Chapter 254

They became anxious.

How could they not be?

It was the tomb of the Crow bastard they had imprisoned a long time ago in the past.

‘Why is that bastard there?’

The artifacts that should come out of the Monarch’s Tomb are their allies. Heirlooms were special artifacts and sat on their fancy asses except to come out to judge the Monarchs.

They were also artifacts that had helped them imprison the Crow.

That was why there was no way that the Crow bastard would be a part of a tomb they had created.

Furthermore…

‘There’s no way it would be there.’

That was not where they had imprisoned the Crow.

‘We imprisoned that bastard in that Great Prison.’

Zeus’s Eagle, the same one that was sent to eat Prometheus’s liver, cautiously asked.

[Do you think it is a coincidence and just happened to show up there because it is a drifting tomb that moves around?]

Could it really have been a coincidence?

Rothschild shook his head.

Even if it is a drifting tomb, it would not show itself so easily.

‘Unless the seal is removed that is.’

It was a special tomb that hundreds of Divine-Grade artifacts had worked together to seal. There was no way to call that tomb out without having all seven artifacts from the 7 Great Tombs that were the keys for it.

‘I’m sure it’s nothing.’

But it wouldn’t hurt to be cautious.

[Send our allies over there.]

Rothschild gave the Eagle an order.

The eagle said it understood and flew away.

“A total of twenty people. These are the total number of people who are currently listed as Monarchs. We purposely added five spots from the original 15 because of Seo Ju-Heon’s group taking some of the spots but they are the 15 who will become Monarchs in the end.

[Monarch of Plunder]

[Monarch of Pushoverness]

[Monarch of Strategies]

[Monarch of Harassment]

[Monarch of Proclamation]

[Monarch of Gambling]

[Monarch of Wealth]

[Monarch of Surplus]

[Monarch of Abundance]

…

[Monarch of Gluttony]

[Monarch of Healing]

[Monarch of Conquest]

[Monarch of Sales]

[Monarch of Perversion]

[Monarch of Seduction]

[Monarch of Games]

There were all sorts of Monarchs.

The screen showed a live feed of where they were moving.

The one that stood out the most was the Monarch of Plunder.

Rothschild started to grind his teeth.

“The Monarchs there right now are candidates selected by the system artifact. Only the 15 who get the Heirlooms will become the true Monarchs. Do you understand, everyone?”

“!”

They all started to shout.

“Hurry up and send the Monarchs and their excavation teams. We must not let Seo Ju-Heon take the artifacts!”

“Fuck, it’s another miss!”

The TKBM excavation team members could not hold it in any longer and started to swear.

“That motherfucking Monarch of Pushoverness bastard!”

They kicked the chuckling statue in front of them.

They seemed to have destroyed another fake Seo Ju-Heon.

The Monarch of Fate did share the prophecies, but they weren’t so stupid that they would blindly listen. They knew that Ju-Heon had done that to steer them in the wrong direction.

“Seo Ju-Heon is aiming for those artifacts as well.”

“The smartest thing would be to tail him…!”

But that dogshit Yoo Jaeha bastard pulled this shit again!

“I can’t handle it anymore, let’s stick an assassin on Yoo Jaeha. We can aim for him when he’s sleeping.”

“No, just kill him in the middle of the street.”

Yoo Jaeha seemed to have instantly become unable to sleep or even walk out on the streets as he pleased.

“Ah, Yoo Jaeha is one thing but the Monarch of Fate is driving me crazy!”

“Exactly. What if the Chairman-nim gets unlucky and ends up not becoming a Monarch?”

TKBM was one of the excavation teams that, until recently, had a secret connection with the Monarch of Fate.

They were one of the people who were screwed over by Ju-Heon’s shenanigans.

They became angry after looking at the article in the newspaper.

[Pandora system artifact: “Only those with the Heirlooms will be finalized as Monarchs.”]

[The excavation teams that are suddenly in danger: “We cannot miss out on a Monarch position.”]

[This might be the last chance to become a Monarch.]

‘What the hell do they mean by the last chance?!’

“Do they know how much money we poured into Pandora?!”

They would have easily gotten their hands on an Heirloom and become a Monarch as long as Seo Ju-Heon had not abducted the Monarch of Fate.

“What if none of the candidates we’ve been backing end up as Monarchs?”

“The number of people applying for the excavation team would go down if the captain is not a Monarch……”

“How the hell is the playing field going to change…”

The world would change four times as the Monarch of Fate had prophesized. The world would go through extremely drastic changes each of those four times.

Those changes were a sort of opportunity.

Someone shouted at that moment.

“Wait a minute, doesn’t that mean that we have a chance too?”

“What?”

“We can become Monarchs if we earn those Heirlooms ourselves.”

“…….”

Silence filled the area for a moment.

