Chapter 104

“Hyek, what’s going on?!”

The ground shook, and debris flew in all directions.

Covering her head, Eliana screamed in a Gallery tone.

But there were no signs that something was about to explode, right?

Finally, as she lifted her head in confusion, Eliana clearly witnessed it.

– Kkururuk!!!

The tongue of the Frog Variant Monster had been perfectly sliced in half.

“Wow…”

I thought that the shield would never be penetrated.

And the skin of the Steel-like Variant Monster, too.

But all of it was useless against the explosion.

– Wiiiing

And the drones appeared again.

Once, twice, and they kept sprouting endlessly around Eliana.

“…More?”

At first, she wondered if it was just her imagination.

But the drones kept generating and flying towards the Variant Monster with each explosion.

More numbers crushing even more numbers.

– Kwang!

“What on earth is happening?!”

Eliana couldn’t grasp the situation.

Especially chilling was the method they used.

“Self-detonation, seriously?”

Beings usually possess a fear, even monsters, but the drones didn’t have that.

They simply flew in and detonated without hesitation.

– Kkururuk…!

The Variant Monster had no choice.

What if the drones attacked so they couldn’t get close?

Then, they would wait for the moment and explode, spewing out scorching heat and fireballs.

And if they didn’t attack to prevent the self-detonation…

– Kwang!

The drones would dive straight down and detonate right in front of them, leaving no escape.

It was a maddening attack even for emotionless aggressive monsters to witness.

To think they would sacrifice themselves to explode.

– Kkuruk

– Kkururuk

Fear and panic began to carve into the eyes of the Frog Monsters.

Then, the twelfth drone rapidly reached the front of the Variant Monster.

But there were no monsters left to stop them.

– Kkururuk!!

It was the moment when the Frog Variant Monster opened its mouth in a last-ditch effort, letting out screams of horror.

And the drone simply entered that mouth without a care.

– Kkururuk?

In a moment that nobody ever expected it would just go in its mouth.

– Kwang!!!

The Variant Monster would soon be scattered into pieces that couldn’t be recognized.

*

– What the heck is this, Juddak, say something!

– Damn, that attack method is brutal!

– Why am I getting goosebumps in broad daylight?

– Steel Fairy ← If it felt electric when it exploded, that’s a huge thumbs up LOL

ㄴ Armin) Totally a thumbs up! I’m amazed!!

ㄴ ???

ㄴ Your Majesty, doing this here…

ㄴ Juddak just can’t resist a big spell…

After solving the wave, I accessed the Gallery.

And I was welcomed with a flood of continuously regenerating posts.

“Oh, you saw it all, huh.”

It seemed the elves had recorded everything in the video they turned on.

As I scanned the atmosphere of the Gallery, Penny looked up at me with sparkling eyes.

“That was super super super awesome!”

“So you enjoyed it?”

“Yeah, are we doing more?”

Penny pointed at the pile of drones stacked in the corner.

Though we hadn’t even used half of our ordered amount…

But unfortunately, there would be no chance to use those drones.

“Seems it ended way too blandly.”

Penny was quick to learn.

After just a few teachings, she quickly followed my lead and helped with the attacks using drones.

“Ehh…”

When I offered treats to the disappointed Penny, she suddenly accepted them with sparkling eyes.

Penny understood that the drones weren’t living beings but simply objects.

I didn’t explain the electric circuits or operation methods since I also didn’t know well, but she understood it wasn’t magic.

“That’s even more amazing!”

“Hmm?”

Science wasn’t something you could just whip up like magic.

It took hundreds, or even over a thousand years, of accumulated data to develop modern science.

But that seemed impressive in Penny’s eyes.

“It’s not magic, but a study superior to magic. And only Malfight can use it, right?”

“Uh… well, that’s not wrong?”

No matter how I spread it in the Gallery, it would be impossible to recreate that closely.

I was the only user, and would remain the only user going forward.

I had never pondered it like that before, so it left me feeling bewildered.

‘I didn’t even create it in the first place.’

At that moment, a new concept post appeared in the Gallery.

[Title: I Won’t Forget You]

Author: ElvesAreCuteAndTalented

( A meme capturing the moment a drone exploded)

(A meme of a drone flying in the sky)

(A meme where a drone drops cola)

Juddak’s Steel Fairy

Our friend who became our eyes

I won’t forget you for sacrificing your life for the elves…

(Meme of an elf with tears and snot, biting their lip)

Absolutely… I won’t forget you…!

I won’t cry…!

I’ll remember@!!!!

[Upvotes 3121] [Downvotes 0]

– Huhhhhhh

– Phewㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

– Hey, Juddak, that’s bad! How could you… how could you use self-destruct attacks…!

ㄴ Seriously, now that’s a bit too much

ㄴ The elf cry meme might get a thumbs up if it’s a slap in the face LOL

ㄴ Totally a thumbs up LOL

ㄴ I’ll go first LOL

[Title: Elves don’t… cry…]

(A meme of a face getting really close to the screen)

(A meme where tears are spread and the focus is blurry)

Because… heh… hwaik… I promised the fairies…

[Upvotes 102] [Downvotes 302]

– Steel Fairy: “Take care”

ㄴ Author) “What’s that?”

