World [C129]

Witnessing how Shu Himo killed the three Met-3, the Demon King applauded, "Not bad, you're way stronger than I thought."

Hearing her compliment he just laughed, "It was only normal to defeat three Met-3!"

Seeing his confidence she was stunned a moment, but thinking of how he killed the three Met-3 she grinned, "Indeed." Taking the gem with her hand, she threw it toward Shu Himo.

Catching the gem with his right hand, Shu Himo suddenly heard a familiar, *Ding*

[Quest Success: Obtain the special item!]

[Quest Difficulty: S-]

[Quest Reward: Special item + 600 BS points.]

[You now have 649 BS points!]

Ignoring the quest notification, Shu Himo showed a puzzled expression, "Why are you giving it so easily?" Knowing that the system made such quests for the gems, he believed that they should be quite valuable, even not knowing their exact use.

Toward his question, she let out a puzzled expression, "You won the game, why wouldn't I give it to you? Anyway… it's useless to me."

Pausing a moment, she explained, "Unless I have all the pieces it won't work... and surely I'm not going to search for them… if they were owned by someone they would be easy to get, but some are hidden by monsters hard to locate."

Hearing her explanation Shu Himo fell in thought, 'If it weren't for the location provided by the system it would be impossible to find them… does this mean that the system is actually useful for once?'

[The system is always useful.]

'Sure…'

Looking toward her, Shu Himo asked, "Do you know perhaps for what they are used?"

Shaking her head, she lightly smiled, "I only saw them in an ancient book... for what they are exactly I don't know." Taking out an old book from her storage ring, she threw it to Shu Himo, "Feel free to read it for a moment." At that moment, she wondered how Shu Himo knew about the gems, but seeing his expression she felt that he knew as much as her, so she didn't bother to ask about it.

This surprised Shu Himo, she was lending him a book? Catching it, he opened it and saw the various images of the gems, finding out that their only difference was the color.

However… there was one thing that intrigued him, which was the title of the book, "World." He was stunned, what did the title mean? Was it related to the use of the gems? A skill?

Throwing back the book to her, he still had a puzzled expression.

Seeing his reaction she chuckled, and asked in curiosity, "Shu Himo… for what reason do you strive to become stronger?"

Shu Himo, hearing her question was dumbfounded, wasn't it obvious?

Raising his right fist, he declared, "There is no need for a reason to become stronger! The excitement of reaching new heights is something that anyone should always strive for! Why would I live in a cultivation world if I were just to stay as a mortal?"

The Demon King seeing his conviction was startled, to say such words… what was he was aiming for?

Pondering for a moment, she asked curiously, "If you want to reach new heights… then which height are you aiming now?"

Shu Himo was stunned, a question like this from a Demon King… how could he give a half-assed reply?

Pondering for a moment, he then aimed toward the sky with his finger, and grinned confidently, "Obviously the apex! The first thing to do is to conquer this world!"

"Pfff! Hahahahaha! I can't believe you actually said that to the Demon Queen!" Holding her belly while laughing, the Demon King could not stop laugh for various seconds, until she even had a tear in her eyes, when she finally calmed down.

Wiping the tears with her finger, she smiled toward him as a bone-chilling aura leaked from her, putting immense pressure on all those in her vicinity "Does that mean you want to become my enemy? What makes you think that I won't kill you right now?"

Feeling the pressure she was emanating, Shu Himo grinned nonchalantly, "I feel that you would not kill me right now for such reasons… and anyway, who said that I must be your enemy to conquer this world?"

His answer startled her, "What do you mean?"

Staring at her eyes, he smiled, "Tell me the truth, you are bored, right? If not, you wouldn't do something like this game with me to pass time… I can see in your ambitious eyes that you also want to reach greater heights, but there is something that is stopping you."

[Why is the User talking like a foreteller? That sounded so fake.]

'Shut up system, don't ruin the mood!'

The Demon King was startled, he noticed it? Sighing, she explained, "There is indeed something that is hindering me from reaching greater heights… but there is nothing I can do about it... in the angel race there is an expert at my same level, so if I leave the demons to become stronger, the only destiny of the race is annihilation."

Shaking her head, she continued, " The only way would be to reach the next cultivation realm to defeat the expert of the angel race... yet in my current situation that is impossible. And obviously, as the Demon Queen, I can't leave the demons to their death."

Hearing her, Shu Himo fell in thought, 'So the demons and the angels are in a war?'

Slightly tilting his head, he considered her situation, 'I guess at her cultivation realm there is the need for something particular to breakthrough if it's not possible to do without leaving the demons…'

Having formulated a plan, Shu Himo asked the system if that was possible, and hearing the dumbfounded voice of the system confirming the feasibility, Shu Himo chuckled, "As I said before, there is no need to be enemies! If the demons submit to me, I will make submit the angels too, and order everyone to stop the war, as easy as that."

[Even with the User's weird plans, the User should not forget the price for using that function in such overpowered way.]

'Don't remind me that absurd price, please.'