Dark Curtain Hunt (3)
A bizarre reverse eye movement that is not commonly seen.
The moment he met the ruby-like red eyes at its center, Miyati’s mind turned completely white.
‘···I’m going to die, I’m going to die. I’m really going to die. If I don’t come to my senses here···!’
She forced her stiff jaw to move and chewed hard on her tongue.
An instinctive action that occurs without one being aware of it.
As the pungent taste of blood spread through my mouth, my consciousness, which had been fading away, suddenly came back.
“Ugh!”
Then, he grabbed the nape of the neck of the middle-aged man who was frozen next to him and jumped over the office table, putting as much distance between himself and the unidentified being as possible.
I don’t know how much that meant right now, but I had to do something to survive.
‘What is that? What the heck is that?’
But her mind had long since become overloaded with confusion that had surpassed its limit.
‘Devil? A devil?’
Did the devil ever exist in this world in the first place?
Sabacheon, like Earth, was a world where only humans existed.
There are stories about demons, ghosts, dragons, etc., but I’ve heard that they’re just distortions of phenomena caused by chakras.
‘But that···.’
I’m out of breath.
Instinct has been screaming ever since.
I could feel it intuitively.
That has nothing to do with chakras or practitioners.
That it is a crystallization of irrationality that exists solely in itself.
But I couldn’t just sit still like this.
Miyat gritted his teeth and quickly scanned his opponent, being careful not to look into the devil’s eyes as much as possible.
Anyway, I had to gather some information to survive.
“Huh? It’s pretty good.”
Hela, who was looking at Miyat’s appearance as if it was funny, raised the corners of her lips and stroked her chin.
Even if it is not properly activated, it is like that.
Her magical powers were powerful in and of themselves, with the added effects of “Beautiful Beauty” and “Monarch of Illusion.”
At a certain level, it would be normal to be completely dumbfounded the moment you encounter it···.
‘Like that guy.’
Hela turned her gaze and looked at the middle-aged man who was with Miyat.
Still not in his right mind, he was staggering and shaking his head wildly from side to side.
Although I woke up from my dream with outside help, I was still unable to completely escape the demonic influence that filled my mind.
Even though he is a strong person who has reached a high level as a practitioner,
‘Perhaps the fact that he is of the opposite sex, unlike Miya, who is of the same sex, must have had some influence.’
But even taking that into account, Miyat’s mental strength in responding quickly deserves praise.
It may simply be that their survival instinct has developed to that extent.
“Excuse me? I have a few favors to ask…”
A soft, beautiful voice flowed from between her red lips.
Miyat and the middle-aged man immediately bite their lips at the voice that makes them dizzy just by hearing it.
Hela, who saw them with blood dripping from the corners of their mouths, tilted her head and playfully touched the tips of her fingers.
“It’s fate that we met like this, so wouldn’t you like to help us out a bit? It won’t be that hard. Just answer my questions.”
It was such a sweet request that I wondered if it could get any more tender.
I wonder if there is anyone in the world who could turn this down.
But the reality was much harsher than expected.
Jeez!
Hela, who had been smiling brightly, froze completely.
The aftermath alone was so severe that the entire office was covered in frost.
Saaaaah—
Then, thick darkness filled the surroundings.
A space buried in an abyss like a black hole where the very concept of darkness is manifested and sucks in all light.
Miyat, who was at the center of it all, immediately attempted to escape.
‘Hurry up, hurry up···.’
It was crazy to fight to the end.
Now, I could somehow move while my opponent was off guard, but if I missed this opportunity, I might not be able to move a finger.
‘Okay…!’
Her unique skill is “Shadow Tale”.
Not only did it go well with the Dark Chakra, but it was also the lifeline that allowed him to escape by breaking through Yun Ga’s boundary.
With the ability to instantly teleport to a shadow tens of kilometers away without leaving any trace…
“uh?”
Miyat, who had activated his unique skill with a smile of conversion, stopped.
His facial muscles spasmed and his expression became grotesquely distorted.
Cold sweat ran down the nape of her neck.
“What are you doing? Hurry up···!”
The middle-aged man, who had been scraping every last bit of his mental power to the bottom and using the ice chakra, started to shout something, but she didn’t respond.
Just slowly raise your head and look at a point straight ahead.
Where the devil was standing just a moment ago.
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The surroundings were covered in darkness that made it impossible to see even an inch ahead, but she opened her dark chakra and was able to see inside as clearly as if it were daylight.
And thanks to that, I was able to face it clearly.
“······!”
