The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 132

"First, do you know that in about two weeks, dungeon breaks will occur simultaneously all over the world?"

The first thing Crowley said after organizing his thoughts for a moment was this.

It was an attempt to gradually narrow down the scope of the explanation through a rough question.

"I know that much from hearing it roughly from this one."

Lee Shin answered, pointing to Cheon Yuhwa with his finger.

Crowley nodded slightly and asked.

"Then do you also know that the scale of the upcoming dungeon break will be more than five times that of the dungeon break that occurred at the beginning of the Player awakening?"

"No, this is the first time I'm hearing that."

Lee Shin answered, stealthily looking at Cheon Yuhwa.

Crowley asked in a voice mixed with a small sigh.

"Then do you know that LV.4 monsters will also run rampant in the dungeon break?"

"I'm hearing that for the first time now too."

Crowley, who heard Lee Shin's words, looked at Cheon Yuhwa with a reproachful gaze.

At that, Cheon Yuhwa said as if making an excuse.

"I couldn't help it either. I told him about the dungeon break after a lot of deliberation."

"No, but shouldn't you have at least told him the rough information?"

At Oz's words, Cheon Yuhwa shook her head and answered.

"No, if this guy had known the detailed scale of the dungeon break, he would have left Korea that day and gone to a country where it's good to run wild, like Africa. And there, he would have roamed around causing all sorts of trouble until the dungeon break occurred."

"Certainly, even if I didn't go right away, I probably would have moved like that about a week before."

"What am I supposed to do if you nod your head there…"

Oz looked at Lee Shin with disbelief, but Lee Shin just shrugged his shoulders.

"He's a guy you can't predict where he'll bounce off to, but his skills are outstanding. So I just thought it would be easier for me to move if I didn't tell him anything and left him in Korea."

Cheon Yuhwa, who had said that, glared slightly at the three and said.

"But that's all water under the bridge now."

"That's right."

At Cheon Yuhwa's words, Lee Shin smiled lightly.

Only then did the three realize their mistake.

By coming here, they had made it impossible to predict how Lee Shin would move.

It was a mistake that occurred because they didn't properly know the mutant-like human named Lee Shin.

But at the same time, they were satisfied.

They thought that if Lee Shin liked fighting this much, he would surely accept the deal they proposed.

"Then, I'd like to ask about the deal you were going to propose to me now."

"It's simple. We just want you to move with us in the upcoming situation. Of course, we plan on paying a proper reward."

Just as Lee Shin opened his mouth, Merlin smiled and answered, adding an explanation.

The 'we' Merlin mentioned was, of course, referring to the ten [Kings], including themselves.

The ten people would each divide a zone and protect that zone.

It was an absurd statement that the ten of them would protect the entire world, but Lee Shin had no intention of laughing at them.

Because he knew that each and every one of them possessed power that defied common sense.

Just the three in front of him had the power to easily stop a decent army of monsters.

They could raise the Players' combat power using artifacts, create fortresses to stop monsters using magic circles, or even engrave magic circles in cities to drain the monsters' power.

On top of that, Lee Shin didn't particularly care whether their operation failed or succeeded.

For Lee Shin, both seemed to have their own fun.

Still, if he was too indifferent, they might think it strange, so he decided to play along with them to extract some information.

"Are you ten planning on preparing by yourselves?"

"No, after we've prepared to some extent, we'll warn the governments of each country, and then we'll spread articles and videos to raise people's awareness. To prepare for the dungeon break."

Lee Shin moved his head lightly and asked.

He didn't feel drunk at all, but the current atmosphere was just enjoyable.

"How do you plan on persuading those people?"

"We have no intention of persuading them one by one. In the first place, if we just say that we predicted it through our data, the majority will nod their heads and let it pass."

At Crowley's words, Lee Shin inadvertently nodded his head.

It was a simple and crude method, but it was also that effective.

In this world right now, it was no exaggeration to say that these three were the three heads leading magic.

It was a statement made by those three in collusion.

Even if they tried to ignore it, there was no way they could ignore it as they pleased.

'By the way, these guys are more reckless than I thought. Their mindset is to just push through with power, since they have enough of it, and get rid of the troublesome things.'

Of course, since Lee Shin preferred this method, he just smiled as if he found it amusing.

"I understand that you want me to move with you, but what does that mean specifically? Am I supposed to take charge of a zone like you guys?"

"No, you have to travel around a lot without a fixed zone."

Lee Shin looked at Oz as if to ask what that meant.

"Uhm, it would be faster to explain the item you took just now first. The thing you took is a teleport artifact."

"Teleport?"

At Oz's words, Lee Shin was slightly surprised and asked back.

"Are you guys LV.4?"

As Lee Shin asked with sparkling eyes, Merlin smiled slightly and shook his head.

"Haha, no, we're LV.3 just like you."

"Hm? Then how did you make a teleport artifact? I know you have to be at least a 4th-circle mage to handle the concept of space."

"You know surprisingly well."

"I had a simple interest."

Merlin said, scratching his cheek.

"Well, it's not like we did it through normal methods either. To explain it, you can think of it as solving a high school math problem using only the four basic arithmetic operations."

Lee Shin, who heard Merlin's words, could roughly understand what he was saying.

In other words, it was something that couldn't be done at their current stage, but they had somehow managed to make the magic circle operable with the power they currently had.

Of course, this was only possible because these three were geniuses and had already set foot in the realm of the absolute, LV.7.

If you were to ask another LV.3 Player to make a teleport artifact, you would surely be laughed at.

