𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟕𝟕
【Thousand-Faced Ghost】
▶Level 60
She’s not Sophia.
I had a feeling, but she had only taken on the appearance of Sophia and was actually a completely different entity.
“I-It really happened. Her colleagues. . . . . . .Rather than that, you need to get out of here quickly!”
“No way. . . . . . .”
It was only then that I was able to recognize the source of the anxiety I had been feeling and the situation that was unfolding.
It wasn’t something like memory loss. From the beginning, Sophia wasn’t here, and what had caught our attention was only her replacement.
And what that meant was simple.
Someone had set a trap. To lure us, beings from the outside world, through the appearance of Sophia.
「𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙔𝙤𝙠𝙖𝙞 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚!」
Excluding Hong Lin and Baekryeo, one of the remaining three must be hiding here.
It was the worst-case scenario, but at the same time, it was the only way to think about it.
“What’s wrong with you guys? What’s going on now?”
“It’s a trap. The priestess is a yokai, not the colleague we were looking for.”
Geum Sah-yang frowned in confusion, and Arietta asked me, as if she was about to deal with the fake Sophia, the Thousand-Faced Ghost, and asked me.
“. . .Junior, what should we do?”
“P-Please spare me! I was only being threatened and I’m actually on your side!”
“. . .How can we believe that? You just lied to us.”
“Um, well, aren’t you curious about why I was in Sophia’s form? I’m not just some random person. If you spare me, I’ll tell you everything I know!”
It was certainly necessary to hear the Thousand-Faced Ghost’s story, but it wasn’t a situation where we had much time.
“Let’s escape first.”
I suppressed the Thousand-Faced Ghost’s movements with Restraint and ordered the Giant Ogre to carry her.
Whatever happened, the first thing to do was to gather our colleagues and get out of here.
However, when I went outside, I realized that it was already too late.
“Oppa. . . . . . .”
The colleagues who were outside were facing a new group of people, and each and every one of them was formidable.
“. . .Junior, the one on the far right is familiar.”
A yokai that Arietta and Han Seo-ah had mentioned before they reached Jinyeon Mountain.
Gyeonggang, who lives somewhere on the mountaintop that reaches the clouds and absorbs the natural energy of the sky.
It was a famous yokai that I had heard from Cheol-woong, the priest of Daehwa-rym.
「𝙄𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙣𝙜-𝙙𝙖𝙡 𝙣𝙚𝙭𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙞𝙢?」
His real name is Twin-Headed Ogre, and he is also a powerful yokai with a level exceeding 70.
These two alone would be tough opponents, but it didn’t end there.
“Jegal-yun, Seon Pyo-wang, Heo Pyung-su! You guys are yokai who wield our entire clan for evil purposes! Do you know that and still help them?”
“Huh, Ha Sa-dam. It seems you still don’t know anything. It doesn’t mean anything anymore.”
“What?”
Ha Sa-dam was indignant, but the generals of the First Faction ignored him and began to gain momentum.
Seeing this, Geum Sah-yang changed the subject as if trying to stall.
“Hey! Where’s Nachal? Is that outsider thinking the same way as you guys?”
“Unfortunately, Nachal did not change his mind. So I had no choice but to deal with him.”
As Heo Pyung-su threw the sack he was holding, something that looked like Nachal’s head and body fell out and rolled on the floor.
Geum Sah-yang trembled at the merciless act.
“A-Are you out of your mind? Nachal devoted himself to the First Faction more than anyone else!”
“. . .I don’t know. I told you. The faction and the clan are all meaningless now.”
I could sense an ominous foreboding from their attitude.
「𝘿𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬?」
If not, there was no way to explain the feelings of resignation and despair that I was feeling from them now.
It was clear that they had been told the truth about this artificial world by someone.
Yoo Ha-on, who had noticed the same thing, raised her spiritual power and shouted.
“You’re not the only ones. Who’s the real mastermind?”
“Hoohoo, you don’t have to ask, they’re already here.”
The tremendous presence felt at that moment.
It was certainly similar to the overwhelming power that I had felt from Baekryeo in that strange space.
Everyone turned their gaze to a man whose whole body was wrapped in bandages.
“Welcome. Outsiders. Hehe.”
“You are. . . . . . .”
“How I’ve waited for this moment, I feel like explaining it even if I have to count the nights.”
I feel a creepy aura.
It’s not even comparable to that of an ordinary yokai.
It’s as if just approaching it will make you possessed by it.
I clicked my tongue and checked his information with my emotional ability.
Tiring!
【Xue Laifu】
▶Level 77
My guess was right.
His true identity was Xue Laifu, one of the five great yokai that Hong Lin had mentioned.
He was a being who was born when a famous taoist devoted himself to a taboo, and he was the master of Young-wan, the head of Daehwa-rym, who had asked him to be exorcised.
「. . .𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙩.」
I’m not sure how, but it seems that Xue Laifu noticed that Sophia was one of our colleagues and lured us in by taking on her appearance.
And in the process, he was dividing the Hawon Clan, the stronghold of powerful priests, and enticing some of them to build his own forces.
