The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 280

"We fought, but what are these guys?"

"They look like knights."

Lee Sieun said at Eun Yeonwoo's words.

"I wonder? But hyung-nim, don't you think the armor these guys are wearing is cool? Should we just strip one off the one in the best condition and take it home?"

"Hmm, that's probably impossible, oppa. It seems the status is working properly even after coming here, but the inventory is dead."

"For your information, there's no space in the subspace pouch we brought to put something that heavy, so just give up."

Lee Hyun-seok coveted the armor worn by the holy knights, but Lee Hyun-young and Lee Jieun stopped him.

"By the way, to think we'd end up fighting guys who look to be around LV. 4 as soon as we came to this neighborhood."

"I was feeling a bit confident thanks to being rolled around by Mr. Irin over there, but now that confidence has faded a little."

"Hmm, but it felt good to relieve some stress by hitting a lot of people, so it wasn't bad."

"It certainly feels like some stress has been relieved. I wonder when the next guys will show up."

"I want to meet them soon."

The five of them walked through the forest, conversing like that.

They weren't moving with a specific destination in mind.

It was just that Cheon Yuhwa had told them to move on their own before she disappeared, and it was a chance to test the skills they had honed while suffering under Irin, so they were moving like this.

"Yes, the person who walks with the dragon you call master. That's my older brother."

While they were taking out their frustration on the holy knights, Irin was conversing with Mio and Rwen.

"I never thought that person would have a family."

"I know, right? But I'm more surprised that there's someone else besides us who can see the master. It's the first time besides us, isn't it?"

"There's always a way to solve everything."

Mio and Rwen were interested in Irin, who had introduced himself as Lee Shin's younger brother, and Irin was also interested in the two who had each learned and mastered Lee Shin's two core techniques.

While everyone was creating a somewhat harmonious atmosphere.

"..."

Only Bodra, not belonging to their atmosphere, was observing the situation in the forest.

'What on earth is the situation?'

It was a headache that the Sea's holy knights kept appearing and attacking, but for a while now, unidentifiable explosion sounds had been continuously heard from the forest.

'Should I leave this group and move to find my brother and sister?'

Bodra thought so for a moment, then shook her head.

Even if she recklessly leaves this group and moves now, as long as the holy knights are continuously moving throughout the forest, it will be difficult to search the forest as she wishes.

'In that case, the best thing to do is to move with these guys and grasp the situation of the forest.'

Or at the very least, she had to belong to this group until their bodies were healed and they were ready to fight again.

As Bodra was concentrating her aura on her wounds to heal them.

Bodra felt a great torrent of power and quickly turned her head.

It wasn't just Bodra.

Eun Yeonwoo's group, who had been passing the time conversing, and Irin's group, who had been talking about Lee Shin and Irhegue, also felt it and turned their heads.

What came into their eyes was the sight of a pure white sword of light filling one side of the sky.

"What in the world is that..."

Bodra, who used aura, understood the meaning of the weight of the scene unfolding before her and widened her eyes, engraving every single scene into them.

As Bodra was shocked and astonished by the sudden situation.

The swords of light, which had been exuding a presence that chilled the onlookers' livers just by floating in the sky, soon began to fall from the sky like a shower.

The place where the swords were falling seemed to be quite far from them.

Nevertheless, the power of the swords of light was so great that it could be known through the vibrations that shook the ground.

And when the trembling transmitted through the ground finally stopped.

"It seems to be over."

"We should wait here."

Eun Yeonwoo and Irin quietly looked at the direction where the swords had fallen a moment ago.

It was soon clear why they were looking in that direction and standing quietly.

Because Cheon Yuhwa, who had disappeared while flapping her pure white wings of light, was returning from there.

"What, I expected Lin would come, but there are more members here than I thought."

And she was holding Lee Shin, who was a mess with wounds and dust, and who was holding one person in each hand.

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The moment Lee Shin landed on the ground, Irin rushed to him and hugged him.

It was an attitude that didn't care what state Lee Shin was in, or whether his blood or the remnants of his potion would get on her.

"Yeah, I'm glad to see you too."

Lee Shin, with that single word, lightly patted Irin's head and looked at the others.

"It's good to see you guys too. I didn't expect to see you here, so I feel even more glad."

"I didn't expect to come here either."

"Really?"

At Eun Yeonwoo's words, Lee Shin smiled and threw the Sword of the Sea and the Sword of the Earth he was holding toward him.

"But since we've met after a long time, let me ask you a favor. You guys hold on to them well."

"Are these the guys you two fought with a moment ago?"

"That's right."

Lee Shin readily nodded at Eun Yeonwoo's words.

"Well, don't worry too much. I've destroyed both their dantians and aura cores, and also cut their spines, so now they're just lower-body disabled people with no abilities."

Having said that, Lee Shin took a step.

