Chapter 111

Chapter 111: Fanning a burning house? (3)

He said to hand it over .

He wanted the novel that Nero had written .

However, Nero seemed to be shocked after hearing what Ju-Heon said . That was the same for the other artifacts .

[#&#]

What did that bastard just say?

[#$&#$]

He wants the novel? Is he crazy?

They were all flustered .

[#&#$!]

What did that human just say?!

[#$&#$!]

Haha! Hey idiot! You can’t read our language!

[#$#&!]

Even if we can understand the lowly human language, who does this human bastard think he is?!

Nero sneered at Ju-Heon as well .

[Enough with the bluffing, human . Humans cannot read Toombglyph . No humans have ever been able to read that advanced language and there will never be anybody who can . Would you like this Emperor to be nice and translate it for you?]

‘What the hell is he saying?’

“Shut up and hand it over . Are you deaf?”

‘This little punk . ’

Nero was flustered but continued to sneer as he summoned his novel into the air .

The novel was in the shape of a papyrus scroll used in ancient Greece .

[Fine, here! Here you go! This Emperor will kneel to you if you can even read a single line . ]

The artifacts sneered at Ju-Heon as well .

[#&#$&!]

I'll self-destruct if that bastard can read it! Really!

[#$&#$!]

Haha, he can't read it . How can a human read……

It was at that moment .

“This Emperor saw a carp today . ”

The artifacts questioned their ears after hearing that .

Huh?

[H, he just read it? A human?]

It made no sense!

But Ju-Heon continued to read it correctly word for word, as if that was not a mistake .

“Both men and women were looking at this Emperor out in the town . Ah, I guess you wrote about your time as the Emperor . ”

That made the artifacts gasp and start to scream .

He clearly read it! That bastard is reading Nero's book!

[#$&#!]

C, crazy! He read it! He really read it!

[#$&#!]

That makes no sense! It’s a precursor for a disaster! How could a mere human read our language?!

Of course, the only artifact jumping up and down in joy while every other artifact was astonished was the rope .

‘See, see! He can read it! He can read it!’

That seemed to be what it was saying .

Nero's jaw was dropped at this unbelievable situation as well .

‘Who the f*ck is this bastard?!’

But Ju-Heon just started to smile without caring whether Nero was shocked or now .

“Time to kneel . ”

[What?]

“You said you would kneel if I could read it . ”

[……!]

Nero started to frown and Ju-Heon walked toward Nero while sneering .

"Well, if you don’t like that, I’ll make you kneel in a different way . ”

[W, what did you say?]

He sounded coercive compared to before .

Nero seemed to be shocked at this demeanor, but Ju-Heon was just looking at it as if it was ridiculous .

‘This bastard is just a golden spoon Emperor who had an easy life . ’

That was why even though it lacked any artistic skill at all, it probably never heard any criticisms .

All it heard were probably praise and more praise .

Nero would have liked people who flattered him, and the people probably praised him all he wanted as he would give them gold every time they praised him .

‘That is why he should be weak against criticism . ’

As for how many bets in this golden palace would be beneficial to Nero?

Who cares about that? Ju-Heon didn't plan on making a bet at all . Wouldn’t it be his victory if he could just get this bastard to say he lost with his own mouth?

‘So, all I need to do is destroy his mental state . ’

Ju-Heon started to smile wickedly .

“I've never seen such shit in my life . Have you even written anything before?”

[W, what?]

“You saw a carp and both men and women looked at you when you went to town . The maids dress too conservatively . So what? What the hell are you trying to say? Get rid of this trash . ”

Nero's glass heart started to crack even before they got started .

But that didn't seem to be enough as Ju-Heon tapped on the book like an evil editor .

“You got that? Even my dog could write better than this . I wouldn’t take such trash even if it was free . Ah, it might be useful to put a hot pot on top of it . It is pretty thick if you fold it . Either that, or I’ll use it to make some origami battle cards . ”

Squish squish .

Nero started to shout almost in tears as he watched the papyrus turn into battle cards .

