open the room.

[Ramakan will fly straight to you as soon as it activates. It has detection capabilities using mana. Especially since you’re the only living being in this factory, it’ll find you even easier.]

That meant there would be no time to mentally prepare.

Mincheol unconsciously let out a sigh.

“Haah.”

[Master, why the sudden sigh?]

“Thinking about it again, I feel like I’m doing something too reckless.”

-Reckless?

“I’m blinded by the reward of being ‘world’s first’ and trying to fight a hidden boss. It’s not something that suits someone like me.”

[Huh?]

“My goal is to climb the Tower safely, but somehow I ended up doing this… Wait, I must have lost my mind being blinded by the reward.”

[…]

Suddenly, Bokdol-i stopped talking.

Bokdol-i had already traveled the online world and collected all the stories about the Butcher (Mincheol).

Knowing how reckless Mincheol had been as the Butcher, the current statement was hard to understand.

The absurd fact was that even while saying this, he wasn’t giving up and returning to Earth.

[You’re right. For someone as methodical and safety-oriented as you, Master, this behavior doesn’t suit you!

However, Bokdol-i didn’t particularly point out Mincheol’s contradictory behavior.

How could he dare to criticize when his master was speaking like this?

[But thinking about it the other way, if someone as cautious, methodical, and safety-oriented as you is willing to take on this challenge, doesn’t that mean it’s not that dangerous?]

“Does it work that way?”

[Of course! And you don’t need to worry about it becoming dangerous! I’ve prepared ways to evacuate you too!]

Mincheol’s expression brightened again at Bokdol-i’s words.

[Then I’ll start now!]

As soon as the words ended, sirens suddenly began blaring throughout the entire factory.

Whirr- Whirr-

Red lights kept flashing. It was dizzying to the eyes and ears.

Soon after, the wall opened and Ramakan revealed itself.

A streamlined body.

About the size of a middle school student in human terms.

Rather than a hidden boss, it had an appearance befitting a work of art.

Whoom-

The crouched Ramakan raised its head.

[It’s moving!]

Ramakan, floating in the air, shot forward.

It was much faster than what they had seen in the footage.

[As expected, what was captured in the footage wasn’t its top speed!]

“Then it’ll arrive much faster than we thought.”

[Yes, but no problem!]

Mincheol focused on the footage. He could see Ramakan crossing the corridor.

[It’ll reach the First Area soon!]

For Ramakan to reach Mincheol’s location, it had to pass through two rooms.

The Central Area where Mincheol was and the two rooms were connected in a straight line.

In other words, it was a perfect structure for Mincheol to throw projectiles.

[I’ll move the units I have on standby!]

Ramakan sharply changed direction. Then the corridor ended and the first room was revealed.

Whirr-

The machines that had been waiting pounced on Ramakan.

Watchdogs, Iron Dolls, Spikewalkers.

Monsters so dangerous that even promising members of Large Guilds would give up challenging them.

Even surrounded by such powerful monsters, Ramakan didn’t stop.

Instead, its arms and back opened up, revealing elongated launch ports.

Swoosh-

Immediately after, the robots were split in half.

It was truly an instant. The bisected robots collapsed, having stopped functioning.

“Is that the large-scale mana discharge?”

[No! That level is just a basic attack for Ramakan!]

“Damn it.”

Mincheol cursed and reached into his Inventory.

Then he pulled out a hand axe and threw it directly.

【Activating ‘Helmet Splitter’.】

【Consuming 35 mana.】

The hand axe accelerated fiercely and flew toward Ramakan.

Ramakan didn’t use mana discharge. It took the hand axe hit with its bare body.

Clang-

The hand axe bounced off powerlessly. There wasn’t even a scratch on Ramakan’s armor.

“As expected, it doesn’t use mana discharge on non-threatening attacks.”

[This is also according to our calculations! It was good that we had new weapons made as you suggested, Master!]

Mincheol pulled out a new hand axe from his Inventory.

It was a unique-grade hand axe made using silver ingots.

【’Helmet Splitter’ is activated.】

【35 mana is consumed.】

Second throw.

This time, even Ramakan couldn’t ignore it.

Clang-

Ramakan used mana discharge to intercept the hand axe.

[This works! Let’s keep draining his mana bit by bit like this!]

Now that he confirmed his newly acquired hand axe was effective, it was time to press the attack.

【’Kaela Marbenia’ is activated.】

【350 mana is consumed.】

【Please designate items from inventory.】

Mincheol designated hand axes from his inventory.

Not one, but two.

This was thanks to previously using items to raise Kaela Marbenia’s level.

From now on, Mincheol could throw three items at once.

Whoosh-

Three hand axes tore through the air as they rushed forward.

Ramakan deflected the hand axes by releasing consecutive slashes.

【’Kaela Marbenia’ is activated.】

【350 mana is consumed.】

【Please designate items from inventory.】

Mincheol threw hand axes in succession.

Every time he swung his arm, three hand axes flew out.

He was literally pouring out hand axes.

Clang clang- Clang clang clang-

Ramakan continued discharging mana to deflect the attacks.

Even while doing so, without stopping his flight, he shot straight toward Mincheol.

[Almost there!]

As soon as those words ended, Ramakan reached the central chamber where Mincheol was.

“Wow.”

