Chapter 129 - Occupation (2)

All the Knights of the Round Table had the right to use the ‘Inner Space’ inside the tower.

In Kim Gyu-sik's words, it would be something like an employee-only break room.

“You know that guy?”

And as is the case in any group with a hierarchical structure, a ‘break space’ also meant that it could be used as a ‘space to chew out subordinates without worrying about prying eyes.’

As the blue-eyed handsome man, sitting in a chair with his chin propped on his hand, said that, the servant in front of him nodded his head vigorously.

“Yes, yes. I ran into him once before.”

Adelbach answered, trembling.

The Knights of the Round Table were those who managed the tower under the Guardian, and while they were all powerful individuals who had reached a certain level, the trade-off was that they were all a little crazy somewhere.

The Knight of the Southern Yellow in front of him, despite his gentle and calm appearance, was a guy who you wouldn't know what he would do if you got on his bad side.

Among the servants of the Round Table who had not yet become knights, he was ranked as the number one knight to avoid.

“You've met him... How did you meet?”

“...Th-that is.”

Adelbach felt his mouth go completely dry and squeezed his eyes shut.

He couldn't even guess what would happen if he told the whole story of what he had experienced then.

How on earth could he tell one of the most obsessive fans of the Guardian in the entire Round Table that he had been shaken down to his soul by a human and had even had the equipment personally bestowed upon him by the Guardian stolen?

“Didn't you hear what I asked? I asked how you met?”

“Hic, hiccup!”

In the end, it seemed he would die whether he spoke or not.

Adelbach, though trembling, briefly explained what had happened then.

However, the other party's reaction after hearing the whole story was extremely plain.

“...Is that so?”

The Knight of the Southern Yellow, who answered indifferently, closed his eyes for a moment and thought about something.

“His pattern of behavior... is like that. A guy who acts like he already knows everything. Then, to deal with a guy like that... I'll have to use that.”

“Pardon? What did you say?”

“No, nothing.”

The Knight of the Southern Yellow, who answered that and nodded his head, got up from his seat and said to Adelbach.

“Then that's enough. You may leave. I've heard everything I was curious about.”

“...I-I must have misheard?”

What is this. Is the sun scheduled to rise in the west tomorrow?

This severe psychopath was just going to let it go after hearing that story?

“Well, it was an unavoidable situation, wasn't it? If he wasn't a man of that caliber, I might have killed him long ago out of frustration that the Guardian was interested in him.”

“…”

“Oh, that's not to say I won't kill him. It's presumptuous for a mere human to receive such undeserved attention.”

Correction.

He was still a psycho.

As Adelbach was mulling over that thought, the Knight of the Southern Yellow opened his mouth as if he had just remembered something.

“By the way, where did you say that guy is now?”

“I-I heard he's in the Mana Vein.”

“What was his status when you last checked?”

“He has accepted the Dwarf elder's offer to mine the allotted amount of mana ore. I, I saw him enter the vein with a severer.”

“...Is that guy an idiot?”

The Knight of the Southern Yellow tilted his head and asked.

It would have been an amount that would take even 10 S-rank vanguard-type climbers a whole day to mine for over a week, and he just accepted it?

“He's not thinking of breaking through the Sanctum Field that even I can't touch, so doesn't that mean he's going to be tied up there until the end of the ordeal? The automated machines of the dwarves there are also incredibly numerous...”

[ The first Conqueror to capture a zone has appeared. ]

[ Conqueror ‘Kim Gyu-sik’ has captured the ‘Mana Vein’ zone. ]

[ A first capture bonus will be given. ]

“…”

“…”

He and Adelbach fell silent at the same time at the system's message that cut off the Knight of the Southern Yellow's words.

“...How on earth did he do it?”

Such a bewildered question echoed silently in the inner space.

***

-The situation 5 minutes ago-

“...S-so.”

Seo Ah-in said in a dumbfounded voice as she tied a rope around my body.

I was in a situation where I had to save every last bit of mana and stamina, so I couldn't help it.

The work to be done after this required a lot of concentration, even for me.

“You don't have any countermeasures this time?”

“It's not that I don't have a countermeasure, it's that there's only the direct approach.”

I said, making a final check of the equipment on my body.

A sturdy rope tied to my body to go down. The mana severer. The Gnosis's Heart. And most importantly, my body and concentration.

“...No. I mean. How are you going to break through a force field that disintegrates anything from its mana source just by getting close-”

“When I signal, grab on. Got it?”

Leaving only those words, I immediately jumped off the cliff.

It was a clean move without looking back.

“...No. Th-th-th-that, you crazy bastard-!”

Seo Ah-in's scream followed me like a tail from behind, but it couldn't be helped.

This place was full of the dwarves' machines. If I dragged my feet and got caught, I would be dragged over there and see all sorts of nasty things.

A quick and decisive battle was the best.

“...Hoo.”

I sighed and aimed the severer at the Sanctum Field that had loomed before me.

The Sanctum Field, as Seo Ah-in said, was a terrifying thing that sprayed un-evadable, un-parryable attacks like an instant-kill move just by getting close.

It was an item that even the many top-tier veterans in Conqueror had gone through numerous trials and errors to find a proper solution for.

And, why hide it?

The glorious first author of the ‘Forcibly breaking through Sanctum without doing the quest’ guide was none other than me, right here.

