Chapter 30 Part6 (2/2)

[However, you'll soon regret it as well. This world is illogical, and in a world like that, there's absolutely no reason to fight. Whether it be with a living body, an undead body... we'll never get what we want. ...I'm fine where I am. I don't want to think about anything else anymore.]

”...Is that so?”

Around that time, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo gave up on Lee Man Bok, and Lee Man Bok realized that. 'What fickleness,' he thought, and asked something he hadn't intended on asking.

[You said you were going to help your juniors, right?]

”Yeah.”

[If that's the case, you'll soon realize. How pointless it is.]

Lee Man Bok smiled. He was a skeleton that looked like him, yet when he smiled, he looked this terrifying.

[This world drives everyone insane. The undead hate the living, and the living hate the undead. It's too late. Our juniors won't see us as seniors, they'll just see us as undead. As undead they have to defeat. As undead that cannot be trusted! Nothing you say can convince them. The longer you live here, the more evidence there is to support it... In the end, you just become part of the darkness, without being able to do anything.]

”I have a rough idea. However, I'm sure I can overcome it.”

[If you're going to be that stubborn, let me give you one last piece of advice. ...Be careful of Seira Von Retadane.]

Seira Von Retadane? That's quite a surprising name to hear here. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo raised his head and he saw Lee Man Bok gritting his teeth.

[Nothing you say will be able to convince that lunatic, so try not to even cross paths... I'm telling you to kill her before she takes notice of you.]

”Thanks for the advice. Anything else? I'm going to go find others who are in the same situation as us.”

[The Giants' domain. My old comrades are there. If you can convince them, they'll be of great help to you. Though it'll be extremely difficult to find them.]

Aha, he was wondering. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo naturally nodded his head. There were only two other undead heroes, aside from Lee Man Bok in the level 4 danger zone, yet he was wondering why they were so close to each other. And that place intersected with his memories from the giant.

'If they're the giants' descendants, then it makes sense.'

He'd already decided that he would go over there sometime, but what great timing! Lee s.h.i.+n Woo smiled in satisfaction. Jin shook, but he didn't let that worry him.

[Are you leaving?]

”I have to.”

[Bye.]

”Yeah. Bye.”

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo nodded his head and thrust his Breath of the Thunder G.o.d, burrowing his blade within Lee Man Bok's skull. He activated his high speed thrust skill, Shadow Horn, and coupled with the lightning in their surroundings, the strike was so fast that Lee Man Bok couldn't respond to it!

When he added in his recent Mana Acceleration skill, it looked like there were no signs and it was as if he had lunged at light speed!

[Critical Hit!]

[Keok!?]

A high rank level 7 magician. Unfortunately, one hit of Shadow Horn was enough to penetrate the magic protecting Lee Man Bok's body. One of the emeralds that were embedded in his eyes burst out of its eye socket.

That wasn't all. The six Breath of the Lightning G.o.ds behind him altogether burrowed into Lee Man Bok's body. Who else could execute such a perfect surprise attack? It was to the point that a top a.s.sa.s.sin would be shocked at the sight.

[W-Why...!?]

”I found you, so what are the chances that someone else doesn't? I have no idea when I might face you as an enemy, so when you said 'I'm going to just hide here and live my life', did you think I would be like, 'Yes, do you as wish'?”

[T-That's...]

Before Lee Man Bok's staff could even emit light, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo kicked it away. He had somewhat expected this, but because he hadn't fought in actual combat, or perhaps because he was rusty, he was incredibly slow. He was prepared to get hit by one spell. How disappointing.

[How could I be beaten so easily...!?]

”Why didn't you just show up as an enemy? I'd rather have that than you just incessantly talking about such heavy stuff.”

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo exploded all of his Breath of the Lightning G.o.ds at once. The level 6 weapons blew up right before him, but he wasn't damaged in the least from the resulting explosion. That meant that he could control lightning that naturally.

[Ku...ga...]

”At least you were hiding a trick up your sleeve.”

However, the moment that Lee Man Bok's robe s.h.i.+ned, his almost fully broken skull regenerated. At the same time, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo felt a considerable amount of mana being concentrated into him and nodded his head. He gathered lightning mana that came about due to the explosion in one hand, and used Shadow Horn once more. It would be difficult for a trained magician to recycle mana like he did.

[Kuheuk!]

Contrary to Hansen Von Dorthe's technique, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo created a true 'Lightning Shadow' and mercilessly pierced through Lee Man Bok's skull, completely destroying it. His attack, which used lightning concentrated to its very limit, as well as shadow, had overcome physics and had sublimated into something else!

[You have acquired 2 secret shop permits, and 45,591,340 Perium.]

[You have given peace to a comrade who walked a path he could not return from. You have partially cleared the quest objectives, and have acquired 1 secret shop permit. The maximum level of the Invisible Heart skill has increased by 1.]

This time, he had completely finished his job. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo sighed and s.n.a.t.c.hed the robes from the ground. They were definitely a treasure, considering the fact that they retained their shape despite the explosion.

[You have acquired the Lv6 Sage's Regret. Through Bone Reinforcement, it has become the Lv7 Prayer of the Dead!]

”Holy c.r.a.p. It turned into a level 7 artifact! Jin, look at this. It's like bone powder clumped up to make the robes, and the way it sways, it's like what a final boss wears... What's wrong?”

”...I thought you two would be good friends.”

”Nope. It was just an act to make him drop his guard and make it easier for me to launch a surprise attack...”

”Give me back my feelings!”

Reality is always cruel. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had disrespectfully forced a hermit senior to go to his eternal rest!

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