Chapter 144: Chapter 144 - Three Norns (3)
Chapter 144: Three Norns (3)
“H, Here you go . ”
Bicester’s hand shook while placing the coffee cup down .
He was an outstanding player who made the almost destroyed Night Watch into one of the strongest dark clans outside of the Tower, but he couldn’t bring himself to meet Yeon-woo .
Rather, he put his subordinates on edge while waiting for Yeon-woo to get here because he didn’t want to make any mistakes .
Thankfully, his subordinates said they hadn’t even looked in that direction, let alone touched Henova’s smithy .
That was how big the shock Yeon-woo gave them was .
But they could still be in trouble with something, so Bicester wasn’t able to lift his gaze unti Yeon-woo quietly raised his cup .
Since Yeon-woo had grown even more, he didn’t have any thoughts of rebelling .
Even when he first saw him, Yeon-woo was scary, and he had heard about what Yeon-woo had done until now . He wasn’t someone they could touch .
Yeon-woo lightly sipped his coffee looking around . It was definitely different than when he had come and made a mess .
“A lot’s changed . ”
“T, Thanks to you, we are able to i, improve . ”
Thanks, he said .
Smirk . Yeon-woo slightly smiled looking at Bicester speak those words he didn’t even believe in .
But to Bicester, that was scarier .
Yeon-woo quietly placed his coffee back down and cupped his chin to look at Bicester . Bicester unconsciously straightened his back .
“Since we’ll just be tired if this gets long, I’ll just get straight to the point . ”
“G, Go ahead . ”
Bicester nodded with a nervous face .
“I want to look for someone . ”
“Who… . . ?”
“Braham . ”
“B, Braham? Are you speaking about the ‘Exile?’”
“Correct . ”
Braham was originally a part of the Elohim clan . However, after being kicked out due to unknown reasons, he always had to live with the word exile following him around .
But the problem was that Braham liked it . He was an interesting guy the more I looked at him .
Out of the Eight Clans, Elohim was famous for being choosy about accepting members .
There was one thing they wanted .
Species .
They looked into what kind of blood you had, if it was pure or mixed, and assigned ranks based on that . Also, they had the belief that some people were born with more ‘superior blood’ than others .
Half magical-species, Vanir, and others were classified into Superior species, and Draconic species and giant species were in the Supernatural species category .
Because they had an established hierarchy since the beginning of the Tower, they easily looked down on players who struggled to climb the Tower .
In other words, they were the bourgeoisie of the Tower .
Braham was someone who was kicked out of that kind of clan .
And some people said that he was in a high position in Elohim being the descendant of a superior species .
But wherever Braham went, he laughed at his origin, saying it was useless, and liked his name ‘Exile’ like it was a badge of honor .
Whatever he did, he was a free spirit, and he hated being locked in . And he had a cold personality, so he was easily noticed wherever he went .
“4 days . Please give me just 4 days . Then I’ll contact you . ”
Bicester wisely didn’t ask why he was looking for Braham . He was a smart guy who knew how to behave if he wanted to live long .
“Fine . Then contact me with this as soon as you find him . ”
Yeon-woo pulled out a ring-shaped artifact from subspace and tossed it at Bicester .
In Intrenian, other than materials to make the Stone of the Sage, there were gold and silver pieces and many other efficient artifacts .
This ring was a communication device that allowed people to speak with each other no matter how far away they were .
It was quite expensive and limited in use, so it wasn’t easily attained .
Yeon-woo was able to give it away so simply because it wasn’t his in the first place . Of course, he had removed all traces of Red Dragon from it .
“And this is the fee . ”
After the ring, Yeon-woo placed a pouch on the tablet . It sounded heavy .
Bicester carefully opened the pouch and jumped in surprise . Inside, gold and silver pieces were piled up .
A communication device and a fee of this amount . He saw Yeon-woo in a new light .
Also, the location of Braham was something that wasn’t too hard to find if one just searched for a bit .
He asked for 4 days in the worst possible scenario that Braham was hiding his location, but really, 1 day was enough .
“Y, You don’t need to… . . ”
“Just take it . That’s how fast I want you to find him . And it’s nice if you protect Henova in the future as well . ”
“Thank you . I’ll use it well . ”
Bicester shot up and bowed .
In his head, calculations were rapidly being done . To them, Yeon-woo was no different than a grim reaper, but he was definitely a skilled player who would become more famous in time .
He judged that it was better to forget about the past and establish a trading relationship with Yeon-woo so his clan could continue to grow bigger .
And that was why Yeon-woo had shown his wealth and the will to continue to make these kinds of exchanges in the future .
Looking at Bicester who quickly understood what he was trying to say, Yeon-woo slowly stood up .
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He was a clever guy so he didn’t have to tell him to keep his mouth shut .
‘Now until Braham is found and the swords I requested for are finished, I can focus on climbing floors . ’
Yeon-woo turned his head to look outside the window . His gaze was fixed on the firmly standing Tower .
[This is the 16th floor, the gate of ‘Life’s Wheel . ’]
Yeon-woo swept his hair at the familiar sight . And he could feel gazes on him .
‘Should I have finished the trial when I was here?’
The moment he arrived, he felt the owners of the gazes rushing somewhere .
They were probably heading back to where they worked .
