Free Web NovelChapter 13: Vault Breach
The heavy, reinforced blast doors of Gwanghwamun Sub-Level 3 loomed ahead, a massive barrier of three-foot-thick solid titanium alloy designed to withstand a nuclear strike. Red emergency lights pulsed along the concrete ceiling, casting an eerie, bleeding glow over the subterranean ramp. A perimeter of automated defense turrets mounted on the walls whirred to life, their optical sensors flashing yellow as they locked onto the approaching vehicle.
[Warning! Unauthorized proximity detected! Activate lethal countermeasures!]
Rat - tat- tat- tat!.
Four heavy, high-velocity mini-guns opened fire from the ceiling, spraying thousands of armor-piercing rounds directly at the front windshield of the Void-Forge Iron Dreadnought.
Min-jae didn’t even lift his foot from the accelerator. He kept his expression completely tranquil as the vehicle maintained its terrifying 70 mph velocity down the narrow tunnel.
The stream of bullets slammed into the matte-black hood, but the cosmic void-iron plating didn’t take a single scratch. Instead, the S-rank automated roof turret hissed mechanically, its dual barrels pivoting upward toward the ceiling.
’Pong!pong!’
Two compressed spheres of violet void energy erupted from the cannon. The moment they made contact with the automated defense grid, a localized gravitational collapse occurred. The heavy steel turrets, their wiring, and their concrete mountings were violently twisted, imploding into tiny, crushed metallic cubes before dropping uselessly to the floor.
"Hold on," Min-jae said smoothly, his eyes narrowing as the titanium blast door rushed toward them.
"Wait, Min-jae! The phasing ram trait is only for lower-tier structures and loose debris!" Chae-won yelled from the back, her hands gripping the storage racks tightly. "Can we really phase through a high-density titanium alloy shield?!"
"We aren’t phasing through it," Min-jae replied, his voice dripping with absolute confidence. "We are breaking it."
He tapped a glowing rune on the obsidian dashboard console. The Dreadnought’s mana fuel tank drained by exactly 20 points in a single millisecond, channeling a massive surge of cosmic energy into the front bumper. A brilliant, physical prow of raw golden-crimson energy materialized around the nose of the vehicle, crackling with the amplified power of his Vajra Retribution passive.
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The collision was catastrophic. The three-foot-thick titanium blast door didn’t just bend; it completely exploded inward under the sheer hydraulic force of the impact. The heavy locking mechanisms snapped like brittle twigs, sending massive shards of jagged metal flying across the interior of the corporate vault.
The Dreadnought roared through the smoke, its tracks grinding smoothly over the metal wreckage before coming to a perfect, controlled halt in the center of the massive underground warehouse.
As the dust settled, the interior of Corporate Depot Alpha stood revealed.
The bunker was immense, spanning the size of three football fields. Rows upon rows of high-density steel shelving stretched into the darkness, packed tightly with green military crates, crates of vacuum-sealed survival rations, and rows of pristine tactical gear. In the center of the room, a heavy, automated cargo platform sat surrounded by glowing blue containment fields, housing eighty large crates of shimmering, compressed mana crystals.
But they weren’t alone.
A desperate defensive detachment of thirty Daesung corporate security officers stood behind a perimeter of sandbags and bulletproof barriers. Their faces were pale, their hands shaking violently as they stared at the black demonic machine that had just pulverized their nuclear-proof door.
"F-Fire! Kill them! Don’t let them step out of the vehicle!" a panicked lieutenant screamed, his voice cracking.
Before the soldiers could even raise their weapons, the passenger door of the Dreadnought swung open with a sharp hiss.
Swoosh!
Yoo Ji-a leaped from the cabin like a striking phantom. Her midnight-black ponytail trailed a line of static electricity through the air as she spun her Void-Valkyrie’s Crescent Fang in a lethal, horizontal arc. A violent wave of purple void lightning swept across the front line of sandbags, instantly slicing through the defenses and the heavy armor of the five closest guards.