Their gazes almost instantly changed.

“Now that you mention it, that is true.”

“Isn’t this the chance to change our lives?”

They had considered the Monarch position to be something reserved for the rich until now.

‘Other than a few of them, most of those so-called Monarchs are nothing.’

Bastards with a decent amount of money and power who met the minimum requirement for their level of Dominance had been listed as candidates.

“Honestly speaking, we’re not lacking in skill compared to those bastards.”

“That’s true.”

The Expert-Grade artifact users on the Elite excavation teams started to riot.

“Hey! Find the Heirlooms!”

“They said five generations of your family will be able to live lavishly if you become a Monarch!”

That was the start of the destruction of numerous excavation teams.

The Monarchs were starting to get headaches because of the situation.

“What did you say?! The atmosphere is weird with our employees?”

“Yes sir, I believe that some of them have become hyenas aiming for the Heirlooms.”

The Monarchs in charge of excavation teams had to deal with this negative fallout.

Thanks to Seo Ju-Heon, a lot of them were getting led astray and thinking that anybody could become Monarchs.

“Did your team revolt as well?”

“All of them seem to be distracted right now.”

“It’s all because of that damn Monarch of Fate!”

There were many Monarchs who had deals with the Monarch of Fate.

Pretty much all Monarchs except Ju-Heon were the Monarch of Fate’s clients at some level.

The people who had purchased a Monarchs position with their money were angry. That was why they were shouting like this.

“Seo Ju-Heon, you son of a bitch!”

Ju-Heon was turning into a ‘dog’ quite a few times today.

Around the same time…

“The Monarch’s Heirlooms seem to have appeared by the Pacific Ocean.”

The General Secretary of the Chinese Community Party and other political executives informed the Supreme Leader artifact user. Professor Zhen Cai Yuan, the Monarch of Gluttony, smiled brightly at them.

“Yes, I’ve heard as well. Our team member, Lee Seol-A, told me about it.”

The Chinese executives’ expressions lit up after hearing that.

“Oh, Lee Seol-A told you?”

“I thought we had lost her to Seo Ju-Heon but she seems to be doing her job properly.”

“She’s talented but the fact that she is so young was concerning……”

They had placed Seol-A around Ju-Heon as a spy but they seemed to have been worried whether she would do her job correctly.

Things were bound to happen when a young man and a young woman were together.

“Anyway, there was nothing especially concerning but we were planning on getting rid of her because we were antsy about what happened to her……”

“I even considered using her family to threaten her.”

Zhen Cai Yuan told them not to do that and smiled.

“It’s fine. That child is properly handing over information about Seo Ju-Heon to me.”

“That’s a relief.”

Zhen Cai Yuan started to smile.

Like hell Seol-A was giving her information on Seo Ju-Heon. Seol-A had not even contacted Zhen Cai Yuan once.

However, Zhen Cai Yuan was still protecting Seol-A.

Why?

‘I might be able to win some points with Seo Ju-Heon by doing this.’

The fact that Ju-Heon cherished his team members seemed to be true.

And most importantly…

‘Technically, I am getting information.’

Zhen Cai Yuan was happy while looking at her phone. The phone was full of documents she had hacked from the Chinese executives.

To be more specific, it was the phone of the superior Seol-A was reporting to, with information about Ju-Heon.

Zhen Cai Yuan had hacked that phone so that she could read everything Seol-A sent.

There was nothing important but she was able to get some ‘important’ information about Ju-Heon.

‘Seo Ju-Heon, height 183cm, weight 74kg. Foot size is 275 mm.’

Anybody else would wonder if these were truly important things.

‘Should I send him some clothes or shoes as a gift this time?

Maybe I should send him a book since he has a written text addiction? Or how about a pair of gloves since he seems to like boxing?’

Zhen Cai Yuan seemed quite obsessed now.

She had never found a man who had peaked her interest like this.

‘At first it was to get rid of a hindrance, but……’

She sent e-mails and text messages every single day to gain Ju-Heon’s interest but she was ignored and ignored again.

She probably never faced such treatment in her life as she was the type who would be hit on no matter where she went.

She seemed quite excited about this Monarch’s Tomb issue.

‘I should be able to meet with Seo Ju-Heon again if I go to find the Heirlooms, right?’

She didn’t seem to be thinking about the fact that she would be ignored again.

“It looks like the hyenas are about to gather.”

The team members were shocked to hear that.

It was shocking enough that an island suddenly shot up out of the Pacific Ocean once Ju-Heon arrived with artifacts from the 7 Great Tombs. They were in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and didn’t even have service on their phones but what?

“How do you know they are coming?”

Ju-Heon just laughed instead of responding.

‘How do I now?’

[Divine-Grade artifacts are slowly getting closer.]

