Chapter 172
Chapter 172: Wung Chunglin (2)
Translation: Tay
Edit: Lesurous
The territory was full of energy .
Apart from the natural problems posed by different creatures associating and living together, it could be said that Deputy Lord Baltan and Seohan were doing their best work .
The population that had stagnated for a short while after the Devil’s Long Night had increased exponentially as time passed .
Most of all, the combination of the dwarves craftsmanship and the knowledge of the humans was more than enough to protect the ever-increasing number of citizens .
Although it was normal for people to become lazy when the basic needs were cared for, Baltan and Seohan did not let this come about .
“We must achieve more before our Lord returns . ”
Seohan was particularly zealous .
Seohan was the chief of the dokkaebis .
As a duaxini that had evolved from a dokkaebi, he never refused to take the lead if something happened .
But Seohan’s mind was urgent .
The emergence of a new strong person, Arand .
Territory Guardian Baltan’s growth was also increasing daily .
On the other hand, for some reason, Seohan felt as if he was marching in place .
So, he wanted to contribute a remarkable achievement in his own way .
“Increase the territory! Our enemies do not exist where Oom resides!”
The main task was precisely ‘expanding the territory’ .
The territory’s population had passed fifty thousand .
Most of the races living in the demon gods’ territory reproduced rapidly, but as they grew, the weak usually died .
However, the people whose food, clothing and shelter were taken care of under the territory were only growing endlessly .
More still, there were immigrants flowing in from the outside and at this rate, the land would soon be scarce .
Seohan therefore intended to increase the land available .
Among the dokkaebis that numbered over twenty thousand, there were only ten other duaxinis like Seohan .
‘Oom sees a far path different from us . We should be of aid . ’
The dokkaebis worshipped Oom and Hoom .
Oom was the king of the dokkaebis, and Muyoung was Oom .
However, Seohan thought that Muyoung was no ordinary Oom .
He was perhaps the most powerful Oom in all of history .
Seohan could not catch up at all to the pace of Muyoung’s advancement .
He couldn’t even figure out the path Muyoung wanted to take .
Muyoung’s judgment was so completely different from Seohan’s .
Seohan couldn’t see even the short lines of the picture Muyoung drew .
But, he wanted to be helpful .
In order to do that, he was prepared to jump into the heat of the fire .
Seohan looked at the front .
That place was a forest that was close to the territory .
An area where superior monsters called ‘Naga ‘, was located .
Monsters whose upper bodies were human-like, and whose lower halves were shaped like enormous snakes!
“Strange . ”
However, the forest was so quiet .
He was accompanied by around ten thousand dokkaebis, but they didn’t see any naga at all .
But there was a disgusting smell .
“The smell of rotting corpses…”
It also reeked of foul entrails .
“Uuurrrrkk!”
“A shadow! A shadow has…!”
At the same time, the dokkaebi’s in the rear screamed .
Seohan turned his head with a frown .
He didn’t see any shadows .
However, the moment he looked away, his companions disappeared .
Even duaxinis were among those that disappeared .
‘An assassination . ’
But he didn’t know who the opponent was .
“Everyone, stand together! We have to catch the shadow!”
Seohan was enraged .
Although it was a foreboding affair and normally he would have retreated, Seohan was stubborn .
It was because he felt an unknown evil .
It was because for some reason, there was a smell similar to Muyoung’s that reeked all around .
More than two hundred dokkaebis had disappeared in just two hours .
“Show yourself!”
Seohan gritted his teeth and thoroughly searched his surroundings .
Rustle!
A blade of grass a short distance away trembled slightly .
‘There you are!’
Seohan quietly gripped his weapon and immediately sprang forward .
Poof!
An enormous rod split the air .
However, there was a man wearing a black mask riding on top of the rod .
Seohan immediately realized that it was the masked man that had attacked the dokkaebis .
“The bastard isn’t a shadow! Catch him and kill him!”
As Seohan shouted, numerous dokkaebis attacked .
The bastard couldn’t escape now .
No matter how agile he was, he was surrounded by dokkaebis .
More so as they found out that he wasn’t a shadow, there was no easy escape for him .
Kwang! Kwang!
The surrounding terrain was destroyed with each swing of Seohan’s weapon .
His opponent avoided all of the attacks but was being driven into a corner .
It was no different from a hunt .
Seohan gave a satisfied smile .
Thud!
He slowly looked down at his chest .
A longsword was penetrating his heart .
‘There… wasn’t only one of them?’
Seohan had been careless . He hadn’t thought that there might be two of them making a move .
It was because the scars were the same as the ones of the dead dokkaebis .
Seohan took hold of the situation with both hands .
Slash!
His arm was cut off .
“Let Baltan and Arand know about this!”
Seohan completely changed his mind .
The masked men were strong .
If there were two, they could not be caught by the dokkaebis alone .
However, there wasn’t only Seohan and the dokkaebis in the territory .
If they knew and prepared, there was no reason they couldn’t catch even real shadows .
Without caring, a screaming Seohan bit the masked man in the neck .
Chomp!
Tumble tumble .
The moment he bit his neck, his head rolled on the ground .
The masked man felt the bite marks on his neck for a moment .
“One for now . ”
“Two remain . ”
Baangg!
Soon, the two masked men threw smoke bombs .
They were smoke bombs made from materials that dulled the senses and caused confusion .
* * *
Crack!
His arm was broken .
“Geuurrkk!”
Kim Taehwan threw up blood .
A dark alley . Kim Taehwan’s condition was terrible .
One eye was bleeding, one arm was bizarrely broken and his guts were pouring out of his stomach .
A situation where it wouldn’t be strange if he died immediately .
But he couldn’t help but ask .
“Who, who sent you?”
