Peter Remus. A hairy, middle-aged man in his 40s, a 19th-floor mission challenger, and the owner of {Planet Guardian}. He was said to have been an adventurer who abandoned his life as a farmer and wandered the continent before the Tower appeared.
“What kind of person do you think am I?”
“I don’t know. He’s so different from what I thought…”
Lee Su-yeon wore a strange expression while facing the challenger covered by a hood.
“To be honest, I thought you would be a monk. The Unique Skill is a person’s personality… well, I tend to base it on that a lot.”
Although he didn’t mention it, Yoon-seok agreed. The Unique Skill b Planet Guardian} and even the Unique Power Last Ark exuded a somewhat savior-like feeling. But after unveiling his hood, he was just an ordinary, talkative middle-aged man.
“Did you say your name is Su-yeon? You’re a little rough, but it’s good to see you acting so confident. Do you have a boyfriend?”
“…Why are you asking about that?”
“Oh, my! Looking at your eyes, is he your guy? You’re a matching couple!”
“Why? Why am I so annoyed?”
He didn’t know who would take charge of this man on Earth, but he had a hunch that there would be trouble.
“Remus.”
“Please call me Peter.”
“Okay, Peter. Can you tell us more about b Planet Guardian}?”
“No matter what, you’re my new employer. So you should know how to use it.”
Peter readily nodded and responded to Yoon-seok’s request. But after listening, it was a little different from what Lee Su-yeon said.
“In short, it’s the ability to make return tickets useless in the dimension I’m in. Although I don’t know why the name Guardian was given.”
b Planet Guardian} could either be On or Off. If he activated it here, no one could go to Seheranbad even after tearing the return ticket. There was no exception if one was a local challenger.
“That’s why I haven’t used this ability properly yet. Wouldn’t it be so pitiful if you suddenly got dragged to the Tower and couldn’t even come back to your hometown?”
For that reason, Peter and Ragna deactivated the ability. This was the reason why Yoon-seok and Lee Su-yeon were able to come here. So Yoon-seok, as he listened, suddenly felt out of place.
‘Wait, if the return tickets are blocked, wouldn’t those on Earth be unaffected?’
In Earth’s case, after clearing the 10th floor of the Tower of Truth-seeker, challengers could travel to and from Earth without tickets. Did the reward vary per dimension? When he asked Ragna about it, he received a completely unexpected response.
“Tower of the Truth-seeker? What’s that?”
About two months passed since Tower of Truth-seeker appeared in all dimensions, but Ragna didn’t even know its name. When Yoon-seok explained, Ragna smoothed her chin with her hand.
“Come to think of it; I’ve heard rumors circulating among sailors. While being swept away by a storm, they saw a strange tower at sea….”
Only now? Still, it took almost a month for the rumor to spread on Moorim, so that might be common. There were no satellites here, and even if they discovered it by accident, they didn’t have SNS to take pictures and share them.
“Oppa, but it’s a little weird.”
Lee Su-yeon approached and whispered to Yoon-seok.
“The {Planet Guardian} I know was not that type of ability. Are they telling the truth?”
She gave Peter a suspicious look. Come to think of it, the b Planet Guardian} she mentioned was deportation, permanently banned, and the like. Indeed, it was a skill that had the similar authority to the room manager in an online game. But now that he heard it, it was more disadvantageous than he thought. What happened?
“Deportation? Well, if I raise it to Rank S, that ability might appear… who said that to you?”
“…Are you still at Rank A?”
“To be honest, it’s not a very helpful skill in the Tower.”
Lee Su-yeon and Yoon-seok looked at each other. All their questions were resolved. On the other hand, Yoon-seok also had this kind of thought.
‘Are you saying that what you see isn’t everything…?’
He raised the utility-type {Planet Guardian} to Rank A. In addition, no matter what option there was, he chose something like Last Ark as his Unique Power. Lee Su-yeon said he didn’t look like a monk, but in terms of behavior alone, he was sacrificing himself for a greater cause.
‘This is interesting.’
Peter Remus. Yoon-seok was amused the more he looked at him. He didn’t seem like an ordinary person.
‘By the way, what should we do?’
The conversation about b Planet Guardian} had almost ended, and the time arrived for them to leave.
‘Should I say it now?’
Yoon-seok slipped over to Ragna’s side. Now that they weren’t enemies, he didn’t have to hide his identity. Well, it was more awkward to say it now. For some reason, his mouth wouldn’t open. As he fidgeted, Ragna suddenly spoke.
“I have a favor to ask of you. I want to find a challenger from Earth…”
“Earth challenger? Who is it?”
“I don’t know his name; I only know his nickname. It’s Predator…”
Lee Su-yeon flinched and looked at Yoon-seok. Then, she smiled awkwardly and asked.
“Why are you looking for that person? Did you have a relationship with him?”
“No, it’s not like that… I met him briefly on the floors below. I almost forgot about it, but I suddenly remembered.”
The board was unintentionally laid. At this time, he thought that he could naturally say that was him. When Yoon-seok was about to speak-
Knock, knock, knock.
He detected two presences. One was the mansion’s servant he saw when he entered the room earlier, and the other was an unexpected person.
“Princess Orlene?”
“Ragna, Princess Orlene Versiace Katlan is here.”
The polite voice of the servant who knocked came through the door.
“…Why is she here?”
“She’s asking for personal protection for a while until she returns to her home country after the meeting. I sympathize with her situation so that I couldn’t turn a blind eye to it.”
