Translator: Dreamscribe
The Kingdom of Sillion was founded in Arsilan, and Leon was crowned king!
It wasn’t just news for the heroes who enjoyed Arsilan Saga. The coronation ceremony was broadcast live across multiple countries, and even featured in special news segnts.
Leon proclaiming the foundation of the kingdom while wearing the crown was truly overwhelming. It was edited and uploaded not only to Arsilan Worlds but also to YouTube and social dia. With an enormous number of views, it dominated every topic of conversation.
Even people who normally had no interest in Arsilan Saga ca to know about Leon, and his popularity skyrocketed.
He was already famous, but with the royal attribute added, his popularity was surging uncontrollably. There were even talks of replacing the number one most influential leader in the world.
The greater Leon beca, the more pride the heroes felt.
We are citizens of the Kingdom of Sillion!
That sense of belonging could only be felt by heroes. If before they had been visitors summoned to save Arsilan, now they were citizens of the Kingdom of Sillion and felt a strong sense of belonging.
Anyway, with the coronation, the Wish Event of Episode 2 concluded with great praise.
Jinwoo, who had sohow beco king, was handling royal duties in the royal palace. Though they called it royal duties, it was the sa as before - managing Arsilan Saga.
Jinwoo first appointed retainers from Rainsword. Heina beca the commander of the Sillion Knights, and Hasman, dressed as a distinguished middle-aged man, took on the role of pri minister. Hallon, with his face covered, served as a high priest at Ella’s Grand Temple.
Just like they managed Rainsword before, now they would do their best for the Kingdom of Sillion.
“Your Majesty! Please lift your head just a little higher!”
“Like this?”
“Perfect! That’s great!”
Hero Photoshot began taking pictures of Jinwoo seated in the office. After the photos were done, he fild a video of Jinwoo naturally signing docunts and drinking tea.
“Wow! It’s art! Every ti I shoot, it becos a masterpiece! As expected of Your Majesty Leon!”
“Haha….”
“Then I’ll see you at the next schedule!”
Photoshot bowed politely and stepped back.
The reason Photoshot was taking Jinwoo’s photos and daily scenes like this was because of a sub-wish.
In the sub-category of ‘Make Leon the King!’, there was a wish: ‘Please show us the daily life of King Leon! Please vlog it!’ So many heroes gathered around this wish that it beca one that couldn’t be ignored.
Anyway, Jinwoo had to grant the wish.
‘Good thing I added a condition.’
It was truly fortunate that he had added the condition that the wish had to be appropriate for Arsilan. Without it, he couldn’t even imagine what might have happened to him.
Anyway, thanks to this sub-wish, a channel called ‘King Leon of Sillion’ was created on Arsilan Worlds. Photos and daily life videos of Leon were uploaded for free, and with a paid subscription, even more content was available.
Subscribers increased rapidly, making it the most subscribed channel on Arsilan Worlds.
Title: Ti to pay taxes.
There’s no ungrateful hero here who still hasn’t subscribed to Our Majesty’s channel, right?
For paid subscribers only: King’s exclusive emojis, photo-book level pictures, priority access to rchandise, and even the title ‘vassal’! On top of that, you can receive precious ssages from Leon-nim through Soul Talk!
It’s basically free!
Subscribe right now!
Leku: Isn’t the subscription fee way too cheap?
Anonymous1 (US): It’s only natural duty for a vassal. I don’t even speak to heroes without the vassal title.
Anonymous2 (KR): What's left if they give away everything like this?
IKilledMyBoss: I get through each day looking at Leon's photos... the light of my life...
Jinwoo was steadily handling the sub-wishes one by one. He even installed sothing called the ‘Letter of Light’ where, if a certain number of heroes submitted a suggestion together, Leon would personally review it. If it was a good idea that the kingdom’s power couldn’t handle, Leon would pray directly to Ella at the Grand Temple.
It ant: ‘We welco healthy and good ideas for Arsilan Saga! If you have ideas, let us know!’ This too was a sub-wish.
‘The next biggest sub-wish is….’
‘Please make Helby-nim our guardian dragon along with His Majesty the King!’ Honestly, this one seed difficult. She was a Magic Dragon, and she enjoyed solitude....
“Hm.”
These days, far from enjoying solitude, she often spent ti with heroes.
In any case, she was a Magic Dragon and Ella’s adversary.
If soone like her were to beco Arsilan’s guardian dragon, it would be incredibly reassuring.
