Chapter 195: Chapter 195 - Demons' Forest (10)
Chapter 195 – Demons’ Forest (10)
Under the mask, Yeon-woo’s face stiffened . He was able to recognize him?
After Yeon-woo clashed with Aether and the others, he had quickly hidden his location . But if the Blood Land knew that he was here, it was likely that they knew that Brahm and he had met somewhere else as well .
Was that how much attention was on Brahm? Or him?
‘It might be both . ’
But all that aside, he didn’t think it was enough for them to recognize it was him, even with his identity hidden . Unless there was a spy .
Or had they been observing him from near the Illusionary World? If that was true, they had passed by this Extrasensory Perception, so he had to be even more careful .
Lao quickly added on, as if trying to stop Yeon-woo from suspecting them .
[The fact that you’re here isn’t known by many, so you don’t have to worry . ]
No .
Just by the fact that they knew he was here, he had to be careful .
[But you should know how many people are watching out for you . And since you’re with Brahm, who’s at the center of attention as well, there’s only going to be more people looking for you . ]
Yeon-woo’s eyes widened . Of course . There was no way that only the Elohim knew that Sesha was with Brahm .
The Elohim might’ve found out first, but as Cheonghwado fell, leading to the imbalance of the Eight Large Clans, the clans wouldn’t miss what other clans did .
‘The Eight Clans are involved in this more than I thought . That was what I missed . ’
Lao continued to speak .
[Since she’s the last Dragon Human, there’s a lot of attention on her . Except for Red Dragon, everything will be focused on her . ]
[We just weren’t able to act because the Elohim was at the front . But then we coincidentally found out that you were involved in this . ]
Yeon-woo wrinkled his forehead .
[How many clans know that I’m with Brahm?]
[I’m not sure . Everyone’s busy trying to hide like rats, so I can’t tell . I can’t say that there aren’t any . ]
Yeon-woo shut his mouth .
That meant that everyone who would know, knew . And even if they didn’t, they would find out .
‘My record from the 21st floor was too much . ’
He had expected this when he decided to take 1st place on the 21st floor . But he still thought that the Eight Large Clans wouldn’t be interested because it happened on a lower floor .
It seemed like things were worse than he thought .
‘I’ll have to be especially careful in the future . ’
Yeon-woo admitted that he had been a bit too relaxed .
He had begun to receive attention when he helped Galliard . Even though Aether was too proud to say what had happened, the act was bound to be found out .
He thought that maybe he should’ve hidden his identity back then, but it wouldn’t have been easy to hide his identity so quickly . Even if he did, they would’ve figured it out eventually .
However, even if this was the case, he couldn’t stand out more . He would be suspected .
Until he was stronger, he had to avoid suspicion .
‘But since I’m involved with Brahm, I won’t be able to completely avoid the attention . It’s a mess . ’
Yeon-woo’s head spun complicatedly .
He was thinking of what he could do . In the end, he only came to one conclusion .
‘I can’t continue to hide anyway . ’
He released the Magic Armor around his body . The plated armor disappeared, and the black clothes that signified Yeon-woo appeared .
Phante and Edora looked back at his sudden change .
“Hm?”
“Oraboni?”
“There’s no need to make things so complicated . ”
Phante scowled at what Yeon-woo said .
“Sheesh . I went through hell putting this on . ”
He scratched his face furiously and threw the mask to the floor . Edora realized what was going on and took off her magician’s robe . The horn and her beautiful purple eyes were revealed .
Lao’s eyes widened, not expecting Yeon-woo to reveal himself so easily, and he grinned, clapping .
The players who had been fighting against Phante glanced at each other, and began to stand guard .
“Now all the eyes around us have probably disappeared . It’ll be easier to talk . ”
It seemed like the reason that Lao and the Blood Land players caused problems was to talk with Yeon-woo .
Yeon-woo asked Lao a question first .
“I’ll ask you a few things . ”
Even though he was being watched, there were some things he didn’t get .
Lao nodded his head .
“Anything . ”
“Do you know exactly where Brahm is?”
Lao shook his head .
“We only know that he created an Illusionary World for the Dragon Human on the 23rd floor . If we knew more than that, we would’ve attempted to contact him first . ”
“Then how did you know that I would come to De Roy Lake?”
