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A clearing on a mountain located in the empire of Palladia. In this place, where human presence was already spread thin, a barrier had been erected to keep people out and a secretive experiment was taking place. BOOOOOOOOOM! And round one of the experiment ended in failure. “Kyaaak!” “Electric Shield!” An enormous explosion that happened instead of something else, assaulted two people, but the safety magic quickly activated and protected the two from it. “Is it a failure this time too?” “…That seems so.” Irma An Ill’ta, the first imperial princess… no, the person who had become empress since 3 months ago, asked in a nonchalant voice as Kang MiRae, the most trusted consultant of the empress and at the same time, the person who rose to the highest position among the people of Earth, replied while biting her lips. “Don’t you think the connection is completely severed?” “It is the world I was born in. There’s no way it was so easily severed. The connection is definitely there.” “But at least with our abilities, it isn’t possible to reconnect it.” “…” The experiment they were carrying out was none other than attempting to connect two worlds. In the past, anyone else would have snorted at the thought of it, but it was something that happened naturally until just a while ago on Earth.

“…Despite that.” Kang MiRae felt a little down after hearing Irma’s words, but came to herself and replied. “I can only continue working hard until it succeeds. Whether it is for the people here in Lanpas that want to go back to Earth, or for those people trapped in other worlds too.” “Why don’t you just honestly say you want to see Mr. Yu IlHan?” “Yes, I want to see him.” Kang MiRae’s honestly put Irma at a loss for words. However, Kang MiRae only blushed a little, but did not have much of a change in her expression even as she continued speaking.” “I wanted to see him 365 days a year, so I cannot say I do not want to see him. It wasn’t this bad even when I was separated with YuNa for 10 years.” “Uh, hey… sorry. I mentioned it since you didn’t look like you acknowledged that… fuu, how quickly times change.” “It’s fine.” Kang MiRae giggled seeing Irma An Ill’ta’s red face. Only she would be able to make the empress of an empire panic so much. “The related skills are rising rapidly, so I believe that I’ll be able to achieve results soon.” “…Yes. I also wish for Earth to be reconnected to Lanpas, and other worlds too. I want to participate in your wedding after all.” “Wedding, you say…” Kang MiRae seemed embarrassed after saying that word out loud, but still tapped her cheeks to come back to her usual self. “There are many competent people around that person. Even if everything goes well, I cannot be assured.” “So MiRae, you are so militant about everything.” “Then I’ll take my leave first. I should do the next experiment after I see some results in other things first.”

Kang MiRae checked up on the barrier magic around the area, and picked up her luggage. Everything was battle-oriented in some way or another. Ever since she was ‘trapped’ in Lanpas, she had been going around dungeons and magic ruins that were still considered the mysteries of this world in order to research a way to go back to Earth, and on the side, to raise her own abilities. These dungeons were left uncleared for countless years, so their difficulty was unimaginable. However, Kang MiRae was the biggest genius Earth had given birth to. On top of her vicious attitude and the support from the imperial family, three whole ruins were newly excavated and conquered within just one year. “You are going to go right away? Even though the ruins have just been excavated?” The empress spoke while looking at her with worried eyes. “Why don’t you rest for a day? Magic ruins are not simple things, you may lose your life due to a moment of carelessness.” “I do feel quite threatened since its coming from the person who almost blew up an entire empire for a single ruin.” “That again, sheesh.” Thinking back to the incident that occurred in the ruins where the very essence of magic engineering was located, the two exchanged small smiles. At that time, it was no different from a disaster, but now, they were just good memories. The power of time was frightening. “So it’s been a year already…” “It’s ‘only’ been a year… I do not plan to leave that as memories, nor do I intend to give up.” “And I thought you just regained your leisure, but whipping yourself again?” “Then I’ll take my leave.” With those words, Kang MiRae turned around. Unlike her lively voice, her feeble shoulders looked very shaky and made the empress sigh while looking at her back. “Please don’t die.” “I do not plan to. I still have people I need to meet.”

Her own brother Kang HaJin, who made her able to breathe in the stuck up world of the higher society, and strict education. Her friend Na YuNa, who had been with her for her entire life whether it was in a good way or a bad way. And also… ‘If it’s that person, wouldn’t he have achieved 4th class already? Isn’t he hurt somewhere?… Perhaps he gained another woman?’ Once she thought about Yu IlHan, there was no end. Even though she couldn’t do anything even if she did so. She only took herself for a fool since even she couldn’t stop it even if she knew about it. Kang MiRae shook off the minor thoughts with a shake of her head, and walked forward, leaving the empress behind. Irma An Ill’ta made a bitter smile and left the scene of the failed experiment. Meanwhile, two of the people that Kang MiRae thought of were currently… “Ask for the maiden’s hand in marriage?” “Lady maiden has also completely become a citizen of our world. His Majesty the emperor does not wish to delay this any further. For the future of the two empires…” “I hate that old fatty~!” “O, old fatty!?” …in a very difficult situation. “How dare you insult the emperor of the great empire, His majesty Li Catriana!” “Bleeeh to you!” “Lady maiden!” “Chase that fatty out too~! If you don’t, I will. With Lady Leytna’s holy power!” “Uwaaaaaaaah!” Na YuNa instantly rejected the envoy from the self-proclaimed empire of Li Catriana, that held power rivalling that of the holy empire of Elforce. And this was no small matter either, this person had brought news pertaining to marriage and the emperor who was in charge of half the continent! Although they had momentarily made the envoy step back for now, the priests that supported her all grabbed onto her skirt and kneeled down with pale faces.

“Lady maiden, the opponent is an emperor!” “They do not fear the power of Lady Leytna. What are you planning to do?” “I’m not afraid of such a fatso either!” Unlike her usual leisurely self, she was really enraged, and the priests retreated due to her forceful attitude, when she spoke in resolve. “They’ll wage war on us soon so get ready~.” “War!?” The people shouted in shock, but Na YuNa calmly nodded. “They were already all over the place, trying to come up with ways to swallow Elforce. If that guy married me, things would become easier, and if I reject, that guy would use that as an excuse to invade~.” “Don’t you think he just fell for you…?” “That doesn’t even need to be considered. Whether it was me then Elforce, or Elforce then me, he wouldn’t have cared.” Na YuNa’s confidence was piercing the skies as always today. “We were going to fight them anyway so get prepared. Perhaps they already have an army prepared so please evacuate the civilians first, and let’s talk about the rest after I talk about this to Her Holiness. When Na YuNa stood up from the seat, Kang HaJin, her guardian knight also followed her up. The priests could only see them out absentmindedly. However, that was just for a moment, and they started talking to each other with sighs. “I guess it can’t be helped.” “We need to follow the lady’s orders. Moreover, I also didn’t like that emperor so much.” “I also wanted to see the scene of Lady maiden kicking that pig’s ass. We’ll wage the most beautiful war under the name of the goddess Leytna. “Well, then. Let’s start a war.” Since the maiden had decided, their intentions did not matter and this war was inevitable. If so, they could only accept their fate and start a war. Na YuNa’s current authority over Elforce was just that much.

Like that, the war between the two strongest countries of Breya, was set in stone. “YuNa, will it be alright?” Meanwhile, Kang HaJin asked Na YuNa in a worried voice as she walked in the hallway with her high heels clicking on the ground. “I’m not alright.” “…” However, Kang HaJin panicked since he didn’t think that he would get an answer like that, when Na YuNa vented her frustration on the ground. “That shameless fatso. It makes me angry just thinking about it.” “There were a lot of men who tried to approach you that way in the past too. Moreover, this was the emperor of another country we’re talking about. Couldn’t you have declined more nicely?” “But they’re preparing for war anyway. Unless I accept the marriage, we would have to fight anyway so there is no need to ‘politely decline’. ” True, there was no need to do that. However even in the situation where she didn’t need to do all that, Na YuNa put on a mask. Perhaps it was a sort of a self-defense mechanism to not show her inner self, but that made a lot of other people misunderstand. “Well, if we did as you said, we might have delayed the war.” “You know it too.” And so, she didn’t do that. “However, to do that, I would have had to meet that fatso at least once, and that guy may have schemed something. In the first place, I’m a woman with an owner. there’s no way I’d give room for any other men.” “…You changed a lot too thanks to Sir IlHan.” “But Mr. IlHan doesn’t like lies.” “Really, a sinful guy.” “You said it. He left me here for such a long time.”

Na YuNa nodded at Kang HaJin’s words. Then, she giggled after looking at Kang HaJin. “Are you jealous~?” “Nah. I’m relieved that you finally found a proper partner… though, it does pain me that you chose Sir IlHan out of all people out there.” Well, Yu IlHan was a capable man alright. However, his sister, who looked like she’d have nothing to do with love for her entire life and her friend had been smitten by him. Even though he didn’t believe in fate until now, he had no choice but to do so now. However, as if she knew everything he was thinking, Na YuNa laughed at him. “MiRae won’t be able to seduce him anyway~. But before that, what are you worried about when both our families seem like they’re up in the air?” “Before I’m a member of my family, I only wish for my sister to do well with the person she likes, as her brother.” “Even if you say that, I won’t give him to her~.” Na YuNa stopped there and sighed. “Giving him or whatnot. We can only talk about that when he is here.” “And you did something when he was with you? I heard you were together until the 3rd Great Cataclysm…” “Fuu.” After a small sigh, she kicked Kang HaJin’s shin with her heels. Her strike enhanced with holy power that became stronger by the day, contained the power to make a paladin kneel. “Kergh!”.” “I’ll go meet Her Holiness so wait here~! Think about what you did wrong!” “She did, something alright… Kergh!” 2 Meanwhile, the man who was left alone on Earth while countless other people were fighting their battles in countless different worlds, was… [Kuaaaaaaaaah!]

[Kihiiiiiiiih!] [Kuho, Humaaaaaaaaaaaaan!] [What are doing by making dungeons explode in succession like that! Kyaaak, Overflow, it’s an Overflow!} “Overflow! Great, prepare to fire!” [Kyaaaaak!] …not stopping at weeding out the very roots of the monsters on Earth even after one year, and was currently occupied with making dungeons explode.

When Yu IlHan cleaned the first round of aerial monsters of Earth using the flying fortress, Earth had finally found a glimpse of the clear sky without a speck of monsters after the Great Cataclysm. This happened merely 4 days after the flying fortress took to the air. “Though, from the look of things, it would go back to usual after one week at most.” [Let’s not talk about something so power-draining when you just achieved something incredible.] “Why? It’s much better for monsters to be re-supplied periodically rather than having them disappear all of a sudden.” [I get that killing monsters is same as grilling meat to you…] Of course, as the flying fortress was treated as Yu IlHan’s equipment, if he didn’t want to meet monsters, he should just put concealment on it and fly around the sky, but he did not do that. There was the flying fortress and there were monsters. What reason was there to hesitate? “Then let’s go over to another country. Let’s start from Japan, which is the closest, and do a trip around the world.” [That’s nostalgic. Last time, we went to China first.] “There were limitations in the means of transport back then, but now-” [Ah, I get it. I get it so you don’t have to explain the A to Z on the flying fortress.] Just as Yu IlHan was about to lecture Liera about his masterpiece for 3 hours straight, she stopped him. So, Yu IlHan skipped the basic explanation and went onto explaining about the specific details of the plan. “Then after I am sure that I’ve cleaned up all the countries, then I’ll start cleaning up the seas. After cleaning up the whole Earth like that…” [You’re going to start training alone?] “Training can be done by hunting monsters. At that time, aerial monsters will start spawning again. And after I clean them up, quite a lot of monsters would have

appeared on the ground…” […] Liera thought hard after hearing that. Perhaps Yu IlHan’s words to replace the 7 billion humanity was no joke but a conclusion after meticulous calculation! And his plan really did go successfully. The flying fortress was designed to counteract against any type of situation, so even if the monsters spawning on Earth were freaks that are born 4th class, the flying fortress played around with hundreds of them simultaneously. [You have…] [You have…] [You have…] Wherever the flying fortress went, Yu IlHan ruled. Whether it was the skies, lands, or seas, nothing could stop his advance. The Hundred Eyes recharged their energy using the mana from the monsters they killed, and those that could endure even that was done away with Yu IlHan’s surprise attack. Yu IlHan didn’t like this so much. “They’re too weak compared to the ones in hell dungeon.” [So you’re already used to the horrible nature of those things…] “Hm, I wonder if there won’t be any natural-born 5th classes?” [I said that you need to be in a faction to become a higher existence. You really don’t listen.] Of course, Liera thought that it was very probable for a natural birth of a 5th class to happen if it was Earth, but didn’t say that out loud. She was afraid of her thoughts being found out by him. And while she was not saying anything, Yu IlHan had ended up coming up with a horrifying plan. “This won’t do. I think I need to reduce the output of Hundred Eyes to train my skills.” [Turn it off!? Are you crazy?] “Not completely. To reduce the consumption of mana, I have a power-saving mode that utilizes only 20 of them and block only the most fatal attacks.”

[Power saving mode!?… Well, yeah. It can be charged and even has a vibration mode. There’s no way it does not have a power-saving mode. Urrgh…] Liera was at the realm of emptiness that had given up everything. Even if she wasn’t an angel, perhaps another path for her would have opened for her as a higher existence. [Kuhaaaaaaah!] [The mana disappeared! The damn mirrors are gone!] [Everyone charge! Let’s rip apart the hated human and dry his corpse out!] When the movements of Hundred Eyes became a little dull, the monsters all charged forward as if they had waited for that moment. No matter how smart monsters were, they were still monsters! The other weapons installed around the fortress finally gained their turn, and Yu IlHan could also train his skills to his heart’s content while rampaging around. “Give me thought-souls!” [Kyaoooooh!] The skill he had to master to become 4th class were: Deathgod, Blaze, Soul enchant, Death collector, Transcendent regeneration, Extreme poison resistance, and Higher curse resistance; a total of 7. Adding the blessing of the goddess of fire, he would be able to finally advance to Hell Bringer, but that wasn’t something he could do anything about, so leaving that aside, he decided to master what he had first. Of course, the target of training was Earth itself. It was a larger scale than anyone could try! However, it wasn’t only Yu IlHan that tried his best. [Give me more thought-souls. To defeat those damned freak demons inside master’s consciousness, I need to become stronger!] “Yes, yes. Eat all of them! If you achieved 177 losses out of 177 battles today, it’s your victory if you gain even one victory tomorrow, Orochi!” [Ugh, how the hell do you know how many times I’ve lost!] Of the characteristics of Yu IlHan’s class, Soul enchant and Death collector, which belonged to the Deathgod skills were harder to level up than most others, but with his

loyal thought-soul Orochi, it was not that hard. Death collector grew the more he acquired thought-souls and raised them, and Soul enchant gave him experience whenever he forced a strong thought-soul to submit and enchanted it. Seeing Orochi trying its best without even him needing to urge him, these two skills looked like they would be mastered soon without having to worry too much about them. There were no problems with the Deathgod skill, an advanced version of Concealment, or the Blaze skill, which emphasized his trait as a Blazing Reaper, as they would grow if he used them a lot. Although skill levels became harder to increase through training the more it rose, the enemies he was facing off against were 4th class, they were all 1 class above him! There was no way his skill proficiencies would not rise when facing against such enemies. Of course, compared to the freak demons in the hell dungeon, the level of monsters on Earth were on a much lower level. However, the monsters of Earth propagated at speeds that rivalled cockroaches so they could cover that gap with numbers. Transcendent regeneration? That was the easiest to level up. Ever since Earth came to this state, there came monsters that had even more monstrous regenerative capabilities than trolls, and Yu IlHan could resupply his rest energy by making newbloodrink from their blood. Now that he was at a situation where he could use that skill infinitely, the only thing left was getting hurt in order to recover, and this could easily be countered by using the master-level Superhuman strength. “Hhp, Hhhhhhhp.” Seeing Yu IlHan actually carrying out such an absurd plan, Liera muttered in shock. [Would there be anyone who would use Superhuman strength in order to get hurt? Oh, wait. There are no humans with such a skillset in the first place.] “Hhp!” To mention it again, the skill Superhuman Strength was originally not something a human could learn! This was a skill that the angels could acquire after scraping out

the records of the monsters absorbed into Yu IlHan’s body, as Yu IlHan’s records, achievement and actions on Earth were too amazing. It was insane that he had mastered such a skill, but Yu IlHan was utilizing the maximum capabilities of the skill to destroy not only his bones but his internal organs as well, only to regenerate them instantly with the Transcendent regeneration skill. He was undergoing such an insane training method! “Hhp… But even so, it’s good since my abilities are increasing real time. Whew, I can swing around tens of thousands of tons!” [You might blow the mansion away!… And doesn’t it hurt?] “It hurts like hell. Do you have to ask?” Said Yu IlHan seriously. Well, even in Liera’s eyes he looked to be in pain. Yu IlHan wouldn’t usually sweat much, but right now, he was sweating blood all over his body. Moreover, when she listened closely there were faint crunching sounds amidst of the roars of the monsters and Yu IlHan’s own shouts. Liera shivered just thinking about the source of that sound. […And you’re enduring that? Experiencing muscles being torn and bones breaking at every single moment?] “If I don’t feel pain here, then I’ll feel even more pain later so I need to endure. Physical pain that does not lead to death can be endured, it is nothing compared to psychological pain.” [Sheesh, that’s why I’m saying you’re not human. Although, I like you because of that!] “I also like myself because of that! Hhp!” The pain of loneliness, the pain of being unable to protect, the pain of having to let go despite the scene right in front of his eyes. Yu IlHan shall not face such pains again. And to do that, he needed to suffer pain right now. Of course, the fruits of such intense labour were sweet. With his muscles enhanced beyond the extreme all the time, he was now able to do things that ordinary lower existences wouldn’t even dare trying! “Huaaaaaaap!” […Little Giant should have been quite a sight to look at.] Muttered Liera while looking at Yu IlHan swinging the hammer. Well, that was no

wonder, since this ‘hammer’ was a city-destroyer-grade that had a 20m diameter head, and a 30m long handle. It was destroying all the monsters at the front through sheer muscular power alone. Of course, nothing remained in the aftermath of the hammer. “I’m done cleaning!” [This is not a house we’re talking about!] “Damned things. They’re coming at me like middle schoolers to the cafeteria at lunch.” [So IlHan also had such a cute time?] “Of course, I was reading a book in the classroom while no one was there. Thinking about how a girl tried to sit on top of me thinking that I really wasn’t there, is quite a good memory if I think about it now.” […] Seeing monsters flood into the blank area he had just created, Yu IlHan gripped on the handle of the hammer and started spinning it around by inserting enormous amount of strength into his arms. With the spinning of the hammer becoming faster, with him as the axis, the monsters were ripped apart just from the wave alone! [Kihi!?] [Kuaaaaaaak!] He was using the floating Aegis as the foothold to spin endlessly! With Blaze added on top of that, a storm of fire appeared in the region. Whether they jumped into the fire, or get hit by the spinning hammer, they would be able to see hell. What was scary was the Aegis was was moving the storm of fire according to his will! “Let’s go, Hell Tornado!” [Crap name!] The hammer he was swinging around right now was none other than the Thunderhammer. After he had mastered the Superhuman strength skill, he switched out the materials to increase the weight and size by 10 times in order to use his increased strength! Of course, the hammer was reborn as an epic-rank weapon. [The skill, Deathgod…] [The skill, Blaze…] [The skill, Transcendent regeneration…]

The more Yu IlHan rampaged on the stage known as the flying fortress, the more he realized the limits of the abilities and values of his skills and utilized them, the faster his skills rose in level. Accordingly, the master-realm of many skills that he estimated would take several years to master, were nearing mastery as of this moment. However, not all of his skill training was smooth. [You have earned 3,124,335,618 experience.] [You have earned the record of Lv 233 Wicked Kraken.] “God dammit.” Yu IlHan just killed an enormous kraken of over 300m in height, and erased all the kraken-ink that covered its body using Blaze, following which he cussed. “This guy’s poison is too weak too.” [The curse was at a pitiful level too. Strangely, monsters around here have weaker poison and curses compared to their power levels. It’s as if they were all sucked into somewhere.] “So it’s that guy.” Muttered Yu IlHan in resentment. In fact, Yu IlHan also knew without having Liera tell him about it. There was no need to discuss this. The dungeon he was trapped in the past for 2 years! The master of that place had put all the poisonous and curseful monsters in there. Definitely. “Did you really have to take everything?” [Though, that guy wouldn’t have done that to tease you either.] “I don’t care about the truth! What’s important is that this is the fault of that bastard son of a bitch.’ [Yup, I knew you’d say that.] While Liera was sighing, Yu IlHan abruptly raised his head, his eyes glistening. “Now that it came to this, I can only use the final method.” […That sounds VERY ominous.]

Muttered Liera. However, Yu IlHan ignored her and unfolded Ruin Calling to leap out of the water. The place he was heading to was none other than the flying fortress. His answer lay there. His battle had just begun.

[IlHan, what are you doing right now?] Liera asked in a kind voice. Yu IlHan replied in a bright voice, while pouring a sticky black liquid in the Giant Bucket. “I’m filling my bath!” [I know that you’re using the Giant Bucket to replace your baths nowadays. And it definitely does feel good, and it does feel like the internal mana is stimulated…] “So you know!” Yu IlHan made a blinding smile. Meeting someone that liked the same thing as you was a happy thing. Yu IlHan was no exception, and he felt happy. He was also happy that he could give a nice bath to Liera. Of course, he wished she’d refrain from coming in together, completely nude. [Hih…] Yu IlHan’s smile was a heart-thumping attack for Liera who liked him. Liera momentarily forgot what she was about to say and stared at him, before coming back to herself and raising her voice. [B, but why are you filling the bath with the blood of the perverted vibration demon!] “To be exact, it’s mixed with dragon blood at a 3:7 ratio, and had undergone simple mana crafting with 4th class magic stone powder.” [Same thing! No, wait, when he hell did you learn to mana craft on blood? The poison and curse would be enhanced!] Yu IlHan sighed and replied. “That’s what I wanted.” [You might really be in danger at this rate…?] “I can’t help it though, there are no monsters that have potent poison and curses left!”

[And so you ‘can’t help’ but bathe in curse and poison!? Are you crazy!?] “It’s fine. I already did the calculations.” The Giant Bucket reacts sensitively to dragon materials. That was why he mixed dragon blood with the vibration demon’s blood. And in reality, the blood and the Giant Bucket was resonating, so at this rate, the poison would disappear sometime and give birth to a completely new material. The reason he mana crafted was also to make the poison and curse last longer without dissipating. To him who was absorbing the majority of the magic engineering knowledge, this bloodbath was finished under his meticulous calculations. Yu IlHan was sure that there would be no problems. If there were any, it would be the pain due to the curse and the poison, but this was something he had to endure in order to train skills, so that didn’t matter. [Wouldn’t your skin turn green or something?] “Enough of your worries.” Yu IlHan ignored Liera’s worries and took off all his clothes. This time, Liera didn’t mention anything about bathing together and just watched him. “Good.” Before he took a bath, he checked the defense system of the fortress and renewed the settings to endure even if a higher existence attacked. Then he entered the blood bath without hesitation. “Wao.” [You alright? Are you ok!?] Liera asked the moment he exclaimed as he entered. Yu IlHan wordlessly shook his head and submerged his body in it. “Hhm, hmmmmmmmmm.” [Are you really fine? Really?] Yu IlHan honestly spoke his opinion. “I feel like I’m melting.”

[Like, literally and not just feeling!? That means you are not fine!] “I don’t think I’ll need to train Transcendent regeneration anymore.” [That’s completely serious! Get out right now!] However, Yu IlHan shook off Liera who was pulling on him and buried himself deeper inside the bucket. Receiving serious damage meant that it was also a suitable environment to raise his resistance to higher curse and extreme poison. And in reality too, the moment Yu IlHan stepped into the bath, the two skills were stimulated and he could feel it grow very slowly, but surely, into a higher dimension. Of course, that wouldn’t lead to a skill level up immediately, but he estimated that he would be able to master these two skills in this bath. “And Transcendent regeneration grows to boot.” [Uu, that seems painful.] The liquid glowed on its own in resonance with the Giant Bucket and assaulted Yu IlHan. Thanks to the dragon blood in Yu IlHan’s body that reacted to it, his body absorbed all of the poison without much resistance, and the effects were amplified. However, he recovered all the injuries by transcendent regeneration, ignoring all pain and stimulus. His naturally-generated rest energy couldn’t keep up, and he had to hold a Breath cheerpack on his mouth from some time. “Wine is best consumed while in a bath.” [Is it a private romance to drink Breath instead of bloodrink in the bath?] “No, I thought there might be some synergy since Breath is made of dragon blood.” [I knew it! Aaah, even your body started glowing faintly!] Yu IlHan didn’t hesitate to use his body to experiment! Liera screamed, seeing the bloody water and Yu IlHan glow in the same light, but Yu IlHan himself was very calm. If he felt like a salmon going upstream, right now, he felt like a smooth-sailing boat. ‘But that doesn’t mean that Extreme poison resistance and Higher curse resistance is not rising. This feels strange.’ The pain of his body feeling like it was melting was also temporary. Yu IlHan soon felt like he was floating along with the feeling like he was completely free.

An unknown amount of time passed, when a new change occurred. It was a change that Yu IlHan didn’t expect at all, much less watch for. ‘This, is quite… ’ Giant Bucket, created with the hearts of dragons, bathwater made of dragon blood and demonic blood, the Breath he was drinking, and finally the dragon blood within his body. While all those elements were interacting with each other inside Yu IlHan, he could feel a small aura that he did not notice until now, peeking its head out. ‘What could this be? An aura that appeared from my contract with Mir?’ The pain due to poison and curse no longer mattered. Yu IlHan closed his eyes and focused on chasing that small power that arose in the small area. Yu IlHan had found that power only at this level. Right now, he couldn’t even follow its shadows, but the resonance of the energy inside the Giant Bucket was helping him. The more the resonance intensified, the more his body glowed. [IlHan, IlHan?] “I’m here.” [It makes me worried if you close your eyes so suddenly.] “…It’s fine. It looks like it’s successful.” It was a completely different feeling than when he used the Giant Bucket as a simple bath. What word could best describe this? Awakening? No, to say that, there was a too long path ahead. He instinctively felt that this wasn’t a power that a mere 4th class could acquire. “Then a higher existence?” [I said that’s not an easy matter.] “Yup, I felt it now too.” [Huh?] Liera tilted her head at the incomprehensible words, but Yu IlHan did not answer her. He only tried to raise the resonance further by drinking another sip of Breath. [IlHan, your training for Extreme poison resistance and Higher curse resistance is

going well, right?] “Yeah, although that’s just the side effects.” [Side effects? Then what’s your objective for going in there!? You aren’t turning into something like the perverted demon, right? Right? Please tell me!] While Liera misunderstood more, Yu IlHan only buried his body in the bucket. He thought that he may have to bathe in this blood even if he finished training the two skills, and smiled at the thought. Liera shouted while watching. [What is that suspicious smile? I’ll cry if you turn strange!] “Please take care of me when I turn into a slime.” [You’re so bad!] And one year passed from then on. Yu IlHan trained all sorts of skills during that time, killed the monsters on Earth with the flying fortress, bathed his body in blood full of poison and curse, and blew away all the monsters that grew like bamboo after a rain with his beams. Since he killed all the monsters that walked around on Earth without even sleeping, it would be strange if his skills didn’t rise. Extreme poison resistance, Higher curse resistance, and Transcendent regeneration was mastered long ago, and the other skills, such as Deathgod, were asymptotically nearing mastery as well. The problem was, as he had expected, the blessing of the goddess of fire. He blew away monsters flashily using Blaze whenever he fought, but it didn’t seem like the blessing would come anytime soon. To Yu IlHan, who didn’t know the specific requirements to receive the blessing, he could just use his flames in the most various ways possible, and indeed, he tried all sorts of artifacts and traps and covered them with Eternal Flame using his full knowledge of his magic engineering, but no matter how much he struggled, he couldn’t see the slightest signs of the criterion fulfilling. Really, a frustrating matter. “What happened when I received the blessing of the god of smithing?” [Sorry, I don’t know either.] “Yup, I don’t know either.” Do recorded gods really not exist? Perhaps they just give blessings to those they take

interest in, without any particular conditions at all? As Yu IlHan had confidence to come last if there was a competition of gaining interests from other people, if that statement was true, he was planning to give up on 4th class and find a new path. [I think the firepower of the flames had already gone beyond the extreme. What’s the problem?] There was Blaze, which was at level 99 and was nearing mastery, as well as Eternal Flame and Dragonic blood that could enhance the firepower. If that didn’t work, then what else needed to be done? Yu IlHan even wanted to learn fire magic somehow, even though he had no ties to magic itself, but unfortunately, the one by his side was not Erta but Liera. Yu IlHan narrowed his eyes at Liera. Although he did only think of her has mental support, she really didn’t help out in other areas. At this rate, even Orochi, who was just a thought-soul would be of more help than her. But Liera noticed his gaze and pouted. [What do those eyes mean? You were thinking of something rude, weren’t you?] “No, I was thinking that you were very pretty.” [Really?] Liera’s expression brightened. Yu IlHan felt like he would be purified facing her flawless smile, so he hurriedly turned his gaze away to the lands below the flying fortress. It wasn’t just to avoid her gaze, but to find monsters as well. The blessing of the goddess of fire was a grand objective, and monster hunting was everyday life. If he tried doing whatever he had to do, then he would arrive at the objective some day. Yu IlHan believed in that, and always acted in accordance to that. Now was no different. [Eheheh.] “Yes, yes.” Handling Liera that clung to him, Yu IlHan looked below when he noticed something.

“The speed is decreasing.” [What speed?] “The speed at which monsters appear.” [Isn’t that a good thing? You get less pressure.] “It’s not. I still have plenty of skills to raise.” Liera sighed lightly after hearing his words. Well, what could she do when Yu IlHan was running a marathon at sprinting speeds? She only watched over him from the side. [I don’t think anything bad will come out of slowing down… *Sigh*. So, what are you going to do?] “There are dungeons. Although I didn’t touch them until now because I was busy clearing out the monsters outside, the ones that lived for one year inside dungeons wouldn’t be so easy.” [And so, you are entering them? What about the flying fortress then?] “It would be bad if I can’t use something I made, so…” [So?] At this point, Liera should have noticed. That Yu IlHan was going to do something she had not expected, yet again. Yu IlHan spoke. “Liera, have you ever heard of the word ‘backdoor’?”

[Backdoor?] Liera titled her head. Yu IlHan momentarily couldn’t breathe after looking at her beautiful face, but as always, he hypnotized himself to think that ‘Liera is a sister-like being’ and continued speaking. “Backdoors refer to program codes that the developer put in in order to access an operating system or an application more easily. Let’s say that there’s a backdoor on my computer. Although I would usually have to input a password in order to access my account, the developer can access my account without any identification, and even remotely too. It literally is a ‘back door’.” [That’s a thing bad guys use!] “You’re right. Although it’s not really made for evil purposes, the concept is like that.” […But why does that word come up here?] “Well, then. Think about why I would have mentioned such a word at this time.” Liera colored in doubt. Yu IlHan gave her a little time for her to realize it herself, and his expectations were not betrayed as her face colored in shock. [You, don’t tell me…!] “It’s exactly that.” [You scammer!] “It’s quite satisfying to hear that from the original scammer.” What was there to hide? Yes. During the 2nd Great Cataclysm, Yu IlHan had tinkered with all the Traps of Destructions that were to be scattered on Earth! However, what was more amazing was not that he tinkered with them, but the fact that none of the higher existences realized that. Liera only found it absurd that she and the other angels were completely fooled by him, but Yu IlHan only proudly explained, without knowing what she felt.

“I put a little more effort since I don’t know when and where something weird would happen. You guys didn’t know when I mixed dragon tongue and ancient elven language.” [That’s no different from the methods that the fallen angels used!] “But here’s a situation where I’d need it, no?” [Eeeek.] Liera had a lot to say, but she couldn’t say anything. He was right. Earth, in the end, had fallen into a situation the Heaven’s Army could not predict, and if Yu IlHan had installed backdoors or whatever on the Traps of Destructions and if it helped out in this situation, then she could only accept it. “I need to dig my own hole in order to survive.” [Ugh, why is the Heaven’s Army so useless…! However, if they were capable, then IlHan would have a hard time since he wouldn’t be able to make backdoors, but wait, if we were capable, then there doesn’t need to be such situations in the first place…] Yu IlHan left Liera to her endless cycle of bad thoughts, and lowered the altitude of the flying fortress. To use the backdoor, there was a need for him to get closer to the ground. [Krrk?] [Kuhooh!] When the flying fortress showed itself below the cloud level, the monsters that noticed the gigantic shadow all looked up at the fortress. However, Yu IlHan didn’t even care about the wingless monsters. If there was a lot of them, then he would have gone to battle after landing the fortress, but there was too little of them right now! What he was looking for was dungeons that could solve the insufficient monsters problem on Earth right now. “Oh, there’s one there.” Yu IlHan’s eyes glistened. Not far from the flying fortress, a vortex specific to dungeons could be seen. Moreover, a minute aura felt from the core regions of the dungeon was proving that that was Yu IlHan’s own doing. [Huh? But IlHan.]

Liera, who escaped the endless cycle, raised her head. She realized that she forgot about the most important thing. [And so? What is the utility of this backdoor?] “I couldn’t add that many. Well, I can see what kind of monsters are inside in what numbers.” [That’s good! Even I don’t know the contents of the dungeons on Earth. That’s just like navigation! So it’s not that much different from what we informed you until now.] Liera’s expression brightened. It looked like she could accept that much. Yu IlHan giggled, thinking about how she was so honest and almost unable to lie. But what could he do? That was just the foundations required to implement the ‘most important utility’ of the backdoor. Yu IlHan added while giggling. “And a function to make dungeons explode.” […Huh?] “I said there is a function to make dungeons explode.” Yu IlHan knew what Liera was feeling like, so he explained in kind. She, stared at him in a daze after hearing that, before shouting with glaring eyes. [Why did you put such a function in it!] “Although there’s a lot. I could use it as a threat when the people of other countries are trying to threaten the ones close to me.” [That’s just terrorism!] Liera was angry at the fact that Yu IlHan had made a function that could potentially harm civilians. However, he only shrugged his shoulders. “Even I don’t want to harm civilians. It’s just a backup method. Carrying it out is a big problem. But you know it as well, don’t you? Think about the position that Vanguard holds. If I don’t have such a card in my hands, it would have been worrying.” [That’s… true.] Even before the 2nd Great Cataclysm, the value of Vanguard was incomparable to all

others. If the ones with authority and power had malicious intents, then they could have extended their hands to his friends and family, even if they couldn’t do that to himself. And in truth, no big problems occurred thanks to the cooperation with Kang MiRae going smoothly, but Yu IlHan couldn’t be criticized for making backdoors just in case. Liera knew that, so she could only sigh. “And also.” Just as when Liera accepted the situation a little, Yu IlHan added. “If I use this, I can fight against a large amount of monsters at once. It’s also advantageous for me to bring them out here instead of me going in.” [Sheesh, your scale is too big to be measured using a scale at all.] Of course, Yu IlHan wasn’t going to mention anything about the backdoor at all if he didn’t need to. If it came to the worst, he was going to take the role to clean all the dungeons while going around the world. However, the people of Earth endured the 2nd Great Cataclysm even without him interfering. No, with the gates to other worlds opening, all of the situation developed at a speed beyond his imaginations, and stabilized as well. Even he himself, who had prepared everything in advance, was busily working in another place, so there was no need to use such a thing. However, just as everything seemed to reach the end, the 3rd Great Cataclysm occurred and flipped everything over. Although, just speaking of the result, it was a good outcome for him. [And so? What are you going to do now?] “Make dungeons explode, of course.” [So you mean to say, since there are too few monsters on the land, you want to supplement them using the monsters inside the dungeon?] “Exactly.” Yu IlHan’s willpower was like steel. He was no newborn baby and knew of the dangers of making dungeons explode. Liera gave up trying to persuade him. [Gosh, I don’t care anymore. Do whatever you want.] “In fact, you don’t have to tell me, I was already going to do it!”

