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The Holy Grail of Sacrifice.

An item famous enough that any Prophecy RPG player would know of it—well, maybe not that famous, but still fairly well-known.

Its downside? You have to sacrifice one companion with max affinity to use it, which guarantees a bad ending. But it’s an item capable of near-omnipotent miracles, so…

Perfect for all sorts of experiments.

‘Especially when hunting for hidden areas or items.’

Sacrifice one companion, then wish for either immense power or the location of a powerful item.

Restart the game from the beginning, visit the hidden area the Holy Grail revealed, and bam—you’ve secured the hidden item in Prophecy RPG.

The end.

That’s how easily you can cheese hidden items.

…Or so one method goes.

Depending on how you use it, the Holy Grail can be exploited in endless ways to uncover hidden items or information.

It’s practically a hidden-item radar.

That’s why it became famous—one of the must-have items for hardcore Prophecy RPG players who dug deep into the game’s abyss.

So.

Kim Taeyang must know what the Holy Grail of Sacrifice is.

“Are you insane?!”

“That’s the item where if you even get it, you either sacrifice a companion or become the sacrifice yourself within a year!!!”

Right.

That’s exactly what the Holy Grail of Sacrifice is.

An item that devours its owner if no sacrifice is made within a year.

Even if you do sacrifice someone, it only extends your lifespan by another year—eventually, you’ll die no matter what.

In the game, you could just hit the Restart button to fix everything, but…

This is reality.

Touch the Holy Grail of Sacrifice, and death is guaranteed.

…That’s common sense.

“And you, knowing that—!”

“If someone who knows all that still has it, doesn’t that mean there’s a way around it?”

“A way around it?”

“Yeah.”

“There’s such a thing?”

“There is.”

“What is it?”

“Curious?”

“Fucking curious.”

“Sperm.”

“Proper posture? Sit straight and listen carefully?”

“No.”

“Then?”

“Sperm. You know, semen. That white, sticky liquid men produce.”

“???”

Kim Taeyang’s face twisted in utter disbelief.

Sigh…

Fine, I’ll explain it in a way even an idiot like you can understand.

“You know the Holy Grail of Sacrifice is an ancient artifact that grants miracles in exchange for sacrificing one person, right?”

“Yeah, I know.”

“One sperm + one egg = one person.”

“You know that too, right?”

“Yeah, I know—… Huh?”

“Then wouldn’t it be fair to say ?”

“Th-that actually works?!”

“Apparently.”

I’m not sure if it’s exactly treated as half a person.

But considering that just one ejaculation counts as sacrificing +999,999 people…

Well.

That’s not the important part.

The real point is that you won’t die even if you only sacrifice semen, and you can still use miracles.

“S-so… you’re saying you can spam the Holy Grail’s miracles infinitely? That’s insane!”

“Not exactly.”

A person weighs around 40–80 kg, while one ejaculation is about 1–2 grams.

So?

Even by raw numbers, that’s a 40,000-fold difference.

With energy reduced by 40,000 times, the miracle’s power would naturally drop by the same margin.

‘Not sure about the exact numbers, but…’

Anyway.

Don’t expect the ridiculously overpowered miracles from Prophecy RPG.

“So?”

“You can only pull off a few small miracles at best.”

“Pfft… That’s nothing special.”

“I summoned Coke with it.”

“……?”

“You can summon modern items.”

“And once you summon something, you can mass-produce it. That’s a broken artifact, and you’re calling it ‘nothing special’?”

“You can… summon modern items at will?”

“Complex stuff like computers is tricky, but…”

“Kimchi? Easy.”

“Then why haven’t you summoned any yet?”

“Where’s the fun if I just summon everything right away?”

“So you didn’t summon it just for fun?! Are you even Korean?!”

“I am, just…”

A Korean who prefers chicken, pizza, and burgers over kimchi.

“Hey!”

“I was like that too at first! But the longer you’re away from home, the more you crave hometown food!”

“Then summon it when that happens.”

“……”

“You can summon it anytime you want, after all.”

“Damn… you bastard…”

“I’m so jealous I could die.”

“Heh.”

“Blame your past self for not researching the Holy Grail properly.”

“Uwaaaah!”

“If I’d studied the Holy Grail as much as you did…! If I’d gotten it first…! Huh…? Wait…”

“Why the sudden pause?”

“Hold on…”

“You said you use the Holy Grail by sacrificing sperm, right?”

“Yeah?”

“Then… the Coke I drank was sperm Coke?!”

“?”

“I drank Coke made from some dude’s semen?! Uweeeehhh!!!”

Kim Taeyang gagged violently.

“That’s not how it works.”

“Then how?!”

“Sperm is just the energy source. It doesn’t go into the Coke, you lunatic.”

“Hey!”

“You put sperm into the Holy Grail, and Coke came out! That makes it sperm Coke!”

“No, it doesn’t.”

“Then what is it?!”

“If you blend fruit in a mixer, does that make it electricity juice?”

“What kind of nonsense is that?”

“Does the juice contain electricity?”

“Of course not.”

“Same principle.”

