Chapter 185
Translator: Ace
Chapter: 185
Chapter Title: 86th Floor Firefighting Strategy
After Razix's live Tokyo performance.
The Japanese Maeda Cabinet had also achieved some results in its own way.
The prime minister's desperate struggle against the Yakuza villain Players to the very end.
It was broadcast vividly across all of Japan.
It stirred the hearts of the Japanese people and boosted his approval ratings.
The Yakuza villain Players who caused the incident were arrested and thrown into prison.
Interrogations were scheduled to begin soon.
This gave more weight to the argument that they needed to import mana seal scrolls as quickly as possible.
The Japanese ambassador to Korea secretly met with Awakening Management Bureau Chief Jeon Gwang-il.
There, using the laptop he had brought.
"The prime minister wishes to speak with you via video. He can't move rashly at the moment."
Prime Minister Maeda must have a lot to sort out after the assassination attempt.
He had to uncover the culprits behind it right away.
Not sure if it would work out, but.
"Sure, let's do that."
In the chief's office, Jeon Gwang-il and Prime Minister Maeda faced each other via the laptop's video conferencing program.
The Japanese ambassador served as interpreter.
We need mana seal scrolls as soon as possible, even if it's just one day sooner.
Prime Minister Maeda was shaken by this incident.
He had barely overcome the crisis after a thousand hardships, but there was no guarantee something like this wouldn't happen again.
We'll pay any amount of money, so please just supply them...
Jeon Gwang-il expressed reluctance.
"Sigh, I'd love to help, but these are supplied sequentially to each country in order of requests."
There was already so much backlog.
"If we prioritize Japan, the other countries will feel slighted."
We don't need that many. Just enough for frontline police—250,000 sheets would do.
"Hm."
250,000 sheets.
That was an amount the Pyongyang printing workers could produce in a day or two of overtime.
"Well, as you know, the Awakening Management Bureau doesn't produce the mana seal scrolls ourselves."
"We only handle distribution. Of course, I can pass along the prime minister's situation on your behalf."
Then could you please convey that for us...
Jeon Gwang-il didn't respond.
Instead, he simply gazed at Prime Minister Maeda through the screen.
Just with words?
If something comes, something has to go back.
It might seem petty to demand compensation, but this was normal interstate trade.
Maeda caught on.
What should he offer?
If we double the price...
"Money isn't a big factor. It's a matter of credit."
Th-then how about items? We could offer national treasury items as payment.
"...Items? Items, oh right!"
As if something had just occurred to him.
Jeon Gwang-il pulled an item from his inventory.
He held it up to the laptop camera.
"This is yours, right, Prime Minister? It's a valuable item. I'll return it."
Maeda was startled.
That's right.
The belt, potion auto-injector.
Th-that's...?
During the Tokyo Black Tower battle, a strange furball had snatched it away.
How did it end up at the Awakening Management Bureau...?
Could it be...?
Now he understood.
That furball was undoubtedly connected to Korea's top Player.
Come to think of it, he'd heard the top Player's trait was Summoning.
So the top Player had saved his life?
His voice trembled as he spoke.
Pl-please convey my thanks to the top Player. I will definitely repay this favor.
And you don't need to return the belt. Please keep it.
"No, we have to return it. It's not even ours."
In truth, Magitech Engineer El had already disassembled and fully researched it.
What was the point of keeping it?
They could make a new one anytime.
A better-performing one, at that.
"Send someone over, and we'll ship the belt right away."
Even as he offered to hand over the item, Jeon Gwang-il's reaction was nonchalant.
Prime Minister Maeda grew anxious.
He even held up a sheet of paper to the screen.
This is the item list stored in the Cabinet's national archives vault. Pick whatever you want.
Jeon Gwang-il glanced at the screen.
Tsk, it's in Japanese.
If you're going to show it, at least translate it to Korean.
No choice but to fire up his smartphone translation app and snap a photo...
'Nothing special. Would've been nice if there was a Trait Enhancement Rune.'
Then,
'Huh?'
Jeon Gwang-il spotted something.
'Oh, they have that?'
He'd discussed it with Bong Player before.
What items he judged most useful.
Among the items Bong Player mentioned, including Trait Enhancement Runes, this was in the top five.
'Skill Cooldown Reset Ticket.'
An item that removes cooldowns on trait skills or combat skills with reuse timers.
Jeon Gwang-il casually mentioned the item from the list with a straight face.
"Skill Cooldown Reset Ticket. Quite an interesting item."
Of course, he didn't outright ask for it.
W-we'll give it.
He got the message.
A few days later.
250,000 well-packaged mana seal scrolls were loaded onto a ferry and departed from Busan Port to Fukuoka Port.
