I can see the Emperor's stats-Chapter 198
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Julius' consciousness was sucked back into the video. Feeling familiar now, he looked around. where he had seen it once.
'Is this the place where they first received the quest?'
The first thing he saw was the temple where the three past players had joined. The appearance of the temple was no different from before, but the people gathered were quite different from before.
The first thing that caught his eye was, of course, the three invited players.
Sharnos the Great, a blonde man wearing fancy clothes and a crown.
A woman wearing a robe with many decorations and a slightly regretful expression. Saint Dimia.
Lee Cheong-moon, an Asian man who is still wearing a blue uniform and smiling incomprehensibly.
And hundreds of people lined up in front of them with solemn expressions.
Priests in white robes, hundreds of knights in armor, and civil servants in ceremonial robes! They are gathered here today for an important ceremony.
Dimia, who was looking at them with a complicated face, murmured softly.
“I’ve come to this place as well, but it’s a pity. Today is the day you leave.”
She seemed genuinely sorry. However, the great emperor calmly accepts the words.
"That's right, the wealth and glory you enjoy as an emperor is also over today. Eh... … .”
“You’ve been here for decades, and that’s all you have to say?”
She pursed her lips in a puzzled expression.
“Of course I’m worried, aren’t you an executive at a large company? That man is a high-powered person, but when I go out, I’m just an unemployed man?”
The great emperor replied with a natural virtuous face.
“Anyway, I can’t stop… … .”
She shook her head, perhaps at a loss for words. I don't think this kind of bickering happened once or twice.
"haha! always good friends If you go out, why don’t you even start a household?”
“Who!”
Hearing Lee Cheong-mun's sneaky words, the two shook their hands in fright.
“Anyway, how about getting ready? There are many people waiting.”
“Don’t joke about dripping liver!”
“… … .”
Anyway, the situation was sorted out by his mediation(?).
"hmm! hmm! Then, shall I go as the representative?”
Sharnos the Great cleared his throat a few times and came out in front of the people. When he came out, people rushed to the ground.
“Great rookie! Meet the Great Emperor!”
“Meet the Great Emperor!”
“You wake up.”
The emperor ordered with a calm expression. Looking at his servant, he seems to be holding a little weight. But that didn't last too long
"I've said everything, now we're going back? Eat well, everyone, and don't talk to commoners about being nobles. Understand?"
The servants bowed their heads again to the great emperor who finished his speech with a smile.
“Hwang Gong.”
and that moment.
Tring!
[You have cleared the quest 'Calm the turmoil!']
[You can return with the clear reward. Please return to the original world.]
“… … .”
It was only then that Julius, who was watching, knew what kind of incident this was.
'Did you say that the players disappeared from the world at the same time?'
Yes. This must have been the time when the Great Emperor conquered the continent and cleared the quest. That's why he obtained the right to return to the original world. However, there was one question.
'But why does the great emperor remain in the world now? What happened?'
"oh! There is a disconnect button!”
As if to answer that question, a sharp voice rang out. She was Saint Dimia. Perhaps because it was a video, even Julius could see what was in their field of vision, and a small hologram button had appeared on one side of their field of vision.
[Are you sure you want to close the connection? Yes / No]
“Then I will go first. Let’s get out of the capsule and take a look.”
Pipit!
Li Qingwen first pressed the button coolly, then disappeared on the spot. It disappeared as if it never existed.
"Oh oh… … .”
All the servants who saw it were watching the scene with amazement.
It was Dimia who pressed the button next.
“Should I come on time without thinking about it? Then see you later.”
Pipit!
After she, too, disappeared in an instant.
“Then is it my turn now?”
The great emperor smiled and swept his subjects once. They also knew that the last one was the great emperor's turn, so they sent him off with sad expressions.
“Kheuk. your majesty… … .”
“The gods will forever remember the day they served you.”
Whatever the reason, he was a great emperor in this world. The feelings of the servants who let him go will be so complicated that it is difficult to describe.
“Hmm?”
But the great emperor was watching them as if he was having fun.
Pick!
Before long, he too pressed the hologram. But unlike before, nothing happens. The reason was obvious. The Emperor did not click Yes.
“… … !?”
"your majesty?"
The servants also try to talk if something is strange. but.
seuleung
he drew his sword. Then he turns to his servants.
“… … !?”
Faaaaang!
Before the reaction was over, the great emperor swung his sword with terrifying force.
