Chapter 191
Chapter 191
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 190
Chapter Title: Manifesting Gigas Land
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Gasps of shock echo from all around.
Flower stands right in front of me.
"Oh."
For a split second, she looks so lifelike that I almost think she's really appeared. But the way she stands there calmly, unfazed by the machinery surrounding us, means she can't possibly be the real Flower.
[No way. All at once... a person?]
[Is that thing actually alive? Is it breathing?]
[Items are hard enough to apply one at a time, but an NPC in one go...?]
Ignoring the chatter from the speakers, I reach out and touch her.
Her chin feels real.
I peer closely at her face. It's been ten years since she gave birth to the child. She's still young, but compared to before, her face now carries a seasoned depth. Fine lines crease the corners of her eyes, and a bit of weight has softened her once sharp features into something gentler.
Flower simply smiles at me, neither speaking nor looking around.
Yet in this moment, she is undoubtedly alive and breathing.
'This might actually work.'
I release her hand and speak. It's not really directed at anyone—more like clarifying my own image.
"Castle."
[Huh? Wait, Jaeyeon, what the hell did you just—]
"Gigas Land."
[Huh?]
As Sarang's puzzled voice rings out, I lift my right foot.
Thud.
I stomp down on the floor.
The entire world flips upside down.
Rumble rumble rumble!
Pavement blocks cascade down like a waterfall. Asphalt spreads across the ground, and buildings sprout up like bamboo shoots.
It's physically impossible, but it's nothing new to me.
Haven't I seen this every time I upgraded my castle?
Groooar—!
The metal space, which had been a mere hundred meters in radius at most, expands endlessly.
Of course, it's not actually expanding. Dense mana is just tricking my senses that way.
"Wh-what is this...?"
"My god! He created a field! Over 70,000 objects...!"
"And this style... isn't it Revenge?"
"No way, the dev team barely managed one house in a month..."
"Is this the power of a Transcendent...?"
The researchers fall into chaos. I chuckle inwardly in disbelief.
'What? Are they the reaction squad or something?'
In that case, I can't disappoint them.
I focus my mind.
Whirr!
Vroom!
"Aaah! No way!"
"Th-the city's activating! The buses are moving!"
"Even a Transcendent couldn't pull this off, right? Rendering all these buildings at once—their size, materials, textures, weights—it's impossible for a human..."
I survey the surroundings amid the researchers' shrieks.
Before I know it, I'm standing in front of the guild tower in Gigas Land.
'Feels similar to summoning.'
With Chakra Element Summon, I can pull components from Ardenia to Earth. Not fully manifesting them in reality, but more like briefly extracting and then returning them.
The fact that items broken in the real world are also broken in Ardenia proves it.
'But this time, it's a bit different.'
What I can extract from Ardenia is limited to graded "items." Manifesting a "place" like this is impossible.
Moreover, the city I've summoned doesn't truly exist in reality, unlike summoned objects. It looks real, but it's virtual.
There's something else too.
'No item descriptions.'
My right hand glows. I've equipped [Radiant Gloves of Luck], a legendary-grade luck item.
But no matter how I inspect the gloves, no item window appears, and I can't detect the boosted stats. It means I can only replicate the appearance.
Whoosh!
Lost in thought, Gigas Land vanishes. The steel fortress walls, hundreds or thousands of buildings, asphalt roads, buses rolling by. And Flower too.
All gone without a trace.
"...Jaeyeon. What exactly did you just do?"
I answer Sarang's question.
"Manifested a city from Revenge."
"No way, even a flat image is hard to manifest, and you did a whole city at once?"
Her incredulous reaction is understandable.
Even someone who memorizes a whole book can't recall, "What's the eighth word on line five of page 237?"
Even staring at a picture endlessly, people forget details like the color of a background character's skirt.
Of course, that's for average people. Once you enter the [Superhuman] realm, things change, but even then, visualizing an entire city in your head is absurd.
'Honestly... I can't do that either.'
Being able to summon Kasim in reality doesn't mean I can close my eyes and visualize him perfectly.
I'm just copying and extracting "information" from Ardenia.
"Hmm. I'm a Vitality Transcendent... but also a Chakra Transcendent."
"Oh, right, you mentioned being a chakra practitioner."
While Sarang nods, the researchers let out hollow laughs.
"Double... Grand Master?"
"No, a Transcendent under 30 is already ridiculous, and now double?"
"Is he really divine? There was that conspiracy theory about him being the hidden child of the great and exalted Game Master..."
"No, even a novel would get trashed for zero plausibility, and this is reality?"
I think to myself as I watch their bewilderment.
'Well, it was bound to come out eventually. With mercenary work ahead, I can't keep sealing summons forever.'
I don't think I'm fully worthy of calling myself a Chakra Transcendent. Unlike a 6th-class mage with mana piercing the heavens, my chakra techniques haven't caught up to my power.
But there's one thing. My Heavenly Gate. Or maybe even more.
"...Jaeyeon. If it's not rude, could you tell us what element it is? Summoning? Manifestation?"
I answer Sarang's question.
"No. It's something more familiar to you, Sarang."
"To me?"
I reply to her puzzled look.
"Ardenia."
"..."
That's right. I haven't used it freely due to the monster incidents, but... Ardenia has been fully open from start to finish.
It goes beyond just an inner universe—it's a whole world spinning inside me. What more is there to say?
I clap my hands to liven up the mood.
"Alright! I have my next schedule in three hours! I'm a busy man, so no spacing out—tell me what you need!"
"Ah! Th-then, could you manifest consumables? And drink them too!"