“Because of your habits . ”
“My habits?”
“Yeah . The habits that only a Hoarder has . Don’t you feel better only when you have all the hidden pieces? Of course you would come here . Although the chances of you not coming were fifty-fifty . ”
It meant that he had been sent here on a fifty-fifty chance .
“Then how did you recognize me? I should’ve concealed my appearance properly . ”
“Ah, there was nothing you could do about that . It’s because of my skill . ”
Lao pointed at his eyes with his finger . Then, his irises separated and became compound eyes, like those of an insect .
Yeon-woo clicked his tongue when he realized what it was .
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. It was a skill to examine the traits of your opponent . It couldn’t be compared to Draconic Eyes or Insight, but it was still a superior skill .
Only then did he realize why Lao was sent here . Since he had that skill, he would be able to recognize Yeon-woo even if he hid himself .
‘The reason why he stayed still when Phante was running around was to find me . ’
Lao spoke with a smile .
“Then the questions are finished, right?”
“Just about . ”
“Then I’ll formally introduce myself again . I’m Baron Lao, here on orders from the Emperor . I came here to invite you and Brahm . The Emperor has taken an interest in you . ”
The players of the Blood Land were organized into 8 different positions: soldier, knight, baron, viscount, count, marquis, duke—and the Emperor .
There was only one ‘Emperor . ’
‘The Gluttony Emperor . ’
The Lord of Greed, who swallowed everything he desired .
The Gluttonous Emperor was someone who adjusted the trait of a Lord to how he liked it . He had thousands of citizens under him, and he could freely move his military .
In terms of numbers, they might be greater than the Red Dragon clan . If there was a difference, it was that unlike the Red Dragon, which only cared about the floors above the 50th, this guy was someone to easily extend his hand to the lower floors .
It might not be an over exaggeration that they called themselves a ‘country . ’
And the biggest characteristic he had was his gluttony… . .
… . . The Gluttony Emperor was always hungry . He tried to swallow whatever he could reach . Of course, among that, there were people .
However, the scariest part about the Gluttony Emperor was that his ‘digestion’ was absorbing people .
The Gluttony Emperor was always hungry, so he always ate too much .
But at the same time, his taste was extremely picky, so it was said that the Blood Land struggled a lot because of him .
The Gluttony Emperor had called Yeon-woo’s brother a ‘delicacy’ and had tried to take everything he had . His Sky Wings, Wave of Light, and even his Dragon Body .
A trait that absorbed abilities through eating . It was no wonder why he was judged as the craziest person in the Tower along with the head bishop of the Devil Army .
And that Gluttony Emperor wanted to see Yeon-woo and Brahm?
‘Does he still want to eat a dragon? He really is a psycho . ’
He was someone who had eaten everything, but the one ‘meat’ that he hadn’t eaten yet was dragon meat . That was the biggest reason why he wanted Yeon-woo’s brother .
But it seemed like he still hadn’t given up on that . He wanted to see Brahm? No . he probably wanted to see Sesha .
The Elohim, and the Blood Land . He didn’t know why he kept on getting involved with crazy bastards .
Had he read Yeon-woo’s cold eyes?
Lao smiled and lightly waved his hand .
“I know what you’re worrying about . It’s because you’re scared that the Emperor might hurt you and your party, right? But don’t worry . Those are just rumors that people made to frame us . ”
Lao pounded his chest .
“We’re an empire . And we’re also warriors that will have the Tower as our territory . Why would we hurt guests that we invited? We won’t do things to betray trust like that . I swear it on my honor and the Emperor’s name . ”
The Blood Land’s ‘diplomatic logic’ was famous in the Tower for them twisting their words to how it suited them . What that meant was that it was bullshit .
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“The Emperor thinks that your bravery, the wisdom of Brahm, and the future of the Dragon Human will be a big help to the empire . But you’ll probably deny us if we suggest joining us first . So he wants to eat with you . I don’t think this sounds bad for you either, am I right/”
Yeon-woo didn’t answer right away . There was only one thought that went through his mind .
Since he was evading the Elohim, he had to get as much information as possible .
