Chapter 287: 287
Chapter 287 – Island (4)
Team: HH, thursdays, Yahiko (4/12)
[TN: God’s Blessing will be changed to Divine Blessing, Demon’s Blessing to Demonic Blessing, and Dragon’s Blessing to Draconic Blessing . ]
Benteke’s eyes shot open .
“Captain! Are you up… . . kuk!”
The servant who eagerly greeted him gasped . Benteke had wrapped his hand around his neck .
The servant couldn’t say anything . Looking into Benteke’s blazing eyes, he was speechless . He felt like he was going to be crushed right then and there .
“Where’s Jinrang?”
“Sorry… . . ?”
“Jinrang . Where is he?”
“T, T, That’s… . . !”
The servant wanted to say something but was so stricken with fear that he couldn’t .
It only angered Benteke further . Just when he was about to crush the servant’s neck—
“Stop scolding that innocent child . ”
Jinrang opened the door and entered . There was a bowl of porridge in his hands .
However, Benteke didn’t see any of that .
“Jinrang… . . !”
Calling out Jinrang’s name, he ground his teeth . That guy had interfered with his fight . Benteke was a person who called himself a beast and hated people stepping into his fights more than anything . It was because he saw it as an attack on his competence .
However, Jinrang was calm even while receiving Benteke’s murderous aura . The servant who had barely squirmed out of Benteke’s grip fainted .
They stayed like that for a while .
Benteke closed his eyes with a crumpled face, letting out a long breath . When he opened his eyes again, his eyes were still blazing, but the madness in them was gone .
“Fine . Since it’s coming from you… . . it must be right . ”
“Thank you for understanding . ”
Jinrang bowed .
Benteke knew what happened when you were destroyed by selfishness . His lover, Lana . He couldn’t follow in her steps .
He tried to hold back his anger . He trusted Jinrang’s loyalty and decisiveness more than anyone else’s .
“However . ”
Benteke bared his teeth at the bowing Jinrang .
“This won’t happen again . ”
“Of course . ”
He was acting like it was natural .
Benteke snorted .
“……Dry bastard . ”
He wanted to make Jinrang suffer by being pettish, but Jinrang took it in stride .
Benteke laughed emptily, feeling like Jinrang was above him .
But only for a moment . Benteke looked at his side with hard eyes . The sleeve where his right arm should’ve been was empty .
“My arm isn’t healing . ”
“Yes, it’s not . ”
Jinrang also had a hard face .
Holy power was known as a power that gods bestowed . However, to be exact, holy power was a power of creation . It could make things that didn’t exist and make things from one’s imagination into reality . It was also a power that returned things to their original state .
The reason why Benteke was able to recover quickly even after his body was destroyed was because he had an ample amount of this holy power .
With his channel with Poseidon strengthened, it was right that his cut-off right arm was restored .
That was the “original Benteke . ” Holy power should’ve reconstructed him back to his original appearance .
However, his right arm was still not restored . The cells should’ve been moving weren’t even budging .
Benteke knew what that meant .
“Kehalhalhalhal! Seems like he’s enjoying my arm . ”
Benteke let out a loud chuckle . He actually liked this situation . From his holy artifact to his arm . The guy took quite a lot of his stuff . The Hoarder . He was a greedy guy .
It was fun .
He was looking forward to it . How would he feel when he twisted that guy’s neck?
“He’ll probably come back here . I hope he comes quickly . ”
Benteke’s eyes shone with madness .
Just then, Benteke’s shadow wavered . A long narrow eye slightly blinked and settled back into it again .
[You have gained a Divine Blessing . ]
[You have gained a Divine Blessing . ]
[You have gained an immense amount of Divine Blessings . ]
[The hiding Divine Blessing reacts . ]
Yeon-woo could feel the strength flooding into his body . For the first time, the Divine Blessing that had always been covered by the Demonic Blessing or the Draconic Blessing woke up and stretched .
Like it had met a friend . Like it had been an excluded student, and the new student was an old friend from their past neighborhood . He could feel how overjoyed it was .
[Poseidon screams . ]
[Poseidon comes down from his throne and yells . He is shouting at you to stop . ]
[Poseidon is suggesting his subordinate gods punish you . ]
[His subordinate gods are scared . ]
[Poseidon suggests a heavy punishment for you to Olympus . ]
[The result of the vote has failed to be unanimous as Athena and Hermes opposed it . ]
[Poseidon protests vehemently to Athena and Hermes . ]
[Agares looks at you with frustrated eyes . ]
[Agares urges you to accept the Demonic Blessing . ]
It wasn’t the Blessing of a normal god . It was the Blessing of a greater god like Poseidon . Yeon-woo felt the power surging through his body .
Crack, crack—
His body also changed . The formation of his cells slightly changed, and his body type also became different .
It wasn’t enough to change his trait, the Demonic Dragon Body, but this was a great reward for Yeon-woo . Not only did his understanding of gods become deeper, but he was able to take Poseidon’s strength by that much .
