Chapter 308.

Jin Seyeon looked out the carriage window . The steppes of Central Asia looked different than what she saw on textbooks . Weeds grew to knee-length, trees stood tall reaching towards the sky, and there were even villages formed by small Djinn groups .

“…It feels like I’m in a fantasy world . ” Jin Seyeon muttered in a daze .

In response, Jin Sechan also looked out the carriage . But because his eyesight wasn’t as inhumane as the others, he couldn’t see the same scenery as Jin Seyeon . So, he turned his sight back to Yoo Yeonha .

“… . ”

Yoo Yeonha was staring at the tilionium case she was holding in her arms . She seemed to be deep in thought . Jin Sechan was worried about her but couldn’t bring himself to say anything . In his mind, his only role as her secretary was to watch her from the sidelines .

“Are you okay?” Jin Seyeon asked what he wanted to . Jin Seyeon smiled at Jin Sechan before moving over to the seat next to Yoo Yeonha .

Yoo Yeonha glanced at Jin Seyeon, then said with a nod, “I’m fine . ”

“Don’t keep that case too close to your body . It will have bad effects . If you want, it’s not too late to call demon merchants . ”

Hearing this, Yoo Yeonha smiled bitterly . The group had already considered calling demon merchants, who would do anything for the right amount of DP .

“…No, demon merchants are demons also . They’ll desire this as well . ”

But Yoo Yeonha didn’t trust them . There was no guarantee that demon merchants wouldn’t want something that other demons were desperate to get .

Yoo Yeonha let out a deep sigh and looked at the case holding the [Dimensional Entropy] .

“Is that item that important?” Jin Seyeon asked .

Yoo Yeonha nodded her head and replied without a moment of hesitation, “Yes, I know from the Skills I obtained from the Tower of Wish . [Basic Skill – Lv . 9 Law of Thoughts], which amplifies the speed and strength of my thinking, and [Special Skill – Lv . 9 Appraisal Eyes], which lets me appraise an item in my field of vision . ”

Analysis of [Dimensional Entropy] was still happening inside Yoo Yeonha’s head . Essential Dynamics was also the best in the world at extracting magic power from crystals and mana stones .

“This item can save the lives of countless people . ”

“… . ” Jin Seyeon looked at her for a moment, then smiled and said, “I hope so too . ”

Yoo Yeonha smiled back at her feebly .

“Hmm… . ” On the other hand, Kim Hajin, who was watching the two from nearby, couldn’t understand the bond between them . As far as he was aware, there shouldn’t be any connection between the two . Just when did they develop such a sister-like relationship?

“…How did you two get so close?” Kim Hajin asked, unable to hold back his curiosity .

Yoo Yeonha and Jin Seyeon glanced at Kim Hajin, but both leaned against the carriage without saying anything .

“What the…” Kim Hajin pouted and furrowed his brows .

Yoo Yeonha found this side of him cute . “I’ll tell you later . ”

“…Tsk . ” Kim Hajin nodded unhappily, then in the next moment, his eyes widened . He suddenly began to scan the air with his eyes .

[Where are you? I’m taking the test for the Gate of Glory . ]

Chae Nayun had messaged him . Kim Hajin smiled and shook his head .

[I can’t tell you that . ]

[What? Why not? …Actually, that’s probably for the best . ]

[Huh?]

Chae Nayun gave up surprisingly quickly . Kim Hajin tilted his head .

[I don’t think I’ll be able to talk if you’re in front of me . I’m not ready yet… you know what I mean?]

‘Heh . ’ Kim Hajin smirked .

[Yeah, I guess it’s still a bit awkward . So?]

[Right, so… I was thinking we could just talk a couple of times a day with this . So that we can get familiar with talking to each other . We can also play games . Did you know there’s a new version of Gladiator of the Century?]

[No . ]

[Download it . It’s popular among Heroes because it helps with image training . They added a bunch of skills, so it’s super popular . Tournaments regularly get over 900,000 viewers… . ]

As expected of a known gamer, Chae Nayun began to talk about recent news . Kim Hajin just listened to her with a smile on his face, while Jin Seyeon and Yoo Yeonha stared at him like he had gone mad .

[Ah, wait, the heck, I’m paired up with Jin Sahyuk . ]

[What? Jin Sahyuk?]

[Yeah, I’m hanging up for now . ]

“What are you doing by yourself?” As soon as Chae Nayun cut off the communication, Yoo Yeonha asked . It was then .

“…!” Kim Hajin’s expression stiffened . It wasn’t just him, Jin Seyeon was the same . With their supernatural perception, the two of them had sensed someone’s ‘gaze’ .

