Chapter 175

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Translated by Jinmu

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Escape Obesity Bracelet.

Manual enchanting production has been temporarily halted.

Now is the point to prepare the transition to a mechanical mass enchant production system.

For this, a separate group chat room was created.

Where 9-circle Magician Mackenzie, Corner Alchemist Alia Mari, Magical Engineer El, Businessman Cossack, Commissioner Jeon Kwang-il, and Rajix Trading Corp CEO Jeong Dong-hoon participate.

It’s a thought I’ve always had, but the White Tower communication tower is truly fraudulent.

To think that people inside the tower and people outside the tower can converse in real-time in an SNS chat room.

It wasn’t just discussing all day.

We climbed the tower too.

Because there are things that need checking.

First, tower NO.2 84th floor.

Whether High-Grade Mana Stone veins identically exist in tower NO.2 as well, and whether natural Top-grade Mana Stones are there too.

As expected, it is the same environment as tower NO.1.

A snowfield background, a giant ice wall, High-Grade Mana Stone veins existing in a hidden cave, and natural Top-grade Mana Stones were also embedded in the cave walls.

Checking completed.

We’ll leave this place alone for now.

We’ll mine it later when the tower NO.1 84th floor veins are depleted.

Next is tower NO.2 85th floor.

Investigating whether to collect magic power core engines and whether we can collect other parts of the Gigant as well.

Inevitably, El had to get hit by the Magic EMP once more.

I told her she could postpone it, but because of El’s opinion to just get it done quickly since we were going to do it anyway, consecutive climbing was decided.

Including Rajix, El, Gobang and Cossack, Gwangma, and Bardin are the starting lineup.

“The warrior is deeply moved. I feel like I’ve found my proper place only now.”

“This servant is also finally earning his keep. Let there be light.”

“Ho-e!”

Meanwhile, Cossack.

“Haa, I’m dying of busyness, sir, we have to finish palli-palli quickly, sir. I have to go to North Korea and supervise the construction site, sir. Time is money, sir.”

He seems to have completely possessed the identity of a businessman now.

When just a few days ago he was throwing a tantrum and complaining about being left out.

Flipping back and forth like that.

Thus, Joo-hyuk and the summoned entities entered the 85th floor again.

Clear preparations.

El stepped forward this time too.

Let’s just take the hit one more time.

The remaining Magic EMP round is exactly one.

The one stored in El’s left thigh storage compartment.

Well, she says she can make new ones later.

At that time, she’d probably remodel it so the user wouldn’t be affected by the EMP.

Kung-kung-kung-kung!

The Magnus Ego Gigant charging recklessly.

Even though it has an ego equipped, it doesn’t seem to be a very smart punk.

Intelligence falling far short of Earth’s AI technology.

Deu-reu-reu-reuk!

Beon-jjeok! Pa-jik! Pa-pa-pat!

The exploding light wavelengths.

Meom-chit! Meom-chit!

The Gigant and El stopping simultaneously.

“It’s 5 minutes. Let’s work.”

Starting with the finger separation work first.

Ssu-u-u-uk!

Enlarged Gobang and Bardin pulled the Gigant’s fingers.

Jji-i-ing!

Seu-u-ung!

Sword Master Cossack’s Sword Aura.

Together with Gwangma’s Blood Jade Sword-ki.

Geu-geok, geu-geo-geo-geok, seo-geo-geok!

They were cut off without difficulty.

Just one finger segment with a joint attached is the size of a single car.

“Ho-e!”

Rajix put them into the subspace backpack.

Next is opening the armor plate.

The heart part containing the Gigant’s core parts along with the core engines.

There isn’t much time.

Quickly quickly before the clear completion message pops up.

The melee class summoned entities playing an active role after a long time.

They combined their strength to carefully tear off the parts and equipments.

What was torn off was merely an extremely small fraction of the entire Gigant.

But it’s only the beginning.

Someday there will be a day we bring it out whole.

The mission completion message popped up and we returned to the White Tower.

Seu-seut, seu-seut, seu-seut…….

Rajix took out the Gigant’s fingers, core engines, and parts he collected from the 85th floor.

A moment later.

Magical Engineer El waking up from the blackout.

Looking at the profusely piled-up Gigant parts.

“Ah-ah-ah.”

El’s expression still showing disbelief.

Now it’s 10 magic power core engines.

And the cores of the Magical Empire’s ultimate weapon, Magnus Gigant, at that.

“Were you surprised, sir?”

“…How could I not be.”

“This is our Player Bong-nim’s tower clear method, sir. Eating it raw.”

