Chapter 509 – Just grab it once.
Stop… .
It’s an empty and dark space, a place where you can tell the surroundings are humid just by breathing.
Knock… knock… .
A space so quiet that even the sound of small falling water droplets can be heard so loudly.
There were so many bloodstains on the floor that it seemed like a lot had flowed.
When the wind blew, the iron chains hanging on the wall moved and made an annoying sound.
In addition, there is an unknown amount of smoke.
Anyone who came here would probably find out naturally before long.
All this smoke was poison.
How deep.
Also, a space where you can’t even guess how long ago it was created.
In that unknown place, an old man was facing someone.
A blue silk garment with the name Namgung clearly written on the back.
A stiff back and broad shoulders as if refusing to bend.
With his hair tied back tightly as if there was not a single bit of dishevelment and the sword hanging from his waist, he looked like an old man with a strong spirit.
The old man’s nickname is Cheonjon (天尊).
A warrior representing the Namgung family.
He was one of the Cheonwicheon, known as the Three Lords of the Central Plains.
“Hmm.”
The Heavenly King tilts his head and looks straight ahead.
In front was the cause of the annoying chain noise that had been bothering me for some time.
It was in the form of something being bound here and there with iron and nails.
Surprisingly, the person being held captive was a person.
No, it was ambiguous to call it a person now, but it was definitely a human.
At that time, Cheonjon was looking at him with his characteristically cold eyes.
“Ugh… Ugh… .”
Suddenly, the chains shook and laughter was heard.
A person who was thought to have died long ago was surprisingly alive.
He was panting as if he would die at any moment, but he was still breathing.
Could it be because the laughter he let out was annoying?
The Heavenly King’s brow furrows slightly.
“What’s so funny?”
When Cheonjon asked with a little annoyance,
“… How could it not be funny… .”
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I can hear the sound of my head.
His head was sticky with blood, and his eyes were blurry and he couldn’t open them properly.
The Heavenly Lord could see the look in his eyes.
Nothingness.
There is nothing in it. It is as vast and empty as this space.
Cheonjon couldn’t help but click his tongue briefly at the creepy sensation.
“… The one who struggled so hard to become the sky… has now fallen to being a watchdog… How could it not be funny…?”
Gulp.
It was difficult for him to even utter the words, and blood was flowing out of his mouth.
“Ugh… Ugh… .”
A pool of blood on the floor.
The Heavenly Lord walked on as if he didn’t care about this.
After that, he slowly bends down and meets her gaze.
The Heavenly Lord’s blue eyes turned to the opponent, and the Heavenly Lord lifted the opponent’s face and spoke.
“Black Dragon Sword… That’s definitely what it was called.”
“… Kkul kkul…! The great Heavenly Being remembers me… . This is truly an honor… .”
“No, you are not the Black Dragon Sword.”
Upon hearing the answer from his opponent, Black Dragon Sword, Heavenly Lord immediately denied it.
It had to be that way.
“The bodies at that time were definitely collected and even burned.”
At that time, the Sword Master known as the Whirlwind Sword annihilated the Black Dragon Corps.
After the incident was over, the Murim Alliance took care of the aftermath. The person who confirmed the Black Dragon Sword’s body at that time was none other than Cheonjon.
“But there’s no way you could be alive and well.”
As I was thinking about these memories, someone suddenly appeared claiming to be the Black Dragon Sword?
The Heavenly Lord could not believe this.
“Ugh… Ugh… .”
Even at such words from the Heavenly King, Black Dragon Sword only laughed.
“… I guess that’s all you can see with a petty gaze… . How foolish of you…”
“What is your identity?”
“I am… the Black Dragon Sword… . Also… .”
Cool.
Black blood flowed from the mouth of the Black Dragon Sword.
“… Ugh… .”
The pain must have been quite severe; Black Dragon Sword groaned every time it spoke.
“… That child’s burnt body… is not getting better… I wonder why….”
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“Oh, dear?”
“Ggggggggg…”
It burned?