The moment the flying fortress skipped past above a dungeon gate, Yu IlHan called out a small artifact he made using a 2nd class magic stone, and dropped it on top of the gate. The magic stone dropped rapidly and landed on the gate, and without exaggeration, the gate exploded with a ‘boom’ in the very next moment! [Kihaaaaa!] [Freedom! I’m free!] [Kill humans! Let’s earn records!] [Kill, kill!] In an instant, a monster army numbering a hundred thousand rushed out into the region. As this was a dungeon that was maintained from the 2nd Great Cataclysm, over 70% of them were merely 3nd class, but Yu IlHan did not care. They would grow into 4rd classes soon. The current Earth was just that insane. Yu IlHan realized something and stopped thinking about the insane growth of the monsters. “Perhaps the people of Earth may not be able to survive even they came back.” [That’s a coincidence. I was also thinking that. But right now, I don’t think you are in a position to care about other people.] “That’s true. Let’s move a little quicker!” [That’s not what I meant, idiooooot!] Yu IlHan, who made a dungeon explode quickly drove the flying fortress to make other dungeons explode as well. What was even more of a headache was that the monsters from the dungeons that Yu IlHan had freed also had the power to make other dungeons explode! [Hey, this is completely a dungeon wave! To think you’d cause an artificial dungeon wave… This is usually a disaster that’s at the top of the food chain in terms of disasters for a world!] “Good, fill the Earth with monsters!” [You are scary when you act like a villain like that so stop it!] Liera didn’t lack this, but Erta was better at retorts. – Yu IlHan thought about that and licked his lips. He didn’t want to show that he missed Erta so he wordlessly sped up the flying fortress.

The world was wide, and there are plenty of dungeons. Yu IlHan’s Traps of Destructions had the function to propagate the backdoors to other Traps of Destructions as well, so right now, the only dungeon Yu IlHan couldn’t make explode was the hellish dungeon that he had escaped before. [What about the aerial dungeons or the oceanic dungeons?] “I need to open all of them too. The fortress is prepared for battle whenever and wherever the battle may be.” [Uaaaah, it’s not like the Traps of Destructions are completely destroyed just because a dungeon was opened, but if that happens, an Overflow will happen…!] “That’s exactly what I want!” The flying fortress was not as fast as Yu IlHan with his Ruin Calling, but the maintainability and the stability of the flight was incredibly high when considering fortress of its magnitude. On top of it, Yu IlHan was throwing artifacts like he was tossing toys, and whenever the the fortress passed by a dungeon, they were hit by these artifacts and freed tons of monsters as if a chick was being born from an egg. [It’s an Overflow, an Overflow!] “Oh, there’s a dungeon in that airspace there too.” Once he had planned the collapse of the dungeons, Yu IlHan didn’t know when to stop. Since many monsters were popping out at once, the monsters that didn’t usually fight each other had tense atmospheres, and when the mana current was twisted, the record of monsters were fused with each other to give birth to a freakish new monster. This was none other than the signs of an Overflow. “Wow, 4th class monsters are being made real-time…” [Even if you say it like chicks are being born from eggs, it’s a horrible sight!] Yu IlHan smiled in satisfaction, seeing the Earth coloring in chaos like the initial stages of the 3rd Great Cataclysm, before asking Liera who looked like she had given up on everything again. “How is it, Earth’s growth will be accelerated, right?” [If, and only if, the enormous amount of mana possessed by the monsters return to

Earth and form a cycle.] “Aha, that’s my field of specialty right there.” He replied confidently and extended his hand to grab the Eight-tailed dragon spear. When Yu IlHan swung it like a conductor would in an orchestra, Hundred Eyes, which had been on standby mode all started activating. A hundred destruction mirrors that rose up into the air one after the other. And a frightening amount of mana gathered around them – The weapon that would call an equal fear and despair to all, aimed at the ground. [Kiiiii?] [It’s still bright, but I see the moon.] [There are a lot of moons. They’re shining brightly.] [There’s a human up there. We need to kill!] Yu IlHan had destroyed so many dungeons in that short time, that the number of monsters bearing drawn to the flying fortress and gathering in the area easily numbered over a million! There were quite a few 4th class beings that were just born as well, which made Yu IlHan smile. “Well, then.” He raised the Eight-tailed dragon spear on his hand and swung it while shouting. “Fire!” Rays of light numbering one hundred connected the sky and the ground in straight lines. The unlucky monsters in their paths were all burnt to black ash. The monsters roared at the unpredicted and sudden disaster, but the retribution of light continued until all the monsters in the region died, and until all the monsters beyond the region died. It took a mere 3 months from the time all the dungeons on Earth were freed, to the time they were all decimated by Yu IlHan.

It has been 2 years since the 3rd Great Cataclysm, as well as the second year that Yu IlHan was left alone. “Oh, there’s one here too.” [Khaaaak!] [Critical Hit!] [Kahk!] Whether it was deep in the sea, high up above the clouds, or a forest full of thick trees, it didn’t matter. With the flying fortress, Yu IlHan roamed around the Earth and killed all the monsters he could find. [Human, we need to find and kill humans…!] “And another one.” [Kuhuk!?] [Critical Hit!] [You have…] [The skill, Deathgod, activates…] The monsters somehow had an enormous resentment towards Yu IlHan from birth, and tried to find him, but Yu IlHan didn’t want any more useless foreshadows so he killed them mercilessly and did not interrogate them for information. In fact, he found it annoying that he could understand what the monsters were saying. “Just what did I do to piss off even the newborns?” [Honestly, there are numerous reasons…? Do you even remember how many monsters you’ve killed until now?] Just the destruction mirrors that orbited around the flying fortress like guards on patrol, had probably killed tens of billions of monsters. If there was something like a

collective consciousness of monsters, then it would be strange if they didn’t resent Yu IlHan. Liera remarked as if it was absurd, but Yu IlHan replied back with a shining pose. “Liera, do you remember how many slices of bread you have eaten until now?” [Fine, I get it.] Yu IlHan collected the monster he had just killed. Although it had died too easily, this guy was a proper 4th class, one that even had a magic stone. “So Earth is such a laborious place.” [Although this is nothing new… your thought process is really shocking…] Yu IlHan also acknowledged that he was being overly optimistic, but he also thought that he wasn’t really wrong saying that. That was because just counting the number of 4th class magic stone he had acquired in the past 2 years numbered 150 thousand! “Would it be possible to acquire 150 thousand 4th class magic stones even if we clean up a thousand other worlds, other than Earth?” [If it’s a lower world, then of course not.] Yu IlHan looked at the pile of 4th class magic stones in his inventory and muttered. Just a few years ago, he had to be careful about using any 4th class magic stones, but now, he was literally swimming in riches! Perhaps the heavens blessed him to be able to make anything he wants in compensation for cursing him to his lonerness. Perhaps he might have exchanged the two values which must never be exchanged! [However, if it’s a higher world, it’s not impossible to gather that many magic stones. The problem is that 4th class magic stones aren’t that useful to higher existences] “So one would need a magic stone of a higher existence to go against another?” [Well, yeah, it’s supposed to be. In fact, whatever magic stones are used, it would work if the rank of the weapon is high. Rather than their abilities, it’s their tier that makes the difference.] “Explain it more simply.” Liera pondered for a moment, before giving a short and clear answer. [Everything you make will work.]

“Yes, that’s enough.” No 5th class magic stone was used in the making of the flying fortress. If he heard that the flying fortress could not confront higher existences despite it being a god ranked artifact, then even he would have gone berserk at the injustice of the system. [In fact, I think it’s really unfair that you could make epic or chaos or god or whatever using just 4th class magic stones… but that’s nothing new so I’ll skip past it.] “You just said everything though.” Yu IlHan looked at his inventory and thought about what he could do with the magic stones he had gathered, but he decided to save them since there was nothing he could use them on right now. Yes, ‘right now’. [You’re planning something again!] “It’s nothing.” In fact, he had plenty of things to use the magic stones on if he wished to. He could consume them without waiting for the destruction mirrors to charge up and also use them as fuel to accelerate the flying fortress. However, the 3rd class magic stones, which numbered ten times as much, would suffice for that. It was an infinite cycle of killing monsters and gaining their magic stones, and becoming more efficient in hunting them. The more he repeated the cycle, he acquired more magic stones, and by consuming them, the flying fortress increased its speed and destructive power in killing monsters. The result was that, after 2 years, Yu IlHan could go around the world on the flying fortress in just a day or two. That round trip also included the process of killing monsters that appeared from various corners of the world. [The rate at which monsters disappear is faster than the rate at which they appear… you know what may happen at this rate, right?] “Overflow.” Like how Electrodes (Pokemon) didn’t die even when they self-destruct, dungeons did not disappear even when he made them explode. Rather, as the contents were emptied

out, it desperately emits mana in order to re-fill the empty space, but the monsters outside were long since cleaned up by Yu IlHan, so it would not get any re-fill. Then what happens? The Earth, possessing a thick concentration of mana, would generate more monsters to counteract that. The mana emitted by the Traps of Destructions, the mana possessed by the Earth, and the Akashic Records of that region would combine with each other to give birth to literal freakish monsters! [If you know, then slow down!] “However, if an Overflow occurs and stronger monsters appear, then the Earth’s growth speed would accelerate, wouldn’t it? In fact, the majority of the monsters spawning nowadays are 4th class beings.” Was it just 4th class? An overflow would be occurring even now, somewhere on Earth. Elite monsters over level 250 were being born non-stop! Of course, no monsters could survive the direct attack from Yu IlHan himself and the flying fortress! Right now, Earth was giving off a relatively peaceful atmosphere, and was rather quiet thanks to the flying fortress. But if the flying fortress disappeared from Earth for just one week, then Earth would enter an era of chaos and destruction again. Even worlds after the 4th Great Cataclysm wouldn’t be in such a dire situation. Liera actually feared that Earth would progress into a higher world very soon. Once, Yu IlHan had said that he would replace the 7 billion humans on Earth and kill the monsters for them, but looking at the flying fortress and Yu IlHan right now, that was an absurd lie. Yu Ilhan was doing well over 7 billion people’s worth. It was more like 10 or 20 billion. [But IlHan needs to get his 4th class too.] “Hm.” At this point, the only requirements Yu IlHan hadn’t achieved was the blessing of the goddess of fire, mastering Blaze and mastering Deathgod. Deathgod and Blaze were nearing mastery, and were at level 99. Thinking about what kind of path he had taken until now to achieve that, he wanted to cry. “Fire… fire.”

Calling out the conditions to acquire his 4th class, Yu IlHan muttered while looking at the list. “Should I try turning the world into a sea of fire?” [How can you say such evil words like it’s nothing?] “Or should I try making an artificial sun?” [I can’t even keep up with you now!] Of course, whether it was covering the Earth with fire that is enough to dry out all the oceans, or making an artifact to replace the sun, he would need a 5th class magic stone. So, whichever it was, it was still a dream inside a dream. “I also need to evolve the Language skill too.” [You don’t need to hurry. Just remember that you’re progressing plenty fast right now.] 5th class magic stone? Liera didn’t even know they existed prior to her becoming a higher existence. Meanwhile, Yu IlHan required them whether it was acquiring 4th class, or evolving his skill, so it was very absurd. “Ah… okay.” [Huh?] However, unlike her intentions, Yu IlHan looked dejected after hearing that. “Yes. You’re right. There is a lot of time, so I don’t need to hurry.” […] “Fuu…” Perhaps, just perhaps, the reason why Yu IlHan wasn’t pedalling the breaks was to escape this stuffy reality. Although it was easy to forget because of his optimistic attitude, he was currently in a situation where it wouldn’t be strange even if he went crazy. In the beginning stages of the 3rd Great Cataclysm, there were a lot of monsters to kill, and there were a lot of weapons to develop as well, so he had a lot to look forward to, but now that 2 years have passed, there was nothing more to make, and there were no monsters to kill for 3 or 4 days once he went on a round trip. Even now, he had just finished a round trip around the world, so he couldn’t find any signs of monsters no matter how hard he looked for them. He just emptied out all the

dungeons on Earth, so that was sure. Liera finally thought that she might have committed a mistake, but it was too late by then. The dejected Yu IlHan put Blaze on his spear and swung it around, pioneering a new realm of playing alone. His figure, making a figure of flames in the air using the Eternal Flame, was very beautiful when seen afar, but looked very miserable when seen up close. Liera couldn’t leave him alone, and tried her best to think up of things that may improve his mood. [Bath, if you take a bath, you’ll feel better.] “You’re trying to share it again, aren’t you?” [I don’t want to enter such a poisonous bath, duh.] However, Yu IlHan’s mood didn’t get better even when he finished bathing. That could be seen from how the figure of flames he was making had evolve from a rabbit to the perverted vibration demon. If it was possible, Liera wanted to ask him to make something else, but Yu IlHan right now was like a bomb that would go off at any moment. [Th, then…] This was her chance. Liera decided to try a bolder approach to make Yu IlHan feel better. In no way this was to fulfill her desires. It was to console Yu IlHan! – even her own excuse was perfect. [IlHan.] “Speak.” She licked her lips while blushing in embarrassment, before closing her eyes and opening her mouth. [IlHan, how about you…] “Huh?” At that moment, Yu IlHan abruptly raised his head. The figure of the vibration demon in the air dissipated. Did he realize without her having to say it? Just as when Liera’s face turned as red as a tomato,

“It’s an Overflow.” […] “This aura is explosive. Is it because I cleaned out all the monsters from the ground? No, several Traps of Destructions are resonating at once. Don’t tell me it’s…” Yu IlHan, who even showed signs of listlessness until now, instantly turned proactive. Well, this was the reason why he could grow until now, but Liera couldn’t help but think that she just became a fool when she saw that he was moving so busily. [Should I just…] “Talk to me later, Liera. It looks like the thing I was waiting for is about to happen.” [Waiting for? I was waiting for hundreds of years!… wait, waiting for what?] Yu IlHan didn’t answer and drove the flying fortress, he applied concealment on the entire castle and wasn’t satisfied with just that and collected all of the Hundred Eyes into one place and prepared them to be able to shoot at any moment. Liera thought ‘no way’ while looking at that, but could realize when the flying fortress reached the region of the Overflow. A storming current of golden light; movements of the Traps of Destructions that defined reason and was gathering in one area; amplifying mana and the records belonging to the Akashic Record. And a violent life form that was struggling inside it. [A naturally occurring… 5th class…?] A miracle that cannot happen, and should not have happen, was occurring on Earth right now.

All beings are born as lower existences. This was an absolute condition applied to any and all worlds, even higher worlds weren’t an exception to this rule. It wasn’t that there weren’t absurd monsters born with a level above 270 as a result of a catastrophic cluster of mana, but no matter how ‘hard’ the ‘world tried’, there was a fundamental difference in the amount of records and mana between higher and lower existences. If they were born here and there, then the multiverse would have collapsed long ago. [If it was that easy, then the Destruction Demon Army should have destroyed the Heaven’s Army long ago. In fact, the Destruction Demon Army numbers the most among the 4 factions. There are many monsters born with really high levels in worlds after the 4th Great Cataclysm. Although the trail to become a higher existence is as hard as anyone else, if the Destruction Demon Army reaches their hands out…] “So even Dareu may have given birth to many Destruction Demon Soldeirs.” [Yes, if it was maintained that way.] “Then what is that?” Yu IlHan pointed at the golden storm of mana that was arising on the ground and asked Liera. Liera became speechless. [Uh, so, it’s…] It was a storm that raged as if every item containing mana was being sucked into it. The life form raging at the center, definitely possessed the violent presences of higher existences Yu IlHan had felt many times while living with the angels, attacking the fallen angels, and when he met Teraka in Dareu, the one that became a higher existence as a dragon. [It looks like there was a mistake!] Replied Liera in the brightest way possible. However, her expression was still not that

pretty to look at, and she couldn’t hide her despair. However, Yu IlHan just firmly accepted those words. “Yeah, I was wondering why you weren’t saying that nowadays.” 1 Rules becoming twisted and broken just on Earth was nothing new anymore. Moreover, Yu IlHan was always waiting for this to happen. Experience given from 5th class beings was always welcome. Their magic stones were even more warmly welcomed. Liera became worried after seeing Yu IlHan licking his lips. [What are you going to do?… Kill it?] “There’s no reason why I can’t. In fact, the Deathgod skill is still maintained right now.” The Deathgod skill’s activation requirements were loosened once he entered the 90s, and currently, at 99, it was strengthened to the extreme compared to level 1. Before, his buffs would be reset if he didn’t kill an enemy within 5 minutes of each other, but right now, even if he didn’t kill continuously, he could maintain the buffed state for one hours and 30 minutes. Of course, that was nothing to stop the skill from being cancelled if he failed in killing the enemy in one strike, but the duration being lengthened by 18 times was a huge boon. Especially in situations like now where he found a monster after playing around a lot! “There’s around 5 minutes left I guess. Although, it would be fine if I can get just a single hit in.” [You do know that the situation is much different from the time you attacked a fallen angel in surprise, right…?] “Yup.” When he attacked the fallen angel in surprise, his conditions were too good. Not only was there Na YuNa, the strongest buffer in the world, he had also learned about the weakness of the fallen angels from Liera. If he attacked the head or the heart recklessly, he wouldn’t have killed them so easily. However, Yu IlHan dared to say that his current conditions were much better than that.

Two years had passed, and although his level didn’t rise by much, his power was incomparable to before. Just speaking about the Deathgod skill, although 80% was the limit at that time, right now, it was possible to enhance everything by 90%. Blaze, his Spear techniques, and other weapon mastery as well as support skills had developed a lot as well. And decisively, he was now with the Destroyer’s Flying Fortress. The flying fortress was treated as his equipment, so not only did it receive the effects of the enhancement from the Deathgod skill, it also received the benefits of a surprise attack! Liera saw that Yu IlHan was completely rearing for battle, and spoke after looking at the golden storm of light that was slowly dissipating. [It is not far from birth. If you really need to kill it, you need to do it now when its ego still hasn’t taken root.] “Got it.” […Don’t you have any plans on waiting? If it was the birth of a simple monster, I wouldn’t care, but this is an unprecedented incident. 5th class and above can no longer be considered ‘monsters’. I mean to say that it might not be born evil.] “Liera, you should know this, but.” Yu IlHan activated the greatest attack system on the fortress, the Hundred Eyes, before replying. “I don’t like gambling that much.” If that was a harmless existence, then all was well. He would welcome that at any time. Perhaps that being might understand Yu IlHan’s intentions and even support him. However, what if it was like any other monster born on Earth, born with the resentment and killing intent towards Yu IlHan? If Yu IlHan’s concealment wore off, then he would be threatened with death. No matter how strong he was, he could not sustain a full frontal fight with a 5th class being without the help of the Deathgod skill. “And in fact, I don’t really like the concept of good and evil either.” If Yu IlHan was a man who could only act after judging the good and the evil, then he wouldn’t even be standing here right now. He would have died long ago. Despite what kind of grand schemes one may have, once the standard of good and evil became oneself, then it only becomes hypocrisy. So, he does not judge the good and

the evil. He only killed due to necessity and for survival. In that, was neither good nor evil. Only life. [Okay, I get it.] Hearing his firm reply, Liera also did not say anything and took a step back. Yu IlHan thought that Liera may have perhaps mentioned that just in case he hesitated, but he didn’t pay any heed to that and just focused on deploying the destruction mirrors. One hundred mirrors floated on top of the flying fortress, and tilted at precise angles, as if they were preparing to focus their power into a single point. This was the ‘one point focus’ mode that Yu IlHan had prepared for scenarios like this. [Wow, that’s amazing…] “Of course it is. How many magic stones do you think I’m using to do that?” The most grand and overwhelming aura made Liera swallow in nervousness. She was sure that even she wouldn’t be able to block all of that without coming out unscathed, even if she were to release all of her power as an angel. Even though the feathers of the fallen angels were from higher existences, now that they were separated and lost their lives, it had to be weaker than the time they were in active use. However, Yu IlHan had focused all of that power and stacked it in order to bring out a power that could harm higher existences. That, was a blessing and simultaneously a disaster, born from power and technology. A set of weapons made for mass destruction. What that was aiming at was of course the central regions of the storm occurring on the ground. Although it hadn’t even taken shape yet, the absurd amount of mana could still be seen. Yu IlHan finished the minute adjustment of the trajectory and smirked. “Even magical girls are the weakest when they’re transforming.” [I like how you say such words without hesitation.] He was confident that he could kill the enemy with just this, but as the opponent was a higher existence, he decided to put another measure as insurance. Never would Yu IlHan get struck on the back of his head due to carelessness. He had learned countless patterns of sure-fail tactics from novels and their protagonists!

[IlHan, hurry up. It will awaken and move soon.] “Even if you don’t tell me that, I’ll…” He activated Dragonic Blood and Blaze successively. As always, he had made it white using Eternal Flame. The location he placed the power of the flames was of course, the central regions of the destruction mirrors. Liera shouted in shock. [Such a thing was possible?] “Of course, it’s a part of my equipment. Although, I do wish I can acquire the blessing of the goddess of fire with this…” He always failed when he got greedy. He shook off his regrets about the blessing of the goddess of fire with a light smile, and shot the weapon before that thing actually found consciousness and stood on guard. There was no need for any grand movements. It was just enough for him to grip his left hand more. [Kyak!] Just as Liera instinctively shrunk her body and stuck to Yu IlHan after feeling the scale of the compressed mana, the destruction mirrors shot out a ray of white light without the slightest bit of vibrations. It was compressed to the extreme that the ray of light that was thinner than a fishing line not only contained the mana contained by the hundred destruction mirrors, it also had the power of Blaze enhanced by Dragonic blood. [Critical Hit!] In that instant, the line connected the sky with the ground, and struck the center of the storm at a speed that could not be followed with the eyes. Yu IlHan made the flying fortress charge towards the ground the moment he was sure that his attack had succeeded. [What are you doing!] “It’s not dead yet!” [Then why are you dropping the fortress!] “Watch closely!” The flying fortress rapidly shot towards the ground! With the ‘sudden descent’ option,

this speed had plenty of room for improvements! “Although it doesn’t amount to much, let’s add the weight of the inventory.” [What do you mean not much it’s becoming fasterrrrrrrrrrrrrr!] The ground neared. Yu IlHan covered the flying fortress with a spherical barrier to protect the crucial parts of the fortress, and covered that barrier with Blaze. This was a perfect artificial Meteor! [So you can do everything with Blaze!] “It’s only pitiful that I can’t use Dragonic blood simultaneously yet!” The power of the stacked rays from Hundred Eyes was so strong that the 5th class enemy that appeared after the storm had dissipated due to the sheer force, couldn’t move even a little. As the ground neared, Yu IlHan could also confirm the figure of the enemy. “Oh, dang.” At that place was the figure of a feeble, pretty lady that even made Yu IlHan hesitate for a moment. The enemy that couldn’t even move due to a perforation on the chest was leaking tears from its clear eyes as if to provoke Yu IlHan’s empathy! [A, a woman!?] Liera shouted in panic. Just from the scale of the storm, it wouldn’t have been strange if it was bigger than the golem that he fought in Lanpas, but what actually appeared had the figure of a human! And moreover, she was such a feeble and delicate and beautiful lady! “Screw yourself!” And this guy here didn’t consider that at all and still made the flying fortress charge without stopping! There should be a limit to how dried out his emotions can be! However, there wasn’t even any time for Liera to say anything. Yu IlHan would not stop at all, and before she could do anything, the figure of the woman disappeared as the flying fortress flattened her!

A sound, if that could be considered a sound at all, resounded across the lands. The enormous weight of the flying fortress had just struck the ground, despite the ‘shock absorption’ from the higher existence, so that was nothing strange. The extreme ray of energy followed by the charge of the flying fortress split apart the region at the point of collision and brought about a large scale earthquake, but as Yu IlHan had immediately collected the body of the higher existence the moment he killed ‘her’, the ground was of no concern for him. [You have earned experience.] [??? ???? ?????? ??? ?????? ?? Lv 3?? ???????] “Ah, these question marks again.” [IlHan, you just!] No matter how you looked at it, it was a ‘good’ existence! – just as Liera was about to say that, a screeching woman’s voice rang out in Yu IlHan’s head. [Hey! You! You really had to kill that!?] (????????) “Of course, I had to kill that.” Yu IlHan spoke as if he was expecting that. “When you become a pro loner like me, you would be able to differentiate fake tears. How dare you try to deceive me when you were just born.” […Huh?] […Tch.] Liera tilted her head after finding out the situation a little late, and the thought-soul of the higher existence ???????? acknowledged that she was inferior to Yu IlHan. [Uuuuuugh, again… another being I can’t win against!] While the unexpected farewell and unexpected meeting happened in silence, only Orochi was swallowing his frustration.

The thought-soul that newly registered on Yu IlHan’s collection was a very noisy one. [How could you kill me without differentiating whether I was an ally or enemy! Huh!?] “And you had any thoughts on becoming friendly with anyone?” [I was going to kill them all.] Well, of course. There was no way the naturally occurring higher existence born on Earth, where everything was born with resentment towards Yu IlHan was going to be friendly. Yu IlHan confronted the pitiful thought-soul that couldn’t lie, and spoke with a sigh. “Done differentiation, you’re an enemy.” [How can you only check after you kill!] “You always start off by killing before anything in war. And my life has always been a war.” [IlHan is so cool… } [Cool!? That’s COOL!?] The thought-soul sounded very enraged. Well, it was nothing surprising since it died before it could do anything even though it was born as a higher existence. However, Yu IlHan did not regret his actions at all. To be exact, he was sure that his will wouldn’t have wavered no matter how the situation developed out. She was an enemy. The reason he could have a luxury talk with her right now was only because he had killed her and made her into a thought-soul, and if she was at all alive, then there would be no room for any conversation. [Coward, how are you so well off after killing me with a surprise attack!] “Hahaha, a loser dog is barking.” Yu IlHan also had the trait of a non-social person that became arrogant once be was

sure of his complete superiority. [Eeek, what do you mean a loser dog. There was no chance to fight at all!] “I said life is a war. Why didn’t you prepare the moment you were born? Well, you still wouldn’t have seen through my concealment.” [Eeeeeeeek!] [IlHan, you’re being scary…] While Yu IlHan was thinking of ways to extort information from this noisy girl, the thought-souls rants continued on. [But cowardly is still cowardly! Just as I was about to take a breath after being born, a weird beam screws up my body, and after I barely endured that, a giant castle falls on me! There’s a reason why this world is trying to kill you!] “Mastering Death Collector is quite annoying. I collect weird thought-souls like these without my permission.” Yu IlHan quietly levitated the flying fortress and muttered. Of course, he said that but it wasn’t like she was a useless thought-soul. Not only was it a big plus that he had gained a thought-soul of a 5th class that had intelligence, if he used her well, when she was born from the records of the Earth, it was possible for him to gain information on what he couldn’t even come in contact with until now. [Khhhhh, it’s so frustrating dammit!] (Orochi) “It’s alright, Orochi. You’re doing your best.” If it was any other ordinary thought-soul, he would have borrowed Orochi’s power to interrogate, but she was of the 5th class – not someone Orochi could currently do something about. What was left was a peaceful negotiation, but the problem was whether this soul fragment that was just smashed by him would be cooperative or not. From her words, she sounded like a little child that had no experience despite having a lot of knowledge, perhaps due to being just born. [Anyway, free me! I still have my body, and my soul is here too!] “I’m sorry but your soul has already passed onto somewhere I do not know. You are only a fragment of the original.” [What…!?] Oh? Would she go into self-retrospective now? The matters of life and death and the

soul was always a difficult matter for any being. For her to accept that when she was just a newborn, the weight would be too much on her. [IlHan, what are you doing to a newborn?] “Well, she’s an enemy.” [Oh, yeah. I forgot since you acted so freely with her.] Yu IlHan had completely levitated the flying fortress and checked the barrier while waiting for her reply, and the thought-soul that was silent after realization of her own identity finally spoke after a little time. [Th, then…] “Then?” [Then it’s the same as me being born again thanks to you, isn’t it?] Never did he think she would accept that so optimistically! [You are quite amazing! Well, yeah. At the time I was born, I was only thinking about killing all the humans on Earth, but now my thought-process is quite free! So that’s it, it’s because I was born anew!] “Well, yeah. I’m quite amazing.” “Yes. I didn’t die. I was born!” The shift in the thought-soul’s thought process was surprisingly fast. Even Yu IlHan wouldn’t be so optimistic as her. However, it was not a bad thing to accept reality and think positively about it. Whether it was for her, or for Yu IlHan, it would make her advance forward. And as expected, once she left the negative thoughts, she went on to expand her thoughts. [But this is still too stuffy for me. I don’t like this feeling of being trapped in unknown darkness. Give me a body like that snake.] [Groaaaaar, I’m not a snake. I’m Yamata no Orochi.] “Hmm.” [The body my soul was in is still intact right? If it’s you you can transfer me back over!] “I’m sorry but it’s not that simple.” Yu IlHan spoke in a really unfortunate tone and took out her corpse. Perforated with

a Blaze-imbued laser beam, and being smashed by the flying fortress, that ‘body’ made one wonder if it can even be considered a body anymore. […] While the thought-soul was at a loss in front of the unfortunate reality, Liera spoke after looking at the state of the corpse. [Perhaps it would look like this if an ogre ate a human and vomited it back out.] [Uwaaaaaaaaaaaan!] The thought-soul burst out crying. This was a real cry and not one to make Yu IlHan hesitate like before! [It turned into paste, my pretty body! Although it’s not my body but still! Uwaaaaaaan!] Yu IlHan glared at Liera as if he was innocent, despite him being the one that made the body like this, and calmly spoke to the thought-soul that was crying noisily in his head. “However, I can give you a different body.” […A different body?] The moment she heard that voice, her voice floated up as if the crying never happened. Success – Yu IlHan smiled after he was sure of that. “You should know that everything in the world is a give-and-take process, right?” [But you killed me! No, well, a soul that shared consciousness with me!] “Then stay like that if you don’t want to. I’ll come back for a 2nd round after making Orochi grow. I’ll say this now, but the conditions then wouldn’t be as good as it is now.” [Ugh…!] There was no need for Yu IlHan to provoke any further. Her intelligence was very clear, enough for her to judge that the situation was too disadvantageous for her to drag things out. Adding on top of that, the fact that she was considering the higher existence that just died and herself as different beings, finally, she obediently replied to Yu IlHan.

[I, can’t help it… and so? What is this condition?] “It’s very simple. You only need to become a subordinate under my rule. It’s the best method for the two of us to be able to trust each other.” [Aha, like that snake…?] [I’m not a snake!] Shouted Orochi. Yu IlHan giggled with the two fighting as BGM. Although it was a pity that he couldn’t acquire a 5th class magic stone from her body, it looked like this was a jackpot in its own way. [???????? has become your subordinate.] [Uugh, this feels unpleasant. I can feel a connection with another being.] “Hold it. It’s not only you that feels unpleasant.” Although she was only a thought-soul, she was still a part of a higher existence. It was an enormous matter to make her submit under his rule. It would have been difficult even if he had mastered the Rule skill, but as the abilities of a Deathgod supported him, and she was being cooperative as well, he safely succeeded. And naturally, his skill level rose by quite a lot! [The skill, Rule, has become level 97. It becomes easier to accept a higher-levelled opponent under your rule, the growth speed of all beings under you accelerates, and you receive natural loyalty from all of them. You can apply a little bit of forcefulness in the activation, but only against beings overwhelmingly lower-leagued than you.] “Hhm. This skill is becoming frightening too. That forceful part really nags on my mind…” If he could forcefully submit someone, it meant that someone overwhelmingly stronger than him could do the same to him. Yu IlHan was worried about that, but Liera replied as if that was nothing to worry about. [It’s normal stuff to make others forcefully submit even without the Rule skill, when there’s a large gap in levels, no? There’s no need to worry about that. What’s more important is the speed you’re levelling the Rule skill at.] “Hmmmmm, that’s true, but thinking about how it could affect the opponent’s mind, it feels a little…” [Sheesh minor details. There are not many people who raised the Rule skill as much as you in the first place!]

The Rule skill. It was a skill with a tremendous difficulty of acquisition made for rulers, and it was even harder to raise them. However, not only did Yu IlHan acquire this skill from Heaven’s Quest, he had also made quite a lot of footholds for its growth by subordinating elves and even dragons… Moreover, this growth accelerated as the subordinates, who were in places unknown to him, were developing rapidly. Adding a higher existence into the mix, it had reached an absurd level of 97. [Ugh, this is uncomfortable. I can’t hate master even if I wanted to! Eh? I called him master and not master but why do I keep calling him master?] “Please speak something I can understand.” [I am!] It looked like the speech patterns of the subordinates were also affected. Yu IlHan became afraid of his own skill for a moment, but then thought that everything was fine since he was fine. “Well, it would be fine if I became stronger faster.” [You’re quite progressive when you’ve just killed a higher existence in a surprise attack.] [Master, body! Where’s my body?] The thought-soul that just finished the contract, shouted in a bright voice. Yu IlHan stopped thinking about the Rule skill completely and confronted her. “Before that let’s give you a name. There’s also something I want to ask you.” [Although I want a body, but I guess that’s fine… name me anything.] “Well, then. How about Mistic.” […Mystic, I like it! Master is quite good after all!] “Huh.” In fact, he meant for the name to be a part of ‘optimistic’, with her being naïve and all, but she heard that as ‘mystic’, i.e. being mysterious. But since she liked it, Yu IlHan decided to not talk about the source of the name. Well, everyone grew up that way. Even Yu IlHan wouldn’t be standing here if the pain of the ‘Bl****d Lancer’ didn’t exit!

