Chapter 45 Part1 (2/2)

Seeing that, Arema Steelworker was shocked. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo saw him take a step back and nodded his head. With just one move, Arema Steelworker had realized that Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was level 8. Though Lee s.h.i.+n Woo could perform such a move when he was level 7 as well!

[The Heaven Defying General... I have heard of you. A hidden dragon that appeared just recently. I didn't think we'd meet like this.]

”I've met you once before. Don't you remember?”

[You mean that subordinate of yours. He had potential. I see that he takes after his master in terms of guts and talent.]

Even if he told him that he was Paul Zero, it was unlikely that Arema Steelworker would believe him. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo shrugged his shoulders and decided to make the first move.

”So why are you here? Is this what the Magic Emperor wants?”

[So you know. You must have come from the surface as well.]

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo could feel an invisible pressure tightening around him on all sides.

When one becomes level 8, they gain the ability to influence the mana around them and control it; a type of authority. Perhaps because it originated from a golem, the ambient mana took on a metallic property that smelled of blood.

It seemed to be a derivative of the earth element, much like the wood element, but it seemed more independent from the source... perhaps it was a specialized element that could only be obtained when one becomes a golem.

When he had last felt Arema Steelworker's strength, he had tried his best to act unfazed, but now, he wasn't the least bit affected.

He could match that pressure... No, he could go even further beyond it. To him, he saw Arema Steelworker's action as just a waste of mana.

[I don't know how much you know... or who you're working for. But what I am sure of is that you're a threat to my master. You wanted something, so you came all the way here, but... It's quite unfortunate. I'll kill you where you stand.]

Arema Steelworker gathered a tremendous amount of energy into his fist. According to his calculations, Arema Steelworker was using the metal element mana to temporarily increase his durability and reinforce himself as well. It was as though he was making his body into the most powerful weapon.

The Four Heavenly Commanders behind him exerted incredible strength as well. At this rate, he would have to fight against them. Since he really didn't want to fight them, he quickly took out the 'Anti-Arema Steelworker' weapon he'd brought from the surface.

[!?]

At that moment, Arema Steelworker sounded as though he'd caught a bug of some sort and stood still. The tremendous mana that he'd gathered was released and gently disappeared amongst the ma.s.s of golems.

The other golems were the same. They rubbed their eyes, as if they couldn't believe what was happening, blinked, or even tapped their heads to confirm that what was happening was real. However, it didn't change anything.

[T-That...]

Arema Steelworker's voice quivered. The Golden General that had been so imposing when they'd first met was no longer here.

He was acting like a cowardly middle-schooler who had just been caught writing a poem at the corner of their notes about their first love!

[That... How... How do you have that? How the h.e.l.l do you have that!?]

”I wonder. Why don't you use your brain? If not... Then why don't we ask the servants of the Steelworker family?”

[You b.a.s.t.a.r.d, Paul Zero...! Paul Zero...!]

”Ah, that's right.”

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo sounded regretful as if he'd just remembered something.

”If you return to the surface like that, your servants might run away in fear. Isn't that right?”

[You b.a.s.t.a.r.d... You b.a.s.t.a.r.d...! I'll kill you. I'll kill you!]

”Go ahead and try.”

Arema Steelworker's body shook and then went 'thud'. He took a step forward and raised his hand, but Lee s.h.i.+n Woo extended the 'ultimate weapon' and he stopped once more. This was so fun.

[Why is the lord... Why? How?]

”Ah, I have yours too, so don't feel left out. Yours were broken up, but the security was all the same. It wasn't such a good idea to record it in the golem network, now was it?”

[The information hidden on the golem network is only accessible by myself and His Majesty...! There's absolutely no way that an outsider can access it!]

”Tdah! There's no such thing as an 'absolute' in this world!”

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo smiled sweetly. Whenever he used the ultimate weapon, Arema Steelworker would flinch.

If he could, he would play around a little bit longer, but even now, Anti-Skull and the imperial army were coming to the city. He needed to negotiate with them if he wanted the time that Chi Paul and his forces had bought him to not go to waste.

”Now, Golden General. Are you willing to hear me out now?”

[You... I want to kill you, but...!]

His words (that of a level 8 golem) were so frightening that it almost seemed like he would be cursed, but Lee s.h.i.+n Woo didn't pay it any mind. Soon, he heard exactly what he wanted to hear.

[I'll hear... what you have to say...!]

”Hoo. We can finally talk. What a joyous occasion.”

[But promise me that you'll give it back...! Me and my subordinates precious 'bodies'...!]

”Oh, but of course. If you do exactly as I say, that is.”

Lee s.h.i.+n Woo sounded so sure of himself that only Jin could think that 'Ah, this a.s.shole's lying again...!'. He replied and shook Arema Steelworker's level 8 human body.

That's right. When Arema Steelworker had left the surface and had placed himself into a golem, he had left his physical body in his family's safe house, so that he could one day return to his original body. ...And once he'd figured that out, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had s.n.a.t.c.hed their bodies in order to use them as his 'ultimate weapon' against them!

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