The Heavenly Lord thinks of something at the Black Dragon Sword’s words.
I remembered that the one who subdued the Black Dragon Sword was surprisingly named Later Index.
‘You said you were the child of the nine families.’
A single drone that has been making a lot of noise lately.
A prospective small family born in Guga.
There was a person who had surpassed the level of the later index by a significant margin, and was now being treated as a completely unmanned individual.
‘Soyeomra…’ as they say.
I couldn’t not know.
Because it was one of the methods chosen by the government to turn around the public anger that had entered the country.
‘I heard you were just here.’
Sacheon, and Tangmun at that.
I heard the news that the Poison King himself had arrived at the Tang Gate.
I didn’t think it was necessary to see your face, so I just wanted to let it pass.
‘I guess it would be okay to go and see it once.’
Since she is engaged to Namgung Ga, it seems like there is ample reason to visit her.
furthermore.
‘I have to see that kid too.’
It was a time when he had to look after his own great-granddaughter.
This is because the King of Swords personally sent a message.
The Heavenly Lord slowly raised his body.
Anyway, further conversation was meaningless.
In the past, not only the Poison King but also the Tang clan members tortured him for a long time.
The Black Dragon Sword didn’t say anything.
How did you live, and for what purpose did you attack the Shinryongwan?
What have you been doing so far?
Even though ‘that’ clan attempted severe torture, the Black Dragon Sword’s mouth was heavy.
As if someone was blocking it.
It doesn’t make sense anymore.
After making that judgment, the Heavenly Lord turned his gaze away from the dying Black Dragon Sword.
A wall that appears to be blank at first glance.
Through that gap, the Heavenly Lord stretched out his hand.
Spoon-!
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With the sound of something moving.
Drrrrrrrr!
Suddenly, space appeared.
Inside the space, there was something like a staircase leading down somewhere.
The Heavenly Lord looked at it for a moment and then walked towards it.
To do that, he had to pass by the Black Dragon Sword, but the Heavenly Lord did not look at the Black Dragon Sword any longer.
He passes him by with a cold and indifferent look, as if he had never been interested in him in the first place.
Immediately after the Heavenly Lord disappeared through the door.
That’s so extreme-!
The door closes again as if it had been waiting, returning to its original wall surface.
The space became quiet again.
In it, the Black Dragon Sword raised its creaking head and looked straight ahead.
In a situation where it is extremely dark and there is not a single light.
“Taecheon… my lord. Please… I beg you…”
Black Dragon Sword prayed silently.
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Ttukbuk.
I walked down the long, downward stairs for a while.
The Heavenly Lord was passing through a narrow passage.
Woohoo.
The further down you go, the thicker the poison becomes. The Heavenly Lord raises his energy to block it.
It’s darker than expected.
It meant that it wasn’t at a level where even the Heavenly King would be concerned, or that it was annoying.
Slap.
I feel moisture on the stairs.
Does that mean we’re almost there?
Feeling an inexplicable sense of disgust, the Heavenly Lord quickened his pace and soon reached his destination.
The first place I encountered after exiting the passage was, unlike the dark upper floor, where the surroundings were lit up by lights hanging on the walls.
Plus.
‘Tsk.’
The pungent smell of blood filled the air.
The moisture I felt earlier seems to be blood.
Could it be human blood?
The Heavenly King looked down at his feet.
The color of the blood incense, which gives off a terrible smell, is blue.
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It meant that it was the blood of a monster, not human blood.
Even so, it is this much.
Even though it wasn’t human blood, the Heavenly Lord waved his hand in disgust at the mere sight.
Okay then.
Phew!
The wind blew and swept away the blood on the floor.
A relatively clean floor.
The Heavenly Lord stands there and looks somewhere.
I wondered where all that blood soaking the floor came from, and it was right there.
Something piled up in layers. Blood is flowing between the intermingling entities of unknown shapes.
The Heavenly Lord could immediately tell that it was the corpse of a demon.
The rotten me vibrates.
It’s a sight that makes me feel sick just looking at it.
