This was Jaehw.a.n.g's favorite method, which was the fastest and cleanest. He would just have to wipe it out until it works. It might be called a barbaric method, but he didn't have many options. This was one of the most troublesome reasons for dealing with a cult group because it meant that rational persuasion was impossible... However, if the variable, "Sreena's Rescue" interrupts him, it would be a headache.

He did not know how things would turn out.

What's more important was that Goongi was determinedly against it.

'I'll get rid of her even if we save her.'

Jaehw.a.n.g would love to hear it like a joke, but Goongi doesn't joke about such things. He didn't want to save her and have a funeral. Goongi, who had to take good care of herself throughout the Academy when she was still powerless because of Serena's obsession, hated Serena very much. If it weren't for Jaehw.a.n.g who wanted to graduate without trouble, something would have definitely happened.

That's when James did something. The door was opened and a man in a butler's uniform brought in a large black box and placed it on the table.

"Don't come in until I tell you."

"Yes, sir."

As he went out with his head down, Jaehw.a.n.g said, "What is this?"

"This is an artifact that my family had. Even if you refuse to do our request, I'm still hoping that you would accept this."

Jaehw.a.n.g frowned.

As he joined the ranks of the G.o.ds, he almost lost his l.u.s.t. Though he gained the power of the Arrow in his battle against the Dragon, it is time for him to pay more attention to honing and polis.h.i.+ng the divinity of his own than other things such a relic. It was poisonous to be distracted by such things.

"Don't get me wrong. In fact, it's like a cursed artifact. A lot of hunters tried, but they couldn't even feel it, and a few hunters who rushed to touch it couldn't wake up for days. So if it weren't for you, it would have no real owner. Don't feel pressured and please accept this."

James carefully said while looking at Jaehw.a.n.g's face.

It was an obvious trick but curious, Jaehwnag opened the lid of the box. The box was double-wrapped. When he opened the inner antique box, a bow surrounded by a red veludo appeared.

The whole thing was s.h.i.+mmering with silvery light, and it was a bow made of metal, like his own.

All the fancy decorations embroidered at its surface indicates that it wasn't actually used in combat. First of all, it was an ordinary short bow.

Jaehw.a.n.g placed his hand on the bow and tried to feel it. And Jaehw.a.n.g, who read the window that appeared a little later, opened his eyes wide.

Astrafe - Legend Cla.s.s Artifact

Restrictions on use: Those who pa.s.s the test...

Vitality: -Unknown

Maximum range:-Unknown

Effective range:-Unknown

Material:-Unknown

Special ability

- Unknown

- Unknown

- Unknown

- Unknown

"Hm… Astrafe"

All but its name was covered.

James opened his eyes wide in astonishment as he recited the name of the weapon that emerged in Jaehw.a.n.g's item window.

"Astrafe is the name of the thunderbolt, the weapon of Zeus who gave it to us."

"Is that so?"

Jaehw.a.n.g was born-to-be bowman, so he became even more curious when he heard that the name of the legendary bow was the weapon of Zeus, the Western G.o.d. Moreover, he had never heard of a weapon that would test a master-to-be. Jaehw.a.n.g picked up the Astrafe's grip.

"Hmm?"

As soon as he grabbed the bow's grip, a thrilling sensation traveled from the palm of his hand to the tip of his hand.

"That's funny."

Besides, it's quite an offensive weapon.

"Are you all right?" James asked in a worried voice. This was because he had seen people pa.s.sing out at the moment they touched that bow. Jaehw.a.n.g showed his palm to stop him.

Jaehw.a.n.g, who stabilized James, glared at the Astrafe in his hand.

"So this thing tests…"

It was ridiculous that a weapon would dare to test a man.

"Why don't you pa.s.s my test first?" Using the hemolysis technique, Jaehw.a.n.g began to focus on the bow. A red glow from his hand began to embrace the Astrafe and a moment later, Astrafe began to quiver and scream.

Screech!

"Ugh!" James closed his ears when a scratchy high note went off but as a member of the Rothschild family, he soon watched him with stable eyes as if his body was armed with artifacts to do so.

