Possessing Nothing

Chapter 361 – Golden Tower (2)

Translator: Yul

Proofreader: Gort

Lloyd brought the group inside the tower. Even if everything was gone, Lloyd’s office was as clean as ever. Inside the office was a table with teacups that matched the number of people.

“There still is a bit of time before the Spirit Queen descends.”

Lloyd said, sitting down on a chair.

“Her spiritual body is floating between the gaps of space, trying to find a way out. Unfortunately, we can’t do anything as of now.”

“Even with the power of the Weiss?”

“The Weiss isn’t an almighty magic book. Its law is that if it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work.” (no shit)

Lloyd brought out an old grimoire with a faded cover from inside his robes; it was the Weiss.

“The descent of the Spirit Queen cannot be prevented. We do not know when, but she will probably descend from the Sleeping Forest.”

“…10 years ago, Abel-nim tried to change the fate of the Apocalypse that would connect this world to the Spirit Realm. Even if the method was different, since the world is already connected to the Spirit Realm, didn’t it prevent the Apocalypse?”

“It did not.”

Lloyd sighed.

“It’s not a complete connection; it’s a forceful connection – an invasion if you will. With this, the world’s fate won’t change.”

Lee Sungmin couldn’t help but be disappointed. If it worked, he would have one less fate to worry about.

It seemed like the fates of the world weren’t easily changed.

“What happened to the other Spirit Kings?”

Lloyd put his hand on the Weiss and, without hesitation, poured his mana into it.

“…the Spirit Kings of Water and Earth haven’t descended yet. However, they will come soon. The best way to deal with them is to leave immediately and destroy them as soon as they arrive.”

“How about the Spirit King of Fire?”

“Hmm…fire…”

Lloyd closed his eyes. By using the Weiss, it was easy to know of these things. After all, it simply tracked what shouldn’t exist in this world.

Lloyd, who was concentrating, flinched shortly after.

“…Annihilated?”

Lloyd said with a flustered voice. At this, Rubia popped out from Lee Sungmin.

“EH? He’s dead?”

“If I am not mistaken…he truly was destroyed. There are signs of his descent, but those were all wiped clean.”

“He wasn’t reverse-summoned or anything?”

“Yes. This feels different from when the Spirit King of the Wind was reverse-summoned. This…this was complete destruction.”

“That doesn’t make sense…how…?”

Rubia muttered under her breath. She didn’t know about the Spirit Queen, but the 4 Spirit Kings weren’t transcendents. However, they were as far from death as transcendents, especially outside the Spirit Realm; it was near impossible to kill a Spirit King outside of the Spirit Realm.

“All spirits return to the Spirit Realm when they suffer a fatal blow. That’s always how it’s been.”

“Was it Wijihoyeon?”

After a brief silence, Lee Sungmin asked. Making the impossible possible; the only person that Lee Sungmin knew that could do that was Wijihoyeon.”

“It isn’t her.”

Lee Sungmin, who was confident it was Wijihoyeon, was shocked. Lloyd had said that it wasn’t her without hesitation.

Lloyd grabbed the Weiss, furrowing his eyebrows.

“Wijihoyeon… I cannot sense her presence even with the Weiss. It seems like her presence is being protected by something….”

Demonic Spirit.

“If you can’t sense her, isn’t it possible for the person who killed the Spirit King of Fire to be her?”

“That isn’t the case because I can feel who killed him.”

Lloyd muttered in disbelief.

“…When we first met, I was pursuing the Black Tower Master, Prescan. I found his dungeon and thought that I could capture him. But….”

Lee Sungmin realized who “she” was.

“Chimera….”

“You know it as well? Then, this explanation will be simple. The chimera that Prescan made had slain the Spirit King of Fire.”

Lee Sungmin felt his back turn cold.

Aine.

Lee Sungmin remembered her name for the first time in a long while.

He had fought her a couple of times but never got a chance to truly kill her.

The last time he saw her was when he met Geniella with Sima Ryunju. Lee Sungmin remembered the dozens of awls piercing Aine’s body when he saw her and swallowed.

“Where is she right now?”

“Are you planning to chase after her?”

“I have to kill her when I can. Aine will get stronger as time goes on.”

“I don’t recommend going after her.”

Lloyd said, rubbing his forehead.

“The Vampire Queen is next to her; other high-ranked Vampires are also there. Do you still want to go?”

Lee Sungmin became quiet.

***

“It worked?”

Gemini said with a surprised expression. Geniella stood with her arms crossed, a broad smile on her face. Behind her stood the twin brothers Chen and Kuhn, who had their heads lowered.

