The Spatial Ability User Who Puts Safety Above All Chapter 75

Companion (1)

[Each country says that if AbsoluteSafetyFirst does not want it, they will not make any official announcement whatsoever.]

Seon Yul’s curiosity was completely resolved with a single phone call from Cha Seong Hyeon.

“So I bombed their territories without permission and without even asking first… and they really don’t have any complaints?”

[None. In fact, most of them asked us to pass along their thanks for cleaning up the troublesome Old Blood. France seemed to have some… dissatisfaction, but even they have absolutely no intention of openly antagonizing AbsoluteSafetyFirst.]

“Hmm…”

After hearing Cha Seong Hyeon’s explanation, Seon Yul roughly understood what kind of situation this was. However, that didn’t mean he liked it.

‘This isn’t what I wanted…’

Originally, Seon Yul’s goal had been to show the entire world what would happen if anyone tried to mess with him.

But before he could even present that example, everyone had already started behaving cautiously, which left him a bit perplexed.

“I understand for now. Ah! By the way… I heard that there was a bounty on the head of Old Blood’s leader. Would it be difficult for me to receive that?”

One hundred million dollars was by no means a small amount. If it could be claimed, then naturally it should be claimed.

[About that… I looked into it separately, but… because AbsoluteSafetyFirst eliminated everything so thoroughly… there’s absolutely no evidence confirming the death of Old Blood’s leader. Of course, we believe there’s an extremely high probability that he died, but the bounty can only be paid if there is clear evidence…]

Sometimes handling things too perfectly ended up causing problems like this.

“Ah. Evidence…”

Seon Yul briefly wondered if he should have assassinated the leader separately if he had known this would happen, but it was already too late to regret it.

“That’s unfortunate, but it can’t be helped. By the way, have any of the remaining Old Blood members made any kind of statement?”

It was true that Seon Yul had nearly wiped out Old Blood, but there was a high chance that some minor remnants remained. Normally, when something like this happened, Old Blood would release a statement to the world announcing that they were still active, so he was curious whether there had been any such movement.

Naturally, if there were, Seon Yul planned to erase those remnants as well.

[Not yet. But it’s unlikely that they will in the future. According to intelligence from the US information agency, Old Blood has essentially been annihilated, and any remaining members are expected to hide the fact that they were part of Old Blood and live completely different lives.]

“Hmm. So it’s basically over?”

[Yes, it’s over.]

“Understood. If anything changes later, please let me know.”

[It probably won’t happen, but if any unusual signs are detected, we’ll contact you immediately.]

Old Blood had been destroyed, and the countries that had been bombed were all busy keeping quiet about it. In that case, there was nothing more Seon Yul could do.

In the end, he had no choice but to be satisfied with simply having eradicated Old Blood.

Although he still felt somewhat uneasy about it, Seon Yul decided to end the Old Blood extermination operation there and return to his daily life.

 

***

 

The very first thing Seon Yul did after returning to his normal life was keep his promise.

He went to find Cheon Li Yu and told her that they would go ‘hunting,’ just as he had promised.

Naturally, Cheon Li Yu nodded with a bright smile.

She had several official schedules lined up, but she immediately canceled all of them and finished preparing for the hunt right away.

Before coming to see Cheon Li Yu, Seon Yul had already gone to the hunting grounds in Australia and opened an entrance to Absolute Space there, so he immediately took her with him and moved to Australia.

Cheon Li Yu’s current level was 16.

And the level of her awakened ability, Divine Eye, was 3.

Since her overall level was quite low, under normal circumstances, she should have been hunting in the hunting grounds located in the former North Korean region.

However, Seon Yul boldly skipped those hunting grounds and instead brought her to the Sandworm Gate area in Australia, where he normally hunted.

For a level-16 Cheon Li Yu, it was a fairly dangerous hunting ground, but Seon Yul didn’t care at all.

The reason was simple.