[The Goddess of Beauty is slowly getting closer.]

[A violent devil is slowly getting closer.]

It was thanks to the messages popping up nonstop in front of him.

This was the reason he didn’t need Pandora’s system artifact. His Spy skill was much better than it’s detection.

‘But there’s a lot of people I’ve never seen before.’

Monarchs from around the world were coming because of the importance of this tomb.

‘All of the artifacts popping up on the messages are probably Divine-Grade artifacts.’

However…

[A terrible stench is slowly getting closer.]

[The curse of not wanting to do anything is quickly moving.]

[A pervert is approaching.]

‘What the hell are these things?’

They were Monarchs he had never seen before.

‘Well, there were 33 Monarch candidates in the past before the final 15 were determined……’

Basically, over half of them would fail.

Yoo Jaeha packed their bags and gasped while looking outside.

“I didn’t know I would end up somewhere that is not on a map.”

That was right.

They arrived at a nameless island on the South Pacific Ocean. It was not very far from Guam. The island was small enough that a person could probably drive all around it in one hour.

But this island should have sunk underwater a long time ago. It was a small island that had completely disappeared from all maps but it was different now.

‘It is a temporary island created by the artifacts.’

That was why it was an unknown island not on maps that could not be detected.

The water around it was blue and the sandy beaches were white but it was no vacation spot. The proof of it was the forest and cliffs closer to the center of the island.

It definitely gave off the smell of a dangerous deserted island.

Ilya had to have quite the intimate(?) conversations with the crew to get to this island that was not on any maps.

Well, Ilya basically modified the captain’s mind and changed the route.

The other people on the ship, including the crew, were all asleep.

“I’m sure they’ll return on their own once they wake up.”

“How are we going to leave?”

“Do you really think only a few people are going to come here?”

Basically, he was saying that they would steal someone’s ship to leave.

The rest of the team members sighed.

“Anyway, be careful. The island is full of chaotic artifacts.”

Ju-Heon smiled and took out the five artifacts from the 7 Great Tombs again.

They started to react.

Booboboboooooooooom!

The island suddenly started to shake.

[You are awakening the sleeping Monarch’s Tomb.]

[Five of the seven regions are awakening.]

[The entrance will be revealed as an advantage to the individuals with artifacts from the 7 Great Tombs.]

Pillars of light that only Ju-Heon could see shot up from multiple spots on the island along with that message.

Ju-Heon quickly had everyone touch the artifacts from the 7 Great Tombs.

“That light…!”

“Hurry up. We are heading toward the area with the strongest aura first.”

Once they got off the ship and took a step onto the island…

[Are you the Monarch candidates?]

It was an unfamiliar voice.

The message window started to shake.

[Warning, a strong aura is descending]

[Warning, a strong aura is descending]

Something unexpected happened.

“Captain-nim!”

All of the team members disappeared and Ju-Heon was teleported elsewhere as well.

“Captain-niiiiiiiiiiiim!”

“Mr. Ju-Heon!”

All of the team members seemed to have been teleported to different spots on the island.

It was at that moment.

[All of the artifacts in your possession have flown off somewhere.]

[However, the special benefit for possessing artifacts from the 7 Great Tombs will continue.]

[You are still able to see the location of the tomb entrance.]

They all heard a voice echo throughout the island.

[True strong artifact users who are the first to step onto the Monarch’s Tomb.]

[You are each allowed one artifact in your possession.]

[You have each been given the artifact most suitable for you.]

[Use them to get to us if you can.]

The team members all quickly looked for their artifacts after hearing those messages.

All of their artifacts were really gone. This seemed to be this tomb’s trial, however……

“Fuck! Why the hell did I get stuck with this one?! My da Vinci’s artifact! How the hell am I supposed to survive with this?!”

[Oh, yes! I knew you would choose me! Hey booooooy!]

“Ack! I don’t know how to use this guy at all!”

Yoo Jaeha was in despair while looking at the happily dancing artifact of envy, Salieri’s artifact, of the 7 Great Tombs.

“What the hell?! Why the hell did Seo Ju-Heon’s artifact end up with me?!”

[What the, do you have any money?]

Julian fell to the ground after seeing the worm in front of him.

Their artifacts seemed to have been swapped as well.

Around the same time…

“Ho.”

Ju-Heon sighed after seeing that his useful doggies had all disappeared.

And why did this artifact of all things have to be left with him……

Chapter 255: Strange Roommate 1

Around the same time…

“Ho . ”

Ju-Heon sighed after seeing that his useful doggies had all disappeared .

And why did this artifact of all things have to be left with him……

[$#&$#!]

I’m still here! I’m still here!

It was the rope .

Well, to be more specific, the rope did not seem to have been picked as his partner .

Why?

[#$&#!]