Like the name, Mystic 1 asked with the endlessly positive attitude. [So, what is it that you want to ask?] “The current state of the Earth. You talked about this right? That you thought that you had to kill me the moment you were born. It would be fine if that was your instinct as a monster, but after talking with you, it doesn’t sound like that.” [I’m not a monster!] “That’s why I’m asking, Mystic.” Yu IlHan’s voice lowered. Perhaps this was the most important moment after the 3rd Great Cataclysm. “I have a lot to ask, but let me ask this first. How… were you born as a higher existence?” [That’s…] Mystic hesitated for a moment but replied soon. [Probably, I was part of a large pool of shared records before I was born.] “…Huh?” Yu IlHan momentarily couldn’t understand and asked back, but Liera instantly understood her words. [So you aren’t a naturally ocurring higher existence?] [Yeah.] Acknowledged Mystic. [I was born with the help of another higher existence sharing his own record. With the orders to kill you.] “…” At that point, Yu IlHan could understand her words. It looked like there was a higher existences other than her on Earth right now.

[It was also at the moment I was born so I don’t know the specifics. However, I do know that someone had given me the record. It was an enormous portion of power.] “And you don’t know who that is?” [No. However, I do know that ‘he’ resents you a lot. That is probably also why he interfered with my birth and gave me the power.] “Fuu…” [I’m the proof. Now that I’ve escaped my body, I do not resent you any more.] “That makes me tearfully happy.” Would ‘mountains over mountains’ fit any better for this situation? He thought that he had finally defeated a higher existence, but it turned out she was just someone else’s underling. This was a cliche plot that even novels didn’t use nowadays. But if there was something that was positive, it was that now the situation was clear. “He’s probably the dungeon’s master, with the way he hates me, I’m sure.” An overwhelming pool of mana hat could make such a wide dungeon, his concealing ability that allowed him to hide from even Yu IlHan, who was as good in finding others as he was in concealing himself, and most of all, the voice that told him to never return the moment he left the dungeon all pointed towards this ‘strong being’. “So he came out of the dungeon too…?” [A dungeon’s lord does not need to protect the dungeon forever, so it’s not improbable. In an case, it is fortunate that we left without confronting him before. If Mystic, born from his record, is already this strong, he must be a stronger existence. Perhaps, he’s…] “Perhaps?” […No, it’s nothing.] Yu IlHan did not dig any further. He could predict what she was about to say, and reality wouldn’t change even if she said it or not. ‘I need to become stronger, faster.’

Yu IlHan Muttered to himself and gripped his fists. The enemy was much stronger than he had thought, and was much more proactive in confronting him. He couldn’t rest content just because he defeated Mystic. “Mystic, don’t you know anything else about Earth?” [None. What I know is that there is a super strong being in this world, and that that being is disgusted with you.] “Really, you aren’t helpful at all.” [I answered so give me a body already!] Mystic urged Yu IlHan. She didn’t seem to realize how big of a problem she had just given to Yu IlHan. However, right now, that was better. Nothing would get better if they stayed dejected. Yu IlHan sighed and replied to her. “Your body is already complete.” [Where!] “Here.” Spoke Yu IlHan while pointing down and the ground he was stepping on. For a moment, she went silent because of his firm tone, which then she shouted as if about to cry. [You want me to get buried, right? Like my dead body! In. The. Ground!] “No, if I wanted to do that, I wouldn’t have made you submit under my rule. What I pointed at was not the ground, but this flying fortress.” [Flying fortress…?] “Yes, this giant castle that crushed your body into paste.” His voice regained vitality from sometime onwards. No matter how strong the enemy in front of him was, it was also a clear fact that he was advancing step by step at every moment. “I’ll have you manage this flying fortress inside it. You definitely won’t feel bored.” [Wha… t!?] It wasn’t easy to persuade her to have this ‘body’ that was billions of light years away from what she had expected, but Mystic, in the end, accepted that she was going to be

enchanted into the flying fortress. It was a giant building, far from being capable of ‘free movement’, moreover, although it was a separate being, her original body was literally crushed by this ‘new body’ of hers, and if she said she didn’t feel bad, it would be a lie, but the overwhelming energy and mobility of the fortress did have a certain charm to it. [Hmph, I guess it’s better than being stuck inside a weapon.] (Mystic) [You’re funny for a newbie thought-soul. I’m much more free than the likes of you.] (Orochi) [What good is being free? You’re weak.] (Mystic) [Eek, eeeeeek!] (Orochi) Despite acquiring different bodies to each other, the two thought-souls continued to fight. Of course, the were both under Yu IlHan’s Rule, so nothing much would happen even if they fought. Yu IlHan wanted the two of them to be close if possible, but as of right now, when Orochi was weaker than Mystic, he thought that that maybe impossible. [Ooooh, so this castle is an artifact! There are a lot of things I can do!] “But I’ll scold you if you suddenly lower the altitude or accelerate.” [Hmmmmmm, so the beams from these mirrors pierced my body after all. Oh, ooooooh? How do I stop this!?] “Dammit, I should have waited for a much calmer thought-soul!” There was no way Mystic would have easily adapted to the controls of the flying fortress when she was unable to take a single step forward when she was born. She had to go through numerous days of trial and error in order to get used to the management of the flying fortress, and Yu IlHan couldn’t rest even for a little as one moment of carelessness would make the fortress suddenly descend and crash, or the destruction mirrors would spontaneously activate. [Amazing, it’s as if those the monsters on the ground are trash!] “I already said that.” [Wow, I can shoot a hundred beams at once!] “I already said that too. And hey, if you don’t change directions, you’re gonna crash.” However, the fruits of the suffering was very satisfying. With a new manager of the fortress, when before, Yu IlHan had to split his consciousness to control it and as such,

impede his ability to fight, now, Yu IlHan could fight to his best capabilities on his own and also order Mystic to control the fortress. One problem was that not enough monsters were generated for them to try cooperating. Even before Mystic had appeared, the appearance of monsters on Earth had deceased, which made him think that Earth was perhaps in a recovery period since it had used up a lot of mana in giving birth to a 5th class. [Perhaps it’s because it’s making another 5th class.] (Liera) “Then I’m only thankful. I was thinking that I was short on resources in any case.” [Resources…? IlHan, wait!] (Liera) Yu IlHan vaguely replied to Liera’s sharp words. However, Liera had spent ten centuries with him, so she could understand his words without misunderstanding… much. Yu IlHan didn’t give her any time to retort and took out the ‘resources’. “I’ll now make the strongest equipment in this world with this!” [Hey!] (Liera) [Wh, what are you taking out? Just bury it already!] It was none other than Mystic’s remains. Moreover, the place he was going to work at was inside his workshop inside the flying fortress. Really, he had no consideration for others at all. “It’s already irreversibly damaged anyway. You just get used to your current body. I’ll cleanly erase all traces of your past.” [Great excuse, huh!] (Liera) [*Sob sob*, now that brute is insulting the dead as well…] While the flying fortress and the angel was shocked, Yu IlHan boldly continued to work. In any case, no part of the remains was usable other than the bones which had metallic properties, as they were too soft to use. What he did was to throw the remainder of the corpse to the furnace where Eternal Flame was burning to incinerate it to nothing. Disposing aesthetically unpleasant stuff, and letting Eternal Flame absorb a body belonging to a very high level being to make it evolve again. Everything was perfect! [You’re inhuman!]

“You don’t say.” The biggest characteristic that Mystic’s bones had was its hardness, unharmed even after the maximum output of the destruction mirrors, or the smashing of the flying fortress. Of course, the relatively weak muscles and flesh had turned to paste so the remains would remind other people of horror movies, but Yu IlHan thought that it was finally time to make a new equipment. “I could hold out with these armors until now, but now, I don’t think they are enough.” [Ah, so you’re making armor.] (Liera) At first, he thought about making a weapon if he acquired the body of a higher existence. However, after hearing that Mystic was just a being born with the help of the hell dungeon’s master, he felt a sense of crisis. Until now, he was confident in both his concealment abilities as well as his defense, but in the future, it won’t necessarily be like that. His abilities had developed to support all of his attacks, while his defense wasn’t quite enough. In the worst case scenario, he had to make an armor that could hold out for at least one strike regardless of who it was that attacked him. [I was worried that you were going to make something like a drill again.] (Liera) [Drill? What’s that, that sounds cool!] “In fact, I did want to make a drill, but the situation is too urgent.” Yu IlHan melted down almost all the rare metals he had acquired until now, along with some dragon bones, and alloyed it with Mystic’s bones. Crafting a perfect metal without allowing the slightest mistake. Never was he so thankful that he had the blessing of the god of smithing. “The metal itself is perfect after all…” [What are you saying when it hasn’t even solidified yet?] (Liera) “Idiot, I won’t be able to shape it at all if it solidifies.” [You can’t do anything with the Eternal Flame either!?] (Liera) Eternal Flame flickered as if to deny that, but no matter how amazing it was, there was a limit. No, if Eternal Flame could melt it, he couldn’t say that it could block any attack at least once.

[Then just how do you make it?] “Like this.” He took off the armor he was wearing, and filled it with a special mould, comprised of perverted demon’s flesh and magic stone powder as well as some others. Ignoring Liera that looked like she was about to vomit at any second, he scattered 4th class magic stone powder on top of the armor, and poured the molten metal on top of it. [What are you doing!] “I’m making a cast out of my armor. The demon flesh inside will hold out long enough for the metal to solidify.” [I think that’s already beyond the realm of metalworking…] “Yes, it cannot be worked on with a normal method. If anyone calls this metalworking, you need to kick that guy’s ass. And so.” Yu IlHan raised his hand. In his hand was a magic stone emitting brilliant violet light. “What I’m doing is not metalworking.” [IlHan, you!?] [Hiiiiik, what the hell is that! The quantity of mana is absurd!] “I can’t help it.” He gritted his teeth and muttered. “I can only wish that 5th class beings would appear a lot on Earth in the future!” The magic stone he was holding emitted brilliant light and melted. At the same time, the molten metal on the armor also emitted light. Metal that comprised a higher existence, and a magic stone that was the core of another – the two met in front of the blacksmith with the best ability across all worlds, and brought each other to a higher realms. This was a secret technique only allowed to the smiths that have received the blessing of the god of smithing, as well as being extremely proficient in mana crafting due to absorbing the essential knowledge of magic engineering – blacksmithing through mana crafting – was being carried out.

The enormous amount of mana, which was somehow crammed into that small magic stone instantly spread out and filled the entirety of the workshop. It was a very beautiful scene, but at the same time, it could make Yu IlHan, melt or explode and annihilate everything including the workshop itself if something went wrong. “Fuuu… fuu…” The area was sealed in order to prevent the mana from flowing outside of the workshop. Yu IlHan took deep breaths while leading the mana that filled the workshop, calmly. The mana that formed blue waves resisted his control and tried to escape it, but Yu IlHan desperately held on with the thought that he was not going to let a 5th class magic stone go to waste. The overflowing mana, and Yu IlHan who desperately guided it towards the armor. That scene looked similar to a god of the sea controlling the waves. [Why does master make such a ruckus when creating a single item?] [That’s what’s good about him, idiot.] The armor, which was already resonating with the mana, started taking shape the moment it came into contact with the flowing mana. Yu IlHan’s experience and knowledge as a blacksmith was changing not only the shape, but the traits of the metal through the usage of mana as a medium. [The materials you filled inside the armor is evaporating!] (Mystic) [It’s not simply evaporating, but that it’s reacting to the mana that IlHan is controlling to shapeshift the inside of the armor… although it’s still disgusting.] It wasn’t just that. The Iron-armored fire dragon armor that acted as the mould also could not resist the temperature of the molten metal and the pressure of the mana and melted down. It had completed its job to be the mould of the new armor, but the

important sentimental value that influenced a lot of battles until now was just gone like that. “Hhhp.” Of course, Yu IlHan was not planning to let go of that armor just like that. The fire attribute resistance as well as the other options were those he couldn’t let go of! The moment the armor melted, Yu IlHan lead the waves of mana to swallow the mana from the armor that flowed out at the moment of destruction of the armor, and that was about to dissipate. Seeing the light of the mana turning red instantly as if a red drop of ink had fallen into the sea, Liera also realized what was happening. [So you didn’t just melt it, but extracted it! I didn’t know you could raise the effects that way…!] “No, it was just my desperate attempt to not let go of the armor’s effects.” Through the tedious and flashy-sounding process, the armor took shape. However, the process had just started! The Iron-armored fire dragon armor was replaced by the pure white and thin metallic armor. When the strong mana that composed the 5th class magic stone poured onto that, the white metal that had just began to take shape in the form of the armor, started making clanging sounds and was processed real-time. It was an unbelievable scene to the eyes. [Wow, is making equipment all like this?] (Mystic) [There’s no way that’s true.] (Liera) A portion of mana became the anvil that supported the armor while the other portion became the hammer that shaped it. Can this really be called blacksmithing? However, another expression that fit this situation really couldn’t be found. Liera could only dumbfoundedly stare at it. [Wow…] The violent flow of mana that looked like it would explode at any second gradually decreased in strength. In the form creation of the armor, it was being naturally absorbed into it. The armor soon completely solidified and did not allow any further form changes. “Hhp.”

However, the really important thing only just started from this moment. Yu IlHan focused to the extreme. Until now, a mistake would just end with affecting the outer appearance of the armor, but from now, any mistake would bring this entire process to a failure. He gathered the now-less-concentrated mana into one place to pull out a thin, red thread from it. The mana concentration of the string was high enough to kill any ordinary monster with a single strike! [You weren’t going to mana craft just like that?] “Didn’t I tell you? This is neither blacksmithing, nor is it mana crafting. Please keep your volume down from now on.” Yu IlHan warned Liera, then completely closed his eyes. Then, he stroked on the surface of the armor, which now, had cooled off quite a bit, to check the engravings he had etched in the process just now. The engravings were perfect. Now, it was time to fill them in! Yes, inlaying with pure, materialized mana was the climax of this process. Inlaying with mana was a very absurd concept. Lower existences would laugh at him for not being able to differentiate between matter and non-matter, and higher existences would laugh at him, asking him why there was a need to confine mana to such a tiny space. However, Yu IlHan couldn’t care less about what the people around his said. As a loner, he didn’t even know if what he was doing was right. He only did it in a way that he thought was correct. [Master, are you really a lowly 3rd class?] [Shh.] Yu IlHan perfectly calculated the density and thickness of the red mana thread and started filling the engravings on the armor. The mana was glowed and was absorbed into the engravings as they had found their homes, and at that moment, the league of the armor rose drastically. No, perhaps that expression wasn’t suitable. Just the armor that had the form had no meaning in and of itself. Only after inlaying the red mana did it come alive and start breathing.

If the Destroyer’s Flying Fortress was a masterpiece that brought out Yu IlHan’s everything at the largest scale possible, this armor could be said to be the opposite, and was no different from a process that compressed everything he could do in the smallest possible unit. There was no grandeur but the mysticism and beauty did not lose out to the flying fortress. “Hhp, fuu…” [Au, so cool…] [And who was it that told me to keep quiet…] [Shh.] Red lines were being etched into various places of the blindingly white armor. As the size of the frighteningly dense mana decreased, the lines on the armor became brighter. As the work progressed, the light emitted increased more and more, but Yu IlHan’s eyes were closed, so he wasn’t affected. An unknown amount of time had passed since the whole process started; and Yu IlHan realized that his hand was now touching the very top of the helmet, and heaved a deep sigh. “Fuuu.” The frightening lumps of mana had now disappeared. They were all inlaid onto the armor; from the helmet to the boots. The red lines that looked like human blood vessels on top of the sturdy plate armor, gave a sense of fear, at the same a, strange beauty. Especially, the heart of the armor had a magic engraving that Yu IlHan had put his heart and soul into; and the red lines were so tangled up that no one could really recognize what that acted as. [Did it end?] Carefully asked Liera. Yu IlHan seemed to hesitate a little, but still nodded his head. “Yes, for now.” At the moment Yu IlHan declared the end of the process, the armor again, emitted bright light. In that light, Yu IlHan’s retina was engraved with new text.

[Firedragon Body was complete.] [Firedragon Body] [Rank – Demigod] [Defense – 15,000] [Durability 2,000,000/2,000,000] [User restrictions – 100% or more fire attribute resistance] [Options – 1. 100% increase in fire attribute resistance and attack power. 2. Can freely change form of the armor at will, and using the armor to attack will have 70% of the defense of the armor as attack power. 3. 30% increase in all Physical Combat-category skills. 4. 50% increase in all recovery-category skills. 5. Absorbs and re-analyzes weapons and armor, before ejecting them. 6. Endlessly creates fire-attribute mana and stores it. The stored mana can be ejected for offensive purposes, and the power amplifies when using a fire-related ability.] [One of the miracles made by the Blacksmith that creates myths. This is a masterpiece that all that wield fire will sell their souls to acquire. It is absurd in itself, but the armor still has a lot of un-interpreted engravings.] “So there’s a demigod rank.” Just as Yu IlHan was muttering that after looking at the armor, Liera replied as if it was nothing new. [Yes, so you already created a God-ranked, so Demigod seems easy to you, huh?] “No, it still looks like it’s higher than Chaos, and I never thought that this would become God-ranked.” [Why?] “Because this is still incomplete. You have a feeling after looking at those options right?” [The part where it says it absorbs weapons and armor to re-analyze and eject them?] “There’s that too, but the more important one is the 6th option.” Liera, who didn’t understand a single thing about the artifact even after looking at the same item window, pondered whether to retort in this situation or not, but decided to keep quiet. This was her common sense when dealing with Yu IlHan to keep her blood pressure down.

Meanwhile, Yu IlHan, who never even thought about what she felt like, called out his partner to perfectly finish off the armor, before he wore it. “Orochi.” [Why do you call for me?] Replied Orochi as if it was annoyed of everything in the world now. Perhaps that was because he got too many strong enemies lately. Yu IlHan, who understood what he felt like, laughed and spoke. “Time to move to your new house.” [New house…? Then, to that armor?] Shouted Orochi in surprise. To think Yu IlHan put in all that effort to make his new home? However, Yu IlHan added a condition. “How many perverted demon thought-souls are there inside me right now?” [Around 300 thousand I guess?] “I’ll let you move if you eat them all.” […] Orochi became silent for a moment, but still replied like a man after some time. [I’ll try.] “When?” [Right now.] “Good.” Orochi escaped the Eight-tailed dragon spear, and immediately invaded the ‘space’ where Yu IlHan put all his thought-souls into. Mystic, who thought back to how she was in that space until just a few moment ago, shuddered. [Just what are those strange things in there? I think it’ll be very hard for that guy to win.] “But right now, the other thought-souls should have shrunk back due to your appearance. No matter how strong of a lower existence they were, they’re no different from frogs in front of a higher existence.”

Said the 3rd class that killed 5th classes. Mystic, who was the person in question of ‘being killed by a 3rd class despite being 5th class’, ended up harboring killing intent towards her master despite the fact that no one ordered her to. Yu IlHan didn’t care, though, and continued explaining. “So, I’ll aim for this moment. And moreover, Orochi will grow quickly after he eats one or two of them.” Above all, Orochi had the safe haven known as the Eight-tailed dragon spear. They couldn’t escape the thought-souls area, but only Orochi had a free exit pass! [Kehk, Kugh, Kuhuk. I almost finished eating an entire one!] “Do your best Orochi!” [Don’t eat popcorns dammit!] As he had predicted, Orochi utilized his advantage and did guerilla attacks, and succeeded in devouring a perverted demon in mere 15 seconds. That was the signal for Orochi’s counterattack. [Kuooooooh!] [Kihaaaaaah!] Watching the grand series drama in his head, Yu IlHan polished the Firedragon Body until it shined, cleaned his workshop, and chatted with Liera and Mystic to become closer. This was all very frustrating for Orochi! And like that, the 30 minutes that felt like an eternity, passed, and Orochi returned. [I… finished them all. Urgh.] Hearing the report from Orochi, which was now unbelievably stronger than before, and made him wonder if he was still a lower existence, Yu IlHan nodded in satisfaction and activated the skill. With the mastered Soul enchant skill, he let him settle inside the Firedragon body. [Infernal dragon body was complete.] Checking the information on the artifact that was still Demigod-ranked, but had marginally better specs, he struck the Eight-tailed dragon spear on his hand into the

armor. Seeing the armor absorbing that while glowing, Liera screamed, but Yu IlHan only snorted and opened his inventory. “Orochi, meal time!” [I’m already full!] That day, Yu IlHan emptied out his inventory to stuff the Infernal dragon body. Such was the creation of one of Yu IlHan’s strategic classed weapons.

[Infernal Dragon Body] [Rank – Demigod] [Defense – 16,500] [Durability – 2,550,000/2,550,000] [User restrictions – 120% or more fire attribute resistance] [Options – 1. 120% increase in fire attribute resistance and attack power. 2. Can freely change the form of the armor at will, and using the armor to attack will convert 75% of the armor’s defense into attack power. It is possible to change it’s form into an absorbed weapon, and in that case, 20% of this armor’s defense will be added to the weapon’s ability. 3. 40% increase in effectiveness for all Physical Combat-category skills. 4. 60% increase in effectiveness for all recovery-category skills. 5. Absorbs and re-analyzes weapons and armor, before ejecting them. Currently stored weapons : 2,294,475 6. Endlessly creates fire-attribute mana and stores it. The stored mana can be ejected for offensive purposes, and when using a fire-related ability the effect will be amplified.] [One of the miracles made by the Blacksmith that creates myths. This is a masterpiece that all that wield fire would sell their souls to acquire. It is absurd in itself, but the armor still has a lot of un-interpreted engravings. Through the process of absorbing numerous weapons, it is now able to wield the power of those weapons.] “Liera.” Yu IlHan checked with Liera after he had emptied out his inventory of weapons, and showed her the completed Infernal Dragon Body. “Is this much enough to endure a full blown strike from you?” [A single strike, yes.] Judged Liera. Yu IlHan heaved a sigh after hearing that.

“So I can survive one blow.” [Surviving a second blow would be hard. Honestly, it has the second best ability out of all the armors I’ve seen in my lifetime… but in blocking attacks filled with mana, the health and magic status of the physical body is just as important as the armor’s defense. The equipment becomes stronger as the wielder grows stronger. You should know this, right?] “Of course, I possess the record of the god of smithing, after all.” [To elaborate, if I wear this…] Liera made a cute smile while speaking nonsense. [I think I can kill 7th class beings without a hitch.] “What level are 7th class beings on?” [Just below God, I guess?] The weight of the armor in his hands suddenly became heavier! Yu IlHan extended the Infernal Dragon armor towards Liera while shaking. “Sh, should I lend it to you once?” […That’s a very tempting offer, but it’s no good. My fire attribute resistance is not high enough.] Liera replied while blushing for some reason. In fact, her heart was pounding, not because of the increase to her abilities that she would get while wearing the armor, but because she would be wearing something that Yu IlHan once wore, but Yu IlHan couldn’t possibly know that, and nodded while accepting her answer. “Well, yeah. It’s quite demanding…” [But without that much resistance, you’ll not be able to endure the heat that the armor emits. User restrictions aren’t there for nothing.] (Orochi) [Boasting when it isn’t even your ability.] (Mystic) [Shut up, building.] (Orochi) [Building!? You called me a building!?] (Mystic) 1 There was only one restriction to equip the Infernal dragon body, the fire attribute resistance. However, the number on it was the problem. Although Firedragon body,

which was before Orochi was enchanted into it, had a 100% requirement that was quite demanding, after undergoing its first growth, it had jumped up to 120%! [It’s practically an armor made for higher existences. Even 4th class fire mages would not have such a high fire resistance.] “I also barely make it.” [Why don’t you realize that it’s strange that you can ‘barely make it’?] Yu IlHan’s fire attribute resistance and attack power had a fundamentally 20% increase from his class, Blazing Reaper. Then, another 20% from the effects of the blessing of the god of smithing, and another 40% from the effects of the ‘Hero of Fire’ title! Without counting the minor details, just the basic resistance amounted to 80%. Since his fire resistance had broken through 50% from levelling his Blaze skill to level 99, his fire attribute resistance right now, was about 130%. [At that point, it’s the same as a newborn phoenix, born from fire.] [So he wasn’t aiming for the blessing of the goddess of fire for nothing…] (Mystic) While everyone was watching, Yu IlHan took off everything he was wearing and ended up nude. When he had been left alone on Earth, he had been short and had a slightly chubby stomach, leaving him with an unsightly body that he couldn’t show to others, but now, the story was different. [Fuu~~…] (Liera) [Huh? That angel collapsed.] (Mystic) [She’s like that everyday so you don’t need to mind.] (Orochi) 191 cm in height, and a perfect 1:7 head to body ratio. Moreover, the battle toned muscles that covered his body were proof of the cruel times he had lived through. Because he had mastered Transcendent regeneration, there was not a single scar on his body, however the rigidity and mass that he obtained through the numerous years of training and real-life battles could not be hidden. Then he proceeded to put on the ‘Infernal Dragon Body’. The Infernal Dragon Body was very thin, considering the exceptional abilities and defensive properties that it had. And as the word ‘body’ in its name implied, it was intended to be worn right beneath the normal layers of clothing.

Although the outer appearance was made from the Iron-armored fire dragon armor, the inside was different. In the process of mixing the perverted demon’s flesh and magic stone powder, the magic engineering was already in effect, and as a result, he could reform the shape of the armor even if it was in direct contact with his body. The transcendent mana in his armor would also change to fit the body of the new owner if the owner ever changed. Though, something like that would likely never happen. “Eternal Flame, you come over too.” Eternal Flame, who had been residing in Ruin Calling all this time, moved to the Infernal dragon body, and finally the Infernal dragon body become one with Yu IlHan and almost seemed to start breathing. After checking that there was another 10% increase in fire attribute resistance and attack power, Yu IlHan put the Ruin Calling inside the armor as well. Now, he would be able to call out the Ruin Calling in the equipped state whenever he had to, without any delays. Truly, a one-for-all armor. “Well, then.” [There’s still something left?] “Yup.” Yu IlHan took out the Giant Bucket and filled it with pure dragon blood. “So I only have around 3 thousand liters of dragon blood left. I should restrain from making Breath now.” [It’s like that because you’re using them up rapidly like oil-rich countries.] “Isn’t there some dragon-rich world somewhere…” While muttering that, he entered the Giant Bucket. Of course, he was still wearing the Infernal dragon body. “Fuuuuuu.” Drenching both his body and the armor in dragon blood, Yu IlHan released white flames using the ability on the Infernal dragon body, which then made the dragon blood inside the Giant Bucket glow a little before it started boiling. The ones watching did not know what he was doing, but Yu IlHan was serious.

[Is that magic engineering too?] “Yeah.” Before, there existed a resonance between the Bucket, the blood within it, and Yu IlHan, but now, the Infernal Dragon Body forced its way into the mix. At first, it seemed to wander around aimlessly but eventually it resonated with the others and began emitting light. This was because Orochi, who had understood Yu IlHan’s intentions, was helping. “Fuuuuuuu.” Every time he let out a deep breath, the dragon blood boiled even more. Every time the Infernal dragon body emitted fire along with light, the boiling blood was absorbed into the Infernal dragon body. [Why is everything master does so flashy?] [Shut up.] To elaborate, this was something like tempering; the final tempering process for this armor. It was also a kind of blessing that Yu IlHan could bestow on the armor as a dragon rider. “Done.” An unknown amount of time had passed. When Yu IlHan had opened his eyes after declaring that, there was not a single drop of blood left inside the bucket now. Everything was sucked into the Infernal dragon body. The armor was still shining in a blinding white light, but the red engraving on the armor emitted an even more mysterious aura than before. Liera asked with glistening eyes. [God? Did it become God-ranked?] “Uh, no? This was just a process to make this armor one with me. There should be no immediate effects.” Yu IlHan disappointed Liera and put away the bucket into his inventory. Then, he moved his left finger and saw that it was covered by a thin, metallic gauntlet, and was

finally sure that his body had synergized with the Infernal dragon body. “Good, perfect.” This was the second equipment he had made with all his heart in after the flying fortress. It needed to be at least this good. He had used the most precious 5th class magic stone in his possession after all! Now, he wouldn’t be able to become 4th class immediately even if he acquired the blessing of the goddess of fire. He just made himself unable to. “That’s why, it would have been good if you gave me a magic stone, Mystic.” [It’s still not enough to cooperate with you like this after I died!?] “How long until I meet that guy. I do want to acquire my 4th class before I meet him…” Yu IlHan ignored Mystic’s complaints and muttered alone, while calculating inside his head. It was unknown what kind of calculations he did, but he looked at Liera who was flapping her wings in the air. Liera blushed and panicked. [Wh, what?] “…I’ll make you a new armor this time.” [Really?] Liera’s expression brightened. However, Yu IlHan was very conflicted while looking at her. There was no way a higher existence like Liera would need an armor in an isolated environment like Earth! So, it was normal for her to reject this or at least be suspicious about it… ‘This is an armor that should not be used.’ However, as Liera had vaguely suspected, Yu IlHan was also deep in thought. At the moment of Yu IlHan’s danger, he knew that Liera would definitely protect him even if she had to sacrifice herself in the process. However he was unaware of what emotions would lead her to do that. Whatever feelings she had towards him, from the moment Liera used her power as a higher existence for something other than self-defense, she would lose her qualifications as a higher existence. That didn’t mean just a drop in league. The record that composed her very existence would be sucked out of her, and would put her life in danger.

So, the armor Yu IlHan was about to make now was not to strengthen her, but to protect her. The armor that would protect her from the big crisis of having her qualifications as a higher existence stripped away! Just this showed how grand of a thought Yu IlHan was having. However, since he had made the God-ranked Flying fortress and the Demigod ranked armor, it was just another challenge. He had no thoughts of failing. He was confident in succeeding too. [Ehehehehe.] Liera was rejoiced while oblivious of the mental conflict he was facing. Yu IlHan thought about smacking her on the forehead, but seeing her smile, he was drained of energy. “I’ll make it immediately.” [Here, check my size.] “I already know so I don’t have to.” [Here! Check! My! Size!] Liera’s voice became louder, but her smile became heavier. Yu IlHan predicted that he would be put in a bad situation if he defied her any more, and nodded with a bitter smile. “Okay, let’s check.” [Ufufu.] Seeing Liera liking it so much, he grew worried that she might have exhibitionist tendencies, the thought-souls that became Yu IlHan’s subordinates exchanged voices, inaudible to Liera. [That angel’s a pervert, right?] (Mystic) [Yes, she is.] (Orochi) Yu IlHan checked Liera’s body size with a tape measure. From chest size, to waist to thighs, to toes, to wing bones, everything. Liera blushed in embarrassment soon after. [Huguuu…] “Done.”

[Al, already? I think you didn’t measure properly.] “I did measure properly.” He would not repeat this process. Yu IlHan clothed the embarrassed, but still disappointed(?), perverted, pitiful angel and started working on the armor. He put his heart and blood into it, to the point that he found it a pity that he had no 5th class magic stone, and made a light pink metallic armor over 3 days. [How did this pink color come about?] “I mixed high-level monsters’ blood and tempered it.” [I don’t want to wear it now!] The form creation, the tempering, the engraving was all perfect. Yu IlHan, who used the magic stones of high-level 4th class demons immediately let Liera wear it after he finished. She tilted his head even while jumping around in joy. [I don’t know all the specs of the armor? What’s the fifth option?] “It’s better for you to not know it. If possible, forever.” [Ok.] Equipped with pink armor, and a similar colored spear, Liera was beautiful to be called the fighting maiden Valkyrie instead of a member of God’s envoy. Yu IlHan nodded in satisfaction, and Liera looked very happy. With this, everything he could do to prepare against the hell dungeon’s master was done. However, Mystic, who didn’t know that it was her who made Yu ILHan hurry like this, was having a blast killing the monsters on Earth with the Flying fortress. [So you guys are all trying to kill master because you’re restrained by that strange being, right? It will be happier if you escape that! There, liberation! Liberate! Liberate!] “You sound like a psycho if you keep repeating the same word so please restrain yourself.” He couldn’t continue smithing forever. To bring back his battle sense after spending almost a week with the hammer and magic stones, Yu IlHan also participated in the hunt. The Flying fortress that bombarded the ground, and Yu IlHan who slashed apart the monsters, concealed, in the crowd!

Ruin Calling, which had been enhanced after it was integrated into the Infernal dragon body, helped him move at speeds comparable to higher existences at any time, and as soon as a monster appeared on Earth, he finished them within 3 minutes whether it appeared in the sky, the ground, or in the deep sea. [Critical Hit!] [Critical Hit!] “Fuaaaaaah!'” [Kigik!] [He’s a monster!] [We can’t win against him… We can’t!] With a thought, any weapon could appear in his hand, and he could blast them out at the moment he wanted, in the quantity he wanted. It was the same with the ballista that shot giant arrows, and blasting ten pile bunkers at the same time on a giant monster was not even a problem. And when around 2 months more passed, the second 5th class, after Mystic, had appeared. [Ah, this aura… Kyak!] (Mystic) [Kuhaaaah!] As it had appeared while Mystic was pouring beams against monsters, the flying fortress was unable to go into concealment. Perhaps due to the failure from Mystic, it had appeared unknown to anyone in the horde of monsters, and immediately jumped into the air and broke the barrier on the flying fortress with a slam, to prevent the flying fortress from attacking it directly. It wasn’t only that. [Kuhuu… Kill the traitor.] [Wh, what do I do? Shoot towards the inside!?] Just by invading the flying fortress, it had prevented the two biggest attacks from the fortress. The physical attack from the flying fortress, and Hundred Eyes. It wasn’t that Hundred Eyes could not attack towards the inside of the barrier, but that had more loss than gains. Shooting beams against an agile 5th class would destroy the flying fortress before it could kill it.

“fuu.” However, it was very naïve to think that entering the flying fortress was a good thing just because Mystic was defeated like that. Yu IlHan was not only the creator of the flying fortress, but also the being that could fight against the flying fortress by himself! Its biggest mistake was to use the surprise attack on the fortress and not on him! From the moment of it’s initial appearance to its invasion of the flying fortress took less than one second. During that one second, Yu IlHan unfolded Ruin Calling and layered Leaps several times to return to the flying fortress, took out the Eight-tailed dragon spear, and charged against the 5th class that started destroying the flying fortress. [Everything other than Earth, destroy!] [Kyaaaaak!] (Mystic) Unlike Mystic, which had a delay in its consciousness after it was born, this 5th class was immediately pervaded by its destructive tendencies and started destroying the flying fortress! It did not know of Yu IlHan’s concealment. The fight was over at this point. Before, higher existences were beings that Yu IlHan wouldn’t be sure to win against even if he struck first with a surprise attack, but that was before he crafted the Infernal dragon body. He made the armor by sacrificing the biggest criterion for him to advance to 4th class. High defense was obvious, and it was natural for him to acquire the same level, or even higher level of destructive power, even if he had to forgo his 4th class with this! And the result was beyond Yu IlHan’s expectations. With Ruin Calling and the armor equipped together, he had 70% increase in physical combat powers, and 130% in fire attribute attack! And with the title ‘Untouchable’ that increased his abilities by 20% against beings with higher leagues than him… Afraid of 5th class? Please don’t joke. Right now, he had the confidence to win against them head on. [Kuhaaaaaaaaaaaaa…… kahak!?]

