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Chapter 779 - Cha Yeon-woo (4)

Yeon-woo was greeted with gazes of wariness and suspicion the moment he entered the common location. ‘I have no idea what we’re doing.’

They had been staring at each other for thirty minutes now. They were observing how powerful each other was, whether they were holding weapons, the kinds of skills they had, if they had Blessings, whether they were working with anyone else, what kind of legends they had, their weaknesses, and how to attack their weaknesses if any… They sharply searched each other, prepared to work with each other if one of them showed any weaknesses, so Yeon-woo couldn’t become at ease.

If this was going to keep up, it would be better to leave. However, none of them were leaving most likely because they knew they needed each other.

‘These annoying paranoid morons.’ Yeon-woo knew he wasn’t in a position to be thinking that because he was doing the same thing, but he couldn’t help being annoyed.

Enough time had passed that the other legends were probably done realizing the situation and had started to make their moves. Perhaps a few of them had allied themselves like the king of gods and the Death King had. And if more than two divine beings had really started working together, there was no chance for those here to be victorious.

Yeon-woo believed the Hoarder and the Shadow King were also well aware of this fact. The reason why they weren’t able to take action here was probably that they knew each other too well.

Just then, the Shadow King spoke up first. “Keeping this up is a use of time too.”

‘He probably thinks he’s strongest out of everyone here. And he judged he could take control of this atmosphere.’ Yeon-woo thought, knowing that the Shadow King was right.

“Why don’t we start with a simple introduction of what we each remember. That’ll help in deciding whether or not we should work with each other or not.” The Shadow King turned to Yeon-woo. He meant for Yeon-woo, who seemed to be the weakest here, to go first.

Yeon-woo looked back at the Shadow King with a smirk. “A player. Good?”

The Shadow King’s eyebrows twitched.

Everyone here had originated from player Cha Yeon-woo. By saying he was a player, Yeon-woo had pretty much just mocked the Shadow King, suggesting the idea was foolish.

“Do it properly if you’re trying to sound us out. Do you think anyone will be upfront if you tell us to reveal information you won’t?” The Shadow King’s eyes darkened, but Yeon-woo snorted in response.

Tak! Just then, the Hoarder, who had been quiet all along, clapped his hands and began to speak. “Let’s not waste any more time with this war of nerves or trying to feel each other out. Regardless, our mission is all the same, and we can work together until we accomplish that goal. But the important question is whether or not you’re qualified to be here, isn’t it?”

‘He must’ve thought the situation was advantageous to him because tensions are high between the Shadow King and I.’ Yeon-woo discerned the Hoarder to be the most dangerous here. The Hoarder’s strength might have been lacking compared to the Shadow King, but that was when Yeon-woo had been most doubtful and mistrusting in others.

Yeon-woo pulled out one of the two Li’s Fragments he had retrieved. “Here.”

“I have one too.”

“With this, it’s become clear that we all each have one. Well, even if someone has two, they wouldn’t reveal it. Right?” The Hoarder added words here and there that would make them doubt each other while pretending to take lead as the arbitrator. “To start off sharing some information, the Giant God has one of the remaining pieces.”

Yeon-woo and the Shadow King tensed.

“Are you sure?”

“How did you find that out?”

“Business secret. I barely came out of it alive too.” The Hoarder shrugged and continued. His eyes flashed under his black mask. “Anyway, I want to suggest working together until we take it from him… But since we’re so doubtful of each other, we’ll just fight among ourselves. Let’s approach this in a different manner.”

Ding! The Hoarder moved his hand through the air like he was tapping something.

[A ‘Pledge of Mana’ has been suggested!]

“An alliance to catch the Giant God. Only those with fragments can participate. And the timeframe is until the Giant God’s last breath. The penalty will be the deletion of your legend. How about it?”

Yeon-woo and the Shadow King silently looked sideways at each other. They were calculating whether it would be advantageous or not to accept the offer.

The penalty of having your legend deleted was very severe. It meant you’d immediately be disqualified from this competition. There was no way to counter it either. A pledge on mana was like an absolute restraint that even transcendent beings couldn’t avoid.

“Fine.”

“I’ll do it.”

Yeon-woo and the Shadow King nodded. Yeon-woo thought it wouldn’t make any difference no matter how bad the conditions were since he was the weakest, and the Shadow King thought he’d be able to take control if he needed to. Both lost in their own thoughts, they agreed.

“Good.”

With faint laughter from the Hoarder, the two could feel something tightly restraining his heart.

[A ‘Pledge of Mana’ has been made.]

[Invisible chains tie your souls together. If the pledge is broken, the penalty will commence.]

[In addition, aside from the penalty, your soul will lose credibility from mana, so take caution.]

Losing credibility with mana meant you would lose your access to the mana stream. The stronger you were, the more fatal it would be, so the pledge had to be upheld.

“Then I’ll briefly give an explanation on the Giant God.” The Hoarder adjusted his mask and began to speak of the information he had gathered.

* * *

The Giant God asked himself a question as soon as he opened his eyes. ‘Who am I?’ The reason for him asking was very simple. He had no name. ‘Why don’t I remember it? Did I even have one?’ The Giant God probably did. He could faintly remember it as