It would be hard to persuade her, but let’s give it a try.
With that thought, Jinwoo summoned Helby.
“Your Majesty! Helby-nim has arrived.”
A mont later, Jinwoo’s vassal approached and reported.
It had been the sa in the past, but now, the etiquette was far more reverent. Like Heina and Hasman, they were so moved that they seed ready to give their lives in service.
Jinwoo was slightly surprised at the report. He hadn’t expected her to arrive so quickly.
When Jinwoo stepped outside his office, he saw a maid cleaning.
“Oh! Your Majesty Leon!”
“Hello, longhallong-nim.”
The hero who had been cleaning the hallway outside the office bead at Jinwoo. She was wearing a maid uniform. It wasn’t in the traditional Arsilan style but more like sothing seen in comics or gas.
The palace’s servants and maids were vassals from Rainsword, and so were hired in a part-ti format by awarding Contribution Points and Arsilan Gold to heroes. The palace was too vast for Jinwoo’s vassals to manage on their own.
‘But the competition was...’
The competition was extrely fierce.
They could rent or even purchase the Sillion palace servant or maid uniforms with Contribution Points and Gold if they wished. A major reason was also the freedom to roam around the beautiful palace.
“Isn’t the work hard for you?”
“Not at all! It’s seriously a dream part-ti job!”
The hero looked genuinely happy.
She hesitated for a mont before opening her mouth.
“Your Majesty! Could I please take just one photo with you?”
“Of course.”
The hero turned on her photo app and knelt in front of Jinwoo.
“Your Majesty! Could you please glare at arrogantly? Like you’re scolding !”
“Haha, how could I possibly do that to a hero?”
Jinwoo struck a variety of poses and took photos with her.
‘Hmm, it’s more like being...’
It felt more like being a very famous celebrity than a king. Still, if there was a good part about becoming king, it was that he no longer had to help beginner heroes under the pretense of doing royal duties. Though his term of service had beco indefinite, his workload felt a bit more relaxed.
Yes! There should be perks like this too!
Jinwoo was trying to maintain a positive outlook.
Jinwoo entered the reception room.
As expected of a royal palace’s reception room, the interior was lavish. Compared to it, the things in the lord’s manor of Rainsword now seed shabby. Jinwoo hadn’t created it. It had been crafted and donated by heroes affiliated with a furniture workshop in Solis.
Helby was sitting on the sofa, sipping tea.
When Jinwoo entered the reception room, Helby turned her head and looked at him.
“......”
She stared at him like that for quite so ti.
Even after Jinwoo sat down across from her, her gaze did not leave him. Her ears and horns flushed slightly red.
“Hmph, hm! Barely passable, I suppose.”
“Really?”
Helby let out a small breath and made eye contact with Jinwoo. Ripples ford in her pupils.
Leon was beautiful. Just as much as when she once desired the golden light, she wanted to possess him. But it wasn’t simply because of his well-crafted appearance. It was because the soul of an Archmage resided within him that such beauty could exist in this world.
‘He’s changed.’
When she peered into his soul back in Lunatie, he had been crushed under countless hands.
Now he was not.
He was looking toward a brilliant light over a golden field.
Seeing that, she no longer felt greedy. Though she hated to admit it, for the first ti, she felt envy. He had overco his past entirely and was moving forward.
Jinwoo looked at the silent Helby.
“Helby, you’ve changed a lot too.”
"I've changed?"
Helby responded to Jinwoo’s words with a question.
He nodded. Helby’s expression had softened compared to before. Her power and majesty remained unchanged, but she felt easier to talk to now.
Helby turned her head and looked at her face in the large mirror hanging on the wall.
“Ha...”
It was absurd.
The faint smile on her face looked so incredibly stupid.
“...Looks like I’ve caught it too, hanging around with those idiotic heroes.”
She said that and laughed out loud.
Warm sunlight poured through the window, softly illuminating the two of them. Jinwoo took out so refreshnts and placed them in front of her. Her expression changed to one of surprise as she tasted the cookies.
“Good, right? The bakery workshop brings them every day.”
Many heroes were entering the workshop district in the capital city, Solis. Though they had to pay Contribution Points and Arsilan Gold every week, the spaces were so packed that it was hard to find an empty one.
The romance of creating sothing in this world was just that captivating.
“Hella Violani Urshig, I have a request.”
Jinwoo spoke her na.
That alone brought imnse pressure down on him.
