Level Up Machine

Chapter 135 Consecutive Incidents (3)

“Are you asking about the power of the Salvator Guild…?”

Bae Seong-hoon, who had been quietly listening, asked him.

Yeong-sik nodded slowly.

“Yes. They don’t know about us.

Therefore, we can launch an unexpected attack.”

Bae Seong-hoon narrowed his eyes as he watched him speak with such confidence.

He knew that the Salvator Guild had been powerful enough in the past to stand shoulder to shoulder with the three major guilds.

But that was a story from the past.

The Salvator Guild had completely fallen apart due to internal conflict.

And above all, a considerable amount of time had passed since their downfall.

No guild had remained stagnant without growth.

Even if the Salvator Guild regained the strength of its heyday, it couldn’t compare to the current three major guilds.

‘I’ve heard that the guild master of the Salvator Guild is undoubtedly strong… but for one powerful individual to control a war, they would need to be at least on Park Si-a’s level.’

“I truly appreciate the help from the Salvator Guild, but their strength seems insufficient for a surprise attack…”

Bae Seong-hoon, about to express his doubt about their strength, sensed something strange and stopped speaking.

What he found strange was the reaction of those around him.

Even if the Salvator Guild members reacted as expected, even Park Si-a was looking at him with an awkward smile.

As if to say, ‘You can only say that because you don’t know anything.’

‘What is this?’

He pondered whether he had said something wrong.

But no matter how much he thought about it, his reaction seemed justified.

From what he had heard, the guild leader of the Salvator Guild, Tiria von Erman, had the power to defeat any ordinary ranker.

Inheriting the power of an angel, one of the realms of myth, her strength was beyond doubt.

The problem was that Kim Jae-hyun, whom they had to face, was no ordinary ranker.

For him to suffer a fatal blow, her strength alone was far from sufficient.

“……Well, I understand Bae Seong-hoon’s reaction.”

Park Si-a sighed shortly and turned to Yeong-sik.

If she didn’t know about him, she would have reacted exactly the same as Bae Seong-hoon.

“Are you planning to use that suit?”

Park Si-a recalled when they raided the Tomb of the Forgotten.

The blue giant that made her feel an overwhelming sense of powerlessness when she faced Kim Jae-hyun.

It was Yeong-sik who had killed that monster, whose level was unknown.

‘If it’s him, he could…’

Clear anger appeared in Park Si-a’s eyes.

Kim Jae-hyun.

Every time she thought about him, her heart felt like it was being squeezed.

A burning anger spread throughout her body.

Park Si-a took a deep breath to calm herself. Now was not the time to react emotionally.

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“Hmm. Certainly, if you’re with Yeong-sik, defeating Kim Jae-hyun won’t be difficult. But the power of the Abaddon Guild isn’t just Kim Jae-hyun. The Abaddon Guild, the Ixis Kingdom army, and the captured Elnote Kingdom soldiers will be defending the castle.”

“I have thought of a plan for that.”

“A plan?”

Park Si-a tilted her head in curiosity.

Yeong-sik had just arrived here and learned that Prince Luan had been murdered for the first time.

Yet, he claimed to have a plan?

As she looked at him with a puzzled expression, Han-seong spoke up.

“…Are you planning to use that?”

“Yes. When it comes to war, that’s the most suitable option.”

“But wasn’t most of it destroyed in this expedition?”

“We can still make C-grade and B-grade ones with the remaining materials.”

As the conversation between Yeong-sik and Han-seong continued, Park Si-a’s expression grew more puzzled.

“What exactly are you talking about?”

“The android legion. It’s the best force to perform in a war.”

“What? Excuse me?”

“What nonsense… Ahem. Excuse me. But what are you talking about with suits and androids?”

At Yeong-sik’s mention of an android legion, Park Si-a and Bae Seong-hoon looked at him in disbelief.

Seeing their reactions, Han-seong gave a bitter smile.

“It might be quicker to show you directly.”

“There are some materials in my inventory, so we can make one right now.”

As he said this, Yeong-sik took out a B-grade metal core and used his manufacturing skill.

-Paaaah!

With a blue light, a human figure formed in the air.

“This, this is…?”

“A real android…?”

Park Si-a and the Bae brothers, Bae Seong-hoon and Bae Yeong-hoon, stared in shock at the android that had been created before their eyes.

“Si-a, you know that I can make machines, right?”

“Ah, yes… That’s correct.”

“This android was made using the mechanical engineer skill. I tested its power during this expedition, and it can be a significant force in large-scale battles like wars.”

At his explanation, Park Si-a rubbed her forehead as if she had a headache.

Even though it was his ability, I only knew he could make things like refrigerators or microwaves. I never imagined he could create such over-technology machines.

“…Are you saying this was made with a skill?”

Bae Seong-hoon stroked the android before him, unable to believe it.

“That’s right.”

“I knew that mechanical products were popular in the east recently, but I never expected an android…

“Isn’t this enough for a ‘surprise attack’?”

“O…”

At Yeong-sik’s question, Bae Seong-hoon swallowed hard.

“Certainly, it could be an unexpected force.”

No matter how powerful Kim Jae-hyun was, he wouldn’t have imagined androids would appear.

