Chapter 260 – Eastern Conquest Plan 1 (2/2)

[You have acquired ‘Mirroring’ as the reward for completing the quest.]

‘Mirroring… it’s has a similar ability to the Armor of Revenge.’

The only difference was that the Armor of Revenge only returned a small percentage of the damage back to the opponent, whereas Mirroring could potentially return up to 100%.

Hence, Mirroring was considered one of the most ‘cheat’ abilities.

‘Although, Mirroring itself is impossible to use in the case that the damage output goes beyond what I can handle.’

Even taking that into account, Woohyuk couldn’t deny that the reward was good.

While Woohyuk was checking the Mirroring ability, Irene spoke up, “It’s over now. Shall we check the results?”

“Yeah. Let’s look at it,” Woohyuk replied.

When he opened the alchemy pot’s lid, he saw a pure Adamante crystal.

Dexter’s eyes flickered with excitement.

“I think we can create something incredible with this material,” he blurted out, unable to contain his excitement.

“First, use the Adamante to make the armor of those who are staying here. Make one for me, too,” Woohyuk said.

His Immortal Armor could absorb other items, so he would feed it the Adamante armor.

Leaving Irene to work with Dexter, Woohyuk returned to the main office and took out Bhilante’s Dagger.

‘Now, there are only two more abilities I can obtain as the Mythical Successor.’

Bhilante’s Dagger… it was the Bhilante Family’s greatest treasure, allowing Reinhard and other historically important figures, such as paladins, to come from the family lineage.

Since this was the case, he would certainly receive a satisfactory ability.

When Woohyuk injected his mana into Bhilante’s Dagger, a system message floated in front of him.

[New Achievement]

Name: Unbreakable Belief

Type: Legend

Content: To be recognized by the seven Paladins of the Holy Aperian Empire.

Others: No retry if you fail. Only one chance is allowed.

‘It’s starting to give out some nonsense quest objectives now.’

Of course, there were many different quests with weird objectives throughout the continent.

However, he never considered that the contents of a legendary quest would be organized in this way.

Woohyuk fell into deep thought.

“Do you have any problems, Lord?” Leifina asked, tilting her head from beside him.

She had no idea what kind of quest Woohyuk received.

“I’ll have to leave for the Holy Aperian Empire this time,” he replied.

“… Is there a rebellion or riot?” she asked in concern.

“No, I have to meet the seven Paladins,” he answered.

Luckily, it would be easy to meet them because Eleanora was on his side.

The problem was getting them to acknowledge him.

The acknowledgment description was a bit ambiguous, so he didn’t know how to approach this situation. Furthermore, they had a completely different worldview than he did, so he didn’t know how to start.

When Woohyuk described his concerns, Leifina nodded her head.

“Surely, the seven Paladins will have a different perspective and thought than us. If you’re concerned, why don’t you meet the Saintess of Prophecy?” she suggested.

“Where is she now?”

“She’s probably on a walk with Fiona in the artificial garden.”

Fiona was very interested in Maria, the Saintess of Prophecy.

Even though Fiona herself was dead, with only her consciousness remaining in the system within the boundaries of Inotia, she was immensely interested in what the world would be like in the future.

Woohyuk went straight to the artificial garden with Leifina.

“It’s been a while, Maria,” he greeted.

“Oh, Hero King. You’ve come at an opportune time,” Maria, who was talking with Fiona, replied.

However, her expression was dark. It seemed that she had received a bad revelation.

“Did you have a vision last night?” he asked after seeing her dark visage.

“Yes, something really big will happen soon.”

Maria carefully described the vision she had seen in her dreams.

Numerous fleets in the east crossing the strait.

The Croix Principality turning into a sea of fire.

Elf Queen Ophelia trampled and impaled by a long sword from a man who appeared to be an Emperor.

All these events signaled the beginning of a great war.

“Is it possible for the Eastern Empires to invade this side first? Their purpose is probably to secure the west’s epic dungeons,” Woohyuk murmured while deep in thought.

“What are you going to do? The future may change again, so you need to think and act carefully,” Maria suggested.

“First, I need to let Ophelia know. Then, we’ll come up with some sort of plan,” he replied.

It would be difficult for the elves of the Croix Principality to face the Eastern Empire’s forces by themselves, so Eleanora’s help was needed.

Woohyuk immediately returned to his office and had a three-way video conference with them.

[Really… to think that the Eastern Empire would invade us… What should we do now?]

Elf Queen Ophelia said as her visage darkened.

The elven camp had been fighting for a long time against Alice the Queen of Thorns, so their overall power level had considerably weakened.

They wouldn’t last long against the Eastern Empire.

[I can help the elf queen. I can’t stand still while the Eastern Empire goes crazy.]

Eleanora said with burning rage as she raised a twitching eyebrow.

For someone to dare invade the West.

As the newly minted Empress of the Holy Aperian Empire, the Eastern Empire’s actions were unacceptable. It was like a slap in the face move, looking down upon her and the Holy Aperian Empire.

“The actual ruler of the Eastern Empire is a man named Marcus. After earning the Emperor’s trust, he must have used some method to make Emperor his puppet,” Woohyuk explained.

Marcus, the Lightlord, was clearly different from the one Woohyuk knew from his previous life.

Therefore, it was difficult to judge what type of person Marcus was at this moment.

For now, Woohyuk had no choice but to rely on fragmented information from his Eastern spies and contacts.

After Woohyuk brought up the Eeth Continent map on the screen, he and the two women began to plan and take measures.

The confrontation between the East and the West.

The beginning of this confrontation was to take place in a small waterway strait above the Krobaichen Isthmus.