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“Miss!”
Between the broken bamboo branches, the voice of the Blood Shadow Snake shouting urgently came into Cheong-yu’s ear as he was dazed from being stuck there.
Cheong-yu grabbed her throbbing chest and got up from her staggering body in the gap between the broken bamboo.
Although he was greatly shocked, he had wrapped his protective gear around himself just before the King of Death hit him, and the bamboo helped cushion the impact, so it wasn’t to the point where he couldn’t control his body.
“I, I’m fine, Death King!”
A cold sob is heard at the same time as the Blood Spirit tells him that it is okay.
-Shiaaaa!
The sound of the cries that sent shivers down people’s spines made the surrounding bamboo trees tremble.
-Choo-choo···.
As he looked towards the direction where the sound was coming from, Cheong-yu, who had raised his body from between the broken bamboo branches, saw the figure of the King of Death curled up in front of the cave in the distance, looking angry.
The King of Snakes was looking down at the other snakes that had fallen in the open space, furious.
It’s as if he can’t forgive himself for making his followers like that.
Although he was surrounded by ten people, his eyes showed no fear and instead he stepped forward.
At that momentum, the Blood Spirit’s subordinates flinched and took a step or two back.
“What are you doing? To a mere squirrel!”
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
The Blood Spirit Master shouted in anger at the pitiful sight of the warriors, but upon hearing his voice, Cheong-yu warned the Blood Spirit Master.
“Be careful! It may not be poisonous yet, but its power is great! You must handle it carefully.”
“All right!”
From what I felt from the previous clash, the King of Death was an opponent that the Shadow Warriors, who were weaker than the Great Lord, had to approach with caution.
The King of Death is not yet an adult, so according to the records, he would not have any poison yet.
It’s probably true, since if there had been poison in the previous clash, it would have bared its teeth and rushed at me instead of being attacked.
However, although it was not a very large snake, only as thick as a person’s forearm, Cheongyu could tell from the collision just now.
How great is the body of that little snake.
The guy’s body was so hard and tough like a skilled master that he would have been seriously injured if he hadn’t quickly wrapped his arms around himself when he was stabbed in the chest a little while ago.
Although he is not yet an adult, he still looks like he could be called the king of guys.
The Blood Spirit Master shouted to his subordinates, understanding Cheong-yu’s words.
“We’re going to have a wheel fight to drain our strength!”
“Yes, Lord!”
The Shadow Corps moves its body in unison with the Shadow Corps Command.
The shadow warriors circled around the king, tempting his gaze with footsteps that mimicked the movements of a tiger-guardian.
The feet were moving quickly, but strangely, the warriors were slowing down and speeding up at different speeds.
Tiger Armor Step (虎甲步) is a technique created by one of the ancestors of Odokmun based on the movements of a tiger armor that moves quickly, and is used to deceive the opponent.
After a while, the King’s eyes started to get dizzy as he followed the spinning figures of the warriors.
The sound of metal being heard at that moment.
-Kagan.
-Shiaaaa!
As the dagger thrown by the Blood Shadow Master bounced off the Death King’s scales, the Death King lunged towards the Blood Shadow Master.
The golden horn on his head flashed, briefly dazzling Cheongyu’s vision, and that was the signal for the full-scale battle with the King of Death.
***
The thick bamboo forest that had once surrounded the area was now nowhere to be seen.
This was because most of them were broken in the clash between the rampaging Death King and the Shadow Warriors.
All that’s left are one or two trees sticking out here and there.
The Blood Demon, sitting on a large bamboo branch, asked the Shadow Demon.
“Gasp gasp… What’s the damage?”
“One person has a broken arm, but everyone else is okay!”
After checking the condition of his subordinates, the Blood Spirit Master went on to check on Cheongyu’s condition.
“Are you okay, miss?”
“Well, I wasn’t attacked at all, except for the initial surprise attack.”
Since there had been no contact other than the surprise attack when it first emerged from the cave, I answered without thinking much, but the Blood Shadow asked again.
“By any chance, you’re drooling? You were shocked earlier.”
“ah.”
At those words, Cheong-yu carefully checked the needles.
As he said, I was worried that I might get hurt while being thrown into the bamboo forest.
But I didn’t have a headache, and the needle I carefully touched was fine.
“It seems okay. Anyway, I need to get my body together quickly and move. I can no longer hear the sound of the weapons crashing down the mountain.”
“Okay, then please rest. I’ll collect the blood first.”
