Monument for What Must Be Reclaimed Part 01

The dozens of spells acquired from the wizard Shulzen.
Among them, I selected attack spells and repeatedly shipped them.
I picked up the piled magic scrolls every few seconds,
Rip! Rip!
Immediately tore them to activate the magic.
Shwoooosh!
In an instant, more than a dozen Magic Missiles flew,
BOOM!
Relentlessly striking the massive serpent’s body in succession.
‘Was it called Costas?’
From the conversation with the wizard, the creature’s identity seemed to be the commander of the Sabros Dimension that had occupied this part of Incheon.
Costas, who had devoured its former ally, the wizard Shulzen, now furiously rolled its body, sweeping through various passages in the cave.
Rumble rumble rumble!
“…Even a graze from that would mean instant death.”
It was like a subway train charging along the tracks.
Each time it surged forward, I hid in a portal, and when it passed by, I emerged again to launch my attack.
The weapons I could use were limited.
Although this area, Chinatown, had been overtaken by the cave, the stores and houses remained intact, hidden momentarily under its shadow.
Dropping an H-beam or using explosive weapons like Hellfire Missiles was not an option.
BOOOOOM!
As befitting the commander of Sabros, it possessed substantial Repulsion.
Though the Magic Missiles I fired lacked formidable firepower, dozens of them continuously hitting the same spot began to show results.
Moreover, I mixed in the enhanced Holy Spear of Emes.
CRACK!
The holy spear pierced through its scales,
BOOOOM!
and immediately after, dozens of Magic Missiles followed suit.
Purple bodily fluids poured out in torrents.
The exposed, writhing tissue was clear evidence that the giant serpent Costas had been wounded.
It was undoubtedly a fight in my favor.
While the serpent’s attacks, which swept through the cave, were fierce, I had the portal as a perfect defense system.
I simply had to repeat the hit-and-run strategy.
However, the creature still had one more trick up its sleeve.
Shlurrrp.
Shlurrrp.
It began to shed its skin.
The leakage of purple fluid stopped.
The writhing flesh peeled away along with the dead outer shell, and the previously wounded spots were now replaced with tough, fresh scales and flesh.
“…This is invincible?”
It was truly a monstrous regenerative ability.
Even if dozens of spears were thrust into it at once, it would sprout new flesh strong enough to repel them all with its overwhelming vitality.
Wooooong.
The walls of the cave quivered.
Through the vibrating walls, its voice reached me.
-Who are you? A necromancer? Surely… you’re not really a wizard?
The creature seemed confused.
Wraiths wandered around, and skeleton knights including Lancelot were by my side.
On the other hand, I was tearing magic scrolls and hurling Magic Missiles and Ice Spears at the beast.
Of course, I was also using ‘Automatic Shipping’ to skewer him with enhanced holy spears every second.
In short… it was impossible to describe in a single sentence.
“I deal in various things. Everything except what I don’t have.”
-What?
Delivering everything in the world swiftly and precisely.
Could there be a more accurate way to define my logistics center?
A brief silence followed, and soon the beast’s assured voice echoed through the cave.
-Ah, I see… You must be the Seoul Representative, then?
Seoul Representative.
That was true.
It was the identity provided to me by the Chamber of Commerce.
However…
“For now I’m only doing the metropolitan area… but I’m looking to expand nationwide. Overseas would be good too.”
The creatures were invading Earth on a global scale.
I had saved Seoul, and this time, it was Incheon, but my work wouldn’t end there.
Long before the bidding competition began, monsters had already been swarming across the country, and the situation overseas was likely far worse.
The Subspace Logistics Center wasn’t a facility meant to stay confined to Seoul alone.
No, from the very beginning, this space wasn’t one meant to settle in, it was a space meant to run endlessly, without rest.
Unfortunately, Costas failed to understand my intentions.
-You’re just babbling nonsense. Fine.
Shrrrrrr.
The chilling sound of its tongue slithered through the cave,
Krrrrrack!
scraping roughly against the cave walls as it resumed its previous movements.
At that moment, the radio hanging on my belt crackled to life.
-Jeong-gyeom-ssi! It looks like the creature is trying to escape!
Thud-thud-thud-thud!
The sound of helicopter rotors could be heard through the radio.
