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Chapter 92 – Wasp Legion (3)
Tekilon frowned slightly.
'…He opened the path with the key huh.'
He had the cells of the King but he could not block that path.
Since that path was something created for the Five Great Tiger Generals in the first place.
'And I can't hide the Queen who doesn't even listen to me.'
But that warning was enough.
Tekilon put his hand upon the Queen and relayed the message.
That the people who were coming to kill it had opened a path towards it.
<….>
The Queen started rubbing the eight pairs of wings on its back as that message pissed it off.
It was pondering whether to run away or not.
But then its thoughts stopped at the newly born this time alone.
The inner part of the World Tree wasn't fit for other Wasps to act.
Since it was too small for them to fly.
But it would be for those who had been born recently.
<….>
The Queen started to send messages towards the Wasp Soldiers who had grown up by eating the corpse of the Ouroboros.
While Tekilon was watching this scene he heard something calling him.
"Uuk?"
An extremely familiar voice.
Tekilon freaked out as he heard the voice calling him.
'He wasn't dead!.'
Tekilon was confused.
Why did he not complete his plans if he wasn't dead?
'Yeah. Let's first hear the story.'
Tekilon froze his expression and moved his body towards the Flower where he had been denied access before.
..............
Charururuk
The Flower, which didn't seem like it would let anyone through, melted down.
As the giant energy walls disappeared, a beautiful palace came into view.
The palace of the Elvenheims.
The palace which didn't emit a single noise was extremely clean due to the petals that didn't even let a speck of dust through but it was still very barren to Tekilon who knew the palace of the olden days when it was filled with flowers and music.
'Well that's not the important part.'
Tekilon went past the corridor and the giant pillars and then approached the throne where the other version of him was.
A giant chair which had a giant spear leaned against it.
Tekilon frowned as he looked at the existence that looked exactly the same as him sitting on the Throne.
An existence that was looking at him with an extremely tired expression.
The original body spoke towards the clone.
"…It seems like the Devouring and Vomiting Root was extremely anxious."
The original body had long understood the situation.
Calamity Fish, Devouring and Vomiting Root and even the Ouroboros.
'And… That child has died too.'
He didn't know who but it seemed amazing people had come into this world.
Tekilon looked at the original body as if that guy was a traitor and spoke.
"Why did you stop the plan mid way? Did you fail at connecting the dimensional portal?"
No, their plan was simple.
First, get the World Tree which protected the Elvenheims into a mess.
Then kill off or exile all the Elvenheims to monopolize the power of the World Tree.
Borrow the yet-to-die World Tree's power and create a dimensional portal towards their world.
Call their dying race from the fallen world, get rid of the Calamities while the World Tree was still dying, revive the World Tree and then make their race bloom again.
It seemed like the Elvenheims were dead or exiled and the World Tree was dying but looked like it was still working.
But then where did their race go and why were randoms roaming around the World Tree?
The original body made a depressed expression at those words.
"…I opened the dimensional Portal. You've seen it too."
"What?"
Tekilon freaked out.
He did indeed see it.
Since he was able to feel it while he was controlling the Ouroboros.
Through it stopped working now but there indeed was a dimensional portal way below the World Tree.
Was that connected to their world?
"Then why…"
The original body looked at Tekilon with a tired expression.
That was another him.
Him of the past when he had thoughts full of saving his race and was full of vigor.
That was why that guy didn't know yet.
Why he had failed.
And to why he had given up everything and decided to sleep inside the Flower instead.
The answer was extremely simple.
"Our race cannot come over here."
"What?"
The goal he had achieved by killing countless Elvenheims who believed and followed him had failed.
SInce that dimensional door could only send people towards that location and not bring them to this side.
"Why? Why not!"
Tekilon muttered with a blank expression.
Wouldn't he have looked into it?
Logically, the Dimensional Door was capable of bidirectional travel.
But why was it only one way?
The original body mumbled while looking at himself of the past.
"The density of the energy changed."
Originally, their world and this world should have the same energy density.
But as to whatever happened, when he opened the Dimensional Door the energy of their world that was on the other side had been raised a level.
As if somebody had changed it to set the world up like a staircase.
So those from this world could go over to that side.
But the ones on the other side could not come over here.
Even if they do, they'll die very quickly.
Like a fish dying once it comes out of the water.
Tekilon made a devastated expression after hearing the whole story.
"Then what happened…"
He had feelings too.
He had met countless Elvenheims while he lived with them, he made friends and even family.
He had thought of giving up countless times while creating the Calamities in secret and continuing with the plan.
And because of this he had taken almost a year after he had created all four Calamities and finished his preparations in order to think and find a different method.
To find out if there was a way for the two race to live in harmony.
Despite knowing that his dying clan was suffering in the world across.
While he was pondering and pondering, the child he had gained over at this side had died.
At that moment the King, Tekilon, felt something snapping inside his head.
He had tried madly in order to save his son.
But something had gone wrong and the attempt of saving his son had instead just created a seed for another Calamity.
Tekilon then realized that it was time for him make a decision.
Either have all his plans exposed and return to nothing because of the existence that used to once be his son that was going crazy.
Or to rush his plan that he had been pushing back in order to accomplish his goals.
As if something was pushing him, the moment of choice had come to him.
And after a long period of thought, he chose the second option.
Since the moment his son died, he thought of the other son which he had left behind in the other world.
"Goddammit… Godammit…"
It was a plan which he had executed in such a desperate time.
While wiping off the race he had spent hundreds of years with.
Though it wasn't a complete extinction because there were many of them who had escaped out of this Dimension but it was basically the same as destroying an entire race.
But to not have succeeded after that.
The devastated Tekilon suddenly made a cold expression.
He knew after hearing the words of the old Tekilon.
The energy of the dimension changed as if somebody played around with it.
And while the old Tekilon gave up and was sleeping a strange race had taken residence below.
'Is there really no connection between these two?'
The young Tekilon glanced below the World Tree and then muttered.
"I'm going to clean up everything below. You help me. You should understand me since you are me. I will try to open the Dimensional Portal again after sweeping up the guys below."
He could do it.
There was nothing on his mind that could stop him.
Which meant that there was no reason to.
Since he had nothing to lose even if his decision was wrong.
No, he had to do this even if there was a 1% chance of his decision being correct.
The Old Tekilon made a bitter smile while looking at the young Tekilon.
There was too much of a time difference even if they were the same person.
He was exhausted.
He didn't have the strength or the will to cause such a mass murder.
And he had a feeling.
That it wouldn't work even if they did that.
The race below had no connection to this problem.
'But… He wouldn't listen.'
My young self.
He was different from the his old self who was exhausted and was about to die from loneliness.
He was full of vigor, his love for his race was stronger and he was also being affected from the loss of his son more.
And because of this he could create a mass murder without any hesitation even with just a slight possibility of saving his race.
The past Tekilon knew how the Old Tekilon felt because they were the same.
He knew that there was no point of trying to stop him.
"I'm not going to help you. But I will respect your choice."
Then the old Tekilon lifted up the giant spear next to the throne.
King's two treasures.
The two treasures that were required to keep the kingship.
One was the armor that protected the King, Thousand Soldiers Armor.
And another one.
A spear of punishment that allowed the King to kill anybody who has gone against the king whoever they were.
"Take it."
Kudududk
The young Tekilon, who had received the King's Spear
...............….
The World Tree was squirming as it was moving them upwards.
As if it was rapidly teleporting them over short distances.
And Hansoo, who had been heading up, thought of the Flower and the Wasp Legion at the end of the path.
'I can almost see the end.'
Kill the Calamity Fish, revive the Roots and create land to live on.
Kill the Devouring and Vomiting Root, take the Plant and then take back the Toxic Waters that will go into the World Tree.
Kill the Ouroboros to retake the Pillar, which worked as the purifying pump.
Kill the Wasp Legion in order to revive the World Tree's branches and leaves that these things constantly gnawed upon.
Kill the Calamities that were eating up the World Tree and create some room for the World Tree to revive.
At this stage take all the Relics and Divine Stone Fragments to the Core within the Flower above the World Tree's Pillar, Branches, and leaves to return the Divine Stone Fragments to their original location.
Once he created some space for the World Tree to revive and supply it with the Divine Stone then the World Tree will come back to life.
Then he will be able to save most of the 3 billion people who would come after.
No, he would be able to use the fruits of the World Tree in order to multiply those numbers at an extreme speed.
'Create a new Earth in this place.'
They didn't lack any food, could teleport anywhere and were supplied with plenty of energy.
The population would be able to multiply at an astronomical pace.
But that wasn't enough.
He didn't come here in order to create a peaceful world.
Use the relics to create a new
The new king of the Red zone.
An almighty authority that would have the power to control everyone within their hands with the Relics and all of the World Tree's Power with their basis no matter if the people who would come after reach the numbers of a billion, two or even three billion.
An existence that would be able to force those people into the battlefield and create them into soldiers without their consent.
Then his first plan,
The first stage which was to create an end result of billions of soldiers.
He will then be able to go up after leaving everything onto the King with ease.
'Who should I make the King?'
Hansoo mumbled as he looked at the people next to him.
He didn't bring Sangjin.
Since the Punisher needed to look like they had no relations to him.
The people he had brought were four of the six.
Baek Jongsang.
Arc Mariangt.
Kyle Cooper.
The three who had stayed here the longest after Miyamoto and were the strongest out of the Seven Departed Souls because of that.
And Sofía Vergara.
Sofía was the weakest since she was the youngest but her trait,
'And it's actually very helpful.'
Sofía was endlessly pointing left and right while shouting out.
"Three from the left! Two from the Right!"
