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"Huh."
Raon opened his eyes with a slight gasp.
‘Was I sure I died?’
He could recall how his neck had been severed by Wrath’s surprise attack, but nothing after that.
‘Have I returned to reality?’
Thinking he might have returned to the real world after dying in the space created by the Room of Self, he looked around.
‘No. This is…’
Raon swallowed as he gazed at the golden ground shining brightly.
‘The place where I first woke up.’
The place where he revived after death was the boundary between the sand mountain and the blue sea. He had opened his eyes again on the same ground where he woke up upon entering the Room of Self.
‘So if you die in the Room of Self, you return here?’
The tests he had passed were so dangerous that it wouldn’t have been strange if death was a possibility. It wasn’t uncommon to give a new chance even if one died.
“Phew…”
Raon let out a long sigh as he leaned his back against the ground.
‘That’s a relief.’
He had thought that since he entered the Room of Self with soul and body, dying here might lead to death in reality, but now that he confirmed it wasn’t so, he finally felt at ease. Tsk. Raon clicked his tongue deeply as he touched his neck, where he had been cut by Wrath.
‘I didn’t expect to see my head fall again.’
When he was killed by Wrath, he recalled the end of his past life as the assassin Raon. He remembered when Derus cut off his head and shook the blood off his hand as if it were an insect, and anger unconsciously welled up inside him.
“I vowed I would never suffer such humiliation again…”
It seems I still have a long way to go. I thought I had grown a lot after catching the Black Tower Master and coming to the Room of Self, but I couldn’t even withstand one blow from Wrath. Although it was a surprise attack, it was disappointing.
‘Are we really both Transcendants?’
He was a Transcendent, and so were Glenn and Wrath. The range of Transcendants seemed so vast that he felt there needed to be another classification among them.
‘No, I’ll think about that later…’
Why did that damn cotton candy attack me? I had only gone to find Wrath after finishing my test first, but I was too surprised to have my neck cut in a surprise attack.
‘I was planning to take a little… no, maybe a little more if Wrath received a lot of rewards, but…’
I didn’t actually steal anything! It would have been less frustrating if I had died while trying to steal Wrath’s power, but dying while meditating was too unfair.
‘Did he hear me say I would take 80 percent? I was just saying that, did he think I would really take it all?’
At most, I would only take half.
He had said 80 percent, but he had actually only intended to take about half, so his chest felt tight.
‘He’s a child, really.’
Raon clicked his lips, thinking about how Wrath would be horrified if he heard this.
‘But what exactly hit me?’
The attack came so suddenly that he wasn’t even sure what killed him.
‘Seeing how my head flew off, did he sharpen the cold energy into a blade shape and shoot it?’
Even if he had been careless, the fact that he couldn’t react at all made it seem certain that Wrath had sharpened the cold energy into a sharp projectile.
‘The wall is still high.’
It was disconcerting that he couldn’t even detect Wrath’s attack. For the first time in a long time, he felt the reality of the skill difference between them.
‘Still, it’s fortunate.’
Raon clicked his lips as he examined his body.
‘I haven’t lost anything in particular.’
He checked the status of his martial arts just in case, and found that the Ten Thousand Swords, Ten Thousand Flames Cultivation, and Glacier he had developed were intact. Although it wasn’t exactly the mental world, it seemed that dying in this similar place hadn’t had any effect.
‘Of course…’
Raon gritted his teeth as he looked towards the sea.
‘I’ll have to get revenge on that damn cotton candy.’
Even if there was no loss, the feeling of dying was so repulsive that it made his entire body shudder. Especially when he saw his own body crumbling after losing his head.
‘How should I get revenge so it sounds like I’ve done right?’
Even if their souls had entered together, since he was the main subject, Wrath would inevitably be dragged out the moment he exited through this gate. It was better to think about revenge in reality.
‘Ban bead ice cream? Ban eating out? No, both are too weak.’
Wrath had become more patient, so he could probably endure that.
‘So, is it Nadine’s bread after all?’
He clearly hated it more than starving, given how he would explode with anger at the mere mention of Nadine’s bread.
‘Alright. I’ll make you eat only Nadine’s bread for a year.’
Having lived as an assassin, he could eat any kind of food. He could swallow not only gum-flavored bread, but actual gum, so it wouldn’t matter if he had to eat only Nadine’s bread for ten years, not just one.
‘Just wait.’
Raon curled his lips and stretched his legs towards the dimensional gate.
‘I’ll teach you a lesson with Nadine’s bread so you can never kill me again… Hm?’