"And you, come with me for a bit."

"...Me, with you?"

The target Lee Shin had moved toward was Bodra.

"Yeah, you also know that besides the 'Sea' guys, there's another group of strange guys moving around in the forest, right?"

"Are you talking about the guys who have been causing explosions in the forest for a while now?"

"That's right."

Lee Shin, with Irin on his back, nodded at Bodra's words.

"Why are you dragging me along to meet such guys? I'll say this in advance, but I'm not friends with you or anything like these guys."

Bodra said, pointing at Eun Yeonwoo with her finger.

"Well... to put it simply, it's a pass."

Lee Shin answered Bodra's words so.

When Bodra frowned as if to ask what he meant, Lee Shin continued.

"The head of the organization that's been causing these explosions, it seems he's moving with two of your family members. It would be annoying if I went to them in this state and was mistaken for an enemy, wouldn't it?"

"What?"

Lee Shin had said something long, but it didn't reach Bodra's ears.

The only thing that reached Bodra's ears was the statement that he knew where her family was.

Watching the change in Bodra's expression, Lee Shin extended one hand with a smiling face and said.

"How about it? Don't you feel like going now?"

At Lee Shin's words, Bodra extended one hand without a word and grabbed his.

Lee Shin gripped that hand tightly and looked at Cheon Yuhwa.

"Hey! Move me!"

"...Don't you have any awareness that you received help from me?"

"That wasn't helping, that was you snatching and eating the beef I had saved."

Lee Shin, who had answered Cheon Yuhwa with a shameless face, replied, wiggling his remaining hand.

"But since I'm in a good mood, I'll let it slide if you help me with this. If you understand, hurry up and help."

"...Haa, really. Why did a guy like this have to get involved in my life."

Cheon Yuhwa sighed and said so, but she still extended her hand and grabbed Lee Shin's.

"Are you going to take her with you?"

At Cheon Yuhwa's words, Lee Shin felt the strength of Irin's arms tightening around his body and answered.

"It seems it will take time to get her off, so I'll just move with her on my back."

"Sigh, do as you please."

Cheon Yuhwa, with a look that said 'I don't know, do as you please', spread her wings once more.

"Then I'll be back in a bit, so you guys watch those guys well here."

"Sorry, but can you also help with the preparations while I'm gone?"

Cheon Yuhwa added that, then spread her wings and flew up into the sky once more.

"Haa..."

Eun Yeonwoo briefly followed the white trajectory drawn in the sky with his eyes, then sighed and said.

"Let's get to work first. Lee Jieun, you freeze those guys with ice, and Lee Sieun, you watch them and if you see any sign of them regaining consciousness, stab their arms with your sword immediately."

"Yeah, got it."

"Okay."

The two, who had nodded at Eun Yeonwoo's words, moved.

Eun Yeonwoo watched for a moment as Lee Jieun trapped the two in ice, then looked at the remaining Lee Hyun-young and Lee Hyun-seok and said.

"Alright, then let's do some preliminary preparations as Ms. Cheon Yuhwa said."

"Ah, I found a suitable location a little while ago."

"Then I'll take out the items from the inventory there."

"Okay."

And while they were moving so busily.

"Sister, should we help too?"

"...Let's just stay still. What can we help with when we can't even communicate properly."

Mio and Rwen, who had lost their only conversation partner, stood awkwardly and watched them work.

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At the something that suddenly fell in front of them, Midra, Tafra, and the man next to them each took out their weapons and became wary.

Cough-! Cough-!

The first thing that reached their ears was the sound of coughing.

"What, you landed softly before, so why is it so rough this time! I got dust in my eyes!"

"Who knows? Maybe she's annoyed that I treated her like my personal car."

"Then what's my sin!"

"You just got caught up in it unluckily."

Midra and Tafra naturally relaxed their stances at the all-too-familiar voices.

In line with that, the sand and dust settled, and the figures of the people within were revealed.

And what was revealed were faces as familiar as the voices.

"Hi? It feels like it's been a while."

"Brother Midra! Sister Tafra!"

Bodra said so and was about to rush toward the two with a bright smile.

But seeing the man next to the two, Bodra naturally stopped her feet and looked at them from a step away.

"It seems you've made a new friend while I was gone. How about you introduce me?"

"What about you, you've got some new faces too."

At Midra's incredulous words, Lee Shin pointed at Irin and Cheon Yuhwa with his finger and said.

"The one on my back is my younger sister, and that pure white one over there is my personal car."

At Lee Shin's words, Cheon Yuhwa frowned deeply but did not interfere in the conversation.

"So who are you?"

"Ah, my introduction is late."

As Lee Shin and Bodra's gazes gathered on him, the man who had been quiet smiled and said.

"My name is Free."

Grin-

"I am a person working in the resistance to change this rotten world.”

(End of Chapter)