Lee Yong-su was surveying the perforated cave zone of Incheon from above.
-Its body is gradually moving eastward!
Costas’s body was extremely long.
So long, in fact, that it was hard to discern where its head or tail was and which direction it was heading.
But Lee Yong-su, with his eyes in the sky, informed me that the serpent’s scales were steadily spreading toward the eastern area.
BOOOOOOM!
The colossal serpent’s body swept through with devastating speed,
moving like a high-speed express train.
Thud! Thud!
Emes’s holy spears bouncing off, unable to withstand that speed.
To capture the creature that housed the Gate Core, a new method was needed.
Not a single powerful strike,
but thousands, no, tens of thousands, of seemingly insignificant strikes.
This was where the logistics center revealed its true potential.
Bzzzzing.
A portal opened behind me,
and through it poured the people of Subspace.
My two sisters, the knights of Camelot, and even Min-woo, whom I had met here.
We each took our positions around Costas’s coiling body.
Bzzzzing.
Bzzzzing.
Eight portals opened in neat rows above each of us.
And then…
Flap.
Flap.
Every second,
magic scrolls fluttered down like flyers from each portal.
It wasn’t much.
A 1st Circle spell called Ice.
If Magic Missiles hadn’t been able to deal any meaningful damage to it, this Ice spell wouldn’t even leave so much as a minor frostbite.
But…
A heap of piled papers.
All of us grabbed entire stacks of scrolls in one go.
And then,
Rrrrip!
Rrrrip!
We began tearing them apart like madmen.
Flash!
A cold energy burst forth.
The weak chill from the Ice spell soon,
Rumble…
started slowing the furious speed of Costas.
Rumble…
The creature’s body, which had been advancing relentlessly…
came to a sudden halt.
It was finally frozen solid, its massive midsection locked in place.
Whoooooosh…
The cave, once filled with destructive noise, was now silent and tranquil again.
What lay before us was the colossal serpent, Costas, its body spanning across Incheon, now completely still.
Its long, continuous form had finally become its greatest weakness.
Thwack!
After unleashing hundreds more Ice scrolls,
I immediately began running.
To the location the wraiths had revealed.
Through the labyrinthine cave, over the complex network of Costas’s coiled body, I had to reach its head.
[Two-tone Kodiak Sports Electric Bicycle 16.5Ah, Black color, priced at 1,890,000 won.]
Clunk.
I swiftly mounted the electric bicycle that had dropped down.
Helicopters, tanks, vehicles, they’re all good.
But sometimes, something as simple as an electric bike can be faster.
Especially in a unusual delivery zone like this, where collapsed buildings block the roads and fallen utility poles are everywhere.
Bzzzzing!
Bzzzzing!
Following the guidance of the wraiths, I pedaled relentlessly, the quiet hum of the electric bike accompanying me.
This unassuming object suddenly transformed the apocalyptic urban ruins of Incheon into a playground for leisure sports.
Whoosh!
The ruined streets of Chinatown flashed past me as I sped onward.
I passed by Costas’s massive, motionless body several times.
By this point, the steep uphill path was beginning to feel quite taxing.
Finally, I reached the top of the hill.
On either side of the road were rows of famous Chinese restaurants, the kind often featured on TV.
And there,
“……”
was Costas’s enormous head, perched right in the middle, its yellow eyes blinking slowly.
The others were still tearing apart Ice magic scrolls.
Thanks to that, the serpent looked pale and frostbitten, its movements reduced to occasional spasms as it remained frozen in place.
I asked it directly.
“Why… do you invade us? Was it impossible for you to just leave us alone?”
The apocalypse that had engulfed Earth.
I already knew the monsters had a clear purpose.
And I knew that the Multidimensional Chamber of Commerce was mediating the entire process.
But as for what that purpose was, I had never been given a clear answer.
Upon hearing my question, Costas closed its eyes tightly.
Then, with great effort, it opened its stiffened mouth and answered.
This time, its voice no longer reverberated through the cave.
“We have no choice. It’s unlikely, but… perhaps one day your dimension will come to understand. That day, you might find yourselves hunting other dimensions instead. This universe… it’s built on such a system from the very beginning.”
Its words weren’t meant for me.
Rather, it was as if it were muttering its justification to itself.
