Chapter 265: Evil Nolbu Mindset 1

Zhen Cai Yuan’s head had fallen to the ground .

Plop . It made a light and dull noise once it fell .

It had happened in an instant .

Ju-Heon’s team turned pale after seeing the thing on the ground .

How could they not when they saw a round human head?

They couldn’t believe what they were seeing .

It had happened extremely quickly, as if someone had dropped a piece of fruit or ripped off the rotten parts of a veggie .

Zhen Cai Yuan’s body soon fell as well .

The entire team was in shock once her body fell onto the sand .

“Unbelievable . ”

“That witch is really dead?”

Even Yoo Jaeha, who had ran for his life while bringing the boss mob with him, couldn’t believe it .

‘That woman who never died despite everything we tried died so easily?’

It must not be a fake body as even he, an expert when it came to making fake corpses, was shocked .

‘Is it because she hasn’t contracted an Heirloom yet?’

Julian had that thought as he turned toward Ju-Heon .

It was shocking that one of the Four Emperors of the past was butchered in an instant, but Ju-Heon’s strength was even more shocking .

‘He contracted with it in the end . ’

Even they couldn’t help but flinch in fear .

He could feel it with his skin even without having Zhuge Kongming’s artifact on him .

The black aura surrounding Ju-Heon was now so strong that even civilians could see it .

It seemed to be threatening everything around it to not mess with Ju-Heon .

Julian realized something .

‘This is dangerous . ’

Looking at Yoo Jaeha who was calm even after being burnt to a crisp was enough to tell that he was now superhuman, but Ju-Heon was at a different level .

If Yoo Jaeha was a superhuman, Ju-Heon could probably be categorized as a Demon King .

He did not seem human at all .

But at that moment…

‘!’

The Crow’s powers subsided once Ju-Heon’s eyes turned black again .

That chilling feeling had disappeared as well .

The entire team ran over to Ju-Heon after seeing him start to walk toward them .

“Captain-nim!”

They seemed relieved at the fact that their Captain was safe and full of admiration at the fact that he saved them .

He even told that witch not to touch his stuff .

“Wow! I never knew you would cherish us like that, Captain-nim……”

“Do you want to die? Who told you to put your hands on my Heirlooms? Who told you to contract with it?”

“?!”

‘That’s what he was talking about?!’

A shocked Yoo Jaeha retorted back .

“Why is it yours, Captain-nim?! We won these Heirlooms ourselves!”

“Did you forget already? You guys signed the contracts . What’s yours is mine . ”

“H, how can you say that?!”

“I just did . ”

Yoo Jaeha started to cry .

“……Damn it . Anyway, thank you for killing Zhen Cai Yuan . I really thought she would kill me but I survived . ”

It was at that moment .

“No . It sounds like you’re going to die again soon . ”

“Excuse me?! What do y…?!”

Ju-Heon’s eyes turned red again .

Zhen Cai Yuan’s lifeless body was starting to change .

Zhen Cai Yuan’s body was turning transparent like a spider’s molting exoskeleton .

“W, what the hell is that?!”

They could finally understand what had happened .

“N, no way!”

Zhen Cai Yuan was the person who used the Supreme Leader artifact after all .

“Wow, she’s definitely living up to using a spider artifact by molting . ”

She seemed to be capable of moving to a new body when something happened .

That meant that……

‘Is her real body hiding elsewhere?’

Ju-Heon peeked toward the forest .

He could tell she was over there .

He kept feeling as if something was sparkling inside the forest once he activated the Crow’s artifact .

“Captain-nim?”

Ju-Heon looked toward the exoskeleton Zhen Cai Yuan had left behind .

That exoskeleton was oddly turning into an artifact .

[Memory Boost Potion (B-Grade:Rare-Grade – Possession Artifact)]

‘An artifact?’

It was very odd that a human body had turned into an artifact .

Ju-Heon started to smile .

Zhen Cai Yuan was the person with the artifact of gluttony after all . The Supreme Leader artifact must have gobbled up numerous people .

Some of them must have been ability users . Their artifacts must have been absorbed into this woman’s body and it must have fallen out as she died . Ju-Heon had an entertaining hypothesis in his head .

“Does that mean that an artifact would come out every time I kill that woman?”

“E, excuse me?”

“She’s a total monster . ”

Ju-Heon disappeared as soon as he said that . All of the members were shocked .

“C, Captain-nim?!”

Only the chaotic aura remained where Ju-Heon had been standing .

“Huff, huff . ”

Zhen Cai Yuan was breathing heavily while touching her neck . She still could not forget the sensation of having her head cut off .

