Chapter 579 – The Conspiracy Begins (12)
After the cracks spread like a plague and brought about a huge change in the world.
This land has been transformed into a place where various beings live and breathe.
One of them is a folktale.
Many people know its existence, but it is a fiction that does not actually exist.
The most representative example of this is the Four Gods Beast.
Blue Dragon, Suzaku, White Tiger, Hyeonmu.
A divine beast that protects the four directions, north, south, east and west.
There are still people in the world who believe that they are protecting this land, even if they are weak.
And that belief changed their existence from nothing to reality.
Although its power is lacking and its existence is only vaguely established.
Therefore, they had to sleep deep in the world where no one could reach them.
Hundreds of years.
Maybe thousands of years.
Until the vessel that will contain the enormous power is more fully completed.
Therefore, the inclusion of the blue dragon in Kim Do-jin’s magic was truly a miraculous coincidence of vast magical power and curiosity.
“Right. Is this what the world humans live in today feels like?』
Boredom that comes from a long sleep.
At the time when curiosity towards the human world slowly began to raise its head.
The shape of the blue dragon created with the vast magical power supplied through S-class magic stones caused resonance.
As he looked down at the world of humans he was so curious about in a relaxed manner, something strange caught his eye.
A small typhoon approaching this direction, spinning violently.
From that, Blue Dragon felt a sense of déjà vu.
It was definitely a human.
But from there, I felt a similar force to mine.
To be more precise, the typhoon he presented feels like a crude imitation of his own power.
『Interesting.』
There was no anger towards the person who clumsily imitated him.
He knows.
Admiration and imitation of the strong.
That is one of the driving forces that allows weak humans to survive through numerous crises.
『It’s quite admirable that you imitate me.』
The blue dragon’s beaky eyes turn to the human standing behind it.
A being who called him here, and although it was only a moment, if you really want to be specific, he can be called a master.
For his sake, he had to block the attack of a rather remarkable man who imitated him.
Because the malice and murderous intent surrounding the man’s entire body was directed at him.
The blue dragon lightly opens its mouth and exhales.
Phew!
The breath, which contains a lot of brain-attribute magic within the body, is fired towards Jincheon, who advances without hesitation.
Don’t fall in!
After seeing his breath flashing with an eerie dark blue electric current, he hurriedly flies away.
But it was too late.
He tried his best to escape, but before he could, one of his arms was eaten by his breath.
“Kaaaaak!”
A painful scream echoes throughout the mountain.
The pain of my arm falling off was bearable.
But what happened after that was a problem.
The tiny electric current attached to the breath that burned the arm without a trace penetrated into the rough cut section, causing terrible pain.
“Huh, oh, oh… !”
Jincheon exhales while holding on to his shoulder, which has not produced even a drop of blood due to being scorched by electricity.
I felt as if my strong spirit would fall apart due to the terrible pain I was experiencing for the first time in my life.
After barely surviving this, his gaze turns to Kim Do-jin and the magic he unleashed.
‘What about that magic…? .’
A mere magic emanates a tremendous sense of intimidation.
I wonder if it would feel like that if the blue dragon in folk tales or myths were real.
When I looked at it carefully, I began to doubt whether it was really magic.
How can it be that the magically shaped eyes are staring directly at me?
“Ugh…”
Jincheon stumbles and gets up.
The exact answer cannot be found unless the other person directly tells you.
All you can do is think of it as a hidden move from your opponent.
‘Nothing changes.’
Whether you know its identity or not.
Because there is no other option other than killing Kim Do-jin with all my might.
Take a new posture.
“Four gods martial arts.”
A posture with a straight hand lightly extended in front of the chest and the center of gravity lowered as much as possible.
“White tiger stance.”
The second martial art modeled after the Four Gods of Death.
The power of the White Tiger that protects the West is iron.
A method of using a sword to cut, stab, and withstand the opponent’s attacks with a hardened body.
I unfold my five intentions straight away without measuring anything.
Sasinmu White Tiger Stance Ohui.
“White tiger sword dance… !”
Hundreds and thousands of sharp energies poured out from the sword cavity covered with the blade of the hand.
Seeing this, the blue dragon’s thick eyebrows twitch.
『You’re arrogant.』
A mere human trying to imitate not one, but all four Shinigami.
To even dare to point a knife at the real self with the power of imitation.
The blue dragon’s mouth opens again.
It was time to breathe out once again and erase the opponent without a trace.
“Over there?”
Kim Do-jin, who was quietly observing the situation behind Cheongryong, opened his mouth.
The gaze of the blue dragon that was about to fire its breath turns towards him.
