Having gazed at the potential of the destruction mirror to his heart's content, Yu IlHan finally started what he really wanted to do – modifying the five shields that protected him, Aegis.
First, he coated the alloy on Aegis's surface and etched a shallow carving, then inlaid a special ink made of 4th-class magic stones, feathers of a fallen angel, and dragon blood, and finally solidified it.
[My, how pretty.]
"Right?"
However, that was not the end. The modification process was only complete after another mana crafting, spreading the remaining ink across the surface and mixing a few more feathers into it.
As it was smaller and intended for defensive use, it had inferior destructive power and a lower mana capacity, but there was a meaning to this: he could shoot down enemies without moving if it came down to it.
[What are you going to use the destruction mirror for, then?]
"Those are to be installed in the Bittersweet Persona. I need some for personal use, don't I?"
[Don't you mean you just want a sidekick?]
"Shaddap."
Ignoring Liera, who hit the bullseye, he went into mass production of the destruction mirror. When he powdered all the feathers from the 4 fallen angels he had killed, he got about 20 litres, and Yu IlHan used them all to make exactly 100 destruction mirrors.
Since their diameter was 2 meters, just lining them up would get a 200m lane. Even Liera felt a sense of pressure while looking at them.
[Wow, it's scary just looking at it.... It looks like this will be dangerous even for me...?]
"The climax hasn't begun yet."
There was something as special as the fallen angels' feathers: the fallen angels' bones. Although he had a little difficulty turning them into weapons because they lacked metallic properties, their absurd regenerative ability was so remarkable that Yu IlHan didn't want to throw them away.
What was even more special was that this 'regenerative ability' didn't refer to health, but magic.
"So higher existences are OP overall."
[It's not us that are OP, but that's the standard for all higher existences. You can't put them on the same line as lower existences, you know?]
Among the bones, the shoulder blades were central to their skeletal system and also served as organs that connected the wings to the skeleton, facilitating the expression of their abilities. It was natural that the fallen angel's abilities had taken a great hit when he destroyed those shoulder blades.
"The most important shoulder blades... are all broken..."
[Can you please not make an expression that you've just lost faith in the world? The reason you were able to kill fallen angels easily in the first place was that you destroyed their shoulder blades!]
Despite that, the bones of the fallen angels could resonate with their wings, controlling them. Then, what did he have to do with this? The answer was simple. Just grind them all and gather them up.
Yu IlHan left a single rib bone, ground the rest of the bones into powder, and gathered them up. After that, he made a dough-like substance from it by mixing the flesh of fallen angels with the blood of dragons, before sealing it into a cylindrical barrel made of alloyed metals.
"That's one done."
[What is that for? I thought you were going to make the bones into your weapon.... You're not going to eat it, right?]
"Let's mature that for 3 years and..."
[Kyaaaaaaak!]
Liera shivered after hearing that and screamed when Yu IlHan smiled and shook his head.
"I'm not gonna eat it. That's the final key to completing the destruction mirrors."
[Bad guy, Bad guy!]
"The destruction mirrors are great weapons, but they use up too much energy every time they shoot a beam, so they cannot continue shooting forever. Then, what is the solution? Throw magic stones at it every time it drains? Or wait for it to do some photosynthesis using sunlight? No. We need to use the overflowing mana within the mansion."
[Then this barrel is…..?]
"It will be done soon. Look forward to it. It will be quite a sight."
Yu IlHan repeated the process to produce a total of 20 barrels, using 4th-class magic stones to turn them into artifacts. After that, he gathered them all using the destruction mirrors and began mana-crafting. This was a large piece of work that required him to use more than half of his remaining 4th-class magic stones, 2,000 of them to be exact.
[Did you even calculate how much mana those magic stones will emit at the same time? I'd rather spend magic stones every time rather than spending so much now!]
"Look further ahead, Liera."
He smiled as he began mana crafting without the slightest hesitation.
"We can't just stop at Earth."
[If you are that greedy, you're really going to fail... Ugyaaaaaaah!]
