C368
“Wow.”
Cale, while eating noodles, sincerely marveled.
Kingdom of Lan.
This place seemed to have a wuxia vibe, but the food had a taste that reminded him of Korea when he was on Earth.
The noodles had a lot of meat in the garnish, but the broth was clear and spicy, exactly to Kim Rok Soo’s taste.
The Heavenly Demon chuckled, and Cale enjoyed the feeling of being full for the first time in a long time.
At that moment...
“We have to hurry!”
As if death were chasing him right behind him.
The sub-commander of the Black Death squad of Dark Abyss was moving faster than ever, urging his master.
“Yes, let’s go.”
The sub-commander of Black Death, the Elder, helped his disciple to her feet and also quickly left the room.
Before leaving, he looked at Cale and the Heavenly Demon from the open window, in the distance.
Clack.
The door closed, and the two were no longer in the room.
Crack! Crack!
They moved quickly towards the leader of Dark Abyss, Passote, hiding in the shadows or jumping across rooftops.
Swish-
However, they weren’t alone in that place.
The moment a gust of wind entered the room...
Rustle.
Then a small breeze blew. Right next to the open window. Stuck to the wall, silently.
Swoosh-
Raon entered the room and stopped being transparent.
“Oh!”
Raon’s eyes sparkled.
“As always, I am magnificent!”
He flapped his wings.
“I listened well without being discovered!”
In fact, Raon had located his opponent, but instead of approaching, he had tried to observe him from a distance.
However, the moment the woman collapsed forward with blood tears and the Elder helped her up, reducing their vigilance about the surroundings.
Raon sneaked closer and listened to everything he needed to hear.
Flap flap.
Raon became transparent again and flew out of the room.
Crack, crack!
And he returned to Hong and Rosalyn, who were running.
Hong, who was secretly following the Elder and the woman.
“We must maintain this distance!”
Rosalyn followed Hong’s instructions.
Now that On wasn’t there.
Hong was the most skilled in tracking and stealth, and Rosalyn and Raon followed his advice without saying a word.
-Kind Rosalyn, I heard everything!
Of course, Raon was too busy reporting with magic instead of speaking.
Snick.
The corners of Rosalyn’s lips curved upwards even more.
In this place, she wasn’t royalty or anything.
But she was someone who knew as much as Alberu about the powers of the continent.
‘This is getting interesting.’
Dark Abyss.
The moment she heard that word, Rosalyn couldn’t help but smile.
* * *
Tap. Tap.
The fingers tapping on the table were quite nervous.
“The Most Evil?”
Tap!
The index finger stopped tapping the table.
“Rule hell? Receive the worship of evil?”
His cold gaze turned to the leader of Black Death, one of the six branches of Dark Abyss.
To be exact, it was directed at the woman who was also kneeling, beyond the Elder’s shoulder, who was kneeling.
“Cheonrye. Are you speaking knowing the meaning of hell?”
Cheonrye.
That was the woman’s name.
“I know. Leader.”
“If that is true-”
A smile appeared on Passote’s face.
He smiled while saying.
“We have reached the end.”
“…”
Cheonrye closed her eyes tightly.
“Eight Evils. Outside of that place, is there any hell here? If there is, it would be Demon Kingdom. But that place is just a place where waste is gathered, not hell.”
Passote, who was speaking incredulously, didn’t stop smiling.
“It must be one of the Eight Evils. You said he receives the worship of evil.”
The excitement that contained that smile wasn’t pleasant. It was rather harsh.
“It seems you have gotten involved with some crazy person and encountered hell.”
At that moment, the Elder opened his mouth.
“There must definitely be a great conspiracy that we don’t know about in this Supreme Martial Arts Tournament.”
He expressed his doubt.
“Eight Evils, the eight evils, originally were very afraid of revealing their true nature. How is it possible that one of the Eight Evils has appeared in the Kingdom of Lan? It can’t be a coincidence.”
“So what?”
The Elder stopped at Passote’s calm words. Then, he bowed his head.
“…It makes no sense.”
Passote nodded at the weak words he said.
“Yes, it makes no sense.”
If there is only one meaning.
“Dark Abyss is nothing more than a chess piece. That is the only thing we should be considering now.”
He dismissed the two members of Black Death.
“Go.”
“Yes, Leader.”
“…Leader-”
However, Cheonrye raised her head and looked at him.
