Chapter 114

Chapter 114: The Devil’s Long Night (1)

TL: Tay

Editor: Lesurous

Tacan dusted off his sword .

The human hunt was over . It had been a good opportunity to check his skills .

It was the result of devouring everything to live up to the name of Evil Spirit Predator .

If he was stagnant, it wouldn’t have ended this way .

“From what Woohee’ sees, 30 points out of 100 . ”

“What?”

Tacan’s skeletal frame shook .

Before he knew it, Woohee had come to sightsee and was closely watching Tacan’s fight .

Then she evaluated his overall score and began grading .

Even though he didn’t ask for her opinion .

He thought she was a fairy with nothing to do, but he couldn’t help but be offended by the incredibly bad score .

Woohee flew round and round in the sky while saying, “There’s no intensity . There’s nothing to see! It’s boring . Aren’t you too self-absorbed?”

“I see there’s nothing you can’t say . Do you want to die?”

“Try to be half as good as Husband . That liveliness! His transcendence that is difficult to express in words! Besides, he’s cool . In many ways you’re different from him, child . Hihihi . ”

Tacan shivered .

He wanted to split that wicked fairy in half with a single stroke if he could, but it wasn’t easy .

Because this was the fairy that followed Muyoung around?

That also played a part, but there was another reason .

‘I don’t know why the Fairy King and the Demon God’s Blessings are given to such a fairy . ’

Others could be deceived, but his eyes couldn’t be fooled .

Evil spirits . In other words, there were some things that were visible only to Tacan, who managed many souls .

Even Muyoung would not have noticed .

Many of the blessings bestowed on Woohee were clearly contrasted with the other fairies .

If he messed with her in the wrong way… the result was unknown .

All the blessings were equal to a small miracle .

It was horrible just thinking about what effects would result from activating that many blessings .

But the one he understood the least was the Demon God’s Blessing .

‘Weren’t the fairies helping Solomon?’

He only knew there was such a contract . But, even by taking only that into consideration, it was still strange .

So it isn’t the 72 Demon Gods . Maybe there is something similar in the Fairy World .

After taking a closer look, the result felt a little different from the 72 Demon Gods .

Well, those guys were true evil that couldn’t pass down blessings and the like .

They were the 72 Demon Gods that were born and raised in evil .

It must have been another entity in the Fairy World that placed blessings on Woohee .

Fairies originally didn’t match well with ‘evil’, but by seeing how she followed Muyoung, who was so close to evil, it seemed to have some sort of influence on her .

If it was some other fairy, they would be terrified of Muyoung .

“Wooheeheehee . Husband, not there~ . ”

Woohee wiped the side of her mouth while drooling .

She seemed to be imagining Muyoung again .

For a stupid fairy like her to be so greatly blessed…… .

One would use the words ‘pearls around a pig’s neck’ in times like these . [1]

Tacan sighed deeply .

“Tacan . ”

From a place not too far away, Muyoung approached .

Muyoung and someone else .

‘An arc lich . ’

Tacan instinctively grasped his sword .

Not simply because he was an arc lich .

He was powerful .

Also, the mysterious energy of the light surrounding the lich aroused Tacan’s aggression .

“This lich is not an enemy . From now on, he will be with us . ”

“Was he the bastard mixed up with the Disordered Terror?”

“His name is Bae Sungmin . ”

“Muyoung, let me give you one piece of advice . You can’t carelessly believe a lich . Also, this lich is giving off a strange aura . ”

Muyoung grinned .

Although Tacan’s advice was unexpected, it meant that Bae Sungmin’s energy threatened Tacan that much .

You could say it was a good thing for someone who was usually so thick-skinned about most things to have this much alertness about the lich .

“Don’t worry . The lich is under my control . ”

“Did you make it? … . . Hmmm . It’s my first time seeing a lich with energy of light that strong . If the light’s effect was a little greater, he might have been born as something other than a lich . Something more transcendental . ”

Something else could be born?

Tacan’s words were quite profound .

Bae Sungmin’s energy was that strong because of the ‘Lineage of Light’ and the necklace with the ‘Talisman’ embedded in it .

If Bae Suzy, the descendant of the Lineage of Light, was to be involved, what form would it have taken?