Eternal Flame and Blaze was focused on the tip of the Eight-tailed dragon spear, and Dragonic blood enhanced it. Which took less than an instant. Immediately after that, Yu IlHan pierced the spear onto its heart! [Critical Hit!] “Fuu.” [Kak, Kuhak…] Yu IlHan pulled the spear out of its heart. Spear of Untraceable Trajectory had made a total of 8 holes in its heart, so it gave up trying to circulate blood using the heart. However, that didn’t mean that the battle was over. To a higher existence, a heart was just another organ. Not something that governed life. [I… Kill you.] “That’ll be difficult.” The thing is, Yu IlHan also knew that. [Kergh… Kahk.] Unlike Mystic with the perfectly feminine body, this one had a horrifying appearance, that looked like it was half a man and half a wolf. The moment it tried to extend a foot wards Yu IlHan. The lower body that tried to go forwards separated itself from the upper body that slid backwards and fell. The completely burnt cross section revealed that it was Yu IlHan who did that. [The Earth shall…… you.] It could not continue any further. At the time the upper and lower bodies were bisected, its head was also split in half. Yu IlHan had succeeded in striking a total of ten times, with a mixture of stabs and slashes. Spear of Untraceable Trajectory really made Yu IlHan’s concealment ability heighten to the limits. Maximizing the efficiency of surprise attacks, and more. [You have earned experience.] [The skill, Spear of Untraceable Trajectory, has become level 93.] [You have mastered the skill, Deathgod. The skill’s duration time increases to 3 hours,

and the maximum ability enhancement become 100%. It is possible to fuse-evolve once the evolution conditions are set.] “Good.” Yu IlHan muttered in a light voice, as if killing a higher existence was nothing to him now. “Not long left until my 4th class.”

Unfortunately, he was unable to acquire a thought-soul from the 5th class werewolf. Mastering Death collector didn’t mean he could acquire the thought-soul of every existence he killed, so it wasn’t particularly surprising. Just that, its remains were in much better shape compared to Mystic’s. “Wow, I gave it my blood and the hole on its heart is closing.” [Blood that can regenerate other’s corpses? Master really isn’t human, are you?] (Mystic) [It won’t come back to life and attack us or something, right…?] Ignoring Mystic and Liera’s retorts, Yu IlHan focused on restoring the remains to a perfect state. Just piecing the cross-sections together and dripping Yu IlHan’s blood, which was full of rest energy, onto the wound before activating Transcendent regeneration did the job! Although there was his blood to help the recovery, there was also the mana left in the dead body that reacted to his blood and restored the body to its best condition. Seeing that, Yu IlHan found it absurd. Just how much of a recovering ability one had to have in order to do that? It looked like ‘that guy’ thought about this a lot after Mystic’s vain death. “It would have been hard if I couldn’t kill it with a surprise attack.” [So, what are you going to do with that? Make it a zombie?] “Something similar.” [What!? Really!?] “But I can’t do it now.” The reason was, of course, because there was no 5th class magic stone on this thing. Yu IlHan checked on the state of the remains once again, before putting it inside his inventory. No matter how active the mana was, it was still a corpse, so he could store it in his inventory.

“This is the start. Mystic, resume working once the repairs are finished.” [Got it.] “I should take a bath since I sweated a lot.” [Let’s go together!] “Whatever.” However, Yu IlHan was still in his armor when he was going inside the Giant Bucket, Liera pouted at that, but he pretended to not see her. This was a process to heighten his sync with the armor, and bathing like this didn’t have any drawbacks. In fact, he felt even better because of the resonance. [You’re really…] “What.” [……Nothing.] She said it was ‘nothing’ but Liera still seemed to be unsatisfied, Yu IlHan snorted and fell into his thoughts. If the first 5th class being that appeared on Earth, Mystic, had a lot of experimental characteristics, the second one moved in a way to prevent the situation similar to how she was killed. Covering up the weakness and bringing out better products one after the other, almost as if Yu IlHan was being used to test experimental subjects. If ‘that guy’ still had the power to make 5th class beings, in other words, tweak Earth in a way to his liking, then what would the next one be like? And the next? And the one after that? ‘And finally… ’ Would he come out himself? Yu IlHan laughed after thinking about that. He would not stay passive like this. As loners didn’t receive much stimulus from others normally, they were very sensitive to them. Since this guy had made Yu IlHan so annoyed and tired like this, he would make that guy pay the price. The problem was the time. As of now, he didn’t have the confidence to win against that guy, so he had to get his 4th class as soon as possible, but leaving aside if that guy would be willing to wait until he becomes 4th class, he didn’t even know how much time he would take in order to get his 4th class.

Yu IlHan himself had no problem. He was used to living alone, but he wasn’t alone right now either. The problem was his relatives. He was worried about his father, his mother, Kang MiRae who went to Lanpas, and Na YuNa who stole his lips before running away, but above all… ‘Mir is the one I’m most worried about.’ Not to mention the Rule skill, his senses as a Dragon rider was telling him that Mir was definitely safe. Although it was like that, he didn’t know what he was doing in what kind of situation, so that was why he was worried. In these past 2 years, he was growing even faster than when he was trapped in an Abandoned World with Kang MiRae and Na YuNa. He had long since become 4th class. Perhaps by counting levels alone, he was the highest among Yu IlHan’s subordinates, even when including Flemir. This was despite the fact that his other subordinates were growing at abnormal speeds as well! It was definitely good news that he was developing. However, growing fast meant that he was in an environment that was just as dangerous. The path Yu IlHan had taken until now was also like that. A path where his life would be forfeit due to a moment’s mistake. Yu IlHan was worried that Yumir would be adventurous and imitate his actions and something would go wrong somewhere. If Liera knew what he was thinking, she would probably tell him to mind his own business! “Fuu…” Feeling the hot water that washed his body underneath the armor, Yu IlHan leaned back on the Bucket and closed his eyes. Liera was grumbling on his side, Mystic was shouting while moving the Flying fortress, and he could feel the resonance with Orochi. Hearing all of that, he thought up of Yumir. He should have grown since he’s 4th class now. However, as he was still young, he wouldn’t have become an adult. No, he wished that he wasn’t an adult yet. At that time, Yu IlHan would be disappointed. ‘I’ll go looking for you soon. Please hold out until then, even if you have to do it alone.’ [IlHan, are you sleeping?]

“I’m not sleeping so don’t come near me.” [Tch, stingy.] It was good that he wasn’t alone, but perhaps she could give him more time to think about this… Yu IlHan sighed and pushed Liera’s face away with his left hand. One thing that was sure, was that it was too early, whether to meet the guy that was behind all this, or to find Yumir. He had to become a little stronger first. A little… much. A lot, overwhelmingly strong. At least to the point he could become comfortable after getting rid of everyone and everything that anooyed him. “And when would that be…?” However, no matter how hard he tried to hold it, time would flow. The greedy Yu IlHan wished that he could grab onto everything that he wanted to, in that flow of time. Meanwhile, the one he was worried about the most, Yumir was now educating the children for real. “Now!” “Fuaah!” “Hhp! Haap!” In front of him were thousands of children emitting flames. From palms, from mouths, from heads, from foot, from fists, from mid-air – there was a lot of media, but they were all flames. They were all very strong considering the age of these children! “No, it’s still too weak.” However, Yumir’s standards were very high. The children that became dejected at his words complained to him. “But we can’t be strong like the hero!” “But we can’t kill those monsters for all our lives at this rate?” “We can’t kill that monster no matter what!” Yumir wanted the children to become stronger faster, and the children were hitting realistic limits and were suffering. What was interesting was that no matter how they said it was impossible, their limitations were heightened as they ate the blood and

flesh of these demons, acquiring potential to become stronger yet again. And in truth, some of these children succeeded in making stronger flames. “Ah, I did it.” “It works. It works now so you need to throw those stronger ones.” “I can’t do that!” However, Yumir only became stricter as time went. The children also tried to catch up to him by following his guidance, and although they were much slower than Yumir’s expectations, they were still growing. “Next is the electric wielding kids.” “Hero, call us the Thunder Knights!” “No, because it’s childish.” “Hing!” Perhaps the environment affected them, as after two years of eating the demons, they could wield mana attributed to lightning, wind, ice, fire, and vibration and other special attributes. The fact that they acquired abilities that they didn’t have when they were 2nd class, meant that they were now 3rd class. No matter how effective childhood education was, some people should have realized that something was strange after seeing kids as young as 3 years old, and maximum 6 year old at over level 100, but those ‘some people’ didn’t exist here, and of coursen, Yumir and the other children did not care about that either. “Yes, yes, then. Thunder Knights, ugh, why do I have to be the one that’s embarrassed?” “Yes! 2,300 people, at your command!” “You have a lot more members than the other teams, so your first objective is to kill the vibrating monster by attacking with lightning all at once.” “That’s impossible!” Yumir divided the children according to their attributes, and divided them again according to their personality or characteristics to move them more efficiently. No matter how weak they were, using thousands of similar attacks on one target would be devastating. The children trained under Yumir could deal a significant strike to the demons right

now. That was because Yumir, who was a dragon that referred to as the lord of mana, was controlling their mana to enhance their powers. Yumir, who originally had the capability to control other’s mana, but ended up being born under the loner Yu IlHan, could finally find a path to become stronger as a dragon by leading the children. Yumir was wishing for the children to become able to kill one of the demons on their own later, and the children couldn’t even imagine a situation where they had to fight one without Yumir around. “We don’t know until when this situation will continue so you need to become stronger.” “Uu, hero is too stiff.” “Stiffer than the monsters.” The youngest one among the army of children was about two years and two months old, and on the outside, that child looked like a ten year old. Their vocabulary was still very weak, but that was still absurd considering their age. Really, they were developing into an army of superhumans, like the word ‘newtypes’. “Hero!” After Yumir finished checking the growth of the Thunder Knights and was distributing the blood and flesh of the lightning-wielding demon, a scout came from far away and stood in front of him. This was a child that wielded wind. The children that became to wield wind like Yumir, could receive teachings from him directly and had more destructive power and speed than the others. “Four monsters!” “Four of them? Uhmmmmmm, that’s a lot.” Time passed, and there were changes on the action patterns of the demons. Until now, they weren’t bothered to group up if Yumir and the children didn’t cause a fuss, but now that they were being massacred repeatedly, they refrained from individual action and now acted in groups! “That’s too much, don’t we have to run away?” “With this many people? That’s impossible even for the hero.” “But…”

“There’s a lot but this may be a good opportunity.” Said Yumir suddenly. The children instinctively understood what his words meant and looked at him. “We fight.” “Hero, but…” “We fight.” Repeated Yumir. After becoming 4th class, Yumir now had an appearance of a 15 year old boy, and one so beautiful that anyone would turn back to look at him once they met him on the street. The army of children was something like Yumir’s fan club, so they couldn’t really refuse when he smiled so honestly like that. “You can do it like? I’ll let you run away if it seems like you’ll die.” “Hero, that means you’ll make us fight if it looks like we’ll survive, right?” “Yup.” Declared Yumir. THe children sighed but they couldn’t help it. They were not playing around right now, but were competing for survival, and in this competition, Yumir’s judgement was correct. “Let’s minimize the casualties. Let’s all survive if possible.” “Guys, pack up the tools!” They didn’t only eat the flesh of the demons during the past years. Among the children, there were some who had potential as a blacksmith, and although they had to go through countless trial and error, with super-high grade materials and overflowing amount of 4th class magic stones, they could make decent equipment. The children were equipped with odd looking, but sturdy-as-hell armor, and though twisted, sharp-as hell weapons, and lined up according to their armies. In the past two years, the total number of children that survived thanks to Yumir was 9,300. As they had gathered in a speed that was unfit for their ages, they even emitted a pressuring aura. “Good, then.” The commander of the army, Yumir, turned towards the front. On his fist was the

gauntlet that Yu IlHan had made, glowing as ever. “Let’s depart.” This was the second time the hell dungeon was met with a crisis of being obliterated, after being obliterated by Yu IlHan years before.

[Kihak!] “Hhp!” A gigantic leopard head was in front of Yu IlHan’s eyes. He pulled out the Eight-tailed dragon spear from his gauntlet and struck it inside, following which the bright white flames completely melted its brain and made it stop temporarily. However, it would not die with just this. To kill the 5th class beings that appeared on Earth, there was a need to erase the brain, pull out the heart, slash the neck, and dismember all the limbs. To add the icing on the cake, Yu IlHan wasn’t facing against a single 5th class right now. [Shaaaaah!] [IlHan, a mantis behind you!] (Liera) “That’s damn annoying!” [I’ll do the rest.] (Mystic) [Kuooooh! Stay still for a moment!] (Orochi) Liera’s warning, Mystic’s claim, and Orochi’s words simultaneously rang out in his head. However, Yu IlHan understood all threes words at once and processed them quickly before moving around. “Hhp!” First, he took out the spear from the leopard’s head and slashed it horizontally to attack three times, which then the leopard’s neck was severed as the mana movement inside the leopard temporarily stopped because its brain was molten. However, what Yu IlHan had slashed was not only the leopard’s neck. The mantis that tried to kill him while he was facing the leopard was caught up in it and was slashed apart as well! The peak level body movement in combination with the Spear of Untraceable Trajectory achieved this. Of course, the power of the whip and the power

of the sword from the Great Cosmos-severing Spear also played a role. [Shaaaahk!] [Double Kill!] (Mystic) “Shut up!” The moment Yu IlHan disarmed the two 5th class monsters, The Flying fortress, that defeated all the aerial monsters, shot out a beam at a suitable time to penetrate both the heart of the leopard and the mantis’ back. This was a fantastical combo that was otherwise impossible if it wasn’t in sync with Yu IlHan. [You have earned experience.] [You have earned experience.] [Hhup.] The only remaining problem was the humanoid monster that appeared suddenly after being concealed all this time, at the moment Yu IlHan showed an opening after killing the two 5th class monsters! [I aimed for this moment!] [I also aimed for this moment!] (Orochi) However, immediately after it assaulted towards Yu IlHan’s back, a pile bunker appeared from Yu IlHan’s back and struck its torso. [Kergh!?] [Fire!] When the Eternal Flame pulled the trigger by burning at Orochi’s signal, the magic gunpowder received the shock and amplified it by hundreds of times, at the same time the pile driver made of dragon bones shot out with a boom and perforated a huge hole in the torso. A combo play from Orochi and Eternal Flame. [Kahak! You… even noticed me!?] The pile bunker which Yu IlHan poured his blood and sweat into, and was enhanced due to the effects of the Infernal dragon body, was the perfect weapon to leave to Orochi and Eternal Flame, as it could be used at maximum power just by quickly

striking and triggering. In fact, even right now, a 5th class enemy was pierced and temporarily had its movements sealed! It was truly shocking that the bones and flesh were regenerating and were pushing out the pile driver immediately after the strike, but being a higher existence still took time to completely escape the shock. And that amount of time was like eternity to Yu IlHan. “Boasting about your concealment in front of me, that’s like discussing eating alone in front of a master tier loner.” [Aren’t those two the same thing?] “Shaddap.” Yu IlHan generated a shockwave with Ruin Calling and spun his body around with it. On the tip of the Eight-tailed dragon spear in his hands was a vicious flame that was surprisingly half-translucent. [Kihik…!] “Hah!” The moment it tried to move, he bisected it with a shout and his spear. The beam from the Flying fortress and the ballista ammo that Orochi used with the Infernal dragon body also hit him. Three on one would have been impossible, but there was no way it could endure all the bombardment alone! It was instantly obliterated without being able to leave any words behind. This was 17 minutes into the battle. [You have earned experience.] “Fuu.” Yu IlHan took away his spear and landed on the ground. Following him, the bisected 5th class corpse also thudded on the ground. When he turned around while collecting the corpse, the chaotic mana in the surroundings calmed down and silence enveloped the battlefield. [Kihih…] [Kuh, kkgggk!]

[Fail, failed.] [Can’t run, can’t run!] There were still tens of 4th classes and thousands of 3rd classes on the battlefield, but they despaired without even thinking of running away as Yu IlHan had instantly finished three 5th class beings. And that was their last moments. “Mystic, finish up.” [Roger that.] Mystic seemed to like the military-themed stuff nowadays as she was very fast in replying. Immediately after that, the Flying fortress that recovered enough energy seemed to lower in altitude before cleaning up all the monsters with relentless bombardment. Yu IlHan leisurely strolled around in their midst and collected their corpses and magic stones after killing the surviving ones. [Situation terminated!] Declared Mystic. She said that after emitting mana around the flying fortress to confirm that there were no monsters near Yu IlHan. At least in the future, no 5th class beings will spawn in this area. “Uu, so tired.” Yu IlHan finally relaxed the tension in his shoulders after hearing her report. Although he seemed to overwhelm the enemies in the battle, it would be a lie to say he wasn’t nervous against three 5th class monsters. [IlHan, are you alright?] “Yeah, I’m fine. No problem.” The worried Liera touched all over his body, but Yu IlHan made her step back with just those words. A short but tenacious fight was truly the battles that made his body breathe in life, and make it advance. In fact, his physical body was in maximum activity right now. The Superhuman strength and Transcendent regeneration that was at the level of mastery was in effect at the same time to bring out the best of each other. Like this, his spines will reattach

if it was cut, and his brain would regenerate as soon as it got pierced. He couldn’t be considered human anymore. However, only after that did his body gain some pressure. He breathed slowly to relax his tensed muscles. Liera hugged him from the back and made him more comfortable. “Fuu… three at once is mentally exhausting, indeed.” [And the planet almost twisted up trying to generate a single one a few months ago.] One was nothing, then two appeared, and now there was three. Hearing Yu IlHan and Mystic’s grumbles, Liera replied with a sigh. [That’s because the energy of Earth is increasing. I’m sure the 4th Great Cataclysm isn’t far away.] And once the 4th Great Cataclysm occurs, the Earth will definitely be reborn into a higher world. And one that stamps out higher existences naturally, a horrifying world… Yu IlHan felt a sense of distance while rolling around the word ‘higher world’ in his mouth. Right now, he was having a hard time taking care of Earth alone, but if those nosy little losers from Heaven’s Army, Army of Brilliant Light and Destruction Demon Army, he only found the future to be bleak. “Oh yeah, what do those guys from the Garden of Sunset do? I didn’t see them after the Dareu incident.” [I think that they are focusing more on Dareu than Earth. Perhaps they might help you fight against the Destruction Demon Army. They could be considered the only decent faction excluding Heaven’s Army.] “Erta seemed to hate them to the bones though?” [That’s because they were the first faction that contacted her, and Erta was about to be deceived by them.] “So there was such a connection.” [The leader there likes women. There was a time he even watched over Erta.] Yu IlHan accepted. Erta was indeed beautiful. However, at the same time, she felt like she was billions of light years away from love. She probably wanted to become stronger as a higher existence, and naturally, hate the offer from the Garden of Sunset. It wasn’t only the Garden of Sunset that liked women. The Destruction Demon Army

as well as the Army of Brilliant Light also moved numerous worlds in order to acquire Na YuNa. Perhaps they still haven’t given up yet. With all the higher existence factions scheming against a single woman… there was no better trash than them. “Perhaps the reason the Heaven’s Army has a lot of women is also because…” [We don’t! It’s just that there are a lot of females among the ones that met you!] Liera immediately interjected Yu IlHan’s words just in case Yu IlHan became suspicious. In fact, she had an insignificant time with love compared to the long time she lived. Moreover, wasn’t she all for Yu IlHan right now? She would cry her eyes out if Yu IlHan became suspicious of her. “I wasn’t saying anything about you though.” [Idiot.] “So unfair…” It was only a moment that he joked around with Liera. After judging that all his muscles were relaxed, Yu IlHan finally started to clean up the battlefield. There was no need for him to collect the 3rd class monsters and he destroyed them thoroughly to return them back to the earth. Earth would grow faster this way. It was a tragedy that Yu IlHan had to make Earth into a higher world despite fearing it. The majority of the monsters were taken care of by Mystic anyway, unless a 5th class appeared, so what he had to do was to resupply the weapons and artifacts using the materials. 3 years passed like that, so an enormous amount of equipment was piled up in Yu IlHan’s inventory, inside the various parts of the Flying fortress and absorbed by the Infernal dragon body. “So it’s 5th class now.” Magic stone, please magic stone. Yu IlHan prayed desperately and started dismantling the three 5th class beings. In the past few months, Yu IlHan had acquired a single magic stone from the ones that occasionally appeared. Of course, he left that for his 4th class advancement. He was about to be fed up from waiting for the blessing of the goddess of fire, but he still could not give up. “Huh?”

He was met with blanks for two of the 5th classes, and when he was digging into the perforated head of the last one, the leopard, he discovered a colorless translucent lump of stone and subconsciously voiced out. “A 5th class magic stone…” [Really!?] [Gimme! Enhance the fortress!] [It should of course be the Infernal dragon body that has to be enhanced. Did you not just see that I killed a higher existence just now?] [The flying fortress can also do that once I get enhanced!] “Shut up. Anyone that moves is the culprit.” Yu IlHan silenced everyone down with those words before cautiously looking around the surroundings and built a physical barrier by installing ballistas and traps, and only after did he raise his five senses to the limits did he put his hand into the head and take out the magic stone. [Wow.] Their timezone was currently in the mornings right now. The magic stone that took in sunlight and created a rainbow inside. Looking at that, everyone exclaimed. “Fuu.” [So beautiful…] [Wow, it’s so beautiful that it’s a waste to use it.] [Isn’t the mana inside more important than the appearance?] Yu IlHan took out the magic stone he had acquired before and compared them. He definitely did feel that they were different. The previous one also glowed in a beautiful light blue, but it was incomparable to the one he had just acquired. Perhaps it was his mistake, but he felt like the mana quantity inside also differed. “Good.” He put the translucent magic stone inside the inventory. He felt like he should use that magic stone for his 4th class advancement. “Let’s use this.”

[Use? Where?] [My enhancement?] [Probably the Infernal dragon body.] “Nope, all wrong.” Yu IlHan snorted and closed his eyes. “I’m going to evolve the Language skill.” [Watching the evolution criteria for the evolution of the skill, Language.] [3rd class magic stones 3,924,498/1,000] [4th class magic stones 653,056/100] [5th class magic stone 2/1] [Record of Worlds 109/100] [The Language skill may evolve. Proceed?] How much suffering did he have to go through to evolve this skill? Just as when he thought he acquired a 5th class magic stone, he had to keep it for this 4th class, and in fact, he used that one to create an armor to survive, and he acquired another one, but he had to leave it behind for the 4th class advancement! And finally, he acquired an additional one, and was now able to evolve the skill! [Let’s wipe your tears first.] “I, I’m not crying!” Thinking back to his suffering, he felt his nose tinge. Calming down, Yu IlHan accepted the Akashic Record’s question with a nod. “Yes, I’ll proceed.” With his acceptance, brilliant five-colored mana covered his body. An overwhelming mana and the skills he had developed until now, as well as the records he had piled up were now in a process of becoming one! Yu IlHan let go of his consciousness due to the fantastical feelings that the skill sublimation gave him. [Die!] (?????????) “Kergh!?”

And that, was the perfect opening that a certain someone had been waiting for all this time.

The strike from the shadow that shot up from the ground unbeknownst to anyone pierced Yu IlHan’s abdomen. THe blade sharpened over many years found its vengeance target. Its concealment was at the least, at the level of mastery, or perhaps an advanced skill. Although less than Yu IlHan, it was at least enough to deal Yu IlHan a pre-emptive strike! However. [A perfect surprise attack, but the ability of of the title ‘Untouchable’ activates and cancels the critical hit.] However, the fact that Yu IlHan had acquired the title ‘Untouchable’ came into play here. The surprise attack that should have taken his life was nullified. Of course, even after considering that, the power behind the surprise attack was shocking, and Yu IlHan got a huge hole on his stomach before falling onto his knees. “Kugh, Kergh.” [IlHan! I, IlHan!?] [Tch.] The problem was that his movements were restricted in class advancements or skill evolution processes. This situation belonged to the latter, with the Language skill. Yu IlHan acknowledged that he was careless due to having become excited from acquiring a 5th class magic stone. Of course, not that it would change anything against such an overwhelming opponent even if he wasn’t careless! As proof, all the traps he had installed were rendered useless! [Ugh…!] The being behind the surprise attack had shown up. And surprisingly, the figure was

not very large, a little taller than Yu IlHan or at the same height. Despite the fact that ‘it’ was in that space, it had no ‘form’ to speak of, and was a figure that was like trembling shadow, and only the mana swirling around the body made him estimate the overwhelming amount of mana it had. That wasn’t the problem though. [How can the mana be so… it’s completely same to that of Earth’s!] (Liera) [Eeeeeek!] (Mystic) Mystic, about to lose her master, lowered the altitude and shot beams like hell. However, it dodged every one of those beams with body movements. This wouldn’t be possible even if it was Yu IlHan amidst the barrage! Just the fact that the beams from Hundred Eyes would deal a significant damage, and so it had to dodge every single attack, and couldn’t approach Yu IlHan, was of help right now. [You always bullied us.] Every word it spoke while dodging the beams, became a curse and struck Yu IlHan. That which contained a frightening poison was fatal enough to threaten Yu IlHan’s life had he not mastered Higher curse resistance and Extreme poison resistance. “Kergh.” [IlHan, dodge! I said move, eeek!] “Liera…! If you move, proactively…” Every one of its actions and words became skills. If the 5th class Yu IlHan had faced on Earth until now were just insanely strong 4th class beings, the one in front of him right now wasliterally ‘on a different dimension’. It had a completely different level of record, and was on a different concept of being ‘life’. [Eeeek!] Liera, who realized that Yu IlHan was unable to move, hugged Yu IlHan and flew backwards. Just that was enough to pressure her body. However, she did not stop despite knowing that. Looking at the two, ‘that guy’ did not stop his curses. [I tried to chase you out but I couldn’t. It was so annoying!] “You… experienced… ‘the’ millennium, didn’t you?”

Yu IlHan, who still couldn’t move freely due to the evolution process of the Language skill, barely moved his mouth to reply. It did not say anything, but Yu IlHan knew that it was its way of acknowledgement. “You knew me from a thousand years ago.” [There is no life form that does not know you on Earth.] Its reply made Yu IlHan smile even as the pain from his wound flared up. He just found it funny. He only struggled to prepare against the future in those thousand years, but turns out all the life forms left behind along with him were all watching him. What else was funny if this wasn’t? [You were infinitely egotistical. Everyone wanted to live, but you only lived alone using all of them as footholds.] “Yes, I did.” [The Earth resents you. We all resent you.] Yu IlHan remembered that the mutant monsters that rampaged around during the initial stages of the Great Cataclysm, had drastically decreased once. What happened to the life forms that acquired vast records from enduring the thousand years like Yu IlHan? The question he couldn’t think of until now due to everything that happened, filled his mind. The hell dungeon. Can such a horrifying space be born without any reason? In the thousand years, Yu IlHan acknowledged the records that one individual cannot possibly achieve by the Akashic Record only, but is Yu IlHan the only being that was acknowledged of those records? “I was alone from the beginning. So… I couldn’t think about the others.” Yes, that was the mistake. This damned loner thought-process was grabbing onto his ankle and holding him back until the very end. [Haa.] Hearing that, ‘that guy’ spat out curses again using its non-solid mouth. Even right now, beams were shooting down like rain, but not one hit its body.

[Selfish humans. We really hate you.] “Fuu… That’s nothing new.” Yu IlHan wasn’t suddenly going to say “all the animals on Earth are as important as humans! Let’s protect the antarctic penguins” or something like that. Everything he did on Earth was for his survival, and even though the poison that had piled up until now was at the point of attacking him, he did not regret that. He only found his mistakes unfortunate. [I will kill you. Humans aren’t needed in the new world.] “A new world… I want to ask something about that.” A keyword that tugged his mind popped up, and made Yu IlHan open his mouth again. It was an attempt to create an opening for Mystic to hit, but it was showing movements of dodging all the beams even while reacting to his words. “Do you know the whereabouts of the children that were born after the Great Cataclysm?” [Dungeon.] And for some reason, it replied in kind. [The dungeon full of our resentment. The dungeon you mercilessly trampled on. The dungeon where only mutant life forms and greed remains. Everyone came inside there. We did not do it. It was the Earth’s choice.] “Hah.” He finally got the answer he had been looking for for 3 years. He wished that it wasn’t true, but he did expect this to be the case. So it was like that after all. There was no way Yumir will be able to grow so rapidly unless it was on the same level of that dungeon. However, that meant that, all the children born after the First Great Cataclysm were sucked into that place and… “Ha,… Haha.” He subconsciously laughed in vain. Rage boiled inside his chest. The innocent life that disappeared while knowing nothing. Thinking back to the uncountable number of children, even Yu IlHan couldn’t help but be enraged. However, it replied very firmly, its voice containing countless emotions.

[It should be the same to you humans. Everyone kills something else in order to survive. I also did just that. This is not a game. This is a competition for survival. We are the same as you. We will kill you in order to survive.] “Heh, you really pick the worst words…” [I, will kill you.] From some time, a spear appeared on the shadow hands. That looked very similar to the Eight-tailed dragon spear that Yu IlHan used. No, in fact, its movements as well looked similar to Yu IlHan’s, just a lot faster. Thinking about it, it was quite natural, as this was a being that had watched Yu IlHan for a thousand years, and more after the Great Cataclysm. However, Yu IlHan still could not move. It was because the evolution of the Language skill was of an unprecedentedly large scale that required a vast amount of records. He couldn’t help but exclaim at the fact that a person can become so helpless, but no matter how much he struggled, he could not move a single toe. He could only blink and move his lips. This was just like being a complete cripple! [Eeek! Eeeeeeeek!] (Mystic) The reason Yu IlHan could still live until now was thanks to the beams from the Flying fortress. Mystic’s judgement was very clever. She realized that time was the most important thing to Yu IlHan right now, and was trying to gain some using whatever means possible. [Die! Die!] (Mystic) [That won’t work, traitor.] Of course, that did not last forever. There was a limit to the stored energy and magic stone on the Flying fortress, and shooting beams like mad in order to prevent the shadow from moving forward, it was very quickly nearing those limits. Yu IlHan estimated that the beams wouldn’t last until he was ready. He had faced against a few 5th class beings. He killed more than ten himself. Despite that, the guy in front of him was on a completely different league. There was no way Yu IlHan didn’t’ know what that implied. That guy, was of the 6th class. On one side was a 3rd class despite not lacking talent or

effort, and on the other side was a 6th. This was the difference between a monster and a human; between a human that can only gain experience by killing monsters, and a monster that could grow endlessly without harming other beings by acquiring mana and records! [We are a collection of consciousnesses. No matter how fast you’ve grown… you cannot win against us.] “Even if you… say stuff like you’re the last boss… I’m only, fuu, very annoyed you know?” A mere 6th class was acting so bossy. Those kind guys always defeated in the most absurd way possible! However, unfortunately, Yu IlHan’s preparations weren’t done yet. If he just got his 4th class, or if he just got the blessing of the goddess of fire! Or just, if he could move right now! However, there was one being, a person, that could still fight right now, excluding him. [Fuu, really, nothing goes outside expectations.] Liera’s wings flapped. Her body was covered in light pink, and the symbol of the blessing of the goddess of love, the spear, was in her hands. That spear was one that became stronger when protecting the person that one loved. In other words, for this moment. “No.” Yu IlHan was disgusted at himself. Even though he was saying ‘no’ on the outside, he ended up thinking that it had gone according to his calculations. He was disgusted of himself because of his thoughts. Just from when did he rely on the sacrifice of others? When was it that he confidently boasted that he could take care of everything by himself? Did he train until now for this? Even though he was about to lose Liera that was the most important existence to him? [What do you mean no? That’s why you’re no good, IlHan.] However, Liera replied shyly as if she had read his mind. Unlike the warmth in her

smile, she was in complete battle mode right now. The overwhelming quantity of mana emitted by her, and the aura trained over countless years, was stopping the shadow from moving. [You need to learn to rely on others more.] “I can’t cause such nuisance to others.” [It’s not a nuisance. That’s what I want.] “Even if you do, you…” [Why don’t you get it, IlHan?] Liera’s firm words struck Yu IlHan deeply in the heart. [Like that, you’ll forever be alone. There’s no way my feelings will get to you.] “What…?” […Nothing.] Liera turned back. Her movements were nothing short of throwing away her life, but it was actually to hide her blushed cheeks. [Yes, there was you. There was also you. The one that was always with the human. In front of us. Again and again!] [I’m saying something important so don’t interrupt.] When two 6th class auras clashed on the ground, the land that could not endure the shock was flipped over as the skies trembled before their might. The shock could also be felt at where Yu IlHan was. So such a manga-esque scene is possible… – in his absent-minded thoughts, such useless thoughts floated around. [Listen well, IlHan. I won’t tell you twice because it’s embarrassing.] And to his absent-minded thoughts, Liera’s voice leaked in. […I love you, IlHan. Me, to you. More than anyone.] [KUaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahk!] Finishing her words, Liera charged in without waiting for Yu IlHan’s reply. The shadow also realized that it had to trample Liera first in order to kill Yu IlHan, and it charged at her as well.

[Huoooooooh!] [Die!] From the moment Liera used her powers for anyone than herself, the feathers on her wings were being pulled out one by one, and at the same time, the power of a higher existence left her body, and a brilliant white-colored blood splattered from her wing bones. The white feathers and drops of blood made it look as if it was snowing in the night sky. Despite that, she did not stop. The light growing from the pink spear protected her and her objective. [O, god of love!] The woman who abandoned heaven and returned to being a lower existence, shouted courageously as she struck with her spear. [Please give me the power to protect the one I love!] And the moment the two charged, Liera made a hole in the shadow even while vomiting out blood. [The skill, Language, evolved into the skill, record! You are now able to translate everything you see, hear, and feel into the language of the Akashic Record and record them. Once recorded, everything remains as a record belonging to yourself.] [All skill growth rates increase by two.] [All experience and the quantity of record acquired from monsters increase by two.] [Attack power and critical hit rate increases by 30% when facing against a foe that you’ve experienced and recorded before.] The skill evolution ended, and at the same time. [You have mastered the skill, Blaze. You become the lord of fire.] [You have acquired the blessing of the goddess of fire. Fire attribute resistance and attack power increases by 50%. Flames can no longer harm you. Flames wielded by the enemy can lose their controls to you and you will become able to wield them. The leagues of all skills that use fire increase by one level.] [You can proceed to 4th class.]

