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Screening Quest (2)

Mud covered the entire floor because of artificial rainfall induced by the Chinese government.

Dew sprinkled through the thick fog as two aliens walked under the rain.

Judging from the weapons they carried and their movements, they seem to be in charge of external security.

'Comparing them with Earth's standards, they're A-Rank Awakened.'

It's consistent with the data I saw from my previous life.

Their unfamiliar clothing focused more on the expression of religious law, status, and occupation rather than the function of covering and protecting the body.

The parts of their bodies that weren't covered by their attire showcased their physique. Taut muscles stood out on their limbs covered with light brown fur.

Above their shoulders, they had heads that resembled a water buffalo.

I recall their identity in my head.

'Botarchs!'

Swish!

Adam, who rushed in without hesitation, drew a diagonal line in the air.

At the moment of impact, its body collapsed and was soon stained with blood. His speed was almost too fast to be chased even by my eyes.

His right hand, covered with a dark red crust, struck the alien's forehead mercilessly.

Crush!

Its skull was crushed, causing its face to collapse.

Right before the lifeless Botarch fell to the ground–

Swish!

The sword energy I fired off sliced through the remaining alien's neck.

Without even proper resistance, two lives were lost in an instant in that manner.

On top of the mud, a stream of blood mixed with rainwater started to make strange colors.

Boosh!

I charged my sword energy to create flames that burned even under the rain.

I burned their bodies with it as I raised a question.

"You mean to say that they don't care about this kind of behavior in the Union, right?"

Returning his arm to its original state, Adam nodded, his expression looking bothered.

"If you look closely at the treaties they enforce, they only have one goal, and that's for everyone to move as the system intends them to."

"How is the fact that human refugees in the trusteeship regions shouldn't be slaughtered related to the fact that aliens who have invaded Earth could be killed?"

"To put it in simple terms, the former is non-Awakened refugees, and the latter are Awakened who invaded other dimensions."

The Union wanted to gather more dimensional beings into the main quest.

Therefore, it was understandable that the massacres of those who had the potential to Awaken be prevented.

"But killing the Awakened would hinder them from entering the main quest as well."

"Involving the Awakened with each other in a way that would force them to kill or be killed is considered as a system-led situation. I deal with one of them for justifiable reasons."

I couldn't understand it even though I listened intently.

"By the way…"

Adam stared down on the green soil he stepped on and the landscape that spread out around him.

"Are they going through all the effort to invade another dimension for the sake of… Farming?"

The world that Adam lived in seemed to have never been linked to the Botarch's dimension nor the dungeon.

He made it obvious multiple times that he had no idea about their ecosystem.

I followed his gaze and nodded.

"That seems to be their purpose for invading Earth."

The small town had changed so much that it was hard to find traces of the past.

The asphalt, sidewalk blocks, and cement had been removed.

In their place, dark green soil, excreted by a giant worm, stretched far and wide.

And on top of the fertile soil arranged as intended by the aliens, there were plenty of corn-like plants.

Adam looked at the body of the Botarch.

"They seem to be herbivores."

I confirmed his guess.

"Look at their size. You need to eat a lot to move that body. Wouldn't the tall grass here be perfect as their staple food?"

That wasn't a guess. It was a piece of information that had been revealed in the future.

As if to double-check what I said, Adam approached the plant and examined it carefully.

He then proceeded with voicing out his thoughts.

"Oh, I see. Compared to the area of land that they occupy, there is an absurd lack of nutrients that can be absorbed when these are consumed."

How did he know that just by looking at it?

I was amazed inside, but I replied indifferently.

"Is that so?"

The Botarchs had also improved the plants with modifications after modifications, reducing their size and maximizing the nutrients contained.

That was the best they could do with their biotechnology.

"Their civilization has a large number of Awakened since it started the tutorial much earlier than Earth, but they're far behind in science and technology.'

A dictatorship system ran their politics under Theocracy, and they were vicious and very belligerent.

It came to the point where they could no longer consider trading for needed technologies and resources with the humans by establishing a relationship.

'They took the wrong step from the very beginning. I mean, all pagans are either slaves or deserved death to them. Their kind is impossible to negotiate with.'

There was only one reason why those Botarchs constantly showed interest in other dimensions and attempted to invade them.

Food.

The tutorial's industrial revolution led to a significant increase in the population. To support that, more food and, naturally, land to cultivate food was necessary.

'Coincidentally, there are a lot of Awakened there as well. Enough to bully other dimensions.'

They especially displayed a great obsession with Earth.

Their reason for doing so was much simpler than anyone could think of.

I looked at their staple plants that were bigger than ordinary people's height.

'Photosynthesis isn't important for this plant's growth. If the right soil is prepared, and its water intake is sufficient, it grows abnormally fast.'

That's why most of their food was produced during the rainy season in the Botarch world, which lasted less than a few weeks per year.

'The farm they've built on Earth is more of a pilot concept than for the actual purpose of supplying food.'

The first thing they did when the dungeon boundary collapsed and crossed over to Earth was to capture and gather the citizens in one place.

After that, the giant worm was released to change the world's soil characteristics to enable them to plant the seeds.

They experimented if the plant could grow well in our world.

'As soon as that happened, the Chinese government dispersed artificial rain all month long. It's as if they had been waiting.'

Optical lenses on satellites couldn't penetrate thick clouds.

The goal was to prevent satellite photography by other countries, but that action led to an unexpected situation.

Thanks to the Communist Party of China's countermeasure, the crops on the aliens' pilot farms showcased explosive growth.

The result was so sublime that it made the High Priest, the ruler of the Botarchs, become deeply interested.

'If they had let them be as they were, the seeds wouldn't have been able to survive the cold, dry winter in Beijing. If plants didn't grow well, the aliens might've given up and returned to their world…'

The Chinese government's response to hide the situation had rather led to aliens' interest in Earth to grow as well.

"Then, shall we go in further?"

Adam urged me forward.

*

The Botarchs' means of communication seemed to fall short of the humans' technology during World War I.

Even as we proceeded inside, killing the guards one after another from the outskirts, their camp remained relatively quiet.

Just before we got to the center, Adam frowned.

"There's a lot more of them than I thought."

Following him, I tossed my [Penetration] in the same direction we're headed.

At that moment, the scene that Adam did dawned in front of me.

I couldn't help but click my tongue.

"Oh, shit. It was this much?"

Beyond that was the reason why the Chinese government ignored the hostages and deployed airstrikes in my previous life.

"There are over a thousand people who came over here and camped."

The gates that connected to a dungeon always had an entrant limit.

However, that only limited the people that could be left in the dungeon.

Considering that the gate connected to the Botarch dimension had an entrant limit of 100 through dungeon expansions, they found a way to maximize efficiency.

The first 100 individuals would enter the Botarch dimension gate and circle around the dungeons connected to it. They would then proceed to enter dungeons connected to the Earth by crossing the boundary and invading Beijing.

After that, the gate's limit of entrants would go back to zero.

If they were to repeat it ten times, an army of 1,000 would be able to infiltrate into the Earth.

'If we leave it like this, their number will only increase. We can't take our hands off this while waiting for the Chinese government to commence the airstrikes.'

Most importantly, it didn't end with the airstrikes in the previous life.

Despite experiencing brutal bombing, the High Priest, who showed so much interest in Earth, deployed even more troops to Earth than it did in the first place.

'Now that I think about it, it's reckless and incomprehensible, but how can I perfectly understand the mentality of an alien?'

The result was a large inter-species battle within Chinese territory.

Although China emerged victorious due to the Communist Party's determination to blow up the entirety of Beijing, it was gained at the cost of large casualties.

At that time, China's national power, which was greatly shaken, was one of the reasons that later led to the nation's collapse.

"What are you going to do? Just jump in?"

I shook my head.

If it became an all-out war, the lives of the hostages would be in danger.

"There's another way."

It was one of the cards that I held in hand, having decided to infiltrate this place.

I activated [Penetration] and looked around.

It wasn't long before I saw what I was looking for.

"There."

I pointed to a specific place.

A little further into the center of the containment area, human buildings almost completely disappeared, leaving only the farm that the Botarchs created and the tents used for temporary residences visible.