ㄴ Steel Fairy: “Take care”

ㄴ Author) “How do you do that?”

– Ugh, I just wanna grab the ears of these damn elves.

– I really want to line them up and yank their ears, ha haha!

– Damn, stop with the melodrama already!

– Ugh, the Gallery is flooding with sentimental posts, damn it;

– (Knight Con grabbing the elf’s ears tightly)

ㄴ (Elf crying out in pain! Elf wailing Con)

“Oh right.”

These guys don’t know the drones aren’t living beings, do they?

Thanks to that, a bunch of memorial posts and dramatic elf sob stories started flooding in.

Everyone was posting selfies trying to hold back tears or blaming me.

But it was only after about two hours had passed that I finally posted a clarification that wasn’t really a clarification.

“It was fun, right?”

Seeing the elves crying rivers and the dwarves and humans genuinely horrified…

Nothing matched the dopamine and bait this provided.

Honestly, I planned to leave it for another day.

– Juddak!!! How could you!!!

– Hey, save the fairies!!!

ㄴ Ugh, these damn…

ㄴ No, seriously, stop it, it’s currently dawn.

ㄴ No, please just stop, damn it!

ㄴ (Puhhhh! Elf Con)

ㄴ (Executioner’s stance in front of the face meme)

It seriously felt like someone might actually die at this rate.

Before the situation could escalate further, I reluctantly wrote a notice.

[Title: Steel Fairy? Whether they live or die is none of my business? LOL]

Author: Juddak*

Alright, joke time, chill out!

(A meme of heaps of drones stacked up)

These aren’t living creatures.

Drones are just weapons that I control to attack, reconnaissance machines.

So please don’t label me as a cold-hearted monster or anything.

(Elf crying meme 1)

(Elf chugging soju and crying meme 2)

But hey, it was fun LOL

[Upvotes 7123] [Downvotes 3621]

– Haha LOL

– I knew it, LOL

– You intentionally delayed the notice, LOL

– You really collected a lot of elf crying memes, LOL

– Downvotes by real-name system, LOL

– ???? Why didn’t you say so earlier??

ㄴ Juddak*) (Puhhhh elf meme) LOL

– Kyaaak!

Of course, I couldn’t resist the urge to keep teasing until the end.

Luckily there were no more sentimental memorial posts after that.

The spot was naturally taken over by mages opening up discussions.

Especially in the Magic Tower, which was the sole hotbed of Kellierhton’s liquor.

It’s no wonder, their aim was to imbue mana into tools.

– zlZL Storm Magician) I asked for the third time to be the Master of the Tower

ㄴ LOL now you’re being serious

ㄴ Ah LOL still not giving up, huh?

– No, but isn’t this magic engineering just delusional literature? LOL

ㄴ It really looks super handy now

ㄴ Does high risk result in high return?

Until now, nature-related magic had been recognized as mainstream.

Amidst that, a discussion was sparked about practical magic, especially minor magic like magic engineering.

Even those who previously had little knowledge of magic began to swarm in, showing interest in the bait.

And naturally, I was there in that spot as well…

– Is magic engineering really possible?

– No, Juddak, say anything!

– Juddak! Where did you go?!

There was none.

“How would I know?”

The mages rushed in, demanding explanations from me, but I ignored them.

I genuinely didn’t know what to say to explain.

If a robber came at me with a knife saying, “Explain magic engineering!” I couldn’t.

And more importantly, I had no spare time to show interest in that.

[Shop/Category/Nuclear]

[Warning* Browsing this category may have certain effects on specific targets.]

“Should I really click this?”

The newly updated items in the shop were a bigger problem.

Nuclear? Is it really the nuclear I know?

Until now, the shop had never sold nuclear weapons.

Now, out of the blue, the shop had begun selling nuclear weapons like a whim.

It was natural that this drew more attention than the Gallery bait.

“Why did it suddenly appear?”

Of course, I had no intention to buy it.

I couldn’t even handle chemical weapons, so the scale would be completely different with nuclear.

Especially the warning that made me hesitant to browse had been hovering before my eyes for a while.

[Warning* Browsing this category may have certain effects on specific targets.]

“What do you mean by it can have effects?”

From what I knew, just simply looking might pose an issue.

The category of nuclear that suddenly appeared.

The system’s warning saying that one must never browse it.

And the creeping unease that enveloped me.

“I have to press this, right?”

From the time I had spent on the Gallery Juddak, I noticed something.

If it’s something you absolutely shouldn’t do, the system wouldn’t even reveal it in the first place.

If it were truly something that you shouldn’t browse, they wouldn’t have added it to the shop.

I couldn’t hold back my curiosity and pressed the happy button.

[The specified target has been affected.]

[Shop/Category/Nuclear browsing is now available.]

Then naturally, more warnings appeared.

But even as time passed, nothing happened.

“What the heck? Nothing’s happening.”

As I was about to check the nuclear category, thinking it was just an overreaction.

Dragon Dragon X: (Stop! Dragon Con)

Dragon Dragon X: Don’t! Stop!!!

“Gah!”

A very urgent message flew in from Felici, who had been quiet until now.