Yu IlHan’s eyes glistened.

[Kuu, Kuhaaaaaah!] Liera faced it with something like a shout or a groan. Throughout its lifespan, the records and the collection of consciousness that it had gathered was not small in the least] but Liera was someone that had trained for much, much longer than that! It was natural that her spear would overwhelmed her opponent’s. [Die!] [I won’t let you kill… IlHan!] There were already countless holes on its abdomen. A fluid shadow – one that made people wonder if it was even possible to injure such a body, was pierced by a highdensity mana that caused irreversible scars! Not only that, even now, endless new injuries were constantly being inflicted. Seeing as Liera didn’t allow a single hit on herself, it was clear who held the advantage here. [Foolish… being!] [Foolish? Don’t kid with me!] However, Liera had a problem, in that her belief that she was moving in order to protect Yu IlHan was poisoning her very existence. As her feathers were seemingly pulled out, the blood of a higher existence within her flowed in reverse, her bones began cracking, her flesh crumpled and rotted, muscles began dying, and her skin dried out. Her brilliant beauty that made people question who would be able to win against her, was now melting down at frightening speeds, giving her an unsightly appearance. [Why… for that kind of thing? There’s no one like him that acts only for himself!] [That’s why you monsters are no good. What you’re imitating is only IlHan’s outer appearance. That’s why you’re so… weak!]

Liera’s spear finally blew away the shadow’s spear. Of course, that was merely a portion of the shadow, so it would soon regenerate from the body, but what Liera was aiming for was the moment the spear was regenerating! [Huggaaaaaaaaahp!] She retracted her spear as soon as she swung it and pierced it forward. She was trying to subjugate it somehow before her power as a higher existence came to an end! [Critical Hit!] [Critical Hit!] [Kuhaaahk!] The violent tip of her spear exploded inside its body. As unerasable, irrecoverable, permanent injuries were being inflicted on its body, the shadow realized. [You are not trying to kill me. You…] [Hhhhhhp!] And that moment of realization, Liera was able to take advantage of that, which allowed for another attack that dealt significant damage due to its confusion. Despite that, it still managed to say the rest of the words. [You’re trying to let him kill me…?] [What good would come out of me killing you?] I will lose all my powers and die soon – Liera swallowed those words. Yu IlHan would get angry if he heard those words. But really, there was no meaning for her to gain the records and experience from a 6th class being when she was going to die soon. She was planning to subjugate it using all her powers, and let Yu IlHan decorate its final moments after he was done with the skill evolution. Truly sacrificial, but that was the final gift that Liera could leave behind for Yu IlHan. It would make Yu IlHan’s soul grow, and make him stronger. It would help him survive in the cruel environment in the future!

[Humans… I cannot understand them.] [I never expected you to!] It swung the recreated spear. It was extremely difficult for Liera to dodge its attacks now that she had begun to lose her powers as a 6th class. She did not dodge the spears, and chose to inflict deeper wounds on the shadow while receiving wounds herself in exchange. [Critical HIt!] [Kuuuuuugh!] Its spear broke apart the helmet Yu IlHan made as if it was nothing, and ripped apart her facial skin that was stiff like wood, and made Liera’s face more unsightly to look at. However, Liera did not stop and pierced another big hole on its shoulder. [I need to! Kill that human!] [I said I won’t… let youuuuuuuu!] The power of waves Liera possessed burst out. This was a power solely acquired by her efforts and talent! The endless power of waves gathered, amplified, and exploded inside the shadow. The physical body of a faraway 6th class realm was collapsing by the moment. Liera was considered very strong being even amongst the level of 6th class. More so than her trainer, Spiera, and more so than anyone than Heaven’s Army, Destruction Demon Army or anyone! [Kergh.] However, that was her limit. Liera had to kneel one step short of completely subjugating it. No, it could be said she was already extremely courageous to have held out until now. [Foolish… woman!] Her face had already been crumpled to the point that her facial features, other than her glistening red eyes, couldn’t be differentiated any more. The blessing of the god of love tried to cling onto her life, but it did not allow her to move.

Take a step forward, and her heart would stop beating. Her legs would be pulled out, arms severed, and her brain would burst. Despite that, she wanted to take that step, but the blessing that judged that she had to cling onto her life in order to fulfill that love, did not allow her. [You failed.] The shadow that was in a bad state not that far from herself, laughed at her for burning everything that she had. [I will survive. I will kill him. Your puny will, lost to that of Earth.] [Shut, up…!] Its body was becoming fainter. How many holes did it have on its body? How about the insides that were thoroughly destroyed? It also had a hard time moving. It would die while trying to kill Yu IlHan. So, it would retreat. It still had plenty of time. Recovering while waiting for Liera to slowly die, and ambush Yu IlHan again. He, could not surpass it. The execution of justified rage will definitely be carried out. The superhuman will polished over many years, just for that alone, made it endure and retreat. “Hey.” Correction, it could not retreat. “Who says you can run away?” A voice neither loud, nor low, resounded in that space. It, focused on the battle with Liera, finally managed to lift its head up after the voice, and finally noticed the changes in its surroundings. [This, is…?] Fire was burning around it. A half-translucent, half-white flame that should not exist. That, which enveloped this giant space, burned while giving off a frightening curse and poison to prevent anyone from escaping.

[How…?] “Your concealment is already undone.” Yu IlHan laughed with his eyes viciously open. His eyes were now burning in a red color deeper than that of Liera’s. The traces of the blessing of the goddess of fire; a proof that he had taken a leap forward as a being. “And you thought you can conceal yourself again in front of me?” Yu IlHan’s whole body, wearing the Infernal dragon body, twitched with puffed muscles as if his body was about to burst. It was a temporary phenomenon while the mastered Superhuman strength was being evolved into a unique skill by being fused with another. [You!] “Don’t you think I took too long for a skill evolution?” [But even so, in such a short time…!] “Yes. I became 4th class. Thanks for the lukewarm reaction. How can you be so same from appearance to ‘retirement’? Even fallen angels do better than you.” Yu IlHan’s laugh was extremely dark and thick. It was a smile of the leisurely victor, and at the same time, one that belonged to an extremely enraged person. Having watched him from before, it knew what his smile implied. It tried to move its body, but it couldn’t. The world did not allow it to. [How…!] “This space solely belongs to me right now.” Yu IlHan picked up his spear. The translucent white flame that formed the area swirled around his spear to enhance and enlarge it. The overwhelming fire attribute attack and the mastered power of Blaze, and finally, the blessing of the goddess of fire had stacked to create a power that was beyond reason. Was this a power that was allowed to a lower existence? This was nothing new. Yu IlHan no longer put himself in such a set cast. [I…!]

“Checkmate.” A chain of white flames sprouted from the ground with metallic sounds and bound it. At full power, it would be able to run away while resisting it, but when it was currently injured by Liera, and was having a hard time moving, it was impossible. [Kugh, Kehagh! Kuuuuuuuuuugh!] “There may be an entrance to hell, but there’s no exit.” While it twisted its body to resist and attempt to escape, Yu IlHan charged towards it with his spear covered in white flames. The more he neared him, the stronger the flames became. His face containing his solid rage spoke of his will. “If there is one exit, then it’s that.” It finally felt death nearing for the first time, that was buried deeply in its mind. [I, will…!] Yu IlHan had no intentions to hear its last words. He had to go and see Liera after finishing it off real quick. It was his most important person. So important, irreplaceable by anyone. His spear struck, pierced, and decimated the very space in which the shadow had existed. The will that it boasted about so much was incinerated as a whole. “You just need to die.” It could not reply anymore. To a being that was completely decimated, no excuses were allowed. “Fuuu…” Yu IlHan retracted his spear. The hell that descended upon the land also disappeared without a trace. [You have earned experience.] [You have earned the record of Lv 403 Chaos Will.]

On his retina, numerous lines of text appeared, including level ups, but Yu IlHan did not mind them and turned around. He was sure of the death of his enemy. “Liera!” [Il, Han…] He ran while shouting the name of the angel that he loved. Collapsed on the ground, she was twitching, but hadn’t died yet. And he, was thankful for that fact more than anything. [I… answer…] “I’ll give you the answer you want so much so wait a moment first.” Yu IlHan, who knelt down by Liera’s side smiled brightly as if the frightening expression he had until just now was from a different person. Although his eyes were full of tears, Liera wouldn’t know that so it was fine. [But, now…] “You really learned the wrong stuff from dramas. Sheesh, TV ruins everyone alright.” He cut his wrist to let out blood. When he let the blood drip onto the armor Liera was wearing, the armor emitted bright light and started melting down. Liera also felt that. […Huh?] Liera’s voice turned a little clear. Facing her, Yu IlHan clicked his tongue. “Nowadays, you only get to eat hate comments and death threat emails by the bucket if you retire a character like that.” The only man who takes records and goes against the world – he, spoke something so foolish as if proud of it. “I’m going to proceed while taking everything. I’m not letting go of anything.” [IlHan…?] “So get ready for it. For your whole life.” Hearing that, Liera’s two eyes abruptly opened. She could see Yu IlHan’s face covered in tears, but decided to shut her mouth in order to protect his pride as a man.

The rebirth began.

He began with her legs… [Uuuuuuu.] “Bear with it even if its hurts.” [Ok…] Her legs were in very serious state. Her flesh had been crumbled, muscles torn, bones twisted and broken and even her bone marrow was flowing out. The damage made him wonder how she was even alive, and made Yu IlHan’s heart ache. He couldn’t even imagine how much pain Liera herself was undergoing. However, when the armor melted into the legs, the bones became sturdier and healed as if time was flowing in reverse, new muscles sprouted out and ‘red’ blood flowed above it, flesh covered the gap, and skin grew above that. [You, this… how?] “I thought you might do something so reckless. This equipment wasn’t to strengthen you, but a device to help you recover after storing your records. The fifth option is the nucleus and is the entire meaning of the armor.” […] Something like that was possible? No, before that, was it so simple to recover a higher existence of 6th class like her? She wanted to ask too many things, but the pain from the recovery shut her mouth. And that was very wise of her. The technology behind it required Yu IlHan to explain for at least 6 hours, going on about the blacksmithing he had learned as well as magic engineering and other magic languages. “Strictly speaking, it isn’t returning you to the past state. This is helping you settle as a lower existence after extracting the records of you as a higher existence without much pain, by remembering the structure of your body.” [You knew… I would do this?]

“Of course.” [Then you, knew of my feelings too…] “No, not that…” Yu IlHan shut his mouth about that part. In truth, he was thinking about such a case with a 50% probability. However the cowardly Yu IlHan could not erase the thoughts ‘what if she didn’t?’ from his head. So, he fooled himself to think that a 6th class angel from Heaven’s Army maybe close to him, but did not have any feelings towards him, and that she was only treating him like a blood-related brother as a big sister. The matter with Na YuNa added onto that thought. One coincidence does not happen twice, so there was no way Liera would like him. Such a strange thought-process had solidified in his head. […Idiot, bad guy.] “I’m the criminal…” Yu IlHan could not raise his head in front of Liera. If he did not realize after all that happened just now, he wasn’t human, but a flea. Liera perhaps felt that he had realized enough, and laughed even with the suffering. Meanwhile, Yu IlHan’s blood flowed and drenched her armor, and in the process of the armor melting, it was recovering the other parts of her body and not just the legs. [Did you kill it for good?] “Yup. I killed it for good and collected the body too.” [Sheesh, that greed of yours…] No matter how much of a bitch that thing was, it was still a 6th class. It would be strange if he didn’t collect it. Yu IlHan was shameless, and Liera smiled bitterly. His unchanging attitude was his drawback, as well his good point. And she liked that side of him as well. Now,her two legs, knees, and thighs were recovered and her waist was slowly being reconstructed. No in fact, a more fundamental and large change was occurring throughout her body. The white blood signifying an angel had all left the body, and red blood replaced her blood vessels. The newly made heart accepted the blood and pumped it throughout the body, which then would resonate with Yu IlHan’s blood and support the creation

of the new body. The traces of the light pink armor were all gone as well. Liera touched the glossy skin that was newly growing after her dead skin had peeled off, and felt that her armor was gone. [Too bad. It was an armor that IlHan made.] “I’ll make you a better one anytime.” When the recovery proceeded to a certain point, the blessing of the god of love also chipped in. Going beyond just clinging her to life, it became able to more freely interfere with her body, and started developing the body with the power that could be called the holy power. Before, the interference was small as she was already a higher existence, but now that she had fallen to a lower existence, the story was different. It was making her suitable for one blessed by the god of love! In fact, her destroyed older appearance was helping her be born anew. New wine should be poured into new wineskins, perhaps? Although the process was unimaginably painful, the blessing of the god of love and Yu IlHan’s power lead her to a completely new realm. “Uh… Ah…” From some moment, her voice became different as well. Before, her voice sounded like it was ringing from above no matter how much he faced her up front, but now, her voice sounded like she was really whispering into his ears. Yu IlHan liked this more, but Liera didn’t seem to be purely happy about it, and became panicky while stroking her neck. “Wow… this feeling. It’s been such a long time. I really returned to a lower existence.” “How do you feel?” “My body feels uselessly heavy~.” “And here I just revived you…” Well, she fell to 4th class from 6th class, so it would be a lie if she said she only felt happy. She was prepared to throw away everything for Yu IlHan, but facing her 4th

class self after everything that happened, she felt very complex. It was understandable. Reality was always different from ideals. “I’m cold.” “Want a blanket?” “No, I want to stay like this for a moment.” With everything that covered her body, gone, including her armor, she was obviously naked right now. Her body that was torn apart and unsightly to look at during battle, had long since regained its original glossy and elastic appearance. No, perhaps she looked more attractive than before. Although it was embarrassing to look at that part, Yu IlHan suspected that her chest had become bigger, and in fact, that was true. This was all the great powers of the god of love. Everything was to receive more love from the person of the opposite sex that she loved! 1 “Fuuu.” However, her face still had some unpeeled dead skin. When Yu IlHan stroked her cheeks with his hands, and the dirty debris fell down and glossy, white skin appeared. Yu IlHan made a small smile as he looked at Liera’s clean face. “There, pretty again. I think you’re more pretty now.” “Such embarrassing words…” Liear’s cheeks turned redder than a tomato from the heart-strike, but Yu IlHan still had a leisurely expression. “Today I’m invincible. I spouted so many embarrassing lines while watching you fight it, while making you recover, and in other situations as well, so nothing would change even if I say one or two more lines. Although, I do have the confidence to roll around in suffering faster than Sonic when the night comes…” “Fufu…” Liera never stopped smiling for some reason. For her, she was happy that Yu IlHan was alive, and she was alive as well, facing him right now. Yu IlHan wanted to enact punishment to her who was smiling without knowing anything, but he decided to withhold it. It was no wonder, since he also like this

situation where the two were facing each other. “And so…” It would have been for the best if she just kept smiling, but suddenly, her two red eyes narrowed. “Your answer?” “Huh…?” To think she’d stab from such an angle! A drop of cold sweat ran down Yu IlHan’s back. He thought that he answered enough, but it seems it was his misunderstanding! “Answers.” “Uh, like I said I already…” “I want a proper answer. Properly, definitely, unmistakably, and undeniably! truthfully!” “…How are you so confident? What if I say no?” “Fufu.” Liera made a cute smile that made him want to eat her up, and opened her mouth to say some frightening words. “Then I will carry things out by force.” “It’s a rapist! There’s a rapist here!” “It’s fine, there’s no one other than us here on Earth right now. It’s not a crime if I don’t get found out.” ” ‘I”m here. Me! And forget about being caught, a crime is still a crime!” It was even scarier since her eyes looked completely serious. Yu IlHan looked down at Liera’s face, when she had grabbed his hands to prevent him from running away, the two of them ended up laughing. “But…” Then he spoke. At that moment, another woman’s face flashed by in his mind, but the feelings towards that person were insignificant compared to his feelings towards Liera.

“I’m glad, that you don’t have to commit a crime.” “…Huh?” The millennium that went further than just making them familiar with each other, where they shared everything and started to understand other deeply; as well as a few years they endured together while believing in each other even while the surrounding situation was hectic. Now, there was an emotion in the realm that was way beyond just shallow emotions like novelty, pettiness, boredom, and familiarity that linked him with LIera. “I also like you very much. So… I… love… you.” Born coward, stupid, shy, and idiotic, Yu IlHan couldn’t do something like approaching her first… but if Liera was looking at him, he thought that he had to do his best to face her head on. He couldn’t run away at this point. “…” But now that he actually found the courage to confess, he could not hear a reply. It was no wonder since Liera didn’t know how to act after hearing Yu IlHan’s direct confession. Her current feelings were similar to an ordinary salary woman who bought a lottery ticket while wishing to become 1st, but still thought that she had no chance, and actually won the jackpot. “Huguuuuuuuu.” She twisted her body, trying to hide her face, but the hands that she had grabbed before became her own drawback and she couldn’t turn around. “Hiuugh.” “Please say something I can understand.” “I feel like dying because of embarrassment and happiness.” “I just revived you so don’t go dying again sheesh. Moreover, who was it that wanted me to say it?” “I didn’t know you’d be so direct!” He did think that the him of today was invincible, but people really shouldn’t do what

they’re not used to. Yu IlHan also found it unbelievably embarrassing. He wanted to roll on the ground right now. However, Liera didn’t let his hands go even while being embarrassed, so he couldn’t do anything about it. [Go on, kiss.] Someone urged them on in that predicament. Lifting their heads, the Flying fortress was flying above their heads. “What do you mean a kiss…” [It’s a scene suited to this situation!] Mystic’s voice sounded very pouty, and it looked like she didn’t like the fact that she had to just watch without being able to do anything. No, perhaps she was just annoyed while watching Yu IlHan and Liera filming a romance drama. [Go on and kiss her, master. Or else I’ll just drop the flying fortress on you!] “How dare you tease me when you don’t even have a body.” [And just because of WHO was it? Huh!] He ignored Mystic. Then, looking down at Liera twisting her body in embarrassment, he resolved himself with a short deep breath. “Yes, I can’t stay passive forever.” [Huh? Huuuuh?] Catching that muttering, Mystic’s voice became higher. However, Yu IlHan took the next step without hesitation. He grabbed Liera’s hand strongly with one hand, and grabbed her chin with the other, and lowered his head to… “I, IlHan?” “Shh.” Liera, who never imagined that the other side would approach first, was surprise lipattacked by him. With that, Liera couldn’t say anything anymore. […Ah, goddammit. It’s so annoying.] [I shouldn’t have said to kiss!] – Mystic, who was flirted right in front of, made the

Flying fortress go berserk and break-dance in the air. Meanwhile, Orochi, who, likewise, watched everything that played out, quietly muttered inside the Infernal dragon body. [This is going to be quite a sight alright.] (Orochi)

After the situation was completely cleaned up, Yu IlHan and Liera first returned to the Flying fortress. Mystic was still slightly annoyed, but he ignored her. But when he was coming back with Liera in his arms, Yu IlHan thought up of one thing; that Liera was not ‘Liera’ anymore. “Then what do I call you now?” “It doesn’t matter what you call me. In fact, I’d like any name if it’s from you.” Whatever he asked now, he would get an answer like this. Yu IlHan asked with a bitter smile. “The name you used when you were human… wait, you were human, right?” “Yeah, although there are quite a few angels who weren’t human before, I was a human. But, hmm.” She decided to be honest. “I don’t remember my name from back when I was still a human. So isn’t my current name fine? Or should I go back to Lita?” “No, I don’t think there’s a need to do that. Let’s just go with Liera.” “Okay!” Yu IlHan first pushed Liera into the path as he was afraid of speaking a single word to her due to her emission of near infinite optimism energy. She had experienced a huge scale healing from her heart to her skin, as she had fallen from 6th class to 4th, there was no way there was no damage to her body. What she needed right now was none other than rest. This was an opinion from the Resting meister Yu IlHan, so it was definitely correct. “Together!” “We have a lot of time together. First, relieve your fatigue slowly by yourself.”

“Together~!” Liera splashed the water and pouted but Yu IlHan ignored her. In fact, his biggest worry right now was that he was unsure what would happen if he approached her now. “Hiing.” She pouted both her cheeks but eventually soaked back in the water while staring at him. Her light pink lips, half above the water, spat out insults. “Stingy, coward, erectile dysfunction…” “Not the last one!” Leaving Liera alone, Yu IlHan left and finally calmed down with a deep breath. “Fuuuu.” There should be a limit to how chaotic the situation is turning out. He was about to faint from headaches. He was surprised that he still held out. [I was about to die from the cringeyness. You learned all of that from books right? Right?] [You tried.] While Mystic was trying to tease him using any means, only Orochi consoled him with a short and stiff voice. Perhaps he understood him because he was male? Yu IlHan laughed and tapped on the Infernal dragon body twice. In any case, he had calmed down now. He finally felt his heart, that was beating loudly and quickly from the moment Liera went to battle, coming down to the normal rate. “Well, then.” It was time to check the records that he didn’t have a chance to look over during the battle, and due to Liera. The start and the most important point of this change, was the evolution of the Language skill into the Record skill. In fact, it was a skill that was completely different from Yu IlHan’s expectations, and to explain it in short terms, it was a skill that allowed

him to understand himself and the world in the viewpoint of the Akashic Record. If other people understood and acquired a portion of the record by defeating a monster, then he would acquire the whole thing. If others had to train with and use an item for hundreds of days to understand it, then for him, it would be enough with a swing or two. It was not strange for all his experienced earned, and all his skill proficiency to leap by two times. It was also natural for the critical hit rate to increase against enemies he had fought before. This skill was just that kind of a skill; since he had learned the language of all the worlds, he was now at the start line of understanding the language of the Akashic Record. “In other words, it’s OP.” [It’s OP indeed.] (Orochi) [It’s so OP.] (Mystic) Declared Yu IlHan. Orochi and Mystic agreed with him. This skill was more OP than any one of his skills he had learned and used until now. What was the one most relied-upon target after the Great Cataclysm? Wasn’t it the Akashic Record? Even higher existences were being swung around by this absolute, unchanging law. But he could now understand how it worked! Would anyone else have learned this skill? Probably, yes. Perhaps the leader of each higher existence factions have learned this skill. ‘And that means they became stronger through this skill.’ He newly felt that he still had a long way to go. No matter how strong he felt he had became, he was still merely 4th class. No matter how much ability he had, he still could not defeat those in the far away realm, at least not yet. ‘Although, I would not need to touch them if they don’t try to kill me… ’ Although it was annoying to say, at this rate, he had too high chances of being being involved with them. Yu IlHan inwardly resolved himself. At least he had a good start!

He would keep running forward. Like the elementary school athletic meet marathon that he finished despite no one looking at him. Ah, to think back, his dad was cheering for him! In any case, his understanding of other skills leaped the moment he acquired he gained the Record skill, and as a result, instantly mastered Blaze. The blessing of the goddess of fire was given to him as if it was waiting for that moment. The mastery of Blaze enabled him to wield all flames freely, and the blessing of the goddess of fire gave him 50% increase in fire attribute resistance and attack, as well as increasing the league of all his fire-related skills. It was a ‘hot’ skill alright, as expected of a goddess. Unlike the blessing of the god of smithing, where he only gained a tinge of grey on his hair, this time, his eyes were dyed in red like fire. Of course, only when he was wielding fire using mana. With both Blaze mastered and received the blessing of the goddess of fire, he was immediately able to proceed to 4th class. So, Yu IlHan had suppressed his heart to go save Liera immediately, and proceed to his 4th class on the spot. Advancement to Hell Bringer from Blazing Reaper. He thought that it would be an advanced version of his classes until now, but it was a complete mistake. If Blazing Reaper was an assassin with maximized attack, Hell Bringer was an exterminator with assassination skills. [You have become Hell Bringer. Concealment increases by 50%, and fire attribute resistance and attack power increases by 50%. You are invulnerable to surprise attacks. You are immune to all curses and poison.] His stat increases from his Blazing Reaper days were: 20% increase in concealment, 20% increase in fire attribute resistance and attack, 40% increase in attack power in surprise attacks, as well as 30% increase in attack power against life forms. Perhaps, it could be said that his abilities were reduced by acquiring the class. However, to him, 30% additional increase in concealment, his strongest ability, was a bigger plus than him than the surprise attack power. It was also the same with fire attribute resistance and attack power that composed a very large portion of his attacks. To sum up, it could be said that he had thrown away all the minor supportive stats, and maximized his advantages. Yu IlHan was satisfied with that. He could choose a

more variety of battle tactics than before when he had to end all battles with a surprise attack. Invulnerability to surprise attacks should be from the title ‘Untouchable’, and immunity to curse and poison should be from the two resistance skills. Somehow, he became a monster that could not really be called a ‘lower existence’ any more. With him acquiring 4th class, all the experience he had gained until now were all calculated as well, and perhaps due to acquiring the whole experience of a 6th class at the last minute, his level had become 270. This was an overwhelming difference to when he had finished his 3rd class advancement! However, this was acceptable as well, since at that time, he had killed a little more than 1,000 4th class dragons, and a few tens of thousands of 3rd class dragons, but this time, not only had he wiped out all the monsters that appeared on Earth for 3 years, he also killed 5th class monsters and even a 6th class! Moreover, he had killed the 6th class Chaos Will when his Record skill was active, and that overwhelming amount of experience had doubled. Considering that, it was strange that he wasn’t level 299 immediately, but if he told Erta that, then she would retort that he was a damn thief. Yu IlHan was satisfied with just this much. There were two other changes, and it was that like the angels had predicted, the skills that required him to master for 4th class – namely, Blaze, Deathgod, Death collector, Soul enchant, Transcendent regeneration, Extreme poison resistance, and Higher curse resistance – had all fused to become the skill, ‘Falling down’. [You have acquired the skill, Falling down. This skill entraps a certain region of space using Blaze according to level. All enemies drop by a league in this region, and are constantly bound and damaged by flames containing the power of souls, curses, and poison. In this region, the user’s recoverability increases by 500%, and the region’s power increases by 5% whenever an enemy is killed. It will not work against enemies at a realm too high above the user, but that may change according to the skill’s growth. The skill uses 70% of the entire mana pool to activate, and 3% more to maintain each minute.] Truly a suitable skill to a Hell Bringer that wrought the wrath of hell upon the lands! The point where his recoverability increased the more enemies he killed made Yu IlHan like it more.

This was a skill that was even hard to find among higher existences, not to mention lower ones. Everything that Yu IlHan had gained in his path until now were in this one skill. And the final one was the fusion skill of Superhuman strength and Critical hit. Although he had vaguely predicted the others, he didn’t have the slightest clue about these two! In fact, Yu IlHan had almost given up on the fusion evolution of these two skills since he didn’t know the conditions no matter what he did after mastering them, but strangely,the moment he became 4th class, the fusion requirements were enabled. So, he hypothesized that skill evolution didn’t just require understanding of the skills and magic stone, but also the league of the user. Anyway, the skill he had acquired after fusing those two were very simple. [You have acquired the skill, God Force. Muscular strength increases by 300% at level 1. It puts an enormous strain on the body, so you may require months of recuperation once used.] How simple compared to all the incomprehensible and hard to use skills! However, people said the simplest were the most frightening, and the power behind the God Force skill was very frightening indeed. Muscular strength referred to the strength stat, and an increase of the strength stat by 3 can mean that his level would increase by a certain amount during that time. This was also a skill unsuited to lower existences. Of course, like the warning on the skill, the penalties were frightening as well. Even though he had the Transcendent regeneration skill, he would have to stay in bed for at least 3 days once he used it. Although this was plenty absurd since months became 3 days, it could be said that it was very hard to use in real battle. That is, if he didn’t have the Falling down skill. Yes. His recoverability increases by 500% within that area, and using Transcendent regeneration inside would allow him to use God Force without any side effects. Skill combo referred to this! [So OP.]

“It is OP!” [Are you trying to conquer the Earth alone?] “Oh, that sounds annoying, so, no.” Yu IlHan called out his status on this retina and checked it A string of words emitting enormous force could be seen. [Yu IlHan(Human)] [Main Class – Hell Bringer Lv270] [Sub Class – Angel’s Partner, Dragon Rider] [Title – Pancosmic loner, Untouchable, One hit for him, one hit for you; creator of myths, thousand in one hit, dragon slayer, dragon’s ally, the quickest, hero of fire, the frog that leaped out of the well. blessing of the blacksmith god, blessing of the goddess of fire] [Strength – 546 Agility – 475 Health – 387 Magic – 554] [Active skills – Falling Down(Deathgod, Soul enchant, Blaze, Death collector, Transcendent regeneration, Extreme poison resistance, Higher curse resistance) Lv7, Mana crafting Lv96, God Force(Superhuman strength, Critical hit) Lv 2, Angel’s support Lv 89, Rule 98, Dragonic Blood Lv84, Warp(Leap) lv 7] [Passive skills – Angel’s protection, Dragon-man resonance lv 87, Physical combat mastery lv max, Blunt weapon mastery lv max, Sword mastery lv max, Whip mastery lv max, Dismantling lv max, Blacksmithing lv max, Record(language) lv 2, Magic engineering lv 99, Excavation lv 99, Spear of Untraceable Trajectory(spear mastery) lv 94, Absolute accuracy(throwing, shooting) lv 96, cooking lv 97] “Good.” Yu IlHan nodded in satisfaction. “Not long until higher existence.” [All worlds are going to exclaim at this.] “I don’t want to hear from you who was born a higher existence.” To the him right now, the only problem he had was that the mana consumption of the Falling down skill was very high, even though it would be the core of his battles. And about that, he had no choice but to put his effort into increasing the duration somehow. Increasing the skill level would be one method, but… “That would take a long time, and for now I can…”

Make accessories out of the remains of higher existences to increase the mana efficiency. That was the biggest candidate. No, if this went well, it might as well solve the entire problem. “I’ll put this to work immediately.” [Working while leaving behind such a woman who’s all ready. Sheesh, men are always like this. And here you just said all those sweet words just now, hm?] “Ugh.” [“It’s fortunate, that you don’t have to commit a crime…!”] “Uggggaaaaahk.” [I, too, love you.] “Uhaaaaaahk! Kergh!” That was Yu IlHan’s limit. With the continuous provocation from Mystic, Yu IlHan, who awoke to the embarrassment started rolling around the mansion at speeds that far surpassed sungdaein bolt’s previous records! Mystic, who finally produced the scene she wanted, spoke in a very satisfied voice. [Master, since you’re rolling, wrap some rags around you and roll around the dirty corridors.] [Such a cruel building…] (Orochi) Orochi sympathized with his master, but did not say anymore. He knew of Mystic’s frustration well. But mid way through his rolling, Yu IlHan abruptly stood up. He felt a giant ripple of mana, and instantly realized what that meant. “IlHan!” It seems she had realized as well. Liera left the bath and was running outside. “The dungeon! That dungeon!” “I know. the dungeon where Mir and the other children were trapped…” How could he not think of this? The master of the dungeon had disappeared, so it was a natural process for the dungeon to disappear! Mir and the other children would be liberated with this, and not only that, the

perverted demons would be put in the same situation! Although it was fortunate that there were no humans on Earth right now, he had to move right now in order to prevent the annoying stuff from occurring later. “IlHan, let’s go! Let’s go quickly!” “Yes, we need to hurry! But before that, Liera.” Yu IlHan spoke in a serious and strict tone. “Put on some clothes.”

To the children, the battle with the demons was harsh and cruel. Without Yumir’s support, they would have been wiped out in the first battle. No matter how talented they were, and even though they were newtypes that were over level 100 below 5 years of age, there was an insurmountable wall between them and the demons. But despite that, they succeeded in coming out victorious in the first battle. It was because Yumir was holding the fort behind them. “*pant pant*…” “Master, did the monster die?” “Yeah, it died. You got experience, right?” “Yeah, but…” “That’s the definite proof. Dad said so.” Replied Yumir while looking at the demon that did not move anymore. Then, he looked at the army with no casualties in the battle just now. “Fuu, fuu…” “I feel like I’m dying. My legs hurt so much.” “Hing, my stomach hurts so much.” The children all collapsed on the ground and panted. Their faces were all thick with fatigue and pain. However, Yumir thought that this was a big success. Although the casualties would have been massive had he not interfered at the right time, all the members of the army had survived. Everyone had survived and was shared of the demon’s records and experience. “Did you all level up?” “Yeah.” “Although not as much as the hero… We became a little stronger.”

This was the first time Yumir didn’t deal the final strike on the monster. Although it was a difficult and arduous battle, satisfaction could be seen from the children. Levelling up via direct battle was gave them an incomparable sense of accomplishment compared to eating the monster meat. “But you need to do better.” Just as when the children were drunk in battle, blood, victory, and pain, Yumir’s cold voice seeped into their ears. “You need to survive. To survive without me, you aren’t good enough right now.” “Where is hero going?” “I need to be with dad. He will look for me sometime. I’ll strengthen you until that time.” “We want to follow you!” The children who were in pain in the ground all jumped up and shouted at once after hearing Yumir’s words. However, Yumir shook his head. “You’re too weak. No matter how much you train, you’re weak.” Yumir thought that anyone could become as strong as the four elves under Yu IlHan if they trained for 2 years, but he had placed his expectations too high. Although the growth rates of the newtypes here were very fast, in Yumir’s judgement, even that was too slow. It was good that they were levelling up fast and were becoming able to use stronger abilities. However, their will to battle was less than their abilities, and decisively, their skill proficiency was lower compared to their level since they were levelling up too fast. The disadvantage was very recognizable to Yu IlHan and the elves who trained for a long time. “Eeeek.” Yumir’s merciless words seemed to have hurt them. In their point of view, they’ve worked to death, but they were still given such a cold judgement! Yumir’s evaluations were not very delicate, and anyone who heard his words, no, anyone at those ages would naturally be stubborn and not accept it. However.

“We can become stronger!” “I’ll become stronger and follow the hero!” “You can’t leave me behind!” The newtypes were different. All of their standards had become the same as Yumir’s as they had lived the majority of their short lifetimes with him! Of course, the effects of the Rule skill was big as well, but the mental influence on all of them was thanks to Yumir’s ability, personality, as well as the special environment that was here. “…You want to become stronger?” “Yeah!” “Stronger!” Perhaps the flames of battle hadn’t gone off yet, as many passionate voices could be heard from here and there. Everyone was looking at Yumir. Right now, they looked like they didn’t feel any more pain, and were all looking towards Yumir with resolved eyes. However, Yumir was at a loss. The reason he took care of these kids was in order to follow his dad who did the same thing, and to enable them to live by themselves. So, it was very unexpected for him that they wanted to go with him. “Okay.” However, he would be disqualified as a dragon if he rejected all of them when they wanted to follow him. Yumir nodded as they wished. Of course, even he didn’t know that the children were still unable to reason rationally, or that they couldn’t part so easily as they were linked by the Rule skill. Yumir was still a kid after all. “Then it will become even more difficult. We’ll go even faster now.” “Ok!” “We’ll try our best, master!” “Definitely!” The resolves of the children filled the lands. Yumir stiffly nodded and spoke. “But don’t die. Dying is a sad thing.” “Got it!”