Although she had not been cut with a weapon like a sword, it was terrible feeling her veins and arteries getting cut like a hose .

‘Seo Ju-Heon, you motherfucker!’

How could he just cut her head off like that?!

Well, she wouldn’t die easily as long as she used the Supreme Leader artifact .

But still……

“I lost an artifact . ”

In addition…

“It’s very cold . ”

Zhen Cai Yuan, who had ended up naked after molting, was shivering because it was cold . She needed to find something to wear .

But at that moment…

“Oh, you lost some of your wrinkles once you molted . Did you do some peeling treatment or something?”

“?!”

She heard a chilling voice right behind her .

Plop .

Zhen Cai Yuan’s head instantly fell off again . She had been murdered once again .

Zhen Cai Yuan’s body turned into an exoskeleton again before turning into an artifact .

It was an A-Grade possession-type artifact this time .

[Opium-poppy oil that makes you smell desirable (A-Grade: Treasure-Grade – Possession Artifact)]

Ju-Heon started to smile after seeing the artifact .

Now that he thought about, Zhen Cai Yuan always had a sweet and seductive fragrance .

He had always thought she smelled like a plant luring in bugs to eat or something .

‘It must have been because of this A-Grade artifact . ’

Ju-Heon’s red eyes flashed with greed .

“Will a S-Grade artifact come out if I kill her again?”

“Seo Ju-Heon, that crazy son of a bitch……!”

Ju-Heon chased after Zhen Cai Yuan as if he had gone crazy .

‘Spit out an artifact, you bitch . ”

He continued to kill Zhen Cai Yuan .

It wasn’t as if she was going to really die!

[You gained a B-Grade Consumable Artifact . ]

[You gained a C-Grade Possession-type artifact . ]

[You gained a B-Grade Possession-type Artifact . ]

…

[You’ve gained an A-Grade Consumable Artifact . ]

[You gained a S-Grade Consumable Artifact . ]

He seemed to be quite intrigued by the fact that an artifact popped out every time he killed Zhen Cai Yuan .

As for the victim…she was so angry that she couldn’t help but swear .

“Seo Ju-Heon! STOP!!!”

Zhen Cai Yuan became younger every time she molted .

She was only 29 years old after all . Continuing to molt would turn her into a child and then a baby soon enough .

But besides that, Zhen Cai Yuan was extremely angry .

Even if she wouldn’t really die, he was completely messing with her!

“It’s useless . I told you to sto…… ugh!”

Zhen Cai Yuan, who died again, started to grind her teeth while looking at Ju-Heon .

“Seo Ju-Heon!”

Ju-Heon started to frown at her .

“What’s wrong? It’s okay for you to kill my subordinates, but I can’t kill you?”

That might be the reason he was killing Zhen Cai Yuan like this .

“You got that? Don’t touch my things . Otherwise, I’ll really fuck you up . ”

She scoffed in disbelief .

He had already killed her numerous times .

She was angry that she could not get herself to hate Seo Ju-Heon even after this .

Rationally speaking she should loathe Seo Ju-Heon, but she felt oddly excited that he was showing her some interest .

It was a love-hate relationship .

She oddly felt a sense of déjà vu .

At that moment…

Zhen Cai Yuan started to smile .

‘I have no choice . ’

Zhen Cai Yuan finally activated the Supreme Leader artifact .

She had struggled so hard suppressing it since earlier as it seemed to want to react to the Crow .

She knew that the Supreme Leader artifact would rip off Ju-Heon’s arm or leg if she used it .

She didn’t want to harm Ju-Heon’s body but she was now at her limit .

‘I’ll be in danger if this continues . ’

She would just help put it back and nurse him back to health if he lost a limb .

The Supreme Leader artifact was activated .

There was a loud explosion in the forest .

The team members dropped their jaws in shock . It was obvious that it was a clash between two extremely strong auras .

They could tell who it was .

“It must be the Captain-nim and that crazy woman!”

“Captain-nim!”

The shock from their fight was intense .

It seemed to rival a nuclear explosion . The explosion happened in an instant and looked as if it would burn up the oxygen all around them .

There were strong gusts of wind blowing from the direction of the explosion .

They were so strong that normal humans should not be able to survive . It had completely disintegrated the forest that was the size of the Amazon with it’s blast!

“Captain-nim!”

They quickly rushed toward Ju-Heon .

However…

“Stop!”

“!”

Numerous excavation teams surrounded Ju-Heon’s group . They were in serious trouble as they didn’t have their main artifacts on them .

