Self-reward.
If they won't give it, I'll just find it myself.
At first, I planned to steal quietly.
This isn't our neighborhood.
If we acted rashly without knowing better, we might get badly burned.
But we got caught cleanly.
Can't be helped.
The summoned beings scattered all at once in every direction.
The time of riot and plunder had arrived.
Since it's come to this, we're going all out.
Polymorph, whatever—none of that matters anymore.
Brazenly, heads held high.
"Daedo Rajiks."
"Hoe!"
"Return to your true form. Take off the perception-disruption talisman too."
"Hueeek!"
Does a dragon really need to stay in human form?
"Mr. Green?"
"It's Extreme Speed Flying Dragon Crackersus, actually."
"Yes, Extreme Speed Green. You may transform into your true body as well."
Swoooosh!
Flap, flap!
A gigantic ancient dragon rose into the air, beating its massive wings.
The commercial district was thrown into total chaos.
Terra citizens screamed and fled in all directions, fainting in shock.
"What are you people?"
"Gah! Th-that thing—!"
"Who is it?"
"W-wanted—"
Some of them recognized Juhyeok's face.
A bounty had been issued across Terra ever since the Black Tower was erected.
"C-crazy! I-it's the summoner! The Earth No. 1001 summoner is here!"
"O God! The demon has come!"
"Run!"
"It's a murderer! A serial killer has appeared!"
"…"
"P-please, spare my life—"
Huh?
Why am I a serial killer?
That hurts my feelings.
"That's right. Who's calling who a demon?"
"Exactly. Pot calling the kettle black."
"Really bad people, they are."
And did I kill anyone myself?
I'm not responsible.
I just built the Black Tower.
Just like you did.
"Should we tie ribbons on them?"
"…Just loot the goods. We don't have time."
"Yap!"
Kwooom! Kwo-kwo-kwooom!
Explosions echoed everywhere.
Crash!
Show windows shattered.
Locking the doors was useless.
Creak!
Doors were ripped off—
Kwooom!
—or the walls were simply smashed in.
The summoned beings were rioters.
They barged into any shop and dragged out whatever they could grab.
Then Rajiks—
Ta-eng! Paeng-geureureu.
"Hoe-eng!"
Slip, slip, slip.
Everything in sight was stuffed into subspace.
Clap clap clap clap clap.
Juhyeok applauded, praising Rajiks.
The ringleader of the thieves.
Riot mastermind Bong Juhyeok.
"Everyone! Let us steal boldly, without a shred of shame, under the open sky!"
The fifty-man band of thieves nodded solemnly.
"Master Summoner Bong, you have declared righteous plunder!!! This is the time of heroes and champions! Bring liquor and cinnamon—no, just bring everything!!!"
Aaaaah!
A scene of utter pandemonium.
A festival of insane looting.
Wheeeee—
Of course, all police drones in the city were deployed as well.
Whirr! Whirr! Whirr! Whirr! Whirr.
So many that they blackened the sky.
The destruction beams mounted on the police drones targeted the summoned beings.
But—
Pashuk! Pashu-juk! Pashu-juju-juk!
Drones were shot down by Colonel Bae's small-caliber rounds.
And that wasn't all.
The Mad Demon's Crescent Sword Aura cut down drones at range, and other ranged summoned beings kept shooting them down.
"Light!"
The real angel Bardin swept drones away with a Shield of Radiance.
Kwo-kwo-kwo-kwo-kwo-kwo-kwo!
Extreme Speed Flying Dragon Green spewed his breath.
Some police drones' destruction beams did hit summoned beings—but it was hopelessly insufficient.
Not even a scratch.
Did they think summoned beings were ordinary people?
Shooo!
Pusheoseok!
Thudududuk!
Drone fragments scattered everywhere.
Amid all this—
the most dazzling summoned being of all.
Rajiks, the embodiment of greed.
Dimensional grand thief, dimensional grand robber, dimensional grand plunderer.
His eyes were bloodshot.
Ta-eng! Paeng-geureureu—every movement erased chunks of merchandise from the shopping district.
"Hoe-eeeeeeek!"
Rajiks's roar echoed through the shopping center.