It was a curse and trial so great that even a powerful Arsilanian couldn’t withstand it. But sothing like that could not have any effect on an Archmage.
The pressure dissipated instantly.
“Speak.”
Helby set down her teacup and looked at Jinwoo.
“Revenge is sothing I and the heroes will take. We will definitely destroy the Erosion and reclaim Arsilan. So...”
No matter what price had to be paid, it would be done.
“Beco the guardian dragon of Arsilan.”
Without the penalties of Erosion, Helby was as strong as Jinwoo. Even with all the counterasures he had prepared as an Archmage, their fight had ended in a draw.
If she protected Arsilan, Jinwoo could focus on preparing for the invasion without worry.
“Fine.”
“Huh?”
“I said fine.”
Jinwoo blinked.
Helby calmly lifted her teacup.
“Did I not already entrust all of my magic power and computing ability to you from the start?”
“Well, that’s true.”
“I have obtained the golden light. As a Magic Dragon, all of my wishes have already co true.”
She had achieved everything.
So now, like that Archmage, she had to look forward.
Instead of seeking treasure, she had to beco the treasure herself.
Helby folded her arms and looked at Jinwoo with a wicked smile.
“Of course, there’s a condition.”
What kind of condition?
Could it be sothing overwhelming?
“That disgustingly horrid body, destroy it imdiately. And when you et , always co in that form.”
The disgustingly horrid body referred to the anti-Helby special combat unit. That was a very easy request.
“Also, set up a second branch of the Platinum Coin Shop next to the Helby Lovers Group’s workshop.”
mbers of the Helby Lovers Group lived between Evanth and Solis. That was also easy. Solis was so large that several Platinum Coin Shops were planned anyway.
“That all?”
“That’s all.”
Helby’s expression looked thoroughly relieved. Jinwoo gazed at her for a mont.
‘Sothing like this can’t just proceed this simply.’
Helby was second in popularity only to Leon. If he just went ‘click!’ and appointed her as the guardian dragon, that would be an insult to himself as the ga developer.
Jinwoo looked at her with a sly smile.
Helby flinched at that smile.
“Helby, don’t you want to go wild one last ti as a Magic Dragon?”
Jinwoo leaned forward and moved closer to her.
“Don’t you want to see heroes crying their eyes out in despair?”
"Uh, um...."
Jinwoo’s words sounded extrely wicked.
“A-Alright, fine. Back off now.”
“Then you agree?”
When Helby nodded with a displeased expression, Jinwoo bead. The Archmage looked overjoyed, like all his stress had been blown away in an instant.
Even if he looked like that, everything the Archmage did was for Arsilan.
Whatever he was scheming now, it would be for that purpose too.
‘Mm, I’m the protagonist after all.’
Anyway, the story would progress centered on herself. So there was no reason to refuse. After all, it was only natural for all of Arsilan to look up to her!
That’s what Helby believed.
Jinwoo imdiately summoned Tia and Tiris. As the two entered the reception room, Helby grew slightly uneasy. The two sat on either side of her.
Jinwoo shared the concept he had co up with. Tia, after listening to it, added flesh to the idea on the spot. The more Helby heard of it, the more anxious she beca.
Tia looked at her.
“Helby-nim, you're a great being, so acting and such should be easy for you, right?”
“O-Of course. There’s nothing I can’t do.”
Once the storyline was mostly developed under the direction of Jinwoo and Tia, Tiris, who had been quietly listening, pulled out an outfit and accessories from her subspace.
“I’ve brought clothes that match the story.”
“Oh.”
“Wow! Just a little adjustnt and it’ll be perfect!”
As Jinwoo and Tia admired them, Tiris nodded. Her facial expression barely changed, but if you looked closely, it was full of satisfaction.
Helby tried to stand after seeing the outfit.
Swoosh!
But Tia linked arms with her, and Tiris grabbed her hand. Jinwoo, Tia, and Tiris all looked at Helby with sparkling eyes.
“Helby, we’re going to make you a superstar.”
Superstar!
Helby’s ears perked up at Jinwoo’s words.
“...Please, just make sure the outfit is at least sowhat normal.”
Helby let out a small sigh as she said that.
Alright then, let’s get started!
Helby had gone missing!
She was nowhere to be seen in Evanth or at the Platinum Coin Shop. At first, the heroes just found it a bit strange. But as days passed without any sign of her, Arsilan Worlds grew noisy.
