Chapter 176 (1/2)

After a while, I was able to reunite with the Lechuza. I didn’t know what to call it when it didn’t have a name yet. The unnamed Lechuza poked my shoulder with its beak. It was sharper than I thought and I felt pain.

“It hurts.”

“Guruk. Gruruk~”

It was still young so its method of expressing affection was a bit awkward. I thought it would be better for the Lechuza to make friends.

“Punghee~”

There was a gentle breeze and Punghee appeared in the air. These days, Punghee enjoyed going to the Ring World. She was becoming bigger and it was hard to keep staying on my head. In any case, she was currently holding acorns in her hands. Maybe it was her meal.

“Puuuung~♡”

I couldn’t help smiling at the cute act I hadn’t seen in ages. For me, Punghee was like my youngest daughter.

“Punghee, let me introduce you to a friend.”

“Puung~?”

Punghee giggled while holding the leftover acorns. It was so cute that my heart almost fell. I showed the Lechuza on my shoulder and Punghee’s face filled with curiosity.

Sniff sniff.

After sniffing a few times, Punghee licked the Lechuza’s cheek. The Lechuza came down while flapping its wings.

I watched closely. “Do you like it?”

I didn’t know much about animals so I was a bit dull in this respect. Fortunately, they explored each other’s fur and feather without any wariness. Their relationship looked good. I didn’t call Solar because I was unsure if it would like the Lechuza. If something went wrong, the Lechuza might get burned.

-Crystal: Father, did you meet the owl?

It seemed that it was Sujeong who brought the Lechuza. She said that she was coming to the Colosseum.

-Jackson: Yes, we’ve met. I heard you were coming for the finals. Why did you come so fast?

-Crystal: I heard that Park Muyeol’s group was going to the Colosseum. They asked me if I wanted to come with them, so I did. Ah, right. Your son came with me. We’re close to where you are staying.

“Hmm. That Jeonghyun...”

I was the one who called him here but I hadn’t expected him to come so quickly. I thought he would go through all sorts of hardsh.i.p.s and we would only meet after two or three months.

“Well, that Muyeol must’ve done it.”

Park Muyeol had mentioned it when we were smoking just now. He met Jeonghyun by accidently and they desperately killed and killed. It was said Jeonghyun did it in hopes of succeeding. It made me think of the days I was at the Samcheong University of Education. In any case, Park Muyeol had spoken proudly so I thought I could trust him.

I opened the window, connected a cobweb to the ceiling, and descended at a rapid pace. Punghee followed by floating in the air while the unnamed Lechuza followed by flapping its wings. There was one on each side and there was a strong feeling.

My feet touched the ground and a voice could be heard, “Father~!”

I looked back at the familiar voice and saw many people, including Kim Sujeong, walking over. I scanned their faces and stepped at one place. Choi Jeonghyun was hesitant when he saw me.

“...He is a useless guy.”

I walked over there with my hands behind my back.

* * *

The current time was 10 p.m. It was the time for one of the most popular programs on Arkstar’s professional channel. The name of the program was A.S.L Relay. It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that every player who enjoyed Arkstar watched this program. It was because it ranked all the news of the community from 1 to 10.

-Today’s 4th place. There is a lot of talk about the identity of a thief who recently stole a huge amount of money from the Parta Principality...

A.S.L Relay’s broadcast only dealt with the hottest issues.

The person who was watching it now was the first ranked player in the world, who hadn’t left the house in a few days—Michael, who was praised as the best swordsman.

-The money of the Parta Principality has soared into the sky and never fell again, causing a lot of NPCs to feel angry...

“...This is a strange thing.”

The next screen showed the scene of the money of the Parta Principality skyrocketing. He had been hunting there not long ago so he couldn’t believe this was happening. He couldn’t believe that someone stole all the money from that big city and ran away. The screen was dominated by the laser attacks that made up the essence of magic engineering. Nevertheless, they couldn’t find the money.

-Many people think this is a crime committed by the power of a new Star Fruit. Who is the culprit?

“A Star Fruit ability user...”

Nowadays, the strong were showing up bit by bit. There were the Eight Supernovas known to have eaten the Star Fruit and the one he just saw who stole the money from the Parta Principality. Additionally, there was one person Michael was most concerned about right now.

“Dark Wolf.”

Many people called him the one who saved Windia. It was unfamiliar to Michael, who always kept the first place topic. He missed first place on A.S.L Relay for the first time because of that day. Since then, Michael had only been staying at home. He often saw reporters with microphones when he went outside.

Fortunately, he had the housekeeper aunt Reina at home, so he didn’t have to worry about starving to death. Michael could rest well. She had the same name as Reina, the executive of the Zeus Guild, but their personalities were the opposite. Maybe this was why he hated Reina even more.

-The following is the third place. A few days ago, one of the executives of the Zeus Guild, Reinhardt, participated in the Colosseum battle in Fortren and showed off a tremendous strength. Let’s look at the screen.

“Reinhardt?” Michael’s eyes shook. Come to think of it, he remembered Damian asking him to go to Fortren not long ago. He probably took the other executives because Michael refused. ”No, I thought they were only going to the black market...”

-There is no need for four people. I, Reinhardt, alone am enough! Nuclear Fist!

Reinhardt’s deadly blow, the skill Nuclear Fist. In fact, the real name of the skill wasn’t Nuclear Fist. Reinhardt simply called out Nuclear Fist when starting the skill. In any case, this wasn’t the important thing. The stadium’s stage was shattered with a loud sound.

-Kuhahaha! It is so easy to finish! Wuhahaha!

There was Reinhardt’s roaring laughter as the screen returned to A.S.L Relay.

-It is a great power. The Zeus Guild seems to have truly established itself as the number one guild. However, there is one more person to keep an eye on in this Colosseum.

-Who is it?

The male MC answered the question of the female MC.

-It is one of the Eight Supernovas, China’s Zhen Sulong.