I’m the only magic tower owner episode 026
“Hello! Senior!”
“Are you here, tower owner?”
After finishing academy classes, I returned to the Magic Tower.
Jin Jin-ra and Jeong Jeong-jin were already at the tower. Jin Jin-ra was squatting in front of a cauldron and testing out a potion recipe, and Jeong Seo-jin was tapping away at her keyboard with books she had brought from her study spread out.
“Tower Lord. I have an important report to report.”
“Company report?”
My eyes turned to the book Jeong Seo-jin had opened.
“This is a history book of the Erendel Continent. Did you find out anything?”
“Yes. I’m sorry, but could you please come here for a moment?”
Jeong Seo-jin set up the laptop screen so that I could see it well. She glanced at Jinbo, as if she was curious, and Sangaea appeared out of thin air and joined her.
“To start with the main point, we were able to partially predict future disasters that would soon occur on Earth due to the disaster that occurred on the Erendel Continent.”
“Oh! You mean that hypothesis is true?”
“It’s not 100% confirmed, but I’ll give you an example.”
As Jeong Seo-jin operated the laptop, a professional calculation program with countless numbers and buttons came to mind.
“The numbers you are looking at now are the ‘mana coordinates’ of our magic tower. Do you know the concept of mana coordinates?”
“Of course I know.”
I was well aware that Spin Guide Arrow uses mana coordinates.
When specifying a location, magic used these mana coordinates rather than earth coordinates.
“Then the story will go faster. Please look here.”
Jeong Seo-jin reached for a passage in the book. It was a book containing events that occurred on the Erendel Continent, and the location of the event was written in coordinates.
“Erendel was also using its own unique coordinates. Let’s change these to mana coordinates using the position calculation formula devised by the ‘Imperial Space Magic Research Society.’”
Jeong Seo-jin wrote down the coordinates of the incident and ran the calculation program to change them into new numbers.
“Now, let’s change these changed mana coordinates back to Earth coordinates.”
Change the coordinates of Erendel Continent to mana coordinates, and change the mana coordinates to Earth coordinates.
Jeong Seo-jin, who was inputting variables into this and that formula program, pressed the ‘Confirm’ button.
Then a new number came to mind.
“……So what is this like?”
Jin Jin-ra asked with a blank face.
“That’s it. Now let me show you where these coordinates point.”
Jeong Seo-jin launched the world map app and entered the coordinates. Then the screen suddenly changed and a location was displayed somewhere on the globe.
“Where am I?”
“This is Melbourne, Australia.”
Melbourne? In Melbourne, this is the area where the Baphomet incident occurred.
“Oh, wait! The incident you entered the coordinates for couldn’t have been…!”
My eyes quickly turned to the history book.
“Yes. This is the Baphomet incident of the Allan Kingdom on the continent of Erendel.”
It felt like I got hit in the head with a hammer.
The Baphomet incident in the Kingdom of Aland.
And the Baphomet incident in Melbourne, Australia.
The mana coordinates of the two incidents were the same.
“……Wow. Creepy.”
Jin Jin-ra gently swept her arm.
“Of course, as I said at the beginning, not all disasters that occur in Erendel follow this law.”
Jeong Seo-jin revealed the results he had worked on before I came.
A window popping up that said ‘Inconsistency’ in red letters. The blue letters that said ‘Concordance’ only accounted for about 10% of the total.
“There were a limited number of cases that could be accurately calculated using only mana coordinates. Some other rule or variable must have been involved. We will continue to research.”
“……It is true that you are an intelligent person.”
“Of course. This is my genre.”
Jeong Seo-jin raised the corners of his mouth, as if he wanted to hear this kind of praise.
“……Hmph, as soon as you take off your shirt, you turn into a muscular man.”
Jin Jin-ra grumbled in a low voice, but she also seemed to acknowledge Jeong Seo-jin’s credit this time.
Even if it was only 10% of the total, it was a huge advantage to be able to know even a little bit about the future that will befall the Earth.
“I used this coordinate method to predict several catastrophes that will occur on Earth. Among them, I will show you the most recent one that will occur and the one that matches the elements of the Baphomet event the most.”
Jeong Seo-jin took the history book of the Erendel Continent and turned it to the page where he had already put a post-it note on it.
There was an illustration there. There was an eerie tombstone in the center, and people around it were holding their heads with painful faces.
“It’s bloody. What kind of incident is this?”
“This is an undead incident in the Genos region. It was a large-scale infection incident in which people in a quiet rural village turned into zombies.”
I read the contents of the book myself.
As the number of undead increases and even the town’s vigilantes are wiped out, the Vatican dispatches the cathedral knights. The knights succeeded in eradicating all the undead in the village, but the undead in this land continued to rise.
In the end, the Vatican declared a complete closure of the village and designated it a ‘taboo’ area. Even the undead did not come out of the infected area.
“……Is this really possible?”
“Have you noticed? It’s a phenomenon similar to the ‘control zone’ on Earth.”
Jeong Seo-jin pointed to the monster encyclopedia that had already been opened.
“These are the only two types of monsters that appear.”
-Rank 3 zombies. Undead type monster. Vulnerable to fire and holy magic.
-Rank 3 invoice spider. Undead type monster. Vulnerable to fire and holy magic.
“……Hehehe.”
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Before I knew it, a dark laugh came out.
“Hey. Doesn’t this smell like money?”
“Hehe! You are the owner of the tower as expected.”
