Someone who has mastered a single technique to its extreme can perform bizarre feats that appear magical.
The extreme form of ‘Hiding’ is Advanced Concealment or Absolute Concealment.
The extreme form of ‘Pushing’ is Hundred Steps Pushing or Mount Tai Pushing.
Even extremes have their own directions.
Advanced Concealment raises the versatility of Hiding.
Absolute Concealment raises the peak of Hiding.
Hundred Steps Pushing focuses on long-distance pushes.
Mount Tai Pushing focuses on pushing large objects.
So how does automatic direction split?
When one possesses an organization, territory, or country and automatically gains benefits, that’s automatic accumulation.
There are two directions of automatic.
‘Automatic Collection’ where everything accumulates on its own.
‘Automatic Execution’ where any plan executes itself automatically.
The former frees you from the labor of collecting, while the latter increases the success rate of the big operations of the elites.
“I’ve never heard of such a thing. The tale of being able to manifest a skill like Permanent Clone is quite strange.”
“Hehe, truly a peculiar child. Oknodie, who has awakened such knowledge at such a young age, would even be unknown to an emperor of the empire.”
“But it gave me a hint. If my daughter knows of it, the source of that information is most likely the fox of the Foundation.”
The Director of the Foundation.
First Wahyhiemhai.
The only person who could teach Oknodie, aside from his master found in Kanelle City, is that man.
“What a good opportunity. Darknodi, do you know the existence that was your ‘master’?”
“Master? There’s no one in this world who can teach me.”
“Oh, could it be a being residing in another dimension? Well, the Foundation has been secretly manipulating the dimension occupied by the Dragon Principal using the ‘Secretary Office Head’.”
“So then, which one learned ‘Permanent Clone’? Between the Director and the Secretary Office Head.”
“I don’t know that kind of gimmick. However, I have to say this: I respect Oknodie’s choice to make you the key this time.”
“What do you mean?”
“Originally, the Three Great Evils of the world were in the realm of the Gyeolsa, not the Foundation. You must discover why the Foundation, which should remain in the deepest darkness of history, has grown into the greatest darkness due to some variables and has begun to rise into the light.”
Unlike Oknodie, who thinks of the Foundation as Emperor Papa’s playground, Darknodi holds no affection towards it whatsoever.
“Oh? You mean to dig up the secrets of my father? Are you not hesitant about acting against the heavenly principle?”
“Heavenly principle? Just as the celestial bodies have their order, if there exists a way ordained by the heavens, it is only we, who understand the many bifurcations of this world and can choose our desired future.”
“You speak with quite an arrogance.”
Darknodi scoffed.
“All races in this world diverge through the ‘Bio-Mana Pattern.’ Those who understand the bifurcation of destruction can perform such acts.”
Darknodi’s Bio-Mana Pattern suddenly expanded and scattered before recombining into a new form before a single breath ended.
Swish.
Horns sprouted from a small forehead.
Canines emerged between white teeth.
A body shrouded in fog revealed itself from the mist.
“It’s also possible to change my race from human to vampire like this. If I want, I can become a werewolf like Rosinante. I can also perform [Ancestral Transformation].”
“Wha-what? A human became a beastman?!”
“This Evil Sage Guakjo cannot believe it even with his own eyes. While there are many bizarre happenings in this world, to think that even rewriting the fate given by the heavens is possible…”
Even the prisoners of Level 4 were either in fear or showed admiration for the essence of mysticism they could not fathom, while only the Emperor and his Jibsa Jang Okashii-ne chuckled as if watching a performance.
“What can you do if your race changes? Is there a reason to showcase that skill?”
“If I can change my race, what reason is there that I can’t change others’ races? You, come here.”
“Yikes…”
Rosinante took a step back, tucking his tail between his legs.
Darknodi raised a hand and used [Telekinesis] to pull Rosinante over.
As Rosinante dug his claws into the ground and grasped the wall with his hands in resistance, he was lifted along with the ground and wall with a crunch sound.
Crunch!
“Help me, humans!”
The components of the wall and floor that were lifted with Rosinante crumbled into dust.
As the shattered elements swirled around and got sucked into Rosinante’s body, the terrified Rosinante thrashed about vigorously.
Hwaaa!
“Wh-who’s lost it?! What are you doing?!”
“His skin is turning to metal!”
Just as the prisoners cried out, Rosinante’s body transformed into a metallic life form made of metal.
“Bio-type Golem. If you can disassemble the constituent material of existence, you can display such tricks.”
Unlike his adoptive daughter Oknodie, clone Darknodi had little mercy.
