Ranker’s Return

t if you throw up because it isn’t digested yet…” Hyeonu shot back at Gom-E with an absurd expression.

He forgot he was in front of the emperor. 

“30 minutes? The digestion has already ended in that time, stupid Master dude.
Don’t you know its over when I chew on it? Hmph!”

Gom-E teased Hyeonu.

“Who do you resemble? Sigh…” Hyeonu sighed at Gom-E’s attitude. As the days passed, he was resembling Tang-E even more. No, it seemed to be worse.

‘The first time was immature…
now it is mature.’

Unlike Hyeonu’s sigh, John Blake’s expression was very bright as he looked at Gom-E and Hyeonu.

“Didn’t I say you would be surprised, Your Majesty?”

John Blake alternated looking between the emperor and Lebron, who didn’t believe his words. The two of them said they couldn’t believe it when John Blake explained about Gom-E. However, there were no absolutes.

“If it is so intelligent…
it is to the point where it is okay to call it another self.”

Lebron, in particular, was shocked. As he adapted to the increased magic power, he focused on supplementing his already existing skills. Therefore, he almost dismissed the magic spirit learned from John Blake. Now that he saw Hyeonu’s magic spirit, which was like a living entity, he felt the need to rethink the potential of the magic spirit.

“Magic spirit…
you made something ridiculous, Duke,” the emperor spoke to John Blake.

“It is the marquis who made the magic spirit really great, Your Majesty.
The magic spirit I made wasn’t like that.” John Blake shook his head.

“By the way…
Marquis.
Recently, adventurers have been running around like the soles of their feet are on fire.
Is it evidence that things are proceeding according to plan?”

“Recently, the nobles have been appearing more frequently.
The ranks of the demons and demonic creatures have also increased, so I think the demon kings will appear sooner or later.”

The demon nobles, who initially didn’t reveal themselves, now appeared on their own. Therefore, the rankers were very happy. It was because there were so many boss monsters dropping high quality items.

‘I was informed that an epic item was obtained a few days ago.’

Hyeonu remembered hearing the news of a demon viscount being killed and an epic item being obtained.

“If you can’t wait…
I will move myself.
If we attack one or two cities, they will quickly make an appearance,” Hyeonu spoke with confidence.

It was impossible to fool the emperor. He shouldn’t do anything that could be caught.

“I can wait this much.
There is something interesting.”

The emperor didn’t respond to Hyeonu’s words. He just nodded. The emperor’s interest had already focused elsewhere.

‘I am really going to do that…’

“If there is nothing else to say, you can go.”

The emperor made a gesture that meant that Hyeonu should go out. Hyeonu bowed his head without talking nonsense and quickly exited.

‘Nothing special happened today.’

He just liked that the interview ended quickly.

***

Hyeonu exited the place and even Lebron and John Blake disappeared.
The emperor remained alone and tapped his finger on the armrest of the throne.

“Magic spirit…
magic spirit…

The emperor’s mind was filled with the purple bear shown by Hyeonu. It was a bear that really resembled the Marionette Bear that he had seen a few times. It was so lively that it was hard to believe that it was a magic spirit made of magic power.

The emperor’s fingers stopped moving. At the same time, the seven-colored rainbow magic power poured from the emperor’s fingers. The color was bright enough to fill the great hall.

Over time, the rainbow-colored light gradually increased. To be exact, it gathered at one place. It became a small bead at the emperor’s fingertips. The bead, which was the size of a thumbnail, absorbed the light around it and gradually grew in size. The bead grew from the size of a child's fist to the size of an adult’s head.
Now it didn’t only change in size, but changed its appearance little by little.

The round bead gradually twisted in all directions. Soon, the bead stopped changing. The form of the magic spirit was complete.

“Hmm… It is made like this.”

The emperor saw the completed magic spirit and smiled with satisfaction. It went as smoothly as he expected. The emperor listened to the words he heard from John Blake and instilled a strong willpower into the form of the magic spirit he made. The magic spirit started to shine again, but it was only for a very short time. 

The light was quickly absorbed by the magic spirit and disappeared. After a while, the perfectly completed magic spirit opened his eyes. They were big, round eyes.

“Your name…’ The emperor continued to speak softly to the magic spirit. “Tung-E.
Your name is Tung-E.” 

The emperor gave a name to the magic spirit and he blinked. Then he rushed towards the emperor and opened his mouth, “Master!!!”

The emperor’s magic spirit had a voice that was like a small child’s.

“Yes, I am your master.”

The emperor hugged Tung-E directly.

“Master, Master, Master…” Tung-E called out to the emperor a few times. The emperor stroked Tung-E’s head, his eyes curved with pleasure.

‘Mine ended up being like this.’

The emperor’s magic spirit, Tung-E, was the image of a young Marionette Bear. It was a rainbow-colored bear like Tang-E with a cute smile and small size.