Chapter 284: The Devil at the Exhibition 3

I heard back from the publisher and they updated 279 – 290 . They are going to be here because they took out some parts that I want everybody to have a chance to read so once 284 is released to the public, they will all be updated . 279 – 284 are all in this chapter for now so please use a search function to get to 284 if you want to skip but you should probably reread as some things did change .

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Paat!

‘!’

The attack from the artifact headed for Joy suddenly disappeared .

To be more accurate, the artifact withdrew its attack on its own .

‘What is going on?’

Something was weird . Joy was fine despite not having a single artifact on her!

The Monarch of the Heavens figured something out and started frowning .

‘Did this punk perhaps……?!’

Something came flying toward him before he could finish the thought .

Pow!

It was a fire extinguisher .

“Ah, that damn lunatic . I couldn’t grab an artifact in the end . ”

“J, Joy!”

“I was sure that he would use a good artifact since he is a Monarch . ”

“Joy, are you crazy?!”

All of Harvard was in uproar right now .

It was a big issue that a Monarch had visited the campus but there was a woman who had kicked that Monarch to the curb!

Furthermore, that woman was upset that she did not manage to grab an artifact from the Monarch!

“Joy, are you okay? Isn’t that guy your twin brother you talked about before?”

Joy scoffed in response .

“Who said he was my twin? That’s just a look-alike . ”

“What? A look-alike?”

She had last seen Ju-Heon in Korea 17 years ago .

They had not been able to see each other since then . Actually, the truth was that Ju-Heon refused to meet with her .

Maybe he was justified with his actions .

‘Especially after that kind of goodbye . ’

Originally, Ju-Heon was supposed to be adopted with her . They were supposed to go together .

However, Ju-Heon stole the to-be foster parents’ wallet on the day of the adoption . Furthermore, he started a fire in the to-be foster parents’ car .

He then held up a can of oil and spewed some nonsense .

‘Get lost . Or you’ll be lit on fire next . ’

Her adopted parents had said they couldn’t handle such a child and left Ju-Heon behind while taking her with them .

She could not even dream of meeting Ju-Heon until she became an adult . She did track Ju-Heon down while she went on a trip to Korea as a middle school student, but… He had left her hanging .

She had somehow managed to get his number and call him, but…

‘Get lost . I don’t have a sibling like you . ’

He ignored all of her messages and letters .

It had been close to 20 years since she had not seen him .

Forget his face, she didn’t even know his voice .

That was why she had been shocked to see the look-alike appear in front of her today .

She really wondered if the guy was Ju-Heon .

Her friend Arthur asked her about it as well . It was because that guy looked identical to Ju-Heon he had seen on TV .

“Are you sure that’s not your twin brother?”

“No . They don’t look alike at all! Their noses are completely different! His nostril is tilted 1 cm in comparison and the shape of their ears is different too . I’m sure of it . ”

“…… . ”

“I now understand why you don’t have a boyf……ugh!”

She ruthlessly pummeled her friend .

“It’s a good thing I remembered that guy’s face . ”

Although she was saying that, the Youtube video she saw while looking for some research materials had been extremely helpful .

She had stopped tuning into any form of media ever since the artifacts appeared because she hated both artifacts and artifact users, however……

‘I’m sure of it . ’

The man in the video had been Ju-Heon .

Joy sighed .

‘That look-alike from earlier and all these artifacts…’

“What the hell is he going around doing?”

She sounded a bit concerned .

Back in New York, Yoo Jaeha was smiling like a buffoon while looking at a picture Ilya had taken .

“Our Ju-Won really is pretty . ”

Ilya had visited Harvard under Ju-Heon’s orders .

It was easy to teleport stealthily thanks to Seol-A’s Heirloom and his spellbook artifact .

He took a picture and brought it back, but this damn bastard……

“Captain-nim, please give me your twin sis…… ugh!”

Yoo Jaeha was hit by a steel mug and beaten to a pulp . Ilya whispered to him after seeing Jaeha in pain .

“Tsk, you get rejected by Seol-A so you go for the Captain-nim’s sister now?”

“W, what?”

Yoo Jaeha became flustered and Ilya wickedly added on .

“What’s wrong? You confessed to Seol-A and she rejected you . ”

Yoo Jaeha urgently covered Ilya’s mouth .