“But how strong is this force? It’s not like what we see in movies…”

If it were Earth, just the ability to manufacture an android legion would make for the ultimate army.

But the Elnote Continent is different.

Here, it was filled with superhumans far beyond human limits.

With mediocre power, androids would just be heaps of scrap metal.

“If we gather all the android legions we can operate, they could challenge your guild members in battle. Ah, excluding the rankers, of course.”

“…That’s incredible.”

Even excluding rankers, the fact that creations from a skill could fight against the forces of the top three guilds was astounding.

It was a mind-blowing ability, one that seemed almost overpowered even among hidden classes.

“Mechanical monsters and now androids. I wonder if I’m still on the Elnote Continent these days.”

Park Si-a sighed deeply as she spoke.

Wasn’t the Elnote Continent supposed to be a typical otherworld fantasy with swords, magic, and dragons?

She couldn’t understand why android legions and mechanical monsters were appearing in such a setting.

‘It’s one thing to have a suit…

Legend has it that armor made by a legendary blacksmith could explosively increase all of the wearer’s stats.

So she thought that the suit Yeong-sik wore was one of those kinds of armor.

‘But seeing this, it seems that’s not the case.’

She brushed her blue hair aside and looked at Yeong-sik.

When they accepted Cheon Tae-hwang, she thought they had gotten the best out of the 61st round of summoners.

But seeing Yeong-sik’s amazing abilities, she regretted not discovering him sooner.

‘If he had come to the Leviathan Guild…

Cheon Tae-hwang and Yeong-sik. If she had obtained both of them.

She thought that by now, she might have completed the Eastern Alliance she envisioned and started the northern conquest.

Park Si-a turned her gaze away from him, hiding her regret.

“In that case, let’s talk about the specifics of the operation. Since we’ve never fought alongside the android unit before, we’ll need to adjust the troop deployment…”

“Oh, I have thought of something for that as well.”

“…Go ahead.”

Yeong-sik began to speak about the ‘operation’ he had been thinking of since he first heard about the war.

As he continued, Bae Yeong-hoon, Bae Seong-hoon, and Park Si-a all let out a helpless laugh.

“…So that’s why you used the term ‘surprise attack.'”

Bae Seong-hoon nodded in understanding after hearing his plan.

“Hah… It’s certainly hard to find a better term for this operation.”

Park Si-a also nodded, her expression one of disbelief.

The strategy he mentioned uniquely utilized the strengths of the android legion.

‘Furthermore, if there’s a high possibility of a siege battle against the Abaddon Guild in Leopold… Yeong-sik’s strategy might achieve results beyond imagination.’

Park Si-a looked around at the people gathered in the conference room and spoke.

“First, we will carry out the operation in a week. In the meantime, please everyone prepare your forces.”

“Understood. But where exactly is the Abaddon Guild gathering its forces?”

Yeong-sik asked, narrowing his eyes.

“It’s in Leopold, the capital of the Elnote Kingdom. The Abaddon Guild has drawn in the Ixis Kingdom army and completely occupied the capital.”

“…So, the enemy we have to fight is a combined force of two kingdom armies and a large guild?”

The Ixis Kingdom army had entered the capital alongside the Abaddon Guild. And then there were the Elnote Kingdom soldiers who originally guarded Leopold.

If all these forces were ideally combined, they would create an army so powerful that it could hardly be called a mere kingdom.

To Yeong-sik’s question, Park Si-a slowly shook her head and replied.

“It’s not clear. However, they couldn’t have gathered all their forces in such a short time. Rather, it’s likely that the Elnote Kingdom soldiers will side with us.”

From the perspective of the Elnote Kingdom soldiers, the Abaddon Guild was a militant group that had seized power through a coup.

If the king killed in the coup had been incompetent like Hendrick, it might have been different. But given that they had killed Luan, who had the enthusiastic support of the people, the kingdom’s soldiers were unlikely to follow them willingly.

“…What about disguising someone as Luan to deceive the kingdom’s soldiers?”

“Impossible. The Abaddon Guild brazenly marched into the royal castle and carried out a massacre.”

“I see.”

Yeong-sik nodded in understanding.

‘If they had planned to assassinate him in secret and disguise someone as Luan, the news of his death wouldn’t have reached Leviathan.’

Thinking that, Yeong-sik stood up. Following him, Tiria and Han-seong also rose.

“Then we’ll be on our way. We don’t have much time to prepare the ‘operation’ I mentioned earlier.”

Thud. The sound of the conference room door closing echoed quietly.

After he left, Bae Seong-hoon turned his head towards her.

He grabbed his head in confusion and spoke.

“Who exactly is that summoner?”

“Well…”

Park Si-a’s words trailed off as she tried to explain Yeong-sik to the two brothers.

How could she describe the extraordinary being that was Yeong-sik?

An unpredictable freak?

A summoner with fantastical skills?

A human who seemed to come from another world, not another realm?

None of these descriptions seemed to capture him perfectly.

Lost in thought, Park Si-a slowly spoke.

“He… is someone from a different genre.”

She let out a deep sigh, as if she couldn’t find a better way to describe him.