The Spatial Ability User Who Puts Safety Above All – Chapter 73

Author: Cireng

A Warning to the World (1)

Jang told everything he knew, just as the others had done.

At first, he had even resolved not to reveal his own name. But the moment the spear that Seon Yul was holding lightly touched his body, he realized how foolish that thought had been. After that, the words poured out of him, and he told everything without holding anything back.

In the beginning, everything is difficult. But once you get past that first moment, everything becomes easy.

And so Jang generously revealed all the information he had, and then departed for a faraway place from which he could never return.

Still, because he gave up relatively quickly, he was able to leave with slightly less suffering.

Through Jang, Seon Yul was able to secure a considerable amount of information.

Among them were several decisive pieces of intelligence.

For example, the location and structure of Oldblood’s main headquarters.

And the true identity of Oldblood’s leader.

After organizing the information, Seon Yul began thinking about how he should secure his own safety.

Of course, he had no intention of simply letting things slide.

“Then… let’s show them properly. Let’s show everyone in this world what happens if they touch me!”

Seon Yul intended to use this opportunity to send a warning to everyone.

His goal was to clearly demonstrate just how far he was capable of going if someone provoked him… so that no one would ever dare to touch him carelessly again.

“But to do that…”

However, he would need one person’s help.

A technique capable of delivering a definite impact to everyone.

That technique was “God’s Hammer.”

And to activate it, he naturally needed Cheon Li Yu’s help.

“Hm…”

Seon Yul pondered for a moment.

Normally, asking Cheon Li Yu for help with something personal like this wasn’t really Seon Yul’s style.

But he finished thinking much faster than expected.

And his decision was…

“I’ll ask.”

To receive help.

***

“I’ll help! People like those bastards… I also think they should disappear from this world.”

Cheon Li Yu answered without even a second of hesitation.

She had always been prepared to help Seon Yul whenever the moment came.

In fact, Seon Yul was practically the only person who truly knew her identity and abilities, so Cheon Li Yu believed that if she were ever to use her power to help someone, that person should be Seon Yul.

“Thank you.”

“It’s nothing. So what should I do?”

“For now… I’ll finish preparing everything and come to pick you up. When that time comes, just come with me and do the same thing you did back in Jeju Island.”

“Okay! Understood.”

Cheon Li Yu replied energetically.

It almost seemed like she had been waiting for a moment like this.

After hearing Cheon Li Yu’s confirmation and hanging up, Seon Yul began seriously preparing to punish Oldblood.

Meanwhile, Cha Seong Hyeon kept contacting him as well, but Seon Yul simply sent one text saying:

“I just did it because I wanted to, so please don’t contact me about this matter.”

After that, he ignored Cha Seong Hyeon’s messages for a while.

Right now, Seon Yul’s mind contained only one thing: punishing Oldblood.

“Oldblood… you really messed with the wrong person.”

Seon Yul had never been particularly interested in Oldblood’s ideology in the first place.

If they had simply left him alone, he probably wouldn’t have cared at all about whatever they were doing somewhere in the world.

But they had touched Seon Yul.

And as a result, Seon Yul was now planning to erase them cleanly from this world.

“Let’s start with the main headquarters.”

Seon Yul was well aware of what kind of organization Oldblood was.

Even before awakening as a mana user, Seon Yul had been an ordinary person deeply interested in the Mana Civilization System, so naturally, he had known quite a bit about Oldblood… the extremist militant organization most strongly opposed to that system.

Especially since conspiracy theorists had spread all sorts of bizarre rumors about Oldblood, Seon Yul himself had once believed they were something like the Illuminati or Freemasons, secretly controlling the world from the shadows.

However, after becoming entangled with Oldblood this time and obtaining a lot of real information from Cha Seong Hyeon, he learned the truth.

Oldblood was not some secret society.

Rather, it was an organization formed by members of the old human elite who either failed to adapt to the new mana civilization or lost their privileged status because of it.

And after hearing even more core information directly from Jean Philippe, one of Oldblood’s key executives, Seon Yul was able to understand Oldblood with complete certainty.

“I’ll make sure they never even dare to oppose me.”

Since he was going to do this anyway, Seon Yul intended to make an overwhelming example of them.

That was precisely why he had recruited Cheon Li Yu.

The Oldblood main headquarters that Seon Yul chose as his first target was located in France’s Morvan Natural Park region.

More precisely, it was located at a place called Château de Chandioux, near the Morvan Natural Park.

It was such a remote location that no one would imagine that the global headquarters of Oldblood operated from there.

Château de Chandioux itself was a ruined ancient castle, so from the outside it naturally appeared to be a place where no one lived.

However, beneath the castle, Oldblood had constructed their headquarters underground.

They had built a massive facility extending deep underground, allowing them to manage Oldblood’s global operations without any problems.

The leader of Oldblood, Jacques Locard, had poured an astronomical amount of money into completing this headquarters.

The reason he built it in such a secretive and secure location was simple: safety.