An outsider was watching them from afar .

“… . ”

“… . ”

Kim Hajin and Jin Seyeon exchanged glances silently . Soon, Jin Seyeon’s Mental Transmission rang out inside Kim Hajin’s head .

—We should just let this person keep watching . I don’t know who it is, but I don’t sense any hostility . We should act normal .

Kim Hajin nodded his head .

Jin Seyeon smiled brightly and said, “By the way, everyone’s raising a ‘sponsored character’ with DP, right?”

The DP System was granted to anyone who hunted demonic monsters even once . Those who earned more than 50,000 DP could play something called the ‘minigame’ . Sponsoring the people of Lailos was growing in popularity .

“Of course, you’ll be surprised to know who I’m sponsoring . ” Yoo Yeonha said proudly .

“Oh, really? Show me . ”

With a grin, Yoo Yeonha displayed the information of the individual she was sponsoring . It was a high-rank knight named Gimitos .

“Wow, Gimitos the Berserker! He was yours? The Lailos Community was full of comments praising him . ”

“…Lailos what?” Kim Hajin asked in surprise . Though he wasn’t aware, an online community had developed for Lailos sponsors . The site already had more than 200,000 members .

“There’s a post every time Gimitos buys a new armor or weapon . Didn’t he buy the Black Flame Dragon Armor recently?”

“…Well, I don’t want to brag . So, what about you?” Yoo Yeonha shrugged her shoulders and changed the subject .

“I’m raising an archer . Look . ”

The Lailosian Jin Seyeon was sponsoring was an intermediate-rank archer named Lekio . Yoo Yeonha and Jin Sechan looked at him with flashing eyes .

“That bow looks like it’s made with emetos ore . Ah, his armor is made with quality leather as well…”

While the three of them talked, Kim Hajin checked up on his retainer, Litrain .

「Litrain became the youngest Master-rank knight, obtaining the title, Starlight Knight .

Even after rising to the position of a knight order commander, she didn’t stop training . The once small ‘Extra Temple’ now had over a thousand visitors per day . Serving under her were dozens of apprentice knights who were drawn by her charisma .

An order of knights called the Starlight Knights was created inside the existing knight order of the kingdom, making Litrain’s influence one of the strongest in the kingdom .

However, Litrain was still worried about one thing . Recently, her disciples and the followers of the Extra Temple were growing suspicious of Extra-nim . They knew that over a year had passed since he last sponsored Litrain…」

Litrain had grown tremendously since the last time Kim Hajin saw her . He had earned over 200,000 DP from her, a third of which he immediately sent back to Litrain .

“Who are you sponsoring, Hajin-ssi? Show us . ” Jin Seyeon asked at that moment .

Kim Hajin hesitated for a moment . “…Well, it’s her . ”

He displayed Litrain’s information rather casually . But everyone else immediately dropped their jaws .

“Wait, Litrain… she’s famous in the community… My Gimitos… . ”

Soon, Yoo Yeonha’s jealous voice rang out .

**

On the other hand, Leraje was watching them from a distance . As seeing far was her specialty, she didn’t have any trouble following their movements . She stared at the man named Kim Hajin carefully .

He knew her name, and he didn’t mutter it thoughtlessly . Leraje had the ability to discern what state someone was in based on their voice .

“What are you up to, Duchess?”

At that moment, her henchman, Corte, asked her . Leraje replied simply .

—Bored .

—Being here alone is boring .

—Did you get in touch with those old devils?

“Yes, three devils obtained incarnation bodies . Rank 3 Devil, Prince Vassago, Rank 29 Devil, Count Astaroth, and Rank 62 Devil, Valac . ”

Hearing this, Leraje immediately frowned .

—Old Man hasn’t escaped his curse yet?

Old Man . She was referring to Baal .

Corte smiled and shook his head, “No, King Baal has escaped the curse . The Gate of the Demon Realm will soon open, so his descent is not far away . ”

—How long will it take?

“Three months and not a day more . ”

Three months . It was too long for Leraje . If she became too bored, she might wander around the outside world . Corte wanted to avoid risking her identity as much as possible .

To do this, Corte took out an electronic device he had brought beforehand .

—What’s that?

“It’s called a game console . Humans like to play it to entertain themselves . With this, you will never be bored . ”

—…Is that so?

Leraje showed interest . It was a good sign . Corte knelt down and offered the virtual reality gaming console to Leraje .

—How do I use it?

“You just have to wear the helmet and turn the game on by moving your fingers . ”

—… .

Leraje did as Corte suggested . Her vision turned black for a moment, then a blue screen popped up in front of her . At the same time, a strange sensation of being transported to another world encompassed her .

