Chapter 34 Part5 (1/2)
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Lee s.h.i.+n Woo gritted his teeth at the frustration welling up within him.
”That b.a.s.t.a.r.d, did he lie to me...?”
”They might've gotten two calls for help at the same time, so they might be confused.”
Kratia said persuasively. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo accepted it, nodded his head, and said.
”...Yeah, they'll probably be here soon. Let's just get everything that's hidden here.”
”Over here, s.h.i.+n Woo.”
They were in the midst of looking for any hidden artifacts or Perium within the castle while using Rem as covertly as possible to keep watch.
”It's all been useless stuff.”
”Yeah, but it was still a strong reaction. Ah, this is it.”
They found a discretely hidden storage house within the castle. Upon a.n.a.lyzing and opening it, they found a huge quant.i.ty of Perium inside. To be exact, it contained 25 million Perium. It was a significant sum of money, but Lee s.h.i.+n Woo wasn't excited in the least from such a 'small' sum. He asked her if she wanted him to split it into three parts and give her 8.4 million, but Kratia just shook her head.
”Kratia, are you studying Perium?”
”I haven't started on that yet. Moreover, Perium didn't exist in my original world.”
”Really?”
Apparently, levels and skills existed in Kratia's original world surprisingly. If that's the case, then did that mean that this world was more developed than her own world? If not, then was the reverse true? Kratia replied simply to the inquisitive Lee s.h.i.+n Woo.
”Surplus, incalculable karma comes in the form of Perium. In other words, you would receive karma in a different form in a different world. It's not better or worse than any other worlds' karma.”
”Surplus karma, huh...”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo stored the Perium and muttered. Surplus karma. It was through this surplus karma that s.h.i.+no Rendu gained new equipment. In other words, Perium responded to s.h.i.+no Rendu's new karma and had the ability to change. If Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was able to control the direction it changes in, then...
[Master.]
While Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was thinking about how he would approach Perium, Rem reported to him. It was information regarding the long-awaited enemy forces.
[I see a giant flying monster from afar. It's moving incredibly fast and there was an undead riding on top of it.]
”Oooooh!”
A Monster Rider had appeared! Lee s.h.i.+n Woo hadn't seen any monster riders, aside from some goblins riding atop wolves, so there was no way he wouldn't be excited at the news.
”Jin!”
”No matter how hopeful you sound, I'm not going to sprout wings.”
”You can't make them? After all, you made springs out of steel.”
”I can't!”
Well, even if he could make wings out of steel, Jin wouldn't be able to fly in the sky. After all, Steel Wing was an attack move in Pokemon.
”You've given me pretty much all of the flying monster bones thus far, yet nothing has happened. Give it up already.”
”Tch... Rem, how's it going over there?”
[It's strange. There's only one coming over here. It seems like a scout. What would you like me to do?]
It was easy to forget, but Rem was a level 6 elite. Although it was focused on support skills that relied on stealth, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had reinforced it with thousands of bones, so it now possessed combat abilities befitting its level. Taking down a scout wouldn't be an issue for Rem.
”A scout... Alright, take it down.”
[Understood.]
Nothing good would come of their opponent getting info on them before they even fought. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo ordered Rem to take it down, following which Rem charged forward, piercing through the monster's body while maintaining its stealth.
[Kuhahk!?]
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo watched as the flying monster's corpse, as well as the undead riding atop it, fell from the sky and shot one of his floating swords at it. He'd hit the mark, of course.
”What will they do now? Will they send more scouts, or will they just attack us right away? How exciting.”
They probably didn't know that Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had already been aware of their scout and that he'd intercepted it. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo imagined the Vulture General's fl.u.s.tered expression and grinned, and then leisurely collected the flying monster and the scout's corpses.
”You're going to give me that bone, aren't you?”
”You never know. Take it. Think of it as taking a tonic.”
”I told you, I'm not going to sprout wings...”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo gave Jin both the flying monster's bone, as well as the scout's bone. He was acting like a test-taker who sent in his application to Seoul University, despite knowing that he wouldn't get in. [1]
However.
”Huh...?”
”What is it? Are your shoulder joints feeling itchy?”
”No, that's not it.”
Jin said and looked embarra.s.sed. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo looked on in antic.i.p.ation, as though he was absolutely sure that it had worked this time, but unfortunately, it hadn't worked out this time either.
”Stop deluding yourself and just focus on the coming battle, you dumba.s.s.”
”d.a.m.n it, I guess it didn't work this time either...”
30 minutes pa.s.sed. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo stationed the Giants in front of the catapults, and the level 7 elite, Ellata, was prepared to shoot herself into the air with her ability to manipulate the earth.
[Arogan, you're ready, right?]
[Of course I am... They're really making us wait...]