CHAPTER 18

2 years ago.

"Your Majesty, go!" cried a guard.

"No, how could I leave you here," said Emilio, who supported his bodyguard, who was considered his family.

Prince Emilio and his bodyguards trudged through the forest of death. After a long walk through the forest, they found a cave and rested in the cave.

"I'm sorry, Joan, I didn't listen to you before. Because of my selfishness, we are stuck here."

"No, prince, I was the one who was weak then. I can't protect you as your bodyguard. Forgive this servant of yours." Joan whispered weakly from being heavily injured while helping Emilio fight the tree monster.

Hearing the news that there is a powerful contract animal in the forest of death makes Emilio want to have a contract animal. At least having 1 contract animal can strengthen him to protect his kingdom.

But it did not occur to Emilio that there are also monsters that inhabit the forest of death if the forest of death.

It wasn't long before they rested. They had already been found by the monster chasing them. Inevitably Emilio was forced to fight him.

Emilio nimbly and nimbly fought the tree monster using his 4 Elements with the black Fire Elemental core. Even though it could injure the monster, it didn't knock the monster back. Even the bodyguards who had been seriously injured were still helping him.

"Joan, rest, let me deal with it!" Emilio exclaimed, seeing Joan's Water Element magic getting weaker.

"I'm okay, prince. I can still fight." Joan replied even though her wound was getting worse because she kept expanding her inner strength.

The battle was getting fiercer. The prince who was the target of the tree monster was already covered in injuries. His body covered in wounds and tattered clothes made him look like a beggar.

The tree monster that had lost one arm continued to attack Emilio until the tree monster finally changed its target to Joan. Emilio, surprised to see the sudden attack that went straight for Joan, immediately ran towards him. The roots that were supposed to be wrapped around Joan hit Emilio because Emilio was trying to protect his best friend.

As a result, Emilio was entangled by the roots of the tree mustard. Joan, who saw Emilio was already tightly wrapped, tried to help him even though he was running with a limp.

But unlucky, not until Joan approached Emilio, Joan's head had been separated from his body by a wave from the tree monster.

"Joaan!." screamed Emilio, writhing, trying to untangle the roots.

As hard as Emilio tried to untie the knots of the roots, it only made the roots tighten. The twists of the roots got stronger, making Emilio cough up blood.

Emilio had given up being entangled by the tree monster's roots. Emilio couldn't do much anymore. 'Am I going to die… father, mother, Gustav, I'm sorry' Emilio's eyes closed, and his vision darkened.

As his eyes closed, the mustard root slowly loosened and weakened. Emilio fell to the ground as the roots fell off. Emilio's eyes that were still open, saw 2 girls approaching him and heard a faint voice.

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"He's dead, Miss." said the servant girl who was none other than Shushu.

Gabby looked around her, and her gaze fell on the headless body. She turned to the tree monster separated into 2 parts due to being cut by Shushu.

Gabby spread her arms and pulled out her dark Element. The dark element that Gabby gave off crept into the two halves of the tree mustard.

The two halves of the monster shook and convulsed before finally rejoining and starting to rise.

"From today, your name is Groot. Go to my palace and never go out," said Gabby softly. The tree monster standing still began to move away from the two girls.

"Why did Miss make a contract with that bug?" snorted Shushu.

"He's the last of the monsters here, Shushu."

Shushu furrowed her brows' The last one? No wonder it's rare to see insects here' Shushu mumbled.

"Hmm, how about this, Miss?" asked Shushu, pointing at the dead body.

Gabie saw Emilio's lifeless body covered in slashed wounds. "He has been reincarnated," Gabby replied

"Oh," replied Shushu, pursing her lips.

When Gabby turned around and walked suddenly, she stopped suddenly, causing Shushu, who was walking behind her, to hit Gabby's back.

"What's wrong, Miss?" Shushu asked, confused to see Gabby was thinking about something.

"Shushu, can the Dragon Lord core accept human bodies?" Gabby asked Shushu, making her raise an eyebrow.

"Depending on the receptacle miss, if the receptacle is strong enough to contain the Dragon Lord's core, of course, it can…."

"…The previous Container Dragon Lord was also a human." Shushu continued.

"Don't miss it..."

Gabby just smiled, seeing Shushu's surprise. She turned to the lifeless body and stared. It's a shame she thought a body that had 4 elements with a black fire core was wasted. She snapped his fingers briefly. Suddenly Shushu trembled and sat up. Shushu took a deep breath.

"What happened, miss?" Shushu asked with quivering lips and gasping for breath. Shushu felt as if there was a very drastic change in time.

"He has been reincarnated. If we wait for it, it's too long. I'm just speeding up time in his dimension," Gabby answered lightly.

Shushu just kept silent hearing Gabby's easy answer, wouldn't it affect the heavens if changing time that was not from the original made Shushu horrified? What would happen if the Gods in that dimension knew that Gabby had changed space and time? Shushu didn't know what to do? will occur. 'Miss, don't worry, I'm the first to eliminate them (gods) when I come here.

Gabby spread her arms and let out an Element of light. The light element slowly moved around Emilio's body before finally entering Emilio's body.

Emilio's body which Element Gabby entered, made Emilio's body glow. After a while, the light dimmed Emilio's wounds began to heal quickly.

Emilio moved his finger around the grassy ground slowly. He opened his eyes slowly. Instantly Emilio's eyes bulged. Emilio sat up quickly, and frantically he groped his body.

Having finished groping his own body, Emilio turned to the 2 beautiful girls beside him. Emilio was stunned at the beauty of the two girls. They were upper-class people, and the other was his servant but had a beauty above royalty.

Emilio was very confused to see the two beautiful girls wearing plain black dresses, smiling gently at him and his maid scowling at the girls.

'Could this be heaven? Are these two nymphs a gift that the gods gave me?' Emilio thought thoughtfully.

"Welcome back, Prince Emilio" Gabby opened her voice pleasantly. Instantly Emilio's eyes widened in disbelief.

Prince Emilio? That was his name when he was a prince of the Spinx kingdom. All he knew was he had reincarnated into a successful businessman and had many grandchildren. Living in harmony with his family makes him happy even though he remembers his previous life.

He left his extended family because he was already 92 years old. In his last moments, he still smiled, seeing his entire extended family gathered at his house to visit him in his old state, and it was time to leave the world.

"I'm back!"