The Grand Temple was attacked.
The laboratory was breached.
Factories and various infrastructure facilities were being destroyed.
And then, three hours passed.
Suddenly, as if it were a lie, the city fell silent.
Was it over?
People who had been holding their breath inside their homes cautiously came outside.
They had seen an archangel deploy earlier, but it seemed the terrorists had either fled or been wiped out.
L Did we take them out?
L Looks like it.
L They probably ran. Same as when they hit the shopping center before.
L I hope the archangel killed that summoner bastard.
L What the hell is this? Because of that piece of shit, the project got halted too.
L No matter how I look at it, our god is useless.
But then—
L Hey! Are you guys looking at the sky? Something's flying in.
L Oh! I see it now. Looks like a shooting star.
L Let's make a wish!
L What wish?
L Obviously, the summoner's death.
L Nah, that bastard will die on his own. I want a first-tier body.
L Me too.
L Me too.
Even then, no one knew.
What was about to happen.
But as the meteor drew closer—
Drdrdrdrdrdrdr.
Violent magical power swept across the entire city.
L What the hell? Why are the buildings shaking?
L I suddenly feel heavier. Is it just me?
L No, me too.
L Shit! That's not a shooting star—it's huge!
L Don't tell me…
L This is insane!
Screeeeeeeeeeeech!
The sound grew louder and louder.
People poured outside and looked up at the sky.
The shooting star that had seemed small now filled the heavens.
It was a meteor.
A gigantic meteor was descending toward Terra.
They knew.
They all knew what would happen if a meteor struck the city.
That was a catastrophe humanity could not endure.
This was no ordinary meteor.
If it were, they would have known long ago.
It's a meteor. A summoned one.
Must be the Earth No. 1001 summoner's doing.
Hah… so this is how we die.
Immortality, my ass.
What was the god doing?
A meteor was falling on Terra.
People looked toward the Grand Temple.
Do something.
At least change its trajectory.
At that moment—
Ts-ts-ts-ts-ts-ts.
With a bizarre sound, the entire Grand Temple building began flickering.
It looked like something was about to happen.
An interception?
Were they going to shoot the meteor down before impact?
But—
Ts-ts-ts-ts-papat! Ts-papat!
In an instant—poof!—the Grand Temple building vanished as if it were a lie.
… Huh.
Gasp!
…?
What the hell?!
You've got to be kidding me.
The god had fled.
Together with the Grand Temple—the Black Union Corporation's building where it resided.
A large-scale teleport.
Instant relocation of the entire structure.
It was absurd.
A god had bowed before mere humans.
Before a player summoner from Earth No. 1001.
Spot! Spot! Spot!
A handful of people who had awakened as players fled to the Black Tower.
Those who had already used up their daily entry attempts couldn't even do that.
And at the same time—
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-boom!
The meteor exploded in the sky above the city.
Hundreds of fragments rained down over the metropolis.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa!
A terrifying shockwave swallowed everything in existence.
Thus, Terra City's immortality project came to an end.
Tens of millions were annihilated.
Well, they'd lived long lives, so it probably didn't feel unfair.
…Or maybe it felt even more unfair?
Two hours before the meteor fell.
Kohen Yamazaki's anger had reached its peak.
The terrorist acts carried out by the Earth No. 1001 player and his summoned subordinates—
He could not tolerate them.
He wanted to rush out immediately.
If only the god had not summoned him, he would have done so.
Life or death, he would have settled it.
Having received the god's call, Kohen hurried down to the deepest underground control sector of headquarters.
He knelt.
"Great God! I have come. Please grant me the wisdom to slay that despicable and cunning summoner. If you but give the order, I will rush forth and—"
[Kohen, it is not yet your time to act.]
Was he supposed to just sit there and take it?
[It is heartbreaking that Terra City is under attack, but this is the moment to change our perspective.]
"What do you mean…?"
[We are abandoning Terra City.]
Ah!
Kohen trembled violently.
Terra City was the imperial capital.
And yet—it would be abandoned?
[Yes. We will relocate the capital.]
A capital transfer.
Relocation.
Aaaah…!
Kohen blamed himself.
His own failures were part of why the god had made this decision.
He had failed to conquer the Black Tower's 72nd floor in Terra City.
Worse still, three new towers had appeared there.
The summoner was targeting only Terra City.