In the meantime, however, some buildings remained intact.

Most were low-rise buildings such as gyms and exhibition halls. It was used for keeping the hostages locked up.

However, there was one remaining skyscraper standing proud and tall amid the streams of rain.

That was where I was pointing at.

"Hmm?"

Adam didn't jump to conclusions that time.

"Can't you see that?"

"It's too far. What's there?"

I kept it in my mind.

The detection limit of that strange organ that replaced the functions of [Penetration] was about two kilometers.

However, there was another way to detect hidden presences that didn't seem limited by distance.

I spoke while thinking about such.

"There's quite a lot of them on top of that building, and there's something unusual going on."

Adam's spirit went up when he heard my plan.

"Indeed! That's a good idea."

We immediately activated [Stealth] and flew up to the top floor of the building.

While crossing the rainy sky, our surroundings remained relatively quiet, as if no one in the Botarch garrison underneath us had noticed.

'As expected, he's controlling it from here.'

They had broken all the windows on the top floor.

We both looked inside from outside the window.

Inside was a Botarch that wore the most vibrant clothing that we had ever seen. Several soldiers stood by with weapons as if to protect him.

The Botarch, who was heavily defended, had a strange-looking flute in its hand.

Using the information I read in my previous life, I analyzed its identity.

'That's a Priest-ranked.'

The Botarch species' ruling class, the Priest, concentrated on observing outside the windows while holding on to the musical instrument.

At the center of the area beyond the barricades were the Botarch camp, a concentration camp, and the building we were in.

The farm extended around the camp as if to enclose it.

Multiple large-scale and small-scale earthquakes continued to occur on the farm's outskirts. The buildings had collapsed, the land was divided, and the groundwork was underway.

The place where the Priest was staring at was the outer area.

A creature was turning the ground over in that place.

'The giant worm!'

Watching it from our position, the worms that the Botarchs released in the outskirt were eight in total.

The Priest, who observed the scene, blew on the flute, putting it near his mouth once in a while.

It's a sound that's inaudible to human ears, but the worms reacted immediately to it. The path of their movements twisted and changed little by little.

I observed the timing when the Priest intervened, taking note that it only did so when a worm was about to go out beyond the barricades or when it was about to enter the arranged interior of the farm.

And every time it blew into the flute, Mana glittered in its fingers and seeped into the object.

I kept its movement in my sights.

Adam, who was watching it together with me, whispered lowly.

"That's where the weird sound was coming from. Should we strike them?"

"Wait."

He looked as if he was in doubt.

I gave the signal after a few moments had passed.

"Now."

Adam opened his palm eagerly.

As he aimed at the building's interior beyond the broken windows, his fingers separated and twisted in a strange angle from each other.

Cr-crack!

Flesh became lumped together, a stream of blood gathered between the finger bones, and a beak emerged from the palm. Two eyeballs sprang up in the place where the joint on the back of the hand was located.

A red bird with a blood-membraned wing appeared where Adam's right hand was.

His lips opened.

"Go."

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

The bird flapped its wings.

Propelling itself by kicking off with its thin legs, only his blunt wrist without any wounds or sharp cuts remained on its spot.

The small bird fell down at an angle in the misty sky.

It thrust itself into the glassless window swiftly.

"@#[email protected]#%#@!"

The bastards who noticed it shouted as loud as they could.

"!#$!!!"

The priest pointed its finger at the bird and roared.

In response, the guards rushed in, their weapons in hand.

It was too late, however.

"…!"

The red bird lifted its beak and cried out with an eerie voice.

Pa-pa-pa-pat!

The bird exploded.

Hundreds of meat pieces swirled like a storm of bullets inside the top floor of the building.

Fragments of flesh and bones were fired in all directions like the shells of a claymore.

Each of them was a weapon reinforced by Mana.

Not a single alien remained standing in the building after the sudden explosion.

"Shall we go in?"

I stepped over the window frame.

The interior was a mess due to the traces left by the avian explosion and the Botarch corpses torn up by it.

Shhh!

As if to rewind a video, fleshy debris gathered in all directions and reconstructed Adam's hand.

A piece of bone stuck in the concrete wall forced its way out through a wall, and chunks of meat that pierced through the Botarch Priest's eyes floated in the air.

While he was recovering his body, I picked up the flute that the Priest held.

I tried to put Mana inside it actions.

Every time I did so, I observed how the earthworms outside moved.

Adam was looking at me with interest.

"Okay, I got it."

I played the flute without hesitation, making a pattern.

Rumbleeee!

The worms that were concentrating on destroying buildings on the outskirts immediately dug into the ground and disappeared underground.

Perhaps because the speed was too fast and the movement took place at once, their noise was loud and clear even where we were.

Below, I could hear the Botarchs murmuring in bewilderment.

Some of them could be seen approaching the building to see if there was any unusual change.

'It's useless.'

I waited for a few seconds.

Boo-boo-boo-boom!

With a roar, the Earth fluctuated without mercy.

The sound of the ground collapsing rang much closer than before.

Below, the Botarchs' shouts and screams echoed ceaselessly.

Adam shouted as he looked out of the window with his chin in one hand.

"That's amazing!"

I turned my gaze, too.

The earthworms that dug a hole underground showed themselves again.

The giant creatures didn't touch the building where the hostages were trapped and the skyscraper we were in.

They scrambled through the farmlands and the campsite's tents that the Botarchs had carefully arranged.

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Screening Quest (3)

Rumble!

The earth was being dominated by chaos.

In accordance with my commands, the giant earthworms, which scoured the lands, raided the surrounding area, making destructive waves out of mixed soil and rock.

In the middle of it, I encountered the scene I was expecting.

Unlike the guards who patrolled the outskirts, the main building's center was filled with much higher-quality Awakened Botarchs.

'Now that I'm here, I can see a lot of S-Ranks and SS-Ranks. There's a reason why the Chinese Awakened Force, which infiltrated their base to rescue the hostages, was wiped out several times.'

But then, they still hesitated so much even if such powerful Awakened had already gathered.

Closely observing them, even the SS-Rank Awakened only charged in quickly to avoid the rowdy earthworms, but there was no counterattack at all.

"Seo Jin-Wook, It's as you said."

"Yes. according to my sources, those giant creatures are considered holy animals that only the ruling class can handle."

Even if they're powerful creatures that dug deep holes, could make the bedrocks collapse, and could even destroy buildings, an SS-Ranked Awakened could easily kill it in one blow.

However, due to religious reasons, the Botarchs couldn't touch them carelessly.

"#[email protected]%!"

"@[email protected]!"

The Botarchs shouted at each other.

Rumble!

While they were baffled, the earthworms devastated almost all of the farmland and the garrison.

I murmured as I watched them.

"Now then, I should slowly…'

A sharp tone resembling a whistle resonated through the rainy atmosphere.

'This is a signal!'

It was the long-awaited response.

As soon as I heard that, a sudden change began below.

"Huh? I think they've finally given up!"

The Botarch unit showed visibly different movements.

They stopped dodging the earthworms and started retreating in unison.

They headed to the blue door that opened in the middle of their garrison. It was the gate.

The moment I confirmed it, something came up.

Weing!

The system message rang out as Mana moved rapidly on the back of my hand.

It was a voice that could only be recognized by those who had received a screening quest.

– Quest Complete!

– Quest Name: Dimension Defense.

– Description: Stop the invasion of other dimensions that is in the tutorial.

– Rewards: 680,000 Experience Points have been awarded to the user!

The message certified that I successfully completed the screening quest.

'It worked!'

I sang of joy inwardly.

From the beginning, the quest goal wasn't to eradicate the aliens but to 'stop the invasion.'

Just as the Botarchs signaled each other and retreated toward the gate, the system judged their primary invasive behavior had disappeared.

'The quest started with 500,000 points, but since I received 680,000, I have received around 40% more with rough calculations.'

I thought I gained extra points because I was the only one who performed in the quest.

Adam, who had already finished the tutorial, wasn't taken into count.

'But I didn't come all the way to China to be satisfied with only this much.'

I updated the quest list immediately after confirming that the experience points had been awarded.

There, I verified that some of the previous quests disappeared and were replaced with new ones.

