The Player Who Stands Above All

Chapter 296

Woooong-

While Cheon Yuhwa was sleeping and restoring her broken condition, the Ten Kings had arrived in Carnia at Muel's invitation.

"Oh, the ride is not as bad as I thought."

"I thought it was a lie when they said there was a dragon, but it was real."

"Is this Carnia? The concentration of mana is certainly incomparably richer than Earth."

They showed interest in the suddenly changed environment and the existence of the dragon named Muel in front of them, and collected information in their own ways.

But among them, no one asked what was going on.

Because they had heard everything about what was happening here from Irin, Lee Hyun-young, and Eun Yeonwoo.

"Long time no see."

Lee Shin, who had been talking with Muel while listening to various things from Irhegue, waved his hand and greeted them.

"You look healthier than I thought."

"Hyung! It's been a long time!"

"Oppa, hello!"

Starting with Oz, Baek Hyun-woo, and Arachne, they reacted to Lee Shin's appearance in their own ways and greeted him.

"Yeah, yeah. Let's skip the current situation since you've probably heard about it from the others. You'll have to fight to the death from now on, so is there anything you want?"

Lee Shin said, looking at them with a small sword aura cloaking his fingertips.

"Since the restrictions have been lifted and I've regained my old power after a long time, I need some time to adapt."

"Orabeoni? Is this for real? You've already climbed that high?"

"It seems you've grown more while I wasn't looking."

Uriel and Yeonhwa muttered so and looked at the sparkling sword aura at Lee Shin's fingertips.

Although they didn't say it out loud like the two, the others behind them were also surprised by the unexpected growth rate.

At that, various emotions appeared in their pupils, but if one were to pick the most prominent emotion that appeared in all of them, it would be joy and competitiveness.

The joy that the guy who had only been chasing after them from behind had finally caught up to them.

And the competitiveness that they would never be caught up to by this guy again made their hearts pound.

"I wasn't planning on moving leisurely, but it seems I'll have to move much more busily than I thought."

"I expected a day like this would come someday, but it's still not very pleasant."

"I agree. I'm actually a little annoyed."

They each briefly expressed their feelings and said so.

Lee Shin, watching them, said with a grinning face.

"For your information, I'm planning on getting much stronger from now on. If you don't want to be overtaken after being caught up, you'd better get moving."

"Hoo..."

"Oppa, for someone who has just barely reached the same level as us, you're talking quite arrogantly."

"Ahaha, just from hearing you talk, it sounds like you've already become the strongest."

What came out of Lee Shin's mouth was his usual taunt mixed with sarcasm and playfulness, but the effect was greater than usual.

It was partly because they had heard his taunt after a long time, but more than that, the influence of the sword aura he had shown a moment ago was greater.

Anyone can talk without action.

But Lee Shin had declared with the achievement of the sword aura in front of them.

That he would surpass them.

For them, it was a taunt they could not laugh off.

"Mr. Dragon, I'm sorry, but could you teleport me somewhere? A place with few people will do."

"I'd like to ask for that too."

"I'd like a comfortable secret room where no one comes."

"I also have various things to experiment with, so I'd like the secret room."

"Ah, just guide me outside. I want to meet Alice after a long time and have a chat."

They looked at Muel and stated their preferred training grounds, each with their own tastes.

Watching the Ten Kings shamelessly making demands of him, Muel wondered if this was right, but he soon decided to think positively.

In any case, he was just a screen that would now be replaced by them and retreat behind the stage.

And the ones who would move on his behalf were now moving with motivation and actively.

-Alright, I'll grant it.

In that case, there was no reason to feel displeasure at their attitude, as he would be helping them.

-And you magician guys. I have the magic books and magic ingredients I've collected over the past years, so feel free to take them out and use them if you want.

"Magic books and magic ingredients?"

"That's appreciated."

"Thank you!"

At Muel's words, Merlin, Crowley, and Oz answered in their own ways and expressed their gratitude to him.

But their wavering pupils told him that they were hiding their true feelings.

Knowing what it was, Muel added.

-For your information, among the magic ingredients are the scales, bones, and blood that I have collected in my spare time.

"Where is that place?"

"Can you move us there right now?"

At Muel's words, Crowley and Merlin's eyes sparkled and they rushed at him.

