Turns Out To Be a Genius Duelist

A giant flying object over downtown Seoul.

An agent who looks at it reflectively in the dark shadows finds it dazed and mutters.

“Space, Battleships…? ”

Yes, a spaceship.

Everywhere I look, I see it in SF movies.

Only problem.

It's too realistic for a dream.

Realistic in a spaceship? It's not reasonable, but I really can only express it in such words.

When I saw it, I knew at a glance. That's different.

It wasn't made by fucking CG....

“Really……. ”

A real spaceship.

The agent suddenly lowered his head and moved his gaze to Yun Seok.

Choi Yoon-suk, the world's most powerful challenger.

The general public has manipulated his identity. In fact, there is a conspiracy theory that gathers challengers and creates such scenes.

Of course, if you work at an intelligence agency, I know it's not a conspiracy....

‘No, I didn't think it would be like this. ’

I saw it with my own eyes, and I saw it in my bones.

Even the dancer of the video taken that day is just the tip of the iceberg for this man right now.

As proof of that, look at the look in his eyes between the masks.

The eyes of the Battleship are too grave to see.

‘… It's just a routine for this person. ’

That reminds me of what Agent Saab Eshton Jackson said.

Is the challenger Choi Yoon-suk the only hope on Earth?

Eventually, he was right.

If all 20th Floor Duel Challengers possess abilities like that monster, and only those with that kind of power can stop the oncoming invaders.

Who on Earth would that be?

Except for this guy right in front of you.

‘All we have to do is support him as much as possible. ’

As such, several U.S. intelligence agents began to feel a strange mission in their hearts.

* * *

When the misunderstandings of the agents around you get deeper.

A hot flame spread deep in the eyes of Yun Seok, who was thought to be a grave.

‘Captain…. ’

My heart is overwhelmed more than when I held the power from the perforated tower and escaped the clutches of Kang Hyung-woo.

Captain.

That word contains enough magic to do that.

Yikes.

The tail of the mask slipped up.

‘That's an order. ’

Become a ‘Captain’, but there's still a lot you don't know about that starship.

I don't know what kind of orders I can give.

It is also possible to ride directly.

I don't know anything yet.

‘I have much to learn as a captain. ’

At last, Yoon-suk was about to give his first command to the ship's AI.

Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!

Sirens are echoing throughout Seoul's urban center.

Since it's a real situation, I want to evacuate quickly. What's more, that harsh phrase has been repeated.

However, it was not the only thing that was heard in Yoon-suk's ears.

- Threat signal detected.

The battleship also sent a warning message to Yoon-suk.

- Twelve older fighters are approaching the main body.

As soon as I heard, I had a pretty good idea what was going on.

I don't know, but it must have been a fighter sent by a surprise army to scout a spaceship that appeared above Seoul without a sign.

But…….

-Activate the Near Field Interception System…….

You're gonna intercept it?

Yoon-suk responded with a reflective voice.

“No. ”

- Disable the Near Field Auto-interception system. Risk 0.00001%.

I laughed without even knowing it.

0.00001%.

The reality is that no spaceship is damaged after what the fighters have done.

However, the Starship was hard to tolerate even that danger.That's not enough to try to destroy the fighter….

When it is blocked, it enters a new mode.

-Activate the shield deployment and space assimilation system by distributing some power.

Whoo-whoo-hoo!

The light around the starship begins to deflect.

In short, it became transparent.

Yoon-suk, who was nervous about what else he would do, took a breath of relief into his heart and asked the next question.

“... Can I ride on my own? ”

- Yes, do you want to activate the landing system?

“Yes."

It looks like it can also land on the ground as well as on board.

Yun Seok nodded his head while trying to get on board and recognize the transparency state.

But…….

- Clear the landing zone.

Heave-ho! Heave-ho!

You hear a familiar sound from the starship.

Yoon Seok casts a magic spell on his eyes to pierce the cosmic battleship beyond the refracted light.

Then I saw a hollow mortar cannon that appeared through the open bottom.

By the way, the mortars were aiming at the ground.

Yoon-suk realized later.

What a battleship meant by "clear landing space."

“…… Landing stopped. ”

- Cancel the order.

Heave-ho! Heave-ho!

The mortars hide themselves again.

There's no flatlands nearby, so if we build flatlands, is that it?

The mindset of astronauts was not hard to catch up with, even with Yoon-suk.

Anyway, after landing, it seems like riding is hard....

“Is it possible to board directly during the flight? ”

-Available. There are 21 additional entrances in total, in addition to the Hangar Opening and Closing Unit.

After all, there is only one way.

It's impossible to get down from there, so you can go up from here.

I was just about to jump up into the sky.

“Yun, Yun Seok! ”

Someone called Yoon-suk as he hurried in.

Black skin in a black suit.

“Ashton?”

It was Ashton.

I think I was waiting around here for Yoon-suk to return...

“Thank God you're back in one piece. Did you see Yoon-suk floating in the sky just now? ”

Apparently, Ashton couldn't even imagine that the spaceship belonged to Yoon-suk.

It looks like a new kind of invader, or a challenger of another dimension.

Yoon-suk briefly explained the situation.

“I have a new ability this time. ”

“… Ability? ”

“I'll tell you slowly in a little while. Once you're up there, checking things out. ”

“... Where are you going? ”

Ashton frowns.

I think I saw a little Mental wobble on the battleship.

Unlike usual, I was a little understandable.

“Starship.”

“... Are you sure it's still floating up there? ”

“Yes, in a transparent state. ”

“… Could you wait a moment while I try to get in touch with my superiors? ”

Yoon-suk told me to, and Ashton, who was calling somewhere, came back.

Then I bowed my head politely to Yoon-suk.

“Please take me with you. Please.”