"This is great! Dimensional grand thief, grab cigarettes and liquor too."
"Huh-eh?"
"No—just shove everything in!"
Just in case I meet Lord Yama, Sword Immortal, or Guigok later, I'll give them gifts.
Earth No. 1 items will be unfamiliar to them.
They'll probably love them.
"Let's take the bikes and cars too!"
Ta-eng! Paeng-geureureu.
Slip, sli-sli-slip, slip.
Ah, our Rajiks.
How is he so good at stealing?
He was fully exercising his unique trait.
An infinite subspace that still had room even after fitting two ultra-giant kaiju Gigants.
It could probably swallow this entire shopping center.
Call us shameless thieves if you want.
We're at war with each other, aren't we?
This is a legitimate supply operation.
We're not even killing anyone—be grateful.
Where Juhyeok and the fifty summoned thieves passed, nothing remained.
"Feels like we've looted most of it. Shall we move?"
"Hm."
What should we do?
Honestly, this is kind of fun.
Juhyeok was still hungry.
More goods, more valuables.
In that case—
The ultimate step of theft and robbery.
We're hitting a bank.
"Let's rob a bank. There should be one straight down this way."
"Charge! Got it!"
Kosak shouted loudly.
"Master Summoner Bong, we're hitting the bank! Clear the way!!!"
Let's go!
To the bank.
The fifty summoned beings advanced in formation.
Juhyeok followed behind them.
Commercial transactions in Terra City are conducted with physical currency.
In other words, there is no credit money.
Only magic-stone Stonics are used.
The vault of a commercial district bank branch should be stacked full of Stonics.
Stonics are magic stones, after all.
They're useful in themselves.
We're taking everything.
"There it is! They blocked it with a barricade door in advance! Colonel Bae, give it one shot!"
Zzzziiing!
Pajujuk!
One large shell into the sealed bank.
Kwo-kwo-kwo-kwo-kwoom!
With an explosion, the barricade blew open.
Ruuush!
The summoned beings stormed into the bank.
"Take everything!"
Slip, sli-sli-slip!
"Where's the vault?"
"Looks like over there."
"Cut the door!"
"I'll cut it."
"Hoe-eng!"
Slice! Slice-slice!
The thick metal door was cut open in an instant.
Revealing the interior of the large vault.
"Oh!"
Inside were round, flat, glittering chips.
Stonics made of magic stones.
But—
"Huh? That's all?"
Less than expected.
It should have been filled to the brim.
"What a letdown."
"Looks like they already moved it."
We'll take this at least.
"Dimensional grand thief?"
"Hoe!"
"Sweep it clean. Not a speck left."
Slip, sli-sli-sli-sli-sli—
Stonics were sucked in.
There wasn't much, so it was gone quickly.
Would've been nice to take more.
But what's the problem?
There are plenty more places to loot.
We'll steal whatever we see.
"Let's move to the next place."
"Where to?"
"…Hmm, maybe a department store? Or luxury shops?"
"Master Summoner Bong, we're robbing luxury shops! It's about quality! Clear the way!!!"
Ruuush.
The thieves poured out of the bank.
Suddenly!
Kosak pointed somewhere with his finger.
"Master Summoner Bong, look over there."
"Huh? Where—whoa!"
A massive advertisement screen attached to a skyscraper's outer wall.
A video was playing on it.
"That's my face."
"You're handsome."
"Extremely majestic."
Breaking news.
Juhyeok and the fifty-man band of thieves.
The scene of the looting was being broadcast live.
Their faces were on nearly every outdoor screen.
"Can I make a V sign?"
No reason not to.
"Let's strike a cool pose."
Hi?
I'm a thief.
Bong Juhyeok was here.
I'm taking everything.
Might come again.
That was when—
Screeeeeech!
With a tearing sound through the air, aircraft surged in from the eastern sky.
"Huh?"
Another came from the west.
Two in total.
"I've seen those before."
Those are—
"Archangels. Two of them."
"Archangels, both of them."
"Indeed, two archangel-class entities."
…Hoe.
Ah.
This is awkward.
One would be manageable, but two is a bit much.
"Let's retreat."
"Hm, we could try fighting."
