Chapter 223

Chapter 223: Omen of the Ruin (5)

Translator: Nadu

Editor: Sephtair & Arya

Tacan looked at the sword .

The sword was broken into two pieces . It was what he received after being defeated by Fraeda .

Even though Tacan could repair it right away, he did not do so .

It was to find the reason, as he thought again about his defeat .

‘Didn’t I get stronger?’

He thought he had become stronger . Indeed, he had defeated many strong men and proved his own power .

However, it seemed like that was only comparable to the standards of ‘humans’ .

As much as Tacan had gotten stronger, Muyoung and Sungmin had improved even more .

As Muyoung was such a mysterious man, he felt that this could happen with him, but Sungmin was unexpected .

Even Tacan was thrilled by seeing how he had taken care of Roosevelt and even Fraeda .

The numerous deaths that resulted through Sungmin’s hands, and the monsters of the void .

Fraeda was helpless in front of Sungmin . His devils could do nothing but let themselves be attacked helplessly .

Tacan had no choice but to feel the difference in their ‘level’ in addition to Muyoung .

He felt like he was looking at a flower on top of a cliff .

However much he reached out, he couldn’t reach it .

And with Sungmin, it was an especially great shock to Tacan as he was originally weaker than him .

When did he get that far ahead of me?

What had happened in just two years?

And for the last two years, what was Tacan doing?

‘The tables have turned . ’

Even a few years ago, Sungmin was weaker than Tacan .

Perhaps he had been consumed by conceit .

‘I’m strong, I’ve become stronger, and I will get stronger . ’

Did he not put in too much thought because he thought it was so obvious?

Tacan left the territory .

The territory was celebrating their victory for the moment .

Either way, since they had stopped their enemy’s advance team, there was a bit of time before the rest of their enemies arrived .

He left the territory and entered deep into the woods .

‘The fight isn’t over yet . ’

That was right . Nothing would change by reprimanding his actions .

If Sungmin had gotten stronger, Tacan just needed to get stronger as well .

The war was the best stage on which to get stronger . Although they had taken care of the demon kings, Enroth still remained . There should be at least a few hundreds of thousands of devils under his command .

Even having a celebration right now in the territory was to relieve the tension that people felt .

Swoosh! Swoosh!

However, Tacan swung his broken sword .

He was diligently swinging his sword so that he could reduce the gap while others were playing around .

‘Certainly, I have been a bit lazy . ’

He had slightly neglected his training once he felt he had gotten stronger .

Through this fight and Sungmin’s appearance, he realized it more dearly .

Although he was one of the rulers of Asura’s Path, he was lacking strength as a ruler .

He needed to gain a bit more power to become a true ruler .

At least until he defeated Sungmin and Muyoung… he couldn’t be called a true ruler .

As a ruler only existed to win and reign!

Shuffle shuffle .

He felt someone’s presence .

Tacan stopped his swinging and carefully turned his body .

They were skillful people; he would have missed their presence if it wasn’t for the sound of wind and grass .

“Who are you?”

Was it the devils who had escaped?

Fraeda had tried to escape with his subordinates .

But if it was Fraeda and his devils who had appeared, it would be very welcoming .

Then, there two people appeared .

There were two of them, but they didn’t look so good .

An old man who had glaring eyes but a weary face, and a woman with messy hair and ragged clothing, were on a tree looking down at Tacan .

“Teacher, it’s a death knight . Can we eat it?”

“Stop it . How can you eat a monster that’s only bones . ”

It seemed like the two were starving .

Well, although it was a forest, there weren’t a lot of living creatures .

Even most of the plants were poisonous .

If a human were to consume it carelessly, they would become sick .

“Why are humans in a place like this?”

Tacan raised his sword .

However, he was curious .

The ‘Sky Lord’ would never allow intruders into the Demon God’s Territory .

Unless they were humans who normally lived in this place, there was no way for them to pass the Sky Lord to enter this territory .

The woman and the old man looked at Tacan with astonishment .

“He seems like he is quite intelligent for a death knight . ”

“We can capture him and ask him all sorts of questions . ”

Then, the two took a weird stance and leaped towards Tacan .

“I don’t know who you guys are, but don’t think you will come out of this alive since you have attacked me . ”

This was a good thing since he was feeling down at the moment .

It would have been better if it was Fraeda and the devils, but he couldn’t just let visitors who had no authorization trespass in this place .

Tacan swung his broken sword .

Slash!

The magical energy that soared out of the sword sliced through the air .

As if they had made a prior arrangement, the woman and the old man separated simultaneously .

It was to attack Tacan from multiple sides .

‘Quite good . ’

They synchronized well .

Additionally, their skills were also quite good .

Among humans, he rarely saw people who could move the way they did .

However, Tacan had already fought with those who were considered to be the ‘top 10’ .

Thud!

The woman and the old man weren’t able to cause any damage to Tacan .

They continued to attack and defend at the same time .

Although they were simple martial arts movements, their proficiency was like none other . And as they synchronized, they were able to exhibit more than their skills normally would allow them to .

‘But, it still is not enough . ’

Tacan wasn’t weak . Although he felt that when comparing himself to Muyoung and Sungmin, truthfully, Tacan was strong enough .

Tacan wielded his sword .

As the woman jumped low to avoid his attack, he twisted his body in a mysterious way to once again attack where she would land .

A death knight . It was a move that was only possible because he was already a corpse .

“Tsk!”

Clank!

Daggers flew out from the woman’s body and stopped Tacan’s sword .

“Haa! I caught you, you bastard!”

Then, the old man grabbed Tacan from behind .

