Chapter 745 – The Seeker of Eden
“If you teach them, you can use them, but… The problem is that it takes a lot of time to teach them. .”
“Shit…”
Seong-il feels bitter when Erica says that it takes time to nurture talent in alchemy. At best, she found a way to quickly train combatants, but when mass production seems difficult, Seong-il feels very sorry.
“What about Taecheong Shindan?”
“Ah, that? First of all, Eunwol-nim gathered about 1/3 of the ingredients quickly, so I’m carefully analyzing the ingredients. I’m also practicing mocks. If I practice slowly, I think I’ll be able to make it…?”
As Taecheong Shindan is one of the elixirs of the world, it seems that Eunwol couldn’t gather all the ingredients quickly. Still, most of the materials she gathered were seeds, so Erisha also tells her hopeful opinion that with the help of her goddess, she may someday mass-produce the materials.
‘Should I be satisfied with being able to mass-produce an upgraded version of the nanomachines…?’
At that time, Seong-il tries to deal with the bitterness by looking only at the positive aspects of the moment, leaving regrets behind. Suddenly, an alarm rings on his phone.
“Ah, is that…?”
Seong-il instinctively realizes what kind of notification came and quickly checks the game master’s core absorption rate.
“Congratulations! You have succeeded in killing the first alien!! We will give you a special skill as a reward.』
『Follower dimension overlap (passive): Now, when your follower installs a portal in the future, the space within a radius of 100 square meters based on the portal changes to a ‘tariff-free zone’. Goods produced ‘directly’ in the region will be exempted from duty going forward, even if they are not followers. (However, the manufacturing target must be a living organism)』
“Uh…If this…?”
Seong-il feels that if he uses this power well, there will be no problem in creating a ‘lower workshop’. So, Seong-il was about to explain the newly acquired power to Erica. An additional alarm sounds unexpectedly.
“Congratulations!! You’ve succeeded in killing the ‘Manager’ and absorbing his special core energy! We will give you a special item.』
『Anyway, power-up kit: Now you can choose one of the game worlds you want to upgrade the game world. If you use the item to upgrade the game, real people will be able to visit the game world as well. The game world can be played in one world or divided like a multiverse according to Han Seong-il’s intention.』
“Hmm…”
When an item with an ambiguous performance appears, Seong-il looks puzzled. That’s when he was thinking about how to use it. After a long time, the game master sends a direct message and talks to Seong-il.
『Game Master: What is ambiguous? You fool.”
‘Huh?’
It’s been a long time since a game master directly expressed his will to him, so Seong-il looks at the message with a look of confusion and suspicion at the same time.
『Game Master: It’s pretty high quality core energy, so I had to focus on absorbing it, too. Anyway, I recommend using the item for ‘Dungeon Guardian’.』
‘…Suddenly?’
『Game Master: Is it really all of a sudden?』
At Seong-il’s words, the game master giggles and tells Seong-il to think about what system he needs the most right now.
‘Hmm… Of course it’s a way to speed up the growth of the hunters, right?’
『Game Master: I know. Then, what is the fastest way to promote growth?”
‘That’s the real battle… Ah!!’
Seong-il shudders when he realizes why the game master ordered the dungeon guardian to use the item.
‘If the player dies in another game world, it’s ‘game over’, but… Even if the guardian of the dungeon dies there, it can be easily resurrected in the form of consuming a month’s time… No way. Are you saying that game masters use that system?!’
Seong-il is thrilled to realize why the game master pointed out ‘Dungeon Guardian’ and asked him to upgrade the game.
『Game Master: Do you realize now? Write well. And from now on, try to focus on catching a manager or getting a higher tier dungeon core. Then I’ll give you a nice present.”
After that, the game master ignores Sungil’s question and remains silent. When he doesn’t seem to want to talk to him, Seong-il starts explaining the skills and items he’s acquired to other followers.
“Wow!! Then surprisingly, the summoning party might be able to mass-produce easily!!”
