Closed dimension (3)
Hubert Chamber of Commerce’s office.
“…Then, I’ll deal with the mineral distribution case as you said, Mr. Merchant.”
“Yes, is that the end of the matter to be reported?”
“Yes! That’s what’s urgent right now. Do you have any further instructions?”
Diana, who finished her work report, tilted her head as she took her approved documents.
From her neatly arranged and plaited hair to her neat and formal attire.
She was a woman who had grown into a great secretary no matter where she looked.
“No, that’s enough. If something else happens, I’ll call you then.”
“Ah yes! Then I’ll just go out.”
“If it is not an important matter, take action on your own and report it later. I want to focus on myself for a moment today.”
“All right!”
Holding an armful of papers in her arms, she bowed her head and walked out of her office with careful steps.
Click—
Hubert was left alone with the door closed.
He leaned back against the back of his chair with a small, satisfied smile on his lips and slowly stroked his chin.
‘Are you saying you’re very capable? It made things easier for me because I took care of a few things on my own. It’s my fault that I’m still young and lack experience, but in fact, that’s the case with me too. No, rather, it should be seen as much better than me.’
In fact, there was nothing special about Hubert’s prize.
The money, military force, power and information through other avatars are so fraudulent, and it’s only because a certain amount of luck was added to it that he got to where he is now.
On the other hand, Diana’s talent was real.
Isn’t it a ‘genius gift’ guaranteed by the ‘Analysis’ skill?
‘It’s still at that level, but if you give me proper information…’
Those who didn’t know anything were busy admiring Hubert’s foresight based on the superiority of information, but Diana’s reaction when she took on the position of his secretary was different.
Not only did she arrive at the conclusion Harris had reached after much thought through only intuition, but she also instantly grasped the intention behind his short instruction and suggested a more efficient plan.
‘Since I put Diana on the job, my work efficiency has definitely gone up incredibly. On top of that, the reliability is also perfect.’
He was a talented person who could raise the status of Hubert Company by several steps if he was properly pushed.
At first he was only interested in that sense of smell, but he thought nothing of it and was satisfied as if he had seen the stocks he had bought more than double.
‘Then Diana will take care of most of the matters, so I’m going to focus on this side soon.’
A job he wanted to do alone.
It had nothing to do with business.
To be more precise, it wasn’t even related to this world as it is now.
Patter— Toouk!
A pile of books from the subspace magic tool hanging from Hubert’s wrist were piled up on the side.
At the same time, the subtle scent of ink spread.
From one to ten, they were books from another world, made and bound in a style that could not be seen in this world, and filled with unknown characters from the cover.
In this way, he took out all the things he had received through the [Avatar Cloud] and stored separately, and finally finished preparing, picked up one of the topmost books and immediately used [Analysis].
＜Iron Ingot Qigong＞
-The level of reading in the iron ingot room classified as Sapa. When practiced in parallel with external training, qi circulates throughout the body, boosts the body’s growth, and makes the body as hard as steel. Later, it becomes advantageous to develop energy through the body, but there is a disadvantage that it becomes more difficult to grow beyond a certain level.
-Comprehensive grade: C-
-Main features: Slightly lower learning difficulty, faster growth rate, higher external skill, somewhat lower internal skill, low growth limit
‘That’s crazy.’
Hubert flipped through the pages of the book and examined the content, shook his head and moved it to the other side.
It might be helpful to quickly raise a trainee to a usable level, but such a clumsy ability wasn’t really what he needed.
Then his hand moved vigorously.
Starting with Eoryongchae, the books that were secured by pilfering a number of watercolors and side dishes located in Dongdong Lake were classified one by one according to their inclination and utility.
‘Hmm, indeed… The proportion of martial artists of the political faction is also very high?’
It’s because it collapsed in vain because the base was attacked defenselessly by Harris, who could be called an irregular.
In the process of expanding their power, the number of secretaries who seemed to have been stolen from neighboring minor factions was considerable.
