Chapter 662
Villains and heroes.
Slap.
He moved through the passage, trampling the water.
Seongyul left them waiting outside.
He didn’t think there was any need to go in with them.
Clank-! Clank-!
Beyond the wet footsteps,
there is still no light in the space, and the musty air brushes the tip of my nose.
None of that mattered to me.
The dark passageway was bright beyond the pupils of the eyes.
The stuffy air only made me feel bad, but did not harm my body.
I walked about halfway like that.
Woof-!
I felt a subtle energy brushing past my body.
The air current was subtle. Is this also part of the spell?
‘Certainly, it’s different from the original.’
Looking at the formation, I couldn’t understand at all how they did it.
But I can see this.
I don’t know what principle it was made on or what it was installed for, but I could see the flowing energy.
I could see things I hadn’t seen before.
It was a refreshing experience.
Sigh.
As the fingertips touch the energy, it moves like a wave.
Heart pounding.
My heart reacted by beating loudly.
‘oh.’
As soon as the energy touched, the chain tied to my heart began to shake.
It was spinning.
The ring is rotating.
It felt like the rotation of the Nine Flame Wheel.
Thump-! Thump-!
Wow!
As my heart pounded, the ring spun faster and I felt a strange sense of joy rising up in me as I felt the flow.
It was truly a wonderful feeling.
The two-part ring continued to gain speed.
I felt it as I waved my fingertips.
Woohoo.
The curtain of sorcery shook according to my hand, and as I watched its flow, my mind’s eye opened without my knowledge.
It wasn’t my will. Or was it? Or was it my mind instinctively opening?
I don’t know. In such thoughts, my eyes quickly read the flow.
‘This is amazing.’
I thought he could only read the spells, but surprisingly, Sim-an could also see the flow created by the spell.
A densely piled and tangled mess of threads.
Just looking at it is so complicated that it hurts my eyes. If it were normal, I would have cursed and thrown it away as soon as I saw it.
‘hmm.’
The ring spun faster and faster.
My hand moved little by little, looking at the countless threads.
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I could see it. And I could see it.
I already knew how to do it.
Oh my gosh—!!!
It’s hot. My heart is heating up
because of how fast it’s spinning. It’s so hot that my face is starting to frown .
Contrary to what it looked like, it seemed like it could get a little dangerous if we continued on like this.
It’s annoying, so should we just end it here?
‘hmm.’
Reason clearly said so.
Kiiiiiing—!!!
Unfortunately, since I am not a rational person, my body showed no intention of stopping, contrary to my thoughts.
Then what should we do?
‘I think two is too much.’
There are only two rings, so it seems they can’t handle all the heat.
So what should we do?
‘If two doesn’t work, use three.’
I grabbed the thread and gave my heart a pounding.
Clang! I feel friction from inside.
Pressure bursts out from under the spinning wheel.
It’s painful.
It’s like the ring is saying.
It’s not time yet.
‘So what do you want me to do?’
Ignored it.
‘I decide the time.’
It seemed like it would work.
I was telling myself in my head that it would work like this.
Along the way, the body begins to reassemble itself.
Unknown fragments fly out of the ring and scratch at the inside.
At a time when I felt like it was just the dregs of energy from the backlash.
Cheeeeeeek!—!!!!
The friction increases and at the same time, a feeling is felt under the ring.
The fragments that have broken off from the ring have gathered and formed another ring.
The shape is imperfect, but it is definitely a third ring.
Kiiiiiing—!!!
The newly formed ring knew its role from the moment it was born.
I was able to rotate more at will, and my anxiety about not being able to withstand the heat disappeared.
A sense of stability arises.
Feeling this.
Kwak.
I grabbed the thread of magic in front of me and pulled hard.
Thud-!! Thud thud—!!!!
Unlike the tightly held thread, the thread broke just by pulling.
Phew-!
A strong wind blew past my shoulder and scattered me.
At that moment.
Woohoo.
“hmm?”
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I could feel the magic that had been spreading around this space dissipating.
It was all disappearing. Huh? Shouldn’t it all disappear?
When I was slightly flustered by the unexpected situation.
Ta-da-dak-!
A lot of urgent footsteps could be heard from the space in front.
“Hey, there’s energy coming from this side-!”
“The barrier has been lifted! Bring in more sorcerers!”
“We must quickly find the intruder and stop him….”
Pilduma’s subordinates also gathered in large numbers, and when they saw me, they flinched and froze.
“…”
I had to stiffen my body as I watched them.
It looks like they’ve had an accident.
‘… I just wanted to touch it. I made a mistake.’
I was going to just watch it for a bit and move on, but I was so focused that I tore it off without realizing it.
It looks like something broke because of that.
First, he shook off the energy in his hands.
If he hadn’t been wearing a mask, his expression would have been quite something.
“… You…! Uh, how…?”
I hesitated for a moment at the words that were full of embarrassment.
hmm.
‘I think it’s better to just answer this honestly.’
Since I didn’t have any excuses, I decided to just tell it as it was.
[It was a mistake. I apologize.]
“…”
“…”
The men’s expressions changed strangely after hearing the sincere apology.