That’s right.

I gulped it down raw.

Who would have thought there would be such a clear in the world.

“From now on, we must perfect the mass production system for the Escape Obesity Bracelet, sir. We have to earn money to eat rice, drink alcohol, buy clothes to wear, and everything else, sir.”

“Please do not worry. Since we have secured these parts, it won’t even take a month.”

“Ayu, our factory manager-nim, your aspirations are incredible too. I will give you top-quality lubricating oil as a gift later, sir.”

Actually, even until this point, I thought the first collaborative product of Magic-Alchemy-Engineering Trinity would be the Escape Obesity Bracelet.

However, the first mass-produced product was not the bracelet.

It was something completely unexpected.

*

Chongqing, China.

A massive city with a population of 30 million.

Just the number of ordinary players registered in Chongqing city is between 3,000 and 6,000.

Haoren also lives in Chongqing.

A level 58 ordinary player.

He had some talent in his own way, so he had even received an offer to be a state-nurtured player.

However, due to his personality holding a dislike for being bound, he signed a comparatively free ordinary player contract.

Haoren’s dissatisfaction reached its peak these days.

Because of the excessive surveillance and interference of Chongqing city’s Public Security.

They visited his house incessantly, verified his location, asked incessantly whether he had entered the tower, and if so, what items he had been rewarded.

They came visiting today too.

2 armed Public Security officers, that is.

“Haoren, you were at home, huh.”

“I should be. It’s obvious I’ll be tailed if I go out.”

“Hmph, still abrasive. Can’t you come out a bit more cooperatively?”

“Aside from that, why do you keep visiting? It’s too much when you even came yesterday, isn’t it?”

“Since you have the highest level among Chongqing’s ordinary players.”

“Huu.”

My insides are about to flip.

A person should receive respect if their level is high, yet to instead become a subject of surveillance.

Actually, for the Public Security, high-level ordinary players are subjects of vigilance, because it is very dangerous if they happen to have a Rune Necklace of Liberation in their inventory.

I understood at first.

But isn’t this too much?

Since when did this coercive player suppression start?

It’s been quite a while.

It started when China’s supreme player, Bailong, climbed to the 71st floor for the first time.

Bailong, who acquired a 71st floor 4-piece gift set with a Tower Jumping Ticket.

However, Wang Yuan, who was the Chinese President at the time, tried to forcibly take away the items.

Feeling antipathy towards this, Bailong murdered Chinese President Wang Yuan and fled.

Furthermore, when the Beijing Crisis Management Headquarters bombing incident erupted, players were nothing less than potential risk factors to the Chinese political power holders.

For those reasons, the vigilance towards players reached its peak.

What if they received a Rune Necklace of Liberation as a reward?

What if they hid it secretly in their inventory and were looking for an opportunity to overthrow the state?

“What floor did you climb to today?”

“I did not climb, though.”

“…Today too?”

“Yes.”

“This is suspicious.”

Haoren was dumbfounded.

“Unbelievable. If I climb, you tell me to open my inventory to see what I got as a reward, and if I don’t climb, you say it’s suspicious.”

Then the Chongqing city Public Security officer smiled fishily.

“I hear there are many bastards hiding the fact that they climbed to secretly sell off the rewarded High-Grade Mana Stones to overseas brokers, High-Grade Mana Stones are national assets, you know.”

“…….”

When it reaches this point, anger slowly flares up.

“What am I supposed to do?”

“What do you mean, you should behave yourself properly.”

I knew it.

It’s a story asking for money.

Another reason why Public Security officers harass players.

Although there are guidelines handed down from the government, most of them rush in to grab a share of the wealth.

Since players have good earnings.

“How much do you want?”

“Hmm, are you saying you’ll give a bribe openly?”

“Isn’t that what you want?”

“This cheeky beggar bastard from a peasant worker background, just because you luckily awakened, you have no fear, huh?”

“…….”

“You’re in for it today. I’ll teach you a lesson. Handcuff this punk!”

Something is weird.

Usually they take the money and go back.

Cheol-keok!

Handcuffs fastened on both his wrists.

Even restraints on his ankles.

“Examine his neck! Are there any items he’s wearing?”

“None.”

“Is that so?”

It was then.

As if they had been waiting u-reu-reu-reu, armed forces barged into his house.

Seems they were on standby outside.

“Eung? …Why?”

A suddenly changed atmosphere.

“Haoren! Chongqing Branch Head of the Chinese Player Association! Did you think we wouldn’t know?”

“Ah…….”

I was caught.

It is certain they came knowing.