‘Oh, I guess I was expecting too much from this.’
But, unfortunately, the level was generally high.
So far, the only martial arts he has carried in his surname are three or four, including ‘Gyoryongdobeop (A-)’ and ‘Gyeongpaakrangsimgyeol (A)’, which he took from Jin Deok-man, the owner of Dongdong 18chae. All dogs.
The number of secret items plundered and collected by the bandits far exceeded one hundred, but most of them were insignificant things of D-class or lower.
‘Oh, thieves are like that then. Somehow, the kids were so sluggish, so it must have been all bubbles.’
Hubert frowned slightly at him and sighed.
The fact that the thieves were a huge power that ruled the surrounding area had already disappeared from my mind.
After all, it was true that he didn’t live up to his last name.
While I was continuing my work with the mindset that it would take just one thing.
His hand turned to an old book that was so worn out that even the title on the cover didn’t remain—.
“Hmm? This?”
As soon as he checked the detailed information, his eyes widened.
＜Muyu Bagua Secret Gong＞
– A secret tax-saving secret containing a longing to deal with the eight phases known to represent all phenomena in the world. Pursuing endless harmony with all things in heaven and earth and achieving unity, you will be able to interfere with the material world based on your infinite internal energy. It is extremely difficult to learn because it requires deep exploration of philosophy and all things, not just Mujae.
-Comprehensive grade: S
-Main features: very high learning difficulty, slow growth rate, rather high external skill, very high internal skill, very high growth limit
The martial arts that were judged to be S-class were protruding.
‘…Is this for real?’
In fact, he grumbled dissatisfiedly, but in the process of examining and classifying the ranks, he realized something.
That is, the grade determined by the 「Analysis」 skill is very salty.
Based on that standard, if the overall grade was C, it was treated as a precious season to be passed on to an enemy disciple in the small breakwater, and A grade was no different from one of the few best visions even in the big gate.
‘Except for the Thousand Demon Emperor, the martial arts learned by the strong-fans that Hans dealt with must be at least B-class.’
That’s why I thought it would be possible to receive a judgment of S-class or higher only if it was at the level of a famous tax-saving new ball, such as the commonly referred to as ‘Cheonma Shin-gong’…
To be honest, I tried to be satisfied with only a usable A+ grade, but this was a harvest that exceeded my expectations.
‘This isn’t even the owner of the house. I can’t believe something like this was stuck in the warehouse of an outnumbered leader.’
No matter how worn the cover is, there is no way that a person who has learned martial arts will not be able to recognize the value of such an item.
With such an uncomfortable feeling, he opened the booklet and examined the contents inside—.
I soon realized why it hadn’t gotten the attention it had and was being treated the way it did.
-The place of the sky and the earth is fixed, the energy of the mountain and the pond is connected…, Thunder and wind collide with each other, and fire does not shoot each other, so the eight trigrams harmonize…
Qian (乾) becomes the head, Kun (坤) becomes the stomach, Qin (震) becomes the feet, and … Becomes the legs. Persimmon (坎) becomes the ear, Yi (離) becomes the eye, liver (艮) becomes the hand, and Tae (兌) the mouth…
‘What are you talking about?’
The corners of Hubert’s mouth twitched as he quietly flipped through the bookshelf.
At other levels, there was even a glimpse of an effort to unravel the esoteric content as much as possible, but this was just openly filled with floating voices.
It’s even old and in poor condition, with some letters mangled beyond recognition.
I don’t know how the necromancer got his hands on it, but he probably read a few pages and threw it away right away.
At least it contained diagrams of the human body and pictures that could only be found in martial arts books, so it could have been put on the bookshelf where the secretaries were.
‘Even A-rank non-classes weren’t as esoteric as this.’
Hubert, who had gone through the book several times, read it seriously from the beginning again.
The Kanghwan-type characters that make up the content could be understood immediately through 「Xenoglossy」, but it was necessary to understand the meaning inherent in it in order to properly master this martial art.