Lee Shin didn't know how such a thing was possible either, but he knew that it was meaningless to apply the yardstick of common sense to them, so he decided to just let it go.

"So what are you trying to make me do with this teleport artifact? Well, I have a rough idea."

"Your guess is probably right."

Oz said with a slight smile.

"What we want to ask of you is to travel around to various dangerous places with the teleport and subjugate the monsters."

"I thought so, and it's just as I expected."

Lee Shin understood what they were asking for in a single sentence.

While they each protected their cities in their respective places, he would be the joker who jumped into the most intense battlefield and changed the tide of the battle there.

That was the role they wanted from Lee Shin.

Logically, it would be natural to refuse.

It was a request to enter the most intense battlefield in the midst of a global disaster called a dungeon break, pacify that battlefield, and then enter another battlefield on his own.

In other words.

"Sounds good."

It was what Lee Shin wanted.

"But can't these be mass-produced and used?"

"It's not impossible, but it's much more efficient to make other artifacts than to make another one of those."

According to Crowley, the teleport artifact currently in Lee Shin's inventory was a better-performing artifact than the teleport artifacts the [Kings] had.

"First of all, its teleport range is wider than what we have. On top of that, it's also possible to teleport right next to us using our artifacts as relays."

"Really? It has a lot of interesting functions."

Lee Shin smiled happily, and Cheon Yuhwa held her forehead and sighed.

The mischievous tiger of the mountain had grown wings that allowed it to fly as it pleased.

For Cheon Yuhwa, who had been hoping the tiger would stay quietly in its territory, it was a result that could only make her sigh.

While Cheon Yuhwa was cooling her complicated head, Crowley explained various things about the artifacts and the operation to Lee Shin.

Even so, there wasn't much to explain at length, so the explanation ended in less than 10 minutes.

And Lee Shin, who had heard the various explanations, said with a satisfied smile.

"Now, since we've talked about the rough stuff, shall we talk about the most important thing, the reward?"

Lee Shin said with the brightest smile he had shown in the conversation so far.

"Uhm… isn't it enough that we've created a stage where you can fight to your heart's content?"

"Of course not."

At Oz's words, Lee Shin declared as if it wasn't even worth thinking about.

Honestly, it was true that Lee Shin would be satisfied if he could fight, but he wasn't so lacking in greed as to throw away a pumpkin that had rolled his way.

Crowley thought for a moment and then asked.

"Is there something you want?"

"A few things."

"What do you want?"

"First, I want to fight all of you. Looking at the situation, it seems it will be difficult to get a chance if not now."

Since he had no intention of doing something troublesome like negotiating, Lee Shin honestly revealed his thoughts.

"What?"

"Really?"

"Hmm."

"Hah."

The three of them made ambiguous expressions as if they had heard something unexpected, and only Cheon Yuhwa let out a small sigh as if she had expected this.

It was a condition that was simple yet tricky.

But Lee Shin just smiled slyly, as if he had no intention of going easy on them.

"We're going to be working together on the operation, so we should at least know each other's skills."

"Hah, that's something we can't do anything about."

They were called by the word 'King' and lumped together, and their own community had been formed by Cheon Yuhwa.

But that didn't mean they could force cooperation on each other, so Crowley calmly refused.

At that, Lee Shin thought for a moment and then changed the condition.

"Then create a group chat for you guys and invite me."

"…Is that enough?"

Crowley asked, flustered by the suddenly lowered difficulty.

At that, Lee Shin readily nodded his head.

"I thought about it for a moment, and I think that should be enough. Of course, I'll get the reward supplemented in other ways."

"What do you want?"

"A lot of artifacts for me and my party members to use. And please grant me a small favor too. I think that should be enough for a reward."

"The number of artifacts you want?"

"Uhm, I think it will be about ten."

At Lee Shin's words, Crowley shook his head.

"I don't mind making them, but it's impossible right now."

At Lee Shin's words, Crowley shook his head.

"Why?"

"We're short on materials."

At the unexpected reason, Lee Shin was momentarily at a loss for words.

"We're preparing for the dungeon break in various ways, so we're short on materials. Of course, we have plenty of low-grade materials, but then, of course, you won't get good items."

"Hmm, I see."

Lee Shin thought for a moment and then said.

"Then I'll provide the materials you're short on."

Lee Shin said that and held out the list of items he had brought from [Dawn].

At that, not only Crowley but also Merlin and Oz, who had been quietly listening to the two's conversation, showed interest.

In a situation like this, where it was no exaggeration to say they were facing a war, no matter how many supplies they had, it was not enough.

"What is this. You have all the things written here?"

"There are quite a lot of things that can be used as magic reagents. Where did you get this?"

"From robbing an organization's warehouse."

At Lee Shin's words, Merlin and Oz nodded as if they understood.

Because they also had similar experiences.

"It seems you robbed a pretty big organization."

"It was a big organization."

Lee Shin briefly reminisced about the fight with [Dawn] and then looked at Crowley and asked.

"So, can you make the artifacts with this much? And I'm thinking of selling all the remaining materials after selling the artifacts."

"Welcome. The more supplies, the better."

"Good, then about the favor…"

Deureureuk-

The moment Lee Shin was about to say that, the front door opened and people flooded in.

In the sudden confrontation, Eun Yeonwoo, after grasping the whole situation by rolling his eyes for a moment, naturally tried to close the door.

"It seems you're talking with a guest, so later…"

"It's fine, come in. You came at a good time."

But Eun Yeonwoo, who felt from Lee Shin's single remark that he had no intention of letting him go obediently, let out a small sigh and came into the house obediently with the others.

(End of Chapter)