I Became the Weakest Summoned of the Genius Summoner

270 – The Invisible Thief

‘One of the previous job options had an ability called [Annihilation]. The possibilities for hiding are endless, to the point of annihilating existence itself…’

I decided to trust my improved stealth and take an adventure.

‘Seup… If I touch this wrong and the signal rings, it’ll be a pain.’

As I brought my hand closer to the red barrier line, the sight of dozens of wizards and barrier magicians searching the building came to mind.

But I boldly put my hand into the barrier.

…

‘… Okay… Me?’

Fortunately, the improved [Stealth] Even covered the eyes of the detection barrier.

‘Keu-this is it!’

I internally rejoiced as I confirmed that the normal detection barrier installed on the artifact could not catch me.

I heard that the most heavily guarded places are the Association and several major guilds, and I wanted to test whether I could break through the barriers installed there.

‘Anyway, you said you’re just a seller, is there a need to go to this level? It’s too much to waste time on.’

It was a passage that showed how meticulous the person managing this place was.

When we reached the 15th floor, there were no stairs to climb and we were greeted by a closed space on all sides.

‘Hmm – here and here.’

However, my senses detected two levers on the ceiling that were obscured by cognitive impairment.

Tak-

I clung to the ceiling and carefully lowered one lever, and one staircase came down without a sound. When I lowered the other, another staircase came down from a different direction.

‘You guys are funny. You’re making money in a new way.’

As the passage opened, I looked into the space inside with my senses.

‘This place is closed.’

I lowered and closed one lever again and entered a more suspicious area.

As I climbed up the stairs, a completely blank white hallway unfolded.

‘This is the 17th floor.’

I didn’t feel any special energy on the 16th floor, so I came this way.

Click-

When you enter the hallway, the door automatically closes again.

Since it was a large office building, there was room for at least ten offices on one floor, but there was nothing like that, just a straight passageway leading to a huge space at the end.

‘Hmm…’

Once I was in place, I dug into the space at the end with my senses.

In the huge space, there were dozens of studio-sized offices divided into sections.

‘There are seven hunters in the first room alone… It gets crowded the more you go in.’

In fact, the quality of the hunters in the first room was more important than the number.

‘There are five A-level hunters and two B-level hunters… There are also B-level and C-level hunters in other rooms in there. Should I just jump out now?’

The five people in the first room are the strongest hunters.

It was easy to understand when you think of the five ‘scum of chaos’ huddled together in that room.

Of course, it wasn’t comparable to that crazy monster, but in terms of class, it was.

The room was actually an unremarkable space.

It was a very ordinary office scene, except for the fact that two people were carefully pouring liquid into a bottle.

Perhaps because there were so many detection barriers built into the building, no one in the office was seen carrying an item capable of stealth detection. Of course, there are a lot of items in the inventory.

‘Two wizards. The other five are like alchemists. Where did they get so many alchemists?’

It is a moment of concern.

‘Scream this.’

In fact, the opposite sex was thinking, but his body was already walking towards the room.

First of all, I wanted to test one thing. I was curious whether stealth, which did not work on chaos dregs, would also work on those guys.

‘If I get caught again this time, let’s make sure I never use it against Class A opponents.’

And it’s also important how you react if they notice.

First of all, fighting head on was an inevitable defeat.

No matter how non-combat-oriented the alchemist class is, due to the nature of the stats gained from leveling up, you have to divide them into three categories.

Basic physical abilities are at least equivalent to a B-level hunter.

Dealing with seven such hunters at the same time. It’s impossible after all.

Even if you fight only with bad stats, it will be a tough battle.

In addition, alchemists are not easy to subdue because the higher their level, the more various items they stock in their inventory.

This is because the steroid-based alchemist, who instantly boosts physical abilities, can chew up even most physical enhancement hunters.

‘If anything goes wrong, just blow yourself up? Is that too much…’

If he committed suicide again after being resummoned for so long, I would feel very sorry for Yeonhee. However, after coming this far, I didn’t want to leave without any results.

At the very least, we should blow up everything here and deal a serious blow to them.

I switched to the ‘Rune of Wealth’ and slowly flew towards the room where they were swimming, as if swimming.

Soon we reached a distance where we could clearly hear the conversations being exchanged in the room.

‘Even the door was wide open. ‘You’re confident, right?’

I pushed myself through the gap in the half-open door fixed to the floor and entered the room with a trembling heart and looked at them.

“Put it in carefully. Create a passage using magic power and accurately reach the injection port.”

“You’ve said that more than a hundred times, Manager.”

“I don’t trust you.”

“Keep those words to yourself.”

“Oh, sorry. Did you hear?”

