- Stage will be open!

- Level 14. Difficulty is set to Low.

- Eliminate the enemies within 3 hours.

- Stage will begin in 10 seconds.

- 10. 9. 8. 7….

A black skeleton in black armor appeared. It was 1.9 meters tall and a two-handed sword made out of black crystal hung on its back. 

Project End

Level 14

Black Death Knight

Groooarrrr… 

The black Aura flared up as its momentum of pulling out its blade was sharp. 

'It's strong.' 

I widened my eyes at that sight. 

The average level of humanity 

had

 risen enormously. However, how many powerful beings could go against this monstrosity in a one-on-one battle at this point of time?

However, Ares said something unexpected. 

The number is probably more than you think. 

'What? How?'

If you evolve a Justice Weapon above the Gold-rank into a form that could kill in a single blow, you can at least somehow win once or twice. One of the Guardians or whatever they're called came to me. They only played some tricks to show me, but they're pretty powerful. 

'Did the Justice Weapon really have such a good performance?'

Just like how you're using it as a production tool, there are more variations than one would expect. If you only use it like that, however, it seems the Justice Weapon won't be able to rank up from the Iron-rank for some time. 

'Really? That's a shame.'

 Boom!

"It's fascinating."

The Death Knight's body, smashed all of a sudden, was bouncing off the floor like skipping stones. It crashed into an invisible floor, then sprawled on the floor. 

Wiiiing… 

As I felt the vibration of my right foot slowly subsiding, I glanced at the condition of the machine. At that moment, a sharp sword Qi struck my foot, to be exact, Napoleon's ankle. However, it was impossible to pierce through Napoleon's armor with just Sword Qi, since its foundation was made with Dragon Bones. 

In the first place, since the 30-meter tall giant kicked the less than 2-meter tall giant, it was questionable whether this could even be called a battle. 

-Do you want to start the next battle?

-Do you want to start the next battle?

 -Do you want to start the...

I struck it down about 20 more times. The average combat time was about 5 seconds. Obviously...a Level 14 Death Knight was no match for me, who was on 

board of Napoleon

. Even with Napoleon, which was hastily constructed, I was able to beat up a Level 19 Specter Dragon, so it would be impossible for me to have a difficult time against an enemy that was only at this level. 

'But I am the one controlling it, that’s why.'

I closed the 

book

. As I disconnected the connection with the Iron Heart, the attribute

 soul energy 

disappeared from the Dragon Heart. Following that, I equipped some skills. 

-Suppressor (Level 10): (Max) 1 Clear is ruled off as 20 Clears. A Debuff that decreases 2,000 points in stats, starting from the highest stat.

I could equip up to three skills now, but I did not purposely do so. After all, I didn't have to fight with my bare body anyway, so there was no need for any other skills aside from this one. Next, I invoked Steel-ification. I cut off the consciousness of me, who was 

in the

 stage. 

- You are in the Master rank(Temporary)!

- Accessing the Cradle of Justice!

- 1,165,511,441 people are watching you!

I moved my consciousness over to my body, which was in the Unique World, and accessed the Cradle of Justice. 

-Welcome to the Cradle of Justice.

- You currently have 0 Justice Points.

- You have been granted 45,012,239,441 Justice Points.  

-(Read Bulletin Board), (Watch a Play), (Check Comments), (Settings)

-Current number of users connected to the Cradle of Justice: 2,011,113,541 people

-External users: 5,521 people 

The number of external users, which used to number in the billions, 

sharply

 decreased. 

'Then again, not many people can afford to immediately access the Cradle of Justice when they are in a one-on-one battle against an enemy.' 

Perhaps those numbers were also because people accessed the Cradle to acquire information during the five minutes rest time upon the battle’s end.

I confirmed my own scene on the stage through Watch a Play. 

Griiiackkk… 

Napoleon's body, which was close to 30 meters tall, shrunk to 5 meters. I chose a desperate measure because it was impossible to maintain a huge size without the compensation of soul power and Ability. 

Of course, one might ask, 

'If it's at the level of a Dragon Heart, then wouldn't it be way more powerful than just a Human-rank Iron Heart?', 

but... Unfortunately, I couldn't create a facility to freely extract the magic energy of the Dragon Heart with my current capabilities. Now, at best, all I could do was take and use the energy that was leaking out. 

'Ah, if I had a few more, I would have tried breaking it and experimenting on it,' 

I grumbled and checked the title. 

Kwan Dae-ha

Level 15

Human-rank Napoleon

"It's Level 15, huh." I nodded. Even though Dragon Bones were used as a material in the Dragon Heart, it was a terribly low level. It was the same level as Sun-shin and Sejong, the Giant Soul Soldiers in front of Gyeongbokgung Palace. 