The continent was vast, yet the man showed no interest in other regions.
The Grand Temple would also fall within the destruction radius.
Seen that way, relocating the capital was a wise decision.
"Where will the new capital be? Could it be…?"
[Yes. We are moving to our holy settlement, the second capital—Religion City.]
"Oh! A blessing in disguise. I am deeply moved."
Religion City.
A new metropolis painstakingly built by the corporation under divine will.
Many faithful already lived there.
Its location was very far away.
On the opposite side of the planet from Terra City.
Even during construction, opposition had been fierce.
From Terra City's entrenched elites.
They complained that land values would drop.
If they united and rose up, even Kohen would find it burdensome.
Yet, despite the fierce opposition, building Religion City had proven worthwhile.
Now there was even justification for relocating the capital.
With Terra City in this state, there would be no one left to oppose it.
[Kohen, I will now bestow upon you a divine revelation.]
"Please speak."
[Regardless of rank, gather the most devout believers in Terra at the Grand Temple. As quickly as possible—within two hours, if you can.]
It was possible.
In truth, even within the city, truly devout believers were few.
Most were fake believers—pretending faith while cursing the god behind closed doors.
But why gather them?
And at the Grand Temple, of all places?
It was the god's will.
There had to be a plan.
"I will gather them swiftly."
[Good. And no matter what happens, they must not leave the Grand Temple. They must remain inside this building at all times.]
"I will carry out your command. But… what is to happen?"
[One of the summoner's servants is in the process of summoning a meteor. I will not stop it.]
Meteor.
Summoned meteor.
The destruction of Terra City was assured.
The god intended to abandon Terra City.
But why?
[Terra City has grown too bloated. Too many resources were consumed by specific classes. It was the primary cause of dimensional energy depletion.]
Gulp.
Kohen swallowed hard.
The god had drawn the blade.
Clearly, the intent was to purge the unbelievers in one sweep.
Those who did not believe—
Yet still tried to enjoy the god's grace in full.
This was a chance to wipe them all out and remake the board.
Kohen agreed.
Who consumed the most dimensional energy?
First- and second-tier citizens.
Terra City had especially many of them.
If the dimensional energy consumed by them were cut off—
The god's capabilities would expand even further.
His authority would grow.
Then the Black Tower can be reclaimed.
A sudden thought occurred.
"… What about the dimensional travelers?"
[Leave them be. Do not concern yourself with them.]
Leave them?
"And the Godslayer's Spear—"
[That plan will fail. No—it has already ended.]
"Ah!"
His intuition had been correct.
The Central Bank had also been attacked.
That beastman porter had probably swept all the Stonic clean.
[Furthermore, it is time to reset our relationship with the dimensional travelers. From this point on, we part ways with them.]
Kohen agreed.
If they were abandoning even the capital, there was no reason not to abandon them as well.
Kohen immediately carried out the god's orders.
He commanded the deeply faithful believers to come to the Grand Temple at once.
Time passed quickly.
After three hours—after the terrorist attacks on Terra City had ceased—
A colossal meteor descended from the sky.
Drdrdrdrdrdr.
Kohen and the believers prayed to the god.
Then—tsip!
The teleportation magic circle engraved into the Grand Temple activated.
Kukukukung!
At last, the meteor struck.
But the building had already been completely teleported to its new home—Religion City.
White Tower, 9th floor.
The summoned subordinates had already returned after being released.
Juhyeok entered last.
Spot!
"Summoner Bong has arrived! Please welcome him with a thunderous round of applause!"
Clap clap clap clap clap clap clap!!!
Kosak ran over and hung a bouquet around his neck.
"Hehehe, congratulations on the successful operation."
His nose stung.
The pinnacle of robbery.
The ultimate heist.
They had completely cleaned out the Central Bank.
And that wasn't all.
They'd also picked up a senior dimensional traveler.
Kal Maverick, now sealed inside the gourd.
Let's not take him out yet.
Better to let him stew before dealing with him.
"Hoe!"
Rajiks raised his hand high.
Ah, our dimensional master thief.
The ringleader of thieves—Rajiks.
Without him, this plan would never have been conceived in the first place.
There's a reason he's ranked number one.
Who could possibly challenge Rajiks's stronghold?
