Chapter 967 – 967. Yggdrasil (7)
[Sorry, Suho. The author’s temperament window cannot be opened.]
‘…’
Armonia’s answer made my body stiffen like a stone statue without me knowing.
As far as I know, there is only one being that cannot display a temperament window.
‘… Could it be Zodiac?’
Confidence beyond speculation.
But unfortunately… No, fortunately my confidence was not correct.
[No. The figures of the Zodiac are currently targeting the lower layer of Yggdrasil. And just so you know, he can’t come here.]
Armonia explained it to me a while ago.
It was explained that Yggdrasil is divided into an upper layer and a lower layer, and that if you choose one of the two, you can never go to the other side.
And fortunately…
[The author is far from the Zodiac character I heard about.]
The system was still working effectively.
For now, the worst situation has been avoided.
But that didn’t mean things were getting better.
‘Then why can’t it float?’
[It is not a living creature.]
‘Ah!’
It appeared so naturally that I couldn’t even guess that it wasn’t a living thing.
‘Is it a corpse?’
[There is a high possibility that it is a doll.]
Various speculations began to run rampant.
First, one thing is certain: the head that appeared now was not the main body.
While speculations were being exchanged via communication, the leader sorted out the messy situation.
“Let’s sit down and talk first.”
“… “Good.”
Robben nodded his head and sat down on the sofa again, and Guild On, who was sitting on the floor…
“Lee, release me first.”
He revealed an unbecoming pride in his miserable voice.
Red Veyer, who didn’t even flinch at Guildon’s words…
Tak!
As soon as he heard the leader snapping his fingers, he quickly began to untie the guild.
I was amazed to see Beyer like that.
‘Ohh… I did a good job of taming that psychopath.’
While I was admiring this, the Guildon’s chains were released.
For reference, the only ones that were freed were Guild On.
The remaining elves were lying tied up on the floor.
“Ugh…”
As soon as Guildon was freed, he sat down on the sofa, tying his wrists.
The leader who saw this nodded, sat down on the sofa, and spoke.
“How have you been?”
“… As you can see, we didn’t get along well.”
“Tsk… Could this be because you wanted to ridicule them?”
Haha! No way. I am the one who brought you two together, and you two are my customers. Would I be able to ridicule so carelessly?”
With that guy’s words, this situation was immediately resolved.
‘It was this bastard who connected the elves and the Umbra nobles.’
If I had to guess based on what was said there… Probably quite a few other guys have also connected.
Although it was not the cause of the war, it was certain that it was the cause of the war continuing.
‘The name… Was it Ryosuke?’
I briefly heard Yang Ji-hyeon’s name in her dream.
Unlike Robben and Guild On, who were sitting arrogantly, Ryosuke sat calmly and turned his head towards Beyer and opened his mouth.
“What happened to Pegasus?”
“It is said that he failed to seize it.”
“This…”
Ryosuke sounded regretful and then asked again in a bright voice.
“Who is in charge of the mission?”
“I took care of it.”
After hearing Beyer’s answer, Ryosuke shook his head and scolded him.
“What if they kill you without trying like that? Would you want to take on a mission because you are afraid of your subordinates?”
“I’m sorry.”
Beyer bows his head in moderation.
Ryosuke, seeing that, sighed and continued to lightly criticize.
“Even if you make a big mistake, a colleague is still a colleague. And once a friend, always a friend.”
“I will keep that in mind.”
I was constantly impressed by the sight of Ryosuke and Beyer.
‘If you see him holding on tightly like that, he doesn’t seem like an ordinary guy.’
At first glance, Beyer appears to have anger management problems.
Seeing him obey so politely, I could almost tell that Ryosuke was no ordinary guy.
After finishing the conversation with Beyer, Ryosuke immediately apologized to Guildon and Robben.
“I wanted to return Pegasus too, but it seems I failed. I apologize.”
“Oh, no. “I didn’t even want to get there in the first place.”
“What… There is no one other than me who can handle that guy…”
The two accepted Ryosuke’s apology in their own way.
