Genius Salsu of the World to Be Destroyed - Chapter 35
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Episode 35
At this point, there are only 10 days left until the collapse of civilization.
Youngsoo was in the process of making his own growth accelerant for the sacred tree.
And the result was still the same.
“So when I make a potion, the concentration is only this high. Damn it.”
Making potions isn’t simply a matter of mixing ingredients according to a recipe.
Because the manufacturing process involves a lot of magical processes.
The specialists of these magical manufacturing processes are called alchemists.
Because of this, Youngsu, who was currently a water-based class, had limitations in making proper potions.
Especially if it’s a complex potion like the Divine Tree Growth Energizer.
“…I guess I’ll just leave it to the good guys.”
KPA cadet, Youngsu’s disciple, Oh Yang-ho.
Even though he hadn’t been an alchemist for very long, he was an alchemist.
Because when it comes to potion making, everything is better than Youngsu’s… … .
‘The problem is Manayang after all.’
Although Yangho’s skills were quite good, the problem was that the amount of mana he could release at once was too low.
And making the Divine Tree Growth Accelerator required quite a large amount of mana.
To solve this problem, the best technician in the wild, Kwak Gi-su, was attached, and the result was… .
“It came out.”
“yes?”
The rider came in soaked in oil and sweat.
“What did you say came out?”
“Mana external battery. The prototype has arrived!”
Youngsoo’s eyes sparkled.
Then he poured some fine liquor into a glass with his hand.
“Youngsu said, handing the glass to the rider.
“Please eat first and then tell me.”
“The young man is very polite.”
After emptying his glass, the rider continued speaking.
“It’s a prototype, but it’s good enough to use right away.”
“This is great. Can I take a look?”
“That’s what I came here to tell you.”
Youngsoo and Gisu went to Gisu’s workshop together.
There was indeed a battery there.
Battery… It’s something a bit too big to be called that.
It is cylindrical in size, two meters high and nearly one meter in diameter.
Dozens of intricately tangled wires are a bonus.
No matter what excuses you make, it was definitely not a portable scale.
Youngsoo asked.
“Can this be equipped on a person?”
“Hehehe, this guy, wouldn’t it be okay to just put a person on a battery?”
“That’s a good idea. Then I’ll bring someone to equip it.”
Youngsoo called Yangho.
When he saw this prototype mana battery, Yang Ho-do had a similar expression on his face as Yeong-su.
“… So, if you equip this battery on your body, you can use skills higher than your level.”
“yes.”
“And I will fill my body with it.”
“You know very well, my disciple.”
“I’ll go home then. I think I left the gas on at home.”
“You don’t have a home, so you live in a dorm.”
“Oh, Professor, please… … .”
“We really need your talent, Oh Yang-ho.”
“I guess you need a potion… …!”
“Either way. Come here.”
Youngsoo and Gisu caught Yangho and equipped him with the mana battery.
Youngsoo said.
“Don’t worry. If anything goes wrong with the mana flow, I’ll stop it with a bloodletting.”
“I’m the one who got hit with that acupuncture needle… …!”
“Mr. Kwak! Let’s begin!”
In this way, the full-scale production of the divine tree growth promoter began.
* * *
While the KPA was gradually strengthening its stronghold, some internal strife was occurring in Hongryeon.
Should I hit the KPA or not?
This is because the executives were divided into two groups over this agenda.
It is true that KPA has become stronger than expected, so there is no reason to attack now and suffer damage.
So, rather, there is the side that says we should go all out and defeat it now.
Because the opinions of both sides were so sharply opposed, paradoxically, Hongryeon was doing nothing to the KPA.
And even if we had decided to wage an all-out war, another reason was that an all-out war was not something that could be unleashed so easily.
In any case, thanks to that, the KPA side was able to complete the work of fortifying the wild castle without any interference.
The production of growth promoter has also been completed.
… Of course, it was only after Yangho had test-driven the external mana battery 33 times that it was finally completed.
“Ugh… … .”
“Thank you for your hard work, my disciple.”
“When I die, please bury me in the front yard of the KPA headquarters.”
“I guess it’s worth living, seeing as you’re talking nonsense.”
What is completed is a liter of dark green liquid.
This was the divine tree growth promoter.
Yeongsu transferred some of the accelerant into a round flask and put the seeds of the sacred tree in it.
Then I closed the lid of the flask and buried it in a flower pot.
“The seedlings of the Candleley Tree will grow within a few hours.”
It didn’t even take a few hours.
An hour later, a fairly large seedling had grown.
Youngsu transplanted this seedling to the front yard of the store.
Then, after pouring in some more accelerant, he called some of the cadets to guard the sapling.
And then the parents were called out separately.
“Why me?”
“You’re a dragon warrior.”
“Yes.”
“I thought that if he was a guy who could use his power, he would be good at digging the ground.”
“… … ?”
The place Youngsu took his parents to was the outskirts of the wild market area.
Where once there had been a brick wall, now only traces of the wall remained.
“The wild is now our castle.”
“Yes.”
“But how can a castle be without walls?”
“You’re not asking us to build a wall, are you?”
“I’ll build the walls, you just have to dig the ground.”
“yes?”
“green onion.”
“What did you say?”
“Dig the ground. Follow the wall where it used to be, like digging a ditch, all the way.”
“Am I alone?”
Instead of speaking, Youngsoo quietly took out his dagger.
When the parents saw that, they were terrified and started digging the ground.
“I am the Dragon Master! I will show you what it means to dig the ground with the power of a dragon!”
“This is how my disciple should be.”
While my father was running like a plow and digging the ground.
The watchers of the Cheonghwa Guild watched this scene from afar, unable to hide their doubts.
“What the hell are they doing?”
Of course, there was no way they could know.