Quaang!
“… … !?”
"your majesty! what is this... … .”
The speed at which the sword moved was so fast that even the knights could hardly react. And where the sword was aimed!
Perong!
An explosion exploded and a person was thrown back and crashed into the stone wall of the temple.
Quaang!
Thick stone dust spreads and covers the view.
"omg!"
"your majesty… What is this?”
They came to say goodbye to the great emperor, but suddenly swung a sword at them! The servants were all shocked and unable to speak.
However, the great emperor aimed his sword again with a grim expression.
Seeing the bewildered servants, the great emperor quietly opened his mouth. His expression was as cold as ice.
“Mister, what have you done to my men?”
"mister?"
The servants all tilted their heads. Because there was only one person whom the great emperor called that.
“… … !?”
They all moved their gaze towards the stone wall as if possessed, and were stunned.
"omg!"
“No, even with His Majesty’s sword?”
The person who had just been hit by the sword of the great emperor was a young knight belonging to the Sharnos Knights. Of course, with his skills, he couldn't even get the sword of the great emperor properly.
However, the scene unfolding in front of them now broke such expectations at once.
Tuk-tuk.
The young knight was perfectly fine. He walked out while dusting himself off with a calm expression. It even made me laugh.
“It’s quite the way. How did you find out?”
young knight. No, Lee Cheong-moon asked the emperor with an interesting expression. He possessed the young knight with his 6th stage secret technique, soul transfer.
* * *
Having observed that far, Julius immediately noticed.
"Could it be that Leon's body is the hearing gate?"
“Yeah, that damn inspiration.”
The emperor frowned and agreed. Julius felt bewildered.
“What is this… … .”
“I have more to show you, so you better keep watching.”
* * *
The moment he watched the next video, what caught Julius' eyes was a large flag.
flutter.
These letters were embroidered on the banner spread in the air.
[The Murim lord, the first person in the world, Lee Cheong-mun
“You damn motherfucker! I heard you're over a hundred years old, what? Murim lord? Play house to your heart’s content!”
The Daejeon shouted out loud with an absurd face. Lee Cheong-moon was not a knight, but a familiar Easterner, as if he had changed his body to another person before he knew it.
"Heh heh, I don't think that's what you're talking about?"
Li Qingwen smiled smirking and pointed at the flag fluttering on the other side.
[President of the Heavenly Demon Church]
“Tsk! It's a demonic cult... Haven't you seen too many Martial Arts magazines when you were in that world?”
“Ugh!”
The Emperor's face turned slightly red. Hagiya, it wasn't a third-rate mass market, but the naming sense of the cult leader of the Heavenly Demon Church or the Murim lord was there.
"under… … .”
The emperor scratched his head and opened his mouth with a serious expression.
“Let’s ask why. Why are you not going back?”
“It is simple.”
This hearing answered meekly.
“I had this in mind even before entering the capsule. Even if it’s not a virtual space, but a different world.”
“… … !?”
“Have you ever thought that human lifespan is too short?”
Li Qingwen had a serious face for the first time.
“The path of martial arts is too wide and human life span is short. It was an inevitable choice to reach the pole.”
Originally, Lee Cheong-mun was a pure martial artist who was not interested in anything other than martial arts training. But he also had one problem. It is the fear of death and senility that comes as he grows older!
“In order to forget that, I forgot erosion and immersed myself in training. And I was able to achieve results when I was over forty.”
Lee Cheong-mun reached the 6th stage, the ultimate of supernatural powers, after striving for martial arts training.
Force, originally the ability of the soul, has infinite ways to be manifested according to the desire of the owner as the person becomes a high-ranking person. In his case, it is soul transfer! By changing bodies, he acquired the terrifying ability to extend his lifespan.
However, Qingwen Lee was not satisfied with that.
“Taking someone else's body is too risky. We have to find another way.”
Unfortunately, the world he lives in is highly computerized, so each person's personal information is meticulously managed. It was not easy to find a body to change into, but it was even more difficult to find a body suitable for learning martial arts.
“In the meantime, I heard a tempting offer. It's a project you've been involved in.”
Why did he participate in the virtual reality project, since he was originally not interested in mundane things besides training? It was to find a way for him to practice while maintaining his eternal life.
Project [New World]
This was originally an ambitious plan to change the virtual space into another reality by transferring the soul. However, due to an unexpected accident, they flew into a completely different world.
