The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 250

Thwack-! Thwack-!

-How dare you leak such a heinous killing intent to my subordinates! What were you thinking, doing something like that? What if the kids were mentally scarred!

'No, you know I leaked it by mistake.'

Lee Shin replied to Irehgue's scolding with a sigh-filled voice and moved his feet.

'And although it was a coincidence, the timing was perfect. The senses that had become lax from winning against the enemy too easily would have returned to normal in one go.'

-Do not make excuses!

As Lee Shin said that, Irehgue hit the back of his head with his tail again, as if to say 'don't try to sell me that'.

"Aigoo, it's not working after all."

Lee Shin grumbled softly.

Irehgue was difficult to deal with in a different sense from Cheon Yuhwa.

If Cheon Yuhwa predicted Lee Shin's actions through numerous experiences, Irehgue literally read Lee Shin's mind and saw through his tricks.

To strengthen Irehgue's individuality, he usually kept the mental line connecting them loose, but even with that, he could tell simple truths and falsehoods.

'But you know you're also responsible for things turning out this way. If you hadn't suddenly suggested we switch bodies while I was talking with Midra, this wouldn't have happened.'

It wasn't for nothing that Lee Shin had refrained from big fights for the past week.

While Mio and Rwen were focusing on their martial arts training, Lee Shin focused on controlling the killing intent seeping into his body.

It was already difficult because the amount had increased and its nature had become rougher, but in the midst of that, when he switched bodies with Irehgue, the leash he had put on the guy's neck had loosened slightly.

And in the conversation a little while ago, the moment Lee Shin got excited, the muzzle on the guy's mouth had broken, and his voice had come out.

-...Certainly, I am sorry about that part.

If it had been someone else, they might have snapped back, saying 'don't blame me', but Irehgue, who shared a part of his mind, knew that what Lee Shin was saying now was the truth.

Therefore, Irehgue quietly released the strength from his tail.

Only then did Lee Shin also release the internal energy he had wrapped around the back of his head and enjoyed a forest bath while strolling through the woods.

Crunch- Crunch-

There was a common saying that strolling through a quiet forest helps to calm the mind, but from Lee Shin's direct experience, that was all nonsense.

It was much more helpful to just sleep quietly at home to control his killing intent.

"Still, since it's quiet, it seems good for organizing my thoughts. The ki is especially abundant too."

Lee Shin, while observing the internal energy flowing in his body, fell into deep thought.

The work of firmly leashing the killing intent so that it couldn't run wild was now finished.

He had also finished adapting to his newly acquired body, the [Heavenly Slaughter Body].

The guy called [Blessing of ■■■] was still unidentified, but he had done as much as he could for now.

Crack-

'I feel like the preparations are finally over.'

Lee Shin stretched to loosen his stiff body and smiled.

'At this rate, I think it would be okay to try the work of absorbing the blessing, just like Irehgue did.'

His body and mind were ready, and in the meantime, he had observed how Mio and Rwen's Dragon Hearts moved and had accumulated enough data.

'Mio and Rwen also seem to be fine for a while.'

Lee Shin couldn't know how much time it would take to absorb the blessing.

One of the reasons Lee Shin had postponed the work of absorbing the blessing was that he couldn't leave Mio and Rwen unattended during that time.

But now, since there were many guys who could take over the sparring Lee Shin had been doing, that problem was also solved.

In many ways, now was the time.

"But one thing that bothers me is..."

Lee Shin looked back at the direction they had walked so far and muttered.

"When will the guys who are chasing me move?"

It had already been a week since he had beheaded the noble and left the domain.

But there was still no pursuit from the Church.

He had never thought from the beginning that they couldn't come because they couldn't find his traces.

When he left the domain, Lee Shin had personally left his traces and evidence that could identify him here and there, and after that, he had only erased the traces of his martial arts, not the traces of his movement.

But it was nonsense that the Church, the world's largest organization, couldn't catch his tail.

'Then it means they're preparing for something while aiming for something... I hope they don't attack while I'm working.'

Step-

With that thought, Lee Shin moved his stopped feet again and returned the way he had come.

He put the killing intent back deep in his heart and finished organizing his scattered thoughts.

Enough time had passed, so now it was time to go back.

When he returned to where the original group was, Midra and Bodra, who had escaped the influence of the killing intent, looked at him with eyes full of caution.

And Mio and Rwen, upon seeing Lee Shin, looked at him with slightly trembling eyes, as if that killing intent from that time had come back to them.

"Now, let's go."

Lee Shin saw all of that, but as if he didn't care at all, he smiled the same smile as before and spoke to them.

"...Yeah."

At Lee Shin's words, they moved their feet towards the village again.

How long had they walked in that heavy atmosphere?

In the distance, the sight of a village using huge logs as a castle wall came into view.

"So there really were people living outside the domain."

"I know, right."

Mio and Rwen, seeing the village they had only heard about in rumors with their own eyes, whispered softly as if it were strange.