‘Memories of other returnees from the Moorim world… Yes, at least it’s better than nothing. Well, this isn’t about deciphering any code.’
Still, there were many memories worth referencing, so I thought I could fully interpret them if I invested time.
It would have been better if the memory of the Cheonsalmaje, who could be said to be the best in the Moorim world, was intact…
“… No, wait.”
But then, suddenly, a thought passed through his mind.
Depending on how the user utilizes the skill, its direction and possibility change, and the developed ability also has a different limit depending on the level of proficiency.
‘This, if I use it well.’
[Xenoglossy], a psychic ability that allows one to break free from all language-related restrictions.
And the skill “Analysis” that showed outstanding utility in grasping something with the upward compatibility of “Emotion”.
Without hesitation, he activated both skills at the same time and poured all his mental energy into them.
‘This is the first harvest from the Kanghwan world. I’ll have to do everything I can for now.’
I went to another dimension thinking that I might get something at best, but wouldn’t it be too ugly to withdraw from here?
When he poured all of his spare mental power resources into it, [Nervousness] was activated and his thinking accelerated endlessly.
Tsutsu side—
His brain was spinning furiously, burning energy incessantly.
The connection between 「Analysis」 and 「Genoglossy」, which was monotonous at first, gradually became stronger, and I began to vaguely feel not just the meaning of the context, but the meaning contained within it.
I figured out the author’s intention in the sentence, inferred the crushed words, and inferred the whole sentence.
However, this was still not enough.
‘Okay, let’s go through this to the end.’
Hubert drank a bottle of the VIP Market Growth Elixir in his hand and resumed work.
As soon as the drug started spreading, the progress of the work began to explode to a frightening extent.
‘You mean this state lasts for 7 days?’
But it wouldn’t even take seven days to finish this job.
After about half a day had passed since digging up secret and difficult sentences as if solving a code—.
《The object achieved enlightenment by fulfilling the conditions. Acquire the skill「Crypt Analysis」》
As soon as I acquired a new skill, the tight work I had been working on so far was blown away in an instant.
***
“Huh, whoa—.”
With a deep breath, the surrounding energy was sucked into Harris’s lungs.
The racial characteristics of the high elf and the affinity that reached transcendence made the natural energy, which had been forced to move halfway through, more naturally adapt to his will than before.
‘Right. I think I know roughly what it feels like.’
Harris, who had had time to become more acquainted with the energy of this world according to the law of the river world, slowly nodded his head.
Hubert’s newly acquired 「Cryptographic Analysis」 grew rapidly under the influence of the leap immediately after its creation, and naturally, the analysis work gained more momentum.
In addition, the result was immediately demonstrated by Harris in the strong circle, which again led to a virtuous cycle that helped Hubert’s analysis.
‘Muyu Bagua No Gong… I think this would go well with Harris.’
In this visit, I was only going to prepare for the bottom line so that I could settle down properly and grow my influence later, but it seemed that I had a bigger harvest than I thought.
It’s not certain because the interpretation of the secret level has not yet been completed, but if you can learn it and harmonize it with the existing power…
‘How much is that synergy? Maybe I can get over the wall that’s blocking my way now.’
Harris already knew.
The moment he crossed the wall with the help of the divine being called the World Tree, he knew that he had already reached the limit of his growth.
Of course, it was the best at the time, and transcendence was proof that he had become one of the strongest in that world, but he couldn’t help but feel sad when the situation turned out like this.
‘It’s enough that there is a possibility right now.’
Just in time for the visit, he came across the opportunity he needed.
I wasn’t sure yet if this was just a coincidence or if there was some other reason…
I decided to think about it slowly later.
“I will ask you again. What business did you come to the realm of the main family?”
It was a situation where a large number of warriors were aiming at him with their own weapons, raising their spirits.
It’s been about a day since I left Tong Tong Lake.
Harris had reached the Zhuge Sega of Yongzhong Mountain, which he was aiming for.