The mutated Wasps were popping out in the Vassal's Tunnel endlessly while they were heading up.
"Goddamit! These guys are really strong!"
Jongsang shouted while grinding his teeth.
They were so sneaky that they weren't even getting caught in their senses properly.
If they didn't have Sofía's trait then they would've gotten hurt from a sneak attack already.
'But… We can go up if it's just this much.'
While they were making slightly comfortable expressions, Sofía's expression quickly turned solemn.
Something was heading towards them from very far away.
While pouring out a fierce aura in all directions as if it didn't have any thoughts of hiding it.
'Oh my god. What is this.'
Boom! Booboom! Bobobooom!
An extremely thick and hard thing that was approaching them at extreme speed while breaking through the Pillar of the World Tree that had withstood the thrashing of the Ouroboros.
And Hansoo was standing at the end of that path.
"Damnit! Dodge…"
Boooom!
Even before she could finish her words, a giant golden spear, which came through into the Vassal's Tunnel, accurately smashed into Hansoo.
Hansoo tried to dodge it but the golden spear showed a turn which was impossible for its speed as it smashed into Hansoo's chest like a homing missile.
Kududuk
"Kuhuk!"
Hansoo, who had barely stopped the spear that tried to penetrate his chest, couldn't handle the force as he broke through the Vassal's Tunnel and flew outside along with the spear.
Chapter 93 – Wasp Legion (4)
Kugugugugu
Hansoo clenched his teeth while looking at the spear that was constantly pushing him back.
Despite him blocking it with all the power with his relics, the spear was constantly thrashing about in order to penetrate his heart.
'Damnit. Is this the Forked Lightning I heard about?'
He had heard about it.
The ultimate spear which was created to crush down those who opposed the King.
Like how the relics got their energy from the Divine Stone Fragment, the Forked Lightning also received energy from the Divine Stone Fragments and showed as much power as the god's punishment would within the area where the World Tree's power reached out to.
There were two remaining fragments.
One in the heart of the Wasp Legion's Queen.
And one in the Flower which had the palace within it.
From the might of it, it seemed like it flew at him with the power of the Divine Stone from the Flower.
'Did the King decide to help the clone? Or did the King himself set out?'
Many different thoughts replaced each other in the short moment while he was flung out from the Vassal's tunnel.
But a conclusion wasn't made.
'There's not enough information.'
Hansoo clenched his teeth and then balanced himself in position.
He had to now fight two things.
The Wasp Legion and Forked Lightning.
The Wasp Soldiers were charging much more viciously.
'First… Seal this Spear.'
Hansoo then grasped onto the Spear that was trying to penetrate him.
So that it wouldn't be able to get out.
If the clone felt threatened then it will retrieve the Forked Lightning and instead smash down upon the Departed Souls.
That'll be troublesome.
'You, play with me.'
Kududududk
Soon Hansoo and the golden spear's strength battle begun.
Kwagagagak
The golden spear continuously pushed Hansoo back and slammed him onto the Pillars of the World Tree.
Because of this Hansoo smashed the Pillar of the World Tree with his whole body and then fell downwards…
'Kuuuu.'
A pain which felt like his whole body was being crushed.
Hansoo looked at the spear, which was constantly adjusting its own angle in order to penetrate his heart, and then poured out strength from all over his body.
He was barely holding on with his strength before becoming a skewer.
'I heard that it wouldn't stop until it penetrated the heart of the target once it was released but…'
Kiiing
Hansoo's relics madly resonated as they poured out the Divine Stone Fragment energy.
The energy that came out from the Divine Stone Fragment stuck onto the Relics and then stormed around in order to suppress the golden spear.
Kiriririk
The golden spear was shocked.
The golden spear also used the Divine Stone's energy but if they were to continue to fall down like this then it will get further away from it's energy supplier.
The spear that was plummeting downwards trying to pierce Hansoo suddenly started to thrash around.
Then it tried to fly off in a different direction with Hansoo still on it.
'A bit troublesome.'
Hansoo got one of the five relics around his body, the chains, and started to wrap it around the spear.
Once the chains that were connected to the seven marbles were wrapped around the golden spear, Hansoo used his mana to pull Ekidrang's Relic, the seven marbles, onto the ground.
Kugugugu
'Damnit. It's still not enough?'
Hansoo was shocked at the golden spear that did not get pulled down to the ground easily.
'But… This is enough for me to move it.'
Hansoo glared coldly at the golden spear that was trying to go up the World Tree through his body and then slammed his hand onto the World Tree's surface.
Kududududk
He then started to slam his hands and feet inside the World Tree as he slowly moved down.
The golden spear had now even given up trying to penetrate Hansoo's heart and was trying to go back to the location it had been shot from.
'It'll be a bit troublesome if that happens.'
Once it goes back and they shoot it with this power a few more times, even Hansoo will have holes all over his body.
He needed to get rid of it at this moment when he got ahold of it.
Kuduk. Kudududk.
The golden spear's strength was so strong that the chains wrapped around it got so tight to the point where they seemed like they would snap and the marbles latched onto it also trembled but the golden spear slowly got pulled downwards from Hansoo's strength combined with the relics as if it was an eagle that was caught within a net.
The people who were watching this scene from below made a confused expression.
"Huh? Why is it coming back down?"
"What is that?"
While people were making confused expressions as they saw Hansoo, who had gone up at a extreme speed, slowly crawl down, Hansoo shouted loudly.
"You need to bring all the chains and the Seven Star Marbles that made up the formation over here! Hurry!"
'If it isn't enough with one person's strength then… I just need to stack tens of thousands of them.'
If he had his ankles caught here then the above situation couldn't be solved with just the departed souls.
Since he didn't know how the Wasp Legion or the King would act.
Kiriririrk
The golden spear that had been caught felt that the situation was dangerous as it started to thrash around madly and stabbed at Hansoo.
Kwaduk
Kudududk
"Quickly! Hurry up!"
The people finally realized something was wrong after seeing Hansoo falling towards the ground while fighting against the Golden Spear, quickly brought the chains and marbles that set up the formation and ran up to Hansoo.
Then they placed the marbles onto the chains and threw them towards the spear that was trying to penetrate Hansoo in a mad manner.
Chwarurung
Kuduk
'Kuhuk!'
Hansoo, who had his left arm grazed by the thrashing spear, bit onto his teeth, grabbed onto the chains that were flying up from all around him and started to wrap them around the golden spear.
One, two.
Soon thousands of giant chains wrapped around the golden spear.
'This should be…'
Hansoo retrieved his relic that was wrapped around the Golden Spear.
He couldn't stay here forever.
He had to tie down this spear as fast as possible and then go back up.
Kararararang
As soon as Hansoo backed off a bit the golden spear started to madly thrash around again.
Tototong
At the same time thousands of chains and the marbles that were attached onto it made noises as they started to get dragged up into the air.
The people freaked out.
"What the hell is that!"
"Damnit! Throw more! Tie it with more!"
Tititing
The chains that had been supplied with the Divine Stone Fragment's energy started to blow apart.
The people who had been maintaining the formation and watching the scene up until now all freaked out as they ran towards the golden spear with their relics.
They didn't know what it was but from the way it thrashed around it seemed like they would become skewers once it was released.
Soon almost ten thousand chains were tied onto it along with the marbles and only then did the golden spear's strength and the people's strength were equalized.
Kudududk
"Hoooh… Damnit. Throw some more!"
"Damnit! If we take out more then the formation will be unstable!"
Hansoo, who had barely tied down the Forked Lightning, looked at the status of the chains and then shook his head.
'It won't hold it for long.'
Chiiiik
Despite having been completely tied down its speed and penetration, the chains were slowly melting down from the mana lightning imbued within the spear.
At this rate he didn't know when it will come out to threaten him again.
'I need to quickly go back up.'
Hansoo clenched onto his teeth and the started to climb up at a quicker pace.
..........
Ooooong
Tekilon frowned as he felt the spear wasn't moving the way he wanted.
Which meant that the Forked Lightning had been tied down somewhere.
Tekilon quickly looked below with his mana.
And then frowned as he saw the spear completely tied down.
'The Thousand Soldiers Armors played a role huh.'
With that method it could indeed temporarily suppress down the golden spear.
'Damnit.'
Tekilon glanced at the old Tekilon behind him.
Himself of the past was much more powerful but did not have any thoughts of acting despite that.
'Damnit. There won't be a need to struggle like this if he helped.'
The young Tekilon clenched onto his teeth and then shouted.
"Why aren't you helping! Don't you feel sorry for the clansmen! We need to try even if there is a slight amount of possibiloty!"
The old Tekilon looked at the young Tekilon for a bit and then spoke out.
"I had many thoughts after the Dimensional portal failed. Because of that I was able to think back about a lot of things."
"…"
"The time when our world was destroyed. Do you remember?"
The young Tekilon grinded his teeth at those words.
The disease which had sent their entire world into destruction.
No, a Calamity which had the form of a disease.
The disease of unknown origin sent all of them close into extinction not long after it was spread.
"Do you remember around when that disease started to spread out?"
The young Tekilon pondered for a while and then spoke out.
"…It was around when our body reconstruction surgery was being used perfectly and had been commercialized."
Thanks to this their race had been able to have a much stronger body than ever before.
Before this they could only fight with limited supplies because they lacked everything.
Since dangers constantly stormed from the outside and they were always short on food.
But the body reconstruction surgery solved all their problems in an instant.
Their stamina got strengthened, they needed to eat much less in order to survive, their longevity lengthened and their battle powers increased by a huge amount.
Actually their tribe's original body wasn't that different from those things below.
