Chapter 111

Teleportation scrolls were incredibly convenient for travel. They allowed players to instantly go anywhere they had visited before. Even if it wasn’t a city or village, users could input coordinates and be teleported there immediately. Return scrolls, which sent players back to their last location, and random teleportation scrolls paled in comparison. If teleportation scrolls were readily available, those other items would essentially become obsolete.

A veteran player of Revenge naturally knows what questions to ask next:

How much do they cost? Which page of the cash shop can I find them on?

Surprisingly…you cannot buy teleportation scrolls.

Despite being over ten years old, Nemesis never made teleportation scrolls available through its cash shop.

Unlike Return Home Incantation Scrolls, which could be purchased with gold from the store or dropped by monsters and traded freely, Teleportation Scrolls were only obtainable through daily quests or attendance events. Moreover, players could possess no more than three at any given time, making them limited resources.

It’s intentional inconvenience.

In Revenge, Players’ power levels varied greatly depending on how much they spent monetarily. The game had insane balance issues where it was possible for one strong Player to take on 100 or even 1,000 others alone. To counteract this, the developers severely restricted mobility options. After all, if a single powerhouse wreaked havoc across every battlefield, it would defeat the purpose of war.

During battles, guild masters strategically deployed their rankers, deciding whom they fought against and when to relocate them. Additionally, keeping track of enemy guild members’ locations…

All these factors contributed to strategic warfare and made battles function properly.

I need to secure speed through other means.

A premium-grade vehicle was faster than a regular one, and rare vehicles were even swifter. Similarly, flying pets only appeared at Hero rank or higher for this reason. Apart from speed-related collections, there were buff stones that temporarily increased movement velocity and cash-only food items providing speed buffs.

“Haah…” A sudden sigh escaped me.

“I’m running out of teleportation scrolls…”

It didn’t take long to reclaim captured castles. For distant locations, I used teleportation scrolls, while for nearby ones, I rode Kasim, swiftly sweeping away any opposition.

For me, who had wiped out tens of thousands of monsters including special bosses, dealing with hundreds or even thousands of enemies was like clearing pebbles off the road.

However, while supporting these castles, I realized something.

It’s impossible to protect this entire territory by myself.

No matter how strong I became, there were limitations due to my physical presence alone. Could I abandon everything and patrol non-stop for a year? Thousands have already been killed, including soldiers and knights that I had painstakingly trained, which represented significant losses.

These casualties were inevitable. Most of my power is concentrated on Wild Boar, Starting, and Iron Castles…

I needed to occupy castles with added chakra batteries but unfortunately, those with low utility were poorly managed. The members consisted of relatively weak players compared to ordinary people. Since their castle rating was only average and not high-end, it was inevitable that they would be breached.

Firstly, I decided to solve things with money:

[A splendid brick castle (high-grade) will be upgraded to a magnificent fortress (rare)!]

[A magnificent fortress (rare) will be upgraded to a perfect fortress city (hero)!)

[A perfect fortress city (hero) will be upgraded to an ancient temple (legendary)!]

For now, I raised all my castles to legendary grade. It cost 1.5 million won for a high-grade upgrade, 5 million won for a hero upgrade, and an insane price of 30 million won for a legendary upgrade. But who am I?

I was someone with tens of billions worth of diamonds. The delete and restore combo was like a money cheat key, allowing me to spend diamonds like water without any signs of running out.

Gugugugong!

“O-Oh! Castle walls!”

“In the world…the buildings…!”

“My God! Emperor!”

“Emperor! Guardian of Humanity!”

Ignoring the uproar from people seeing the castle upgrades for the first time, I flew upwards.

‘For now, this level should provide some defense.’

It couldn’t be compared to Mythical but a Legendary castle had tremendous defensive power and defensive objects. In fact, even Hero rated castles were impregnable fortresses that couldn’t be breached by Land of Midgard technology. However, there was still a problem.

Ding! Ding! Ding!

While riding on Kasim’s back, I took out the tablet from my pocket.

‘It would be convenient if I had more.’

Unfortunately, this pad wasn’t a cash or regular item. It was one of the ‘interior’ decorations that appeared when constructing the Guild Tower. Originally, it only served as a decorative role but somehow worked in Ardenia.

‘I can’t even increase its usage until the next flower shop.’

This interior decoration featured a completely modern design and could only be found in Mythical castles. I tried to find similar items, but unfortunately, there were none. In the first place, there was no need for such communication methods in online games where chatting and mail were possible from anywhere.

Flower: The transport unit has been attacked.

I leaned the tablet against Kasim’s back while typing.

Han Jae-yeon: What is the damage to the Shepherd Regiment?

Flower: One knight and twenty elite soldiers. Forty ordinary soldiers have been sacrificed.

Han Jae-yeon: Is that all?

Flower: There was an attack on a large farmland. Five civilians were killed but the monsters of the Cult of the Heavenly God burned down the farm.

”…”

Currently, most of the Human Empire’s settlements were located within castle walls, but it wasn’t possible for all humans to live only inside castles. No matter how wide the castle, there were limits to the amount of farmland available, and goods needed to be moved between castles. For example, Iron Castle relied heavily on Wild Boar wild boar meat for its food supply, didn’t it?

“Really…they are so annoying.”

