Chapter 804 – Mythology Academy
‘I must help prevent the dimensional rift in the Mythology Academy world by any means necessary.’
Thanks to this response, Seong-il quickly regains his composure and asks Dean Steiner about when and how he will prevent the dimensional rift in the future.
“I have no intention of doing it right now. Today was a kind of exploratory battle to find out whether you are truly trustworthy.”
“Aha.”
In fact, Dean Steiner explains again that the reason he met with Seong-il today was to confirm that he is truly trustworthy.
“Now that we are convinced that you are trustworthy, we must prepare to seriously attempt the plan we have been preparing for some time. However…”
Dean Steiner asks Seong-il if he can show him the power of Arunlabe before formulating a plan. In response to the dean’s request, Seong-il cheerfully agrees, then takes out Arunlabe and transforms it into a sword with the power of divine death.
“Hoo…”
Dean Steiner’s eyes flashed as the terrifying power emanating from Arunlabe took over the surrounding space in an instant. He seems convinced after seeing Arunlabe’s performance and says he will contact Seong-il soon.
“Take it.”
“Oh… This…”
A beautiful gemstone with a soft milky white glow. Seong-il realizes that it is the ethereal stone of space that Professor Wi-Rain had mentioned.
“Unlike the existing ethereal stones, this stone will not be of much help to you.”
Dean Steiner told Seong-il that there was already a branch of Withgrasil, the Inner Plane. And since he has a powerful spatial power called inventory, he asserts that the spatial ethereal stone will not be of much help to him.
‘Well… When it comes to storage stability, the inventory is superior. If the purpose is escape or residence, the inner plane is better.’
At that time, Seongil also had slightly skeptical thoughts and projected his response to the ethereal stone in space. A feeling of positivity begins to pass through his head. In addition, just like a little while ago, a picture passes by Seongil, and he tries to give him a brief hint.
『How dare you… Do you think I would let someone modify something like a portal?』
As his future self tries to use the portal to rescue people, the enraged administrator uses Seongil’s powerful dimensional disruption supernatural powers to destroy the portal. Some administrators even seem to be trying to trace the portal back to the location of the Inner Plane that is rejecting them.
‘Ah, I think I know where to use the space ethereal stone.’
Seong-il realizes why Gam-eung gave him a hint and asks Dean Steiner a question.
“What happens if you put a living being here?”
“Hmm… You mean a living being? Of course, it is not efficient. If a living being is inserted into the stone, the target will enter a space of emptiness similar to the Inner Plane. Of course, there are various restrictions. The most representative one is the living being. If they vehemently refuse, they won’t be able to let you in easily.”
Dean Steiner explains to Seong-il the problems that arise when inserting living beings into the Ethereal Stone of space. First, it is said that an ‘ordinary’ person can be put into the stone without much difficulty, but even a low-level psychic would not be able to put it into the stone without fainting.
“There is no air inside the stone, so you have to put in plenty of oxygen in advance. Otherwise, the creatures you put in will suffocate.”
“… By any chance, how many people can be put in here? And in that case, how much oxygen should be injected…?”
As a smart academy figure, Dean Steiner quickly understands the gist of Seong-il’s question and answers him. He says that in order to use the stone to ‘kidnap’ a person, about half of the stone’s capacity must be injected with breathing gas such as oxygen, and in that case, up to 10,000 people can survive for about half a day.
“Anything more than that is dangerous. You could suffocate. You could die from dehydration.”
“Well, that’s true.”
Dehydration also causes serious problems, so Seong-il agrees with the dean that people cannot be placed in the stone for long periods of time. Seong-il, who succeeded in receiving all information about the stone’s use and precautions, asks the dean to contact him when the time to close the dimensional rift is determined and returns to reality.
‘I’m glad I have enough points.’
Since I’ve been concentrating on real-life activities recently, I haven’t had to travel around other worlds, and I haven’t purchased anything special, so I had quite a lot of points for Seongil. Thanks to this, Seong-il succeeded in securing the space ethereal stone without much difficulty and tries various exercises while paying the customs fee.