'It must be because, if I don't support it, there would be no Ability or soul power available for use. Besides, in exchange for Genie's Battle AI being capable of skillful combat with its vast amounts of data...the ability to utilize soul power dropped.' 

Moreover, my production capabilities were less than that of the Great Wizard, who used to build all kinds of infrastructure. 

Rather than it being a low level despite Dragon Bones being used as a material in the Dragon Heart... It was more likely that the Dragon Heart at least reached Level 15 because the Dragon Bones were used as materials.

Thaaaaang! Kiing! Tatatak!!! 

The Death Knight collided with Napoleon under the control of Genie's Battle AI. It seemed precarious for the Death Knight, less than 2 meters tall, to go against Napoleon. It looked like a child fighting against an adult, but... To one's surprise, the Death Knight easily deflected the greatsword that Napoleon was swinging, avoided it, and penetrated inside and aimed for a gap. 

Kwaduk! Swanggg! 

The battle was pretty intense. Napoleon was of a higher level than Death Knight, but even so, the difference between Level 14 and Level 15 was not that apparent. 

Swanggg! Swanggg!

'No, wait a minute. Isn't Napoleon being hit too much?'

S-Sorry, Captain-nim. This skeleton bastard is nothing to sneeze at. 

Now that I see it, the Death Knight's swordsmanship was of a considerable standard. Genie's Battle AI, which had a massive collection of combat data, was close to a Compléter's capabilities in terms of physical combat. However, it was impossible to resist Death Knight with that. Death Knight was Level 14; a swordsman at the supreme peak that far surpassed the capabilities of a Compléter. 

Boom! Kwaaaangggg! 

The black skull was smashed apart and the Death Knight finally collapsed. Despite its ability to surpass Napoleon easily, it was unable to win. 

"It's pretty strong. If Napoleon was made of steel and not Dragon Bone, he would be played with and then destroyed."

However, the world of competition was cold-blooded. Whether it had astonishing swordsmanship or if it released rays of Sword Qi, there was no chance of victory if it couldn't pierce through Napoleon's armor. 

"Is it about 20 minutes per battle…? Then, I'll leave it to your good hands, Genie."

Yes, Captain-nim.

 Upon hearing Genie's answer, I moved to the workshop. As I was moving locations, I looked through the Bulletin Board.

-Don't even think about getting out of the Cradle! +5,222 (Steven)

-Iron Mask-nim is already using his macro. I watched it as fast as I could though ㅠㅠ +112 (Min-cheol)

-Death Knight's Pattern-Continuous Update -+2,222 (Tom)

I clicked on the very first post posted.

-For those who are currently in the Cradle and have the slightest bit of intention to get out of the Cradle, please stop! Death Knight is such a powerful enemy that even the most powerful being amongst mankind must risk their lives to fight it. I pray that there are no fools who really believe that they can fight against a Level 14 monster even if the player itself is Level 14. 

But still, if you really want to fight to earn points, please check some of the requirements before you leave the Cradle! 

1. Do you have a Justice Weapon Gold-rank or above?

2. Is the Justice Weapon materialized in a one-shot one-kill form rather than a form for durability?

3. Have you ever defeated a Level 13 Evil Spirit or Chimera without using the Golden Mirror or the Blessed Dagger?

And...

I closed the window which was growing longer, and clicked on other posts. 

-Ah, I tried to defeat the Death Knight as fast as I could and started watching, but seeing Iron Mask-nim fight, I guess he's using some sort of macro. ㅠㅠ Has anyone seen the sight of Iron-Mask-nim personally controlling and fighting?

There were comments down below. 

-I was in the Cradle, so I was watching from the beginning! I think he probably defeated it personally about 20 times? It was a 10-second cut!

-Wow, I think it's crazy strong, but you're saying he defeated it in 10 seconds... I almost died even though I started by cutting off one of the enemy's legs with my Justice Weapon...

-I think the robot with a cape is very strong by itself, but if he controlled it directly, it would literally be at a different level.

-Though it is still a battle, it feels like the performance itself is changing. Then again, well, the size has grown big;;;

-Ugh, he should've fought personally for a little longer.  

-What are you talking about? Don't you think all the top players will be in trouble because they'll get old? We don't know what level the stage will progress to, so if Iron Mask-nim gets older, it'll be a big problem! 

-It's not like there's only one or two people who filmed it, so watch it on MyTube later!

I turned off the Cradle of Justice and entered the workshop. Then, I asked, "Genie, how long do you think it'll take to Clear 10,000 times?"

 Considering the maintenance and replacement time in between, it's expected to take at least 147-154 days. 

"Thankfully, that's a pretty short time since it's a Low-difficulty stage." After saying that, I operated the display in the workshop and glanced through the scene of Unique World. Most of the continent level land was covered with magnetic sand, but development rapidly took place centering around Center. "It's quite fast."