Oldblood’s activities were the kind that could easily attract threats from entire nations, so the headquarters could not be exposed in a place where it could easily be attacked.

Jacques Locard named this headquarters Sanctuaire (Sanctuary) and called it the final bastion for protecting human dignity.

Naturally, numerous Oldblood members were stationed there.

And Jacques Locard himself usually stayed there as well unless something special happened, listening in real time to reports coming from all over the world and issuing various orders accordingly.

At this very moment, many people were busily moving around inside Sanctuaire, deep beneath Château de Chandioux.

All of them were Oldblood members who believed that for humanity to survive, mana must disappear.

And now…

Seon Yul had finally appeared near Château de Chandioux.

“There it is.”

To reach this place, Seon Yul had used Real Painting [The Door] nine times.

It took him four full days to finally arrive near the castle.

In a way, it took longer than flying by airplane.

But Seon Yul had never intended to enter any country through official procedures in the first place, so even though it took longer, he preferred coming this way.

“The headquarters was built roughly 70 meters underground, right?”

After carefully recalling the size and location of Sanctuaire, Seon Yul slowly looked up toward the sky above Château de Chandioux.

“Well then… shall we begin?”

Since he had already prepared the entire plan, Seon Yul immediately began moving.

“First, I’ll open one entrance to the Absolute Space…”

He opened an entrance to the Absolute Space in a hidden spot near the castle, then immediately used another entrance he had previously prepared to return to Korea.

After returning to Korea, Seon Yul moved in front of Cheon Li Yu’s house to pick her up and contact her.

Already prepared in advance, Cheon Li Yu immediately entered the Absolute Space through Seon Yul’s pickup.

This was her second time entering the Absolute Space.

Looking around with fascination, she examined her surroundings.

It was clearly not part of reality, yet the residential area of the Absolute Space contained all sorts of everyday objects, just like a well-decorated studio apartment.

Naturally, she found it amazing.

“Would you like some coffee?”

Seon Yul asked Cheon Li Yu, who was sitting in a chair, as he walked into the kitchen.

“C-coffee?”

“Yes. Would you like it iced? Or hot?”

“Oh! If possible… I’d like an iced Americano.”

After Cheon Li Yu placed her order, Seon Yul immediately operated the coffee machine to make it.

The ‘Perfect Heavenly Kitchen Containing All Kitchen Tools,’ which Seon Yul had recently purchased with a considerable number of magic stones, included a coffee machine.

And since Seon Yul had often worked at his aunt’s café before, he made the iced Americano skillfully.

He made two cups and handed one to Cheon Li Yu while drinking the other himself as they continued talking naturally.

“Once we go outside, there’ll be a crumbling old castle. If you could share your vision above that castle like last time… has your vision-sharing range increased?”

“Yes. My level went up a bit… so it increased.”

“How far can you go now?”

“I’m not completely sure, but… based on my feeling, probably somewhere between five and six kilometers.”

The range Cheon Li Yu mentioned was almost double what it had been during the Jeju Island incident.

This was thanks not only to her awakening ability, Divine Eye (SSS), leveling up by two stages, but also to her continuous practice improving her mastery.

“Wow… that’s more than enough.”

At that height, Seon Yul was actually worried that if the starting drop point became too high, the accuracy of God’s Hammer might decrease sharply.

“Is it the same attack as last time?”

“Yes.”

Since Seon Yul had already revealed a significant amount of information to Cheon Li Yu anyway, he answered honestly without trying to hide it.

“Then… would it help if I could designate the exact location where that big sphere will fall?”

While drinking the iced Americano Seon Yul had made, Cheon Li Yu asked very cautiously.

“Designate? If that’s possible, that would be incredible. Actually, I was just worrying about what height to set because of the accuracy.”

“Really? Then I think I can help a bit more!”

Hearing this, Cheon Li Yu smiled brightly with relief.

“You mean… You can designate the point where the sphere will fall?”

“Yes. I can clearly designate the place where the sphere will land.”

Cheon Li Yu could say this confidently thanks to an ability she obtained as a level reward called ‘Target Designation.’

This ability allowed her to ensure that a projectile she designated would hit the target she designated with perfect accuracy.

Of course, it had limitations.

She could designate only one projectile and one target at a time, and after using the ability, it had a 1-minute cooldown before it could be used again.

But in practice, this limitation wasn’t much of a problem.

“Does it still work even if the projectile wasn’t thrown or fired by you?”

“Yes, it does. Just in case, I even went to a professional baseball game to test it.”

“…Huh.”

Seon Yul couldn’t help making a somewhat stunned expression.

Being able to designate the target of a projectile was an ability far more incredible than it sounded.

Especially when combined with Cheon Li Yu’s existing ability, Divine Eye…

It essentially created a perfect sniping capability.

And most importantly, it eliminated the only weakness God’s Hammer had.

“That’s amazing.”

Seon Yul raised his thumb toward Cheon Li Yu, acknowledging her ability sincerely.

He had already thought it before, but now it was even clearer.