The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 282

"I didn't think you guys would just sit still after getting beaten up by those three, but..."

Lee Shin muttered as he looked at the faces of the Ten Kings reflected on the water's surface.

"Still, I never thought you'd be able to pull off something this crazy."

At Lee Shin's words, the three people on the screen wore smug expressions.

-Hmm, even you, who knows nothing about magic, can feel the greatness of this magic?

-It's a relief you know. Merlin, Crowley, and I went through a lot of trouble to make this!

-The process of making it was fun in many ways, but it was also hell in many ways.

At a glance, it sounded like simple grumbling, but Lee Shin readily nodded and acknowledged their words.

He was that surprised by the result the three had created through a month of research.

'How on earth did they create a technology that can communicate across dimensions?'

Lee Shin thought that even if he had learned magic instead of martial arts, he wouldn't have been able to understand the principle of how they made this, and looked at their reflections on the water's surface.

Oz, who saw Lee Shin's expression, said with a proud face.

-It's complicated to explain how we did it, so just know that we simply used the connection to Earth that those guys made in reverse.

-Thanks to the bead your sister had and the fact that you were wearing the choker, we were able to find the coordinates faster than we thought, so we were somehow able to complete it within a month.

-On top of that, it was also possible thanks to our three joint disciples suffering over there.

When Lee Shin turned his head to check, he could certainly see Lee Hyun-young on the side, with his eyes closed and sweating profusely, using magic.

-She seems to be holding on by herself for now, but in a little while, she'll get tired and the video quality will drop, and her voice will start to cut out. So tell your sister to help her.

"Irin can do this too?"

-Yes, she was the one who assisted us when we were researching, so she should be able to do it.

At the three's words, Irin, who was clinging to Lee Shin, tensed up slightly.

It was a reflexive action born from the desire to stick with Lee Shin, whom she had met after a long time, a little longer.

-She's incredibly stubborn. She won't listen to what we say and says she'll only listen to what you say, so that's why I'm asking you like this.

At those words, Lee Shin hesitated for a moment whether to ask her or not, but he had no choice.

He couldn't just cut off the communication they had finally connected.

"Please."

"...Alright, oppa."

Irin answered with a reluctant expression, but she obediently relaxed her body according to Lee Shin's request.

Irin, who had thus come down to the ground, sat on the opposite side of Lee Hyun-young and slowly raised her mana, intervening in the magic circle.

At that, the violently shaking water surface became fixed like an ice rink, and the image on it appeared stable.

-Hmm, it seems to be properly connected now.

Crowley said with a satisfied voice and looked at Lee Shin.

-I'm curious about the information on that side, but I won't ask.

Crowley said with an obvious face.

-A guy like you would surely have postponed a proper investigation of that dimension and just played around as you pleased.

It was a chillingly accurate prediction.

-Where is Alice?

"I'm here."

Cheon Yuhwa said, pulling Lee Shin's body, who was in front of her, back.

"First of all, our side has all succeeded in moving properly. As you can see, we've also found this troublemaker."

Cheon Yuhwa said, pointing at Lee Shin next to her.

-Was there any gain?

"There were a few, but let's put aside the minor ones and talk about the big ones first. We caught two of the church's guys. And they seem to be in quite high positions."

-The church's guys already?

They, who had obtained information about the dimension that was attacking them through the captured Gaudi, holy knights, and priests, also knew about the church.

"Yeah, when I came here and teleported to where this guy was, he was fighting two guys at the same time, so I caught them right away."

At Cheon Yuhwa's words, the three looked at Lee Shin with a look that said 'same as always', and Lee Shin met their gazes with a grinning smile.

"Yeah, honestly, I almost died this time if she hadn't come. It was a bit much to deal with two of the church's top-level personnel at the same time."

At Lee Shin's words, Crowley let out a small sigh, then looked at Cheon Yuhwa again and said.

-Did you only capture one alive?

"No, I was lucky and was able to get both of them."

-That's good. Then should we prepare to receive them on this side?

"Yeah, please, oppa."

Cheon Yuhwa said so and nodded.

Lee Shin, who saw that from the side, looked at Cheon Yuhwa and asked.

"...Are you by any chance trying to do what I'm thinking of right now?"

"Probably."

Cheon Yuhwa said so and took out a golden bead from her bosom.

It was an object familiar to Lee Shin.

Because that was what had sent him to this other world.

"From now on, I'm going to send those guys to our world."

"...What on earth have you guys been doing for the past month?"