But their body which had gone through the surgery had changed close to a beasts and soon after their body reconstruction surgery had been perfected and commercialized, their whole race had finally united all together.
For the first time in history.
Then the Calamity of Death enveloped that specific race who were filled to the brim with hopes and dreams.
Their race screamed out in despair after falling into depravity.
That they had received a befitting punishment after invading god's territory of reconstructing the body.
'Damnit…'
While the young Tekilon was frowning while thinking of those times, the old Tekilon spoke again.
"Yes. And do you remember when we had come over here in the soul form?"
"…When the World Tree was created."
"Yes. When this side had been all united together from the World Tree's power."
Their growth was slow, they were always threatened by the toxic waters and they always lacked food.
The Elvenheims, who had been constantly fighting after being divided into hundreds of different tribes, met a grand unification not long after the World Tree was created.
And then they face total annihilation due to Tekilon who had come over with his soul.
"No way…"
Games were only fun when there were competition and enemies.
As soon as they gained a grand unification and had peace, both the races treaded the path of total destruction.
As if somebody threw over the game board that had gotten boring.
"What would we do even if we save our race at this point. We will need to keep fighting and fighting even if we save them."
"…Isn't that just an estimate?"
The old Tekilon shook his head.
"It's not. Look at the beasts below. That's not something we created right?"
"…Then?"
"Something came to me one day."
Tekilon, who had been exhausted beyond what he could endure, nodded at the fairy shaped existence and then fell into slumber.
"It'll… be okay to unify now. But we will just get swept over by the war with the other races in the place called the Abyss."
The young Tekilon just grinded his teeth.
"Nonsense. How did I become like this?"
"What?"
"So what if we become a chess piece for somebody else? We can keep living if we continue to fight."
"…"
"It was a history of battles anyway. To not want to fight after tasting the short amount of peace."
Before the unification.
They had fought and fought in order to survive.
It was set up so their race, the Elvenheims and all other races below had to fight in order to survive.
'The fact that we have to continue to fight in order to survive is the same as saying that there is no absolute existence.'
If the only way to live was to fight then they just needed to do what they had always done.
Even if there was an absolute existence they won't butt in randomly in order to enjoy the fun.
Since a game where one can change the rules won't be fun.
"Don't say meaningless things. Saving them is the first priority. Give me the power to control the Wasp Legion. I will finish it off."
"…"
The Old Tekilon sighed as he transferred the shining star symbol on his head.
..............
Ooooong
The Queen had lost all its power to something which had invaded its head.
Tekilon who had become the new king gave an order as soon as he got control of the Queen.
For the Wasp Legion to attack the people hiding around the strange pillars.
To smash apart the formation and to release the Forked Lightning.
Soon the giant wasps that weren't moving in order to protect the Queen started to rush downwards.
At the same time he gave a different order to the newly evolved bees.
To buy time against the invaders who were coming up through the Pillar.
Hansoo, who had been climbing back up through the Vassal's Tunnel, grinded his teeth at the info that was coming in through the World Tree.
'He had received the power. Or the King himself has moved out.'
It was now time to fight.
Whether the time for the tied down Forked Lightning to get released from the Wasp Legion was faster.
Or him smashing through the Wasp Legion and getting rid of the Queen and the Clone was faster.
'…The quicker I finish this off the more people will stay alive.'
Hansoo breathed in deeply and then started to madly run in order to catch up to the Departed Souls who would have already gone up.
Chapter 94 – Wasp Legion (5)
Kidudududk, Kidududk.
"Block it!"
"We're getting pushed through."
The people roared out as they saw the Wasp Legion charging at them from all directions.
Karururuk
The marbles and chains were getting destroyed from the wasps.
And one of them clenched their teeth as the formation in front of their eyes got dangerously close to getting broken apart.
'Damnit. If that breaks…'
He was currently safe since he could hide behind the formation and attack with the skills but once his location was pushed through then the wasps will charge at him and kill him.
The man, Azra, thought of his chain and Seven Star Marbles which weren't here.
Relics that he had tied down onto the golden spear in the distance in order to suppress that strange golden spear from before.
'With that…'
With those he would be able to fortify the formation in front of his eyes that was on the brink of getting broken apart.
'And it doesn't look like it will come to pierce us.'
Everyone had thrown the chains in a state of panic before but they weren't targets of the golden spear.
It was only aiming for Hansoo.
If he loosened up his chains then the golden spear will go to Hansoo and not himself.
'…Damnit.'
Hansoo falling into danger was obvious.
But if he didn't fortify the formation then he was about to become food for the Wasp Legion.
Kurarararak
"Huk!"
Az freaked out and backed up as his
And then instinctively called the chains and marbles in the distance over.
Chwarururuk
The chains and marbles that flew in from the instinctive orders blocked his view in front of him.
Clunk Clunk
Azra clenched his teeth and then mumbled inwardly as he bought himself some time due to the fortified formation.
Yeah… There's over ten thousand of them. One shouldn't affect it much.'
And even for Hansoo, it'd be better to reinforce the seal like this as well.
Since it'll be the end if they get pushed through.
The moment Azra started to focus on the Wasp Legion in front of his eyes, he heard a loosening sound behind him.
Azra quickly looked back and then clenched his teeth.
"Goddamnit…"
As if the people had similar thoughts as him, the chains were getting loosened up and were spreading out towards the formation.
Azra frowned as he saw the spear's clunking getting more vigorous.
.............
Kudududu
Hansoo swung Galadriang's Relic towards one of the wasps flying towards him.
Choooooong
The energy imbued into the sword, which was of much greater strength than before, cut apart the wasp in half.
But Hansoo made a dissatisfied expression.
The ones who had been cut apart had fallen down while screaming but more wasps had dug through the World Tree to replace them.
'There's no end at this rate.'
Hansoo pushed the Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement to the limit and then just charged through these guys.
Meaning that he had given up going up while killing them one by one.
Even if he gained a bit of a loss, he had decided to go up forcefully.
Boooom!
The wasps in front of him were smashed apart from the synergetic effect of Hansoo's formless armor, Thousand Soldiers Armor and Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement.
But only so.
He had been able to proceed for tens of meters but his charge had been stopped by the wasps who constantly blocked his path.
And the ones who had been strengthened through the consumption of the Ouroboros were getting through the formless armor and the Thousand Soldiers Armor and were injuring him.
'…Nurmaha's ring doesn't work well because these guys are insects. I cannot go up when I'm stuck here like this.'
And if the suppressed spear below were to get released while he was doing this, it will become even more troublesome.
'Though logically they will be able to stay on for a bit longer…'
If the formation started to break apart than there's no way the people will keep the chains to suppress down the spear.
He had to finish this as fast as possible.
'Damnit… This is quite a burden on my body.'
It was a bit too early to use the Racial Metamorphosis of the Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement yet.
'If I use it now… I'll only get two hearts. Can I do it?"
He had gotten stronger but the mastery level of this hadn't really increased much.
But he was going to become a skewer while being suppressed down by these guys at this rate.
'It isn't the time to worry about this.'
Hansoo pushed up the genes that were in a corner within his body.
Kududududk
The Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement started to turn Hansoo's body into one of a different existence.
The bones had changed into those of that different existence and a thin layer of scales covered over those.
At the same time a heart squirmed about as it appeared inside his body.
Kudududk
Another heart had appeared a bit to the right of the original heart's location.
But only that.
There weren't three hearts like before.
'Hooup'
But it wasn't the time to bicker over this.
He had to fight while squeezing out everything he had.
His physical ability may fall a bit but he had relics and the Thousand Soldiers Armors around his body unlike back then.
His overall battle strength back then couldn't even be comparable to the one he had now.
'Get through in the shortest amount possible… And kill the King.'
As long as the power to rule over the Wasp Legion was on the clone or the king, it was more effective to head towards the Flower instead of aiming for the Queen.
Since his heart might get pierced by the Forked Lightning while he fought with the Queen and dragged out the time.
On the other hand, there was no need to worry about the Wasp Legion once he killed the King.
Since he will be able to rule them however he wanted after succeeding the power.
Hansoo poured strength out from his body, which was currently of one from a different species, and then jumped out.
Booom!
A shockwave which without comparison to the ones before had been created.
The Pillar of the World Tree, that Hansoo was on, couldn't bear the force as it got smashed apart.
Hansoo used that reaction force as he headed above the Pillar like a meteor.
Not through the Vassal's Tunnel but through the path that the Forked Lightning had created while it came down in a straight line.
Kwajijijk!
There were countless amounts of mutant wasps in there but Hansoo ignored them as he just ran through them.
'There's no time for me to deal with them one by one.'
Kyaruruk
The wasps which had lower bodies of snakes and upper bodies of humans threw their whole body towards Hansoo.
As if they were treating the King like their Queen.
Kurururu
They constantly charged at him despite getting crushed and smashed apart.
With the Wasp Legion's scariest weapons in the front.
'…Poison stings. This remains after evolution huh.'
The scales from the snake's tail part of the wasp raised up.
At that time the poison poured out from the pores between the scales as it covered the blade-like scales.
The wasps had the hedgehog-like nails in front of them as they charged at Hansoo.
Kagagak!
Most of the scales were smashed apart when they met Hansoo's scales and the Thousand Soldiers Armor.
But when the speed at which Hansoo ran were combined with the huge amount of wasps, it caused his scales and the Thousand Soldiers Armor to slowly get broken apart.
Kudududk
'Damnit. It'll be a pain to fix it later.'
Hansoo frowned while looking at the Thousand Soldiers Armor that was becoming ragged.