Light shot out. Seeing an overwhelming amount of light that filled the mansion and still had leftovers, Liera was shocked, wondering if this was really a phenomenon created by a lower existence, while Yu IlHan calmly harmonized the mana that seemed poised to sweep over his body, guiding it in the correct direction.
[Hahaha…]
Liera could only laugh at Yu IlHan leading mana as if he were conducting an orchestra.
Since when could he wield mana so well? Liera knew he had talent, but it still hadn't even been 3 years since he started wielding it.
However, he was currently having little difficulty controlling enough mana to decimate an entire country in order to make a single artifact. He was showing much more proficient control of mana than she was, who only knew how to gather mana and destroy enemies.
Twenty barrels and a hundred mirrors were exchanging energy, facing each other under the lead of the magic stones. The wings and bones that were once one but now apart were being connected again, just in a different form.
An unknown amount of time passed since the light overwhelmed their vision. Just as Yu IlHan had spent all the mana in the magic stones and was continuing to use his own, since that was still insufficient, he was about to consider drinking mana potions when the light finally began to die down.
[Hundred Eyes is complete.]
Finally, a sentence that made Yu IlHan think of success came up in his retina. Looking at the mirror and barrels, which were emitting faint black auras and vibrating slightly, he carefully called out the weapon's information.
[Hundred Eyes]
[Rank – Chaos]
[Attack power – 8,800(Increases according to location installed, and according to enemy faced)]
[Durability – 316,000/316,000]
[Options –
1. Once every 24 hours, it is possible to shoot towards one target for 30 seconds, ignoring the remaining mana.
2. Grows permanently by absorbing the mana of killed enemies.
3. Automatically recovers durability by consuming stored mana when durability drops.]
[The destruction mirrors, which are frightening weapons in their own right, were mass-produced, equipped with devices to periodically supply energy and enhance their power, and created as a masterpiece to surpass the world record. The only disadvantage is that it may not be able to use the full power if not installed in the proper location.]
Checking the information, Yu IlHan spoke with a sigh of relief.
"Good, for now I got Chaos."
[For now...? You just made a weapon that is even suitable to be installed in the front line bases of Heaven's Army and 'for now'...?]
"The real challenge starts here."
Checking that his artifact was successfully made, the smile never left his lips. However, the toast of victory wouldn't be too late for after the flying fortress was successfully completed! Yu IlHan suppressed his desire to test the Hundred Eyes and put them in his inventory. He still had some work to do.
He spent around 500 4th-class magic stones to create various stuff like additional arms and traps on the walls and inside of the fortress, and only after his many 4th-class stones were reduced to around 1,300 did his work end. By this time, there were only 2 days left in the barrier duration.
"Well then."
[Are you going to make something else? Oh, there was personal equipment, wasn't there?]
"Let's rest."
[What!?]
Liera was as shocked as if she had just heard that Yu IlHan was not a virgin. These two shared similarities in that they were not possible.
[Rest? You're lying, right? You said you didn't need any.]
"I said I didn't need one, but I never said I don't want one. Since I finished everything I have to do within this period, it will be fine if I give myself some reward. Rest is the best entertainment, after all."
While Liera fell silent at the words 'rest is entertainment', which would normally be said by higher existences, Yu IlHan headed to the bath in the mansion after leaving the workshop where he had worked for 2 months. Then, he took out the Giant Bucket, which he had also worked with for the past two months, and poured hot water in it.
Once the water levels were suitable, Yu IlHan boldly threw off his clothes and jumped in. However, just as he felt a strange satisfaction from the bucket and the water, Liera very naturally took off her clothes and stepped into the bucket.
[I can enter too, right?]
"You're already here though!"
[Yup, it's too late even if you say no.]
Liera always learned the bad things from Yu IlHan, such as making wrongs into rights and being stubborn. Yu IlHan had to try his best not to eye the body, which had a violent volume that would probably register as 100,000 attack power if it were even quantifiable.
"Don't you have any shame? Even blood-related sisters don't do that."