Rumble-

At that moment, the village gate slowly opened, and one person ran out from the gap and hugged Midra and Bodra.

"Are you both okay? You're not hurt anywhere, are you?"

"I-I'm fine. Tafra noona."

"I'm not hurt, so calm down."

Unlike Bodra, she had her light blue hair tied to the right, and unlike Bodra, who had a somewhat fierce impression, she had a gentle-looking face.

She looked at the two with eyes full of worry, and after confirming that they had no particular injuries, she let out a sigh of relief.

Then, with a slightly calmer demeanor, she asked.

"What on earth happened? Seeing as the others' clothes aren't particularly dirty, it doesn't seem like you fought. Were there no enemies from the start?"

"Hello?"

Lee Shin, who had been quietly listening to Tafra's words, instinctively noticed that if he stepped in now, the situation could get more deliciously twisted, and quickly intervened, greeting Tafra.

"Uh, who...?"

Tafra looked at Lee Shin with eyes full of bewilderment.

Because she had been so focused on Midra and Bodra, she hadn't noticed that a new person had come.

At that, Lee Shin said with a bright, smiling face.

"Ah, I'm the person who is holding your younger brother's neck hostage."

"...What?"

At Lee Shin's words, Tafra's expression changed strangely.

"I've come to stay in this village for a while starting today. Well then, please hear the detailed explanation from your younger brother."

After finishing his words, Lee Shin gestured to Mio and Rwen to enter the village.

Giggle- Giggle-

"It's just like when we first met."

"I know, right, unni."

The two, who had seen Lee Shin's appearance, laughed as if they had never been nervous and watching his reaction, and ran towards him.

Tafra's head, which had been blankly watching the three enter the village, turned back to the front.

"Midra? Bodra?"

There, Midra and Bodra were standing, sweating profusely.

However, unlike before, Tafra's eyes, which were looking at the two, did not contain a single bit of worry.

"Will you tell me in detail what this situation is?"

'She's angry.'

'And very much so.'

The two cursed Lee Shin inwardly and looked at Tafra's face with a 'we're screwed' expression.

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"...So that's what happened."

Tap- Tap-

Tafra, who had heard all of Midra's story, frowned as if her head hurt and kept tapping the ground with the sole of her foot.

At that, Midra and Bodra sat neatly in their seats and looked at Tafra's appearance with tense faces.

However, every time Tafra tapped the ground with the sole of her foot, their hearts pounded as if they would burst at any moment, so even just sitting still was an ordeal.

"Hoo..."

At that moment, Tafra quietly opened her mouth.

"For now, I understand. Listening to it, it seems like it was an unavoidable situation."

At Tafra's words, Midra smiled faintly as if he had been saved.

"Right? I'm the leader, so I can make this much of a decision..."

"Be quiet. I just said that's the situation, but I'll definitely scold you later for betting your life on a gamble. I'm just letting it go for now because I don't have time."

"Ha, haha. Right...?"

At Tafra's words, Midra's expression hardened as if he had never smiled, and he just gave an ambiguous laugh.

At that, Tafra sighed.

"But what on earth were you thinking, making the situation like this?"

"It's nothing much. I just struggled to survive somehow, and this was the result."

Midra said that and leaned his back against the backrest of the chair.

"Probably, if I hadn't drawn his interest like that, we would have been in a worse situation than now."

"Did you see something again?"

The most necessary ability to survive is the ability to accurately grasp the situation and to accurately measure the capabilities of the enemy and oneself.

Midra was particularly outstanding in that ability, and as he blossomed his Aura's trait, he gained the ability to grasp a person's inner thoughts to some extent just by looking at them.

Bodra also knew about Midra's ability, which was why she had asked.

If he had seen something.

"No, I didn't see anything."

"You didn't use your ability?"

"No, I couldn't see anything even when I used it."

Midra said that, calmly recounting the situation at that time.

"Even if I kept looking, the black color didn't think of disappearing and just got darker and darker. It felt like I was walking into a deep abyss, so it was extremely unsettling."

Tafra, who had heard Midra's words, thought of something and then looked at Bodra.

"Bodra, what about you? Did you perhaps feel anything?"

"In terms of it being unsettling and unknowable, I have the same opinion as oppa."

Bodra said, recalling the moment she had surrounded Lee Shin with her subordinates.

'It was the opposite.'

At that time, her senses couldn't tell, but now that she thought about it again, she could tell for sure.

The one who was surrounded was her, and the one who had surrounded them was Lee Shin.

Their words were like saying they had surrounded an enemy by just wrapping around one leg.

"I don't like it either, but for now, let's just leave it alone."

"Honestly, there's no way to stop them either. They're monsters."

At Bodra and Midra's words, Tafra said with a surprised expression.

"Is it that bad?"

At Tafra's words, the two nodded without hesitation.

""Yeah, they're monsters.""

(End of Chapter)