"What about gear? Here's the example equipment list!"
"People! People like before..."
We start the work amid a bit of commotion.
In the promised time, I manifested far more objects than they asked for, progressed tasks much faster than their schedule, and did better than expected.
Even so, when I finish, everyone freaks out.
"Nooo! Ten minutes! No, thirty more!"
"Jaeyeon! I'll somehow secure the research budget..."
"Alright, alright. I'll come back next time. That's it for now."
Pushing past the regretful researchers, I emerge to Sarang clicking her tongue.
"You're pretty slick at this."
"Endless handshake requests aren't new."
Shrugging, I approach the doll-like beautiful girl, Ellis.
"Transcendent."
"Han Jaeyeon."
"Fine. Human Transcendent. Care to help me sometime?"
I nod at the girl's words.
"If the pay's right."
"Deal. Money's no object."
With that, she vanishes. Only after her presence fully fades do I ask,
"Who was that? She seemed insanely strong."
"Legion."
"Ah."
That's when I understand why Nemesis Soft has tech so advanced no other company can imitate it.
Legion's mechanical race science is the rare 4th civilization even in space.
Exchanging tech with them would let 34th Earth, upper ranks in the universe, lead technologically.
"See you next week then."
"That soon?"
"Busy schedule. Every Monday from now on."
"Sigh... Fine. What you did today was huge anyway."
"Alright then."
Leaving Sarang, who looks like she has more to say, I head to my next schedule.
[Want to get stronger? High Power!]
[Thunder Unicorn crashing down!]
I shoot an ad.
'Whoa. Both major brands, and they snag this right away... Power of a Transcendent manager?'
Tuesday: elixir ad for Ilseong Pharma.
Wednesday: Gigas supply ad for Hwanung Company.
Evening: novel transcription, but not in a studio apartment anymore.
Flash!
Crossing space, I arrive at the front of a skyscraper piercing the heavens.
The building reads:
[Dragon Star Entertainment]
"A whole team of singers gets this scale?"
Snickering, I enter.
[Welcome.]
In the lobby stand 3-meter giants clad in heavy armor.
True dragon fang soldiers, forged with special spells on dragon teeth.
Nodding to their welcome, I board the elevator.
Ding!
84th floor. The doors open straight into the living room.
'Luxurious.'
This is my new lodging. Not just one floor from 84, but a whopping four: 84 to 87!
"All free, with 10:0 split... They won't harvest organs later, right?"
Chuckling wryly, I place my hand on the wall.
"Change."
At my words, a magic circle glides up the wall.
Full spell housing.
The building brims with interconnected spells, allowing any service from anywhere.
Flash!
My suit vanishes, replaced by comfy activewear. Not just that.
[Kyaahaha~]
[Don't resist~]
Water and wind spirits appear, washing my body. I step into the large connector pod, now fresh and dry.
[Confirming account.]
[Acquiring physical data.]
[Acquiring supernatural data.]
[Launching work software: Text World.]
Consciousness sinks briefly, then I'm in an open forest. Like the old [Chakra Opening and Training] sim, it's clearly virtual, but that doesn't matter.
Full VR matters for games, not learning or work.
"Manuscript on the left, site on the right."
I dictate lightly, then hammer the floating keyboard.
Daily transcription continues.
Typing physically in a virtual world is funny, but... writing with [mind] still has errors. Stray thoughts sneak in, and speed's not great.
Tap tap tap tap!
With typing as BGM, I pour out the manuscript and upload to the serialization board.
⤷FriedPotato: Boring novel, why the insane upload speed lately? Crazy?
⤷OfficialManiac: Daily serialization? Like a whole volume per day? Always?
⤷NewHuntHunter: Newbies' speeds are no joke these days...
I'm adjusting the upload rate.
But there's a limit to "adjusting." How massive is ten years' worth?
Ardenian literature explodes in growth. Not just old contest entries—thousands of selected newbie works pile up.
Average buys aren't high, naturally.
Serializing spaced out makes sense; hundreds at once? No one bites, especially unknowns.
But established authors are different.
⤷FriedPotato: Loving it lately, Emperor Knight one volume daily lololol
⤷QiuQiu2020: WTF, inspired by newbies' speeds?
⤷Swordsman: Can't finish no matter how fast I read! Uploads outpace me!
⤷FriedPotato: Faster's better. Two volumes daily go
⤷Swordsman: You maniac lol
Emperor Knight part 4 sails smoothly. Endless chapters, yet quality holds because it was written with rests, no self-plagiarism like mass-produced stuff.
⤷StarSea: Seen Gate Aftermath? True masterpiece T_T
⤷FlopFlop: How to Live as a Writer in a Fantasy World? Thought Gate Drift would flop hard, but nailed it.
⤷StarSea: Who knew Cyclops Samurai would be this cool T_T Sorry for hating on not picking Drake T_T
⤷FlopFlop: Wise manly Jenta-kyung T_T
Newbie sprouts grow fine. Comments buzz, but not daily infernos like before.
But the anticipated issue arises.
⤷FlopFlop: This world? Revenge, right?
⤷StarSea: Plagiarism? Too identical...
⤷QiuQiu2020: Check notice. Nemesis copyright deal!
Good thing pre-sorted with Nemesis. But it twists differently.
⤷FlopFlop: For real? Phew... But why use a knockoff background? Original better?
⤷InvincibleKimChoco: Yeah, borrowing setting drags newbie quality down...
⤷QiuQiu2020: What's wrong with Revenge world!?
Even borrowing, why Revenge specifically?
And it's not just one work using Revenge's lore.