13. Empire of the Glans.

Hey.

What the hell are you talking about, suddenly saying there aren’t enough materials!!

Wasn’t it just supposed to be built????

[Does the world look that easy to you? You’re really foolish.]

You’re just a pet…shut up!

“It says there aren’t enough materials…check what’s needed.”

“…Did you hear it too, Nuna?”

“Yeah. It was echoing really loudly.”

“….”

Tch.

Nothing I can do.

I’ll just have to procure the materials, right?

What’s needed?

Huh?

How much will it be?

《《imperial lv.1=”” palace=””》》

Construction Materials: Approximately 57,000 tons of minerals or 2.8 trillion won.

Hey, you son of a bitch…that’s too much…aren’t the material costs too realistic?

What the hell is 57,000 tons of minerals… If I don’t have it, you’re telling me to pay almost 3 trillion won? Are you crazy? Wasn’t this supposed to be the most basic building???

[If you don’t have the money to build the building, you can designate an existing building as the Imperial Palace. Like a tent. However, in this case, you will not be able to receive the unique bonuses of the Imperial Palace.]

…

Even the system is pissing me off. Is Ah-heuk your daughter?

“Why? You don’t have money to buy the materials?”

Sora Nuna asks with round eyes.

“It’s not that I don’t have money, it’s that the material costs are too high….”

“That’s the same thing. How much is it?”

“57,000 tons of minerals. Or 2.8 trillion won.”

“…Excuse me?”

“Don’t you think that’s too much??? What the hell are you doing that requires so many minerals???”

“Are there any other materials needed besides that?”

“…It doesn’t specifically say anything like that.”

“Then that’s still fortunate. Where else would you only need one material? Originally, you’d need things like rebar and concrete. You can get away with just one type of mineral, or even just pay money.”

“Even so! It’s almost 60,000 tons! 3 trillion won! Is it even possible for me, just an individual, to procure this….”

“Then what are you going to do? It says you need that much to build it…or is there no option to change the design or anything?”

“Ah.”

Certainly, if there was something like that, I could scale it down and still receive the unique bonusesㅡ.

[There is, but even then, you would have to make a design worth at least 2.8 trillion won.]

“…”

[The basic buildings that appear in the construction section always appear as the ‘minimum’.]

The minimum is 2.8 trillion? How much extravagance are you pulling? It’s not even a super high-rise building, how can it cost trillions? Especially in a system that’s half a game.

[Of course, the minimum value differs for each building. If you don’t have enough money, you should work haaaaaard, or trade with other worlds through the Trade Center.]

Wasn’t that haaaaaard work useless?

More than that, if I can’t even build the Imperial Palace, can I build the Trade Center? Is this one cheap by any chance?

《《trade center=”” lv.1=””》》

Construction Materials: 5,600 tons of minerals. Or 126 billion won.

Hey. This is expensive too.

[Considering the profits you can make, that’s very cheap. Also, the Trade Center isn’t just for trading with other worlds.]

“Then?”

[Think slowly about what another world is.]

“…What are you talking about.”

What, are you telling me to open an otherworld gate and invade?

“If there really is another world, that’s huge information. Just telling that fact alone could easily get you several trillion won, you know?”

Yuna-ssi said, striking a Conan pose.

“Besides, being able to trade means that there are intelligent life forms like humans living there, so the value of the information increases even more. You could get a huge amount of money in exchange for access to the other world.”

“From who?”

“Countries or corporations.”

“Oho.”

“And if the natural scenery is outstanding and safe, you can develop it as a tourist product.”

“It sounds amazing when you say it like that.”

“If you don’t have the money to build the building right now, you can get an investment.”

“That kind of difficult thing is hard for my brain to handle…let’s think about this later.”

“It’s not that difficult….”

“Right now, let’s stabilize this country, regardless of the other world. There are many things to see.”

Even if I can’t build the building, I should at least learn what functions it has. I see there’s something like troop recruitment.

“But you know. Minerals. Couldn’t it be Mithril too?”

“Mithril?”

“Yeah. If you think about it, that can also be called a mineral.”

“Hmm….”

Well, that’s true…but how long would it take to collect thousands or tens of thousands of tons? Besides, even if I collected it, Mithril is only in the Tokyo Dungeon right now, and the transportation costs would be enormous….