"That's right. Might be doable."
No.
Now is the time to withdraw.
Is today the only day?
We can come back again.
In fact, most of Terra's key facilities are concentrated in District 1.
Next time, depending on the situation, we'll go there.
"Release group summons."
Spot! Spot! Spot.
Everyone was sent back.
Ts-pi-pi-pi-fit!
Juhyeok activated his second trait.
Acceleration—a trait enhanced to level 25.
Even summoned beings who had surpassed Lrssal couldn't catch him.
Ts-fit! Ts-pi-pi-pi-fit!
Bong Juhyeok of the gale.
By the time the archangels in the sky realized it, he was already unimaginably far away.
Around then, he wrapped himself once more in the transcendent concealment veil.
Ts-pi-pi-fit!
He moved even farther, farther still.
Then he spotted a brilliantly lit shopping street.
An entertainment district?
There were bars everywhere.
A perfect spot.
If he entered the White Tower's 9th floor here, he'd probably come out here later as well.
Spot!
And so, Juhyeok returned to the White Tower.
Kohen Yamazaki was beside himself.
Upon hearing news of the riot and looting, he immediately ordered the deployment of all police forces.
Then he watched the live footage through breaking news.
The devastated shopping center.
He had half expected it—and sure enough.
It was the summoner from Earth No. 1001.
"These crazy bastards!!!"
They were instigating riots and looting with as many as fifty summoned beings.
Dragons flew, fallen angels spewed sinister light, a lunatic woman sprayed bullets.
They swept everything clean.
It was barren, like a swarm of locusts had passed through.
How could fifty people loot all that?
There was a single culprit that made it possible.
Someone who should not have been there.
"…He's not dead?"
The beastman porter from the 71st floor.
Alive and kicking, running around energetically.
That bastard was the worst.
Merchandise vanished smoothly into an infinite subspace.
"H-how?"
How did he survive?
Kohen had clearly seen him get caught in the mana bomb he himself had dropped on the 71st floor—vanishing without a trace.
Rage drove him nearly insane.
Robbing in broad daylight, brazenly flaunting it.
Did the summoner even realize?
How many people were suffering because of his actions?
They even robbed banks.
Good thing they had already moved the high-denomination chips from each branch to the central bank—otherwise?
"At least that's a relief."
The archangels arrived just in time.
The moment they appeared, the culprits fled.
They'd probably run into the White Tower.
"Just you wait."
They were rampaging like reckless hoodlums now, but god had plans in motion as well.
If successful, the White Tower would no longer be a safe haven.
They would pay for their sins.
They would receive divine punishment.
For now, he and the players had to focus on the 72nd floor.
Gobang, the barbarian warrior.
An impregnable tower monster.
How many Rank 1 players had already died to him?
The bang! and slam! sounds had given people neurosis.
There weren't many level 72 players left.
Barely ten.
They had no choice but to suspend the assault.
But they hadn't given up completely.
The second collapse deadline—about eight days.
They would finish him within that time.
A plan to kill him was already in place.
A divine artifact purchasable only at the dimensional auction house—the Godslayer's Long Spear.
A weapon capable of killing even a god.
The moment one grasps the spear, one becomes a godslayer.
Could a brutish barbarian warrior withstand it?
That would turn the tables.
They would kill all of the vile summoner's summoned beings.
Then break through the 72nd floor and go straight to the 90th.
The only problem was the price.
A staggering 25 gyeong Stonics.
2,500,000,000 kg of top-grade magic stones.
They had to secure it in physical form.
That was why high-denomination Stonics from bank branches across the empire were being gathered at the central bank.
Load them into a subspace artifact, and it'd be ready.
A native dimensional traveler from their Earth would place the bid and bring back the spear.
"I'll wipe them all out."
The funds would likely be ready within two days.
When the time came, he'd erase even their souls.
White Tower, 9th floor.
Loot piled up like mountains in the plaza.
There was so much that it was overwhelming.
But that was fine.
It was deeply satisfying.
"Self-reward is the best."
"Right?"
"This young lady thinks so as well. If they don't give it to you, you must fetch it yourself."
"Whoa! Princess, are you justifying theft?"