Buried in transparent ice, a pair of eyes gently rolled down.
That warm smile, like watching a child’s antics.
[Were you expecting this?]
The ever-enchanting voice pierced my ears.
The middle-aged man who had been urging him to pick up the miyat also glared at him and turned to look at him.
Jejejeok—
The ice that had been imprisoning Hela shattered.
At the same time, the darkness that had filled the surroundings also disappeared like cotton candy melting in water.
“Wow! How was it? Did you feel a little excited? Did your heart race? Were you surprised?”
Now all that remains is the office covered in thick frost.
Other than that, nothing had changed since the beginning.
There wasn’t a single drop of water on her body, which was surrounded by ice, so it seemed like it was all a dream.
“How··· No, since when···.”
Miyati opened his mouth with difficulty.
She clearly activated her unique skill.
But the result was a failure.
The reason was nothing special.
‘Everything in this area was already under the control of that demon.’
The darkness that was supposed to assist the “Shadow Story” had already fallen into the hands of another being, and so there was no way they could do anything about it now.
The darkness he had called forth was not his own.
And I didn’t even notice that fact until just before.
It was such an absurd thing that I couldn’t help but laugh, but what more could I say when it became reality?
Now that I think about it, there was such a commotion, but there was still no sign of life outside.
‘Maybe I’m already hallucinating and in a state of trance.’
It was only then that I was able to realize it for sure.
The opponents were not letting their guard down and neglecting them.
“Since when? Of course···.”
Hela, who had been tilting her head at Miyat’s question, smiled brightly.
Then he slowly approached her, who was frozen solid, lifted her chin with his index finger, and answered softly.
“From the beginning?”
No matter what, Hela is the Demon King who reigns at the top of the demons and is known for her bad personality.
To her, this was just a light prank.
“Now that we’ve had some fun and gotten to know each other better, let’s get down to business. You two will help me out, right?”
Hela looked around at the two men and women standing before her.
The “Seven-Colored Eyes” were activated, and the left and right pupils each emitted light of a different color.
The red eye of domination and the green eye of the mind.
Miyat felt the strength drain from his entire body and stared blankly at it with a dazed mind.
‘iced coffee···.’
There was no longer any means or will to resist.
For practitioners who value inner cultivation, the mere existence of the Demon King Hela was a disaster that would eat away at the spirit.
If it hadn’t been a ‘joke’ in the first place, it wouldn’t have dragged on this long.
‘It’s so beautiful that I want to fall in love with it…’
A pair of jewel-like lights shining in the darkness.
Miyat followed the light and sank deep into his inner self.
***
The decision to select Hela as the person to be dispatched to Sabacheon was made after considering a number of factors.
‘More than anything, the ability he possessed was optimized for dealing with chakra practitioners.’
It could be seen as a contrast to Hoon, who was constantly spewing out mental pollution.
While his ‘thought outbursts’ tended to be extremely aggressive, like all-or-nothing, Hela was able to control all of them to some extent freely.
‘He is also the real owner of the magic eye that was used to investigate Anton’s mental state.’
And the results of those choices could be seen in real time.
In a very satisfactory form.
“I brought you some warm tea.”
“···. Do you have any further questions, Lady Hela?”
Hela, sitting on the sofa in the office, closed her eyes tightly as she drank the tea that Miyat poured for her.
Next to her, the owner of this office, a middle-aged man named Pirat, a high-ranking official of the Qing Dynasty, stood politely, telling her everything he knew in detail.
“···Hmm, Prime Minister. That gentleman is your superior and the person in charge of this area?”
“Yes. I am personally handling the affairs under the busy Prime Minister.”
“Then what about the Emperor of Qinghai? Does the Emperor know about this fact?”
Naturally, there was some kind of taboo on the mind of Firat, a high-ranking official in the organization, perhaps for security reasons.
In normal circumstances, even if he had been subdued, things wouldn’t have been resolved this easily.
But there is one variable here.
Hela was so far removed from the word ‘ordinary’ that she was the exact opposite.
“The prime minister is currently acting as regent on behalf of the young emperor. In fact, most of the real power is held by the prime minister.”
“Ah, I think I’ve heard of it. But didn’t you say that adulthood is just around the corner?”
“That’s why I feel a little rushed. I’m trying to prevent the Emperor from doing useless things and ruining the plans he’s been preparing for a long time.”
As is the case everywhere in the world, the political scene in this neighborhood seemed to be a complete mess.
In that sense, there was no need to say why the prime minister wanted war.
‘What is that power···.’
