Chapter 123
Chapter 123
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 123
Chapter Title: Coins Are Being Duplicated!
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Creator Community.
A place where creators from countless worlds debated stories anonymously.
The main topics of conversation had always revolved around the 'Twelve Races', but lately, one race and one place had been setting the community ablaze.
Earth and humans.
Among all the dimensions connected to the Abyss, it was remarkably feeble, showing no special talents whatsoever. Yet miracles kept happening one after another.
The reactions from creators who had experienced 'Earth 666 Abyss' were beyond imagination.
Creators who had been spectating matches in the Colosseum via their incarnations all voiced their curiosity in unison.
The completion of the half-demon incarnation Balzac was impressively high, even in their eyes.
Creating a proper 'half-demon' was an important skill for any creator.
Yet, very few creators could pull it off successfully.
There were simply too many variables involved in making a half-demon.
Each race and individual had unique traits to account for, the failure rate was high, and the coin investment was astronomical.
If successful, you could dominate multiple incarnations and reap greater profits, but it required years of research.
And someone had already achieved it.
Moreover, it was the first time against humanity.
Lord 'Arvanil' was a fairly famous creator even in the Abyss.
He was recognized for his powerful authority of immortal cursing and his skills as a creator.
He was especially known as a 'New Dimension Hunter'.
He flooded barely Abyss-touched dimensions with tailored creations, quickly profiting before plunging them into chaos.
This time, he had targeted Earth for a dimension hunt as well.
The creators voiced their doubts.
The one who started the story continued spilling the details.
Silence fell over the community in an instant.
A half-demon was still just an incarnation.
No incarnation contract ever mentioned the creator taking direct damage.
No matter how strong the link, an incarnation's death barely affected the creator.
But if the opponent was a Demon God, that changed everything.
A Demon God's 'Unique Domain' existed outside the Abyss's rules.
For a being like that, killing Arvanil across space and dimensions was trivial.
That was why all lords feared 'Demon Gods'.
Of course, the vast majority who hadn't experienced it firsthand busied themselves mocking the claims.
The community's opinion was overwhelmingly negative.
There was simply nothing realistic about it.
What kind of being was a Demon God?
The apex predator of the Abyss, standing above countless demons and even their ruling lords.
With delicious prey everywhere, why would such a top predator bother hunting bugs?
They shouldn't even know a place like Earth existed.
Even so, a commotion arose.
If all this was true, heated debates erupted over what could be gained from 'Earth 666 Abyss'.
Succeed in taking down the champion, and you'd claim immense treasures!
Whether truth or lie, that place was undoubtedly special.
And so...
The number of incarnations entering exploded even more than before.
More creators were taking interest.
The Colosseum's revenues soared accordingly.
'Why the sudden surge in entrants?'
Adora, the creator herself, was baffled by the unexpected boom.
Despite the negative public opinion, entrants had more than doubled.
The champion's seat remained unshakable after that.
No incarnation could withstand the unstoppable momentum of the overwhelmingly powerful Nameless Man.
But separately from that, Park Chan-woo had temporarily severed his 'assimilation' with Azos.
A message popped up while he was walking down the street.
Park Chan-woo smiled faintly at it.
'Auto-farming at its finest.'
Azos and Adora were earning coins automatically for him.
He was netting an average of 1 coin per day just sitting idle.
'Already made back my investment and more.'
He had surpassed his initial coin outlay.
Facing Balzac and hitting 170 wins had contributed massively.
'Coins duplicating themselves.'
Earning coins to make more coins—a dream scenario come true.
Coins were multiplying endlessly.
If Han Xin saw this, he'd probably faint from envy.
'At this rate, I can trust them to handle it.'
He believed Azos and Adora would manage just fine on their own.
The mana cost to summon Azos was negligible anyway.
Thanks to reaching 1,000% assimilation, their connection was deeper than ever.
Azos had also copied a good chunk of his swordsmanship skills, so unless something unexpected yanked him back, he wouldn't lose to regular incarnations.
Adora was getting better at managing the created Abyss too.
Park Chan-woo looked up at the empty sky.
In that moment...
He had broken past 200.
Just looking at it made his stomach full.
Since regressing, he'd averaged 3 coins a day.
No one likely held more coins than him right now.
'Not even anyone with 100.'
No, the sheer quantity was on another level.
The more, the better.
Coins were never a bad thing in excess, and thinking long-term, he was still hungry for more.
Small-time creators and nobodies weren't his goal.
'Still don't know the second Easter Egg's ability...'
He shrugged.
He'd acquired it, but its exact use was unclear.
Still, he wasn't impatient.
The first Easter Egg (001) had revealed its effects upon leveling up too.
Satisfy the conditions, and it'd show itself.
But something still nagged at him.
'...That vision of light I saw. Not a Creator, right?'
He hadn't imagined it.
Undoubtedly, someone had stood before that surging mass of light.
Azos, Adora, even Dagon had no idea, but he was certain.
That light vision was some holy being.
Perhaps even a Creator!
Park Chan-woo believed Easter Eggs were traces left by Creators in the Abyss.
Mysteries even most lords and Twelve Races didn't know.
Maybe spotting the second trace had drawn one out.
Drip!
Park Chan-woo stopped in his tracks.
Then he stared straight ahead.
Before he knew it, he stood before a massive building.
'Abyss Safety Department.'
A department hastily established by the government once the Abyss emerged.
'The only government agency that was actually helpful.'
For a rushed organization, it was packed with competent talent.
The reason was simple.
'Minister Park Sang-min. He's the real deal.'
Because Minister Park Sang-min led it personally.
As long as he was in charge, Korea was somewhat safe from the Abyss disaster.
He even kept the 'incarnations' in check.
Park Sang-min was practically the natural enemy of incarnations.
He'd compiled hit lists, socially buried them upon discovery, and mobilized powerful Awakeners to pressure them from all sides.
Even tarnishing the incarnations' image to the worst possible was his doing.
But it didn't last.
'Park Sang-min gets sacrificed to the incarnations' internal politics and demoted.'
This Safety Department was riddled with cancer.
Rats hiding everywhere, biding their time.
They leaked every secret, framed Park Sang-min as the culprit, got him demoted, and seized control.
What followed was predictable.
A world of incarnations, by incarnations, for incarnations.
They at least played it careful while Park Sang-min ran things.
So...
Park Chan-woo pulled out special paint and a brush as well.
'Time to clean house, starting here.'