33 – Into the Empire – 1
‘f*ck…It’s the heart…’
I woke up after losing consciousness due to the shock of my heart. I felt a sigh of relief as I felt my heart near my chest. Fortunately, it seems that he did not die of shock.
“What the hell…”
[The Void King (1/12)]
But when I woke up, I had a strange ability. I don’t know what the (1/12) mark is, but looking at the effect, it seemed like an unreasonable ability to strengthen.
However, it had a rather peculiar effect of strengthening the stats of all void beings, not just myself.
“Ugh…The stone…Is gone…”
The purple stone that caused me to become like this had already completely disappeared. Perhaps the loss of all void mana caused the stone to crumble.
“Ah… That’s okay… It’s enough if you live… Let’s go back.”
I sighed and got up from my seat and headed towards the door of the treasure house. I almost forcibly used it, but since I used the items in the treasure chest, there were no items I could take from here.
By the way…
[You have not used the Vault yet.]
“….. Huh?”
For some reason, the system doesn’t seem to recognize the stone as an item in the treasure chest.
‘Isn’t this honey?’
To be honest, the abilities I acquired while absorbing the purple rocks were very good. The void-related abilities were leveled up overall, and I also got the [King of the Void (1/12)], Which has a suspicious but certain effect. It was more efficient than taking a tolerable treasure chest item.
Instead, there was an unfortunate incident where he lost his mind… But even so, this kind of compensation wasn’t bad. Rather good.
But you said it was free? Doesn’t this eat me up?
“But…Do I have to do it again…?”
Coming to think of it, there were still half of the items that had not been used [Item Research].
In the end, I spent about 3 hours [Item Research] And started looking for items that would be useful to me.
*
“Ooh… I like this?”
It has been over 3 hours since I looked at the items using [Item Research]. There are not many items left now, but just in time, I found an item that was just right.
[Sword of Amplification: Amplifies the mana contained in the sword.]
It was a very simple explanation, but the effect was very powerful.
Generally, sword skills used by knights are created using mana. However, if you use this amplification sword to create a sword, you can create a sword that is much more powerful than the original sword.
Of course, isn’t it useless for me who don’t use sword skills? Can be thought of as but….
“This is also amplified.”
Roaring~!
The reason why I chose the sword of amplification is that the power of Suzaku’s flame was amplified by about twice as simple as using this sword. Suzaku’s flame, originally the greatest in power, became much stronger through the amplification sword.
Besides, the [Void Mana Discharge] Ability can also be enhanced through this amplification sword, so for me, there was no better item in this treasure chest.
“Okay, let’s do this.”
[You have completed your selection.]
I came out of the treasury with the sword of amplification in my hand. But outside the treasure chest, for some reason, the beast king was standing there waiting for me.
“Uh… What’s wrong?”
“…Did you say that knowing that it’s been over 7 hours since you entered the vault?”
“Ah…Was it that long? hahahaha…”
It seemed like 7 hours had passed since I added the time to check the item with [Item Research] + The time I lost my mind.
It felt like less than 5 hours, but…
“It was so difficult to choose the right item for me. It took me a while? hahahaha!”
“Hmm…Amplification sword…You’ve chosen a pretty useful weapon.”
The Beast King looked at the amplification sword in my hand and stroked my beard with interest.
“It’s okay. Now that you’re out, it should be fine. I’ll have to go back.”
“Yup! Welcome back!”
“…?”
King Suin felt suspicious of my attitude, but soon turned his head and went up the stairs.
I thought with a sigh of relief when the Beast King disappeared.
‘f*ck… I didn’t catch you taking 2 of them!’
Originally, there is a saying that thieves make their feet go numb.
*
“Ah…”
I went back to my room and lay down on the bed, thinking.
In two days, I will follow Irina to the Empire. What to do after that?
First of all, look for Lee Seo-joon and Lee Seo-yoon. But I never really thought about it after that. What should I do after I find Lee Seo-yoon and Lee Seo-joon? Shall we bring them back to the kingdom of beasts? Or should I stay in the empire as it is? I have a promise with Ellie that I will definitely return to the country of beasts at least once, but I haven’t definitely decided to live in the land of beasts for the rest of my life.
At the moment I was thinking about it, Veronica’s words suddenly came to my mind.
“King…”
I quietly got out of bed and took out the map Veronica had given me and looked at it. There were x marks in many places on the map, but there were definitely x marks in the capital of the Hyperion Empire.
‘Let’s try to find…’
I don’t really believe Veronica’s words, but wouldn’t it be bad to check it out at least once?
Just then, a familiar female voice with a low pitch came from behind me.
“Does the king not trust me? This is a bit sad.”
“Huh?…Crazy?”
‘How did this woman get in?!’
Behind me, Veronica, who appeared before I knew it, was staring at me with her arms crossed.
But I don’t know if it’s my imagination, but Veronica’s energy seems to have gotten stronger…?
“Thanks to our king, the restraints that imprisoned my power have been loosened a little. Thank you.”
