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-Wow…

-Ugh! Damn it!

-What kind of place is this?

-This is making me sick!

-Our poor little spirits…

The chat was filled with intense expressions of disgust.

Though Shimun couldn’t see them, “What on earth…”

He wasn’t feeling much different from the reactions in the chat. It was understandable. Spirits of various attributes, colorfully arranged, spirits resembling animals, humans, or similar forms,

-Aaah!

-S-stop! It hurts too much!

-My leg! My arm!

Were being disassembled in every possible way. And that wasn’t all.

-N-no! I’m going to explode!

-It’s… my insides…

-Blargh!

Spirits were being forcibly injected with something using strange devices and facilities. It didn’t matter whether it was their mouths, ears, or entire bodies. Constantly swelling up like balloons and then bursting, the spirits screamed in endless agony.

The colorful substances extracted through these processes, probably the spirits’ essence or blood, flowed through transparent glass tubes, rising into the colossal rainbow-colored pillar at the center of this place.

Most concerning,

“Huhuhu! All the little ones here are dead!”

“This one’s dead too!”

Gigantic giants were mercilessly carrying out these brutal acts.

Moreover, “Idiots! Adjust the output!”

“How many times must I tell you to conserve the Elemental King’s power!”

Top-tier dragonkin members with serpent-like lower bodies and multiple sets of arms,

“Naga! I should stop talking to these fools.”

“This is why lower-tier giants are such idiots!”

Nagas were directing these brutal acts among the giants.

“Hey, you lower-tier idiot! Go and switch on the regeneration again!”

At the command of one Naga, one of the giants stomped toward a massive flower bud nearby. There were four such flower buds in total. three of them appeared wilted, hanging lifelessly in blackened tones.

Approaching the faintly blue-glowing flower bud,

“Hehe! Little ones, I’ll fix you again.”

The giant grinned as he pressed a large magic circle at the center of the flower bud.

Bzzzz!

The blue light pouring out of the flower bud flowed through the connected glass tubes.

-Ughhh!

-Aah! Please, stop…

-Just kill me…

It revived the corpses of the dead spirits. The bodies of the spirits, which had been disassembled in various ways, were restored as if nothing had happened.

However, in Shimun’s eyes, this cruel process didn’t seem purely atrocious. No, it was hard to see it that way.

Because, ‘The form of this facility…’

The nature and shape of the atrocities in this facility were all too familiar to Shimun. As expected,

– Oppa, this place!

The Philosopher’s Stone suddenly spoke to him.

‘Yes.’

Shimun nodded his head even before hearing the full sentence from the Philosopher’s Stone.

‘This entire place is a human alchemy facility.’

It was identical to the human alchemy facility Shimun had promised never to use with the Philosopher’s Stone.

To further confirm Shimun’s thoughts,

『Constellation the Black Goat sends a displeased gaze and mutters, ‘Those damned giants, how dare they use human alchemy!’』

The Black Goat Constellation reacted.

Then,

『Constellation the Black Goat narrows its eyes, ‘Is it because of the Nagas? No, whatever it is, it doesn’t matter.’』

『Constellation the Black Goat issues a mission.』

The Black Goat, filled with rage, issued a mission.

Shimun immediately opened the mission window to check the details.

『Mission』

-Constellation the Black Goat feels immense displeasure at the misuse of its knowledge. Destroy everything related to human alchemy in the Cradle of the Elemental King.

Reward: 10,000 Achievement Points

Was its anger that intense?

‘Considering I needed to clear them out anyway, giving 10,000 achievement points…’

Shimun’s eyes widened slightly at the reward of 10,000 achievement points.

That was it.

‘Given the increasing consumption of achievement points, if they’re willing to give so much…’

Wouldn’t he gladly accept it?

Shimun opened the chat window that he had pushed aside.

“Everyone, I’m sorry, but I’ll need to focus intensively. I’ll mute for a while.”

– Giants and Nagas are here, so it’s understandable… but still!

– Why mute while playing seriously?

– Don’t! Freeze the chat instead!

– Shimun! Your voice is too good right now. Just freeze the chat!

– Yeah, hyung! Don’t worry about us!

Opposition opinions flooded in instantly.

But Shimun had opened the chat window out of obligation. His focus had been fixed on the Cradle of the Elemental King for a while.

“I’ll leave only the ambient sounds on just like before.”

Unaware of the chat responses, Shimun immediately adjusted the mute settings. As soon as he closed the chat window,

Scree!

A sharp ringing sound emanated from his left eye.

*

“You idiots!”

