#113
Party breakup (2)
Harley ran through the forest at a fast pace.
Unlike the previous time, it was a very pleasant hike without any monsters attacking us.
It was also after a long hunt for monsters in the vicinity, and more than anything, the overwhelming madness radiating from his body gave them a sense of kinship.
“Hmm! I like this!”
Ewww—
Harley, who is always chewing hard while running.
As the storage capacity increased significantly, I was eating meat to fill up my energy reserves.
One thing that was unusual was that he wasn’t using both hands right now.
“We’re almost there. Then shall we have one more last bite?”
Harley, who had already eaten all the meat floating in front of her mouth, licked her lips and took out another piece of meat from the subspace magic tool.
Immediately afterwards, a green flash passed through his left eye.
A large chunk of meat was lifted from his hand and hung in midair.
Up to this point, there was no difference from before, but this ability did not end here.
Chiiik—
The temperature of the dragon meat rose rapidly, and soon it began to turn golden brown and give off an appetizing smell.
The recently evolved “Jewel Eye: Coercion” was not a simple telekinesis, but a power that forced a phenomenon by linking with the “Heart of the Mad Dragon” that synchronized with the surrounding mana.
“Hahaha—! As expected, a civilized person should cook meat before eating it! It’s so delicious!”
The savage warrior Harley smiled contentedly and went back to eating the meat stuck in the space in front of his mouth.
‘As expected, it’s convenient in many ways.’
An ability that can be activated by will and the output can be increased at will.
But of course, this also had its drawbacks.
It was not a magically sophisticated method, and the phenomena it could produce were monotonous, and above all, its energy efficiency was not very good.
That is, right now Harley was grilling meat using her energy to replenish her energy.
‘···Still, you have to use it often to get used to it. It will get better in the future as efficiency improves.’
The current energy supply and demand situation was not that bad either.
Because it was dragon meat full of life force, the energy contained in it was also abundant.
It wasn’t long after I had finished eating all the newly taken out meat.
Harley, whose equipment was all tattered from her fight with the dragon, finally reunited with her companions from whom she had been separated.
***
A large garden surrounded by a high wall and a three-story house built in the middle of it.
This place, located in the suburbs of Seoul, was my new home.
The space is large and there are many rooms, so each room is equipped with all the necessary facilities.
So that you can enjoy plenty of leisure time without having to go outside, with exercise equipment and entertainment facilities.
‘I can go out whenever I want now, but I’m used to it so I find it more comfortable this way.’
Could it be the effect of being stuck at home all this time?
I decorated my house like a hideout, filling it with all the romantic fantasies I had been thinking about.
‘If you use Harris’s “Object Projection” once a week to harness the power of nature, garden maintenance should be no problem.’
Dealing with nature to this extent was nothing to Harris, an elf, so no matter how large the garden was, it was no problem.
Since it is a suburban area, the air quality is not as bad as in the city, so it is bearable to some extent.
‘Just in case, I should install a lot of security devices. I should install as many as I can.’
Of course, this included not only electronic devices but also magical barriers.
You can borrow the powers of various ability users such as Hans, Heinz II, and Heinrich, so there is no reason not to use them.
You can just pick out the ones you need and use them.
“Shut up.”
I straightened my back and looked to one side as I was organizing the things I had brought from the basement storage room.
In fact, it took a long time to prepare for installing the facilities, so we were very busy not long after moving in.
I have something to do right now.
Sweep—
At that moment, a young woman quietly appeared in front of me, who was alone in the silence.
A cold-looking handsome man with red eyes, pale skin, and wearing a black beret.
It was Heinz II, a vampire who had just returned from another world.
“······.”
Heinz took out the dwarf Zaonic’s attachment pickaxe, ‘Elinne’, from his subspace bracelet and handed it over to me.
I took it for granted and looked at it slowly.
The metal with a blue sheen had countless small scratches and it looked like it had been used for a long time, but it didn’t feel worn out, probably because it had been well maintained.
It’s like a well-maintained antique.
‘I feel sorry for Zaonic. But still, I guess I should think of it as the price of my life.’
At that moment, Harley was just joining the group on the Outerica side.
When Zaonic saw him return in such a tattered state, he was desperately looking for a pickaxe, but when he finally collapsed, he felt a pang of conscience…
Instead, thanks to Harley, I was able to return safely!
From what I’ve heard, it seems like they have a little less attachment to the equipment in the blacksmith shop than to the others, but if they weren’t confident, they probably wouldn’t have seen them again, so it was a win-win situation for both parties.
“Ahem···.”
After trying hard to rationalize myself, I secretly turned away from the situation and coughed lightly.
‘Let’s see, let’s have Heinz help out here and then send him to Heterosis.’
Heinz had already quietly gone outside, and was in the process of setting up a barrier around the garden using “Blood Mystery” and “Concealment.”
If energy leaked out unnecessarily, it could attract unnecessary attention, so we strengthened security by thoroughly emphasizing secrecy.
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‘Hans’s bone dragon is no problem either.’
Originally, I was a little worried because the Bone Dragon needed a Dragon Heart to become its core, but as expected, nothing was impossible for our Hans.
“Immortal Heart”, “Evil Wisdom”, “Forbidden Knowledge”, “The Path of the Magical Way”, “Eyes of the Abyss”, “Magic Domination”···.
Since all of his skills were directly or indirectly related to black magic, it wouldn’t be a big deal if he really tried.
