[The level of the ability ‘Thief Rat’ has increased, allowing you to use the target’s ability!]
[The ability ‘Thousand Blood Claws’ is activated!]
-Kwagagak!
The moment I swung my claws, it felt like a thousand blades were swirling around.
As the blades made of blood flew, the bodies of the soldiers were torn in half.
Now the number of enemies is less than half.
[Magic power is being consumed rapidly!]
My magic was rapidly draining away, as if someone had stabbed a hole in my soul with a knife.
When transformed into a demon, the magical power consumption is high, but it seems to be even faster.
This situation needed to be resolved as quickly as possible.
-Crack!
I stepped on the head of the fearless charging soldier and broke it.
The teeth and claws of the Millennium Tiger were more powerful than any weapon.
Even though the soldiers charged with all their might, their weapons could not reach the thousand-year-old tiger.
A loud sound like a thin glass bottle breaking resonated.
Fragments of the Byungma Dragon flew everywhere, and the Thousand-Year-Old Tiger howled like a disaster.
In the meantime, a notification window popped up.
[The ability ‘Thieving Rat’ is removed due to lack of magic power!]
As soon as the notification window popped up saying that my ability had been canceled, I returned to my original appearance.
The situation was almost over already.
Only a single line remained of the cries of the soldiers that had filled the underground just a moment ago.
【Oh, the price… … .】
The last of the soldiers was kneeling before me, half-destroyed.
I just blew off Byungma Yong’s head.
The cries of the demon were no longer heard.
All I can hear is my own breathing.
The sight of fragments of the soldiers’ remains strewn about was quite spectacular.
-dump
I collapsed and sat down next to the exhausted young men.
My fingertips were trembling due to severe magical anemia.
The opponent was completely annihilated, so it was not a situation where I could complain about something as simple as anemia in magical power.
And since I knocked them all down, the rewards were pretty good.
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[Strength] Level 66
[Stamina] Level 62
[Agility] 63rd level
[Sense] 64th level
[Horoscope] 65th level
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The ability level is already close to the mid-60s.
Also, the items contained in the coffin were quite expensive.
After I collected everything that was in the coffin, I checked the remaining time.
About 48 hours until the end of the Great Demon Sect.
If you fail to get out within the time limit, the person left behind will disappear along with the Great Demonic Mirror.
Although time was a little tight, there would be no problem in returning.
After sharing the magic recovery potion with the spirits, I got up from my seat.
“Guys, let’s hurry.”
“yes!”
“Kyaang!”
He flew up the stairs in an instant with the wings of a bladed bat.
And just as I was about to go up to the 107th floor, a notification window popped up.
[The Tomb Test is activated!]
[The first affliction begins!]
It seemed that the first trouble was finally beginning.
The affliction system that is activated when you choose to return.
Because of this, the third Mahadharma Sutra came to be nicknamed the ‘Madharma Sutra of Delusion’.
This Mahavairocana Sutra consists of a total of 108 layers, and the number of Terracotta Warriors is also 108.
108 is a number that represents suffering.
If you choose to return, it was a system where the affliction would be triggered every time you reached a certain level.
[The first turn is executed.]
[One of the afflictions is activated randomly.]
[The affliction given to you is ‘meaning.’]
As soon as that notification window popped up, a myriad of emotions flowed into my head, as if someone was pouring muddy water on me.
Fear, thought, hesitation.
It felt like hundreds of people were standing behind me, whispering something.
【What are you doing here? It’s probably all useless anyway.】
【If you struggle, you’ll die.】
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【You’re really bad, Seo Kang-rim. If you die, everything will be over, but you’re still struggling.】
It gave me goosebumps as if my soul was being held in cold hands.
A dark emotion surged through me, grabbing my throat, but I pressed forward.
Anyway, I’ve heard this kind of voice hundreds, thousands of times in nightmares.
If I had shed tears or stopped at such words, I would have drowned in the sea of my own tears and died.
It didn’t matter if hundreds or thousands of people were shouting and laughing in my ears.
I have only one choice.
I walked towards the dark Great Demon Mirror.
* * *
[12 hours left until the end of the Demon King.]
“Mr. Taeheon, rear!”
“Yes, be careful, Ms. Shin Soo-ah!”
Loud noises were coming from inside the tomb.
The sounds of blows and gunshots were echoing through the howls of the demons.
The people running wild among them were all Seo Kang-rim’s colleagues.
“Damn. This is so annoying.”
Jang Tae-heon said, wiping the blood from his face.
The demons were all annihilated and fell at their feet.
Even though he had defeated all the demons, his face was filled with impatience.
“You’re too late. Are you okay, hyung?”
Except for a few people, the members of Bihomun headed to Daema-gyeong as quickly as possible after receiving Seo Kang-rim’s message.
But by the time they entered the Great Demon Realm, there was already less than a day left.
Even that is now only 12 hours away.
Yoon Bom muttered, looking gloomy.
“Master, you told us not to go alone, but you went alone again… … .”