The useless interrogation about climbing at first was a trick to put restraints on my arms and legs.

‘How was I discovered?’

It would be one of two.

Either the Public Security’s investigative ability is outstanding, or there is a traitor inside.

Haoren closed his eyes.

He took a deep breath once.

Right.

I have endured enough.

If I get dragged away now anyway, it’s the death penalty.

Rather than dying in vain, I’ll cause a scene and leave China.

Seu-seut!

He opened the inventory.

And without anyone knowing, a Rune Necklace of Liberation was grasped in his hand.

It doesn’t mean it can only be used by definitely hanging it around the neck.

‘Activate.’

Ssu-u-u-u-uk!

A surging intense aura of magic power.

It is magic power.

The most decisive difference between inside the tower and outside the tower.

Whether there is magic power, or not.

Now he is a player who clears monsters.

And here.

The Public Security officers are monsters outside the tower.

Haoren opened his eyes again.

Terrifying murderous intent overflowed in his eyes.

The Public Security officers were startled.

Because they realized the atmosphere had changed.

“Haoren, you…….”

U-du-duk! Du-du-duk!

The restraints fastened on his wrists and ankles snapped in the blink of an eye.

The Public Security officers hurriedly aimed their handguns at Haoren.

“Kill him!!!”

Tang-tang! Ta-ta-tang!

Handgun bullets fired reflexively.

The armed forces holding automatic firearms also pulled the triggers consecutively.

Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-tang!

However, Haoren was already no longer in that spot.

Cheu-pit! Cheu-pi-pit! Seo-geo-geo-geok! Seo-geok!

Haoren’s Horse-Cleaving Saber flashing brightly everywhere.

This is also an item that has no tower-exclusive modifier.

So the options attached to the Horse-Cleaving Saber could also be wholly used in reality.

Tu-tuk, tu-du-du-duk.

De-gu-reu-reu-reu.

Severed heads rolled onto the floor of Haoren’s house.

Level 58.

Haoren climbing while clearing terrifying wyverns.

How could ordinary Public Security officers handle his liberated strength?

“Keu-euk.”

Haoren is not perfectly fine either.

A few bullets hit his chest and thigh.

Haoren taking out a bottle filled with red liquid from his inventory.

He sprinkled it on the wounds.

Chi-i-ik!

He drank the rest.

Gulp.

A Healing Potion without a tower-exclusive modifier.

So an item that exerts an effect in reality too.

The bullets lodged in his body were pushed outwards.

The bleeding stopped too.

A body returning perfectly fine as if nothing happened.

“Huu.”

He ended up seeing blood after all.

But it was already spilled water.

And it wasn’t over yet.

There were armed forces outside the house too.

“Everyone snap out of it!!!”

“We can’t let him escape.”

“No need to capture him alive. Unconditionally shoot to kill.”

The duration of the Rune of Liberation is 1 hour.

The number of times is 2 remaining.

And there is only 1 spare Healing Potion.

Leave this place somehow and depart China.

Haoren’s eyes became bloodshot.

Spot! Pa-ba-ba-bat!

“Over there!”

“He’s on the rooftop!”

“The bastard is escaping!”

Ta-ta-ta-tang! Ta-ta-tang! Tang-tang!

A hail of bullets.

Dozens of helicopters in the sky.

On this day.

The entire Chongqing city fell into mega-chaos because of a single liberated player.

Just the armed Public Security officers who died in Chongqing city were 50 people.

Haoren wasn’t safe either.

Ultimately he was shot and killed.

Because no matter how much he was a liberated player, he couldn’t evade the pursuit of hundreds of Public Security forces on the ground, and dozens of helicopters floating in the sky.

Chongqing disaster.

However, this was only the beginning.

Incidents similar to this happened all over China.

And this incident spread across the entire world.

Through foreign press and SNS.

*

White Tower 17th floor.

Joo-hyuk with a serious expression.

I can’t postpone it anymore now.

Rajix’s grade breakthrough.

I probably won’t be able to see him for as short as 7 days, or up to 14 days at longest.

However, if I hold onto him just because it’s a pity, when will he do the grade breakthrough?

Am I going to keep leaving him as an SSR?

I should send him quickly even now.

A badge awarding ceremony was held in the lobby of the landmark high-rise building on the White Tower 17th floor.

The accumulated badges Rajix has currently acquired are 23.

If I just attach 2 more, it’s 25.

I didn’t just casually attach them randomly.

Through a method of assessing merits and awarding rewards acknowledged by the summoner.

Fulfilling the standards of the summoned entity who felt they deserved to receive them themselves too.