Perhaps the Princess felt threatened when Yoon-seok disappeared, and the alliance disbanded, so she came to Ragna to guarantee her safety. He felt sorry for some reason. To make an excuse, he didn’t expect the situation to turn out this way. If everything were quietly done as planned, Yoon-seok and her would have enjoyed a win-win.
“I’ll send her back first.”
“No, you don’t have to do that. Please let her in.”
“…Yes.”
Ragna looked puzzled and yet ordered the servant gently. The Princess, who appeared in the open doorway, was emaciated, unlike the splendid appearance, she showed at the meeting.
“H-how did you…!”
When she noticed Yoon-seok and Lee Su-yeon, her jaw fell open. However, it wasn’t for long. The Princess, who looked between Ragna and Yoon-seok back and forth with astonishment, bit her lip.
“Everything… so it was all done by the Lady behind my back. I didn’t know that and thought this alliance was my only hope….”
She looked like she might collapse immediately due to the shock and betrayal. Ragna, who knew this would happen, sighed.
“Please don’t get me wrong. I met him for the first time at the meeting.”
“T-then why is he here…”
“After the meeting, he came to see me. We had a conversation and confirmed that there was something we could each give each other. Please don’t ask me what it is; I can’t answer you.”
“T-that…”
At Ragna’s firm words, the Princess closed her mouth and stared at one person with resentment. The surprising thing was that the target wasn’t Yoon-seok or Lee Su-yeon, who ruined everything, but Ragna. Ragna faced her without avoiding her gaze.
“…”
“…”
Some time passed as a strange silence wrapped around the room. Princess Orlene, taking her eyes off Ragna, looked to Yoon-seok.
“You said you had a deal with her, right.”
She just said there was something they could give each other; she never said it was a deal. But that wasn’t exactly wrong either. For handing over the b Planet Guardian}, Ragna only asked to be accepted when she wanted to move to Earth in the future. When Yoon-seok nodded, the Princess struggled to open her mouth.
“Then, please make a deal with me, too.”
It was an unexpected situation. This wasn’t why Yoon-seok told the Princess to come in. However, he was a little curious. What was the Princess trying to present, once she realized earlier that all she could offer meant little to nothing to Yoon-seok?
“At this rate, my brother will die. Please save my brother. If you do that…”
Her desperate eyes and voice were evident. As if she wouldn’t mind giving up her body or soul, her determination was conveyed.
“I…”
It was the moment when she gave up everything; the Princess opened her mouth-
“Okay, I’ll help you.”
Yoon-seok cut her off.
“We just have to kill the Crown Prince, right?”
“What? Yes. If the Crown Prince dies… eh, what am I saying… I haven’t said anything yet….”
“Anyway, that’s all I need to know. I’ll help you.”
“…Uh, oppa?”
Lee Su-yeon called out to Yoon-seok to confirm what she heard. Aside from the Crown Prince, who dominated the empire as if he were a gangster in a back alley…
“If it weren’t for us, you would’ve died a long time ago anyway. Why do you feel responsible for that? Do you like her or something?”
Her voice was sharp. Unlike before, the way she looked at the Princess was as if she was looking at something utterly worthless. It was so different from before when they were having fun chatting that the Princess unknowingly shrunk back. Yoon-seok sighed and shook his head.
“It’s not like that.”
Responsibility? Sympathy? Guilt? It would be a lie to say he didn’t feel it, but that wasn’t the decisive reason. As soon as he heard that the Princess had arrived, he had already made his decision. No, if she hadn’t come, he might have visited her instead. Because…
Yoon-seok read the notebook again last night to find the next target other. There, he had read information about the Crown Prince of the Katlan Empire. For reference, Lee Su-yeon’s rating on the Crown Prince’s Unique Skill was SS-.
‘I’m happy to get good Unique Skills, and the Princess is happy to be safe.’
This was a win-win. Wasn’t it great to catch two birds with one stone and even grill them?
‘Why doesn’t she understand?’
Yoon-seok looked at Lee Su-yeon with dissatisfaction. Although she was a rewinder, was it because she was too soft-hearted? He thought she should learn more.
After ordering people to leave so the two of them could talk, Yoon-seok told Lee Su-yeon what he had in mind. Then Lee Su-yeon no longer protested. Instead, she let out a strange reaction.
“S-Satan…?”
“What?”
“Oh, I didn’t say anything!”
“…”
He didn’t know why that was her reaction. But, as a result, Lee Su-yeon agreed with the advantages of the plan prepared by Yoon-seok.
“There are so many good Unique Skills, but I don’t know why you want that… it can’t be helped that you like it. Well, it’s not bad.”
“Right?”
“Yes. If it works out well, you can use the Princess to devour the empire.”
Speaking of which, it sounded like he was trying to swallow up the world. Well, it wasn’t wrong considering the things he was about to do.
“Anyway, there’s a problem.”
“A problem?”
Yoon-seok frowned. He felt like it was a perfect plan without any problems. However, in the end, it was just Lee Su-yeon’s useless concerns.
“The difficulty is different from escorting the Princess. Can you kill the Crown Prince who’s hiding in the palace?”
Escort? He was quite confident in that field too, but… assassination was almost like his specialty. Yoon-seok nodded.
“…Think carefully and answer me. We don’t have much time left. Can you do it?”
“I can.”
“…you can do it?”
“Yes.”
He knew because he had done something similar before. It wouldn’t take long.
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