‘And it’ll be useful to use them as a shield from the Elohim . ’
And for that,
“Fine . I’ll think about it positively for now . ”
Lao smiled .
“Hoho . ”
“But I can’t guarantee anything yet . Brahm and the Dragon Human aren’t people I can control . ”
“Everyone knows about the Exile’s stubbornness . I’m grateful that you’re thinking about it positively . Also . ”
Lao paused, and put emphasis on his words .
“Aren’t you close to Galliard? Since the Emperor is interested in Galliard as well, he’ll be happy if you can convince him as well . ”
Yeon-woo silently nodded his head . But his mind was rapidly spinning around .
‘So they know about my relationship with Galliard? If they know about what happened in the Tutorial, it means that they examined me pretty closely . ’
He would definitely have to be more careful in the future .
But seeing Lao smile with satisfaction, it seemed like he was successful in getting Lao’s favor .
Was Lao simple, or was he confident that Yeon-woo wouldn’t deny his offer?
It was probably the latter . Their loyalty to their Emperor could be compared to the loyalty of the Devil Army towards the demon they served .
So Yeon-woo casually asked .
“But if many forces are interested, are there also people other than the Elohim on the 23rd floor?”
“They’re just testing the waters . Even if they did send people, they only sent a little bit . They’re really wary about the Elohim . ”
“The Blood Land doesn’t seem to care . ”
“Since the Emperor has decided to do so . That’s how much the Emperor is interested in you and your comrades . ”
Lao’s face was flushed, like it was a huge blessing . Yeon-woo was a bit dumbfounded .
‘If they’re only testing the waters . It means that they’ll be ready to interfere as soon as they see the chance . ’
Yeon-woo thought that might be when the Elohim and the Blood Land confronted each other, or until Brahm and the Dragon Human were in danger from the Elohim . If not, it could also be when the Illusionary World was found .
After that, Yeon-woo continued to ask Lao questions, and Lao answered like it was nothing .
Thankfully, Yeon-woo was able to quickly realize what was going on .
‘The gameboard is a lot bigger than I thought . ’
Lao said that he was only an emissary, and there was actually someone else in charge .
Marquis Caliburn . His actual name wasn’t known . However, he was famous for choosing his alliances, so it would be tricky to deal with him .
And there were also the additional forces of the Elohim . There was Hemera, and he said he didn’t know how many more would be added .
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However, it seemed like one thing was for sure .
In the Elohim, it seemed like the Protogenoi species were especially interested .
‘The same went for the 11th floor, but I don’t know why fools who can’t even fight amongst themselves keep on showing up . ’
Yeon-woo was a bit annoyed, but he didn’t show it . However, something suddenly occurred to him . The thought that this might not end here .
He felt like he could smell the scent of blood that you could only smell in the battlefield .
And like that, Yeon-woo found out all the information he could, and slowly got up .
“Good . I learned a lot from you . Like I said, I’ll try to convince Brahm and the others . ”
Yeon-woo didn’t forget to leave a hole for him to escape .
“But before that, I have something to do . ”
“Is it the Ceratopsian Dinosaur?’
Yeon-woo nodded his head .
“Yeah . It’s important to us . ”
“If you need, we can help . From what the empire investigated, it seems to be tricky to handle . They say that it’s worse than the Kraken from the 22nd floor . ”
Lao tried to extend his hand, but Yeon-woo firmly refused him . There was no need to be in debt to him .
Lao stepped back like there was nothing else he could do . Then, he kindly told him that they would be protecting their surroundings so Yeon-woo could go through with the raid .
Yeon-woo inwardly scoffed, knowing it was a method for them to observe his abilities .
The Hoarder’s abilities? Of course they would want to know . It wasn’t well known, and it was equal to Allforone’s shadow’s strength .
However .
‘I don’t know . Will it go the way you want it to?’
Under the mask, Yeon-woo smirked . Thinking of fucking the Eight Large Clans over was also fun to plan .
“Then what do we have to do from now?”
The size of the dinosaur was known to be about 80 meters . Phante was already excited at the thought of going against such a huge monster .
In reply to Phante,
“It’s simple . ”
Yeon-woo grinned .
“Just be eaten . ”
“Huh?”
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