“I’m not sure if they are Eight Evils.”
“…What?”
Passote’s face distorted at seeing the woman saying something completely different from what she had been saying. However, Passote stopped when he saw Cheonrye’s face.
“I can’t see the true nature clearly. I can only draw images in my mind, recite words that seep into my mind.”
Cheonrye was scared. Although she was also looking at Passote, her eyes seemed to be drawing a fantasy, not him, but something beyond him.
“…The terrible hell, that evil-”
She couldn’t continue speaking. However, Passote seemed to understand.
“Could it be that it is something more than Eight Evils?”
“…I have never faced the leader of the Eight Evils. But-”
The servant.
A handsome face that emanated a strange vibe. And yet, a cheerful and jovial demeanor.
“I...”
She finally said the image that had been presented to her mind.
“I, have never met a God.”
The atmosphere calmed down.
No one in the room could speak.
Cheonrye was saying.
That she couldn’t tell if the person she had seen was the leader of the Eight Evils or a God.
“Ha-”
Passote chuckled.
“Go.”
He dismissed them again. The Elder and the woman left the room without even looking at each other’s pale faces.
Tap.
However, after the door closed, Passote asked the other person who was in his room.
“Do you believe what she said?”
“Don’t you know that Cheonrye’s vision has never failed, Leader?”
Hotan, the commander of Dark Abyss. At his words, Passote chose silence. He spoke after a while.
“…That will come.”
Neither of them mentioned who would come.
Hotan asked calmly.
“I will have all the guards withdraw immediately.”
“Yes. Keep the minimum personnel in the shelter.”
Hotan, who nodded and accepted his will, continued saying.
“But he might not come.”
“Then, I will have to go.”
At Passote’s response, Hotan smiled and left the room. And he left a phrase.
“Leader. I will accompany you.”
Snick.
A comfortable smile appeared on Passote’s lips.
“I have no intention of going anywhere without you.”
“Of course, it should be that way.”
Passote, who was left alone, closed his eyes.
He extended his hand. He felt the temperature of his axe, his weapon. What was once cold was gradually warming up. Probably because his heart was boiling.
“Huu.”
He exhaled and waited in the silent space.
The arrival of evil.
Or the god of evil.
* * *
Whirr-
And the sound of the wind was heard.
Clack.
A window made of rice paper, with beautiful designs, opened to the side, and a gust of wind entered the room.
“…….”
Passote opened his eyes.
There were three people standing in front of him.
He slowly got up from his seat and greeted them.
“Welcome.”
Cale felt a strange glint in his eyes when he saw his courteous attitude.
-This guy could be useful.
He heard the Heavenly Demon’s telepathic message.
‘The Wanderer’s threat is not the problem.’
He remembered the information that Raon had relayed to him.
Wanderer-
Moreover, a Wanderer who is a threat-
“Leader.”
Cale asked softly.
“Is there any Wanderer who has come to see you?”
“…….”
Passote’s expression didn’t change. However, he was remembering what the girl who had visited him before had told him.
‘My name is Sohyi.’
‘I’m just a Wanderer.’
Snick.
Cale smiled.
Cale, who was standing in the center, as if he were the owner, staring intently at Passote, along with Kim Haeil, the unknown powerful warrior that the leader remembered, and his bodyguard.
“What do you intend to do with us?”
Passote finally opened his mouth.
He didn’t care about anything.
Only Dark Abyss. The only thing he cared about was protecting Dark Abyss, to which he had dedicated his entire life.
“Nothing.”
Cale shook his head.
“I have no intention of doing anything.”
Hmm.
Cale looked at Passote, as if he were thinking for a moment, and then opened his mouth.
“It seems I need to hear information about the Wanderers, about what the Wanderers ordered Dark Abyss to do. We will find that out little by little.”
Cale told him.
“Here.”
Choi Han stepped forward stealthily.
“I will leave our bodyguard by your side.”
What?
Passote’s eyes widened.
This time, he couldn’t hide his emotion. And then, without realizing it, his disgust showed. However, he stiffened at the words that followed.
“Because we have to keep you alive.”
Cale stared intently at Passote and opened his mouth.
“The Wanderers have the potential to become Gods, but they have rejected that path, so they are quite strong. They are a threat even to Gods.”
Gods.
Passote couldn’t understand well the history that went beyond the human category.
But one thing was clear.