“Hey, that’s from the past life…… That’s so long ago! We only care about the right now! That’s a dark page in history! You deserve a dropkick for that!”

“Well, whatever . Give up on the Captain-nim’s sister . Even that Maitreya was beaten to a pulp . ”

Yoo Jaeha’s jaw dropped in shock after hearing about that .

“What? Ju-Won beat the hell out of the Maitreya?! That crazy Maitreya?!”

“She even tried to steal his artifact . His son was attacked as well . ”

“What? That bastard has a son?”

“His unborn son . ”

Yoo Jaeha started to shake in fear after hearing about the attack . Ilya, who had seen it all in person, was also shaking .

However…

“I guess they really are siblings……”

Blood definitely does not lie .

‘They act the same way!’

Ju-Heon was calm . Actually, he complained about what Joy had done .

“Damn, she should have just cut it off while she was at it . ”

“It’s hell enough with what she did okay? The Maitreya almost lost his son and went straight to hell . The Monarch of the Heavens almost became the Monarch of Eunuchs . ”

“Sounds good . It’s not like a Maitreya needs that . ”

They all shook in fear .

‘Well, to be honest, it doesn’t seem like the Captain-nim’s sister would be taken down so easily . ’

Why?

She was the almighty Seo Ju-Heon’s other half!

It was obvious that his sister would also be a fireball .

However…

“Will you be okay? Captain-nim?”

“What?”

“Captain-nim, maybe you’ll get beaten to a pulp too when you get to see Ju-Won . ”

“………”

That might actually happen . He had been neglecting her for the past 17 years .

“Well, it’s not like she’ll want to see me anyway . ”

There was no need for him to go find her . Even if he did go, he would not let her hit him just because she wanted to do so .

“But Captain, the Monarch of the Heavens’s artifact didn’t seem to work on Ju-Won . She didn’t seem to have used an artifact, so how……”

Jaeha: “That is a bit odd . Did she have some kind of artifact related ability?”

Ju-Heon: “Ah, she does . ”

“Excuse me?”

“Her Affinity level is no joke . ”

“………Excuse me?”

Ju-Heon picked his ear with his pinky .

“How do I explain this… You know how I have 100 Dominance and 0 Affinity? She’s 0 Dominance 100 Affinity . ”

“…… . ”

“While I find Affinity to be completely useless, her Affinity is so high that the artifacts don’t want to attack her . ”

Ilya and Jaeha both dropped their jaws at the same time .

‘Something like that is possible?!’

Yoo Jaeha was extremely flabbergasted .

His Affinity was quite high compared to the others on this tomb raiding team but forget not attacking him, the artifacts treated him as a pushover!

He did not have the time to test his sister’s abilities in the past .

Why?

Unfortunately, he had seen his sister again for the first time in his late twenties . He had Inspector Kim help him find his twin sister but she was already suffering from a severe case of tomb syndrome at that point .

She was almost a corpse and all artifact-related abilities had fallen .

She was in the critical care unit so he could not even meet her . All Chairman Kwon told him was that he would give Ju-Heon some healing artifacts if he completed his missions .

But there was also Inspector Kim’s family as well . Ju-Heon had been toiling away as a slave under Chairman Kwon to heal Inspector Kim’s family and their tomb syndrome because they had been more like family to him than his real family .

That was why he had been having Edward keep an eye on her after returning to the past . Edward was to let him know if anything happened .

He didn’t want to personally go because it would just be giving Chairman Kwon and his other enemies an extra pawn .

Ilya chimed in .

“Oh, based on what I heard, she seems to be talented enough to be an Artifact Engineer . And if her Affinity is really that high, then what about that Pandora system artifact you got from the Monarch of Detection? Maybe she might be able to activate it?”

Ju-Heon had taken a piece of the Pandora system artifact from the Monarch of Detection in the past .

He had tried to use it but the message had been quite clear .

[Your Affinity is extremely lacking . ]

Ju-Heon had then tossed it to Yoo Jaeha who had the highest Affinity level on the team, however…

[You are not qualified . Your Affinity is not high enough . You are unable to use this artifact . ]

Ju-Heon didn’t think much about his failing because he was pretty much an Affinity eunuch, but it was shocking to see Yoo Jaeha, a person whose Affinity was at the Monarch level, fail like that .

‘This is no normal artifact . ’

It seemed as if the artifact had activated for the Monarch of Detection not because of his Affinity but because he was a member of Pandora .

