The Main Characters That Only I Know

Chapter 403:

[Who are you? You’re wandering around this place alone. You don’t look like an ordinary traveler.]

He saw through me at first sight, knowing what level I was.

Yu-hyun did not avoid the eyes of the white dragon.

The white dragon had eyes as white and clear as snow that had just fallen in midwinter. What was in those eyes was curiosity towards me.

I couldn’t ignore him and pass by.

“…I’m a traveler from the Alliance. And who are you?”

[Oh, look at me. I’m just an ordinary white dragon from the Great Army of Dracornica.]

‘An ordinary white dragon?’

Just as he saw through my level, I also saw through his level.

This dragon was definitely not an ordinary dragon.

Above all, the book of brilliant light floating above his head.

‘Ordinary is dead.’

But since he didn’t reveal his true identity, I couldn’t say anything about it either.

I decided to play along with him.

“So what do you want from me?”

[I’m curious.]

“About what?”

[That there are still people wandering around here. No one has been around here lately.]

“Here?”

I looked around.

This place was still a border area that couldn’t be called the territory of another Great Army.

There was nothing dangerous about walking around here.

The only risk factor was the illusion constructs that had no meaning.

“I don’t think this place is particularly dangerous.”

[Oh. You must not have heard the news.]

“The news?”

[Lately, there have been a lot of bookworms appearing in this area. That’s why the travelers stopped coming here. And we, the Great Army of Dracornica, couldn’t let the bookworms go, so we came here to exterminate them.]

I stared at the white dragon with a look of disbelief. His eyes did not seem to contain any lies.

‘Come to think of it, that bastard Cho Do-yoon also did some bookworm extermination recently.’

How many bookworms appeared that this much of a dragon army had to move personally?

It was too much for a simple bookworm extermination. This was enough to wage war with any decent Army.

[You noticed something strange.]

He noticed my subtle reaction and said with a faint smile.

I didn’t deny it.

I nodded and revealed my true feelings without any hesitation.

“It’s too much for a bookworm appearance.”

[The existence of bookworms is a sin that eats away at the Mixed World. No matter how many they are, we have to get rid of them all. Don’t you think this is enough for that?]

“Even considering that, it’s too much.”

I raised my finger and pointed at the white dragon in front of me.

“Honestly, even if an ordinary bookworm appeared, you could handle it all by yourself.”

[Oh.]

He pretended to be surprised by my blatant words, but his eyes curved like crescent moons.

[You already figured out who I am.]

“It’s more like a guess… Honestly, even if you’re from the Great Army, there aren’t many dragons with your caliber.”

As we talked, I had an idea of who the white dragon was.

A very strong being from the Great Army of Dracornica.

Considering his scales were as white as snow, he must be one of the very strong cases among the white-scaled tribe.

Especially, my eyes that had attained enlightenment saw the world differently from others.

The book he possessed, and the storm-like flow of text within his body.

He was at least a second-generation Divine Spirit king. No, much stronger than that.

“The king of the white-scaled tribe of the Great Army of Dracornica, Sharuriel?”

[Indeed.]

King Sharuriel of the White Dragons admired my insight that pierced through his identity in an instant.

[I wasn’t wrong about you.]

“You knew me.”

[How could I not? You were very famous when you were in the Lower World. I was surprised, honestly. How did you become a human when you were a teller before? And when did you disappear five years ago, and when did you show up again like this? And… how did you get the title of Book Pile Lord?]

“Is that so.”

[Aren’t you surprised that I know so much?]

“How could I be?”

I shrugged and smiled.

“I guessed it would be like that.”

[How?]

“You were close with Galitz, weren’t you?”

[…]

This time it was King Sharuriel’s turn to be silent.

Come to think of it, as much as he knew me, I couldn’t not know him either.

The story Galitz showed was famous in the Mixed World.

Of course, he had achieved the greatest success story in this world, where the success path was already determined.

He helped a dragoness who was the weakest among the dragon tribes, who didn’t even get recognition from other tribes, to rise to the throne of the dragon king.

