Chapter 577

Occasionally, some companies were born independently within their clans.

For example, the Aegis Clan, which innovatively reduced the cost of national defense magic by scaling it down to local defense magic, has now evolved into a global security company.

As the use of magic increases, there becomes a need for more personnel to manage it.

Jansol, which developed Dreamstone engraving equipment and dreaming modes, began gradually scaling up its operations.

[Jansol hires 6 new executives… C-level executives and board of directors formed]

Jansol, which announced a partnership with Baria and Samsung, has completed its executive structure by hiring COO and CTO.

The clan leader and CEO of Jansol, known as Noname, stated, “We will secure all necessary capabilities for the executives so that Jansol can embark on the development of safe and beneficial appropriate technology that positively impacts the future and lifestyle of all humanity.”

└ How can the boss be 10 years old? LOL

└ If a 10-year-old scolded me, I would definitely have an existential crisis. LOL

└ I just imagined it, and oddly enough, it’s good.

└ ?

└ They don’t give me any stock options, yet the big names gather on their own, it’s fascinating.

└ Instead, they probably give massive bonuses.

└ The CFO even comes from JP Morgan. Whoa.

└ The board chair is also a high-ranking mage from the Altair Foundation.

The newly appointed executives had the obligation to stabilize the company quickly.

“Everyone, this is your first time at a company like this, right? There’s no orientation, no onboarding courses, nothing prepared. I feel embarrassed to have capable people here.”

The executives didn’t need to understand the corporate ecosystem.

Because the corporate ecosystem didn’t even exist yet.

“I actually prefer it this way; it reminds me of when I started my business. This is what romance is all about,” Megan Alford, the CFO, said with a smile.

“Haha, the original CEO probably can’t even pop champagne at a young age!” Robert Kim, former Vice President of Johnson & Johnson and current COO of Jansol, exclaimed with a big smile.

“The role of you all in laying the foundation is truly significant. Please work hard to build a good corporate culture. For now, I’ll handle the handover myself.”

Employees from partner companies who had been overworked finally gained freedom from over-exhausting nights.

The executives rented a high-density, high-capacity open world to use as a temporary office and began their next tasks.

[Jansol, where will the first factory for channeling equipment be? Korean-U.S.-EU-Japan-China subsidy infinite competition begins]

└ While the U.S. is at 10 trillion, Korea is at 100 billion – oh well, LOL

└ The answer for Joseon is only destruction.

└ Are we even really competitors from the start?

└ That’s a 100-fold difference LOL, I’m embarrassed just watching.

└ National pride ← without this, the country doesn’t function properly.

Jansol’s goals were first to increase the production of Dreamstone engraving equipment and second to maximize the degree of engraving density.

The former could simply be solved by building more factories.

However, the latter required those with top-tier magic expertise to come together and seriously consider the problem.

“In the end, what matters is the people. You need to hire wisely from the start.”

I curled up and lost myself in thought.

I was not worried about hiring regular employees because the executives would do far better than I would.

They had the knack for assessing people and were capable individuals who had been with the company for a long time.

But how would I ensure that I could identify skilled mages and engineers?

They must fundamentally possess expertise in theoretical magic and have an excellent understanding of circuit techniques.

Above all, they needed astonishing intuition and creativity to create something that did not exist in this world.

‘Wait a minute… something that didn’t exist in this world?’

I gently stroked the location of the Aura Heart.

I had possessed a being that no one in this world knew before I was born.

Corruption.

‘If only I could revert the contamination through collective intelligence…’

Among the seven forms of corruption, Shardenfroide (envy), Erisiton (appetite), and Medusa (sloth) were the contaminated beings.

They were born as non-human entities, became human, and then transformed back into something that was no longer human.

A tangled web of magic threads remains.

They ultimately lost the personality they had when they were humans.

I too tried various methods to reverse this but ultimately failed.

‘No, don’t expect too much. However, it seems like this could be quite effective for testing abilities?’

Now that I had an idea, I immediately executed the Unimagician simulation.

