“Take this.”

As the Celestial Spirit Maiden tilted her head, one of the Martial Artists standing behind her placed the board he was holding in front of Kim Songcheol.

The Celestial Spirit Maiden, whom he met after three days, had really bought a board to keep her word.

“Oh.”

Kim Songcheol admired it without realizing. At a glance, it was different from a ‘cheap’ board. It wasn’t just a dull purple paint job, but a luxurious black of nothingness.

It seemed like the Celestial Spirit Maiden’s taste had a little something to do with it.

“Can I ride it?”

“It’s yours, do as you please.”

Kim Songcheol stepped onto the board. As he infused it with mana, it floated up with a ‘whoosh!’ sound.

“Whoa, whoa!?”

Kim Songcheol stumbled for a moment, flailing his arms wildly. The Martial Artist standing next to him was startled and reached out his arm. He was ready to catch him if he fell.

But Kim Songcheol soon regained his balance and stood upright.

It was just that he hadn’t adapted to the sensitive controller at first, but if he thought about it, it was much easier to control than a cheap board without a controller.

“This is good, isn’t it?”

Kim Songcheol rode the board and circled around the Celestial Spirit Maiden once.

The top speed was much faster, and with higher output, he could jump up to 6-7 meters without any problem.

Kim Songcheol smoothly returned and stopped in front of the Celestial Spirit Maiden.

“Thank you. I’ll make good use of it.”

“Whatever.”

She shrugged her shoulders lightly. Then she glanced at Kim Songcheol’s bag and quickly looked away.

Perhaps it was because the bag was unusually bulging.

“Ah.”

Kim Songcheol also read her gaze and got off the board.

Six sets of training clothes came out of the bag.

Since he didn’t know the exact size, he bought two sets of each of the three types of training clothes in different sizes.

“Here.”

“You bought a lot.”

“Really? Then do you want just one set?”

“…”

The Celestial Spirit Maiden looked at Kim Songcheol with an innocent expression, while with her hands, she gathered all the training clothes and handed them over to the Martial Artist behind her.

It was then that Kim Songcheol chuckled.

Light burst from the Stone Slab, and Setsu appeared.

“Hello.”

“You’re here?”

“Yes. Oh, that chicken was really delicious. The adults said they’ve tried similar dishes, but chicken is more delicious. My friends loved it too. I think the red sauce is the most delicious.”

Setsu spoke at length, longer than he had ever seen before.

It seemed to have been delicious.

Before the world ended, there must have been a lot of delicious food there too, but with everyone’s tastes lowered to canned goods, serving 100 chickens would have been like a village feast.

“Well, if it was delicious, that’s all that matters. I’ll send you more when I go.”

“Thank you. Everyone said to tell you they’re grateful.”

“Oh, it’s nothing. Oh, by the way, Setsu.”

“Huh?”

“I’ve been thinking, you have a Supernatural Ability, right?”

“Yes.”

“Do you train that separately?”

“Train it?”

“Yeah.”

“Ah… I just… while hunting Monsters…”

“Really? I think there’s still room for improvement.”

Setsu had only recently awakened his Supernatural Ability. Compared to the time he had spent, he was quite strong, but there were also rough edges.

“Ah…”

Setsu simply thought, ‘Is that so?’ and nodded his head.

The reason he had neglected training was also because there was no inconvenience whatsoever in hunting Monsters in a D-rank Dungeon.

Furthermore, his Supernatural Ability was getting stronger just by simple hunting, so he was at a point where he thought, ‘This should be good enough.’

“How do you hunt Monsters?”

Kim Songcheol asked.

“Just like this…”

Three fist-sized orbs formed around Setsu.

As Setsu waved his hand towards a rock, the three orbs flew like arrows.

Boom, boom, bang!

A powerful explosion erupted each time an orb struck the rock. The first and second orbs embedded themselves in the rock, and the moment the third orb struck, the first orb dropped down with a thud.

It was just a rock, but if it had been a normal Unicorn, it would have been killed instantly.

“Hmm, most Monsters would just die. Can’t you launch them more powerfully?”