Yeon-woo already made a mess out of Skuld’s temple . It was obvious the apostles and the priests would be plenty nervous now that he was here again .
He didn’t regret it, but it was a bit annoying .
When he brought Hanbin out, he quickly left because he might be tracked down by Cheonghwado .
But seeing how many people were being wary of him, he thought it would be difficult to finish this trial .
However, this didn’t mean the situation was any different .
Yeon-woo organized his thoughts and headed towards the 3rd path, the temple of Skuld .
He didn’t have any other reason other than the fact that he couldn’t go anywhere else because of the rule that once you picked a path, you couldn’t go anywhere else .
But then .
[You cannot head to the temple of the future (Skuld) . The owner of the temple doesn’t allow your entrance . ]
There was a problem .
The temple of the future, no, the goddess Skuld, was refusing Yeon-woo .
‘Do I have to force my way?’
If this kept up, he couldn’t finish his trial . He moved his hand towards Vigrid to force himself in, but he heard a voice behind him .
“This is the holy territory of a god . Please refrain from violence . ”
He turned back to see someone politely bowing down at him wearing a pure white robe .
It was hard to see the face because it was covered by a rope, but the voice was a woman’s .
A robe with a gold wheel . It was the robe that symbolized the goddess of the past, Urd .
“You?”
“My greetings are late . I am an apostle of the goddess Urd, Hepburn .
Yeon-woo’s eyes sharpy flashed past his mask .
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Hearing Urd’s name, something came to his mind .
-Of the . Three Norns . Three goddesses . Beware . Of . The oldest .
The message of some demon that Laplace had delivered to him .
He still didn’t know the name of the demon . He wasn’t interested, and didn’t really want to find out .
However, he couldn’t ignore the fact that Urd’s apostle came herself .
An apostle was a god’s proxy . Since the gods couldn’t leave the 98th floor, their apostles acted in their stead, and it could be considered that he was speaking with Urd herself .
Fortunately, Hepburn didn’t seem to have any enmity towards Yeon-woo . But even if she did, there wasn’t anything she could do about it .
The power of an apostle depended on their god . Since she was an apostle of Urd, who could only tell fate, she was probably weak .
However, she probably still possessed the power of a ranker .
Yeon-woo didn’t think that he was lacking compared to rankers .
No, unless they were high rankers, he had no reason to fall short .
Hepburn knew this very well . So her attitude was very respectful .
“So . Why is Urd’s apostle all the way here?”
But he still thought that Urd’s apostle coming here definitely couldn’t be something good .
It was obvious he would be wary of her .
Hepburn spoke in a calm voice .
“The goddess wants to meet you . ”
“Me?”
“Yes . ”
“Is she trying to hurt me?”
“Don’t you already know the fact that we don’t have the power to do that? And the goddess really wants to meet you . But if that’s hard to believe, I’ll swear on the god’s name . ”
To swear of the name . That meant that they were ready to deal with whatever came their way if they broke their promise . The higher gods they were, the worse the consequences were .
But she still wanted to meet? Yeon-woo couldn’t guess what Urd and Hepburn were thinking .
However, he couldn’t not go now .
The path to Verdandi’s temple was probably blocked as well . To finish the trial, he had no other choice but to go to Urd’s temple .
Annoyance surged in his mind .
Even if it was a god, he hated this situation being pushed around them .
And he couldn’t tell what they were thinking, so he could easily be used .
In the world of the Tower where you were chewed up if you blinked, doing such an act was like sucide .
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Of course, Yeon-woo had aggravated them first .
But Yeon-woo thought what he did was fair .
So Yeon-woo put magic power into his Black Bracelet . Then, Hepburn’s shadow shifted and soared up .
Hepburn quickly stepped back but the crescent-shaped scythe was already at her neck .
And her hidden face behind her mask was revealed .
Pure white skin . Sharp ears . A crumpled, but still beautiful face .
And hair that fell like a gold waterfall .
“High elf?”
Yeon-woo widened his eyes in surprise .
Gold hair meant that one had been descended from the goddess of beauty, Freya .
High elves were targeted by elfs or dark elves . Also, because of the fact that they couldn’t easily have children, their population was rapidly diminishing .
So they were hard to find within the Tower, and the ones who were left were known to be at least a thousand years old .
But that didn’t mean he was going to put the shadow scythe under Hepburn’s chin away .
Just because he was surprised didn’t change the fact that she was Urd’s apostle .
Rather, Yeon-woo thought this was for the better .
Since an apostle was a part of the god, if they died, the god would be affected . And if a Superior species like a high elf died, then the level of the god would quickly fall . This was how valuable she was as a hostage .
He could feel the spirits that always followed the high elves clashing around him, but his Monster Portents didn’t move .
Hepburn wrinkled her face as if she didn’t like Yeon-woo’s attitude .
“What are you dog?”
“Even if you swear of the god’s name, I can’t completely trust you . When this is over, I’ll let you go . If you’re not gonna try to hurt me like you said, then you won’t be hurt, right?”
Hepburn frowned even more, and turned away with a calm face like nothing had happened .
“I’ll take you to where the goddess is . Please follow me . ”
Hepburn left those words and disappeared . The Monster Portent in her shadow moved with her .
Was she saying to figure it out himself?
Thinking that her revenge was simple, he lightly laughed and used Shunpo towards where Hepburn disappeared .
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