Chapter 278
The Deep Realm had been quite noisy as of late. Illeina’s return after losing her cursed sword had stirred things up, but the real reason for the commotion was the return of the King, otherwise known as the “Overlord.”
There had long been whispers that the Overlord, who had vanished after the Great War, had been sighted. However, now that the rumor had become reality, the residents of the Deep Realm were in a state of shock. To them, the Overlord was the embodiment of “fear.”
While Baal and Imfelheim were officially ranked as the most powerful figures in the Deep Realm ranking, they were nothing compared to the Overlord. The residents still vividly remembered the Great War, when even the highest-ranked beings had fallen to their knees before his overwhelming might.
All residents murmured the same question, “So, where is the Overlord now?”
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In Mount Yeongryunsan in the Deep Realm, Wei Zhongqi gathered three bottles of freshly brewed jukyeopcheong. Back in the Central Plains, it was a common liquor found in any tavern, but in the Deep Realm, where no such establishments existed, he had to brew it himself. After a month of careful aging, it was finally ready.
Wei Zhongqi smiled at the thought of taking it to Earth as a gift for Do-Jun.
“You ready?” asked a man sitting on the wooden porch of Wei Zhongqi’s thatched-roof house.
He was a striking figure with sharp, red eyes and crimson hair. The number “1” was engraved on the back of his hand. This was the Overlord—the being feared by Solomon’s demons, countless kings, and even the Transcendents.
“Yes, Overlord.”
Though Wei Zhongqi had been startled when he first met the Overlord on Earth, he had since become comfortable speaking with him. After all, they had already interacted several times. Whatever fear he once felt had long since faded, now that he knew this man was not the tyrant he had once been.
“Then, shall we?” Wei Zhongqi asked.