‘Because it’s safe!’

Inside Absolute Space, Seon Yul was giving Cheon Li Yu some basic instructions.

What he was teaching her was how to use various weapons.

From smaller firearms to larger weapons such as the K9X, the K3 stealth tank, and even the railgun.

Among the weapons stored inside Absolute Space, Seon Yul taught Cheon Li Yu how to use nearly all of them except for the cursed Death Spear and the wire-type weapons.

The reason Seon Yul was absolutely confident in Cheon Li Yu’s safety was that he had no intention of letting her go outside Absolute Space.

In fact, Absolute Space was an awakened ability with incredible efficiency when it came to raising someone’s strength.

In RPG terms, it was specialized for ‘power leveling.’

Cheon Li Yu simply needed to operate the various weapons inside Absolute Space according to Seon Yul’s instructions.

On top of that, her Divine Eye ability was perfectly suited for receiving that kind of ‘power leveling.’

With Divine Eye combined with Target Designation, any shot or bombardment could achieve a 100% hit rate, so in some ways it could even be more powerful than when Seon Yul himself fired.

Especially in the case of the railgun installed inside Absolute Space. Its main weakness was that its accuracy was slightly lacking, but if Cheon Li Yu handled it, it could become accurate enough to hit even a small button at maximum range.

‘You could call this the final perfected version of a Shadow Worker.’

While watching Cheon Li Yu diligently practice weapon usage according to his instructions, Seon Yul was reminded of the Shadow Workers.

Shadow Workers could move according to his commands, but were incapable of carrying out complex instructions.

Cheon Li Yu, on the other hand, was an incomparably superior assistant.

“Alright, let’s eat and continue practicing afterward.”

Seon Yul planned to take several days to teach Cheon Li Yu at a relaxed pace.

Since he had already acknowledged her as a companion who would help him continuously in the future, everything needed to be done properly.

That was why he intended to teach her thoroughly from the very beginning.

Seon Yul brought Cheon Li Yu, who had been practicing, to the residential area and began preparing food.

In fact, this was the first time he had ever cooked food in this space for someone other than himself.

“Would a simple squid rice bowl be okay?”

Since it was lunch, Seon Yul didn’t intend to make anything extravagant, so he asked Cheon Li Yu while looking at her.

Still sitting somewhat awkwardly at the table, she naturally nodded.

“Yes, anything is fine!”

After hearing her answer, Seon Yul opened the refrigerator and took out two fresh squids.

In reality, he hadn’t taken them from the refrigerator. He simply opened the refrigerator door to make it look that way while secretly purchasing them from the All-Purpose Tool Shop.

Although Seon Yul considered Cheon Li Yu a complete companion, he didn’t think it was necessary to show her absolutely everything, so he concealed small details like this.

He washed the squids under running water and skillfully cleaned them.

Then he took out onions and green onions, prepared them as well, and began stir-frying all the ingredients together with various seasonings.

Once everything was cooked, he simply placed it on top of rice that had already been prepared, and the squid rice bowl was complete.

Since this was a dish Seon Yul could make very easily, he finished two bowls in no time and placed them on the table.

And at that exact moment…

An unexpected system message appeared.

[You have satisfied the hidden condition <A dish made in a special kitchen and served to someone>. One ‘Heavenly Cuisine’ recipe has been activated.]

‘Huh?’

This was something Seon Yul had never expected, so even he was startled.

 

[Squid Rice Bowl Seasoned with Magic Stone Powder (Heavenly Cuisine) <SS+>]

— If a small amount of magic stone powder is sprinkled while preparing the stir-fried squid for the squid rice bowl, mana will infuse the dish and produce a special effect.

[Cooking Effect] The people who share this dish will be able to communicate through ‘telepathy.’

[Duration] 6 hours.

 

‘Wow… what is this?’

He already knew that Heavenly Cuisine recipes could unlock under various conditions, but this one had appeared so suddenly, and even the effect itself was extremely unusual.

