Chapter 540

Seong Jihan returned home and checked his body condition.

'There's still some aftereffect.'

The impulse that boiled up as Red surged.

Ironically, the Red Administrator had blocked this, but,

The exhilaration from that time was still hard to forget.

Seong Jihan took out Blue and Red.

Unlike when disguised as the Red ones, a noble blue sword shone brightly.

Blue still blocked the red light inside and couldn't exert power, but,

'If I release the seal, it would spread instantly...' VịSit no(v)3lb/!n(.)c𝒐m for new 𝒏ov𝒆l𝒔

He couldn't unleash this on Earth.

If he invaded another World Tree Alliance planet and undid the seal,

It would quickly devour the World Tree and instantly recover Hell's power.

Then, a much more intense sensation than before would rush in.

'But then my life as Seong Jihan would end.'

After coming this far, he couldn't let that happen.

He quietly watched the red light in the sword, then brought Blue and Red back to his neck.

The sword seeped into the back of his neck, becoming a tattoo.

'Let's forget that sensation.'

Thinking that, Seong Jihan recalled his original purpose.

He clashed with the World Tree Alliance more than expected, but,

The initial purpose of going there was to act as bait for the sealed White Administrator.

After causing such a commotion, that side probably noticed too.

'Well, will White take the bait?'

Since it was a seal imposed by the Black Administrator,

He might not react immediately.

If he kept dangling the bait and White still didn't come out of the seal,

'Then I'll just smash the World Tree Alliance as is.'

Though S-rank might be too much to feel that sensation again,

He could keep attacking planets with A-rank World Trees.

'Of course, I can't face Yggdrasil head-on right now.'

Even breaking her portal with Crimson Thunder Cannon earlier was just a trace of Yggdrasil.

He still lacked the power to face her main body properly.

'If I used all of Blue too, I could probably fight, but I'd be disadvantaged in a prolonged battle.'

Compared to their side receiving infinite support, Seong Jihan's Blue and Red,

The 700 Red limit quite restricted it.

If he got caught up in impulses while recovering power like before,

He might win the battle but transform into the Red Administrator.

Moreover,

'Then the Black Administrator would intervene. He said he wouldn't allow unsealing Blue and Red.'

The most powerful being in BattleNet was the Black Administrator.

If he started intervening, it wouldn't be easy even if Hell's seal was undone.

By that point, Seong Jihan, who unsealed it, wouldn't be Seong Jihan anymore, but a being unified with the Red Administrator.

It would become someone else's business even if he died.

Anyway, facing the Green Administrator with his current power had slim chances of victory.

'I should steal the Blue Sword the Alliance is making after all.'

If he developed Blue to SSS-rank,

Not only would his current martial prowess increase, but the Red stat limit would rise too.

The easiest path was still to steal the completed Blue Sword.

Thinking that, Seong Jihan watched Kim Jihun sitting blankly on the bed watching TV.

'The Sacred Flame is certainly effective.'

Since he could be summoned to the Hall of Swords if left to sleep,

Kim Jihun's body was set to watch TV on purpose.

Not knowing how long it would take, he left continuous drama episodes playing, but,

He was only watching the middle of episode 2.

'I need to make this body attract more attention.'

The World Tree Alliance already managed Kim Jihun as a growing male half-elf.

Going beyond that,

He needed to firmly establish himself as the preeminent existence among male half-elves to be used as an important material in completing the Blue Sword.

Then, he would observe the situation and take the sword.

Thinking that, Seong Jihan entered his body again.

Then,

Hiss...

The body rapidly weakened, adjusting to Kim Jihun.

'If I sleep now, I'll be summoned to the Hall of Swords.'

He wondered if any High Elves who came on business trips died earlier.

Seong Jihan turned off the TV and closed his eyes.

And,

'...What, no summons?'

The next morning,

He slept soundly without interruption.

* * *

'Is it because of yesterday's incident?'

Well, he did wipe out a lot of elf forces.

There was one Ancient Elf and elite High Elves in each portal.

They seem to have taken quite a severe blow from that.

'I should go to the guild and level him up.'

