chapter 205 – First Sight(1)


    [It’s not toote,Anvil.]


    “No, it seems to be toote…?” The scenery that awaited Kang Shin-hyuk inMirotoz was terrible. Cracks were forming all over the ground thatva wasflowing through, dark clouds were choking out the sky, and what little water therewas had gone dry. He was confident he had made the shackles as quickly aspossible, but seeing everything made him regret hedidn’t make it faster.


    -Thud!


    The giant took another step, the loud vibrationsmore pronounced than before. It seemed like thegiant was growing stronger with each step it took. Perhaps it had to dowith the energy of theworld.


    “The field I made…” The field Kang Shin-hyukhad made with the sickles was alsodestroyed. This was the result of the sessive shocks to the earthfrom the giant’s quick steps.


    “Master Anvil, you came.”


    “We thought the master Anvil might nevere again.”


    “It’s not toote yet, Anvil, once before the world isdestroyed…”


    “Don’t cling to me. I’ll catch the giant.” The elves approached him assoon as they saw him, clinging to him. Hewondered what their feelings were, unable to stop the destruction of the giant that was getting fasterand stronger every day. He couldn’t guess…but that didn’t mean they could secretlytry to touch hisass.


    [It’s not toote, Anvil. I can feel it alreadythat you havepleted my request very well.]


    “Shall I take itout?”


    [No, it’s okay. I’ll designate a specific ce, so please install it there.]


    Halo dropped a leaf ontoKang Shin-hyuk at that, and his vision suddenly widened. It was like he was lookingdown on the entire world. And a red lineran over the world he saw below.


    “It’s the giant’spath.”


    [Now, do you have a sense of whereto install it?]


    “Yeah.” Kang Shin-hyuk took out his bike and got on. The shackles were still storedin his inventory. He confirmed that all ofthe parts were in ce then nodded at the elves before takingoff.


    -Vwooooooom


    The blue cow let out a faint cry asit pushed itself faster and faster. No matter howrgethe giant was, it couldn’t dream of catching upto KangShin-hyuk.


    -After a while, you will enter the giant’s area. Please be careful not tobe pressed down byit.


    “Area?”


    -You can think of it as a pressurized zone.


    “Okay.” He wanted to give out bonus HP for thatintuitive exnation. And, just two minutester, the administrator’s warningprovedtrue.


    -Vwoooo…!


    Suddenly, the movement of the blue cow stopped, and Kang Shin-hyukfelt a supernatural force crushing his body. Even though theshadow of the giant had yet to be cast overthem, its presence was bearing down on them.


    “Spiritual…”


    -That’s right. Its erged spiritual power exerts pressurearoundit.


    Any high-ranking person could artificially exert pressure like this,but it was just a waste of energy. KangShin-hyuk concentrated his spiritual power on the blue cowso it could endure and continue to run, but it was difficult forhim to move. How could he face off against such aridiculous monster? Rather, he was worried ifthe shackles he prepared wouldwork.


    “If he’s in contact with me throughspiritual power… isn’t he analyzing me rightnow?”


    -Only you are capable of such borate maniption of spiritual power.As I said before, he isn’t deliberately releasing it; itis just bleeding out of control.


    “If we talked about the giant by rank…”


    -It would be about X2.


    A new unit had appeared. Was he talking about ranks?


    -It’s the rank system after SSS+ since you’re curious aboutit. Basically, it is impossiblefor humanity toreach, and other mortals cannot easily dream of it.


    “X, X2, does it keep going?”


    -It starts with X-.


    So, after SSS+, the rank increased again in this way: X-, X,X+, X2-. Kang Shin-hyuk suddenly thought of a cartoon he usedto enjoy. It was hard to feel strong when a monster ofsuch a distant state appeared.


    “Let’s see; I’m SS-ranknow…”


    -With the soul connector, you have sufficiently exceeded the averageof SS-rank. It’s an opponent that is eight or nine steps beyondyou. The word X symbolizes it is beyond the realm of mortals.


    “But how the hell will this hold an X2…?”


    [Of course, they are shackles created by you.]


    Halo intervened.


    [What is the level of theshackles?]


