episode_0674
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After chatting with Scarlett and retrieving the compass, I checked the watch I had left next to me.
“Let’s see, it’s been about a week.”
“Time passed so quickly in that short time… ”
Scarlett muttered quietly.
Although it was welcome that the time required for the experiment was shortened, she was reluctant to hear that if she made a mistake, she could end up becoming a grandmother.
“Then shall we take it out again and observe it?”
I put my inner energy into my hand and took out a piece of metal.
The piece taken from the Blade Lord’s body retained its original luster even though it had been immersed in an acidic liquid.
“It hasn’t changed at all.”
“Ae, from the moment I put it in, not a single bubble came up… ”
Scarlett seemed to have guessed the result.
“I didn’t expect it to melt and disappear without a trace, but I thought it would show that it was soaked in something… ”
“It seems like it’s completely immune to corrosion… ”
“Then, the work of the researchers at Site-07 was completely useless.”
Poor guys. They were labeled as trolls by the organization for their actions, but they were all for nothing.
Still, it worked out well for me, as it allowed the Blade Lord to escape and I was able to get his body.
‘What can I use this for?’
I held the piece of metal up in front of my eyes.
I injected my internal energy to get rid of the acidic liquid, and the efficiency of receiving the internal energy was not bad.
It wasn’t like Starlight, where you could just put in your internal energy, but it seemed like it would be a sword that even a master of the Hwagyeong could use his full power to create, as long as it wasn’t a craftsman who was not particularly skilled at making it.
First of all, I thought of it as a sword because its original shape is a sword, but since it is so strong, it would be good to make it into a defensive device instead of a sword.
Maria, who had been quietly watching what Scarlett and I were doing, added:
– A metal that doesn’t corrode. Of course, it can be used in all sorts of places. It’s also a metal that’s 100 times stronger than steel. From construction to equipment manufacturing. In fact, there are few places where it isn’t used, right?
‘I know there are many places to write. I just don’t know where to write it first.’
-Let’s try mass production after analyzing it first. Then we can use it as is without having to worry about these things.
The first thing I do when I get new material like this is to run an analysis on it at my home base in the Nova Empire, the Citadel.
I nodded and decided to do as Maria suggested.
‘Even this strange entity can be used in different ways.’
As I was thinking that with a proud heart, Maria said.
-A woman named Emily is coming.
For your information, all of the facility’s security measures had already been breached by Maria long ago.
The facility’s security wasn’t as tight as I had feared.
Although combat personnel sometimes used anomalous entities, it seemed that they judged it dangerous to entrust safety to anomalous entities when managing facilities.
Thanks to this, there were no information-type anomalies in the system that could prevent Maria’s infiltration.
The fact that we were able to conduct experiments with Scarlett in the isolation room was all possible because Maria replaced the surveillance camera footage with other footage.
“Mr. Minho and Ms. Scarlett.”
Emily came into the isolation room and called us.
Any traces of the experiment have already been cleanly removed.
I responded calmly.
“What’s going on?”
“Your suggestion has been accepted by the higher-ups. The administrators are looking forward to your handling of the Blade Lord this time. Thanks to that, the permission has been granted.”
“Is that so.”
I was worried that he might needlessly delay answering because he was a humanoid abnormality, but surprisingly, he seemed to be quite bold when it came to making decisions.
‘Maybe he saw my abilities and thought it would be pointless to refuse my cooperation.’
Even if they rejected me, I still planned to find a way to return to my original world.
And even if you accept the offer, it doesn’t mean you’ve completely let down your guard against me.
After all, my identity in this world was not that of a human, but of a humanoid abnormality.
Emily continued speaking as I nodded as if it was obvious.
“From now on, if you give me advance notice, you will be granted access to anomalous entities that can help you return to your original world, including the Mirage Mirror. I have listed the relevant anomalous entities separately on the tablet here.”
“Thank you.”
