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Chapter 145

It was unkno much time had passed by However, he knew for sure that the inner area of the isolated space had grown as big as an eleround

It indeed see else to console Sae-Jin as well

As he continued to tussle and fight with Bathory, the ‘Degree of Advancement for structure of the muscles and bone density’ continued to increase and increase until finally, the alertthat said [Muscles have been strengthened, and the bones have been fortified] accompanied the 100 completion for the Advancement

The improvement was quite easy to see for hi kicked and punched by the annoyed Bathory decreased noticeably, it was now possible to contend against her physically to a certain degree Of course, he was still helpless against her h

On the other side, Bathory was finding it quite suspicious regarding Sae-Jin’s sudden increase in his overall sturdiness But she let go of her suspicions pretty quickly after he came up with an excuse of "I’ve become used to your violent assaults, that’s all"

Whatever – he still got to completely assimilate the ‘physical essence’ of Bathory for hi was [the knowledge of sorcery accumulated for the past 300 years]

He initially hoped for the Skill where he could morph his entire body into pure vapours of Mana, but still, this was none other than the ‘sorcery’ – so that was coic As the Leviathan, a being of Mana, he would be able to wield sorcery far ht now – the Degree of Advance, it’s all done~" (Bathory)

And so, as he was trying to piece together 15 worth of frage of the sorcery in his head, Bathory’s rather pleased chuckles could be heard out of the blue

He sent a curious gaze towards her way There was no need for hi all on her own, anyway

"Fuhut" (Bathory)

But for this time around, Bathory’s explanations weren’t strictly necessary

There was a paper castle stacked up with playing cards in front of her Bathory had built this 50 centiht her, and it was quite apparent that she was very pleased with herself

Feeling rather cantankerous for some reason, Sae-Jin bleith his mouth The paper castle trembled pitifully before it collapsed, and Bathory’s face cru?!" (Bathory)

"Is it fun? Shouldn’t have taught you that" (Sae-Jin)

"Really now, acting exactly like a man who is about to die, your temper is so rotten… But, besides all that, hey you Don’t you wanna play a round of cards withto was ‘One-card’ He played it with her before after seeing how bored she looked but now, she was bothering hi it with her Of course, when talking about a day, it was in terh, it was not kno many days it would be outside for one day spent inside (TL: "One-card" is a type of card game played mostly in South Korea I’ve never heard of it, but there’s a page for it in Wikipedia)

"Don’t want to" (Sae-Jin)

"…How ridiculous It was you anted to play it before Is it because you lost to me all the time?" (Bathory)

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dquo;You are welcome to believe that if you want" (Sae-Jin)

In front of the co Bathory, the ace that used to occupy the top spot of the now-collapsed paper castle floated down quite lazily

He looked at that innocuous occurrence without thinking too le wisp of electricity buzzed past his brain cells A feeling of a chill going down his spine – the Lycanthrope’s intuition was acting up No, it wasn’t as if he had another peek at the future Just that, a certain suspicion brushed past his brain like a flash of light, that was all

"…Oii" (Sae-Jin)

"What?" (Bathory)

She replied while gathering the deck of cards Since she sounded grumpy, Sae-Jin had to think for a bit What he was about to say was going to be seen as far greateroff her paper castle, after all

"What is it? Speak up, will you You’re going to die soon anyways, so why are you being hesitant?" (Bathory)

"Fut"

He ended up chuckling after hearing her words Although it was her own arrogant desire of not wanting to breathe in same air as humans, she apparently lived all her life stuck in a castle somewhere, and well, she was certainly full of curiosity as a result And if she was so inquisitive, then that also meant she would be full of questions as well

In that case, she would have no choice but to ad more than an atte Just asking because I’m curious Your ‘plan’, did your Lord declare it will definitely succeed?" (Sae-Jin)

When he cautiously tested the waters, Bathory proudly nodded her head

"That’s right Our Lord can see everything, you see? Although, he is old now and he has to sleep a lot nowadays" (Bathory)

"H that both the time and space can be distorted at the ‘saht Both at the sa around the bush!" (Bathory)

"No, see I’h You ever heard of the term ‘contradiction’?"

Bathory didn’t know, but still nodded her head in an oblique angle as if she knew it already

"…I’ll explain that later Whatever, what you Vampires want is to reverse the timeline and jump across space all at once Time, and space… Just which one needs to proceed first in order for the plan to succeed?"

"…What rubbish are you spewing this tirel You even bark like one when you talk" (Bathory)

As expected, her expressions were sullen No, actually, it see about in the first place

"Well now, think about this carefully If the timeline was reversed first, then there won’t be any Fissure in your new time period, so hoill you juh the dimensions first, then the new dimension won’t have the Fissure there, so hoill you reverse the ti at the plan with a critical eye, influencing both the time and space simultaneously was ile microsecond should always exist

That hy, their plan definitely had a contradiction to it It wasn’t a particularly hard to understand this probleiven enough tiht onto this contradiction pretty easily as well – only if it wasn’t for the presence of someone who could block any and all suspicions… the Va and absolute loyalty from his subjects

"Well, to me… No matter how hard I think about it, it feels like your Lord is using you" (Sae-Jin)

Sae-Jin said this only one line, but the thick killing intent and heavy pressure were quickly added to the at Bathory’s constitution, such physical threats were as good as non-existent to him now

"…Hey,the rest of yourripped to shreds by other Monsters?" (Bathory)

Her voice was tinged in pure rage But still, within her quietly-tre eyes, a type of restlessness that couldn’t be hidden away could also be felt

"Besides, there is no need for the Lord to so You all want to return to your original world, right? But your Lord probably doesn’t Most likely, he already knows it’s impossible to return to the past version of your home world" (Sae-Jin)

"……"

"Even I think it’s definitely possible to overturn either the timeline or dimensions, sure But that’s only when you choose one or the other – the time, or the space So, in other words,to drop you off at your home world like a bad habit, while hioons loyal only to him, return to the past version of the earth~~, so he can s up the defenseless version of this planet for himself" (Sae-Jin)

"You shut your da, Bathory pounced on hih, her ance she possessed Was that the clear evidence of her being restless?

Sae-Jin pushed her face aith both of his hands and continued on with his words

"I heard Rhosrahdel call you as the future leader of the Va else – you think the Lord will accept that? Vampires are a bunch of ambitions and desires rolled into one I mean, doesn’t the ones with nobler than noblest bloodlines have stronger obsession towards power and prestige?" (Sae-Jin)

"Kobhack!! The Lord has already said, he will choose the replace self…" (Bathory)

"Well, that is, ould like it when he says he will rule over you lot for hundreds, maybe thousands of years into the future? Doesn’t matter hoell the Lord controls Va whatever special artifact, he will get his as assassinated long before that Besides, after he hands over the position, ould happen if one of you cause a revolt or so heart, Sae-Jin did his best to form a sneer

"Oh, by the way, is it really true that the Lord sleeps a lot? From what I’ve heard, doesn’t he have, like, 100 more years left in his lifespan?" (Sae-Jin)

It was then, Bathory’s Mana began rising up like a dragon ascending to heavens The blood-coloured Mana boiling spectacularly on her skin showed off how violent her fury was this time around

"Our Lord isn’t that kind of a person" (Bathory)

Sae-Jin smiled and added the final words, "Oh, is he really?"

Maybe that crossed her botto to dissect his on her shoulders and desperately held on Soon after, he was greeted by the type of pain where it felt like his organs were being pulled out one by one and his spine was being smashed into pieces

And after some time had passed by…

Bathory abruptly stopped what she was doing

SFX for sucking noises