[It's fine since I'm not blood-related.]
"That's even worse!"
Even though he was confident he knew a lot about her, she would make him panic from time to time with unpredictable actions like these.
[Huhihi.]
"Don't make strange laughs. You sound like Miss YuNa."
[Ah, so refreshing!]
Yu IlHan barely held himself back from staring at the blond hair, which looked more vibrant in the water.
In his estimation, Liera was treating him too closely because her emotions were running wild after she had long forgotten them. Though what was actually happening was that Liera was thinking about how to surpass Na YuNa naturally and take the lead once more. Only Yu IlHan himself was making weird hypotheses.
'This dumb angel must not know how her frightening chest makes a man think.'
Well, it was like him to think that Liera had no feelings beyond those of close comrades.
Precisely because he had confirmed Na YuNa's feelings, the conviction that there could be no two who liked him was pervading his mind. Truly dumb.
[You should look at me since we're in together!]
"Hey, at least disarm yourself if you are going to enter a bath that someone's already in. Unless you disarm yourself, I'm not keeping any etiquette."
[Arm? Am I not armed at all? Look, I'm in my birth state other than the wings.]
"That's what I call armed. So you shouldn't have come in at all."
[You're too much!]
Even while grumbling, Liera was all smiles. She knew that Yu IlHan couldn't chase her out despite all that he said. She liked the not-honest Yu IlHan. Of course, Yu IlHan couldn't calm down at all.
"No matter how close we are, there's a limit to how close a man and a woman can be….."
[IlHan, it's alright, right?]
Liera threw a completely sudden question to Yu IlHan just as he was grumbling. However, Yu IlHan understood her question and was even more upset as a result.
"Aren't you changing topics too nonchalantly now? And with a sneaky tactic, too?"
[It really is alright, right?]
Yu IlHan grumbled that Liera learned only the bad things from other people when she asked again. However, he replied in a more serious voice this time.
"Yes, it's alright."
[Okay!]
"Uaaaaaaaah!"
Liera suddenly assaulted Yu IlHan in this small bucket, hugging him!
The smooth, voluptuous body that made him feel awkward just by looking at it was instantly drawn closer to him, clinging to him. Yu IlHan couldn't move due to panic.
"Wh-what is it?"
[You said it was alright to hug!]
"You deceived me, Liera!"
[Hahahahahaha!]
Liera didn't care about what Yu IlHan had said and laughed as if she had acquired everything she wanted in the world. Yu IlHan struggled to get out, but he had to give up.
Not only was it hard to get out because it was so slippery, but he also instinctively felt it would cause a greater catastrophe (mainly to Yu IlHan's mental state).
"Yes, do whatever you want."
[No, I'll endure it.]
"You're not enduring at all!"
[I'm enduring an enormous lot!]
"Bullshit."
Although it was very violent and incomprehensible, it was probably her own way of consoling him. He could only focus on training his mind and accept that such an outgoing angel became his guardian angel.
[Fufu.]
Just as when Yu IlHan was wondering whether to count prime numbers or recite the national anthem, Liera pushed her already-stuck body even harder and smiled even more brightly.
She had the same smile that made him able to endure the time he was supposed to be unable to endure.
[Everything will go well.]
"Hmph, I used up so many magic stones, so that's natural."
Her finish was mean as well – thinking that, Yu IlHan replied.
"I'm fine, so get off me now."
[Tch, even this doesn't work.]
The dense man who somehow ended up misunderstanding other people's hearts in one way or another, and the weak woman who couldn't be decisive when it came down to it, rested comfortably for two days in frozen time.
And the time finally arrived.
Yu IlHan perfectly installed all the artifacts and installation-type weapons inside and outside of his mansion, and commenced the final mana crafting.
[Destroyer's Flying Fortress is complete.]
[You have created a God-ranked artifact. The title 'Creator of Myths' has been fulfilled and has grown. Additional options are added when a God-ranked artifact is created.]
This was the moment when the unprecedented artifact, and one that will never come about again even in the future, was born.