    “I haven’t been able to confirm it because the assembly hasn’t beepleted. Only… I was able to view the ranks of theintricate parts that werepleted, but instead of a rank, a message saying it wasimpossible to viewappeared.”


    [That means it is definitely beyond the limit.]


    In other words, the shackles he made thistime would at least reach the X-rank. KangShin-hyuk felt a little relieved at Halo’s words butstill felt a sense of despair at the overwhelming difference between his shackles and hisenemy.


    [Your stuff has always been better than the rank. Don’tworry. By the way, have you arrived at the location?]


    The pressure given off by the giant had increased even more inthe meanwhile. Kang Shin-hyuk lifted his head and realized hewas above the red line in his mind.


    “It’s getting harder tobreathe.”


    [Assemble it. If you do that, everything will be over.]


    “…I know.” He hurriedly jumped off the blue cow and began to produce theparts from his inventory, using his Golden Dragon tofight off the giant’s pressure.


    “Let’s start.” He took out all the partsone by one. Each one was different in size,but even the smallest was still several meters long. There were hundreds of parts, butKang Shin-hyuk had perfectly memorized how to assemble them.Align the parts side by side and take out the spiritual adhesive.He had more than ten cans prepared, so there would be no shortage.


    [The giant has been hastened again.]


    -It’s ridiculous to see such a huge body move like that.


    Halo and the administrator were conversing calmly as Kang Shin-hyuk felt tense. Hedidn’t want them to worry, buthe also recognized their light attitude was an expression oftrust inhim.


    [Oops, the giant’s speed suddenly grew faster.]


    -Double haste! Could it be that he evolved his skill in that shorttime?


    [Hey, he’ll be there in the next five minutes.]


    Kang Shin-hyuk blocked them out and started assembling inearnest. It wasn’t difficult, as he wasthe one who designed and manufacturedall of these parts. He squeezed outplenty of adhesives to glue theparts together, his movements bold and free of waste,and his eyes shone a golden glow.


    -Uooooooh!


    Somewhere far away, the giant’s cry rang out. Thepressure felt like it was tryingto squeeze out Shin-hyuk’s lungs, but he continuedto move. His body was covered in spiritual power and the Golden Dragon energy.The amount of energy hewas consuming was no joke, but he hadspiritual potions stocked up for this eventuality. He was nning on goingthrough every spiritual potion he had stockpiled from the login bonuses.


    -Guoooooh!


    Its voice sounded closer. Looking over, there were a pair oflegs reaching up into the sky like two indomitable pirs. Therewas no time to spare; however, he had to connect the joints togetherfirmly. It was only when the shadow of the giant fellover Kang Shin-hyuk that the parts had been fullybonded. The end result wasn’t muchdifferent from the roots Halo had first provided him.


    [Really… it’sperfect.]


    But Halo admired the sight of it. He could see, at a nce, the spiritual powerand will contained in it.


    “It’s not over yet.” Kang Shin-hyuk nced up to check the giant’sapproach.


    “I’vepleted it, so it’s your turn, okay?”


    [Leave it tome.]


    Kang Shin-hyuk produced the Great Heavenly Spirit.Halo’s energy had been poured out into theparts, but still half of it remained inthe orb. Without hesitation, Kang Shin-hyuk poured it out into the tree roots at thesame time he imbued it with his own spirit. The only thoughtin his mind was his will tobind the giant. Imbued with a single purpose from the start, it wouldn’t bestrange if the tree roots rose by themselves to chase the giant.


    “Let’s finish this now…!” Kang Shin-hyuk emptied outhis spiritual power into the shackles. The rest would beup to Halo and his creation. The shackles that Halo had wantedfrom his previous life were finally barelypleted with his insufficient skills now. Halo’senergy and Kang Shin-hyuk’s spiritual power radiatedthrough the roots to tightlybind themtogether.


    -Quaaaaaah!


    The giant took another step. He hadn’t noticed Kang Shin-hyuk yet, but he must’ve noticedthe odd tree roots at his feet. But he didn’tstop walking. Because it looked down onthe shackles? No, it could only move one way.


    And the moment the foot fell downover the shackles, the tree roots werepleted and glowed with abrilliant golden hue.