Chapter 147
Chapter 147
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 147
Chapter Title: Sealing the Rifts
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[Title: Is this a good thing?]
(Rift appearing in the bathroom meme)
lol
[Likes 5] [Dislikes 102]
- (Frog flipping the bird meme)
- Showoff bitch
- Sigh...
Back then, rifts were definitely a boon.
In a medieval city where trash disposal was a hassle, rifts were like bottomless trash cans.
Houses with rifts even saw property values go up.
No, they used to.
[Title: Ah lol]
(5th rift in the bathroom meme)
(Bathroom half torn apart meme)
Are you throwing a party in my house bathroom, fuck?
[Likes 107] [Dislikes 0]
- lololol fuck
- Damn, I've seen up to 2 in my life, but 5? Insane lol
- If it's not too much trouble, could I use the bathroom?
ㄴ OP) Get lost fucker
ㄴ lololol so polite
ㄴ You're the biggest asshole lolol
"Now it's not..."
Rifts had become abnormally numerous.
Due to their nature of sucking in everything they touch, if they formed on a house's framework, they could collapse the whole building.
On top of that, the frequent waves brought anxiety and headaches.
Rifts were no longer a blessing.
"So I need to get rid of them..."
The World Tree used to handle them often.
Before resorting to the shop, I messaged it first...
137.7.32: (Noticing... World Tree meme)
"Huh."
The response was lukewarm.
Maybe it couldn't erase rifts as easily as before.
Thinking about it, after moving to the dark elf city of Lumelin, I hadn't seen it erase any.
Judak*: Can't erase rifts anymore?
137.7.32: (Enlightened World Tree meme)
137.7.32: (I failed... World Tree meme)
137.7.32: (World Tree selfie meme)
Then a crying meme came from the World Tree, along with some image.
The image showed a green-haired girl.
Twin tails, a face that looked like it wouldn't listen to a damn horse—peak bratty puberty vibes.
"She looks different from before."
Of course, the star of the image was the World Tree.
Just... a bit younger-looking than before.
Like a spiteful elementary kid who would smash all your toys if she came over for Chuseok.
Apparently, it had gotten younger because it drained its power moving houses.
137.7.32: (Sh... shall I help? World Tree meme)
Even so, it offered to help, but I shook my head at the meme.
"Can't take candy from a baby."
It had already suffered through hell rooting itself in Lumelin.
I couldn't drain its power again by stepping in.
Judak*: Take it easy.
137.7.32: (Awwwawawang World Tree meme)
"Won't get help from the World Tree."
But there were still plenty of options.
I'd stocked up on all sorts of items from the shop for times like this, filling the room.
[Notice: Hiring ASAP]
Posted by: Judak*
Looking for family-like part-timer
to work their ass off for minimum wage ^^
[Likes 9999+] [Dislikes 0]
- Me me me me me
- lol getting lazy with the wording now
- Tell us what the job is, you bastard lolol
ㄴ So not doing it?
ㄴ Already hired
All I needed was a part-timer to be my hands and feet.
*
Rift smashing exercise.
It's just like machine smashing.
"Rifts were great when they were moderately dumb."
Computers beneficial to human life? Totally welcome.
But no one wants something that steals jobs and turns into Skynet.
Rifts were fine as unlimited toilet capacity back then, but now they threaten lives, so time to rein them in.
So I picked one test rift.
[Title: Lord Judak, is this the spot?]
(Kellarton northern plains rift meme)
Told to wait here so I am ㅇㅇ
[Likes 1203] [Dislikes 0]
- Judak*) ㅇㅇ standby
- No content but why so many likes?
- Get picked for the gig and you get paid plus concept post!
- Fuck, getting hired for this? So jealous
- So what's the post about?
Kellarton northern plains.
Gathered some part-timers at one of the countless rifts.
This was where Penny came from, and also where I used chemical weapons.
Plus, being flat land made it perfect for experiments.
Ideal test site.
"From now on, your name is Chunsik."
Naming the rift Chunsik, I sent pre-bought items one by one.
[Drill – Destruction Hammer] - 251p
[High-Explosive Grenade] - 30p
[12-Gauge Shotgun] - 139p
- OP) What's all this?
ㄴ Judak*) Pick one you want and try it on the rift ㅇㅇ
ㄴ Whoa
ㄴ Let me try too plz
"Won't it pop eventually?"
Rifts weren't invincible.
But chemical weapons were practically unusable in reality.
"No control, so other methods it is."
Tested everything.
Points overflowing, items overflowing.
- Why is this a part-time gig?
- Let me do it too
ㄴ Competition like 1,000,000:1 give up lolol
Thus began the rift smashing exercise, with the whole gallery watching.
-BOOM!