Kwaduduk
Soon the tail scales of the Wasps got through relic's formless armor, Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement, Scales from the draconic transformation and the Thousand Soldiers Armors and started to dig down onto Hansoo's skin.
Kwadududuk.
The poison constantly dug down in order to melt down his body.
The two hearts constantly pumped the blood which had detoxifying effects as they struggled to resist the poison.
Hansoo continued to go up even as he felt his body slowly getting petrified.
'…I'm almost there!'
Light was shining between the wasps who had filled the hole made by the Forked Lightning.
Which meant that he was almost at the top.
Just in case the wasps were to hold down onto him, Hansoo covered his body with the chains and the Seven Star Marbles, which he hadn't used up until so far, as he crazily charged up.
Since time to worry about such things when his defenses had been almost broken apart.
His body was going to get smashed apart if the chains and the marbles didn't block them.
Kudududuk
'Damnit. They're getting broken one by one.'
The Seven Star Marbles started to fall off one by one from the wasps who constantly charged at him.
Hansoo pushed and pushed the remaining two marbles as he continued to go up.
'Once I arrive… It's not that hard to kill him off.'
The King's power was frightening in itself but his physical abilities weren't that great.
And that was why he had the Forked Lightning and the Thousand Soldiers Armor.
But at this moment, when those two things were tied down from the King, Hansoo would be able to solve him in an instant once he got there.
Chiriririring
At that time something made a huge noise as it came up from below.
Right through the tunnel Hansoo had come up from.
Chirirrrng
Sounds of hundreds of strands of chains hitting each other.
Hansoo frowned as he looked downwards.
'…It broke through the chains!'
It had rushed up so fast that hundreds of strands of chains had been melted and stuck onto the golden spear.
The spear, which had come up the tunnel while making a huge commotion from the hundreds of chains hitting each other, aimed right at Hansoo's heart.
'…I'll give you one!'
Kwadududk
He couldn't block it anyway.
Hansoo clenched his teeth and then gave one of the hearts.
Hansoo's body raised up into the air from the spear which had pierced his heart.
Kudududuk
Hansoo gripped the golden spear that had pierced his heart with his hands and then rolled his upper body with the two remaining marbles as well as the chain and made a protective barrier.
Then Hansoo started to shoot up crazily into the sky due to the spear.
Kwagagagak
The wasps were smashed apart from Hansoo's body and the things that protected him.
And Hansoo's body escaped the tunnel that the light was shining into and then rose into the sky.
Hooooong
A giant palace came into Hansoo's view.
The giant palace of the Elvenheims that should normally be covered with the huge energy barrier, the Flower.
'As I expected…. He can't handle using both the Flower's barrier and the Forked Lightning.'
Hansoo then poured strength onto the hand that held onto the Forked Lightning which had pierced his heart.
He then pulled it out.
Kururururk
The golden spear was shocked as the thing which it had pierced the heart of suddenly moved and tried to take Hansoo away but Hansoo had long gotten away from the golden spear.
At the same time Hansoo fell towards the two Elvenheims standing in the palace at a fierce speed.
The golden spear quickly changed its path and tried to pierce Hansoo again but the two marbles and the chains held onto the spear and suppressed its movements.
Of course it wouldn't be able to hold out for long.
Since it was something he had barely held onto with his own strength and seven marbles.
But that small instant was enough.
Hansoo madly rushed down and then landed between the two Elvenheims.
Booom!
'Kill both of the… Damnit!'
He wanted to kill them both but the golden spear, which had already broken through the chains, smashed down onto Hansoo.
He would die if his heart were to get pierced again from that.
Hansoo hurriedly held the neck of the closest guy and then used the body to block his front.
Kiiiiik!
The golden spear stopped despite its speed in mid air as if it was perplexed.
'Hooo…'
Hansoo breathed out and then growled at the one he was holding onto and the one staring at him.
"Stop the Wasp Legion at this moment."
The formation getting released meant that the people below were already getting smashed apart by the Wasp Legion.
He had to quickly get this guy to stop the Queen.
Since he didn't have such powers.
At that time the Elvenheim he held onto pondered for a moment and then screamed out.
"Don't worry about me and just self destruct the Flower! I don't mind dying here… If our race is doomed to perish like this!"
"…"
The one who was flustered was Hansoo .
'Damnit. This was the clone and not the King?'
The power to self destruct the Flower only lay upon the King.
He could give away all other powers except this.
He had caught this guy because the symbol of controlling the Wasp Legion was on this guy and thought that this guy was the King but he was the clone instead.
At that moment the Elvenheim who had a slightly tired expression sighed as he was about to nod.
"I respect your cho…"
Pajajajak
The moment the clone was about to laugh in satisfaction as he saw the King open his mouth, a jade orb flew into the King.
Pajijijik
The King, who was going to speak out, froze whole.
As if he got caught within a ice prison.
"Hooh… Hooh. I wasn't late right?"
Sophia, who had run towards the location Library told her and had smashed the Triple Jade Frozen Orb spoke towards Hansoo.
Hansoo, who had seen the other Departed Souls in the distance fighting with the wasps and buying time, sighed in relief as he nodded.
"It's perfect."
At those words Sophia fell unconscious after smiling and the young Tekilon whom Hansoo held the neck of made an extremely ugly expression.
Chapter 95 – Orange Zone (1)
Hansoo looked at the five Divine Stone Fragments in his possession.
Four from the Calamity Fish, Devouring and Vomiting Root, Ouroboros and the Wasp Queen.
And one from the Flower.
The King's symbol was shining upon Hansoo's forehead.
A situation where he had both the Administrators and King's symbols.
Hansoo then walked to the Altar behind the Throne at the center of the Flower.
He then placed the five Divine Stone Fragments one by one onto the Altar as if he was solving a puzzle.
Kiiiiing
Five of the Divine Stone Fragments, which exerted a humongous amount of energy even on their own, were collected.
And the fragments connected to one another as if they melted.
Then the Divine Stone, which had finally become one, exerted a bright light.
Right as a huge energy storm was about to occur, Hansoo started to push the five relics around the Divine Stone one by one.
The Relics got inserted into the holes, which seemed like they were prepared for these specific relics, one by one.
Then the huge amount of energy that seemed like it was going to explode quickly calmed down.
Soon a huge amount of energy, which would've blown up Hansoo's body if he were to control it, started to get spread around the World Tree.
Giiiing
Strength started to quickly come back to the dried up World Tree.
The Roots that had been constantly spreading out started to absorb and send the toxic waters towards the Pillar at a crazy rate and the Pillar used the enormous amount of energy supplied by the Divine Stone, purified all of those toxic waters and turned it into Nutritional fluid and sent it all over the World Tree.
The words of the people below between the Pillar and the Roots came into Hansoo's ears through the World Tree.
'It's done now.'
Hansoo nodded his head.
Though it still looked dried up it will quickly return to its original form using the Nutritional Fluid.
Like a dried up sponge absorbing water.
Since the World Tree's vitality was that strong.
'Though it's a shame to go up without being able to see that change… There's nothing I can do.'
That change will be felt by the people who come after him.
Sofía looked at that Hansoo with a surprised expression.
'…How did he know all this?'
The only person who knew anything about the incredible change in front of them was Sofía.
The people below would probably think the reason for the changes was the Calamities' disappearance but Sofía knew through the Library.
That the main reason for that change was those relics and the stone that was emitting a blindingly bright light.
This was the conclusion of organizing and combining numerous amounts of information that poured into her head.
'…Did he kill the Calamities with this as the goal? How did he know about these things?'
Sofía had gone to every corner of the Red Zone because she was strong despite only being here for 3 years but she had never even imagined such a place like this could exist.
And Sofía wasn't the only one with questions.
The two Tekilons who had lost all their powers and had been frozen with only their heads sticking out also looked at Hansoo with confused expressions.
They could understand him having collecting the relics and the Divine Stone.
Since those two things showed off a huge amount of strength that couldn't even be imagined.
Since the Divine Stone Fragments couldn't be moved with teleportation and the strength of the Relics alone were very tempting.
But that guy had given up everything and placed them upon the Altar as if it was his goal from the very beginning.
'What benefits are there for him to save the World Tree?'
Of course, for all races, there's no bigger benefit as this but then the World Tree's influence only existed within this world.
Which meant that it's not a single bit of help to him who was going to go up to the next zone.
Hansoo walked towards Tekilon.
The memories of the previous king was constantly pouring into his head.
One of the functions of the King's Symbol.
The King needed use the previous King's memories to reduce mistakes and lead their race towards a better path.
And because of this, when a King transferred the rights they also transferred their memories onto the next King.
Hansoo knew because of this.
The reason the Elvenheims had wondered about for so long.
The thing that had suddenly turned their King crazy.
'…So they were trying to save their race.'
"You guys. You were Akarons huh."
The ancient race who were the owners of the ruins he needed to revive for his next target, the
, in the Orange Zone.The two Tekilon made surprised expressions.
He could find out that they were of a different race.
Since memories flowed in through the Symbol.
But the way Hansoo spoke was different.
Like he knew something more.
Hansoo started ponder while looking at these two.
'…They are indeed alive. They aren't extinct.'
A powerful race
If these guys are the inhabitants of the other side, then this is another story.
"Sofía. Could we have a moment by ourselves for a bit?"
Sofía shrugged her shoulders at those words and then left.
Hansoo breathed in and out and then spoke out.
"Do you want to resurrect your race?"
"…What are you talking about?"
Hansoo chuckled as he spoke.
"Simple. Let's form a contract."
"…"
Hansoo simply explained his plan and then continued to speak.
"Both of you help me. One of you follow me and go up. And… One of you remain here as the King."
