The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 216

Shashashasha-

Arachne absorbed the poison of Leviathan around her through her spiderwebs, then changed the poison into medicine within her own body.

Although it was said that poison and medicine were only a paper-thin difference, changing the level of poison made by Leviathan into the properties of medicine all at once was a task that required great concentration even for the current Arachne.

After changing the absorbed poison into medicine, Arachne flowed them into Uriel's wings, which were connected to her spiderwebs.

Kiiiiing-

Uriel's wings absorbed the medicine made by Arachne, the materials she had prepared in advance, and the things Lee Shin had taken out, changed them into nutrients, and forcibly absorbed them into Lee Shin's body, helping his recovery.

No matter how much of a mess Lee Shin's body was, he didn't need this much nutrients.

Normally, without Arachne's help, Lee Shin would have gotten up after using only about half of what he had used so far.

The words Uriel had said at the beginning, that she could save anyone as long as they weren't dead, were by no means an empty boast.

But Lee Shin's body was still unable to come out of the cocoon.

Pajik- Pajijik-

Because Lee Shin's body was destroying itself as if refusing to be healed.

'I'm sure there was no curse or anything when I checked before healing!'

'What on earth do you have to do for a body that was recovering normally to break down on its own!'

On top of that, that wasn't all.

From the moment Lee Shin's body began to destroy itself, the two began to feel a creepy fear from Lee Shin, who was hidden by the wings.

If they didn't grit their teeth, they felt like they would attack Lee Shin out of fear and run away from this place.

"Hah, it feels like I'm treating a wild lion right in front of me."

"You're a healer, so you have similar experiences, but I have no such experience at all!"

"If you're going to put it that way, you're an assassin!"

"You also go around smashing everything with a club as a side job!"

Therefore, the two bared their teeth at each other and stimulated each other, raising their auras.

Both were experts in handling auras.

Therefore, even in this situation, they used that creepiness to their advantage and added firepower to the recovery for Lee Shin.

They themselves couldn't understand the detailed situation.

But they knew very well that they were now on the back of a tiger.

If so, there was only one option: to somehow grit their teeth and complete their initial goal.

They raised their concentration and focused on one goal.

Then, the two naturally forgot the flow of time and immersed themselves in moving their auras.

Time continued to flow.

Before they knew it, not only the things they had prepared as nutrients, but also all of Leviathan's poison had dried up around them.

On the floor, the waste products and dead blood that had come out of Lee Shin's body had gathered and were giving off a foul smell.

When the two's minds had also reached their limit.

Jjiiik-

The cocoon split, and Lee Shin's arm pierced through the gap.

Then, Uriel's wings, which had been enveloping Lee Shin's body, turned into light and disappeared.

As if a taut string had been cut, the two collapsed on the spot.

Flap-

And at the same time, Raven, who had been following Lee Shin's trail, landed where they were.

"Oppa?"

Lee Shin stood there quietly, as if he hadn't heard Raven's words.

And Uriel and Arachne were so overwhelmed by Lee Shin's appearance that they couldn't say anything.

Lee Shin was just standing there without making any movement.

And yet, the two felt a chill as if a loaded pistol were touching their temples.

'I'm going to die.'

In the two's minds, the image of themselves dying with their necks cut was drawn.

Taak-

At that moment, Raven moved.

Raven, with her eyes tightly closed, hugged Lee Shin, who was dripping with extreme killing intent, with her trembling hands.

She hugged Lee Shin with both arms, and as if that wasn't enough, she wrapped her wings around his body.

To anyone who didn't know, Lee Shin's current appearance looked like he was about to kill someone at any moment.

But to Raven, who had Lee Shin's memories, his current appearance looked different.

"It's okay, oppa. You won't lose this time."

The image of Lee Shin in Raven's memory and the current Lee Shin overlapped.

The image of Lee Shin, who had been swayed by killing intent in a dark alley and had killed his own family, overlapped with the current Lee Shin.

"I'll block it well this time so you don't make a mistake."

A new image overlapped on top of that.

It was the image of a child who blindly followed his parents because he liked them, holding their hands and walking.

Outwardly, there was no change in the two.

But the two who were next to them could feel it through their skin.

The sharp momentum that had been flowing from Lee Shin was gradually decreasing.

"…Sigh."

At that moment, a sigh came from within Lee Shin.

At that, Raven squeezed her eyes shut even tighter and put more strength into the hands holding Lee Shin.

But Lee Shin's arms easily slipped out of them.

Teok-

He patted Raven's head.

"It's stuffy. I can't even breathe properly if you wrap me up so tightly."

"…Oppa, are you okay?"

"Yes, oppa is okay."

At those words, Raven gently released her wings and hands.

"Still, I was saved thanks to you. It was almost a bit dangerous."

-Indeed. It was a very unpleasant experience.

At Lee Shin's words, Irehgue appeared and sat on his head, grumbling.

'You were safe?'

-Of course. There's no way this body would succumb to something like this.

Irehgue said that, but his voice was weak as if he were very tired.

Lee Shin lightly loosened his body and checked his condition, and Raven, while worrying about Lee Shin, looked around and observed his appearance.

"Hah…"

"Hoo…"

The two who saw that soon collapsed on the floor in a spread-eagle position.

'I don't know what it is, but it seems he's come to his senses.'

'Really… that oppa is so strange.'

The two grumbled like that, but they glanced at Lee Shin.

Strangely, Lee Shin's eyes were sharper, but his gaze was deeply sunken.

So, if the him of before was a sword with only a blade that cut even its owner, now he looked like a sword with a handle.

