Accidentally Becoming a Great Prophet?!

The remaining six lords, whom I thought I would meet tomorrow while touring the lawless zone with Wi Ji-young, have now come to visit us, they say.
Whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing…
‘Well, meeting them quickly means we can go back quickly, so isn’t that better?’
But it certainly seemed like a very good thing in terms of reducing troublesome matters.
It’s not like I have any particular sense of justice or mission to normalize the lawless zone… I’m just someone who doesn’t want to get involved in such tiring affairs as much as possible.
Meeting quickly, finishing quickly, and going back quickly – that would be sweet.
Especially since I heard they didn’t come for hostile reasons. It seemed like things might work out easily.

“Hmm… It’s become a bit boring, teacher. To think they would come on their own like this.”

“…Honestly, it’s not like you did it secretly. You blatantly attacked, proudly wrecked the place, and kidnapped one lord. Isn’t it strange in its own way to expect the other lords to just sit still?”

As Wi Ji-young muttered, Akame retorted as if in disbelief.

Hmm… Come to think of it, Akame might be right?

One of the seven lords ruling this lawless zone, an S-rank superhuman, was openly overwhelmed and kidnapped… So it wasn’t strange for the other lords to approach with such a submissive attitude.

From what I’ve roughly heard from Yu Gang-pyeong, they’re quite close to each other in their own way. Well, they might not be exactly friendly, but when a crisis comes, they unite firmly and work well together… Business partners? Co-founders? Something like that relationship, he said.

Anyway, I can understand why the other lords united, thinking they might be next after Yu Gang-pyeong was taken down, but why are they approaching with such a submissive attitude? Independent Demon Wi Ji-young should still be known to the world as S-rank…

“And now it’s become a public fact that Independent Demon Wi Ji-young has reached EX-rank. The incident in the Great Heat Demon Realm, and the performance of absorbing those green sands… Did you expect to still be considered S-rank after such an open display of power?”

“Oh, I didn’t particularly intend it, but did it turn out that way?”

…Ah, so now everyone knows she’s EX-rank?

Well, even when Cheong So-ha crossed the wall, Akame from the neighboring country sensed it and came to find me through that, so it’s not like it could be hidden when reaching such a lofty realm as EX-rank, right?

Then it’s very easy to understand!

Even if I were an S-rank superhuman, if an EX-rank transcendent who had just reached that level suddenly stirred up a nearby force and kidnapped their leader, I would probably prepare to bow my head immediately, not knowing what’s what.

Also, from what I heard, the lawless zone seems to be formed and maintained due to the chaotic environment of surrounding countries and the tacit agreement of the Korean superhuman industry… So it’s understandable to be scared.

Even S-rank superhumans are all famous for being not quite right in the head, so how much more so for EX-ranks who are beings that could go off in any direction?

Rather than trying to fathom the thoughts of a transcendent that can’t even be read, it would be cheaper to just bow your head and beg right away.

After all, an EX-rank transcendent was truly a transcendent being who could even make natural disasters seem trivial.

Whether she came to expand her influence after becoming EX-rank, or whether she targeted them as a nearby sizeable and easy target to test her power as a newly minted EX-rank transcendent, not going against the transcendent’s mood was probably the best for them. Probably…

After all, they were all superhumans who had been pushed out of other places and settled in this lawless zone. There would be nothing more terrible than being smashed and falling again after successfully rebuilding themselves.

Anyway, for that reason, Wi Ji-young, myself, and our group met the six lords of the lawless zone who suddenly came to visit.

In a spacious room where we met them, they immediately greeted us, or more precisely Wi Ji-young, with intense bows as if their heads would touch the ground.

Some even prostrated themselves from the start.

“It’s an honor to meet you, Independent Demon-nim!! I’m Shishiro Koyama, who runs a small business here…!!”

“Ho ho! It’s the honor of a lifetime to face the great Independent Demon-nim whose fame reaches the heavens! This old body is Rohan, who was once a cardinal of the Holy See…”

“Huk! Meeting someone I’ve always respected brings unstoppable tears to my eyes! Please forgive my rudeness! I, the knight Beka Ignatz, pay my respects…!”

“I’m just a dwarf nobody named Burson Stonehand who does some hammering in the mountains! To have the opportunity to receive the great Independent Demon-nim…”

“I am called Maksimov Ivanovich…”

“I am Jose Lopez…”

It was such a mess that you couldn’t even hear them properly as they competed to greet Independent Demon first and immediately started buttering her up.

And Wi Ji-young didn’t seem to like this sight either, as she raised her hand to cut off their words.

