The World of Sound - Chapter 207
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207
After finishing off the vampire group, Cheonhwa left the remaining small ones to Majin and the other martial arts alliance members and returned to the main headquarters.
It was to tell Bukgungyeon what he found out from him.
“The door to the Demon Realm… has opened?”
The world of demons.
The door leading there opened.
Even the vampires didn’t know who opened it and for what purpose.
Because they didn’t open the door to invite them in in the first place.
However, the door to the underworld opened and the monsters and demons that were in the underworld came out.
Because of this, it was not clear how many there were or what kind of guys they were.
However, among them, there were some that were as strong as vampires, some that were weaklings that could be dealt with by third-rate warriors, and some that used strange powers rather than force.
These are guys who are weak in power, but in some ways can be more lethal.
And it was clear what they were after.
It’s about putting down roots here.
Unlike the Demon Realm where even monsters have to struggle every day to survive, the human world is a very rich and bountiful land from their perspective.
He said that everyone was running away because it was easy to survive and not bad for building up strength.
So what should we do?
In the end, the conclusion was the same.
Close the door to the demonic realm that opened somewhere and clean up the monsters that came out.
Otherwise, it could have been a world where we would have to live with monsters, or where they would take our land away from us and we would have to live in hiding.
“Whew. That wasn’t easy.”
The only problem was where it was and how to close the gates of the Demon Realm.
I finally figured out the approximate location.
As the king had expected, the door on the west side opened.
The vampire couldn’t tell me the exact location, but he must have come here through a sandy field, so it’s probably true.
So should I head there?
In the meantime, who will guard this central plain?
There were still many worries.
There could be some who are difficult to deal with, like vampires, if they aren’t natural enemies, and there could be others who are much more powerful, and there could be others who grow their power or increase their followers in the shadows instead of being openly active like them.
In the past, it might have been different, but now that the power of the Central Plains martial arts world has been greatly weakened, moving each and every master is a burden in itself, so it is not easy to estimate how many people should be deployed.
“I’ll go. Those bastards will just hold me back.”
That’s why Cheonhwa said she would go to Seojang alone.
Even at this very moment, monsters from the Demon Realm may be flowing out, so mobility is more important than anything else.
Of course, if other experts are with you, it will be easier to deal with the underdogs, but there aren’t many who can be considered unconditionally helpful when you don’t know the enemy’s strength or abilities.
In that case, it would have been easier for Cheonhwa to go alone and close the gates of the Demon Realm and sweep away the troublemakers.
If he did that, he could breathe a sigh of relief since he could focus all of Jungwon’s power on eliminating and defending the monsters, but Bukgungyeon couldn’t answer easily.
It was because I was worried about Cheonhwa and was anxious.
Will he be able to lead and defend the Central Plains without Cheonhwa? Will Cheonhwa, who is advancing alone into the middle of enemy territory, be safe?
“Your Majesty! Urgent news!”
“… … Come in.”
Then, new news was delivered.
“The sky is turning completely black!”
“Huh? What is that…? No, why is that a problem?”
The sky across the Central Plains began to turn black.
Strangely enough, Bukgungyeon wondered if it was something that could be classified as urgent news.
Could it be that the weather suddenly got worse?
But the report that followed was truly shocking.
“Under that black sky… …the dead are rising!”
“The dead… … ones?”
The dead rise again.
It had to be shocking.
It was even more shocking that it was not a simple resurrection, but that he came back to life in the form of a corpse and carried out a massacre without distinguishing between civilians and humans, with only malice and murderous intent.
Could it be that someone is practicing witchcraft or something?
No. That couldn’t be.
If that were the case, I would have picked a person, picked a corpse, and revived it.
However, reports say that even the bodies of civilians are being raised in a rotten state or in the form of skeletons.
I wondered if there were any monsters with such abilities, but the first thing that was mentioned was the black sky, which was suspicious.