“No, what I just launched was the maximum.”

“Really?”

The output was weaker than expected.

If anything, it was similar to applying Fulmen Rubrum to a Lightning Spear.

Currently, Setsu’s ability felt more focused on weight and versatility than attack power.

“Hmm, I think it would be better if you changed the shape a bit.”

“Oh, I tried practicing that too! It didn’t work out as well as I thought.”

Setsu created a cylinder in mid-air. The top surface of the cylinder gradually became smaller, trying to become a cone, then stopped at an awkward moment.

Setsu frowned and applied force, but it didn’t shrink any further. Even with generous estimation, it couldn’t be called pointed.

“Hah… it won’t work. Even if I want to make it pointed, it feels like it’s resisting.”

Setsu said, pointing at the cylinder.

“It seems harder than it looks. It looks like it should just happen.”

“Yes. It’s difficult. To break away from the basic shape.”

“Or instead of changing it after you make it, how about you print it like a 3D printer?”

“What’s a 3D printer?”

“Oh, you don’t have one?”

Kim Songcheol briefly explained the 3D printer. Setsu understood it right away because the mechanism wasn’t difficult.

“I’ll try it.”

Setsu held out her hand, palm facing the sky. A green disc appeared above it. A smaller disc appeared on top of that, and then an even smaller disc appeared on top of that.

Kim Songcheol imagined it being created all at once, like a real 3D print, but that seemed impossible.

In the end, a cone with very low resolution was completed.

It was about 30 centimeters tall, with about 30 discs stacked on it.

“Hmm, roughly… is it done?”

“I’ll try again.”

Setsu dispersed the cone and created a new one.

This time, the resolution was a bit higher.

It looked like about 50 or 60 discs were used for the 30-centimeter cone.

The possibility was visible.

“Alright, let’s go with integration.”

When Kim Songcheol threw out that remark, everyone’s eyes turned to him.

Not a single person knew the concept of integration.

“Huh?”

“Do you… like studying?”

“No.”

A more definite answer than ever.

It was a voice so clear that it was hard to believe it came from the shy Setsu.

“…You don’t necessarily need to understand it. Keep going. Imagine stacking very thin discs.”

“Yes.”

Setsu stood to the side, practicing creating cones.

She said she disliked studying, but she had surprisingly good concentration.

Moreover, as someone born with powerful supernatural abilities, her ability to utilize them was also excellent.

Soon, she created a decent cone, and with a little more practice, she reached a level where it looked flawless at first glance.

“It’s done.”

Setsu proudly displayed the cone. Behind the cone was Setsu’s smiling face.

“…Wait a minute.”

Kim Songcheol, who was examining the cone, tilted his head.

“You stacked these one by one, right?”

“Yes. I kept practicing that way.”

“Can you make just one thin disc? Just one. Using what you used to make this.”

“Like this?”

Setsu dispersed the top and bottom of the cone. Then, only one of the many discs that made up the cone remained.

It was a very thin disc.

“Yes. Wouldn’t you call this a blade?”

Setsu belatedly checked the edges of the disc.

“Oh? You’re right!”

It was so thin it was sharp.

When he reinforced the disc’s strength and threw it at a branch, the thick branch was cut clean through.

“…It really is a sword.”

It was the moment two more skills were added to Setsu’s skill list.

***

The second Field Boss was quite far away.

Kim Songcheol’s party had been traveling for almost five days straight.

Fortunately, this Field Boss didn’t move.

They only needed to follow the Celestial Spirit Maiden, who had already pinpointed its location, to find it.

“Do guidebooks for boss raids get passed down through generations in your world?”

Kim Songcheol asked.

It was a world that had been frequenting dungeons for so long that Safe Zones had been designated hundreds of years ago.

Indeed, the Celestial Spirit Maiden knew more about dungeons than anyone Kim Songcheol had met so far.

Opening the Upper Gate also requires many steps when you think about it.

All the Field Bosses must be defeated, the gemstone inside their bodies must be discovered, and the use of that gemstone must also be found.

The years condensed into these few simple words were difficult to fathom.

“Something like that. But only a few know.”