They were badges given according to mutual agreement.

Rajix is the first summoned entity to receive 25 of them like this.

The other people all took a shortcut with the help of a Breakthrough Rune and raised their grades.

Honestly, I’m still not certain.

Whether a breakthrough is truly possible with just 25 badges without a rune.

Well, if it doesn’t work, I can just place a Breakthrough Rune in his hand.

Instead of the main awarding ceremony.

Starting with the pre-ceremony event.

“Turncoat Defector Diamat-ssi, step forward.”

“Yes!”

Her merits are quite large too.

“You rendered assistance in being able to clear the Magnus Gigant by unfolding the Dream Realm, and through that, you provided a decisive opportunity in recruiting Magical Engineer El, therefore I award you a Platinum Badge.”

Diamat gave a silly smile he-shil-he-shil, slightly twisted her body, and slyly thrust her chest towards Joo-hyuk.

Then.

“Y-y-you wicked thing, do not use your techniques!”

“…I didn’t use them though?”

Diamat widening her eyes roundly as if asking what the problem was.

“What? You didn’t use them? That’s funny. Then why are you twisting your body?”

“Like the saying a dog can’t break its habit, typical of a succubus.”

“Does she think she’s Master Sergeant Be or something?”

“It’s a trick to bewitch our so-innocent Summoner-nim like that and try to receive one more badge later.”

“Our Player Bong-nim, his immune system against women is at the lowest level, sir, he’s a person single since birth who hasn’t even properly dated, sir. He hasn’t even gotten his preventative injections yet, sir. It’s a huge problem if a technique comes in, sir.”

Attacks coming in from everywhere.

Honestly Diamat was feeling wronged.

Seducing men is an instinct of an incubus, what do you want from me?

“Geez! Why are you all being like this? Huh? What do you mean I have no immunity against women! Huh? Am I such an easy man?”

As Joo-hyuk lost his temper and got angry, the summoned entities became quiet.

“Diamat-ssi.”

“Yes!”

“Come closer. I’m going to pin the badge on you.”

Joo-hyuk bringing the badge to Diamat’s chest area.

A seductive fragrance pierced his nose.

His mind getting dizzy.

Deol-deol-deol-deol.

His hands shaking.

Sweat flowing ppi-jil-ppi-jil freely from his forehead.

‘Eou.’

This absolutely won’t do.

On her side waist instead of her chest.

Kok!

He pinned it.

“See? I’m completely fine.”

“…….”

“…….”

“…….”

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.

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“Next, Universe’s Great Farmhand Rajix-ssi.”

“Ho-eng!”

He also established tremendous merits this time.

Even 3 badges are more than sufficient, but.

“You discovered a colossal amount of High-Grade Mana Stone veins on the Black Tower 84th floor, and established the merit of achieving the foundation of the White Tower’s future development by even mining natural Top-grade Mana Stones, therefore I award you a Platinum Badge.”

“Ho-e!”

Clap-clap-clap-clap!

Unlike Diamat, an enthusiastic standing ovation poured out.

Now 24 badges.

One more.

“You came out after putting the Magic Power Core Engines of the Magnus Gigant into your subspace backpack on the Black Tower 85th floor, and established a profound merit in the development of Earth’s magic engineering in the future, therefore I award you a Platinum Badge.”

“Hu-e.”

Just what will happen?

Will the breakthrough start immediately?

Kuk!

25 badges.

It was then.

Hwa-a-a-a-at!

Rajix’s body slightly floated into the air along with light.

“Ho-et!”

It was as if similar to the radiance Bardin emits.

No, it was more brilliant and dazzling than that.

The continuing light.

At the same time, a halo gathering roundly at the back of Rajix’s head.

An aureole, or a halo, an appearance exactly like a saint.

Time passed and,

The body that floated in the air touched down on the ground.

Rajix walking toddlingly a-jang-a-jang alone.

His destination is the elevator in the landmark lobby.

As if he intends to go up to the top floor where Veronica had her breakthrough.

And he jumped up lightly pol-jjak and pressed the button with his short hand.

Seu-reu-reuk, the elevator doors opening.

Jumping lightly pol-jjak once again and pressing the 61st-floor button.

Smiling radiantly and waving his hand.

“Ho-e.”

I’ll be back.

Please wait.

Joo-hyuk also waved his hand.

Have a good trip.

Seu-reu-reuk.

The doors closed.

The elevator going up to the top floor.

“Huu.”

Regret rushing in immediately.

I shouldn’t have sent him.

What fun is there to live without Rajix?