The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 193

Seukseukseuk-

Several sheets of paper were scattered messily on the floor of the guild master's office, beyond the table.

In the center of those numerous papers, Lee Shin continued to write letters on the white paper as if pouring ink, without blinking an eye.

That appearance looked more like a mage researching magic than a warrior handling a weapon, so Crowley looked at Lee Shin's appearance with a sense of wonder.

Tong-

At that moment, Cheon Yuhwa lightly tapped Crowley's shoulder with her finger, signaling him to go outside.

Crowley quietly nodded his head and went outside, then muttered as if he were dumbfounded.

"To think I'd be kicked out of my own guild master's office. There's no comedy like this."

"Things always get strangely twisted when you get involved with that guy."

At Crowley's words, Cheon Yuhwa said with a light smile.

"Still, please go easy on him. Because he's a power that can't be replaced even if you want to."

"I know. If it weren't for that, I would have put a bullet in his head when he said he came to steal things from my guild."

Crowley said that and frowned slightly.

"By the way, he's a strange one. To suddenly gain enlightenment while writing down the incantations of a heart method. No, in the first place, it's abnormal from the point of learning a heart method that doesn't have an incantation."

"Well, he's a foolish guy who only knows one thing in many ways. He probably didn't think of the reason to create an incantation from the point of being able to use martial arts."

Pfft-

"Well, it wouldn't have been impossible to make it at a lower level, but his pride would have been hurt to teach a roughly made incantation of his own heart method."

"Is that why he was agonizing and raising his concentration, and thus gained enlightenment?"

"That's right."

Cheon Yuhwa, recalling the appearance of the future Lee Shin who had continuously refused to tell her the incantations of his martial art, smiled slightly and then her expression became serious.

Although she had confirmed through their conversation at the amusement park that the two were not people with the same values, it didn't mean that their fundamental parts were different.

The future Lee Shin had found it troublesome to tell her about his martial art, and for various other reasons, he had disliked showing his martial art.

That was probably similar to the current Lee Shin.

But the current Lee Shin had put aside all those feelings and had chosen to take out the cards he had.

In order to raise his skills even a little more.

Kuuk-

'I'll have to make him confess everything he's planning.'

While Cheon Yuhwa was vowing to herself that she would never let him go until she knew his thoughts, Crowley looked at the clock and said.

"I've only talked for about 5 minutes, but I'm tired."

Crowley looked at Cheon Yuhwa.

"Alice, what are you going to do? Judging by that guy's pace, it seems he'll be here for a while."

"I'm also thinking of preparing a little. Seeing that guy, I don't think I can just stand still."

Crowley's head tilted slightly.

"Are you planning on leaving that guy alone? I'll tell the guild members, but in case of an emergency, I won't be able to stop him from running away."

"I know that too. Well, judging by his current appearance, it doesn't seem like he'll run away, but just in case, I'm thinking of putting a guard on him so he can't run away."

"A person who can guard that guy… it seems difficult."

"No, I can definitely call one person."

Crowley answered negatively, having noticed who Cheon Yuhwa was talking about, but she was confident.

Tok-

Tododok-

Alice: Wait, can you use the choker's function and look at where I am?

Nameless: What's going on all of a sudden? I was in the middle of work.

Alice: It's related to Lee Shin, and it's something that can land him a blow.

Simultaneously with the message going up, the choker on Cheon Yuhwa's neck flickered slightly, and when the flickering stopped, a man with light purple hair was standing in front of the two.

"You said it's something that can land him a blow?"

"Yes, and it will be a very meaningful time for you too."

Cheon Yuhwa smiled with satisfaction, looking at Yeonhwa.

◎ ◎ ◎

At some point, the appearance of the letters written on the paper began to change little by little.

The curved and swaying appearance, which looked flashy, yet contained a strong power, and the appearance of stretching out in a straight line looked sharp.

Those two writing styles changed and mixed unpredictably, and countless unestablished words were written down.

Then, the form of the letters began to change again.

No, it was hard to even call them letters anymore.

The paper was filled with pictures that seemed to be half-mixed with letters and pictures, just as the ancient hieroglyphs had been.

Watching the paper being filled one by one like that, Lee Shin gradually fell into a sensation where the knot that had been tying his thoughts was untied, and something that had been in the fog became clearer.

'Come to think of it, is this the first time I'm theoretically checking my actions like this?'

While having such silly thoughts, Lee Shin continued to pour out his thoughts, emotions, and experiences.

"Hoo, I feel refreshed somehow."

And when Lee Shin's hand stopped, on the paper under his hand was a picture of a huge tree, drawn with a soft yet sharp power.

"It seems it's over."

"Huh?"

While Lee Shin was quietly looking at the picture he had drawn with a sense of wonder, he heard someone's voice from the side.

There, Yeonhwa, with a sullen expression, was looking at Lee Shin with an indifferent expression.

"What, how did you suddenly appear here?"

"It's not sudden. It's already been almost 6 hours since you grabbed the pen."

"Hmm? Really?"

At Yeonhwa's words, Lee Shin hurriedly looked at the window, and indeed, the sun had fallen quite a bit to the west.

'I was originally planning on just stealing some things and disappearing, but I'm screwed. Ah, Raven might be worried, so I should contact her too.'

Lee Shin scratched his head, reflected on his mistake, and then looked at Yeonhwa.

"But how did you get here? Did you fly on a plane for 6 hours just to see me?"