Flash!

A pillar of light stretched up from Kasim, entering the dungeon.

[Brain Fluid’s Thunder Mountain (Advanced~Hero)]

Rumble…

Boom-boom!

The background changed instantly. A steep and rugged mountain loomed before me. Dark clouds gathered at the peak, continuously emitting lightning strikes.

It was a savage scene but I wasn’t afraid at all. The truly brutal thing here wasn’t the environment but myself.

‘Good. This is the last one.’

After sending Kasim away, I summoned the landworm.

Ku-gugugong!

Thunder Mountain shook. A mythical existence appeared, destroying the surroundings just by showing up! Naturally, the monsters were terrified upon seeing it.

“B-Big! Big! Huge monster!”

“Kieeeek! That monster appearing means…”

“Human! Human! The head-breaking human has appeared!”

“Run! Run…!”

They scattered with screams and cries, but it was futile. Where could they run in the limited space of a dungeon? I chased after them without hesitation, unleashing an inevitable disaster.

[Hundred Man Slash][Sword that Parted Heaven and Earth]

Land Breaker.

Crack.

14,000 brain-type monsters collapsed simultaneously. There were no heads left on their shoulders.

[The inventory weight exceeds 75%!]

[The movement speed is slowed due to exceeding 75% of the inventory weight!]

[The inventory weight exceeds 100%!]

[The movement speed is extremely slow due to exceeding 100% of the inventory weight, and stamina, vitality, mana will gradually decrease!]

Hwoooooosh!

I was amazed as I watched the rain of items pouring down.

“Wow… It’s crazy, even after seeing it several times. Really.”

‘Hundred Simultaneous Cuts’ and ‘Heavenly Sword’ were famous cheat combos, but they didn’t actually show this level of power in Revenge. Both skills used Basic Attack as material. However, now?

And when combined with Land Breaker, a martial art capable of delivering a one-hit kill…

“With this level of power, even without Giga’s abilities, I should easily pass the cosmic mercenary assessment…”

It wasn’t boasting; possessing such combat strength would place him just below a Transcender. Of course, there was the limitation that Revenge gear couldn’t be used on Earth.

‘On Earth, advanced modern weaponry will suffice.’

[Thunder Mountain of Brain Fluid (Advanced~Hero difficulty) has been cleared!]

[Guilds can now apply for sieges based on completion order!]

[A Shabby Saturn (General) has appeared!]

In the distance, a shabby castle emerged, and atop it stood monsters pointing menacingly towards jae-yeon.

The land worm, which was quietly standing and using its item recovery shuttle, spoke out:

[Classify the equipment quickly.]

“Why do you keep talking faster?”

[Well, maybe because I’m eating well?]

Every time I cleaned up two spaces within the Empire, I summoned the land worm regularly. There were many pets with automatic item acquisition functions, but in situations like this where thousands of monsters needed to be swept away, it required full coverage for acquiring items.

Woo-roo!

After neatly clearing my overflowing inventory, I selected rare or higher grade items, small accessories, gold, consumables, etc., from the mountain-like pile. Then I raised my head.

“Now eat.”

[~♬♪]

With a cheerful wave of energy, the land worm nodded.

Crunch!

The mountain of items disappeared in chunks.

“Wow…”

In an instant, enough armor and weapons to equip several thousand people became one meal. Seeing it devour solidly forged weapons like mere snacks, I could easily guess that sword energy wouldn’t have any effect on this creature.

“Well, couldn’t you just enter any mine and absorb ores instead? There are even gold mines here.”

As I spoke, the land worm continued grabbing and consuming the item pile.

[Humans don’t eat raw meat; they prefer cooked food.]

”…”

His point was valid upon reflection.

‘Ah, it is still a pity.’

Watching the disappearing items made me feel sick inside. This wouldn’t have happened if we were near the Human Empire. However, we were 200 kilometers away from the Human Empire and I was sweeping through several landing points each day. It wasn’t feasible to bring a transport unit with me. In any case, feeding the items to the land worm seemed better than throwing them away without using my inventory.

“Anyway, since I am feeding you like this, listen to me.”

[Ex…] The land worm started.

“What do you mean ‘ex’? Ex!” What a shameless creature! I wanted to hit it but restrained myself because it didn’t seem like it would cause much impact.

The land worm pondered for a moment before asking, [Do you want me to jump?]

The land worm was referring to its pet skill, ‘Great Destruction’. The land worm’s body would strongly compress like a spring before it leaped up, hardened at one kilometer above ground, then fell back down using this skill. In the game, it simply dealt devastating damage over a wide area, but…

‘It must be even more severe in reality.’

No joke, it would cause greater destruction than most meteor impacts. It would trigger catastrophic geological changes, rendering the original landscape unrecognizable forever.

“No, actually, I don’t lack for damage.”

There was no need to charge recklessly; Thane combined with Heaven and Earth Sword could sweep away everything. Instead, jae-yeon had another expectation from the land worm.

“How deep can you burrow?”

“Underground? I can go wherever I want. However, if you go too deep, there is increased pressure and heat, so it is best to stay at moderate depths.”

“Hrmm. Good.” I smiled at his words and then said, “Let’s take a walk together.”

“A walk?”

“Yes…about 1,000 kilometers or so.”