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Dragonia.
The last city where the knowledge and technology of dragons who once conquered the world are concentrated.
The city, which seemed to be halfway mixed with a beautiful, dreamy castle that seemed out of a fairy tale and a splendid and sophisticated space base that looked like it came out of a sci-fi movie, was more appropriately called a work of art than a simple city.
And there were two men and women standing at the top of a huge pyramid that could overlook the entire city.
how much time has passed
The woman’s mouth was barely opened.
“Didn’t you say it was home?”
“Is it a bit big?”
“It’s not a matter of big or small, it’s not a house in the first place. Did you trick me?”
“Rather than cheating, wouldn’t it be more appropriate to say that there was a slight communication problem? It’s like different people understand the same words differently, or something like that.”
“… … .”
Sophia seriously contemplated whether to make a life-and-death decision with Yoosung right here and now.
Sophia, who was calculating her own power, opponent’s power, environment, equipment, etc., shook her head at the thought of the words that she said she would understand and move on to the secret base, and the many machines that had been put in this city.
“Isn’t this the city that appeared and disappeared in Korea? How the hell did you get this?”
“How come? Anyway, the important thing is not how you got it, but whether you can fix this city. Although there is an auto-repair function, there are functions that cannot be repaired with it, and there are some improvements other than simple repairs are needed. The most important of these… … .”
“energy. It would take a lot of energy to activate a city of this size and its built-in features. I wondered why they needed such an output engine, but I never thought they were hiding such a secret.”
Sophia had a strangely liberated expression on her face, as if she had accepted the fate that would come to her in the future.
“… … Huhu, I thought Gali escaped fate, so it seems Gongdori’s fate was unavoidable.”
“Wouldn’t Gongsun be right there?”
“… … .”
“sorry. Are you going to do it anyway?”
“I have to hide for a while to avoid being pursued by the US, and I am also curious about the mechanism of the city, so I will do my best to help. Oh, of course, all the resources needed for repair and remodeling must be supplied by Yooseong.”
“That’s normal.”
Yooseong let out a sigh of relief and smiled bitterly at the same time.
The problem of Dragonia’s improvement was solved, but the materials to go into the repair were still unanswered, and one more problem remained.
“How long will it be possible to make gynoids?”
“Come to think of it, there was that too.”
Sophia let her shoulders hang down helplessly.
I had inadvertently forgotten about it, but it was also not an easy task to produce a gynoid with the specifications requested by Yuseong.
“Except for improvements, since you can only make a quote once you have checked the details… … . How much material will it take to completely repair the city?”
“Wait a minute.”
As Meteor waved his hand, countless holograms began to emerge around him.
Among them, under the message [Total repair progress 2.6%], the details of the materials that Meteor had put in and the details needed in the future were constantly listed.
Sophia, who was reading the contents using the power of the barbell skill, looked increasingly fed up with the details that continued to be read over and over again, and the moment she turned the last page, she let out a long sigh.
“I guessed to some extent the moment I saw the size, but it’s really ridiculous. Yoosung, do you really need to fix this? I think it would be better to just throw it away.”
“Even if it’s a waste of investment so far… … .”
“Looking at that, we call it the sunk cost fallacy. Besides, these things don’t just end with repairs, they also require maintenance costs. Do you know how much it costs to maintain a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier?”
“Well.”
“$300 million a year. Of course, the upkeep of this city would be more than that, but not less. Changseok-ssi would have known, but no matter how much of a user you are, this isn’t something an individual can handle.”
“I know that too. Still, my resolve is firm. I will take this to the end.”
It’s not because of simple greed.
The huge gap that exists between the existing users and themselves.
It was too foolish to give up Dragonia, the only loss that could close the gap, simply for economic reasons.
“Ha ha, then it will take about two years or more.”
In an unexpected period, Yoosung’s brows were furrowed.
“Last time I said it would take a few months to make a gynoid.”
“That was when I was only making gynoids, and now I have another mega project called repair and improvement of the city, right? Carrying out quests to prepare equipment and materials necessary for designing and manufacturing Gynoids, as well as repairing and improving intermediate cities? 2 years is short. It may take three years or more.”
“… … Is there any way to shorten the period somehow?”
“If it is simply to reduce the period, it is most effective to increase the budget, in this case, the input materials. If you produce several gynoids at the same time and start construction at the same time in several places in the city, you can save time, so one year… … . No, maybe even shorter than that.”
“Ingredients.”
It is impossible to prepare the level of materials that Sofia requires using normal methods.
Even after pouring more than half of Kang Chang-seok’s black card and rewards from the B- grade quest [Twisted World] into his original 30 billion fortune, the repair progress that went up was only 2.6%.
Even with a rough calculation, it was a level that could never be obtained unless you cleared several S-rank quests or ripped out about 200 black cards from Kang Chang-seok.
Yooseong, who was looking down at the panoramic view of the majestic Dragonia, suddenly bit his lip in irritation.
‘shit. just unnecessarily oversized. What were the dragons thinking when they made the city so big? Didn’t you think of making it smaller? No matter how much the world’s labor and resources can be poured into it, if you think about efficiency, it’s a little smaller… … .”
“… … uh?”
Yooseong’s eyes narrowed.
Yoosung, who repeatedly raised his hand to cover one eye or back and forth, muttered without even looking at Sophia.
“Sofia, if the size of the city is reduced, will the materials and time needed to repair it decrease?”
“That’s natural. Common sense would reduce the size, but more material would be needed… … .”
It was only then that Sophia guessed what Yoosung was going to say and her eyes widened.
