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 .