As we continued to laugh, Jinbo said, ‘Are these men crazy?’ He was looking at me with that expression.
“Did you two eat something wrong? Why does it smell like money when zombies appear?”
“Think about it. On the other side, it may be a ‘land of taboo,’ but on our side, it could be a land of gold.”
Jin Jin-ra’s eyes, who had been contemplating with her finger on her lips, widened for an instant.
“Are you really going to turn that road into a hunting ground?”
The control area is an area for monsters that cannot be hunted.
To become a hunting ground, several conditions must be met: the types of monsters that appear must be consistent, dangerous monsters must not appear, and above all, there must be profit through by-products or magic stones when hunting.
In many ways, the land where zombies and corpse spiders appear has sufficient conditions to become a hunting ground.
And according to the association’s regulations, the person who first discovers a hunting ground or dungeon has ownership.
Since we can know the events and locations that will occur in the future, we will be able to have the ownership of that land recognized faster than anyone else.
“As you all know, rank 3 hunting grounds are rare in the country. If we can occupy and operate that place, it will be a great help to the Magic Tower’s financial situation.”
“It could be used as a hunting ground for employees.”
Excited, I slammed the table and stood up.
“You did a great thing for me, Seojin.”
“thank you.”
Today, I can let go of that unfortunate smile with a happy heart. After all, it’s worth the annual salary.
“Where is it?”
Jeong Seo-jin opened the map program and entered the coordinates.
“Here it is.”
“Paju-ra, Gyeonggi-do… the location is good. When did the disaster occur?”
“It’s tomorrow.”
There wasn’t much time. I said looking at everyone.
“Everyone, get ready. We’ll go to the scene right away tomorrow.”
* * *
So the next afternoon.
We came to Paju, Gyeonggi-do.
“Im here.”
Jeong Seo-jin stopped the car and said.
When I got out of the car and looked around, I saw that it was a town with a large reservoir.
I thought it was completely rural based on the location on the map, but it was a decent residential complex with concrete buildings and various convenience facilities.
Of course, most of them were abandoned buildings or empty. Sanggye-dong, near Mtap, where I often frequent, had a similar atmosphere, but was not so deserted.
“Oh my, it looks like people are still living here?”
Jin Jin-ra said, looking at the makgeolli container rolling around on the floor.
“The expiration date is almost over.”
“There must be people from Harlem.”
With the emergence of natural enemies called monsters that eat humans, there has been a major change in humanity’s lifestyle. There were no problems in densely populated areas such as cities because the system was well established, but the monster problem was serious in outskirts and rural areas.
In reality, it was impossible for the Hunter Association to 100% protect all of Korea’s territory. Monsters are constantly appearing across the country, and it is not possible to always deploy high-quality personnel such as hunters to protect a few villagers living in the countryside.
Therefore, places that did not meet the appropriate population were designated as ‘non-protected areas’ by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. This was the case with restricted areas and ghost cities like these.
“It’s surprising. A city of this size would have been able to receive hunter support.”
Jeong Seo-jin said while looking around the city.
“It’s a matter of human psychology.”
I was told.
“Even if you have a hunter, you can’t prepare for every situation, and if you feel anxious for no reason, everyone leaves for a safe big city.”
“Then, senior. Why do the people who live here leave a big city behind to live in such a dangerous place?”
In response to Jin Jin-ra’s question, I crossed my arms.
“Well, isn’t it all just a matter of making a living?”
Going to a big city with good security is also a problem.
Although it is safe, it costs a lot of taxes to support hunters. The general public may be complaining about increased taxes, but the problem is the elderly and vulnerable, such as the disabled, orphans, and the elderly.
In a social atmosphere where all of humanity’s resources were focused on survival, welfare was deteriorating day by day.
People with physical disabilities find it difficult to find jobs in the city and cannot afford to pay taxes, so they hide in these unprotected areas.
The world is becoming more and more difficult, and it is becoming difficult for the weak to live. This was a global trend, not just in Korea.
“If this place becomes a dungeon, the people of Harlem will have to leave for another place.”
“Yes. It’s unfortunate, but there’s nothing we can do. All we can do is reduce casualties as much as possible.”
I said that and turned my attention to Jeong Seo-jin.
“time is?”
“There are about 10 minutes left now.”
“Let’s hurry.”
According to the books in the Great Library, the incident begins with a well being turned into a poison that causes infection.
As if replicating it, the color of the small reservoir next to the city became cloudy. Well, these days, you won’t get infected by drinking it straight.
I called the Hunter Association and reported the discovery of the dungeon. First, I gave my name and affiliation and talked about the omen. And there’s even a story about finding and killing monsters.
The association staff sounded a little untrustworthy, but they eventually seemed to trust us when we sent them materials such as photos of the reservoir.
-It would be a big problem if monsters appeared. All right. We will send our staff to investigate the situation.
“How long does it take?”
-The personnel dispatched to Cheorwon will go to the reporting area as soon as they finish their work.
shit.
This will take a long time.
“Okay. Yes, yes. Thank you.”
I turned off the phone and looked at Jin Jin-ra, who was looking at me expectantly.
“How are you? How did it go?”
“The report is officially registered. Of course, we are the first.”
“Hurray!”
She squealed with joy and jumped up and down.
“So are we going to be rich now?”
“It’s still too early to set off fireworks. We need to evacuate people and clear the dungeon before other players arrive.”
“I know, I know. Let’s go!”
I turned my head and looked at the gloomy gray city.
Do people really live in places like this?
fantasy,
