Chapter 197

Chapter 197: Hell Path (5)

Translation: Nadu

Edit: Sephtair

For Muyoung to kill Rahora?

Muyoung thought it was odd for a moment .

Wasn’t the woman in front of him Rahora?

For her to not be Rahora, when her presence itself was overwhelming compared to other nine-tailed foxes… . .

“You are not Rahora?”

So, he couldn’t help but ask .

Rahora didn’t deny or accept it .

“I’m Rahora but I’m also not her . ”

“I’m not sure what you are saying . ”

It didn’t seem like a joke .

However, even if she was serious, he was still unable to understand it .

“Inside my body, there is another Rahora . She has a very destructive desire . She is my alter ego who was formed in Hell Path after an eternity of time . No, perhaps I might be the alter ego . ”

Muyoung was able to feel sadness in Rahora’s words .

Now, he understood her a bit .

It was like a split personality .

But, she wanted him to erase one of the two personalities .

“All the owners of the towers became stagnant after Hell Path was created . Including myself, to protect their souls, they needed to create separate selves . ”

“Are you saying it is possible to separate with the power of corruption again?”

Corruption was the power to make people fall . However, dividing it was a different story .

He could make something good into evil so that the evil wasn’t usable but he was unsure if he could divide the good and the evil .

“You should be able to fully remove her with the power of corruption . Without your strength, my darkness would try to live on and torment everything . ”

She wasn’t asking me to separate her .

Resolute determination .

She was planning to die while she killed her other self .

“There has been no king in Hell Path for a very long time . The owners of the towers could do nothing but just survive til now . They knew that the moment they were to fall, their people’s souls would be eaten up . ”

“You are helping me become king so you can rest . ”

Muyoung chided her .

Because she had lived for a very long time, she wanted to rest .

However, Rahora was worried about the foxes .

As the moment her absence is announced, all foxes would just become prey .

In a way, she had a strong sense of responsibility, but she was so foolish .

He couldn’t understand her .

He understood you could get tired of living a long time but… for her to lose the will to live to the point of seeking death .

‘She has no goal . ’

Rahora had no purpose . This situation arose because she didn’t even have a direction to achieve her goal .

She was the very opposite of Muyoung .

Perhaps Hell Path was a place where souls that lost their enemies stayed .

“I’m exhausted . If I stay like this, I will be consumed by my darkness . ”

“Okay . I’ll remove it . ”

It wasn’t difficult .

Why would it be difficult to deal with a soul that was already exhausted?

Then, Rahora spoke with seriousness .

“When the night comes, my darkness will appear . If you have the strength to defeat Arangga, you will easily be able to defeat my darkness . For the rest, my five daughters will lead the way . ”

It seemed she was referring to the five nine-tailed foxes .

In fact, the nine-tailed foxes were looking at them restless from the entrance of the room .

“Do you understand? You must accept the result . ”

Rahora asked the nine-tailed foxes .

The nine-tailed foxes nodded slowly .

“…we will accept the result . ”

It meant that they were going to look after her responsibilities for her .

Then, the task became much clearer .

Muyoung went towards the corner .

And sat down and closed his eyes .

“Don’t you need time alone to prepare?”

“A sword is enough . ”

Muyoung was just planning to wait .

For the moment when Rahora became immersed in darkness .

Until then, he was going to contemplate himself while waiting for that moment .

Rahora’s presence . Her strength was definitely comparable to Muyoung’s . However, Muyoung didn’t just have the power of death and corruption .

Didn’t the existence of darkness already reside inside him?

‘I need you to lend me your strength, Luciferre . ’

Although he said ‘lend’, it was more like ‘take’, as

Luciferre was still uncooperative .

However, if Muyoung was to take that strength, he would be able to take 30% .

But to fight against Rahora, 30% was enough .

A short but profound silence ensued .

Rahora had her eyes closed as she sat on her throne, and Muyoung was sitting on the floor with his eyes closed on the other side of the room .

In the meantime, the nine-tail foxes were restless .

‘ that man really be able to win?’

‘If he wins… we need to serve him . ’

‘However, Rahora is a great being . She won’t be easily defeated . ’

They were already expecting Muyoung’s defeat .

They acknowledged Muyoung’s skills because he had won against Arangga, but Arangga was still just a nine-tailed fox . She was still much weaker than the ten-tailed Rahora .

Although there was only a one tail difference between the two, the gap in power was like heaven and earth .

More importantly, they served had Rahora for a very long time . Of course, they weren’t happy that a new owner appeared .

Brrrrr!

Even in Hell Path, night fell .

As the sky was filled with darkness, Rahora’s body started to tremble a bit .

First, her tails became black .

Although Rahora tried her best to stay in control, it was futile .

When the trembling had become extreme, Rahora opened her eyes .

Rahora, who now had ten black tails, frowned right away .

“Stupid bitch . How dare you try to play me?”

Her gaze then moved to the nine-tailed foxes .

The nine-tailed foxes’ bodies shivered .

It was a primitive fear . That being had existed in Rahora .

Then, she looked at Muyoung .

Muyoung was still lost in his thought .

He didn’t move as he kept his eyes closed .

Rahora raised her hand .

Then, ten beads appeared around her .

Swooosh!

Craaaank! Craaaash!

