Gorgeous Jewel
Chapter IV Chapter 117

When his body was tired and wanted to return to his room, Zhou Yun accidentally heard the King's conversation with the Temple Head. They whispered in a soundproof shield. But with his ability, Zhou Yun was still able to hear what they were saying.

"The two people looked suspicious" Zhou Yun thought.

"With this Mana Heart, our ultimate goal of world domination is in sight. This time, it is the human race that will stand at the top and those filthy and lowly creatures will be slaves forever." The King grinned and laughed.

The temple chief nodded. "You are right, Your Majesty. After hundreds of years, we can finally stand on top of the world. Even with this Mana Heart, this kingdom would become invincible."

"Naif hero. Strong but he was so stupid. What is Aria's safety?" The King chuckled along with the Temple head.

Zhou Yun had made a huge mistake. His anger suddenly escalated.

Zhou Yun's sword was shining. In the blink of an eye a slash shattered the side of the wall and cut off one hand of the King. Zhou Yun moved as fast as lightning. He took out that Mana Heart then stood before the two.

"Two vipers who are never satisfied and drown in greed."

The King grimaced in pain. He held his arm that was covered in blood. "Fuck up!" Aspersion. The king then shouted "Guard! The guard! Arrest and imprison this traitor!" He pointed at Zhou Yun.

The guards with iron armor and spears gathered around Zhou Yun. They were all chosen knights tasked with protecting the King while in a precarious state. They were strong, but his pity was not in Zhou Yun's eyes.

"The Hero tried to kill the King. He's gone mad. Could this be because of the Demon King's curse?" The Temple Head.

Making a false story so as to divert the opinions of the knights against the Hero. Those who initially hesitated a little, finally convinced after hearing the false words of a person who was known to be close to the figure of the Goddess.

Zhou Yun was then poked with a bunch of spears. The two men grinned with satisfaction.

They did not think that their plan would eventually be discovered but with his cunning, they managed to deceive everyone.

Zhou Yun released a powerful Mana energy to the point of throwing down the knights who swarmed him.

He looked back at the temple chief. "Death is too light for you." Zhou Yun then pulled his sword back, with a single swing to the four limbs of the temple chief separated from his body. Zhou Yun used ice magic to stop the bleeding so that the temple chief would not bleed to death.

"Thank God I'm not good at using Black magic. If I could, I'd make you suffer more than this."

The king fell down in fear to see his companion who had lost both his hands and his feet. "T-no. My fault. Don't come any closer! Y-you know, he's the one who proposed everything. Yep. He fooled me. I'm just--"

Amusingly. Disgusting.

Zhou Yun no longer wanted to hear the ridicule of the silly old man. He put his sword in the hand of the King.

"Gaaahhhh! " The king cried out in pain.

Then Zhou Yun condensed a bit of his Mana then formed it into a needle. His ability from his first life had not been blunt. He locked some of the King's nerve points with those needles.

"A-A-" The king swerved. What happened to her? His tongue was shriveled as well as his entire body became stiff.

"Live in misery until your death comes." Zhou Yun jumped off the balcony.

After that, the story of the hero who betrayed and killed the head of the temple and injured the king began to spread quickly to the corners of the country. But most people don't believe the rumors.

Zhou Yun quietly went out over the border. The guard became so tight.

He flew across the sea and intended to return to his home, although the place would only open wounds that had not even dried up.

When crossing the sea, suddenly a hand that out of nowhere appeared wanted to catch him.

Zhou Yun deviated avoiding the grasp of that hand. He drew his sword out and unleashed Aura's slash toward the huge hand.

"Show yourself." His shouting. Zhou Yun remembered the gripping feeling from the pitch-black hand with that rotten Mana. His opponent this time around was dangerous even more dangerous than the Demon King he had fought.

The sound of laughter filled the sky. "Religion! A human! realize your position when you are in front of this Great Figure."

Zhou Yun narrowed his eyes looking at one side of the sky. The suffocating Mana energy was unleashed fiercely by the figure to pressure him to the point of falling into the middle of the sea but Zhou Yun was not a man who could easily bend his knees with just such force.

Zhou Yun flew away shrewdly. He cut off those hands while dodging. But no matter how many times he slashed at them, Zhou Yun did not see that the figure's attack would be over just like that.

Zhou Yun flew away and floated as high as possible. He did not see the figure that attacked him even though he was already above the clouds. But he was convinced that the man, not far from where he stood.

"Coward who attacks secretly. If you really don't want to show yourself, let me force you out." Firmly Zhou Yun.

Zhou Yun closed his index and middle fingers. He swung his fingers to the side, up and then down.

The figure was worried, he felt a strange power from the man before his eyes. As he wanted to stay away, Zhou Yun had finished releasing the sealing formation spell.

"When I fought that figure, I was sure that he was a tall entity that did not come from Aria. Yes, he might be a god." Zhou Yun.

Alice frowned in wonder. "God. Does this have anything to do with Erebos?" His mind.

"Teacher. In the future you may find a more difficult path. That figure forced to obtain the Mana Heart that was in my hands. I was pretty overwhelmed fighting it. So I used a sealing formation. With the Roaring Storm Ocean technique I managed to injure him. I'm sure it took him a long time to recover his body. However, due to those two techniques, I ran out of energy and left immediately. I'm sure he won't give up on getting the Mana Heart in my hands. Therefore, I broke my soul into pieces and one of them carried that Mana Heart."

"Then the altar in the valley is where one of your soul fragments hides and your soul carries the Mana Heart."

Zhou Yun nodded. "Yes. Thank goodness the teacher came faster. I'm sure the monsters that were in control of that figure had sensed the Mana Heart that I hid there."

"Do you know what your opponent is like?"

"I can't see his figure. He was encased in pitch-black dark energy. But I'm sure he's very strong."

Zhou Yun turned his head to look towards the lake, he sighed. "Forget that first. Teacher, how about we play one song?" Zhou Yun said with a smile looking at Alice.

".... Alright." Alice stood up from her chair. Not far from his side. A harp is created from a collection of light. Alice sat cross-legged in front of the lute. He took a deep breath and then exhaled slowly.

His fingers began to pluck one by one the strings of the lute. The calm, sweeping melody chants melodied with a deep Zhou Yun flute.

Alice who had closed her eyes while plucking the strings began to open her eyes to look at her disciple. His heart suddenly grew heavy as their music deepened.

Zhou Yun's form began to become more transparent in his eyes. Alice bit her lower lip. When one of the strings breaks suddenly, that's when their game ends.

Zhou Yun chuckled as he looked at Alice's face. Then he walked up to her. Zhou Yun bent his back then hugged Alice tightly.

"Teacher.." Zhou Yun whispered to his teacher softly.

Alice was silent.

"Teacher, I've wanted to apologize to you for a long time and I've finally done it and I've wanted to say this a long time..."

"What..that's..?"

"Teacher, no, Lan You Nian. I..love you. I really love you."

The whisper, although it sounded slow but was able to shake Alice's heart. Alice took a deep breath, her chest becoming heavier.

Why..new... now?

Zhou Yun's figure began to disappear bit by bit before him. Alice who could not resist the sadness of the farewell began to shed tears.

"Take care of yourself.guru." Whisper Zhou Yun for the last time in Alice's ears. Then it was lost to points of light.

"Ms." Alice nodded while shedding tears. "I love you too. Love you so much."

Cruel. The sky is really cruel. Why bring them together only to end up with a misunderstanding and then meet again only to separate leaving sadness.

Alice bowed while crying sobbing. His heart that was frozen by love again felt the pain of love anyway. For the second time.....