The one story they created made the Mixed World very hot at the time, and its aftermath still remained.

The white dragon in front of me was the protagonist of the myth that Galitzz raised from childhood.

“How is Galitz doing?”

[Ah. You must not have heard.]

“What?”

[How the world changed while you were gone.]

I knew how the world changed. Exactly how the Earth changed, but what else could have changed?

Especially, the tellers who belonged to the intermediary were still the same, right?

[By your reaction, you really don’t know.]

“…Did Celestial Corporation change or something?”

[Not just changed. A lot has changed. Do you want to hear?]

I nodded.

I had no reason to refuse. I was curious about what happened to my former workplace while I was gone.

[But what should we do? We have to move right now. If you really want to hear, would you like to join us for a while?]

“Join you?”

[Yes. You seem to be going somewhere too, do you have a destination?]

“Well… I was thinking of going to Hell Realm, which is on the outskirts of the Thirty-Six Heavens.”

[Hell Realm, where that brat of a demon king is. Ah… I see. Who are you going to meet?]

“Yes.”

[Then that’s good. We were going to go near there too.]

“Near there? Where are you going, King Sharuriel?”

[That’s a secret.]

“Is that so?”

Yu-hyun replied casually.

Despite her name, the White Dragon King, she had a rather playful personality.

That didn’t mean she was frivolous, though.

She didn’t have the dignity of a king, but she had the power of one. She couldn’t be ignored easily.

“Well, I’m grateful if you can give me a ride, at least.”

He was already planning to speed up his journey.

In a situation where he didn’t know when the end of this world would come, the faster the better.

[Alright, then let’s move together. We can talk on the way.]

“Then, excuse me.”

[Oh, by the way. I’ll tell my subordinates separately… but just in case, be careful.]

“What do you mean?”

[Well, I’m fine, but some of my subordinates might… look down on or disregard you because you’re human.]

“Oh.”

That was possible.

Since the White Dragon King herself intervened, there wouldn’t be anyone who openly opposed Yu-hyun, but he didn’t expect them to like him either.

Dragons were inherently a powerful race. Like Celine’s horned tribe or Arisha’s red horse tribe, dragon tribes were considered superior from birth.

Because of their nature, dragon tribes had strong pride and arrogance.

They also had a tendency to despise and ignore the weak.

That was true even for their own kind. Dragon tribes would scorn and neglect other weaker dragon tribes.

The White Dragon King was somewhat sympathetic to the weakness of others, since she had risen from the bottom to the top. But other dragon tribes were not like that.

“Well, that’s fine.”

[Really?]

“Yes.”

Yu-hyun was not afraid of the dragons’ attitude.

Attitude?

Let them do what they want.

Looking down on him because he’s human?

Let them try.

But.

They would have to pay a heavy price for that.

[Well. I guess I was worrying too much.]

Shaluriel admitted her mistake.

What she should worry about now was not Yu-hyun, but the other dragons who might pick a fight with him.

If she took Yu-hyun with her like this, there would surely be a fight.

No, maybe not a fight?

It would end up as a one-sided harassment by Yu-hyun, anyone could see that.

The White Dragon King knew how strong Yu-hyun was.

It had been a long time since her instinct screamed danger at the first sight of him.

‘What on earth did he go through to change so much in such a short time?’

When she met Yu-hyun’s eyes for the first time, Shaluriel felt as if everything about her was exposed to the world. She had never felt that way even when meeting other scale tribe dragon kings.

Was he really human?

Shaluriel couldn’t help but wonder.

Yu-hyun was biologically human, but he was very different from the humans she knew.

[Anyway, shall we go?]

“Let’s do that.”

The White Dragon King thought she needed to keep a tight rein on her subordinates, since she had decided to travel with Yu-hyun anyway.

***

The wind that greeted him in the high altitude where everything looked low was a different feeling.

Yu-hyun, whose senses had sharpened, felt with his whole body that the atmosphere of this world was much cleaner and clearer than that of Earth.

But what was more comfortable than that was that he didn’t receive any interference even though he was passing near the territory of Daesung Army.