Yumir was also satisfied with their loud replies. The army rested for 30 more minutes, and departed after they recovered their full strength. From the time they went on dungeon hunting for real, the children were not allowed sleep time. All fatigue would be dissolved if they levelled up before they died due to over exhaustion. Of course, the mental stress would remain, but the members of the army endured all of that with the will and resolve to stay with Yumir. This was a technique that Yu IlHan used frequently in the past, and also something that was experienced in Yumir’s growth process. How can children who are barely over level 100 undergo some intense training like that? Of course, that was thanks to the enormous experience points given by their enemies, the perverted demons. Under Yumir’s lead, they could easily do anything if they managed to kill those demons in a short time span. Yumir tested their talents, efforts and tenacity, and the children all followed him even while crying tears of blood. This could be said to be a very cruel training, and it was amazing that there were no dropouts. When that continued for several months, the lowest levelled children reached level 120, and while the highest one even reached level 144. The perverted demons were in actuality, the perfect present to those able to hunt them! “I will definitely, definitely go with the hero!” And just who was the level 144? It was one of the girls that always tried to stick next to Yumir. Rather than royalty, it was more akin to romantic interest, and she had a passionate and direct unrequited love even though she was 5 years old! “Yeah, you should do. But put in more effort.” “Okay!” Of course, Yumir, ignorant to the matters between a man and a woman, only praised and encouraged the child as he thought that she had enough potential and effort, but that ended up pouring oil to the fire. Now, she looked like she would kill every demon in sight.

However, unfortunately for her, and fortunately for Yumir who didn’t want the children to be in danger, the dungeon was liberated on Earth in exactly 30 minutes. “Hm.” Of course, the first one to realize the change was Yumir. It was because the world as a whole where they were, was trembling, and mana was trembling here and there. “Everyone stop moving.” The 9,300 children proceeding secretively all stopped on the spot. Yumir gathered them on one spot and changed to dragon form just in case. It was because he was stronger in dragon form than human form. [No… wait.] When he changed into a dragon, his sensitive senses became even more detailed, and he was able to analyze the properties of the trembling mana in detail. And thanks to that, Yumir realized one thing. [It’s mixing.] “What’s mixing, master?” “Hero, how long do we need to stand still?” The children all called for him, calling him hero or master. However, Yumir was confused at the suddenly changing situation, and was happy, and so was in no state to listen to them. Yumir eventually dispelled his transformation and turned back into human form. While the children watched him confusion, he looked up to the sky to see that the color of the sky was changing. No, even the sky was mixing. The red and stuffy sky of hell, and the blue, clear sky of the outside. “We’re out.”

Whispered Yumir in a small voice. And his voice became louder in an instant. “We’re out!” “What’s out, hero?” “It’s Earth!” The mana, the sky, the land – everything was mixing with that of Earth! The dungeon’s boundaries were collapsing like it was never there and was being mixed with Earth! Yumir was sure that it was Yu IlHan that caused this. His dad came looking for him, there was no mistake about it! And his conviction was answered. “What’s that?” “Hero, a huge thing is flying in the sky!” “Wow, so cool. Look at those mirrors!” It looked like a castle in the sky. Moreover, there were rotating mirrors that enveloped it as if guarding it, and once in a while, they gathered on one spot to shoot out a strong beam of energy. Every time that happened, he could feel the liberated demons being obliterated. “What’s that, so scary.” “Wouldn’t it attack us too?” “H, hero~.” The children dispersed from formation in fear in front of the huge power, but Yumir didn’t mind. He knew that the person he was looking for so much was inside that castle! “Dad!” Yumir’s shouts filled the sky. Yu IlHan, who was also busy cleaning up the dungeon’s demons now that the dungeon and the Earth became one again, heard the voice and abruptly raised his head. “Mir!”

At the same time the barrier surrounding the flying fortress was dispelled, Yumir flew into the castle. He quickly caught on to Yu IlHan’s figure and flew and hugged him. “Dad!” “Yes, yes.” “Uwaaaaan.” Unbelievable for a commander of an army that wiped out a dungeon for nearly 3 years, Yumir cried very loudly. Yu IlHan was also very depressed that Yumir had become insanely stronger while he didn’t see him, but seeing him crying in his arms, he didn’t care anymore. “It was so hard without you until now.” “I’m sorry, I should have gone to look for you earlier.” “I became stronger though.” “Yes, well done. You’ve even got your 4th class.” “But dad became even stronger.” “Of course, it’s dad we’re talking about.” A conversation without context was passing by. However, what was important right now was not the meaning behind those words, but the emotions behind them. That was what was needed right now for the father and son. [Who’s that? It looks like a mini-master… and he’s exactly my type.] [Hold it. No one will have feelings towards a building.] [Same goes to a piece of armor!] Mystic and Orochi quarreled like usual, but no one minded them. Any BGM would make this scene emotional! “Dad.” “Yes, dad is here.” “Hing, why weren’t you there until now?” “I’m sorry. I really am.” Yu IlHan embraced Yumir until Yumir was satisfied, and Liera only watched the scene from the side. Of course, properly clothed.

“Masterrrrrrr!” “What do we do, hero isn’t coming back!” “Uwaaaaaan!” It took 5 minutes for them to realize the existence of the dragon army that were absentmindedly looking up at the castle in the sky.

Yu IlHan let the Dragon’s army children into the Flying fortress. The fact that they were extremely wary against Yu IlHan and Liera were unsuited to their age, but on one hand, they looked quite well-trained as well. And in fact, they had been trained better than any army in any world. “…So I made them my underlings.” “So that was it.” Yumir talked about everything that happened from the time he was trapped in that dungeon. From how he first discovered the children, and the children’s characteristics of levelling up by eating the meat of those demons, as well as how he raised them after the Rule skill came into effect. They were absurd stories from beginning to end, but not only would Mir not lie about something like that, there were very little chances of it being a lie as the proof, the children, were here. Yu IlHan turned around to Liera, who was a little unreliable, but the most knowledgeable person present. “What do you think about this?” “Although it does not happen often, there are mutations everywhere. The environment of Earth changed too rapidly, did it not? It wouldn’t be too strange even if the children were largely influenced. There is also the possibility of their physical body structures getting changed while they were warped to that hell.” “Really?” “Yeah, but at least they are not monsters. They are still pure and naive human children.” Declared Liera as if she had read his thoughts. He let out a bitter smile and nodded. “I thought that for merely a moment. Moreover, I also have a means of checking that.”

A single strand of hair was enough to check the army members’ identities. Activating the Record skill and taking a close look at it, he indeed confirmed that they were humans born from two earthlings. Although that was as he had expected, but the problem was the cause of the change of the children. “…No way.” “Why? You can’t understand because the skill level is too low?” “No, rather, I understood it too well. Though, I’d rather believe that the skill made an error because it’s still low leveled…” Liera’s eyes narrowed. Yu IlHan didn’t drag it out anymore and decided to say the truth. “Chaos Will. It’s that guy.” “Huh?” Liera asked back. Not because she didn’t hear it properly, but because she could not believe his words. Yu IlHan knew that but still repeated his words. “It was Chaos Will, that 6th class. The guy that almost killed both of us. He changed the children’s genetics to become stronger just by breathing, by absorbing mana. Mir only raised their growth speeds.” “There’s no way that’s true. That guy resented humans.” There would be no psychopaths who would give a knife to the one he resented to death. Liera’s words sounded very reasonable, but Yu IlHan shook his head. “I also don’t know what that guy was thinking, but it was indeed that guy. To be exact, it had enhanced the children by using the power of Earth like how it had made 5th class beings. It also shared minute bits of its record… and although the implementation of power is different, the method is the same so there are no doubts here either.” “No way.” At that point, Yu IlHan’s expression turned strange. He thought back to the words it had spat out against himself and Liera, and realized one thing.

“It actually did not deny the competition for survival between humanity and monsters. The only person it truly resented was me.” “That doesn’t make sense though. IlHan, you only wanted to survive too!” The Yu IlHan from a thousand years ago was also the same as the other humans, monsters and Chaos Will. He only struggled for survival. So, if Chaos Will wanted to accept humans, then it had to accept Yu IlHan as well. Otherwise, it was selfcontradictory, no? “No, it’s not that. It’s a different sort of problem.” Liera’s words this time were very reasonable as well, but Yu IlHan, who was sure about his thoughts, retorted to her with a simple explanation. “In the kingdom of animals, it doesn’t matter if a lion eats a deer, but you would still be enraged if a friend was killed by a lion, no? It should be something along those lines. It had been alive from a thousand years ago, and was perhaps one of the animals that was almost damaged by me! In the end, it turns out to be so simple, no?” “…Yup, very simple. I don’t want to understand but I still do.” Yes. The target of its resentment was not against the entire humanity but Yu IlHan alone. That resentment was neither grand nor idealistic. It was a very private thing! “Then what is it?” Liera summed up the story with a strange expression. “So, in the end, only you, IlHan, was its target of elimination, and the rest didn’t matter at all? And to think back, the one that expelled humans from Earth was the Earth itself and not that guy…” “It’s not just that. Perhaps it wanted to become the lord of Earth. Like, developing Earth to its tastes, and raise an army inside it?” Without Yumir the ratio of survivors would be even more pitiful. However, the child that grows alone within that hell would become a strong being suited to that of Earth. Moreover, the child would be shared ‘its’ record, so there would be a possibility of becoming a higher existence as well… “So that’s it.”

At that moment, the vague and unacceptable story instantly cleared up. “It was preparing for the moment Earth becomes a higher world, in its own way.” “…That’s true, there’s also the creation of 5th class monsters that became less and less flawed. And there’s the fact that it did something to the children sent to the hell dungeon…” However, there were two unknown variables in that perfect plan, which was Yu IlHan and Yumir. Yu IlHan had created the Flying fortress to wipe out all the monsters on Earth by himself, and Yumir had wiped out the hell dungeon by developing the children who should have otherwise grown up naturally. Although the two’s methods of going about ruining this plan was very drastic, one very loner-like and one very popular, it did not change the fact that they struck a huge axe in the plan. “The expression of ‘lord of the Earth’ really sounds suitable. If there’s a lord of Earth right now, wouldn’t it be you and Mir? You’ve taken the throne in a splendid manner.” “What good is that? I don’t need it. Take it back.” Yu IlHan shook his hand and looked at the children again. The children that might have become the forces of monsters, had become Yumir’s army and were here. This was a good thing at least for his son Yumir. However, Yu IlHan couldn’t stay smiling all the time. “And so? How many children are here in total again…?” “Yeah, it’s 9,300 in total.” That was because the number of children Yumir had taken in were overwhelmingly small in number. There should have been much, much more children who were born after the Great Cataclysm, but the survivors only numbered 9,300! This was also thanks to Yumir proactively rescuing the children while going around the dungeon, and if things had gone as Chaos Will had predicted, then the survival ratio would have decreased to a tenth of this. Just the scale of casualties was way beyond Yu IlHan’s thoughts so Yu IlHan gave up

thinking about it. Humans could not revert time, and so he could only proceed with what he had in his hand right now. “…Well done, Mir. Very well done.” “Yeah.” Yumir liked it when Yu IlHan praised him and stroked his head. Despite being a monstrosity of over level 230, and being a commander of a 9,300 large army, Yumir was merely 6 years old; an age where he would do anything in order to be praised by his parents. It’s just that the results became like this due to his abilities! “Is it really the hero’s parents?” “But what are ‘parents’?” “Hiing, I also want to see mommy.” The 9,300 children who were wary against Yu IlHan at the beginning saw that Yu IlHan and Liera didn’t have any hostility at all, and also saw that Yumir was acting pampered in Yu IlHan’s arms, they dispelled their wariness a little. Although they were still talking from far away. “IlHan, are you going to leave them like that?” “No,… I think I have to do something.” Yu IlHan made a bitter smile while looking at the children who were high levelled, but were still no better than babies. They couldn’t stay on guard against each other forever. He thought about what would be the best in this situation when… “Good.” Yu IlHan spoke so that everyone could hear it. “Let’s eat up first.” Yu IlHan used everything he could use to make food for all 9,300 children. He wiped out a field without an owner to make a salad, cast a giant net from the Flying fortress to catch fish to make soft boiled fish, boiled soup using the Giant Bucket, and grilled meat.

The above things all happened within 2 hours. The children only drooled while watching one miracle after another occurring in Yu IlHan’s two hands. It was no wonder, since all of these children only had demon flesh for food for nearly 3 years! [The skill, Cooking, has become level 98. Roughly made food tastes better now.] Perhaps due to doing a large-scale cooking after a while, his skill level increased as well. Yu IlHan installed numerous tables in the garden of his mansion and was satisfied. “Good, I’ll be able to master the Cooking skill as well one day.” “Nomnom… this is what’s unfair about the Akashic Record. Although, I don’t care since the meat is tasty.” Muttered Liera, while stuffing her cheeks with meat. Perhaps she had become more easily hungry after she became a lower existence. Yu IlHan gave her a smack on the forehead. “I didn’t even set the table so don’t eat it first.” “But it would be a pity for the meat to turn cold! It’s cooking made with my dear IlHan.” “Then don’t eat it and help with the setting up.” “Yes sir.” Even though they were quarreling like the usual, it felt as if flowers were being scattered around them. The stable mood around the two left no room for Mystic to tease them. Yumir, who was only looking at his father until now, also noticed Liera at that time and shouted in shock. “Liera noona became weaker!” “No, I became stronger, Mir. With love, that is… Oh, and call me mother.” “But in fact noona’s strength is…” “I became stronger! And call me mother!” Biting off a large chunk of vegetable salad like a rabbit, Liera said again with a stronger tone. Yumir really wanted to retort since he knew the strength of Liera’s 6th class days, but gave up after seeing Liera’s eyes full of stars and hearts. At that time, Yu IlHan give her a punishment in Yumir’s steed.

“I said work.” “Ouch.” The large lands of the mansion was wide enough for all of the over 9000 children to fit in it. Tables were put between them, and cooking was put on all of those tables, the children, who hesitated to eat at first, started to eat after seeing Yumir eat without holding back. “Wow.” “It’s not tough.” “What do you call this?” “Tasty!” “Good, eat to your heart’s content.” It didn’t take that long for the delicate and quiet meal time to turn into a party of chaos. Yu IlHan, who already predicted that such a thing would happen, scooped out food for them while cooking meat stew using a giant pot. It was like a battle. The children who was eating away at everything they saw, clashed against Yu IlHan’s will to make them collapse with full stomachs. [They looked like they starved for at least 3 days.] [You shouldn’t be able to say that if you know the environment inside that hell dungeon.] “Orochi’s words are right. No matter how it had tinkered with something, no matter how Yumir was there, it is still amazing that they were able to survive until now…” The dinner only ended three hours after Liera had finished her meal and went into spectator mode. The children, who only repeatedly ate and drink, all collapsed on the ground only when half of the food ingredients in the mansion were emptied out. “So happy.” “I feel like I’ve wasted half my life thinking about how I couldn’t eat such a tasty thing.” “What’s life?” “It’s living.” “How long can we live?” “Hero’s dad is a good person.” “What’s a dad?” A very four-dimensional conversation, which made him wonder if they were clever or

idiots, played out. Perhaps they were spouting whatever words that came to their minds since they were full and were relaxed. Yu IlHan left the children to rest like that and checked with Yumir. “And so, Mir. What do you want to do with those children?” “I’m going to let them do what they want.” But the problem was that they all wanted to follow him, he added. Yu IlHan heard that and made a bitter smile while facing him. Then, he thought for a bit, before speaking. “Then what about we let them act with us for a while? In fact, dad is thinking about one way to return Earth to the normal state…” Yu IlHan explained the plan, and Yumir nodded. The children who heard his words, of course, followed him without any complaints. The fact that Yu IlHan had gained their trust with food also played a role. With that, The Flying fortress and the Dragon’s army combined. This was the creation of the strongest and the worst organization on Earth.

It wasn’t like he immediately put his plan into action just because he accepted the Dragon’s army into the Flying fortress. Not only did Yu IlHan still have stuff to take care of, he couldn’t bear to send the children back to battles again. [And so you want me to do everything, huh!] “I always believe in you, Mystic!” Leaving the cleaning of all the monsters including the perverted demons to Mystic, the Flying fortress that hunts well, what Yu IlHan did first was to make numerous attractions using his vast mansion grounds and garden. Liera asked Yu IlHan after seeing a long slide that connected all the way to the hall, and the toy train that passed below it. “What’s… this?” “A general theme park.” “…” Liera’s expression turned strange after hearing Yu IlHan’s reply. However, he was very serious right now. “These kids have competed for survival as soon as they came to themselves. I can’t even imagine how twisted their emotions are. If we aren’t going to make them battle for their lifetimes, we need to put some other things into them. Something peaceful, and warm.” “And so, a theme park?” “They won’t be able to rest if it’s not now.” His words were light, but the meaning was deep. There was no way Liera could stop him from doing that since she knew how he felt while looking at those children, and in the end, she decided to watch as the rather extreme park attractions that went in and out of the mansion, were being built.

Of course, there was still another question. “Then can’t you just go to a theme park on land?” “The monsters already ate them all, so there’s nothing left.” “Ah, that’s it…” 3 years had passed since humanity was expelled, and the world was rapidly losing its civilization. Yu IlHan couldn’t possibly take care of that as well. No, in fact, Yu IlHan helped in destroying civilization with the Flying fortress, and never helped in preserving them. Just freeing Earth again was annoying enough, so there was no way he would be looking after minor details! Restoring those things were jobs for the rest of humanity when they return. Although, it was unknown when they would! “Hero, what’s this?” “My heart is thumping when I see it!” “I don’t know either!” Perhaps it was engraved into their instincts? The children jumped around while looking at the attractions being installed all over the Flying fortress area. Even Yumir, who was supposed to be leading them all, had glistening eyes while looking at the interesting rides that he had never seen before! That scene made Liera, who was watching feel warm on the inside,… but at that moment, she found Yu IlHan who was about to put a 4th class magic stone near a ride. “There, stop moving.” “Tch, I was found out.” “Why are you using 4th class magic stones on a mere attraction!” Yu IlHan replied firmly. “This attraction is also a part of the Flying fortress. It’s obvious for all the things that make up the Flying fortress to be used to attack enemies, whether it’s a gram of air or a speck of dust, no?” “Wait a sec, did you make all these with…?” “Of course, vibration demon’s bones!”

“Give me back my feelings and emotions!!” However, he wasn’t lying when he said he was building attractions for the children. He was only taking care of two, or three things by just doing one thing! Liera clenched her teeth and spoke to him, in this situation where she wanted to slap him but couldn’t. “In the future, please explain before I feel like I’ve been hit on the back of the head. I also want to escape this one-pattern reaction trope!” “Isn’t it more interesting to find out later?” “I’m going to kiss you for one hour whenever you deceive me.” “Not one second!?” “And also.” Liera put up three fingers on one hand and put it in front of Yu IlHan’s face when he had just turned back in shock. She approached as close as they could kiss if someone pushed them, and spoke with her red eyes containing a galaxy. “And if you do it three times, I’ll do some… thick things for over one hour like slugs.” “Uwaaaaaaaaaahk! Mir is listening!” Yu IlHan acknowledged that Liera was at her final form. She, reborn after throwing away shame and hesitation, and also having a strong sense of conviction towards Yu IlHan, became a being that the current Yu IlHan could not win against. “There, done.” “Wow!” “What’s this! What’s this!” Yu IlHan made a total of 119 attractions in and around the mansion in merely 22 hours. After he finished that, he looked around at the 9,300 children and asked Yumir. “Mir, you don’t manage all these 9,300 kids in one go, right?” “Yeah, I group them according to attributes and divide them according to class!” Yu IlHan patted his son who worked so well. After that, he grouped them like how he did, and placed them in front of each attraction. “Wow.” “I think I know! I saw something like this looooooooooooooooooooooooong time ago

with mommy and daddy!” “What’s a mommy?” He didn’t install just simple merry-go-rounds, spinning cups, or roller coasters. He even made stages where they could role play (PR: NOT THAT KIND, more of playing house or chef etc), and ones where they could only advance to the next stage if they indirectly learned about culture or the like, in order to hammer in minimum common sense into them. “I placed them in the middle of each course. They wouldn’t do this if I only put the boring ones in it.” “And your head always spins in stuff like these.” Since he had made all the attractions and set the kids on each course, the only thing left was to play around freely! The children all went onto rides as soon as Yu IlHan and Yumir gave the permission. “Mir, you go and play too.” “I want to say with dad.” “You can go play, I won’t go anywhere.” “I still want to stay here.” Looking at Yumir who didn’t want to be apart from him even while being really curious about the attractions, Yu IlHan made a bitter smile. Even though he was a dragon, Yumir was still a child. At the time where he had to be with his parents the most, he couldn’t be there with him. He was worried about the emotional deficiency of the children, but in fact, the one he had to worry about the most was none other than his son, Yumir. “Okay, then stay with dad.” “Okay.” “Kyaaaaaak!” “Fast! High! So high!” The attractions that Yu IlHan made while utilizing dragon tongue, ancient elf language, angel, and fallen angel magic language, as well as the best of magic engineering, were all more thrilling than any other rides on Earth, and it did not take a lot of time until the children were absorbed into the Flying fortress theme park. full of dreams and hopes.

“Uwaaaaah!” “Amazing, I’m flying faster than when I was kicked by a monster!” If there was a drawback in the Flying fortress theme park, it was that all the rides were made for children over level 100, so an ordinary person may die of a heart attack if they rode on it. Those without a good dynamic vision wouldn’t even know what the children were doing now, but Yu IlHan could even see the cheering kid furthest away from him. “Good, there are no problems.” Yu IlHan checked that all 119 attractions were completely flawless in their activity, and nodded his head. Finally, he lightly touched the rails of a roller coaster nearby, when numerous text filled his vision. [The Flying fortress analyzes and records the information of the ones here.] “Good, this side is perfect too.” Hearing Yu IlHan’s mutters, Liera lightly laughed. She could imagine what other functions the attractions had other than just being attractions and as a weapon. She took Yumir from Yu IlHan’s arms softly and covered his two eyes. “Mir, close your eyes for around an hour.” “Un, okay.” “No! I said no! Collecting information is also attached to other basic utilities of the Flying fortress! I didn’t add anything new, and it was already there before.” And with Yu IlHan’s Record skill, that had blossomed beautifully. He was only trying to make equipment for the 9,300 children by from the information on abilities, physical body, and records collected from the attractions while they enjoyed them! “You really are doing a lot of things at once.” “It’s to prevent the annoying stuff from popping up later. Well, then. Let’s wait until I collect all their information… Yu IlHan turned back, and his eyes glistened while looking at Liera and Yumir.

“Let’s make your equipments first.” The start was Yumir. Of course, he had made epic-ranked equipment for him before. And no matter what kind of battle he had went through in such a harsh environment, that equipment was still as sturdy and strong as ever. However, the Yu IlHan of that time and the Yu IlHan of now was different! He always advanced forward! “Mostly in regards to offensive strength, though. That’s why, the materials need to change.” “Ah, sheesh.” However, her words were right. Yu IlHan was planning to make an armor for Yumir using the remains of Chaos Will, which was mostly hunted by Liera alone! “Of course, I need to use it for my armor as well so I’ll use only half of it.” “Wow, I can’t even touch it even though I can see it! Dad is amazing for killing something like this!” “I killed it with Liera.” However, when he looked at Liera after saying that to Yumir, Liera was pouting for some reason. She asked with a pouty voice. “Half?” “Yeah, I need to use at least half to make a gear that can help Mir.” “But IlHan and I killed it, if you invest half of it to Mir, then you can only make yours with the other half.” “…You didn’t want something with a couple-look with this guy’s remains, right?” Liera did not reply. Although she didn’t look like she was moving, she had nodded very minutely, and he wouldn’t have noticed if he didn’t watch her closely. “It was a monumental incident…” “I don’t think I want to celebrate something like that though…?” Perhaps girls were all special like this, or perhaps Liera was just like that. He sighed and took out something he had hidden inside one corner of his inventory.

“In fact, I’ve prepared something else to make your equipment. Here, these are it.” The things Yu IlHan had pulled out so proudly, was a box containing hundreds of thousands of blinding-white feathers, tens of flasks containing white blood, as well as some dead skin and crust that were emitting a strong aura. “…” Liera looked down at those items and became silent for a moment, before asking with a bright smile. “When did you pick all these up?” “In truth, the 5th option on your armor also had this in it as well… So [email protected]#$^&*@!^!#!” “So I have to close my eyes for one hour, right?” Yumir, who was good at learning, closed his two eyes and turned around, while Liera’s vicious assault on Yu IlHan began! Yu IlHan struggled and squirmed like a fish out of water, but she did not let go no matter what he did. After all, it was her who taught Yu IlHan his martial arts back then! It really did take one full hour before Yu IlHan could start working and Yumir and Liera’s equipment.

“Dad, Liera-noona looks like she likes you alot.” “Yeah, I know that too.” Hearing Yumir facing up to him, Yu IlHan touched his lips to check whether they were bloated right now. Yumir added with a bright smile. “So dad likes Liera-noona too.” “Yup, but sometimes her love feels too heavy.” “So you don’t like it, dad?” “No, I like it. But keep this a secret from Liera, okay? She would go wild if she knew.” “Un, okay.” The person in question, Liera had gone to sleep in satisfaction after the one-hour punishment. She looked like the king of beasts going to sleep after a satisfying hunt. “So let’s make your equipment first.” “Okay!” Yumir was now 4th class and was able to take dragon form. Of course, he was still a small dragon 20m in stature, and 7m in height, he would become bigger as time goes and as he levelled up. Making an equipment he could use while in dragon form would require a great deal of pondering. “However, fortunately, we have the body of Chaos Will.” “Wow, it keeps stretching!” “In fact, it’s not important whether this material stretches or shrinks. What’s important about this material is not the physical interference, but the will and mana inside it, you only need to remember this.” Yu IlHan split the corpse of Chaos Will in exactly a half and put one half into his inventory and lifted up the other half. The scene of Yu IlHan’s hands grabbing a shadow without a specific form was very marvelous to look at.

“This is a material that implements the will using mana as the medium.” The shadow was still minutely vibrating as if it was alive, and was constantly changing its appearance by receiving Yu IlHan’s will, and Yu IlHan wielded that ability as if he was born with it. Yumir also vaguely grasped how to do it after looking at him using it. “I think I’ll be able to use it like my body if I get used to ti!” “You need to do things that are impossible with just your body alone. Dad will set the basic form. It will protect you perfectly even if you suddenly turn into dragon form.” “Wow.” If there was one unfortunate thing, it was that they were not in possession of a 5th class magic stone right now. However, with Yu IlHan’s magic engineering ability, it was plenty possible for Yu IlHan to make it so that he would enhance it with a 4th class magic stone for now, and use a 5th class magic stone later to upgrade, so it wasn’t really a problem at all. “Eternal Flame.” The flame sleeping inside the Infernal dragon body awoke and flared up. Although Chaos Will was neither metal, or any other kind of material, fire was necessary in order to process it. To be exact, it needed the Eternal Flame which possesses its own sentience, unattainable through whatever means, and forever burning; to process it. “You need to clean out all the impurities from here. You can do it, right?” Eternal Flame burned up as if acknowledging. Then, it enlarged its size and enveloped the shadow. The shadow twisted as if resisting, but that did not last long. Everything fell quiet soon after, and it laid on the ground again like a dead fish. “Did it die?” “It was already dead. I only dusted off some insect-like things.” Although he was saying as if it was nothing, this would actually be a tedious process without the Eternal Flame, to be exact, Orochi and Yu IlHan would have an annoying time.

“So watch from now. And extend your hand when I say so, okay?” “Yeah!” Yu IlHan put the shadow down on the anvil before picking up his hammer. He applied powdered 4th class magic stones on his hammer, then he struck down with his mana and imparted his will, after a short, deep, breath. At that moment, the shadow changed minutely, and Yu IlHan struck down several times in order to change the appearance and properties of that shadow little by little. If Yu IlHan smithed using mana crafting when he was making the Infernal dragon body, this time, it was the opposite, he was applying mana crafting into the blacksmithing process! It was a very profound and complex process, but Yu IlHan’s movements did not contain a single speck of hesitation. He soon entered the focus mode that Liera liked so much. “Hand.” “Hand.” Yumir obediently extended his hand after Yu IlHan said that. Yu IlHan grabbed his hand with his free hand. Yumir, who understood his dad’s intentions, Yumir moved his mana and let it flow it towards Yu IlHan, which then Yu IlHan poured it into his hammer. “I’m connecting you directly with this. Let’s just call it ‘link’ for now.” “Link…” He seemed to have liked that expression. Yumir repeated that word in his head and emitted a stronger and brighter mana. In fact, this was closer to a process of deleting the old user and registering a new one, but Yu IlHan decided not to mention that. The shadow slowly changed in color; from a dark black that looked like it would never compromise with anything; to a bright-colored gold. That which kept its cloudy-form until now, started taking shape according to Yu IlHan’s intentions. “But it doesn’t feel like an armor.” “If you want to make it look like an armor, I can mix in some 5th class materials to do that.” “No, it’s fine. It’s better for the body to be as light as possible.”

In fact, the outer appearance of the armor no longer mattered. Just the Infernal dragon body Yu IlHan was wearing was closer to a very thin piece of clothing made of metal, that would make people wonder if it was really an armor. However, the defense of it was undeniably strong. This armor that will be given to Yumir was the same. No, perhaps it was more so. The golden light brightened to the peak, and started to die down from a certain point, little by little. Yu IlHan let go of the hammer from some time, and started mana crafting by pulling Yumir’s hand into the mountain of magic stone powder. “Focus a little bit more.” “Got it.” Perhaps thanks to Yumir obediently following his dad’s words, the process worked not long after. That which, was soft like silk, glowing faintly, and was breathing lightly by synchronizing with the owner, looked nothing like the murky shadow of before. [Breath of Gold was completed.] [Breath of Gold.] [Rank – Chaos] [Defense – 18,500] [Durability – 3,500,000/3,500,000] [User restrictions – bound to Yumir] [Options – 1. 90% increase in wind attribute resistance and attack power. 2. Stores the user’s mana and amplifies it and freely changes form. When in the shape of a weapon, half of the defense is converted to attack power. 3. Protects the user from unforeseen surprise attacks. Consumes a large quantity of mana. 4. 30% amplification in power of all Physical combat-category skills. 5. Generates mana and enwraps the user. Usable in both attack and defense.] [An unfinished product with upgrades in mind. However, it still has shocking abilities.] “Hmm, it’s not enough after all?” The absurdly high defense and durability proved that the materials Yu IlHan had used were better than any of those that he had used before. However, did the options live up to Yu IlHan’s expectations? – if you asked that question, then who knows. He would tilt his head. This meant that 4th class magic

stones were not sufficient to bring out all the potential of a 6th class material. “Amazing! So cool!” Yu IlHan didn’t really like the product, but Yumir was very shocked. Even though he had really high standards as he was only equipped with artifacts made by Yu IlHan until now, artifacts that raised his wind attribute resistance and attack power by 90% at the same time, was not something common. “But this is still insufficient for Mir. I’ll upgrade it as soon as we kill another 5th class, so bear with this for now.” “Okay!” Yumir immediately equipped Breath of Gold on the spot. Although it looked like he just had an extra layer of clothing on the outside, the difference in power would be more than 2 times with and without the armor. “I feel so light!” Yumir jumped a few times on the spot and immediately ran outside before taking his dragon form. The Breath of Gold also changed in form the moment he changed, and enveloped him comfortably to not hinder any of his movement, but also to protect him safely from any kind of attack. [Dad, thank you!] “It’s good that you like it.” He still could recognize with a glance the expression that Yumir had even when he was in dragon form. His son’s flawlessly pure smile made Yu IlHan smile as well. This would probably still be insufficient to make up for his loneliness until now. But now, things would change. He was sick and tired of being trapped or having to send people away. He would go look for them himself. He would regain what he had to, beat up those he had to, and fix anything he had to. “To do that, I first.” Need to make equipment for Liera.

There was no need to touch on her spear since she got one that constantly became stronger, so a piece of clothing that can act as both weapon and armor like the one he made for Mir just now would do. And the perfect materials were in his possession right now. “Well, then. These would be.” Yu IlHan pondered for a lot about the creation method, but the method he chose at the end was a simple one. Liera had two pairs of wings since she was 6th class, and thanks to that, it was possible to procure over 300 thousand feathers. With those at the foundations, and the blood and skin as the additives, he would be able to create a masterpiece! “You’re really going to make it!?” However just as when Yu IlHan was about to start the crafting with the feathers laid on the floor, a clear and voice resounded from behind him. It was none other than LIera. “When did you wake up?” “It would be strange if I didn’t when such a gigantic ball of mana is flapping outside like that.” Liera pointed his finger at Yumir who was having a blast outside. The Breath of Gold on his body received the mana of a dragon and was constantly changing. Seeing that, it made him wonder if that was really of Chaos rank. “So the deficiency in mana is covered by Mir. Perhaps it might increase in rank without a magic stone. Dragons sure are amazing.” “You don’t sound persuasive when you wiped out an entire world of dragons… and so? Are you really going to make it?” “Of course. I’m going to make a splendid one even if all that it can do for me is to make me escape ‘punishment’.” In fact, the ‘punishment’ was one that was at the boundaries of a punishment and a reward. Of course, if he was honest about this, Liera would go haywire so he didn’t say it. “I thought you’d add some other 5th class materials.”

“By 6th class, adding others would instead lower the quality. Mir’s was the same, and yours as well.” Just how was he going to make something out of feathers, blood and skin? Liera tilted her head, but Yu IlHan did not stop his movements. He first separated the barbs from the shaft, and put the shaft along with the dead skin and processed the barbs into threads. “Whoa? How did you do that!?” Ignoring Liera who was shocked and watching the unbelievable scene with her eyes wide open she, he kicked the process up a notch. Like the time he made Yumir’s, he had ground several 4th class magic stones and applied it on the threads, and started creating clothes by using mana! “Although the end product might slightly drop in rank since this is not blacksmithing, it should be fine I guess. Magic engineering will do something about it!” “Uaaaaaa, the mana is being amplified! Just what the heck are you doing to it!” The endless ball of string was being reborn into a clean piece of clothing. Just what else could Yu IlHan not do other than communication? As Yu IlHan was completely aware of Liera’s body figure, he soon finished making a battle dress of pure white. It was a dress that had both elegance and grace despite not putting any parts that would hinder her movement in battle! “Wow, woooow.” Liera’s two eyes, which were filled with shock and confusion until just a moment ago, were now filled with starlight. Her two hands twitching implied that she was about to assault Yu IlHan at any moment. “Wait.” Although it was a happy thing that she was happy with the item he had made, and would like to express that through actions… Yu IlHan shook her off with a bitter smile. “This is just the start so don’t hurry so much.”

