Chronicles of the Reincarnated Demon God - Chapter 388



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The reincarnation demon temple

Episode 388

The Fate of the Ruler

“Remember, if you make even the slightest mistake, your head will fall off.”

The monster growled strongly with his top open.

He is a top 10 expert and the absolute ruler of the world.

He couldn’t help but be sensitive to the fact that his weakness was so readily revealed to a junior who was much younger than him.

So it was natural to feel this kind of hostility… … .

‘It’s not like I’m anxious about showing my weakness. I just don’t like being in this situation, this person.’

It was clear that he was the type of person who couldn’t stand the fact that he needed help from someone.

Because he was a man born to be a ruler.

But the more it happened, the more I became convinced that I had to draw this person to my side.

If only he could pull out the beast trapped inside his chest, he would bare his teeth at the Bloodthirsty Gods who brought this humiliation upon him.

“Don’t worry. If I didn’t have the confidence to do it in the first place, I wouldn’t have come.”

I opened the mask wide and looked inside the handprint left on his chest.

Black, lumpy lumps were spread all over the place, like malignant tumors.

‘Each and every one of them is filled with divine power. On top of that, they’re all connected to each other by a spell, so if you try to forcibly remove one, it’ll cause a chain reaction. It’s such a troublesome trick.’

Each tumor was already engraved with a considerable amount of curse magic. If touched incorrectly, it could burst with a bang.

Even Mukai knows this fact well, so he wouldn’t have touched it carelessly.

‘In particular, the three tumors on top are spreading spores and reaching the upper abdomen. It looks like they were trying to make me a puppet.’

I tried poking the water with my index finger, and also looked closely at the changes.

The water was changing color every moment.

From black to red, from red to pink.

It was almost like a living creature, evidence that the curse was deeply rooted and at work.

But the biggest problem was that the place where the watermark was imprinted smelled like a rotting corpse.

In fact, necrosis was beginning to occur as the surrounding flesh began to decay.

Although he was pushing away the necrosis with a massive amount of internal energy, it was clear that if his concentration was disturbed even a little, the necrosis would affect his blood and energy, meridians, and even his internal organs.

Wouldn’t it be more correct to say that he’s dying?

There is only one person in the whole world who would use such evil tricks.

The six apostolic provinces are also in the salt flats.

“It must have been terribly painful. And the internal energy must have been consumed just as much. So the rumors that you were eating flesh and blood with the magic of the Absorbing Great Law were true?”

“Stop talking nonsense! Are you really seeing things properly just by opening your eyes like that?”

“That’s right. I’m done taking the pulse.”

Moogae looked at me with sharp eyes as I took a step back.

“So what about the treatment?”

“It seems like it will take quite some time-”

“Don’t let anyone in, is that what you’re saying?”

When I nodded quietly, Mukai snorted.

“Huh! Do you think there’s anyone in this castle who would have the guts to knock on my door without permission?”

“I guess not.”

Because everyone in Mujesung would be afraid to even make eye contact with him.

Suddenly, that thought occurred to me.

Wouldn’t this person be lonely at all?

In this place where everyone is just there to support him, there is no one he can openly confide in?

If he were to close his eyes right here and now without making a sound, wouldn’t it take at least a few days for the Untitled to notice?

Because I will be waiting anxiously for him to come out, thinking that the lord is being capricious again.

I wonder if that kind of life would be good… Well, I’m not sure.

If it were me, I think it would be so lonely and difficult.

But this person may regard it as fate, the natural destiny and right of the ruler.

“… … .”

“Do you have anything you want to say?”

The eyes are sharp.

“No. I was just thinking about how to solve that spell. Turn away.”

I shook my head lightly.

Yeah, there’s no reason to worry about this guy.

As you can see from the bald old man, each ruler will have their own firm opinion and definition.

The monster took off his upper body completely and placed it on the floor. Then, a strong back like armor appeared.

