The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 183

"What does that mean?"

Crowley momentarily suspected that Lee Shin was just nitpicking to be difficult, but it seemed that wasn't the case.

Crowley's senses, which had been developed to not miss even the slightest change in a reagent, had caught Lee Hyunyoung's body flinching for a moment and her heart rate continuously increasing the moment he heard Lee Shin's words.

"No, that's not what you're thinking, Master…"

Lee Hyunyoung opened her mouth to somehow resolve the situation as Crowley looked at her with a subtle expression, but she closed her mouth at once at his gesture to be quiet and just tapped her feet.

"Explain in more detail."

-From what you've explained, it seems those guys just went along with your experiment and then went to rest.

Crowley's expression crumpled slightly.

He could forgive everything else, but he couldn't tolerate someone participating in an experiment half-heartedly.

"I gave them an amount that would have been sufficiently difficult, as you told me."

-You shouldn't underestimate them. They're the ones who have followed me, rolling around here and there until now.

Although it was a statement without any logic, Crowley felt persuaded by Lee Shin's single remark.

-If you want to get better experimental data, you'll have to increase the experiment time and change the experiment method. Their true value comes out when their survival instincts are stimulated.

"Is that okay? If they get seriously injured by mistake…"

-You're worried because you don't know their survival instincts. Hmm, I want to explain this too, but it's too ambiguous to explain in words.

Lee Shin let out a groan as if he were thinking for a moment about how to explain this, and then said.

-Ah, right. When I was playing with them in the dungeon before, Arachne thought it was amazing that they kept getting up and took a few videos of them. Ask her to show you those.

"What? Are you serious right now?! We were having such a hard time, and you were taking videos of us? You were telling us to keep going in front of us, and you were doing that behind our backs. That unni is a complete psychopath… Heup!"

Perhaps because the memory of when she had suffered in the past came to mind, Lee Hyunyoung, who had been listening on the side, became furious and interrupted the conversation, then quickly closed her mouth, realizing her mistake.

But it was already too late.

"It seems there really is something."

Crowley's suspicion, after seeing Lee Hyunyoung's reaction, had moved to the stage of conviction.

"Uh, hehehe, Master, it's really not like that…"

As Lee Hyunyoung tried to make an excuse with an awkward laugh, Crowley looked at her as if to say, 'if you have something to say, say it'.

But nothing came to Lee Hyunyoung's mind that could get her out of this situation, so she just made a strange sound.

Crowley pushed away Lee Hyunyoung, who was holding her head and groaning, and then said to Lee Shin.

"First, I think I'll have to see the video to know. Anyway, I'll take your words into consideration."

-Alright, you probably won't be disappointed. Hyunwoo, no, Baekho and Uriel were also quite amazed when they saw that video. Anyway, if you watch that, you'll know how to roll those guys.

"Alright, I understand. It seems I'll be able to have a fun experiment from tomorrow."

-Then, tell the other kids what I said.

Lee Shin hung up the phone with those last words, and Crowley looked to the side as he put his phone in his pocket.

"Uh, hehehe…"

There, only Lee Hyunyoung, who was giving an awkward laugh, and the cold, empty seat of Lee Rion, who had quickly left the laboratory at the unusual content of the phone call, remained.

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"Oppa, are you done with the call?"

"Yes, I'm done. Are you still working?"

"No, I'm done too."

While Lee Shin was talking with Crowley on the phone, Raven had neutralized all the organization members with magic and was wrapping them in chains using shadows.

Raven's explanation was that since the organization had grown because of her, she would clean it up neatly so as not to cause trouble to others.

"Ah, that guy seems a little lacking. He might run away, so let's cut the tendons in his wrists too."

"Okay, I understand."

At Lee Shin's words, Raven flicked her finger and swung the shadow.

Recalling the memory of when he had robbed the Black Guild in the past, he gave Raven a few more pieces of advice as he looked at the organization members she had tied up, but to be honest, Lee Shin had no interest in what happened to them.

He had just helped because it was something Raven was doing.

"Now, if you've cleaned everything up, let's pack our bags and go."

"Okay."

At Lee Shin's words, Raven put several large bags in her shadow, then put on the same black robe she had worn when fighting Lee Shin, and came trotting over.

"By the way, can you use teleport?"

"Yes, I can. Should I set the coordinates to oppa's house?"

"Yes, that would be… but how do you know my house's coordinates?"

At Lee Shin's words, Raven said lightly.

"I saw it in oppa's memories that flowed in."

Come to think of it, it seemed he had given his house's coordinates when Merlin, Oz, and Crowley had visited his house in the past.

At that time, he had thought he wouldn't have any use for it since he was a warrior, so he had just let it go in one ear and out the other, but he never thought it would roll into a snowball like this.

'By the way, I wasn't thinking about it deeply, but the fact that my memories have been passed on is strangely bothering me.'

Lee Shin's head became complicated in many ways, but since it had already happened, it was impossible to fix, and thanks to Raven knowing the coordinates, he could go home comfortably, so he decided to just think of it positively and move on.

"Then let's go home for now."

"Alright."

At Lee Shin's words, Raven naturally raised her magic power and began to chant.

