Chapter 255 – The Rule of the West 1 (1/2)
How long had he been waiting for this moment?
Even when his vassals were dying and his estates were devastated by endless battles and wars, he stood firm and stayed the course.
After his return to this world, he fought against and beat expected and unexpected enemies, and constantly pushed his limits to become stronger. He may have had a leg up from his previous life, but that didn’t cheapen the effort and achievement he had made to get to this point.
All that effort was to occupy a Divine Throne seat.
Ultimately, he pursued his endeavors to end the constant turbulence inherent within the system and return to a peaceful daily life. Furthermore, he carried the expectations, anguish, and wishes of many others who he defeated who shared the same lofty goals.
Woohyuk read the quest information window, feeling rejuvenated.
[New Achievement]
Name: Demon Lord
Type: Epic (1/3)
Content: Obtain the material for the Elixir of Transcendence. The materials are hidden in each of the four epic dungeons.
Others: Retry is not allowed after failure. One chance.
‘… The Elixir of Transcendence…’
Based on the name alone, it seemed to be an item that allowed one to overcome human limitations.
However, the problem was that he had to retrieve the items from all four epic dungeons.
Currently, there were two known epic dungeons, one each in the East and the West, so in order to complete this epic quest, he had to proceed with his Eastern Conquest plan.
‘Well, I have been delaying it for too long. Now is a good of a time as any.’
By now, Emperor Tiberius should have been assassinated, and Eleanora would have succeeded him as the next Emperor.
In other words, Woohyuk could easily influence and control the Holy Aperian Empire from behind the scenes.
In this situation, the Eastern Conquest plan couldn’t be seen as overreaching.
Before leaving the ruin’s stone chamber, Woohyuk took out the soul stone and called Kloto.
“Hey, don’t you think the rewards are a bit lower than before?” Woohyuk asked in a dissatisfied tone.
He had fought to the death against a Demigod, but his only quest reward long reward was the cure for Blood Death.
Of course, the reward had tremendous meaning since it could be used to prevent one of the three major catastrophes, but it was still relatively less in value than the Return Scroll that he received in his past life.
[Do you want to return to this world once again? Do you want to start over again? I don’t see any reason for that.]
“No, I don’t want a Return Scroll, but I want to go to Urdarbrunn.”
In order to recover his previous life’s memories, he had to go to the lake where the Goddesses of Fate were located and drink the lake’s water.
[Hee-Heet. Don’t be so impatient. If you complete the quest, you’ll get everything you need.]
“… It’s hard for me to trust your words.”
[Regardless, make sure to take good care of the soul stone. I won’t be responding to you for a while now.]
Essentially, she was telling him to shut up and proceed with the quest designed by the Creator.
Woohyuk put the soul stone in his pocket after making a sour expression.
‘I’ll have to leave the pre-planned track of doing quests someday soon.’
At this moment, in order to become stronger, he inevitably had to go through this pre-planned process, but there would be no further reason to do so once he fully took over the power of the demon.
The power of the demon was not prepared by the Creator but was left in an area that the Creator couldn’t reach.
When Woohyuk left the ruin’s stone chamber, Leifina, who had been waiting outside for a long time, greeted him, “Lord! Have you been injured?”
“Ah, don’t worry. Nothing special happened,” Woohyuk replied.
If possible, he didn’t want to make Leifina worry.
Woohyuk walked out of the Einherjar ruins with her.
Hwi-Ee-Eek!
The cold blizzard winds hit their faces as soon as they walked out.
“Are you going back to Inotia now? Or maybe something else?” she asked.
“… It would be impossible for the two of us to conquer the East,” he muttered under his breath.
As the scale of the Eastern Conquest plan was large, it required its own dedicated preparation time.
Once outside the ruin boundaries, Woohyuk ordered Aris to take off from Inotia to their location through the thought dialogue channel.
[My work here is done. Come and pick us up.]
[Yeah, okay!]
The magic shuttle invented by Aris was able to reach the Northern Sea Island in half a day if it flew at the highest speed.
They had some time before Aris would arrive.
There was nothing to do, so Woohyuk decided to take a break.
“Leifina, let’s go to the area where the indigenous people live here,” Woohyuk said.
“Oh? Is something hidden there?” she asked.
“No, I suddenly wanted to eat their traditional food,” he answered.
The indigenous people had a special dish that was hard to come across and especially delicious.
Leaving the confused Leifina behind, Woohyuk hurried his steps.
***
“It was made with great effort. I hope you like it, but…” Runesmith Dexter said as he put his products on a table.
A reinforced Andvaranaut made of dark metallic material and a Seven Color Rainbow Ring that radiated bright light.
Both were S-class artifacts with tremendous abilities.
[Seven Color Rainbow Ring]
Type: Accessory
Grade: S (Growth Type)
Durability: 350,000
Description: Bring out 7 of your abilities to your highest limit or possibly higher. The degree of the upgrade depends on the user’s potential.
[Enhanced Andvaranaut]
Type: Accessory
Grade: S (Growth Type)
Durability: 350,000
Description: The user does not take natural (water winds) and dark property damage. Instead, light property damage is doubled. In a radius of 1km, the user will be given the location of those who have hostile hearts towards the user and cast the curse of the ancient devil on them.
‘This could be called the ultimate set of accessories.’
Woohyuk no longer had to wander around to get legendary artifacts.
He now possessed all of the ultimate weapons, armor, and accessories that he needed, as they were all Growth Type items that would constantly improve as he developed.
Furthermore, all four class slots were full.