Along with that, the prime minister's closest aide secretary headed to Korea with the Skill Cooldown Reset Ticket.
Realm of Souls.
Jepetto, who commuted once a day for his dispatch duty.
"Greetings, everyone. I'm here again today."
"He's here!!!"
"The vampire's here? We were waiting."
"Why so late?"
"Tell us quick, how's it going now?"
Jepetto felt proud.
He'd been an invisible summoned being even to Blood Wolf on White Tower floor 17.
Here, he was a superstar soul.
Yeah.
This was it.
Dispatch duty was sweet.
"The Summoner has decided to climb the upper floors to gather materials for elixir production."
"What floor?"
"Floor 86."
"Gasp! Heavens! When did he reach there?"
"Monsters? Floor 86 can't be ordinary."
"Superheated Inferno Phoenix."
"Whoa!"
"Insane!"
"What's that?"
"Think of it as your world's Vermilion Bird."
"The divine beast guarding the south among the Four Symbols? This is big trouble."
"Even in my world, phoenixes were national disaster-level magic beasts."
"Nothing short of a Silver Dragon's Ice Breath or 9th-circle freeze ultimate magic."
"No Ice Crystal from the North Sea Ice Palace?"
"How's the Summoner planning to conquer it?"
The Realm of Souls buzzed.
So he explained the plan.
"Haha, hahahaha!"
"...Utterly speechless."
"We saw it during the nuke conquest."
"Firefighting conquest, right? Earth chemical tech might make it possible."
"Of course. Just look at the nuke. Does anything survive a nuke? Apply Earth science in the Tower, and it's smooth sailing."
"Spraying firefighting agents and liquid nitrogen inside the Tower... Brilliant. Thrilling just imagining it."
"I want to go out and meet that beastman worker Razix."
"Me too. A real dream team. If only I could join them..."
"Standing right next to the Summoner is this lady's dream."
"Come on, let's cheer hard for our Summoner's success instead. Yeong!"
"Cha!"
"Yeong!"
"Cha!"
"Yeong!"
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.
.
At the same time, denunciations of the new administrators.
"Administrators, stop your vile tricks immediately!"
"Fight it out inside the Tower! Don't mess around outside."
"If you're gonna do that, just quit!"
"Has causality collapsed, you bastards?"
The Realm of Souls was hot today as well.
86th floor firefighting conquest.
Time to show the cold edge of Earth firefighting tech.
30 chemical fire trucks loaded with various extinguishing agents were prepared on White Tower floor 17.
And over 100 large metal water tanks.
Filled to the brim with liquid nitrogen.
It cost a fortune.
Well, that's what money's for.
Fire department donations too.
And that's not all.
Basement alchemist Mari's potion production.
First,
One bottle each for everyone participating in the conquest.
Also, for directly striking the phoenix, attack weapons:
Mass-produced chill damage potions.
Not for the fire truck tanks.
No.
For Sergeant V to fire from her magic gun as chill potion injection rounds.
Each round had a basic inventory magic circuit applied.
Thanks to Magitech Engineer El disassembling the potion auto-injector belt and succeeding in researching its inventory magic circuit.
Inventory magic circuits were similar to Players' inventories.
Earth-made firefighting chemicals wouldn't fit.
Only Tower-produced items.
I.e., liquids like Mari's chill attribute damage potions.
Each round held a substantial amount of liquid.
Hitting with one meant dousing in about 500L of potion.
With all preparations complete.
Departure ceremony on White Tower floor 17.
11 summoned beings participating.
Kosak, Gobang, Gyeon Dal-rae, Razix, Mad Demon, Sergeant V, Bardin, Mari, Diarmat, Mackenzie, El.
Among them, Razix wore a custom firefighter helmet and suit made by CEO Jeong Dong-hoon.
"Hwoe?"
Adorably cute.
"Time to enter."
All gear into Razix's sub-dimensional backpack.
Summons the summoned beings from the penthouse.
'Enter.'
Black Tower administrators.
The souls' uproar reached their ears too.
Causality?
Did they think they'd act without accounting for that?
It was all within calculated limits.
A bit excessive, but not a big issue.
But?
That tiresome guy.
Climbing endlessly.
He'd hit floor 90 in no time.
Wait!
What was it again?
Oh?
Then they can't conquer it.
Hell Calamity Inferno Phoenix was a top-tier flame spirit.
Equivalent to a spirit king.
How do you put out fire like that?
Perfect timing.
Time to relieve some stress.
While watching the Summoner fail.
Floor 86.
Mission: Defeat Superheated Inferno Phoenix.
Conquest method: Firefighting.