Haha, thank you for understanding. Then…”
Ryosuke was satisfied with the two people accepting the apology and snapped his fingers again.
Tak!
As soon as I snapped my fingers, the Red Crescent Organization members who had entered the room fell down and began to leave the room, taking the tied up elves with them.
Ryosuke spoke to Robben without paying any attention to the sight of the gang members leading the elves.
“I would like to talk quietly. Can I ask for understanding from my colleagues?”
“Ah… Okay. Everyone stays out!”
The bodyguards followed Robben out of the room following Robben’s orders.
So what was left in the room…
“Of course, quiet conversation is important.”
Only Ryosuke, Robben, and Guildon remain.
Of course, there was one more person besides the three.
‘Couldn’t it be used as a time charging form? It’s annoying to write every three minutes.’
I grumbled to myself and reused [Coward’s Art].
While he was grumbling like that, Ryosuke started to get to the point.
“Now then, shall we start the settlement?”
The beginning was a successful mission, a failed mission, and the scale of damage.
“I couldn’t bring all the elves, but Mr. Guildon and the cavalry leader… And I took out five elves.”
“Pegasus was also on the list… Unfortunately, I couldn’t steal it…”
“Roben, as you wish, we have deployed a number of gang members to monitor any unexpected situation.”
“Many of the organization members died in the process.”
“Although it is said to be due to a mission, it has caused enormous damage to our organization.”
That’s the end of understanding the basic situation.
After hearing Ryosuke’s words, Robben sighed and said to him.
“I promise to compensate you as much as I can.”
“It’s compensation…”
Ryosuke muttered as if he was talking to himself and looked at the guild member closely.
Guildon felt burdened by Ryosuke’s gaze and supported Robben’s words.
“I, too, will prepare a compensation plan as soon as I return to my home country and resolve the situation.”
Haha… It’s a compensation plan…”
Despite the promises made by Robben and the guild member, Ryosuke just smiled and shook his head.
Seeing Ryosuke like that, the two people began to look at each other uneasily.
Ryosuke, who had been silent for a while, suddenly revealed a smile under his cloak.
“Are you planning on running away like this and hiding for the rest of your life?”
“What!?”
Guildon jumped up from the sofa in a fit of rage.
“Cancel that statement right now! If you don’t cancel…”
“Whoa, whoa, calm down.”
“Calm down after hearing such insults… !”
“I want to make that insult go away.”
“… “What?”
Guild On sat down on the sofa again, probably thinking he needed to hear more.
“You’re ignoring the insult… ?”
“Seong Su-ho.”
“!?”
“Pfft!”
As soon as my name came out of Ryosuke’s mouth, Robben and Guildon responded immediately.
Robben trembled and showed fear, and Guildon trembled and showed fear and anger at the same time.
Ryosuke was rather satisfied with the sight of the two people and smiled heartily.
“He is a great person. “I just mentioned your name, and you’re shaking.”
“Who, who punished… !”
“Now, now~ That’s not what I want to say.”
Ryosuke cut off the guild member’s words and got to the point.
And the main point of what Ryosuke said was…
“I will get rid of that guy.”
It was such an absurd suggestion that even I couldn’t believe my ears.
“What!?”
“Really!?”
Yes? Me?
Ryosuke giggled as if responding to my surprise.
“Do I seem like a braggart who believes in possibilities that don’t exist?”
“Well, that’s not it…”
“Anyway, he…”
Thanks to the two people who seemed to not believe what Ryosuke said, I was able to know what my current evaluation was.
And just like the two people, I also had a puzzled expression.
‘What kind of confidence do you have to say something like that?’
Just because I couldn’t display the temperament window didn’t mean he was stronger than I.
But his gestures and tone of voice did not seem pretentious.
‘Is there really a way to kill me?’
It was impossible to simply ignore the other party’s achievements.
The guy who killed Souta and further tempted the Arbos elves and Umbra nobles.
It was not an achievement that could be achieved with mediocre skills.
‘But I can’t rush in right now…’
While he was immersed in worry, Robben opened his mouth with a shocked expression.
“I’m not saying I’ll just do it… “What do you want?”