“Ha… Jokes like that don’t work on our generation…”

Five of the seven were sitting in their respective seats, diligently studying something, and only the two wizards were sitting at the table in the center of the office, sharing liquid in small brown bottles.

“Oh, really. How long do I have to do these chores? It’s a certain era, so let’s automate it.”

“Baby, I heard the liquid volatilizes the moment it is released into the air.”

“Not everything flies away!”

“How was this made? Is there any other way to earn this kind of income without fighting in the dungeon?”

“That’s true.”

“Then don’t talk nonsense.”

‘…Didn’t you notice?’

They seemed very friendly, just chatting with each other and didn’t seem to notice that I was inside.

‘As expected, that monster was crazy.’

Having once again raised my assessment of the ‘scum of chaos’, I decided to take a more bold approach.

Suuuuu-

I slowly floated around and watched the work of the alchemist in progress.

‘Hmm…’

The work they did was simple.

A stone the size of an ostrich egg with a tube inserted into a small hole was filled with various types of liquids, and the process of combining them into one was repeated.

The alchemists were working by holding stones one by one and injecting ingredients through tubes.

‘Just looking at it like this, I don’t know what it is. I guess it’s because I’m in the process of training. My energy is weak.’

“Sangsik, the response to ‘Mistveil’ seems to be mediocre. Are you sure you assigned the attributes correctly?”

‘Mist Veil… It’s a herb, that’s it.’

It was the name of a herb that could be easily obtained in low-level dungeons.

“Manager! Manager Kim here is suspicious about the assignment of properties.”

“The affixing is perfect, so just shut up and finish it quickly! The combination test for the giant’s rune has to be completed within this week!”

“Yeah yeah-“

‘A combination test conducted by wizards participating in attribute assignment… It wasn’t just a place for simple sales.’

Because it was a building that carried out research and development, security was so tight.

‘Runes, magic stones, children, and even herbs and properties that can be found in dungeons. It’s complicated.’

“Hey, Manager. A customer on the floor below asked if there was an evolution tree that had the ability to float.”

‘Floating ability… Is it possible to extract a specific ability?’

“Say no! Should I even decide on that?”

“I am the secretary to the executive director of the Jaehan Group. I heard that this is a gift for the executive director’s only daughter.”

“… It’s for non-awakened people, right? I’ll connect you to branch 13.”

“Yep!”

‘What… What do you mean by that?’

Are you saying there is a version for non-awakened people? Evolution number?

‘This is crazy… What on earth are you making? These bastards.’

After being in the office for about 30 minutes, I was able to find out some information.

1. They are being developed with separate evolution numbers for awakened and non-awakened people.

2. Several formulations for non-awakened people have already been completed.

3. If you drink the evolved water, you can exert certain powers like an awakened person, even if it is only for a short period of time.

In fact, the most surprising thing was that sales were already expanding to sunny areas.

‘The world is going crazy.’

It was surprising that someone would give such an insane gift to their daughter, but what was even more surprising was that the seven hunters here were working with their own sense of duty.

“Manager… We are doing well, right?”

“Don’t doubt the president’s words. We will definitely become the cornerstone to prevent the destruction of the world.”

“··· We don’t know because we’ve never met the chairman, so we’ll just trust the manager.”

“Yes! Just trust me!”

“Then, while we’re talking about it, please raise our salaries. We’re in the A and B grades, but we can’t even talk about our salaries right now. No matter how loyal we are, we’re all united…”

“Aye! Are you talking about that damn money again? I’m sure—”

‘The cornerstone to prevent the destruction of the world…’

For some reason, those words kept lingering in my mouth.

“Chief?”

“What else!”

“Director Eom is coming in 30 minutes?”

“What? Why does that guy come here? Ugh…”

I was lost in thought and came to my senses when I heard that a higher person was coming.

The manager finished his work neatly and immediately shook his hands and stood up.

“Everyone, let’s stop for a moment and come down.”

“Yes, I understand.”

I tried to get out before this guy named Lee came, but instead they made way first.

Nearly a hundred hunters on the 17th floor rush downstairs.

‘These bastards. There’s something. I guess I didn’t just want money or power.’

‘The cornerstone to prevent the destruction of the world’

If it weren’t for that one word, it could have been something I didn’t have to think about deeply.

‘··· Still, there is no room for forgiveness for using children like that.’

Even if my assumption was correct, it didn’t mean it wasn’t.

‘See. Then, let’s take care of it.’

In addition to the first room, I quickly went around the other rooms and started gathering things.

First, they put everything in their inventory, including over a hundred stones that were believed to contain children’s sacrifices, as well as over a thousand bottles of ‘evolution water’ lined up in a display case.