"Mm."

Lee Shin-Woo saw the Spirits' Spring begin to radiate light and groaned. In his head, he thought, Now I've done it!

His plan had been to get the spirits to follow his every whim and turn them into an assault force through the covert use of the Spirits' Spring and the Spirits' Road. He believed that was his only option to uphold their request to attain revenge against the Emperor whilst still keeping them safe.

However...

[The Spirits' Spring and all of its spirits have agreed to form a contract with you.]

[The Spirits' Spring has contracted with you as a subordinate.]

Sweat gathered on his forehead. Oh, right. He was disguised as a human right now, and his body mimicked human physiologically. When he wanted to maintain a complete poker face, he really should abstain from disguising himself as a human... Wait, now isn’t the time to begin escaping reality!

"What's going on?"

"How would I know?"

[The Spirits' Spring... The will of all the past spirits is responding to the contractor. How can this be... I thought they were exhausted and in a deep sleep.]

Zenon struggled to stand upright as he spoke, and his eyes became brimming with tears, touched by the sight. Seeing that, Lee Shin-Woo could ever so slightly...