Chapter 316: A Nice Presence (3)

Chapter 316: A Nice Presence (3)

Shhhh!

The band of flame scattered and turned to countless embers, slowly losing their glow.

The gray dust — The gray ash flowed slowly.

Seol-Hwim who was watching this scene heard an excited voice,

-How is it? The last one?

“...”

Seol-Hwi said nothing for a while. The First Disciple, the End Demon—

The relationship between them has ended. Until the very end, he was a beast with teeth barred out and a threat that Seol-Hwi could not compromise about.

But—

“It wasn’t much that I thought...”

Was it because the list of things he had to do was still so long?

He thought it would not feel like something was missing, but he did not feel any relief either. He just felt bitter, frustrated, and empty.

This life — in many ways, he took paths different from before.

In a sense, it was also a life which ended the struggle of succession within the Demonic Sect. The Third Disciple became a soulless and was absorbed by the Second Disciple who died at the hands of Seol-Hwi.

And this time, even the First Disciple was punished by the AI.

“Phew...”

Except for the Earth Demon, the Fourth Disciple, the other disciples died and were pushed out of the succession.

Because of himself.

So, it was not so nice.

In this life, there were strangely many invitations to side with other disciples. Several from the Second and First Disciple for Seol-Hwi to move under then.

He felt skeptical about whether there was such a development too.

Is the end all because of strength?

In the first few deaths which felt unjust, the Second and Third Disciples felt like devils. However, seeing the deaths of all of them directly in this life, the hostility he held for them had collapsed.

And so it was all just strength.

If one had enough strength, they would not unfairly die at all. Then, would it not be possible to design the future by siding with the Second Disciple in some life?

Because there was a past where he never imagined a life connecting the Earth Demon would come either.

“But... how did you speak at that moment?”

Seol-Hwi erased the questions within and asked.

The desperate situation, ,o, because the AI jumped out as if he was waiting for Seol-Hwi in a crisis.

-Right. At first I thought you called me... but it didn’t seem like it.

“What do you mean?”

Him calling?

Did Seol-Hwi unknowingly call for help because he was in a dangerous situation? He thought that, but the AI said something different.

-The End Demon. No, to be precise the power which reached that level was pushed to me. I had a similar feeling once before, but this time I felt it more certainly. So I hurriedly came... it wasn’t someone else.

“...!?”

In an instant the eyes of Seol-Hwi widened.

Come to think of it, the AI said last time that he would be able to call himself once he reached the Profound Demon level. And as he said, it was not him.

Cheon Miryo?!

There was just one person who had reached the Profound Demon level that came to mind.

She would have used her power to save him.

-Then we have a problem.

“What problem?”

-If I know, then he must have noticed it too.

“‘He’ you mean... the Heavenly Demon?!”

-Yes.

Seol-Hwi felt a chill run down his spine. Come to think of it, this was a serious problem.

Profound Demon’s strength — it has been said to attract attention when used. So Seol-Hwi did not use it until the end... but Cheon Miryo who had eventually revealed it brought it into the open.

Seol-Hwi — to protect him.

“Then what will happen?”

-The Heavenly Demon will come to meet you soon. It wouldn’t be strange if it was tomorrow.

-That is a full on misunderstanding. It is Supreme Master and not Profound Master. The direction of enlightenment is entirely different.

Well, that isn’t so wrong...

Seol-Hwi recalled the past.

When he reached the Supreme Master level, which was like Supreme Demon, and ascended to a higher level, the result was dissolution.

In other words the realization he had gained from numerous experiences and books so far came from the Demonic Sect and not Justice Faction’s Sects. If he wanted to consider the best martial arts of the Justice Faction, it was the Purple Cloud Divine Arts.

Originally, he thought it would be enlightenment, but rather what happened was just a piece of it.

There must be a lack of knowledge when dealing with martial arts of the Justice Faction which accumulated over the years, but strictly speaking, Seol-Hwi did not really have a chance to learn because the basic source of his internal energy was demonic energy.

-It is the first time I have seen a case like you. In my view, you are a different kind of person. it should be said that you were born in the wrong place in terms of mind and events.

“What?”

-You. You were originally unfit to learn demonic arts.

“Ahh!!!!”

At the words of AI, Seol-Hwi felt as if he had been stabbed in the back of his head.

Lacking in demonic arts—

Words which referred to those whose bodies were not suitable to learn it, despite being from the Demonic Sect.

The weakest ones who are despised as the wrong choice, most ignored, and ridiculed.

-You were born wrong. Isn’t that it? Even in Justice Factions there are people like you sometimes. It is about the core. Learning to avoid greed. You grew up in such an environment, but there are those who are crazy about killing, to trample on the others.

“...”

If they are crooked from birth in the Justice Faction. They are the same, born into the wrong sect.

Originally the ones stained with the Demonic Sect became vicious, even though he should be obsessed with harming others. Those whose nature was to avoid slaughter and avoid stepping into madness.

-In a way, I think that might be a talent... it was since the first time I saw you.

“Ha...”

Even in the Justice Faction, there are those who were born with evil nature. Even in the Demonic Sect there are those who hate killing.

That was what lacking in demonic arts meant.

It was the same for Seol-Hwi, who had mastered a lot of demonic arts through the system, and had forgotten about it.

“Uh?”

Just in time, someone approached from afar, and Seol-Hwi’s face brightened.

-Is that person the one who summoned the Heavenly Demon?

The AI responded and asked.

Cheon Miryo, she saved him but the situation changed now.

“Yes.”

-It was this person who stayed unknown.

By the time the AI finished speaking, she stood in front of Seol-Hwi.

“Are you alright? Sky Being.”

-...Sky Being? What?

The AI reacted but Seol-Hwi ignored it and said,

“Thank you, miss. You played a hard role.”

“I am sorry. Somehow I had to do it.”

“It is fine. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be alive, I would have turned into a corpse there like Mount Hua’s Goo Jong-myung.”

Seol-Hwi had a bitter smile.

He was truly grateful now. Without this woman, Seol-Hwi would not have been able to avoid the crisis around him.

-You were able to live because of this woman.

As he said, he should have been dead. That was how her presence was so great, but he was fine now.

But—

-I guess that is the way to go then. No, that is the only way. Now, look here Seol-Hwi.

The AI, who seemed worried about something, opened his mouth, but then Seol-Hwi doubted his ears.

The suggestion which was so shocking—

-The Heavenly Demon. Let us use that woman as a shield to divert his gaze. It is the only way you get to live.

“...What?”

To sacrifice Cheon Miryo in front of him, to get out of the crisis.

He could not even say anything back to those words.

-As long as the Profound Demon’s power is revealed, she should know that she will soon die too, right?

What the AI said was indeed true.