“…Oh? How? Make a contract with the capital’s alchemy workshop?”
“That’s a bit… Since there are many geniuses among the alchemists in the capital city, problems can arise if they carelessly spray medicines. Then, confusion may come to our world for no reason.”
“…Then where are you going to subcontract?”
In response to Seong-il’s question, Erisha puts a picture of Pirina on his augmented reality window with a slightly bewildered expression.
“Well, it’s enough to leave it to the Beast Cats who work under Madame Pirina. As they were originally a tribe that traded medicinal herbs, they handle medicinal materials quite well.”
“…Wasn’t the herb-related work the main thing for the dog?”
“Ah, dogs are good at it. But aren’t beast cats bad at it? Then that’s not the case again. Dogs cultivate. Beast cats are good at using them and processing them.”
“Right…”
Whatever it is, Seong-il puts on a satisfied expression because if he can solve the trivial task with the help of the beast-man cat, he can solve the immediate problem.
‘Fuck… I’d like to have the pharmacists of the Demonic Cult make the Great Blue Shrine… But then I’ll break my oath…’
Seong-il did not want to commit a terrible act of sowing the embers of discord in the martial arts world by breaking his promise with the shaman group, so he calmly gave up his desire to use the power of Eun-wol.
‘Wait… Come to think of it…?’
Seong-il dismisses her situation as Erisha naturally sends her image to her own augmented reality, but feels something strange about her and asks her.
“Oh, that? I also received the nanomachine treatment. Now, you can assume that all followers have received the procedure.”
“…”
Seeing Seong-il’s eyes glaring at her fiercely, Erisha smiles bashfully and explains her situation as if acting charmingly.
“Why! Doctors said this confidently! In the future, the production speed of machines will only be a problem, and there will be no side effects!!”
Towards her holy day, Erisha strongly emphasizes why she needs nanomachine treatment. As well as physical strengthening abilities such as strengthening memorization skills. She says that she handles precise weighing using nano machines, and that she saves and stores images of work situations that she considers important and shares them with her colleagues.
“Not only that…”
Even difficult calculations are easily solved through nanomachines, or when the judgment is ambiguous, the machine shows its opinion through past videos or books, etc. Erisha appeals to Seong-il that this skill is what she desperately needs.
“What… Yes… It’s not wrong…”
As Seongil also knows the tremendous usefulness of nanomachines, she couldn’t bear to deny Erica’s opinion. Because of this, he obediently agrees with her words and turns the situation over.
“For the time being, the students who have successfully propagated the nanomachines will be treated and then the subpoenas will be taken in! The machine will help the subpoenas digest and absorb efficiently.”
“Ohhh… Is that so?”
“Yeah! Machines are specialized for powerfully restoring the body or maximizing energy efficiency.”
Erica says that if she achieves basic martial arts like that, she will be able to safely receive telekinesis.
“Surely… That would make the curriculum tighter.”
If they quickly complete the perfect curriculum, 『Nano machine treatment → Summoning squad and basic martial arts training → Psychokinesis → Strengthening the body through magic imprint → Admission to the academy and excellent education by the Mythology faculty, Seong-il can grow them incredibly fast. I’m sure there will be
“Yes! Also, on days when the professors are away to deal with their worldly affairs, I think it’s fine to have them gain practical experience in the dungeon’s guardians?”
“…Perfect.”
Seong-il feels thrilled when the curriculum to train students is perfected in a single moment. Impressed by the situation, he turns on the game list and looks at the guardian of the dungeon for the first time in a while.
‘First of all… After upgrading, I guess I need to try accessing the dungeon’s guardian after a long time? I need to check how things are rolling. In addition, there is a need to erase traces related to my private life (?)…’
Somehow, since he had the experience of being an obscene assistant against the white knight in the Guardian of the Dungeon, Seong-il felt the need to connect to the Guardian of the Dungeon to solve the problem first.
