Book 2: Chapter 232

“Why do you look so thin?”

“The journey to get here wasn’t easy.”

“Ahh. I forgot that your strength was restricted.”

“Right, Sedi. You should’ve entered this world at the same time I did, but you’ve already grown much stronger than you were before.”

“Why are you saying it so weirdly? Didn’t the others come into this world with us too?”

“They did, but at different times. You completed all ten stages of the tutorial, didn’t you?”

“Of course I did.”

“The timing of your entry coincided with the number of stages you completed. You and I are among the last. The others entered this world many years before we did.”

“Ah. I see… Well then.”

After nodding with a slightly uncaring expression, Sedi then turned to look at the trembling Pannata who was kneeling beside her.

A mischievous smile stretched across her lips.

“Hey, you.”

“Ye-, yes…”

When he heard her call out to him, Pannata lifted his head and answered, only for his face to immediately twist to the right.

Sedi didn’t hit him too hard. All she did was lightly tap his face with her fist. The amount of strength she used in her blow could be seen from the fact that Pannata’s head was still attached to his shoulder, and his face was only slightly distorted.

“What was your name again?”

“Pa-, Pannata, Goddess.”

“I see.”

Sedi, who was still smiling, turned to Lukas before pointing at Pannata.

“Father, didn’t this fool make a big mistake?”

“Mistake?”

“Right. For example, he was very rude to Father. He said a lot of stupid things about you.”

Stupid, or dumb.

Crack.

As she said this, Sedi intentionally cracked her knuckles and Pannata’s face became as white as a sheet when he saw this.

He hurriedly turned to look at Lukas. All this while, he had been acting authoritatively and looking down on Lukas, but now he was looking at him with pitiful, begging eyes that were similar to a rabbit stuck in a trap.

Lukas didn’t feel sorry for him because of this act, but he still shook his head since there was no benefit to dealing with Pannata.

“No, it’s fine. Stop scaring him.”

“You heard that? Hey, you’re a pretty lucky guy, aren’t you?”

Sedi smiled brightly and patted Pannata on the shoulder. (TL: Sedi could be in the mafia.) (PR: Sedi -is- the mafia.)

She seemed to be in a very good mood. Maybe it was because she had finally been reunited with Lukas. Or maybe it was because she felt comfortable in the demonic energy saturated environment of Death Island.

After laughing for a while, Sedi finally looked at Lukas and said,

“Anyways, let’s go to a quiet place first. My house should be fine.”

“House?”

“Mhm.”

After saying that, Sedi held out a small hand to him. Lukas looked down at it for a moment. Did she want him to hold it? At the same moment, Lukas held her hand.

Boom!

“…!”

Sedi kicked off the ground and shot up into the sky. In an instant, they reached a height of several hundred meters in the air.

While holding Lukas’ hand, Sedi looked around for a bit before pointing to a large mountain not so far away.

“My house is at the top.”

Lukas couldn’t respond.

Sedi tilted her head to the side once they had landed on the top of the mountain.

“What’s wrong? This place is pretty good for a desolate land like this one… Why do you look like that?”

“…it’s because… I’m human now. Next time, it would be nice of you to tell me before you jump.”

That jump had made him so dizzy it felt like he had gotten a concussion and was about to throw up. In addition, it had caused him to waste mana.

This couldn’t be helped. Since he had been unable to prepare, he had to use his mana to offset the force of the sudden leap and the landing, otherwise, he would have suffered heavy damage to his internal organs which would have caused him to vomit blood.

Sedi looked at Lukas for a while before bursting into a fit of giggles.

“You’re much weaker than I expected.”

“…”

Lukas ignored her, calmed his agitated body, and looked around at their surroundings.

The top of the mountain looked no different from that of any mountain except for the fact that it was a bit flatter and had signs that someone lived there.

The most noticeable part was a strange bowl which was filled with what appeared to be small pouches.

“What is that?”

“My bed.”

“What is it made of?”

