Part 2 Chapter 138: Say That to Your Own Faces! / 862
TL: Hanguk
Level 9 World <Sirion>
"I, Volkan Zahir, the Great Red Dragon, command you. Everyone, halt."
Level 7 World <Jisran>
"I, Hatru Yul, the Great Golden Dragon, command you. The war is over. All forces are to return to their own worlds."
Level 8 World <Oron>
"I, Lahit Mamebe, the Great White Dragon, command you. As of this moment, the war has ended. Defiance will not be tolerated."
Level 6 World <Rigas>
"I, Mineru Aster, the Great Blue Dragon, command you. Return to your own worlds immediately. Refusal means death."
At Sejun's request, the Great Dragons had deployed across the worlds and swiftly brought the Dimensional War to an end.
Who started the war first, who was the victim, who had a grievance... none of that mattered to the Great Dragons.
And that very indifference from the Great Dragons was a huge help in stopping the wars from escalating. There was no reasoning with them.
Of course, not everyone meekly obeyed the Great Dragons' orders. There were always those who had to learn things the hard way.
The skies above the level 7 World <Hamk>.
Over a thousand massive airships that had crossed over from the level 10 World <Keltic> for the invasion filled the sky,
"O Ham-God! Save us!"
"Save us~!"
and Archbishop Kalchi of the Ham-God Church was offering prayers to Iona alongside the residents of Hamk. In the face of such overwhelming power, prayer was all they could do.
Just then,
Gooooo.
A black dragon suddenly appeared in the sky.
"I, Rudion Pritani, the Great Black Dragon, command you. End the war and go back at once."
...Just go back?
Grand General Utun, seated in the command room of the largest airship, let out a contemplative hum as he gazed at Rudion.
Out of the question!
"The Emperor's command is absolute. His Imperial Majesty ordered me, Utun, to conquer <Hamk>, and I, the Grand General, shall carry out that order. That is loyalty! And no matter how great a dragon you may be, you cannot withstand twelve hundred airships, the pinnacle of our arcane engineering. Order all airships to subjugate the Great Dragon!"
"Yes, sir! All forces, open fire on the Great Black Dragon!"
Thousands of Magic Cannon rounds rained down toward Rudion.
"How dare you defy the command of the Great Black Dragon, Rudion Pritani...."
Rudion was far more enraged by the refusal of his command than by the Magic Cannon rounds flying toward him.
Hwooo.
He drew in a deep breath.
Then, taking the incoming Magic Cannon rounds head-on,
Kuooooo.
he unleashed a Breath of black darkness at the airships.
A hundred airships swallowed by the Breath vanished without a trace in an instant,
Boom! Cra-crash!
and the remaining airships were sucked into the Breath Rudion had fired, meeting the same fate as the first hundred.
"For defying the command of the Great Black Dragon, Rudion Pritani, your entire nation shall pay the price."
Having annihilated the airships in the blink of an eye, Rudion crossed through the rift into the level 10 World <Keltic>,
"Close."
sealed the rift behind him,
Hwooo.
and drew in another deep breath.
He intended to erase everything bearing the same crest as those airships.
And so, the Agran Empire, which had ruled <Keltic> for hundreds of years, was destroyed by Rudion.
And then,
"We shall enshrine the Great Black Dragon Rudion Pritani, sent to us by the great Ham-God Iona, as a Guardian Dragon of equal standing to Iona-nim within the Ham-God Church!"
"Hooray! Long live the Ham-God!"
"Long live the Guardian Dragon!"
Archbishop Kalchi, having mistakenly believed Iona had sent Rudion, reportedly elevated Rudion to the status of Guardian Dragon.
While the Great Dragons became angels of death on the battlefields, ending the wars,
[The Dimensional Rift that formed at the point of twisted Causality in the level 3 World <Rabin> have been sealed.]
...
..
[As a reward for quest completion, 13 minutes have been credited to <Unique Power: Temporary Creator God>.]
Sejun and his companions were fighting hard as well.
"Whew. Eok-Samchiri, how many are left?"
[The number of remaining rifts is 1,122. As 1,121 rifts have been sealed thus far, nearly half have been closed.]
"We've closed a lot."
