An island ford in a position so high that it's almost impossible to look up. At on top of that, there's even a monster lurking inside that threatens humanity. If soone were to take care of such a troubleso matter, any primitive creature would certainly be grateful.
Hmm.
Perhaps because of that, I was able to receive the full support of the Earthlings, albeit belatedly.
A few hours later. An international organization had lent a ship and other equipnt for approaching the island free of charge.
A sea voyage! That's really nice.
Using the ship I had borrowed thanks to the power of the international organization, I comfortably made my way out to the sea.
It's duller in color than the cruises I see on TV, but the boarding experience is quite decent.
But I never expected I'd get help like this as well.
A helicopter?
Yes!
The Earthlings, whose country I didn't even know, had even brought along experts like paratroopers and such.
So what they intended was to airlift , a hunter, to a high altitude by helicopter... and then have descend onto the island by rope...?
I said to the human before .
There's no need for that. Please tell the helicopter on standby to stand down.
Unfortunately, I had planned from the start to drop the island in the opposite direction.
What, what did you say?
Pull back the helicopter?
Do you happen to have flying skills? No, but awakeners usually can't fly that high.
Co to think of it, when I spoke over the video call, I only conveyed that the operation would take place near the water, didn't I?
By the ti the aliens were murmuring among themselves, I calmly composed my mind.
I can already feel the monster's mana. And the island is still far away.
Sohow, the atmosphere around had turned into a demonstration stage for an archmage's magic.
By the way, could everyone just keep their mouths shut?
For reference, as I ntioned earlier, there were spectators of various nationalities on this ship.
A Korean politician with a long title that's hard to say at all once. An observer from an international organization. And soone like a teammate who had been accompanying frequently lately.
I wanted to stop that guy from tagging along since it seed like it would be troubleso.
The troubleso island was slowly entering interception range. I decided to conserve resources as much as possible and prepared my magic at the slowest speed I could manage. And in that mont, I briefly turned my head—and one of Earth's dominant species in my sight spoke up.
Hunter Kim.
Black hair. Black eyes. These are the features of Jung Haseong.
He took personal ti to accompany in handling this situation. He said he ca because he wanted to help...I chose to not add anything to soone with good intentions and remained silent for the ti being.
Even if you, Hunter, can do it, I have no way to approach that structure. Should we still clear the helicopters completely?
Yeah.
But since the conversation has already started, it'll just be a brief chat from here on.
By the way, it just occurred to now. It was such an urgent matter that I couldn't properly negotiate with those people, which is the only thing I regret. That's probably why unnecessary things like helicopters ended up coming along.
Yes?
This is an unpaid business trip, you know.
Hmm.
If I had played the push-and-pull ga with several countries to buy ti, I would've made a fortune.
Before striking the monster's nest with magic, I ntally calculated the optimal angle to minimize the damage as much as possible. And since there was still so ti, I continued chatting until the island ca within range. Jung Haseong, who had been quietly listening to my words, briefly furrowed his brow.
Hunter, are you worried about money even in the face of sothing like this?
Right. A national hero probably wouldn't understand. Soone in the position of a person who owes back taxes...
I thought of a few sentences, filtered them carefully, and crafted the conversation with words like these.
Then pay the 40 billion yourself so I don't have to worry.
Is it really 40 billion?
I'm serious. I said it that way from the very beginning.
I understand. Then I'll gather the amount soon, so if you could wait a few days...
Are you asking to wait while you sell items for that? Fine, then. If there's no cash right now, that will do.
It's a depressing situation. I have to clear a nest high up in the sky, a place extrely dangerous, for free. Even while chatting, I kept regretting not being paid. But what could I do? The island in the sky was moving closer to Korea through Earth's atmosphere, second by second.
If the pre-set collapse ti goes slightly wrong, the fake island and Uleungdo could end up colliding. If not, it would just crash right into the waters of South Korea. Just imagine the giant waves such an impact would generate—and how they would affect my precious ho...
No way. I don't even have money to buy a new comforter now.
It was then. Seeing looking serious and troubled, he seed to have misunderstood sothing. For so reason, Jung Haseong, with a sowhat restless expression, suddenly said this.
Hunter Kim, how about calling Mr. Kang Changho and how him handle the operation on your behalf?
This was said because he didn't fully understand why an alien wizard was present here.
Co to think of it, Jung Haseong was the only one who had co along blindly, knowing almost nothing.
So I quickly explained it to the mage beside .
Sothing terrible will happen if anyone goes to that dungeon.
Why?
Because the entire area will collapse as soon as we conquer it.
...
Eventually, the black-haired man showed a surprised reaction.
Water always ripples and shifts. Moreover, it seed much safer than solid ground. But that didn't an it wouldn't hurt if you hit it head-on. From that height, no matter how much of an S-rank Hunter you are, you couldn't just fall unhard.
Jung Haseong seed unwilling to send soone else into such dangerous terrain, so he soon fell silent in thought. anwhile, I continued speaking at my usual tone and pitch.
Of course, I did think for a mont that soone like Kang Changho should honestly just die.
Despite my joke, my expression remained neutral.
This thod won't do. I've settled so sort of calculation with that person, so for the ti being, I can't concern myself with him.
Is that... so?
You can't just break a promise recklessly.
As we continued our conversation, the island finally ca into view.
Far in the distance, a bizarre mass of rock covered the area down to the water, erging from the clear sky. But the sun high in the sky made it difficult to observe properly.