Looking at such a disgusting background, Cheonjon spat out rudely.
“You called me here just to show me something like this?”
The words of the Heavenly Being resonate through space.
Only then did the person behind him reveal himself.
“No way… Why would I have summoned your noble body just for that?”
The person who appeared with a smile was an elder of the Tang clan.
“Originally, I wanted to meet you in a much better place. Unfortunately, I cannot, and I apologize. Your Majesty.”
“… I will decline your annoying questions. I heard that you are quite upset upstairs.”
At the cool words of the Heavenly Lord, Iljang-ro smiled awkwardly and walked away.
After passing a place where there are many monster corpses, you will see a small table.
It was a place where a lot of blood had pooled.
As the elder headed towards that place, the Heavenly Lord looked at it closely with a questioning expression.
There is something on the table.
what?
The Heavenly Lord also walked towards that place.
The moment I approached the table and examined the items.
“…!”
Cheonjon took a step back without realizing it.
The object was actually a tiny jewel.
A round gem with a brilliant green hue.
When I look at the splendid light, the thought of beauty naturally crosses my mind.
The reason why the Heavenly King retreated was not because of that, but because the poison and energy felt from the jewel was too toxic.
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The elder spoke as if he liked the heavenly being’s reaction.
“How is it?”
“… Is this the finished product?”
“That’s right. I… no, it’s the culmination of the beliefs of the Tang family that the Lord Dokgun wanted to create.”
Dokgun, the nickname of the grandfather of the current head of the party. He is now dead and no longer exists.
I wanted to touch the jewel, but the Heavenly Lord did not dare to try it.
Although it was blocked by a bet, it was not something that could be touched by someone with low tolerance for poison.
How much energy must be mixed together to create that kind of energy?
What’s more,
“You finally created something like this.”
How did they make this?
Even just looking at the end result, Cheonjon couldn’t imagine how intense and cruel the process of making this must have been.
The corpses of monsters piled up behind?
That would be a partial effort at best. You can’t gather this much energy with just that much effort.
As he looked at the jewel with calm eyes, Iljangro continued speaking.
“According to the agreement with the blind… I will write down the manufacturing method and ingredients and send them to you separately.”
“How to use it too?”
“There is no specific usage.”
The elder reaches out and grabs the jewel.
“Just swallow it and it’s over. Then… .”
“It could become a heavenly body…?”
“That’s what I expected, but it’s not confirmed yet.”
“Why?”
The elder laughed at the heavenly being’s question.
“I haven’t yet confirmed whether it works properly after ingestion.”
“Then it can’t be a finished product?”
If it hasn’t been tested properly, it’s not a finished product.
It was different from the promise.
As Cheonjon spat that out and narrowed his eyes, Iljangro continued speaking urgently.
“The ratio is also just right. If the conditions are right, this will definitely be a success.”
“Conditions?”
Conditions for using this.
That meant it was separate.
The elder hides his dry lips and speaks to the heavenly being in a tone that asks, “What is that?”
“… First, she must be a woman who has not passed the age of two.”
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“Why?”
“All other test subjects suffered adverse effects and died in explosions.”
How much experimentation does this mean?
Although the bitter tone was irritating, I didn’t bother to find fault with it.
“If there is a first, then there must be a second, right?”
“That’s right. Secondly… you must have a vessel that can withstand the energy that transforms your body.”
“That’s an ambiguous statement.”
You must be able to withstand the energy of this gem.
Does that mean you have to have the talent and body to do that?
The line was a somewhat ambiguous answer.
“I’m somewhat confident about it. And I have a proper subject to experiment on. It’s just that things have gotten a bit more difficult.”
After hearing the words of the elder, the Heavenly Lord looked back and forth between the jewel and the elder.
He said, nodding slightly.
“Then, let’s fulfill our promise when the results are right.”
He said that it was something that had not even been properly produced yet.
Since I can’t be sure just from what the elder said, let’s finish up the work properly and talk again.
It was such a heavenly answer, but Iljang-ro cautiously spoke to the heavenly lord.