"It's holding up! Let's see if you can hold this out then…"

It was enduring quite well as a legend-cla.s.s artifact. It was unknown to whom in-depth it belonged, but it's holding onto it because it had a minor divinity left in it. Since it was a divine weapon, Jaehw.a.n.g tried to have it surrendered by gently handling it. But it did not know that Jaehw.a.n.g was being kind to it to let it go and instead, it just stood up and screamed.

Swoooosh..

Jaehw.a.n.g once again placed some strength in his hand. If he had softly attacked it before, he will attack in earnest from now on. If he holds on to this, he'll give up. If he holds on until the end anyway, it will be completely ruined but Jaehw.a.n.g had nothing to lose anyway.

SCREEEEEECH

Astrafe began to rattle and tremble even more. It seems as if it was struggling to get out of Jaehw.a.n.g's hand, but Jaehw.a.n.g had no intention of letting it go. A minute or so pa.s.sed. A white spark starts from the grip that Jaehw.a.n.g was holding on and soon, the entire Astrafe was surrounded by the spark.

And... when the spark was lifted, the Astrafe was transformed into a whole new shape.

It was a form of curved bow similar to the Arrow, the main weapon of Jaehw.a.n.g. All its fancy decorations were gone, and its smooth curves were revealed. What's interesting was that there were lightning ornaments on the top and bottom of the grip and the bow as a whole. Of course, it wasn't just a change of shape.

The hidden part of the item window was gone as if it surrendered to Jaehw.a.n.g.

It was unknown what the test was, but Jaehw.a.n.g drilled it with force.

Astrafe - Legend Cla.s.s Artifact

Restrictions on use: Those who pa.s.sed the test

Vitality: Flexible

Maximum range: Flexible

Effective range: Variable

Material: Thunderium

Special ability

-Resilience

-Lightning Arrow

-Increase

-Transfer

-Self-repair

"That's interesting."

Jaehw.a.n.g pulled the empty bowstring from Astrafe. Then, a spark arose between the lightning-shaped ornaments and his hands and soon, a long streak of light appeared.

Papapak! Papapak!

Sparks spring from the lightning-shaped arrow of light. He can feel the beast crouching inside the weapon. It was also understandable why life and maximum range were marked as 'flexible'. It was both a weapon and a divine living being. And depending on the user's ability, its power varies from one to the next.

What should be specially noted was the arrow was shaped like this lightning.

Apart from not needing arrows, all the special abilities of Astrafe were based on this lightning bolt. He would like to take all the strength out of him and test it, but Jaehw.a.n.g shook his head immediately.

Jaehw.a.n.g could have been put on the terrorist list of the U.S. in a single breath if he played out the real power of this weapon, which he had grasped through Astrafe.

In fact, the White House could have collapsed if he did so.

"Hmm."

Once he scanned Astrafe, Jaehw.a.n.g placed it in the Infinity Storage.

He tried to be wary of materialistic desires, but what could they say? He was still half-human. Greed was a natural human need.

'Aren't you giving in too quickly?'

'Grandfather said that people should be flexible.'

'The old man did something useless…'

It's Jaehw.a.n.g who smirks at the reminiscent of Goongi's grumbling look.

"Okay. I accept this."

Jaehw.a.n.g looked at James. He didn't want to say anything else since he was going to accept it anyway. James' face brightened, but Jaehw.a.n.g's words were not over yet.

"However, there are conditions. I'm going to focus on destroying the Three Sky Religion itself rather than Serena's rescue. Also, if the Three Sky Religion collapses, the benefits that Rothschild will get will have to return to society. That's my condition."

"O-of course." James' expression darkened slightly before regaining its original form with a nod. If the Kingdom of Three Sky religion, a big pillar of the secret Mana Stone market, collapses, the Rothschild family will get the benefit in return. Jaehw.a.n.g was referring to that point.

After meeting James, Jaehw.a.n.g immediately called Irumi.

Now that the hostage has been captured, he's determined to resolve it as soon as possible. It wasn't originally meant to be, but perhaps now was the right time to bring the Kingdom of Three Sky religion down. The Kingdom would not have thought that the Archery Master, who just finished the Dragon Raid, would move to destroy them immediately.

"I could use the Dragon a little faster than I thought."

#2

The next day, Jaehw.a.n.g boarded a private plane, receiving the hospitality and blessings of countless people.

"Let's go," Jaehw.a.n.g, who was watching this through his tablet, said as he got into a car emblazoned with the Rothschild family's pattern.