Chapter 158 - The Monkey King’s Palace (2) (1/2)

Chapter 158: The Monkey King’s Palace (2)

The power of a God or demon came from places no one expected

There were often tiends

Froular cos

He was known as Son O-Gong toYeon-woo

After he was born as a , and became a God Then, because he didn’t like what the heavens were doing, he was sealed and had to fight with demons

And in the end, he became a true God

Because no one had acco like this, he ell-known in the entire Tower

[I did hear that Monkey King on the 20th floor had so to do with him but…mm Was that true? And there’s a hidden quest at stake as well This is crazy]

Yeon-woo heard what Shanon said and asked

‘Be more specific’

[H to do with Monkey King on the 20th floor’

[Ah, that? It’s nothing, really Since the 20th floor is also called the Marble Mountains [TN: Mountains that appear in the legend of Son O-Gong] There were ru was sealed here, he would be related to the Marble Mountains that are here It’s exactly as it says in the quest So I remember that a lot of people went for it…and no one found anything But it’s real?]

Shanon laughed futilely and spoke in a serious voce

[And the Tower’s systeic Stick and the 72 Arts, it seeht This is crazy If this spreads, the Toill be flipped upside down]

There wasn’t anything about this in the diary Maybe because he had written it off as ruendary ites The 72 Arts was the skill thatinto what he said

‘Arts’

Arts They were different fro that was known about it in the Tower

All that was known about it was that it was ‘a power of Virtuous People’

Virtuous People were sis who surpassed their human bodies to have the power of a God But there was a question about whether they really existed

Theory-wise, it was impossible Because there was a difference between Gods and humans Perhaps Superior Species were similar to them However, none of us have actually seen theh rankers?

The existence of Virtuous People was a mystery, but the Arts thenature skills that Allforone uses, Shukuchi and Thousand Eyes, are said to be related to the Arts’

And now this was saying there were 72 kinds of those Arts What Monkey King had used, at that They would all be powerful Like what Shanon had said, they were definitely things that people would be greedy for

From sometime, the Sadhu had been silent

Everyone was focused on the hidden quest e that Victoria had shared

Kahn’s eyes were especially sparkling with so that he would be teer

In the midst of all that

Yeon-as able to realize so instinctively

‘This is a trap ht

‘A bishop of the Devil Army, dead, just because of this quest? It doesn’t make sense’

From what Yeon-woo knew, each and every one of the bishops were sche

They kne to hide themselves for 10 years for what they wanted, and they also had an obsession for snatching and gobbling their prey And , they were violent

Kindred was the sareed, it was clear he orse than most bishops

Also, the fact that he was the 2nd bishop ast the hierarchy of the ones who believed in the de was that much out of the ordinary

‘Then what is it that he’s ai for? Did he think it was too hard for him to finish the quest on his own? But that doesn’t wouldn’t ht the five of the to coths to use it Then what did he want?

He drew a blank So he became even more suspicious of the trap that Kindred and the Devil Ar up

And the other Sadhu were thinking the sa They didn’t know that he was a bishop in the Devil Ar or two off about hiain Very directly

[Isn’t he actually alive? Would he try to put us in a trap or use…]

Victoria crossed her arms and cut Rebecca off

[No I know for sure he’s dead And if you’re doubtful of ic did you use?]

[‘Calling Wind’ It not only tells where the person is, but also if they’re alive or not It’s a rune ood despell is used, it can’t ever be released]

Calling Wind was a rune ic that Rebecca was familiar with as well Since trackers often used it It didn’t have any side-effects, but like Victoria said, it was iet rid of

If the user, Victoria, felt that way, that was the truth

[Then you could be lying with Kindred too]

[If you want, I’ll do a pledge of mana with you How’s that?]

[…!]

Victoria recited the pledge of ic power if you lied But nothing happened to Victoria after she said the entire pledge

[Mm]

Rebecca was silent So was everyone else

Victoria spoke in a cold voice

[I have so the quest territory and retrieving Kindred’s body To be honest, I don’t really want to do it either But I’m indebted to him, and so I have to honor his last words Also, I’ for your help]

[Then?]

[I want to make a deal]

[Deal?]

[People ant to, go ahead with the quest I’ll tell you the location of the dungeon In return, take me to where Kindred’s body is That’s ain

There wasn’t anything wrong hat Victoria said

No one knehat kind of dangers would lurk in the dungeon Kindred entered Victoria was looking for a Guard

She was offering the location of the dungeon After that, she wouldn’t interfere hat they did

The Sadhu were allcalculations in their heads

There were tons of suspicious things about this quest However, the reward that followed it was too sweet

They didn’t even have to worry about the quest being fake Since the syste was how dangerous the quest was

So the Sadhu couldn’t immediately make up their er

The power of the Monkey King that they would get was too te

‘It’s like a poisoned chalice’

Yeon-woo grinned reading the minds of the Sadhu

They were seriously conteht now, but the result was already decided

[See to accept]