“If our bodyguard is nearby, at least you will be able to escape without dying.”
The servant in front of him.
It was clear that he couldn’t understand that person, whose name he didn’t know.
Clack.
The sliding door opened, and Hotan, the only one who was alone in the hallway, bowed her head and said. (Note: Hotan is a woman)
“Can we hear the story in detail?”
Although she didn’t know anything about Wu, she had been recognized by the leader for her strategy and had become his right-hand woman.
“…….”
When Cale looked at Hotan silently, she smiled.
“Since it’s night, I have prepared hot tea.”
At that, Cale responded with a smile.
“As long as it’s not old tea, it’s fine.”
“Yes. I will keep that in mind.”
She, who had smiled kindly at Cale’s words, looked at Passote. And she said openly, in front of Cale and his group.
“Leader. The Wanderer who visited us was a creature worse than a beast without manners. Since these people have manners, shouldn’t we treat them with the respect they deserve?”
Ha.
A sigh, like a short laugh, came out of Passote’s mouth.
He nodded.
“Yes, although we pursue Wu, it doesn’t mean we don’t know good manners.”
As if responding to those words, the Heavenly Demon opened his mouth.
“In fact, we should know good manners even better.”
The gazes of the Heavenly Demon and the leader met.
The Heavenly Demon said calmly.
“If you know the meaning of killing.”
Killing.
The more its meaning is known, the more respect must be shown.
“Those are words that reach my heart.”
Passote nodded and asked the commander to serve them snacks.
“It seems we have a lot to talk about.”
At the leader’s words, Cale responded with a smile.
At that moment, Cale heard the Heavenly Demon’s telepathic message.
-Choi Han could cause problems.
Cale did his best to pretend he hadn’t heard anything. At that moment, he wasn’t looking at Choi Han.
Choi Jung Gun, Choi Han’s relative.
Choi Jung Gun, who is currently in a coma and dying from chaos contamination.
The Wanderers of Five-Colored Family were involved in what had turned him into that.
Those guys who had turned Choi Jung Gun, a Wanderer like them, into that.
Choi Han’s hostility towards the Wanderers of the Five-Colored Family would be immense.
‘Since he doesn’t show it, it will be even more terrible.’
Choi Han didn’t get angry or complain. He simply waited silently, watching Cale work. But now, he had found himself in a situation where he could face one of the Wanderers of Five-Colored Family.
Wanderer.
Although they are very strong. Choi Han, who creates his own path, creating an aura like that of the ancient powers. He could face them.
‘Hmm.’
But-
Cale thought of someone.
‘Our crown prince, he has to receive Choi Han’s sword.’
The Sword of the Sun.
He had to give it to Alberu, the hero.
‘Cale, let’s talk tomorrow morning.’
They would talk to Alberu tomorrow morning.
‘Hmm. I guess I just have to give it to him.’
* * *
However, things don’t always go as planned.
“Oh! Are there more than 300 people just in the preliminaries?”
“Wow. This is crazy! I have to go see the preliminaries.”
While the participants of the Supreme Martial Arts Tournament were being announced.
“Dark Abyss is quiet.”
“They say Passote hasn’t gone out lately.”
Justice Alliance, one of the Five Great Factions, was watching the situation of Dark Abyss, their mortal enemy.
“But let’s not let our guard down.”
“Yes.”
Bang!
“Leader!”
“What is it?”
The Leader of Justice Alliance looked at the subordinate who had come running. The subordinate held his breath and reported urgently.
“They say a loud crash was heard at the place that is presumed to be Dark Abyss’s shelter. It seems something is happening.”
Just as he had reported. In the hideout where Passote resided, something was happening.
“Ha.”
Passote was so stunned that he couldn’t say anything.
“Oh. That guy also handles the lance pretty well.”
The Heavenly Demon said indifferently, reclining in his chair.
And Cale, on his part...
“Hmm.”
He had an expressionless face. In front of him stretched a wide training ground that had been created in the shelter.
“I guess my master’s tests aren’t easy at all.”
Alberu Crossman.
The user, whose username is ‘Impious Emperor’, said with a smile, but the tip of the lance he was holding trembled slightly.
And in front of him...
“Hmm. I couldn’t afford to be careless.”
Choi Han was standing with his sword lowered, with an awkward smile.
At that moment, Alberu and Choi Han were fighting.
