My Alter Ego Is Becoming a Giant

before the storm (1)

A basement without a window.

In the middle of the dark space without a single light, a stone brazier was placed in a lump.

“… the time has come.”

A low voice resounded in the darkness that did not seem to be popular.

Soon the culprit did not make a sound of footsteps, but quietly approached the hearth and stood at a distance.

That moment.

Bursting—

A purple flame from the brazier rose as if it could hit the ceiling in an instant, then slowly reduced to the size of a bonfire.

As a result, in the purple-colored space, the shadows of five or six people surrounding the hearth were moving.

[Everyone has gathered.]

[Yeah, except for the idiot behind this time.]

Shadows conversing with each other in low-pitched voices.

[What’s so urgent? Let’s say hello to each other and do it slowly? Kiki kick.]

[You please shut up. Before I rip your mouth open.]

“Everyone seems to have heard the news.”

Since there were so many people with strong personalities, the progress of the meeting was not fast.

As it is not a place to build friendship with each other, in order to advance the story quickly, it was good to ignore unnecessary words and go straight to the main topic.

[Ah, I heard. I couldn’t help but laugh.]

[Khehehe~ Me too. I’ll take it to the branch of the World Tree and go through it like that. Kick Kick.]

Finally, a regular meeting that goes well.

They exchanged information about the past.

“Then, no one knows how the Order and the High Elves found and attacked Nurabe.”

[under! Isn’t the world tree intervening? I guess that idiot didn’t properly leash the sacrifice.]

[Huh, I guess that’s not the case? That old man, did you get the seal right from me?]

Again, various opinions were exchanged, but as nothing was certain, no conclusion was reached immediately.

[Anyway… we need to be more careful…]

[From Marcos, who insisted on monopolizing the fragments of the Immortal King, to Nurabe, who was hiding well. Isn’t this too stressful?]

“I’m talking about the Immortal King… The movement of the denomination these days is not serious.”

The exchange of information that follows.

[The descendant of the immortal king. Can’t we use it?]

[Khehehe! Marcos, what do you do with what you’ve already lost? It’s not bad to hold hands as long as the will is right!]

In the purple space, the dark shadows fluttered and the conversation continued.

After opinions, rebuttals, alternatives, and agreements have been exchanged for a long time…

“We’re going to do that for that matter, so everyone doesn’t have any other agenda, right?”

[Yes, the empire is always at peace.]

[East Island… no abnormality….]

At the same time as the conclusion was drawn, the regular meeting of the pledge of yeokcheon ended.

***

“Jin So-ran, let’s deal with these things as before.”

Heinz came to Jin So-ran’s office, where he was doing various tasks, and laid out a lot of various things.

Expensive magic tools, including those that allow you to use subspace.

Confused for a moment, she jumped up from her seat and opened her eyes.

“Wow… Lord, where do you keep getting these things?”

Although she had already seen it several times before, she burst into exclamation again and looked at the things he had put out.

Since magic tools can only be obtained by returnees, their supply was inevitably limited, so it was not possible to obtain them with money.

“There is a way. How about the last time I told you to prepare?”

“Oh, pepper? Once people have ordered it, we have repackaged everything and stored it.”

It was also convenient to have someone to call.

As long as you give instructions, the small issues will be handled by you.

‘We can’t sell things in plastic or vinyl as they are, so it’s cumbersome, but we need to go through the process one more time. It’s not worth the effort compared to the benefits that can be gained by doing so.’

On Earth, pepper was not very expensive, but in Autherica it was different.

It is quite a high-end spice, and the margin is satisfactory because it is far from the main production area.

It was the perfect starting product for trade.

‘At first, I thought about selling something like artificial jewelry made on Earth.’

Artificial jewelry made with modern technology was difficult to distinguish by any means.

Rather, it has a clean feature with less impurities, so I could use that as a selling point…

‘It’s fatal that it can’t be used for magic because it’s made on Earth.’

The reason why jewelry was expensive in Autherica was not simply because of its aesthetics.

It contains the value as a material that is used in various ways to support the mystery, such as making magic experiments, barriers, and magic tools.

In such a situation, selling defective items that cannot be used for mystery or simply pretty jewelry could get you into trouble.

‘Now that you’re starting a business, you don’t have to take the risk by attracting attention. Let’s sell it at a premium once it settles down.’

Of course, it was a waste to own that good business item.

Isn’t it a business to sell such a unique characteristic as a distinctive distinctiveness?

Rich people would rather add value to such rarity and go crazy.

“Where have the others gone?”

Heinz, having gathered his thoughts, looked around and asked Jin So-ran.

Significantly fewer people than before.

About half of the seats seemed to be empty.

“Ah, there is a problem with Incheon for a while. Jin-seok went directly, so it will be sorted out soon.”

As Heterosys grew in size, many newcomers to its shadow.

Not only the existing hardliners, but also those who belonged to the moderate and neutral factions.

Among them, there was even a gamma named Jinseok, who was an executive of the hardline faction.

‘But it’s more obedient than I thought. If you don’t seem to listen, I tried to turn you into blood.’

He did not come to the villa because he was in charge of the provincial side, but when Heinz visited him in person, he rolled up his tail and swore allegiance on the spot.

Thanks to his faithfulness to his survival instinct, the absorption of the hardliners was quicker, and he was watching with satisfaction.

‘It’s still a pity that we didn’t get much information about Alpha. If he doesn’t look like this, does that mean he’s already left Korea?’