And yet—
"Hooh… …"
Rajiks pointed with his short finger at the small bag Juhyeok was holding.
Huh?
Is it good?
Looks like he likes it.
"You want it? Then take it."
"Hoeeeh."
He shook his head side to side.
Meaning he didn't want to take it.
Waving his hands and feet.
"Hoooeee—"
"Ah, you want to examine it?"
Nod, nod.
Is there something in it?
Juhyeok handed the bag to Rajiks.
Rajiks took the bag and fiddled with it, examining it from every angle.
Then he flipped it upside down and shook it hard.
Thudududud!
Stonic poured out—along with magic stones.
"Oh!"
A massive amount.
The Stonic that spilled out already exceeded the bag's apparent volume.
An extra-dimensional bag.
Looks like Rajiks realized it immediately.
Well, when it comes to subspace-related matters, there's no summoned being more specialized than him.
But the only things that came out of the bag were Stonic and magic stones.
Nothing else.
So, just to test it, Juhyeok tried putting an inventory item into the bag.
Thud!
It was blocked right at the entrance.
It wouldn't go in.
Not even a small rune.
"Looks like a magic-stone-only wallet."
"Yeah, seems that way."
A little disappointing.
Still, it's subspace, at least.
"How much can it hold?"
"Just try putting them in."
"Hoe!"
Rajiks reached into the opening of the magic-stone wallet.
Then he began withdrawing Stonic.
Thududududududu…
An absurd amount of 100-million-denomination Stonic poured endlessly from Rajiks's hand.
It kept going in.
And going in.
"Wow! At this point, being magic-stone-only isn't even a drawback."
"Yeah."
Every last Stonic stolen from the Central Bank fit inside.
Nice.
Perfect for shopping at the dimensional auction house.
I'll take this and go buy the Godslayer's Spear.
But before that, he should encourage the summoned allies.
Juhyeok firmly grasped the hands of every summoned being who participated in the operation and said,
"Thank you for your hard work. Because of you, the theft was easy."
"Ch! You flatter us!"
He didn't skip a single person.
He shook hands with all 300-plus of them, expressing his gratitude.
By the time he finished greeting everyone, hours had already passed.
He also offered warm words to those who hadn't been summoned.
They'd protected the home base, after all.
"A warrior's life is suffering."
"What do you mean?"
"I want to quit being the 72nd-floor overseer. It's too boring."
Tsk, tsk.
What can you do?
It's already decided.
Unless the tower gets reset and replanted.
Then the high floors could be rearranged.
"Just hang in there a bit longer. It won't take long."
" … "
He continued shaking hands, telling people they'd done well,
until he reached the Mad Demon team.
"Master! You worked hard!"
"Ho ho ho! I should be the one thanking you. It's been a while since I unleashed my martial arts to the limit and vented all my stress. All thanks to you, Summoner."
Huh?
Unleashed his martial arts to the limit?
If the 72nd floor is boom!smash!,
then Master Mad Demon is more like tsip!slash!
To fight properly, he'd need an evenly matched opponent.
Could it be…?
"I played with an archangel."
As expected.
There's no opponent comparable to Mad Demon except an archangel.
"It wasn't easy. They kept splitting—no matter how many I killed, they just kept coming."
Oh no!
"I was just about to finish them all when the summoning was cancelled. A pity."
That's a relief.
Even if he didn't kill the archangel, he didn't look injured.
Next was Brigadier General Bae's team.
A crisp, soldierly salute.
"Certain victory!"
Snap!
Juhyeok returned the salute.
"Brigadier General Veronica Caliber, reporting safe return after mission completion."
"Yes! Thank you for returning safely."
"I report that, through unity, our team achieved the greatest results in history in this operation."
Greatest results?
"Under the commander's wise leadership, we intercepted and annihilated one archangel."
What?!
Did I hear that right?
"… An archangel?"
"Yes, sir!"
Wait—Mad Demon didn't kill one, but Brigadier General Bae did?
At that, Mad Demon spoke up.
"Hrmph! I could've killed it too, but time was short. Just ten more minutes would've done it."
Yes, yes.
That's a rather shameless excuse, Master.
Summoned beings speak with results.
Like Brigadier General Bae.
"Everyone, applause for Brigadier General Bae!"
Clap clap clap clap clap clap clap!
Should we just let that slide?