[I will explain how to use this console . Please do as I say . ]

Before she could get used to the sensation, a message popped up in front of her, and Leraje furrowed her brows .

—Who are you to tell me what to do?

[Try moving your fingers . ]

—I don’t want to . Introduce yourself first .

[Try moving your fingers . ]

—Impudent .

Leraje moved her fingers, her intent being to destroy the impudent being talking to her . But the moment she moved her fingers, the world changed . The blue room she was in transformed into a vast grassland .

Leraje widened her eyes in surprise .

[Here is a list of popular games . Click on the one you want to play . ]

[1 . Gladiator of the Century]

[2 . Reolesk]

[3 . Grand Theft Auto]

…

Leraje stared at the messages before clicking on ‘Gladiator of the Century’ .

[You already own the game . Accessing ‘Gladiator of the Century’…]

[Welcome to the world of Gladiator of the Century . ]

[Please set your ID . ]

[Your ID will be your name inside Gladiator of the Century . ]

—You’re kind unlike the one before .

Leraje nodded in satisfaction before writing down her ID .

[Lijengy]

Lijengy was purely a typo, but Leraje didn’t catch it in the slightest .

[Welcome, Lijengy . ]

—What? Lijengy? You…

Having become Lijengy, Leraje expressed her anger at the machine for calling her the wrong name .

**

[Next up, Essence of the Strait’s rising star, Chae Nayun, and the black horse of the tournament, Jin Sahyuk!]

Seoul’s Hero Plaza .

Chae Nayun and Jin Sahyuk were placed in the same team, and the two of them entered the maze side by side .

“Screw off . ”

Of course, Chae Nayun showed no intention of working together with her, bolting off to the opposite direction the moment they entered the maze .

Although running in a random direction wasn’t recommended inside a maze, Chae Nayun’s intuition gave her an undeniable edge . Chae Nayun knew about her supernatural intuition, so she believed she would find the exit before long .

“… . ”

But Jin Sahyuk had no intention of letting that happen . She activated Reality Manipulation . Her magic power seeped into the maze and changed its structure .

Kiiik— Kiiik—

The change in the maze eliminated the exit altogether . Chae Nayun, who wasn’t unaware of the change, thought of the shifting maze as part of the trial .

“…She really is an idiot . ” Jin Sahyuk sneered . Now, Chae Nayun wouldn’t be able to find the exit no matter what she did . All Jin Sahyuk had to do was wait until she grew tired and came back .

Plop—

Jin Sahyuk sat down on the floor and sent Mental Transmissions to Bell to pass time .

**

[Central Asia]

The carriage continued to race through Central Asia as Jin Seyeon, Yoo Yeonha, and Jin Sechan kept their eyes glued to Litrain . They were fully watching her every move, exclaiming every once in a while about her beauty, strength, and kindness .

By the time they fell asleep, they had become avid fans of Litrain .

After sleeping for 3~4 hours, the carriage reached China . The safe zone wasn’t far away, but we kept our guard up .

“…The gaze went away . ” Jin Seyeon said .

“Yeah . ” I nodded my head .

Clack, clack . The carriage moved peacefully . Then, I turned to Jin Seyeon . She was also looking at me . By the looks of it, she must have also felt the unusual presence approaching us .

“Yeonha-ssi, we should get ready for battle . ”

Yoo Yeonha was startled by Jin Seyeon’s words, but she soon took out her whip courageously .

Jin Seyeon said, “We’re surrounded . There’s no way to break through . Rather than being ambushed, we should go out and face them . ”

“…I agree . ”

It would be annoying if the carriage was destroyed by an ambush .

I opened the carriage door and walked outside . Jin Seyeon, Yoo Yeonha, and Jin Sechan followed suit .

In that instant, hostility and killing intent shot up . Wind carrying demonic energy blew over, and the enemy’s presence drew closer .

“Don’t worry, we’ll win for sure . I’m a hundred percent certain . ”

Jin Seyeon took out her bow as she calmed Yoo Yeonha . I also took out my Desert Eagle .

Guoooo—

Suddenly, demonic energy filled the air . A giant storm seemed to brew as a shooting star shot down from the sky .

KWANG—!

The shooting star landed a little ways in front of us . Unsurprisingly, the shooting star was a living being .

“Haha, how are you all doing on this fine day?”

“… . ”

I knew who he was . The mask covering half of his face made it obvious . It was Destruction .

But Destruction wasn’t the only enemy . Dozens of Djinns appeared from the ground, sky, and land and surrounded us .