Kim Taehwan had many enemies .
There had been some people that had been upset when Kim Taehwan was on a roll in the Luminescent Guild .
However, he had never felt this much malice before .
Soon, the black shadow spoke .
“Muyoung . ”
Kim Taehwan’s eyebrows furrowed .
“Lies…”
He didn’t believe it . It was unbelievable .
It was also nonsensical for an assassin to rashly say the name of his client .
He knew it was just to cause confusion .
Kim Taehwan wasn’t a fool .
“Now I see… You’re associated with hyung-nim . Pathetic… bastard! Why, of all people… did you meddle with hyung-nim?”
He spoke from the heart .
There was no one that messed with Muyoung and survived .
“By killing me… do you think hyung-nim will be shaken? Hyung-nim… even though other people might shake him, he… will never shake . Puhaa… Ggeuukk!”
As he laughed, he threw up blood again .
However, the shadow didn’t respond .
Instead, he slowly lifted the bloody silver knife .
Kim Taehwan forcibly swallowed his blood .
If it was Muyoung in this kind of moment, what would he do?
As he worried about him, the answer soon came .
Kim Taehwan said with a smile .
“Kill me for sure . Because if not, I will chew you to death . ”
* * *
“Huurkk!”
Covered in cold sweat, Bae Suzy sat up .
“Whoo, whoo, whoo…”
She quickly wiped her face and slapped her cheek .
A nightmare . She’d had a terrible nightmare .
She still couldn’t get her heart to stop racing .
“Did you have a bad dream?”
The man who had laid down near the bonfire turned his head and asked Bae Suzy .
Bae Suzy swallowed her saliva .
“I have to go back . ”
“You can’t go back . Now that you have become my disciple you have to follow me until you have mastered all the divine writings . Didn’t I already tell you this?”
“Even so, I have to go back . ”
Bae Suzy opened her eyes wide and stared at the muscular man, the Fighting King .
Over the past year, Bae Suzy had been forced to follow the Fighting King .
Because in actuality, she had been kidnapped from the Sky Library .
After that, the Fighting King seemed to be searching for something, but he was soon thrilled with Bae Suzy’s talents and immediately took her in as a disciple .
The Fighting King shook his head .
“You can do whatever you want if you achieve our ‘Mystery Door’ . But before that, you have no freedom . ”
“How long will that take?”
“At least 8 ranks are needed to attain a Mystery Door . I achieved 10 ranks, and even the great Door Master could only achieve up to 11 ranks . However, if it’s you, you could achieve rank 12 . At this pace… 10 years should be enough to get to 8 ranks . ”
The Fighting King said with pride .
As Bae Suzy’s talent was truly surprising, he got the taste for teaching every day .
Someone that could possibly attain the legendary stage of rank 12 .
Reaching the 8 ranks in 10 years was absurd .
Because even the Fighting King took 30 years to get to 8 ranks .
“In 10 years it will be too late . ”
“However, that is the discipline of our Mystery Door … . Ugh!”
Paaaaakk!
A whip flew in .
The whip had a strong electrical current .
The Fighting King grimaced, caught the whip with both hands, and dragged in his opponent in that way .
Even with the strong current, it didn’t even scratch the Fighting King’s body .
Then, the Fighting King smiled at the shadow that had appeared .
“So, you’re one of the assassins of the Forest of Death . ’
The Fighting King was searching for the Forest of Death and its master .
But, this was how they showed themselves?
The Fighting King slowly turned his head towards Bae Suzy .
“Take a good look . I will show you the power of our Mystery Door . ”
The Fighting King threw the whip on the ground and got in position .
After this, he threw his fist into the air and a strong wave surged forward .
Kwakwakwakwakwang!
* * *
Muyoung looked up at the sky .
Twilight .
But he couldn’t hear even the small sound of a bug .
Swoong!
Muyoung took out Anguish .
Shwack! Craack!
And he cut through the stone walls that blocked the cave .
As he entered the cracked cave, priests in black robes looked at Muyoung .
“It’s the enemy!”
“Stop him!”
Chwaak!
One person, one step .
Muyoung slowly advanced .
There was no hesitation in Muyoung’s hands .
He cut down everyone in his way .
Although it was a dark cave, it looked as bright as daylight to Muyoung .
‘Diabolo’s altar . ’
The place where Muyoung was currently standing .
This place was an altar .
It was hidden in such a remote place that hardly anyone knew of its location .
Normally, he would have to gather three rings to come to this place, but now his purpose had changed .
Snow was at the end of this .
A saintess who had blocked the armies of the Demon King!
However, that was also a story of the past .
There was a woman with the wings of both an angel and a devil there at the altar who was now truly unfamiliar .
A woman who had helped Muyoung numerous times but who was now standing in a opposition for some reason!
‘Snow, you will have to tell me about your relationship with Wung Chunglin . ’
At first, he had been curious .
Why was Snow finding out about Muyoung?
She even seemed to have at least a slight expectation that Muyoung had come from the future .
But now he was even more curious about something else .
This was fine in any case .
Wung Chunglin .
How was that bastard able to find out about those that were associated with Muyoung?
Even more, it seemed that before this situation had arisen he had sent out assassins .
If he had been able to know in advance and send them then the cause could only be Snow .
But if Snow truly wanted to maintain a good relationship with Muyoung, it was only right to exclude Wung Chunglin .
Snow… In the past, she was a saintess but now she was Diabolo’s vestal .
Obviously, it was a different past from Muyoung’s memory .
She, who had strived to save mankind, was now on the opposite side .
He didn’t know what her connection to Wung Chunglin was, but her journey was so different from in the past .
Muyoung was certainly incredibly curious about what justification Snow would give .
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