The thought-soul that newly registered on Yu IlHans collection was a very noisy one.

[How could you kill me without differentiating whether I was an ally or enemy! Huh!?]

And you had any thoughts on becoming friendly with anyone?

[I was going to kill them all.]

Well, of course. There was no way the naturally occurring higher existence born on Earth, where everything was born with resentment towards Yu IlHan was going to be friendly. Yu IlHan confronted the pitiful thought-soul that couldnt lie, and spoke with a sigh.

Done differentiation, youre an enemy.

[How can you only check after you kill!]

You always start off by killing before anything in war. And my life has always been a war.

[IlHan is so cool..}

[Cool!? Thats COOL!?]

The thought-soul sounded very enraged. Well, it was nothing surprising since it died before it could do anything even though it was born as a higher existence.

However, Yu IlHan did not regret his actions at all. To be exact, he was sure that his will wouldnt have wavered no matter how the situation developed out.

She was an enemy. The reason he could have a luxury talk with her right now was only because he had killed her and made her into a thought-soul, and if she was at all alive, then there would be no room for any conversation.

[Coward, how are you so well off after killing me with a surprise attack!]

Hahaha, a loser dog is barking.

Yu IlHan also had the trait of a non-social person that became arrogant once be was sure of his complete superiority.

[Eeek, what do you mean a loser dog. There was no chance to fight at all!]

I said life is a war. Why didnt you prepare the moment you were born? Well, you still wouldnt have seen through my concealment.

[Eeeeeeeek!]

[IlHan, youre being scary..]

While Yu IlHan was thinking of ways to extort information from this noisy girl, the thought-souls rants continued on.

[But cowardly is still cowardly! Just as I was about to take a breath after being born, a weird beam screws up my body, and after I barely endured that, a giant castle falls on me! Theres a reason why this world is trying to kill you!]

Mastering Death Collector is quite annoying. I collect weird thought-souls like these without my permission.

Yu IlHan quietly levitated the flying fortress and muttered. Of course, he said that but it wasnt like she was a useless thought-soul. Not only was it a big plus that he had gained a thought-soul of a 5th class that had intelligence, if he used her well, when she was born from the records of the Earth, it was possible for him to gain information on what he couldnt even come in contact with until now.

[Khhhhh, its so frustrating dammit!] (Orochi)

Its alright, Orochi. Youre doing your best.

If it was any other ordinary thought-soul, he would have borrowed Orochis power to interrogate, but she was of the 5th class not someone Orochi could currently do something about. What was left was a peaceful negotiation, but the problem was whether this soul fragment that was just smashed by him would be cooperative or not.

From her words, she sounded like a little child that had no experience despite having a lot of knowledge, perhaps due to being just born.

[Anyway, free me! I still have my body, and my soul is here too!]

Im sorry but your soul has already passed onto somewhere I do not know. You are only a fragment of the original.

[What.!?]

Oh? Would she go into self-retrospective now? The matters of life and death and the soul was always a difficult matter for any being. For her to accept that when she was just a newborn, the weight would be too much on her.

[IlHan, what are you doing to a newborn?]

Well, shes an enemy.

[Oh, yeah. I forgot since you acted so freely with her.]

Yu IlHan had completely levitated the flying fortress and checked the barrier while waiting for her reply, and the thought-soul that was silent after realization of her own identity finally spoke after a little time.

[Th, then]

Then?

[Then its the same as me being born again thanks to you, isnt it?]

Never did he think she would accept that so optimistically!

[You are quite amazing! Well, yeah. At the time I was born, I was only thinking about killing all the humans on Earth, but now my thought-process is quite free! So thats it, its because I was born anew!]

Well, yeah. Im quite amazing.

Yes. I didnt die. I was born!

The shift in the thought-souls thought process was surprisingly fast. Even Yu IlHan wouldnt be so optimistic as her.

However, it was not a bad thing to accept reality and think positively about it. Whether it was for her, or for Yu IlHan, it would make her advance forward.

And as expected, once she left the negative thoughts, she went on to expand her thoughts.

[But this is still too stuffy for me. I dont like this feeling of being trapped in unknown darkness. Give me a body like that snake.]