One would follow Hansoo to the
One will remain here, strengthen the humans and send them up.
This was a win-win situation.
The chances of Hansoo succeeding in the Orange Zone increased the more they helped Hansoo and with that the chances of the Akaron surviving will increase.
The young Tekilon chuckled at Hansoo's simple explanation and then spoke.
"Well. Trusting you is another story but… You want one of us to act as a wet nurse here? By looking after your humans carefully so they don't get hurt?"
Hansoo laughed coldly at those words.
"No way. It's the exact opposite."
"…What?"
"If you want to save your race… Push them as much as possible. The Humans. And then get them as strong as possible then send as many as you can. That much wouldn't be hard for you who has the experience of a King once I give you the powers of the World Tree."
A person who had stayed as the King of the Elvenheims for hundreds of years.
They were dimensions apart from humans who had come over to the battlefield from a normal life.
And another thing.
'There's no way that this guy would have any benevolence.'
If he left it to a human then the King would probably allow humans living peacefully on their own.
And they might not be faithful to their job as the King because they get swept up by some emotions or greed.
But once this guy got on that seat the story would be different.
He will ruthlessly train the humans.
Since the chances of their race surviving increased the stronger humans got.
He won't act as a Tyrant either.
Since it was better the more went up.
Hansoo looked at the young Tekilon who looked at him as if he was crazy and then handed something over.
The hard drive that was within the Devouring and Vomiting Root that the Fairy planted. (*PR: it was mentioned that Hansoo took it out in a previous chapter)
"If you connect this onto the Plant the beasts will get produced again. Stimulate the humans consistently with this, turn them into warriors and send them up. And you… Will go up with me."
Since the King he wanted to set up here was an iron-hearted Monarch and not a benevolent King.
One who would ruthlessly train every human who comes into a warrior.
But the two Elvenheims made confused expressions as if they still didn't understand.
They couldn't trust this guy but it was the same the other way around.
"On what basis can you trust me and leave this world to me? What if I decide to play around with you humans?"
Once somebody got the power of the Administrator and the King, they could rule like a god even without the Forked Lightning or the Thousand Soldiers Armor.
Since they could just throw anybody they didn't like out of this dimension.
Hansoo laughed at those words.
"Correct words. So I was thinking… If you agree then I will need to have some insurance for the friend who will remain here."
"What?"
At that moment something came out from a corner of Hansoo's body.
With enough information and strength necessary.
The fragment which had cracked from a corner of Hansoo's body came out from the end of his hand.
"What is…"
Hansoo coldly laughed at those words.
"It's insurance."
............…..
Reward for the Three Gates.
Second Gate's reward was runes.
And the reward Ralph Lauren had received from the fairy a long time ago after getting to the end of the first of the Three Gates.
Ralph Lauren chose the trait
But the thing Hansoo needed was not battle strength but rather shackles.
Humankind, including Hansoo, had a lot of thoughts before sending a person back.
Setting up a King who can control all of the humans was good.
But if they couldn't control that King then things will become difficult.
Since Hansoo would need to go after he finished his job here no matter how strong he was.
Then Sofía had spoken out:
Then three candidates came up to control the King.
Trait of a Lord.
Trait of a Covenant.
Trait of the Fragments of Seven Souls.
The trait of a Lord was dismissed.
According to what testing was done, it could not affect people across dimensions.
Same with the Covenant.
Like Miyamoto has already shown, it was always possible to bypass and find shortcuts if one wanted to.
The trait that had been chosen at the end was
From the tests it showed that it could go across the Dimensional Wall and still influence people.
Since they could borrow Hansoo's strength, if the King was threatened then they could maintain their position with monstrous amounts of strength.
And since they can receive Hansoo's memories there wouldn't be a need to explain or help them understand it.
Since there wasn't a need to teach.
The invasion of the Abyss may hasten but it wouldn't be a big problem if he sent over selective memories.
'You guys will need to become the whips.'
A strong whip which will constantly push humans into strong soldiers.
"Choose. How you want to do it."
Hansoo looked at the two Elvenheims, no, Akarons as he looked at the fragment on his hand.
...............
After the two, who had accepted the proposal, left, Hansoo remained by himself and started to check his current status.
'It feels naked… Without the relics.'
The strength that the relics gave was that formidable.
But there was no regrets, he would need to leave them here anyway.
'There's a lot I've gained too.'
The Forked Lightning and Thousand Soldiers Armors will be taken up by him.
These two things were prepared from the possible coup d'etat from the Five Great Tiger Generals.
There was nobody who could threaten the young Tekilon who had the relics of the Five Great Tiger Generals, the King's power and even his soul fragment.
Though Hansoo won't be able to show a god-like might without the divine stone, there wasn't much to speak about since his armor had a skill which was the basis for its copy being a solo numbering artifact.
'And one more thing.'
"Come out. I've killed them all."
The air split apart as the fairy popped out after those words.
The fairy praised him as soon as it came out.
"Woah. You really killed all five huh?"
Hansoo looked at the fairy in front of his eyes and then spoke.
"It's time to keep your side of the promise."
The fairy shrugged as it spoke.
"Of course. We're quite strict about these things. But it won't be fun by itself so I'll give you a choice."
"… You really like choices."
"Isn't that the fun part?"
Hansoo shrugged his shoulders.
"Speak."
"Something certain or something uncertain."
"…"
"If you choose then I will give you a skill of your choice. On the other hand, if you choose random then I will give you a skill that nobody has gained so far."
"Hmm."
Hansoo made an awkward expression.
He didn't like these things but their rewards were quite faithful.
There wasn't a loss on both sides.
'Well, this is indeed better than having 5 solo numbering skills…'
Since solo numberings won't on the same levels either.
There weren't many on the solo, or even double, numberings that worked well with him.
Even more so if the limit was seven like him.
Hansoo first thought about the certain path.
'Should I pick Immortal Soul or Elemental Outfit?'
All ten skills were considered but these two skills came up first.
Solo numbering 1 skill.
A skill which Kangtae had.
It turned the user's body close to an immortal's.
Kangtae trusted this skill and fought like a mad warrior in the front.
Since he was allowed to fight like a mad immortal as long as he didn't die by constantly healing.
Solo numbering 3 skill.
A skill Keldian had.
Attract the elements from all around, create the outfit of an elemental and bestow a power upon the user to use numerous elements in any way they wanted.
Since it was an outfit created from the surrounding environment, it obviously gave a huge amount of survivability and defense against the surrounding environment.
If he fought in a flaming desert then a blazing armor will be created and if he fought in a lightning island then a clothing of lightning will be created.
He could still remember Keldian wearing the Elemental Outfit and pouring out thousands of different skills.
If he were to use one of those two above skills then he wouldn't really lose even compared to the Zero Numbering, Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement.
But the thing the fairy would give him stuck around his mind.
Though he had killed the Calamities with the help of numerous people, his part wasn't small.
And since these guys aren't the type who would fool around here, the skill that the fairy would give him that nobody had gotten yet would be amazing.
'…But the fact that it's random sticks around.'
Not all skills synergized with Hansoo like the Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement.
No, there were more skills that didn't.
The Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement had amazing balance and was perfect for Hansoo's fighting style.
Just like the Elemental Outfit or Immortal Soul.
On the other hand, he wouldn't be able to pull out all of the skill's potential even if it was a Zero Numbering if it didn't fit with his fighting style.
A skill which he could utilize to its utmost potential.
Or a skill of higher quality and rarity but something he cannot guarantee would have synergy with himself.
Hansoo grabbed ahold of his chin and started to ponder.
Chapter 96 – Orange Zone (2)
"Hooh…"
Hansoo pondered for a moment.
Since the things he did were dangerous, the Immortal Soul wasn't that bad.
No, the Elemental Outfit was good in terms of balance between attack and defense.
But he knew how to obtain these up above.
A skill like a Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement was hard to get within the Otherworld.
"Let's go random. Can you give it to someone else other than me?"
'…I must calculate the possibility of getting a Lord-like skill of an already dead person.'
Skills with limits couldn't match up to solo numberings.
He couldn't fill up one of the seven spots with such things.
It was better to give it away to Sangjin or somebody else who was capable.
Because the affinity of the skill with the user can't be ignored.
The fairy nodded at those words.
"Don't worry. I will give it to you in a rune form. Wherever you want to use it is up to you."
Then the fairy pulled out a small pouch.
"Here! Pick one from the bag."
"…"
It was an act of hospitality.
Then a shining skill rune which was letting off a reddish purple light popped out and the fairy exclaimed in surprise as it saw this.
"Woah. It's the Pandemic Blade."
"Pandemic Blade?"
A skill which he had never heard of.
The fairy smiled as it spoke:
"It's a skill of somebody who had destroyed a whole world. Heehee. That person had really entertained us well. Well. I'm not sure if it's to your liking. Are you going to use it?"
Hansoo squinted his eyes after checking the skill's options after hearing the fairy's words.
...........
Kuooooooo!
Beasts were charging in from all directions.
They had started to create the beasts again as the World Tree revived.
'They're doing good.'
Hansoo looked at those beasts and then nodded.
He had given a soul fragment to the young King, Tekilon, as well as all of the powers.
And after observing how he was doing, he was raising up the humans very well.
Overwhelming them but at the same time not enough to kill them.
Thanks to this the newcomers were endlessly hunting beasts without a break and were getting stronger.
Which was the same for him.
'It will take another… 3 more days for the lake to open.'
Only when the World Tree collects more mana will the dimensional door to the orange zone opens.
There was only one thing he needed to do.
To get the qualifications to go up by gathering runes.
'Ah, some rest finally.'
This could only be called rest.