He was about to exit through the gate while thinking about getting revenge on Wrath, but he pulled his foot back.
‘Wait a minute.’
Raon briefly clicked his lips as he looked at the blue sea.
‘I die but suffer no loss?’
Death in reality means the end, and death in the mental world also results in great losses like the loss of the soul. But here, dying didn’t cause any problems at all.
‘This…’
Raon turned his back on the golden exit. Stepping on the blue sea that resembled the color of Wrath’s hair, he clicked his lips for a long time.
‘I might have discovered a new fortuitous encounter.’
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“Demons!”
Wrath shouted as he grabbed his head with both hands.
“I made a mistake. A terribly big mistake!”
He had only wanted to slap Raon’s cheek with cold energy, but he had unintentionally used too much force and cut the bastard’s neck.
‘But was it really… a mistake?’
It’s true that he didn’t manage to control his strength after suddenly becoming stronger. That was certain. But he couldn’t give a definitive answer to the question of whether he had intended to kill.
‘Blood rushed to my head.’
The moment he saw the moonlight cold energy he had gained with so much effort being stolen by Raon, his mind went blank.
‘And…’
He recalled all the things he had endured so far. Being belittled by the brat Raon, having his skills stolen, being extorted by other demon kings using his name, and among all of them, the greatest anger was naturally about food.
‘Nadine’s bread…’
Remembering the sickening rubbery taste of all the Nadine’s bread he had eaten so far, he used too much force. To a level that even the current Raon wouldn’t be able to block.
‘It’s even scarier that he’s definitely alive…’
This place is a virtual space created by his and Raon’s souls. Since it’s a place where one can’t die even if they’re killed, Raon would have revived immediately.
‘It would have been better if he had actually died…’
What should I do now? Not only Raon’s test but also his own had ended, so an exit would probably have opened. The moment I pass through that exit, I’ll inevitably be dragged along, so I can’t resist in any way.
‘That bastard Raon…’
He seemed incredibly annoying.
The moment his neck was cut, Raon gave him a look that said, ‘You’re dead!’ The memory of those fierce eyes made his shoulders tremble.
‘Maybe I’ll have to eat Nadine’s bread for a month…’
Wrath shook his head, mentioning such a short period as a month as if he didn’t yet know what kind of person Raon was.
‘I can’t stand that.’
I’d rather starve than eat Nadine’s bread consecutively. Even when he ate Nadine’s bread before entering this space, he almost died.
‘Should I, should I beg in the end…?’
In the battle of souls in reality, I can’t win against that damn Raon because of that ring. The moment I leave this place, I’ll have to raise both arms and beg for forgiveness.
‘Of course, that lump of desire won’t let me off so easily.’
Raon will surely demand material power. He doesn’t know how much he’ll have to give up to satisfy that greedy demon god.
“Haaa, the loss will be severe.”
Although the range or authority of his soul won’t be consumed, the thought of giving up the cold energy he obtained while receiving moonlight made his chest tighten as if he had indigestion.
‘Demons!’
Wrath punched the air.
‘What a disaster this is for not being able to endure it once! This Monarch of Wrath!’
Of course, even that Monarch of Wrath couldn’t overcome the fear of Nadine’s bread, so he sat thinking about how to roast Raon. But no matter how much he waited, the Room of Self didn’t show any signs of collapsing.
‘What’s going on?’
Why isn’t it going away? The moment Raon exits through the gate, it should disappear along with him, and this space should be erased, but curiously, there was no change at all.
‘Could it be that he really died…? No, that’s impossible!’
If Raon had really died, this world would have collapsed the moment his neck was cut. The fact that it’s still intact means he’s definitely alive.
‘So he can’t find the exit?’
Or maybe he’s thinking about getting revenge on me? Not knowing made him feel more suffocated than receiving a punch. He hoped this suffocating situation would end quickly, no matter what.
‘You brat! What the hell are you thinking!’
Thinking that if he was going to take revenge, he should hurry up and finish it, he leaned against the World Tree where Raon had been sitting. As he felt increasingly anxious while cultivating Glacier, Raon emerged from the black mirror.
“Huh…?”
Wrath’s dry lips trembled as he saw Raon step onto the snowfield.
‘Why did that ghost come here?’
The exit of the Room of Self is in the same place as the entrance. He could have exited immediately after reviving, so why he came here was incomprehensible.
‘Don’t tell me…?’
Is he planning to get revenge here? It seemed that ghost wasn’t just planning to subdue him in reality, but also here.