[Groaaaaar, Im not a snake. Im Yamata no Orochi.]

Hmm.

[The body my soul was in is still intact right? If its you you can transfer me back over!]

Im sorry but its not that simple.

Yu IlHan spoke in a really unfortunate tone and took out her corpse. Perforated with a Blaze-imbued laser beam, and being smashed by the flying fortress, that body made one wonder if it can even be considered a body anymore.

[]

While the thought-soul was at a loss in front of the unfortunate reality, Liera spoke after looking at the state of the corpse.

[Perhaps it would look like this if an ogre ate a human and vomited it back out.]

[Uwaaaaaaaaaaaan!]

The thought-soul burst out crying. This was a real cry and not one to make Yu IlHan hesitate like before!

[It turned into paste, my pretty body! Although its not my body but still! Uwaaaaaaan!]

Yu IlHan glared at Liera as if he was innocent, despite him being the one that made the body like this, and calmly spoke to the thought-soul that was crying noisily in his head.

However, I can give you a different body.

[A different body?]

The moment she heard that voice, her voice floated up as if the crying never happened. Success Yu IlHan smiled after he was sure of that.

You should know that everything in the world is a give-and-take process, right?

[But you killed me! No, well, a soul that shared consciousness with me!]

Then stay like that if you dont want to. Ill come back for a 2nd round after making Orochi grow. Ill say this now, but the conditions then wouldnt be as good as it is now.

[Ugh!]

There was no need for Yu IlHan to provoke any further. Her intelligence was very clear, enough for her to judge that the situation was too disadvantageous for her to drag things out.

Adding on top of that, the fact that she was considering the higher existence that just died and herself as different beings, finally, she obediently replied to Yu IlHan.

[I, cant help it. and so? What is this condition?]

Its very simple. You only need to become a subordinate under my rule. Its the best method for the two of us to be able to trust each other.

[Aha, like that snake?]

[Im not a snake!]

Shouted Orochi. Yu IlHan giggled with the two fighting as BGM. Although it was a pity that he couldnt acquire a 5th class magic stone from her body, it looked like this was a jackpot in its own way.

[???????? has become your subordinate.]

[Uugh, this feels unpleasant. I can feel a connection with another being.]

Hold it. Its not only you that feels unpleasant.

Although she was only a thought-soul, she was still a part of a higher existence. It was an enormous matter to make her submit under his rule.

It would have been difficult even if he had mastered the Rule skill, but as the abilities of a Deathgod supported him, and she was being cooperative as well, he safely succeeded. And naturally, his skill level rose by quite a lot!

[The skill, Rule, has become level 97. It becomes easier to accept a higher-levelled opponent under your rule, the growth speed of all beings under you accelerates, and you receive natural loyalty from all of them. You can apply a little bit of forcefulness in the activation, but only against beings overwhelmingly lower-leagued than you.]

Hhm. This skill is becoming frightening too. That forceful part really nags on my mind..

If he could forcefully submit someone, it meant that someone overwhelmingly stronger than him could do the same to him. Yu IlHan was worried about that, but Liera replied as if that was nothing to worry about.

[Its normal stuff to make others forcefully submit even without the Rule skill, when theres a large gap in levels, no? Theres no need to worry about that. Whats more important is the speed youre levelling the Rule skill at.]

Hmmmmm, thats true, but thinking about how it could affect the opponents mind, it feels a little..

[Sheesh minor details. There are not many people who raised the Rule skill as much as you in the first place!]

The Rule skill. It was a skill with a tremendous difficulty of acquisition made for rulers, and it was even harder to raise them. However, not only did Yu IlHan acquire this skill from Heavens Quest, he had also made quite a lot of footholds for its growth by subordinating elves and even dragons..

Moreover, this growth accelerated as the subordinates, who were in places unknown to him, were developing rapidly. Adding a higher existence into the mix, it had reached an absurd level of 97.

[Ugh, this is uncomfortable. I cant hate master even if I wanted to! Eh? I called him master and not master but why do I keep calling him master?]

Please speak something I can understand.

[I am!]