-Why are you suddenly going to Korea?

While he was looking at the magic circle being engraved on the floor with shadows, Irehgue asked with a puzzled expression.

'Even if it's a deserted place, since we've made such a grand scene, there's no way that Crowley guy wouldn't have smelled it. So we have to run before he finds us here.'

A little while ago, he had said that he would be gone for a while, so they shouldn't look for him for about a month.

To be honest, it wouldn't matter much if he were caught, but if possible, it was Lee Shin's wish to hide well without being caught for a month while he made a plan and prepared.

-If that's the case, isn't it better to go to another country instead of Korea? Since Korea is a place that the regressor woman has a tight grip on, it seems you'll be caught soon.

'I wasn't not worried about that, but when I thought about it, it seemed it wouldn't matter much.'

-Hmm? Why is that?

At Irehgue's questioning words, Lee Shin answered simply.

'Because they won't know that I can use teleport to go back home. Even if they investigate my tracks, at most, they'll just search this area.'

In fact, it was a method that Lee Shin wouldn't have been able to use if he hadn't met Raven by chance here and formed a connection.

-What about the teleport traces left here?

'It doesn't matter because they can't find it unless they come in person. And there's one more reason why I have to go to Korea.'

-There's more?

Lee Shin said in a rather serious tone.

'The money I withdrew in advance is all in Korean won, so I'm broke in foreign countries. And I can't just wander around to exchange money in a situation where it hasn't been long since the monsters attacked.'

-A credit card… the moment you use it, your location will be revealed, so you can't use it.

'Yes, it's a good thing I usually have some cash stacked up at home.'

Lee Shin said that and chuckled.

-What are you going to do when you get back home?

'Since I've eaten a full meal, I'm planning on sleeping for a bit.'

-You're not going to look for the other two who came with Raven?

At Irehgue's words, Lee Shin said with a wide smile.

'No, those two are also guys who have reached LV. 5 like Raven, so I can't just let go of such toys easily.'

In Raven's memories, they had weakened their bodies in various ways and sealed their power, so even though they were LV. 5, they had come to Earth using an LV. 4 dungeon.

On top of that, they had even used the trick of causing a large-scale dungeon break to create confusion.

Since they had come with such effort, it was Lee Shin's thought that it was his duty as a host to welcome his guests.

'But Raven only knows the time they came, she doesn't know their detailed location. So it's better to rest and reorganize now.'

-You already have a way to call them, don't you?

Irehgue said, looking at Raven.

'That's true, but I can't just call them recklessly. I have to set the stage and then call them so it's easier to fish with them.'

-Fishing?

'Yes, you saw it too, so you know. What more I can call with them as bait.'

-Ah, are you talking about the three?

As Lee Shin conveyed the images he was thinking of one by one, Irehgue, who had received them, said with a fierce smile.

-Certainly, if things go like this, it seems it will be fun.

'Right?'

At Irehgue's words, Lee Shin chuckled.

'So let's wait a little. We have to set the stage properly to be able to use them as words.'

-Alright. But is it okay not to say anything to the regressor woman's side?

'Since I have to get their help too, I have no intention of keeping it a secret. It's just that I'll tell them after preparing a little.'

He thinks that since it's not that he's not telling her at all, but just telling her late, Cheon Yuhwa will also say it's okay and let it go with a smile.

Because the work Lee Shin was trying to do now was also necessary for world peace, in a broad sense.

The only problem was that the work could become incomparably bigger than before.

But Lee Shin decided to trust the power of the Ten Kings.

That they would somehow be able to resolve the situation.

'And to be honest, I need some time to organize the information that has come into my head, since there's so much of it.'

-Well, I agree with that. I've been going through the memories for a while now, but there's no end to it.

'Well, since Raven is next to me to help, I don't have to worry about the information being wrong, so let's take it slow.'

Lee Shin said lightly and calmed Irehgue down.

For reference, it was fine to ignore the curse that was placed on Raven, which prevented her from divulging information.

After checking through her memories, the curse placed on Raven was, to be precise, a curse that said, 'you must not provide information to someone who does not know that information', so Lee Shin, who already knew all the information by looking at Raven's memories, was an exception to that rule.

'They probably put a curse like this on her out of concern that the family's information would be passed on to not only the people on Earth, but also the other two who came with Raven, but it's a good thing for me. Thanks to that, it's become much easier to make a plan.'

-Then when are you going to start setting the stage?

Irehgue said, tapping Lee Shin's head with his tail, which was spinning like a windmill.

Lee Shin answered, thinking of a dog wagging its tail in front of a snack.

'First, it will be after that Raven girl wakes up from her sleep, right? It seems she hasn't slept for about two days.'

-What a great oppa.

'Only on the outside, though.'

At Lee Shin's words, Irehgue smiled and closed his mouth.

"Another world, a temple, Gaia, a divine child, a hero, a noble, a ducal family, a dungeon."

And Lee Shin, enjoying the pounding of his heart, laid out the harvests he had obtained this time one by one, as if organizing them.

Grin—

"I've gained so much that I don't know what to play with first.”

(End of Chapter)