He next ground the feather shafts and dead skin into fine powder, and mixed that with magic stone powder and the blood. Looking at the glistening crystals inside the pure white blood, it was as if looking at a pearl paint. “Uu, this really feels strange…” “Just watch, you’ll change your mind soon.” He picked up a brush and applied the paint on the dress. And marvelously, the paint smeared into the dress as if they were one in the first place. With more and more strokes of the brush, the dress colored in light pink and started glowing brightly. “I’m going to commence the link right now.” “Uh, okay.” Liera was pressured by the aura of Yu IlHan’s work and obediently extended her hand. Although she had fallen to 4th class, she was still at the peak level of 299. Her overwhelming possession of mana flowed to Yu IlHan through her hands, and was poured into the dress according to his control. It was at that moment that a situation they did not expect, had occurred. [They… lo… sacred…] Just as Liera’s two red eyes seem to emit light, faint pink light poured down into the workshop!

“Hmm.” Yu IlHan groaned while looking at the glowing workshop, Liera’s two eyes, and her spear, as well as the dress that was pulsing as if to resonate with the others. [Sometime… you…] “This is an unexpected situation.” And that voice that said single words. He didn’t know what was what happening right now! “Liera, do you understand what’s happening?” “It’s the god of love. It’s the exact same feeling as when I received the blessing!” “And? What’s he up to?” “I don’t know either!” It looked like Liera also didn’t know the details either. However, if there was one thing that was sure, it was that this artifact creation may end up failing. [Definitely… set things straight…] How was a god, that was merely a record, speaking? What was this mana and why was such a phenomenon happening to them!? The questions piled up like mountains, but right now, it was no time to be shaken by lights or voices. Right now, not only did he have access to Liera’s mana, there were overflowing amounts of mana from another transcendent being. If he could imbue all that mana without wasting any of it, into the artifact…! [My… eyes.] “Liera, focus.” “Uh, yeah.”

Yu IlHan’s eyes became more serious than ever. If it was to make Liera stronger, than all was good. Right now, he could only play along with whoever that did this! Liera’s mana, Yu IlHan’s mana, the mana possessed by the materials of the artifact, as well as the mana of unknown origins. Yu IlHan’s strong will lead those four to meet in one place. Liera also pushed out her mana to the extreme to help him. Right now, an overwhelming quantity of mana that may be able to destroy a whole world, was gathering in this small artifact! [Prepare… now…] Yu IlHan, who roughly grasped onto the scale of the mana, tried to bestow role to each and every bit of it, but an unexpected thing happened at this point. The mana from the god of love seemed to envelop all the other mana and caused an extreme mana reaction to create a completely new structure of energy from before! “Ugh?” “Uuuugh, it’s so heavy. Heavyyyyyyy.” This energy belonged to neither Heaven, nor to the god of love, nor to Yu IlHan, nor to Liera. Could this even be called mana? Yu IlHan couldn’t care less. What he had to do right now was to enhance this artifact before all that energy went berserk! And that went successfully. “Your mana control, is better than mine…!” “Shh.” Right now, it was fortunate that Yu IlHan was here. If not for Yu IlHan, at the peak of magic engineering and mana crafting, they might have blown up the entire Flying fortress if that giant power went berserk! [Interfere… lik…] Meanwhile, the voice that sounded both like a male’s and a female’s continued to speak. It sounded like this person wanted to say something to Yu IlHan rather than interrupt him, but he wouldn’t be able to understand unless he tuned into that frequency.

[God.] And at one moment, the voice became clear all of a sudden. [does not exist.] With those four words as the last, the light and the voice disappeared altogether. The flow of mana that had been endlessly flowing in, stopped so suddenly, and was about to go berserk, but Yu IlHan, who was even prepared for that, proficiently lead the last bits into the artifact. As the artifact was just nearing its maximum mana capacity, it was a suitable timing as well. Even though this was an artifact made from Liera’s 6th class body! [Feathers of Temptation was complete.] When the work ended and that text appeared in his vision, Yu IlHan relaxed from his focused state and collapsed on the ground. Liera, who was holding hands with him all this time, hurriedly pulled him in into her arms and supported him. “Are you alright, IlHan?” “Yeah, I was a little nervous since something completely outside my expectations had occurred. I was afraid that I was about to waste all those materials.” “But it looks so pretty.” Liera’s lips had curved into a smile while she lifted up the completed dress. It was a dress made for Liera alone. Also it was an artifact that proves that she was once an angel, although it also reminded her that she was no longer one. “This is not an item that I finished.” However, Yu IlHan’s eyes looking at the dress had a hint of dissatisfaction “Making a completely new type of energy is a thought that never come across me before. I didn’t even know it was possible either. That was the power and will of the god of love… Do you think it’s possible that a mere recorded god can bring about such a strong will when it shouldn’t even exist?” “…That’s true.” Liera vaguely nodded after hearing his words. It wasn’t just that either. The god of love

definitely tried to tell them something. And the words at the end… God does not exist? “It’s probably words that reject Heaven…? Or perhaps God and the entire army below him.” “I’m also thinking along those lines. That’s because in the process of completing the artifact using this completely new energy, this artifact was removed of all traces of Heaven.” Yu IlHan gave a final check on the battle dress and replied to her. The artifact with all traces of Heaven removed as if god of love had resentment towards heaven, was emitting a strong and beautiful light. Of course, Yu IlHan also thought that this was better suited to Liera since she had bid farewell with Heaven and was walking on her own path… but who cares. “We can’t do anything about that right now, so I’ll just bury it on some corner of my mind. Oh, in the future, god of love will be called Nietzsche copycat.” “Don’t call it like that!” “Do you like Zarathustra copycat better?” “Should I go into punishment mode?” “I’m very sorry, ma’am.” They just decided to remind themselves later about it. Wouldn’t it be strange to change their course of action just because of a few words from the god of love? To judge about the Heaven’s Army, Yu IlHan’s knowledge was insufficient. “But let’s prepare some things just in case. There’s no guarantee that today’s friend will be friends forever. The Heaven’s Army may pick a fight with me just cuz they don’t like me.” “I always get worried when you say something like that.” While Yu IlHan was sorting out the thoughts in his head, Liera stripped on the spot and changed into the battle dress that Yu IlHan had made. “Fuu.” There was no need to mention that it looked very good on her since it was designed for her in the first place. The dress looked very pretty suited to her especially because it looked like a matching set with the spear.

“How is it?” “You’re pretty.” Liera rejoiced as if she just gained the whole world after hearing Yu IlHan’s honest reply. He only spoke what was on his mind, but at that time, Liera suddenly lifted up the corner of her dress. Yu IlHan stepped back in fear. “Uwaaah!” “I’m not stripping! You still haven’t checked the info on this dress, right?” “No, I didn’t…?” After saying that, Yu IlHan became worried. Did the god of love tinker with the item!? Although he couldn’t completely control the flow, the mana crafting shouldn’t have gone wrong! “Check it quickly.” “Okay dammit. What do I do if it’s bad…” Yu IlHan hurriedly grabbed the dress and checked the item information. At that time, magnificent words continued to pop up one after the other. [Feather of Temptation] [Rank – God] [Defense – 20,500] [Durability – 3,200,000/3,200,000] [User restrictions – Bound to Liera] [Options – 1. All abilities increase by 40% in battles together with the loved one. 2. Able to increase the league of an active skill by consuming mana. 3. 100% increase in resistance against all magic. 4. Immune to all poison and curse. 5. Unable to receive critical hit damage. 6. Flight is possible through consuming mana.] [A masterpiece made by the best crafter for his lover. In the clothes containing her history and traces, the power of the god of love was injected to create this piece of clothing. It is optimized to protect the user, and from it the deep love of the crafter for his lover can be glimpsed. It will become a legend for all couples that love each other.] The abilities of the item were the best. Not only were Yu IlHan’s intentions realized,

there were some things that were implemented even though he didn’t intend for it. Really, an item that made him wonder if anyone across the worlds could do anything to Liera with this on, had been born. Moreover, the battle capabilities were top-notch as well, so it was not so strange that the item abilities had reached God rank. Although the fact that this wasn’t purely born from Yu IlHan’s abilities tugged his mind. The problem was that. The problem was the expressions used by the Akashic Record in the description. “…” “IlHan, why is your face so red? Hm?” “Akashic Record you damn thing…!” Yu IlHan converted the rising embarrassment to rage and poured it against the Akashic Record which shouldn’t even have a physical form. Liera stuck to him from the back. “I really like you.” “So stupid.” “I really, reeally, do.” “…Yes, I also like you. What is this? The item says it all, so why do you need to check it with me?” “I wanted to hear it from your mouth. Ehehe.” Just as when they were about to enter lovey-dovey mode, Liera realized that Yu IlHan still forgot about one thing. “Why aren’t you making yours? There’s still half of Chaos Will’s body left.” “I don’t need to make that now. I have the Infernal dragon body.” The materials that made the Infernal dragon body was an alloy made from the best metals from many worlds. Although it would not be able to win against a 6th class material, Infernal dragon body’s strong points weren’t just that. How much effort had he put in to make such a perfect equipment? Infernal dragon body was perfect from the moment it was made. The structure and the composition as an artifact was so perfect, that he didn’t think he could make something better than it in the future either.

“So, if I have to use Chaos Will’s body, I need to ‘add’ some other things to make a set.” “Aha, the armor that you’ve thought up of before.” “Yeah, so not yet.” If he wanted to make new parts using the body of Chaos Will, he would have to at least have a 5th class magic stone. If he acquired more 5th class magic stones from now though, he would first have to upgrade Breath of Gold for Yumir. He still had long ways to go. “I’ll need to make accessories now. how fast will accessories made of 5th class materials recover mana? Oh, I didn’t get my subclass yet either.” Thinking up of the imperial princess of Palladia that had the subclass that allowed her to use more accessories, he finally thought up of subclasses. However, that was no wonder, since at first, he wanted a smithing-category subclass, but through acquiring the blessing of the god of smithing, and learning the knowledge of magic engineering, he could create god-ranked artifacts on his own, without the help of a subclass. It was natural that he didn’t feel attracted to it. “But still, you still haven’t checked it?” “Too many things happened after I got the main class. You being one of them.” “But you might wanna get it now. Even non-combat classes will be of help if you get it.” “Yes, I should.” Yu IlHan called out the list of available subclasses onto his retina. Like before, there were tens of subclasses that listed on and on and on, and terrorized Yu IlHan’s eyes. “Carpenter, blacksmith, metalworker, constructor, merchant, cook…” The string of text made him joyful from just looking at them. Yu IlHan thought that it would be fine to choose whichever one of them, and just looked through all of them. At one point in time, his mouth was muttering just one word repeatedly. “Accessory, accessory, accessory…” “What do you mean whichever? You’re aiming for one thing only!?” “I also want to achieve 500% mana recovery speed!”

With his abilities that would actually be possible! Yu IlHan quickly read over the text and looked for the class that the imperial princess might have acquired. He searched, and found a class at the end of the list. [ 187. Dimensional Traveller] “…Well, this.” At the moment he found that, Yu IlHan shrugged his shoulders. It looked like he had to cancel his insults to the Akashic Record. “Did you find it, IlHan?” “No, it’s not related to accessories, but…” His eyes glowed in red. He already felt his emotions heightening while thinking about what was beyond. “I saw a different ending to the one I initially thought about.”

[You have become a Dimensional Traveller. All resources consumed when teleporting between dimensions is reduced to 20%, and visiting previously visited dimensions will have a further reduced cost to 5%.] [You have acquired the passive skill, Dimensional adaptation. No penalties are given no matter which dimension you are in, and when the skill level rises, your understanding of that dimension increases and become stronger.] [You have acquired the passive skill, Fleet command. You can select members of your fleet when teleporting between dimensions. The members of the fleet may accompany the dimensional travel without any additional resources, and may share the effects of the Dimensional adaptation skill.] [You have acquired the active skill, Ruler of dimensions. When staying in one dimension for a long time, you become able to sense and prevent other beings who are trying to enter that dimension. The success rate increases as the skill level rises, and new abilities may be acquired.] Yu IlHan’s newly acquired class, Dimensional Traveller, had a peculiar point about it even when comparing it with other classes he had acquired until now. Perhaps it could be said that Yu IlHan had opened new paths connecting to a wider array of worlds, when he was busy looking forward and running until now. The more he understood about the abilities of his class, he even felt that all the walls blocking his way had suddenly disappeared. Liera, who was looking at Yu IlHan, also roughly seem to know what kind of power Yu IlHan had acquired. “Why is such an overwhelming power included in a subclass and not a main class…?” “There are people with this as the main class?” “No, there weren’t. Whether subclass or main class. At least within my knowledge, there weren’t.” “I knew it.” The most important ability, dimensional travel, was missing, but that wasn’t a problem

since Yu IlHan already had that ability. No, Yu IlHan was quite sure that he had acquired this subclass precisely because he had the warp ability already. He liked the powers possessed by his class above all. The absurd amount of resources to warp was tugging on his mind all this time, but it had decreased by a large margin instantly! “That’s why classes are amazing…” “Well, yeah, of course. Moreover, it’s a unique job despite being a subclass so I don’t even know what kind of abilities may be added to it in the future…” Liera looked at Yu IlHan after saying that, and suddenly tilted his head. “But didn’t you say you can’t go over to other worlds?” “No, I can.” The reason he had accepted the Dragon’s army, and was making and supplying equipment to all of them was because Yu IlHan had the ability to go over to other dimensions. Liera’s head tilted once again. “Didn’t you say something about not having enough information…?” “Well, yes, at that time, I was indeed lacking information.” However, not now. Yu IlHan now had the Record skill. Detailed information on anything he had come in contact to once before, will be etched into the core of Yu IlHan, so information needed for dimensional travel was nothing! “There are about 32 worlds I can move to right now. If I find traces of the people of Earth while going around the Earth, that number will probably increase.” Of course, Yu IlHan wasn’t planning to blindly search all those worlds and bring back the people of Earth. There was no meaning to that if strong monsters appeared on Earth and wiped them all out while he was bringing more! And moreover, it was realistically impossible to transport all those billions of people. “Then what are you going to do?” Liera’s question was reasonable. She would also act by Yu IlHan’s side since she had returned to 4th class. Yu IlHan appointed as the member number 1 of his fleet and

decided to explain to her properly, the course of future action. “Although I think that this is not a mere coincidence… what I was planning to do, coincides with the class I’ve acquired just now.” Yu IlHan would go to numerous other worlds with his warp ability, and would make a certain organization of people with the ones that both wanted to go back to Earth, and yet were also willing to help redevelop. He would increase that number while going around many dimensions, save those in crisis, and stimulate the growth of Earth after coming back! Liera, who heard his words, exclaimed at the sheer scale of his thoughts. “You, are thinking of becoming the medium that connects all people of Earth…?” “Earth will maintain its closed-off state before it leaps into a higher world. Of course, I won’t be able to meet everybody, nor would I be able to hear every one of their voices. However, I want to do the best I can… I’m sick and tired of being a loner now.” Disregarding the perpetrator, if Earth was frequently connected to other worlds, then the development of Earth will accelerate. Yu IlHan’s every action will urge the Earth’s growth into a higher world. This was a real two birds with one stone. Of course, this was a good thing for Yu IlHan personally as well, because unlike Earth, in which monsters were very scarce now since he and the Flying fortress had wiped them all out, in worlds where monsters and humans were almost equal in power, the hunting grounds will be overflowing! “…And it will become busier at that time, huh.” “Yeah.” “Then we’d need to go around without any time for rest, right? No leisure time, right?” “Probably?” This damn workaholic! Liera suppressed her urge to smack Yu IlHan on the forehead for replying without much of a reaction, and asked. “IlHan. So, what are you going to do now?” “I said I’ll be making the accessories that we would use, didn’t I? After that, I’ll make the equipment for the children using their information as the basis, and then finally go on to other…” Just as when Yu IlHan was fluently speaking about the tight schedule that he had come

up with, Liera grabbed his wrist. When Yu IlHan turned to look at her to see what she was up to, Liera spoke with a smile. “Let us rest for a little.” “I’m not sure if I want to do that, but seeing that your eyes look scary…” “Uwaaaah, I have no power in my body because I fell from a higher existence to a lower one so suddenly. I feel like I’d faint at any moment. I think my newly recovered skin will crack again. I think I have to have a deep rest on the bed right now.” How could she be any worse at acting? Yu IlHan laughed and replied to her. “I know that you’re tired so you don’t have to say it like that. It’s not like I need your help for the foreseeable future. You rest here. I’ll rest on my own later.” “No, I’m going to rest with you.” “Huh?” Liera strengthened her grip on Yu IlHan’s wrist. He, who felt a sense of danger, tried to shake her off, but was unable to. Liera’s eyes glistened mysteriously. “You know how I talked about a stronger punishment when you deceive me three times, no?” “Y, you did?” Liera pulled him and declared. “I lied.” “Uwaaaaahk!” The children were still absorbed in the attraction, and Yumir, who had stuck next to Yu IlHan all this time, was also passionate in trying the performance of his new gear. This, was the best opportunity. Letting go of this chance would mean that she would have to wait a few long years before the next one arrived. Liera’s intuition was great, and her actions did not contain any hesitation. A ferocious beast would not let go of any timing! Mystic and Orochi, who were watching this whole scene, also exclaimed. [That woman, her desires are going wild after she became a lower existence.] [This is a very interesting scene. To think I’d see master being swung around by another person when he always did as he wished until now.]

Now that Liera had fallen to 4th class, Yu IlHan would be able to subdue her using force. However, Yu IlHan didn’t dare to do that since he was worried that Liera may not have completely shaken off the after effects of her 6th class being stripped. The victor was obvious. “Just two hours, no three…… six hours.” “It’s increasing!” “Yes, a daughter will be nice for the first child. What should we name her?” “You’re going too fast!” Yu IlHan, who had no romantic experiences, thought that this was plenty fast that they were progressing at, but to Liera, who had waited for hundreds of years, a lip-seal would neither make her satisfied nor would it ease the tension that had built up over the years. Moreover, there were too many people that liked Yu IlHan, including the angel Erta, that was now higher classed than her, as well as the humans Na YuNa and Kang MiRae! If she was relieved with just that, it was unknown when she would be struck in the back of the head. She couldn’t stay passive like until now. It was now time for her to strike back. “This mood is so unromantic too. Ugh…!” What do you mean a mood for romance? How can you be so cute – Liera became warm when she heard those words. However, that was that, and this was this. “Romance or mood.” Liera checked that there was no one around before they entered the bedroom, replied in a voice that only Yu ILHan could hear while closing the door. “Thorse are things that we can create now.”

2 “Uwaaaaaaaaah!” “It’s spinning! Spinny spinny spin! Uhaaah!” [Woooooow! My claws are becoming bigger!] The children enjoyed the Flying fortress theme park + education facility for hours and days. Yumir also flew around without considering the time as he was absorbed in testing the limits of his equipment. [Fuuu… Die! Die already! Die! Uaaaaaa, I can’t hear it, I can’t hear it! Dieeeeee!] [Maha prajna para mita…] Mystic ardently obliterated the perverted demons that kept appearing on Earth, while Orochi closed his ears and eyes and fell into meditation. If Mystic was finding sacrificial lambs to pour her emotions into, in order to forget about something, Orochi was sinking deep into himself after forgetting everything. Yu IlHan and Liera’s ‘rest’ only finished after 3 days, much longer than the original 6 hours. “Are you satisfied?” “…Yeah.” “Then rest up. I’ll go and work from now.” “Okay.” Liera no longer stopped Yu IlHan. She only thought that his figure as he wiped the sweat on his body, and wearing clothes, was very sexy. In fact, she also had the urge to go boast to the whole neighborhood, but there was no neighborhood in the world right now. She had to let Yu IlHan go in order to find those people. [Die, di… e, you’re done?] [You were noisy, building.] After letting Liera rest, Yu IlHan moved to his workshop, and only then did Mystic and Orochi start speaking again. They were too tired to get angry now.

[Doesn’t master get tired or something…?] “I also just found this out, but.” Yu IlHan grabbed a hammer with one hand as if nothing happened, before speaking. “The range of effect of Transcendent regeneration is limitless.” […] […] Even Mystic and Orochi were speechless after hearing that. Just who made such a weapon of mass ‘destruction’? Wait, it was himself wasn’t it? “Well, then. Back to work.” [An amazing guy indeed.] [Although it’s very awkward. I can only agree with you on that point…] Yu IlHan used the remaining 5th class materials to make accessories for himself, Liera and Yumir. Now that he was 4th class, the number limit of his acessories was 6. Liera and Yumir were the same, so he made a total of 18. Four of them were Chaos, 5 were epic, and the rest were all legend. “Hm, it looks like I can reach 400% after all…” [You’re speaking of something amazing as if it’s nothing.] The abilities on the accessories were mostly centered around mana. Not only recovery speed, but some increased the maximum capacity, and some even had the function to store mana when the user was inactive, and use it in emergencies. 5th class materials were ingredients that were very sensitive to mana, so it was not very difficult to implement what he wanted. “Well, then. Let’s make the equipment for the children.” [How long would it take to make armors and weapons for 9,300 people…?] [If it’s master, around 4 days?] “Hey this is not mass-production, and is custom-production, so it’d take longer than that. Around a week, I guess?” If anyone heard that, they’d become speechless in shock. But just then, Yu IlHan abruptly raised his head.

“Tch, nice timing.” [What timing?] “Timing of a new incident.” Yu IlHan put his hands on the workshop war as soon as he finished saying that. His actions were simple, but the entire Flying fortress started to vibrate. “Hhm?” “Kyak!” [Dad?] “…What was that?” The children that were enjoying attractions, and Yumir who was practicing a battle using his new weapon, as well as Liera who was laying on the bed with a happy expression, were all startled and stood up. [Wha, what is it?] Mystic asked as their representative. Yu IlHan, with his hands still on the wall, raised his voice to ring out through the entire Fortress and spoke. “Rest is over. We’re going over to Breya now.” The communication device that was dormant in his pocket for 3 years was emitting vibrations and light like mad right now. The signal was from none other than Na YuNa.

“Why would she send a signal after 3 years? Does she know that there was progress between me and IlHan!? Phew, it’s good that I’ve settled everything before it was too late…” “Please cut your nonsense.” Yu IlHan ignored Liera who was wholeheartedly relieved, and spoke to Yumir and the 9,300 members of the Dragon’s army. “We’re now going over to a world called Bretya. You guys may be able to fight there, or you can just rest the entire time.” “Hero’s dad is so good.” “We can do anything!” Yu IlHan thought that the children were too naïve. Of course, he was thankful that they obediently followed him, but there was a need to teach them logical decisions as well. “Mir, tell them that they shouldn’t follow other’s words so obediently.” “Okay, but they are probably listening to you because it’s dad!” “It would be good if that were the case…” If possible, he wanted to take action after equipping all of these children meticulously, and wanted to check up on their parents first… But if Na YuNa had signalled him after all this time, then it had to be a big matter. There was no time for him to decide on priorities. He just let Liera cling to him and spoke to the Dragon’s army. “The skill will soon activate. I’ll have to do something to you guys beforehand so don’t reject it.” “Yeah!” “Okay!”

In fact, he had already activated warp. That was because he remembered that it took a long time to activate when he used it once before. Since the skill’s powers were very great, this kind of drawback was nothing. Thanks to the Record skill, he had plenty of records in order to warp to Breya. So, the only problem was the magic stones needed to go travel between dimensions… “I’m now going to accept you all as the members of my fleet.” “What’s a fleet?” Disregarding the Flying fortress that could leap dimensions with him as it was treated like his equipment, he would have to consume an astronomical number of magic stone to transfer all these members, but right now, that wasn’t exactly the case. The ‘Fleet command’ skill he acquired by getting the Dimensional Traveller class enabled him to use no additional resources in leaping dimensions with his fleet members! “Okay, I don’t know what it is, but I’ll do it!” “Wow!” “But what do we call hero’s dad?” “Hero is our hero and master!” The children’s loyalty to Mir was at the level of faith. Yu IlHan also did not plan to control them in any way. Yumir was wise and was very thoughtful, so he would be able to lead the army well without his interference. He only needed to give an order to him. And so, there was a perfect name for now. “You can call me… Captain!” “Ah, his switch flipped again.” “Okay, Captain!” As he had just acquired the class, it was impossible to accept all 9,300 members of the army as the fleet members. However, he somehow could accept 5,000 which was more than half of that, and this basically proved what kind of ridiculous class Dimensional traveller was. “It looks like I’ll have to spend magic stones for the remaining 4,300…” “Will it be fine?” “Yeah, not only does the cost go down massively thanks to the Dimensional Traveller

effects… I have loads of magic stones at hand.” “…” Yu IlHan replied while letting Liera peek at the contents of the inventory. For a moment, Liera almost mistook that there was another world in his inventory. There was that much mana crammed inside it!” “Quite a lot, no?” “Yeah…” Combining the magic stones he had gathered during the past three years on Earth, and the magic stones Yumir gave him, the number of magic stone he had acquired with Vanguard in total seemed to be insignificant. This was another side of the abnormal development speed of Earth. “Well, it’s nothing surprising when you think about it has given birth to a 6th class.” “I can see your legs trembling.” Liera had not seen so many magic stones in one place even when she was an angel. What if Yu IlHan really started to go to war with the higher existences? She became very afraid. Of course, that didn’t mean she would back out! “Wow, the castle is trembling!” “Look at that, the outside is becoming foggy!” At that time, the warp skill was finally completed. Yu IlHan checked that everyone on the Flying fortress was ready for the warp, and ‘leaped’ with a short shout. “We’re going!” [Kyaaaaak!] [Kugh, it really is an absurd power…!] At that moment, the Flying fortress, Liera, Yumir, the 5,000 members of the fleet, as well as the remaining 4,300 that took part in the warp by consuming magic stones all leaped dimensions with him!

2 Na YuNa decided to acknowledge that she was cornered. “I should have realized when the priests start looking at me with eyes that became more lewd.” As she had expected, the emperor of Li Catriana, had immediately advanced his army to invade Elforce as soon as she rejected his proposal. Na YuNa, the pope, and Kang HaJin defended with their own army, and as Breya was a world where the Church of Leytna had the most power in, it was possible to block them somehow. However, from some time onwards, the power of the church started stumbling. Rumors about the Holy maiden, Na YuNa, started spreading, and their faith in Leytna started shaking. They were prepared for the drop in faith as the war dragged out, but the drop felt too fast. With their faith wavering, the army became weaker, and soon after, they were being pushed back by the imperial military. Numerous lands were conquered, and citizens that could not flee in time experienced difficulties. Na YuNa clenched her teeth and commanded the army, but the flag of victory had already gone over to Li Catriana’s side. Traitors emerged rapidly, and some of them even tried to ambush Na YuNa. As she didn’t easily believe in anyone, she was able to prepare countermeasures, but if not for that, the war would have ended in the worst way possible. The final strike was the 4th Great Cataclysm. The terrain of the continent changed, and countless new monsters emerged. Li Catriana controlled those exact monsters to wipe out the lands. It was at that point that she realized that the Destruction Demon Army was behind them. With that, matters became clear. Wasn’t there a history of the Destruction Demon Army joining hands with the Army of Brilliant Light just in order to acquire Na YuNa alone? This was merely an extension of that. Na YuNa was isolated in Breya without being able to go back to Earth. The contract between the Heaven’s Army and each of the worlds had lost its effect as well, and now that the people of Earth could be harmed by the residents, the Destruction Demon

Army joined hands with the ruler of the empire. The probably acted as if they would listen to any wishes of the emperor of Li Catriana… but they would probably throw him out the moment they procured Na YuNa. To put things simply, the empire, Elforce, and Na YuNa too, were all playing on top of the Destruction Demon Army’s palms. It really was a sigh-inducing matter. “Sheesh, men are all perverts. Just how many worlds are being dragged into my matter? Why did God have to make me so pretty? Sheesh.” “YuNa. You really are as haughty as ever.” The army that believed in the goddess of beauty, Leytna, had currently retreated to the holy region that Yu IlHan had done reconstructions on before. It was also unknown how long the army could hold out for. The number in the army had also decreased a lot as well. They had all betrayed her. The Destruction Demon Army shook their faiths and destroyed them, surfacing the deep desires of the people. If Elforce was destroyed like this, then this continent would really come to an era of chaos and destruction. “And they’ll do all sorts of lewd and dirty things to me. Like that ero-doujinshi, or that other ero-doujinshi!” “A girl shouldn’t say that.” The one that smacked her on the forehead while saying that was not Kang HaJin but an old lady. “Hing, Your Holiness, even so…” She was no ordinary old lady. Above her white hair was a crown made of holy stones that had red light floating around it. That was the symbol of the supreme authority, the pope, of the Church of Leytna. She was also a legendary beauty of the continent once, and also the one that saw Na YuNa’s potential and made her into the next maiden. Na YuNa asked while pouting at the pope that still had her calm in this situation. “Is Your Holiness alright?” “Well, I’ve lived as long as I need to. I’m just worried about you.”

The pope’s expression turned dark. She stroked Na YuNa’s cheeks with her wrinkled hands, and asked in a small voice. “YuNa, are you thinking of dying?” “…” She was seen through. Na YuNa tried to laugh it over, but that did not work on the pope. She spoke as if consoling her, in a worried voice. “Although the things you will experience in the future will be very harsh and difficult… you have to live on to do something. Survive, survive and endure, and you maybe able to meet the person you love someday.” “…Your Holiness. I want to live my own life~.” Na YuNa barely responded after checking that there was no one around. Outside the tent, Kang HaJin and her bodyguards would be guarding them, but they would not be able to hear him. “I do not want to give myself to them. My life would be over the moment I do. Even if I regain my freedom after a long time, I would probably not be the same me at that time… I… hate this. Thinking about how I’ll meet Mr. IlHan at that time… I’d rather die here and now.” “YuNa…” So young. She was that pure, but that weak at the same time. However, the resolve in her eyes was unshakably strong, and the pope realized that the worst case scenario had arrived. “Aren’t you thinking about death too easily?” “No, I’ve already thought over this. Now that I feel the power of god, I know that that’s not the end. Although, although I won’t be able to meet Mr. IlHan for a while if I die…” The name that always popped out from her mouth from sometime onwards. Just hearing her voice that got slightly excited when mentioning her name, her feelings towards that person could be easily estimated. “Even when you know that, you would…” “However, I’m still going to kill even one more of those damned piggies if I have to!”

At that time, Na YuNa raised the tension and shouted. She realized that the enemy had arrived. An aura of pink enveloped her body. The holy power was overwhelming as if the goddess of beauty, Leytna, had descended herself! The tent opened, and the army centered around the holy region could be seen. Although the army of Elforce was less than 10,000 strong right now. They were all elites of at least 3rd class! “HaJin-oppa, prepare to fight! Let’s go kill them all!” “Kugh, I’m preparing!” Na YuNa’s power that filled the region heightened the battle senses of all other paladins as well. Even though they were at an overwhelming disadvantage now, the reason why the army of Elforce could still endure was because of this. “The Holy maiden is here! WE! SHALL NOT LOSE TO THOSE IMBECILES!!” “UOOOOOOOH!” Unless Na YuNa stopped her holy powers, the paladins would not retreat. They all shouted courageously while holding their shields and spears against the army of the empire that proceeded to the region. The pope exclaimed while looking at that scene. Even though she had easily lived over 200 years after she had become 4th class, Na YuNa’s holy power eclipsed hers, despite being only 3rd class. If she could become 4th class, or a higher existence? Yes. She could not sacrifice her in a place like this. She placed her resolve. “YuNa, run.” The pope stepped up. She was also emitting the holy power of Leytna, and amazingly, she was becoming younger as if she was turning back time, as she used her powers. She was emitting all the mana that she had stored using a special method for the past tens of years. “I’ll block all of them, so you run to a place where they cannot influence you.” “Your Holiness…?’

Seeing the figure that she had never seen before, Na YuNa became absent-minded. She, who already regained the figure of her mid twenties, had a younger voice as well. “I’ll show them that my beauty still hasn’t died yet. They will probably be fooled too.” The pope placed the crown on her head on Na Yuna’s head. The crown represented the church itself, at the same time being the best artifact within the church. The transference of possession happened naturally according to her intentions. The pope, who felt Na YuNa’s eyes trembling, stepped forward with a small smile. “Well, then, go on, YuNa!” And at the moment the pope’s words ended. The final war for the Holy Maiden commenced.

