𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝟑𝟏: 𝐁𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 1
“Ugh, that was close. I nearly shit myself.”
Ryu Ji-hwan gripped his heart and spoke.
It’s a wonder how they managed to escape.
It was a split-second situation where he couldn’t even bring himself to face it head-on.
If Jin Do-wa had been a little late in activating his skill, half of the people present would have died.
He could tell that Archdevils like Azazel, Mastema, and even Beelzebub were strong because of their high rank and large amount of demonic energy, but this one was different.
An unfathomable darkness.
A terror that was difficult to comprehend.
It was not easy to regain his senses and escape from that dense and thick swamp of despair.
If he had ever encountered it, it would have been a matter of time before he was sucked into a bottomless pit.
“Is everyone okay?”
Ryu Ji-hwan asked, looking around at the others.
Everyone looked pale and exhausted.
The members of IZIZ recalled the aura of death that had come so close to them.
The monstrous power that the monster had endlessly spewed forth came to mind again.
“That was. . . something I’ve never seen before?”
Someone muttered to themselves.
The appearance of the monster was terrifying even to think about.
Even Ryu Ji-hwan, who was tough on monsters, had never seen anything like it before.
A being of unknown origin that he had never seen even inside an S-rank gate.
“Thanks to you, we’re alive, Jin Do-wa.”
“Damn it. I almost lost everyone. What the hell was that?”
Jin Do-wa also stuck out his tongue as he tried to shake off the situation in his head.
[Fantastic Fireworks]His judgment, combined with the use of illusion, was very appropriate.
Had he been satisfied with the usual black-and-white brushstrokes, he would have definitely become a snack for the monster.
“We’re alive thanks to Jin Do-wa. That’s why Albino was able to bring Merlin too.”
Where Crow pointed, there was Merlin, who had really fainted.
In fact, good timing, which was almost a coincidence, played a part.
Albino, who had approached closely while everyone was preoccupied with the ‘Dimension Gate’ opening in the laboratory, had knocked Merlin out and brought him away secretly.
Anyway, it was unlikely that the Archdevils or the beings that had come from another world would have taken Merlin.
“Kekek. . . It was because of God’s providence. . . kekeke.”
“Good work, Albino.”
Ryu Ji-hwan patted him on the shoulder and glared at the unconscious Merlin.
He recalled Siwoo’s words, ‘If the door opens, the second plan will begin, so take Merlin and keep him alive.’━
“Boss, what are you going to do?”
Kaleo asked Ryu Ji-hwan, adjusting his round Lloydte glasses.
Crow, Warthog, Ivan, Raphel, and Kaleo, who were all from the same ‘EZ Orphanage,’ gathered around Ryu Ji-hwan.
“Ugh, maybe.”
Ryu Ji-hwan raised his non-human right arm and glared coldly.
“We have to make it so that he can’t die even if he wants to.”
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“Master, are you okay? Are you hurt anywhere?”
Kang Yeo-hwa muttered as she looked at the foggy night sky.
Lo-an made a ridiculous face at her words.
“. . .Samae. If there is one human being in this world who can survive even if it is destroyed, it would be master.”
“As a disciple, you should worry about him more. Don’t just keep fussing over Ah-ming and Sion all the time. You’re a sis-con, you know.”
“Sisc. . . . . . . . .?!”
Lo-an seemed to be so shocked that he couldn’t even respond properly and just glared.
“I heard that Merlin’s ‘Dimension Gate’ was going to be lifted, but it seems like there’s a high probability that it will fail. If hyung can’t solve it. . . .”
Min Si-joon didn’t bother to finish his sentence.
He thought that everyone was relying too much on his brother, but in fact, he knew that the one who relied on him the most was Min Si-joon himself.
To him, Siwoo was a hero in and of himself.
A hero among heroes who would appear without hesitation at dangerous moments and save people.
That’s why he might have been vaguely believing that Siwoo would solve everything this time too.
“Si-joon, Master will take care of it. Let’s just pray that we return safely.”
“. . .Samae. You called me a sis-con, but aren’t you being too lenient with Master?”
“What are you talking about? How dare you compare Master to someone like you?”
Kang Yeo-hwa frowned as she glared at Lo-an.
“But if President’s Plan 1 fails, do we just have to wait until Plan 2 succeeds?”
Han Tae-chi asked as he sat in the corner and watched them.
They were currently on top of a building in Gangwon-do overlooking the ocean.
Originally, they had been taking turns on guard duty, but Siwoo had instructed them to stay together for a few days, so they were gathered.
He had asked them to be careful because he didn’t know what might come over from another world through the ‘Dimension Gate.’━
“. . .but I wonder. Can Master come and go from other worlds as he pleases?”
“Of course he can! Because he’s our Master!”
“. . .Samae’s answer is not helpful.”
“Hyung was talking about the dragon’s core or something, but I don’t know.”
“The question is whether he can reach the other world he wants to go to and whether the beings there will help him. If they refuse, does he have any countermeasures for that too?”
As Lo-an asked the question, Min Si-joon scratched his head and answered nonchalantly.
“Just. . . he said he’d beat them up.”
“. . . . . . . . . . . . .”
“. . . . . . . . . . . . .”
The disciples easily accepted such words because they knew what kind of person their master was.
That’s when.
“. . .something’s coming.”
Lo-an, who had the best magic detection, said to himself as he looked at the empty space.
A faint shadow moved over the waves of the cold East Sea, which was covered in thick fog.
“Get ready, everyo. . . What the heck is that. . .?”
Min Si-joon, who had been aiming his staff, had a hardened expression on his face.