Dragonia has an enormous size, reaching almost 10 km in diameter alone.
It was not made for military or leisure purposes, but because it was a city built with concepts such as migration and new settlement to escape from a perishing world and rebuild a new civilization.
Of course, Yooseong had no intention of using Dragonia for that purpose.
“The outskirts of this city are residences for third-class citizens. Inside, there are cultural facilities such as theaters and museums, and if you go further inside, you will find a large circular park. If all these areas are cleared, how long do you think it will take to repair them all?”
“… … I’ll have to do some math.”
A curious smile crept across Sophia’s lips.
* * *
A space full of gold and jewels, paintings and statues, art and furniture.
Rod’s room, which seemed to embody the words splendor and brilliance as it is, was a burden to Yoosung, who was accustomed to petit bourgeois senses.
In my heart, I wanted to go back to my home on Earth right away, but when I thought of the countless crowds around the house, my head shook.
‘I knew it became famous, but I never thought it would be that much.’
In the United States, most of the time was spent hunting monsters and traveling, so I was able to feel the fact that I only knew in my head after returning to Korea.
Tired of talking to people who recognize him wherever he goes or sticking his smartphone in, he had no choice but to abandon his house and return to Dragonia as if he were running away.
“… … Let’s just stay here until the reaction fades to some extent.”
Except for the slightly burdensome visuals, Lord’s room was far superior to the house on Earth in terms of safety, comfort, convenience, and comfort in all respects, but there was only one fatal flaw, the inability to access the Internet.
A room with no internet instead of everything, and a room with internet instead of nothing.
You didn’t have to ask to know which one would suit the tastes of modern people.
Yuseong, who threw himself on the bed, enjoyed the comfort of lying on a cloud, and then came to his senses belatedly and picked up the goggles he had put beside him.
“This is not the time for me to be like this.”
Although Tyrant’s both arms narrowed the gap to some extent, there was still a gap that could not be filled between himself and other users who only raised his muscular strength abnormally.
There was no time to rest in order to narrow the gap even a little.
The good news is that their growth rate is very fast.
And unlike users who focus on real-life activities to save countries in an unstable state where they don’t know what will happen at any time, they can comfortably focus on quests because they are in Korea, which is relatively safe.
‘I don’t know because I’ve never met Samgang, and I’ve never actually met Samgang, but at least I have to have the strength of the Samyak. Sophia focused everything on scientific knowledge and development skills, so let’s leave it out of the question. Then, is Kang Chang-seok the target?’
It is not known exactly how much strength Kang Chang-seok has, but through the brief engagement at the time of the first meeting, I was able to make a rough guess.
‘I don’t know about strength or agility, but looking at the magic management ability at the time, the wisdom level was in the early to mid-700s. If we assume that 700 units is Kang Chang-seok’s average ability value, then even if we open only the C-grade ability increase, we can compare with Kang Chang-seok with pure ability.’
Even if they have equal stats, there will be variables such as skills and artifacts, so there will be differences in terms of actual combat power, but for now, it was important to catch up even one step.
[COMMUNITY-You have unacknowledged messages(428)]
[Welcome to the community by Room Corner Hanryang!]
The first thing I checked was the community.
I still have no intention of interacting with users, but I can get valuable information that only users can share just by skimming, so there was nothing wrong with checking it regularly.
-Blue Blood: It seems like they are talking about new heroes these days… … . shooting star?
– Grand Mage: Are you curious about the identity? Shall I tell you?
-Super Ant: Kheuheum!
-Blue Blood: Just search and you’ll find them all. His nationality is South Korea and his name is Yuseong Han. I have everything from my age to my appearance, even a video of a battle scene. I want to ask you one thing. Is this guy the size of a room?
“I got caught too.”
With this trip to the US, the users seemed to have almost guessed the identity of the roommate, but anyway, since the name was being discussed from time to time since the Dragonia incident, it didn’t feel special.
The real important thing is not the identity, but how the users who know their identity come out.
I don’t know if the armor made with fame worked or if they were busy with their own business and didn’t have time to pay attention to other things, but fortunately the users didn’t seem to be interested in them.
When he tried to hide his identity like that, there were sarcastic remarks about why he came here and ran wild like that, but that was enough to just ignore it.
-Musin: I don’t feel good. It looks like something will explode within a month, so everyone should be prepared.
Yoosung tilted his head at the message that popped up the moment he was about to leave the community.
As soon as Musin left a message, he immediately left, and since he was the only user who had access to the community, no one asked what it meant.
“It feels like something is going to explode within a month. what the hell is this Do you have any skills related to foreknowledge?”
I thought about it, but even if I was told to prepare, there was nothing I could do anyway.
Whether a powerful monster appeared or a natural disaster occurred, Kang Chang-seok would take care of the social preparation anyway, so the only preparation he could do was to work hard on the quest.
[Access to the multidimensional navigation system.]
[The quest observation was successful.]
– I want to save a friend who has become a toy of the gods.
-Why did Heaven give birth to me, Dalmail Sword, Taegeuk Swordsman, Chwigeomgae, Dokgo Sword Emperor, Maehwa Sword Army, Bokho God Sword, Taeheossang Sword, Changhae Sword King, Four Day Sword Bell, Blood Segeomgwi, and Gunja Sword Dragon!
– 131 death squads who want to escape from the Pandemonium.
-When I shouted, “Status window,” a status window appeared in front of me.
-… … .
-… … .
-… … .
Still unchangingly individual names.
Yooseong, who entered the special quest window with a laugh, muttered in a disappointed voice.
“Not this time.”
this is not a game
