Chapter 2267 – 2267. God’S Atlantis
I entered the world of God’s Atlantis.
The A-Plan Legion was on vacation, so there wasn’t anything to do right away. It wasn’t a bad thing. There were things to do in the [God’s Atlantis] world.
Sex was one of them. Spending time slapping Joo Seo-hyun’s butt wasn’t a bad thing either.
But right now, I had something to do.
‘I need to buy a space-time warp scroll.’
In Atlantis, space-time warp scrolls were essential. The world was vast, and the areas were divided.
‘The areas are closely packed together, forming one continent. And each area has a different ruler.’
An area was like a territory in the medieval sense. Each area was a nation ruled by an individual.
The problem was when crossing areas.
Usually, you could pass by paying a toll, but if something happened, they would block the borders and control them.
‘If I had an airplane, I could fly through the sky, but… most of the transportation in this world is by horse.’
The problem was that this world was ridiculously vast. Moving around on horseback? How long would it take to reach the destination?
Therefore, those with money used space-time warp scrolls. Especially scrolls that allowed you to set the coordinates yourself were very popular.
「You have entered the 4th Area, AP Shop.」
「Welcome to the AP Shop.」
「At the AP Shop, you can buy items using AP, or sell them for AP. Only ranked items can be sold, and they are sold at 30% of the market price.」
「The AP Shop is only available for 2 hours a day.」
「What would you like?」
It had been a while since I arrived at the shop.
The items for sale in the shop appeared in a list. There were quite a lot of items for sale. Consumables like recovery potions and space-time warp scrolls were replenished every certain period. However, they weren’t infinitely stocked, so the market price would fluctuate.
My goal was a space-time warp scroll, but I looked around at other items first.
‘You never know. There might be a jackpot item.’
There were no jackpot items.
High-efficiency elixirs or very special items were sold as soon as they appeared in the shop. Giant legions were always watching the shop.
There were a few items that caught my eye.
「Grape of the Drunken God – 15,000,000 AP」
「Grape of the Drunken God
The user will be in a drunken state for 10 years.
Rank: B」
It was an ambiguous ability to use with the intention of harming someone. If you hated someone, you could buy more lethal poisons and curses at a cheaper price.
‘There are areas that you can only enter if you’re drunk.’
It was mentioned in the original story. It was the area called the Memory of the Drunken Immortal. I didn’t know the exact location, but if I had the Grape of the Drunken God, I could easily conquer it.
‘The original protagonist, Kang Myung-jin, knows about it. But even if he knew, he wouldn’t go.’
It was a simple reason. Efficiency. Even if he succeeded in conquering it after investing fifteen million AP, the gains wouldn’t be that great. It wouldn’t even be worth the investment.
‘It’s too expensive. Usually, it’s hard to even get 10,000 AP.’
The basic way to earn AP was by hunting monsters. When you killed a monster, you could get AP separately from the byproducts. Since you had to risk your life, the number of monster hunters was bound to be small.
Also, the gods could sponsor AP. The problem was that the gods were stingy. My contracted god, Zeus, was of high rank, but he wouldn’t sponsor me unless there was something special.
‘The easiest way to earn AP is through the monthly salary from ruling an area.’
If you ruled an area, you would receive AP every 30 days. It was like a kind of rent. The rent would naturally be more expensive the bigger and better the area was.
‘Let’s see. The AP I have right now is…’
「AP Owned: 21,720,808」
Twenty-one million.
It was an amount that made my heart swell.
‘I get over 3 million AP every month. Of course, it should be this much.’
Out of that, 2.1 million AP came from the desert region. Fifteen desert areas where the Heavenly Demon Cult was growing.
Besides that, there was AP that had accumulated from doing various things.
I checked the price of the space-time warp scroll, which was my goal.
「Space-Time Warp Scroll.
This is a space-time warp scroll that does not have coordinates set.
You must set the coordinates to use the scroll. You can set the coordinates by putting mana into the location.
Currently set coordinates: None
Type: Consumable
Rank: B」
「Space-Time Warp Scroll: 65,690 AP」
「Remaining quantity of Space-Time Warp Scrolls: 1,002」
「20 days until the next shipment arrives.」
I sighed as soon as I saw it. The last time I saw it, it was around 60,000 AP, but the market price had gone up.
‘As the level of Atlantis has generally increased over time, the demand for space-time warp scrolls has also increased. The market price will continue to rise.’
I should have come to the shop when I had the chance. I regretted it a little.
‘Still, I won’t come for a while. It’s annoying. The AP will eventually accumulate anyway. If I buy little by little, the market price will go up, so let’s buy it all at once.’
「Purchase 300 Space-Time Warp Scrolls.」
「19,707,000 AP will be consumed. Do you want to proceed?」
“Proceed.”
With 300, I could use them freely in other worlds without worry.