「𝙃𝙚’𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙡. 𝙎𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙣, 𝙓𝙪𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙞𝙛𝙪 𝙞𝙨. . . . . . .」
Even though he has become a demon, it seems that he has not lost the wisdom and intelligence of his human days.
It was the appearance of a truly formidable enemy.
“Hehehe. Even so, it seems that it’s not easy to face me directly.”
Xue Laifu, who uttered incomprehensible words and shook his head, soon opened his mouth with a sinister smile towards Ha Sa-dam, Geum Sah-yang, Oh-cheon, and Pae-yong.
“You guys will have a hard time understanding. Why are they taking such extreme actions? Right?”
“So, you know the reason?”
“Of course. I was the one who told them the truth in the first place. I’ll explain it to you guys now.”
From that, I realized what Xue Laifu was aiming for and quickly tried to stop him, but it was already too late.
The generals, who had heard the story of the false world, the beings of the outside world, and the foreigners who came from there, began to stir with disbelief.
“L-Liar, that can’t be true!”
“. . .Even if it is true, how do you know about it?”
“Hehehe. Because this body is one of the great yokai of the era, Xue Laifu. Do you think it’s possible to talk without knowing that much?”
The names of Gyeonggang and Xue Laifu were also famous among the taoist of this era.
Ha Sa-dam, who was even more subdued, opened his mouth with a calm look in his eyes.
“Xue Laifu, but you were bound by an oath not to cause disaster in the human world, weren’t you?”
“Ooh, there are people here who know about the oath. Quite surprising.”
I had also heard about it in passing. I’m sure Consort Hwi and Hong Lin mentioned it in passing.
And in the following dialogue, I was able to get a sense of the true nature of that constraint.
“The constraint has already been greatly damaged. Because they were the first to destroy Baekryeo, who was one of the targets.”
“What, what! That Baekryeo?”
Ha Sa-dam was greatly surprised and looked at us, and Xue Laifu continued to speak calmly.
“Since this side was damaged first, the power of Seo Cheon-ye’s constraint no longer binds us. Thanks to that, I was able to stop doing exciting things and come to the forefront myself. Is everything explained now?”
“. . . . . . .”
“And those who are able to do such things without hesitation are definitely beings from outside. To put it bluntly, they are aliens who can never mix with the humans of this place.”
When all the explanations were finished, the generals of the First Faction, including Geum Sah-yang, were quite agitated.
After all, all the traces of their lives that they had built up until now had been denied, so they must have been shocked.
「𝙓𝙪𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙞𝙛𝙪 𝙞𝙨 𝙙𝙚𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙖 𝙘𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜.」
He skillfully manipulated the situation and turned it completely in his favor.
If things were like this, no matter how much we argued, it wouldn’t make much of a difference. It was a considerable crisis.
In such a situation, it was Shin Pyo-eul who stepped forward.
“What are you guys doing now?”
“. . . . . . .”
“Wake up and open your eyes. Everyone dies eventually anyway.”
“What, what? You guys are qualified to say that now. . . . . . .”
“To be clear, I’m a human being who was born and raised here. I don’t know what the outside world is like. But there is one thing I do know.”
Shin Pyo-eul, who had constructed the Eight Trigrams and Celestial Heavens Art without any hesitation, declared to Xue Laifu with a dignified attitude.
“I determine the value of my own life. I’m not something that can be moved by outsiders or your dirty tongue. That’s my own property, and the moment I lose it is the moment I transform from a human into a scarecrow.”
Shin Pyo-eul’s words were sharp, but they contained an immeasurable amount of sincerity.
At the same time, an old man’s voice was heard from behind the half-collapsed palace.
“Well said! I was about to get sick just watching you guys.”
A mysterious old man wearing a bamboo hat and a shabby outfit.
The generals of the First Faction who saw him looked up in disbelief.
“Nonsense! Why Nachal, you. . . . . . .”
“Yeah, I’m Nachal, you bastard. Did you think I, who have supported the Faction alone for decades, would collapse because of you guys?”
At the same time, Heo Pyung-su, who had thrown Nachal’s head, grabbed his neck with both hands and collapsed to the floor.
“Cough!”
“T-This curse! So you expected us to come after you and swapped bodies from the beginning!”
“Yeah. Why? What’s wrong with that? Anyway, I’m on this side. You guys who play generals without any sense.”
The unexpected support and the ripple effect it caused were enormous.
Along with Shin Pyo-eul’s previous appeal, Nachal’s overly assertive attitude awakened the hearts of the other generals.
“Yeah. . . . . .Whatever, it’s not nothing! Are you going to be fooled by that kind of cunning old man at this age?”
“Everyone has their own circumstances. I will carry out my own justice.”
Ha Sa-dam didn’t seem to hesitate from the beginning, but the other three were somewhat dangerous.
However, this brought the power to a boil. Even though we had fallen into a trap, it was a fight worth fighting.
“Hehehe. You’re foolishly taking the long way around. . . . . . .”
Xue Laifu sighed, and a murderous red light burst from his eyes.
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