YM778.TV Book 2, 233
Book 2, Chapter 233
Sedi looked at Lukas with an incredulous expression.
“Ha. At best, that Priestess or whatever would be a bit stronger than those weaklings. She can’t possibly be stronger than I am now.”
“You can’t be so certain.”
“…do you not have faith in me?”
Sedi narrowed her eyes slightly as she said this.
Lukas remained silent. It wasn’t that he doubted Sedi’s strength, but instead that the Priestess’ power was still unknown.
Nevertheless, from what he’d heard from Arid as well as the various tales he’d read, he didn’t think that she was weaker than the current Sedi. At present, the Priestess’ influence could be felt all across the Heavenly Realm.
But Sedi took Lukas’ silence to mean something else and snorted heavily.
“Hmph. I understand that you’re a bit more cautious due to being much weaker than you’re accustomed to. But you don’t have anything to worry about now that you’ve found me. There are times when it is necessary to rush in without thinking too much about it, and if anything happens, I’ll protect you.”
She said the last sentence in what was supposed to be a mean voice.
Maybe it was because he was also happy at their reunion, but Lukas’ reaction was different from what she expected.
Instead of being agitated or annoyed, he simply smiled at her.
“Fine. Then I’ll rely on you to protect me from now on.”
“…it’s not fun when you say things like that.”
She retorted in a voice that seemed to have been sapped of all interest and flopped onto her bed. Her silky black hair spread out gentle like a halo around her head. It was difficult to find fresh water in this place, which meant that she couldn’t wash it regularly, but her hair still managed to remain glossy.
This wasn’t very surprising.
After all, the stronger a being became, the less waste was excreted from their body.
“I talked to the Dragonmen in the area. They all worshipped you and called you their Goddess. Are you having fun? Kuku. Although, I’m not sure it suits you.”
Sedi was previously an Absolute with dominion over Death. It didn’t go very well with a holy title like Goddess.
“I hunted a couple Ancient Dragons. It was mostly to recover my demonic energy. As you can see, I don’t really need anything other than the hearts. They asked me if they could take those rotten carcasses and I said yes. For them, that was like the blessing of God.”
It was then that Lukas understood the situation.
In other words, instead of Sedi dominating the area and putting the Dragonmen under her rule as he’d initially thought, they were the ones who chose to submit to her and worship her.
Lukas looked at her for a moment before muttering.
“Now that I’ve found you, the only one left is Leo.”
“Mm?”
Sedi lifted her head slightly at those words.
“Then you should have searched for him first before coming to look for me. It’s not like I’m in a dangerous situation or anything. Why did you force yourself to come?”
“You are in the most dangerous situation.”
“Huh?”
She blinked as if she wasn’t sure she’d heard him correctly.
“Arid said that there is an Absolute on this island.”
“…!”
Sedi’s eyes went wide in an instant.
She immediately sat up and looked at Lukas with a very serious expression on her little face.
“Who?”
“I haven’t figured that out yet.”
“Mm… but weren’t those guys restricted as well? Just like Father is weaker than me, they should be weaker than me too.”
“That would be the best possible scenario. But there are many items in this world capable of lifting the restrictions. With enough effort and luck, it’s possible to recover their strength in a short period of time.” (Note: I suppose Lukas had neither? Seeing as he only went up one level)
“…”
He was right.
Sedi contemplated inwardly.
She had certainly become much stronger after absorbing the energy in this place, but she was still within the bounds of mortality.
She had also been an Absolute before, so even if she didn’t want to admit it, she knew that she was still far from that level. She couldn’t guarantee that she would win even if she became an Absolute.
Letip, Kasajin, and Nodiesop were all Absolutes that Sedi wasn’t sure she could defeat even when she was at her peak.
In fact, she had already been defeated by Kasajin.
‘Tch.’
She forcefully pushed those unpleasant memories away.
“In any case, it seems that you haven’t met them yet.”
“Right. I haven’t seen any of them. Although there are still annoying people here.”
