As time passed, Lee Hyeon felt uncomfortable.
That was understandable because the conditions for the attack were ambiguous.
‘It’s not like I’m telling you to kill the boss, but to annihilate it. Then how do you decide who will be the first to attack?’
Will the person who kills the last demon become the first conqueror?
If not, is killing the most people the condition?
Lee Hyun looked back at one of the executives and said.
“Have you received any reports from the reconnaissance team?”
“Not yet. I’m looking, but I haven’t found anything suspicious.”
“There must be something about this Demonic Scripture. Seeing how strongly it makes me feel uneasy… … .”
One of Lee Hyun’s abilities is sensing space.
It was the ability to perceive the energy and flow of the four directions, mountains, terrain, and water conditions.
So, even if it wasn’t obvious to other people, the scenery here looked different to him.
‘There’s something distorted in this Demonic Scripture.’
From the moment I entered this great temple, I felt something strange.
I don’t know the exact cause, but the direction of the magic flowed somewhat strangely.
A flow of magical power that seems to have a certain regularity in the midst of chaos.
‘Of all the things I found here, the only suspicious thing is the tiger stone.’
Lee Hyun approached the corpse of the ironclad fish and took out a stone from between the pieces of flesh.
It was the same item that Seo Kang-rim had obtained last time.
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[Name] Ho Baek Seok
[Rank] Ghostly Item
[Description] A magic stone that emits unique magical power.
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If there was a device in this Demonic Realm, I thought it might provide a hint, but so far, nothing has stood out.
The moment he sighed softly and put the tiger stone in his pocket, a notification window popped up before his eyes.
[10 ‘Ho Baek Seok’s’ come together and start resonating!]
[The magical power of ‘Hobakseok’ is resonating with another ‘Hobakseok’!]
Ho Baek-seok began to tremble like a living creature.
When Lee Hyun took out the tiger stone and held it, he felt a certain attraction along with constant vibration.
Lee Hyun sensed a faint magical power coming from afar.
‘This was the clue… …!’
It was good to have a clue, but I couldn’t relax.
Seo Kang-rim is also quite strong.
If Seo Kang-rim, who easily defeated the ironclad fish, had noticed this fact a long time ago or would have noticed it soon.
“Executives, follow me immediately.”
The battle was over, but without any time to rest, he hurriedly led two officers into the inner part of the Demon Realm.
At first glance, it didn’t look like anything special, but the moment I took another step, the tiger stone began to vibrate more powerfully.
[The barrier becomes visible due to the effect of ‘Hobakseok’!]
As the magical power of the tiger stone spread throughout my body, it felt like everything before my eyes was brightening.
As the powerful illusionary barrier began to blur, Lee Hyun was able to see the hidden place beyond it.
He bit his lip.
‘No matter how much I searched, I couldn’t find it.’
If there had been no Ho Baek Seok, everyone would have returned without detecting the abnormality.
The executives were just staring blankly into space, as if they couldn’t see the barrier yet.
Lee Hyeon divided the remaining Ho Baek Seok between the two people.
“Two of you, follow me, the rest of you wait here.”
The executives who received the tiger stone seemed to have finally begun to see the scenery before their eyes.
As we headed towards the inside of the Great Demonic Cave, we saw a wide open space with a strange shape in the middle.
[I found the ‘Baekseok Gap-eo’!]
A giant stone fish made of stone was laying eggs.
A type of magical power that overflows from an enormous size, like a tiger stone.
One of the executives spoke with a mixture of admiration and amazement.
“The demons were being created here.”
“I guess so. I think that’s the device.”
As Lee Hyeon had expected, this demonic scripture had a separate device installed.
This great demonic sutra will not end unless that demon is defeated.
But for Lee Hyun, there was something more concerning than the demons in front of him.
“I’ll step back for now. Follow me.”
The strange flow of magical power felt more evident as it entered.
A tremendous amount of magical power was flowing underground here.
‘It’s not just magic. It’s something more murky and sinister… … .’
This ominous magical power is filled with the aura of murder.
The sensation under my feet felt strange.
The ground above was filled with magic, but a completely different energy was detected underground.
Lee Hyeon took each step and read the energy of the ground.
At that time, he was tracing it as if he was feeling the magic.
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Lee Hyun stood still and slammed his fist into the floor.
-Quaqua light!
As soon as he struck a weak spot on the ground, the floor collapsed.
A boulder flew up like a rock breaking apart, and I could see that the area underneath was empty.
The executives came over in surprise.
“Your Majesty, what on earth is this…?”
“There is something down here.”
The sense of unease felt throughout the Great Demon Realm became even more intense as we approached this place.
An artificial flow was felt underground.
“… … First, let’s just assess the situation and then come out right away. Have one person stand guard.”
The executives nodded at Lee Hyeon’s order.
They stepped down through the crack.
As he went inside, Lee Hyun sensed a strong magical power, and it seemed like other people also felt something strange at this point.
“Is this a hidden place? The atmosphere here is completely different from upstairs… … .”
Unlike the above ground, where the scenery was as gruesome as a wilderness, the underground area was quite clean.