It seems that the apology did not work.
******************
A huge space that appears to be the center of the cave.
An old man carefully pours alcohol into a glass while standing in front of a table.
Slurp.
A rather large glass, to be called a glass, was filled with alcohol, and
the old man who had placed the bottle next to him offered the alcohol he had prepared to the other person.
“I apologize for not being able to properly greet you due to the urgent contact.”
The old man’s opponent did not respond to his words, but just stared at him.
His mask was slightly cracked, and beyond that, his long black hair and his stocky physique.
The aura of a strong person that comes out even when sitting still.
It is enough pressure to turn the air itself.
“Ugh… .”
The pressure was so strong that the old man’s subordinates had to crouch, unable to even breathe properly.
Gulp.
The old man looked at the man, hiding the sweat forming on his cheeks.
‘This is getting difficult.’
It was indeed a difficult situation.
The old man was sure that the man was not in good spirits.
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The reason is probably because they didn’t have a proper ceremony.
He must be dissatisfied because he didn’t even come out to greet me properly even though I told him that I was there.
‘It’s a mistake.’
He started a small fight to get to know the person properly, but
his opponent was much rougher and more violent than the old man had expected.
The man was so rough and strong that he challenged her to a fight… .
‘I broke all the surrounding barriers.’
A tight barrier created by sorcerers that stretched for several miles.
It was designed to cause a huge backlash if the barrier was touched with the wrong release method.
It would take the Meng shamans months just to discover it, and even longer to remove it.
It was something that would take those who had set up the barrier at least two weeks to remove.
He erased something like that in less than half an hour? A cold sweat formed on the old man’s forehead as he thought about it.
‘… Does that mean that you have endured all the backlash that comes from it?’
I didn’t even think about the assumption that it was released normally.
With this much time, there would have been no other answer than to break it.
‘But how can he be so normal?’
The man was calm as if nothing had happened.
Even the unmanned Hwagyeong’s force would be killed instantly if caught in the recoil.
And even after enduring that, he’s still in that state.
‘Just how big of a monster is this?’
I dare not estimate.
That was the old man’s judgment.
“… I realize that my example was lacking, so I hope you will stop being angry.”
[fury?]
The man nods his head at the old man’s words.
[What are you talking about? I’m not angry.]
The old man’s brow furrowed at the man’s words.
[Rather, I should be the one apologizing. I didn’t know it would disappear so easily. I’m sorry.]
“…”
The old man secretly clenched his fist.
The man was clearly toying with the old man.
After tore down that powerful barrier so carelessly, he apologized and said it was a mistake.
This is pressure.
Proof that the barriers you created can be easily broken.
A warning not to dare to disobey me.
A man speaks by showing his strength.
“…I will definitely require your full attention from now on.”
No further words were heard from the old man.
The man simply watched him silently through the mask.
There was a brief silence.
The man adjusted his mask and spoke to the old man.
[Hmm… Well, you can figure that out yourself.]
Does that mean you’ll give me one more chance?
When the old man was barely able to contain his tension.
[It seems like the work I asked you to do was done well.]
The old man in the man’s seat nodded.
“…I tried to protect it as much as I could.”
[That’s right. It wasn’t bad.]
A favor the man asked the old man.
The first one.
“Right after I started the work, I left information about the new religion.”
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If they want to do something, they should call themselves believers in the new religion.
As the servant of the Heavenly Demon, I must add that I am carrying out the work of the religious order.
That was the man’s request.
“Since the traces were left intentionally, some information will already be circulating on the blind side.”
[It doesn’t matter.]
Such trivial things are meaningless.
The old man stroked his beard at the man’s calm attitude.
[If so, what’s your second request?]
“… I have prepared that as well. If you wish, I will give it to you right now.”
As the man gestured to the old man’s words, a woman appeared from within his shadow.
A woman who is one of the man’s subordinates.
She has also been helping the old man with his work for some time now.
When the woman appeared, the old man took a letter out of his bosom and handed it to her.
[I believe it was handled well.]
“…I did my best.”
[Yes, it definitely should be like that.]
Otherwise, it will end up like the barrier that was just broken.
The man didn’t say anything, but somehow the old man could tell what he meant.
The tension was rising again. The glass was still not empty.
It also meant that the man had no intention of taking off his mask.
The old man asks questions while looking at the man.
“…I have something to ask you.”
[Speak.]
“What should I call you?”
[Hmm?]
The man tilted his head at the question, then reacted as if he had realized something.
[Cult Leader. Please call me that from now on.]
“… I will do so.”
One of the three guardian angels, Paejon. Or the best martial artist.
That is the identity of that man.
He himself expressed his affirmation, and above all else.
‘The evidence would be that they left traces on purpose when they attacked the shaman.’
They attacked a shaman who was part of the leader’s sect and one of the old guard and killed the elder.
The martial art he used at that time was a divine art known to have been created by him. Information that it was the form of the Tuapacheonmu has currently spread throughout the Central Plains.
There was only one martial art known that could cause disaster with a fist and shatter a body with a single blow.
The only ones who could use it were either the Emperor himself or his disciples.
‘There is no story that Paejon had disciples.’