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"She’s too fast! I can’t track her—"
Ji-a was a whirlwind of breathtaking, terrifying elegance. She danced through their formation, her long legs driving forward with augmented agility as her spear pierced through helmets and chest plates with effortless precision. The S-Rank growth weapon drank their blood greedily, its violet runes pulsing with a increasingly brighter, hungrier light.
Min-jae calmly stepped out of the driver’s side, his hands sliding naturally into his pockets as he walked through the remaining crossfire. A few stray assault rifle rounds struck his chest, only to flatten into useless metallic pancakes and drop to his boots, while the 150% amplified True Damage instantly exploded the hearts of the men who fired them.
Within forty-five seconds, the entire defensive detachment was completely dismantled, leaving the massive vault entirely silent.
[ Your party has successfully cleared Corporate Depot Alpha!]
[Gained 800 EXP! Current EXP: 1,095/1,200. You are making rapid progress.]
"Chae-won. Strip the entire vault," Min-jae ordered, walking toward the glowing containment field housing the compressed mana crystals.
"With pleasure, sir!" Chae-won ran into the center of the warehouse, her face flushed with fanatical exhilaration. She closed her eyes, her SSS-Rank Infinite Void Treasury talent flaring to life.
’Voomm!’
A massive, sweeping wave of purple spatial energy rippled outward from her body, expanding across the entire three-football-field radius.
In a fraction of a second, the reality-warping vacuum code took effect. Every single steel shelf, the 5,000 cases of military-grade rations, the 1,200 standard firearms, the high-tech tactical vests, and the loose copper coins floating over the dead guards vanished into thin air. The absolute time-stasis protocol of her inventory instantly locked the supplies away, ensuring they would never degrade or spoil.
Finally, she swept her hand over the central cargo platform, vacuuming all eighty crates of compressed mana crystals into her void.
"Everything is inside, Min-jae!" Chae-won reported, her eyes sparkling with absolute adoration. "The total count is staggering. We have enough resources to sustain an army for five years, and the mana crystals total over 40,000 units!"
Min-jae nodded, his attention fixed on the terminal at the very back of the vault. Resting upon a pedestal of pristine white marble was a glowing, cubical artifact made of shifting white crystal and silver circuitry— the Heavy Tactical Defense Unit mentioned in the database tracking log.
As Min-jae approached it, his golden cosmic cheat system overrode the standard system logic, revealing the hidden paths for the structural unit.
[Detecting Rank-A Engineering Core: ’Daesung Tactical Defense Command Node’.]
[Cosmic Cheat System Active! Scanning structural potential...]
[Standard Evolution Path]: Evolve to Rank-S ’Automated Military Outpost’ — Deploys a permanent, reinforced steel bunker equipped with 10 standard plasma turrets. (Cost: 5,000 Mana Crystals).
[Hidden Evolution Path]: Evolve to Rank-SSS ’Sovereign Command Core: The Iron Citadel’ — Deploys a mobile, self-sustaining extradimensional pocket territory that can be anchored to any physical building or terrain. The Citadel includes a Rank-SSS ’Evolutionary Forge’ (allows batch-evolution of low-tier equipment using mana crystals), a ’Void Greenhouse’ (grows high-tier system herbs at 10x speed), and an automated defense matrix that mirrors 100% of the host’s current defensive talents within its borders. (Cost: 10,000 Mana Crystals).
Min-jae’s lips curved into a cold, dark grin. A mobile pocket territory that mirrors his own absolute physical immunity talent within its borders.
With this Sovereign Command Core deployed, any base he established would become an un-breachable, invincible fortress. No god, demon, or rival human faction would ever be able to pierce its walls, because any attack brought against the base would simply be negated and reflected straight back at them with amplified True Damage force.
"Chae-won. Feed 10,000 mana crystals directly into this core," Min-jae commanded, his voice echoing through the hollow concrete vault.
"Yes, sir!" Chae-won didn’t hesitate for a single second. She released a massive mountain of glowing blue crystals from her void, pouring them onto the marble pedestal.
Min-jae placed his hand on the silver crystal cube, his eyes flashing with a commanding, golden light. "System. Execute the hidden evolution path. Birth the Iron Citadel."