“Just in case, be careful.”
“Yes, ma’am.”
At the mention of collecting the blood of the Blood Spirit, Cheong-yu looked at the King of Death, who was panting while lying on one side of the bamboo forest.
Although his scales were falling off here and there and his body was drenched in blood, the anger in his eyes did not subside.
The reason the King of Death was drenched in blood was because he was attacking with a strong energy that the King of Death’s scales could not defend against, causing him to bleed little by little.
Although it took an hour, the King of Death, who had shed a lot of blood, would not be able to move any longer, even though he was resentful and wronged.
The King of Death, lying on the floor with angry eyes, was looking at Cheong-yu.
“It must be unfair. But there’s nothing you can do. Since it’s a sacrifice for the Odokmun, please accept it with a glad heart. It’s an honorable thing.”
Cheong-yu tells the King of Death, who looks at her with resentful eyes, to happily accept her fate.
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At that moment, a different crying sound than before was heard from the mouth of the Death King.
-Sia···.
A cry that feels pitiful, unlike the brave and cool cries so far.
But at that moment, it occurred to him that the compassion was not directed at the King himself, but at someone else.
When he turned his head to meet the eyes of the King of Death, the resentful and bitter gaze that he had seen before had changed into a pitiful gaze, and it was staring at him clearly.
And when he met those eyes, a thought struck Cheong-yu’s head like a bolt of lightning.
Now, the King of Death feels more sorry for Cheong-yu than for himself, who is facing death.
‘What, what am I thinking···.’
A voice is heard as Cheong-yu, who had been lost in thought for a moment, shakes his head to wash away the strange feeling.
“It seems like you’ve lost too much blood. Should I kill you and collect all your blood? I’m about to die if I keep going like this. Didn’t the King of Death say that it’s okay to kill you if you’re not a saint because your own power is not strong?”
One of the warriors of the Shadow Realm was asking the Blood Shadow Master.
Let’s take the life of the King of Death.
“I guess that would be a good idea?”
The Blood Shadow Master takes out a dagger in response to his subordinate’s question and aims it at the King’s head.
Cheong-yu, who was looking at the scene, shouted without realizing it.
“Now, just a moment!”
At Cheong-yu’s words, the warriors of the Shadow Corps all looked at Cheong-yu.
The Blood Shadow Master’s question is heard next.
“Miss, what is happening?”
“Uh… That’s why… Ah! Let’s go alive. I’ll put the blood in my bottle, but it might get hurt, right? I’ll take the poison medicine, but I can’t guarantee that it won’t get hurt because it’s the blood of a spirit.
“If you bring it fresh, your father will be happier. Yes, I am sure.”
Cheong-yu, who had never done this before, started talking without realizing it, just thinking about whatever came to mind.
The Blood Spirit Master’s question was heard again by Cheong-yu, who still couldn’t understand why he said such things.
“But won’t I just get hurt and die like this?”
“Oh, no. It’s a spirit, so it won’t die like this.”
“Well… if you say so. What you say is certainly better.”
A few Blood Shadows and Shadow Troopers approached the fallen Death King, opened his mouth, and poured the poison that paralyzed the snake directly into his throat.
Then the body of the King of Death sags.
Next, the Blood Spirit Master collected the blood of the King of Death and placed it in his bottle. When all the work was finished, he put the King of Death in a bag made of blue silkworm thread.
“Let’s go!”
A blood demon saying that he will set off with his bag on his shoulder.
At those words, Cheong-yu reached out and said.
“I will take the Four Kings. It is my job. I will deliver it to Father directly.”
The Blood Spirit, who had been hesitating, handed over a pouch made of blue silk, and Cheong-yu, who had the Four Kings on his shoulders, quickly performed lightness techniques and took the lead.
Qing Yu still couldn’t understand why he was acting like this.
***
-Whew.
It was raining heavily outside the cave.
“If we continue like this, even our traces will disappear, so you can rest assured.”
“But it’s a shame not to be able to sense what’s going on around you.”
It’s already been three days since we caught the King.
Several warriors of the Odokmun clan, including Cheongyu and Eumyeongdae, who had been running without stopping, were currently passing by Dangga.
The martial artists have broken through the poison-smelling demons that were spread as bait.
Just in case the pursuit continued, he was trying to sneak past the Sacheondangga under the lamp.
“There’s nothing we can do. Let’s go back to the entrance and keep two people on guard while the rest rest. This chase is likely to last a long time, so we need to conserve our stamina at times like this.”