That was why they had kept it stashed away even though it seemed important .

“Mm . ”

‘And she manhandled a person who was strengthened with an Heirloom substitute?’

Ju-Heon had to think hard about this .

He had known that his twin sister had extremely high defenses because her Affinity was at max level .

But to handle someone with an Heirloom like that……

‘Apparently Ilya’s devil didn’t even have time to react……’

Something seemed weird .

‘Unless she has an Heirloom as well……’

Ju-Heon greedily started to smile .

‘Did that punk?’

Returning back to Harvard .

Inside a Harvard University laboratory…

“Joy, this is bad! Someone who looks like you is here again!”

“What?”

“Someone came to look for you again!”

Joy got angry thinking that the crazy bastard from earlier had come back .

But something seemed a bit different this time .

Bang!

A loud noise echoed throughout the university .

There was something different from the earlier situation with the Maitreya……

“H, hey! That is a restricted area!”

“Hey!”

Bang!

Someone kicked the door down as if it was a decoration and not an actual door .

“Call the cops! The cops!”

“What the hell?! Who the hell is this rampaging idiot?!”

Joy’s face slowly turned pale inside this pandemonium .

‘N, no way, right?’

And then…

Bang!

The person barged in .

“Ah, I finally found you, you ugly puppy . ”

It was the original this time!

Joy screamed internally while looking at the person in front of her .

She was sure of it .

This voice and this face!

‘It really is Ju-Heon……!’

She subconsciously started to smile .

It really was her twin brother .

This was the first time she had seen him in 17 years since the last time she saw him was when they were six years old .

But she could tell by looking at him . He truly did look different from the look-like who was here yesterday .

She wondered why he had such a grumbling expression on his face, but she immediately recalled the child from back then .

He had not changed at all since then .

Joy started to feel emotional .

‘He got so tall . ’

He had been shorter than her when they were little but now she needed to lift her head up to look at his face .

Although she had seen him in videos, it was different seeing him in person .

She was happy .

That was probably the reason .

“Ju-Heon op……!”

She was about to happily greet Ju-Heon .

However…

“I got you now, you fat pig . ”

“?!”

There was a bright light .

And then…

Bang!

The ground Joy was standing on exploded .

“Ahhhhhhhh!”

A hole was instantly created and the white gown hanging next to her burnt to a crisp!

Joy plopped down on the floor in shock .

But Ju-Heon didn’t care about that at all and just seemed quite amused .

“Oh, the artifact really doesn’t want to attack her . ”

‘W, what?!’

Artifacts taking on all sorts of appearances such as pencils, necklaces, fountain pens, etc started floating in the air .

They were all Divine-Grade artifacts .

Anubis, Osiris, even Xiang Yu’s artifact was there!

Joy turned completely pale after looking at them . Ju-Heon just smiled brightly without caring about her at all .

“Ah, right . I should tell you this in advance . ”

“W, what?”

“Don’t cry if you get hit . ”

‘What?’

“What do you mea…… kyaaaaaa!”

Baaaaaang!

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There was another explosion inside the laboratory!

The explosions continued one after another .

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Ju-Heon was using Divine-Grade artifacts to attack his twin sister as if he was crazy .

It was as if he wasn’t happy to be reunited with his sister!

He even called Osiris to open the Gate to the Afterlife!

[The Gate to the Afterlife has been opened . ]

[The Gate to the Afterlife has been opened . ]

The others who came with Ju-Heon could only drop their jaws in shock .

‘What the hell is this guy doing?!’

Was this any way to act to a blood sister he had not seen for 17 years?!

The funny thing was that Joy didn’t have a scratch on her despite everything Ju-Heon did .

‘She truly has max Affinity . ’

He did not know about this in his past life and had not believed it at first when Edward told him about it, but…

‘I guess it is real . ’

Both of these siblings were at the Four Emperors level .

‘But she’s pretty much a dud at fighting since her Dominance is at zero . ’

Ju-Heon smiled as if he was amused after personally analyzing Joy’s power .

However, Joy’s lab was destroyed and ended up a total mess .

Yoo Jaeha could not hold back anymore and started to shout .

“Captain-nim! You’re going to get arrested for property damage! Are you crazy?!”

“How can you destroy the building……?!”

Ju-Heon kicked a crumpled steel door out of the way and responded to them .