Huff huff! Sire! Siiiiiiiiire! I was cho…… ugh!

There was one more artifact here .

The panties were being ruthlessly trampled by the rope .

Although it was unintentional, the panties, err, Byeon Kang-Soe’s artifact, was being buried alive in the sand thanks to the rope jumping on top of it .

[$&$#!]

Uuuuugh, ugh!

The rope didn’t seem to notice the dying panties underneath it .

[$#*(! @]

Did you call me? Did you call me?

‘No? I didn’t call you . ’

That was what Ju-Heon was saying with his gaze .

It felt as if the rope was asking that question .

It’s eyes were sparkling as it jumped up and down in joy .

It was probably thinking that it was the only one left when all other artifacts had disappeared .

Furthermore, it thought that Ju-Heon had personally picked it!

[#$&#!]

Master picked me! He picked me!

It was no wonder the rope was jumping up and down in joy .

Ju-Heon just looked at the rope and shook his head .

‘It’s not like I picked it . ’

The original artifact he was supposed to end up with was probably Byeon Kang-Soe’s artifact and not the rope .

This message confirmed it .

[The tomb’s owner has selected Byeon Kang-Soe’s artifact for you . ]

[You must survive on this island with this artifact . ]

Those damn Heirlooms seemed to be trying to mess with them .

They picked the most useless artifacts for each person to watch them suffer and fail .

Sadly, the truly selected artifact was being buried alive by the rope that had suddenly appeared .

[S, siiiiiiiiiiiiiiire! I, I am the… . !]

The rope finally seemed to realize that Byeon Kang-Soe’s artifact was there after hearing the panties shriek .

[………!]

The rope realized the shocking truth at that moment .

‘W, was I not the one to be picked?’

It seemed to have abnormally been left here .

The rope quickly peeked around at that point .

What do I do, what do I do?

It wanted to be with its master . However, it was scared Ju-Heon would get angry at it for making him break the rules .

The panties popped out of the sand at that moment .

[S, siiiiiire! It is me! Sire, I would serve yo……ugh!]

The rope quickly grabbed the panties .

It then quickly started to shout .

[#$#*!]

T, two were chosen! Two!

The panties seemed to want to appeal to Ju-Heon that it was the only one to be picked .

[That’s not truuuuuuuue! Siiiiiiiiire! I have been chosen to serve you!]

Ju-Heon sighed as if he was tired .

“Well, better than an artifact I can’t use at all . ”

For example, he would not have been able to use Yoo Jaeha’s da Vinci’s artifact at all .

He wouldn’t have been able to use an artifact like that since his Affinity was zero, and if he had ended up with an artifact like Daji’s artifact, she would have been useful but she was smart enough to try to jump him in return for helping him .

“Whatever, let’s go . ”

[Yes sir!]

Byeon Kang-Soe excitedly followed behind while the rope was sniffling and jumping up and down behind him .

It seemed to be quietly asking something .

‘C, can you take me with you too? Please?’

It seemed to be appealing to Ju-Heon to take it with him as well .

It was doing all sorts of things to prove its worth .

It was tying itself to a tree, jumping up and down, throwing rocks, and even dancing .

However, Byeon Kang-Soe’s artifact started to scold the rope .

[You were not chosen! Go away! I will serve the sire!]

But at that moment…

“Hey, get lost . Rope, come over here . ”

[Siiiiiiiiiiire!]

Byeon Kang-Soe stuck to Ju-Heon’s leg as if it was holding onto Ju-Heon’s legs .

However, it was disgusting because it looked like men’s briefs .

[Siiiiiiiiire! What is it about me that you don’t like, sir?!]

“Everything about your appearance . ”

[!!!]

Byeon Kang-Soe responded in shock .

[Sire! You should have said so much earlier!]

“?”

Byeon Kang-Soe changed its appearance . Ju-Heon was shocked to see it .

[Sire, you like it now, right?]

It was a sexy woman’s thong now .

Byeon Kang-Soe was jumping up and down, asking Ju-Heon how he liked it .

[Here you go sire . Do you like it no………ugh!]

Crack!

Byeon Kang-Soe was ruthlessly destroyed by Ju-Heon .

“I like the shape . But I loathe your existence . ”

What would be the point of using a sexual stamina artifact on this island that only had artifacts?

It wasn’t as if it could help him get an Heirloom .

“Get lost . ”

[Sire! Do you truly not need me at all?! I may not look like it, but I would be treated well if I went elsewhere! I am especially popular among men……!]

“Get lost . I’m quite the horse even without you . ”

[Ugh!]

The rope flew over and wrapped itself around Ju-Heon’s neck .

‘The rope is better than Byeon Kang-Soe’s artifact . ’

Sadly, it seemed to have been nerfed by this tomb’s owners .