“Enough, this is a mess.”

An arrogant pose and an aloof gaze looking down with an expressionless face. Short words with a slightly displeased tone.

Just with that, the six lords closed their mouths and broke out in cold sweat.

The overwhelming difference between the six lords in front of Independent Demon Wi Ji-young, who had reached EX-rank, was clear at a glance.

And… Somehow, I could also tell that the superhumans in front of my eyes were quite inferior compared to the strong ones by my side like Akame, Lee Su-yeon, and Yeondal-gi.

They say there are differences even among S-ranks… It seemed the differences and variations in strength were quite large indeed. Not as much as the gap between S-rank and EX-rank, but still.

How should I put it… I had heard about it in words, but now I could really feel it? Anyway, that’s how it was.

“And the person you should beg for your life until your hands and feet wear out is not me, but this teacher here. Don’t make a mistake.”

?! She’s passing it off to me here!?

Whew… I expected this much when she said she would hand over this lawless zone to me… Relax, relax…!

“Th-th-that’s right…! Then, may I ask the name of Independent Demon-nim’s teacher here…?”

“The teacher’s name is Dam Han-ul, a being so great that even I can barely reach. You must not be lacking in your treatment.”

“Hu, huuh…!! A-are you saying such a great being hasn’t even had their name known to the world…?!”

?!?! I, I didn’t expect this much!?!?

No, are you going to build me up like this here?! W-why are you doing this to me, Wi Ji-young…!!

At Wi Ji-young’s seemingly careless words, all the lords’ gazes turned to me.

The gazes of S-rank superhumans, sparkling with respect, admiration, and even awe and fear, as if looking at an incredibly amazing person.

Even Yu Gang-pyeong sent a similar gaze despite having heard the story once before, and the three behind me nodded as if it was a matter of course.

…No, why are you guys doing this too…!!

Anyway, the gazes those lords were sending me were sincere.

There was no reason for the EX-rank Independent Demon to lie, and when the S-rank superhumans behind me spoke as if her words were correct, they really believed it…!!

Urgh… It’s incredibly burdensome!! I’m just an ordinary amateur fortune-teller without any special powers…!!

That excessive attention and gaze is so burdensome…!! Ugh, I feel like my stomach is hurting from stress again…!!

Somehow I’ve been under a lot of stress lately… Am I going to get stress-induced hair loss at this rate!?

Who was it, Julius Caesar of Rome is said to have suffered from such severe stress-induced alopecia areata that he spent his entire life looking for hair loss treatments… Am I going to end up in that state in the future?!

Oh, come to think of it, didn’t they say that among Independent Demon’s poisons, there are some with hair loss treatment functions… If I get hair loss, I can ask Independent Demon. That’s fortunate… It feels like Wi Ji-young has been helpful for the first time in her life…

Anyway, I flinched slightly as I saw Wi Ji-young twitching her eyes as if someone was cursing her, and I gave a very awkward smile to the lords who were all prostrated with their heads slightly raised, looking at me.

This is really driving me crazy… It was obvious that even if I strongly denied it here, they would just think, “How humble!” and move on!

It was obvious that no matter how much I tried, they wouldn’t change their minds now that an EX-rank transcendent and multiple S-rank superhumans had acknowledged it as fact.

But I can’t mentally handle pretending to be something I’m not. Pretending to be a transcendent strong person!! I absolutely can’t do it! It’s impossible considering my personality, and I don’t even know what that is, so it’s impossible!

Anyway, three strikes and you’re out… I’ll just stay still and smile…

Well, it might be an awkward smile… But don’t they say if you stay still, you’re halfway there? I’ll just stay like this…

And so, while listening to the extreme flattery and adulation of the seven lords and receiving their massive gifts, I was just awkwardly keeping my place and inwardly wishing for this boring and stressful time to pass quickly when!

Crash!!! Slash!!!

“????”

Suddenly there was a red flash, and immediately the building split and the large room where we were gathered was cut in half.

‘W-what’s this?!’

Just as I was wondering what this situation was,

“Ah, found you. So you were all here?”

A pretty young girl with eerily red eyes, exuding an extremely creepy atmosphere, appeared stuck to the cut wall with a bright smile while holding a hand axe dripping with blood.

“Nice to meet you all! Since we’ve met, would you let me put an axe in your necks?”

…Somehow I thought she didn’t seem normal as soon as I saw her! She’s a crazy person!! Oh, for crying out loud…!!

No, I wished for this time to pass quickly, not to face an even more insane situation!!

Damn it!! Why does it seem like nothing good happens since coming here!! I hate the lawless zone!!