“Okay, miss.”
The warriors of Cheongyu and Odokmun, who had hidden in a cave under the pouring rain, decided to dry off their wet bodies and get some sleep.
In this state, neither they nor anyone else who might be tracking them will be able to identify each other.
Since this was a rare opportunity, I had to take this opportunity to rest.
“I’m going to close my eyes for a moment.”
“Okay, miss.”
In the darkness inside the cave.
Cheong-yu put down the bag containing the Four Kings next to him and crouched quietly against the wall.
Not even knowing that the Four Kings were opening their mouths towards Qingyou.
Something from the mouth of the Dark King began to be sucked into Cheongyu’s nostrils.
“Cheong-yu had a dream.
It was a child’s dream.
The child was a cute and ordinary child with ebony-black hair, but at the same time, he was special.
Snake soup fed by parents to a seriously ill nine-year-old child.
Several villagers caught a large snake and fed it to a weak child. After eating it, the child gained internal energy, and every time he ate medicine made from snakes or martens, he became healthier and stronger day by day.
And then that day came.
After hearing the rumor about the child, scary people came rushing in and killed the villagers and his parents, and told the child who was trembling in fear.
“You have a constitution that can absorb all the weak energy contained in the poisonous flesh and blood! You are now my daughter!”
In the darkness, several needles stuck in Cheongyu’s head fell out of his head and fell to the floor.
At the same time, a single drop of water rolls down to the cave floor.
The water droplets that had been gathered in Cheongyu’s eyes rolled down to the floor.
Trembling body.
I carefully opened my eyes and saw a pair of eyes shining in the darkness.
The Four Kings were looking at Cheong-yu intently.
As expected, the look in his eyes was compassionate.
Qing Yu now understood why the King of Death was looking at him like that.
Raised by the man who murdered his parents and relatives, waiting to be eaten by him.
Because I was in the same situation as an animal waiting for the rice to be steamed.
[Yes, I see… Now I know why you looked at me like that. I’m sorry. And thank you.]
Qingyou, who realized that the Four Kings had saved him from the vicious Five Poison Explosion Submergence Law, thanked him in a soft voice.
And then he headed towards the cave entrance with the bag the King of Death slung over his shoulder.
-Thump. Thump.
The cave is quiet, perhaps because it is still the middle of the night.
-Whoosh.
As the sound of rain still coming from the entrance grew closer, a question was heard from behind.
“Miss? Where are you going?”
When Cheong-yu turned his head, the Blood Spirit Master was looking at him.
Judging from the presence of the people, it seemed that the Shadow Corps, the subordinates of the Blood Shadow Master and not the Odokmun warriors who had fled and joined them, were all awake.
Perhaps their mission is to keep an eye on Cheong-yu himself.
Cheong-yu said in a calm voice.
“I was just checking to see when the rain would stop.”
“Oh, then let’s go together.”
“Yeah.”
Is it because I said it calmly?
Those who seemed ready to move in the darkness at any moment lay down again, and the Blood Shadow followed Cheongyu towards the entrance.
It was the moment when he arrived at the entrance and looked up at the sky.
Cheong-yu quickly pulled himself out of the cave and fired a powerful shot at the Blood Spirit.
“You dirty, filthy bastards! I will never forget this grudge, even if I die!”
-Whoooooooo!
“Oh, oh, oh!”
The great blood spirit master stretched out both his hands and fired his energy towards each other, but the target of the Qing Yu energy was not the blood spirit master, but the top of the cave entrance.
-bang!
A pile of rocks falls as the tension from Cheongyu’s hand hits the top of the cave.
Soon a pile of fallen rocks formed at the entrance to the cave.
-Kwarrrr.
Maybe this will save me some time.
Cheong-yu, who threw himself into the rain, quickly performed a light attack and spoke to the King of Death on his shoulder.
“Just wait a moment. I know someone who can heal you and keep you safe until you become an adult.”
The party is not that far from here.
If you tell him the truth, he will treat you even if you are punished.
With that thought in mind, Cheong-yu continued on through the forest, jumping over the rocks in the valley swollen by the rain as she headed towards Dang-ga.
-Whew.
-Seeing.
“Sob.”
An arrow flying through the rain.
An arrow, completely unnoticed by the loud sound of the rain, pierced Cheong-yu’s back and stuck his head out through the pit of his stomach.
“I have to go to the party···.”
-with a plop.
Cheong-yu’s body was instantly swept away by the swollen stream water.