(Many thanks to 'Crazy 80s', 'Khazix, 'Nine Heavens on the Moon', and 'Heavenly Yukasuo' for their tips!) ）

"Long time no see, let's just say that."

K, who had just been defeated by Noah's men not long ago, was wearing a normal suit with a tie instead of the steel he had seen last time.

Looking at Noah standing in front of him, K had a smile on his face, but his cold eyes kept staring at Noah's body, and said to Noah.

"It's an honor to see you again so soon, Noah? Dolea. ”

Noah, who turned around, gradually retracted his expression under K's cold eyes and fake smile.

Why is K here?

The question is not important.

So, although he was a little surprised that K would appear in front of him at this time and on this occasion, Noah was not surprised, but just smiled faintly.

"Really? But I don't want to see you anymore. ”

"It's still the same as before." K smiled nonchalantly.

"I don't show any mercy when I speak, I really deserve to be the eldest lady's partner."

Saying this, K's eyes still glanced vaguely in the direction of Lilith, making Bliss on the side ask Noah a little blankly.

"Well, your friend?"

"It's not." Noah shook his head.

"Not friends."

"It's really not a friend." K smiled kindly at Bliss.

"I guess it's an opponent, right?"

"Opponents?" Noah scoffed.

"You're only evenly matched, right? Is Your Excellency my opponent? ”。

The implication is that K is not qualified to be his opponent.

on this. K still smiled unconcernedly, but the air around him was a little colder. It made Bliss shiver.

For Bliss, who lived an ordinary life like a rich kid, it was impossible for him to know why the air around him would suddenly cool down.

Because. Bliss couldn't feel the source of the chilling air that was constantly being released from K's body—the murderous aura.

Of course, Bliss can't feel the murderous aura, which doesn't mean that he can't feel the bad atmosphere between Noah and K.

At that moment, Bliss pretended to laugh freely and raised the cup in his hand.

"Since the two of you are old acquaintances, then I won't bother the two of you to catch up, and we'll see you at the dance party in the evening."

"Walk slowly." Both Noah and K did their best to show their faces, and they also raised their cups to Bliss and watched Bliss leave.

And with Bliss's departure. The atmosphere that permeates Noah and K is getting worse and worse.

However, in this bad atmosphere, K instead restrained the murderous aura that was slightly released, and saluted Noah contrivedly.

"Allow me to introduce you to someone."

With that, K stepped out of his way and let Noah's gaze shoot behind him through where he was.

There, one in a white coat. I don't know if it's a doctor or a scholar, but a thin old man over 70 years old is walking towards this side step by step with a cane.

The old man's hair was so white that he couldn't see the original hair color.

However, judging from the blue eyes and the high bridge of the nose hidden behind the reading glasses. The other party should also be a Westerner.

Looking at the old man in the West who slowly walked in front of him, Noah looked at it for a while, and waited until the other party came to him. Noah smiled, unusually ill-intentioned.

"Equipmentsmith?"

The old man was stunned for a moment. Even K was stunned, obviously not expecting Noah to suddenly report this name.

And see the reaction of the two. Noah suddenly confirmed the guess in his mind and smiled.

"Looks like I guessed it."

"Guess what?". The old man reacted from his stunned gaze, narrowed his eyes, and the old god laughed out loud.

"At first, when K reported that the person who was defeated by him and the ten-man squad of the Divine Exterminator was a student, I was still wondering what kind of person it was, I see, I see, you are better than I thought."

"You can call me Edward." The old man, who called himself Edward, said the old man, who had developed the means to gain greater power than humans, just like the night of the ninety-ninth year.

"The power of our Divine Exterminator Force was demonstrated a few days ago, and it was produced by strengthening the body with a battle suit called Steel, how about it? It's not bad compared to you transcendentals, is it? ”

Hearing this, Noah frowned.

If you look at it from the strength alone, the Divine Extermination Force with steel is indeed not bad.

At least, from the point of view of surpassing humans, the Divine Exterminator Force that can rival the Transcendents of Rank II does possess considerable strength.

But...

"Does this have anything to do with me?". Noah spread his hands undeniably.

"I'm just a student, even if I admit that the so-called Divine Exterminator is no less than the average transcendent, then what's the use?"

"Whether you are a student or not, you are a transcendent, and as an individual with the power to surpass human beings, it is only fitting for you to evaluate my steel installation." As if he was longing for recognition, Edward said to Noah enthusiastically.

"Moreover, you seem to be a very special individual, and I still have the qualifications to install steel a little bit of evaluation."

When he said this, his face was full of enthusiasm, but Edward's statement that he was an individual had already exposed his heart.

Obviously, for Edward, Noah? The man was just an individual who interested him.

Edward saw Noah not so much as an object of evaluation, but rather as a reference point to compare with his own inventions.

"In that case, let me share my opinion." Noah suddenly smiled and said this.

"It's only comparable to a group of Rank II students, so you can't call it anything, right?"

Edward's smile froze, but after a moment he regained his smile and smiled.

"That's true, after all, it's only a half-finished product that hasn't been adjusted yet, and besides, although they are trained soldiers, they are ordinary humans at best."

"Ordinary humans?" Noah looked directly at Edward.

"What does that mean?"

"I mean it very simply." Edward chuckled, but his eyes behind his glasses were fixed on Noah's body, and there was a hint of frenzy in them.

"Do you want to come to my side?"

The air around him sank slightly, and it changed from the original bad to a little stuffy.

Noah took a sip of red wine with a glass and said casually.

"You want to woo me?"

"I want to witness what kind of power you can get when you put on the steel." Edward's tone became a little agitated.

"It's just that a group of ordinary soldiers can get the same strength as the transcendent when they wear my steel outfit, if you wear the steel as a transcendent, how high can you raise your strength under the double strengthening of Li Xing pattern and steel outfit?"

Hearing this, Noah's heart moved slightly, but after thinking about it, it calmed down again.

Even the Li Xing pattern, which can strengthen people's body and spirit, can no longer bring any improvement to themselves, and how much improvement can they get from just strengthening the body?

Originally, Noah's body was already so strong that Li Xing's pattern could not be strengthened much, and I believe that it would be the same even if he changed the steel.

Thinking of this, Noah glanced at Edward.

"I'm sorry, I'm not interested."

"Your will is quite firm, and as a student, you can actually not be tempted by power." The excitement on Edward's face disappeared little by little, and he looked at Noah with deep meaning.

"Still, I haven't given up on the idea of uniting the Beyonder with the Exterminator."

Leaving this sentence, Edward took the silent K, and left.

Looking at the backs of the two people, Noah pursed his lips, but his heart was thoughtful. (To be continued......)