The difficulty and rewards were adjusted according to the last quest I completed.

'Let's see… Yeah. This is it!'

Among them, the quest I was aiming for stood out.

– Quest Name: Dimension Defense(2) – 'Botarch'

– Description: The name of the species that are retreating is Botarch. They had given up on the expedition site after their month-long local occupation. They are currently leaving, but it's unknown when they will resume their invasion again. Consider and implement measures to curb subsequent dimensional invasion and take preemptive defensive effects.

– Reward: Starting at 1,000,000 experience points.

'The description has become much more detailed than the prior quest.'

The first quest I received only had a simple sentence which stated I needed to protect our world from different dimensions.

It's a quest that could be activated whomever the target was as long as it's a dimension in a tutorial stage.

'But the quest that just appeared had limited targets. The name of the quest mentioned the Botarch race itself.'

Depending on my behavior, the content was linked in a way.

'Preemptive defensive effect.'

There were three ways that humanity dealt with the situation in my previous life.

They cleared the extended dungeon and received the key. Instead of another extension, they closed the gate and withheld the intrusion for good.

They prepared for additional intrusion by building a thorough defense wall around the gate.

They counterattacked by invading the opponent's dimension.

'First of all, it's impossible to do a Clear under the current circumstances.'

I couldn't work on the dungeon alone. Several S-Rank hunters must be gathered, just like during the Siheung 8 dungeon.

'For No. 2, we will need the cooperation of the Chinese government.'

However, I wanted to try another method.

If I had to say it, it's closer to the third.

'I will make them never want to invade Earth again.'

I spoke to Adam.

"Then, as I said before, please take care of the hostages."

He saw the building where the hostages were held.

While retreating to the gate, the Botarchs sent several S-Ranked Awakened aside towards its direction.

They seemed to have noticed that even while the giant worms were rampaging, they never touched the human-filled building.

'Unless one's a fool, they'll think that this is the work of a human. From their perspective, this is the worst situation possible. A pagan human has defiled a holy animal, and they can't guarantee the safety of the Priest, the only one who should control the animal.'

They were trying to execute at least the most minimal retaliation while retreating to suit their evil nature by taking the lives of non-Awakened citizens who originally lived in the city.

'Adam said that the Union doesn't intervene in the killing and slaughtering of beings at the tutorial dimension. Well, I've never felt that way in my previous life as well. I didn't even know they existed in my previous life.'

The treaty seemed to be strictly applicable only to those who had already completed the tutorial.

Like Adam.

He nodded his head.

"… Yeah, since I'm not killing non-Awakened. Rather, I'm saving them. There's nothing about it that's against the treaty."

He asked me a question while looking at me.

"Are you really going to go through with that plan?"

"Yes."

Adam clicked his tongue.

"You have no fear. I'd love to come with you, but that's impossible."

"I know. No matter how you enter it, the system will charge the admission fee… and you said you have no more points to pay that again."

"Yeah. Don't die."

Adam spoke so bluntly and flew toward the hostage building.

As soon as his body shot forward, I stared at the [Door of Hope] on my finger.

[Door of Hope (Rank: SSS)]

– Item Description: The last emperor of the Sebrarian Empire secretly instructed his aides in preparation for the final war. It was to find a way to evacuate all the citizens in case of emergency.

Thus, the miraculous legacy was born after the most intelligent minds and most powerful men of the Empire gathered together. Unfortunately, the emperor's evacuation plan was never put into practice. By the time R&D was over, and mass production was available, there were no dimensions left for them to evacuate.

※ Notes:

If the correct coordinates aren't entered, there's a risk of being swept away by the dimensional storm.

Movement within the same dimension is impossible due to the operating principles that leverage the population resources between dimensions.

The farther the destination is from the origin dimension, and the more the population there is to be transported, the more Mana cores will be consumed.

If the user to whom the item is attached is transferred, the item will also be sent to the destination dimension.

I injected Mana into it.

Weing!

The ring slipped out of my finger, floated in the air, and smoothly grew into a hoop.

Blue light then filled up the void within the hoop in an instant.

It didn't look much different from the gate.

– Please enter the coordinates.

Telepathy flowed from the Artifact.

'When I first experimented with it, I didn't actually get to operate it after having typed random coordinates.'

But the current situation was different.

Without hesitation, I entered a string of numbers in the group of lights in front of me.

It was the coordinates corresponding to the Botarch's dimension.

The Artifact replied.

– Coordinate verification complete. A Mana core containing 8,000 Mana is required to transfer one human species to the user's destination,

'Now, that's reasonable.'

At least it was compared to the first time when it required 890,000 when I inputted random coordinates.

'The Botarch dimension is a nearby dimension that could be accessed by going through a connected dungeon. It costs this much to get to the nearest world, huh.'

I glanced at my condition.

– Active Mana: 152,300 (+67,100) / 85,200

– Potential Mana: 163,000

'8000 is the minimum Mana to become a B-Rank Hunter. If it's a round trip, it's 16,000… Although Mana is too precious to use.'

It's an amount that I could get my hands on if I hunted more diligently, considering the Mana core supply rate had increased since I had grown stronger.

I put the pre-prepared core in the place where the Artifact told me to.

Shhhh.

The moment the [Door of Hope] absorbed it, it produced calm waves.

– It's now ready to be used.

I immediately threw myself into the blue luminescence.

*

– Please specify the transport location within the dimension.

As soon as I entered the light, I noticed that the [Door of Hope] had returned to my finger.

As explained by the item, even if the user had entered the door, the item would be sent through along with its owner.

'Well, if it didn't, there would be no way to go back.'

Where I was at the moment was a place where the blue glow had absorbed everything.

The telepathy from the item was showing a wide map in my brain.

'I mean, how could it only show me the map of the whole universe at this dimension?'

It was meaningless to look at it on such a scale.

"Show me a map of the 'Palace of the High Priest' on a planet occupied by the Botarchs."

Without delay, it reacted to my command and followed it swiftly.

I was amazed by it.

"…. Indeed, SSS-Class items are so overpowered!"

In front of me, there was a three-dimensional view of the interior and exterior of the palace where the Botarch religious leader, the High Priest, resided.

Not only did it show the structure of the building, but also the movement of all objects and living things inside it.

No clairvoyance skill I knew had that effect.

'SSS-Class is already this good. How good can the EX-Class be?'

I made a deal with the spirit with that excuse, but I couldn't help but think that the fish that got away looked bigger than I initially thought.

The item's telepathic messages continued.

– Please provide a more specified location. If there is no desired location, you will be sent to an arbitrary location.

"No, no. No way will it send me to a random location."

It was well deep in the night over there.

They should be asleep by now.

"Where is the High Priest's bedroom there?"

The system instantly pointed to 12 rooms inside the palace using arrows.

'… What? 12 bedrooms? I've never known this in my previous life.'

I looked at them carefully and found the place where I had to go.

"This one."

I pointed to the bedroom where the High Priest was staying at this time and spoke.

"Send me here."

I gave the order, and it performed without fail.

Swish.

The surrounding scenery changed in a flash.

I was at the moment standing in a strange room.

'… Eek.'

A foul scent pierced my nose.

It was enough to make me frown.

It was a provoking odor that smelled like a mixture of fermented hay and spoiled milk.

I covered my nose and looked around.

'There he is.'

On top of the bed-like furniture, bodies of giant aliens were tangled together as they slept.

The scene was created due to a number of them falling asleep after having an orgy just a few hours ago to celebrate a great achievement.

'He has it good.'

I concentrated on the Mana.

'Sleep deeper, so you won't wake up in the middle of it.'

The Botarchs were enchanted into a deeper slumber.

After blocking any external interferences with simple barriers, I approached the bed.

The Botarch High Priest, who was entangled with naked females, remained asleep.

He had a familiar face.

'In his previous life, he continued to serve as the High Priest.'

The devastating war between China and Botarch in my previous life ended with China's victory and drove out the aliens beyond the gate. Still, China eventually collapsed due to a series of incidents that seemed to have been caused by winning the war.

… Though they Cleared the dungeon, they have failed to close the gate!

And in a land where the powerful central government had disappeared, through the open gate, Botarchs eventually returned.

'I fought with foreign hunters during the re-invasion.'

