Chapter 208 – A Lucky Day (4)

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Translated by Heavenly Cat

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Agentress looked at her own body.

Her hands and feet were trembling roughly.

She frantically applied strength to try and move them, but.

She couldn’t budge an inch as if she were frozen.

“Lord Agentress…?”

It wasn’t just her.

Her kin, everyone had stopped in their tracks and couldn’t move.

Even the elf who was drawing a bowstring.

‘Just what the hell is that.’

Agentress’s gaze headed towards Hiel.

At first, she thought he was a Spirit King.

Because the only spirits who would dare block her path would be the Spirit Kings. However, it was questionable. Why would a Spirit King care about the affairs of the continent?

Fortunately, her delusion didn’t last long.

“I, Hiel, command in accordance with my Lord’s order.”

…Lord?

A king isn’t called a king for no reason.

It means one truly lords over others.

But, judging purely from the aura emitting from him.

To think that spirit, who might be an entity higher than a Spirit King.

Had a Lord he truly served?

‘There cannot be such an entity on the continent.’

It’s impossible.

Her forced judgment was proven wrong once again.

Agentress’s pupils dilated.

“Halt, in accordance with the Hierarchy of Blessings.”

Hierarchy of Blessings…?

No magic, nor the natural abilities of spirits, would dare restrict their bodies. It was certain. Just as he said, this was the power of their foolish Mother, the World Tree.

“Oh my.”

A stench could be felt.

The Seven Deadly Sins, the demon rolled its eyeballs full of curiosity.

Daring to wave its hands around right in front of her eyes.

“Wow, so you’re really frozen stiff, huh? There’s no way our supercilious guests would obediently follow an order to halt…”

It wickedly raised the corners of its mouth.

“I don’t know what it is, but it seems you’ve been caught. A weakness.”

To mock me, an elf.

If she had it her way, taking meals, making deals, and gaining eternal life.

She wanted to throw it all away and sever that bastard’s neck.

But she couldn’t move.

“Who are you.”

She merely barely managed to speak toward Hiel.

Yet the killing intent contained in those short words was exceedingly fierce.

To the extent that even the Great Evil clicked its tongue.

“Wow, in this situation, I don’t know who the demon is.”

But he was Ho-yeol’s alter ego.

Although Hiel had a tiny body, he didn’t shrink back in the slightest.

His incomparably upright posture and constantly unwavering expression.

Hiel answered.

“Since my Lord has not permitted questions.”

“?”

“You have no right to ask.”

To be precise, he retorted.

“How dare you…”

Agentress’s killing intent grew fiercer.

It was at a level that made even the cackling Great Evil mindful.

However, the only thing that returned was Hiel’s still noble voice.

“Elf, why did you face the Great Evil.”

“!!”

At that question, not only Agentress but also the Great Evil flinched.

From their perspective, Hiel had just revealed himself in thin air a moment ago. Not only did he know about the meal, but he grasped the Great Evil’s identity at once.

“Tsk. Even though I’ve lived a long time, I’m not quite a celebrity.”

Hiel’s extraordinariness was enough to make even the Great Evil wary.

But what bothered it most was.

The fact that such a ridiculous spirit had a Lord it served.

‘Where is he.’

Agentress awakened her senses.

Surely, the one called Lord must have been watching everything.

The senses of an elf that noticed even the dwarf high up in the sky.

She sharpened her nerves to the limit, but.

‘There’s nothing.’

Only the Demon Eye floating in the sky as always.

No other presence could be felt.

Hiel quietly opened his mouth.

“My Lord also did not permit idle thoughts.”

The moment those words fell, the idle thoughts disappeared.

“Answer my Lord’s question.”

Her mouth opened on its own.

“…To regain eternal life.”

It was humiliating.

If she could.

It was a disgrace to the point she’d want to cut off her own tongue for spitting out such words.

But thanks to that, she could be certain.

“If so, you were chasing after something vain.”

“…?”

“Because the blessing of the World Tree you crave is held by my Lord.”

So that was it.

That so-called Lord was indeed.

The entity who stole Mother’s blessing from us.

At that moment, Agentress made a judgment.