Li Qingwen made a genuinely embarrassed expression.
“So you don’t have to stop me, do you? I just want to stay here and practice.”
“… … .”
The Daejeon just watched Lee Cheong-mun with a puzzled expression.
'Since I've lived so long, the taste must have gone.'
That is, he would not cover any means and methods for eternal life. In the first place, just taking someone else's body is evil enough, so I want you to tolerate it.
Pod!
The great emperor rushed at him with a tired expression on his face.
“Crazy old man! Go to the underworld and practice!”
“Heh heh.”
The confrontation that followed was outrageous. Mountain peaks were blown away and the sea parted. When two Level 6 warriors collided, an unbelievable aftermath occurred.
The battle between the two continued for a long time, but in the end it came to a conclusion.
Fu-wook!
The great emperor's sword pierced Li Qingwen's neck. In this world where the system is applied, there was almost no difference in the two's skills, but there was a separate factor that determined victory or defeat.
“As expected, it’s pushed back because it’s an improvised body. If I had been a little better, I would have won.”
Li Qingwen quietly closed his eyes with a sad expression on his face.
* * *
“Then isn’t it already over? Why is he resurrected?”
Seeing the result of the confrontation, Julius asked the great emperor a question as if he was absurd. The confrontation between Daeje and Lee Cheong-mun was one-on-one. The result is the victory of the great emperor without a chance to change his body. Then how did he survive?
"after… It was my mistake from there.”
"mistake?"
The emperor sighed and continued his speech.
“There was a reason why the system exists in this world. Why did this world have a game-like system? And that is only for certain people.”
“… … !?”
It was an accident that the three people, including the great emperor, moved to this world. But at the same time, they were connected to the capsule.
“So, the system of virtual reality came over here with the three of us souls as a medium.”
The system they were connected to was managed by a total of three powerful artificial intelligence computers.
Odin, Medit, Mars
As these systems crossed into this world and merged, they gained a kind of god-like power. A problem arose there.
“And that damn old man is one of the system's 'administrators'.”
Unfortunately, Qingwen Lee was a key figure in the project. It was a natural result because it was impossible to carry out the task of separating and transmitting the soul without him.
he didn't die No, he couldn't die.
“Have you heard of reincarnation?”
“Isn’t it like dying and being reborn?”
The great emperor nodded at Julius' answer.
“Yes, but we are not included here. It’s because only the soul came into this world through the capsule.”
Originally, when a life in this world died, it was supposed to be reborn according to the cycle of reincarnation. However, players from other worlds did not. The spirit of Lee Chung-moon, who had lost where to go, went over to the capsule system and gained the authority of the administrator.
"then?"
“Yes, even if it is artificial intelligence, computers can be manipulated. That's the old man.”
Only then did Julius begin to understand what he had heard in the Holy Kingdom.
The great person spoken of in the Holy Land, that is, the being called God, was Li Qingwen.
In other words, the Seongguk was in his hands in the first place. The god spoken of in Seongguk is a system that moves according to the will of the manager Lee Cheong-moon.
"ah… … .”
Only then did Julius grasp the inside story. The reason why Leon was possessed by another being was there.
“Looks like you understand now. He cannot come out of this world, but it is possible to take over someone else's body through the ability of soul transfer.”
“That guy must have had a rather pitiful fate, too.”
Lee Cheong-mun wanted a body with excellent qualities, in other words, a body with player aptitude like the great emperor, in order to overcome the troublesome hindrance, Sharnos the Great. That's why Leon was chosen.
Julius couldn't help but smile bitterly.
'Then it was inevitable that I was executed in my previous life anyway.'
Perhaps, at the time of his execution, Leon could have already been possessed by Lee Cheong-mun.
Here, Julius faced the last question.
“Then why the hell did you turn back time? Why did you give me a chance?”
The great emperor borrowed the power of Heimdall, the original deity of this world, to turn back time and endow him with player abilities.
'Regression is understandable. If Li Qingwen gets a body again, it'll be a headache.'
But was it necessary to give him a new chance? He had always been an ordinary member of the royal family in his previous life.
“Originally, there was no particular reason for that.”
The Daejeon spoke with a slightly apologetic expression.
“First of all, it is a trick.”
“Are you cheating?”
“Yes, the more you stand out, the less attention will be paid to your sister, right?”
“… … .”
