Chapter 43 Part1 (2/2)
”You shouldn't look down on Lawrence.”
Since I'm Lawrence.
”Haha. I don't look down on people. I make my decisions objectively. And if I'm acting confident, then there's only one reason for that. ...It's because I am the Emperor who rules over all creation!”
Having said his piece, the Emperor tightly clenched his hand. The large quant.i.ty of mana enclosing Lee s.h.i.+n Woo... No, the entire mansion converged onto Lee s.h.i.+n Woo and exploded!
And as a result, the Emperor... or the Evileye General was affected as well. She was dead the moment she'd picked Lee s.h.i.+n Woo over the Emperor.
- Saaa
The magic explosion m.u.f.fled all sound, and the entire mansion was vaporized. In its place, the darkness of the capital flooded in and filled the area to the brim.
The only thing that proved that the Evileye General had been here was her skull... and soon, even that melted into the air and disappeared.
[The Wild Card skill has become Lv2. All stats have increased by 30.]
[The Beginner Dark Shadow element has become Lv5. Magic has increased by 20.]
[The Acting skill has become Lv21. Your acting can even fool magic.]
[You have acquired the Lv7 Evileye General, Shurina Von Hegel's skull.]
”So in order to fool the Emperor, you're hosting a hero get-together here?”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo smiled at Pleine, who had pushed her head forward over the counter and looked speechless.
”It's been a while. It's nice to see you, Pleine. Haha.”
”It's nice to see you too... Wait a sec! That's not what I want to say!”
”Wow. That scary shop lady's talking so proudly...!”
[Was I able to enter because we formed an official contract? It's a really interesting s.p.a.ce.]
[So Lee s.h.i.+n Woo, who is that woman!? I sense divinity from her!]
That's right. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's entire party was in the secret shop right now. To be more specific, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo, who'd sensed the Emperor's visit, had sent everyone else to the secret shop. Then, he'd spoken with the Emperor and come to the secret shop after.
”I can't believe you acted in front of the Emperor and managed to fool him.”
”Well, that's my karma. Ah, and because he was using the Evileye General's body, he couldn't control his magic perfectly, which is one of the reasons that I could deal with him so easily. That Lightning Bind element or whatnot didn't seem like it was at a very high level either.”
And what were his countless reasons? He had several ways of dealing with the situation, but he'd chosen Wild Card and Dark Shadow this time around. The Emperor said it, didn't he? That there was no way someone powerful enough to fight the divine bird head-to-head wouldn't be able to resist his Lightning Bind.
He was right. The Emperor believed that he was restraining Lee s.h.i.+n Woo with his Lightning Bind, but what he was actually restraining was Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's armor. If Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had completely understood the Emperor's innate element, then his armor wouldn't have been restrained by his opponent's magic either.
”The next step was easy. When he unleashed that magic explosion, I used Dark Shadow to twist cause and effect, focusing the explosive power onto the Evileye General. I hid my body within the darkness, took the Evileye General's bone, and then came here, to the secret shop.”
When one reaches the peak of the darkness element, doing something like this became possible. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo waved his hand as if he were bragging. His hand softly melted into the darkness, flickered, and then returned to its original form. Seeing that, Pleine shook even more.
”What's worse, you came without any permits! You shouldn't just come in here whenever you want with the Heaven Door's Key!”
”Well, it couldn't be helped. Since I don't have any permits left...”
When he came to the surface, the Heaven Door's Key had eaten all of his permits, and he hadn't gained any on the surface. If Ye Jin Jin didn't have any permits left, then he would've had to use the Heaven Door's Key to get them here, but if he did, the Emperor would've known.
”We're not going to stay for very long, so just look the other way this time. If I had been properly rewarded for my actions on the surface, then I would've had permits to spare.”
”Ah, nothing makes sense anymore...”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo looked at the grief-stricken shop owner and grinned. Then, he suddenly thought of something. The one thing the Emperor had said that had bothered him.
”Pleine, I'd like to ask you something.”
”I can't promise you that I'll answer it, but go ahead.”
”Why hasn't the Undead Emperor gone to the surface when he can supposedly go through the barrier by being undead?”
Pleine's eyes became empty. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo spoke even more forcefully.
”Can't you tell me at least this much? I deserve to hear it.”
”...You should already know the answer to that question, Mr. s.h.i.+n Woo.”
Pleine responded with a bitter smile. Immediately after, she said something so simple and clear... the despondent truth.
”It's because the undead cannot move forward.”
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