Thanks to that, I had quite a bit of detailed information about their species in my head.

'Is it a C-Ranked Awakened compared to Earth?'

The power of the High Priest itself was insignificant compared to those that guarded outside.

It was just like how the politicians on Earth weren't the strongest Hunter.

Their social structure was a dictatorship system made by the cult that worshipped the Mother Goddess of the land.

'There are many rivals who seek the High Priesthood because it's not a one-man dictatorship, but a cult dictatorship, but… In my previous life, the current leader suppressed all of them.'

However, what if things played out differently from my previous life?

I opened the mouth of the sleeping one and thrust my invisible hand into his throat, which was shaped with psychokinesis.

"Blrgh···Blrgh!"

The Botarch, who's still in sleep, began to gag.

'The assassination or kidnapping of the High Priest will not stop the plans of the entire race to invade Earth.'

Under the High Priest, eight bishops wanted to usurp its throne. The others would take over when the current High Priest died.

Even if they kidnapped him, looking at their behavior, they wouldn't even bother the captive and rather would just consider him dead.

I used [Penetration] to examine its body's internal structure while thrusting the intangible hand made of psychokinesis deep into the High Priest's throat.

'There are five organs in total that serve as a stomach of a Botarch's anatomy. It is said to be hidden in the fourth stomach among them…. Right here!'

I eventually found the Sacred Object resting in the fourth stomach of the High Priest.

Swoop!

I grabbed it and pulled it out of its body.

Coated with a viscous body fluid, it was an idol that shaped the Mother Goddess of the land they served.

It's the first time I had seen it in person.

But…

'It's so unpleasantly delicate and sophisticated.'

The Mother Goddess of Land, worshipped by the Botarchs, had the form of a large cow showing off its eight giant breasts.

Her shading, body hair, and skin texture were more graphic than necessary.

'This is processed from a meteorite that fell on this planet in the distant past. There is no similar metal left, and even if it's newly discovered, the processing technology was lost in the past.'

Even if it disappeared, the High Priest wouldn't be able to forge a new one.

With their technology, it would be impossible.

'The loss of this idol under the High Priest's watch in Botarch society is a far more deadly sin than losing a series of wars.'

It would reach a point where he wouldn't be able to maintain his position.

After getting ready, I woke him up by slapping the face of the cow's head on the floor.

"Hey, wake up!"

"…. Growl!"

Instead of answering, the snoring only echoed louder.

Without knowing the fate that laid before him, he relaxed.

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Screening Quest (4)

I tried to wake it up after having seized various artifacts on the High Priest's body.

The sleeping spell I put on it had already been lifted.

That was supposed to be enough to wake it up, but the alien only continued to snore loudly without moving.

"Harumph… Harumph!"

He drooled while having his mouth opened and his tongue stretched out.

I soon realized why he wasn't waking up.

I also recognized the identity of the milk-like stench that filled the room.

I frowned.

'This bastard is drunk. He's completely wasted.'

He's not just drunk. He has completely blacked out.

'Drinking must be strictly prohibited according to the Mother Goddess of the land's doctrine, though.'

The High Priest, the guardian of the doctrine and the symbol of the cult, was drunk and entangled with females.

'Wait, the liquor that exists in this world is…'

Because of the skill that made me unable to forget once the information was saved, there was no way to avoid the unpleasant memory that flew in like a sling stone.

'Milk liquor.'

The source of the material was probably…

I turned my gaze away from naturally heading towards it and the entangled females.

I then aimed my finger at the High Priest, who passed out that were prohibited by their religion.

Boong.

I lifted its body in the air with psychokinesis.

After putting it out of contact with the surrounding objects or creatures-

I activated my magic.

[Spark!]

Buzz!

A blue current wrapped around the body of the alien.

The High Priest convulsed like crazy while still in the air.

"Mooooooooo!"

The High Priest, who was screaming and trembling, fell to the floor.

Tsssssss!

Smoke rose from the scorched fur.

"Argh! W-who is that bastard?"

The electric shock seemed to have even blown away its hangover.

Only then did the alien wake up and became wary of its surroundings.

A terrified voice rang in my ear as I was under the interpretation magic.

"Human?! How can a human being be here!"

How surprised must it have been for its nostrils to expand nearly twice as much as usual and its eyes to become bloodshot?

It shouted desperately.

"Knights! Knights–"

It tried to call the Sacred Knights, who were on the lookout outside.

If a number of them, mixed with even SSS-Ranked in Earth's standards, intervened, things would have been annoying even for me.

But the danger had been sealed off.

I cut off its words with a chilling voice.

"Calling for help is useless."

At the same time, I began to take action in earnest.

Weeing!

A sharp fragment made out of sword energy surrounded its neck.

"K-heup!"

The High Priest seemed to be trying to grasp the situation as it tensed up.

I pointed to the artifact laid in the center of the room and spoke.

"Do you see that? The bedroom is sealed off with a barrier. Nobody can hear anything out there."

"Oh, damn it!"

The High Priest was quite outspoken in swearing.

It looked around the room with its eyes the size of human fists, but there was no way it could escape.

"What the hell do you want?! No, who is your client?!"

It continued to huff and steam.

"If you're a human being, then are you from that recent dimension? But there's no way an alien species could find out where my bedroom is or which bedroom I'm going to stay in today!"

I think it was convinced I colluded with another Botarch.

"Who are they?! The bishops eyeing my throne? Or pagans who believe in the sun? Whoever you're stuck with, come to my side! I promise twice as much… No, ten times as much as the reward they promised you! Anyway, you were promised something like Mana core in return, right? If it's just cores, I have as much as–!"

He was saying that he's going to give me as many cores as I wanted.

It was a little tempting, but I didn't have to accept.

What I wanted was not an equal trading relationship.

The cow-headed alien, who had no idea of what was in my head, continued to ramble on.

"Yes! There is no way for the pagans to get information about the High Priest's palace's interior. It must have been one of the bishops. There's no way the desire-filled ones could have conspired with each other; then there must be only one client!"

The alien was busy guessing my client.

"I got it. It's the sixth bishop. He's mobilizing an alien, huh? That sixth bishop bastard is the only one crazy enough to think of such a nasty, malicious idea! Anyway, that bastard is such a pain in the ass! He would starve even during the harvesting season!"

I cut off his words while he did his best to answer his own question while overwhelmed by rage.

"Right now, it seems like nothing's coming into your head because you're frustrated."

I lifted the statue with one hand and shook it from side to side.

It was only then that the image of the idol was captured in its big eyes.

His jaw dropped open in shock.

"T-t-that–"

The high Priest quickly grabbed onto its stomach and pressed it.

It panicked when it realized that its fourth stomach was empty.

"How did you get it out?!"

"It doesn't matter."

I continued.

"I'm going to take this to my world."

"…!"

I could hear the sound of grinding in between the High Priest's clenched teeth.

It probably had a clear, vivid nightmare in its head about what my actions could lead to.

It could probably envision the scene of itself falling to the bottom of the cliff from the peak.

Its gaze had embodied an extreme tension.

"…"

Finally, it shut up and waited for my words instead of talking rashly.

'Finally. Now we can talk.'

I calmly spit out the words I prepared.

"I know that one of the most important and sacred duties of the High Priest is to protect this idol. What would happen to a High Priest who failed to do that? Well, it's hard for me, an alien, to imagine that since there's no precedent of such in history. Well, one thing is for sure."

I grinned.

"You won't die comfortably."

It trembled slightly at the sight of me saying those words.

"Indeed, if you know so much about that can only mean–"

It seemed to be convinced of the existence of an insider again.

No matter what misunderstanding it made, I continued to talk, letting it be.

"I'll take this statue, and if you don't want to lose it forever, you have to follow my instructions from now on until the end of time."

Even if I killed or kidnapped the High Priest, it's no use if someone else replaced him.

Instead, I would have control over someone in charge, nominally or practically, of the entire race.

The fuel for its obedience was its desire for power.

That was the plan.

"No, wait a minute!"

It hurriedly exclaimed.

"I don't know if you know, but we have to bring that idol out once a month and hold a mass celebration! If I don't have the Mother Goddess of the Land idol then, I will be taken out immediately!"