“I remember my adoptive daughter didn’t show such cruel aspects towards the lower ones, but Darknodi, you exhibit no compassion at all.”
“Considering new players is a trait of veteran players with no weakness. I can’t reap benefits from events in the academy and because Oknodie swept up the hefty reward events from outside first, my growth rate has a limit.”
In a position where he couldn’t even take care of himself, Darknodi was not kind enough to look after new players.
“So I will suggest this. I think it’s not a bad proposal for Emperor Papa either.”
“What are you saying?”
“The ambush of the conference hall where the Executive Meeting of the Foundation will take place.”
The former emperor was not keen on that idea.
“Oknodie has already detached from the Foundation. Is there any reason for me to deprive my adoptive daughter of joy?”
“Think of it as investing in me, not Oknodie. That child has already grown strong enough fast. No meaningful change would come even if he grew stronger from there.”
“What changes when you grow strong?”
“I’ll strengthen the races of the Underworld.”
“Like this?”
“Yes, like this.”
As the former emperor lightly flicked his hand towards Rosinante, the metallic arm twisted vigorously like a wrung laundry.
Squish!
Rosinante cried tears and wailed, but no sympathy appeared on the former emperor’s face.
“The chronic problem of werewolves is that even though they regenerate, the pain doesn’t disappear, so they go mad, yet the rate of madness has slowed down.”
“In exchange, durability has increased. Being a Bio-type Golem means if you feed him stone or metal, his health naturally increases.”
As the former emperor waved his hand toward the ground, a mound of dirt erupted.
Dirt poured into Rosinante’s mouth as he struggled and flailed.
Belocassion froze in shock at the sight of that violent act.
“I want to go back! Goo the Great Prison is so nice!”
Goo.
Prisoners couldn’t withstand the excessive mental shock and showed signs of regressing to babyhood!
Nevertheless, the former emperor confirmed that Darknodi’s words were true as he watched Rosinante’s crushed arm heal in an instant.
“Good. I usually don’t easily place my hopes on others, but I deeply admire your skills. Darknodi, I look forward to your performance.”
“Claim. Cruel is a genius. Since I’ve seen the spell once, I can execute [Race Change].”
As Cruel gazed at the prisoners with the eyes of a predator, Evil Sage Guakjo discreetly nudged the back of a slow-minded prisoner.
As the terrified prisoner twisted, he transformed into a dragonfly beastman with two pairs of wings.
“Proof. In this way, Cruel is quite beneficial.”
“Wow! I am truly fortunate. To gain two such capable children at once!”
“Condition. Cruel wishes for one wish in return for cooperation.”
“Tell me. If it seems a reasonable price, whatever it is will surely be fulfilled in my name.”
“I wish to reunite with Jonnas the Butler. I am not a failure.”
“I shall grant that wish. On the day of the Executive Meeting of the Foundation, you will attend as well.”
Darknodi and Cruel.
By the emergence of two race changers, a great transformation began in the Gehenna Legion of the Underworld.
And the spy who was eavesdropping on all this,
Galik Fried Chicken became confident that his guess was correct.
“Those horns. And canines. They are characteristics of a vampire. Oknodie was indeed a vampi! Furthermore, seeing even the technology to create chimeras, it seems they must have directly made the chimera legion that invaded the capital!”
The dark trackers assigned to Galik Fried Chicken as support and surveillance were quite shocked to realize that the words of a rogue exiled from the family were indeed correct.
The story that Oknodie was a vampi had been regarded as mere hearsay, like rumors that melees from passing mercenaries claimed they had gone to a bathhouse with a city mayor and reaped spoils from the battlefield.
‘I must report that the evaluation of Galik Fried Chicken must be raised.’
‘I heard that a lot of Foundation Scholarship Students and executives died in this war with the Underworld. The timing couldn’t be any more perfect.’
‘This person, with this much, I think he can step into the fastest path for executive promotion. Then will we become the founding members of the armed organization under the executives?’
The dark trackers’ hearts swelled with pride!
If they could delve a bit deeper into the domain of the former emperor and Darknodi, they would have had the last chance to escape upon hearing the talk about invading the Executive Meeting.
However, disregarding the former emperor, they would not dare approach the horrifying Belocassion, who could turn even a fine werewolf into a golem and attach dragonfly wings to humans.
“Galik, the next Executive Meeting is in a month.”
“Suddenly?”
“Hehe, it will help if you know it.”
“Well then, I guess I’ll remember it.”
The misfortune of those enchanted by the information they only saw with their eyes began.