He also needed to work hard regularly to become the best among male half-elves.

As he thought that and got up in Kim Jihun's body to prepare to go out,

Hiss...

The ceiling turned purple and

Whoosh!

"Uncle! Uncle! What kind of accident did you cause?!"

Yoon Seah stuck her head upside down.

"Hey, will you pop out like a ghost while I'm changing clothes?"

"Hehe. An elf's body isn't much different from a human's inside. But there's a World Tree mark on the chest."

Landing on the floor, she stared intently at the World Tree pattern, then,

Quickly nodded.

"It has functions like location tracking and biological monitoring. But no real-time surveillance, so I can come here as much as I want."

"Oh, you know quite a bit?"

"I may not look it, but I'm a high-ranking member of the Void."

"My, aren't you impressive."

"No matter how hard I try, I'm no match for you, Administrator. Who caused a major incident yesterday."

Yoon Seah answered with a smile but suddenly changed her expression when mentioning the incident.

"Ah, right. The incident! That was you, uncle, right?"

"What?"

"Annihilating a Root of the World Tree planet!"

"What's a Root of the World Tree? Well, I did destroy one S-rank World Tree."

"Wow...!"

As Seong Jihan spoke casually as he had just went on a simple business trip,

Yoon Seah looked at him incredulously.

"The Roots of the World Tree are places Yggdrasil ruled even before becoming an administrator. They've been with the World Tree Alliance since the beginning of its history, and you destroyed such a place?"

"How should I know about that? How do you know so much anyway?"

"I researched the Alliance when they said they'd make Earth a colony."

"Is that so? Then if you know any Alliance planet coordinates, hand them over."

"Ah, wait a moment."

At those words, Yoon Seah opened the BattleNet community.

With familiar hand movements, she entered the official member board.

'...I already captured that.'

Seong Jihan was about to say that, but left her be.

His niece was trying hard in her own way, so he should show the virtue of indulgence.

But then,

"If you look at the notice here... Huh? It's gone? What, this notice."

[At the request of the World Tree Alliance, we are taking down the 'World Tree Alliance Territory Update' post.]

Yoon Seah showed him the new notice and frowned.

"Did they take this down because of you, uncle? What should we do?"

"It's fine. I already captured the coordinates there."

"What, really? Then you should've told me earlier when I was trying."

"Well, you seemed to be working hard. So I just watched."

"Aw... What's with that? I thought I could be helpful this time."

She pouted while looking at the board post, then made a worried expression.

"But uncle... This rumor spread way too much in just a day. The constellations are not to be underestimated."

"How did you find out about this information? It doesn't seem to be from the board."

"Me? The messenger told me. It said, 'Root of the World Tree destroyed. Being presumed to be the Red Administrator appeared.'"

Yoon Seah said this while showing Seong Jihan a purple message window.

This must be the Void's system window.

The message was there like some news headline.

"No other messages besides this?"

"Hm? Nope."

"Then it seems even Black doesn't care about using that power level."

"Unless that seal is completely opened, he won't care at all. Rather, if you suppress the World Tree Alliance, you'd be doing our job for us, so it's good."

Suppressing the World Tree Alliance was doing the Void's job?

Come to think of it,

"Why does the Void leave the World Tree Alliance alone? Shouldn't they clean up those guys first, rather than ambiguous species?"

"Well... I don't know either. I'm just a newbie who joined recently."

"Hmm... I don't understand the Void's standards."

If living eternally was the problem and needed to be eliminated, wasn't the World Tree Alliance the biggest cancer?

Seong Jihan frowned, thinking about the Black Administrator who always showed an ambiguous attitude, but,

'If Seah says that much, they won't intervene for now.'

Even if he used some of Hell's power,

It was somewhat productive to learn that the Void side has no intention of getting involved in this matter.

Then, until White reveals himself,

He just needs to deal with Yggdrasil's side.

As Seong Jihan was organizing the situation like that,

Flash. Flash...!

Light burst out from the World Tree pattern on Kim Jihun's chest.

Then,

[Blue Knights are being urgently summoned to the Hall of Swords.]

