Chapter 155 - Transition (3)

“Because it’s Kim Gyu-sik-ssi?”

“Because it’s Kim Gyu-sik-ssi.”

The people around me looked at each other and uttered those words.

And then they nodded their heads with expressions that hit the mark for empathy, as if a strong bond had been formed.

“...What are you doing?”

“No. From now on, whenever something mysterious happens, we’ll just convince each other like this.”

“...”

“I just confirmed that everyone else thinks the same way!”

Seeing Seo Ah-in nodding her head in agreement, I had nothing to say.

“Gyu-men...”

“...”

Let’s just ignore Darien, who was muttering a strange prayer in the corner for now.

Is this all my own doing?

Instead, I further strengthened my mana control over the Spirit Guard Captain I was currently restraining.

Normally, it would be absolutely impossible to restrain a spirit, which was pure energy itself, but.

[ Source-Netherworld’s Grasp Synthesis Roll... ]

[ Skill: Force Grinder is calculated. ]

[ Grants absolute control over all energy with a form. Limited to within reach. ]

In front of a bug character’s bug skill, there is no such thing as impossible, I’m telling you.

Due to the nature of Share (Stage 2), the skill output was random, which was a disadvantage, but in the Spirit Realm, where I could receive an almost infinite supply of mana just by breathing, it was practically a non-existent penalty.

[Kuh...! You mere human...!]

Wow. The orthodox line of the Spirit Guard Captain.

I smirked and looked at Evangeline, who looked back at me with a sullen expression.

“...What.”

“No. How long did it take for you to be taught a lesson by me after saying something like that?”

“...”

As Evangeline’s expression crumpled, Lee Si-yeong, who had been standing blankly holding a vessel like a mannequin, turned to me with a similar face.

“Right. Before I teach you a lesson, can I ask you one thing?”

“What is it.”

“...How long do I have to hold this?”

Why ask the obvious? Until I tell you to stop, of course.

The mere fact that she was holding a vessel with the ‘Royal Seal’ engraved on it had the effect of suppressing the spirits here.

It was all thanks to that vessel that I could hold this one, even though the smallest fry among the surrounding encirclement was an opponent I couldn't handle.

“...”

To be honest. Come to think of it, there were many strange things about Lee Si-yeong’s character background.

No, I mean.

Just thinking about her luck stat, which I had used so effectively until now, it was in the four digits.

In terms of basic specs, even Cornelius, who held the title of the strongest primate, couldn’t exceed three digits, but she was in the four digits alone.

It was a value that a normal human could never reach.

It wasn't for nothing that Han Si-yeon-ssi’s eyes had lit up when she saw this one.

And now that we had reached the Spirit Realm, it was the perfect opportunity to unlock this one’s potential to the maximum.

It also meant that I would fill my Share slot with the skills I gained from raising her to that point.

[If it weren't for the Royal Seal, I would have just...!]

“Yes. But if you attack the person holding it, that’s treason, isn’t it?”

[...]

Yes.

If you can’t bite, don’t bark.

I smirked and checked the clock I had set up in advance.

If I held them here, it was about time they arrived.

And just as the digital clock beeped, I felt a violent surge of mana from nearby.

“...This is, insane.”

The gaze of Lee Si-yeong, who was holding the vessel, sharpened, and then she cursed and her mouth dropped open.

That was because any mage would immediately recognize the situation unfolding before their eyes as a near-miraculous phenomenon.

Of course, the Guardian had also performed the trick of tearing through space to appear, and portals themselves were techniques that all mages knew how to handle.

But the bizarre method of movement of ‘creating a living being’ at the transition location and ‘transferring oneself there’ was a method only possible for the [Spirit Queen].

She was a person with so much energy that it was overflowing, so she could casually perform things like creating organic matter on the spot.

“...To do something similar to that, I would have to accumulate mana for at least 10 years... and she does it in a few seconds...”

I smirked and replied to Lee Si-yeong, who was muttering with a dizzy voice next to me.

“Well, don’t worry too much. You’ll be able to do something similar soon, princess.”

“...Prin, what? You’ve finally lost your...”

I silently put the Jewel of Ruin on Lee Si-yeong, who was speaking with a horrified voice.

“Because I’ll make you that way.”

Well, before Selpas officially arrived, I needed this one’s luck stat.

But Lee Si-yeong, who heard that, looked at me with her breath held for a moment.

Then she looked back and forth between the ring on her finger and me with a dazed expression.

Finally, she realized that the ring on her finger had a familiar design and nodded.

“...Ah. And here I thought.”

Then she started to punch me violently.

...What is it?

“Hey, that hurts. Ouch. Stay still. The ring will fall off.”

“It’s you! You’re the one who seems to have a part of your brain broken! I’m getting used to this kind of thing, but please! Stop doing things that cause misunderstandings! Please!”

As I was calming down Lee Si-yeong, who was rampaging with a flushed face, and receiving the strangely cold gazes of the surrounding gallery while receiving the luck stat.

Finally, the Spirit Queen Selpas officially revealed herself.

A red-haired woman in a golden dress, who exuded an explosive presence that stood out even among all the surrounding spirits.

And looking at her.

I prepared Lee Si-yeong, who was holding the vessel with the Royal Seal.