With a physique over two meters tall, a Naga with four arms had yellow eyes brimming with irritation.

It wasn’t surprising.

“You’ve already killed half of the experimental subjects again!”

Half of the spirits resurrected by the regeneration switch had died again already. At this, “Heh heh. What do you expect? Such delicate work doesn’t suit these big dimwits.”

A Naga making reagents nearby chuckled.

“That’s why they turned to us for help, isn’t it? We’ve used spirit magic in the past.”

“Still, it’s careless of the Queen. How could she pair us, the royal researchers, with such brutes…”

“Watch your tongue. Even if it’s frustrating, you mustn’t blame the Queen.”

The chuckling Naga’s expression turned stern.

“Do you think the Queen wanted to help these idiots? If not for the request from the Two Dragon Emperors, this wouldn’t be happening.”

“True, the Queen loathes these vulgar beings more than anyone.”

“Plus, the giant race’s leadership is somewhat cunning. They’ve offered to share their knowledge of human alchemy.”

The stern expression of the Naga relaxed once more.

“You know as well as I do that since the Alchemy Constellation perished, there’s no way to gain knowledge of human alchemy besides that crazy woman on the other side.”

Her yellow eyes gleamed with thick desire.

“Our wise Queen always looks to the future. We don’t know how the giant race obtained their knowledge of human alchemy, but with it, the Nagas can achieve a second era of prosperity…”

Praises of the Queen, and a speech about the future of their species with dreamy eyes, the look in the Naga’s eyes suddenly turned fierce.

“Who’s there?”

Her gaze darted around sharply. Before anyone noticed,

Crackle.

Different forms of ice magic were forming in each of her four hands. It was a magic level befitting a top-rank dragonkin.

“I wanted to hear more of your conversation…”

A terrifyingly decadent voice.

At the same time, “Of all things, you had to mention that crazy woman on the other side.”

Seeing the handsome man with the strong physique matching the voice, the Naga’s magic dissipated.

More precisely,

“……”

It dissipated automatically. The Naga, who had been casting four spells, looked at the suddenly appeared handsome man with a slightly flushed face.

“……”

The Naga who first expressed irritation also looked at the man with dreamy eyes.

Then,

“Oh no!”

Shaking her head vigorously to regain her senses, the Naga asked defensively,

“W-who are you?”

She asked with a wary expression.

“This place is off-limits to other dragons… Wait. Are you even a dragon?”

She scanned the man with eyes full of confusion. Her companion next to her was equally perplexed.

“He definitely seems like a dragon?”

“Dragonoid? But he doesn’t look like one…”

Was there something dragons sensed among themselves?

Their faces were filled with confusion.

“What’s happening? Oh my!”

“Who is that gentleman?”

The other Nagas, who were drawn by the commotion, looked at the handsome man with equally confused and slightly flushed faces.

“Are you by any chance sent by the Two Dragon Emperors?”

The Naga who first cast the spell asked cautiously. The man smiled gently at her.

“Unfortunately, no.”

“Oh…”

“Gasp!”

Small sighs spread across the room.

But it wasn’t because of the man’s negative answer.

The Nagas turned their flushed faces away, but their eyes stayed fixated on the man’s face. Looking at the Nagas, Shimun spoke, “No need to search for a mission now.”

The man smiled again, making the Nagas tremble with delight, and then,

Scree!

Accompanied by a sharp ringing sound, he muttered, “Exterminate all the giants here.”

His murmur, like a divine whisper, seeped into the Nagas standing before him.

“Yes, my King.”

“We accept your command.”

With dreamy faces, they responded, then suddenly turned fierce.

“Die, you stupid giants!”

“I’ll freeze you all to death!”

They began casting spells across the Cradle of the Elemental King.

*

The Cradle of the Elemental King,

A place always filled with the screams of spirits,

“Gyaaa!”

“Aaah!”

Now echoed the screams of the perpetrators for the first time. The reason was simple.

“Magnum Water!”

“Glacial Strike!”

From the blue baptism of water, to the white frost-filled ice, a variety of high-level water attribute spells were being cast upon the giants.

“W-what are you doing all of a sudden!”

“The sea snakes have gone mad! I’m hurt!”

The sudden attack made the giants scream. Some of the seven-meter lowest-grade giants were dying, but that was it.

“You damned snake tails!”

“Betrayal! Annihilate them!”

Matching their reputation as the top-rank species in Galaxy Arena, alongside the dragonkin,

“Die, you vile snake tails!”

Boom!

The giants quickly regrouped and lashed out in rage, throwing house-sized fists and legs. Was Shimun’s command solely for the extermination of the giants?