It then continued soothingly.

"I know what you want, but this is the wrong way. There must have been a misunderstanding in the communication process with the traitor! Be with me from now on, and burn the bridges with those stupid bastards!"

It hadn't given up hope that it could conciliate me.

"If you were able to sneak in even in the bedroom of the High Priest's Palace, you must be an Awakened that can overpower the Sacred Knights. I'll give you a generous price, so–"

I shook my head.

"I think you misunderstood, but I'll take the original and leave you a fake one."

"You only know so much. The Mother Goddess of the Land's idol cannot be replicated. There are no materials, and there are no technicians anymore! No matter how carefully you imitate it, the bishops that always look for something to complain will find the difference!"

Instead of continuing to listen to him, I took out an artifact.

It was another SS-Class item acquired from the Spirit.

[Wartime Emergency Production Supply System – Type 3 (Rank: SS)]

– Item Description: Near the end of the final war, the weapon production and development planets owned by the Sebrarian Empire had been mostly destroyed. In that situation, the Imperial Supply Command gave up the improvement of weapons or the development of new weapons. They produced this item as a temporary measure and distributed it to the frontline troops.

There's no theoretical limit to the number of artifacts that can be reproduced with this item, but the reproduce's performance can never exceed the original. That showcases how desperate the war situation was when they mobilized this item, all the more so considering that the Empire constantly developed and poured out new and better weapons until the middle of the war.

※ Precautions:

The higher the artifact's performance is, the higher the amount of Mana cores needed for copying.

If a certain level of change, destruction, or perishment is applied to the original, all replicas will be destroyed in unison. This penalty applies to all replicas due to the operating principle of presence probability diversification and local multi-dimensional superposition.

From the context mentioned above, most living things that are always undergoing constant bodily changes cannot be replicated. Inanimate objects that do not have a definite form cannot be reproduced as well.

"…?!"

It looked at the artifact I had with an odd look.

It was like a lamp that had a circular cover.

Ignoring its gaze, I pointed my finger at one of the items it still wore.

Although it looked fancy and luxurious, it's not an artifact that embodied a Mana, so I just left it.

Shhhhh!

It became baffled when the bracelet it was wearing slipped out of its hand by itself.

"What now?!"

The bracelet floated in the air to come close to me.

I opened the lamp cover and put a small Mana core inside.

I then activated the item.

Swaaaaaaaaa!

A starry fog poured from the lamp and covered the bracelet.

The flashy cloud that pierced the bracelet like an X-ray beam then began to gather and form a shape at a short distance from me.

"What!"

In the place where the alien stared at with its eyes turned upside down, the tangled starlight created another bracelet.

I checked how much of the core inside the lamp had been used up.

'As expected, it consumes less Mana if it's not an artifact.'

But it's a bit of a waste of Mana to clone diamonds or expensive rare gems.

In other words, it was less economical to use for resource replication.

'Perhaps the replication of a special object or an artifact of a certain level would be a good use for this.'

I threw the replica to the High Priest.

"Now, can you see the difference?"

"…!"

It couldn't talk easily.

No matter how much they said they were a race with excellent eyesight, they wouldn't be able to find any difference.

In a material sense, it's a perfect copy.

"But you know what?"

Deliberately, I crushed the original bracelet in my hand.

As I did that…

"Ah!"

The replica it was holding quickly turned to dust, causing it to collapse and be blown into the air without leaving a trace.

The High Priest's hand was soon empty.

The reason why I showed that result on purpose was obvious.

Whaaaaa!

I lit the lamp once again.

That time, of course, I used it on the idol.

"Ugh!"

It realized the situation and gritted its teeth.

After repeating the same process, I created another idol that perfectly matched the original's physical appearance.

I handed over the replica to it.

"No one will notice that that's a duplicate. If you hold on to that, you'll be able to maintain your position as a High Priest. You won't have to come down from the peak of power."

The High Priest was also silently listening as if it was sure of that.

It had nothing to argue with.

"And, you know, right? Even if I'm far away if I found out you have violated my orders…"

I affirmed.

"I'm going to make a dent on the idol I have in my hand. Making a tiny flaw would be enough. Because at that moment, the reproduced item that I made before that will all disappear. Then it'll be revealed everywhere in the world that you've lost the idol."

"Damn you!"

I was convinced of one thing by its reaction.

If the High Priest was a very devout religious person, it must have been angry, furious, and cursing at the fact that such an important sacred object had fallen into pagan hands.

It wouldn't even be strange to shed tears and wail loudly at the shock that the idol had been tainted, at least according to the characteristics of the Botarchs I knew.

But the look of the High Priest was different.

'It has no anger against blasphemy. There's only fear and anxiety that its power will collapse.'

I'm glad that it's that kind.

If the alien were surely a devout fanatic, my plan wouldn't have worked.

"… Yes, so what now?"

The High Priest seemed to have accepted reality.

It knew that if it wanted to stay in power, it had no choice but to obey me.

"What the hell do you want from me, motherfucker?!"

I looked at the guy who blew steam from its nose in frustration.

"First of all, this is the primary demand."

I gave a declaration.

"Retreat all the Botarchs left in the dungeon connected to Earth. Don't ever look over there again."

"Damn, that's it, after all. I got it."

If they won the war and secured a large land, it would be a good addition to its achievements.

Even if another High Priest sat there, the invasion on the Earth would continue.

Therefore, it was reasonable to keep it seated after making a reason why he couldn't invade.

It rolled its eyes.

"I will make all the warriors I sent to your dimension retreat as well."

"You don't have to. They're already retreating."

"What?!"

At that moment, I could feel it getting rowdier and rowdier outside.

'Yes, it's about time.'

What happened on Earth had reached their main dimension.

The speed was incomparably faster than the means of communication that the outskirt guards had.

There must've been some magical means on a different level.

'I'm glad I ran right here after the success of the first quest.'

I continued with a smile.

"I look forward to the quick implementation of my demands."

Making sure that I secured the original idol, I activated the [Door of Hope].

"Now then, I'll see you later."

As soon as the blue gate was completed, I jumped over it.

*

The High Priest who was left alone in the room realized that the barriers surrounding the room had disappeared the moment Seo Jin-Wook disappeared.

That was because the density of the air changed immediately.

Then, with amazing timing, it noticed a presence outside the door.

A priest shouted in an urgent voice.

"High Priest, we have an urgent matter at hand! Allowed me to enter–"

"Wait."

The High Priest quietly drew Mana into its hand.

After concentrating it, he saw the Botarchs sprawling on the bed.

They were women who shared a night of pleasure with it.

The High Priest moved without hesitation.

Crush!

Crack!

Every time it struck its fist containing Mana, the women's heads broke one by one.

'Everyone seems to be asleep, but–'

After a while, the bed was soaked with blood and

The High Priest seemed to have regained its composure rapidly after Seo Jin-Wook disappeared.

It was starting to think with a calm mind.

'If anyone had woken up but pretended to be asleep, they could have heard the conversation.'

It couldn't let any information leak out. That would break its power and cause the ground it stepped on to collapse.

Even if the probability was extremely minimal, it couldn't take risks.

The High Priest, who shook the blood off its hand, spoke towards the door.

"Okay, come on in."

The door opened, and a Priest came in hurriedly.

It paused for a moment due to the sight in the room.

The High Priest spoke in a monotonous manner.

"I have found a trace of blasphemy in them. They were all judged immediately."

The Priest didn't ask for details.

It merely deeply bowed.

It lays its arms, legs, and head on the ground and fell on its face.

"Praise the holy event that carries the divine will! I'll get rid of the remains of these filthy things. But before that, I beg your pardon! The news that the military on the dimension with the broken boundary had…!"

The Priest carried on with the report.

It was about the rampage of the holy beasts that made the earth fertile.

The dispatched Priest's status was unknown, and the expedition team had already begun to retreat based on the judgment of the commander of the unit.

The High Priest continued to think.

'Everything must have been the work of that bastard. Damn it. We messed with the wrong species!'

It thought about the situation despite its regret and anger that was rising like bitter gastric juice.

'I'll have to pull out of that dimension for now.'

But will that ever end?