Maria already had a list of all the abnormal entities that existed in this facility, but since we had secretly collected that information, it was not meaningless to state that we had official permission to do so.
From now on, you will be able to state your demands openly without having to pretend not to know.
I thought that was the end of Emily’s reason for coming to see us.
But she kept moving her lips in a hesitant manner.
“Is there a problem?”
“And… I would also like to ask you to handle other abnormal entities.”
“Well, that’s what I suggested first, so feel free to say it. But the Blade Lord escaped just a little while ago, so is there another anomaly that failed to be contained?”
“Isolation failed… ”
Emily’s face, as she muttered like that, had a different expression than before.
It was not the face of a researcher who enjoys analyzing and studying reality, but rather an expression that seemed to be reminiscing and groping about the past.
‘Resentment? Revenge?’
It was a fleeting emotion that passed across her face for a moment, but my eyes captured it all.
“… Needless to say, it was a containment failure. The anomalous entity I’m talking about is one that is impossible to contain in the first place.”
“Isolation is impossible?”
“Yes. Information about that anomaly is on the tablet. It is not an anomaly that is being contained in this facility, but since I am asking you to handle it, I must provide you with the information.”
‘Oh… Then this time it’ll be a bit more fun to deal with. To be honest, the Blade Lord was a bit bland.’
As soon as I heard her words, I instructed Maria to explore the information contained on the tablet.
And I could tell what kind of entity she was talking about.
[ECHO Record ID #I-988: The Silent Cathedral]
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Classification: Eidolon
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outline
I-988 is an anomalous entity that resembles an ancient cathedral, but its exact origin and method of creation are unknown.
I-988 appears autonomously in the center of a typical city, and its appearance resembles a black cathedral hundreds of meters high.
The cathedral’s exterior is made of black stone and metal that is constantly changing, its surface vibrating slightly and producing a hollow echo.
I-988 encroaches upon entire nearby cities, rendering all life and the environment silent and still.
Failure to contain could result in widespread collapse and erosion of city-wide structures.
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Isolation Procedures
I-988 is currently on the Foundation’s list of uncontainable objects. The city in which the object is active remains completely isolated, and the Foundation is implementing the following procedures to prevent the spread of the eroded area:
Designation of an Oblivion Zone: The 100km radius around I-988 is classified as an Oblivion Zone, and all access is prohibited.
Stop erosion spread: Install containment devices in areas affected by I-988 to keep erosion from spreading outward.
Surveillance and Recording: High-altitude unmanned drones monitor the exterior structure and anomalies of the Cathedral of Silence, recording changes.
In the event of a containment breach, the Foundation will implement ██████, including spatial elimination of the eroded area.
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Discovery circumstances
I-988 first appeared in 20██, in the European city of ██████.
The cathedral suddenly appeared in the center of the city, and immediately after its creation, the entire city was enveloped in a shroud of silence.
When the Foundation first attempted to respond, all life in the city was brought to a halt, and teams entering the structure lost communications within ten minutes.
The sole survivor who returned from inside the structure suffered a severe mental breakdown, muttering about being trapped in a songless prayer and black light.
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Summary of response records
The Foundation attempted high-altitude bombing, but the cathedral was not damaged.
The second team that entered the cathedral was annihilated.
… … .
‘What is this? Is this an abnormal entity of the building type?’
After looking through the documentation on the anomaly, I was speechless.
It’s surprising that one building is an entire abnormal entity, but it’s also surprising that it suddenly appears and has the power to destroy a city.
It felt like the genre had suddenly changed as I was playing around with things like hand mirrors, compasses, and self-moving blade mannequins. The scale had gotten several times bigger.
As I sat there quietly thinking, Emily’s voice came into my ear.
“Anomalous entity I-988, Cathedral of Silence. This is the anomalous entity that caused my parents to die. I would like to ask you to destroy this anomalous entity.”
I suddenly wanted to take back what I said about it being bland.
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