Chapter 1076 – 1076. God’S Atlantis
Outside the wall, Li Mei was repeatedly opening and closing her mouth while pounding on the wall. It seemed like she was shouting something, but I couldn’t hear anything. I smiled at her and waved my hand.
After 30 seconds, the space completely changed. Li Mei was nowhere to be seen.
「Area encroachment is complete.」
「Area 5,845, where heavy gazes fall.」
「All stats are reduced by 20%.」
「Heavy eyes smile pleasantly.」
「The Lord of the Heavens clicks his tongue.」
「The King of the Demonic Sky expresses his displeasure.」
Area encroachment.
There could be various reasons, but the biggest cause of area encroachment is when the domain of a divine seat encroaches on the area of Atlantis.
Qing Guoli must have tried to encroach on the area using the power of the divine seat called Heavy Eyes.
‘Qing Guoli must have made a deal with the divine seat called Heavy Eyes. If he’s openly doing something like this… the divine seat of Heavy Eyes is no ordinary divine seat. It must be at least a god-level one.’
A hero-level divine seat is hard to handle. The system must be busy trying to keep the divine seat of Heavy Eyes in check.
‘Heavy Eyes. Heavy Eyes… It’s not a name in the setting book… What’s its true name?’
I racked my brain, but it wasn’t easy to deduce the true name just from the name of the divine seat.
“Ch, Cheonma-nim!”
Someone called me. I turned my head and saw the Black Blood Alliance men who had been running away with us.
“What is it?”
“Please, please send us out too! We will repay your kindness!”
“It’s too late. You can’t get out of here now.”
I reached out my hand. There was nothing to touch. The wall that had been blocking us was already gone. This place was already a different space. The ground was dry, and the sky was dark. To get out of here, we needed to conquer it.
「A special situation has occurred.」
「To escape Area 5,845, where heavy gazes fall, you must eliminate the medium of encroachment.」
「The penalty is removed. Stats return to normal.」
My original stats, which had been reduced by 20%, returned.
Thump, thud, thud. On the desolate black earth, buildings that were no different from ruins began to rise.
It seemed that the system and the divine seat of Heavy Eyes had negotiated appropriately. Judging by the fact that the Lord of the Heavens and the King of the Demonic Sky weren’t reacting, it seemed to be at a level they could accept.
‘The system must be having a hard time too.’
Not all gods are cooperative with the system. On the contrary, it’s the opposite. There are plenty of gods who try to troll whenever they get the chance. I almost feel sorry for the system that has to control all those guys.
“P, please help us! Damn it!”
A man fell to the ground and grabbed one of my legs. I felt a surge of annoyance, but I held it back.
“Let go.”
“I know I’m being shameless! But… we need your help! Please help us!”
The man was quick-witted. He realized that I was trying to abandon them and go somewhere else. But now that the situation had turned out like this, there was no reason for me to take these guys with me. Would taking them be helpful? What a joke. It would be enough if they didn’t get in my way.
I drew my sword and cut off the arm and head of the man who was holding my leg. The man died instantly on the spot.
“Aaaah!”
“Y, you crazy bastard!!”
“Is this betrayal…!”
The others were horrified and backed away.
“Does this look like betrayal? From the beginning, you and I had no relationship. Don’t get in my way. If you want to live, stick together and figure it out yourselves.”
Ignoring them as they stared at me with dumbfounded eyes, I moved to a suitable place. For now, I planned to quietly wander around and assess the situation.
‘I sent Li Mei to Elena, so if I hold out, Elena will come.’
I suddenly raised my head and looked at the black pillar. The black pillar was still emitting ominous waves.
***
“I’m hungry… I’m hungry…!!”
Wang Xuan was chasing after me. Despite his massive body, he was quite fast. I clicked my tongue and ran quickly. Wang Xuan was smashing everything in his path as he chased after me. Even a huge rock over 30 meters couldn’t stop him.
As I ran away, I threw spears at him when I had enough distance. The spears pierced his body accurately, but he didn’t die.
‘It feels like I’ve repeated this about 50 times already… He doesn’t even get tired.’
The most annoying thing was that I couldn’t kill him.
“How long do you think you can keep running?”
Qing Guoli’s voice echoed from the black pillar. That guy knew my location.
“I think I can run for another week?”
It was only the second day. Honestly, I was starting to get tired. It wasn’t just Wang Xuan chasing me.
Rumble, rumble.
I felt a slight vibration from the ground. I focused my senses. Black hands were popping out of the ground, trying to grab my legs. I dodged them all, but if I happened to get caught, I immediately swung my sword and cut off the hands.
“I’m huuuuuungry!!”
Wang Xuan ate the black hands and increased his speed.
I saw a cliff in front of me. Beyond it was another piece of land. I ran towards the cliff.
Cheonma Shingong (Demonic God Technique) Cheonma Gunrimbo (Demonic God’s Descent Step).
I used Cheonma Gunrimbo with all my might. I walked through the air, crossing the cliff. Wang Xuan, who was mindlessly chasing me, fell down the cliff. Thud! A heavy sound echoed. I looked down and saw Wang Xuan writhing.
‘That bought me some time.’
Wang Xuan would get up again and chase me. I had to either keep running or conquer this area.
‘The medium of encroachment is obvious. It’s that black pillar.’
It wasn’t easy to approach the black pillar that was emitting black waves. The black waves were deadly. If you got too close, your life force would be drained.
“Haha. You bought yourself some time. Does it feel good to be able to live a little longer? What are you doing? Aren’t you going to run?”
Qing Guoli’s voice echoed again from the black pillar.
