Episode 208.
The rooftop of SH Hospital again.
[Hahahahahaha!]
A hearty laugh came from the smartphone speaker.
Of course, it was hard to tell whether this was laughter or the sound of an ogre’s lungs bursting.
[I heard it all from my brother!]
Soon, a man appeared beyond the screen.
Muscles as voluptuous as Hercules.
It was Hephaestus, the god of metallurgy.
[You did a great job! Hahahahaha!]
Hephaestus waved his rough hand and smiled.
That appearance is really… .
‘You’re really ugly.’
Every time I see it, I think to myself, it’s really ugly.
No kidding, if a cuckoo were to gain muscle, wouldn’t it do something like that?
Muscle squirrel.
I know I shouldn’t say things like that about someone’s appearance.
But I couldn’t help but think that way every time I saw that appearance.
Moreover, he looked even uglier than the last time I saw him.
Cleopatra becomes more beautiful every time you see her.
Hephaestus was getting uglier every time I saw him.
‘I think I’ve become uglier because my muscles have grown bigger.’
Anyway, who would say they’re muscle brothers?
It was a muscle that grew day by day along with Hercules.
[By the way, did you fight with your brother?]
Suddenly Hephaestus asked.
The Auran that Hephaestus speaks of here is none other than Hercules.
It seemed as though he had heard the circumstances from Hercules.
“Rather than saying we fought….”
What should I say about this?
If there was a fight, you could say there was a fight.
But this wasn’t a fight.
Should we call it a battle of wits or a battle of wits?
In the first place, if they had really fought, there was no way they would have won even if Siwoo had beaten him to death.
“There were some minor troubles though.”
[Is that so? If so, that’s fortunate.]
Hephaestus shrugged.
[My younger brother was whining so much that he was sad. And then he suddenly asked me to make a subspace pocket, which I thought was strange.]
“A subspace pocket?”
Siwoo tilted his head.
Why would Hercules need a subspace pocket?
If it were a subspace exercise machine, then maybe that would be different.
[I was curious too. Because he was the one who asked me to make exercise equipment.]
As expected, it was as expected.
[I heard that there is not enough space to store protein bars.]
“Save the protein bar?”
[They say there is a risk of it spoiling if stored for a long time, but they are being so picky.]
Then Hephaestus flinched and showed his muscles.
It looked like I was watching Hercules’s taunts.
It seems that even Hephaestus couldn’t do anything about the situation where the Tangkang was at a calamitous level.
Indeed, anyone who saw that jerk couldn’t help but shudder.
[My forge is completely destroyed…]
The sullen face of Hephaestus was no different from that of a cicada.
Well, by the way.
“Do protein bars go bad?”
Siwoo tilted his head and asked.
That would be the case, since the protein bars taken out from Cornucopia would not spoil.
[My brother said that he can’t take out protein bars and eat them anymore.]
“ah.”
Siwoo was able to nod his head.
‘It looks like he’s planning to stock up on protein bars before returning Cornucopia.’
But how much of a protein bar does Hercules eat?
The whale was eating the same amount of krill it was sucking up.
‘I think I eat about 4 tons of protein bars in one workout.’
And the amount of krill that a humpback whale eats per day is about 5 to 6 tons.
Without exaggeration, Hercules was sucking in as much as a whale.
It wasn’t called a muscle whale for nothing.
Now, he was just a muscle monster.
So, how many protein bars would Hercules eat in his lifetime?
Also, where to store that large quantity?
‘There is nothing like a pocket of subspace.’
Plus, there was no need to worry about getting hurt if it was inside a subspace pocket.
It seemed like he had asked Hephaestus to create a subspace pocket for him.
This means that.
‘It seems like you’re thinking of returning Cornucopia.’
Siwoo asked with a sly smile.
“So that’s why you made it?”
[no way.]
Hephaestus shook his head as if it was nonsense.
[You can’t make a subspace pocket even if you want to.]
After all, subspace pockets were the realm of magic, not metallurgy.