“Kuhuk…”
Wrath let out a low groan with his face buried in his hands. Visualizing the future awaiting him, tears unconsciously welled up in his eyes.
“Wrath.”
Raon looked at him with red eyes so chilling that they were scary.
“I’m sorry. I really made a big mistake.”
Facing Raon, all the words he had been thinking didn’t come to mind. Like a herbivore facing its natural predator, his mind went blank, and he could only say he was sorry.
“I’ll never lay a hand on you again, so please, anything but Nadine’s bread…”
“Hey.”
Raon seemed genuinely angry as he moved his hand, interrupting Wrath’s words.
“Yes…?”
“Forget it. Use the same technique you used to kill me again.”
He unsheathed the Heavenly Drive and moved a finger as if to tell Wrath to attack quickly.
“Use, use again?”
Wrath looked at Raon with wide eyes.
“What are you saying suddenly?”
He had expected to be given only Nadine’s bread for a month, but being told to attack again was too shocking. He couldn’t understand what that bastard was thinking.
“I’m telling you to attack like before and cut my neck.”
Raon lowered his stance and nodded slightly as if to tell him to stop wasting time and attack quickly.
‘This, this is…’
Wrath swallowed with difficulty as he looked at Raon’s smile.
‘Definitely a trap!’
Judging by Raon’s expression, if he attacked now, he would surely be given Nadine’s bread for three months, not just one. He absolutely must not attack.
“Keuup…”
Wrath closed his eyes as if he hadn’t seen anything.
“No, I won’t raise a hand…”
“If you don’t hit me now, will I feed you only Nadine’s bread until you die? Forget bead ice cream, you won’t even be able to eat home-cooked meals.”
Raon frowned and said he was serious.
“Nadine’s bread for life…?”
Wrath’s blue eyes wavered like jellyfish floating in water.
“You know I’m the type who does what he says, right?”
Raon tapped his foot as if to tell him to make a decision quickly.
“Do you really want me to attack? Really?”
Wrath exhaled hazily as he asked again.
“That’s what I’m saying. How many times do I have to repeat it?”
Raon nodded and said to hurry up.
“Keuu…”
Wrath bit his lip until it bled. The thought of eating only Nadine’s bread for life without bead ice cream made his mind go blank again.
‘Anything but that.’
No matter if they spread jam on it, put peanut butter on it, dipped it in coffee, or soaked it in wine, the rubbery taste of Nadine’s bread never disappeared. It was a grotesque flavor that destroyed all other flavors and stimulated his tongue. The thought of experiencing that for life made his killing intent rise again.
“Die!”
Wrath shouted and raised the frost blade with all his strength. The frost blade flew faster than sound, severing Raon’s neck just like before.
“Ha!”
Raon smiled with satisfaction even as he died. His body disappeared like a collapsing sandcastle as his head fell to the ground.
“What, what is this? What is this!”
Seeing Raon smile even as he died brought a greater terror than when he first killed him. For the first time, he felt real fear towards him.
“What the hell do you want from me?”
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“As expected…”
Raon jumped to his feet in front of the golden exit.
“I don’t die.”
Not seeing any change even after two deaths, it seemed that, as he had initially thought, one could revive here without any loss even if they died.
‘But…’
He still couldn’t see it. Although he wasn’t careless, he couldn’t figure out where or how Wrath’s attack came. It seemed to be a power beyond his current level.
‘That’s right. This is fun.’
Raon curled his lips as he stepped on the Supreme Harmony Steps and advanced towards the sea.
‘This will be an even greater gain than what I obtained in the Room of Self.’
Here, you revive immediately even if you die, and you don’t suffer any losses in martial arts. In other words, it meant this was the best training ground where he could face Wrath with all his strength.
‘Right now I can’t even see him, but…’
If I keep dying, I’ll surely start to feel something. Even if he can’t block Wrath’s attacks, just facing him will be a great help in dealing with other Transcendants. Of course, dying is terrifying and painful. But it would be more painful to miss this opportunity for growth.
Raon crossed the sea at full speed. He passed through the cave on the gray island and entered the mirror again.
Arriving at the ruined snowfield, he saw Wrath chattering his teeth as if he were terrified.
“Kill me again.”
Raon smiled and nodded slightly.
“I, I’m scared…”
Wrath backed away, shaking his head vigorously.
“What kind of revenge are you trying to exact by doing this?”
He shouted, begging Raon to at least explain.
“You perverted bastard!”
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