When a soldier earns a merit—
Of course they get promoted.
"Brigadier General Bae, one-rank special promotion. From today on, you're a major general. Major General Bae."
"Major General Veronica Caliber, receiving the magic gun from the commander! Certain victory!!!"
At this rate, full general isn't far off.
Next—
The stars of the broadcast takeover.
Mackenzie and Harold.
"Principal, thanks to you identifying the plan to purchase the Godslayer's Spear in advance, we were able to act in time. If not for you, things would've gone terribly wrong."
If they hadn't known, it would've been overlooked.
The spear might have pierced the heart of the high floor.
Just thinking about it was horrifying.
"Ho ho, you flatter me. Wasn't it the dimensional errand boy who brought back the documents?"
"Oh come on, don't be modest. And your speech was amazing—truly stirring."
Mackenzie too.
"Great Archmage, you worked hard as well."
"Hahaha, I hardly did anything."
"No way. You did something huge. Taking over the broadcast was far more important than dropping a hundred meteors."
At that, Mackenzie's expression turned strange.
"Hmm, since meteors came up—actually, before returning, I summoned one meteor."
What?
"… You summoned a meteor?"
"Well, I did—but it was probably canceled. Would the god of the main base really allow a meteor to fall on his own world? He must've reverse-summoned it."
True.
No way he'd let it happen.
Still—you never know.
He might've missed it.
"Hold on, I'll go check."
Juhyeok equipped a concealment barrier, exited the White Tower, and went out to the main world.
Spot!
That was when—
Fwaaaah!
A wave of searing heat slammed into him.
"Ghk!"
His breath caught.
And it wasn't just heat—
thick dust obscured everything.
Grrrrd… crack-crack…
The ground was still trembling and splitting.
"Uh…"
No doubt about it—the aftermath of a meteor summoning.
A meteor had struck Terra.
Oh my god.
This wasn't the time to think.
Stay any longer and he'd die.
Back to White Tower, 9th floor.
Spot!
Juhyeok returned, covered in dust.
"Y-young master."
"Summoner, what happened?"
"What's going on? Did you fall and roll around?"
Cough!
After coughing once—
"Well, uh… the meteor fell."
"… Yes?"
"Terra City's destroyed."
"Hoek?"
Everyone looked dumbfounded.
Mackenzie especially—he'd never expected it to succeed.
"Hmm… that means the god just watched it happen. Why would he do that…?"
Yeah.
Strange.
"Did the god die? Maybe he chose an extreme—"
"No way, right?"
"More likely he ran away."
Curiosity surged.
They'd need to take out Kal Maverick and interrogate him.
But first—there was something to do.
Go to the auction house.
And spend money like crazy.
Juhyeok took the magic-stone-only wallet and used Elevator Floor 5 to arrive at the dimensional auction house.
You could bid from inside the White Tower, but it'd been a while—best to go in person.
[Welcome, Dimensional Traveler Bong Juhyeok.]
Yeah, yeah.
I came loaded with cash.
Today, I'm the auction house VIP.
"Check auction status."
Shrrrrk!
The status board unfolded.
Flip, flip—
Divine Artifact: Godslayer's Spear
Current Price: 2,500,000,000 kg of top-grade magic stones
It was still there.
Honestly, who else would buy this?
Only someone like me would.
"Bid on the Godslayer's Spear."
Ding!
[The selected item is an instant-purchase item. Payment will be processed immediately upon bidding. Proceed?]
"Yes. Bid."
Ding!
[2,500,000,000 kg of top-grade magic stones have been deducted.]
[The Godslayer's Spear has been successfully purchased.]
[The item can be retrieved from the locker.]
Juhyeok opened the locker.
Inside was a single golden ticket.
A storage ticket containing the Godslayer's Spear.
Finally bought it.
And then—
Ding!
[For the first time in auction history, a Divine Artifact has been sold.]
[Upgrade conditions have been met.]
[Initiating 10th upgrade of the Dimensional Traveler-exclusive Auction House.]
Huh?
Upgrade?
What's this now?
There were ten levels?
[Time remaining until upgrade completion: 23:59:59]
Looks like it takes a full day.
Well, tomorrow would tell.
In any case, the strongest weapon in the auction house was now in their hands.
The Godslayer's Spear would never be pointed at them again.
Juhyeok finally felt at ease.
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