At Lee Shin's words, Yeonhwa looked at him with a pathetic expression, then tapped the choker on his neck with his finger.

"With this, there's no need to take a plane that just wastes time."

Lee Shin looked at Yeonhwa with a puzzled expression.

"The choker you guys have can only teleport to the marked location, and it wasn't possible to move to the location of another choker, right?"

"I don't know what era you're talking about. Crowley upgraded it a long time ago. On the contrary, the one you have is probably the oldest model now."

"What, when did you guys get such a good thing without me?"

"You should be grateful that your choker wasn't taken away."

Yeonhwa, while scolding Lee Shin like that, stared at the picture of the tree he had drawn.

"Is that the image of your martial art?"

Pfft-

"That's right. It's a bit funny that it ended up being this after going around and around. But it seems to have grown compared to before, right?"

"I see."

At Lee Shin's words, Yeonhwa nodded his head obediently.

Others might not know, but Yeonhwa, who had clashed with Lee Shin as a warrior many times, could feel the weight of the enlightenment contained in his picture.

Yeonhwa stared at Lee Shin's picture for a moment, then threw a notebook.

"You'll need to organize it, so write the incantations in that book. If you want, you can say it out loud and record it."

"Hmm, well, it seems I can write it quickly, so it doesn't matter, but then do I have to give you the book to get your heart method's incantations?"

"Yes."

"…Huh?"

At Yeonhwa's answer, Lee Shin tilted his head slightly.

At that, Yeonhwa frowned slightly.

"What is it?"

"No, Cheon Yuhwa used your martial art as a bargaining chip without your consent. So I thought you'd be annoyed and in a bad mood, but you seem to be surprisingly okay with it."

At that, Yeonhwa said in a calm voice, as if it were nothing.

"In the first place, it was she who told me the incantations of this heart method. So I have no intention of interfering now, saying I'm the owner."

Yeonhwa, who had said that much, glanced at Lee Shin.

'And to argue about the contents of the deal, I've already received something, so it's bothering me.'

Yeonhwa, watching Lee Shin concentrate and wield the pen a little while ago, had quietly fallen into a state of selflessness, as if drawn by a magnet, and had checked his own martial art and gained enlightenment.

Although it was not what Lee Shin had intended, he had learned a lot from seeing his appearance and the letters and pictures drawn on the paper, so he had no intention of refusing the deal.

"Then let's move first."

"You're moving all of a sudden?"

As Lee Shin looked at his with a puzzled expression, Yeonhwa, for a rare moment, looked at him with a slightly smiling expression.

"Since the number of people has increased, it's not so strange to move, is it."

"…What?"

At first, he didn't understand Yeonhwa's words, but Lee Shin's head quickly interpreted his words and reached a single conclusion.

"How many came?"

"All ten."

"…That Cheon Yuhwa girl really seems to have made up her mind."

Yeonhwa smiled lightly as he watched Lee Shin grumble in a voice mixed with a sigh.

"You can boast about it wherever you go. You're the first one to gather all ten just by appearing and trying to cause some incident."

At Yeonhwa's words, Lee Shin scratched his head as if he had a headache.

'This seems like it will take a long time.'

-It's not just that it will take a long time, I think you should be worried about whether you can get out or not.

'I know, right.'

Hwaaa-

'I should at least contact Raven.'

Lee Shin slyly sent his internal energy towards the pattern hidden by his glove.

At that, the magic that had been attached to Lee Shin for the reason that Raven wanted to see Irehgue was activated, and his mind was connected to Raven.

'Kool… uhm, oppa?'

'Were you sleeping?'

'Yes, but I'm awake now, so it's okay to talk.'

Lee Shin quietly followed behind Yeonhwa and explained the rough situation that had happened so far to Raven.

'So move on your own for a while, please.'

'Alright. Leave this to me, oppa.'

Raven said in a voice mixed with laughter, as if she were happy that Lee Shin was relying on her.

After finishing his short conversation with Raven, Lee Shin entered a spacious room that looked like a large conference room.

"Hah, I thought it might be, but it was real."

At that, all ten of the Ten Kings gathered and looked at Lee Shin.

Normally, he would have smiled brightly and started a fight upon seeing them, but to the current Lee Shin, their existence was nothing more or less than an obstacle.

"You did well to think of this."

"They were all very active when I asked them to help me create a situation you would hate. Thanks to that, it was quite easy. The kids you brought with you also helped."

At Cheon Yuhwa's words, Lee Shin thought that he would have to half-kill Eun Yeonwoo later, and then looked at the other people.

"Why did you guys come here? Did you have so many magic stones that you plastered them on your chokers?"

"Huhu, thanks to creating a gate for each guild to move easily, not as many magic stones were used as you think."

"And if you didn't want us to come, you shouldn't have caused trouble. Well, it's fun for me, so it doesn't matter."

At Lee Shin's words, Oz and Arachne answered, drinking wine and grape juice respectively.

At Baekhyun's words, Lee Shin thought for a moment and then looked at Cheon Yuhwa.

At that, Cheon Yuhwa smiled slyly.

"If you don't want to talk, you can run away. I'll just catch you again."

"You're quite confident. Do you think I can't run away?"

"Of course. That's why we gathered like this."

Lee Shin and Cheon Yuhwa looked at each other, had a power struggle, and then naturally sat down.

"Just you wait. I'll take only the best items and then get out of here in style."

"Dream on. I'll make you spit out everything you're planning and then tie you up here so you can't cause trouble.”

(End of Chapter)