Chapter 141
[Title: What Do Rifts and I Have in Common?]
(GIF of a rift laying a village to waste)
(GIF of a mother screaming and crying)
We both blow something up first, lol.
[Upvotes 3201] [Downvotes 932]
- Proud of that, you fucking bastard? lol
- (Mom) Ah, what a relief~
- Upvote if it's fucking useless, lol
Rifts had always been a problem.
Even with monster meat—made by using fiends as food—and gyeongdan, the drawbacks were far greater.
“The biggest problem of all was that rifts couldn't be destroyed.”
Rifts cannot be destroyed.
That was accepted as common knowledge.
“No, they can be destroyed.”
Rifts were living organisms, after all.
Considering the rift's reaction when chemical weapons were used before, there had to be a way to destroy one.
But before carrying that out, preparing for the enormous rift wave bearing down on Rondel Village took priority.
“It'd be a jackpot if I could just build a mob tower.”
There was such a thing as a mob tower in games.
You created an environment where fiends would appear artificially, then killed the mobs automatically as soon as they spawned.
It was essentially a factory that collected the experience and loot generated by doing so.
“But how do I build one?”
Normally, you created the environment somewhere high up, then killed them with fall damage.
But the current rift was on the ground.
Since I couldn't adjust its position artificially, I couldn't raise this rift into the air.
“I guess I need to dig through the shop again this time?”
The shop contained all the technological achievements of the modern world.
If you wondered whether it might sell something like that, it did.
Even things that made you ask, “They sell this crap too?” were available.
There was certainly a solution to this problem somewhere in the shop.
But I decided to use a slightly different method.
- Ah, fuck, there aren't any jobs here as it is [3]
- What am I supposed to live on now? lol Sigh [6]
- Life is fucking bitter, lol [12]
“This is it.”
As I looked at the posts from the gallery users in the Rondel area, I closed the shop window instead.
“It's impossible to adjust the rift's position?”
Then all I had to do was dig deep underground and turn the ground into the sky.
If people put their minds to it, they could even move mountains.
That had been proven by the ancient Egyptians and Korean soldiers.
“The ground becomes the sky, and the sky becomes space.”
The chronic shortage of jobs.
I decided to create jobs on a massive scale.
*
Adrian was poor.
And the outlying Rondel region was dirt-poor.
People were born in Rondel, but there wasn't a single lunatic who went to Rondel to make money.
That was how people saw the Rondel region.
[Title: Woke Up and Found the Sky Visible]
(GIF of a torn-off roof)
Hehe, the air is nice and the weather is great.
[Upvotes 12] [Downvotes 0]
- That's fucking pitiful, seriously.
- Why are they so positive?
- What are they going to do when it rains?
ㄴ Author) Just open my mouth and drink the water.
ㄴ Lmaooo, the positivity king.
There were many residents who had transcended positivity and simply reached enlightenment.
Rondel was a place that even the emperors of Adrian throughout history had failed to solve.
Lots of fiends lived nearby.
The terrain was rugged and difficult to access, and the weather was so bad that seeing a clear day was a rare event.
“Perfect.”
It was the perfect environment for posting a part-time job listing.
[Notice: Part-Time Job Listing]
Posted by: Head Mod*
Time: 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Lunch and dinner: 1 hour each; separate break time included
Hourly wage: 13 gyeongdan
Job: Minecraft
Location: Rondel Village / Safety guaranteed
This listing is a little demanding.
Sorry, but excluding mealtimes, there's only one hour of separate break time, and the workday is 8 hours.
You don't need to bring your own equipment; it will be provided on-site.
As half the village has been blown away, we'll set up temporary awnings and tents to use as a rest area.
There'll be simple sugary coffee and snacks, and you can take a reasonable amount as long as you don't go overboard.
Anyone interested?
[Upvotes 9999+] [Downvotes 0]
“Hmm, are the conditions too shitty?”
I had actually been about to offer Korea's minimum wage, 10.03 gyeongdan, but raised it to 13 out of conscience.
They were digging up the ground, of all things.
“Should I raise it a little more?”
On top of that, thanks to the village being laid waste, there wasn't even a proper place to rest.
At best, I could set up makeshift rest areas with temporary awnings and tents, then provide drinks and snacks.
Since we didn't know when the rift wave would erupt, I shortened the break time to speed up the work. But then—
- Fucking apply right now [3]
- Why is there an entire hour for meals? [6]
- Separate one-hour break ← What does this mean? [12]
- Head Mod, I have a question! So you're giving us one hour including lunch and dinner breaks, right?
ㄴ Head Mod*) No, one hour each.
ㄴ Ah, so you mean all three combined?
ㄴ Head Mod*) No, 1+1+1, so three hours.
ㄴ Ah, ah, I get it, so...
ㄴ It means we have to bring our own meal money and pay for snacks ourselves, right?
“No, goddammit.”
But the gallery users didn't understand.
It was exactly what the notice said, yet they kept overinterpreting it to make me look like trash.
ㄴ Head Mod*) No, the meals are all provided for free, and—
ㄴ Head Mod*) I'm sorry, but as it says, there's only one separate break hour????
ㄴ Head Mod*) This is so fucking frustrating, seriously.
ㄴ Then what the ^^fuck are you apologizing for????
ㄴ Fuck, lol
ㄴ What the fuck is Head Mod apologizing for?
ㄴ If you really don't know what he's apologizing for, upvote, lol
ㄴ Is Head Mod doing this on purpose?