[It’s the Holy maiden, the holy maiden is here!] “Charge! Break everything that blocks our way!” Shouts instantly filled the quiet holy region. The paladins resisted with their shields and spears, but they were having a hard time defending even in this place where their holy power was amplified. Na YuNa looked at the invaders, as well as the paladins that were doing their best to protect the holy region, the holy maiden, as well as the pope. She couldn’t bear to lift her foot off the ground. “…I can’t leave.” “You cannot throw away your limitless potential here. Run away with HaJin. He will protect you well.” “I can’t do that. I’m the holy maiden. As long as the people try to protect me, I must never be the first to abandon them!” “No.” Perhaps the pope gave him a signal? Kang HaJin left the ranks of paladins and approached her. “The church will only be able to survive if you live on. Her Holiness is saying that. And we all want that to happen.” “Oppa…!” Na YuNa’s voice shook. However, her words could not continue. A giant monster that flew from afar had clashed with the ranks of paladins. [Kwhaaaaaaaaaah!] [t’s blood! Hihih, it’s the blood of the strong!] “Kill and trample them all! Break that contemptible symbol of the goddess!” “The beautiful holy maiden is in front of us! I shall allow a night with the maiden to

the one that proves his bravery!” “Uooooooh!” The army that became stronger than when they fought before, pushed themselves into the holy region. There were three that were easily over level 250! The paladins tried their best to fight back, but it was impossible. Even with Na YuNa’s blessing, there was a massive gap between them and the paladins. “YuNa, go before it’s too late!” Shouted the pope while making her holy powers go wild. Moreover, Kang HaJin ran at her as if he would use force if it came down to it. However, if she left here, the ranks of paladins would crumble instantly. She couldn’t retreat while knowing that. “No, I don’t want to…! I’ll live my own!” “Don’t you want to see Mr. Yu IlHan!? You need to survive in order to meet him or do anything!” At that time Kang HaJin’s voice finally made Na YuNa burst her tear glands. He had basically slapped her face when she wanted to cry. “I do. I want to see him…! Isn’t that obvious!” She was holding onto the communication device as she spoke. Even though she knew that nothing would be solved. She still pressed the button. [Kgwaaaaaaaaah!] “Destroy everything! This is the reality of the religion that ruled over you all! It’s utterly, tragically weak and cowardly! The one that lead you all is but a scarecrow!” “Eeeeek, protect the holy region! Exterminate that felon!” “YuNa!” “Then hurry, we have no time to waste!” “But…!” In the past 3 years, she wanted to see him a lot. However, with the communication device he had given her, she could neither see his face, nor hear his voice. Would he be in any better situation than she is right now? 1 It was a world that made Yu IlHan as strong as he is. He would have a harder time than her if anything! Na YuNa

didn’t want to worry him so she didn’t even turn the communication device on until now. “I want to see him badly, but even so!” Wouldn’t it be fine to call him for one last time? Shouldn’t it be fine to tell him the fact that the woman called Na YuNa remembered and longed for him until her death? Wouldn’t Yu IlHan find this much selfishness cute? “But even so, I!” “Na YuNa!” Yu IlHan would definitely do that. Even while acting like it was annoying, he would wordlessly harbor the memories of her in one corner of his heart. Na YuNa decided to believe so. If not, wouldn’t be able to close her eyes in relief. Believing that, Na YuNa took a step forward, and shouted as if to shake off all her hesitation. “I’m the holy maiden of Leytna~!” The moment her voice echoed in the region, the crown of pope glowed brightly as if it had found its owner after a long wait. With the temple as the center, the entire holy region trembled as if to answer her. [Krrrrrrr?] [Resistance, uncomfortable power…!] That combined with Na YuNa’s overwhelming holy power to amplify each other’s strength, and filled the region. And eventually, the entire holy region was filled with pink aura. “How, you’re still 3rd class though…!’ “Lady, Leytna…?” Kang HaJin and the pope became speechless in that sight. The army that intruded into the holy region was no exception.

“Lady Leytna has…” “Aah, just what was I doing until now?” In front of the enormous amount of holy power that was nigh impossible for a single person to emit, everyone lost their will to fight. Even the monsters retreated so what else was needed to say? The current Na YuNa, emitting an aura while resonating with the entire temple at the center of the holy region, was no different from a god. [You have mastered the skill, High-class Holy power control. The skill may evolve if you satisfy the evolution criteria.] [You have mastered the skill, High-class blessing. The skill may evolve if you satisfy the evolution criteria.] [You have acquired the title, ‘Master of Miracles’. All holy-power-class skills get a 30% boost in effectiveness.] With enough levels, she would have become 4th class already. The one with the talent to become the hope of Earth if you exclude Yu IlHan – her talent had already blossomed plenty already. “THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT STILL BELIEVE IN ME. I CAN’T POSSIBLY RUN AWAY!” Na YuNa’s voice thundered across the holy region, carrying with it a throve of holy power that helped her allies recover while weakening her enemies. “THIS IS THE LIFE I’VE DECIDED ON! I WON’T RETREAT, I WON’T RUN!” The light intensified. The paladins felt as if their bodies had evolved by a tier. And on the other hand, the enemies were weakened. They did not miss this opportunity for revenge against those that tried to taint the holy region. “Lady Leytna is watching over us!” “The voice of the maiden is wrapping us warmly. What do we have to fear! We are protecting true beauty!” That light definitely would not last forever. Even while knowing that, the paladins raised their morale and defeated the enemies. Right now, everyone was shining

brightly. They would also shine brightly until the very moment they die. “Aaah, aaaaah.” “Na YuNa, you idiot…” Yes, who could stop her stubbornness? They should’ve realized that things would turn out like this from the very beginning. Kang HaJin turned around with a bitter smile. She was always like this; a princess that would only be satisfied when things went her way. A stubborn kid that had to do what she decided on even if she had to die. That was why, Kang HaJin liked her alot. To speak the truth, he almost fell in love with her for real several times. “Mr. Yu IlHan, what are you going to do about this?” You’ll regret it if you let such a woman die. Kang HaJin muttered those words that would not be heard by anyone as he turned around. Then, he called for the pope, who was crying while looking at Na YuNa that was resonating with the entire holy region after acquiring the crown of the pope. “Your holiness.” “…Yes. Since things came to this, we don’t have any choice. We’ll leave behind the church in our deaths.” “I’m sorry that the holy maiden is so stubborn.” “No, that is why I find her more lovely. Fufu, yes. We also need to burn magnificently for one last time! When the pope stepped forward with her staff, Kang HaJin also raised his sword and shield to protect Na YuNa. He would not let Na YuNa die at least before he did. Although he was always the dunce with everyone else, at least he has to show a cool side to the holy maiden before his death, like a paladin! [Whoa, they are all so weak!]

However, it seemed like fate would not let him look cool after all. [I’ll feel bad to bring out the mirrors… Since it came to this… Go, master! I choose master!] “You do it, duh. Do I really have to take my spear out against these weaklings?” “Oh my, the arrogant IlHan is so cool too!” Amidst the pink holy region, a giant castle appeared as if it was just born. The castle cast an enormous shadow on the ground. It was enough to catch everyone’s attention, and when it did, something popped out. [Tch, master has a lovey-dovey time with a woman while I clean up mobs…! I ! hate! you!] “Is that a mirror…? But why would a mirror be in the sky?” The imperial soldier that had the best eyesight realized that it was a big mirror, but did not realize the uses of it. Even until the moment a portion of the army was wiped out, including himself, by the high-density energy, shot from it. “…What was that?” “Just what happened just now?” This was a very unrealistic scene, so they could only have a hard time processing that information. A mirror? Shot a beam? And vaporized hundreds of people? Even 4th class mages couldn’t accomplish something like that! [Ei, eih!] However, the fact that whenever they heard a playful woman’s voice, the mirror changed its trajectory to shoot more beams, was also true. The beam only erased the people from the imperial army! The imperial army only came to themselves after losing tens of thousands of men. “H, how can this be?” “Retreat! Announce the retreat of the army!” [Kwoaaaaaaah!]

The battlefield instantly fell into chaos. The imperial army’s ranks all scattered as if their forcefulness in proceeding to Elforce until now was all a lie. They only ran with the single thought that they had to dodge those mirrors. [I get works like these even in other worlds.] However, that was not the end. That was because Mystic had retracted all the mirrors after seeing that a massacre was no longer possible. “Kugh!” “Kaghk!” The plants attractions and other tools that composed the garden of the Flying fortress seem to split apart into suitable sizes, before sharpening their edges while falling down to the ground. Although they looked like they were falling everywhere, each and every one of them was aiming for one imperial soldier. This was practically a largescale sniping operation. “Ju, just what is…” “It’s only attacking the imperial army. Is that the blessing of lady Leytna…!?’ “Lady Leytna is protecting us!” The Elforce army that fell into panic like the imperial army at the beginning, saw that the Flying fortress was pinpoint-killing only the imperial soldiers, and recovered their calm and morale. Moreover, there was still Na YuNa’s holy power as well! They would believe it if someone said that Leytna had descended in the form of a castle! “This can’t happen!” “Retreat the army first! We need to report to His Majesty first!” “No, then, my merits will… Eeek, we need to bring that castle down somehow!” “Monsters! It’s your turns, move!” When the unexpected situation had occurred, there were conflicts in the upper echelons of the army as well. Some said that they had to preserver the army, some were blinded by merits, and some thought of using the monsters they received from the Destruction Demon Army! Even while they were having their meeting, the number of the imperial army was decreasing at a frightening rate. [Kuhaaaaaah!]

[Do not block the sun, do not block our path!] [Energy, I can feel a lustrous energy from there!] The monsters over level 250 all started moving. These had made the Elforce army shudder in fear just by existing! The paladins enhanced with holy powers tried to block them while clenching their teeth, but these monsters did not even try to face them. [Get out… get lost, from my vision!] [Kuooooooooooh!] The monsters leaped up high. The flying fortress’s altitude was not that high right now. They say the ignorant were brave – they did not doubt for a second that they could make the flying fortress fall with their powers. [Critical Hit!] However, their bodies simultaneously burst into bits the next moment. Without any signs, they were covered by a brilliant white flame! “Whew, that much is easy now.” “I don’t really mind, but isn’t it a little off to swing THAT like you would a toy hammer?” In the place where the monsters exploded to death, a man was standing. Na YuNa, who was watching the Flying fortress from the moment it appeared, could immediately catch onto his figure. The man had a tall height, had metallic wings on his back, and was holding a huge hammer that even one thousand burly men wouldn’t be able to lift, with his one hand. The white flame burning at the tip of the hammer was proof that it was him that killed the monsters just now. [Master, why did you cancel your concealment?] “The rest of these guys are one-hit-kills even without it.” [How haughty.] Na YuNa confirmed the man’s face, as well as his voice. Following that, she checked that she wasn’t under any visual or auditory status ailment, and shouted in the biggest voice she could.

“Mr. ILHANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!” The man that leapt through dimensions to look for her. The moment he heard that, Yu IlHan turned his head around to meet her eyes. His neither loud nor small voice could be heard in Na YuNa’s ears. “I’m here. Miss YuNa.” Na YuNa’s heart thumped. Why was it? He looked like he had become much more handsome when she wasn’t there. There were a lot of things she wanted to say if she got to meet him again, but she had forgotten about all of them the moment she saw his face. Originally, she shouldn’t be such a character, she should have reacted calmly as if she knew he’d come to find her… but she couldn’t even flinch as if she was stunned. “And since you’ve already waited for a long time, wait a little more, alright?” Yu IlHan gave a cool reply to Na YuNa who froze stiff on the spot, and lifted up his hammer. The hammer of disaster that was over 100m in diameter. Both the imperial army and the Elfroce army couldn’t move due to the sheer pressure from the hammer. “Let’s talk after I clean these guys up.” A white flame more magnificent than before once again burned on the tip of the hammer. Disaster descended upon the land.

“Haaaaaap!” When Yu IlHan swung his hammer, everything in its path was erased. It was a too big of a trajectory to be made by a single human. What was more was that the white flames within the attack had spread out and attacked enemies by itself! “A higher existence?” “Is that also an angel? But how can an angel fight us!” “Cheating, that’s cheating!” The people who couldn’t even recognize if he was a lower existence or a higher one, just jumped around while seeing the results. “Higher existence? You guys, you haven’t even fought against a higher existence yet… Hhp!” “Khaaak!” [Kyak! Kuhk!] However, nothing would change with those cowards blabbing on their mouths without actually moving. Regardless of what they were thinking, or saying, Yu IlHan only erased the enemies with his hammer. “Khaaaahk!” “W, we can’t win…!” Every time Yu IlHan swung around the hammer lightly as if playing around, the imperial army was being ‘wiped’ away like the bath detergent adverts on TV! Eventually, the white flames covered the majority of the battlefield, and was burning just the imperial soldiers. “He’s the envoy of the goddess.” “That beauty, that strength… He’s definitely the goddess’s envoy!”

“But I think I saw him once before…” “There’s no way that’s true! He’s the envoy of the goddess!” No one thought that Yu IlHan, who was wiping out the imperial army with the appearance of the Flying fortress, was the same person as the construction worker that built their temple before. They only thanked the miracle that occurred in front of their eyes, and raised their spears and swords. “The goddess is with us! Enact justice to those pigs!” “Uooooooh!” With the Flying fortress and Yu IlHan’s actions, the flag of victory had already come over to Elfroce. There was no turn for Dragon’s Army, much less Mir or Liera. “Hhp!” [Here, and there! Don’t run and just die!] Yu IlHan destroyed the formation of the imperial soldiers, and blew away everyone that he saw. Mystic used the long-range weapons from the Flying fortress to kill the fleeing imperial soldiers. No one could do anything to them, nor could anyone run away with their lives. If anything was possible for the imperial army, it was to shiver in fear while wishing that their deaths would be delayed as far as possible. What was there to fear about an enemy that lost their will to fight? The Elforce army just needed to take the credit. “HaJin, do you perhaps know those people?” “I thought I did, but it looks like I don’t.” “What do you mean?” “No, it’s just nonsense.” Kang HaJin’s voice of reply to the pope sounded very powerless. He had just resolved himself to die for Na YuNa, but that resolved had crumbled to bits. Of course, with both of them still surviving, there was no better outcome than this, but what was this sense of powerlessness over his body? Moreover, that castle! That beam! He would be happy if the reinforcements were within his expectations! How was he supposed to react if something that transcended every kind of reason like that, appeared so suddenly!

“Ah, ahhhh. Yes, that’s it. Don’t lose.” However, seeing Na YuNa who was cheering for Yu IlHan with her two eyes following wherever he was, his thoughts disappeared as well. Just how much did she like him to be like that? It even made Kang HaJin’s heart warm. He explained shortly to the pope that was still full of questions. “That man, is the man who YuNa loves. He should have come after receiving her call… Though, I don’t know how he did it.” “Oh, I thought that YuNa somehow became really docile… girlie, she was in love with some amazing man.” Kang HaJin could only agree with the pope. Well, he was amazing alright! The last time he saw him, he wasn’t this amazing though! The war ended in a mere 30 minutes after his appearance. 190 thousand out of the original 200 thousand were killed, while the remaining 10 thousand was captured; with 100 thousand being killed by the Flying fortress, and 80 thousand killed by Yu IlHan. This was an overwhelming number, but Yu IlHan’s experience didn’t even go up by 3%. As his level was very high, killing enemies around level 100 wouldn’t give him any experience at all. “Fuuu.” “Mr. IlHan!” After judging that the war was over, he landed on the ground when Na YuNa immediately flew at him. Yu IlHan thought about whether to accept her or not for a moment, before dodging her, but Na YuNa had already changed directions with him as if she knew that he would do that! “Why did you avoid me!” “Well, because I have a reason to…” Just as Yu IlHan was about to explain the reason while shaking Na YuNa off, he could not continue his words after seeing tears well up in Na YuNa’s eyes. Na YuNa spoke in a sobbing voice.

“I really… really wanted to see you.” “Uhm, even if you tell met that…” “I really really wanted to see you. Why did you avoid me…” “…” When they were separated, she was as haughty as ever. Just what happened within these 3 years for her to become like this? Yu IlHan looked at Kang HaJin in a plea for help, but he only nodded in satisfaction. To him, who was already in oppa-mode, there was no way Yu IlHan’s feelings could be felt. [Was master always this popular? Such a pretty woman too.] [Opposites attract.] Mystic was surprised at Yu IlHan’s ‘abilities’ once again, and Orochi spat out sage-like words of wisdom. Well, neither of them helped him though. Yu IlHan first consoled Na YuNa even while sighing. “It looks like it was dangerous. It’s good that you called me after I became able to come over to this side.” “Yeah…” “But since everything is over, I wish you would get off me…” “Fuuuu…” Na YuNa no longer replied. Not long after he heard periodic breaths and looked down, and saw that Na YuNa fell asleep in his arms while standing up. “What the…” “Fuuuu…” After being tense for so long, fatigue had come upon her all at once after she became relieved, and fell asleep. Yu IlHan pitied her before he felt absurd about it. He stroked the sleeping Na YuNa’s head and asked Kang HaJin. “Just how long had she not slept for?” “About a week. She pushed herself a little.” Replied Kang HaJin. Even he had heavy eyelids, and it seemed like he had not slept for

a week either. Not only that, the pope, and the other paladins hadn’t slept for a week either. They only endured using holy power until now. “This won’t do.” There was a lot he wanted to hear, and say. However, in this situation, no proper conversation would take place. Yu IlHan declared with a firm voice. “Everyone go to sleep. I’ll listen to your words afterwards.” “But the imperial army would…” “Don’t worry if you mean that weak imperial army in that forest over there.” Liera, who jumped down from the Flying fortress, splendidly landed next to Yu IlHan and replied instead of him. Wearing the Battle dress made by Yu IlHan, and a spear reborn from the power of the god of love on one hand, she looked very brave and beautiful. “Ah, beautiful.” “Perhaps more than our own maiden… ah, no.” “To think Lady Leytna made such a beauty again after the holy maiden. Ahh, a new teaching has dawned upon me.” The paladins that saw a beauty that was blessed by the god of love, and so had a different kind, but not inferior, kind of beauty, sparkled their eyes as expected of the believers of the goddess of beauty, but Liera only looked at the pope without giving them a glance. “I can take care of them by myself. You’re the bigshot around here, right? Make everyone go to sleep and you have some sleep too. Think about it after you wake up.” “…If you say so.” Realizing that Liera’s words were true, the pope did not reject that. They quickly cleaned up the battlefield, tied up the captives, and made everyone sleep without a single night watch. “Then see you in a moment. Oh, please take care of our YuNa.” The pope that had returned to her old age, made a slight smile and headed to the dorms in the temple. At that time, Kang HaJin stayed next to Yu IlHan and the others

without sleeping. “Mr. Kang HaJin looks very tired as well.” “I still have some words to say.” Kang HaJin looked around to see that there were no others before bowing towards Yu IlHan. “Thank you very much. We’ve given you so many hindrances until now but you still came to another world to save us…” “…I think a similar thing happened before.” “Now that you mention it, that’s true.” (T/N: When they first met in the dungeon) Kang HaJin lifted his head and exchanged slight smiles with Yu IlHan. He saw that Na YuNa was still sleeping within Yu IlHan’s arms and made a thicker smile. “Please take care of YuNa. Personally, I want to make you take care of her future…” “No, I already……” When Yu IlHan found it awkward, Kang HaJin tilted his head. However, when Liera wordlessly leaned against Yu IlHan quietly and looked at Kang HaJin, he finally realized what was happening and his face turned stiff. “How can this be, no… ugh. If that’s the case I can’t do anything…” “Although I won’t be able to say it to her now since she’s in a weakened state both of her mind and body…” “Hmph.” To think Yu IlHan had a lover. And she was a beauty that did not lose out to Na YuNa at all despite the fact it’s the first time he saw her! Kang HaJin became very awkward. It was not because Yu IlHan already had a lover. “YuNa, this girl, won’t give up so easily.” Wasn’t she the girl who would die to live her way? Thinking back to how she was stubborn until the very end, he naturally came up with that conclusion. Moreover, Yu IlHan wouldn’t be aware of this, but Yu IlHan was Na YuNa’s first love. Meaning, that it was unknown how she would act towards Yu IlHan in the future.

Of course, as Yu IlHan didn’t know that Na YuNa had such a side, he lightly laughed over Kang HaJin’s worries. “I’m planning to say it when Miss YuNa calms down later. There should be lots of other men who are more attractive than me in the world. Miss YuNa will find her own new lover sooner or later.” “Hmph, I’ll only trample on her if she still tries to.” “Don’t kill her, okay…?” Even the mighty Liera could not throw Na YuNa off Yu IlHan’s arms right now. Yu IlHan found that fortunate and lifted her up for real. He was planning to let her sleep in a proper place and not in his arms. “You have some sleep too, Mr. Kang HaJin. We’ll do the night watch.” [You’re just pushing it all to me though!] “Sharp.” Kang HaJin wanted to ask about the Flying fortress, but thought about his current situation and just turned around after swallowing his question. Yu IlHan saw him off and first returned to the Flying fortress with Liera. “It’s a pretty noona!” “Captain, what are we doing here?” “Can I play on that again?” These kids were still full of energy even though they played on those for three days straight. Yu IlHan made a small laugh and nodded. They would become busy soon. Rest was best taken satisfactorily. “Hmmmmm.” Perhaps due to all the noise, Na YuNa mumbled in her sleep in Yu IlHan’s arms. Looking at her provoked his male instincts, Yu IlHan thought that she would have a very harsh life ahead of her even though this was nothing new. Just what kind of man would be able to let her live freely by herself in this world? Before the Great Cataclysm, she was relatively safe as her family had political power, but from now, she would have to endure with her power alone. The three years she

spent here would also have been very arduous for her. It wasn’t surprising that she burst out crying when she saw him. “Y, you really like that woman? More than me? Because of that first kiss?” “How many times do I have to say no?” “…But it is true that that woman is more special than the others, right?” “The most special one to me is you.” Yu IlHan entered one of the guest rooms and let Na YuNa lay on the bed before covering her with blanket. He also smacked Liera on the forehead to calm her down when she was thinking about if she had to assassinate Na YuNa here and now. “Ouch.” “I’ll be off then so guard well with Mystic here.” “Go? Where?” Yu IlHan shrugged his shoulders at Liera’s question. As if asking if she didn’t know it already. “Isn’t the Li Catriana-whatever empire cooperating with the Destruction Demon Army? What do you think, then, is in the main camp of the empire?” “Fatsos?” “That’s true, but there’s something else as well.” “Monsters?” “Evolve them a little.” “…Don’t tell me you’re going there to assassinate higher existences?” “…” Yu IlHan didn’t deny that. Timing was crucial in life. Now that the higher existences still weren’t wary of him, it was a good time to kill them! “You, that’s…” Liera thought about how foolish that kind of thinking was, but when she actually thought about it, she found out that there was no way Yu IlHan would fail. “*Sigh*. Although this isn’t really possible, you have to run away if there’s a 6th class, okay?” “Of course.”

“Dad, can I go as well?” Yumir, who was listening obediently the whole time, suddenly asked. Yu IlHan pondered for a moment, but that didn’t last long. “Yes, it’s also about time for Mir to experience it.” “Don’t speak like you’re teaching him to drink soju!” “Yay!” “And you don’t be happy either, Mir!” Yu IlHan and Yumir joyfully left the Flying fortress, disregarding Liera. Yumir changed into a dragon and started flying fast with his dad on top. With the mastered concealment of the two harmonizing and emphasizing each other, they became faint even while she saw them off. “*Sigh*. That worst tag-combo had finally formed…” [Just how are they able to conceal themselves when I’m staring holes in them!?] While Liera sighed and Mystic was shocked, the father and son flew rapidly to their destination. At this point, there were a total of four Destruction demon soldiers in Breya.

“Mir really is fast.” [I became really fast!] Yu IlHan couldn’t help but exclaim as he rode on Yumir’s back. Although the speed was slightly slower than when he stacked several mid-air leaps, Yumir’s speed that utilized the power of wind to the extreme had a much more natural charm to it “I wish I can go around the world like this.” [I also feel like I became stronger with dad here!] “That’s not a mistake.” The Dragon-man resonance that he had acquired as he became a Dragon rider – that enhanced his abilities by 10% when fighting with a dragon, and an additional 10% when he fought on a dragon’s back. Yumir was subordinated under Yu IlHan’s Rule skill, so there was an additional 10%. So, Yu IlHan’s battle capabilities would increase by 30% just by riding on Yumir’s back! This applied to not only Yu IlHan, but Yumir as well. However, until now, Yumir was not an adult dragon, nor was there a lot of need for them to fight together, so they couldn’t utilize that until now. [Dad is really amazing!] “Mir is plenty amazing too. Let’s stay together from now on, ok?” [Yeah!] Yu IlHan patted Yumir’s head. His figure, clad in light-golden scale, was very beautiful and made Yu IlHan’s heart warm. He thought that it would be good to have a fatherson time like this in the future. The problem, was that the placing they were heading to while conversing, was the enemy headquarters where the Destruction demon army would be residing.

[Dad, I can feel several strong auras.] “That’s true.” A very violent and rough mana was floating around unpleasantly on one spot, and it was very similar to the aura that Yu IlHan had felt once before in Dareu. Yumir immediately cowered after realizing that their opponent was stronger than him, but Yu IlHan immediately calmed him down. “Dad is stronger so don’t worry about it.” […Yeah.] Yu IlHan took out the Eight-tailed dragon spear from his palm and gripped it. With the option from the Infernal dragon body, 20% of the defense stat would be added onto the attack power of the spear, so just taking that out made Yu IlHan’s aura of pressure increase by several times. Although, his enemies would not know that even when they died. He wanted to fly for a little more, but unfortunately, the enemy headquarters was not that far away. As the majority of Elforce had been conquered already, they had destroyed an entire city and made it their headquarters. “*Yaaaaaaaawn* The battle sure is taking a long time.” “There should be a mid report, but why isn’t there any signs of it?” “They said the holy region is a danger zone. Doesn’t the fact that His Majesty did not go there personally also imply that?” “It’s amazing that he came all the way here with us anyway. Does he want the Holy maiden so much?” “I once saw the Holy maiden from afar. I collapsed on the spot because my legs became powerless. I can even accept why they were believing in her like a god.” “Dammit, if only I could go to bed with a woman like that too…” The guards were very lax. Well, it was no wonder, since, not only were there no enemies around, an army of two hundred thousand had gone to finish off the remaining enemy forces. Never would they know that a Flying fortress appeared out of nowhere and obliterated all of them. However, this was still too much. “The army’s morale, and the state of the army too… Are there no strong beings among

the humans?” The number of 4th class humans he had sensed only amounted to three. It was a little too weak to be called the elites of the army. Well, there were twelve whole 4th class monsters, so their actual battle power would be significant, but monsters were, in the end, forces of the Destruction Demon Army. Perhaps they died in the war with Elforce, or only three were deemed enough and were sent here, or perhaps they made them return to the capital because of some issues. Yu IlHan’s judgement came to that. “If it’s not any of those three…” Yu IlHan laughed while thinking ‘what if’. In that case, his judgement of the emperor of Li Catriana would increase a little, but that was it. The Destruction Demon Army were not idiots either… Thinking that he may have missed a very interesting scene, Yu IlHan even felt a little unfortunate. Meanwhile, there were a total of three 5th class that were estimated to be from the Destruction Demon Army, within the headquarters of the imperial army. It looked like they had lowered their guard against lower existences on some other world, as they were really far apart from each other. Well, there was no way they would know that there was an enemy they could not fight against unless all three of them fought at once, but they were still too far apart from each other. “Or, they might be watching the imperial army…” [Aren’t they on the same side?] “Probably not anymore, soon enough.” What the Destruction Demon Army wanted was Na YuNa, and what the emperor wanted was also Na YuNa. And, it was likely that they knew of each other’s needs. At first, they would have gone into an alliance while deceiving each other, but the story would change once they procured Na YuNa. A really interesting scene would happen just because of Na YuNa alone. Well, if Yu IlHan wasn’t here, that is.

“Let’s take care of the Destruction Demon Army first and erase the rest afterwards.” [Dad, there’s protection magic installed here so we might get found out if we go in.] Yumir worried about the protection magic. From the structure and the quality and quantity of mana inside the protection magic, Yu IlHan realized that this magic was not tinkered by the Destruction Demon Arm in any way, and spoke while stroking his head once more. “That magic won’t recognize us.” [Really?] “Of course.” Well, if it was Yumir alone, then maybe. The protection magic, made with tens of 4th class magic stones, was definitely sturdy, and was emitting an aura as if it would not let anything in. However, to Yu IlHan, who had mastered even the advanced version of concealment, any kind of magic was laughable for him. Moreover, his concealment was harmonizing with Yumir’s own concealment to amplify the effects to drop their presences to below zero. Two ordinary people wouldn’t be able to do that, and it was only possible because it was a dragon and his rider! “Consider the protection magic non-existent. If I give you the signal, you just need to charge towards the leftmost guy, okay?” [Okay!] Yumir’s voice also no longer contained any nervousness. With him alone, he would have run away immediately, but his dad was invincible! Seeing a bright white flame on the already frightening spear, his conviction only increased. [Yup, dad is here so it’s alright!] “That’s the spirit. Well, then.” Yu IlHan lowered his posture and leaned forward on Yumir’s head. Orochi’s consciousness focused on the tip of the Eight-tailed dragon spear, and Eternal Flame, which had moved to the tip of the spear, sharpened the white flames. At this moment, the three were of one will. A trinity of consciousness only possible because Yu Ilhan was a deathgod that wielded souls. The ones that faced him would have to worry about the shock on the soul rather than the body.

“Let’s go.” The moment Yu IlHan whispered that, Yumir changed all of his mana into wind and pushed his body into the ground! [Just before the collision… Now!] Yu IlHan, with his eyes wide open, calculated the distance between him and the enemy, broke through the protection magic, broke through the ceiling of the tent, and shot his spear on the head of the 3m tall monster that was sleeping on a custom-made bed! [Critical Hit!] [Critical Hit!] [Critical Hit!] [Critical…] [Cri……] [Khak!?] The moment it opened its eyes after noticing the surprise attack, everything was too late. [You, are…?] It barely opened its eyes and looked at Yu IlHan and Yumir who broke through the tent. Yu IlHan thought that a higher existence was really amazing. Well, it was no wonder, since just now, he had deployed the Spear of Untraceable Trajectory to pierce seven holes on its body including through the head and the heart, and slashed apart the head, the chest, and the stomach. Since he didn’t know the weak points, he would just start off by slicing everything apart! Well, Yu IlHan’s worries weren’t that off the mark, and it looked like this guy had a strong life force that still did not die after its brain was messed up, heart had exploded, and its spine had been snapped, as well its whole body being cut into three. [Quite, definitely, amazingly, strong guy, but…] Even while he thought that the severed head was speaking on its own was quite freaky, the severed parts were being reattached. But Yu IlHan was no idiot.

“Strong guy, but what?” [Eeek? Kihik?] All of his spear strikes contained the white flame, and by itself was tremendously powerful already, but with the fire attribute boost from Yu IlHan, the white flames hindered the recovery of the body and burned stickily to give additional damage. “Strong guy but what? ‘You still can’t win against me?’ Or is it ‘My ally will come here soon?’ Say something. Like if you hid a bomb under the bed, or if you are holding onto my precious ring.” [Kugh, khk…!] It probably planned to butcher Yu IlHan to pieces while recovering, but the white flames that were still leeching off the mana from its body, did not only not go out, but was spreading. Of course, reinforcements would arrive since Yu IlHan and Yumir’s concealment had worn off… “Let’s finish it before it get’s annoying.” Yu IlHan licked the green blood on the tip of his spear. The monster that was severed to three parts laughed its heart out after seeing that. It had judged that Yu IlHan had done something amazingly stupid. [You, that! Kuhahahahah! Foolish, arrogant being!] “Hhmmmmmmmm.” Yu IlHan ignored its nonsense and tried to taste the blood as detailed as possible in order to analyze and add onto his record. [The skill, Record, has become level 3.] The poison would be unbearable to those that did not master Extreme poison resistance. However, it also had the power to give out infinite regenerative ability to the owner of that blood, while generating mana on its own. Well, then. What else. [You, how are you not falling down…?]

“Ahah.” Yu IlHan looked at the armored tail that protruded from the rear area and was swinging around as he picked up his spear again. “Your tail is your weak point, huh?” [!?] At the moment Yu IlHan said the severed head and the upper torso immediately charged at him. However, Yu IlHan kicked off from Yumir’s head to come down to dodge that and threw his Eight-tailed dragon spear. While Yumir was generating wind to hold it back, the Eight-tailed dragon spear drew a comet-like trajectory with white flames covering it, to slice apart the tail. [Kyaaaaaaaaaaak!] The moment the tail was ripped apart, it blew a large quantity of blood into the air, but with the white flames spreading into the air as well, the blood instantly evaporated. That was it. Without being able to scream a single word more, it just collapsed on the ground and died. The scene of three separate body parts collapsing at once was quite funny. [You have earned experience.] [You have become level 272. 3 strength, 2 Agility, 2 Health, 3 Magic increases.] [You have earned the record of Lv 317 Blatail.] Two level ups at once. And this was after he shared the experience with Yumir. Well, the fact that higher existences gave much more experience than lower ones was one reason, but it was also because Yu IlHan’s experience was almost nearing level 271. [Dad! I levelled up twice at once!] “You’ll level up faster from now on.” Yu IlHan put the three parts, well, four including the tail, into his inventory, and also collected the blood scattered on the ground. This was 27 seconds after Yu IlHan and Yumir had ripped into the tent. [They should’ve realized, right?]

“They should’ve realized that their ally died. That’s why they’re running away like that, right?” [They’re running away!?] “Of course.” How could they be so pitiful. The two remaining higher existences was escaping their posts after meeting up as soon as they confirmed the death of their ally! And this was after they knew that their opponent was a lower existence! They could have tried to fight the two together! This was outside of Yu IlHan’s expectations. And so, he sighed. “Mir, let’s hurry.” [Okay!] Yu IlHan kicked off the ground to get on Yumir’s head again. At that time, the imperial army also realized that there was an intruder, and became really noisy, but Yu IlHan couldn’t care less about how they reacted. [Uhaaaaaaap!] Yumir gathered the wind and made it explode behind his wings to accelerate rapidly. They once again lifted off through the tent! The imperial soldiers that gathered were scared out of their wits. “D, dragon.” “Oh my god. To think dragons exist for real…!” “Wait there’s a man above the dragon… damn, it’s too faint, I can’t see him!” “Too fast…! They escaped this place already! Just what were they trying to do here!?” Yu IlHan lifted his head and checked the horizon. The two higher existences did run really far, but he could check on their figures right now. “Mir, can you catch up?” [I can.] Confidently declared Yumir. In fact, he was substituting all his mana into wind to push himself forward!

[I can go even faster!] At that moment, the Breath of Gold that covered his body seemed to make another pair of wings before the already fast speed increase twofold. Yumir really felt as if he was the ruler of all wind! Yu IlHan, feeling a new sense of speed, felt very good and poised himself with a smile. “Good, concealment is back on again…” The sound of wind bursting out was very loud, but despite that, the two’s presences still disappeared. The two higher existences started to slow down, thinking that Yu IlHan had given up pursuit! Soon, the distance between the two groups shortened rapidly, and they were at a point where Yu IlHan could throw a spear to knock one of them out. Although a close range battle was good as well, they were also in a good post to try out a long-range strike from here. However, just as Yu IlHan was agitating his mana in his body, he could hear the conversation between the two higher existences.] [Just how could a lower existence kill Blatail…] [I do not know that either. I thought only Yu IlHan from Earth could do something like that…] [Don’t you think it’s him?] [No way, he cannot escape Earth. Although the Heaven’s Army are damned beings, they at least would not lie in the negotiation table.] “…” [Dad?] When Yu IlHan didn’t say anything, Yumir became worried and called out to him. However, Yu IlHan just nodded and replied calmly. “Let’s think about it after we get those guys.” Normally, in a novel, the main character would panic upon the realization of the betrayal of an ally, and end up stepping on a twig or dropping his weapon to alert his

presence, but Yu IlHan didn’t move from the spot and imbued mana into his spear before throwing it against the enemy! [Critical Hit!] [Khaaaaaaaak!] “Fuu, how dare you try to make me into a stereotypical protagonist.” [Dad is so cool!] The loner life. As he was always struck on the back of the head, this much betrayal was nothing. Yu IlHan fought against foreshadows today and came out victorious once again!