The old man grabbed hold of Tacan’s whole body so hard that he could crush it .

Swoosh!

But, Tacan vanished .

As the old man squinted, the woman quickly threw a small thin sword .

“Teacher! Behind you!”

Swoosh!

However, he wasn’t able to completely defend himself .

The sword pierced the old man’s back .

With teleportation magic, Tacan was able to move behind the old man .

“You are quite skilled for a monster!”

The old man yelled as he didn’t even tend his injury .

‘Although we aimed for his head . ’

His reaction speed was out of the ordinary .

If he was just 0 . 01 seconds late, his head would have been cut off .

‘Interesting . ’

Tacan now felt amused .

These humans, they were quite skilled .

Perhaps, they were stronger than most people who were known to be in the ‘top 10’ .

* * *

They fought for hours .

The scene that reminded him once again of war concluded, and the surrounding forest had been destroyed .

Numerous trees were cut down, the ground was torn up as if an earthquake had occurred, and in the middle of all of this, two humans had collapsed .

“Humans are definitely not a group whose skills I can easily determine . ”

He had won, but Tacan was still shocked .

His broken sword has become dust .

A few of his bones were also broken . He felt like he needed to rest for at least two days .

Fraeda had not fought under perfect conditions, but it was the same for the fight with these two humans .

Their bodies were weakened as they had been unable to consume decent food for a long time .

But, it still didn’t change the fact that these two attacked Tacan first .

Tacan raised his sword against the two who had fainted from their injuries .

“Still, I’ll let you die with dignity . ”

It was a way show respect to the strong .

To kill them in one strike, without pain .

Tacan approached the woman . Then, as he was about to swing his sword, the woman murmured quietly .

“Dad… mister Muyoung…”

Tacan paused for a moment .

Muyoung?

He didn’t hear wrong .

The woman definitely said ‘Muyoung’ .

Tacan only knew of one Muyoung .

Was she talking about the Muyoung he knew?

‘Does she know him?’

Tacan shook his head .

If she was associated with Muyoung, he couldn’t just kill them .

“His name saved your lives . ”

Tacan carried a person over each shoulder .

* * *

It felt like she had a long dream .

Suzy was smiling in a place where her dad was fine, and Muyoung was there .

However, darkness soon descended, and the two disappeared .

Suzy cried and that was how the dream ended .

“Haaaa… . !”

She quickly raised her upper body, covered in sweat .

‘Where am I?’

After she got up, Suzy couldn’t help but be surprised once more .

She was in a place she had never been before, with abig bed, a white ceiling, and antique paintings on the wall .

“Are you up?”

The woman wearing a maid outfit naturally approached Suzy .

“Aww, look at all this sweat . ”

Then, with a wet cloth, she started to wipe Suzy’s forehead .

“Wh, who are you?”

Suzy couldn’t help but ask cluelessly .

The woman who appeared to be a maid smiled brightly .

“I heard you are the guest of our Lord . ”

“Guest?”

Then the maid tilted her head .

“Emperor knight said so . ”

“Emperor knight…?”

“Ahh, the knight that is made up of all bones . Did you not see him?”

“Death knight…”

“That’s what others call him . ”

Suzy widened her eyes .

After finding the death knight, Suzy and the Fighting King had attacked him .

However, they were defeated .

The one who should have died was being received as a guest .

It didn’t make sense .

Especially the maid in front of her . She was definitely a human .

She couldn’t feel any aura of death .

How could a death knight be with a human?

“Could you please wait for a moment? It is impossible to see the lord right now . ”

“Umm, what about the person who was with me? The bald person . ”

“Ahh, he is in a different room . He didn’t wake up yet . ”

Whew!

Suzy let out a sigh .

Either way, it seemed like she hadn’t died yet .

“Lie down for a while longer . I will bring you something to eat . ”

“Ah, no . It’s okay . I don’t know about anything else but I really have a strong body . Rather… could I look around?”

“Will you really be okay? If something happened to the lord’s guest, it would be a problem…”

“Ahh! I’m really fine . Look . ”

Suzy did a handstand .

Then, with a finger, she moved on top of the bed .

“I’m strong, right?”

“It seems that way . ”

The maid laughed and nodded her head .

“I’ll lead you . ”

This was a castle .

A really huge castle!

That wasn’t the only thing that was surprising .

‘Do-dokkaebi, elf, dwarf… fire tar! What is this place?’

All kinds of species were gathered at this place .

Species that would never live together .

And she couldn’t help but gasp when she saw that there were even fire tars .

“Ah, one moment . Please wait for a bit . ”

The maid who was guiding her suddenly disappeared as if something had happened .

Suzy who was left alone pondered for a moment before she started to walk alone .

‘This is definitely a strange place . I need to look into it . ’

It was hard to believe that their intentions were pure .

It was a world like the ones in a fairy tale, but she needed to stay sharp .

Suzy moved while remaining as low-key as possible .

It was when she had reached a room after going up some stairs .

“Arand, Dontak . I heard that there was a black monster roaming around outside of the territory . I had also heard that there were sights of Fraeda’s corpse and his other devils . ”

“Is there something we must do?”

“Build a team and strengthen the patrol rotations . Although there are about 10 more days before Enroth arrives with his army, we don’t know what may happen in the meantime . ”

“I understand, court magician . ”

“And…”

Click!

Someone in the room tapped their staff .

“A mouse is hiding . ”

Suzy stopped her breathed .

Creeak!

Then, the door opened, and black hands headed towards Suzy .

But, Suzy saw something when the door opened .

‘Lich?’