“Why do you think I brought you guys with me?”

“……Excuse me?”

Ju-Heon smiled at Ilya and Yoo Jaeha .

“A restorer and the aftermath clean-up crew . What a perfect combination . ”

‘This son of a bitch!’

Baaaaang!

Joy was crying as she ran away from the destroyed lab .

“Wahhh! That stupid bastard, that motherfucker!”

She should not have been happy to see his face after 17 years .

‘Why did he change so much?!’

“I, I have to call the cops first!”

She urgently looked for her phone .

However, she could not find her phone anywhere .

“What the hell? Where’s my phone?! My phone! Where did I drop it?”

“Are you looking for this?”

“?!”

Joy started to foam at the mouth .

Ju-Heon was holding something as he chased after her with a bright smile on his face .

It was her gold and pink colored cell phone!

When had he stolen that from her?!

She shouted with anger .

“Hand it over!”

But forget handing it to her…

“Ah, why did it have to be a TKBM phone of all things?”

Crack .

Ju-Heon broke the phone into two .

Joy screamed .

“What are you doooooooing?! My phoooooooone! I haven’t even had it for a month yet!”

“Your older brother will buy you a new one . ”

Ju-Heon threw the phone away and continued to chase after her .

“So little puppy, come over here . ”

“Waaaaaaaaaah! That son of a bitch!”

Joy ran as if her life was on the line . She felt as if she was being chased by a homicidal maniac .

“Fuck, that look-alike from yesterday was a thousand, no, a million times better!”

Joy was bawling now .

Unfortunately, Ju-Heon seemed angry after hearing her comment .

“What did you just say?!”

Ju-Heon’s expression turned vicious as he chased after her .

“You said that crazy look-alike is a million times better than me?!”

Joy screamed .

“Of course! Is this how you treat your sister after seeing her for the first time in 17 years?! You son of a bitch!”

“What? Son of a bitch! Hey, call me oppa!”

“Oppa my ass! You were born just a few minutes earlier! Biologically, the first born is the younger one! Plus, we’re twins! Who knows if the hospital screwed up the records!”

“Are you crazy? Do you really think a hospital would not be able to tell apart a boy and a girl?”

“Waaaaaaah!Stop chasing me! You big dummy!”

Ju-Heon clicked his tongue .

‘I thought she was a bookworm . Did she run every day or something?How the hell is she so fast?’

Ju-Heon got annoyed with chasing her and activated a long necklace and white gold watch .

Two large animals instantly appeared in front of Joy!

“Ahhhhhhhh!”

They were the large White Dog Set that was taller than most adults and the black doggie Anubis .

The two of them moved toward Joy with vicious expressions on their faces . Joy was completely scared .

Her reaction was understandable . Set was so scary that the part-timers delivering chicken quit after seeing him once .

Anubis looked majestic but his size, charisma, and ferocious gaze was enough to make even trained soldiers shiver in fear .

She couldn’t help but be scared since he was drooling and baring his fangs unlike his usual self .

“H, hold on……!”

Set opened his mouth wide . And then he attacked……

“Kyaaaa!”

Nope, he did not attack and just licked Joy’s cheek .

“!!”

As for Anubis… He tried to push his head under her skirt as if he was courting her .

Of course, Ju-Heon pummeled him for trying to do that .

“Do you want to get fucked up? Do you?”

A scared Anubis quickly shook his head .

[M, master, this isn’t what it looks like! That human bitch has a monstrous Affinity level that I lost my mind…… ahhhh!]

Ju-Heon smiled while stomping on Anubis .

“I’m not certain but it looks like she has something that’s not a Heirloom but is like a Heirloom . ”

She was giving off an odd scent .

It was probably a parasitic artifact .

Ju-Heon’s eyes flashed as he turned back toward her .

“Hey, stupid idiot . Strip down . ”

However, his sister had long since run away .

‘He’s crazy! He’s crazy! He’s fucking crazy!’

Joy was crying internally .

Seo Ju-Heon, that damn bastard had come to look for her after 17 years just to try to kill her!

She only sniffled for a moment before smiling in relief after coming to a busy restaurant .

‘He won’t be able to do anything in a place full of people . ’

She then asked some students if she could borrow their phone for a moment . She was planning on calling for help .

‘Let’s call the professor first to ask for help……’

However, forget getting help…

[Beeep- beep- beep-]

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