“Ancient Dragon hearts. They shrink down to that size after I absorb the demonic energy within them. Nevertheless, they are the softest material I could find on this island.”

After saying that, Sedi set her butt down on her bed of Ancient Dragon hearts and wiggled around a bit. If an outsider were to see this scene, they would definitely think that she was as old as she looked.

“It seems that you’ve stayed on top of this mountain for a long while.”

“From here, I can see everything in the surrounding area with ease.”

“Why didn’t you move?”

“Huh?”

“I figured that with your personality, you would constantly move from one place to another.”

When she heard that, Sedi tilted her head to the side.

“If I did that, it would be hard for Father to find me.”

It was a unique statement that Lukas couldn’t imagine Sedi saying when they first met.

He smiled at her.

“So you were waiting for me.”

“…”

It was only at that moment that Sedi realised what she’d said.

She was just like a lost child who didn’t wander around but instead waited in one spot for their parents to find them.

It wasn’t that this analogy was wrong exactly, but her pride as an Absolute didn’t allow her to easily accept that.

“…that… well… I was just thinking that it would be annoying for you if I just did whatever I wanted. There were no special thoughts behind it.”

“You made the right decision. Good job.”

As he said that, Lukas wondered if he should stroke her hair, but he felt that he might be treating her too much like a child.

On the surface, she had the appearance of a 15-year-old girl, but on the inside, she was an Absolute who was on the same level as Lukas. Although she claimed to be his daughter now, that history didn’t disappear.

In addition, hair stroking and saying they did well were actions that he had been showing to his disciples recently.

Could he do the same for his daughter?

How should he differentiate between his daughter and his disciples?

Lukas tried to use his eons of experience to come up with an answer, but he found that there was no right way to respond to this former Absolute that had become his daughter.

In the first place, most Absolutes are prideful and stubborn, and even ‘Assistants’ who ranked at the very bottom didn’t bow their heads to other Absolutes.

Unless the other was a Ruler of course.

“You look well.”

“This place is saturated with demonic energy. Even an act as simple as breathing makes me stronger.”

As she said that, Sedi looked at Lukas before clapping her hands.

“As I said before, you really don’t look too good Father.”

“That’s because there are a lot of restrictions placed upon me. Even before coming to Death Island, I encountered all kinds of troublesome situations.”

“Death Island?”

“That’s the name of this island.”

Sedi stuck her tongue out as though she’d just heard something ridiculous.

“What did you just say? This is an island? How can a place this outrageously large be called something like that?”

“The entire planet seems to be incredibly large. This place is an island in the sea of a floating continent called the Heavenly Realm…”

Lukas began to give her a brief explanation of the world. He explained that there wasn’t just the Heavenly Realm, but also the Giant Field, Black Earth, Lightning Gorge, and even the supercontinent Gaia.

He then gave her a rough explanation of everything that had happened so far as well as an explanation of the current situation.

The goal is to find the most special statues and his desire for her to participate in the Championship.

“Championship?”

“Kran is also here.”

“Hmph. That person…”

“Other than you, there is no one in our group who can defeat him. Including me.”

“So you need my help.”

After absorbing the demonic energy on Death Island, Sedi had become much stronger than before. In her current state, it would be difficult for her to lose to Kran.

Then Sedi frowned.

“But I don’t like it.”

“What do you mean?”

“Dragon God Island or whatever you called it. What are they trying to do by restricting access to this amazing island? It’s not like we’re at war or anything… That’s why…”

Sedi gave her signature sadistic smile.

“Father, why don’t we-”

“Recklessly break into Dragon God Island and check if the statue there is the one we want?”

Sedi nodded.

“Wouldn’t that be better? That way you wouldn’t have to waste time on the Championship or whatever it is.”

It would certainly be more efficient, but Lukas still shook his head.

It wouldn’t be morally right for them to break into a place that was considered a sanctuary and had restricted access. Of course, Sedi wouldn’t understand it even if he put it like that, so he gave a different answer.

“We still don’t know how strong the Priestess is.”