Chapter 138 (1/2)
Chapter 138 He Who Wishes To Wear the Crown (2)
Early July, 2017 AD
Around 300 Paradise days after the opening of the Neutral Zone on March 16
The event that garnered the attention of countless Earthlings was officially over
The fifth Banquet had been expected to be similar to the fourth Banquet, which was also known as 'The Festival of Blood', but the results proved to be the opposite
Contrary to all expectations, a large number of survivors exited the portal
The rate of survival in Stage 3 of the previous Banquets had always been devilishly low — the third Banquet had two survivors while the fourth had none Considering this, the fact that over half returned alive instantly became widespread news
Particularly, the ru from Area 1 was the root cause of this phenomenon instantly spread like wildfire to the seven cities
The Southeast City of Eva
“Did you see the article about the Banquet? Look here! We are froether!”
As if waving the article back and forth wasn't enough, shi+n Sang-Ah bounced around everywhere shouting at the top of her voice The people around her cringed when they heard her shout
One person even sighed “Hahh… Here we go again”
“Alright, alright Miss Sang-Ah, we get it, now please calm dow-”
“Do I look like I can calm down?”
With a weak smile on his face, a man attempted to calm her… only to no avail
“Isn't it freaking awesome? Like, they say he's already Level 3! Get it? Level 3! Huh? He's Level 3! Okay?”
In thecrowd of people, a sloitted wo that shouldn't have been done
“Hey Unni, just what kind of a person is he to get you this fired up?”
In that -Ah looked at her with the eyes of a predator, while a man as just about to cover his ears trembled
“Oh my You don't knoho Seol-ni it but to tell you about hiain Listen carefully, now Our fates crossed paths on the second floor of the-…”
“N-Nooooooo!”
The man teared up
“…-tutorial Anyway, there was a son of a bitch called Kang Seok”
shi+n Sang-Ah then proceeded to preach the gospel of God-Seol without pause
The Northwest City of Nur
“I don't believe it!”
A h the newspaper
“Not only did he fend off an Orc Champion, he slayed it? Even if he wasn't alone, it's not so a Level 3 can pull off… No wait Since he cleared the Banquet, I guess it's just a matter of time that he'll become Level 4?”
The man round
“T-This Isn't he al up once a month?”
A teen wearing a green cap backwards chuckled when he saw the ed man shake his head
“I told you He's so else”
The gaping
There was a li that an Earthling usually took 2 to 3 years at the fastest to reach Level 4, Seol Jihu's growth speed had long surpassed being just 'a
Even throughout all of history, his monstrous speed would have easily placed him in the top three
On the flip side, this also meant that while his case was extremely rare, there were still cases like hied man barely close his mouth
“It's all good nevertheless After Miss Seo Yuhui, Miss Baek Haeju, and that bastard Sung shi+hyun, it see noteworthy people It's been a while since someone that I can place my expectations on showed up
“Was Area 1 viewed as 'barren' for a while?“
“Not 'barren' or so to say, but after the three bigshots, well two bigshots and one son of a bitch, it's true that not many people with talents appeared”
“Well, putting that aside for now Why did you only mention people from our country?”
“Aren't we all proud Koreans?”
“Ughh The stench of patriotism”
“You little punk”
Thethe newspaper, he softly asked
“By the way, Sanguy?”
“Well I guess you can say we're acquainted”
Hyun Sang
“Choosing that guy in the Tutorial was the best choice I've ever made”
“Really? Then”
“No, don't even try”
Thethe teen refuse even before listening to the rest of what he was about to say
“I knohat you're expecting, but we're not that close
“I know, but still”
“I told you already Weeach other hoe've been and all, but we'll still go our separate ways after ether”
He continued after briefly clicking his tongue
“Andelse, I just don't want to Also, Seol… uuess his name now is… Seol Jihu?”
He tilted his head for a second before resu
“Anyway, he uy, but he's the type who is very straightforward inrelationshi+ps He's not someone that can be used Definitely not”
“Who said I'll use hiether as people from the same nation”
The rumpy face
“That patriotisether', huh?”
The sharply retorting Hyun Sangmin suddenly smirked
“If you really want to do so, then push me instead”
“What's this no much more do you want us to support you”
“Won't I just go and eht now? I need so to back up my words if I want to confidently ask for a collaboration or so, don't I?”
“Well, won't you look at this guy! You tellme, huh?”
“Tsk, you notice too fast”
“Why you little punk”
The two hter
The Capital City, Scheherazade
“Noona! Noona!”1
Yi Sungjin frantically rushed over while waving a piece of paper in his hand
“Look! Look at this!”
“…Hmm?”
The blankly standing Yi Seol-Ah tiredly responded as she turned around
“What is it?”
“You re”
“Orabeo-nim?”2
“Yea Hurry and look”
Yi Seol-Ah peered at the paper And as she read, her face began to fill with astonishment
“Whoa…”
As if reading about the news of so, her once dull pupils slowly regained its light, and her pale face started to regain some color
“Heavens! Is this all true?”
“It is Isn't it a?”
“Just what on earth He's really awesome…”
“Isn't he? Hethen, it makes sense”
Yi Seol-Ah chio of the paper in her hand
“Yes, of course! That's our Orabeo-nim!”
Yi Sungjin snickered seeing his sister react with such joy
“Hey Noona Just call him Oppa Orabeo-nim sounds weird”
“So what if it does? Anyway, it says his name is Jihu here It wasn't Seol?”
“Oh that I ondering about that too, but I' There must be a reason”
It was only for a moment that they were able to chatter excitedly
“What are you guys doing?”
The siblings both went stiff when they heard the sharp voice that interrupted them
Theytheir heads around, there she was
A wo at them with an impassive expression
At first glance, her haughty face with her fa a hostile aura
Yi Seol-Ah is
“H-hello!”
“What were you doing?”
Clack, clack
Gravely striding over, the wo and snatched the paper she was holding
“Ah!”