“Ah, ah ah….oh oh oh…..”

A bit away from the Vampires, Prescan hid under his robes, shivering from shock and ecstasy.

He couldn’t believe what he had seen.

One of the 4 Spirit Kings.

And the one they call the fiercest and strongest of them all… the Spirit King of Fire just got destroyed. It wasn’t a reverse summon nor a destruction.

He was eaten.

There was no other way to explain it. Prescan remembered what his creation had done and felt his nonexistent heart beating incredibly fast.

If a lich was slightly more skilled than other undead at showing emotion, Prescan felt that he could use every facial muscle and have the happiest smile in the world.

“How could that retard create that chimera?”

Gemini made a weird face and asked. Geniella smirked and replied.

“It was probably an accident.”

There was no other explanation. Prescan was much weaker than Arbeth, who was an arch lich. However, Arbeth, who copied Prescan’s method, could not recreate a chimera.

That was why it was probably an accident. They both used the same method, but one of them could not create a chimera like Aine.

“…an accident…”

Gemini whispered and glanced at Aine, who stood in the middle of a crater.

Just a moment ago, Aine had defeated the Spirit King of Fire, who held flames so powerful that if someone looked at it, they would feel their eyes burning.

Even if the Spirit King had just descended, even if he had no one to help him, he was on the Permud Volcano, where lava boiled everywhere; this was where the Spirit King of Fire would thrive.

Yet, even with that, Aine could still eat the Spirit King.

Aine, who was currently holding her stomach, did not seem to have grown older. Her body was the same as it was 10 years ago.

She still had the appearance of a young girl. If she wanted to, she could make her body grow, but it seemed like she was content with her body.

“Aren’t you too relaxed?”

Gemini whispered to Geniella.

“She ate the Spirit King of Fire. She will be able to control flames as she wishes now. Can you take her on?”

“You think I can’t handle that little thing?”

Geniella smirked, glancing at Gemini.

“Also, Gemini. I wish for that chimera to grow stronger until I can’t handle it. For 10 years, she had gotten a bit stronger, but nothing was good for her to eat. Now, there should be a lot of prey for her to feed on.”

She pointed at Aine.

“She is still too weak. I can’t go around showing her off.”

“So, do we go after the other Spirit Kings?”

“That’s a bit difficult right now.”

It was unrealistic to travel across the world to other spots. Even if Geniella and the other members of the Blood Alliance were strong, they couldn’t travel at the speed of light.

“Also, the other side has the Pegasus. They would be able to move faster than us.”

Geniella was talking about Lee Sungmin. They couldn’t compete with the Pegasus, which could jump from space to space. That wasn’t the only problem.

“This is the end?”

“Yes.”

Geniella nodded slightly. Ten years ago, she had lost her power to see the future. This point in time was the last thing that she saw before losing the power.

Picking up the Silent Flare Baek Sogo from the snowy fields in the North.

And here, where the Spirit King of Fire was conquered.

Even if Geniella could no longer see the future, she was sure about this.

“As of now, it’s been going as I hoped.”

The future that she envisioned.

Even if the Predator of Massacre was gone, she did not despair.

The future was still going as she saw. Only a slight change had occurred.

Also, Geniella liked the new future; instead of following fate and the original Predator of Massacre, wasn’t she creating her own?

Geniella shivered from delight. She was even happier because she could leave Travia, where she had stayed for the past few hundred years.

“….Huuu…”

Aine walked out of the crater. She, who had eaten the Spirit King of Fire, had a power inside her that did not exist before her fight.

Prescan smiled as he walked towards her. Geniella looked at the two, turning her body.

“Let’s go.”

“Where? Are we going back to Travia?”

“No.”

Geniella spoke genially.

***

Queen.

After Lee Sungmin heard that Aine was with Geniella, he gave up on trying to kill her.

If she was also with the rest of the Blood Alliance, then fighting them was suicidal.

Even if he brought everyone from the Forest of the Fairies, he wasn’t confident in winning.

‘I don’t think Juwon and the Lycanthropes are there, though.’

This might be an opportunity for another plan.

Lee Sungmin thought, rubbing the teacup.

Geniella, the vampires, and Aine were on the Pemud Volcano. That wasn’t that far from Travia.

So he could try to eliminate some of the high-ranking vampires that remained.

‘Blood Demon.’

Lee Sungmin thought of the Blood Demon, Geniella’s second-in-command that led the Blood Alliance.

‘Nero.’

The successor of Juwon.

Who would die first?

TL Notes: Sorry for the late chap. It’s the end of the quarter so I have a lot of projects and tests for my classes :D.