Taking inspiration from the Lich’s method of transmitting dark magic remotely from the source he extracted, he created a closer connection between himself and the bone dragon Heratos.
So that he can supply the energy he needs instead of the Dragon Heart.
To put it simply, it became a situation where Hans himself was no different from the origin of Heratos.
‘Instead, since the two of them can’t be separated by much, it’s difficult to move alone, but in that case, I can just send the other guys, so it doesn’t really matter.’
Instead of the Entrasio, Hans could have used the Heratos as his personal car.
“Well then, shall we start settling the accounts?”
To create a new avatar, you must increase the number of avatars you have by strengthening their unique skills.
It would require a lot of karma to do that, but I wasn’t particularly worried about that.
Because there have been quite a few big things going on.
‘It hasn’t been long since I finally got 「Object Projection」···.’
First of all, Harris was able to successfully plant the seeds of change in the Elven Kingdom.
The new music and instruments he presented at the festival greatly inspired the elves who had been secretly stuck in their routine, and enabled them to try new things.
Just as a single stone dropped into a calm lake creates ripples, its influence gradually grew in scale and affected their entire culture.
It came back to him as his karma.
‘It’s still at a small level, but it’s encouraging that it will continue to increase in the future.’
And through his trials, Heinrich became the master of the Holy Sword, received great blessings, and was recognized as a saint.
Being a saint of the Jushin Sect, one of the greatest powers on the continent, was a big enough event to be recorded in history books, so this was enough to be a great achievement.
‘After the Abyss opened, Hans clashed with the Shinsin Sect and imprinted his name again… After that, he collected the legacy of the Immortal King that began to appear on the continent.’
Moreover, the resulting confusion would have been attributed to Hans, so his influence was needless to say.
The most recent events included Harley’s expedition to the North and the hunt for the dragon Heratos.
Of course, hunting a being the size of a light dragon would have been a considerable achievement.
‘So, the karma accumulated over time···!’
『Karma Shop』
『Unique Skill Enhancement (1,000,000)』
『Status Enhancement – View Details』
『Karma held – 1,608,961』
“oh!”
In less than a week of Earth time since I gained “Object Projection”, my karma has increased by over a million.
‘As expected, there are a lot of people and there is a lot to see.’
Since many people are causing big incidents here and there, isn’t it easy to sweep away the karma that is difficult to collect?
‘Oh my, how can I get through this tough world with just one body? There’s a reason they say that even ten bodies aren’t enough.’
In that sense, even though I only had seven bodies, I was still lacking in many ways, so I needed to make ten bodies as soon as possible.
The more the better.
And this was the key to becoming his eighth body.
I held the pickaxe, Elinne, and looked at it quietly.
I felt like “Customizing” was reacting strongly, saying that I could use this item to create a new avatar.
“Surely this time, the ‘avatar population increase’ won’t happen again?”
Of course, the “Object Projection” I got last time was a decent ability, but I thought it would be a shame if the number of avatars didn’t increase this time either.
There’s no way to express that to anyone, though.
“Then… strengthening.”
And so, the 1 million point enhancement began.
in result.
《The potential of the avatar increases. The learning ability of the entity is further enhanced.》
《Your unique skills will grow and your potential will blossom. You will acquire the special skill “Avatar Cloud.”》
Along with the headache, I felt like something was popping in my head.
And the increase in the number of avatars that was so desired…
“Okay!”
That information was sitting proudly on one side of my head.
You can use it to create a new clone at any time.
In addition, mental strength and thinking ability increased by leaps and bounds.
Even taking into account the increase in the number of avatars, it seemed that the amount of mental power allocated to each entity would be greater than before.
‘Well, so far so good. So what else have I gained…’
Having achieved the desired result, my attention now turned to what had appeared in the system message.
It’s been a long time since we could talk about the increase in Avatar’s potential.
‘If I fight my clone, I’ll lose 100 out of 100.’
Even compared to Hubert, who had no particular fighting power, it was the same.
Of course, since there is “object projection”, it is right to prioritize the growth of the avatar over the strengthening of the main body···.
‘Hey, why are you saying this now? How many times have I been stronger than the Avatar?’
At best, it was probably right after the creation of the avatar at the beginning of entering the other world.
Now that the children have each reached the top in their own respective positions, they are no longer worthy of comparison.
‘Rather than that, should I check out the newly acquired skill? “Avatar Cloud.”
Cloud refers to a database that can be accessed from anywhere via the Internet.
And the “Avatar Cloud”, which seems to have taken its name from there…
It was the ability to share necessary items with each other without distance restrictions through a small shared subspace.
‘Oh! I was thinking that something like this would be nice. As expected, the strengthening effect is certain.’
With this ability, there would be no need to meet each avatar face-to-face and exchange items like we do now.
‘Now I can finally give Hans the source of the Acrich Dwell that Heinrich had.’
Even though they prepared a gift, it was not easy for the two to meet each other because they had different positions.
Since the transmission line has a cooldown time, it cannot be used freely, so it was ambiguous whether to use another avatar as an errand boy.
‘I just happened to have the right ability.’
Also, since most items could be supplied directly through the merchant Hubert, I was now at ease no matter where I ended up!
‘I’ll have to experiment with how much of Earth’s stuff I can send to Hubert through Heinz. There’s probably a limit to how much I can send.’
In many ways, it could not have been anything but a satisfactory reinforcement.
Of course, there was still one main event left.
I immediately picked up the pickaxe and used “Customizing”.
Now it was time to create a real dwarf.
