It was a rge knight covered from head to toe in blood-red armor with a Y-shaped hole built into its helmet. It also wore a tattered red cape and had a long red hair-like or extending out of the back of its helmet.

  "Blood-Red ander Igris!" Jason mumbled in shock as he stared straight at the knight.

  'Isn't it going to appear in the Job ging Quest?! What's it doing here?'

  Igris was staring at him with his cold eyes.

  While Jason and Igris were locked into a staring test, Jason was hit by an ominous mana as the surrounding mana began to shake, g in fear.

  A powerful pressure desded on his body which caused the floor to crader his feet.

  But it was only for a split sed due to surprise as a powerful aura radiated from his body, ralizing the pressure, pletely overwhelming it.

  A smile appeared on his face as he said without looking behind, "I hought that I would get to meet you so soon, Shadow Monarch Ashborn!"

  Sure enough, a rge shadow was standing before the gate staring at him with glowing purple eyes.

  The shadow was quite huge and muscur with glowing fme-like purple hair and two curved bck horns. It was weari-bck armor and a long smoky bck cloak, wielding a pure bck sword.

  Why Ahsborn?!

  The answer was very simple. After all, if Igris resehen it was not difficult for him to guess the owner of this dungeon.

  The light in Ashborn's eyes ged for a sed before returning to normal. He then walked forward towards the throne.When he passed by Jason, he g him as if trying to see through him.Jason grinned and tio stare at Ashborn as the big guy walked past him, giving Ashborn the vibe of staring at a divine being.

  Igris got on one knee and kneeled before the throne as Ashborn sat down on it.

  "Who are you?!" An old voice echoed in the room as Ashborn's eyes turned serious.

  Even though the question seemed simple, Ashborn ointing toward the power residing in Jason.

  Jason thought for a moment before he chuckled. "...I'm someone whom the Absolute Being has chosen."

  "What? Chosen... by the... Absolute Being?!" Lights flickered in Ashborn's purple eyes. "But it's impossible..."

  "Haha, I uand you. After all, the absolute being died several eons aght?" Jason asked with a mysterious smile.

  Seeing Ashborn nodding his head with a serious expression, Jason smiled mysteriously and tinued.

  "But I never said that it was the absolute being from your world, did I?"

  "My... World...?" Ashborn's eyes narrowed as he stared at Jason. He opened his mouth after a minute, "I see. So that's how it is. What brings you to this world then?"

  "Maybe fate." Jason shrugged his shoulders. "So why do you summon me here?"

  "To satisfy my curiosity," Ashborn replied.

  "Oh! I see. That's a good answer. It's a little surprising to see that you still feel emotions." Jason nodded his head and ughed lightly. "I mean, you're alive from so many eons, normally anyone would turn stoed."

  "I get you. Hadn't felt it for a long time," Ashborn replied with a chuckle, finding their versation somewhat funny.

  "Well, which side do you stand?"

  "On the same side as you."

  Ashborn stared at him and asked. "What do you mean?"

  "I also want to prevent the Monarchs from destroying humanity." Jason sighed and said.

  "Well, to be ho, I think it's just pletely the wrong thing t a pletely different species into your own grudge, especially one who had nothing to do with that said grudge."

  "That makes the two of us," Ashborn replied in a serious voice, agreeing with him.

  "I feel that three of the Monarchs have desded oh and have chosen their vessels. But sihey are hiding their traces, it's difficult to pinpoint their location." Jason waved his hand and a huge throne-like chair arose from the solid ground. He took a set on it and tinued. "If you hadn't summoned me via the gate, I might have not found your aura too."

  Ashborn was surprised by his magid nodded his head, listening to his words.

  "You're right. You're like me or else a normal human ever feel our prese all if we don't want to." The King of Death sighed heavily, his shoulders dropping, looking tired.

  "I'm tired of this long, unending war. At first, it's my revenge which drives like a force but after so many eons, I'm tired of it."

  "I know. I have read about you." Jason smiled, showing a rare genuine smile. "You're really a kind soul. It's such a shame that you... You're different from me."

  "Hahaha... maybe," Ashbhed. "Since you know about everything. It turns things a little easier. Are you ied in joining hands with me?"

  Jason shrugged his shoulder, fih both ways. "I don't mind at all. After all, I even have a perfect didate as the vessel for your power of death. Even though I have ged the future food but it ever ge the basiature of a living being."

  "Oh? Who make someone like you praise him so much?" Ashborn asked curiously.

  "You'll see him soon enough," Jason replied. "Oh yeah, since you're a Monarch. you feel the presence of others? I mean you find them since you're one of them."

  Ashborn shook his head. "I 't. They all are hiding in the space between the dimensions. As long as they don't desd pletely, it is almost impossible to find them."

  "Just as I thought." Jason sighed in disappoi.

  "You tell me you e from another world right? What type of pce it was?" Ashborn asked.

  Jason smiled and shared his foggy memories of his inal world with Ashborn.

  Shadow Monarch was clearly shocked as so muformatioered his mind but he was more intrigued to learn that this world was actually a fantasy world written in a book by a human.

  As they tio chat about their pn, their talk shifted to Igris as Ashborn could feel Jason's i in his loyal subordinate.

  "You seem ied in my powerful general Igris." Ashborn had seen Jason Igris with i.

  "Yeah." Jason didn't hide it either and said. "How I be not ied in one of the wings of the Shadow Army, the infamous Soldier of Death Igris?"

  "Haha..." Ashborn couldn't help but ugh at his words, seemed quite ied in his new friend. "So, want him to follow you?!"

  "I had before. But..." Jason sighed before tinuing with a smile. "He is very loyal to you and bending his loyalty towards me using my power, I will only be insulting the honor of a knight."

  Ashborn's eyes showed an amused light before he ughed. "Hahaha... you really are an iing fellow."

  "Well then, I think it's time for me to take my leave. The old man will be dying from ay, waiting for me."

  Ashborn and Igris tio stare at his batil it disappeared from their view.Nobody knew what they were thinking about!

  Since Jason and Ashborn had reached an agreement, now they only had to wait for the movements of the Monarchs.

  Jason also asked Ashborn to let him meet the Architect since he could put that crafty and ing bastard into submission.

  When Jasoed the gate, it closed down in its own, indig that the boss had been sin.

  The people cheered in joy with reporters fanatically capturing images of Jason for the headlines.

  Jasoed Go Gunhee and made a fake report before leaving the pce for the Association to up.

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