Now that she knew the whereabouts of the World Tree’s blessing.

She no longer needed a demon’s power.

‘I just need to find him somehow.’

She didn’t know how he had managed to hide his appearance until now, but.

In the end, he would be on the Arcana continent.

She could endure the trouble of scouring the entire continent.

However.

“Hold on a minute, interfering with business is a little different.”

The Great Evil wouldn’t just quietly watch that sight.

It was the Seven Deadly Sins, Gluttony.

Its goal was right around the corner.

Everything is going awry because of a single spirit that suddenly appeared?

“It’s a pity, but, esteemed guests.”

Gluttony’s gaze directed at the elves.

“Unapproved menu items are scheduled for disposal.”

So stop playing tricks and watch carefully.

Flowing with stench, Gluttony approached Hiel.

Its horribly splitting snout.

The essence of the Great Evil, which had been hidden by human skin, began to reveal itself.

“Since it seems that so-called rule doesn’t work on me.”

World Tree?

I, and my brothers.

We never had such a mother.

“…?”

However, Gluttony could not approach Hiel.

Because someone blocked Gluttony’s path.

It was Urus, who had been observing the situation.

Clank.

Urus lifted his iron arm.

Gluttony flinched.

‘A human?’

However, the aura it felt went beyond human.

Could it be, is this guy also a Transcender like Shegwin?

Agentress was similarly startled.

‘…I missed him?’

When she sharpened her nerves.

Urus was definitely within the radius of her senses.

And yet, for her to have missed him meant that.

The man had intentionally killed his presence.

It meant it was an intentional intrusion.

Elf, Great Evil, and Transcender.

The moment they finally faced each other.

Urus opened his mouth.

“Elf or spirit, anyone is fine.”

At the words that followed, Agentress could be certain once again.

“Please, confess the World Tree’s location to me.”

It seemed she would have to slaughter them all.

*

I looked through the [Telescope of the Demon Eye].

The mess finally turned into a dogfight.

Even if I could control the elves with the [Hierarchy of Blessings].

I had no way to deal with the Great Evil and Urus.

Still, it was a relief.

‘You worked hard, The End.’

The Imperial Army led by the Emperor.

Since they had succeeded in rescuing the residents of Polestar and turning their reins back toward Antonium. For now, I’ve managed to thwart one of the Great Evil’s plans.

Anyway, you are all truly petty.

‘Is it going to kill you guys to act your names?’

In that sense, you’re doing well, Hiel.

Truly well enough to slap Granfel’s cheek.

Thanks to Hiel stepping up without worrying about the aftermath.

I, who was only watching, was able to roughly finish grasping the situation.

First, the elves were truly consistent.

“Are you craving a meaningless life without pride.”

Eternal life?

I wanted to return what you said back to you.

No, it would be terrible enough to think about suffering from dark pasts for a lifetime. But what’s the meaning of living an eternal life in exchange for a vile act that can’t even compare to a dark past?

I really wasn’t going to say this, but…

‘It’s no wonder your mother…’

No, the World Tree.

It seems it didn’t just take away the blessing.

To make me feel like that violent Elsidor was a decent guy.

Every single one of you has such terrible tempers.

Urus too, truly, was still the same.

‘To think the World Tree was his goal.’

When the elves and the Great Evil were conversing, he seemingly didn’t pay much attention. But as soon as Hiel appeared and they began talking about the World Tree, Urus interfered in the battlefield.

‘Damn love for elixir herbs.’

It was the World Tree, the mother of all things.

The aura inherent in such a World Tree could safely be considered an elixir herb.

It was just that no one dared to think about chewing and swallowing the World Tree.

However, if it were Urus, the story changes.

Even just looking at his anecdotes in the books, Urus’s madness towards elixir herbs wouldn’t make it strange even if he chewed up the World Tree down to its roots.

‘This is really twisted. Very twisted.’

It seems none of them have any intention of easily backing down from their respective goals.

At this rate, a head-on collision is a matter of time.

If that happens, it would truly be a massive incident.

Even generating a rift would be a matter of time.

I looked at the telescope.