“Increase Ah-heuk and make it into a ship.”

“!!!”

“And you can increase the maids and have them mine Mithril. Hmm…that would cost a lot of money too.”

“If you’re going to play on a global scale anyway, you have to do it someday. Spread guild members across the country and collect loot from each dungeon, transport it to where it’s needed, or sell it off.”

Uh…complicated.

There’s a lot to do…

Anyway, to put it simply, I have to increase the organization members and increase Ah-heuk, right?

“But Ah-heuk isn’t that big…it’s about enough for 4 people to fit inside, so even if you transform it into a ship, it’ll only be about the size of a fishing boat, right?”

“That’s enough. If you don’t care about attack and defense, you can increase it infinitely, right?”

“That’s true, but….”

“Make one clone to use only for this kind of quantity, and handle all future divisions that require quantity with that clone. Then there won’t be a big impact.”

“Hmm…Ah-heuk, can you do it?”

[Of course. Who do you think I am? By the way, it’s also possible to combine with one clone to increase the size. Of course, in that case, attack and defense will not be restored.]

“Ooh? That’s the best news I’ve heard so far.”

[If you create 4 clones and merge them into one, you can transform into a fairly large ship.]

“Then let’s do that.”

Now that it’s come to this, let’s create a system to bring in a ton of Mithril. There’s nothing to lose.

If the loot appraisal puts an enormous value on Mithril, I can sell it to raise money, and if the value is crap, I can mine minerals and build buildings.

And I can apply this system to other loot as well.

“Since Mithril chunks are very heavy and large, Ah-heuk will have to carry them in the end. In my opinion, you need at least 3 types of states. One is Ah-heuk in robot state, the second is Ah-heuk in truck state. The third is Ah-heuk in ship state. It would be nice if it could also transform into a crane or forklift, but if Ah-heuk does even that, you’ll have to create too many clones and it’ll be inefficient, so buy that much with your own money.”

“Eh….”

“And of course, if you want to bring the loot from the Tokyo Dungeon to Korea, you need a warehouse first. Otherwise, how are you going to load it onto the ship? You’ll also need guild members to work there, and people to protect the loot from strange guys.”

“Ugh.”

“So, let’s start by recruiting people.”

“How many guild members are there now?”

“145 people. Of course, it’s not enough to do everything Yuna said.”

“That’s right.”

Just by looking at it, it seems like I’ll need a huge number of people…how long will it take to recruit them and make them maids….

“Or you can just hire people related to transportation. In fact, using maids for such purposes is a waste of manpower.”

“Hmm…I’ll have to think about this slowly. Anyway, it’s certain that I need to recruit additional people, so let’s increase the number of maids.”

Should I hold an audition? Promoting various advantages.

+++

“They say he’s returned to the country.”

“Hmm….”

A middle-aged man leaned back in his chair and groaned.

There was a piece of paper in front of him, a common stat table.

But the expressions of those who looked at it were all in shock.

Numbers far exceeding 3 million and 4 million were increasing his white hair one by one.

“There shouldn’t be any more clashes with the military, I’m worried.”

“Don’t worry, Mr. President.”

None other than the President of South Korea.

A person whose public support is breaking through 80% due to the nuclear weapons approval incident.

“The upper echelons of the military also know everything they need to know. No matter how proud the military is, they won’t start something without thinking.”

“I hope so.”

He fiddles with the paper and mutters quietly.

“By the way…I didn’t know there was someone like this. To think…he would have such a different kind of power on his own.”

When he first received the report from the head of the Korean branch, he doubted his eyes.

The attack and defense of official rankers did not even reach 20,000, and even unofficial rankers could hardly exceed 100,000, but Yoo-eun alone has hundreds of millions of attack and defense.

Of course, he couldn’t help but doubt his eyes.

But his power is real.

He felt that power clearly in the Tokyo Dungeon defense battle this time.

The video of the stone statue knight he commands nonchalantly slicing through a boss monster that was unharmed even after being hit by dozens of shells is still racing towards the top of the views.

In addition, he himself has a record of blocking the boss monster’s attack with just one finger.

“If attack power and defense exceed 3 million, how much power is that? Can the military defeat him?”

The president asked.

If, in the event that he had to be excluded, would that be possible?

“….”

But the answer that came back was only silence.

Even though each of the people here is an expert, none of them could easily answer.