[Y, you bastard! This Emperor is an artist that Orpheus looked up to and Apollo envied! How dare you say my writing is……!]

“Ah, whatever . I'll fix this for you . I'll do that in place of this battle . ”

[W, what?! How dare you try to change this Emperor's writing!]

Nero opposed it with a flushed face, but Ju-Heon just ignored him and took a red pen out of his pocket .

And then…

“First, change the title . ”

He ruthlessly crossed out the title, .

Nero started to scream after seeing the crossed out title .

[Aaaaah! What are you doing to the title this Emperor put so much thought into?! You bastard, I won’t let you get away with that!]

“The title is . ”

Nero was saying it was a terrible title, but the artifacts in the stands were responding positively .

[Wow! What a great title!]

[That’s crazy! Look at that classy title choice!]

[Damn it, it's like a billion times better than what that arsonist came up with!]

But the red lines did not stop at the title .

"This too! And this!”

Ju-Heon who opened the scroll all the way started to cross out a lot of Nero's writing .

He was ruthless .

Even if it was not well-written, there was nothing better to destroy someone's mental state than to mess with their work!

That was why Ju-Heon started to turn even bolder .

“Let’s see here . This Emperor saw a carp today? What bullshit . Change it to this Emperor saw a beautiful woman today . ”

[Ohhhhhhhh!]

“Both men and women were looking at this Emperor out in the town? Pfft, get lost . Men are useless . Change it to only the women were looking at you . ”

[Ohhhhhhhh! That’s right!]

“The maids were dressing too conservatively? So what? Listen up . We're changing that to all of them started to strip . ”

[Woooooooooooooow! Yes, that’s it! That’s exactly it!]

The artifacts’ eyes started to sparkle . This was Ju-Heon’s writing that had made the artifacts go crazy in the first place .

[This bastard definitely knows something!]

[Ugh, he really is that author!]

The artifacts were jumping up and down, almost dying in joy .

By now, even Yoo Jaeha and Oh Seung Woo who could not understand the artifacts could tell that they were jumping up and down in joy .

Of course, the humans couldn't understand why after hearing the things Ju-Heon was changing .

It made sense since all Ju-Heon did was change some words .

“……D, do these things just like anything erotic?”

Nero's body started to shake from embarrassment as the praise and cheering poured out for Ju-Heon .

[You deplorable bastards……! How dare you cheer at such foolishness……!]

Most importantly, this was his palace .

His Absolute Authority had been activated, and these bastards were supposed to praise and cheer him as the judges .

[You bastards! What the hell are you doing?! Do you all want to die here?!]

An angry Nero called forth the fire .

The artifacts started to scream inside the fire .

[Aaaaaaaaah!]

[I cannot accept this! Hurry up and say that this Emperor's writing is better!]

But the artifacts shouted in defiance even as they were crying because of the pain from Nero's fire .

[#$&#!]

Damn it, I'd rather die!

[#($#(!] Fck, I cannot lie even if it means I’ll die! Just kill me!

[You bastards! This Emperor will not accept it! This Emperor cannot accept it!]

Ju-Heon stabbed Nero with the final blow .

“Shut up, trash . ”

Rip, rip .

He ripped the book in front of everyone . Nero fell to the ground as the pieces of papyrus disappeared .

[Nero's heart has been crushed . ]

[Nero has fallen into a state of shock . ]

[It may never be able to pick up a pen ever again . ]

[It needs time to heal . ]

Ju-Heon chuckled after reading that .

‘Time to heal my ass . ’

Did it expect him to give it time to heal?

Ju-Heon threw a piece of paper to Nero .

“Here, take it . It’s a bonus gift I prepared for you . ”

A scream and unbelievable messages started to pop up once Nero read the paper .

[Nero has lost his sanity . ]

[Nero has lost his mind . ]

[Nero has realized that he should never write again . ]

[Nero has accepted defeat . ]

[The Absolute Authority on the palace has been destroyed as Nero has lost his sanity . ]

[Nero's sloth attribute is changing into the screaming attribute . ]

[The tomb that Nero has created is starting to shake . ]

[The tomb is about to be completely cleared . ]

Nero's golden palace started to crumble as well .

