Chapter 1066

Chapter 1066

When Helenia had her ores with her, she was unstoppable.

She had nothing to fear in the world, even if thousands of gods came after her and attacked her. Perhaps it was only natural. After all, she, who was already strong, would become twice as strong if she had the ores in her hands.

Minhyuk looked at her with a satisfied expression on his face and burped. “Burp~”

Dread flashed in Helenia’s already shocked face.

“E- even if you hid it, I will still be able to find it.”

That was right. Even if Minhyuk hid it somewhere, Helenia was confident that she would still be able to find it someday. But what if he chose to eat it? Helenia was left shocked and dumbfounded by Minhyuk’s meticulousness.

“Yes, you’re meticulous... But I don’t think you would be able to eat it. You will be very reluctant. After all, they should be very delicious.”

Minhyuk looked at her in confusion. “What bullshit are you spouting?”

Helenia was once again left in shock.

“They were delicious.”

Helenia looked like a dumbfounded fool before her death.

‘No!!! Why?! Did he eat it because it was delicious? Why? Why? Why?!’

She just could not understand.

“You fuc...!”

Unfortunately, she could not finish her words. Her head had already fallen on the ground.

Everyone looked tense as they watched Helenia’s head roll on the ground. The one who taught them how to kill Helenia was the Immortal Sorceress herself. There was a chance that it was a lie, right? Then, her head no longer moved.

[You have completed the Episode: Immortal Sorceress Helenia and Lord of the Monsters Barbarian’s Quest for Destruction.]

[Rewards will be given based on one’s contribution.]

[You have successfully killed one of the Eight Pillars, Immortal Sorceress Helenia.]

[All of the people who participated in killing Helenia will level up by five.]

All of the players were left stunned.

They had only participated, but they could level up by five. With the level-up they received during Barbarian’s successful hunt, their total level increase was seven.

Of course, this level-up would be applied equally to everyone who participated in the war, whether they were still here or had already been forced to log out.

[You have now received the rewards for your contribution.]

The Beyond the Heavens’ high rankers died an average of nine times. Because of that, most of them had leveled down by 20~30 levels. One of them was Ascar. She could not help but breathe a sigh of relief when she leveled up by eight after calculating her contributions.

‘I still have to fill in the remaining nine levels.’

If it were that much, then she would be able to recover them easily over time.

As the one who made the greatest contribution to Helenia’s hunt, Minhyuk also received nonstop reward notifications.

[You have gained 13,004,050 platinum.]

The amount of platinum he acquired was so high that one would not believe it only came from killing one Named NPC. Just like the rest, Minhyuk had also experienced repeated deaths during his fight with Helenia. Because of that, his level has dropped by nine.

[You have leveled up.]

[You have leveled up.]

[...leveled up.]

Minhyuk received twelve level-up notifications, with five for his participation in Helenia’s hunt and seven for his contribution. Minhyuk had made huge contributions that went far beyond those by Ascar and the rest. The reason why the number of levels that he acquired was low was because the total EXP needed to level up between them and Minhyuk had a vast difference.

‘The fact that I have recovered the damage I received and even leveled up further can already be considered a huge gain.’

With this, Minhyuk’s level increased to the point that he was just right around the corner of Level 700.

The notifications constantly rang in his ears.

[You have acquired the 4th Tier Magic Book: Explosion (1,405).]

[You have acquired the 2nd Tier Magic Book: Fireball (53,041).]

[You have acquired the 8th Tier Magic Book: Great Shield (1).]

[You have acquired the 6th Tier Magic Book: Mass Teleport (108).]

[...5th Tier Magic Book...]

[...9th Tier Magic Book...]

[You have acquired the Immortal Sorcerers’ Mana Heart.]

[You have acquired Parchment of Helenia’s Magic (3).]

Locke nodded. Suddenly, he stopped in confusion. “Eh?”

The sobbing Minhyuk did not hear Locke’s voice. The dignity of a monarch? He did not care one bit. After all, he had lost his precious and dear friend. Would something like that bring back his friend? No. Everyone understood it. That was why they were all looking at him with red eyes.

“Obren!!! Say something! Didn’t you ask me when Aruvel’s new work will be released? You even said that you would read it! I asked you why you, a Guardian God, would want to read that, and you said, ‘The Guardian God is a man too!’ right?!”

[Hey. Why are you...]

The grieving Minhyuk did not hear and could not hear anything.

“You even asked me to prepare a T-shirt for you so Aruvel can sign on it! You told me that you would sleep in that T-shirt. So, say something, Obren. You said that you dreamt that you became a wild stallion like the main character in the novel...”

[This punk! For real?!]

Someone grabbed Minhyuk. Shocked, Minhyuk turned to look at the guy pulling at him. That was when he realized it was Obren, the man he had been crying and calling out for.

[W- when did I say that?! You... you! Fine. I had that dream! Just once!]

“Obren?”

The confused Minhyuk wiped his tears. Beradon had said that Obren might fall into eternal slumber inside the sword after the fusion, but Obren was here, even standing calmly in front of him.

[I have long surpassed Master Beradon. Did you think I would fuse with the sword with little thought and preparation?]

Minhyuk felt extremely relieved when he heard that. Obren smiled as he looked at Minhyuk.

[I feel so mortified because of you, you idiot.]

“...”

Minhyuk felt sorry for making a mistake and exposing Obren’s private life.

Thump–!

Obren collapsed on the ground.

[I’m going to die from exhaustion.]

Minhyuk also laid down beside him.

The entire world cheered loudly at the sight of the two of them. Why? The scene of Minhyuk and Obren lying side by side and looking at the sky above them was just like a scene out of a movie.

Then, Minhyuk said something to Obren.

[I don’t want to. Don’t ask me to do something like that. Do you want me to go back to that sword, huh?]

“Eh~ Obren, just once. Please~ If we don’t do that, the Beyond the Heavens Empire will be shaken because of financial difficulties~.”

[I should get back in that sword. Let me repeat that. I won’t do it. Never.]

The others could not hear their bickering. Then, all the cameras focused on the two of them, filming the scene that would mark the end of this war. At that moment...

“Don’t you want to record this historical moment?” Minhyuk spoke first.

Obren glared at him, his face turning red. Minhyuk hurriedly avoided his gaze. With the blush high on his cheeks, Obren stammered.

[T- t- t- t- then...]

Everyone focused on Obren.

[It- it would be great to have something with a camera that has f- fifteen megapixels and can take photos from m- multiple angles. It would be better if it had a seven-inch OLED screen.]

Minhyuk followed up with another line. “Ah! Perfect timing! I got a new phone. It has a fifteen-megapixel camera, can shoot from multiple angles, and has a seven-inch OLED screen!”

Then, he took out a mobile phone that clearly had the words “APhone 23” written on it. Obren’s eyes grew wide.

[A- aaaaah! I really want to have one of these...]

Obren stopped speaking and sighed.

‘Shit. I don’t know anymore.’

[Isn’t that that phone?! The one that can take photos dozens of times in a row? If I have that, I can take a high-definition photo with Great Author Aruvel!]

“That’s right. It’s that phone.”

[Achoo! Achoo! Achoo! APhone! Achoo! Achoo! APhone 23! Achooooo!]

Obren thought, ‘I’d rather stay asleep inside the sword.’

But as everyone expected, Obren was a complete tsun-tsun.

At that moment, Apel’s PR team cheered loudly.

ChubbyCheeks's Thoughts

Lolol. The Achoo! Gets me laughing every time. XD