At the appearance of ingredients that were far beyond their imagination, their curiosity as magicians was triggered.

"Ugh, just send me to where Alice is as originally planned."

"Huh? Are you sure? It looks like if you go late, those two will have taken everything."

At Lee Shin's words, tilting his head, Oz answered with a faint smile.

"It's fine. I'm planning on going back when those two have finished organizing the ingredients and finished the preparations. Well, there are a few things I'm a little sad about, but..."

Oz said playfully, looking at Lee Shin.

"Our princess, unlike how she looks, has a lot of delicate sides, right? As her older sister, I have to take proper care of her with interest here."

At Oz's words, Lee Shin looked at her blankly without saying anything.

He didn't know what she felt from his gaze, but Oz, still with a faint smile on her face, lightly tapped his forearm.

"Please contact your sister and our disciple too. The more people to help with the groundwork, the better."

Having finished her words, Oz was soon enveloped in light and disappeared.

-What a sly woman.

"Well, she's called the Witch Queen by the public, so it's natural."

Lee Shin answered Irhegue's words so and looked at Muel.

The Ten Kings had all disappeared for their own inspections with Muel's magic.

Now, only Lee Shin, Irhegue, and Muel were here.

And that meant one thing.

"Then shall we get started?"

-Yes, let's finish it quickly.

Muel said so, looking at Lee Shin, who had Irhegue on his head and was holding the [Yagong] on his shoulder.

It was time to give Muel the gift of death.

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Muel quietly raised his huge body that had been lying on the ground.

As Muel, who had been lying still on the ground, raised his body, the overwhelming pressure surrounding him instantly grew and pressed down on the space.

In that pressure, Lee Shin quietly tightened his grip on the [Yagong].

-Muel expressed it as killing him, but what we are about to do is strictly speaking a kind of succession ceremony where we receive the power Muel has.

Lee Shin recalled the words Irhegue had said to him and looked at Muel's appearance.

In Lee Shin's eyes, he saw Muel scattering a huge amount of light from his chest and mouth.

-There is something we must inherit from Muel. That is the Dragon Heart and the Dragon Pearl.

'Dragon Pearl? Does a dragon have a Dragon Pearl?'

-Muel said that while examining the records of the absorbed world, he made it, wondering if it could replace his broken Dragon Heart. Well, it seems it didn't have much effect.

Irhegue, who had been coiled on Lee Shin's head, raised his body and increased his size.

Although his size was very different from Muel's, the presence he emitted and his appearance were not far behind when compared to Muel.

Thus, as the two finished their preparations and the light coming from Muel reached its peak.

The two, like wolves hunting prey, each moved, aiming for what they wanted.

Lee Shin, with the sharpest sword aura he could create cloaking the [Yagong], swung his spear at Muel's chest.

Lee Shin's attack pierced through Muel's scales and hide, leaving a deep and huge gash on his chest.

Lee Shin confirmed it with his two eyes, and then, without hesitation, threw the [Yagong] he was holding and squeezed into the wound in Muel's chest.

Thus, passing through the muscles that were tightening his entire body and the red blood that was gushing out, he bit down on Muel's Dragon Heart, which was shining in his chest, without hesitation.

And at that moment, Irhegue also pierced through the rough storm of mana and swallowed the Dragon Pearl that was held in Muel's mouth.

At that moment, a huge amount of mana erupted from their bodies as if exploding.

If Lee Shin had not reached the realm of the absolute, it was a shock so strong that his body would have exploded without being able to withstand it.

But for the current Lee Shin and Irhegue, it was only a shock that they could barely withstand.

Therefore, the two struggled and bit down on the prey in front of them, moving to digest it as their own.

Lee Shin, with [High-Speed Regeneration] as his main, and Irhegue, with [Dragon Madness] as his main, added the two blessings to hold onto their breaking bodies and helped them absorb the power they had devoured.

Breaking, healing, scattering, and gathering repeated, and the mana mixed into their existence.

In that state, the two continued to move, greedily moving to absorb the power within.

The reason the two were moving like this?

There was no particularly grand reason.

'Huh? But if I have the Dragon Heart and you have the Dragon Pearl, what about the rest?'

-You're asking the obvious.

Grin-

-First come, first served.

It was just the manifestation of the primitive emotion of not wanting to give their prey to the guy next to them.

(End of Chapter)