Even the person digging the ground doesn’t know the reason.
“So what are you going to do with this?”
After spending half a day digging a canal around the wilderness, the father asked a question.
Youngsoo answered.
“I’m going to plant a wall.”
“What the… are you talking about?”
Instead of speaking, Youngsoo activated his skill.
—-
[Skill] ‘Origin of the Forest’ activated.
—-
A skill I received from the Canderley Divine Tree some time ago, Origin of the Forest.
A skill that transforms some of the caster’s somatic cells into plant seeds.
Youngsoo’s palm epidermal cells began to transform into the seeds of a certain tree.
Soon, the seeds of the water droplets were placed on Youngsu’s palm.
“What is it?”
“The Seeds of the Replicated Candle Tree.”
“yes?!”
“Of course, they are seeds that are not even close to the original Candleley Sacred Tree. They do not produce useful sap like the Sacred Tree, nor do they have consciousness. The only similarities are their appearance and composition?”
“No way… you asked me to dig the ground to plant that?”
“You’ve definitely gotten a lot smarter. That’s right.”
Yeongsu sowed the cloned divine tree seeds in the ditch that his father had dug.
And then some liquid was sprayed on it.
“What is that?”
“Growth promoter of the divine tree, diluted 1,000 to 1.”
“ah?”
“Even if they are cloned seeds, they are effective because they are seeds of the divine tree.”
Youngsoo’s words were true.
The seeds that were sprayed with the accelerant germinated and began to grow in an instant.
Youngsoo and Buhyung quickly covered them with dirt.
Sow the seeds, sprinkle the accelerant, cover with soil, and the seeds grow rapidly.
A few days later, something absurd happened.
Enormous trees surrounded the wild shopping district.
The large trees that grew so densely in themselves became a wild fortress.
The KPA people were shocked at this sight.
“…I really built a wall.”
In this way, from the castle to the walls, the fortification of the wild castle was almost completed.
Now there’s only one thing left.
Only the original seedlings of the Candleley sacred tree planted in the center of the wild site.
“The moment the Candleley Tree becomes an adult, it begins to cast defensive magic over its entire territory. That territory is called the ‘Garden.’”
“Then, from the moment the sacred tree’s growth is complete… … .”
“The entire Wild Market site will become ‘The Count of Candela’s Garden.’”
The garden of Count Candeley, where even Youngsu had to break through the defensive magic head-on, using bugs and tricks.
But now, the place where Youngsu was was itself becoming the ‘garden.’
“Once we get here, our defenses are complete.”
Gap-seok asked a question at that.
“So when will that time come?”
“It will come naturally.”
Odd… … .
“ah.”
“Yeah, that’s what it feels like.”
The sacred tree began to vibrate.
The vibration was a kind of declaration.
Declaration, declaration of one’s own territory.
“From now on, the wild is under the protection of the Candalay Tree.”
That means-
“It also means that everyone in the KPA is under the protection of the sacred tree.”
“…Is it the end?”
“If you’re asking if this is the end of dealing with the collapse of civilization, then yes.”
“But isn’t there still one left?”
“what?”
“It’s the Demon Sword.”
Oh, there it was.
“What on earth are you going to use that for?”
“war.”
“War with Hongryeon?”
“Hongryeon? No, I never intended to use the Demon Sword as a weapon in the first place.”
“Then who is the war against?”
“Elf.”
Gapseok’s eyes shook for a moment.
“…The elf I’m thinking of? Blonde, big-eared, and handsome?”
“I don’t know if they’re handsome, but they’re definitely blond and have big ears.”
“But… Are there any elves in ? No matter how much I think about it, I’ve never seen any elves.”
“None. It never really came out.”
“So does that mean it will appear in the future?”
“huh.”
Gapseok nodded.
Youngsoo’s words, even if they had no basis, were likely true.
Because that’s how it’s always been.
So, he wondered how he could know the future, but Gap-seok decided not to ask this time either.
At that moment, Gap-seok was thinking like that.
Chijik-
The radio worked.
“This is the main gate. Five men are looking for Professor Cheon Yeong-su.”
A question mark appeared on Youngsoo’s face.
“Is it Hongryeon?”
“That used to be the case, but not anymore.”
what.
Are there any among those people who would come to me… …?
“Who is it?”
“They are gardeners. The head is Mok Won-ho… … .”
“ah.”
Only then did I remember.
The gardeners who managed the owned by Hongryeon, which has now completely burned down.
They had come to find Youngsoo.
* * *
Yeongsu went straight to the main gate and greeted the gardeners.
“It’s been a while. Is this the first time you’ve seen me in the garden?”
“That’s what it is.”
“But what’s going on here?”
“Is it a problem that the gardener of the sacred tree comes to see the sacred tree?”
Youngsoo chuckled.
“Then you must have felt that the divine tree had become a complete adult?”
“I came because I felt it.”
“Then I see that the sacred tree’s defensive barrier has been set up. Can you get over it?”
Mokwonho smiled and took a step forward.
Yeah-
His footsteps lightly passed over the sacred tree’s defensive barrier.
What this meant was simple.
It meant that the god recognized him as not dangerous.
So what if Wonho was treated as a risk factor?
The sacred tree would have sounded the alarm right away.
But that wasn’t the case.
Even if Wonho and the rest of the gardeners all cross the barrier.
So they started walking towards the sacred tree.
Wonho said.
“This wall made of giant trees is impressive.”
“thank you.”
“But you know it’s not perfect yet, right?”
Youngsoo nodded quietly.
“Honestly, it’s not perfect. Right now, the trees are just placed a little bit closer together.”
“We need to fill that gap.”
“Is there a way?”
“If you let us stay here, we’ll take care of it right away.”
“Hoo.”
A look of interest crossed Youngsoo’s face.