[The strength of the tomb’s owners is too strong that the rope is unable to use its full strength . ]

‘Well, I’m not expecting much out of it . ’

The rope then went and gathered Byeon Kang-Soe that was sniffling on the floor .

It was probably a gesture to tell it to come with them .

However, Ju-Heon instantly put a stop to it .

“Don’t pick it up . ”

[!]

Ju-Heon looked toward a stone mountain at the center of the island .

‘The Heirloom is over there . How dare they steal my artifacts as they please . ’

Ju-Heon had a vicious expression on his face as he started to walk .

He wondered if the others would be okay .

But things were definitely not fine .

“Why did this bastard have to be the one left behind?!”

[Oh yes, boooooy . You chooose me . I’m so emotional right now, boy . ]

“I told you I didn’t choose you, you son of a bitch!”

It wasn’t that Yoo Jaeha was understanding what Salieri was saying . It just so happened that Salieri was writing everything in the sand .

He was being nice and writing in Korean, but it might have been better if he had not written anything at all .

[Boy, we’re finally alone now . ]

‘Is there nothing I can do about this artifact? Why the hell did this one have to be the one left with me?’

“I have my restoration artifact, da Vinci’s artifact, hell, even the harem artifact would have been better than this shit!”

Of course, Salieri’s artifact was one of the artifacts from the 7 Great Tombs . But he had heard that it was not in its proper state right now .

The artifacts that knew Salieri’s artifact well said that Salieri was not originally gay like this .

‘Apparently it was modified by the Supreme Leader . ’

It was only able to use about 50% of its full abilities because of that .

Yoo Jaeha had just buried it in a corner of the room until now as well .

He had asked around to see if there was a way to restore it since it was one of the artifacts from the 7 Great Tombs after all, but…

“Isn’t it quite useful as it is right now? It suits you very well . ”

Ju-Heon said some bullshit like that while Chloe said she had never seen something like this .

Well, that didn’t matter right now .

“I need to go get the Heirloom first . ”

Everybody would gather at the stone mountain in the center of the island .

They had not discussed it beforehand . But it was obvious even without talking about it .

‘Where else would that artifactphile captain go?’

He should meet with the Captain-nim if he followed the Heirlooms .

It was easy to choose a direction .

Furthermore, he had to get an Heirloom as he did in the past .

That was the only way for him to become a Monarch again .

However…

[Oh, boy!]

‘How do I earn a Heirloom with this bastard?’

“This is driving me crazy . ”

He would normally ask the Captain-nim for help, but it was different this time .

Most importantly, Ju-Heon had told him the following .

‘Don’t let your guard down . We don’t know what kind of artifacts these Heirlooms are . ’

Yoo Jaeha had laughed out loud after hearing that .

‘Nah, don’t worry about it Captain-nim . I guarantee it . There’s no need to be afraid . ’

‘Oh, you sound quite confident . ’

‘Captain-nim, you’ve never been a Monarch but I’m an experienced veteran . I am probably above you in knowledge when it comes to this tomb . ’

He had tried to act arrogant since he rarely had the chance to do so, but Ju-Heon had responded with the following .

‘Really? That’s good . Then I guess there’s no need to back you up . ’

‘E, excuse me?’

‘I was planning on helping you since you’re not the battle-type . ’

‘W, waiiiiiiit!’

His problem was the same as usual .

His damn mouth got him into trouble and he would have had to earn an Heirloom on his own .

“Ah, I’m screwed . ”

He might have had a chance if he had da Vinci’s artifact!

“Haaaaaaaaaa, is Seol-A near me by any chance?”

The safest would be by the Captain-nim or Dan’s side .

But Dan wasn’t here and he couldn’t ask the Captain-nim to help him get an Heirloom .

Chloe and Julian were too scary .

Ilya would just sneer at him .

Seol-A was nicer than the others so she would help him .

She was reliable as well!

Yoo Jaeha shouted out for Seol-A once those thoughts filled his mind .

“Seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeol-Aaaaaaaaaaa!”

Something that drove him even crazier happened at that moment .

[It’s a human! Get him!]

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

A trap seemed to have been activated by Yoo Jaeha’s voice .

[Kill him! Kill him!]

[Get him! Get him and roast him!]

Yoo Jaeha screamed after seeing a bunch of cannibals charging toward him .

He might end up being the first person to die on this island .

“Fuck, there are so many damn traps . ”

On the way to the stone mountain at the center of the island…

Ju-Heon was swearing at the hordes of traps that kept popping up .

[Please change directions . There is a trap in this area . ]

‘Damn it . Again? How many is this already?’

He had come across five traps in what felt like less than 50 meters .

Of course, Ju-Heon had his experiences and trained body .

Those things, along with the rope’s support, made it so that he could easily dodge all of the traps .

It was the jungle that made Ju-Heon the most upset .