“?”

“The sperm is just the power source for the ‘mixer’ that processes ingredients into Coke.”

“So… that’s it?”

“That’s it.”

Kim Taeyang thought for a moment.

“So the Coke doesn’t actually contain sperm?”

“Nope.”

“Phew…”

“I almost had a heart attack thinking I drank semen.”

“Relax, man. It’s not like that.”

“Good.”

“Then summon some kimchi. I’ll handle the rest.”

“What’s ‘the rest’?”

“If we have kimchi, we’re obviously having a samgyeopsal party!”

“Samgyeopsal party?”

“I’ve already got good meat, lettuce, garlic—everything! All we need is kimchi!”

“That’s all?”

“Add doenjang jjigae, ssamjang, and sesame oil, and it’s perfect.”

“Some Coke would be nice too?”

“Obviously!”

“Alright.”

“Then let’s—!

“Wait.”

“What?”

“We’ve got something to do before eating.”

“What?”

“The mechanized gear for Sophia.”

“Ah… right.”

Kim Taeyang scratched his head and pulled out a red bracelet.

“What’s this?”

“Never seen a transformation bracelet?”

“This one bracelet lets you transform?”

“Of course!”

“It’s got a battle suit, custom gear—everything stored in a subspace bracelet! Activate it, and everything auto-equips in style!”

“Whoa…”

The downside of mechanized gear is how heavy and cumbersome it is to carry around, but…

He solved that with spatial magic.

Damn.

Impressive tech.

Spatial magic is already rare, and crafting artifacts with it is even harder.

But he pulled it off.

“Spatial magic is the only one I’ve truly mastered!”

“This much is child’s play!”

“Then if we modify this for female use…”

“Hold up.”

“Why?”

“How far can you go with the Holy Grail?”

“Repairs, modifications, transformations—pretty much anything item-related, I’d say.”

“Then how about adding these and modifying it further?”

“Modify?”

“If we’re doing this, let’s fully customize it for Sophia.”

“What kind of modifications are you thinking?”

“How about this and that?”

“Sounds good.”

“Wanna start now?”

“Let’s do it!”

And so, the two of us began disassembling and modifying the gear piece by piece.

4 hours later.

We skipped meals, relentlessly tweaking and refining until the final product was complete.

“Whew~”

“That was seriously fun~”

“Turns out, crafting is oddly satisfying.”

“Mechanized gear isn’t just about performance—it’s got that charm that stirs a man’s soul.”

“True.”

Not sure about the performance, but…

I’ll admit, it does awaken something primal.

I even caught myself wanting to make an Iron Man suit and strut around in it.

“You’d never pull it off, so give up.”

“I know.”

The thought of making my own suit did cross my mind, but…

It’s practically impossible.

To make a suit that lets you fly around shooting beams like in the movies, you’d need a power source.

And for that, you’d need… a human.

Ah.

Not in the sacrificial sense.

I mean using my own mana to power the suit.

But.

The body I’m possessing, Cain’s, is D-rank.

His mana is D-rank too.

So the suit’s performance would be stuck at D-rank.

At that point, it’s just a toy.

‘Maybe later, after everything’s settled and I have time to spare…’

‘I could mess around with a toy-grade mechanized suit for fun.’

But not now.

Saving Marianne comes first.

Killing the Demon King comes first.

So.

I’ve given up on wearing a mechanized suit myself.

But.

I can still give one to Sophia.

Her vitality alone surpasses S-rank, reaching SSS-tier.

Her divine power is S-rank.

And her mana is around A-rank.

She’s basically a superior human battery compared to Kim Taeyang.

…Which reminds me.

“Some people train like mad for a year just to reach this level…”

“While others are born with specs like that…”

Kim Taeyang looked like he wanted to die from envy.

But.

What can you do?

Our Sophia is a super saintess—overwhelming talent combined with a veteran’s knowledge.

Even without the Blood Stone…

Hmm…

She’d still be stronger than Kim Taeyang.

“Wow…”

“Suddenly, I’m pissed.”

“Don’t be. Let’s test the suit’s performance, then go eat.”

“You’re providing kimchi, doenjang jjigae, ssamjang, and sesame oil, right?”

“Let’s skip the doenjang jjigae.”

Kimchi, ssamjang, and sesame oil can just be summoned, but…

Doenjang jjigae requires actual cooking.

And after pouring all my passion into crafting mechanized gear, I’m too lazy to make anything else.

So.

Let’s just grill some meat and call it a day.

…With that, we stepped outside.

“Sophia.”

“Let’s do a quick performance test.”

“I just have to fight Lady Alice in this, right?”

“You’re fighting?”

“Yes.”

“Nothing tests performance better than real combat.”

“True, true.”

“Nothing beats real experience.”

Alice nodded eagerly, drawing her sword with an excited grin.

Hmm…

No need to stop them, right?

“Lia.”

“If someone dies, you can revive them immediately, right?”

“Yep!”

“Just trust me!”

“Then let’s grill some meat.”

Watching a fight while eating samgyeopsal?

Can’t resist that.