***
The next day, Seong-il heard from key figures in the world of Mythology Academy that he needed to prepare for a month or two to seal the dimensional rift. He realized that he had plenty of time and began to focus on reality again.
‘You’ve already come to Busan.’
Seong-il succeeded in installing all the pineapple houses in major metropolitan areas in just two days. He had succeeded in acquiring surprising information through several government figures he had secretly kidnapped while traveling around the country.
‘… China sinking to the bottom of the sea is quite scary, isn’t it?’
Perhaps for propaganda purposes, in the regular training courses Seong-il received, he was taught that although most countries suffered great damage, they ultimately succeeded in preserving their capabilities.
However, as a result of interrogating several government hunters and mid-level government officials who were secretly captured while traveling around the region, Seong-il found that, to his surprise, China and leader had resisted fiercely in the early stages of the war, so the continent was hit by orbital bombardment by the angry Transcendental Church. I was shocked to find out that it had completely submerged into the sea.
‘They say the Americas are submerged except for the western part… These bastards from the Transcendental Church are really crazy.’
Seong-il begins to click his tongue as he examines the current world map pulled from the mind of a high-ranking government official the day before. There was a disaster on the Korean Peninsula where they were quickly suppressed by the overwhelming offensive of the Transcendental Church, but thanks to the rapid suppression like Saeonjima, it seemed that they were able to avoid being submerged.
‘2/3 of the entire Earth is underwater…’
It seems like there was this secret story behind the Transcendental Church desperately trying to restore humanity. Seong-il continues to curse and analyze the situation.
‘These crazy bastards… Didn’t they know that humanity was the ‘suitable species’ in the early days of dimensional travel?’
『Game Master: That has nothing to do with it, right?』
“Hmm…?”
At that time, I was alone and wondering why the Transcendental Church had launched such an excessive attack. The game master wakes up from hibernation after a long time and answers Seongil.
『Game Master: In the early stages of dimensional movement, extreme dimensional collapse occurs. Once that phenomenon occurs, you will be free from AI tracking for about three months even if you freely use psionic energy.』
“Ah… Was that the reason?”
Seong-il, who listened to the game master’s explanation, found his answer interestingly similar to the reason why the Transcendental Church cannot use its skills as claimed by Ruzel some time ago.
“Regardless of the test for suitability… Except for the early stages of dimensional travel, you can’t use this ability to your fullest, so you only hurriedly punished dangerous countries to a serious level, right?”
『Game Master: It’s similar. Rather than a large country, the method of dividing the country into small pieces and managing it with less power is convenient in many ways for the Transcendental Church, which is not free from the problem of active personnel.』
“You bastards…”
Seong-il trembles while listening to the game master’s story. He then asks the game master why he suddenly appeared.
『Game Master: Almost all the core energy has been consumed. From C grade onwards, I can have a conversation like this with you, even if it’s only for a short moment. Is it good?』
“Well… Let’s say so.”
『Game Master: Consistently collect core energy and the advanced psionic energy possessed by the manager and offer it to me. The higher your level, the longer you have to face me like this.』
After arguing with Seong-il for a while, the game master tells Seong-il to ask out loud often if he has any questions, and then goes into hibernation again.
“This is the end.”
Seong-il, who has succeeded in installing a pineapple house not only in the last metropolitan city but also in Jeju, enters the house and returns to Eden.
***
‘Now the number of hunters who have taken off their beginner t-shirts has definitely increased significantly.’
It’s already been half a year since Eden was completed. Thanks to the hunter training institution that Seongil worked hard to create, the number of professional hunters in Eden increased explosively.
That’s half a year. If you include the time flow of the dungeon world, the hunters were given almost three years. Thanks to this, quite a few hunters were able to quickly grow into hunters close to Grade A under Eden’s overwhelming support.
In addition, since nanomachines were distributed within the Eden Hunter’s body, the Gaia system quantified the level of combat power and sharp judgment the hunters had while training in the dungeon and regularly reported it to the Eden Hunter. Eden, which had accumulated objective data, used to rate its own hunters.