An item that cannot be made even with God’s Metallurgy (SS).
Wouldn’t it have been impossible to create Siu-do Isis without its reality manipulation (SSS)?
But um.
“Is it impossible to make it even with Hephaestus’ secret recipe?”
Siwoo suddenly asked Hephaestus out of curiosity.
I understand that God’s Metallurgy (SS) cannot create subspace pockets.
But isn’t Hephaestus’ secret, the transcendent metallurgy, a bit different?
You could tell just by looking at the mythical equipment created by Hephaestus.
Hermes’ shoes.
Athena’s Aegis Shield.
Zeus’s lightning, etc.
They were granted abilities that could almost be called ‘magic’.
In addition to this, what Hephaestus said.
Transcendent metallurgy could even create Cornucopia.
Cornucopia, the infinite money copy bug.
It was possible to grant equipment abilities greater than magic.
And yet you can’t create a subspace pocket?
When I think about it, there is one more thing that is strange.
“Didn’t you tell me last time that Hephaestus’ secret technique is to ‘twist and use the laws of the world’?”
And magic was similar to that.
A method of twisting and exploiting the laws of the world.
We called it magic.
therefore….
[Isn’t that the question of whether my transcendent metallurgy and magic are not the same mechanism?]
This was the sound.
[Then the question is, can’t I create a subspace pocket using my secret method?]
As expected, Siwoo nodded.
[As you said, my transcendent metallurgy and magic seem to be the same mechanism at first glance.]
“Are you saying that they are not the same?”
[That’s right. Hmm… The explanation is complicated, but since it’s necessary for passing on the secret method anyway, I’ll give a brief explanation as I think of it as starting the class.]
Soon, Hephaestus continued his explanation.
[First of all, the difference between my secret method and magic is the difference in the way it interferes with the laws of the world.]
“The difference in method?”
[Yes, to understand this, you must first know what the ‘laws of the world’ are.]
Hephaestus paused for a moment to consider his words, then opened his mouth.
[There are several definitions of what the laws of the world are. The basic concept is that the world exists in isolation from one another.]
[The wizard Merlin calls this ‘Iocality’, meaning complete independence, and Hecate also defines it as a ‘universal principle’.]
Merlin, the great sage who appears in the legend of King Arthur.
Hecate, the goddess of dawn, known as the adjuster of magic.
[However, what is commonly said is the law of the phenomenal world. In other words, it is called the ‘law of cause and effect.’]
“uh….”
My head is already starting to hurt.
At least, his insight (S+) was accelerated to the limit and he began to struggle to understand Hephaestus’ words.
[And magic and my secrets interfere with this law of causality to create results.]
[First of all, if we compare, magic uses the individual’s mental world.]
[It is a way to communicate by connecting the wizard’s spirit with the world.]
So the wizard could make a request to the world.
A fireball floating in the air.
The ground suddenly shakes.
Do I need these things?
If it’s okay, could you make something like this?
In return, I will offer my magic power.
[To put it simply, you can think of it as ‘trading’ with the world.]
[Therefore, magic can only perform miracles within the limits of the laws of the world.]
[After all, it’s all about ‘trading’ with the world.]
On the other hand.
[My secret method is a little different from that kind of magic.]
[It’s a way of bringing in things that are merely a person’s imagination and making them into reality as if they were the laws of the world.]
hmm….
What exactly are you talking about?
Siwoo couldn’t understand a single thing about Hephaestus’ explanation.
[It may be difficult to understand just by hearing it, but you are actually seeing and experiencing this phenomenon yourself.]
An absurd force that has never existed anywhere, yet does exist.
[That is what is called aura or internal energy.]
“ah.”
Siwoo could understand just a little bit.
[The power of the younger brother that you are learning can also be seen as following this principle.]
[It is a power that cannot be explained by the laws of the world, and it is a power that has never existed anywhere, but it is a wondrous power that clearly exists.]
Siwoo could definitely understand this part.