Why was that the case?

‘It reminds me of that time . ’

It reminded him of the Amazon where the Crow’s tomb had been .

The other members might be thinking about the same thing right now .

It was giving off a similar aura and there were just as many traps .

However, Ju-Heon sternly shook his head .

“No, it’s different from that time . ”

The artifact’s aura was completely different and the scent of the tomb was different as well .

However…

‘I think I can faintly smell the Crow……’

There was also the Monarch of Fate’s prophecy that the bastard would appear here .

It was at that moment .

Boom!

“!”

[#$$&#!]

Not over there! No!

The rop clenched onto Ju-Heon’s arm .

Ju-Heon stopped and the direction he was about to walk in sank .

Boo boo boom!

He thought it was a regular area but it was the edge of a giant cliff .

He had come across another trap .

‘These shitheads . ’

His heart had almost popped out .

Even the experienced Ju-Heon had missed that trap . It was an extremely advanced trap .

This tomb was no joke .

[Siiiiiiiiire! Are you okay, sir?!]

Byeon Kang-Soe was completely useless right now .

[#$&!]

Are you okay? Are you okay?

The rope groaned as it pulled Ju-Heon up the cliff .

He only had artifacts that were useless in battles right now and even his possession-type artifacts had all been taken away .

Regular humans would have a hard time just walking through this tomb .

‘This should make it difficult for the other Monarchs to get to the center as well . ‘

In fact, how many of them would be able to survive?

Even he would have been in danger multiple times if it had not been for the rope .

‘I’m relieved that the rope is still here . ’

As Ju-Heon was feeling relieved…

‘Hmm, wait a minute?’

He was about to brush it aside, but it was odd now that he thought about it .

The other artifacts were sent flying because of the will of the Heirlooms, the owners of this tomb, but why was this punk still here?

The Heirlooms were strong enough that they even managed to abduct the Divine-Grade artifacts .

‘They are at least Divine-Grade artifacts . ’

But the rope had ignored those Divine-Grade artifacts’ abduction(?) and remained here .

‘That wasn’t the Heirlooms doing . ’

They would not have done something that would be helpful to humans .

‘It’s weird now that I think about it . ’

Ju-Heon started to stare at the rope .

‘What the hell is this thing’s true identity?’

Chapter 256: Strange Roommate 2

‘What the hell is this thing’s true identity?’

The rope was only an S-Grade artifact .

Well, it’s rank itself was nothing to look down on, but it was a different story right now .

‘This is the middle of a tomb . ’

Most artifacts were at their strongest in their own tombs .

It was similar to a sports team playing on their home field .

That was why the other Divine-Grade artifacts were so easily abducted .

But the rope managed to resist it?

It was very suspicious .

‘Now that I think about it, this rope has defied logic in multiple ways . ’

It had been able to subdue S-Grade artifacts as a C-Grade artifact and now, as an S-Grade artifact, even Divine-Grade artifacts ran away from it .

The doggie artifacts always gasped in fear whenever they saw the rope .

He had brushed it aside because it was useful and effective, but this was too suspicious .

‘How was it able to stay here?’

Ju-Heon stared at the rope and thought for a bit before finding his answer .

‘Why am I thinking about this? This punk even slapped the Supreme Leader . ’

It’s rebellious nature might be the greatest in the artifact world .

It wasn’t the type to get scared because the Heirloom artifacts ordered it to come .

That was why there was only one possible answer .

‘It resisted it with its will . ’

Of course, the Heirlooms were probably extremely angry right now .

That was the truth .

[What the hell is that artifact and why is it not responding to our summon?]

The owners of this Monarch’s Tomb could not believe it .

This was unbelievable .

They had imprisoned the rest of the artifacts that had come to this tomb .

There were quite a lot of complaints coming from the underground area of this central region of the tomb .

[Ho, is this how you punks want to play?]

[How dare you lock us up in here!]

The artifacts were all here .

They were in this underground cave-like area, submerged in what seemed to be a shining lake .

They looked as if they had nonchalantly been thrown in there .

That wasn’t all .

[You guys made it so that we could not use our powers . ]

All of the artifacts there were grumbling .

[I know this is the Monarch selection process, but don’t you think this is too disrespectful?]

[These sons of bitches summoned us by force too . Huh? You guys want to start something? Let us out of here right now!]

The Heirlooms started to speak as Ju-Heon’s Divine-Grade artifacts bared their fangs .

[Shut up, you Egyptian gods . ]

There were a total of 15 Heirlooms .

Some of them looked human while others looked like beasts .

They continued to speak in an extremely overbearing tone .

[We are aware that you guys are trying to help that human, Seo Ju-Heon . ]

[What?]