Everything else aside… . .
[Your affinity for the water property has increased by 30 . ]
[Your control of the water property has increased by 25 . ]
Yeon-woo, who only had a deep affinity with fire and darkness properties, was able to gain a significant amount of affinity and control over the water property for the first time .
The River of Souls was completely disadvantageous to Yeon-woo, so he had been desperate for the water property .
It was solved in one go .
“Whew . ”
Catching his breath, Yeon-woo slowly moved .
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Crack, crack—
His body felt stiff because of the changes to his body type . The Philosopher’s Stone circulated to quickly assimilate with his body .
With this, most of the injuries from the fight with Benteke were healed . No, they were beyond healed . His abilities had increased .
He focused his power in his eyes . A bright light flashed in his eyes and disappeared .
‘Benteke . I must catch you . ’
Even without the reason for avenging Lana, Yeon-woo strongly felt that he needed to have Benteke in his hands .
Just swallowing a single arm was this much, but what would happen if he absorbed his entire body? He might be able to awaken his Demonic Dragon Body by another step .
‘Then what do I have to call it then? Divine Demonic Dragon Body? Demonic Divine Dragon Body?’
Yeon-woo grinned, thinking thoughts that were out of the ordinary for him when he felt Poseidon’s sharp gaze .
[Poseidon is glaring at you with a raging glower . ]
Yeon-woo lightly punched the air in his direction and slowly stood up .
Just then, a blue fire flared next to him, and a bird the size of a human’s upper body appeared .
Swoosh—
『Master . Are you okay?』
Nike looked at him with concern .
It seemed that Nike had felt his emotions through their connection after being woken up from his deep sleep because of the changes in his body .
“I’m okay . ”
Yeon-woo stroked his head, proud of Nike for worrying about him . Nike purred under his hand like a cat, but he continued to look concerned .
This time, Nemesis’s voice rang out .
『You were too relaxed this time . 』
Yeon-woo lifted his head to look above him . Nemesis was looking down at him from the air . His words were dripping with frustration .
『Why didn’t you call for us even in that situation?』
Yeon-woo felt like he knew why Nemesis was so angry . When he had clashed with Benteke and when Waltz’s Primeval Body was chasing him, Yeon-woo hadn’t summoned his Monster Porteents or his Legendary Beasts .
『You weren’t always like that . You only focused on revenge . I’m saying you weren’t someone to be drunk on the fight and become dull . However, it was different this time . 』
Nemesis narrowed his eyes .
『Just what were you thinking?』
Yeon-woo shut his eyes . All kinds of thoughts moved through his head . Nemesis was correct . He had been drunk on the fight . It was an accurate description of how he felt .
The fight with Benteke was too amusing . It was a pleasure that Yeon-woo hadn’t felt before . Also, it was a release . He acknowledged the beast inside of him for the first time and let it run free . And because of that, he had lost his sense of reason, which was unlike him . He was blinded from the pleasure . He didn’t want Monster Portents of Legendary Beasts interfering to interrupt his fun .
It was something that shouldn’t have happened ever considering his personality and the path he had taken for far .
He should’ve fought alongside Shanon, Hanryeong, and Rebecca when he was going against Benteke . Also, he should’ve sunk the rest of the ships of Triton .
And even if he was drunk on the battle with Benteke, he should’ve regained his logic when Waltz appeared .
However, he wasn’t able to do that . Rather, he was glad to see her . He had the naive thought that she might be able to excite him some more .
“… . . It’s my mistake . ”
Opening his eyes again, he acknowledged his mistake .
“I’ll be more careful in the future . ”
Even if he let out the beast from its cage, he needed to have a tight leash on it . Yeon-woo felt this painstakingly with the recent incidents . He always had to be reasonable .
『Krrrng! Don’t bother Yeon-woo so much! Yeon-woo’s also reflecting!』
Nike flapped his wings at Nemesis and shouted . Nemesis let out a grunt . He was weak towards Nike, who was pretty much his little brother .
『Anyways, next time, don’t struggle with these things alone and call for us . Didn’t you say you were making a clan? Then we’re also a part of that . 』
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“I’ll keep that in mind . ”
Yeon-woo silently nodded . He knew that Nemesis was genuinely worried about him . Nemesis didn’t say much either after that and asked with a serious look .
『Aside from that, what are you going to do now? You’re not completely recovered right now . The first daughter of the Summer Queen? You probably need to do something about her first . 』
Nemesis had already fought with the Summer Queen with Jeong-woo, so he knew how powerful Waltz was .
『She already seemed like a monster . She became even more of one while I wasn’t around . 』
Nemesis was worried about that .
It was obvious how much danger Yeon-woo was in after being marked as Waltz’s target . He still had many floors to climb .
However, Yeon-woo shook his head like he was fine .
“No . She won’t be able to chase after me that easily . ”
Nemesis narrowed his eyes .