The Celestial Spirit Maiden replied.

“In your country?”

“Within the company.”

“Company? Were you an office worker?”

“To be precise…”

The Celestial Spirit Maiden hesitated, uncharacteristically.

“Well, I guess I was an office worker.”

She just brushed it off like that.

Explaining the whole situation now was too complicated.

“Really?”

Kim Songcheol replied as if he didn’t care, but the puzzle in his mind began to fit together a little.

She knew information that only a few possessed, and she was too strong to be an ordinary office worker.

‘Is she the CEO’s daughter?’

There was enough evidence to conclude that.

Of course, Kim Songcheol was also human and couldn’t know everything. He couldn’t even imagine the size of the Ilwol Corporation, or what kind of being the ‘Divine Demon’ at its apex was.

“Is there anything else you can tell me? We have little information in our world. It hasn’t been long since the chaos began.”

“There are a few things, but they are not matters to be discussed lightly. Ah, we’ve arrived.”

The Celestial Spirit Maiden sent a telepathic message to Setsu, who was following from above.

A large disc appeared in front of them. The Celestial Spirit Maiden and Kim Songcheol rode the disc and shot up into the sky.

After ascending about 100 meters, a large mass of flesh was visible below.

Carrion.

It was the second Field Boss.

“Ugh.”

Setsu covered his nose. A terrible stench wafted on the wind.

From this distance, it was a stench, but up close, it was poisonous gas.

Kim Songcheol took out a pre-prepared mask. It was a mask with a filter.

“Put one on.”

“No thanks. Breath control is fundamental for a Martial Artist.”

“Really?”

Then he would handle it himself.

Kim Songcheol and Setsu each affectionately put on a mask.

Breathing became much easier. And there was no stench.

Kim Songcheol looked down at the Carrion from the platform.

It was a mass of flesh almost 50 meters across.

Aside from the poisonous gas, it had no particular offensive power.

All it possessed was immense regenerative power.

Defeating the Carrion was divided into two stages.

To find or not to find.

To penetrate or not to penetrate.

So there were only two outcomes: a quick finish or a complete failure.

“Lower it just a little.”

At Kim Songcheol’s words, the platform’s altitude lowered. The mass of flesh got closer, and its hideous surface became starkly visible.

Kim Songcheol held the board under his arm and reached out his hand towards the mass of flesh.

A magic circle formed in front of him, and several spheres of light spread out in all directions.

It was magic to find traces of mana. Kim Songcheol’s already sensitive senses greatly expanded, and he instantly detected the core within the Carrion’s body.

Kim Songcheol cast a light magic spell, positioning it directly above the core.

“There it is.”

It was about midway at the 2 o’clock position.

The first stage was complete.

All that remained was to penetrate it.

Kim Songcheol launched a Lightning Spear towards the mass of flesh.

The red light beam, flying like an arrow, embedded itself about a handspan into the flesh.

It was tougher than it looked. Moreover, the moment it embedded, the light beam was pushed out, and the wound instantly regenerated.

He had to penetrate almost 10 meters of that.

It wasn’t a boss raid; it was more like excavation.

“We’re going according to plan.”

The Celestial Spirit Maiden’s eyes gleamed as she flexed her wrists.

“Are you sure?”

Kim Songcheol asked.

Setsu and Kim Songcheol would provide support from above, but the Celestial Spirit Maiden had to dive in herself.

The regeneration speed was incredibly fast, so there was a chance of getting stuck between the flesh if one went inside the wound.

“It’s a good thing I can go in. There’s no reason for you two to go that far.”

The Celestial Spirit Maiden was resolute. Kim Songcheol looked at her and thought,

‘Is the company… struggling?’

The reason for her obsession with the Field Boss, the reason for taking such a risk.

If he considered it a management crisis for a company that produced Points, it seemed to fit the situation.

“Let’s begin.”

The Celestial Spirit Maiden said to Setsu.

“Ah, yes.”

Setsu nodded and soared into the sky.

The Celestial Spirit Maiden jumped onto the flesh, and Kim Songcheol flew on his Board towards the core.