Chapter 234.2

Editor: Tide

“Do you understand?”

“Yes . ”

After lunch, a teacher called by the butler came by . Supposedly, he was a teacher who instructed the basics of Mado engineering, a rather arduous subject .

“Ahbooboo, do you understand this?”

[Yes . ] Ahbooboo, who was in class with me, dressed in a flapping handkerchief in the air, replied .

Damn it .

[It’s normal that you don’t understand at your level . ]

“What do you mean?”

I’m at a level where primitive people who work with stone tools are forced to memorize the equation of ballistics . How big of a difference is that?

The 26th floor, where Ahbooboo was located, was a world where the war between humans and tribes was fierce, so they actively used magic shells and weapons .

If you look at it, it’s Mado engineering in a way, so it wouldn’t be that hard for Ahbooboo to understand, since he’s familiar with the magic of this world .

That’s how I got Ahbooboo to attend the class, but I became uninterested after being unable to understand a single word . I never thought that I wouldn’t be able to even understand the basics .

[What did you expect from someone who doesn’t even know the basics of magic? You’re a primitive man here . ]

“I’m not a primitive man at all . I know how to use the elemental series of attack magic . ”

[That’s like a primitive stone axe . ] Ahbooboo mercilessly commented .

I think he wanted to brag about himself rather than make fun of me .

I asked the teacher, who was watching me and Ahbooboo talk, if he could proceed with class without me .

“Yes, of course . ” He gladly accepted, saying it would be fine .

The teacher, who had been openly showing interest in Ahbooboo the first time he saw him, didn’t miss this one-on-one opportunity .

I don’t think I can do well in the Mado engineering class, even if I learn it .

It’s not like I can study it for months or years; I was just here for a few days .

Judging from the pacing of the class, it seemed impossible to learn something in depth in just a few days .

I thought it would be better to let Ahbooboo, who could understand the class, remember the concepts here, and then teach me later .

[No . ] Of course, Ahbooboo didn’t want to teach me magic because his presence was fading .

“I won’t fix you . ”

[Of course I will! Hmph… Your true self is showing . ]

“There’s nothing free in the world . Everything comes at a price . ”

After a brief scuffle, I was able to get Ahbooboo’s consent . In hopes of getting his blade fixed, Ahbooboo had no choice but to obey me .

[In spite of your wickedness . ]

“What?”

[Keeek!]

“What the fuck?!”

[Keeek!]

“Kee-ek!”

When Ahbooboo mimicked the frog, the frog couldn’t stay still, telling him not to copy what he says .

* * * *

After dinner, I came out of the room and headed outside the castle .

Ah, of course, I left Ahbooboo back in the room . He was still in the room with my teacher .

When I climbed onto the walls and looked out, I found the ground covered with red spirit stones .

There’s always a certain amount of power coming out of them . Naturally, it was very harmful if a person was directly exposed to such power .

People laid huge floors on the ground covered with pebbles, and the city was built on top of it . Here, the city was regarded as a single building .

I’d heard the backstory of the castle, something that was quite pitiful .

Outside the castle was a huge minefield; spirit stones covered the ground, stretching beyond the horizon . Workers, who looked as small as ants, labored throughout the day, transporting spirit stones to the city by railroad . The workers were all dressed in white, protective clothing .

I’d have to check out that protective suit later, and I’ll take one if possible .

“Kee-ek!”

“Yes . It really looks like an island . ”

It was as the frog said . The castle looked like a small island isolated in a sea of spirit stones .

Of course, no other cities or villages existed around here . Ordinary people couldn’t live in such a harsh environment .

The dimension gate managed by Sung-Joo was the only thing that connected this solitary place to the outside world .

It was a sort of mining city . Through the dimension gate, people mined products, sold spirit stones, and imported other daily necessities .

It was a dangerous, lonely environment, but as rumor had it, people who dug up spirit stones could bring home quite a bit of money . As time passed, those who mined together formed their own society .

That was the history of this castle .

[What’s wrong?] Seregia asked .

Seeing this, I’m worried .

Perhaps the most valuable thing that we have gained from the tutorial was information about Earth . In Korea, the occurrence rate of monsters is low, so the damage caused wasn’t significant . Perhaps, because of that, there’s relatively little information about monsters .

There are two main threats that are now threatening Earth, gates that appeared unexpectedly, and monsters that were either leaked or naturally occuring .

When a gate appeared, nearby animals and plants would morph into aggressive monsters . Therefore, it was said that gates are most dangerous when formed in ranches or forests where livestock are abundant .

Maybe humans could be affected by the gate . This possibility was still being researched .

One more important piece of information was that small stones came out of the bodies of such monsters; the stones could be used as fuel .

When monsters began to appear around the world, the most dangerous spawning locations were power plants . The appearance of monsters in such areas caused unimaginable terror .

Supply of crude oil had been cut off . Mining, distillation, and distribution of crude oil all became difficult . In places like Korea, the main issue wasn’t aggressive monsters, but the inability to secure fuel and natural resources .

Against this backdrop, stone fragments from the monster’s body have become major sources of energy that can be procured anytime, anywhere . Even if I were to go back to Earth, kill all the monsters, and destroy the gates, not all the problems would be solved .

If they can’t find new energy sources, Earth would have to continue to rely on monsters . I imagined that Earth would look similar to this isolated castle . The people there were like the miners here, only able to secure a certain amount of safety with protective walls, while risking their lives to take spirit stones .

Of course, I wished that all the problems would be easily solved, but I’ve never seen things end well when I want them to .

This translation belongs to Centinni .