Part-timers diligently tried everything as instructed.
From small like drills to big like shotguns, flamethrowers, or crates of grenades.
- Did it work?
ㄴ Fuck
ㄴ Why say that?
"No way it doesn't break like this?"
But even crate-blasting grenades only left deep craters.
The rift remained unscratched.
Just turned blackish in the smoke for a sec then back.
- Not even breaking with market weapons?
- Fuck what is it? Why intact?
- (Elf pottery grabbing head meme)
Gallery folks who hoped the long headache would end sank into gloom.
- OP) Wanna blow more?
ㄴ Judak*) Nah okay
"No point, just depresses the gallery more."
If there was a crack, maybe keep going hoping it'd break eventually.
But unscratched? Reckless.
"Can't destroy with physical force, huh."
Of course, methods existed.
[Shop/Nukes]
Obvious nuke, but no need to check results.
Judak*: lol
Dragon Will Die: Haaak!
"Nukes are overkill."
Rifts everywhere: forests, ground, inside cities.
Not clustered, so nukes unsuitable.
"Regular shop items won't cut it."
But methods exist.
If not physical.
[Shop/Special Shop]
*Special Shop
Do not recommend purchasing.
Use something not physical.
"Special Shop, always just looked before."
Appeared after browsing nukes.
Unlike regular shop, full of stuff it doesn't usually sell.
"Do not recommend purchase."
Guess: stuff the system doesn't recommend to me.
Bought with gallery level, not points.
Reason obvious.
[Special Shop/Infectious Diseases]
[Smallpox] - Gallery Lv 6+
[Plague Bacteria] - Gallery Lv 8+
[Cholera] - Gallery Lv 7+
Infamous plagues in human society.
Completely eradicated by modern humanity, or so announced.
Items sourced from national disease storage labs.
Stored and sold in lab cabinets.
"Hmm..."
No need to overthink, names scream disaster if used.
"Smallpox too."
Even ones announced eradicated in modern times.
Shop sells modern items.
No mythical crap even if you squint.
"But selling here means..."
They still exist in modern times.
Notices by buy button caught eye.
*Indiscriminate infection possible.
*Unless extreme management or dire situation, do not recommend.
Repeated warnings.
Glanced at names, left special shop.
"That'd kill rifts for sure."
Remembered rift shriveling on chemical weapon contact.
So rifts can get sick.
Would work great, but contagion issue.
'Outsides seemed connected as one.'
When escaping assassin outside, not like I thought.
Expected cave dungeon, got vast world.
If rifts spawn there and link here.
"Release plague, it'll come here too."
Blocking this entrance won't help.
Plague-infected monsters could cross other rifts.
No wonder system warns off.
[Title: So we can't get rid of rifts?]
(Tired part-timers meme)
(Intact rift meme)
They been at it half a day, no progress
[Likes 3398] [Dislikes 1023]
- Don't jinx it
- But getting worried ㅇㅇ
- If even Judak can't, time to scout sunny spots
ㄴ (Drooling grave robber meme)
ㄴ You bastard
Gallery that watched excitedly started getting anxious.
Searched for non-chemical/non-plague solutions, realized.
"Overthinking it."
Fixated on something as strong as those two.
No need.
[Cement 25kg] - 9p
"The new world knows the answer..."
Cheap easy fix from mob movies: cement.
"Rift reacted to chem weapons, right?"
Rifts breathe.
If that tough thing acts like skin not armor, easy.
Time to plaster the rift.
*
-BOOM!
Ground shook with huge blast.
"Got it!"
Dirt flew, black smoke rose, but rift intact inside.
"Aah..."
Half a day since Judak's instructions.
Some part-timers sighed.
"Does this even destroy?"
"No scratches how?"
Even explosions no monster survives, morale crushed.
- Judak*) Good work, that's enough, go rest
"...Tch."
Job ended with Judak's chat.
Normally dream pay and food, but uneasy.
Nothing more to do.
Packing to head back slow.
-Thud thud
"Huh?"
Guy with head one size bigger than normal approaching.
Part-timers startled, looked up.
"...Gallery doctor?"
Familiar crow mask, huge build.
Froze mid-pack, blinking.
Why Gallery doctor here?
As all thought that, he thunked down a tub.
Poured water, stirred vigorously.
"...Wh-what are you doing?"
Tub full of gray powder.
Curious part-timer asked, doctor stirred silent.
- What's that?
- Getting thicker?
- What biceps, my head size lol
No post up, curiosity peaked.
"All you gallery assholes, quiet and watch."
Weird speech, then smeared mud from tub on rift.
"What the..."
Part-timer muttered baffled.
-Grrrrrind!
"...!"
Rift they thought unchanged, eyes widened.