And at the same time…

Ju-Heon was thankfully alive .

However…

Blood was spurting out of Ju-Heon’s arm . Surprisingly, it was just a cut and nothing major .

The one to receive a major injury was……

“Seo Ju-Heon, yooooooooooooou!”

Zhen Cai Yuan seemed to be in pain as she glared at Ju-Heon .

Ju-Heon was holding Zhen Cai Yuan’s ripped off left arm in his right hand .

He nonchalantly made a comment .

“Eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth . ”

Ju-Heon started to smile viciously .

“That hurt, you little punk . ”

Zhen Cai Yuan started to laugh out loud in disbelief .

‘Who is the one that is actually hurting?!’

This was the difference between a person with an Heirloom and a person without one .

In that short moment of impact, Ju-Heon had used the Crow’s artifact to absorb the Supreme Leader’s power and reduce the damage .

It did not mean that he was not injured at all .

Blood was dripping down from Ju-Heon’s mouth .

“Ugh . ”

He seemed to have taken a lot of damage absorbing the Supreme Leader artifact’s power .

As Ju-Heon walked over to Zhen Cai Yuan to finish her off…

“I didn’t want to do this . ”

“?”

Zhen Cai Yuan did something quite shocking . She stabbed her own neck with a knife!

Puuk!

“……!”

Ju-Heon flinched for a moment .

It reminded him of when Zhen Cai Yuan had committed suicide in front of him in the past .

It wasn’t that his mind was shaken or that he felt pity for her .

As someone with a great memory, it just reminded him of that disgusting feeling from that time .

The fact that he was using an Heirloom that would take everybody else weeks to get used to probably played a factor as well .

[Your Dominance is temporarily falling . ]

[Your accumulated fatigue and shaken Dominance is preventing you from temporarily using the artifact . ]

[You cannot use it for 5 minutes . ]

‘Damn it . ’

It was at that moment .

“We got you now, Seo Ju-Heon . ”

“!”

Numerous excavation teams surrounded Ju-Heon’s group . There were some familiar faces there as well .

‘TKBM . ’

Chairman Kwon’s son-in-law Yoon Shi Woo was there and so was the trashy son .

“Hand over the Heirlooms while we ask nicely . You damn thieving bastard!”

“We know that you looted all of the tombs!”

They seemed quite angry .

They had snuck onto the island and into the Monarch’s tombs to find that they were all empty .

“That Heirloom you have belongs to our Chairman-nim! Hand it over!”

‘These fools . ’

The area was surrounded by the Hunters they brought with them .

Ju-Heon started to frown .

‘It won’t be easy to escape . ’

How could it be easy when there were numerous angry Monarchs who were here surrounding him?

“You can’t take the Heirloom with you . ”

“We already captured your subordinates down by the beach . ”

They were extremely angry at the thieving bastards who had taken their Heirlooms .

Ju-Heon didn’t have any of his useful artifacts .

His body was too injured from absorbing parts of the Supreme Leader artifact to use the Crow’s artifact .

He also could not temporarily use any artifacts .

It was at that moment .

“I heard that Seo Ju-Heon can absorb artifacts . Don’t use your artifacts!”

“Take care of him before he leaves the island!”

The excavation teams’ Hunters started to charge toward Ju-Heon .

But at that moment…

Bang!

“!”

They heard a scream in the distance .

Some people were charging toward where Ju-Heon was right now .

“Ugh! Uggggggh!”

They were Ju-Heon’s team members .

“Captain-nim! This way!”

They had stolen TKBM’s ship as the vehicle for escape as they approached Ju-Heon .

The enemies gasped .

“This is bad! All of them have contracted with Heirlooms!”

“What did you say?! All of them?”

Ju-Heon scoffed after hearing that .

“Those little punks . I told them not to touch my stuff . ”

He was still proud of them .

“Why the hell are you laughing?!”

Hundreds of Hunters aimed to take Ju-Heon down . They would use regular weapons to assassinate him if artifacts would not work .

Ju-Heon clicked his tongue .

It was quite far to reach the ship .

‘What do I do?’

The hundreds of enemies all charged toward Ju-Heon .

Ju-Heon picked up a regular dagger instead of an artifact .

‘5 minutes . ’

It was a short amount of time but would he be able to last that long against Hunters?

“Kill him!”

“This is our only chance!”

However…

“My goodness, isn’t this too one-sided?”

The Hunters were instantly swept away as Ju-Heon heard a familiar voice .

Boooom!

It truly had only taken an instant .

The person had only used a single weapon .

Ju-Heon was truly shocked after seeing the man standing in front of him .