Unlike the Nagas’ relentless barrage of sixth and seventh-circle spells.

Crack.

Snap!

Ignoring defense, they were swept away helplessly. Of course, thanks to the preemptive strike and the high-level spells common in the upper echelons of Diamond rank, the giants suffered significant casualties too.

Thus, “Must… exterminate them…”

Crunch.

The last Naga was crushed by a giant’s fist, and the Cradle of the Elemental King fell into a brief lull.

“Ugh!”

“It hurts! Cold!”

Were the lingering effects of the 6th and 7th level water magic so potent?

Even the strong bodies of the giants couldn’t easily recover. Among them, “What’s going on! Why did the sea snakes suddenly go mad!”

One particularly well-dressed giant among the ten-meter giants roared in anger. To this, “We don’t know either!”

“Were they short on food?”

The other naked giants answered with frightened expressions, but that was it. Their stupid answers only seemed to heighten the fury.

“Shut up if you’re going to spout nonsense! Before I smash your heads in!”

The well-dressed giant roared even louder. The naked giants, tending to their wounds, shut their mouths simultaneously. In the midst of this silence,

Step.

A much lighter footstep echoed. Naturally, all the giants’ eyes turned toward it.

They saw, “A dragon?”

A man with horns growing from both sides of his forehead.

“Was there still one left?”

The well-dressed giant narrowed his eyes.

“No. You’re not a Naga.”

He examined the horned man with narrowed eyes.

Then, “Ah! It’s you!”

The giant’s eyes widened.

“You’re the cause of this chaos!”

“Is it because he’s a mid-tier giant? His brain works better than I thought.”

Shimun chuckled despite the giant’s menacing aura. Naturally, “You puny worm dares!”

The mid-tier giant immediately swung his house-sized fist at Shimun.

Whoosh!

A sound like a building flying through the air ensued. Even facing such an enormous fist, Shimun remained composed.

“This time, I’ll go all out.”

Shimun flexed his sleek and sharpened hand.

Simultaneously,

Crack.

Something long began to grow from Shimun’s back. A brilliant platinum-colored polyhedron, closely knit together like facets of a gem.

‘Is that… a tail?’

Seeing the platinum-colored tail, the mid-tier giant tilted his head in confusion.

The last thing he registered was the tail tracing a path through the air before,

Crack!

His memories ceased. It wasn’t just the mid-tier giant.

“C-captain!”

“In one hit!”

Shimun, holding a massive heart in one hand, had pierced through the mid-tier giant’s chest. His gaze met the terrified giants.

Crush.

As the mid-tier giant’s heart was crushed,

“G-gyaaah!”

“Urk!”

The giants, the top-rank species of the arena, experienced slaughter for the first and last time.

*

Bodies with gaping holes in their chests,

Ssss.

White steam emanated from the chest wounds of the dead giants.

Amid the steam,

“Tsk.”

A two-meter-tall handsome man, Shimun, clicked his tongue briefly. The reason was simple.

‘They all vanished…’

The human alchemy facility operated by the giants and Nagas, as it ceased to function, the spirits being sacrificed within it, disappeared into gray particles,

Ssss.

As if they had never existed.

-There was no choice. You knew that as soon as you arrived here.

A cheerful voice from his chest.

-They were forcibly kept alive by the facility, but the spirits were already worn out.

“Sigh. That’s true.”

Thanks to the knowledge etched on the obsidian tablet, Shimun knew as soon as he arrived. The spirits here were screaming in agony, but that was all.

-Due to the human alchemy facility, they were forcibly kept from death.

“There’s one thing I don’t understand. Spirits are ethereal beings, right? Why attempt human alchemy on them?”

-I don’t know either. But let’s destroy everything here first. We can’t learn anything else right now.

“I was planning on it anyway.”

Shimun nodded at the Philosopher’s Stone’s words.

‘The Black Goat’s mission is to annihilate everything related to human alchemy here.’

Shimun snapped his fingers immediately.

Crash.

Bang!

He began demolishing all the facilities in the area.

Then,

Aaah…

In the center of the area, the rainbow-colored pillar of screams disappeared. And something came into view.

“Hmm?”

Something placed in the center where the light pillar had been. As Shimun started to walk towards it,

『All facilities in the Cradle of the Elemental King have been destroyed.』

『Hidden Boss due appears due to special condition: ‘Chief Researcher Ingmar’ .』

Familiar messages blocked Shimun’s path.

“Who dares to destroy my lab like this!!”

A thunderous roar echoed through.