I found out later…….

Ashton Jackson.

He was a fan of a space film series.

* * *

“... What's the name of the aircraft? ”

Empty Captain's Office, except for one chair.

Ashton asked as he watched the massive screen that was being transmitted by splitting the surface at various angles.

“MTAE-014.”

“I see……. That's a great name."

After chewing on the gas name several times, Eshton expressed a genuine admiration and opened his mouth with a solemn face.

“Now we have to name the code. ”

I knew someone.

Ashton cautiously asks while he looks around like a child in a toy corner.

“Do you have a candidate in mind? ”

“Nothing yet. ”

“So, what about toughness?" It has the meaning of a new star of humanity……. ”

“ ……. ”

Yoon-suk was silent.

I feel heavy with that anticipated gaze, but no matter how much I like it, what do you mean, Lee Sung-ho?

Isn't this a little awkward?

But you took no for an answer.

“Well, this spaceship will go down in history. Then I guess the word is purer than the word" Han. "”

I started thinking hard again.

"Our words," as Ashton, a black American, said, were a bit awkward…….

Well, he seemed to be enjoying himself enough, and he decided to leave Yoon-suk alone for a while because he had something to do.

‘Now let's check it out. ’

Yoon-suk carefully sat in the captain's seat.

And I used emotion.

It was also technically a looted machine ‘Equipment', so there's nothing like this to find out.

* MTAE-014 (Rank SS) - A starship from the Taklan Empire with 10,000 Cycles.

Up to 10,000 gases can be stored.

Ally machine equipment within a 1km radius increases by 25x when deployed and allows for long range power replenishment.

Use the ‘power’ of the gas, not the magical force, for all use effects.

Power Retention: 7,890,000,000 ZW.

Charge per minute: 420,000,000 ZW.

Explanations come to mind, too, like ordinary equipment.

However, if there is a difference, does it mean that the machine equipment uses its own ‘power’, not the user's magical power?

Somehow I felt that Starship Captain's stats didn't matter much, one more question was solved.

‘I didn't have to raise my stats. ’

Yoonseok then read out the numerous usage effects listed below the amount of power held by the gas one by one.

‘Signal detection’, ‘near automatic intercept’, ‘Shield deployment’, ‘space fairytale’, ‘charging’, ‘emergency landing’, etc.

There are so many big and small features, it feels like I'm reading the product manual....

There was one thing that stood out to me.

‘Nuclear Plasma’.

For reference, the power of use was about 1.3 billion ZW, accounting for one sixth of the total hold.

‘It's unusual for me to use it, but I didn't have time to wait for reuse. ’

Soon, Yoon-suk began to read the effects of the Starship again.

It seemed like the AI on board would do the trick, but I thought I should get to know him as the 'Captain' first.

How long has it been?

Yoon-suk touched his chin with a strange look.

‘It's all a bit of a shame...' ’

The performance of the Starship itself is extremely good.

However, the problem is power.

It takes a little more than 3 minutes to fire 'Nuclear Plasma’ once and replenish its power.

Note that this is calculated when no mode is enabled.

“ ……. ”

A spaceship that only uses a beam of light once every three minutes? Honestly, I feel a little light-headed.

How can we solve this problem?

As Yoon-suk's eyebrows gradually deepened.

‘Ahh…! ’

I remembered the existence of Metallurgy.

Mechanical equipment is definitely equipment, so it can be "reinforced," "empowered," or "put on."

‘Empowerment will be too much right now.... Did you spend 10% of the sales price on enhancing it? ’

I think so.

It was difficult to give abilities that cost 50%, but it was worth experimenting with.

MTAE-014 has been strengthened.

Soon, Yoon-suk spent 2.4 million AP to enhance the space warship and then used 'emotion’ again.

There was no increase in the number of storable gases or the increased power of the gases.

But…….

Power Retention: 8,679,000,000 ZW

Charge per minute: 462,000,000 ZW

The expected amount of power rose.

with a rise of 10 percent.

Yoon-suk reinforced himself once more.

And while I was looking at the numbers, I realized something important.

Power Owned: 9,546,900,000 ZW

Charge per minute: 508,200,000 ZW

‘… Benefits? ’

It is compounded, not added 10% to the default value.

Yoon-suk worked hard to calculate.

You can enhance Metallurgy up to 10 times.

So what was the final figure when we made the +10 steel?

Quite impressive results.

‘That's funny.'

Approximately 204 Billion Power Retained.

Recharge per minute is about 1.8 billion.

You can emit up to 15 nuclear rays in a row, and it only takes about 1 minute and 10 seconds to charge once.

‘Yeah, that's about it. Space warship. ’

Of course, I don't intend to invest my entire fortune right now, and I didn't have enough points in the first place…….

Yoon-suk smiled more satisfactorily than ever.

Now given the amount of points in a duel, it shouldn't take long.

‘... Let's do that, too, since it's out of the question? ’

‘Give away’.

The B rank effect of 'Metallurgy' has been saved since it was only available once throughout the technology.

It may take a while for the battleship to already have decent artificial intelligence, but it will take a while to acquire equipment of this rank.

Ordinary challengers tend to invest points in stats and skills rather than equipment.

‘Yes, it's not a loss anyway. Let's do it. ’

Yoon-suk made his decision.

"Search for the soul that best fits the machine.

Flash-!

A flash of bloom soon seeped into the starship.

Completed.

MTAE-014 contains the soul of the last inorganic creature, Saint Lean.

- Are you my captain?

I was a little worried about my personality....

"Increases the synchronization rate between MTAE-014 and the owner.

"St. Lin's unique ability is transferred to the gas.

"It enables the interchange between the gas power and the owner's horsepower.

-One magical amount is quite pleasant.

I quite liked it.