Though he didn't have any relics, Hansoo had advanced too far for the beasts of the red zone to threaten Hansoo.
Hansoo lightly swung the Forked Lightning in his right hand.
Chwaaaak
As the spear which was over 3 meters long swung in the air, the 5m tall gorilla-shaped beast instinctively raised its right arm and blocked the attack.
Due to its quick reaction it was able to run away with just a light wound.
But at that time something happened.
Bubble bubble
Something started to grow madly from the Gorilla's arms.
Sofía, who had been watching Hansoo from afar, made an expression full of fear.
'It's… It's that again.'
The yellowish fungi that had covered the wound grew out and then soon exploded.
Chiiiiiik
Kuuuuuuuhh!
The bright yellow spores that exploded out from the fungi covered the entire body of the gorilla in an instant.
Infinite repetition.
The spores grew out again as it melted down the gorilla's body and from that location new fungi grew out.
The newly grown fungi exploded again as it spread more spores in all directions as those spores created more fungi.
Kuuuuhh!
Kyaaaah!
Soon the hundreds of beasts around Hansoo had been covered by the spore cloud.
Their body melted down as they rolled over the ground from the pain and slowly died while becoming a new source of fungi.
Hansoo nodded as he looked at the scene which looked like yellow fireworks exploding out in all directions.
'Amazing.'
A blade of viruses and fungi.
The name was a blade but it was actually a skill which added a special effect to attacks.
The effect was very simple.
Creating fungi that infinitely spread out and infected everything.
It was extremely harmful and was hard to kill off since it was in such large numbers.
One could only persevere and hold on until the mana within the fungi ran out.
Of course there was a condition to this.
That mana needed to be supplied.
It would only grow and spread out from the mana it started off from.
'On the other hand, as long as mana is supplied… Wow. I can only trust the fairy's word huh.'
Hansoo clicked his tongue.
He had thought that the words of it being a skill that someone who had destroyed a whole world had used was a bluff.
Since it wasn't easy for one to go against a whole world unless they took control of a being that protected a whole civilization like the World Tree.
But he could only believe it after seeing the effects.
If this was to continue to spread infinitely then it could erase a whole world.
If Hansoo was to use the relics and the divine stone fragments to imbue it with mana and spread the Pandemic Blade then he would probably kill over half the people in the red zone with just a single slash.
The amount of mana that the guy who had destroyed the whole world had wouldn't even be comparable to that which he possessed.
There was a limit to Hansoo's mana and there was a limit to how much he could do but it was indeed a skill that was frightening enough to be comparable to Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement.
'…But it does indeed take up a huge amount of mana. I need to find out a few different uses for this later.'
He could feel his mana emptying out despite him only slashing a few times.
It was a skill that had clear pros and cons unlike the Demonic Dragon's Reinforcement which had amazing balance.
But Hansoo didn't change his expression while his mana was emptying out, he remained normal and slashed a few more times to cause a massacre.
'I should warn them just in case.'
...........
Sofía made an awkward expression while looking at Hansoo from afar.
'I worried for no reason.'
The one who had been the most shocked when Hansoo threw away the relics was Sofía.
Since though he was almost invincible with the relics, he wasn't unbeatable without them.
Since she had way more skills with higher masteries and had a stronger trait.
His ring and armor were extremely powerful but she had more artifacts herself.
She could only worry.
Since she being able to barely contend with him meant that he was on equal ground with the other Departed Souls.
He might've created some friction between those from the Six Pillars since they didn't really like him.
Jongsang looked at Hansoo with a slightly disliking expression as well.
But that was a story of a few days ago.
After seeing the strange golden spear and the suspicious skill, they were making an expression which told that they didn't want to go against him.
And the people who were watching from the distance were making expressions full of fear as well.
Sofía looked at Hansoo, who had gathered up all the runes and was walking towards her, and asked:
"How would we fare if we go up?"
They were strong.
But they had been stuck up against a wall for 5 to 6 years now.
Since it had been years since they gathered the best skills that could come out from this place and had raised their masteries to the brim.
And their battle experience could not increase since they didn't have any more opponents.
But those people who had gained better skills and artifacts in the upper zone and had fought with stronger foes will be stronger than them.
Since there will also be people who had been there for 4 to 6 years and had not left like the Departed Souls here due to some circumstances.
The artifacts they had were close to invincible here but could not be used above and the orange artifacts they gained from the Branch weren't that high of a quality.
'Well. How would he know?'
She had asked because of the difference in strength between herself and him but there was no way for him to know.
But unlike Sofía's thoughts, Hansoo was calculating things meticulously within his mind.
'Though she isn't weak… Sofía is a strong 5th year. Departed souls are between weak 6th and normal 6th years. I should be around 7th year.'
The artifacts they had were merely those of the lower level in the Orange Zone.
The usual duration for people to go up from the Red to the Orange zone was 4 years.
They wouldn't be like 4th years who had just gone up due to their skill masteries but it would be hard for them to fight against those of the Orange Zone who were armed with better artifacts and runes.
'Well that'll be solved when we go up.'
Hansoo finished his thoughts and then looked at the giant lake, Mirror, which was filling up in the distance.
He would leave as soon as the mana of the lake filled up since his runes were almost filled up.
Sofía, who had been watching Hansoo until now, asked something that she had been curious about:
"How did you know all of that by the way?"
"What do you mean?"
"That giant tree and the relics."
Sofía's actual personality was quite competitive and full of curiosity.
But there weren't many things that drove either of these aspects of her personality lately.
She had gotten as strong as she could so there wasn't anyone to feel competitive against.
Though the other six departed souls were stronger than her, they had been here for 7 to 8 years longer.
According to talent, she was much better.
There wasn't much to be curious about.
Since there wasn't anywhere in the Red Zone that she hadn't been to.
And the places she hadn't been to were too dangerous for her to go in just from curiosity alone.
But the recently met Hansoo was constantly driving these two facets of her personality in a crazy manner.
Hansoo shrugged his shoulders as he spoke.
"Psychic powers."
"Don't speak nonsense. Your trait isn't that."
Hansoo had hunted in order to fill up his runes but Sofía didn't really have much to do for the past few days.
Playing with Camille was getting boring.
Sofía had invested the rest of the leftover time in observing Hansoo and made a conclusion from her trait, Library.
'He isn't a omniscient type like me.'
Omniscient type.
A word to call traits which helped the user know things that they couldn't possibly know with their current knowledge.
But as Hansoo laughed and refused to answer, Sofía's eyes squinted down.
'It's a secret huh.'
There was something more to it but she could not figure out what.
'Hmm…Hmmmm.'
Sofía pondered inwardly for a moment and then made her decision.
.............
Forked Lightning in the right hand.
Nurmaha's Ring on the left hand.
Thousand Soldiers Armors over the whole body.
Hansoo, who had filled up his runes, now looked at the filled up lake.
It wouldn't only open once a month anymore.
Since energy was overflowing throughout the World Tree.
'It's time to go up.'
Hansoo, who had been looking at the Mirror which was ready to accept anybody at any time, thought of Sangjin who he would meet up soon and then spoke towards Sofía standing next to him.
"You want to go with me?"
Sofía nodded at his words.
"I know that your trait isn't that of the Omniscient type. Let's have a win-win. You won't know what's above, it'll be good for us to help each other."
Though following him was due to her curiously, she couldn't say this out aloud due to her pride so she made an excuse of survival and waited for a reply with a nervous mind.
'Is he going to refuse?'
This could happen.
'No. It felt like he was treating me well, no way.'
Observing for a few days, she found out that he was rather kind to her.
He kindly answered everything she had asked.
'I guess beauty works again.'
Though strength was the main part in the Otherworld so most people didn't approach her with ease but in the real world there was a truckload of boys who had followed her around while she was attending college.
Hansoo chuckled while looking at Sofía who was praising herself inside.
Because of old memories.
Sofía Vargera.
Member of the Final Brigade which consisted of the 100 most powerful people.
His comrade.
And a woman who had led him around like a teacher when he was roaming around the Otherworld.
These were the words Sofía told him when they first met.
Of course the situation had changed a bit now.
Sofía, the person who had found his and Miyamoto's treasure while they were barely holding onto their lives while going up against the Six Pillars and the Twelve Roots of the Red Zone and had gone up due to not having any people to contend against.
This was something that should happen 2 years from now.
'It's nice to meet you again.'
"Sure. Let's go together."
Hansoo laughed as he looked at Sofía.
Chapter 97 – Orange Zone (3)
Sofía looked at the man in robes standing next to Hansoo and pouted.
'So I wasn't the only one getting special treatment huh.'
Sofía, who was pouting, looked at Hansoo and asked.
"Is this guy going too?"
An ordinary looking man.
But that couldn't deceive Sofía's eyes.
'This guy. This is the guy we caught above the World Tree'
One of the two people who looked like twins.
Though he had changed his appearance and was acting like a human being, numerous information was constantly popping up from
Hansoo laughed as he spoke.
"This guy will help us. Apparently his hometown is over there."
"…Is that so?"
'So he came from the Orange Zone? You could come over to this side from that side?'
Sofía gave up after having numerous thoughts.
Though she had gotten curious, Hansoo would answer kindly until it reached a certain point and then just laughed it off.
As if there was a reason why he couldn't answer.
Sofía made an expression full of uncertainty but then shrugged her shoulders.
'Whatever. He probably has a plan.'
"Anyways, are we only going as a three? While the others are going like that?"
Sofía mumbled as she looked at the mobs of clansmen in the distance.
Hecarim's clansmen, which numbered almost ten thousand, were preparing to cross over while walking towards the distance.