Lee Shin looked at Cheon Yuhwa and asked so without realizing it, and at that, Cheon Yuhwa smiled as if she had gotten one over on him after a long time and said.

"Well, who told you to disappear like that?"

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Hearing Cheon Yuhwa's words, it seemed that the new bead they had made was not such a convenient object.

First of all, it took a lot of time to activate, so it was essential to completely subdue the enemy, and since it could only transport about LV. 1, it was impossible to move an ally instead of an enemy unless one were to self-harm.

"But from the looks of it, it doesn't seem like you came all this way just to see me. What's your purpose for being here?"

"You figured that out?"

"Well, if you see something like that, you can't help but notice."

Lee Shin said so and watched the situation unfolding in front of him.

After hearing the general situation and the information he had learned from Cheon Yuhwa, Crowley showed an interest in the flora and fauna of this world.

It was not a strange reaction.

This world, where the flora and fauna of various worlds had gathered to form a new ecosystem, was no exaggeration to say a treasure box from the perspective of an alchemist like Crowley.

But since it was a topic Lee Shin had no interest in, he threw Tafra at him instead.

Fortunately, Crowley had perfectly learned the common language of this other world thanks to receiving various lessons from Irin, so there was no problem.

-Hmm, so there are plants that grow by eating people? It seems more like an animal than a plant, but it's quite strange.

"From what I hear, your kids are even stranger. I'd love to go and see them sometime."

Just as the alchemist Crowley was very interested in this world, the druid Tafra was very interested in Earth.

Thanks to that, the two's conversation was endless and had a quite harmonious atmosphere.

"It doesn't look like a rescue team at all, does it? My interest in you has already cooled."

"Well, those people are like that, so it can't be helped."

"You're quite generous."

"After clashing with a certain someone often, I've learned to just let most things go."

Lee Shin, who had figured out who that certain someone was, ended the conversation with a small snort.

Cheon Yuhwa looked at Lee Shin with serious eyes, then slightly bowed her head.

"It's a little late, but thank you. Back then, if you hadn't saved me, the situation would have been very different from now."

"...How sentimental."

Lee Shin looked at the bowing Cheon Yuhwa with a surprised expression, then let out a small laugh and said.

"It's fine. I also received help today, so let's just say we helped each other out once."

Normally, Lee Shin would have used this to get something, but this time, he decided to just let it go.

No matter how much he thought about it, the help Cheon Yuhwa had given this time was greater than the help he had given.

"That's fine, so tell me something else. So what happened on the Earth side?"

"Nothing particularly special."

Cheon Yuhwa smiled lightly at Lee Shin's reaction and told him one by one the things that had happened on Earth.

That China had been completely devastated and could not recover the damage with the power of the state, so it had accepted other races, and because of that, the country of China had now almost disappeared, with other races taking its place.

That the three monsters they had caught had made people more vigilant.

How much the five, including Eun Yeonwoo, had been rolled around by Irin while Lee Shin was gone.

And so on, Cheon Yuhwa told Lee Shin about the things that had happened while he was not on Earth.

"You must have had a hard time."

"I did. It would have been easier if it were just fighting, but politics that require using one's head is not something I can do."

Cheon Yuhwa said so and looked at Lee Shin.

"Then tell me your story now. Where did those two little kids suddenly pop out from? On Earth too, how many kids are you planning to pick up?"

"Ah, I didn't particularly plan on taking them in. And it wasn't me who took them in, but someone else."

"What other strange thing are you trying to say now?"

"No, I'm telling you, there's another guy in my head besides me."

At Lee Shin's words, Cheon Yuhwa looked at him with eyes that said, 'What kind of trouble is this psycho trying to cause now'.

Honestly, he hadn't expected her to believe his words just because he said it once, so Lee Shin shrugged his shoulders slightly and told Irhegue, who was inside, to come out.

-Is it alright, my lord?

'It's fine. It's not like I was particularly hiding it anyway.'

At Lee Shin's words, Irhegue smiled, came out, and took over his body.

"Hmm?"

At the sudden change in Lee Shin's presence, Cheon Yuhwa looked at him with a strange expression, and then Irhegue's reptilian pupils came into her view.

"Those children were not taken in by Lee Shin, but by this body."

"...I'm going to need an explanation."

Cheon Yuhwa let out a small sigh at the sudden situation and said so.

It was the reaction of a seasoned person who knew that showing a big reaction here would only be to her own detriment.

(End of Chapter)