Before Levi left I ask him to draw Crowley's face. Based on the memories from the novel king's mind as well as the sketch from Levi. Kavon looks more similar to Crowley who is a demon general rather than his own brother Kaesul and the second prince of Astel. A coincidence?
-What do you think about this, Pandora?
-There is a slight chance that the two individual just have similar appearance.
Yeah, but everything seems off.
We arrived at the city which have already started to prepare for the outbreak. I killed the woman which will be the vessel for Melanie who is about to turned into an evil spirit.
We went straight to the outbreak circle and forcefully opened it by putting Udo's mana. The insects that multiplied were burned by Orlere and some were devoured by Kaota.
I pulled the dead woman, showing it to Mel.
"You're an evil spirit who is a former witch who died because of men. Now, you want to take revenge by assaulting evil men, if possible virgin ones though which I don't think there'd be any since most criminals aren't even virgins anymore. And for that you need a very sexy and hot body to do it. Does that sound right to you?"
"How does someone like you know that?"
"That doesn't matter. Anyway here is the contract, blah blah blah. I'm sure you already know where I am going with this so go ahead and read it"
After reading what was written on the magical contract she ask me again and again if I was scamming her or something. In the end she sign it and I brought some of her memories back again. I don't want to handle a furious witch who hates a 'hero' later on.
We stayed in the city for another two days so that Dean can kill the insects and raise his level up.
...
On our way to Maigrema,
"Is it really going to be alright?" Mel ask.
"What do you mean?"
"Last time, based on the memories you gave me, you nearly died here"
"Well, let's say the same thing will happen but slightly different"
Right before we entered their capital, Nunu turned into a dragon. Me and Udo went on top as he fly to the sky.
"Udo, let's begin the plan I mentioned earlier"
"Understood"
He raise his left hand and a giant magic circle appeared.
"Grand magic: Serpent scattershot"
Hundreds of snake-like missiles rained down, targeting the buildings. Because of the grand magic, the automatic defensive barrier of the city activated thus protecting the buildings from the magic that Udo casted.
Shortly after, mages began to appear one after another, flying into the sky towards the dragon us.
"Keep them busy, okay?"
"Of course" Udo replied and jump down, facing the mages flying upwards.
My mana is still low so doing a forbidden magic would kill me in a heartbeat, I can't even cast a grand magic properly to begin with.
The crystal golems can't fly so they are useless in an aerial battle.
With the mana from Nunu, "Spirit summoning: Inosi"
After using a huge amount of mana, my body wasn't able to handle it which is why Pandora once again took measures and started to heal me.
"Go wreck havoc. The louder the better"
"As you wish"
Clouds got darker and darker. The loud thunderclaps echoed through the whole city. Darkness covered the whole city with only lightning strikes serving as light.
"Grand magic: Howling storm"
Countless beginner class lightning magic,
Because of the thunderbolts created from the grand magic the mages can't go outside of the barrier or they will be too occupied defending themselves.
After several seconds of casting the grand magic, the magic queen, ruler of the magic kingdom appeared.
Levitating in the air, she made hand signals which cancelled Inosi's magic.
The mages from the magic kingdom and Udo withdraw from battle and went back.
"What is your purpose for coming here, attacking us in the middle of the day?"
I jump down off of Nunu and levitated right in front of Gwen.
"I want to talk with the king of slaughter, Troy"
"So you are telling me, that you attack my city because you want to talk with my husband?!"
"Yes. Because it is the only way for me to talk with him. Let's be honest here, he would spend as much time as he can with you so why would he bother wasting time on someone he doesn't even know"
She can't deny it since it's a fact. A very obvious one at that.
"You are?" She ask.
"The spirit king"
She sighed and went down. After a few minutes and enraged Troy came out, barely holding in his anger about the fact that his going to talk with someone who isn't Gwen.
We went somewhere else. As we left the dark thick clouds vanish as well.
"Please stop emitting blood lust already. I'm sure you know how little mana I have"
"Despite having 'little' mana you are able to summon powerful spirits. How can I not be on guard when there's a 'king' right in front of me"
Your not even wary or cautious of me. Your thoughts of wanting to go back to snuggle with Gwen as soon as possible is on plain sight.
"The reason why you and Gwen are together is because you courted her for more than a hundred years after getting to know each other when you were visiting her house to eat food. Does that sound familiar to you"
Udo protected me from the mana outburst from Troy which is directed to me.
Gwen trusted me because of the words of the God she serve. Which is why she told me her personal story which only the two knows about.
If a stranger suddenly narrate the summary of your love story which no one knows about, anyone would be mad and cautious.
"Before we begin, a binding mark that will make us tell the truth only have to be put on placed on the two of us. Assuming that you want to listen to what I have to say that is"
"...Make it quick"
And he took the bait.
