Chapter 157

Chapter 157: Cult Judge (2)

Translation: Nadu

Edit: Lesurous

Rring .

Suddenly, a sound of a bell was heard .

Hyacinth turned her head .

A parade of numerous people wearing white clothing .

A group who wore white hoods and held bells in their hands were heading towards this place .

In the middle, two large men were moving a huge picture .

A picture of clouds, sea, and the sun .

And on top of the three, there was a benevolent mother .

Rring . Rring .

The sound of the bells gradually got closer .

Then, a woman who wore a pure white helmet approached riding a white horse .

“It’s strange . A strong scent of flowers is coming from this small girl . ”

The woman’s voice was heavy like a rock .

However, the woman couldn’t take her eyes off of Hyacinth .

She couldn’t .

She slowly approached Hyacinth and touched her face .

She smelled her hair and once again, looked into Hyacinth’s eyes .

Then, the woman realized her own shameful conduct .

“A bewitching scent!”

A bewitching scent which most said succubus had .

But, the quality of scent Hyacinth gave off was completely different .

An overwhelming scent that encompassed everything .

From the moment it was smelled, it made people want to get closer to her and possess her .

The desire to possess her even if they needed to cut her flesh naturally occurred .

It was something that wasn’t possible .

At least, to the woman, this sort of scent shouldn’t have worked on her .

“The God of Cloud ‘Soon’, God of Sea ‘Ryung’, God of Earth ‘Han’, and their mother ‘Idea’ . Please guide this poor sheep . ”

Rring . Riring .

Numerous bells were created around the woman .

It was the ceremony of cleansing . It was to cleanse the consciousness that could have made a mistake due by being mesmerized by the scent .

“Who are you? Do you know me?”

Hyacinth cringed .

However, she couldn’t do anything about her curiosity .

Her existence . It was because all her memories were empty .

However, when the woman looked into Hyacinth’s eyes again, she shook once more .

“How could such beings exist in this world…?!”

The woman bit her lips strongly .

Even if she had the ceremony of cleansing, she was shaken .

It couldn’t and shouldn’t be possible .

The woman was the cult judge of the Holy City Mulalan .

As a holy body who had to judge cults, she couldn’t overlook this situation .

‘I need to kill her . ’

The woman took out a huge sword from her back .

The girl, Hyacinth had no evil feelings .

Evil energy couldn’t be felt from her either .

However, this scent and body odor paralyzed everything .

If she had this much of an effect on herself, it was obvious how it would be for others .

Hyacinth’s scent didn’t make distinctions between women and men .

“S, save me . ”

Hyacinth was completely frightened .

At that moment .

All the bells in the woman’s surrounding disappeared .

The sound of the bells also died off .

‘I need to kill…’

The woman lost strength from her hand slowly .

Thud!

Within time, she dropped the sword .

At first, she thought it was the bewitching scent that succubus had .

However, the more she smelled the scent, for some reason she gained a holy feeling .

And so, she made a conclusion .

That she couldn’t judge her .

“…I will cover your scent with the ‘holy cloth’ . Until you are able to control your scent on your own, you won’t be able to remove that cloth . ”

The woman gave up on killing Hyacinth .

Instead, she took out a triangular bell from her side .

Diring!

As the bell rang, few layers of cloth came down from the sky .

And wrapped Hyacinth .

A holy accessory that was only accessible by the woman .

A holy bell and cloth .

A treasured item among treasured items’ that could block all impious actions .

“Seraphina! Did something happen?”

The paladins ran towards the woman .

The woman, Seraphina shook her head .

“Transport this child safely to Mulalan . Nothing should happen in between . Understand?”

“This cloth is…”

“Don’t ask any further, and you must never remove the cloth either . You need to send her to the sage king . Whatever happens, you must!”

“I understand . ”

As Seraphina re-emphasized, the paladins nodded their heads .

Whether or not this child was good or evil would be decided at Mulalan .

The paladins carefully took Hyacinth who was wrapped in the cloth .

Seraphina looked at her worriedly from behind .

‘The sage king would make the right decision . ’

A girl who suddenly appeared in front of her .

Seraphina couldn’t be sure if she was sent by the gods or by the devil .

However, she had no doubt that the sage king would make the right decision .

‘Either way, the evil energy is too strong . ’

Then, Seraphina looked beyond the horizon .

Beyond the horizon, there was the Great City .

* * *

Through the ‘Sky Devil’s Trial’, the reward Muyoung chose was Isaac’s boots .

The Herme’s Boots he was using originally had the ‘acceleration’ option but to Muyoung who now had four horns had no particular use for them anymore .

It became the item that needed to be replaced first among all his equipment, but as he completed the Sky Devil’s trial, it was the reward that caught his eyes .

‘It was owned by a demon king who battled with the humans in the past . ’

A time when Muyoung wasn’t summoned to the Underworld yet .

The humans fought a war with the demon kings .

Among them, Isaac was known to be the top-ranked demon king .

It was known that his equipment disappeared with him after a huge sacrifice destroyed him in the end .

He wasn’t sure why that was on the list for rewards but… .

‘The Great Calamity after 10 years . After that, the beginning of a full-fledged war started . ’

Muyoung thought about it again .

The Great Calamity occurred and when the humans were all summoned, the demon gods started to move after their fight for the fragments .

The humans were slowly pushed back from the front lines and fights between each other slowly started to arise .

‘It was good luck for me to find this here . ’

Either way, Isaac was in a different league among the demon kings .

Since the demon kings weren’t all in the same rank .

Muyoung had never seen Isaac and just heard stories regarding him but if there were no exaggerations in his military power, it meant it was worth anticipating .

