Chapter 138

Chapter 138: Sky Devil Church (2)

TL: Nadu

Editor: Lesurous

Bae Sungmin opened his eyes .

He had lost consciousness for a while as he used all his holy and magical powers to rip through the reality marble .

‘My phylactery is badly damaged . ’

Bae Sungmin looked at his body coldly .

Due to the lich’s characteristic, Bae Sungmin’s body was immortal .

But, if his phylactery located near his heart was destroyed, even Bae Sungmin would die .

Right now, that phylactery was damaged and he was unable to properly recover from the injuries on his body .

The problem was that the phylactery didn’t recover naturally .

He needed to devour something that had either the darkness or light attributes, or return to Muyoung’s side to fully recover .

‘This is?’

He looked around .

It was all wasteland .

‘I bounced out . ’

It seemed like he was bounced off due to a strong repelling power when he escaped the barrier .

As he was unable to see the Great City, it seemed like he was quite far away .

Also, he felt a strange gap in time .

‘How long has it been?’

He couldn’t tell .

He stood up as he placed his hand on the ground .

‘I need to let him know . ’

The sect leader of Sky Devil church and the successor of Makura, one of the Eight Deva Guardians of Buddhism .

He was strong .

He had strength that surpassed everything .

What’s more, he raised devils within his reality marble .

If Muyoung was to face him like this… his winning rate would be 0% .

However, Bae Sungmin saw it .

He saw that Moon wasn’t perfect .

He needed to tell this truth to Muyoung . Just by letting him know, his winning rate would increase, even if by a single digit .

“I thought I saw something flying in, but it was a lich?”

“Is it really a lich? He looks like a human . ”

“Am I ever wrong? Either way, let’s get prepared . I think he lost a lot of strength . A lich’s phylactery is worth a lot . ”

He heard the voices of people nearby .

They were six in number .

It was a team with a balance of offense and defense .

Shiiiwk!

An arrow flew in, piercing into Bae Sungmin’s shoulder .

“Explosion!”

Blaze!

As the arrow exploded, the cut dug in . The thin membrane of skin that covered his body was gone, exposing the bone underneath, the force of the blast causing Bae Sungmin to stumble .

“Look . He really is weak . ”

“But he’s still a lich . We need to hunt carefully . ”

“Ah, you’re frustrating . What if others come because we’re taking too long? It won’t be just us who saw it flying this way . Is the rule that the person who kills it gets half still a thing?”

A young man approached them as he whistled excitedly .

He was trying to get Bae Sungmin’s phylactery after killing him .

‘With my current magical powers, using low-level magic once would be my limit . ’

What should he use to overcome this situation?

Creating a flame mine to explode around his surroundings, 3% chance of running away safely .

Creating fog and making them wander around…5% .

Using the inherent skill of the Asura King’s Left Arm, which he received from Muyoung, 9%!

From what Bae Sungmin judged, there was no way to even reach a 10% success rate .

“Haha! What luck is this!”

The young man came close before he knew it, and was about to swing his sword through Bae Sungmin’s throat .

Right then .

“Stop . ”

A man who wore a shield on his back appeared .

Then, the young man made a face .

“Who are you now? Get lost . We already called dibs on him . ”

The man didn’t care if he cursed or not, he just looked at Bae Sungmin .

At the same time, the man’s eyes opened greatly .

“Sungmin mister…”

Bae Sungmin looked at the man .

He seemed familiar but he had no recollection of him .

It was because when he turned into an undead, not every memory was inherited .

Some memories of recent years were completely gone .

The man, Kim Taehwan took out his shield .

“If you leave quietly, I won’t do anything . However, if you continue to intimidate that man, I will have to show force . ”

“Bullshit . What a shitty show off . ”

The young man clicked his tongue and when he was about to cut him with his sword…

Twoong!

The shield flew and smacked the young man’s body .

“Cough!”

Although he didn’t receive an attack that was enough to kill him, he became unconscious right away .

Shhhing!

Thud!

As an arrow flew in, Kim Taehwan grabbed the arrow and snapped it .

Afterwards, the shield automatically returned to Taehwan’s hand… and the fight began .

Bae Sungmin just looked at the scene .

A great master of shieldsmanship .

Just with his shield, he overwhelmed the party .

Of course, compared to Muyoung or Tacan, he lacked quite a bit, but the longer he watched the man, he had a weird feeling .

Even though he should be someone whose feelings and emotions should have almost all been erased .

‘Who is he?’

His feelings were very complex .

After instantly winning against the five, Kim Taehwan approached Bae Sungmin .

