Chapter 10 Part4 (2/2)

Even if he wanted to reinforce his weapons, he didn't have any more bones, so he couldn't do anything. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo wasn't naturally the type to get attached to failure, so he just lightly sighed, shook off his regrets, and got atop Jin.

He had personally received a message confirming that he didn't have any more business in this city, so he didn't need to linger and check. It was time for him to leave.

”So where to now?”

”Didn't you originally run around here a lot? Let's go to one of the places with a lot of level 3-4 monsters.”

”Y-Yeah... fine. Let's go.”

Honestly, Jin was still a bit afraid of level 4 monsters, but when he remembered Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's previous slaughter of thousands of monsters, he mustered his courage and began to move. He felt like even if a level 5 elite monster showed up, rather than a level 4 monster, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo would be able to win somehow.

While he comfortably gave Jin the reins and entrusted him with leading him, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo opened the chatting channel. It very slightly felt like he was on the phone while driving.

[Mr. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo has entered.]

[Lloyd H.K.: Oh, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo! I heard the news. So you met with Ye Jin Jin?]

[Lee s.h.i.+n Woo: It's a relief that you're safe, Senior.]

[Prince Altania: Considering how he's adapted to this world already... More importantly, what did you get for saving Ye Jin Jin? I just heard that the reward was really amazing, but I don't know what it is since I've never gotten it before.]

[Erian Ruparte: Lee s.h.i.+n Woo! Thanks a lot. Because of you, Ye Jin Jin was able to survive!]

As soon as Lee s.h.i.+n Woo accessed the chatting channel, all of his seniors hectically greeted him. It seems like, just like she said she would, Ye Jin Jin had uproariously chatted about him in the channel.

Honestly, that was an issue that she had talked to Lee s.h.i.+n Woo about; if he improved his friends.h.i.+p with the other heroes beforehand, they might not be too repulsed by the fact that he was a skeleton when they find out later... which was a plan that came about from their shallow thinking. For reference, they didn't really talk about Jin.

[s.h.i.+no Rendu: Good work, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo. Whether you acted because of the reward or because you saw the person, we heroes have to stick together.]

[Yasunori Akira: You're seriously way too hot-blooded. ...In any case, good job, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo.]

[Seira Von Retadane:     It was really unexpected that you were both in the same area. But... but it was truly a relief.]

[Lee s.h.i.+n Woo: I got a quest to clear out all the undead in the city, so while I was doing that quest... I was just lucky.]

[Prince Altania: Ah, that...]

Of course, it was a lie, but he was curious as to how his seniors would respond to this lie. As expected, Prince Altania, who seemed the most loose lipped amongst his seniors, was fooled by his lie.

[Prince Altania: You just need to do that once. Did you get the Hero's karma token?]

[Lee s.h.i.+n Woo: Yes.]

This was it. This was the information that he wanted! Lee s.h.i.+n Woo p.r.i.c.ked his ears and Prince Altania explained.

[Prince Altania: If you have that, it's great since your skill growth rate increases, but once you get that one, you don't really need to get another one. It may not take very long since it was just a small city, but the further you delve into the Empire, the larger the cities become. I'm telling you, you won't be able to keep them under control later on. The karma tokens normally don't drop very often so it's impossible to gather 10 of them from the start.]

[Lee s.h.i.+n Woo: So it would seem.]

[Prince Altania: Moreover, the important thing is that if you start extensively wiping out the undead, the other undead will sniff that out and gather, so you'll have to continue battling them unceasingly. If something goes wrong, even a hero can die.]

[Lloyd H.K.: But hey, isn't that exactly why G.o.d chose us as heroes...? I'm talking about purifying the Empire.]

[s.h.i.+no Rendu: At the start, I somehow succeeded in cleaning up a small city and gained a Hero's token. I thought that there might be a chance that I could amplify the effects of the token, so I risked my life to enter a few cities and tried to clear out the undead, but getting one more token doesn't amplify the effects at all...]

[Prince Altania: Are you dumb? Tokens of the same kind don't amplify the effect. Get all 10 of them or stick to one.]

[s.h.i.+no Rendu: This a.s.shole... I was a newbie back then too!]

He had already gained a lot of good info. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo took note of all the precious information and opened his mouth again. With a voice that relayed his seriousness and his sense of duty as best he could!

[Lee s.h.i.+n Woo: Since you're saying it's a hero's duty, I'll clear as many of them as I can and then go up.]

Of course, it was a lie. He had already chosen the Joker's karma, so he didn't really need to put in the effort of collecting all 10 of the Hero's karma tokens! If he ended up cleaning up a city, it wouldn't be because he was burning with the desire to fulfill his mission as a hero, but because he wanted to collect materials for Bone Reinforcement!

[Prince Altania: This guy's like Lloyd... If you do that, it'll take a long time for you to reach level 5.]

[Lloyd H.K.: See, that's what a hero should be like!]

[Erian Ruparte: ...You're cool, Lloyd.]

[Seira Von Retadane: Mr. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo, you're doing well. Since we must allow the undead in the Empire to rest in peace...]

[Ethan Cruz: I'm pleased that there're more heroes acting like heroes now.]

At that moment, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo felt like time had stopped within the chatting channel. At the very least, when he heard a middle-aged man's voice cut in, one that he heard for the very first time, he felt speechless! However, Lloyd soon responded to him.

[Lloyd H.K.: Oh, Senior!]

[Yasunori Akira: It's been a long time.]

[Prince Altania: I'm glad you're safe, Senior.]

If even the Prince addressed him with an honorific, then his position as a senior in the chatting channel must be unwavering. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo followed their lead for now, and politely greeted him.

[Lee s.h.i.+n Woo: I'm a newbie who got here just a little while ago. Please take care of me, Senior.]

[Ethan Cruz: Ooh, it's a pleasure. But you have such good manners, so it makes me kind of uncomfortable. Just speak comfortably.]

[Lee s.h.i.+n Woo: Haha... I'll try my best.]

[Ethan Cruz: Good. I hope we get to see each other for a long time. Ah, by the way, Lloyd. Is Seira doing alright too?]

[Lloyd H.K.: Yes, Senior. She's alright.]

[Seira Von Retadane: ...Please, go ahead.]

[Ethan Cruz: I have something I'd like you to help me with. The capital's thorn castle walls...]

His seniors began talking about places or geographical features he didn't know about at this time, and Lee s.h.i.+n Woo thought he'd obtained all the information he could for now, so he decided to carefully say his farewells and leave. However, before he could, Ethan Cruz called him.

[Ethan Cruz: Work hard, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo. You might think about a lot of things as you stand up against the Empire, but... all you need to remember is that all the undead are our, humanity's enemies.]

[Lee s.h.i.+n Woo: ...Yes.]

None of his seniors refuted his statement that all undead are enemies of humanity.

As he thought, the heroes in the chatting channel didn't know about the undead who didn't loathe humanity and had proper reasoning.

Or they were acting like they didn't know about them.

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