『Are you……!』
“I’m not drunk on the excitement anymore . Towards the end, I somewhat got a grip . ”
『What are you saying?』
“Look at this . ”
Grinning, he opened his hand . Nike and Nemesis looked at his palm .
Swoosh—
A black fire spread out, and they could see a scene .
『This……』
Nemesis muttered with surprise .
In the scene, Waltz’s Primeval Body was fighting Duke Ardbad and two other players .
Waltz’s Primeval Body looked to be in critical condition, like she would fall any second . On the other hand, the players along with Duke Ardbad were working together in perfect sync .
However, as if to show why she was the new king after the Summer Queen, she wasn’t defeated by their combined attack .
Rather, the three dukes looked shocked as they continued their attacks .
『Are these……?』
“Yes . They’re all dukes of the Blood Land . It looks like they came at Duke Ardbad’s request . ”
The other two dukes were familiar to Nemesis . They were all people he needed to chew up and swallow like Duke Ardbad . It was hilarious seeing his enemies fight each other . One of them even thought that Yeon-woo was on their side .
Nemesis knew that it was a Monster Portent hidden inside Duke Ardbad’s shadow showing them this .
No, it wasn’t merely a Monster Portent .
『Hanryeong! It’s Hanryeong! Just when did you plant him?』
Nemesis exclaimed .
Even though he was connected to Yeon-woo, he couldn’t read all of Yeon-woo’s thoughts and actions . Planting Hanryeong inside Duke Ardbad’s shadow had happened so sneakily that even Nemesis hadn’t caught it .
Yeon-woo’s own allies didn’t know, so there was no way Duke Ardbad would .
He realized why Yeon-woo was confidently saying he got a grip towards the end . To think that Yeon-woo would’ve accomplished this on impulse .
Nemesis clicked his tongue inwardly . His master’s personality was really different from his former masters . He was starting to feel bad for scolding him like that .
『Whoa…… . 』
Nike was looking at it like it was incredible .
Nemesis asked frantically .
『But does it make a difference, putting Hanryeong there? The Waltz over there is only a shadow anyway . She can always send another body over after being defeated by the three Dukes…… . 』
“No . It will be hard to do that again . The White Dragon isn’t exactly in the situation to do that . Her appearance this time was probably because she wanted to get a look at me rather than catching me . ”
Yeon-woo knew the situation the White Dragon was in . The 76th floor was in a chaotic state .
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Although Waltz was acknowledged as the ruler after the Summer Queen, the floor was still in pandemonium because of the three-way battle between the White Dragon, the Green Dragon, and the Black Dragon .
But the only reason why she had sent a Primeval Body was because she wanted to confirm the enemy of the Summer Queen .
Waltz wasn’t a stupid person who couldn’t get her priorites straight .
‘If she was stupid, she wouldn’t have been able to gather the forces that she has now . ’
The reason why she was fighting against the Blood Land was probably to decrease their numbers .
『Hmm . Makes sense . Then are you planning on leaving them alone?』
“No . Since this is just an assumption as well . If Waltz decides on chasing us, then we’ll be put in a tough spot too . We don’t have the time to become trapped in a battlefield either . ”
『Then what are you going to do?』
“I have a nice spark, so there’s no need to leave it alone, hm?”
Nemesis wondered what Yeon-woo was going to do this time . Yeon-woo was scariest when he was scheming things like this .
“They say this on Earth . ”
Yeon-woo smiled coldly with his teeth bared .
“Fights and fires are most fun to watch the bigger they are . ”
As soon as he finished speaking, Duke Ardbad’s shadow wavered, and something popped out to attack Duke Ardbad’s head .
Duke Ardbad’s head cleanly rolled on the ground . It was something that happened during the fight with Waltz, so the other dukes seemed completely shocked .
Duke Ardbad had a focused face, like he had been concentrating on the fight until the end .
The other two dukes shouted .
Hanryeong picked up Duke Ardbad’s soul, and he hid in the shadows again to hide his presence .
Waltz didn’t lose this chance and exploded her martial attack again . One of the dukes who had been shouting was blown again . Their formation was messed up in an instant .
The scene there .
The vision that Hanryeong shared had disappeared as he left the fight .
Nemesis and Nike didn’t say anything for a while, their mouths agape .
Feeling a soul return to his collection, Yeon-woo smiled coldly .
“Since a Duke died, the Blood Land will probably be out for the White Dragon’s blood . ”
At Yeon-woo’s relaxed tone, Nemesis sighed .
『What Shanon says all the time is correct . 』
“What?”
『Your personality is…… . 』
Still . He had saved Yeon-woo’s life once . Nemesis didn’t know that Yeon-woo would slice his head off like that .
“Shut up . ”
『You’re twins born at the same time and place, but I don’t know how you’re so different . Goodness . 』
Nemesis sighed deeply .
And deep inside the collection, Shanon was nodding furiously in agreement .
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