Alpha, the leader of the existing hardline group, presumed to be a level 8 vampire.

I tried to deal with it when I got the chance, but his track has been in the dark since that day.

As they devoured the clan, they continued to search with their influence, but there was no progress.

“I think the situation of the clan has improved a lot thanks to Rod. Of course, our Heterosys, who is leading him, is also getting a bigger voice.”

Heterosys, which rapidly expanded its influence based on the force and financial power derived from Heinz, led the clan and rapidly increased in power.

Of course, if the scale was directly inflated, the Guardians or the Supernatural Powers Bureau had no choice but to be wary, so it was a covert operation in a way of expanding influence from the dark to the organizations in the back world.

‘The guys who sold gold bars at that time also came under my control.’

It sounds like you’re showing a pretty good figure for searching for a market for magic tools.

Certainly, considering the time when they traded, they were capable of their own.

‘Now that I see it, I have to move and move soon…’

In the meantime, after I found out about the Bunchunhoe, I was busy making plans for it, so I couldn’t even think of luxury.

But now you can relax a little, so you can prepare slowly from now on.

‘Of course not right now.’

“Did you say there was a problem with Incheon? I don’t have anything to do right now, so I’ll go see it myself.”

It was necessary to stabilize the clan as soon as possible.

Right now, a big event that will shake up Auterica is on the horizon.

When this event is over, the ‘Home Theater: The Demon King and the Hero’ operation will begin in earnest, and Heinz will be busy without a second thought.

***

It’s been a week since High Elf Lapori’s search for the Immortal King began.

I have searched quite a few forests according to my priorities, but with no results.

Heinrich was able to attend the mid-term meeting, which had been arranged after he had skimmed through one candidate, to hear the progress together.

Now that he was also deeply involved in this operation, he was given priority over the work of the Holy Knights.

‘Anyway, it’s all about doing things while observing from behind.’

Lapori smiled shyly and organized the documents in the area where the investigation was completed.

“Hmm, I’ve skimmed all the areas that I thought were the most probable, but the results didn’t follow me, so I can’t go ahead and raise my face with confidence.”

At Lapori’s embarrassing words, the saint and the archbishop resolutely shook their heads, saying that was not the case.

“I am only grateful for Lapori-sama’s efforts like this. It was our denomination that decided the search order in the first place.”

“Actually, you might be in a completely different area without forests. Even if that happens, it’s not a bad thing, as it can greatly narrow the area.”

“Thanks to that, the church’s search squads are still intensively looking at areas without forests. Needless to say, there has been a significant increase in efficiency.”

As they said, search personnel who were still in operation were mainly dispatched to areas such as deserts and wastelands.

Of course, the search for the forest had not been completed yet, but the church needed to prepare for an emergency in advance.

Archbishop Latius looked at the continental evangelism and priorities on the wall.

“Then let’s take a look at the candidates for the next rank. Let’s see… This time around 30% of the area.”

“hahaha, now that probability doesn’t seem to mean much.”

“Hmmm, that’s unavoidable, isn’t it? Lady.”

“oh! Yes. It must have been the result of the efforts of many people. I was too indifferent.”

The saint made a face of self-blame and sighed.

He said it was okay, but he seemed to be mentally impatient with no results.

“Well, it’s already late today, so starting tomorrow, we’ll take a look at these areas in turn.”

“ah! Thank you, Lapori. You must be tired, so please go in and rest.”

The seat was destroyed, and Heinrich, who was observing the progress of the Hans search operation in real time, returned to his dormitory.

‘It’s finally here… There’s really not much left now.’

On the fifteenth day after the start of the search, the Forest of Monsters located in the western part of the continent was included as the next candidate.

‘I’m glad I was able to make it on time though.’

Because I just got the results of my research.

The same time as Heinrich headed home.

[Huh… Finally succeeded!]

A grim laughter resounded as if from hell in a cave.

[After all, there is no such thing as impossible for Hans-sama. Given enough time, this is not a big deal.]

The descendant of the Immortal King, Akrich Hans, had his black robe wide open to expose his ribs.

An object that shows off its presence between the empty gaps in the bare white ribs.

It was a fragment of the ‘Heart of the Immortal King’, a black gem that pulsed periodically like a heart.

But there was a big difference from before.

Its appearance was unclear and opaque.

[Kukkuk…. Phase subspace using this body. exists but does not exist With this, this body has come closer to perfection! Ha ha ha ha!]

He created a space that overlapped with his existence, and put the heart extracted with “immortality” there.

To put it simply, it was as if Hans’s body itself had been turned into a subspace magic tool.

If it were a human… no, it was a journey that would have been absolutely impossible if it had been a living being.

Of course, it wasn’t the right way, but I gave up complete disconnection, and the space was only about the inside of the ribs…

That kind of problem was nothing to him.

‘The first goal has already been achieved!’

By making the body itself into a pseudo-subspace, it ignored the limitations of fragments, and was able to smoothly create a passage for supplying black magic.

Needless to say, it became easy to hide its existence.

When the whole was exposed and when only one passage was connected, the difficulty of hiding it could not be the same.

‘In addition, I was able to use 「Immortal」 properly.’

Now, even if the whole body is turned to powder, it can be recovered in an instant with the black magic supplied through the passage.

In order to defeat him, a blow that rips apart the entire space or magic to deal with it became essential.

‘And there’s no way Hans would tolerate such an attack.’

A satisfactory result in many ways.

It was a few days before Lapori’s search for the monster forest began.