[Lie down in a safe place and prepare for the upcoming summons.]

[Once again, to all Blue Knights.]

[The summons will begin in 1 hour.]

Messages appeared all at once before his eyes.

Especially unlike the other messages, the very last one,

'The summons will begin in 1 hour'

Even the button to close the message window had disappeared.

"An urgent summons... Is it because the Red Administrator appeared?"

"Seems so. Their reaction is quite fast."

"Uncle, you're going, right?"

"Yeah. Gotta see what this is about."

"You've really become an inside spy."

Hiss...

Yoon Seah stretched her hand toward the ceiling.

"Then I'll go since you need to prepare too. Tell me what happened later~"

"Alright. Take care."

Whoosh!

As Yoon Seah disappeared like that,

Seong Jihan lay back down on the bed and picked up his smartphone.

'This is breaking news.'

Urgent summons for male half-elves.

This wasn't just a message to them,

It was breaking news on all media outlets.

Did the Colonial Government issue a separate directive?

-What's going on that they're doing this?

-Urgent summons for male half-elves... Something big must be happening OMG.

-This is the first time since the Colonial Government was established, I hope it's nothing serious...

People showed mostly anxious reactions seeing the breaking news.

-But it says to just lie down within an hour, is sleeping their job? These half-elves.

-It said they're summoned to the Hall of Swords, idiot. They'll do their work there.

-For real, they may look like slackers on the outside, but they do their main job in the Hall of Swords.

-They probably do grueling training there? They level up after sleeping.

'They really are slackers.'

Seong Jihan smirked, seeing people defending male half-elves like it was their own business.

They were being used as elves' swords to exploit humanity's Blue.

Because the Colonial Government gave them top treatment, people followed suit in revering male half-elves.

'Even if it's an urgent summons, will I just become a sword again?'

Thinking that, Seong Jihan tried to sleep once more.

Hiss...

Unlike last night, he was summoned to the Hall of Swords this time.

Unlike his first entry,

He didn't even sit in the audience seats this time, but was suddenly transformed into a sword stuck in the ground.

'The intro is over, I see.'

As Seong Jihan waited quietly in sword form,

Whoosh. Whoosh.

Ancient Elves appeared one by one from thin air.

These masked figures looked at each other with uniformly gloomy faces.

"...There are many empty seats in the Council of Elders."

"Senior, he's not coming either...?"

"That Red Administrator bastard... We must have revenge."

"If there were any of his kin left, we would have exterminated them. It's a shame there's only one target for revenge."

The Council of Elders and elf forces suffered significant losses last night.

They were mourning their comrades and expressing their desire for revenge against the Red Administrator.

Though they didn't care much about the sacrifices of High Elves,

The Ancient Elves seemed incredibly close to each other, with many shedding tears.

'You shouldn't have started it in the first place.'

Seeing this, Seong Jihan felt no particular emotion.

If you're attacked, you must take revenge.

That was his basic mindset.

After the Council of Elders gathered and finished mourning their comrades,

"... She's coming down now."

"This sword must have meaning."

"If it's useless, let's just exterminate humanity. Aren't they a race created by the Red Administrator too?"

"Even if they're useful, we were going to discard them after absorbing all their Blue anyway."

"I want to do it... faster."

"Be patient. That time isn't far off."

The Council of Elders and,

The High Elves who arrived after each drew a Blue Sword and went outside.

"We are ready."

As the Ancient Elves holding the best Blue Swords looked up at the sky,

Whoosh...!

A green portal appeared there.

And just as a rainbow-colored World Tree pattern was reflected on it,

[My children.]

Whoosh...

Soon, an object fell from the portal and rolled on the ground.

'... That's a hand, isn't it?'

A snow-white hand wrapped in red electricity.

Could that be part of Yggdrasil's body that Crimson Thunder Cannon hit?

As Seong Jihan quietly observed this,

[From now on.]

The palm split open and

Rumble...!

The ground shook as it transformed into a massive tree trunk.

And the trunk wrapped in crimson thunder,

It stretched endlessly upward, to the sky.

Reaching the portal.

[Verify the Blue Sword.]