“What? You want me to lend you my skill?”

A couple of hours ago, after the news of Sophie’s kidnapping had spread, Lee Gun had suddenly asked Hugo out of nowhere to borrow his skill.

“You know the AoE attack where arrows fall from the sky. Let me borrow that one. You used it when I first met Yooha.”

“Huh? Have you lost your mind? You want to borrow my royal skill?”

Royal skills(SS) were the highest-ranked skills only the Zodiac Saints could use. They couldn’t be rented out, and neither could they be borrowed.

Those things being possible or impossible didn’t matter. The royal skills reflected on the dignity of a temple. They were like a country’s national treasure. Why would the country let someone from a different country use them at will?

“Gun, this is impossible even for you.”

Hugo was about to say Lee Gun should stop talking nonsense when…

[The Royal skill has been rented.]

“?!”

“Oh, what the hell? It is possible.”

“Damn it! What the hell! Why does it work?”

“Why wouldn’t it? Since your temple is under mine as an affiliate, I must be able to borrow it at will.”

“What?!”

However, something was more baffling. Since it was a royal skill, Hugo wondered how much rental fee he could charge, but…

[He does not dare ask for a skill rental fee from the head temple.]

[All rental fee to the Serpent Bearer...