Nuke worked, so firefighting will too.
Earth firefighting tech's spicy flavor incoming.
Why is the phoenix tough?
Water can't extinguish its flames.
At minimum, Water Spirit King Elahim's power.
Or Worm-rank+ Silver Dragon Ice Breath.
Or a 9th-circle ice mage unleashing Blizzard, Frozen Storm, Frost Nova AOE spells.
That's barely enough.
But 30 chemical fire trucks blasting suppressant simultaneously?
Conquest starts by luring the phoenix to the fire trucks.
Pulling by Sergeant V, naturally.
Razix positioned the 30 chemical fire trucks on flat terrain.
Shh, shush. Shh, shush shush...
Formation: Crane wing.
Majestic.
The proven formation Admiral Yi Sun-sin used to crush the Japanese invaders.
Lure into the crane wing, trap, then all-out salvo.
Drown it in suppressant slurry.
This is Earth firefighting science power.
Suppressant Breath, Suppressant Blizzard.
"Summoner Bong, I still have 30 chemical fire trucks. Fire caution day and night."
Yes yes.
Get ready.
Gyeon Dal-rae's talismans plastered on each fire truck.
Infuse divine energy into the trucks!
Blessing ritual too.
"Sergeant V?"
"Elder Veronica Caliber, ready."
"To positions!"
Everyone took 2-3 trucks each.
Ready for instant suppressant launch.
Sergeant V joined after pulling.
Joo-hyuk took 3.
Homunculi could handle it.
A volcano in the distance.
The Crater seemed to be the nest, the phoenix was flapping above.
It's Heat was felt even here.
Spot!
Sergeant V deployed.
Papapapow!
She Rapidly advanced closing distance instantly,
Tzziiing!
Then she Aimed the magic gun.
But it was not her usual magic gun.
This latest version could fire chill rounds via attribute absorption.
But no there was no chill mage for mana absorption, so she loaded it with injection rounds for the old model.
Chill potion injection rounds equipped.
Inventory-enchanted with massive chill liquid inside.
Pajujuk!
Slosh!
A Round hit the phoenix's body.
Paht!
Flames receded.
A Hole was punched in the phoenix's flame body.
It Quickly refilled with flames, but.
"Tararararara!!!"
The Superheated Inferno Phoenix screeched.
Roarrr!
It rushed toward Sergeant V.
But Sergeant V was unfazed.
She commenced a tactical retreat, a slow backpedal.
One more shot.
Tzziiing!
Pajuk!
Slosh!
Paht!
"Tarrlut!"
The Phoenix raged, flapping wildly.
She kept retreating, reload fire, pajuk! Reload fire, pajuk! Reload fire, pajuk...
Aggro was secured.
The Phoenix was fixated on Sergeant V.
It was almost in the center of the crane wing.
"Gazu!!! "
At Joo-hyuk's shout.
The Fire trucks unleashed their salvo.
Shwaaaaa!
Massive suppressant was dumped on the phoenix.
Not hoses but auto-turrets.
"Blast it!!!"
~100L per second.
x30 = 3000L/sec.
The Sky covered in suppressant foam.
There was no escape.
Ever faced Earth chemicals?
Superheated inferno?
So what?
"Don't stop. Keep firing."
The Phoenix struggled to fly, but the suppressant barrage overwhelmed it.
And,
"Let's go. Dimensional Worker."
"Hwoe!"
Using the Fly spell, Mackenzie and Razix soared up high.
Above the phoenix's head.
Razix opened his sub-space,
Shh!
"Hwot!"
Shoooo!
And Dropped a large metal tank on the phoenix's head.
Tzpit! Tzpipit!
Mad Demon's crescent saber energy followed.
Sggrrrk!
The Tank was sliced just before it colided with the flames.
Simultaneously,
Kwakwakwakwa!
Liquid nitrogen poured out.
But was there one tank only?
Suk! Suk! Suk! Suk! Suk! Suk...
One after another.
Countless tanks fell.
Each tank sliced by Mad Demon's energy, was dumping massive amounts of liquid nitrogen.
Kwakwakwakwa! Kwakwakwakwa! Kwakwakwakwa!
Pure water would extinguish it too.
"It's out! But extinguished fire reignites!!!"
The effect was as expected.
"Tarrr, tarrruk, tarr..."
Fire truck suppressants plus liquid nitrogen shower.
Ding!
The administrators were aghast.
They couldn't imagine such a conquest.
Using fire trucks?
Does that even makea sense?
It was beyond comprehension.
Especially that worker.
Hamster beastman Razix.
But their voices were futile.
Even administrators couldn't interfere with summoned beings' unique skills.
The administrators' stress mounted further.