The High Priest realized that the situation had become messed up, and unknowingly, it fell into a shallow silence.

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Screening Quest (5)

The High Priest pondered with a serious look on its face before reaching a final decision.

'There's no choice but to act in the way that man wanted for now!'

Shame and anger rose from deep inside it.

"The expedition team is already retreating, you said?"

"Yes, they're going to step back to the dungeon and join the reinforcements there."

"Tell them to come back to this dimension."

"… Yes?"

The Priest, who was responding submissively, showed a different expression for the first time.

The expedition team, which was currently retreating, was only a small part of the entire Botarch military force.

In the event of a strong counterattack by the inhabitants of the expedition's destination, it's natural to retreat to the dungeon and prepare for the second invasion.

However, the High Priest had just issued an order that could be seen as an abandonment of the re-invasion.

"…"

Heavy silence flowed between the two Botarchs.

The High Priest spoke in a sharp voice.

"What? Do you want to protest?"

In a rather agitated response, the Priest who delivered the urgent news realized it made the wrong move.

It blamed itself for its mistake, feeling its back hair stand on end.

"No! High Priest, forgive my mistake. I'll give them an order to retreat right away."

The Lay Priest barely suppressed its body from trembling.

Although it was a confidant of the High Priest, there were many other Botarchs to replace it. If it showed a sign of rebellion or defiance, it would swiftly lose its life like those women with smashed heads on the bed.

The High Priest was extremely sensitive when it came to the authority and power it held. The eight Bishops were alive while keeping it in check only because they held that much power as well, but the Lay Priest was different. If they offended it, they would immediately return to its Mother Goddess of Land's arms.

"Oh, and…"

The High Priest continued.

"The Sixth Bishop, how was his behavior during the last month?"

The Lay Priest compiled and recited the information in its head.

In addition to official activities, information obtained through covert channels was included in the report.

Most of the information was already known by the High Priest, but it listened more carefully than ever.

'Dungeon boundaries collapsed only a month ago, and the Sixth Bishop could only afford to collude within that time with an alien race. Anomalies would've been observed in that timeframe.'

After hearing all the reports, the High Priest raised another question.

"How many spies do we have on his side at the moment?"

"We have fifteen."

"Double that right now, starting today."

The Lay Priest wanted to point out that if additional spies of such scale suddenly got attached, there was a high risk that the other side would notice it.

However, it didn't dare speak in against the High Priest, who was very agitated.

Eventually, the Lay Priest followed the precedent of those who served the overpowering and terrifying ruler.

It swallowed its sincere advice into its throat and obeyed the order that would surely lead to bad results.

"Yes, I'll carry it out."

After it stepped down, the High Priest opened the window to circulate the air full of blood stench.

As it stood by the window, it watched the sun sticking out its forehead over the ridge.

The rays that burned the calm dawn sky pierced its eyes.

'Just as the alien got what it wanted, the bastard who placed the order would have gotten something in return. There's no way they didn't leave a trace.'

The High Priest didn't want to be a faithful servant following orders that way.

The ultimate goal of the insider who colluded with the alien race would eventually be its fall.

If the situation kept getting played according to their plans, it would only slow down the High Priest's scheduled destruction a little bit.

'The most likely perpetrator is the Sixth Bishop. I'll shake him off and dig up the link. Then I'll put all the blame on him if things go wrong!'

The axis that supported the unstable period of the power struggle's truce collapsed today.

The High Priest didn't want to die calmly with its neck sticking out when its opponent came in stabbing at it like that.

It sensed that there would be a bloodbath in the religious order, considering it had been sustaining a stubborn confrontation for a while.

*

"By the way…"

Nate, who was looking at the movements of the subordinates it summoned, suddenly spoke.

From all sides, a series of undeads were ripping out cores from the Orc hearts scattered on the floor with their bare hands like skilled handcraft workers.

Most of the bodies were severely damaged, preventing him from turning them into subordinates.

Phuk! Crush!

Lining up like a fisherman that dug clams from the mudflats, the crowd of undead harvested cores with quick and accurate movements that left no room for error. Once they bent down, they would straighten up with a sparkling core in their hands.

Hibiki, who was watching the scene together with Nate, turned to face him.

"What?"

The place where the two were located was a dungeon with gray earth.

The gate that connected to that space was located deep in the mountains and was unknown to anyone but them. It was a place that the government, the Hunters of the Gate Keepers, and even the other guild members of the Celestial Dragon didn't know.

That was where Seo Jin-Wook brought only the two of them and planted tree seedlings harvested from other dungeons.

"What is Jin-Wook going to do with this tree?"

Seo Jin-Wook left the work to the duo, saying that he had to leave that place again, and he didn't know how long it would take for him to come back.

It was a simple task at first glance. They only needed to examine the growth of the seedlings and clean up all the monsters around them.

But it wasn't that simple.

Nate continued.

"And what the hell is up with this tree that attracts monsters like this? I know now because I studied. We made sure to clear the monsters inside the boundary last time, right? But they've already gathered a lot again in that period. That isn't normal. "

Hundreds of corpses were scattered around the area.

Usually, even if one were to kill all the monsters on the boundary, it would take time for those monsters outside to come back in and replace them. That part was a pain in the ass for the guild that acquired the mining rights and went against the main reason for expanding the boundaries to expand the dungeon.

But the dungeon was a little strange. If all dungeons were like that, the world's Mana core production would increase significantly.

Nate thought the reason was in the seedlings.

"Why does this tree attract monsters? Jin-Wook said it would get worse once it bears fruits…"

He said that if flowers bloomed and showed signs of bearing fruits, they might have to reside there.

That was because there would be a lot more monsters gathering from then on.

Hibiki, who listened intently, replied indifferently.

"The reason why he didn't necessarily explain it is because we don't need to know yet."

"But it still makes you curious, doesn't it?"

"He will tell us everything when the time comes. We just have to follow his instructions faithfully. All of this must be necessary for the 'future' as well."

Her words showed firm belief in Seo Jin-Wook.

Nate looked at Hibiki in surprise.

"You have so much trust in him!"

Hibiki replied as if it was rather unexpected of him.

"You don't believe him?"

"No, of course, I do. I'm just curious. How does Jin-Wook know all this?"

The same question had been in Hibiki's head for a long time, much earlier than Nate.

However, she decided not to mention it at that moment.

Seo Jin-Wook was a person who completely changed Hibiki's life, who lived with a bomb that could explode anytime.

Furthermore, although he was already a celebrity and a capable man who made the headlines worldwide, Hibiki thought the public's assessment rather underestimated Seo Jin-Wook.

Considering what she had seen while staying by his side, she couldn't help but make such a judgment.

"How? I don't know. But one thing I'm sure of is that he is a much greater person than everyone else thinks. You know that too, don't you?"

"That's what I think as well."

Hibiki nodded and continued.

"I think all this we're doing right now is for the world and humanity. That's why I don't question his actions."

"That's great."

Nate scratched his head.

"By the way, where did Jin-Wook go this time and for what?"

Hibiki voiced out her assumption.

"Think about it. He took the two of us when he blocked the A-Class dungeon break, didn't he? But he didn't take us this time. Wouldn't it be something more dangerous?"

"Hmm."

Nate had no idea what on Earth could be that dangerous.

"Is there a huge number of enemies? Like an army?"

"I don't know. Although with his ability…. I don't think it would be strange if he were actually to control a country behind the scenes."

"Wow, Hibiki. You even know how to joke around now."

"Hmph."

Nate had a bright smile on his face when he pointed out her change, while Hibiki turned away, snorting disapprovingly.

*

After exhausting the cores needed to return to Earth, as I entered the [Door of Hope], I came over to a dimension full of light that I was just in recently.

– Please specify a transport location within the dimension.

I ignored the telepathic message of the Artifact for a moment and looked at the idol statue.

It was the key that solved my problem easily.

The result was the same after several observations with [The Successor's Eyes].

'Indeed, there's not even a single grain of Mana. There are no holy properties as it seems that the devil's sword stays quiet even if I let the two come into contact. It's just an ordinary statue.'

It was the number 1 treasure cherished by the entire Botarch race.

It was a Sacred object that made even the High Priest, who was the symbol of the religious order, fall into a miserable state if he loses it.