ㄴ Why does he keep trying to rile me up?
ㄴ Head Mod ← This bastard is just sax
ㄴ Head Mod*) Fuck.
I wasn't sure how many people to recruit, so I estimated about a hundred.
Naturally, I hired Rondel residents first.
“I didn't think anyone from out of town would come in the first place.”
Rondel was an outlying region located in southern Adrian.
I thought nobody would come all the way here to work part-time, but I was mistaken.
[Title: Lmao, I Made It In Like a Dog]
(Selfie GIF taken with the Rondel village scenery in the background)
I'm from Kellierton, and I came here to make money.
Give me a job, you bastard.
[Upvotes 42] [Downvotes 12]
- Look at this audacious fucking bastard, lol
- Did you leave a job for me? Fuck, lol
- But the listing was already full. What gave you the guts to come here?
ㄴ Author) I heard being nearby raised the odds of getting hired, so I came anyway, lol
[Title: Wait, Is This Really Rondel?]
(GIF of lunch being distributed)
(GIF of a meal tray filled with all kinds of food)
For the record, I'm not a part-timer or affiliated with Rondel.
I just came because I was fucking hungry and life looked hopeless, but they suddenly started giving me food?
Wasn't this place dirt-poor?
When did it become such a wealthy neighborhood?
[Upvotes 12] [Downvotes 0]
- Wow, what the hell is this food?
- No, I'm going right now too.
- Even most nobles can't eat meals like this, lol
- Look at that menu. It has vegetables, meat, and seafood—it's not missing a thing.
There was no problem procuring food.
The modern world was overflowing with all kinds of ready-to-cook meals.
With a single tap in the shop, I could order anything I wanted to eat.
And thanks to the shop's competitive prices, I could even provide unlimited meals cheaply.
“And I can hire the people who came in like that for additional work, too.”
There was always a shortage of labor.
I took those gallery users and hired them for additional village repair and reconstruction work.
The Gallery Doctors guaranteed their safety.
And then...
[Title: Wow, I Saw the Sub-Mod in Person for the First Time lol]
(GIF of gallery users gathered around Vampire Till I Die)
(GIF of Vampire Till I Die munching on food people keep handing over)
It takes food like a squirrel, and if you think it's fucking cute, upvote, lol.
[Upvotes 3943] [Downvotes 52]
- Starting with me.
- Wow, I want to poke its cheek, lol
- Is that really the culprit behind all those gallery horror stories? My chest is swelling with pride...
Vampire Till I Die was there too, if needed.
Even Vampire Till I Die, a top-tier brawler against monsters in group fights.
The Rondel region not only recovered at a speed that made its past environment seem irrelevant, but began to grow.
About a week passed like that.
Excellentdoc: Mr. Head Mod, how is this?
Excellentdoc: (GIF of a deep pit beneath the rift)
Head Mod*: Nice
Eventually, the people succeeded in building an underground space beneath the rift.
They dug down 22 meters.
“Y22 should be good.”
They had even prepared a fairly large space below, about the size of a decent clearing.
The modern-day mob tower was complete.
The people who had continued flocking to Rondel during that time found places for themselves, even if they weren't working my job.
[Title: Am I the Only One Holding Out Here?]
(GIF of a fiend slaughterhouse beneath the mob tower)
I got hired as a monster meat chef, lol.
I came here to work construction, but all the spots were taken, so I was despairing. This is fucking sweet, lol.
I don't know where they get the fiends, but the hourly wage is insanely good.
I get to cook disgusting fiends and make money too?
sax
[Upvotes 401] [Downvotes 5]
- Damn, I should've gone sooner.
- I kept hesitating and missed my chance, fuck...
- But isn't it way too dangerous there?
- Honestly, I have no idea what we're building here, but they pay us, so I'm building it, lol
[Title: But What Is This Actually For?]
(GIF of the underground mob tower)
I was happily building it because they paid, but I had no idea what it was for.
Since Head Mod didn't say anything, I didn't either, but honestly, I had no clue, lol.
It was literally nothing but an empty clearing, yeah.
- Seriously, I thought something amazing was going to be uploaded again.
- It's just an empty clearing? There's nothing here?
ㄴ Author) Yeah, that's it.
ㄴ Maybe Head Mod was just bored.
I would run the fiends through it like a factory and profit from them.
The concept of a mob tower was far too unfamiliar to medieval people who didn't even have the concept of a factory.
But I didn't care much about the gallery's reaction.
[Title: I Will Not Post a Rebuttal]
Posted by: Head Mod*
The wave is expected to begin in earnest in about two days.
The sound of the wind and the chilly rain beats against the outside of the bunker.
The calm before the storm.
Whether you lot are pathetic or I am, the results will tell.
[Upvotes 9999+] [Downvotes 502]
- He's doing it again. Go eat your meal.
- What meme is this supposed to be now?
- Your post smells like shit, hehe.
- Stop the text shit!!!
While waiting for the fiends to cross over from the rift, I spent my time repeating pointless shitposts and browsing the gallery.
[Title: Did the Wave Spawn?!]
(GIF of the Great Rift turning red)
Fuck, why is this actually real?
[Upvotes 120] [Downvotes 0]
- Wow, this is fucking tense.
- But does this mob tower thing actually mean anything?
- I believe in him for now since he's Head Mod, but...
- Please, let us avoid another Great War.
The rift began spewing out its wave of fiends.