Name: Isaac’s Boots

Rank: S

Classification: Equippable type

Endurance: 150,000

Effect: A relic of the Demon King Isaac . There is a strong magical power within it .

* Stamina +30

* Agility +30

* Evil tendency +50

* Blink (A distance movement proportional to your intelligence and wisdom)

The stats were all quite decent .

Instead of raising one stat, it was better to have a variety of stats that increased in terms of balance in general .

Although it did bother him that the evil tendency went up, he was more interested in the special ability ‘Blink’ .

Blink .

It was a teleportation type skill .

Like what Alexandro used, it was difficult to transport long distance but he was able to instantly run towards a place he could see with his eyes .

On top, since it didn’t have a restriction on the number of times it could be used…

It meant that he could use it until he was exhausted, moving to an advantageous place .

‘It is quite rare to find a transportation ability attached to equipment . ’

Among equipment with a transportation type ability, there was hardly anything that had decent stats as well .

From what Muyoung knew, this was so .

Normally, he needed to give up stats to gain a great effect but Isaac’s boots had both .

It was no different than normal leather boots in the outer appearance but his strength increased the moment he wore them .

‘This is nice . ’

It adjusted it’s size to fit the user on its own and a black energy rose strongly on his body .

It was because his evil tendency had risen even more .

And in proportion to this, the black wings on his back became larger .

‘After absorbing the Great Harmony, my black wings are growing bigger and bigger . ’

Muyoung sat in the Sun Guild’s castle and frowned .

At first, he didn’t even realize it .

But, now when three days had passed, the wings were the size of an average adult’s body .

As time passed, the black wings only continued to grow .

These wings couldn’t be hidden like Gabriel’s wings .

Thanks to this, there might even be ‘rumors that he was a devil’ .

‘Two pairs of wings…’

Besides the pair of black wings, if he opened Gabriel’s wings, in total there were two pairs .

Four wings were completed .

Gabriel’s wings were on the top side and the black devil’s wings were on the bottom side .

Tsk!

He clicked his tongue .

Right now, Muyoung was in the Great City .

He was looking for information he needed within the restored Sun Guild castle .

As Alexandro, Lennon, and Hyacinth died, the Sun Guild lost most of their power .

Nevertheless, they weren’t collapsing because of the vice guild master Abdullon’s presence .

But, if Muyoung was to also leave them now, the Sun Guild would crumble like a sand castle .

That’s right . Right now, the Sun Guild was no different than a sand castle .

However, it was a necessary power .

The Great City was a place that was connected to the Blue Temple .

It was because the Sun Guild was the only one that could control this place .

If the Sun Guild was to collapse, this place would become chaos .

All kinds of different huge groups would try to take control of the Great City .

It was obvious they would ignore the beginners’ safety .

‘The Sun Seal . ’

Muyoung had the majority of the seals .

The seals were an important strength that represented the guild .

It meant that he could control the Sun Guild depending on his wishes .

‘I can’t stay here forever . ’

There were a lot of things Muyoung had to do .

Although he did have the seals, if he wanted to take the position of the guild master, it would take too long .

Since he didn’t build his foundation within the guild but suddenly appeared .

It was obvious that most of the Sun Guild members would oppose as they were very traditional .

Even if he was to be treated as an emissary, the situation would still be the same .

Rather than that, it was better for him to take what he wanted and move moderately .

‘Information and talents . ’

He had no thoughts to help the Sun Guild .

Just, because of the need for the Sun Guild, he was planning to not let it collapse .

Afterwards, it was his goal to get his hands on information and talents and leave for the Demon God’s Territory .

To prepare for what is to come in the future, he needed to raise his strength .

Thump!

It was at that moment .

The door opened and Oscar came in .

“Mu, Muyoung! Something big happened!”

Oscar was Merlin’s successor .

Although he did run away after just one year, because he seemed to be listening quite well after his punishment, Muyoung was using him as a secretary .

“What’s wrong?”

“A cult judge from a place called Mulalan came!”

Mulalan?

Muyoung knitted his brows .

Why would someone from the holy city come to a place like this?

“And the cult judge says she wants to meet you!”

Oscar had a decent amount of knowledge about the Underworld .

He was partially forced to learn by Merlin .

Of course, he also knew how scary the Holy City Mulalan and the cult judge from that place were .

If someone was to cause trouble and get caught by the cult judge, it wouldn’t be unusual to see a decent size city disappear .

There were only seven cult judges from Mulalan .

Those seven easily had the power of a huge group .

“Should I go out in disguise? What if you get hunted by the witches…?!”

Oscar’s eyes headed towards Muyoung’s back .

Black wings .

It was obvious what the cult judge would think after she sees this .

However, Muyoung shook his head .

‘If she came knowing, I can’t avoid her . ’

He still needed to do things within the Great City .

Finding solid information and selecting talents .

He needed to take them to the Demon God’s Territory .

He made it possible for it to be possible periodically .

On top, he needed to read about the information that only Alexandro knew about the ‘Forest of Death’ .

Since there weren’t many people who had contact with the Forest of Death as much as Alexandro .

It was possible that he knew of things that even Muyoung didn’t know .

After organizing his thoughts, Muyoung asked .

“What is the name of the cult judge?”

“She said it was Seraphina . ”

Seraphina!

Muyoung nodded his head .

If it was Seraphina, she wasn’t as stuffy compared to most of the cult judges .

Of course, a battle might be unavoidable if contingencies occurred but it would be troublesome if he was to become enemies with Mulalan right now .

So, unless the opponent acts too rashly, he was willing to welcome her appropriately as his guest .