Player Who Returned 10,000 Years Later

Side Story Chapter 93: Capture the Relic (4)

"Sheesh, there’s no end in sight."

"It’s as wide as the Korean Peninsula, after all."

Kang-Woo and his party were welcomed by a thick forest filled with trees that did not exist on Earth as soon as they entered the Gate.

Han Seol-Ah asked as she looked around, "How will we find relics in this big place?"

"Just a second."

Kang-Woo got on one knee and placed his hand on the ground. He closed his eyes and focused.

The Authority allowed Kang-Woo to immediately have a full image of the terrain in his mind. Information about several kilometers of forest terrain as well as the various lifeforms in it poured into him like a tidal wave.

"Urgh…" Kang-Woo winced.

His brain felt like it would explode. He had become one with the Demonic Sea but that didn’t mean his brain’s processing speed increased.

"Haaa."

Lifeforms roaming around the forest such as animals and monsters, people, insects on the ground and trees, and even corpses buried under the dirt— an enormous amount of information tore his brain apart.

"Nothing here…"

Kang-Woo slowly opened his eyes and shook his head. He

Yeon-Joo snapped her fingers and the chains tore the apostle’s limbs apart.

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!"

The last apostle screamed in terror and quickly ran in Seol-Ah’s direction.

"S-Stay away, motherfuckers!!! I’ll kill this bitch!!!" he shouted as he pointed a sharp blade at Seol-Ah’s neck.

"Poor thing…"

"He chose Seol-Ah of all people…"

Kang-Woo and Yeon-Joo clicked their tongues, pitying the apostle.

"Wh-What?"The apostle looked around in confusion, being met with a reaction different than what he expected.

"..." Seol-Ah gritted her teeth as he stared at the man’s hand grabbing her arm. The light in her eyes vanished. "...uch me."

"Wh-What did you say?"

"I said, only Kang-Woo is allowed to touch me," Seol-Ah said chillingly.

"H-Huh?"

The apostle stepped back after an uneasy feeling swept over him.

"GYAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!" the apostle screamed as his flesh decayed rapidly.

The apostle’s limbs fell to the ground like rotten tree branches. He collapsed as he screamed madly and died.

"Holy fuck…" Kang-Woo prayed for the apostle in his mind after seeing him dying horribly even by his standards.

"Kang-Woo… that man touched me."

"There, there. Don’t worry, Darling. I’ll clean you up."

Kang-Woo grabbed Seol-Ah’s arm and blew on it as if he were blowing dust away. The light in her eyes came back and she smiled.

"Hehe. It tickles~"

"Haha. All better now, right?"

"Yes, Kang-Woo."

As he continued to blow on Seol-Ah’s arm, Lilith’s eyes widened as she was examining the apostles’ corpses.

"Oh, my king."

"Huh?"

She picked up two sculptures that were both slightly bigger than the one they had seen a few days ago and a round shield that could cover an entire arm.

"These are relics," Lilith replied.

"Holy fuck, it’s for real! Open the item status window right now!" Yeon-Joo shouted as she approached the sculptures and touched them.

Kang-Woo did as she said.

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The two sculptures were three-star relics and the round shield was a four-star relic.

"SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEET!!!"

Sparks traveled throughout Kang-Woo. He had finally found relics that he had not seen a trace of for the past five days.

"Eve, can I pull for a Trait with this much?" he asked as he grabbed the relics.

[Yes! You should be able to pull once with this much!!]

"HELL FUCKING YEAH!"

Eve had mentioned the retention and absorption efficiency of the relics for the power of a Titan was high but he did not expect to be able to pull the Trait gacha when he had to offer seven necklaces last time.

"Then let’s do it right away… no."

Kang-Woo shook his head.

It would be better to pull for several Traits after getting as many as possible.

"Anyway, it looks like we hit the jackpot." Kang-Woo hummed with a smile.

"Are you that happy?" Yeon-Joo chuckled as she looked at Kang-Woo but grimaced once the five corpses came into her view. "That aside, I guess there will always be people like this, whether they’re from Earth or the Tower."

"Of course."

Kang-Woo recalled the five thugs he met outside the Gate. They had also tried to take others’ belongings, blinded by greed. Although they were from different worlds, they were humans all the same.

"Wait… the same?" Kang-Woo softly gasped. The irrefutable truth struck him like a lightning bolt. He clenched his fists and shouted, "Yeah… that’s it!!! Desire…! Desire was the key!!"

The Players outside the Gate and the apostles inside the Gate were from different worlds but they were both blinded by desire and tried to take what was not theirs.

"Ahh… yes. We’re from different worlds, but we were【one】from the start."

Humans from Earth and the Tower were never different. They communicated and sympathized with one another through desire. In other words…

"Desire…"

It could be considered the true love for humanity that could unite us all.

"What the fuck are you talking about?" Yeon-Joo asked.

"Huhu. I’ve figured it out, Yeon-Joo."

Humans, whether they were from Earth, the Galactic Federation, or the Tower, were cut from the same cloth and were comrades.

Kang-Woo shouted firmly, "We have a sacred duty to spread this love for humanity!!"

"Is he alright in the head?" Yeon-Joo asked Lilith as she tilted her head.

Lilith also tilted her head in confusion.

"Alright! Let’s go, Yeon-Joo!!! To unite humanity!! We have to share this precious emotion with everyone!!!"

Kang-Woo used the Authority of the Beholder to search the surroundings. He couldn’t detect relics with it but could detect people.

"Alright! Found them!!!"

He found the apostles of Oceiros with eccentric tattoos on their bald heads. The five of them were plundering relics from people they came across. Kang-Woo quickly dashed toward the apostles of Oceiros, his heart beating excitedly with the desire to share the love for humanity he had realized. He soon reached the apostles and stood face-to-face with them.

"Huh? Who the hell is that?" said one of the apostles.

Kang-Woo smirked and said as he walked toward them, "Well, well, well~ have you guys found any relics yet?"

Kang-Woo’s hand split and a black blade shot out of it.

He licked his lips as he chuckled, "Hehehe. I hope you got some."

Human farming— ON.