Speaking of the system, the snake’s wistful gaze, as though staring at an immense wheel of fate, evoked a strangely mythological image.
At that moment, Costas, which had momentarily fallen silent, suddenly opened its mouth wide.
“For the prosperity of Sabros, I… Krrrk!”
It couldn’t finish its sentence.
Eight enhanced Holy Spears of Emes had pierced through its mouth and head.
The response was reflexive, a reaction to the creature’s abrupt movement.
In addition…
Crunch!
The core hidden deep within Costas’s jaws was crushed.
Golden waves began surging from its mouth.
Purple bodily fluids and black venom oozed out like paint spreading in water, and floating atop it all was the repugnant, twisted face of the Gate Core, its grotesque eyes, nose, and mouth clearly visible.
PAX calmly displayed the outcome of the battle.
[Dimensional account ownership has been transferred.]
[Previous account holder: Costas, Balance: 6,911.]
[You already possess a dimensional account. The amount will be added to your balance.]
Along with that, additional messages appeared.
[Dimensional account ownership has been transferred.]
[Previous account holder: ???, Balance: 33,138.]
[You already possess a dimensional account. The amount will be added to your balance.]
[Remaining Mana Stones: 50,806.]
“…Thirty thousand?”
I was speechless at the staggering amount.
As far as I knew, I had only defeated two entities:
Costas, and one more.
“The Gate Core.”
The bizarre, laughing creature. That was the true identity of the mysterious account holder, ‘???’.
The quantity of Mana Stones I had obtained was nearly unbelievable.
It was a significant haul.
But compared to what happened next, it was nothing.
[The dimension, Sabros, has lost its business rights over the ‘Incheon’ area.]
[The ‘Incheon’ area has been reclaimed as part of Earth’s territory.]
Rumble…
The cave zone that had engulfed Incheon.
The once impenetrable cave walls began crumbling into mud and dust.
Their once-mighty dwelling,
Swooooosh!
was quickly sucked into the massive Gate that had been situated at the center of Chinatown.
The oppressive shadow.
The suffocating humidity that had weighed down my chest.
The Gate Portal vacuumed up every piece of terrain the creatures had spread through terraforming, like a massive vacuum cleaner.
The portal, now containing all of it,
Rumble rumble rumble!
shook violently in place.
And then,
BOOOOOOM!
it disappeared without a trace, leaving behind nothing but faint specks of light in the sky.
Nothing remained.
No Gate Portal, no caves of Sabros.
Only the newly risen sun now shone brilliantly over Incheon.
And…
I wasn’t the only one who noticed the change.
Creaaak…
Residents of downtown Incheon began to open their tightly shut doors.
And soon, they realized that the sky, once cloaked in shadow, was now clear and bright.
“Ah…!”
Someone let out a gasp of wonder, while another ran back inside their home.
To share the joyful news of the weather change with their families.
The reclaimed land.
Finally, sunlight had returned.
.
.
.
It had been quite a while.
Ever since I defeated the 1st Corps Commander, my Subspace had remained stuck at Level 4.
There wasn’t any particular reason.
To reach Level 5, PAX had demanded a whopping 30,000 Mana Stones, and up until now, I’d never managed to save up such a vast amount.
The fact that the cost hadn’t multiplied tenfold like before was a relief, but… it was still an enormous price.
But now, things were different.
After taking down Costas and the Gate Core, I’d gained an immense amount of Mana Stones.
I didn’t hesitate.
“PAX, proceed with the level-up.”
[Understood.]
Ding!
Ding!
Ding!
The maintenance costs for Level 5, the new items that could be enhanced, and the unlockable abilities all flashed across my vision in a chaotic mess.
However, one particular item stood out to me.

◈ Portal Installation
– Installs a portal that connects to Subspace in the designated area. (Cost: 1,000 Mana Stones per portal)

Until now, the Subspace Portal had always been attached to my body.
But now, I could scatter doors leading to Subspace across various locations.
Whether that place was Incheon, Seoul, or even the heart of Paris or New York, it didn’t matter.
It was an interesting coincidence.
I had just closed the gate that the Chamber of Commerce had opened.
After removing their gate, I was now declaring my territory in its place.
I could now lay down regional terminals for the logistics center.
Nationwide, no, worldwide, perhaps everywhere in the universe,
In every place that exists in the world.


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