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.
Author's notes
Here's Mir's story for once.
I'm pretty sure it will happen in this arc.
[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 high-density 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.
Author's notes
Class and skill info will come out the chapter after next one
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, the 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 to 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 lip-attacked 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)
And as such the two of them lived happily ever after, occasionally having to endure the teasing from the flying fortress, but still, happily ever after.
-FIN-
Just kidding – KouKouSeiDesu
Author's notes
Fuu, I really did my best here writing this climax. I thought this maybe the second most important scene in this novel. And perhaps due to that, the more I read it, the more childish I found, but I was still very satisfied. I would be so happy if my current feelings could be felt by you readers.
Other than that, I gritted my teeth so much while writing this chapter. Why do I have to write a happy chapter about the MC….? Pew! Pewpew! Give me back my hands and feet dammit!
I thought I prepared a lot of scenes where IlHan prepared for Liera's outbreak, but there were some of you that were surprised. IlHan is not that careless!
You must be curious about the class and skills right now. Looks like it will happen in the next chapter!
1. I guess the god of love doesn't approve of homosexuality.
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."
Author's notes
Everyone, Everyone Else is a Returnee is rated for all ages!! Probably!
Translator's notes
MWAHAHAH, Got ya with the cliff there! Although, I did three sponsored chapters, so the sponsor queue SHOULD decrease by 150, but instead, it INCREASED by 15….
I'll try to pull out 3 sponsored chapters per day. Just don't bombard me with all that money….. 400$ within 24 hours of opening donations is too hard on me….
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.
Author's notes
Yumir and the dragon army joins the fray!
I've read the comments from last chapter, and flinched. It looks like I really can't take my guard down against you readers. (T/N: I'm not sure what comment this is talking about)
Translator's notes
I've put the release rates in the index page now….