Boom!

Ju-Heon’s eyes flashed at that moment .

‘Now's the time . ’

“Alright, be good and submit! I'll give you some pointers if you listen to me!”

Nero's body flashed as soon as he said that and Toombglyphs appeared on Ju-Heon's arm .

That was proof that he had contracted a possession-type artifact .

Another message popped up as proof .

[You have successfully contracted the artifact of sloth and have earned the power of sloth . ]

[You are able to destroy the morale of enemy artifacts . ]

[In addition, you are able to control the Absolute Authority and this where everything you imagine can be turned into reality as you please . ]

[You have developed an aptitude for after making an Emperor artifact submit and your Dominance has increased . ]

[This will help you handle unyielding artifacts such as Generals or other artifacts with strong fighting spirits . ]

Ju-Heon’s subordinates who were freed ran toward him . They seemed to be curious about something .

“Captain-nim! What the hell did you show Nero?”

“What did you do that turned that bastard into such a mess?”

“What else?”

Ju-Heon nonchalantly handed the paper to them .

Oh Seung Woo and Yoo Jaeha who saw that dropped their jaws in shock .

“T, this is!”

Yes . The things written on the paper were typical malicious comments that could be found on the internet .

Ju-Heon who had calmly thrown malicious comments around was laughing .

“They’re just artifacts . They can’t look down at the level of malicious comments in today's world . ”

Of course, these were nothing for humans, but his subordinates clicked their tongues .

“This devil……”

“A keyboard warrior must have possessed his body……”

Ju-Heon picked up Nero's artifact as he started to speak .

“It’s fine, it's fine . It’ll cheer up again if you praise it . ”

“Making it sick and then giving it the medicine……”

“You terrible person……”

‘These punks . ’ It was at that moment . The artifacts that came to watch started to chat now that Nero had submitted .

[#$#($#(]

Huh, what? The battle’s already over?

[#(*#$(!]

I guess we just go home now?

[#($*(!]

Yeah, yeah, it was fun! It’s time to go home!

They started to move similar to people exiting the theatre after a movie . Some of them were heading to their contractor's homes while others were heading to random buildings around the city . They had many different places to go .

It was at that moment .

"Where do you think you're going?”

Someone sneered and the artifacts started to scream . A giant net was suddenly flying toward them .

It was as if the battle was nothing and this had been the plan from the beginning!

[#$(*$#(!]

Aaaah, what the hell?!

[#(*$(!]

Waaaa, I'm caught! Waaaa!

The artifacts got tangled up in the net and were unable to escape .

It didn’t seem to be a regular net as the artifacts could not cut or break through it .

[#$&#!]

What the, what the hell is this?!

The artifacts couldn't help but be shocked .

Why?

Ju-Heon was the person who had thrown the net . Thanks to that, the artifacts became so shocked that they started to stutter .

[#$*(!]

T, this bastard! What the hell is this?! What the hell is this?! Let go of me! The battle is over!

[#(*$#(!]

Let go of me! I need to go home! I need to go watch my drama!

It was time to go home and rest now that the entertainment was over .

But what the hell?!

But Ju-Heon who was as satisfied as a fisherman coming home with a boat full of fish snorted back .

“You guys seem to have misunderstood something . ”

[!]

“Who said you could go home?”

Ju-Heon wickedly smiled .

Why would he send these idiots that had gathered here on their own accord go? It was their choice to come in but not to go out .

‘It’s fine since I contracted Nero already . All that's left are these idiots that came rolling in!’

He would make them his as well .

Ju-Heon tightly clenched the specially-made net and started to shout .

“Alright, time to pay the price since you watched the show for free!”

But the artifacts could not believe it . They couldn’t believe what Ju-Heon was saying .

How could they?

[#$#$&!]

Free?! What the hell are you talking about?! We already paid for admission!

[#$#&!]

That’s right! We already paid! We did!

But Ju-Heon just sneered at them .

“Shut up, the VAT is separate!”

The kidnapper who shouted that started to pull on the net .