“…I can’t believe…”
For a moment, I remembered the purple stone I found in the treasure chest. The ability of the [King of Void (1/12)] Obtained through the purple stone must be…
“Enhanced Void Beings…”
“That’s correct.”
You mean Veronica used the same void mana as me?
No, of course, considering that she had void resistance, there was nothing strange about her using void mana.
“Looking at my memory, it looks like I found the ‘Sealing Orb’. I never thought it was hidden in the treasure chest.”
“…Read the memories?”
Do you know how to read memories?
“I can read the king’s memory and mind.”
“……Wait then…”
Are you saying you read all of my past memories?
“Don’t worry. I haven’t read the memory of showering or going to the toilet.”
“Ah well then…”
“But I mistakenly watched the scene where the king solves his s*xual desire by himself.”
“……………..”
“It wasn’t in the bathroom, so I accidentally read my memory. Please understand.”
f*ck…..My privacy…
“But at that size you can be proud, my king.”
“……”
What do you know, b*tch!
“Anyway…Fortunately, the King found the Sealing Orb sooner than expected, and things became easier.”
“…What the hell is that seal orb?”
“Didn’t the king see it himself? That rock in the treasury.”
“…Is that?”
Come to think of it, when I absorbed the rock, it was sealed in the system and told me that something would wake up. Of course, I was in a state of mind back then, so I just passed it on.
“The void has been unsealed, albeit slightly, and now the void eggs can emerge. You have done a great job, my king.”
“…What are you talking about? Void eggs appearing?”
Aside from the effect that allows you to use void mana, the void egg was a bug job that gave you a free cheating ability called [Those who fell into the void] That has an 80% magic damage reduction effect.
But what do you mean when you say that such a void egg appears?
“Originally, the Void was sealed in this world, King. However, the King lifted one of the spheres that sealed the Void, and the power of the Void began to seep into the world, albeit only slightly. Thanks to the power of the Void, Those who come into contact with it will get a chance to change jobs with a void egg.”
“Then are the kids who changed jobs with void eggs also kings like me?”
“No. Didn’t I tell you?”
Veronica created a pawn, a chess piece, out of the black smoke.
“A normal pawn cannot become a king even if it reaches the last row. All the Void Eggs that will spawn now are just such a normal pawn.”
“Am I different?”
“That’s right, don’t you remember the rule I added? If you get to the last row, there’s only one pawn that can be king.”
“..Haa….I picked up that rock and now I can’t believe you’re lying…”
“Whoa… King, I’m not a disloyal servant enough to tell lies.”
From noble mtl dot com
Veronica smiled slightly and looked at me as I sighed. Anyway, you look pretty today as well.
“Thank you, King.”
Yeah, yeah, so let’s go back, shall we?
“I think so, I’ve confirmed it. But when are you going to leave the Suin-guk? Didn’t you follow the delegation to the empire?
“I’ll be there in two days.”
“Ohh…Then I guess I’ll have to get ready too.”
“Ready?”
“Yeah, didn’t I tell you. If you come out of the kingdom of beasts, you will serve as the king’s assistant.”
At that moment, I remembered the conversation I had with Veronica at the rose manor.
-I have a feeling that it is difficult to serve as the throne of the ‘king’ in the country of beasts. If you come out of the water house to find the x mark, I’ll go find it myself.
“Ah… I’m sure it was, right? But leave the demon base alone?”
“That’s fine. I wouldn’t care at all whether they died or not. They’re all different species of worms anyway.”
After Veronica said that, it began to turn into black smoke.
“Then see you in two days, my king.”
****
“Keugh!”
Kwaang-!
“Wind Spear!!”
-Clutter!!
“Ahhh!!”
Suddenly!
“Good job.”
On the top floor of the Great Labyrinth, Seo-Jun Lee, Seo-Yoon Lee, and Alex had been leveling up by catching Hell Hounds and other monsters for over five days. Thanks to that, Lee Seo-joon and Alex were able to reach level 27 and Lee Seo-yoon to level 24.
“Pay attention Earthlings!”
At that time, a knight gathered three people from another world.
“I think I will have to go back to the imperial castle soon.”
“What? You said you would stay for two weeks, right?”
“This is Princess Irina’s message. Still, thanks to being in the Great Labyrinth for five days, you guys are much stronger than other Earthlings.”
The knight read the message he received from the seed and told the three people of the other world one thing.
“Looking at the message, Irina-sama seems to have gathered new people from another world.”
“Oh, is that your new colleague?”
“Yes, but I’m sure he’s weaker than those of you who have been training steadily. Don’t be territorial when you first meet him.”
With those words, the knight ordered his servants to withdraw.
“Get all your camping stuff! I’ll get moving right away!”
Three people from another world left the Great Labyrinth and headed for the Empire.
Without imagining what kind of relationship we will meet there…
I think she got that ability with the cost of a loyalty compulsion. She is somewhat acting out right now, but the times she does so are to sexually harass mc. Her memory reading is basically targeted at him alone, and comes with the penalty that she will only ever want to use the knowledge to help him.
Bruh, what the hell is reading memories, it’s whatever he doesn’t say anything or buy an ability to prevent this s**t