As expected, Julius, who noticed right away, couldn't help but frown.
"So you're saying that Leon used me to avoid being exposed to the attention of the Holy Kingdom?"
“Tell me I’m sorry at this point. It was unavoidable.”
“Grunt… … .”
The Daejeon put on an expression of sincere regret and slightly lowered his head. The first reason he revealed was to hide Leon's existence.
Because Julius had the ability to see stats and the knowledge he had before returning, he was able to surpass Leonhardt and become a strong candidate for succession to the throne in this life.
In addition, the great emperor meticulously sent the church's forces to Leon. However, if you look closely at the inside story, Leon has never responded to their request first. It's just that the cult or the demonic cult touched Julius first!
In other words, since Julius had made a name for himself on the continent and defeated the forces of the Order or the Demonic Cult, the Holy Land thought that he was a rookie, not Leon, and even sent an envoy.
Seongguk noticed in the middle and failed, but this operation was obviously effective. The problem was that the great emperor was playing with him, so he had no choice but to be cold.
'Isn't this guy rampaging all the way to kill me?'
He carefully examines Julius.
“… … .”
However, this time too, Julius did not show any significant change in his expression.
"okay. Then what is the second reason?”
"huh? Aren't you angry?"
“I’m angry.”
Julius shook his head. To be honest, controlling him in the name of a quest, be it a god or an ancestor, was unpleasant in many ways.
“But if it wasn’t for the regression, I wouldn’t have had a chance, so I can’t just be angry.”
“Huh… … .”
“Seeing that there are other reasons for that, it is not too late to listen to them and get angry.”
'As expected, he's a clever guy.'
Hearing that answer, the emperor was deeply impressed. In fact, in the beginning, what he expected from Julius was a trick, but not anymore.
And Julius saw through to the fact that the great emperor had an unsatisfactory request, and gave this answer.
“Kuhm… Then I will tell you the second reason.”
The emperor bowed his head.
“I want you to stop Lee Chung-mun, that damn old man.”
'also… … .'
Julius clicked his tongue inwardly.
“Why is that so?”
Although he expected it to some extent, Julius was curious about the reason. His abilities are still far below that of players like Daeje and Lee Chung-moon. As proof of that, isn't he still lying down after being completely defeated a week ago?
'Looking at the video, it seems that the Daejeon has defeated Lee Cheong-mun a few times, so why are you asking me?'
The great emperor shook his head.
“Even if I knock the old man down, it won't help. Have you ever heard of PvP?”
"Doesn't that mean a match between players?"
“Yes, he and I are from the same world. And they are affected by the same system. We cannot die even if we want to die.”
sniff
The great emperor cut his throat with the capital.
blah blah!
His throat was cut in half and blood gushed out, but he did not die.
"ouch… It hurts.”
The Daejeon continued to speak while acting sternly.
“For safety reasons, the virtual reality system cannot allow suicide or permanent death by NPCs, and of course battles between players are not counted as simple PvP.”
'Is that why he didn't die even though his stomach was pierced?'
For a moment, Julius recalled the old video. When the Great Emperor first came here, he got into a fight with a knight and was seriously injured, but the wounds soon healed. That's because the system treats ordinary people in this world as NPCs.
“Then is there no way to stop him?”
Here he tilted his head. Then I don't know what it means to explain so hard. As they said, neither Daeje nor Lee Cheong-mun could die.
1. People in this world are treated as NPCs, and even if you kill them, they come back to life right away.
2. If the opponent is a player in the same world, the system will also revive it by treating it as a PvP between players.
After all, isn't it almost invincible in any case?
However, while pondering, Julius felt something out of place.
'wait… player?'
Julius felt as if lightning had struck his head. All puzzles are then connected.
"ah!"
“Looks like you noticed now.”
The great emperor frowned and pointed at Julius.
“You are the only one who can kill him and banish him from this world.”
The principle was simple. First of all, since Julius was born in another world, he is a human from this side. However, since he obtained the player's powers, he was naturally not treated as an NPC.
[Acquire the player's abilities while being a human in this world.]
This was the only way to permanently defeat a player from another world. All of the quests he had performed so far were the process of obtaining the player's authority.
'Come to think of it, the more quests I complete, the more authority I can handle as a player, right?'
The moment he realized that, a notification window popped up in front of Julius' eyes.
Tring!
[You have received the required quest 'Player Awakening'.]
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