『What?』
A vein rises on his temple, which is hidden by his hair.
‘Why are all these guys so dishonest?’
The same goes for the Ego Sword, the same goes for Zeus, and the same goes for the Blue Dragon.
Won, why is his neck so stiff when he barely appears in the real world thanks to his own power?
However, this feeling was not revealed outwardly.
“That… “If he gets hit by the breath he’s shooting now, he’ll die?”
『So.』
So, what’s wrong, you son of a bitch?
“… Please save me.”
The blue dragon’s eyebrows, which had been raised closely, tilted slightly downward.
『Why? This guy must be your enemy.』
“You can’t just kill them because they are enemies. “Because I have to dig up information.”
Even if Hexagram is a great organization, there is no way that a person who is an apostle of jealousy is an ordinary organization member who knows nothing.
‘Probably an executive or higher.’
If I can make that mouth open, I will be able to acquire information about the hexagram that has been shrouded in mystery until now.
Wow! Empty!
Even though the sharp blade is pounding on his body, the blue dragon’s head, which was fixating its gaze on Kim Do-jin, slightly nods.
『I will try to control my strength as much as possible.』
Ambiguous answer.
But for the blue dragon, this was the best.
It was difficult to guess how much the person in front of me would have to shoot to survive.
Don’t humans also know how much they have to step on ants to avoid dying and only injuring themselves?
To the blue dragon, humans were like that.
Of course, this does not mean that humans are viewed as beings like ants, but at least the difference in power was stark.
This is even the first time the blue dragon has used its power directly.
It was not easy to control the size of the force.
He did his best to reduce the size of his breathing.
But it was still big.
Enough to immerse a person from head to toe.
Reducing the size was limited to this point.
The remaining number is to subtract as much as possible from the power contained in the breath itself.
Patsutsutsu-!
The breath, controlling the force as much as possible, pours out through the blue dragon’s snout.
Quaaaaa!
Hundreds of blades flying in succession collide with the breath and disappear for a moment.
Jincheon’s body, which had been dancing while constantly swinging his arms, becomes stiff.
“Ha.”
Must be avoided.
Even though I knew that in my head, my feet didn’t move.
Even my steps became stiff due to the miserable feeling that was rising like water.
Low-level jealousy toward the other person boils over.
I feel like my entire life has been denied to me by this guy who has only lived half of my life.
At the same time, I feel ashamed.
Even though I hate myself for being consumed by base jealousy, I shift the blame to the other person.
‘It’s because of that guy.’
Kim Do-jin lives with everything I don’t have and never had.
I think if only that guy hadn’t existed, I wouldn’t have felt this jealousy.
Every time he blames his mistakes on others rather than himself, he gains power.
He moved faster than ever before and grabbed the opponent’s heart with stronger force.
And took it away.
Some of the opponent’s abilities.
“Sanctuary of Jealousy.”
A new line is drawn within Kim Do-jin’s territory.
A line as red as blood.
The power gained from being chosen as an apostle of ‘Invidia’, the goddess of jealousy, awakens.
Pop!
Her entire body she turns red, and her muscles swell.
Another strength rises within the body of her.
A power that comes from base jealousy, which is different from magical power.
“Whoa… !”
With a body twice as large, I take a new stance toward the breath rushing through the air.
The final will that can only be attempted when one possesses the power of jealousy.
Blue Dragon, White Tiger, Suzaku, Hyeonmu.
When the energy of the Four Gods Beast surrounds one body, the five brilliant colors mix together and the brilliant golden light creates the shape of a dragon that is different from the blue dragon.
North, south, east and west.
The head of the Four Gods, symbolizing the center that does not belong anywhere, and the ordinal number.
Yellow dragon.
The sacred golden dragon’s energy and scales are overlaid on his body.
Death God Beast Yellow Dragon Stance Oui.
Hwangryongtu (黃龍鬪衣).
The blue dragon’s breath pours down on the head of Jincheon, whose entire body is covered in gold from head to toe.
“Sigh… !”
Kwaaaaa-!
Push your shoulders in.
A tug of war begins with the blue dragon’s breath trying to somehow penetrate the golden energy.
“Keuuuuu… !”
It was terrible.
Even if you draw out the best hand you can play, it is only on par with one magic.
‘That’s why we can’t lose even more.’
If I were to lose like this, it would be like having my life completely denied.
“I am…, Survive until the end.”
I didn’t forget.
Beyond the iron bars.
The oath I made when I ran away from the dark and damp land where not a ray of light penetrates.
“You’re dead… !”
I move forward, embracing the incoming breath with open arms.
“I survive!”