Inosi activated a
"Who are you and how do you know about the two of us. Tell me everything that I need to know"
How straightforward of him.
"I am Michael Santiago the ruler of spirits, the spirit king. As for how I know about you two it would be because Gwen told it to me. Somehow time rewinded back to a certain point and now I somehow still have my memories with me while you guys don't. That's it. If you want I can show you some of my memories when I was with you and Gwen"
Though he was doubtful of me, after projecting my memories into his mind he started to believe that I am a 'friend' rather than a 'foe'.
After talking, we got into the same page. A master plan.
I put the knowledge of 'technology for flying vehicles' and 'stronger crystal golems' into his mind. He will then tell it to Gwen bit by bit forcing her to be with him all the time, since whenever Gwen is hooked on something related to magic not even Troy can get her attention.
In exchange I will be spending my time inside Gwen's library and I will also be receiving a personal lab which only I can use. Even if Gwen did enter my soon to be lab its not like she will understand what I am doing.
...
As the two went to their nest for further research after Troy partly explained what happened I earned a little bit of trust from Gwen.
Inside Gwen's personal library, hundreds of extremely valuable books were stashed here.
-Pandora, begin assimilation.
-Understood.
Aura enveloped the books on the shelves one by one. Pandora, the artificial intelligence that Michael created from mana and aura started to absorb the knowledge that is written in the books of Gwen's library.
He created Pandora the same way he was created. Focusing on only good traits and ignoring all trivial knowledge.
After several hours, Pandora finish obtaining all the knowledge within the books.
For the next five days, I begun to create the equipment and the chemicals I'll be needing for the upcoming days. Though I am not allowed to create any nuclear-type devices due to my contract with a certain God, I am allowed to make small types of chemical bombs.
The past five days were hectic for sure, especially those two. For some reason every hour there is some explosion coming from Gwen's laboratory. In the end I was the one who taught Gwen about it. Troy may have gained the knowledge about it but the way he explain things is simply terrible.
"Where will we go, master?" Udo ask.
"To Hel's labyrinth"
Before heading towards Hel's labyrinth I sent Mel to Astel to help Nrowe with her work.
We arrived at Hel's labyrinth after two days. I sent Nunu and Inosi to the holy kingdom so that they can inform the pope and the king that the hero has appeared. Thanks to the assassins that Fin Aplora sent, Inosi can now stay here in this world using the same vessel he used back then.
Normally I don't want people knowing I'm here since many would try to target me, especially those who came from the "Blood moon". But I need to raise the amount of my holy attribute by making people put their faith on me which I'll be needing in Hel's labyrinth.
Once Inosi informed the pope and king of Aigreos, people in the holy kingdom would start talking about me. And since the people in that kingdom are die-hard religious my holy attribute will significantly increase in a short amount of time.
We burst through floor one all the way to floor forty-nine on the first day. Upon reaching floor fifty where the death knight is, Udo beat it in less than a minute. After stashing the body of the death knight we continued on our way.
"System, how much chaos points will I need to maintain an imaginary dimension with the size of a one acre?"
[80 chaos points is needed to maintain an imaginary dimension of that size]
A lot but that much is enough for my plans.
We reach floor fifty seven. The same vast numbers of low leveled undead greeted us.
I don't really have time for this so, "Phantom world: Void"
Just like last time all the undead were suck into nothingness.
[Fifty seventh floor of Hel's labyrinth have officially become a
The dark room turn into a dome. The same as the one on floor fifty
[Defeat the mini-bosses at floor fifty eight to floor sixty to claim the rewards. If the mini-bosses are defeated, the floor will also become a
So this time she's not going to order her labyrinth? That works better for me.
After resting we went down to the fifty eight floor where the undead dragon resides.
"Udo, restrain him"
"Understood"
Roar!
The undead dragon roared, causing the ground to shake.
"Coiling snake"
The undead dragon was wrapped around the giant water snake that Udo created which restrained its movement.
The undead dragon howled. As it open its mouth it began to prepare to fire its
"Thousand serpentine wall"
The water wall that Udo created block off the
-Pandora, begin analysis.
-Commencing analysis... two minutes until complete analysis.
For two minutes, Udo protected Michael from the undead dragon as they wait for Pandora to finish the analysis.
-Analysis complete.
"Soul enslavement"
The undead dragon was detach to Hel's labyrinth forcefully. Before being enslaved to Michael, the undead dragon was purified and became a spirit dragon.
Hmm, a mid rank spirit dragon, huh. Dragons turn to spirits when they die so I'm only doing something normal over here. Sigh, I still have to wait until I can summon my spirits normally again.
