Chapter 40 Part1 (2/2)

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo picked and chose the words that stung most and Zenon, unable to put up with him, attacked physically this time! However, there's no way Lee s.h.i.+n Woo would lose to a spirit, which had sat rotting for hundreds of years when he possessed such high rank combat skills.

”Ha.”

[Kueok!?]

Fundamentally, a spirit's body was quite fast. Moreover, they were in a world created by the spirits! The salamander's charge was both powerful and quick, like lava shooting out of a volcano. However, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo moved his body with ease and avoided him, as though he knew how he'd attack beforehand.

Immediately after, he raised his greatsword as high as possible. Zenon was left wide open from his charge, so Lee s.h.i.+n Woo hit his waist and pushed him onto the floor. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had completely overpowered Zenon with a simple maneuver.

”Feel better now? Or do you want some more?”

[Keuk...]

”Yeah, you must be really angry. I know.”

[What would you know...!]

Once Zenon realized that he was outmatched, his voice became weak. It seemed as though the other spirits were shocked by Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's overwhelming strength, as they shrank away like Zenon.

How pathetic. He thought of their full-on attack as an injured baby throwing a fit; with that in mind, he was tormented by a (nonexistent) conscience when he thought about doing as he pleased with them. But since he didn't have a conscience, the feeling went away soon after.

”No, I know. You said it yourself. That all the spirits here are from that day. So it's only natural that you still feel the anger you felt that day. I get it. More importantly, your question's odd. You were desperately trying to pa.s.s it on so I could understand. Am I wrong?”

[Keuk, Heueuk...]

...Ah, he's starting to cry! He really is a big baby! Lee s.h.i.+n Woo wondered whether he should press on or console him, but then, the other spirits also began to cry and Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's heart stiffened.

There was no point in tormenting them any further. If he did, they'd just get more depressed and he wouldn't be able to talk to them anymore. Now was the best time to 'prove' how sincere he was.

”Zenon, neither the Crown Prince nor the magicians trying to kill you are here. You can be honest with me.”

[...Even if I am honest, there's nothing I can do. You can't do anything, so what can we do?]

”You're right. You guys are so weak that you can't do anything on your own. I guess you could pop some popcorn and watch the Magic Empire from your corner.”

[Then what about you!?]

”However.”

It was time.

”I can give you a chance.”

To sell some medicine.

[What's a single human going to do?]

”I'm a human who stopped an attack from thousands of spirits. I'm also able to transform into a spirit, and honestly, I haven't been a human for a long time. I showed you plenty, right? Now, if you get it, then let's start over.”

Medicine too dangerous for children to ingest.

[...Even if we a.s.sume you are that powerful, it's still too much for us. As you said, we weren't able to protect our contractors; we're just losers who only care about our survival. Even though hundreds of years have pa.s.sed, we're still trapped in that day!]

”But you want to take your revenge, right?”

[Eut.]

Once ingested, they wouldn't be able to go back to how they were; a medicine filled with lies.

”You want to pay them back, right? You want to give those humans, who made you suffer, their just desserts, don't you?”

[...]

”Say it.”

[...Yeah.]

Gulp.

He heard the sound of Zenon drinking it.

[I want to take revenge.]

[I want to kill those humans.]

[I want to take revenge for my beloved contractor!]

[I want them to feel what we feel...!]

[I want them to suffer eternally!]

It wasn't just Zenon. He heard the other spirits' weak voices too. At first, they were half-hearted, but they gradually got louder and louder. So much so that the spirits' voices resounded throughout the Spirits' Spring.

[I want to kill them all!]

[I want revenge! On all humans!]

[I hate everyone who stole our happiness away from us and then shamelessly enjoyed the world as their own!]

[I want them to feel all my pain. No, even more than that!]

[Revenge... I want revenge...!]

Mm, what honest and good kids they are. A thin smile appeared on Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's face. Jin thought 'here he goes again' and sighed, while Sinea couldn't help but feel her heart pounding at the sight of Lee s.h.i.+n Woo overpowering thousands of spirits.

”Now, tell me again. What do you want, Zenon?”

[I... No, we...]

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo asked, and this time, Zenon's voice didn't waver.

[We want revenge on the humans that made us suffer!]

”Good. I'll help you. We've established a contract.”

Once Lee s.h.i.+n Woo uttered those words...

The Spirits' Spring began to light up.

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