“This is it.”
Ryosuke placed two items on the table.
‘Ring?’
A silver ring that looks ordinary at first glance.
Unlike me, who looks at the ring without thinking, the two people…
“This is… !”
“Are you out of your mind!? Wearing dirty things like this!?”
I was astonished as I recognized the identity of the ring right away.
I wondered what kind of ring it was to make such a fuss.
However, Ryosuke did not show kindness to me who was curious, and stood up without leaving anything to say.
“I tell you it’s for each other. “You will need some time to think, so I will leave for a moment.”
After saying that, Ryosuke left the room.
So only Guildon and Robben remained in the room.
“You’re crazy… How dare you ask me to wear such a hideous thing…’
“But if the author really kills Seong Su-ho…”
“…”
Looking at how he hated the ring but was tempted by Robben’s words, it seemed like he really wanted to kill me.
I slowly felt frustrated and looked around.
‘It’s so frustrating that I can’t do it.’
Thinking like that, I went into the room where I could hide and used sound blocking magic to dispel [Coward’s Art].
And immediately summoned Souta.
(Huh? What? Suddenly?)
Souta was holding a broom this time as well.
“What? “Are you cleaning again?”
(… I was cleaning because I had nothing to do. Why did you call me?)
“That is…”
I explained to Souta what had happened so far without adding or subtracting anything.
And…
(Fuck… You mean that bastard is here right now?)
He looked so excited as if he was going to run out right away.
“Just calm down and listen to me.”
After calming Souta down, I started asking him questions.
The first is Ryosuke’s identity.
But unfortunately…
(What? It’s not a living thing? What do you mean?)
“…”
Even Souta did not know Ryosuke’s exact ability.
‘Either I didn’t know it from the beginning, or I acquired special abilities along the way…’
Personally, I decided to consider the latter as more likely.
Next was about the ring.
And fortunately, I was able to find out the identity of the ring right away.
(That’s the promise ring.)
“Ring of the covenant?”
The person who wears the oath ring must follow the orders of the person who gave the ring.
“Is this a fucking scam? Don’t you know that if you just put that in there, you can control everything?”
Mana contracts and such were fraudulent items to the point of being told to go away.
If you just wear that ring, there will be no need to show loyalty.
You just have to force it.
But unfortunately, the Covenant Ring was not as good of a fraud item as I thought.
(However, sacrifices must not be forced. Only mutually beneficial orders can be given.)
“Ah…”
It is a huge limitation.
Any command that is even slightly dangerous is not possible, and even items or points cannot be taken by force.
Only commands with clear mutual benefits are possible.
(That item is trash.)
That was Souta’s evaluation of the ring.
From the perspective of Souta, who has hypnotism, that ring would be nothing more than trash.
Because hypnosis that can be clearly controlled is much more efficient.
But another question arose.
“But they don’t seem to think that way?”
As I said that, I pointed to Guildon and Robben.
The two were still arguing over whether they should wear the ring or not.
Souta secretly watched the two people arguing and laughed heartily.
(For your information, once that ring is worn, it cannot be removed. No matter how beneficial the command may be to both parties, you wouldn’t want to listen to someone else’s orders for the rest of your life, right?)
“Aha…”
They say it’s a garbage restriction, but on the other hand, they don’t want to have such garbage on their fingers.
That’s the same for me…
After understanding the entire situation, I spoke to Souta.
“Good. “I think we’ll have to go together for a while, so hide for now.”
(…)
I spoke cautiously, looking at Souta who was silent.
“Keep in mind. “The guy who appeared now is not the real person.”
Souta is not a fool either, so he probably understood what I meant.
Souta sighed and rubbed his chest, and then he answered me calmly.
(… Okay. I’ll try not to get excited.)
“Okay, I’ll believe it. For now, hide somewhere like a wall.”
(Phew… What else can they say about missing cleaning.)
Souta grumbled and hid inside the wall in his spirit state.
‘What… I’m not a guy who gets carried away by emotions, so it’ll be okay.’
I gave up my worries and used [Coward’s Technique] And then dispelled the sound blocking magic.