“It’s convenient.”

[Is it?]

“If I were alone, I would have had some trouble. And it would have taken longer. Thank you.”

[You’re welcome.]

“So what happened to Galitz? Is he doing well?”

[Ah. There was that part.]

The White Dragon King chuckled softly and explained what happened to Galitz.

[You know that Galitz became an executive five years ago, right?]

“I do. I saw it myself at the scene.”

Chairman Lotfiut personally executed the traitor and appointed Galitz as his aide.

How could he forget that intense moment? It was the day when the shocking truth that the chairman’s true body was the entire company was revealed.

“Did something happen to Galitz?”

[Nothing serious. Just… The company closed down.]

“…What?”

Yu-hyun wondered if he had heard something wrong.

Otherwise, he couldn’t accept the words that Celestial Corporation had closed down at face value.

“If I heard you right…”

[No. You heard right. Celestial Corporation has been closed for quite a while now. Not just Celestial Corporation. Comedypedia and Exodus too. All of the tellers who showed us the spectacle of Murim World stopped their activities.]

“…Why?”

[We don’t know the reason. It was as if they had made a promise, they all closed their doors. Abolition. Abandonment. Bankruptcy. Insolvency. They all made such excuses and stopped their activities. As a result, the Divine Spirits who were watching Murim World lost a great source of entertainment.]

“What happened to the tellers who worked there?”

[Everyone left to find a new path. There were not a few who tried to stay in the headquarters somehow, but I heard that the chairman forced them all out. Galitz was no exception. He is now indebted to us.]

“Did he not tell you why he did that?”

[He only said that he couldn’t tell me even if I asked.]

“…I see.”

If Galitz answered that he couldn’t tell, there must have been a reason for the closure of Celestial Corporation.

And it seemed certain that it was not due to external interference, but because of the chairman’s own will.

It was not only Celestial Corporation.

Exodus, Comedypedia, they all stopped their activities.

From what I heard, it was almost a simultaneous process… and the only reason I could think of was related to the kings of stories.

Lophiut, Damcheon, Catharsis. I could only think that they had made some kind of deal.

“So, how is Galitz doing in Dragonica right now?”

[Yes. He is still alive. He is living well as a guest of honor.]

“I’m glad to hear that. Do you know what happened to the other tellers I know…?”

[Well. I only know him. But if they were talented tellers, wouldn’t they be doing well somewhere? Either working in the celestial market, or living somewhere in the genesis system.]

“…I see.”

Yu-hyun thought of many faces.

Director Celestina, junior Celine, colleague Arisha, and even other tellers like Romulaxis who annoyed him a bit.

What are they all doing and where?

Yu-hyun was curious, but he had no choice but to suppress his curiosity for now.

Because that was not what mattered right now.

Before he knew it, the scenery changed, and he felt a stale air in the clear air.

The change in the atmosphere meant that he was almost at his destination.

[We’re here. This is close to Hell Realm. We can’t go any further.]

“No. You’ve helped me enough by bringing me here. Thank you.”

[I don’t know what you’re trying to do, but I hope you achieve what you want.]

The White Dragon King left Yu-hyun and disappeared with his subordinates.

Some of the dragons still looked at Yu-hyun with displeasure, but none of them said anything because the White Dragon King had warned them sternly.

The dragon army disappeared, and Yu-hyun was alone again.

‘Then, shall I start looking for Sumin seriously now?’

But before that, there was something else he had to deal with first.

“Stop hiding and watching and come out.”

At Yu-hyun’s words, black shadows popped up from everywhere.

A natural flow of ominous energy.

It was very similar to that of Mara Papayas, who had tried to mess with him before.

He hadn’t even entered the territory yet, and already the remnants of the Demon King were welcoming him.

That was good.

At least he didn’t have to wander around without thinking.

“Just one guy. I’ll spare the one who talks well.”

“Kill him!”

The one who looked like a leader among them gave an order. Yu-hyun’s eyes turned to him.

“You then.”

At the same time, black magic spewed out from Yu-hyun and covered the world.