CHAPTER 109: CHAPTER 109 - THE RETURN OF THE KING

Chapter 109 - The Return of the King

Jhin quietly stared at the system messages appearing in front of him.

[Title ’King of the Goblins’ confirmed.]

[Beginning ’King’s Seal’.]

[3, 2, 1 ... 0.]

[’Goblin Hood’ has been engraved.]

[Due to the King’s Seal, ’Goblin Hood’ has returned to its true form.]

[You have obtained the ’Crown of the Goblin King’.]

Just as I expected.

Just like the Goblin Orb had transformed through the King’s Seal, applying the same process to the Goblin Hood caused it to evolve into a new form as well.

So the equipment only becomes true goblin gear when it’s engraved while holding the title.

That was why, despite undergoing the same seal, the hood had remained ’Goblin Hood,’ while the orb had become the ’Ring of the Goblin King.’

The capacity... it feels larger and faster.

It was like upgrading from a tiny hard drive to a massive SSD — suddenly jumping from 100 storage slots to 1,000. Everything could be used more smoothly and efficiently.

And that wasn’t all.

[You have equipped ’Crown of the Goblin King’.]

[You have equipped ’Ring of the Goblin King’.]

[Set effect activated.]

[Skill acquired: ’Spirit Sight (A)’.]

...Spirit Sight?

Upon reading the description, Jhin immediately understood its value.

In fact, wasn’t this the very ability he had come all this way to find?

"Now I can even classify souls."

If ’Flow Sight’ was the eye that let him see the movement ofPower or spirit power, then ’Spirit Sight’ allowed him to see into souls themselves.

Through the Crown of the Goblin King, Jhin could now observe the countless souls stored within.

He could differentiate good spirits from evil ones, and even locate beings like Tomas — those trapped within other bodies, like the kobold’s.

Shin Woo-hyun, in particular, was easy to find. He had been marked as a living spirit.

Souls of the living.

Unlike Chance, who was merely a remnant thought, these were souls that hadn’t died — just separated from their bodies.

Once this is over... I’ll be able to return all of them to normal.

He might not be able to fully restore damaged memories, but turning them back into humans wouldn’t be difficult.

As far as set bonuses went, this one was more than satisfying.

Well... I’ll try that later.

Jhin lowered his gaze to the ’Ring of the Goblin King’ on his right hand and reviewed its skill once more.

This was the truly important one.

The item Chance had secretly passed on at the cost of his very existence.

Given that it had reshaped BeyWorld into a pseudo-dungeon, its function was... undeniably special.

"The ability to materialize souls..."

The root cause behind the twisted BeyWorld was, after all, the Goblin Orb.

The bustling crowds seen in the daytime, the monsters appearing during night hours —

They had all been reborn through the power of the Goblin Orb.

Remnant thoughts.

Just like Chance, but reconfigured into monstrous forms.

At first, it probably used the spirits of monsters that were originally meant to appear here.

Then gradually... it started using the souls of the victims who entered this place.

It was likely the dungeon boss, Pierrot, who altered the conditions to let ’objects of fear’ manifest so broadly.

Some skill of his had fused with the Goblin Orb’s materialization effect — thus giving rise to what BeyWorld had become.

The real culprit is the boss monster.

Jhin clicked his tongue quietly and, for a moment, pictured that creature’s bewildered expression.

Had it ever imagined things would turn out this way?

Losing the Goblin Orb must’ve been a hell of a surprise for him.

Not that it was Jhin’s problem.

Who told him to entrust the item to someone else?

It was all his own fault.

Jhin gave a casual shrug and surveyed the gradually collapsing white space around him.

As Chance’s residual thought had completely disappeared, so too was this dimension falling apart.

No need to worry.

Thankfully, another portal had opened in front of him.

[You are being drawn by an unknown force.]

[Entering ’The Puppeteer Pierrot’s Secret Seed Room’.]

Vuuuuuuum...

With a floating sensation, Jhin opened his eyes again.

Before him was BeyTower — crumbling, on the brink of collapse.

Surrounded by darkness.

Rumble...

Dust and debris rained from above, and crashing sounds echoed through the building.

Frankly, it was a miracle it hadn’t collapsed yet.

Focusing his breath, Jhin turned his gaze toward one direction.

The source of the sound was close.

It seemed the portal had dropped him near the others — lucky.

Did Chance arrange that for me?

He didn’t know.

Dead men don’t talk.

"..."

Without another word, Jhin looked up into the void and moved swiftly toward the source of the noise.

After leaping over piles of concrete and clouds of debris, he arrived at...

A movie theater.

One of those massive screening rooms, easily capable of seating over 600 people.

The moment he arrived, the scene before him was chaos —

Bodies strewn everywhere like junk.

"A total mess..."

It looked like the aftermath of carpet bombing.

The few remaining players were barely holding on.

Jhin quickly located the three monsters that were threatening them.

No — calling them "monsters" wasn’t quite right.

"..."

What caught his eye were none other than... Kyles.

Three of them, weaving through the crowd and launching relentless, overpowering attacks.

It was like watching a recording of himself in combat.

The movements were familiar — vivid — identical.

Clicking his tongue, Jhin stepped onto the battlefield.

Clang!

The Blade of Master of Chaos parried Kyle’s greatsword.

As he closed in, ready to pierce him with a follow-up strike —

Boom!

A spell came flying out of nowhere.

He narrowly dodged it — only for a dagger to fly at him, and one of the Kyles to rush in again.

Even when fighting one, it felt like facing three expert players at once.

This is surreal.

To be facing the very same skills he’d honed in his youth —

Jhin let out a bitter laugh.

Now he finally understood why no one could keep up with him in PvP back then.

"Mr. Jhin!"

Millie — holding off two Kyles by herself — cried out in relief.

Lykan and Luke, who had been assisting her, let out audible sighs.

"Hold on just a bit longer! I’ll help right away!"

"Okay!"