[A small fortune dwells in your hands.]

[You temporarily become skilled at operating the telescope.]

[The duration of the effect increases.]

…Are you giving me the disease and then the medicine?

Anyway, the greatly increased Luck was helpful. Actually, it wouldn’t have been strange if the telescope’s duration had ended around the time the Imperial Army arrived at Polestar.

Fortunately, it’s still keeping its eyes wide open.

Yes, if even you have a conscience.

Try not to think about closing your eyes if possible, telescope.

‘That battlefield is too much for Hiel.’

If he were with me, it might be a different story.

Hiel wasn’t used to combat.

It was impossible for him to play an active role in that three-way battle.

‘At worst, if he cleverly utilized the Hierarchy of Blessings, who knows.’

Hiel was a spitting image of Granfel.

There’s no way he would use his brain to exploit the Hierarchy of Blessings like me, Lee Ho-yeol.

In the end, does that mean all I could do was watch?

“Unpromised meetings are efficiently dealt with at once.”

…Even in this situation, the words sure roll right out.

Damn it, do I have no choice but to accept the variable called a rift?

I try to formulate a strategy regarding it at 4x speed.

I should send a telepathy to Marcelo right now…

Rumble!

“…?”

Right.

Even up to then, I had overlooked it.

I had forgotten about it for a moment.

The fact that the system does not lie.

Through that system.

The effect of the greatly increased Luck.

Rumble!

A thunderstorm pouring down on the Arcana continent.

Soon, the sky above the continent began to split.

To be exact, it began to tear.

In that gap between dimensions, a massive something wriggled.

Soon after, it completely revealed its appearance.

It was a dragon.

*

The cry of the dragon resonated across the continent.

That cry was enough to stop even Urus and Gluttony, who were completely ready to clash and cut off each other’s windpipes at any moment.

“Hmm.”

The old dragon, Yunakersus, looked down at the devastated Arcana continent.

Then, he looked at the elves with his giant pupils.

To be precise, he looked at Agentress.

Yunakersus spoke.

“Agentress.”

Oh, Mother.

“My foolish little sister.”

I now understand why You.

Took the blessing away from them.

Yunakersus scolded her like thunder.

“Have you still not realized Mother’s will!”

Dragons, the creatures that rule over all things.

Was it because she was directly exposed to the Dragon Roar without Mother’s blessing?

The senses all over her body shuddered.

However, thanks to that, she was able to escape from that damn hierarchy.

Agentress rolled her cracking neck and replied.

“Shut up, Yunakersus. You lizard bastard.”

*

So the name of the elf who looked like the boss was Agentress and…

That Agentress was the little sister of the dragon, Yunakersus?

Isn’t this an unexpected secret of birth?

Wait, then how exactly does this family tree go?!

World Tree.

Dragon.

Elf.

And…

Me and Hiel?

For a moment, I thought of an unlikely possibility.

‘…Is the Hierarchy valid against dragons too?’

I couldn’t be certain about that far.

Because even if they were siblings, there was a possibility that dragons didn’t receive the World Tree’s blessing. Indeed, Elsidor had also said that the blessing was effectively the exclusive property of the elves.

Moreover.

‘No, that’s not what’s important right now.’

I just wanted to ask as the youngest in the World Tree’s family tree.

Big bro, please do something to stop them!

I, Lee Ho-yeol.

Have three older sisters.

I thought I was confident when it came to begging, but.

Yunakersus was crying out, even more infuriated.

“If you have not understood, I shall scold you until you do.”

It finally popped up.

[The old dragon, Elder Dragon Yunakersus appears.]

A full-fledged appearance message.

He really came to fight instead of stopping them.

I guess the saying that big sisters are better than big brothers didn’t come from nowhere.

‘Now that things have come to this.’

I had no choice.

Let’s try it out, Hiel.

Whether the [Hierarchy of Blessings] is effective against Yunakersus too!

*

Hiel stood on the bridge of Yunakersus’s nose and said.

“I command in accordance with the Hierarchy of Blessings.”

“…?”

“Please calm yourself, Yunakersus.”

“…!”

And with that, the thunder subsided.