Chapter 47 Part3 (1/2)
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”Jin, let's just back off. You don't think you can absorb all of the undead curse within the cannon, do you?”
”Nope. If it were just her, then I might be able to do something about it, but the curse will flow into her from the cannon anyway, so there's no point. I'm trying my best here, but it's too much...”
”Jin, it's dangerous to absorb it so recklessly. My Stasis Magic will wear off.”
”Ah, that's right. Kratia, good job.”
”Of course.”
Her application of 'first aid' was top-notch. She didn't simply freeze her target; she had completely halted the Spirit General from using any of her 'power', which included both her magic and her physical strength. It felt like she'd used the time element as well.
Perhaps Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had been looking down on the ice element thus far. He could wield the Lv1 High Rank Ice element, but that wasn't something he could boast about in front of Kratia.
[Guu...Guaaaaah...]
”Ah, this woman's lost it too. Where should I even start...”
Her ominous, yet beautiful black hair was disheveled, and her widened, golden eyes evoked a creepy feeling; and the princess continued to cry out.
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had, from the very beginning, a.s.sumed that she wouldn't be 'ok', but her condition was a lot worse than he'd expected.
After all, she had been used as a 'battery' and an 'energy cable' for the cannon for dozens of years, which had worn away at both her body and her mind... In other words, the contract had been in place before the fall of the Empire. That's what had caused her to be in such a sorry state.
'So he's willing to use his daughter or anything at his disposal to go to the surface, huh...'
He recalled what Seira had said before. That Seagald was willing to use his fiance for his goals... If his goal involved using the cannon, then she was right.
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo smiled bitterly and placed his hand on the cannon. As expected, he didn't 'own' the cannon, so he couldn't change it into bone.
Honestly, he'd already tried it before fighting Seagald. It was because he knew that he couldn't change it into bone that he had been so anxious during his fight. Ah, he was getting p.i.s.sed again!
”Seagald, I'll kill you no matter what...”
”s.h.i.+n Woo, you talking like that makes you sound more like an undead.”
”He's never lost his prey before, but he lost two of them at once, so that's probably why he's like that.”
”You were able to drive them away without losing the cannon pretty much unscathed. I feel like that's a decisive victory in your favor, s.h.i.+n Woo...”
Whereas, Kratia and Jin, who couldn't do anything more, just calmly conversed and watched on. The golems were standing behind them in order to protect the Metal G.o.d General. Kratia glanced at them and then asked Jin.
”How did you talk them into this? They're completely subservient to s.h.i.+n Woo.”
”He took advantage of their weakness; they're just helping us out temporarily.”
”...Sounds like something a villain would do.”
Kratia had no idea how Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had grasped one of the Four Heavenly Commander's weaknesses and forced him to do his bidding, but because Jin looked clueless as well, she didn't ask her anything else. It really didn't matter, so long as they didn't come attacking them.
”So s.h.i.+n Woo... do you think it's impossible?”
”Mm, I have to take care of this woman first. Then I can move on to the next step.”
”...Are you going to brainwash her too?”
”Hey, don't put it that way. It makes me sound like a weirdo.”
All he was doing was changing her mind a little bit and turning her into a completely different person than before! Lee s.h.i.+n Woo ignored Kratia's rude remark and focused on the princess once more. Fortunately, it was much easier to deal with her than Seira.
'Her contract was forced onto her through the darkness element, so I can easily deal with it. It's a relief it's not complicated.'
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo stretched his hand and placed it upon the princess's forehead. Darkness covered her, an amount similar to when he'd transformed Seira into a banshee, and he immediately erased the contract that bound her.
[You don't need to be tied to the cannon any longer.]
[You don't need to listen to the Emperor's or the Archmage's orders any longer.]
[I'm erasing all illegitimate contracts.]
The deep-seated curse, which had bound her mind and body for dozens of years, was erased by a deeper darkness.
[Ah...?]
At that moment, her wide-open golden eyes returned to normal. Her eyes gleamed with a faint intellect, and widened even further when she looked into Lee s.h.i.+n woo's goblin fire.
Terror and hatred. Anger and fear... Her eyes reflected the amalgamation of all these emotions. If he knew she'd have responded like this, then he'd have turned back into a human. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo slightly regretted his lack of foresight and quickly said.
”The mana inside of this d.a.m.n cannon's going to explode, so don't say anything and follow my instructions. You don't want to die when you've just gotten your sanity back, right?”
[Uuaah...]
Was it because she hadn't been able to speak for dozens of years? Fortunately, she was able to understand Lee s.h.i.+n Woo because of the link between them and nodded her head. She then began to control her mana.
Even if it's rotten, it's still a herring. She was able to return her mana to normal and circulate it throughout her body. Once she began to properly circulate the mana throughout her body, her ruined body regained a bit of its strength back. As expected, the effects of mana were truly amazing.
[Ugh. Keuk... Kuheuk...!]
But there was a problem. The amount of mana she could control was far less than the cannon's capacity. No matter what she did, the cannon's mana wouldn't obey her commands.
It made sense; she was only the trigger. It didn't matter when they pulled the trigger; what mattered was that they had already pulled the trigger, activating the cannon. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo realized that after coming into contact with her. Now he had no choice but to do something about the cannon himself!
”Hey, do you have a good way of dealing with this?”
[Uuuah.]
She was made aware of the situation by Lee s.h.i.+n Woo but shook her head as tears streamed down her face. Because she had just realized what she'd done for dozens of years, she wasn't in the right state of mind.
She, who had possessed the t.i.tle of Spirit Princess, had sucked away the spirits' life force and turned it into destructive power! She couldn't show her face to the spirits, who had once been her friends. She was in no condition to be stopping the cannon!
[Ugh. The... spirits...!]
Of course, her friends had mostly been killed by Lee s.h.i.+n Woo and company, allowing them to be at peace, but it probably wouldn't be a good idea to tell her that right now. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo grabbed onto the Evil Eye chain that connected her and the cannon and said.
”You can mourn them later. But if you die here, then you won't be able to do anything. And you can't take your revenge on the ones who did this to you either. If you want to take revenge on the ones who did this to the underground spirits, then you have to survive.”