「AP Owned: 2,013,808」
300 space-time warp scrolls appeared before my eyes. I tied them together with a string and put them in my inventory.
‘The remaining 2 million AP… Should I save it? Or use it? If I save it, I can use it right away when I need it later… but that time isn’t right now.’
「Space-Time Warp Scroll: 67,010 AP」
The market price temporarily spiked because I bought a large quantity at once. It would stabilize over time, but I wasn’t that patient.
‘Should I invest in an area and earn more points like others?’
I was contemplating, but I just went out of the shop. It was too annoying to manage and grow each area one by one.
‘I should go back and tease Joo Seo-hyun.’
I was about to tear a space-time warp scroll to go back in an instant.
The world shook.
The ground and the sky shook at the same time. I braced my lower body to prevent myself from falling.
“Uwaaaah!”
“Is it an earthquake all of a sudden?!”
“Get out of the building!”
The ground shook violently and began to crack. Fortunately, it didn’t crack so much that people would fall in.
I kept my balance and looked up at the sky. It wasn’t just my imagination. The sky was shaking too. It was clear when I saw the clouds scattering. Then, at some point, the sky also began to crack like the ground. The cracks in the sky grew bigger, like cracks in transparent glass.
“Look at the sky! Something… something is happening!”
“What the hell is going on?!”
“Damn it. Did a large legion cause an accident?!”
“System! Explain! System!”
There was a universe inside the cracks. A space with countless stars twinkling. It was both awe-inspiring and beautiful. People stared blankly at the cracks in the sky. A strange magic was drawing people’s attention.
Crack, crack!
The cracks in the sky grew bigger before they could recover.
The starlight in the universe within the cracks began to shine more brilliantly.
‘…Is that really starlight?’
Then it happened. Something pitch black covered the cracks. I thought the system had started working, but… it wasn’t.
It was a giant eye. A red eye was looking down at us from within the cracks. The pupil was an unusual horizontal rectangle, like a goat’s or a sheep’s.
“Aaaaaaaaah!”
“Stooooooop!”
“Don’t loooooooook!”
People screamed. They grabbed their heads and collapsed, covered their own eyes, or self-harmed by banging their heads on the ground. They threw off their clothes and wailed, attacking their surroundings indiscriminately. They had all gone mad, but there were degrees. Ordinary people had completely gone mad.
「Damage to Atlantis has been detected.」
「Atlantis is beginning to recover.」
「External influence has affected Atlantis.」
「The external influence is being removed.」
The cracks were getting smaller.
The eye in the cracks spun around, looking inside, and then stopped. The eye was looking at me.
“What the hell.”
I flipped it off with my right middle finger because it was ridiculous to be stared at like that. I didn’t know if it understood the meaning.
“Come at me if you dare.”
It couldn’t.
Because the system was protecting this place. The cracks were getting smaller, and those who had gone crazy from making eye contact with it were slowly returning to normal. Even those who had already committed suicide were returning to before they died, as if time was rewinding.
As long as the system was there, it couldn’t do anything. Probably. Even if it was difficult with the system alone, the other gods wouldn’t want the board to break, so they would help.
The eye, which had shown no reaction, closed. I didn’t feel any emotions like anger or joy. I felt politeness in that action. Then, the eye that opened again stopped observing Atlantis, turned its body, and left for somewhere in the universe.
I saw it. Something black that was destroying the stars of the universe as it disappeared somewhere. It didn’t feel like it was intentionally destroying the stars. The stars were just being destroyed and disappearing due to the aftermath of its movement.
-Mother has left.
I was startled by the sudden voice and turned my gaze forward.
A pale-skinned pharaoh was smiling in front of me.
「??? is smiling at you.」
The black pharaoh.
I knew its identity. That body itself was probably one of its avatars.
“…The Crawling Chaos. It’s moving very openly.”
-It’s okay now. Right now, the system is focusing all its power on recovering from the aftermath. The other gods are the same. A natural disaster has struck and disappeared, so they have to clean up the mess.
“What the hell is going on right now?”
-I don’t know. Don’t try to understand natural disasters. One thing is certain, that being has left.
“……Where to?”
-The boundaries have disappeared and all restrictions have been lifted… It probably headed outside. I don’t know if it succeeded. I don’t know more than that.
“Is Atlantis okay?”
-It’s okay because the system is there. This is just the aftermath. Unlike other stars, it has a system, so it can recover sufficiently. Hmm, oh dear. I can’t talk much either. The recovery speed is much faster than expected.
“Why did you come?”
-I came to let you know that I am not your enemy. And now that they have disappeared… the universe will be noisy for the first time in a long time. Ah, chaos is being drawn. It’s going to be fun.
The black pharaoh grinned, tearing his mouth.
“Is that all you came to say?”
-Hehe. The fact that you and I had a conversation is important. I have high expectations for you.
The black pharaoh disappeared.
