“Ugh…”
Thud!
“Phew! Finally done.”
On a high mountain in the Northern Continent known for its extreme lightning.
Leo stood triumphantly at the mountain peak, having defeated the Priest of Lightning, wearing a proud expression.
The Extreme Lightning Sect was a group specializing in lightning control, and its members all possessed strong power.
Unlike other sects where hierarchy and status determined everything, this sect decided everything based on strength.
Leo had joined the Extreme Lightning Sect and revealed all his power without holding back.
After completing her training, she immediately sought out disciples to challenge and ultimately defeated even the Elders and Priests at the top of the sect.
Crackle…!
“…You won.”
“That’s right. I won! Hahaha.”
Ding!
With the Priest’s declaration of defeat, a yellow, current-tinged piece of rock fell into Leo’s hand.
This was the Star Fragment that Lily and the other users possessed.
As Leo grinned and grabbed the Star Fragment, it was snatched away by a floating spirit of lightning in the air.
And that lightning spirit said…
“You can play with it. Zeus.”
─…This is no ordinary piece. It has a greater depth than my true form.
It was Zeus.
From the Growth Altar’s Tower of Growth, Leo had brought out a God-tier Celestial.
Originally, Zeus couldn’t leave the Tower, but due to the reward for conquering the Tower and being transformed by the System, he was now able to come out.
Although his power was diminished compared to his true self, it was still comparable to that of the Spirit King.
Leo watched as Zeus collected the pieces with enthusiasm, chuckling to herself.
“Feeling greedy?”
─I shall possess it. With this, I believe I can unleash even greater power.
“Is that so.”
─……
“More importantly, look at what’s over there.”
The Priest guarding the Master of Lightning had fallen.
What remained was ‘Lightning,’ deep in slumber, surrounded by yellow bolts raining down from the sky.
The Priest of Lightning said that their ‘Master’ was nothing short of a disaster, so they must never release the seal.
There was also a record of most life forms on the Northern Continent evaporating due to a thunderstorm in the past.
Leo, crossing her stubby arms, murmured, “Somehow, I feel like something better would come out if we released it…”
─I can agree with that. After all, this belongs to that piece. At least it should be different from this shabby thing.
Tap, tap.
Zeus poked the unconscious Priest of Lightning on the head with his short arms.
I poked the head of the fainted Priest of Lightning with my short arm.
By the way, unlike the other Spirit Kings who had contracted with Leo, Zeus, now a spirit, had shrunk down to the size of a two-headed character.
Dressed in his typical Zeus attire, he was holding a thunder spear in each hand, his head only the size of an adult man’s.
Zeus wasn’t particularly pleased with this appearance, but since he was already tied to Leo, he could only grumble in frustration.
Leo nodded his head.
“I think so too. Naiad and Naphras also agree.”
─Better not to touch him for now then.
“Let’s go out first.”
─Alright…
“?”
─?
“Why?”
─I’ve been meaning to ask you something.
As Zeus floated in the air with his tiny body looking down at Leo, Leo tilted his head in confusion.
Why, indeed.
─You show respect and use honorifics to those Spirit Kings, but why not to me?
“Well, you tried to take my body!”
─…Aren’t you the one who called me because you needed power?
“You have to give it back when you’re done. Plus, you were also trying to hurt the professor.”
─Tch. This is going nowhere. Do as you wish.
Crackle! Zeus vanished with a flash of yellow lightning.
It seemed like he had run away, but he was bound to Leo’s soul, so he had to return whenever she called him.
Leo whistled cheerfully and began to bounce down from below the clouds that blocked the mountain peak.
‘Is there really no way?’
The contracts with the two Spirit Kings of Wind and Water were successful, but multi-spirit summoning was still a difficult task.
Multi-spirit summoning involves calling spirits with two or more attributes into one body.
While the utilization of subordinates in multi-spirit summoning had succeeded, containing two Spirit Kings in one body was impossible.
Of course, there had been some issues between Naphras and Naiad, but with Lily’s help, things had been smoothed out.
Although the discrepancies between them had practically resolved, the real issue was the lack of mastery and realization regarding multi-spirit summoning.
To address that, I was making good use of Zeus, who was a little below the level of the Spirit Kings.
Ideally, I considered summoning Zeus simultaneously with one Spirit King, but the Spirit King refused.