That was the smarter choice.
A world where they didn't know anything about.
It was better to go in numbers.
Hansoo laughed at those words.
"There's no point."
"Huh?"
Tekilon mumbled while looking at Sofía who was making a confused expression.
'Oh right… Where is this Dimensional Portal linked to?'
Though they can cross over to that side, all information from the other side will be disabled.
Of course even Tekilon wouldn't know where this Dimensional Portal connected to in the other world.
Tekilon mumbled while looking at the calmly shining lake.
............
Kuuuuuuuuuuuu
A huge creature was creating loud noises as it was walking around.
A huge creature which towers over multiple kilometers in length.
Though it was smaller than the Calamity Fish, the giant dinosaur shaped creature that had the size beyond a human's imagination was smashing the trees beneath its feet as it walked.
Though the trees of the forest towered over tens of meters with ease, the size of the Margoth was well over 1km.
It was the same as walking over grass.
And there were a few people watching that Margoth.
Som Sak, a 4th year* of the Orange Zone, made a confused expression while looking at the distant Margoth and then spoke towards someone next to him:
"Ken. Hasn't it been over a week since the newcomers should have come?"
Ken also made a confused expression at those words as he nodded his head.
"Yeah… It has been long past since they should have come out."
Then Ken thought of the time when he came over to this world from the Red Zone.
He had run into the Mirror because he had been chased by Amil Stadan, the captain of the Shock Troopers from Hecarim, because he had accidently touched his woman.
Perfectly in time for the mirror that opened once a month.
While he was swimming madly through the lake, a bright light shone from a deep part of the lake and Ken freaked out once he arrived here from the rough current.
'For the Dimensional Portal to be linked inside that thing's mouth.'
A creature which had a huge mouth befitting of its size.
The place Ken had come out from while being shrouded in light was inside the Margoth's mouth.
'Damnit. If I was weaker then I would've died back then.'
Ken then looked at the Margoth in the distance that was opening its mouth wide.
The Margoth, which had opened its huge mouth, slammed down its mouth onto the ground.
Kudududududu
Though it looked like a herbivore, the reason why it had bit onto the ground was not to eat up the trees.
The Margoth pushed away the trees as if they got in the way and then bit onto the ground itself.
Gurglegurglegurgle
Then a red liquid started to rise up from the ground.
The Margoth hurriedly shoved its mouth in there and drank the red liquid at the same time as biting the surrounding ground.
'…I came out from there a year ago huh.'
He was a 3rd year back then with a rather sturdy strength but if he couldn't come out from that mouth then one of two things would've happened.
Get crushed.
Or get swallowed.
The worst part was those giant beasts that should only exist within stories used that mouth to eat every three minutes or so in order to sustain that huge body.
If one can't adjust and move quickly then they would just get crushed inside that mouth and disappear.
Guooooo
Ken shook his head while thinking of back then.
There was no reason for him to care.
Since they just needed to do what they had to.
'Hurry up and get lost. You bastard.'
Only then will they be able to accomplish their next objective.
While Ken, Som Sak and the others were watching the creature with anxious expressions, light started to pour out from the long horn on its head.
Like a signal tower.
As if it recieved information from somewhere.
Som Sak made a surprised expression after seeing this.
"What? Why does the Dimensional Door open just now? It has already been a week?"
There was no way that they wouldn't know the timing of the Dimension Door's opening.
Once a month.
Once light shone from the horns on the Margoth's head, the people who crossed over from the Red Zone over the Mirror will randomly be teleported within the mouth of the Margoth.
But why did it randomly open now?
Gwuuuuuuuh!
The Margoth, which was focused on its feast, made an annoyed expression at the strange occurrence within its mouth.
It stopped its feast as if it it got pissed, started to chomp its teeth in order to get rid of the sensation and then puked.
Guwaakk
"Uhh. Memories of the past year are coming back."
Som Sak made a disgusted expression.
Numerous noises were coming from in between the puke of the Margoth.
"What the fuck! What is this!"
"Goddamit! As soon as we come out!"
"Hey! If you don't want to get killed then hurry and come out!"
Hundreds of people who had come out in between the puke freaked out at the giant creature in front of their eyes as they crawled out from the puke and ran.
'Well. Those guys are at least lucky.'
Ken mumbled.
The reason why most people survived was because of that.
If that thing didn't want to puke then most people will get chewed and smashed.
'Of course there are exceptions.'
Ken then looked at another Margoth in the distance.
A Margoth which looked like it had a worse personality than the others due to its slit eyes.
It was such a glutton to the point where it was constantly devouring the ground whilst its horn was shining.
No, it was actually eating more vigorously as if it was trying to get rid of the uncomfortable feeling in its mouth by chewing it down.
Ken mourned within his mind.
Most Margoths puked but sometimes there were a few that had bad personalities such as that.
Those who come out from that thing mouth would just die like that.
'It's really a meaningless death.'
To get chewed up as soon as they got to the Orange Zone, which they had hopes on, after breaking through the Tutorial and the Red Zone with hardship.
While Ken was clicking his tongue, a strange reaction occurred from the one that was chewing onto the ground.
Kuuuugg!
It stopped eating and then raised its head.
An uneasiness disappeared from its face as rage filled it up instead.
The edges of its eyes got raised from the rage as it made the already angry-looking expression even worse.
But that was only for a moment.
Kuuuuhh!
The rage quickly turned into pain.
A loud shockwave and a bright light following an explosion occurred within its mouth while it was making a painful expression.
Boom! Boom!
Kudududk
Kaduk!
After crying out from the sounds of things breaking and smashing apart, it freaked out as it opened its mouth in order spit and puke out everything within its mouth.
At that time tens of dolls flew out into the air.
Ken didn't believe his eyes as he saw this.
'…What. Who came up?'
Even Amil Stadan, who chased him in order to kill him, couldn't make it cry from pain.
Since its body was too big for it.
Though it wasn't at the level of the Calamity Fish, the body which towered over multiple kilometers and the stadium sized head had a durability beyond human imagination.
'Who at the level of a Red Zone…'
Someone flashed by Ken's head.
The seven who were thought of when one thought of the strong people of the Red Zone.
'…Departed Soul?'
But Ken shook his head.
There was nobody who didn't know the faces of the Departed Souls.
Since the Helper Clan showed drawings to the travellers around the Pillar and told them.
To not get killed by pissing them off without knowing who they are.
But the one in the distance within the mouth of the Margoth who was constantly smashing the inside of the Margoth's mouth was not somebody he knew.
'Who is he?'
Boom!
The people who had broken through landed one by one near Ken.
"Uwak. What is this."
Sofía looked at the red liquid covering her whole body with disgust.
At the same time Sofía understood why Hansoo had told her that it didn't matter.
A humongous current swept over them the moment they got surrounded by the light.
The people who had been together were swept up by the current and were separated in all directions.
'Damnit. Of course there was no way those fairies would just send us off with ease.'
The current looked like it performed the work of separating them into numerous directions.
'Michael and Jukma, those guys will go through some shit. Kuhuhu.'
They wouldn't die since they weren't that weak but they would be pretty pained after losing the ten thousand which they wanted to do something with.
Actually a huge amount of carrier pigeons were flying up into the sky from all around.
In order to find their comrades.
'So this three was the limit in order to bring that guy.'
Even if they knew, they couldn't withstand the current without strength.
They could only hold onto each other because they were at the level of Hansoo and Sofía.
If one didn't have the strength or resistance at the level of Hansoo or Sofía then the energy was not something they could endure.
It might've been different for the other Departed Souls but there was a limit of how many Hansoo and Sofía could bring while holding onto them.
But the other Departed Souls denied working with Hansoo and only the three of them came here.
'Well. We'll probably meet them again eventually. They aren't people who would get killed off easily.'
While Sofía was looking around, Tekilon got lost in homesickness while looking around.
'It's home.'
A place where he could've come over to but hadn't because he feared seeing his extinct race.
Only after seeing the giant Margoth they had fought with in the past did the feeling of home come back to him.
'…To have multiplied the numbers which we had dwindled down during the second great war.'
Even at just a glance tens of Margoths came into his view.
Margoth.
A giant predator that roamed around the Orange Zone.
There were probably a lot more roaming around.
He had felt that his race was in danger on this side of the world.
Tekilon spoke towards Hansoo because he felt anxious.
"Let's move out quickly."
Boom!
At that time a skill flew towards them.
A perfectly aimed skill.
As Hansoo lightly swung his spear and received it, numerous people watching them shouted at them.
"Hey! Hey! Dumbasses! Come over here quickly! Don't get in our way! You slow people!"
'Huh?'
Sofía clicked her tongue because she was bewildered.
The people over there were threatening them with numbers and even weapons.
A few details came into Sofía's head about the person standing in the very front.
Name is Ken.
A fourth year.
'So he came up here last year. Then he should know who I am.'
She didn't want to bicker on with that but it was a bit sad on her part to be ignored like this.
'Or… He has something backing him up.'
Sofía's eyebrows danced around from the marvelous treatment she had received the moment she came up.
Chapter 98 – Orange Zone (4)
'What does he have for him to act like this?'
Ken, who had seen Sofía's expression, flinched a little bit but then quickly loosened up.
'There's no reason to get scared.'
And he wasn't alone.
"Do you think that this is the Red Zone? Don't interfere with our work."
Ken, who had sent a carrier pigeon saying that he had found one of the Departed Souls somewhere, shrugged his shoulders as he spoke.
Ken had seen a lot of things in the past year while roaming around the Orange Zone.
He had seen a countless amounts of scenes but ironically the scene that left the strongest impression on him was the first thing he had seen when he came up.