"Hah! Theft? This is justice recognized by heaven and earth."
Hey now—
Anyway, righteous thievery.
So much profit from a single outing.
Something unimaginable without a dimensional grand thief.
Everyone was in a festive mood.
They exchanged stories, boasting of their exploits.
Meanwhile, one summoned being watched them with envious eyes.
Gobang.
"The warrior also wants to loot."
"You can't. You have to guard the 72nd floor."
"No one comes to the 72nd floor. I have nothing to do."
"That's why you should've held back. With bang! and slam! even I wouldn't go in."
"… "
Sorry, Gobang.
You have a job.
When you quit someday, I'll take you along.
"By the way… where's Rajiks?"
Even after returning, the work continued.
Sorting the stolen goods.
Since everything had been grabbed indiscriminately, it was all mixed together.
Not just items—documents, odds and ends, even trash.
Throw away what's useless, organize what's needed.
"There are tablets here too. Hologram tablets."
Oh!
As expected of Earth No. 1.
The quality of electronics was on another level.
Holographic 3D projection came standard.
Over there were vehicles—cars and bikes.
But they weren't ordinary.
Electric vehicles, maybe?
"…There are no wheels?"
How do they move?
"Should we try starting it?"
"Is there a key?"
"There's a card inside."
"Try it."
Whiiing!
The headlights lit up.
Then—
Float!
The car lifted about 30 cm off the ground.
"Ooooh! It's levitating!"
"A superconducting car?"
"If we bring this to our Earth and study it, it'll be a hit."
We could even manufacture and sell them.
Good thing we took it.
A car without wheels.
The ride quality must be incredible.
There was food and alcohol too.
All unfamiliar.
"Unfamiliar liquor. May I take a few bottles?"
Of course.
That's why we looted it.
There were clothes of all kinds.
Shoes, bags, accessories.
But then—
"Hm?"
"Uh?"
"This is…"
"A person?"
Something shaped like a human stood among the piled loot.
Quite a few, too.
Rajiks must have stuffed them into subspace.
"Dimensional grand thief, can you finally store people in subspace now?"
"No way. Are they corpses? Kosak, was this you?"
"Huh? I didn't kill anyone."
They weren't corpses.
"Mannequins. Extremely realistic."
Mannequins.
They looked almost indistinguishable from humans.
Probably stolen from a display window.
Ten in total.
Five male forms, five female.
Curious, Kosak poked them here and there with his finger.
"They're soft. Feels just like human skin."
Really?
"Wait."
Could it be—
"There's a manual attached."
"I'll read it."
El stepped forward and read the English instructions.
"Not usable by Rank 3. Not usable by minors. To operate, insert 10,000 Stonics into the base of the toy. Operates for one month."
I think I get it.
Rank 3 can't use it, and the word toy appears—
"They're adult androids. Essentially sex toys. They seem to run on magic-stone Stonics."
Hmm.
"Do they split?"
"No. No splitting function."
"…Can I touch it a bit more?"
"No. Don't touch."
"Yes."
Hmm.
"Indecent objects. Dispose of them."
Hmm.
"No, what a waste. Give them to me. The princess can take the male androids."
"I don't need them."
"Come on, you like them."
"…You little—!!!"
Hmm.
"Can they be used for other purposes? Like housework?"
"Yes. There's a mode-change menu. Cleaning, cooking, errands—all possible."
El then asked Juhyeok.
"Shall I switch modes?"
"…Yes. Do that and give them to our dimensional farmhand."
They'd work well.
Androids are basically electronic servants.
"To keep them running, we'll need lots of Stonics."
"Stonics can be counterfeited. I'll try forging them."
Theft, aggravated robbery, bank robbery—and now counterfeiting.
White Tower 9th floor had become a den of crime.
"I should build a few more warehouses."
Stolen goods need storage.
Good thing I already copied some large warehouses.
"Should we loot again tomorrow?"
Yeah.
Before the tower collapse finishes off the city, we'll relocate everything.
"Where should we hit next?"
"Factories or research labs, perhaps?"
Right.
Industrial espionage.
We should try that too.
The sorting work continued.
After all, there was just too much loot.
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