That's because we've got a lot of new manpower. Among them, we are selecting those who display some talent to train them in maintenance and control. 

"No, not that, I'm talking about the Unique World. It used to be at a size where I could do a full lap with just a few steps," I commented.

Originally, the Unique World had difficulty developing because of the non-living things brought in. This was because even though the mass of living things able to be brought in was much greater than the mass of non-living things due to the characteristics of the dimension, the two factors had to be taken in equally to develop the Unique World.

However, things were different for me. As it became possible to directly receive the items from the gacha machine in the stage into the Unique World, it was possible to bring in resources that exceeded my imagination into the Unique World. It was a given to be able to easily build thousands of buildings if I was determined to use my points, which numbered not in the millions or billions or trillions, but in the quadrillions. 

'S-rank shouldn't be the highest rank, right? But if so, then how much will it continue to grow? Don't tell me it will really grow to a planet level?'

If that were the case, it would mean that I would be able to bring people into the Unique World to avoid Project End entirely. 

'But would that be possible?' 

Would the Project End that destroyed countless civilizations during the Great War be so easy to deal with?

Should we start the project tomorrow?

"Hmm? No, no. I'll do it when I think of it." I shook my head and got rid of the idle thoughts, and started working.

We've only completed about 10 percent of the smelting process, because we've had a backlog of work to catch up on. 

"Isn't it more than enough?"

Just 15 tonnes of mithril and 4 tonnes of adamantium, though?

"Haha." I couldn't help but laugh. Looking at the rare metals piled like mountains, it felt like I would be full from sight alone.

"Then, let's start with the basic design!" According to my instructions, Genie pulled up all kinds of Gigas blueprint on the display. These were classified data from the Leonhardt Empire that should be prevented from leaking. They had to blow up the storage system if the risk of data leakage was suspected, but neither I nor Genie cared. Just like that, 10 days passed by.

"Is this really a Beast-rank? It feels like a Tool-rank... Let's do it again!" 20 days passed by… "The power output is trash..." 30 days passed by… "Ack! It's going to explode!!!!" 40 days passed by… "No, where is the problem happening?" 50 days passed by… "Ah, I'll have to do this again..."  60 days passed by and, finally, I completed it. 

"Awesome!!! Let's name it Black Tiger!!" I smiled satisfactorily in front of the jet-black Gigas.

Genie interrupted my happy moment. 

Captain-nim, aren't you liking the color black too much? It was the same with Dragon Knight, but...

"It's because the stage environment is dark, okay! Isn't camouflage a basic requirement?" As I made such an excuse, I approached Black Tiger and placed my palm on it. My Spiritual Wave was transmitted and Black Tiger's back opened. 

Click clack! Clankkk! 

I went into its back and got settled, then the armor shut close. I warmed up my body lightly. 

Since it was still in its basic form, Black Tiger did not have any special functions. It just had the motor ability and power output of a Beast-rank Gigas. 

"By the way, the rare metal is being consumed too inefficiently..." I commented. The original plan was to mix rare metal and iron, but if I made it by mixing in iron, its performance wouldn't exceed a Tool-rank Gigas no matter what. It was fortunate that Black Tiger was completed, but the fact that 99.9 percent of the materials used to make it were rare metal… It was bad news in terms of mass production. "Genie, is this also the case for other Producers? For example, the Kendler tribe."

The Kendler tribe are in a different situation.

"What's the difference?"

The Kendler tribesmen are born as Producers and, at the same time, there were many precedents where they were also natural Enchanters.  

"Ah, Enchanters..." I automatically gaped at her words. It was a problem I had never thought of before. 

In fact, it's rare for a Producer-type ability user to build a First-Tier weapon that's similar to a Gigas. 

Genie’s

 words were definitely facts. It was no exaggeration to say that an Enchanter's help was essential in the production of a Gigas, unless there was a huge Empire-class facility present. 

'Can't something be done with scientific technology?'

Captain-nim, even for Albatross, a Terra-class battleship, it would be impossible to produce a Gigas alone. It's only possible to repair it at best. 

I did not pay any attention to it, because I was making it while in training until this point of time. However, it was strange that there weren't any Enchanters present when I was carrying out a huge mission such as Gigas manufacturing. "But where can we find an Enchanter at this point of time? Moreover, if they were to help with the production of a Beast-rank, then they would have to be a Compléter who is at least at the level of a High-rank Wizard." At that moment when I was lamenting...

Kiiiingg! 

A strange wave was spreading. 

"...?" As I turned my head wondering what it was, I saw a marble that I threw without much thought on top of the desk. 

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Level 38 

Magi Imperial Princess, Jenica