Is it an oath?
Or is it a struggle?
Or is it a blind will that be possessed by a curse and transcends even human limitations?
Jincheon, who was surrounded by golden auspicious energy, began to push out his breath.
No.
“Aaaaa!!”
Kwazijic!
I broke it.
No matter how much strength he exerted, he directly destroyed the blue dragon’s energy with a mere human body!
『This guy… !』
Angry blue dragon.
However, his words were not conveyed to Jincheon.
As he is not connected to the soul, all he hears is the roar of the beast.
Jincheon kicks the ground and quickly passes by the angry blue dragon.
There is no need to struggle with magic.
If you kill the person who cast the magic, the magic bound to it will naturally disappear.
“Kimdojiiiiin!”
He cries out and runs straight towards Kim Do-jin.
Kim Do-jin saw it.
Big and small cracks drawn here and there in the golden energy surrounding Jincheon.
It’s probably because I overdidly faced the blue dragon’s breath head-on.
“Hmm.”
I thought about it for a while.
‘Why did I do such a foolish thing?’
I was curious about that.
Even if it wasn’t possible to completely avoid it, there would have been a much better choice than blocking it head on.
‘Why bother?’
It was a while to think that way.
‘Thank you to me, well.’
There was nothing bad about him, no, it was actually a good thing.
This is an opportunity to easily defeat an opponent that would have been extremely difficult if faced with head-on.
After thinking, he draws his sword.
The tip of the sword, gently dug in, pierces golden energy.
To be exact, the starting point of the crack that spread due to the blue dragon’s breath.
Just as a solid wall is over once there is a hole in it, the same goes for energy.
No matter how solid and thick it was, its reputation was over the moment it had hatch marks engraved on it.
Like right now.
Pakang!
Perseoseok!
The energy that has solidified into the form of golden energy and clings to the body falls off.
The shabby appearance of Jincheon soon appears.
He lunges at me with a body with prominent veins, as if there are any side effects from using his power.
“Die… La… !”
A flying blow.
It was extremely slow.
The moment the golden energy was stripped away, all that was left of him was a shabby shell.
Kim Do-jin’s sword swings again.
You can’t take a life.
So, it was time to cut out the muscles of the arms and legs to take away freedom of movement.
“Where!”
Suddenly, he rushed towards Kim Do-jin’s sword.
Kim Do-jin puts his sword back in embarrassment at the attitude as if he is trying to stab him to death.
That was it.
Hehe… ! “You got caught.”
Jincheon’s final move, prepared to die.
I already expected it.
No, I took a gamble.
Rather than killing him, he would capture him and try to steal information from him.
The result was as expected.
The last move he made to survive worked well, and a golden opportunity came to him.
A chance to get rid of the culprit who gave me the worst feeling of disgust in my life.
Golden energy is added to the fist that is thrown out.
The last handful that was left until the end rushes toward Kim Do-jin.
“It’s over… !”
Confident of victory, his fist touched Kim Do-jin’s body for the first time in this battle.
Poop!
A simple hitting sound.
But the power contained within it was terrifying.
Enough to turn the entire human body into mush.
Originally, this fist should have hit his chest and crushed his heart beyond recognition.
That was the original plan, but it went wrong.
Thanks to Kim Do-jin’s amazing reflexes, he barely managed to twist his body.
What was touched was not the chest, but the right side area.
It wasn’t that I gained nothing at all.
Because organs that are just as important as the chest are located inside the side.
Sure enough.
“Cough… !”
A handful of blood pours out along with Kim Do-jin’s cough.
It was clear that there had been significant damage to the body, as it was dark red rather than bright red.
‘If you miss this time, it’s over.’
This is your only chance.
If you don’t end the opponent’s life, you will die.
In order to secure victory, I tried to raise my fist again, this time with the golden energy still intact, to drive it into her chest.
Slurp
Churp!
A chill ran down my spine.
There was something unidentified that I had never experienced before, something darker, more humid, and more cloudy than the dungeon I was trapped in.
Churrup-
Quad!
“Kaaaaak-!”
With a strange chewing sound, he ate the arm that was stuck in Kim Do-jin’s side.
Jincheon lost even his last remaining arm.
His eyes turn to Kim Do-jin’s side, where he felt a strange energy a little while ago.
‘Well, there is something.’
I realized it too late.
Not anywhere else, but inside Kim Do-jin’s body.
‘There is a monster.’
There is an indescribable fear lurking.
Kim Do-jin raised his head, licking the blood from the corner of his mouth with his tongue, and spoke in a dry voice.
“I’m hungry.”
Give me food.