[The fact that you guys are helping a human is quite well-known already . ]

[You so-called Divine-Grade artifacts even cleared a tomb as his substitute . ]

[Ugh!]

[How do you know about that?!]

Anubis sighed while looking at Set and Osiris who were feeling guilty .

Did they really think others wouldn’t find out after they caused such a ruckus in the Tower of Pride?

[That’s why I told you guys not to over do i……]

[You’re also an accomplice, Anubis . ]

[?!]

Set and Osiris started to sneer at him .

[That’s right, that’s right Anubis, you were the one who got most riled up and swept them all away in the Tower of Pride . ]

[Wow, those poor S-Grade artifacts . What did they ever do to you?]

[You diabolical bastard . ]

[…………?!]

Anubis felt wronged .

Set and Osiris had ordered him to destroy everything and they were now putting all the blame on him!

The Heirlooms snorted and looked at the Egyptian artifacts .

[To believe that you guys were won over by mere food or by treats . ]

[What’s so entertaining about human women dancing?]

Set and Osiris started to get angry .

[Mere food?! Are you looking down on chicken, you bastard?!]

[Are you looking down on the uncle fans?! You damn bastard!]

[Take that back right now!]

Their anger made the artifacts imprisoned with them shake in fear .

It was because the Egyptian gods were much stronger when looking at just their attacking abilities . They were Commander of the Corps and Division Commanders for a reason .

The Heirlooms were special Divine-Grade artifacts compared to other artifacts .

‘The Monarch’s Plate . ’

That was the term given to these special artifacts .

It made the other artifacts respect them .

But there was still a limit to what the other artifacts were willing to tolerate .

[We went easy on you guys because you guys are the ones to pick the Monarchs but what?!]

However, at that moment…

One of the Heirlooms urgently shouted .

[Hey, that’s not important right now . That rope is the problem . ]

[!]

They truly found the rope to be odd .

[Why doesn’t it respond to our summon? Do you know anything about it?]

Set sneered at them .

[Say it properly . You guys were unable to summon it . ]

[……… . ]

The Heirlooms started to frown . Set didn’t seem to like them paying attention to the rope .

[Whatever, that rope is just a mutant . You don’t need to worry about it . ]

[Set, you son of a bitch, what the hell are you hiding?]

[Nothing . ]

[Set you son of a bitch…… you’re suspicious . You gave us quite the handful in the past with that Crow incident as well . ]

Set snorted at them and responded .

[Why don’t you create more traps if you have the time to think about those things? There’s someone who is already nearby . ]

[What?]

As soon as he said that, Boom! They all felt an earthquake .

The central region they were in was shaking .

[Someone’s already here?]

[They got past all of those traps?]

[Who is it? Who is already here?!]

Who else would it be?

“Huff! Huff!”

Julian was catching his breath around the tomb’s central region .

Although they might seem as if they are missing a few screws, Ju-Heon’s team members were all talented .

They were all instantly getting through the traps and heading toward the central region .

And…

“Good, I might be able to get inside if I do it a little more . ”

Julian was mimicking Ju-Heon and creating artifact bombs before throwing them .

The bombs were quite effective .

“Good, just a few more times like this!”

Julian quickly reached his hand out .

“Hey! Give me a few more artifacts!”

However…

[Hand over the money! Money! Hurryyyyyyyyyyyyyy!]

“Ho……”

Julian let out a tiring sigh as he looked toward the screeching worm .

This was what he was stuck with .

He ended up with Ju-Heon’s worm artifact . It was Xu Fu’s greedy artifact that just wanted money .

It’s ability was to grow the Herb of Eternal Youth and it was just an artifact that ripped people off when the Herb of Eternal Youth was not around .

‘It really is taking everything . ’

He had already had his wallet, shirt, and bag taken .

All that Julian had left now was his pants and his watch .

‘Why the hell did all of my artifacts have to disappear and something like this appear? This artifact is a shitty bastard like Seo Ju-Heon . ’

He had no choice but to make deals with it since it was the only artifact he had with him, however……

[Hey, you beggar! Hurry up and hand over the money! I let you borrow the artifacts!]

‘Argh, why I outta . ’

He didn’t know what it was saying, but he could tell that this damn worm was acting like a loan shark .

[Hand over the money, moneeeeey!]

It was kicking him and writing ‘money!’ on the ground .

That was extremely weird .

In the end, Julian undid his watch and handed it to the worm .

The worm started to frown after looking at Julian’s watch .

And then…

[Get lost! I don’t need such a cheap thing!]

[Give me something else!]

Julian became upset .

“Hey, it might look like that but it’s pretty expensive!”

Julian soon sighed .

‘There’s no point to argue with a damn worm . I need to hurry up and get an Heirloom . ’

He wasn’t sure but he felt as if the other Monarchs were getting closer to the island .

They were probably less than 1km away .