So...
Powerful people are supposed to at least pretend to be fair. That's the only way this world can keep turning sowhat properly...
I trailed off.
By the way, what were we talking about before we drifted over to this topic?
At the sa ti, I quickly returned to the main point.
Right. Well, anyway, I'm not going up to that island. I'm just going to drop it upside down.
What did you say?
If I break it into tiny pieces with water pressure starting from the end, the impact should be less. Of course, the dust and debris that will result afterward will still be a huge headache...
There's no ti to hesitate now. The reason I ca all the way here, unable even to play with an abacus despite my obsession with money, was clear.
The distance between the coastline, crowded with Earthlings, and the island was only a few steps. I imdiately set to work to ensure that its impending fall wouldn't turn into a disaster.
Boooom!Swhooosh.....
Ugh!
What? It's already started?
Woah, wait! How could that—
Co to think of it, I don't understand why everyone is making such a fuss. I've handled fires in the middle of the city before—surely I could have anticipated this.
—How can your skill reach such a high place!
It's only natural for an awakened one who can create artificial rain to exert influence all the way up there. But it seed that no awakened person on Earth had ever done sothing like this before.
A planet where such newborns of magical studies exist. Indeed, Earth is quite an interesting place.
The primitive mages aboard the massive ship were all utterly astonished. They stared at the phenonon unfolding before them, their jaws hanging open.
Boom, rumble!
From an altitude so high it was difficult to fix my gaze, I watched the land of the Heavenly Palace, which belonged to no one, completely shatter and fall. The rocky structure, which seed so solid that hitting it with a fist would only hurt your hand, was being consud by soft water.
It was thanks to the speed. Water is fine for completely covering and pressing down on sothing, but if a mage's skill is up to par, it can actually be used sharply—smashing or cutting things. In any case, high-pressure spraying is such an economical technique. Even a small amount of water can inflict damage on just about anything.
Swoosh.
With the intense sound of water reaching all the way here, part of the erging island soon tilted. The outer edges of the floating island, which had been divided into about ten pieces, exploded into smaller fragnts due to the water escaping from within. From there, it turned into even finer particles, and the otherworldly form kept constantly changing.
Success. The monster's fortress, falling from the sky, will ultimately cause no harm to humans.
Hmm.
Of course, if you include the bodies of those barely alive in the category of humans, the thought I just had might be wrong.
So I still can't freely erase even terrain of that size...
How nice it would have been to slowly break the island into pieces over three or four days while recovering magic. But that alien structure was still relentlessly approaching the ground. In other words, if I dragged things out to take care of my own body, who knows what would happen to the world.
I'm only helping this ti. Just this once. After all, it's rare for the Gisimche to overproduce uselessly.
I gathered all the mana I had and instantly dealt with the main body of the island.
Chiilk!Chiilk.
Hearing a strange cry from sowhere, it seed that even the dungeon beasts had all perished from that single strike. Or perhaps I simply mistook the call of a passing migratory bird.
You stupid birds. The one who really wants to cry is .
With this, the island that posed a threat was safely brought down, so in any case, it's all done.
To think I have to live my whole life with such pathetic durability. Anyway, how am I supposed to wait alone until Earthlings evolve any further?
Swah.
I cast magic to make the remaining parts of the island collapse with a slight ti delay. Even after pouring all my mana into it, I watched the water streams that were forming on their own. But I couldn't keep staring at this scene forever.
You co up without exception, huh.
Needless to say.
A few seconds later, I spat blood from my mouth.
Co to think of it, if you search online, this world apparently used the unit "seom" in the past—one seom, ten mal, and the oil. Since I had vomited into the water far behind what a few sacks of rice could compare to—from the air, the cost for doing so soon ca due.
I'm feeling the backlash just for destroying an island smaller than Jeju Island.
There's no helping it, changing the terrain takes a lot of energy.
If it's like this, does conquering Earth have to be done entirely through one-on-one battles? Or do I just have to endure and live quietly, even if I get infuriated, until humanity evolves to so extent...
So that's why there were vampire legends in this world. Well, there's nothing more monster-like than subsisting on such tasteless blood.
It was around the ti when various thoughts were running through my mind. Fluid was spurting from the tube in my neck, but since I had anticipated it, I wasn't surprised.
Let's spit it out here.
Knowing this would happen, I had placed a bucket nearby earlier.
Ugh!
Kyaaa!
Holy crap, what is this!
Then all that's left is to prevent their confusion.
I stayed quiet because it seed a bit ridiculous to warn them in advance that they would get hurt. But the way this whole ss is unfolding is truly just as I expected.
By the way, why does the great hero who helped humanity have to worry about the cleanup too?
It was after I vomited into the tal bucket. I shifted my posture, feeling the pain subtly altered by [Body Modification]. It didn't really hurt, but my insides were indeed wrecked, so I needed to rest. Yet as I slumped into place, a sound of sheer astonishnt rang out without fail.
H, Hunter Kim Giryeo...?
Yeah. Actually, putting everything else aside, this guy is definitely the biggest problem.
A considerate but troubleso creature.
The spy nad Jung Haseong paled in shock and changed his expression. He was rapidly alternating his gaze between the water-destroyed island and the awakened one who had perford the miracle, gasping for breath. I wondered what he would say, and the first words he uttered were quite striking.
Y-You fraud.
That's the first thing you say now?
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