There were rumors that the Shanxi warrior, formerly known as Jinryong (眞龍) and now called Soyeonra, was a disciple of Paejon.
‘That too is just a rumor without any evidence.’
Since no one has ever seen him use the fire skill called Soyeom and the weapon of the Paejon, it was really just a rumor.
Even if the Emperor had disciples, they would not have been able to exert that much power.
Thanks to this, rumors began to spread that the demon who had been missing for over ten years had reappeared in a different form.
If this is true, how could the heavens of the Jeongpa have changed?
Since no one knew the reason, it was a situation where nothing could be known based on rumors alone.
However, the important thing here is…
‘That rumor must have already reached Maeng Seok.’
The man in front seemed to really not care about such things.
‘… Even if Maeng knows, it doesn’t matter, right?’
What can the Murim Alliance do on its own?
Knowing won’t make a difference.
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The attitude of the man and the leader was like that.
It seemed like he had no fear at all of the central axis of the sect.
-Don’t you want to break the spell?
-You want to destroy those bastards that were tearing and ripping you apart?
He recalls the words of the cult leader who came to him and spoke confidently.
He wanted to break the alliance. If it was the right thing to do, he said, let’s do it together.
‘… Then, did you show it to me?’
Could it be that the reason he broke the barrier was not only to pressure them, but also to show his power?
The power to break the spell. Could it be that he showed it by saying that he had it?
‘I see. That’s what it was.’
The old man nodded repeatedly, understanding the meaning, and spoke carefully to the man.
“… I realized the leader’s intentions too late. I apologize again. It must have seemed so inadequate to you.”
[hmm…?]
The man mutters something to the old man. There is silence for a few seconds after that.
Feeling strange, the old man tries to call the man.
“school….”
[Eyes… It’s fortunate that the teeth are sharp.]
He showed a satisfied reaction, knowing that he understood what I meant.
As expected, it seemed like the old man’s reasoning was correct.
“Ah… Then, can I consider the test as a pass?”
[test?]
“To fulfill the request the cult leader gave. Didn’t he say that it was a test?”
[Oh, did I do that too…?]
“Cult leader…?”
[I may not like it all, but I’ll let it slide.]
The man ignored the old man’s words and continued to speak.
[So, let me ask you. Cheonra Daeju. What are you guys planning in Hanam?]
“…”
Now that he has decided that he has passed, he goes straight to the main topic.
It must have been a truly enterprising act.
‘… is that a plan?’
The old man rolled his eyes and looked around. Even
though this man had overwhelming power and shared the same views as them, could he really talk to him so easily?
When you feel a moment of hesitation about this.
[Cheonra Daeju.]
A deep voice penetrated the old man’s ears.
[Don’t think too hard. I don’t have much patience.]
The oppressive atmosphere intensifies in an instant, accompanied by a cool warning.
Keuggeuggeuk-!!
Swish.
The vibrations spread through the cave and debris fell.
“Ugh…!! Ugh…!”
Those inside were writhing in pain.
I could feel their determination not to give them any time to think.
[If you still want to do something so shameless after coming this far, then there’s nothing I can do.]
The moment the man slowly got up and tried to release his energy.
“…we are-!”
The old man shouted at the man.
The energy had not yet subsided. It must have been because the old man had not finished speaking.
Sensing this, the old man continued to speak with difficulty.
“Maeng-i… will awaken the hidden secret… .”
Okay then.
Swish… .
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The energy that was emanating from it had weakened somewhat.
It seemed to be telling me to speak up.
[secret?]
A slight interest rose in the man’s voice.
It couldn’t be helped.
[You’re going to destroy the alliance with just a secret? Explain in detail.]
As the pressure was released, the blocked breathing began to clear up.
It felt like a cough was coming, but the old man held it in.
“…Under the land of Hanam, a secret buried by Maeng is sealed.”
[Under the ground?]
“Yes… We intend to break the seal and bring down the alliance.”
[What is sealed that is doing this?]
The man didn’t hide his emotions as he listened, and the old man had to bite his lip at his reaction.
It’s so frustrating to have to give up so easily what I’ve worked so hard for my entire life,
but there’s no other way.
What’s more,
‘Perhaps, interest may be the one who will fulfill our wish.’
The old man, recalling such a longing, finally added to the man.
“…dragon.”
[hmm?]
The man’s head tilted crookedly at the old man’s words.
Perhaps it was because he was completely unfamiliar with the words.
“A monster that attacked the Central Plains centuries ago. The dragon is sealed beneath this land.”
[…]
“We intend to break the seal on him and bring down the alliance.”
A being called a dragon, or a hundred-level monster.
The entity that brought disaster to Central Plains hundreds of years ago was hiding under the land of Hanam.
‘I’m sure you’d be surprised.’
The fact that this still exists and is even sealed is a tremendous truth. It
would be a tremendous undertaking to release it.
The old man revealed the heavy truth and watched the man’s reaction.
He had expected him to react with surprise.
[Ah… really…?]
“…?”
[Hmm… I see. That is truly an interesting thing.]
For some reason, the man’s interest had cooled and his voice had become shaky.