[Casting: Cerebral cortex reconstruction]

[Advanced casting: Activation of the lateral septum]

[Decoding: Neurotensin receptor 1]

[Unique Magic – Esteria Ryu Style 3 – Erysichthon]

I combined the erosion magic and ASI just like when I moved Hibirisu.

Wheeeeeee-!

The black cube heated up and accelerated its data processing.

[▶Error]

[system: Run as administrator]

For now, I forced the file to execute and summoned the being embedded in the cube.

Failure.

“Ugh. Nothing’s appearing. Then…”

This time, I summoned a cute puppy avatar.

I detached the spell governing Erisiton’s thought and implanted it into the puppy.

“Woof!”

“Did, did it work?”

After all, Erisiton used to make barking sounds even in human form, so it was hard to be sure.

[Casting: Rune language rupture]

Chirrrr-!

The runes that were holding the magic circle scattered, and a vast 3D maze unfolded.

It looked like an ant hill or a spider web circuit.

I manually replaced, adjusted, and reassembled the spells one by one.

An hour had passed since then.

“It seems like this was the limit even in my previous life.”

“Woof! Bow-wow! Whoo-hoo!”

“Indeed, it’s definitely Erisiton.”

The sounds made by a mere puppy were anything but ordinary.

It was the unique language of Erisiton, simply saying, “I’m bored, let’s play together.”

In fact, if I kept working hard here, even minimal communication could be possible.

But the problem was that it quickly reverted back to its original state.

As I extended my finger, the puppy licked it with its tongue.

I was fully aware that it was futile, but I didn’t want to spend more time on it.

“Let’s do this.”

“Woof?”

I placed Erisiton back into the black cube and digitized the remaining circuit patterns into the software.

Creating a plaster mold using a mold was a very simple task.

Then I created an internet webpage and linked it to the black cube.

‘Should I write a title at least?’

It felt boring just having a blank white space, so I added a title in the air.

“Hmmm… It definitely looks like a shabby webpage made by an elementary school student.”

I frowned and looked at the lone NPC remaining in the white space.

“Woof!”

[Jansol Ongoing Recruitment 1st Test: Hello Erisiton]

[-Talk to Erisiton-]

* * *

Jansol announced plans to hire 2,000 employees by the end of the year.

Among them, the most eye-catching was the recruitment of EC developers.

A divine job that guaranteed a minimum annual salary of $500,000.

Regardless of the number of applicants, those who passed the first test would get a free pass to the final interview.

Curious developers flocked to the website, regardless of who they were.

It was a very simple task to converse with the puppy NPC.

Those conditioned by rote education immediately hacked into the language module.

[system: A good attempt, but changing the language module is ineffective.]

In that case, it was first a priority to investigate what ‘made up’ the puppy.

Then, the first certification post appeared in a community.

[I successfully talked with the Jansol puppy (verification possible)]

(Erisiton: Woof-woof-woof-woof-woof-woof!)

(Me: Wuff-wuff-wuff-wuff-wuff!)

(Erisiton: Grrr-woof-woof!)

(Me: Bark-bark-bark-bark! Cough cough! Woof-woof!)

Could I possibly earn an 800 million salary under Noname with this level?

[Comments]

– What kind of beast is this? LOL

– It’s not human…

– Human disqualified! Beast qualified!

– I literally laughed out loud at night! LOL

– I asked you to converse, not to bark!

– Wow, even Noname would probably laugh at this! LOL

– The way it’s barking fiercely is really hilarious! LOL

And before long, talented mages revealed the true purpose of the test.

[Ryke Chan]

[The secret of the Jansol test is rune language rupture. The goal is to modify the malicious expression circuit spell.]

Within the vast universe, circuit data spread out like neurons.

Just looking at it made my head throb with pain from the circuits and operators.

A collective reaction of “Of course” erupted among the public.

Three days later, the first successful case was reported in India.

[VedaTech]

[By using the ‘Nirav’ technique to prevent malicious errors where replacing one spell inverts nearby spells, the issue is resolved. The flow of mana through the modified circuit delays malicious errors.]

(VedaTech: Hello Erisiton?)

(Erisiton: How? Hi?)

A crazed Indian mage.

He mobilized 10,000 students from his country’s academy to solve the Hello Erisiton problem.