“Uhahahaha . ” Destruction burst out into laughter . Yoo Yeonha stared at Destruction and clenched her teeth .

“It’s been a while, Yoo Jinwoong’s daughter . ”

“…You know him?” Jin Seyeon asked .

“A little bit . He lost to my father back in the day . ”

“…Pardon?”

“He went crazy from his inferiority complex and ended up losing half of his face to my father . ”

Hearing this, Destruction’s face contorted heavily . Seething in rage, he glared at Yoo Yeonha .

“It seems the daughter is just as trashy as the father…”

Then, he took a step forward with a grin . The Djinns around the area all released their demonic energy and transformed into a devil-like form . Unsurprisingly, Destruction’s subordinates were all skilled with Devil Transformation .

Destruction asked, “Where’s the Dimensional Entropy? Inside the carriage? I’ll let you die peacefully if you hand it over . ”

However, Yoo Yeonha shook her head .

Destruction furrowed his brows, “Trust me . If you hand over the Dimensional Entropy, I’ll chop off your heads cleanly and send you mostly intact to the father you love so much . Otherwise—”

“Shut it . Your breath is smelly . ”

“… . ”

Destruction’s expression turned ugly . I transformed the Desert Eagle into its machine gun form .

“Huu… . ”

Destruction let out a deep sigh . Then, he scratched his head with his long nails, which began to turn black . Without a doubt, this partial change was also Devil Transformation .

“…Looks like I’ll have to go back on my words . ”

A giant horn protruded out from his head, and his body began to turn black with demonic energy . Destruction bent his body like a track runner at the starting line, then shot forward like a bullet .

No, that’s what he tried to do .

“Stop . ”

A clear, child-like voice rang out from the sky . Shackles of magic power bound Destruction’s body .

It wasn’t just Destruction . The entire world seemed to have responded to the voice as Destruction’s subordinates and even the blowing wind froze solid .

“Ku… . uk . ”

Destruction turned his head desperately to the direction the voice came from .

A ‘small person’ was floating 10 meters above the ground . Her symbolic white hair shone beautifully, and her proud, chic eyes glared at Destruction sharply .

The Hero who defined a generation had arrived .

“…Why did you come so late?”

Jin Seyeon looked up at her and smiled .

“I came as quickly as I could . You told me to come secretly . I’m the chairman of the Temple of Justice, you think it’s easy for me to leave work without anyone knowing?”

Aileen grumbled and hopped down from a puff of cloud she was standing on .

Tadat—

She landed lightly inside the area frozen in time by her single word .

“Looks at all the trash here . ” She said with a sneer .

“… . ”

Yoo Yeonha finally snapped out of her daze and glanced at Jin Seyeon, asking for an explanation .

Jin Seyeon smiled and whispered .

—I told you, we’re going to win for sure . I secretly asked for backup .

“Kuuu…uuuuk… . ”

Destruction resisted Aileen’s Spirit Speech as hard as he could . He twisted his neck forcefully and muttered with rage .

“You’re… Ai…”

“Shut your mouth . ”

Aileen’s words muted Destruction, but his eyes were still glaring at her with killing intent .

Aileen furrowed her brows

“…You’re annoying . Just get crushed!”

A short exclamation rang out in the empty field . And that was enough .

“Uk, uuuuuaak—!”

Destruction’s body folded on itself in a strange way before exploding .

…That was the end .

“… . ”

“… . ”

We stared at the scene in a daze . Aileen had gotten far more powerful than when we saw her in the Tower of Wish, or even when we saw her during the fight against Orden .

She was almost at the level of a ‘transcendent’ .

Just what happened?

“Pft, impressed? I got an amazing Unique Skill at the Tower of Wish . This is nothing to me now . ”

Aileen strutted her chest and looked around . The leader of the Djinns were now dead, but the remaining ones couldn’t move because of Aileen’s Spirit Speech .

Aileen ignored them and approached Jin Seyeon .

“Anyways, why are you here?”

“Yes? Ah… about that . ”

Jin Seyeon scratched the back of her neck for a bit, then placed her hand on Yoo Yeonha’s shoulder .

“Let me introduce her first . This is Yoo Yeonha, the Chief Officer of the guild I’m in . ”

“…Chief Officer? What do you mean, you’re not in a…”

In an instant, Aileen’s eyes widened .

“Wait, you mean…?”

Yoo Yeonha was the first to realize what Jin Seyeon meant .

“…Ah!”

This was Jin Seyeon’s response to the offer she made a long time ago . Yoo Yeonha looked at Jin Seyeon, then at Aileen, then at me .

“Y…Yes!”

Then, she jumped excitedly .

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