The enslaved spirit dragon entered my other bracelet just like what Kaota and Orlere did to my ring.
[You have defeated the mini-boss, Death dragon]
A treasure chest appeared in the middle of the room.
Just like last time, I toss a pebble at the treasure chest.
[It is not a trap!]
The system got mad again.
I open the chest and saw the bracelet Alfred will need.
[Hel's bracelet, obtained]
[Effect: Mental erosion immunity]
We went down to the fifty ninth floor
The lich raise its hands and summon all kinds of undead. All the undead came forward, charging towards the two of us.
-Pandora begin the analysis again.
-Understood.
For another few minutes, the same thing happened with floor fifty eight. Udo protected Michael while they wait for Pandora to finish her analysis.
After finishing the analysis, using
[You have defeated the mini-boss, Lich]
Another treasure chest appeared. And so I toss another pebble. It's real! I open it and saw another artifact.
[Hel's spell-book, obtained]
I immediately took the skill
It is called a spell book even though its actually a skill book. I wonder why they even call it this way.
We head to floor sixty.
The vampire appeared.
"
I walk over to the vampire.
"
The vampire became my slave.
[You have defeated the mini-boss, Vampire]
I severed the connection of the vampire with Hel's labyrinth and brainwash her. I also put back Jinx's memories so that she would open up to Nrowe faster.
I throw another pebble on the treasure chest that appeared. After confirming it was safe, I open it.
Another artifact!
[Hel's bracelet, obtained]
Another bracelet? No helping it I guess.
[Effect: Life steal
Description- The possessor will get younger in proportion to the amount of life force that have been taken away. Only those who are under the age of twenty can be a target]
[Floor fifty seven to floor sixty is now a
"Jinx, you stay here for now. Me and Udo will continue going down"
"Understood"
For the first time I set foot on floor sixty one.
In this floor there were a lot of vampires which are a lot weaker than Jinx. Since they have immunity against magic I was the one who deal with them using martial arts.
"Master, I am just wondering. How strong are you in your world?" Udo ask.
"Hmm, I'm pretty strong there. It's just that the standards in this world are different in my world. A good example would be: The average rank for magicians in my world are those who can use grand magic at least twice"
In comparison to this world, someone who can use a grand magic would mean that they are a high rank magician. But in my world it is normal for any magician to be able to do something like that.
After a day we reach floor seventy five.
[Mini boss, Mind flayer lich]
Mind flayer? Like those special type of liches who can use mind powers or something?
-What have you come here for?
The mind flayer lich spoke to Michael telepathically.
-I came here to reach floor one hundred. I need a lot of good things after all. What about you? Why are you here?
-I am here because this is the punishment for my sins. And I will stop you to do so.
I didn't thought that he'd actually answer me.
-Udo, return to the spirit world, now. Come back five minutes later.
Udo disappeared right after Michael gave out his order.
"Phantom World: Void"
A big pseudo black hole appeared from the back of the mind flayer lich.
"Grand magic: Dispel"
Nothing happened. The mind flayer lich failed to dispel the void since it wasn't created with mana but with aura.
He is fighting back better than I thought. To think that his psychokinesis would be able to let him stay from where he is even though there is a black hole behind him. Too bad I came here prepared. My aura is already more than a hundred thousand after mascaraing people on my way here.
After a while the mind flayer lich wasn't able to hold on any longer and was suck into nothingness.
[You have defeated the mini-boss mind flayer lich]
[You have forcefully received the bounded item, Hel's accursed eye]
It was painful. It felt like my left eye was being gouged out.
The pain faded away shortly after.
"System what is this
[Hel's accursed eye(left)]
Description- The one who beats the mini boss of floor fifty seven, the mind flayer lich will received Hel's accursed eye.
A mortal who was cursed by Hel for declaring she is the ruler of death thus receiving the God of Death's wrath. For a long time, the left and right eye sat on Hel's treasury so she decided to make this as a reward in one of her labyrinths in a random world out of boredom.
Ability- The accursed eye(left) will give you the ability to freely manipulate death force energy.
Daily limit: 3
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What the heck is this? Do gods seriously have nothing better to do? I mean, the effects of the eye itself is good but the description is... forget it. It's not like something will happen if I continue on pondering over it anyway.
Udo appeared again. We continued on going down all the way to floor eighty nine.
[Warning: From now on, floor ninety one to floor ninety nine will be the domain of bosses]
After reading the warning, I decided that we should withdraw now. I remembered that it is the time for 'her' to be on floor thirty today. Besides, I don't think I would survive fighting a boss.
Udo went back to the spirit world as I teleport and skip floors and went straight to floor thirty.