“… So, is there anything you would like to ask me?”
“To me?”
Cheonjon frowned at Iljangro’s words.
“It’s just that I have one last task left to do. Thank you for the unnecessary interruption.”
“What are you talking about?”
The annoyance was fleeting, but Cheonjon showed interest at the mention of the interruption.
The elder who saw that felt relieved and opened his mouth again.
“How did you know? That piece of shit from the Googah… .”
“… for a moment.”
The elder who was about to start talking is suddenly stopped by Cheonjon.
The elder had to stop at that action.
“Why are you like that…? Is there something you don’t like…?”
“Quiet.”
“…”
After Cheonjon stopped Iljangro from speaking, he quietly looked somewhere. After concentrating for a while, Cheonjon said this with a frowning expression.
“…something is coming.”
“What…?”
The elder’s eyes widened for a moment at the heavenly king’s words.
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He soon starts laughing in vain.
“That can’t be. There are several formations and organizations here… We’ve even prepared to detect anyone who tries to approach.”
If someone tries to enter the entrance, the elders have placed a warning sign so that they can be notified.
Moreover, the formations were piled up in several layers to make it difficult to find.
In that situation, finding the entrance to this place was impossible.
The elder smiled and said, judging that the Heavenly Lord must have misunderstood something.
“It’s not the entrance.”
The Heavenly Lord was resolute.
“It’s not the entrance?”
The elder asked back at the heavenly being’s words, but the heavenly being didn’t say anything after that.
Just looking somewhere.
The elder looked at the heavenly being strangely, but soon followed his gaze.
ceiling.
What the Heavenly Lord is looking at is a solidly built ceiling.
The moment the elder’s gaze reached that place.
Kuuung-! Boom!
“…!”
As if waiting, a loud noise reached Iljang-ro’s ears.
Up there, from far away, there was the sound of something exploding and breaking.
“What… what?”
Even as the elder cried out in panic, the loud noise was gradually getting closer.
The speed is unbelievably fast.
Kuuuung-! Thump thump-!
Could it be an illusion?
As the sound gets closer, I feel the surroundings getting hotter.
What the hell is going on?
A short period of time in which one cannot properly grasp the situation.
The loud noise was already right in front of us.
Not long after that.
Kwaaaaang-!
The ceiling burst open and the rain poured down.
The sudden explosion caused Iljang-ro to jump to escape.
Thud thud thud… .
The ceiling collapsed, scattering debris.
In the meantime, something is flowing together.
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The elder frowned at that.
“That’s…?”
Something can be seen slowly flowing down from the gap in the ceiling.
The elder found out too late.
That’s a sign that the ceiling is melting.
Phew…!
The air around you gets hot.
It was so hot it was suffocating.
mudfish.
Shiver shiver.
‘… What is this… .’
The elder realized that his hands were shaking uncontrollably.
Not just my hands, but my whole body is shaking.
Why is my body shaking so much? When the elder is very tense in an unexpected situation.
Damn it.
Someone’s footsteps are heard through the swirling dust. The elder turns his gaze there.
It was seen.
It was clearly visible.
From among the thick clouds of dust, there are eyes looking this way.
Bloodshot red eyes that seem like they’ll burn everything.
The body that had been trembling until then froze as soon as it met that gaze.
‘Why are you doing this…!’
The moment I was applying all my strength to force my body to move even though it wasn’t listening to me.
Hwaaaaaaaah-!
A sudden gust of wind blew and cleared away all the smoke in the surrounding area.
Only when everything that had been obscuring it disappeared was Iljang-ro able to properly confirm the owner of the eyes.
Just like the red eyes that have been watching here since before, the red-tinted red hair.
A man wearing a martial arts uniform with gold patterns painted all over it.
At first glance, he seemed expressionless, but Iljangro could sense the immense anger there.
Who is the author who suddenly appeared?
As the head of the elder was spinning rapidly.
The man looked at the frozen elder and said.
“Found it.”
At the same time,
Bam!
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The elder’s leg was pulled out.