‘Since the Spirit Kings dislike Zeus, there’s nothing I can do.’
If I wanted the Spirit Kings and Zeus to become friends, it seemed I’d have to wait a bit longer.
“Zeus~ Let’s take a look around and go to another direction…”
Kwahziiiii!
Lightning struck the blue sky.
Zeus’s lightning looked powerful enough to incinerate any target in an instant, but that was only possible in the tower.
When Zeus’s lightning came out into the world, it didn’t always work, as a sickle-shaped energy mixed with green and darkness sliced through the lightning.
“!”
The energy even split Zeus in his spirit form in half, causing Leo to widen his eyes and grab the lightning.
The lightning shot straight to the center of the storm, but it was no use.
Uooohhh…
A tree monster with a golden hue absorbed all the lightning.
It seemed like from the beginning, this monster was not going to allow any lightning, absorbing all thunder-type powers.
A man hiding among the monsters smiled slyly.
“It’s been a while, Leo.”
“…Grim Reaper!”
Leo frowned.
The king of the banded.
Deoen was overflowing with raiders, but if you asked to name the most famous among them, 99 out of 100 would say the Grim Reaper.
The reason they immediately think of the Grim Reaper wasn’t just because he was strong.
There were numerous rankers in Deoen.
Naturally, the Grim Reaper was strong enough to be in the top 10, but he wasn’t the ‘best.’
In terms of pure strength at the time, he fell short compared to the ranked: Sword Saint, Leo, Michael, and Choco.
Yet, he was famous enough to rival the top-tier rankers due to his malicious playstyle.
“I’ve heard some news. How many people did you kill this time?”
“Why ask such things? Killing a few NPCs isn’t a big deal.”
The Grim Reaper had no mercy.
He viewed this place strictly as a game, notorious for robbing everyone, regardless of how weak, be it an NPC or a user.
Children, sick people, old men—nobody was spared.
There was a story related to him from the early days of Deoen, where there was a village mostly inhabited by children.
The village wasn’t that big, and 90% of its members weren’t adults.
Among the top guilds, that village was designated as a combat-free area.
Even if they were NPCs, they were still kids, so they agreed not to fight in that village.
Of course, there were guards in each village, but rankers had enough power to easily wipe out the guards of a small village.
There are indeed guards, but if they are rankers, they have the power to easily take down the guards of a small village.
So, whenever looting happens near the village, users always run away into the village.
This village wasn’t under the territory of any guild, and since it was in an area with many hunting grounds nearby, raiders often sent their prey to the village with their eyes wide open.
Ultimately, the Guild Master, the Grim Reaper, proposed a very simple solution.
“Just push it away.”
“Excuse me?”
“It’s basically land without an owner. Just push it away.”
It was a place that had stepped into a kingdom’s territory, but it had little influence.
The village, which had been protected due to the interests of various guilds, turned into a sea of blood in an instant.
As a result, friction increased between the enraged large guild and the Grim Reaper’s Raider Guild, but in the end, they couldn’t do anything to him.
Even if they killed all the raiders and overturned the guild headquarters, they were still those who operated in the shadows.
All they had to do was abandon their current headquarters and set up a new one.
And at that time, Leo was also part of the alliance.
Leo belonged to the empire rather than a guild, but he had intervened in matters related to “users” a few times.
“I always feel this way, but rankers are obsessed with strange things. Can’t it just be considered a game?”
“Who was the one who ran away because they didn’t want to face the large guilds? You’ve changed headquarters eight times.”
“That was in the past. Now I’m officially a king.”
The Grim Reaper smirked and gestured with his hand.
Kugugugugu!!
As the golden-eyed monsters charged at Leo, he lightly jumped up, grabbed Zeus, and landed in a safe spot.
He shot lightning a few more times, but it had no effect on those monsters.
“You have a Star Fragment, right? Just hand it over, and we’ll let you go nicely…”
“Didn’t you get your scythe taken by Lady Lily? Fool. Can’t you take down the professor?”
“…”
“You seem to be ignoring me just because you have many friends. You’re a joke.”
Various elemental spirits swirled around Leo.
“Water, Wind, Light.”
“Spirit Ascension.”
Kwahahahaha!!!
The three elemental spirits merged into Leo.
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