When I reach floor sixty, I killed Jinx, painlessly, so that I can put her body inside my inventory and her soul at my
There I found the fourth princess of Lorazio, princess Layla Lorazio. Udo appeared once again.
They were hostile to me the moment they saw me.
"Who are you?" The captain of the knights ask.
"I am the spirit king, Michael. Do you have any problems with me?"
I may not be an apostle this time but the title of a 'king' holds more power than an apostle. This made them tremble in fear. Since 'Kings' are usually apostles people are very afraid of them. But they don't know that though.
"I have come here because I received orders from my superior"
"What orders?"
"To meet the fourth princess of Lorazio"
The knights drew their swords.
The princess walk towards me, ignoring her guards.
"Why do you want to meet me?" She said.
"Because the one I served, the hero Lucas who was chosen by the gods told me to meet you. You will be an important figure so he told me to come and meet you for a certain reason"
"How can I, no we, how can we be sure that your words are true?"
Compared to back then, the air I'm getting from her is filled with dignity and pride. Nunu's pheromones sure hit her hard.
"I, Michael Santiago, the spirit king who rules over the spirits, swears an oath to the God of Truth Veritas that my all of my words, including the ones I said just now are the truth"
The princess think about my words.
As she bowed down lightly, "I am very sorry for me and my knights' disrespectful behavior towards you"
"That's fine"
I pulled out the food that I was saving just for this moment. The eyes of the knights lighten up seeing so much fresh food.
While the knights and Udo ate their food me, Layla, and the captain of the knights Tola were somewhere else.
"As I said I came to meet with you for a certain reason"
"And that is?"
I put my hand on top of her head.
"King's blessing"
The wind elemental spirit, Sylph. The fire elemental, Salamander. The water elemental, Undine. And the earth elemental, Gnome.
I'm only allowed to choose ten individuals who will receive my blessing. But its not like I'll mind giving my blessing to her anyway. And since this skill doesn't require mana it is the perfect for this situation where I don't have any mana with me.
"Y, you gave her highness your blessing?"
Eh? Why is she making such a big deal about this?
[Answer: That is because a
Wow. I didn't thought it was such a big deal.
"That's alright with me. After all, she'll be a peerless mage in the future"
The two shrugged.
"I, I am sorry to disappoint you but I do not possess any mana due to my curse"
"About that, I will remove it from you"
"Huh?!"
I summoned the curse spirit, Dean.
"Dean, go eat all the curse inside her"
"Understood"
Dean touch the hands of the princess. Slowly, the curse were devoured by Dean who has the skill
As I thought it is their rank. When Ella ranked up she got taller while Inosi became more buffed when he ranked up. Now that Dean ranked up his appearance became that of a teenager's.
Layla cried while thanking me for removing the curse. The knights also showed their gratitude for the food I gave to them.
"Unfortunately we will have to get going now"
"We understand. I am sure that we will meet again"
"We will"
We went back to the surface. And there the leader board says that the one who went down all the way to the eighty ninth floor of Hel's labyrinth is me, the Spirit King.
I found Inosi and Nunu who were hanging around somewhere nearby.
"I met her. Don't worry you'll have to wait just a bit longer"
"I understand. And I shall wait for that time to come" Nunu said with determination.
I went back to Maigrema while Nunu and Inosi went to Astel.
...
In the laboratory that they gave me I begun my preparations for what I have to do.
"Pandora let's begin potion making shall we"
I sent Inosi and Nunu to Aigreos to inform the pope and the king about my arrival to this world but they have another job than that. It was to get three vials of pure holy water from the holy well.
They of course thoroughly interrogated Inosi. But after confirming that Inosi is the left hand of the hero, there's no way that they won't give him three vials.
With the necessary ingredients in place, we begun to create an elixir.
With the knowledge from Gwen's library that Pandora obtained regarding alchemy. Udo's abundant mana. And the pure holy water from the holy well. The three succeeded on making a superior rank elixir after three days.
I drank the elixir while Pandora healed me continuously. The pain I felt is greater than the time I drank the high grade elixir that Gwen gave me.
After waking up I took a look at my stats.
[Status information]
Name: Michael Santiago
Class: Hero
Secondary class: Shaman
Race: Human
Sex: Male
Age: 23
Level: 83
HP: 14,000/14,000
MP: 48,000/48,000
AP: 107,000/107,000
CP: 99
Strength: 52
Agility: 131
Stamina: 75
Intelligence: 251
Level cap: 200
Psychological state: ???
Status: ???
Abilities: 6
Attributes: 1
Slave(s): 5
Spirit familiar(s): 8
Blessing(s): 2
Title(s): 4
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Oooh! I now have a decent amount of mana now. As for my internal energy I'm now on the same level as a master. Even though I am master myself for some reason my internal energy was a lot lower than the rest.