Hela, the absolute ruler who ruled over the entire demon world, clicked her tongue and drank the remaining tea in one go.
Then he got up from his seat and patted the back of Pirat, who was standing next to him.
“Thanks to you, I have a rough idea of the situation. As expected from someone who works for the country, you are good at explaining things.”
“Ah, it is an honor! If there is anything else you would like to ask me to do···.”
“Yeah, okay. So guide me.”
Hela cut him off as if she had been waiting for him, revealing her refreshingly white teeth.
“To that gentleman, the prime minister.”
The residence of Pirat, where they were now, was not too far from the imperial palace.
Considering the convenience of entering the palace to do business, this would be natural.
If you’ve come this far, there’s no need to go back any further.
‘If I want to finish the work quickly, I can’t waste time in places like this.’
The mastermind behind this plot was not just the prime minister of Cheonghae.
Of course, Hongsan-guk had a person in charge of the same level as him on the side of the magic practitioners, and there was even a final mastermind called ‘that person’ who encompassed all three.
I was planning to catch the prime minister and catch the tails of the rest of the guys while I was at it.
“···I am sorry to say this, but the Prime Minister is currently staying deep inside the palace. He has not been able to come out for quite some time unless something serious happens. He also has many followers besides me, so it is impossible to lure him out with a false report.”
In other words, to meet him, you had to go deep into the palace of a country.
Of course, there was no way that the security of the place where the emperor of a country that ruled over half the continent lived could be lax.
No matter how great Hela is, she’s bound to get caught at least once.
“Yeah, so?”
“yes?”
Of course, Hela had no idea about such circumstances.
“Guide me.”
“···yes.”
After all, there was no one in this world who could stand in his way.
***
The tour of Hela’s palace began quietly.
She simply followed the Pirates who had the authority to enter and exit, but even in the palace, there were not many who had the ability to recognize her existence while deliberately hiding herself.
The two people who had passed the outer wall like that crossed the inner wall where the prime minister resided at breakneck speed.
‘This will end easier than I thought?’
But things in this world don’t always go as planned.
The level of the guards, who had jumped up and down along with the reinforced barrier, finally succeeded in detecting a sense of discomfort.
“think!”
“Stop! Any resistance will be immediately executed!”
The guards block Pirate’s path with their eyes shining menacingly.
It was an elite unit that included many upper-level practitioners who were considered mid-level practitioners in the Yun family, as well as deep-level practitioners.
···Of course, Hela’s response to those who stood in her way had already been decided.
Hela let out a deep sigh as she stared blankly at the extras who had appeared with great pomp and then collapsed on the ground, writhing.
“It looks like we’ve been caught, so let’s increase our speed a bit. It’s more troublesome if we make too much noise and miss our target.”
“Understood, Hela.”
Pirat nodded and ran at high speed while drawing up his chakra.
Although they were discovered, it is true that they held out for quite some time, so the remaining distance was not that far.
Wheeing—!
But once the location was exposed, it was inevitable that interference would continue.
At this point, they also started desperately rushing in from the other side and grabbing their ankles.
Even among them···.
“How dare you trespass into the Blue Dragon Palace where the Emperor resides! You’ve really swollen your liver! Reveal your identity immediately!”
There was even one strong man who had ascended to transcendence, a practitioner of astronomy.
Hela smiled bitterly as she looked at the old man who was staring straight at her, unlike those who had passed by before.
“Hey, I guess undercover work doesn’t suit me very well.”
It might not seem like something she should say, having successfully sneaked into the inner castle of the palace, but she was sincere.
If it had been Heinz II, he would have sneaked in without anyone noticing, secured the prime minister, and then leisurely escaped with him.
“Well, everyone has strengths and weaknesses.”
It might be more amazing that I managed to get here with a body full of magic energy.
She shrugged her shoulders slightly and slowly looked around.
The destination was already within reach.
At this rate, even if the bastard runs away, I should be able to chase after him quickly.
“I never thought of it like this···.”
“Put the weightlifter to death!”
“Hit!”
On Hela’s back, her membrane-covered wings spread out as she licked her lips.
At the same time, the surrounding landscape began to become covered with wasteland.
“But I’ll do it gently so that it doesn’t hurt as much as possible?”
A terrible magical energy exploded from the middle of the palace of the Qinghai Kingdom.
A deep abyss, incomparable to that of a magic practitioner, covered the heavens and earth as if it were trying to swallow up the entire world.
“But if it hurts, there’s nothing I can do.”
A giant evil manifesting right before our eyes.
The faces of the guards who faced it began to turn pale.