“Are you okay? Huu, how did you end up like this?”

“Who…are you?”

“Did you forget? I’m Taehwan . Kim Taehwan . ”

Kim Taehwan?

He still could remember him .

As Sungmin didn’t reply, Taehwan continued to talk .

“It has been already 1 year since you left to find your daughter . And, here are meeting after that year . Did you make any progress?”

“You met me… 1 year ago? I left to find my daughter?”

Bae Sungmin’s voice slowly shook .

Sungmin wasn’t a normal undead .

He was an undead born of hope and authority .

He forgot something important and tried his best to remember it .

But, he found a clue in an unexpected place .

On the other hand, Taehwan realized that something was wrong with Sungmin .

“Mister, could you have lost your memory? No, wait . Your body is also…”

Taehwan’s eyes widened as he was looking at Sungmin’s injuries .

His blood wasn’t red .

His blood was black . Not just that but it felt like there was quite a stink to it .

Taehwan was unable to hear Sungmin’s heart beating .

As he quickly placed his hand on Sungmin’s skin, he found it as cold as ice .

‘He isn’t human . ’

That’s when he realized . That Bae Sungmin wasn’t human .

An undead . Something like a zombie .

He remembered overhearing the conversation the ones who he beat against say the word ‘lich’ .

For him to be a lich!

“H-how?! Shit! Who is it? Who made you into an undead?!”

“Give me the specifics . About who I am and what I’m looking for . ”

However, Taehwan realized that he was a bit different than a normal undead .

Normal undead didn’t try to have a conversation with humans, opting to attack them instead .

Additionally, they weren’t curious about their past .

Taehwan thought that there might be a chance Sungmin could turn back into a human .

“…First, let’s leave this place . People will be coming here soon . ”

Taehwan clenched his teeth .

He tried to keep his head cool the best he could .

Bae Sungmin was Bae Sungmin . A kind and sincere man who was anxiously searching for his daughter, Bae Suzy .

However, if he was found by others, they would definitely kill him .

Of course, they couldn’t go to the Great City either .

There would be no way the guards would not know of a lich entering .

And he couldn’t just leave this situation as it was .

‘Shit . ’

Moreover, his head was a mess because of the situation with the Command Clan .

He felt like this was a situation they would use the phrase ‘out of the frying pan and into the fire’ .

Fortunately, the potion worked .

Because the concept of recovery was vague, and the potion had a bit of holy component that it would cause harm to undead, Taehwan was skeptical . But, for some reason, Bae Sungmin accepted the components .

Like Taehwan expected, Sungmin wasn’t a normal undead .

Afterwards, the two had a conversation .

Their ordeal that was just one year ago, that Bae Sungmin had no recollection of .

“You mean I have a daughter?”

“Yes . Her name is Bae Suzy and she should be around 10 years old now . She was a really nice and cute girl . We would even laugh and say that she’s a small angel . ”

Bae Suzy was like an oasis in a desert .

She was very popular not because she was simply just kind and cute but because she was smart for her age .

“Then where is my daughter Bae Suzy?”

“The Fighting King kidnapped her . You left the Great City to find him . This was 1 year ago . ”

“The Fighting King, the Fighting King had…”

Bae Sungmin continued to say that title .

Fortunately, it seemed like he believed to a certain degree of what Kim Taehwan said .

Although he was weakened, Sungmin knew how to differentiate between a truth and a lie .

The power of the spirit within him made it possible .

“My daughter, Bae Suzy, tell me more about her . ”

And so, his voice became a bit softer .

Taehwan nodded his head .

“We were summoned to the Blue Temple, where you lost both your arms . Though, for some reason, you have a pair now . Anyway, after that Suzy did everything . If Muyoung wasn’t there, that would have also been impossible . ”

There were quite a lot of things Muyoung helped out .

Although he was extremely cold, the warmth he rarely showed was enough to invigorate everyone .

“Suzy was really amazing . When she came out of the sky library, over a thousand people gathered to take Suzy into their group . I just had two to three people . Haha!”

Bae Sungmin still had a cold expression . However, it felt like he slowly opened up .

Knowing that Bae Suzy was his daughter and as his daughter received compliments, it really felt odd to him .

‘I was looking for my daughter . ’

He didn’t even know what he was looking for . But, he had a strong obsession that he needed to find something .

Now he found out what he was looking for .

‘Bae Suzy . My daughter who was kidnapped by the Fighting King . ’

Muyoung didn’t tell him . He never asked him either .

However, as he now figured out what exactly he was looking for, now he needed to ask .