“Anyway, can’t I fight him once?” Tacan asked while pointing his sword .

Besides his doubts, it seemed like he had a great heart to win .

Muyoung shook his head .

“We have to go back . It seems like it has been cleaned up . ”

“These worthless beings are no match for me,” Tacan said as he sadly put away his sword .

At that moment, there was a noise that strongly pierced his ears .

“H-h-husband!”

Woohee, who had seemed to have been frozen like ice, immediately came flying over .

Then she wailed as she pointed towards the top of Muyoung’s head .

“This, this, is this an affair? What is this wicked bitch? That’s Woohee’s place!”

The spirit of Armful’s Cradle still didn’t have a form yet .

It was merely a mass of light that stayed above Muyoung’s head .

Seeing that, Woohee became quite agitated .

However, there was no response from Armful’s Cradle .

It was obvious . To Muyoung the spirit of Armful’s Cradle was not dissimilar to a baby .

Since it wasn’t fully grown, it was poor at expressing emotions .

When words didn’t work, Woohee began to use force .

She spoke as she poked the Armful’s Cradle’s side .

The more she poked, the more the Armful’s Cradle helplessly shook .

If one was to see an ‘abusive sister-in-law’, it would look like this .

“Get lost . You’re not moving? Will you leave once you taste bitterness from Woohee?”

“Stop . ”

Muyoung was forced to interrupt .

Woohee’s wings drooped . .

“Hmph~ . Husband, but… . . ”

Muyoung closed his mouth and turned around .

He was obviously ignoring her .

Realizing that, Woohee stared at the Armful’s Cradle’s spirit and shrieked, “Aiishi, anyway, Woohee is the wife . You’re a concubine!!”

* * *

The Lawless, Reign and Beast clans were caught in a state of emergency .

They had lost contact with the elites who went to find the Talisman .

Everything happened at the same time and it was a totally unexpected scenario .

The leaders were taken aback . Who the hell was it?

They’d immediately dispatched an investigation team, but all that remained were corpses .

Decaying corpses and broken undead .

And all that could be seen was a skin that seemed to be the remainder of the Disordered Terror and its reeking tumors .

“Who is it? Who did this?”

Veins stood up in the neck of the Lawless clan leader, Lawless Jin .

He angrily gasped for breath .

During the investigation, he confirmed the badge of the Reign and Beast clans .

They had also suffered . However, something felt off .

‘They were robbed of the Talisman . The only ones who know of it are the Reign and Beast clans . There is nothing strange if those sly foxes were to put on a show . ’

Creak!

Blood flowed from his tightly clenched fist .

If there was one strange thing, it would be the outsider from Twilight Village they found out about through their investigation .

‘The outsider . Muyoung or something . ’

He didn’t know what sort of person he was .

However, he was also suspicious .

In order to do such a thing, he would have to rank amongst the top 10 humans .

Also, all the huge groups knew of those strong men; their names, descriptions and movements .

Among them, the name ‘Muyoung’ didn’t exist .

Also, there was a high possibility that this Muyoung was planted by another clan for the sake of confusion .

“Beast…… Reign…… . ”

Lawless Jin ground out the names of the two clans .

What kind of thing was the Talisman?

It was a sacred power that could even create holy spirits .

Its value was beyond description . Even several castles could be bought with it .

If the culprit was from one of those two groups, he’d never let it slide .

“Contact the operatives infiltrating the two clans . Let’s take a closer look at their movements! If there is anything odd, report it immediately!”

It wasn’t like there was no way .

Lawless Jin had planted operatives in all the clans and guilds long ago .

In other words, spies .

Other guilds and groups did the same, but when it came to this, no one could compare to him .

“Yes, sir . ”

A man wearing a white gown nodded his head and immediately left Lawless Jin’s room .

And Lawless Jin opened his lips slightly .

“Ataraxia, I have some work for you . ”

Slither .

Hundreds of snakes began coming down throughout the room .

However, Lawless Jin looked at them emotionlessly as if he was familiar with them already .

Soon, the tail of the largest of the snakes could be seen when Lawless Jin said, “Look into the person called ‘Muyoung’ . If you can capture him alive, do so . Ah, also…

After pausing for a moment, Lawless Jin continued .