“Wow, this is really delicious!”

The moment she tasted the squid rice bowl, Cheon Li Yu looked surprised and raised her thumb.

Naturally, the squid rice bowl tasted excellent.

“I made plenty, so eat as much as you want.”

Seon Yul, who had obtained a Heavenly Cuisine recipe even more satisfying than the meal itself, also replied with a cheerful smile.

And so the two of them finished a very satisfying lunch together.

After several days of continuous training, Cheon Li Yu was now capable of handling almost every weapon perfectly.

If she had been an ordinary woman, most of these weapons would have been difficult for her to handle due to physical limitations.

But since she was a mana user, that wasn’t a problem at all.

In fact, she learned how to use the weapons extremely quickly, and as expected, thanks to Divine Eye, she soon began displaying extraordinary shooting ability.

Once Cheon Li Yu’s preparations were complete, Seon Yul immediately opened an entrance to Absolute Space leading to the Sandworm Gate area and began the hunt.

Sandworms were A+-rank monsters, but they usually traveled in groups ranging from at least five to as many as twenty, so the first step was to locate a group.

There were no other mana users anywhere in the Sandworm Gate region, which was only natural.

An A+ monster. And not one that simply roamed the surface, but a monster that moved underground.

On top of that, it was a group-type monster where you had to fight at least five at once and up to twenty if you were unlucky.

And even after killing them, they didn’t drop any useful material items, nor did they drop jackpot items or soul enchants.

That was the Sandworm.

For these reasons, Sandworms were considered one of the least popular monsters in Australia’s Death Field.

Of course, Seon Yul had chosen this place precisely because of those reasons.

‘Please let it be a group of twenty.’

After leaving Cheon Li Yu waiting inside Absolute Space, Seon Yul himself acted as bait and searched for a Sandworm group.

Unlike normal users, he actually wanted a group containing as many Sandworms as possible.

Since his goal for hunting here was purely experience points, the larger the group of Sandworms, the better.

Seon Yul wandered through the West MacDonnell Ranges searching for Sandworm groups.

Like the captain of a fishing vessel searching for schools of fish, he moved through the mountains looking for Sandworms himself.

After about ten minutes of searching, he finally felt something moving underground.

‘Found them!’

The moment he sensed their movement, Seon Yul immediately started running even faster.

Since Sandworms detected enemies through ground vibrations, the faster Seon Yul ran, the more Sandworms began converging toward him.

‘One, two… ten, eleven.’

While running, Seon Yul roughly counted the number of Sandworms that had begun chasing him.

There were eleven.

After gathering a suitable group of Sandworms, Seon Yul stopped at an appropriate location.

Even then, the Sandworms rapidly approached him, and Seon Yul immediately opened an entrance to Absolute Space behind him.

Tssssss.

The moment the entrance opened, eleven Sandworms burst up from the ground, trying to bite Seon Yul and drag him underground.

But right then…

Seon Yul raised his right arm upward.

Shrrrraaaak!

Threads of Arachne silk shot out from his right hand and firmly attached themselves somewhere on the cliff above.

Snap!

Seon Yul grabbed the Arachne thread and lightly lifted his body.

At that moment, the Sandworms erupted from the ground, baring their sharp teeth toward the airborne Seon Yul.

But Seon Yul was faster than they were, and naturally their jaws snapped at nothing but empty air.

And at that exact moment when both Seon Yul and the Sandworms were suspended in midair…

Inside the already open entrance to Absolute Space stood Cheon Li Yu, holding the GAU-8 Avenger.

Following Seon Yul’s instructions, she activated the GAU-8 at precisely that timing.

Whiiiiiiir—BRRRRRRRRRRT!

The bullets pouring out of the GAU-8 passed straight through the entrance of Absolute Space and rained down outside.

The Sandworms, completely exposed to that barrage, were all torn apart in midair and obliterated.