Who the Fighting King was and where he was at .

‘I’m going to rip his limbs apart and rip his skin off . I’m going to place a curse that will make him live eternally and make him suffer . ’

Bae Sungmin didn’t know that this feeling he had was revenge .

One after another, his feelings were being revived .

Things that weren’t allowed for an undead .

This also could be considered as ‘evolving’ .

“I can’t leave aside the story regarding the Star of David either . That time…”

“I need you to go to the Great City and bring news . ”

“Huh?”

“Please give this crystal to Muyoung . ”

“ . . !”

Brrrr!

Taehwan shivered his whole body .

Muyoung, he said Muyoung!

That name popped out of Sungmin’s lips .

‘The man really was Muyoung hyungnim?’

A few days ago, Taehwan was attacked by the Command Clan .

That time, someone who he suspected as Muyoung came forth and killed them before disappearing into thin air .

Taehwan was able to escape after many complications .

However, afterward that incident, he was able to continue living in hiding outside of the Great City .

“Go to the Sun Guild . I’ll join afterwards . ”

Bae Sungmin passed Kim Taehwan a crystal the size of a fingernail which contained his memories and information .

Of course, he also placed appropriate measures just in case .

His relationship with Kim Taehwan seemed certain but he placed a trap using all his magical powers just in case .

If Taehwan was to go to the wrong place, the crystal would self destruct .

“It is really the Muyoung I remember?”

“Find out with your own two eyes . ”

Bae Sungmin was unable to enter the Great City . He needed time to recover .

Even the connection with Muyoung was momentarily disconnected when he escaped Moon’s reality marble .

It seemed like Taehwan was the only way for him to deliver a message to Muyoung as of right now .

Taehwan looked at the crystal given by Sungmin .

‘I have no idea what on Earth is going on . ’

His mind was complicated .

However, one thing was certain .

‘I need to confirm it . ’

Their relationship continued even now .

Taehwan felt he could solve the problem regarding the Command Clan and the mysteries happening within the Great City once he saw Muyoung .

‘He’s able to deal with death . The reason why Sungmin mister became a lich would definitely be connected to him . ’

Taehwan nodded and then turned his body .

“Please take care . I’ll quickly go and come back . ”

The Great City was chaotic .

It felt like everyone was on edge .

They seemed to be holding their swords and were suspicious of their surroundings .

He even saw a few buildings completely destroyed . But, there were no signs of them being fixed .

‘Strange . ’

It was very different from the normal lively scenes of the Great City .

While walking in the gloomy atmosphere, Taehwan was able to coincidentally meet a mercenary .

As the mercenary, he saw a few times from the underground passed him on the street, Taehwan grabbed hold of him .

“Hey, did something happen?”

“Oh oh, Kim Taehwan! You were alive!”

“I was outside the Great City for a bit to complete a request . ”

“Is that so? I knew it . I felt that it was odd for you to suddenly ask what happened in this current situation . ”

The mercenary heaved a deep sigh .

However, it wasn’t long .

At most, 15 days . Taehwan felt like something happened during that period of time .

The mercenary whispered into Taehwan’s ears .

“It’s been crazy these days . The Sun Guild lost . ”

“They lost?”

As Taehwan spoke loudly, the mercenary was startled .

The mercenary quickly blocked Taehwan’s mouth with his hand and spoke quietly .

“Shhh, speak quietly . Either way, the Sky Devil Church appeared . People say they placed their base at Sky Library . The Sun Guild attacked with a great army but they lost . They say that they were looking for cooperation from other groups and were preparing for a second attack but its hard to say what’s going to happen, tsk tsk . ”

The Sun Guild lost .

They lost within the Great City .

Something that couldn’t happen, happened, and Taehwan was silently shocked .

“And so the atmosphere is like this because of it?”

“Well, there was that, but the Command Clan has also infiltrated the Great City . Right now, it’s a commotion because of this . If a house suddenly gets destroyed, a trial is started by force, and these things occurred frequently . ”

“A trial…”

A trial . It was a kind of test .

It was a fight with your life on the line .

If you live, you would receive a reward but if you die, it was the end .

It seemed like the partially destroyed buildings in his surrounding were sacrificed like that .

“You be careful . If you seem a bit suspicious, the guards will try to kill you . ”

“Thanks for the advice . ”

“Phew~ Due to this situation, we have more work but the problem is that many people are dying off . If this continues, I might need to leave the Great City . ”

The mercenary clicked his tongue and left .

Taehwan’s expression hardened .

In just two weeks, rapid change seemed to have happened .