The four-star difficulty ‘Crossing the Milky Way’ in the Conqueror wiki's dirty tricks ranking was exactly that.

The plasma gathered in the fired mana severer was faintly discharged with such a sound.

The plasma that went towards the wall and hit it during the fall immediately caused several rockfalls, which dropped to the floor.

It was a mana vein, so even with a decent attack skill, the nearby rocks wouldn't be cut, but as expected of a mana severer. It cut through them as if cutting soft tofu.

The Sanctum Field, which detected the nearby objects, immediately reacted, fluctuating to disintegrate the mana source of the approaching target.

-Unnnn....

And the next step.

[ Bullet Time ]

[ Observation ]

[ Arcane Burst: Modified / Rune Characters: Eternity ]

The world instantly slowed down. It split, became smaller, and all the information was crammed into my head.

And in the slowed vision, I saw a ‘part’ of the Sanctum Field break off to intercept and disintegrate the falling rocks.

I took a deep breath and proceeded to the next step.

“Grab on! Now!”

As I signaled to Seo Ah-in, she yelped in surprise and pulled the rope.

Now, this was important.

While my body was suspended in the air, I took in the sight of the fallen rocks being intercepted by the Sanctum Field and crumbling.

To be precise, I calculated how many seconds it took in total for the rock to ‘touch’ it and ‘disappear.’

0.02 seconds. Good.

More than enough time than 1 frame. This was a landslide victory.

“Okay, let go again!”

“A-are you crazy?! If you just fall there, you'll die...!”

Ah, she didn't believe me again.

I sighed and fired the mana severer at the rope.

Seo Ah-in's scream stretched on from above, but I kept my eyes fixed on the Sanctum Field rising towards me as I fell.

The moment one of the halos of the field came into contact with me, I focused all my nerves and ‘placed my foot’ on it.

This thing, before the attack judgment came out, it had a ‘physical object judgment.’ It meant I could use it as a foothold.

And in time with the timing my body remembered, right away.

[ High-speed Maneuver ]

I jumped up slightly.

I had jumped before the 0.02 seconds passed, before the object that touched the Sanctum Field received a ‘damage judgment’ and was annihilated.

If the timing was right, I could treat this as a ‘foothold’ without taking damage from the Sanctum Field, like this.

As I disappeared from its range, the Sanctum Field, judging that a nearby object had disappeared, returned to its original state.

-Haa....

“...Huh? Huh huh? Huh huh huh? How on earth did you do that?!”

Why are you so surprised already?

This is just the beginning.

The Sanctum Field seemed impossible to break through in any way unless the caster themselves deactivated it, but in fact, it had a slight loophole in the system.

The restriction of a ‘certain number of defenses,’ which was attached to all shield skills, was also present here.

It meant that if it zapped objects that came close more than a certain number of times, the field would disappear completely.

Well, in most cases, it was used as a story barrier, so the number was set to 20,000. It was practically a non-existent penalty.

But.

Such a system, set complacently with the thought of ‘no one would be able to force their way through this,’

itself became a good toy for a top-tier veteran.

-Unn...

The ascent from the jump ended, and my falling body re-entered the Sanctum Field's range. The field again sent up a halo to intercept me.

I could have just jumped and let it pass like before.

But if I kept jumping around like that, when on earth would I fill up all 20,000 times? It would be too hard.

So, this time, I just lightly touched it with my foot and jumped slightly in place. Within 0.02 seconds of my foot touching it, before the attack judgment came out.

-Ha...

And at the timing when the halo sank again, I put down my other foot.

-Unn...

This time too, I placed my other foot on the rising halo and jumped slightly. Within 0.02 seconds.

If I repeated this, from above, it would probably look like I was tap-dancing on the Sanctum Field.

Like treating the instant-kill move that would kill you just by brushing against it as a stage.

-Un...Ha...Un...Ha...Un...Ha

The sound would be like this.

“...Th-that, what on earth, i-is he a pervert? You're a pervert, right?! What on earth are you doing with your life on the line?!”

Hmm.

I'm not done yet.

Right now, I'm just moving my feet back and forth like I'm tap-dancing in place, but the true dignity of a top-tier veteran was the very next step.

-UnHaUnHaUnHaUnHaUnHaUnHaUnHaUnHaUnHaUnHaUnHaUnHaUnHaUnHaUnHa

“...Now he's running?! He's running on it like it's flat ground?! You crazy bastard! You're a real psycho!!!”

Hearing Seo Ah-in pour out such high praise in an almost crying voice from above, I ran hard on the Sanctum Field.

Hmm, yes.

The Eun-ha Eun-ha sound the field made as it rose and fell repeatedly was the reason this dirty trick was called ‘Crossing the Milky Way’.

The principle was simple. Within 0.02 seconds of your foot touching it, before the attack judgment came out, lift it in time. And put down the other foot. Repeat.

I just had to do this 20,000 times with a certain rhythm. It would be quick if I ran with the feeling of jogging. Later, I could even twist the timing a little and dance.

Well, what if I made a single mistake and died?

Did you think that I, of all people, would commit such an inferior act?

A self-proclaimed rotten veteran of Conqueror who was fine even after break-dancing on this later?

‘...It’s nothing special even after a long time.’

No matter how I thought about it, wasn't four stars too generous?

Honestly, who can't do this?

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