The ten fox beads filled with enormous power attacked Muyoung .

One side of the wall collapsed as the fox beads rotated a few million times per second and ground everything into dust .

The fox beads were similar to a container filled with a fox’s strength .

As it was an item filled with Rahora’s power itself, even if he was the new king of Asura Path, he wouldn’t be able to withstand it .

“Did you think I would be defeated by someone like that? Just because he had defeated Arangga… she really is a stupid ass bitch . ”

The power of corruption was certainly threatening .

In fact, the current Rahora was the one who sent Arangga .

Although she hadn’t thought that Muyoung would absorb Arangga’s power, as she had now attacked him straight on, he would not be able to survive it .

She was certain of her victory .

After that, the trace of Muyoung had completely disappeared .

“I had a bit of expectation because he was the new king of Asura Path . You guys will also be severely punished for agreeing with this plan . ”

The nine-tailed foxes became very frightened as they took a step back .

“Should I cut off your tails and destroy your beads? Wouldn’t it be quite fun for you to be humiliated for eternity by becoming a normal fox?”

Their tails and fox beads were the foundation of their strength . Without them, they were no different than ordinary foxes .

Thud!

However, Rahora was unable to make what she said into reality .

Within the rough sand wind, the shadow of a person appeared .

“You were directly hit by the fox beads but… how?”

Rahora spoke as if she couldn’t believe it .

The person who appeared was, of course, Muyoung .

However, his appearance was a bit different from before .

Large horn, dyed in black . Grey wings .

Swoosh!

In an instant,Muyoung disappeared and appeared in front of Rahora .

Clang!

The sword bounced once .

The fox beads automatically protected Rahora .

But the fox beads were partly damaged .

This also wasn’t possible .

Fox beads were items that couldn’t be easily damaged by just any attack . What was more, as they were Rahora’s beads, it was understandable for them to easily nullify all attacks .

“You baaastard!”

Grrrrraaaakkk!

Rahora was enraged .

She changed her appearance as she unraveled herself instantly .

The top floor of the tower collapsed, and soon, Rahora’s huge body appeared .

In that moment, their location changed .

A reality marble .

It was a space-like area, all black, with only numerous meteorites wandering in the surrounding .

In a flash, the meteorites rushed towards Muyoung .

Kirrrrikk!

Kiiiiirrrrrrrriiiikkk!

A large darkness opened up behind Muyoung, and an uncountable number of bats popped out from the darkness .

Whenever the bats collided with the meteorites, a small explosion occurred . As countless bats were sent against the meteorites, the meteorites became dust one by one .

This was a technique that gave form to Luciferre’s strength .

Heeyaaah!

A circle was drawn near Rahora’s body .

The ten-layered barrier fully contained the fox beads’ strength .

The strong barrier was also a weapon . In that condition, she rushed towards Muyoung .

She was going to crush him to death .

Muyoung raised Anguish .

The power of corruption that was engraved in Anguish would be able to fight against that barrier .

Also…

‘Everything has grains . ’

At this moment, Muyoung’s eyes could see numerous grains .

Was it because he forcefully took Luciferre’s strength?

Even a strong barrier would still have grains .

‘I have no plans to waste a long time on the owner of a tower . ’

He raised Anguish .

If she wanted to face him head-on, he would gladly accept it .

Rahora was no more than a stepping stone in the process of conquering Hell Path .

Muyoung was planning to make all 44 towers and their masters submit .

He was too busy to spend a long time on each one .

* * *

Tacan acted as soon as Muyoung entered Hell Path .

Tacan’s goal was to assassinate the legitimate child of the Reign Clan, Reign Gun .

He quietly hid and waiting for an opportunity .

An opportunity came faster than he expected .

As he had received assassination lessons from Muyoung, he could have easily taken this opportunity .

However, Tacan was more careful . He waited, and waited to find a better opportunity .

Then, when about 15 days had passed…

He was able to assassinate Reign Gun before a new day started .

“Reign Gun was assassinated!”

“Who did it? Who in the world could do this in the Reign Clan?!”

This truth spread far and wide .

The Reign Clan sent out all their soldiers to find the culprit .

They even had strict orders to kill all those who were related to the culprit .

The Noble Castle was overwhelmed with tension .

However, the tension didn’t last long .

Craaassh!

The ground shook, as if an earthquake had occurred .

Then, a large tower appeared in the middle of the Reign Castle .

“Wha- what is that?”

“A tower?”

“It’s so ominous…”

But, there was nothing inside the tower .

However, some sort of ghastliness shrouded the entire tower .

Everyone put their heads together to figure out the tower’s identity, but nothing was found .

That wasn’t all .

As time passed, the number of towers increased .

Everyone had questions about the unknown towers that appeared in the Noble Castle .

The Great City and the Holy City Mulalan had even sent men to find out about the towers .

However, the Reign Clan didn’t accept them .

They closed the Noble Castle and sought to identify the culprit who killed Reign Gun while trying to investigate the towers on their own .

Everyone knew that they were doing this to keep any profit they discovered .

Everything was in chaos .

However, even within that chaos, nothing was solved .

Only Tacan knew the identity of those towers .

‘He is an amazing guy, to even suppress Hell Path . ’

Tacan knew that once all 44 towers appeared, many things would change .