How can one explain the calamitous taunts displayed by Hercules?
Just keeping your mouth shut was the only explanation.
[That’s why, unlike magic, it can only be explained with the logic of ‘If you just do it, it works?’]
As the saying goes, it’s just bringing things that are nothing more than a person’s imagination into reality.
[To summarize, we can say that one deceives and ‘deceive’ the world through one’s own will.]
And this process could also be said to ‘twist the laws of the world’.
Dealing and deception.
It could be said that this was a difference in the way the laws of the world were being interfered with, and that this was the difference between magic and Hephaestus’ secret method.
From then on, Hephaestus continued to explain something.
But this was all Siwoo could understand and the end of it.
In fact, I didn’t even fully understand this.
It was just words and sentences hammered into my head.
Zhuge Liang’s insight (S+) was the same.
Even Insight (S+), which had reached 100% proficiency, was showing difficulty.
Maybe that’s why.
[But you don’t need all this knowledge and understanding. You can skip understanding this process altogether.]
The absolute power to omit all understanding of that complex process.
‘ISIS’s reality manipulation (SSS) was a total fraud.’
Siwoo was able to realize this anew.
Indeed, the SSS rating was not a rating that could be attached to just anyone.
In addition, I could understand why Hercules and Hephaestus emphasized the ‘introduction, development, turn, and muscles’.
My head was jumbled with complex concepts and I was confused.
Siwoo pressed his throbbing temples.
And right then.
And then, tiring, tiring!
New notification windows popped up one after another.
“crazy.”
Siwoo muttered without realizing it.
No, how can the skill level increase this much?
Of course, it went up less than when I used the power of fusion and the monster power of chaos.
But that was a result of risking one’s life, and now it was simply knowledge gained.
In fact, I didn’t learn any knowledge.
I just heard about it.
‘But what is this… .’
I think it was probably because of the ‘knowledge of the source.’
It seemed like knowledge about the mechanism of individuality, that is, how individuality exerts its power.
Now that you know the principles, you can use the power of individuality effectively.
In fact, Siwoo could now understand the power he possessed more clearly than before.
And having this knowledge.
I thought he was just a strong but ugly blacksmith.
‘Hephaestus is not called the irreplaceable god for nothing.’
Hephaestus was at a level where even Insight (S+) was showing difficulty.
No, but.
‘There is no change in insight?’
Insight (S+) currently at 100% proficiency.
However, due to the effect of the bracelet of amplification, the maximum proficiency was 110%.
So there was still 10% of skill left to raise.
‘It’s a bit strange that it doesn’t even go up by 0.1%.’
That is understandable, as the most influential one was Insight (S+).
And yet it didn’t rise at all?
‘hmm….’
That was definitely a strange part.
[Since we’ve come this far. Now that we’ve started explaining, let’s learn the basic knowledge for passing down the secret method.]
Finally, Hephaestus’ voice was heard.
Siwoo suppressed his pounding head and focused on Hephaestus’s subsequent explanation.
* * *
Hephaestus’ explanation went on for quite some time.
When you are so confused that you almost pass out.
Siwoo was able to learn Hephaestus’ secret technique, the Transcendent Metallurgy (SSS).
And that back is of the SSS grade.
‘…crazy.’
This sound could not have not come out.
Haven’t you just realized how monstrous the power of ISIS’s reality manipulation (SSS) is?
In addition, the transcendent metallurgy could not be viewed as simply SSS grade.
The individuality of the production line was measured one or two levels lower.
So, although it was notated as SSS grade, the power contained within it could be said to be SSS grade or higher.
‘crazy….’
It could be said that it was a truly crazy personality.
[Let’s wrap up the basic knowledge here.]
Hephaestus’ voice was heard again, leaving my dazed mind behind.
[Then, I guess we should try some practice now.]
[Next time, prepare a block of orichalcon.]
“…Huh? Orichalcon?”
Siwoo suddenly wondered what that sound was.
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