“Annoying people?”
“That Dragon King guy.”
Dragon King.
This was a being he’d heard of from Pannata earlier. (Note: Kekeke Pannata’s little brother)
It was the being he’d said was the ruler of this island.
“What kind of person is he?”
“A crazy one.”
“What do you mean?”
“He’s chasing me.”
“…what?”
Lukas stared blankly at the unexpected statement.
Sedi sighed in disgust.
“That son of a bitch is trying to court me.”
“…”
He wasn’t sure why, but this was a bigger blow to Lukas than he expected. (Note: Just became a daddy and someone is already trying to take his little girl)
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“…what… Did you tell him?”
“Ha. As if I’d become the mate of a reptile bastard. I’d rather die.”
Sedi said these words through gritted teeth.
While Lukas was immersed in a feeling that he wasn’t sure how to describe, Sedi continued.
“But that guy… he’s strong.”
“Strong?”
“Un.”
Naturally, with Sedi’s personality, if someone were to tell her nonsense like that, it would be difficult to imagine them surviving the aftermath.
The fact that he was able to meant…
“How strong is he?”
“I’m not sure.”
Sedi frowned.
“I think he was holding back quite a bit of power. The power he revealed was already enough to crush those little lizards. Plus…”
After a moment of hesitation, she added.
“His scales are annoyingly tough.”
Sedi didn’t seem to want to talk about the Dragon King anymore, so Lukas nodded and changed the subject.
“Is there anything else you have to do on the island?”
“Why? Do you want to leave right away?”
“Right. We’re already cutting it a bit close.”
It was fortunate that he had managed to find Sedi today, but considering how long it would take to go back, he didn’t think they could relax. Even if they were to move as fast as possible, they would arrive very close to the deadline.
Lukas didn’t want to stay on this island any longer than necessary. Encountering the Absolute here would not be a good thing in the current situation, so he wanted to avoid that as much as possible.
No, it had to be avoided.
‘Kasajin.’
He couldn’t help but think that Kasajin was the Absolute who was probably staying on this island. After all, Kran, who he had kidnapped, had appeared around the same time that Arid mentioned that an Absolute was on this island.
It might have been a coincidence, but the timing was just a bit too coincidental.
In addition, the demonic energy on this island would have a fairly positive effect on the being known as the Demon King.
“Well, I wanted to hunt a few more Ancient Dragons. But it doesn’t matter if we leave right now.”
“If we see any on the way back, we’ll hunt them. I’ll help.”
“That’s great then.”
With those words, Sedi stood up and patted her butt.
“Then shall we leave now?”
“Are you not going to say goodbye?”
When Lukas asked this, she tilted her head to the side.
“Goodbye? To whom?”
“To Pannata and the other Dragonmen. They seem to hold you in very high regard.”
“Hmph. Why do I have to say goodbye to them just because of that? I’m sure they’ll live well and eat well.”
Sedi seemed to have no feelings towards them.
But it was highly likely that the Dragonmen in the area would fall into chaos if she were to suddenly disappear. Even when he’d been hit in the face by Sedi, Pannata still maintained his attitude of respect and admiration.
Just before they descended the mountain, Lukas turned to look at the central part of Death Island.
“Have you ever been there?”
“A few times.”
“I heard that it is a very dangerous area. What’s in there?”
“That guy.”
She said these words like she didn’t even want to think about it.
With her attitude, it was easy for Lukas to guess who she was talking about.
“…the Dragon King?”
“Right. The central region is his territory. Even if I step a single foot in it, he will immediately be able to sense my location. Father should know how disgusting that feels. So I stopped going there.”
It felt like she wasn’t telling him something.
‘It’s strange.’
For Sedi, the dense demonic and death energy in the central region should be irresistible. If she had stayed there, she would definitely have absorbed more demonic energy than she had now.
But Lukas didn’t pursue it.
“Anyways, let’s go. Before that guy notices us.”
Lukas nodded.