However, there was nothing special about it.

I reached a conclusion.

'There is a high possibility that the Mother Goddess of the Land served by the Botarchs doesn't exist. I'm almost 99.9% sure.'

The dimension they lived in was still in the tutorial stage, just like Earth.

Great concepts beyond mortals did indeed exist, which could be called 'God' according to knowledge acquired in my previous life.

'They are not omnipotent either.'

In situations where even the system wasn't omnipotent, even those beings close to godhood coexisted with the system. They could also follow their rules in a broad sense.

Of course, Earth was still in the tutorial stage in my previous life, so humans had never directly contacted or experienced direct influence from them.

'I can't believe that a religious order that serves a god that doesn't even exist can rule a whole race with that ideology. It's so strange.'

Shrugging off my insights, I stuffed the idol into the snake's mouth.

– Please specify a transport location within the dimension.

The Artifact irritated my mind again as if it was rushing me.

Woop!

Light flashed before my eyes.

The message that penetrated my mind at that time wasn't from the Artifact.

It was a system message that periodically contacted me.

In other words, it was transmitted by the control cognition in charge of the system.

– QUEST COMPLETE!

– Quest Name: Dimension Defense(2) – 'Botarch'

– Description: The name of the species that are retreating is Botarch. They had given up on the expedition site after their month-long local occupation. They are currently leaving, but it's unknown when they will resume their invasion again. Consider and implement measures to curb subsequent dimensional invasion and take preemptive defensive effects.

– Reward: 2 million Experience Points have been awarded to the user!

It was clear that the High Priest had taken some action.

'It has ordered for their race to retreat to their main dimension!'

The threat I pushed worked, so I think it did as instructed.

In terms of time, it didn't take long for it to follow my orders.

Thanks to the High Priest, the system decided that I had completely suppressed the possibility of re-invasion at that point!

And the reward is…

'Two million?!'

I was amazed deep down.

That was quite a big deal!

According to the list of quests, the reward started at 1 million points.

'That's a double bonus.'

It judged that the actions I took were that effective and had a big impact.

'Wait, with this much point…'

I could exchange it for items that could affect the entire tutorial.

It was also possible to make other demands to the system instead of items.

It was just like when I made a deal with the ministry spirit before.

'I got more points than I expected.'

Adam spent 1.4 million experience points just to cross to Earth.

He also said that it was a lot of points, even for a species that completed the tutorial.

But the points I collected had already reached a total of 2.68 million after just going through 2 quests.

'I think we need to change the plan. It's much more than what I was aiming for in the first place…'

I looked at the list of things I could do by consuming that many experience points.

Apart from the system message, the telepathy of [Door of Hope] rang out once again.

– Please specify a transport location within the dimension.

– If there is no desired location, you will be sent to an arbitrary location.

It was rushing me quite hard.

I put aside what I was about to do and focused on what unfolded in front of my eyes.

In the dimension I resided in, the whole map of the universe planet Earth was in had been laid out.

It was such a vast space that it made me dizzy just by looking at the mere sight of it.

I grumbled inwardly.

'That's less sensible than the automatic completion of a web browser.'

Was it impossible for it to infer that since I had crossed the Earth, I'd go to that planet when I returned?

I spoke to the Artifact.

"You don't have to show me a map this wide. I'm going back to Earth."

Upon saying that, the [Door of Hope] narrowed the screen down to a single planet.

– Please specify the transport location within the dimension.

"Show me the spot I've crossed."

I was going to see how Adam was doing first.

The screen changed in an instant.

"Oh! Is it already over?"

The clear view of all the buildings inside the barricade allowed me to witness the emptiness of the gym and exhibition halls where the hostages were being held.

Adam seemed busy dissecting the giant worm while the hostages were fleeing. He continuously cut out huge organs and muscles and put them into a subspace Artifact.

Shhhh!

When I turned my glance on the worm's corpse, the [Door of Hope] even showed me the space inside the giant creature's skin.

Did that mean that it could send me in that worm's body if I wanted?

'Oh, it's so senseless. There is no need for me to see even…'

At that moment, a lightning-like sting passed through my spine.

'Oh, wait a minute. This one right now–!'

I had so far considered the functionality of the [Door of Hope] to be limited as an interdimensional transport device.

But after using up the Mana core equivalent for the opponent's dimension.

I found out that there was another function.

'I can look into the destination dimension in detail. I can observe wherever I want. With a perfect see-through view! Should I say that this is a satellite that turned into an Artifact? No, it's an incredible feature that can't even be compared to such!'

It was more useful than I thought.

I couldn't help but smile.

Naturally, I also thought of the list in my head.

The list of aliens having infiltrated the Earth at that point, who I only knew their appearances and locations of!

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However, there was something that I needed to check first before putting it into practice. "What's the principle behind capturing what I'm looking at right now? If the video output is here, where's the input? Is it filming far away with something like a camera?" – …

The [Door of Hope] didn't answer immediately.

I continued asking.

"Can an Awakened being in the place of observation notice the fact that they are being watched through the [Door of Hope]? For example, if he has a special skill." – … Artificial intelligence remained silent for a while before replying.

– This information is not registered in this item's operating system.

Next, there was telepathy that was close to it talking to itself.

– Searching through a collective intelligence network.

– Connection is unstable.

– … Network connection time exceeded!

– No response to search attempts. – Insufficient information to answer the user's questions.

I sighed lightly.

"It doesn't know, after all." The collective intelligence, whatever that was, according to Adam, was a concept that existed when the Sebrarian Empire still existed. Simply put, it must be like the Internet.

It would be futile to access and extract information from the empire's ruined intelligence system.

"It doesn't know the detailed operating principle from the operating system itself, but does it mean if the user requests to perform it, it carries on the command?"

I pondered for a moment and reached a quick decision. "I don't think Adam noticed when I looked at him just a while ago." I talked to the system instead of artificial intelligence that manipulated the item this time. I thought about the information about the aliens on Earth in my head. "Update location information." The answer came right back.

– The current location information of the target requested by the user is as follows.

Most of the aliens held the same position as what I had seen recently, but it was observed that there were a few aliens that moved far away like Adam.

'Shall I take a look at each of them?'

I gave the [Door of Hope] an order. "Show me this place." I wanted to observe the current status of the aliens on the list. I wanted to do it beyond simple location information, but rather in real-time as if I were to look upon them on a satellite. The operating system responded. – Do you want to transport it to that location? At the same time, the scene in front of me changed. I was internally amazed. 'Wow, that actually worked!'

It was clear what the aliens, who infiltrated the Earth under camouflage, were currently doing.

Just to be careful, I had prepared to stop observing right away.

'There's no sign of noticing the observation.'

It was a performance beyond my expectations. I realized it once again. SSS-Class items were overpowered. 'Technically, it's an extra feature needed for one to move around, right? I didn't know that even the additional function that gives a view of the destination would be this faithful to the class.' Since then, I have observed the aliens one by one. The first ones that caught my eyes were those Adam had already confirmed didn't belong to the Union. 'Hmm.' But unfortunately… 'Nothing unusual.'

It didn't matter if it's a being that hid outside without human contact or a being that mixed itself with humans and lived as an impostor.

There was nothing extraordinary about their behavior. If they were to boldly go around doing strange things like Adam, it would be even easier to recognize the opponent's goals and abilities, but there was no such scene, at least at that moment. 'But I can't just watch them 24/7.' Furthermore, it was only possible when I went to a different dimension and returned to Earth. In the case of the Botarch dimension, 16,000 cores were used for a round trip. 'I'll have to find a way to make regular observations while reducing the cores consumed.' There must be a nearby dimension where the door could be with fewer cores. I was going to experiment with every coordinate in my head one by one. I would need to find the most suitable world in a way that I wouldn't cross over but rather only check the core consumption. While I was observing each one of them, thinking like that, something happened.

"Huh?"

The moment I moved on to the next alien, I found an anomaly. In the coordinate that the [Door of Hope] had just projected, no aliens were visible. 'It hasn't been that long since the system gave me the coordinates…' I thought about that alien in my head and asked the system once again. "Update location information!" – The current location information of the target requested by the user is as follows. I was surprised to see the coordinates.