He could feel the strong aura of Divine-Grade artifacts .

That was enough proof that the Monarchs were getting closer .

Well, they should have their artifacts forcibly taken and end up just like them as soon as they landed on the island .

That wasn’t all .

‘There are some already hiding on the island . ’

As proof of that……

‘They’re here . ’

They probably thought that they wouldn’t get caught but they were clearly visible to Ju-Heon’s tomb raiding team members .

Large rocks started to fall toward Julian .

Boom!

Julian quickly dodged .

He then saw some unfamiliar people on the trees .

“Stop him!”

“Don’t let him get into that central region!”

He didn’t know which excavation team it was just yet, but what was clear was that they were enemies .

The enemies started to charge toward Julian while carrying knives .

Julian urgently called out to the worm .

“Give me one more artifact, I don’t care what it is! Hurry up!”

[Then hand over your pants!]

Julian started to frown .

‘My pants?’

“Alright! I’ll give it to you so hand it over!”

[Don’t forget the price! Human!]

The worm handed him a B-Grade pen artifact! Julian threw a fastball with an artifact bomb toward them .

And then…

Baaaaaang!

“Aaaaaaaaah!”

Julian then handed the worm a pair of just-worn pants .

Of course, it wasn’t his own .

“Here! Here’s the price!”

The worm was happy after receiving the enemy’s pants . It must be a decently expensive pair of jeans .

[Oh, this is a decent pair of pants . ]

Julian continued to strip the enemies and the worm happily handed him artifacts .

The enemies looked shocked at this point .

“W, what the hell? Is he crazy?”

Julian just started to smile as if he had met some easy prey .

“Shut up and hand over everything you guys have while I’m asking nicely . ”

“W, what did you say?”

“I’m in need of some artifacts right now . ”

They screamed once Julian came closer .

“S, Seo Ju-Heon is here!”

Julian started to twitch his eyebrows in anger .

“Hey . I’m not Seo Ju-Heon . ”

“Then someone like Seo Ju-Heon has appeared!”

“Die!”

The fallen(?) Julian charged toward them .

He had become a looter…

And he seemed to be enjoying this new life .

Around the same time…

“Damn it, stop chasing me!”

Ilya, who was running unlike his usual self, was grinding his teeth in the jungle area .

He knew that his artifactphile captain would head toward the central region of the tomb .

That was why he had come here, but……

“Stop chasing me!”

He was being chased by about five cannibals .

He would usually use his devils or magic to destroy these bastards, but…

“Ah fuck, even if it was random, why this one?!”

Ilya was swearing while looking at his artifact .

But at that moment…

“Ahahahaha! What the hell? You’re being chased?!”

Ilya quickly turned his head after hearing a familiar voice .

This voice definitely belonged to that shithead Yoo Jaeha!

But he smiled, thinking it was his chance to get out of this predicament .

“Hey! Pushover! Great, help me ou……”

Ilya turned pale after looking behind him .

“Ahahaha! Who is going to help whom?! I have more, ahehehe!”

‘He’s gone crazy . ’

They were in the same predicament .

Yoo Jaeha was also being chased by cannibals .

In fact, Ilya had it easy being chased by five cannibals . Yoo Jaeha had close to 100 of them behind him .

“Hehehe! You’re going to be a roast too, a roast!”

‘Ow, this useless son of a bitch!’

“Don’t come this way! Stop, you son of a bitch!”

However, Yoo Jaeha was happy to see the artifact in Ilya’s hand .

“Hey! What the hell?! You at least got a decent artifact unlike me! Use the artifact! It’s useful! Save me!”

That was technically true .

Ilya might have gotten a useful artifact compared to the other members .

He got lucky and ended up with an attack-type artifact .

[Silver Axe (B-Grade:Rare-Grade – Consumable Artifact)]

Well, they didn’t really know if it was an attack-type but at least it had a sharp end . It was able to kill people .

Furthermore, it was Ju-Heon’s artifact .

Yoo Jaeha seemed to find it reliable as he started to shout .

“Hey! Use that to do something!”

Ilya started to foam at the mouth .

“Are you crazy? I can’t use this!”

Ilya was a mage-type artifact user who used spell book artifacts .

His stamina, reflexes, toughness and all fighting related stats were much lower than the average person due to the risk of those artifacts .

He would pretty much die with a single hit .

There was no way he could fight a close-ranged fight .

That was why he could only swear .

‘Fuck, of all artifacts!’

“Hey! Pushover! You use this then!”

“Sorry! I can’t reach it!”

“Then what can we do?!”

Yoo Jaeha started to laugh .

“What else? Go! Go little chick! Become Jason!”

‘I’m going to kill this guy!’

1 . Uncle fan is the term for a fan who is so much older than the idol that the idol could be their niece.