It looked like the speech patterns of the subordinates were also affected. Yu IlHan became afraid of his own skill for a moment, but then thought that everything was fine since he was fine.

Well, it would be fine if I became stronger faster.

[Youre quite progressive when youve just killed a higher existence in a surprise attack.]

[Master, body! Wheres my body?]

The thought-soul that just finished the contract, shouted in a bright voice. Yu IlHan stopped thinking about the Rule skill completely and confronted her.

Before that lets give you a name. Theres also something I want to ask you.

[Although I want a body, but I guess thats fine name me anything.]

Well, then. How about Mistic.

[.Mystic, I like it! Master is quite good after all!]

Huh.

In fact, he meant for the name to be a part of optimistic, with her being nave and all, but she heard that as mystic, i.e. being mysterious. But since she liked it, Yu IlHan decided to not talk about the source of the name.

Well, everyone grew up that way. Even Yu IlHan wouldnt be standing here if the pain of the Bl****d Lancer didnt exit!

Like the name, Mystic 1 asked with the endlessly positive attitude.

[So, what is it that you want to ask?]

The current state of the Earth. You talked about this right? That you thought that you had to kill me the moment you were born. It would be fine if that was your instinct as a monster, but after talking with you, it doesnt sound like that.

[Im not a monster!]

Thats why Im asking, Mystic.

Yu IlHans voice lowered. Perhaps this was the most important moment after the 3rd Great Cataclysm.

I have a lot to ask, but let me ask this first. How were you born as a higher existence?

[Thats..]

Mystic hesitated for a moment but replied soon.

[Probably, I was part of a large pool of shared records before I was born.]

Huh?

Yu IlHan momentarily couldnt understand and asked back, but Liera instantly understood her words.

[So you arent a naturally ocurring higher existence?]

[Yeah.]

Acknowledged Mystic.

[I was born with the help of another higher existence sharing his own record. With the orders to kill you.]

.

At that point, Yu IlHan could understand her words.

It looked like there was a higher existences other than her on Earth right now.

Authors notes

Let me announce the results of the popularity poll, this will be very long!

There were a total of 1485 votes. And let me announce you the most obvious 1st place. Its none other than Yu IlHan with 437 votes!

Because Hes MC such simple reasons numbered the most, and the next popular ones are Hes similar to me He puts in endless effort and the like. Haha, thats strange. Im not even wearing glasses but my vision is getting hazy. IlHan, do your best, were all loners!

Let me omit the ones with 1 or 2 votes. The one that left the most impression was the Mantis Scythe Armguard that briefly appeared at the very beginning of the story. Even this author forgot until I saw that vote. To think that would get a vote!

Thanks to Spiera doing something bad just before the poll, she only got 3 votes. The Bittersweet persona, which has now become the flying fortress received 5. Meanwhile, the unrevealed master of the hell dungeon where Mir is currently in, received 7 votes and gave Spiera a big hit!

The author of this novel, I, have received 8 votes. One reason said Because he looks handsome. Although Im very thankful, you wont get anywhere with flattery! Theres one with the same number of votes as me, which is MiRaes brother, Kang HaJin. 6 of them said because no one will pick them. Lets do our best together!

The Eternal Flame received 12 votes. Without a single in the novel, it surpassed HaJin just with its actions alone. Look forward to its tongue-flickering actions later on too. Meanwhile, Kim YeSeul, Yu Ilhans mother, as well as the hell dungeons mascot, the Perverted Vibration Demon have received 17 votes each.. How? How can this be?

With the grand villainous entrance, but now Yu IlHans ally, Orochi, and Yu IlHans father Yu YongHan, who has such a faint presence in the novel have come in joint 7th place with 24 votes. A lot of you said that Yu YongHan may do something later because he hasnt done anything until now. Well, the truth? Would he stay faint! Or will he do something after all!

6th places is Kang MiRae with 28 votes. A lot of the comments said that her arduous efforts to advance forward suited Yu ILHan a lot. Perhaps she would get more votes in the future according to how she acts! However for now. yep, shes the last among the heroines! T_T

5th is Erta with 76 votes. Like how she was a stiff and direct character at her appearance, many of you said that you liked her changing attitude while she stayed with the main character was clear. There are also a lot of votes saying Erta must be the one to retort!. I also wish Erta came back soon!