It wasn't the giant Margoth.
The important thing was what happened afterwards.
Which was the reason for their wait here.
"Don't get in the way and just watch."
Ken, who had muttered while looking at Sofía, looked at his comrades running towards the newcomers for their plan.
............…
"Hoo… that was terrifying."
The captain of the tracking team of Triple Lights Union, Epilen, sighed in relief as the giant lifeform made booming noises and walked off.
'Let's see.'
Epilen looked at his surroundings and then frowned slightly.
'As I expected… They all separated.'
They had all been separated due to the strong current that occurred along with the light.
But Epilen shrugged his shoulders.
'Well. It wouldn't matter much.'
Epilen looked around after sending a carrier pigeon to his clansmen to tell them of his location.
People who were so-so compared to him, the captain of the tracking team of Three Lights Union, but had the rights to come up.
'Well. It wouldn't be that boring on the way at least.'
Since he could just order these guys around.
"Hey! Over there!"
"Hmm? Me?"
Epilen, who had shouted towards the middle-aged man who still hadn't completely waken up, smashed the man's stomach.
Smack
"Kuhuk!"
"This bastard. Go scout around the surroundings. You and you over there too."
The man, who had been hit in the stomach for no apparent reason, grinded his teeth in pain.
Why did this guy order him around when they weren't even from the same clan?
But the man saw the symbol of the person who had smacked him and then grinded his teeth because he knew that he couldn't retaliate.
'Fuck… Triple Lights Union.'
The amount of strength he had was quite a lot but the Six Pillars was not something he could go up against.
'Damned bastards… They were oppressive below but still are after they come up…'
But there was nothing he could do.
"You thought something would change when we came up? Come on. Let's hurry."
The strong will get stronger and the gap between them and the weak will only get larger.
The fact that the rich get richer and the poor poorer didn't change in this world either.
Epilen looked at the giant creature which had puked him out after ordering a few guys after smacking them a few more times.
Kuooooooo
'…Amazing.'
He was laughing before but his mind wasn't at ease either.
How could his mind be at ease if such a large, dinosaur-like creature was roaming around?
It was even worse because he had seen the chaos created by the Ouroboros and the Calamity Fish below.
While all of Epilen's consciousness was focused on the giant creature, a sharp and deadly aura sniped him.
'What?'
Booom!
A black arrow flew in from the distance and then smashed Epilen.
With extreme speed and accuracy.
Epilen could only receive a hit without even being able to activate a single skill due to this.
'Kuhu… Damnit. Who was it?'
Epilen stumbled as he quickly caught his balance.
He then looked towards the direction where the person who attacked him was.
A familiar face.
Epilen thought for a while as to where he had seen the person who had attacked him and then clicked his tongue
"Look at this?"
"It's been a while Epilen."
A person which he didn't even remember the name of.
But he could think actually think of one thing.
That the bastard over there had hurriedly ran over to the Orange Zone to get out of his hands.
He was extremely let down when that guy had ran into the mirror while he was hunting.
Epilen couldn't go after and catch him because he was enjoying the Red Zone and had no thoughts of heading up.
Though he had repaid it all onto his lover.
But for him to act this confidently after just eight months.
It wasn't like he was playing around in the Red Zone.
Epilen loosened up his body.
"I regretted not being able to catch you then, this is good."
He needed someone who knew well about this world anyway so this was good.
A person would at least know the basics no matter how weak they were if they've been here for 8 months.
'I just need to leave his mouth intact.'
Gitae laughed coldly as he charged towards Epilen.
................
Ken thought of last year.
The group of people which had specifically targeted the strong people of the Six Pillars as soon as they crossed over.
The Six Pillars and the Twelve Roots who acted without knowing how high the sky was were sliced apart.
They had first thought that these guys wanted to massacre them and steal their artifacts and skills so they had been frightened but these guys checked their list and then walked off.
And then Ken found out their identity after roaming around the Orange Zone for the past year.
They weren't some incredible guys.
Actually they were people who were similar to him.
'Those who had been chased up.'
Those who had ruled around the Red Zone thought that 1 to 2 years of difference was okay so they stayed behind in the Red Zone.
To compensate for the hard times they've had.
In order to enjoy.
And during that time they trample upon others and have a joyful time.
And those who get trampled by these guys run to the Orange Zone in order to survive.
Like himself.
That abrupt choice, and because of this choice the gap between these two people in two different zones get larger.
Though it was the same time, the difference of how fast one got strong in the Red and the Orange zone was like heaven and earth.
Those who couldn't deal with the tyranny of the Six Pillars or the Twelve Roots and then barely fulfill the requirements to come here will struggle in order to survive while those in the Red Zone laze about.
And get stronger at a speed a speed befitting that.
Ken was like that too.
Ken had some thoughts while looking at himself getting stronger at a quick rate.
Though he had gotten here first and was getting stronger, once Amil Stadan, who had been chasing him, got here then he would get stronger here as well.
No, since he had gotten strong fast in the Red Zone there was a high chance that he will get stronger than him once he got to the Orange Zone and had some time.
And since these guys were people who had been close below, they will send out carrier pigeons even if they were separated for just a moment and bunch up again.
Ken knew after thinking to this point.
Why the others had caused a huge massacre near the Margoth.
The moment when the Margoth was spitting them out.
If it was now then it was possible.
These guys will get separated because of the dimensional current of the Mirror.
And they would be confused by the existence of something like the Margoth and would have been weakened too.
Those guys were at Orange Rune 0.01.
They were over 30% because they had hunted for a whole year.
Amil Stadan of the old days was something Ken had trouble even looking at.
But Ken was confident now.
That he could smash Amil Stadan 99 out of 100 times if they fought now.
Ken thought up to this point and then went to search them out.
In order to participate in the revenge.
People who had gathered in order to return the pain they had received in the Red Zone.
No, it was actually people who had gathered to cut off the roots.
While they hated them this much, the people who came up wouldn't really like them either.
And when those guys got strong again then the thing that happened below will just repeat itself.
Because of this they had to cut off their necks in this period where the door opened once a month.
So it was a group that that gathered once a month.
Ken stared at the participants who were causing a massacre all around.
.........….
"You son of a bitch! Did you really think you will be able to live long after killing my friend?"
"Die! You bastard! You didn't know that things would turn out like this!"
There was chaos everywhere.
As soon as the Margoth made some distance from them the people who had been on standby had assaulted the clansmen.
Epilen was part of the people who had been swept over by this tidal wave.
Epilen couldn't believe the reality.
'This is insane… It has only been 8 months.'
Epilen, who had both his arms smashed apart, looked at the person charging at him with an expression of disbelief.
And Gitae was bleeding in front of that Epilen but was in a much better state than Epilen.
Epilen grinded his teeth and the shouted to his surroundings.
"You bastards! What are you doing! Help out!"
As the people were watching from the side with an awkward expression, Gitae shouted out coldly.
"If you aren't part of this then don't butt in! This has nothing to do with you! Look! Our targets are just these guys!"
Then the people who had been looking at this situation realized that those words were true and quickly backed off.
They knew even after looking at it for a bit.
That the people who were charging at them were precisely charging at their targets only.
And there was no reason why those from the Six Pillars or the Twelve Roots who were getting attacked would look as people who should get saved to them.
No, it actually felt rather good.
The fact that people who had been oppressing them and were acting arrogantly had gotten beaten up and sliced apart.
"This damned…"
Epilen made an expression of despair as he looked at Gitae slowly walking towards him.
............
Ken, who had been invigorated from the massacre that was happening all around, smirked at Sophia.
This place was a very honest world.
In some way, much more than the modern society they used to live at.
In society, once a gap was created between then closing that gap was almost impossible.
Like how no matter how much a normal businessman made, they wouldn't be able to get richer than the landlord who just laid about lazily.
But this place was different.
The moment they get strong and relax, a chance is created for those who struggle.
The people dying off over there was the evidence for that.
Those guys had looked amazing when they were below but it was different once they had gotten up here.
'You guys are just… Departed Souls. Just a title.'
Their attitude was the problem and not the strength.
One would get left behind even by just lazing around for 1 or 2 years.
Those who had been lazing for 8 to 9 years would be even further back.
Those who had come in the Otherworld at the same time as the Departed Souls could probably kill off the Departed Souls with just a press of their thumb.
At that time a Carrier Pigeon flew towards Ken.
'The reply to the carrier pigeon before had come.'
One couldn't look over every Margoth mouth in this wide open area.
So they shared the information.
When a person on the list came into view, they would either send a carrier pigeon to those who had grudges against them.
Or kill them for them instead.
There were a few carrier pigeons belonging to the Six Pillars out of those flying above but most of them were theirs.
There were two things written on those carrier pigeons.
First, that they had found Amil Stadan whom he had grudges against.
Second.
'Sofía Vergara… You got onto the list too huh.'
While Ken was mumbling, Sofía's eyes squinted in an instant.
The status of him changed on her trait
From passive to hostile.
Though he wasn't showing it from the outside, he would charge in as soon as he got the chance to.
'Look at this kid.'
She didn't have such a bad temper to the point where she would beat them down because she had been ignored but hostility was a different story.
Though she wanted to turn him into frozen tuna right now but causing a face to face fight the moment she came up was a bit unattractive to her.
Since the aura of those charging weren't average.
'And we haven't understood the situation completely yet either.'
And another thing.
'This Hansoo guy had a plan I think.'
It might've been different if she was acting alone but once you had comrades, you couldn't act any way you wanted.
Sofía tapped Hansoo with her elbow as she whispered.
"What are you going to do?"
Hansoo looked at Ken in front of him at those words.