While they were having such thoughts, Lee Shin put on the items he had taken off and looked at the two.

"You seem to have gone through a lot because of me."

"I'm glad you seem to know."

"If you know, you know what you have to do, right?"

The two said that in a voice full of grumbling, and then let out a sigh.

"Still, I got to see something good thanks to you, so I'll let it slide with one gift."

"What gift?"

The two said with a grin.

"I'd like Leviathan's poison gland. It's a secret what I'll make with it, so don't ask even if you're curious."

"I'd like Ziz's wings. For reference, what I'll make is also a secret."

At the two's answers, Lee Shin smiled lightly.

"Alright, I got it."

-Tiring

[Interference with the system has been detected.]

[This is a service that has not existed until now.]

[Installing new information.]

[…]

[Installation complete.]

[The blessing of the Heavenly Killing Star is…]

[Error correction…]

[Upgrading grade.]

[Adjustment complete.]

[A part of the blessing of ■■■ is bestowed.]

[The body changes.]

[The mind changes.]

[The soul changes.]

[A new system is updated.]

[Status]

Name: Lee Shin

Level: 5

Body: Heavenly Killing Body

Blessing: Blessing of ■■■

First Path: Mad Dragon

Second Path: Killing Ghost

Strength V: 137

Agility V: 173

Sense V: 162

Intelligence V: 133

Internal Energy: 195

"As it happens, I'm in a state where I want to run wild right now."

◎ ◎ ◎3600

The moment the three's blessings were neutralized, all five of them poured their full power at the three.

Kugugung--

Four attributes are concentrated in one place, causing a huge explosion and picking at the wounds.

Shwaaa-

A huge spear of light pierces their bodies and picks at the wounds.

A beast boasting huge fangs bites their wounds.

A sword filled with the scent of lotus flowers cuts their wounds.

A club containing the power to shake a mountain shakes their wounds.

All of that was the answer their talents had drawn to break through the situation of their limits.

If their attacks until now had only provoked the anger of the three, their attacks now made the three's spines tingle.

Behemoth's hide is split, and a huge sword strike on one of its legs creates a huge penetrating wound on its spine.

Leviathan's scales are shattered by the explosion, and the inside is distorted by the impact, and the organs inside are shaken by the impact.

Ziz's wound is bitten, and blood like a waterfall flows from the wound.

All of them are serious injuries.

But none of them could cut off the breath of the three.

If there was an achievement, it was that they had drawn their blood and strengthened the confinement.

But each of their struggles was a natural disaster.

No matter how much the power of the three, who had been doped, was combined, it was impossible to continuously block them.

Still, to some extent, it was possible.

If they pushed a little more, they might be able to deal with them.

The problem was time.

"Cough"

Crowley desperately moved his mana and suppressed their power.

The circle rotates as if it would burn.

He felt as if his head was broken from the countless calculations, and he felt as if his brain, not blood, was flowing from all the holes in his face.

And yet, all he had created was a time of about 1 minute.

Fortunately, Merlin and Oz were in a better condition than Crowley.

But they also didn't know when they would collapse.

It was then that an anomaly occurred.

VIAAAAAA--!!!

Leviathan, who had been curled up, raised its body.

Its body soared like a waterspout.

Seeing that, the Ten Kings hastily tried to move their bodies that had reached their limit, but

ZIAAAAA--

What it was aiming for was none other than Ziz's neck.

As a means to overcome the current situation, it had chosen the method of killing the weakest, Ziz, and eating the magic stone inside.

Ziz struggled fiercely, but it was impossible for a body that could not fly into the sky and could not create wind to avoid Leviathan's attack.

BEHAAAAA--

Behemoth hastily shouted and tried to rush at the two, but its severed leg held it back.

Leviathan, as if mocking Behemoth, opened its mouth to its limit and tried to take Ziz's heart.

"Sigh, really."

But at that moment, Leviathan's lips were torn long.

The tendons of its jaw were cut, and as a result, Leviathan's poisonous fangs pierced Ziz, but they could not cut off Ziz's breath.

"I almost had my prey stolen by a monster."

Lee Shin said that and looked down at Ziz, then swung [Yagong] without hesitation.

Then, as if cutting tofu, Ziz's flesh was split.

Kugung-

Its huge neck fell to the ground.

"Raven, I'm sorry, but can you take out the heart?"

"Okay."

At Lee Shin's words, Raven moved her shadow, took out the heart, and placed it in Lee Shin's hand.

Seeing that, Behemoth and Leviathan's eyes flashed and they cried fiercely.

Raven, avoiding their attacks, flew into the sky, holding Lee Shin.

At that moment, Lee Shin placed his hand on Raven's head.

"…Oppa?"

"…You said you wanted to be my younger sister, right?"

At Lee Shin's words, Raven had a dazed expression, then nodded her head.

At that, Lee Shin smiled and said.

"Then let's change your name. I remember something my parents told me in the past."

-But why do I have a single-character name?

-Huh? Originally, it was to make it easier to name your younger sibling when they were born.

-For reference, I was going to give him the name 'Jin' if it was a boy.

-Then what if it was a girl?

Lee Shin, recalling the memory that had come to him a little while ago when he had received help from Raven, said.

"Do you like the name 'Irin'?"

Raven, who had a dazed expression for a moment, no, Irin, soon smiled brightly.

"Yes, I like it because it's a pretty name."

At that, Lee Shin also smiled and got out of Irin's arms, falling down.

And welcoming him, the two monsters bared their teeth.

(End of Chapter)