“…Qing Guoli. You’ve been talking a lot since yesterday. Why aren’t you moving yourself?”
“You can’t even handle Wang Xuan, do you think I need to move myself? The moment you get tired, Wang Xuan will devour you.”
I narrowed my eyes and glared at the black pillar.
“You can’t move from the black pillar. What are you doing?”
“Do I have to tell you that?”
“You should give up on the idea that I’ll just keep running away. I’m going to go and kill you.”
“Before that, you’ll have to kill Wang Xuan. I’ll give you a hint, since I admire your spirit. Wang Xuan can have as many souls as he’s eaten die in his place. Do you understand? You’ve killed at least 1,000 souls.”
“That’s not helpful.”
“Haha. You don’t have even a shred of guilt. Good. I’ll give you a more useful hint. If you kill Wang Xuan 7,141 more times, he’ll die.”
I lowered my head. Wang Xuan was clinging to the cliff, trying to climb up. But because of his massive body, he couldn’t climb the cliff and kept falling down.
‘I have to kill that thing 7,141 times? Bullshit.’
A few hundred times would be one thing, but thousands of times was no ordinary task. Aside from getting tired, I didn’t have the time.
I turned my back and started running away. I didn’t know where I was going.
Five hours later, a new notification window popped up.
「Area 5,845 has encroached on Area 5,846.」
「The encroachment level is increasing.」
‘So the encroachment isn’t ending, and it’s encroaching on nearby areas too.’
It was a bad sign.
「The dead are rising.」
Undead appeared on the black ground. The undead wandered around everywhere. The undead that found me revealed their hatred for the living and charged at me.
Zzzzt, zzzzt.
Blue lightning flashed from my fingertips. The lightning swept through the undead. The bodies of the undead burned.
「Acquired 5 AP.」
「Acquired 2 AP.」
「Acquired 6 AP.」
…
I killed the undead and gained AP. In total, it was about 50 AP. From my perspective, it was just pocket change.
‘The black pillar. It’s becoming more bizarre as time passes.’
At first, it was close to a straight cylinder. But now, the surface was uneven, like a living creature. It looked like black blood vessels were attached to the cylinder.
‘Wang Xuan hasn’t been chasing me for a while now. Has he completely given up on chasing me?’
Just in case, I took out a space-movement scroll and tore it.
「The space-movement scroll cannot be used.」
As expected.
A certain amount of time passed.
A group of people appeared. There were about 30 of them, and they were all armed. They seemed to be a medium-sized legion’s attack force. I quietly watched them from afar. They were confidently advancing towards the black pillar, defeating the undead.
The pillar twitched. It wasn’t an optical illusion caused by the waves. The body of the pillar was actually twitching.
The black waves of the pillar gathered at the end of the pillar and took the shape of a single form.
It was a red eye.
‘It’s not like Sauron’s tower… What is that?’
The attackers unleashed their attacks on the black pillar.
“Hahaha. Finally, the foundation has been laid.”
Qing Guoli’s satisfied voice echoed. And the gaze of the black pillar turned towards the attackers. The attackers who were caught in the gaze fell forward as they were. They were dead. Just by being caught in the gaze.
‘It didn’t even emit black waves. It killed 30 people at once just with its gaze?’
It was hard to believe, but since it happened right in front of my eyes, I couldn’t not believe it.
Swish, swish, swish.
The red eye on the black pillar moved around. And its gaze turned directly towards me.
“Cough!”
Thud.
My knees hit the ground. I was suffocating. My heart wasn’t beating. It felt like the cold hand of death was gripping my body.
It was a familiar sensation. Death was coming.
Unlike my dying body, my consciousness was calmly understanding the situation.
The power to kill a target with just a gaze.
It was a myth I had heard of before.
I realized what the true name of Heavy Eyes was.
‘Qing Guoli… You made a contract with a troublesome guy.’
[Death Resistance has been activated. You will not die for the next 15 seconds.]
***
Elena had an uninvited guest.
She didn’t like uninvited guests. More than 90% of uninvited guests brought bad news.
Normally, she would have chased the uninvited guest away, but this uninvited guest was related to Sung Yoo-jin, so she couldn’t do that.
It was a woman with pink hair and a pink cheongsam. She was a beauty with an appearance that was perfect for seducing men. Her attire was also seductive. However, Li Mei’s complexion was not good. She looked like she hadn’t slept properly for days.
“Li Mei. Was it?”
“Yes. Your Grace. Yoo-jin sent me. Your Grace’s help is needed.”
I didn’t like it.
However, Li Mei’s face was serious, so she couldn’t handle things based on her own feelings. She had a hunch that the situation was turning serious.
“…Let’s hear it for now. Tell me in detail what happened.”
Li Mei explained.
The incident of going to the main street to kill the Black Blood Alliance leader. Wang Xuan turning into a demon and the black pillar. Area encroachment. She didn’t hide anything she knew. Elena’s eyes were scary, and she was worried about Sung Yoo-jin.
“…I thought there was something in the Black Blood Alliance, but it was a God’s Wall. It would have been better if I had stepped in myself.”
Elena sighed and got up from her seat.
“…Yoo-jin might already be dead. It’s been three days already.”
Li Mei said in a depressed voice.
“That can’t be.”
Elena denied Li Mei’s words with a confident tone.
“…How can you be so sure?”
“It’s just my guess, but if he were dead… this world would have already stopped.”
“Huh?”
“He’s not a man who would die so easily.”
“…I’ll go with you too.”
“Stay here. You’ll only be a hindrance.”
Before Li Mei could protest, Elena disappeared.
