Chapter 148: Chapter 147: The Monster Tribe Part III (1/2)
Chapter 148: Chapter 147: The Monster Tribe Part III
Translator: HunterW3
Editor: RED
”A monster? No, a deva?” I was sure that it was a monster before it revealed itself, but now, I wasn't sure anymore. I had no idea what she was supposed to be. I had never seen anything like this in my past life.
-Then again, I've experienced many things that I haven't in the past.-
I wasn't really taken aback by her appearance. My new life was completely different from the past. I never knew that I could sit at a table and drink with the guild master of the Sunbin Guild or ever end up as the Myth Guild's greatest ally. Many more things would continue to happen that I was unaware of, especially now that I was strong. I would gain more allies and more enemies.
”Pleased to meet you, Mr. Lee Jiwon.”
”I'm not pleased to meet you, though. I don't even know who you are.”
”My apologies. I should have introduced myself first…” the beastly-looking woman bowed her head and apologized.
-Hmm…a dog? Or a cat? How interesting. Is she a deva and a monster at the same time?-
I wasn't surprised at her appearance. It could well just be the effect of a skill or item effect or even some sort of buff. I may know more than most, but that didn't mean I knew everything. What was really interesting was that she seemed like a deva and a monster at the same time. If I killed her, I could get EXP and she might even drop items. No one told me that; it was just something of an instinct.
”I am a deva and before that, I was a normal human being.”
”I can see that.”
”I am also a monster. If you kill me, you can receive EXP and items, just like the Crocs here.”
”I can see that, too.” My suspicions were right, but I also noticed a small bitterness from the woman as she spoke.
The woman began to thoroughly explain who she was even though I hadn't asked her to. ”My name is Kylie van Agassi. A year after the world changed, I became a deva at the age of nineteen. As per my clan's traditions and laws, I was given the choice to become a werewolf and I accepted without hesitation. I became a werewolf, even though there is no way to turn back and I haven't regretted that decision to this day.
”I came from the Faroe Islands, which are currently the homeland of all werewolves, to meet you under orders of my clan head, Lodin Schutt van Agassi... my father.”
”Me?”
”Yes.”
”Why?” Somehow, I doubted she came all this way for something trivial, like signing a survey or something.
”To ask for your help.”
”Help?” I asked, pointing a finger at myself.
”Yes.”
”Uh…” I was taken aback at her straightforward answer. I'd never seen her before, nor had I ever heard of the van Agassi family. Then again, if I hadn't heard of them in the past, there was a chance something happened to them by whatever reason she came to ask me for help.
-How interesting.-
I could somewhat see what was going on here. There was a law in alchemy used these days as a philosophical idea. To obtain something, something of equal value must be lost. These werewolves… became half-monsters, allowing other devas to obtain EXP and items by killing them, incentivizing the act, an extreme loss. That meant that whoever this Lod person was had something of great of equal value if it got him to curse his entire family line.
It must be something that provided him with great strength, and it wouldn't be easy for someone like that to have to ask for help. Unfortunately, my feeling was right.
”Please help us. The Predator Duke is hunting my entire family to extinction. We have children who haven't yet become devas. If you help us, we'll do everything we can to pay you back.”
”Who?” It didn't matter if she begged on her knees, crying, for my help. We were complete strangers; I had no real reason to help her or her family. However, my ears pricked when she said the Predator Duke.