An extremely ‘large’ creature that could in no way be considered a being of this world was approaching them through the sea, kicking up an awful fuss.
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“Yo, Yo, Your Majesty. . . If you spare my life. . . .”
“Bite this hard. Your jaw is coming out.”
Crack!!!
Tirkan’s jawbone was completely shattered.
Although Tirkan, who had a body that was half like a tiger’s, had a body that was incomparably harder than that of any other race due to his structure, he was just an equal body in front of Siwoo’s fist.
“He’s out cold. Next.”
“Your Majesty, I was wrong! I will step down from the position of Spirit King and become Your Majesty’s exclusive spirit from now on!”
“That’s for me to decide. You too, clamp your teeth down tight.”
The Spirit King Sopinelr, made of magic power, was a being that could not be physically attacked.
His magic resistance was also so high that he didn’t even flinch at any magic or magic attack.
However, Siwoo’s magic power was so dense that it could tear apart the body of such a Spirit King.
Sopinelr imagined the image of ‘his whole body exploding,’ and his spirit and magic power materialized that image.
An attack that Sopinelr, who knew the taste of Siwoo’s fist, couldn’t help but imagine even if he didn’t want to.
Thud!!
“Kyaaak!”
Of course, he felt pain and was destroyed to that extent, but spirits couldn’t die.
Siwoo had half-killed the dozen or so ministers who were sitting at the conference table.
“Kikl.”
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
“Arrest all those who didn’t attend the meeting.”
“Understood!”
As soon as Siwoo’s order was given, Kikl led the soldiers herself and brought in the ministers who had not attended.
It didn’t take long.
They were able to be captured easily because soldiers were already stationed throughout the castle.
“No, isn’t this too much, Captain Kikl! You’re arresting us just because we didn’t attend a meeting!”
“This is tyranny! This is the tyranny of the Dragonoid Clan!! I will formally sue this matter in accordance with the Imperial Law!”
“Hiccup I’m really sick. . . Hic, I couldn’t go. . . Ugh. . . .”
The high-ranking officials and bureaucrats who had been forcibly brought in by Kikl without knowing what was going on grumbled in frustration while being tied up in a row.
And the moment they entered the conference room, there was someone who let out a low sigh.
Those who were startled by that sigh were not the ministers who had just entered, but the ministers who had been beaten by Siwoo and were crouching in the corner.
Thanks to their good education, they had knelt down respectfully and kept their eyes down.
“No. . . Lord Tirkan, Lord Arkhael. . . How come.”
The ministers who had been brought in stared at the chaotic conference room and the blood-stained people with their eyes wide open.
They wondered if a coup d’etat was taking place in this empire right now.
“Prime Minister Rinoa. . .! What in the world is going on. . . . . . . Yo, Your Majesty?!”
Then, belatedly, one of the ministers who was sitting at the upper table asked in surprise.
Siwoo’s appearance was vastly different from the aura he gave off when he reigned as emperor in the past.
It had softened and become mellow. . .
“Kneel, you bastards.”
. . .It hadn’t.
The ministers who recognized the first emperor immediately prostrated themselves on the ground and trembled.
To the subjects of the empire, the first emperor was almost like a god of destruction.
“I called an emergency meeting and these crazy bastards just blew it off, huh?”
A cold, murderous glare flashed and radiated like lightning, piercing each of them as if it would kill them.
Although it was a large and magnificent conference room befitting the empire, there was not even the sound of a pin dropping right now.
“Rinoa.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“Kill them all.”
“Your Majesty!! Please spare my life!!”
“I-I was wrong!”
“Please forgive me, Your Majesty!”
As Siwoo’s order was about to be given, cries erupted from here and there.
They banged their heads on the stone floor and begged for forgiveness again and again.
“. . .then I’ll spare your lives for now.”
“T-Thank you! Your Majesty!”
“In exchange, you will fight in the front lines in the upcoming battle.”
“Yes. . .?!”
“If you survive ten battles, I will spare your lives.”
That meant they would have to act as bullet shields at least ten times in the future.
Although they might have a higher chance of surviving if they held back or retreated on the battlefield, but the problem was Siwoo.
Knowing his personality, it was obvious that he would be watching everyone every time a battle took place.
In the end, they had no choice but to fight to the death ten times without sparing their bodies.
【𝐖𝐨𝐰, 𝐈 𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥.】
At that moment, Pre emerged from Siwoo’s arms, rustling.
“You really sleep all day.”
【𝐎𝐡. . . 𝐇𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝? 𝐇𝐮𝐡?! 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬!】
Pre jumped up and down and expressed his joy to his acquaintances.
However, those who saw Pre frowned and had question marks next to their faces.
It couldn’t be helped since the creature they were seeing for the first time was acting as if it knew them.
“Hey, they don’t know you.”
【𝐇𝐮𝐡? 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲!】
“How long has it been since you left my body?”
In fact, Pre’s sense of joy was a sense of intimacy that he felt alone.
Naturally, there was no one who had ever talked to Pre.
【𝐍𝐨! 𝐍𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐦𝐞! 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐝! 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞ㅡ 𝐊𝐲𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐠!】
Siwoo realized that his sense of gravity was disappearing due to Pre and crumpled it up like a piece of tissue, stuffing it back into his pocket.
“We don’t have time, so I’ll just get to the point.”
“Please speak, Your Majesty.”
Kikl replied sharply.
“We’re going to clean up the area around the empire in the next two days.”
“Yesㅡ? Are you unifying the continent. . . ?”
“Something like that. And then. . . .”
Siwoo, who had been taking a break for a moment, continued speaking with a smirk on one side of his mouth.
“I’m going to have to take you guys somewhere to fight.”
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