Because it was said that only in the area dyed in that black sky did the dead come back to life.
“gaga.”
Bukgungyeon, who heard all the reports, looked back at Cheonhwa.
I had hoped that if it was Cheonhwa, it would be able to do something about that black sky.
I felt ashamed and sorry for having to rely on him again and burdening him, but I had no other choice.
Even if we had found another way, it would have been too late.
“We have to protect that place. If ‘he’ comes back to life… … .”
“It’s okay. I’ll just hit him again. But… … I need to check. I’ll go.”
Others are okay with that.
But what if Cheonma comes back to life?
Or what if all the mines he led were revived?
What if Shinsung came back to life and ran wild, full of malice and murderous intent?
What if all of that happened together?
It had to be a terrible thing.
Knowing that, Cheonhwa decided to step forward this time too.
Such strange phenomena were also a curious subject of study for Cheonhwa.
During the vampire era, I wanted to check if their power and waves did not seem to be of the human world, but now that I know that they really came from beyond the demon realm, I plan to study them properly.
‘Maybe that came from you too.’
Asura statue and Asura Pacheonmu.
Because the unfamiliar waves it emitted were rather similar to those of those who came from beyond the demonic realm.
Although he was ultimately defeated, it was clearly a martial art that could stand up to the Cheonum Shingong, so it would be of great help if you looked into it.
Thinking like that, the moment Cheonhwa got up to head to the battlefield where the fierce battle had taken place, another piece of news arrived.
“Your Majesty! The evil spirit has a guest.”
“customer?”
To be exact, it was the appearance of a guest who brought some news.
He is a guest who came to meet the evil god Cheonhwa, not the leader.
“Yes. I am a young monk who claims to be a disciple of Shinsung… … .”
“Tell them to come in!”
He is none other than Shin Seung’s disciple.
Cheonhwa was a person I had already met several times.
So I immediately went inside, and a familiar-looking monk bowed and greeted me.
“Amitabha. How have you been, my lord?”
“Long time no see. How have you been… … I guess I couldn’t do it.”
Knowing that he was not the type of person to be greedy or talk nonsense, Cheonhwa welcomed him with open arms but held back her words.
Because he knows that his master, Shin Seung, has died.
“What’s going on? Up to here.”
“I have come to see you because the Master has told me to tell you something.”
“Your Majesty?”
But, the words that came out of the guy’s mouth were somewhat unexpected.
Shinseung was trying to convey a message? Could it be that Shinseung was pretending to be dead and was actually alive?
When I looked at him with a puzzled look, he answered again.
He scratched my itchy spot as if he knew full well what I was thinking.
“Yes. The Master left me with some words. He wished he could convey them to me in person, but he knew he couldn’t, so he left them for me.”
It’s called a will.
Since he was someone who could read the weather, it seems he read his own future and left a message.
“Hmm. How was his end?”
“… … He left with a smile. He said that he was punished by those he trusted, but that was also his role. He could have lived longer, but he said it was meaningless. He said it was just a small sacrifice necessary to correct the broken providence of heaven.
As I listened to the boy monk’s words, holding back tears, a secret that even Cheonhwa didn’t know about came out.
It wasn’t Cheonma who caused Shinsung’s death.
Namgung Cheonmyeong.
He used all sorts of tricks, including poison, to bring about Shinseung’s death.
Hearing that, Cheonhwa also initially wondered how someone like that could possibly do anything to Shinseung, but as the story continued, she was able to understand.
That bastard’s trick was only the final step toward Shinseung’s death, but Shinseung’s destiny had already ended before that.
Reading the weather report so forcefully put a great strain on my body, and I don’t know if I knew it or not, but at that time, that bastard attempted to assassinate me and I ended up dying.
Still, Shinseung was able to survive if he wanted to.
However, he burned the last remaining spark of life by passing on the weather forecast he had read to his disciple.
To set the world order right.
“So you’ve seen this far.”