“I don’t know where my brother is. With 12 hours left, shouldn’t we be heading upstairs soon?”
“I wonder if that article is the reason you’re in trouble.”
People’s expressions darkened.
It was concerning that Seo Kang-rim went to Daema-gyeong alone, and there was even a malicious article about Choi Pil-yeong.
That article also said that he killed a person.
Yoon Bom opened her mouth with a dark face.
“What on earth is that article… … There’s no way the Master would kill someone. It must be a fabrication.”
However, many people believed that Seo Kang-rim was a murderer.
Seo Kang-rim is in a difficult situation in many ways.
First of all, I had to find him quickly.
“I keep trying to talk to Master using the communication item… … but I’m not getting an answer.”
Yoon Bom said, stroking her ear cuffs.
Jang Tae-heon glanced at her.
“The manual says that it only works within a certain range.”
“Then, Master, you’re saying that you’ve been underground for a while?”
I couldn’t figure out where Seo Kang-rim was.
While everyone was silent, the first person to move was Shin Soo-ah.
“Let’s keep looking. He’s probably struggling alone, so we need to find him quickly.”
Shin Soo-ah checked her weapon and then stood up again.
I don’t know where Seo Kang-rim is in this deep tomb, but I had no intention of leaving him alone.
As they touched the sarcophagus, the same question came out again.
[Do you want to advance or return?]
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[5 hours left until the end of the Demonic Cultivation.]
A howling sound was heard in the darkness.
A shadow was visible moving through the dim lights illuminating the surroundings.
-Whoaaah!
Blood spurted out through the shadows, and the demon’s head fell off.
Seo Kang-rim emerged from the darkness with a face soaked in blood.
As he was heading upwards, defeating the demons, someone’s voice came out of the ear cuffs he had placed on the low tide table.
“[Master, where are you? We came to the basement.]”
“[Mr. Kangrim, can you hear me? If you can, please answer.]”
There was earnestness in Shin Soo-ah’s voice.
But there was no change in Seo Kang-rim’s expression.
As if the voice was not heard.
-Kikigikik!
At that moment, one of the demons that had remained behind rushed towards Seo Kang-rim.
The moment the demon struck Seo Kang-rim in the face, Seo Kang-rim immediately struck back.
-Phew!
After the demon fell down, screaming, Seo Kang-rim touched his face.
It was an attack that would not have been successful under normal circumstances.
When Yo-rong saw that, he started to cry loudly.
“Kyaa, kyaaang!”
Even though Yo-rong-i cried out sharply from behind, Seo Kang-rim did not react.
Only when the goblin bit his shin did he stop and look back.
“Kyaang!”
“Sorry. I still can’t hear.”
[The evil defilements of the ears are in effect!]
What is currently activated is the affliction of the ‘ears’.
The surroundings were just filled with silence.
In the silence, all I could clearly feel was the pulse of blood flowing through my veins.
‘How many times has my ear been troubled right now?’
Among the countless afflictions that came and went, the affliction of the ‘ghost’ visited him consecutively from several floors ago.
The affliction of the ears was hearing blockage.
‘It happens randomly, but my ears keep popping out.’
When a person who returns reaches a certain level, a random affliction is triggered.
There are many different types of afflictions, and the mental afflictions are quite difficult.
‘I’d rather have mental anguish, but I keep getting auditory blockages.’
Because he had been experiencing nightmares of the border, the mental afflictions did not have much effect on Seo Kang-rim.
Although hearing blocking was uncomfortable, it wasn’t a big problem because my other senses were excellent.
‘The problem is time.’
There are now 4 hours left, and you are currently on the 19th floor.
It was tight, but not so tight that I couldn’t go up.
As he hurriedly entered the 18th floor, his hearing slowly began to return.
[The troubles of the ears are relieved!]
But Seo Kang-rim could not feel relieved.
Because the suffering is not over yet.
As he expected, a notification window popped up.
[The next trouble begins!]
As soon as the notification window popped up, the surroundings became dark.
But Seo Kang-rim could tell.
It wasn’t that the surroundings had become dark, but that his own vision had disappeared.
[The affliction given to you is the ‘eye.’]
The worst of all afflictions is the ‘eyes’.
It was the most troublesome type of affliction that blocked one’s vision.
However, Seo Kang-rim did not waver and calmly called out to the spirits.
“Lini. Show me the way.”
“Whoosh!”
I couldn’t see in front of me, but next to me, Youngsoo was taking my place.
Seo Kang-rim groped along the wall and walked in the direction the spirits guided him.
The speed has slowed down significantly.
‘Surely the troubles of the eyes are painful.’
Even though I had my ‘sense’ activated, I had many limitations because I couldn’t see in front of me.
At that time, he was moving forward with difficulty.
A sharp scream was heard from somewhere.
“Gyaaak-!”
Seo Kang-rim stopped dead in his tracks.
The scream I heard just now was a familiar voice.
He looked back as if possessed.
“… …Yoon Bom?”