‘Why isn’t Helby-nim showing up?’
‘Feels so empty without Helby-nim.’
‘Has anyone seen Helby-nim recently?’
‘Did she go on a trip or sothing?’
Helby had always been with the heroes.
At the Evanth Platinum Coin Shop, she was always sitting with a lazy expression. She would sotis be spotted walking the streets of Evanth or snacking in Solis.
When spoken to, she would respond with a grumbling tone.
When given gifts, her tail would sway gently.
Helby had settled just as deeply in the hearts of heroes as Leon had. So when she suddenly disappeared, the sense of loss was overwhelming.
Jinwoo quietly waited for the right mont.
As Helby’s disappearance beca a hot topic in Arsilan Worlds, the News Bureau also began reporting it as a special feature. In ti, not just Arsilan Worlds but also YouTube and social dia picked up the story. Inquiries poured in even through the Letter of Light. But not a single update was given until server maintenance began. This ti, Arsilan Worlds entered maintenance along with the main server.
Jinwoo moved to the control room.
Amidst all this, the server reopening ti arrived!
“The server is now open! Displaying the screen!”
At the staff mber’s words, Jinwoo nodded.
One side of the control room displayed Arsilan Worlds. Normally, its UI gave a bright and hopeful feeling. But not now. It looked dark and dreary. It looked as though it stood at the brink of destruction.
As soon as users entered Arsilan Worlds, a window appeared.
It showed the back of a girl gazing up at a high mountain.
It was Helby.
If you clicked on the window or just watched it, a teaser video would play.
The teaser video played in the control room.
Space, or the Abyss.
Within it, a massive Magic Dragon flew as if swimming. It was beautiful, like it held stars and galaxies within it. The Magic Dragon looked down on Arsilan, then descended upon the land.
Reflected in its massive eyes was Arsilan, falling into ruin from Erosion, filled with an undeniable despair. Then, alongside heroes, light began to erge.
The Magic Dragon took human form and arrived in Evanth, where she experienced many things and fought alongside the heroes.
They were mories as beautiful as any treasure.
[Helby-nim.]
Leon and Helby stood side by side in the royal palace of the Kingdom of Sillion, gazing out over Arsilan. From its borders, an ominous energy was seeping out, forming so terrifying shape.
Leon, his expression full of worry, turned to Helby.
[Must you really go?]
[I heard the wishes of those idiotic heroes.]
Helby responded to Leon’s words with a refreshing laugh.
[Isn’t this a chance for to beco even greater?]
[Helby-nim....]
A wish to make her the guardian dragon of Arsilan.
That line appeared briefly.
Leon deeply bowed his head toward her.
What must one give up to beco a guardian dragon after living as a Magic Dragon for so long?
To fulfill that wish, Helby, the Magic Dragon, sealed away all her power and ascended a Path of Penance, battling the wickedness that remained within her soul.
Dressed in pure white garnts and wearing a crown of thorns, she looked like a goddess.
As she climbed a mountain filled with sharp rocks, her shoes were torn, and wounds increased across her body. Fighting off beasts drawn by the scent of blood, Helby pressed on without rest toward the summit.
Her pure white clothes beca stained and dirtied with blood, soaked with sweat.
Blood flowed from beneath the thorn crown she had pressed onto her head. Though the pain should have contorted her expression, she smiled.
The mories shared with the heroes.
Those scenes flashed before her eyes.
The affection that made her feel valued allowed her to forget her pain.
After a long ti, she finally reached the summit.
It was the very place where she had first descended upon this land and looked down on Arsilan.
At the top of the mountain, she knelt.
It was at that mont.
[Krrgh! Aaagh!]
Black wings spread from Helby’s back, and an enormous force surged explosively upward. The black wings slowly dispersed and transford into a new shape.
Swoosh!
A girl wearing black clothes appeared.
She looked identical to the current Helby, but her presence was as dark as the depths of pitch-black night. When she extended her hand, the ground cracked open and a massive temple rose as if erupting from below.
From the temple that seed to embody the darkness of the universe, the girl looked down at Helby arrogantly. In the girl's shadow, the form of a giant magic dragon shimred.
[Foolish. We can never move toward the light. Accept the instincts of destruction and greed.]
The mont Helby lifted her head in response to that voice.
The screen faded to black.
‘Episode 2: The Dragon of Light and Darkness’
With that phrase, the video ca to an end.
That day, Arsilan Worlds exploded.
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