"Wait, did it cross the border in that short time?"

While I was observing an alien, another suddenly began to move. But its speed was very fast.

"Won't you look at that?"

I drew a line connecting the initial and current coordinates. Its direction was revealed.

I spoke again.

"Update location information!" Coordinates were updated while maintaining a constant direction. I thought it was still moving. And…

If I continued to draw the route as a line, the fact that Beijing would be in its path must not be a coincidence.

'It's approaching Beijing!' The opponent was one of the Union's eyes, that was, the being that Adam confirmed as an 'observer.' Adam told me to leave him alone since he wasn't doing exceptionally harmful things toward the Earth. 'They started moving first?' Ever since I first identified the coordinates, it had been stuck in Russia and hadn't moved since, so the sudden change made me feel uneasy. 'I will resume the observation later. I should go back to Earth for now.' I spoke to the [Door of Hope].

"Send me back to the same place where I took a dimensional leap from Earth!"

– Sending user.

The light waved, and I felt a strong rotational force swirling around.

With the feeling of my body floating, it sucked my body into Earth.

* "Oh! Are you back?" Adam greeted me with pleasure.

There were huge earthworms with their guts and body parts butchered out and body fragments of Botarchs lying around on the ground.

It was a horrendous sight, but I explained the situation to him urgently instead of giving it a good look. "What? An eye is coming?"

He scratched his bearded jaw roughly.

"It means they've been watching everything that happened here. If they're determined to observe from afar, does that mean I can't notice them…?" I interrupted him while he was mumbling seriously.

"But I was caught when I was watching you stealthily."

"I thought it was a little weird back then as well. They're not that easy to spot." He cracked his neck, thought for a moment, and spoke again. "Well, I didn't commit a crime. We don't have to avoid it." It was unexpected. "You mean you want us to wait here and face them?" "If the eye is on its way, its purpose is me. Their mission is to manage the species that finished the tutorial. And I've never broken the treaty. There's nothing to lose."

He then spoke to me as if to give a warning.

"They won't do anything to threaten you first. Don't pick on them or mess with them without a good reason to do so. I'm sure it's strong since the Union dispatched it."

Of course, I didn't mean to spark the fire pit first.

"I got it."

It was an alien sent by the Union to observe the Earth. What's their deal with Adam that they're coming here?

I waited with mixed curiosity and caution for an alien who had no business with me in my previous life.

After a while… Shhhh! The sky we were looking at was distorted. "Here you are." The alien, who flew nearly 3,000 kilometers from the Sakha Republic at the eastern Russian Federation to Beijing in a flash, appeared quietly, accompanied by no noise or shock waves. Stepping lightly on the floor was a young black-haired man wrapped in thick fur clothing. With eyes that were hard to infer emotions from, he looked at the two of us one after another.

He had a small bag on his back and was carefully carrying a gray fur toy poodle in his hands. The dog was wearing a rather sloppy pink fur coat that was obviously knitted by hand.

"Hey." It was Adam who spoke first. He spoke to the alien with a certain sense of distance between them.

"What brings you here?"

The observer wearing a camouflage shell replied. "This is the first time I've ever faced you like this. I am an observer assigned to this world from the Union. What should I call you? You're called 'Adam Abrams' here. And I think that's what the Awakened next to you calls you as well." The opponent didn't hide the fact that it had been observing Adam. Adam had a disapproving look.

"Just call me Adam. You don't have to tell me your name. I don't want myself to be deeply associated with the members of the Union."

It replied with a calm voice as if it didn't mind. "Yes, understood."

Adam continued without giving it a break.

"So, what's your purpose? Just to clarify, I have never broken the treaty." "Haha, you're in a hurry." It turned its head from side to side and calmly stared around.

"If there's such a big event going on in my jurisdiction, and there's even an Awakened involved on the main quest, shouldn't I naturally come in person? I would be negligent of my duties otherwise."

"You're here for work? Then why did your pet have to tag along when you're out here to carry out a public service? You want to brag about it to us?" The alien replied as if it had a valid point. "Well, you're right. Pardon me. It showed some symptoms of separation anxiety… I raised it up ever since it was young, so I am all it knows. It's a short time for me, but it'll be a large part of its life." Adam, who heard his answer, clicked his tongue as if he were dumbfounded. The alien continued. "If you're uncomfortable, I'll leave it away for a while. Sergei? Would you like to play around over there while we talk?"

When he heard those words, a little nervousness floated on the expression of the black-haired young man.

However, in compliance with the order, he gently placed the toy poodle on the floor.

He then distanced himself and flopped to the floor.

Without even batting an eye to the corpses of Botarchs and earthworms scattered around, he took out knitting materials from his backpack and began to concentrate with his nose stuck to it. Looking at the shape, it looked like a fur coat for the toy poodle as well.

The observer, spoke.

"Public service is my task, but I also wanted to take this opportunity to greet you."

"Greetings? Hmph. Such a sugarcoat… That means my observation grade has gone up, right? It's reached a point where you have to report directly to the Union after seeing me face-to-face."

The observer drew a blatant smile around its mouth that no ordinary dog could imitate.

"Your performance today was impressive. I was afraid you might slaughter a large number of non-Awakened, but you rescued them instead."

"Yes, our dimension hasn't even joined the Union, but we are faithful to the treaty. We don't want to suffer an ill-fate!" There was sarcasm in Adam's tone, but the observer didn't seem to care. "I would like to thank you on behalf of the Union for your commitment to the treaty, even if you're from an unregistered dimension. I almost misunderstood it as an attempt to slaughter thousands of non-Awakened because you suddenly threw them over the barricades." What? He threw them? It was only then that I learned the secret of Adam evacuating all the hostages so quickly. "Don't worry. I threw them in a way that wouldn't kill them. And, what was that? Sincerity? It's all because of the Union's act of ganging up on the unregistered dimensions to make them follow the treaty!" "Hahaha." The observer just smiled lightly and didn't contradict Adam. "Anyway, you've got a good look on the scene with your two eyes, and you've made contact with me, haven't you done all the things to report to the top? We're leaving now." "Oh, wait a minute." Toy poodle held out its front paw and stopped us, and Adam's eyes became fierce when he saw it. "What is it?" "Actually, there's one more reason why I'm here." The dog's sparkling eyes changed the direction they were looking.

Toy poodle's eyes were looking at me.

My eyes locked on the alien disguised in the dog's shell. '… Huh? Me?' The poodle greeted me late. "Hello, Mr. Seo Jin-Wook. Nice to meet you." It said my name as if it's only natural for it to know. Yeah, it surely was watching me as well. "I have a question to ask you." It raised its butt that was on the floor and approached me with its four paw tapping. "Mr. Seo Jin-Wook seems to have been acting along with Adam Abrams for some time now." Since when, and until when was it looking? Was there no way to take its glance away? It was ironic that on the day I checked the [Door of Hope] 's best surveillance equipment function, I met the watcher who had been watching me in return. "Yes, I am." Then, the alien raised a question. "May I ask you what your relationship is between you two?" Couldn't it figure out what kind of conversation had been going on between us?

I answered calmly.

"It's a trading relationship where we exchange what we want from each other." "If it's a trade, you mean something equivalent?" There was nothing to worry about. "Right." Adam also nodded his head as if it were a given.

But at that moment…

Whooooooooooo! After hearing my answer, Mana began to storm rapidly from the toy poodle's heart. 'This bastard?' It suddenly tensed up and kept its senses on edge. Why was he casting a skill all of a sudden? 'Attack? Now? It's different from what Adam said!'

The Mana of the alien, which had been rising and circulating from the heart, began to make a pattern.

I had never seen it before in the totality of my past and present life.

'I don't know that skill!' I stared while preparing to fight back or escape right away. '…!' My body began to stiffen. 'What the hell is that?' There were only two colors of Mana that I knew of: the blue one when an ordinary skill was activated and the red color that accompanied a unique skill. [The Successor's Eyes] had never captured an exception that deviated from those two. At least… Until that day! 'I've never seen that color of Mana before!' Simultaneously, as the blue Mana emitted by the toy poodle took shape, its color began to change. The intense Mana, which was cohesive around the observer's body, was a dazzling golden color.

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