It feels like a relic that someone created.
The moment they started to walk further inside, Lee Hyeon suddenly stopped.
‘The sound of water… …? Is it underground water flowing? But this smell… … .’
I thought I heard the sound of running water, but soon I was able to see what it was.
The water flowing underground was red.
The smell of iron was wafting from all directions.
“Is this blood?”
The sharp smell of blood was enough to make me stop breathing for a moment.
The blood seemed to flow in small rivers.
When I looked up, I saw blood pooling on the ground flowing down.
Even at this very moment, a fierce hunt was unfolding above.
The blood of the dead demons was gathering and falling to one place.
At the end of the waterway, there was a glass.
‘What the heck is that glass? Blood keeps flowing into it… … .’
The moment Lee Hyun felt suspicious, an even stronger smell of blood flowed out.
This murderous desire to bite the back of one’s own neck.
He swung his sword desperately, but his opponent’s attack was faster.
-Phew!
A single bullet was embedded deep into Lee Hyun’s thigh.
If I hadn’t narrowly avoided it, I would have died instantly.
Like the Black Door sect member who is now lying on the floor.
‘You said I didn’t feel any movement?’
The attack was so fast and swift that even an Awakened person of his level could not notice it.
As he hastily stepped back, he could see his attackers.
“Oh, you’re an intruder?”
Several people wearing black masks were inside.
Clown.
The moment Lee Hyun saw the enemy, he immediately ran towards the clown.
-Kwaaang!
Unable to avoid the rising stone pillar, one of the clowns fell out.
The remaining clowns had silver needles stuck in their necks and soon ended up in the same situation.
But a leisurely voice was still heard from above.
“As expected from the lord of the Black Gate.”
There were thorn wheels floating in the sky.
The clown who appeared to be controlling the wheel was looking down at Lee Hyeon while riding on the wheel.
‘Is it a flying type? It doesn’t seem to match well.’
Lee Hyun glared at his opponent and measured his own capabilities.
His abilities are powerful, but they shine in ground combat.
Also, the opponent’s movements were too fast for me to use a vacuum barrier.
“What if you break it and come in like this? Haa, this is difficult. It’ll break from above.”
The clown let out a short sigh and raised his hand.
Then the thorny wheels flew up high into the sky.
Lee Hyeon tensely checked the escape route, but the possibility of successfully escaping seemed low.
“We have to eliminate the witness. Then… … .”
-Kwaaang!
Just as Lee Hyeon was about to be attacked, a loud noise was heard from the passage he had entered through.
With the screams of a clown.
The clown riding on the wheel looked urgently toward the entrance.
‘Did you bring more sect members? It’ll be hard to organize them… … No?’
The face of the hunter heading towards the entrance looked very familiar.
The clown gritted his teeth and glared at him.
‘Seogangrim? How did you know about this place?!’
-Bang!
As a loud noise rang out, Seo Kang-rim appeared.
It wasn’t just the clowns who were taken aback by his appearance.
Seo Kang-rim glanced at Lee Hyeon, who was looking flustered.
‘Fortunately, this time, Lee Hyeon was in danger of death again.’
Before returning, Lee Hyeon was killed by a clown here.
However, we did not know how he died, and we could only learn fragments of what happened through the news.
[Lee Hyeon, the head of the Black Gate, died in the fourth Great Demonic Sutra.]
[Lee Hyeon, who escaped from the battlefield, died on the spot, leaving behind a statement that he had encountered a group of clowns… … .]
[The Protectorate launched an investigation, but found no trace of the clown.]
I don’t know what happened, but the clown appeared in this great mirror.
And Lee Hyeon died.
If it’s an incident that could kill a man the size of Lee Hyeon, there’s a high probability that it will happen again this time.
Because of this, Seo Kang-rim postponed his conquest of the Great Demonic Mirror and was chasing after Lee Hyeon.
And I had no idea that this was happening underground.
Seo Kang-rim looked at the sparkling glass through the flowing blood.
‘That item over there… … is unusual.’
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[Name] Blood Cup
[Grade] Yongilpum (龍一品)
[Description] An item that can convert blood into magic power. There is no limit to the amount that can be put in. After a certain amount of time, you can obtain a refined item based on the amount of blood contained.
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The condition for conquering this magical realm is the destruction of the demons.
There was no way to know how many demons had died and how much blood had been shed.
There was no way to estimate the amount of blood in that glass.
‘Is that item a hidden item in this Demonic Scripture? If not… … .’
Many guesses were piling up in my head, but I had no time to lose myself in thought.
Because there was something urgent right in front of me.
-Kaga River!
A high-speed rotating wheel flew straight into Seo Kang-rim’s face.
I quickly deflected it with my sword, but the impact was felt coldly.
This wheel was a familiar weapon.
“Coming all the way to Seogangrim. It’s annoying.”
A familiar voice came from the air.
The person looking down on Seogangrim from above riding a giant wheel was the clown, Burna, who had been encountered during the Twelve Zodiac Race.
“I backed down then, but I can’t send you home like this today, Seo Kang-rim.”