4th place is Yu IlHans son, Yumir! With 224 votes, he overwhelms Erta at 5th place. He looks cute, he acts cute, the way he imitates his dad is cute and such were the comments. Hahahaha, everybody, you are dangerous people (clink clink)

Ive already announced the 1st place so theres only the 3rd and 2nd place. In fact, this could be the battle for the main heroine. You should know if youve read the votes, but there was an unpredictable miracle that actually occurred.

Yes, 3rd is Na YuNa with 238 votes! She was a character that received all the hate when she first appeared, but there were a lot of you who looked at her honest approach to Yu IlHan in a positive light.

Other than that, there are opinions like Her Wao! is characteristic, Shes pretty, She has big boobs, Shes proactive, She has big boobs, She has big boobgs, and Shes the first one to break through Yu IlHans iron guard.. Just how much do you like boobs! Although I like them too!!

Then the grand 2nd place? Theres only one! Its our pitiful angel Liera that crushed everyone other than Yu llHan himself with 336 votes!

Shes cute, shes so pitiful, shes pretty and even has big boobs, Shes like a kind next-door noona, etc. There were a lot of reasons why you liked her, but the most numerous reason was Hundreds of Years only looking at him. Perhaps many of the readers felt both charm and pity, seeing her unfortunate figure running after Yu IlHan.

In fact, I never planned to make Liera the main heroine at first. Instead, it was going to be Kang MiRae, but as you see here haha in fact, something same happened in my previous-previous work, so I can only laugh Her charm was that attractive I guess. Im only happy to have come up with a character like her.

The one comment Ive heard the most in my previous work is that the characters dont have any character. Those became a trigger to make me think again about how I think about characters. Is it thanks to that? The main characters of this vote (the ones in 1st to 5th place) had a lot of comments talking about their characters so I was very satisfied and happy. Please stay with this work and these characters in the future. Ill try to make them more lively and attractive characters!

Translators notes

The one in authors notes is the result from the KOREAN POLL not ours.

Im not gonna make any grand interpretations.

Heres the results

Ranking Character votes notes

1 Yu IlHan 575 Main character

2 Lita/Liera 315 She wins the best waifu poll!

3 Yumir 193 Yu IlHans son

4 Eternal Flame 120

5 Erta 87

6 Orochi 83

7 Na YuNa 63

8 Kang MiRae 49

9 Yu YongHan 32 Yu IlHans father

10 Kim YeSeul 28 Yu IlHans mother

11 Lecidna 20 Yumirs mother

12 Daki Von Illastra 5 4th class mage that got pile-bunkered to death

12 Ericia 5

12 Pat 5 Elf, male archer

12 Spiera 5

16 Chamber 3 Im pretty sure Chamber doesnt appear in the novel

17 Earth 2

17 God of Smithing 2 Unnamed

17 Han YeoRang 2 Suppression, got more votes than her superior

17 Keshna Golem 2 From the magic ruins in Lanpas

17 Perverted Vibration Demon 2 this guy got one more vote than me

22 Akashic Records 1

22 Author (note) 1

22 Bingryong 1 Translator who did half of prologue, the name is here cuz someone voted Translators

22 Carina Malatesta 1 Magia, Italy

22 Dmirel 1 5th class fallen angel

22 Elbani Da Qurad 1

22 Giant Bucket 1

22 John Cena 1 Who the hell was this? Can I IP-ban you?

22 Leytna 1 Goddess of Beauty

22 Michael Smithson 1 Metal Knights, England

22 Reta Kariha 1 Deceased elf that tried to take over Yu IlHans body

22 The guy who named him Sungdaein Bolt 1 Congratulations, O, nameless one

22 Yoon DaeHan 1 Suppression

Heres the full results!

A total of 1,609 answers! Thanks for your participation!

And seriously, can I kill the guy who said John Cena? Like, really?

A certain someone (speshul person) added 1 vote for Chamber after the votes ended. Lets not add any more

1. Ill just keep it Mystic