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Director Yoon Sangmin grabbed his hair with both hands and let out a loud, frustrated groan. He leaned over his desk in the S. A. Group operations room. He stared at the giant monitor on the wall. The screen showed an image of Rudra standing in the Alchemy Tower. The young Duke was holding a glass beaker filled with a glowing, silver liquid.

"I don't understand," Sangmin said. His voice sounded strained.

"It would make sense if he had made a Legendary-rated dish. But a potion? He has never even made a Unique-rated potion before. How did he just go ahead and make a Legendary alchemical item, when he has never even made a unique-rated potion or elixir?" Yoon Nahee, the Head of Operations, stood next to the main console. She pushed her glasses up and checked her tablet.

"This should be a bug as this makes no sense," Nahee agreed.

"Crafting a Legendary item usually takes a player years of experience. You have to have made thousands of a type of item to even have a tiniest bit of chance of ever making a legendary-rated item. While Rudra certainly could have cooked a legendary dish, a potion or elixir should have been an impossibility""Exactly!" Sangmin yelled, pointing at the screen.

"And look at what he mixed! It is the by-product of a Great Demon and a Divine Beast. Just the ego in those ingredients should have caused enough conflict when combining, the ending result should have been lower-rated." The room went quiet. A smooth, calm voice spoke from the ceiling speakers. It was Morpheus, the supercomputer that ran Satisfy.

"It was not a random success, Director Yoon," Morpheus stated.

"It was a set of unrepeatable alignment of factors." Sangmin rubbed his tired eyes.

"Explain it to me."

"Player Rudra stacked several massive buffs," Morpheus said.

"He used the titles [Alchemist Who Transcends Matter] and [Harbinger of Divine and Demon] to achieve balance and combination of the two opposing factors. He also had the direct blessing of the Goddess Althea, and he used the alchemy tower that boosted his success rate of all the potions. But these benefits alone weren't the reason he was able to succeed." Nahee looked up from her tablet.

"Then what was the reason?"

"The specific nature of the catalysts," Morpheus explained.

"He used the [Source of Agony]. It is an item dropped from the 26th Great Demon, Kurson, who is one of the cursed ones. Furthermore, Player Rudra acquired his own Demonic Force by fighting that exact same great demon. Thus the demonic force he had used matched the energy in the demonic drop and the ego was further inclined to cooperate with Player Rudra in the alchemy process" Sangmin frowned.

"And the blood crystal?" The author's content has been appropriated; report any instances of this story on Amazon.

"The [Heartblood of the First Orca]," Morpheus replied.

"Its ego cooperated because Player Rudra holds the direct blessing of Asterion and the [Champion of the Sea] title. The ocean's divine power naturally yielded to him." The screen shifted, showing a slow-motion replay of the silver elixir forming in the cauldron.

"If Player Rudra had used any other combination of catalysts," Morpheus concluded.

"If he had used a loot dropped from another one of the Great Demon or a divine-attribute material from another god's domain, even with all his titles, it would have failed. The clash would have resulted in a massive energy loss. The item would have been downgraded to Epic, or it would have caused a catastrophic explosion. He survived entirely because he used those two exact items whose quality was enough for him to be able to create a legendary elixir." Sangmin let out a long breath.

He slumped back into his office chair.

"So it was a one-time miracle."

"Yes," Morpheus said.

"Well, as expected of one of the Six Miracles, I guess." the Chairman chuckled as he ate a piece of his fried chicken. The video on the main monitor changed. It showed the Lich, Mumud, drinking the silver elixir. Flesh rapidly knit over his bare bones. A beating heart formed in his chest. A massive pillar of blue light shot straight through the roof of the tower and into the sky. [A Magic Saint has been born for the first time!] Chairman Lim Cheolho, who sat on the leather sofa in the back of the room eating his chicken, stopped chuckling immediately. The Chairman leaned forward. His face was entirely serious.

"A Magic Saint," Lim Cheolho murmured.

"A class that was said to be impossible to achieve. Well, we expected the magician with the greatest magic potential could have achieved this and this was why we purposefully made sure he couldn't become a human. But Rudra still managed to foil our setting and this time it is quite severe." Sangmin looked back at the screen.

"You think this will cause a major problem compared to his previous feats?"

"A Sword Saint can cut the world," the Chairman said quietly.

"A Magic Saint can make the world into magic. Rudra was already far ahead of the other players by having a Sword Saint as a subordinate. But now, Rudra has another Legend as a subordinate. If this is known to the public, they would feel a sense of inferiority. This would decrease their interest in Satisfy. This is not to mention the fact that the power that Rudra holds is enough to destroy any of the kingdoms. If he ever chooses to misuse it, then …." Suddenly, the main monitor flashed bright red.

A loud, buzzing alarm echoed in the operations room. Sangmin jumped out of his chair.

"Now what?!"

"The Devil Monarch has locked his gaze onto Stormbreak," Morpheus announced. Nahee went totally pale.

"The Devil Monarch? The one sealed in the hidden dimension?" Sangmin frowned. He thought back to the game's lore documents.

"Wait. Wasn't he the one who previously showed interest in Rudra. The experiment the 1st Great Demon Baal made which backfired colossally causing Baal to hold hands with the gods to seal him. And he is going to make a move on Rudra and Mumud""Yes," Morpheus said.

"And the Absolute who was made from the combination of Divine Energy and Demonic Force. And right now, there are two beings in the exact same room perfectly balancing divine energy and demonic force. Player Rudra and Mumud. They have crossed a certain threshold."

"What does that mean?" Sangmin asked.

"It means the Devil Monarch will take action," Morpheus stated.

"He cannot teleport to the surface world, but he can certain manipulate from inside his seal. He is going to make a move." Sangmin dropped his head onto his desk.

"Great. Just great."