Ramakan faced directly, not through video, was radiating terrifying pressure.

Just from the atmosphere, he was reminiscent of the mid-tier Awakened from Hope Society they’d met before.

Whooom-

Ramakan accelerated. Having found his target, he seemed intent on pressing his attack even harder.

[Launching second wave assault!]

Then, robots attacked Ramakan from all directions again.

Slash-

Once again, Ramakan fired slashes to cut down the robots.

As expected, they couldn’t inflict damage.

But Mincheol and Bokdol-i were aiming for something else.

[Ramakan slowed down!]

Just as Bokdol-i calculated, Ramakan’s output weakened when using two functions simultaneously.

While Ramakan was slowed, Mincheol activated his skill.

【’Magic Bullet Marksman’ is activated.】

【’700′ mana is consumed.】

【5 magic bullets are loaded.】

At the same time, he pulled out a spear from his inventory.

Silver Wing.

A spear forged using silver ingots at Olttetiramisu’s request.

【’Kaela Marbenia’ is activated.】

【350 mana is consumed.】

【Please designate items from inventory.】

The scenery rapidly slowed down.

Ramakan charging toward Mincheol.

The robots crumbling while split in half.

Even the dust floating in the air.

In the frozen world, Mincheol threw Silver Wing.

【’Meteor Spectral Light’ is activated.】

【’560′ mana is consumed.】

【Additional skill is activated by ‘Kaela Marbenia’!】

【’1,680′ mana is additionally consumed 2 more times!】

【’3′ magic bullets are consumed!】

Silver Wing split after leaving his hand.

One became three.

Three became nine.

A total of nine spears flew toward Ramakan.

It wasn’t just the numbers that increased. Each spear had mana strongly concentrated within it.

On top of that, both power and velocity were enhanced by the magic bullets.

Whooom-

The flying Ramakan suddenly stopped. Ejection ports opened all over his body.

A whirlwind blew with Ramakan at the center.

Kwaaaaang-

At the same time, invisible slashes swept the surroundings.

The ground split into hundreds of pieces and all of Meteor Spectral Light was deflected.

[Master! Success! That’s large-scale mana discharge!]

Mincheol clicked his tongue.

To activate a skill of such power so quickly.

He absolutely didn’t want to get close.

Whooom-

Contrary to Mincheol’s wishes, Ramakan tried to move again.

But Mincheol and Bokdol-i’s attack wasn’t over.

[Detonating!]

With Bokdol-i’s shout, the ceiling exploded.

Kwaaaaang-

The entire ceiling crashed down on Ramakan.

* * *

Befitting the Machine Empire’s factory, the ceiling was also made of metal.

In other words, it was no different from a massive chunk of iron falling.

【Danger: Risk of functional failure upon collision.】

【Warning: High probability of allowing counterattack from Danger Molecule if hit directly.】

Whooom-

Ramakan stopped moving and used large-scale mana discharge again.

The falling ceiling was divided into hundreds of cubes.

Cubes pouring down and disrupting Ramakan’s vision.

【Danger: Remaining mana reduced to below 20%.】

【Response: Pattern analysis of Danger Molecule complete.】

【Plan: Evade Danger Molecule’s attacks, then enter firing range.】

When all the cubes finally fell, something appeared in Ramakan’s vision.

The Danger Molecule had thrown a hand axe.

At most, it was nothing but a hand axe.

And only one at that.

This much could be easily avoided.

Ramakan calculated the hand axe’s trajectory, then attempted to evade…

【Activating skill ‘Weight Control’.】

Suddenly, the hand axe expanded.

It wasn’t just two or three times bigger. It was large enough to fill Ramakan’s entire field of vision.

All calculations went awry due to this unexpected situation.

Instead of evading, Ramakan tried to deflect the hand axe by unleashing slashing attacks.

Ting- Tiding-

But no matter how many slashing attacks he poured out, he couldn’t deflect the hand axe.

【Danger: Weight is excessively heavy.】

【Danger: Too late to attempt evasive maneuvers.】

Ramakan immediately released a massive amount of mana.

Kwaagwang-

Countless slashing attacks hammered the axe.

Eventually, the axe couldn’t withstand the wave of slashes and was knocked away.

【Danger: Mana depletion state.】

【Danger: Machine cooling required.】

Pusheeeek-

Ramakan stopped right there.

Exhaust ports opened and steam gushed out.

Though his mana was depleted, minimal defensive measures remained.

If Danger Molecule approached, he would release slashing attacks to sever vital points…

【Using ‘Carve Out’.】

【Acquiring all objects within cubic range.】

A square hole was pierced right through the center of Ramakan’s torso.

【Danger: Armor damage confirmed.】

【Will focus defense on that area.】

Ramakan’s AI confirmed the damage, then immediately went into protection mode.

But it was a useless effort.

【Acquiring all ‘Ramakan’s Core’ within 1.2km radius.】

【Acquired 1 ‘Ramakan’s Core’.】

Because the core that controlled everything about Ramakan had suddenly disappeared.

Thus, Ramakan fell into endless darkness.

* * *

Mincheol took out Ramakan’s core from his inventory.

Ramakan, having lost his core, wasn’t even twitching.

Ramakan.

It was the moment Mincheol conquered the hidden boss that even world-class guilds had given up on attacking.

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