Chapter 48 Part6 (1/2)
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Once he'd finished going through the base and lying to the Magic Emperor, the group gathered in one spot and discussed their future plans.
Of their many tasks, they first had to prioritize improving the Huginn's Eye, rather than working on golems or the t.i.tan. The reason being quite simple.
”We need to find out where the Lich's life vessel is, but it's more important that we find out where Seagald is hiding and report it to the Emperor.”
”Whenever you're doing something evil, you're smarter than everyone else, s.h.i.+n Woo.”
”Hey, people will misunderstand. Call it a way of survival. You think I'm doing this to save myself? I'm doing this so we can all survive.”
”You should've just kept acting as Paul Zero.”
”They'll misunderstand. Ah, I feel a headache coming, so don't explain it. It's fine.”
Aside from that, they decided what tasks they needed to complete in order to attain victory in the final battle. He decided to focus on improving the t.i.tan (which now used the Demon Heart), creating cores and golems, and repairing the Heaven Defying Flag Bearer, which had broken to pieces in the previous battle.
Unfortunately, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo was forced to leave all that to Kratia. But Kratia looked happy to be undertaking that ma.s.sive workload instead.
”Junior, if Kratia's busy doing other stuff, then what do I do, since I was learning magic from her? Hmm? Pop some popcorn?”
Most seniors wouldn't pa.s.s this kind of responsibility to their juniors, but that was precisely Prince's charm; she didn't even recognize those norms and did away with them.
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo patted her head in satisfaction. She acted as if she hated it, but she was actually quite pleased; her image as a senior was completely broken at this point. Seeing that, Kratia looked at her as if she were hopeless and said.
”You've got the basics down, so practice by yourself from now on. A real battle would be best.”
”A real battle, huh... Ah, Senior. Would you like to go to the surface instead?”
”Ah, really? I can go up to the surface? Really?”
Prince's eyes widened at Lee s.h.i.+n Woo's suggestion. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo nodded his head and explained.
”The only thing we can do here is invade the capital. It's dangerous outside, so it's difficult to move freely, right?”
”If I'm not traveling with you, then yeah... You're right. I wonder how Lloyd and Erian are doing.”
”Now that you mention it, you're right. If they're hiding in a dungeon, they'll remain safe, but if they leave... I guess I should explain it to them too.”
The biggest pain in the a.s.s was the heroes not currently present. It was obvious that it would get b.l.o.o.d.y underground, and if Lee s.h.i.+n Woo just left the other heroes be, they might die all of a sudden.
That's not all. While Lloyd was level 7 and was thus barely qualified to partic.i.p.ate in the final battle, Erian would cling to Lloyd like glue... though he at least needed to know how things were going.
And if they wanted to fight together in the final battle, then... it would be best to stop them.
”Then can't you just send those two to the surface too, s.h.i.+n Woo?”
”I thought about that, but I feel like it's not such a good idea...”
”What a coincidence. I agree.”
Aside from the fact that Erian was an elf, a species unseen on the surface, Lloyd was the model hero who'd show up in fairytales. If he sent him to the surface, then he'd cause a lot of trouble for him 100%. He might even die faster there than if he were here.
”Then I'll leave them be for now. I'll explain things to them later. Senior Prince, please think about it. If you decide to go to the surface, then I can have Jin Jin help or I can help you do things on your own. I've identified several dungeons, and going to the surface is best if you're looking for rapid growth.”
”Junior...!”
”But if you catch the Emperor's attention, then you will die. He's level 9.”
”Junior!”
Prince was tearing up but ultimately decided to go to the surface. If she wanted to get used to the new Fire Demon summoning spell that she'd developed with Kratia and grow, then going to the surface was the best option. There was honestly only one viable option for her.
”You're not planning on invading the capital without me, are you? Right? You saw how strong my Fire Demon was, right?”
”Yes, yes. I promise I'll go with you when the time comes, so please don't die. More importantly, how many of the 12 Generals are left?”
”I have an idea. But first, Lee s.h.i.+n Woo, could you please tell us about all the members of the 12 Generals you've killed thus far?”
This time it was Seira. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo thought back and went down the list one-by-one. Seira and the others were absolutely speechless.
”To think you killed five of them yourself... I had my suspicions, but you really were the one who killed the Beast General! I thought it was strange that the loot was so spa.r.s.e!”
”Of course. You should be thankful that I let you finish off the Vulture General. Though I was busy rescuing Lloyd and taking care of Ethan Cruz. Do you guys even realize how close you all were to turning undead then?”
”Junior, are you some sort of fairytale protagonist? You do all the dirty work and protect everyone. ...That's pretty cool!”
Seira had ended up killing the Vulture General, but if Lee s.h.i.+n Woo and Kratia hadn't prepared their countermeasures so thoroughly, then the fight would've been a lot tougher.
Normally, Seira shouldn't have had any trouble taking down a level 7 General by herself, but at the time, she'd been affected by madness, so he didn't know how it would have actually turned out.
”And as you know, the Spirit General's on our side now.”
”Hoo, hoo.”