"Puhuhut. That's right, meow! Chairman Park, we must've saved up over 10,000 hours by now, meow!"
"Hehehe. Eok-Samchiri, how many hours have I accumulated?"
At Theo's words, Sejun asked System Eok-Samchiri with a happy expression.
And then,
[The total hours currently accumulated by Sejun-nim amount to 17,234.]
The hours Sejun had accumulated had already soared well past his goal of 10,000.
"Oh! Really?! Then once I finish this quest, I need to propose to Aileen!"
"Puhuhut. Chairman Park, you're going to marry Aileen noona, meow?! Congratulations, meow!"
"Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Sejun-nim, congratulations."
"Yeah. Thanks."
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Congratulations on getting married, Dad! Does this mean Cuengi gets to eat tons of noodles?!] [TL: In Korean culture, noodles are traditionally served at weddings.]
"You bet! Hehehe. I'll make sure you eat till you burst!"
Kuehehehe. Kueng!
[Hehehe. Yay!]
Kihihit. Kking?! Kking!
[Hehe. Butler! You know this is all thanks to the great Blackie, right?! As a token of gratitude, the butler should offer Roasted and Dried Sweet Potatoes to the great Blackie for life!]
"Ugh. He'd be less annoying if he couldn't talk."
Kihihit. Kking?!
[Hehe. As if anyone could dare find the great Blackie annoying?!]
"Hehe. Congratulations, Dad! But Taecho wants to marry Dad someday too!"
"Hehehe. Taecho, I'm going to tell Iona to save what you just said, okay? No take-backs later."
"Okay!"
The group congratulated Sejun on his declaration to propose to Aileen.
"Chairman Park, for the honeymoon, the 63rd floor of the Blue Tower would be great, meow! Zelga said that's where giant tuna show up a lot, meow! We can go and eat tons of grilled giant tuna, meow!"
"Huh? Vice Chairman Theo, are you coming too?"
"Meow?! Were you planning to go without me, meow?!"
"It's a honeymoon, so obviously it's just the two of us."
"Meow?! That's not a thing, meow?! Take me, Vice Chairman Theo, with you, meow!"
"Hey! That hurts!"
When Theo clung to Sejun's knee as if he would never let go, Sejun yelped.
Just then,
[Um... sorry to interrupt, but there is something I must tell you.]
"What is it?"
"Meow? What, meow?!"
[Due to lending out Sejun-nim's accumulated hours here and there, only 50 hours remain.]
"I can just get those back later, can't I?"
"Puhuhut. Exactly, meow! We can even collect interest, so what's the problem, meow?! Eok-Samchiri, good work making all those loans, meow!"
[The thing is... of the hours that were lent out, 14,500 are currently overdue.]
"Huh?!"
"Eok-Samchiri, what have you done, meow?! You're getting impeached immediately, meow!"
System Eok-Samchiri had said something utterly shocking.
During the process of converting Causality into time for <Unique Power: Temporary Creator God>, System Eok-Samchiri had had a thought.
Every time Causality was converted into time, an 8% loss occurred. If it were processed in bulk, couldn't the efficiency improve and the losses be reduced?
So, as thousands of rifts appeared and Sejun's accumulated hours grew, the system had lent hours out here and there.
The plan had been to skim the savings from the reduced losses that came from converting large amounts of Causality into <Unique Power: Temporary Creator God> time.
However,
"Huh?!"
They can't even produce enough Causality to pay the interest?!
The system had been far too loose with the loans, and many hours had started going overdue. The problem was lending to those who had no ability to pay them back.
Aaaaah! What if Sejun kills me?!
Of course, bad luck had also played a part.
"Eok-Samchiri, stop all time lending for now."
[Yes.]
"And bring me a plan to fix this, fast."
[Yes, sir! But... Sejun-nim, we need to head to our next destination, the level 7 World <Yusen>, first. There are 3 minutes and 47 seconds until the First Dimensional War breaks out.]
"...Got it. Let's go, everyone."
Sejun moved to the next world with a slightly irritated expression.
***
[You have arrived at the level 7 World <Yusen>.]
"Everyone, let's find the rift quickly."
At Sejun's somewhat stiff tone, the group scrambled into action,
"Whew."
and Sejun let out a heavy sigh.