The will of Shin Seung that I heard was truly surprising.
It is a prophecy that a land of reversal will come, where the boundary between the human world and the devil world will collapse, all kinds of monsters will appear, the sky will turn black, and the dead will come back to life.
If that were all, I would just nod since it was something that had already happened, but his words also contained things they had to do to put an end to this chaos.
“Is that it in the end?”
Close the door to the devil’s realm.
As soon as possible.
As time goes by, the distinction between the human world and the devil world will become blurred, and this will further widen the door to the devil world. If the door is not closed, the human world will soon become the devil world.
And as time passes and the boundaries become blurred, more powerful monsters will cross the gate.
It was a word that gave an answer to Cheonhwa and Bukgungyeon, who were contemplating whether to move immediately to close the gates of the Demon Realm or to take their time and move after most of the dangers in the Central Plains had been taken care of.
It was also metaphorically expressed that it was something that only Cheonhwa could do, but somewhat surprisingly, it required two people to close the gates of chaos.
“If two people were born with the stars of order and harmony… … .”
Cheonhwa thought he was good enough on his own.
So naturally, I planned to move alone to close the door to the Demon Realm, but since it was none other than Shin Seung’s words, and since he burned the last flame of life to read the secrets of the heavens, I could not listen to it in vain.
Then the question arises:
One of them must be me, but who is the other one?
“The other one, maybe me?”
It was perhaps natural that Bukgungyeon, who heard that story, stepped forward.
At the moment, she was the only one in the martial arts world who could be in harmony with Cheonhwa, and the fact that she was born with the star of order and harmony seemed to refer to her as the current martial arts leader.
Bukgungyeon’s face lit up, whether it was because he thought it could be helpful or because he could go with Cheonhwa, but it was not easy to accept it.
Because she was the leader of the martial arts world.
Because he was the only person besides Cheonhwa who could act as a focal point in this chaotic world and deal with those who were stronger than Hwagyeong when they appeared.
So her departure from the front would have to be a huge loss of power.
Moreover, it would take at least one or two months to get to the West, and if you consider the time it would take to get back, it wouldn’t be strange at all if the Central Plains were reduced to ashes during that time.
So it was difficult to say that we should leave together and that we had to go right away.
Cheonhwa, in fact, was of the opinion that it didn’t matter what happened, but Bukgungyeon would be different.
It was also a matter of temperament, but here in the Central Plains, there was also the Bukgung family, her family’s hometown.
At this point, it would have been expected for the Imperial Army to step forward, but it was still quiet, and it seemed like they were only going to step forward when the worst came to the worst.
It is also true that the power of the Central Plains martial arts world is still enough to endure.
“What should we do? If we leave like this, the central plains will… … .”
But it’s hard to believe just that.
Even if they are the Imperial Army, most of them are ordinary soldiers, and ordinary swords and spears won’t work on the monsters.
Even in the military, those who have mastered martial arts should step forward, and although their level of martial arts is quite high, their numbers cannot be said to be great.
There are some very powerful masters, such as Jinuiwei and Dongchang, but they are unlikely to come forward since they are close to the emperor.
By the time they came forward, it would have been too late, as there would have been a direct threat to the Emperor.
“You’re saying I’m short on hands… … I think I can do something about that.”
So I was worried.
Moreover, with the black sky covering the entire Central Plains and even the dead coming back to life, there is no telling how many more monsters we will have to deal with.
So, after hearing Shin Seung’s will, he was worried about whether he should really leave right away or whether he could do it. After thinking it over carefully, Cheon Hwa came up with a hopeful answer.
“Huh? Gaga. How… …?”
“If you don’t have enough hands, why don’t you just add more hands?”
“……yes?”
Even after hearing that, Bukgungyeon still looked confused, but Cheonhwa smiled faintly.
Perhaps, even without help from the Imperial Army, they could make it so that they could hold out until their return.
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