I prepared the luck stat that would give a bizarre level of persuasiveness to what I was about to do.

I prepared the Gnosis’s Heart that would boost my mana stat like crazy.

Good. Perfect.

In my memory.

If you pumped up your luck and mana like crazy at the first meeting with Selpas and matched them to a ‘certain value’ exactly, you could enter a pretty interesting event.

“Ah, by the way. I just realized.”

Seo Ah-in, who had been folding her arms and thinking about something, suddenly opened her mouth as if she had remembered something.

“The person coming now, is she a Spirit ‘Queen’?”

“...Right? Why?”

“What. It’s over. You should have told me earlier. Then I wouldn’t have been nervous from the beginning. If it’s Kim Gyu-sik-ssi versus a woman, well...”

“...”

“Ah, you have to give me a proper heads-up when you’re going to reel her in later, okay? So I can tell them to get a number and line up.”

“...”

What on earth are you talking about?

***

Spirits were masters of ‘sensitivity’ who could see through all sources of energy, and someone like Selpas, who reigned at the very top, had reached a level where that kind of sensitivity was displayed as visual information.

It meant that she could grasp in detail just by glancing at a person how much potential they had, how much they had achieved, and how far they could go in the future.

It seemed that among her children who had been transmigrated into humans, there were some who had to push their mana into the other person’s interior to make it possible, but she could handle it just by looking. She was on a different level.

So, no matter who the intruder who had bothered her this time was, she could just quickly grasp what kind of skills they had and deal with them.

She wasn’t the type to welcome others into her domain, so it would be better to teach them a little lesson.

So.

[...]

As soon as Selpas saw the human who was currently causing trouble.

She couldn’t help but gasp in astonishment.

‘What, what is this?’

In fact, there had been a few times when she had been surprised by humans who had come from outside the Spirit Realm.

There had been a human who was almost like a god, who had reached a level where it was hard to believe how he had achieved so much, a human with such deep wisdom that his intentions were unfathomable, and a human who harbored a bottomless abyss of darkness to the extreme.

But, in any case.

She had never once thought that a human was ‘attractive.’

The color of his body was truly brilliant. Mysterious. Alluring. It was as if she would be drawn in just by looking...

“Are you the Spirit Queen?”

And the other person’s calm voice pierced Selpas’s mind.

‘S-Selpas! What are you doing! Get a grip! You’re the queen!’

As soon as she realized that she was staring at the other person blankly without even maintaining her dignity, she straightened her body.

Then she unfolded a fan and brought it to her face to cover her mouth, and hardened her eyes authoritatively as she glared at the other person.

In fact, it was to hide her flushed face and her slack mouth.

“Yes. I am the Spirit Queen. You were looking for me?”

But, whether she knew her current state or not.

The intruder who had walked up to her confidently bowed his head in front of her.

‘W-what should I do...!’

He looks so cool!

I feel like I’m going to let out a girlish scream!

What is this, what is this! Why do I feel this way towards a human!

“I apologize for visiting you like this without any notice, but I have something urgent to tell you. It is a matter of great importance to the Spirit Realm and your entire kingdom. Would you please listen.”

Stop! Stop talking!

Just hearing your voice makes my whole body hot!

At the very least, I can’t show myself collapsing in front of my people without any dignity!

It seemed like some very important words had just poured out, but Selpas couldn’t even pay attention to them and just kept nodding her head.

The other person’s sentences were floating in her head, she didn’t know what he was saying, it was as if she was being drawn in as if under hypnosis...

As she was diligently nodding her head, hoping to look dignified in the meantime.

“...Let me summarize.”

Huh?

“We are not intruders, but from now on, we will stay in the Spirit Kingdom as guests. And you, my queen, have just promised to support us in our endeavors in every way possible.”

Huh? Uh?

“Then let’s talk in detail inside the palace tomorrow.”

“...”

Seeing the other person smiling brightly as he said that, Selpas was able to realize one thing right away.

She didn’t know exactly what was what, but.

That she had just been thoroughly had by this man.

***

“...Right.”

Seeing Selpas retreat so easily compared to her terrifying entrance, I cheered inwardly.

The Spirit Queen had the ability to see the other person’s stats just like I could see their status window, and since this directly affected the mind, there were quite a few interesting Easter eggs in the game.

Sometimes you would be attacked as soon as you were seen, sometimes you would be spoken to in a friendly manner as soon as you were seen, and the reactions varied depending on the stats.

And seeing that, someone came up with the hypothesis, ‘If I match a certain value, can’t I clear the stage with max favorability from the start?’

And soon it was discovered that if you pumped up your luck stat like crazy with your mana over a certain value, you would enter a state where you could cast a charm that was almost like hypnosis on the other person.

Thank you! The collective intelligence of the top-tier veterans of the Conqueror Tree Wiki!

Thanks to you, I’m getting a huge advantage from the start of the stage!

Especially a special thanks to ‘SpiritFucker1234’ who organized all the values down to the decimal point...

“...Ouch.”

I turned around at the feeling of someone hitting my back, and Seo Ah-in was huffing and puffing and constantly patting me.

“What. What is it.”

“At least lay down some groundwork! Please! Now you’re just reeling them in without even breathing just by making eye contact, this old man, really! I can’t live!”

“...”

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