Park Sejun, why are you taking it out on the kids?
Don't show them your ugly side.
With that deep breath, Sejun shook off his irritation and started searching for the rift. Getting angry over what's already done will only eat him up inside.
Part of it is was his own fault for giving Eok-Samchiri permission to make loans in the first place.
As Sejun was letting go of his frustration and searching for the rift,
"Hey. Ugly, are you a native of this world?"
The orc at the head of a group of ten orcs that had appeared from the opposite direction called out to Sejun. No, picked a fight with him.
The orcs were soldiers who had crossed over from the level 10 World <Orkpia> to the level 7 World <Yusen> on a scouting mission.
"Me?"
Did that pig-head just call me ugly?
Sejun was so dumbfounded that he pointed at himself as he asked,
"Yeah. Do you see any other ugly ones here besides you?"
"Heh. Heh. Heh. Does he not own a mirror?"
"This must be such a backwater that they don't even have mirrors."
"Or maybe he's just shocked at seeing our handsome faces? Heh."
The orcs snickered among themselves, mocking Sejun.
Crack.
Fury erupted inside Sejun's heart, the calm he had just barely managed to regain shattered. This was a humiliation incomparable to anything he had felt when Theo and the rest of the group called him ugly. It was unfair, and it felt absolutely terrible.
So,
"Unique Power, Temporary Creator God, activate."
He decided to boldly spend the time he had been so carefully saving (saving it until it went to waste, anyway).
[<Unique Power: Temporary Creator God> have been activated.]
When Sejun activated the power,
Gooooo.
his aura suddenly transformed.
As Sejun's aura began to overwhelm everything around him,
"Wh-what?! The ugly one suddenly got stronger!"
"Ugly, why'd you get stronger?!"
"No idea! Mr. Ugly, sir, please calm your energy first and let's talk this out!"
"You idiots! Don't just call him ugly to his face! You'll make Mr. Ugly angry!"
The panicking orcs trembled with anxiety and chattered among themselves.
"You little...! Say that to your own faces!"
Naturally, that only made Sejun angrier.
"Starting now, push-ups! On one, 'I am'! On two, 'ugly'!"
"One!"
""I am!""
"Two!"
""Ugly!""
Sejun worked out his frustration by putting the orcs through corrective training.
A short while later.
"Huh?! What are you guys doing there? And who's that ugly one?"
A fresh batch of orc soldiers deployed through the rift discovered Sejun and the soldiers being disciplined by him.
"Unique Power, Temporary Creator God, activate. Get down."
"...Yes, sir!"
Sejun activated his power again and put them through corrective training as well.
And then,
"Puhuhut. How dare you call Chairman Park, ugly! Unforgivable, meow! Take these stamps, meow!"
Press. Press.
"Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Sejun, shall I increase the gravity a bit?"
"Yeah. Those three over there called me ugly multiple times, so crank their gravity up to five times."
"Kyoot kyoot kyoot. Understood. O power of gravity...."
Kueng! Kueng!
[Do it properly! If you slack off, Cuengi will teach you a lesson!]
Pow! Pow!
The group joined in tormenting the orcs.
Grrr. Kking?! Kking!
[Grrr. You dared call the butler ugly?! The only one who gets to call the butler ugly is the great Blackie!]
"Taecho's mad! They're way uglier than Dad! And they called slightly-ugly Dad ugly!"
On the other hand, Blackie and Taecho engaged in friendly fire.
"Blackie, no Roasted and Dried Sweet Potatoes for a week."
Kking?!
Since Blackie was doing it on purpose, Sejun punished him with a Sweet Potato ban.
"Ahem. Taecho? If you look closely, don't you think Dad's actually a little handsome?"
"Huh? But lying is bad? Cuengi will scold me if I lie?"
"Aww, come on, throw your dad a bone."
He coaxed Taecho skillfully.
"Okay! Got it! Taecho will be super generous! Dad's a little handsome!"
The moment the word "handsome" came out of Taecho's mouth,
"Right? Dad's handsome, right? Hehehe."
all of Sejun's anger vanished as if it had been washed away.
"You lot, you are not doing it properly?!"
Of course, one look at the orcs and the anger came right back.
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