Chapter 38 Part3 (2/2)
It was pretty worthless to both Lee s.h.i.+n Woo and Jin at this point, but he instinctively felt like he had to take it. Was it because he was Korean? He picked up the black goat horn, stashed it in his armor, and raised his head. All of the undead were looking at him.
”I thought it'd turn out this way. Beast-type undead lack brains.”
When the boss was killed, the undead temporarily stopped moving. Since the boss, which had a clear goal while commanding them was gone, they had lost all motivation to move.
All that was left of them were their undead instincts. The instinct to curse, but also yearn for the living! They foolishly gathered around him, like honeybees to a flower, without realizing that the fragrance of life he emitted was a ruse.
”The underground's undead are better. They know how to recognize fear and run away.”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo clicked his tongue and stabbed his greatsword back into the ground. At that moment, a huge amount of flames spewed out from the blade, covering the land. Hundreds of monsters were burned all at once, and then even more.
Although it was powerful, it wasn't a skill or magic. He just used his greatsword as a medium to create a high quant.i.ty of high rank flames. It was only possible because he already took control of the entire area's mana.
”Wow, they're like ants coming for a piece of candy.”
”Ugh.”
What was even more surprising was that the undead continued to throw themselves into the flames. They had already lost all control, each and every one of them being drawn to his scent, and then they were burned.
After that process continued for a while, no undead were left remaining. His expedition had ended in an instant.
”Ha.”
Then, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo realized. The strongest mercenary, Kay. He had planned on using Kay as Lawrence's trustworthy backer, and show such skill that no one in the city could ignore him, but... Things had gotten out of hand. Perhaps...
”Did I go overboard...?”
”You think?”
Jin sighed and replied. Then, he looked above the castle walls. The humans were still up there. As humans, they couldn't see him, but Lee s.h.i.+n Woo could see them. They looked at him as though he were a G.o.d.
”What are you going to do about that? At this rate, they'll start wors.h.i.+pping you.”
”Faith doesn't come so easily. If it did, then pseudo religious leaders would be out of business. Well, it's a lot different from my original plan, but this isn't so bad. I gained quite a bit from acquiring the golems, so I suppose I can afford to make my plan a bit more aggressive than before.”
After showing such overwhelming dignity, there was no way he could just leave and say 'I'll be going now'. Interested parties from the city, and even humans in high positions may come and find him. It might feel burdensome, but the amount of information and goods that he could obtain would increase immensely.
'There is one thing that worries me. The Emperor of the Magic Empire, who Pleine told me not to approach under any circ.u.mstances.'
He decided that it wouldn't be such a bad idea to meet with distinguished figures to obtain information on the Emperor. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
”I can't let it be. I need to be more active, if for no other reason than to figure out what that d.a.m.n G.o.d is thinking. Well, if the worst case scenario does happen, then I can just sacrifice a life and run.”
”It's hard to use the Blessing of Death here, so let's not.”
”But death energy is scattered all around. Charge it up while you still can. ...Now then, I'm going to collect the loot now.”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo used Rule of Bone discreetly so that the humans atop the castle walls wouldn't notice, and drew all the Perium, as well as the bones towards him ASAP.
He collected the loot within 10 minutes, which was kind of funny considering the fact that it had taken longer than the battle.
”The Sun G.o.d's hero!”
”Ooh. Oh, hero!”
Jin collected the death energy and Lee s.h.i.+n Woo the loot. By the time they were done and grouped back up, the humans, having confirmed that it was safe, began to exit the gates one or two at a time. They gazed at Lee s.h.i.+n Woo with bright eyes and shouted something, which was something Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had heard before.
”The Sun G.o.d...?”
”To think that the Sun G.o.d still loved the (Magic) Empire this much...” [1]
”Let us thank the Sun G.o.d for sending us a hero!”
”Sun G.o.d's hero, please come this way! I would like to hear your name!”
The guard captain of the eastern gate stood at the forefront and exclaimed. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had never heard of the 'Sun G.o.d's hero' before, but he was sure that they were referring to him!
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo briefly thought about how he'd deal with this new t.i.tle, but soon organized his thoughts, grinned and said.
”Good, so you know who I am! Indeed, I am the hero, Kay, that was sent by the Sun G.o.d to help you!”
”Oooooooooooh!'
'Hey!'
His current ident.i.ty was already a pain in the a.s.s to deal with, yet he still had the nerve to make such a lie! Jin cried out, but Lee s.h.i.+n Woo didn't let it worry him at all. If other people were to misunderstand and make up a great ident.i.ty for him, then there was no point to straightening it out!
”Oh, by the way. As per G.o.d's command, I formed a contract with Lawrence, the peddler, so keep that in mind.”
”The peddler, Lawrence!”
”Ooh, so that extraordinary man was supported by the Sun G.o.d!”
”All hail the Sun G.o.d!”
The misunderstanding had spread, and no one could handle the situation. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo felt how chaotic the situation had become and nodded his head in satisfaction. While Jin despaired and lowered his head, a message appeared before Lee s.h.i.+n Woo like always.
[The Acting skill has become Lv20. Perhaps you can fool even natural phenomena.]
His acting was so natural that if a Sun G.o.d did exist, they would say something like 'Ah, I really did send a hero!'. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo grinned and stored his greatsword.
Perhaps G.o.d would come to regret sending him to the surface, but it was already too late to take him back.
[1] T/N: Both the undead and humans use the word empire, but for clarification purposes, I add in whether it's the Magic Empire or the Underground Empire. Toy Car tends to use 'surface/underground' to refer to the (Magic) Empire and the (Underground) Empire, but I often replace the former, as it's incredibly awkward to use in an actual sentence.
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