“I entrust you with looking into the Fighting King . Recently he’s been accompanied by a girl? As if he plans to raise her as his student, it seems he treasures her quite a lot . You must use whatever means necessary and get the Fighting King on our side . Technically, aren’t we from the same faction?”

Hisssssss!

The snakes responded by hissing simultaneously .

Then they disappeared once again .

‘I’ll find out everything . If they’re associated, I will get rid of them and take it all back . ’

Lawless Jin was not used to being caught off guard in this way .

Lawless Jin was the type of human that caused suffering rather than suffered .

And the one at the center of all this .

If only he could catch and confront this ‘Muyoung’, he could uncover so much of the truth .

Ataraxia was a swift tracker .

No matter how those bastards hid, he didn’t believe she would fail .

They’d escaped Twilight Village and the mountain range 9 days ago .

Tacan couldn’t resist asking Muyoung, “When are you planning on cutting off the tail following us?”

Scraape . Scraape .

Muyoung was cleaning his sword .

As they hunted for something to eat, Anguish had become dirty .

He removed the dirt and washed the blood off it .

Even Tacan was dumbfounded by this .

For him to use a weapon like Anguish to catch wild boar .

He thought Muyoung was a man with no great love for the sword, but seeing his behaviour, it didn’t seem like that was necessarily the case .

“If you don’t get involved, I will . It’s quite nerve racking . ”

“You still have nerves?”

Tacan clucked as Muyoung looked at him unexpectedly .

Since there was only bone there was no way nerves could be left, but there was no need to point that out .

“I’m just saying . ”

“Bring it back alive . ”

Tacan moved immediately after receiving Muyoung’s permission .

Soon, with a resounding ‘BOOM’, Tacan returned with a person over his shoulder .

It was a woman Muyoung was familiar with .

Yang Mei .

The woman who had explained the Disordered Terror in detail .

“Why were you following us?”

“Pl… Please take me with you . ”

Yang Mei seemed quite desperate .

However Muyoung merely wrinkled his brow .

“I can’t think why . ”

“Aren’t you the ‘Star Who Eats Stars’?”

“Star Who Eats Stars?”

Thump .

Tacan threw Yang Mei to the ground .

Yang Mei knelt modestly after straightening her clothes .

“I saw your activities . The Disordered Terror is… I still can’t believe it, but I saw something at the end . The Red Star . The Star Who Eats Stars!”

It seemed she was talking about the Star of the Absolute .

At the removal of the Disordered Terror the star helped in the final moments .

Yang Mei saw it and seemed certain .

That Muyoung was definitely able to rob other stars using Starlight .

Yang Mei closed her eyes and spoke as if she was reciting a poem aloud .

“If the ‘Star-Eating Star’ appears all Stars are attracted and fight . Thus, at the end of chaos the Star of the Beginning will be born . Once again, the logic of the world would be created . ”

“Is it poetry?”

“It’s a legend that is passed down in our tribe . I am one of many Starkeepers but…… Please take me with you . I will be of help in finding other stars . ”

Yang Mei lifted the edge of her clothing .

Then, a large number of star tattoos appeared on her shoulder .

“This is the Starkeeper’s Token . My tribe’s mission is to deliver stars and create the Star of the Beginning! I didn’t expect to meet the Star-Eating Star, the one that begins everything, but surely this must be fate . ”

Muyoung continued to stare at Yang Mei’s tattoo .

It was odd but he couldn’t take his eyes off of the small picture carved into her shoulder .

Hair as white as snow .

It was a small carving of the woman with wings of a devil and an angel .

“Who is this?”

With a little smile, Yang Mei pointed with her hand .

“This is my Savior . She’s as cold as snow and as untraceable as the wind . I kept her alive in a tattoo . It was also my Savior that told me to stay at Twilight Village for my role . ”

“Snow… . . ”

It was most definitely Snow .

The features were only engraved and the face was unknown, but the characteristics were enough .

‘Who the hell are you?’

Muyoung’s expression hardened .

It seemed like Snow was telling him that if he followed the Stars he would meet her .

[1] ‘Pearls around a pig’s neck’ – Korean term similar to ‘To cast pearls before swine . ’