Looking at his muscles, which were so tightly packed that it made you wonder if he really was the body of an old man nearing ninety, you could clearly see that he was an absolute being and a warrior who symbolized an era before he was a ruler.

“Then let’s begin.”

Without even waiting for an answer, I spread my right hand wide and placed the cradle near his neck.

Paaaaah… … !

I slowly pushed my inner energy in.

Wince!

No matter how pure the Ma-ryong-gi was, it was still magic. Since he had learned the inner energy method of the Jeong-pa, it was natural for him to rebel.

However, Moogae suppressed his mind method while taking deep breaths. If there was any resistance here, both of them would be finished.

“To briefly explain the treatment method, this curse can never be cleanly cut out like cutting off a boil with a knife. This is because some of the curses are already deeply rooted in the dantian.”

“then?”

“So, we’ll leave the water in there for now, but we’ll replace the curses inside with different ones one by one, and then we’ll nullify the entire curse.”

“Okay, now stop whining and get started!”

For a moment, I had a strong urge to just hit this eccentric old man on the back of the head.

I was trying to say that the existing curse will be replaced with my curse, but there’s no need to worry, so this is the reaction.

Wow, I think I’ll plant a really annoying curse.

“… … .”

Of course, if I did that, the old man would notice right away and fight back.

Slowly moving the dragon’s spear, he quietly reached the water spirit realm as if he was the energy of the Great Heavenly Heart Technique.

The spell was certainly well-designed and difficult to break, but that doesn’t mean it was impossible.

Because I just had to pick out the critical parts of that spell and replace them with something similar but completely ineffective.

Passus… … !

As the first curse was cast, a wisp of smoke spread out beyond the skin.

‘First of all, one thing has been achieved.’

The upper body of the monster trembled slightly and then calmed down again. The sweat that had been beading on his back flowed down again.

I don’t know, but maybe I felt another kind of pain while that spell was being replaced.

Each of those spells was so deeply ingrained in my soul that replacing them would have felt like cutting away at my flesh with a knife without anesthesia.

And yet, the fact that he didn’t even groan once showed how full of evil he was.

But I’m sure he’s also feeling a thrill of joy.

Because he must have intuitively realized that one of the pains that had been tormenting his body and mind had been relieved.

“… … .”

“… … .”

I tried to do it one by one like that, and succeeded.

Before I knew it, the curse called the Reverse Blood Race was changing into a completely different type of curse that I had designed.

Every time I looked at the body of the old monster trembling, I felt a strange feeling.

‘When I first saw you, you looked like a giant. Was you this small?’

Why, isn’t it common to see them in ordinary rural villages? Old people with such eccentric personalities that they don’t even seek out their friends, family, or relatives.

He cries out loud that he doesn’t need any help, but in reality, he needs a friend to scratch his itchy back when he goes to sleep at night… … .

The thought that crossed my mind as I looked at him before I treated him overlapped with the thought that made me see Moogae exactly like that.

I also felt a little bit of pity.

‘If I think about it, most of the teenage masters I’ve met so far have been similar.’

They were known to the world as absolute beings who commanded the world, but inside, they all had unspeakable pain. In the end, they were all human.

“You must have a lot of grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Have you ever taken a bath with them?”

“What are you trying to say?”

A heavy, sunken voice flowed out from between his clenched lips.

It was a silent warning not to talk nonsense because it was hard to endure the pain.

Well, I’m not the type of person who would care about something like that.

“Don’t old people have a peculiar smell as they get older? That’s why they need to wash more often and more thoroughly. If you take off the hair every now and then, it’s good for blood circulation. But it seems that Your Majesty doesn’t wash often. Or you don’t look after yourself thoroughly.”

“If you’re going to engage in useless small talk, shut up and focus on what I’m saying!”

“So, sometimes when you have young grandchildren, ask them to scrub their backs while you bathe with them. How badly must you have done it for this to happen?”

“Are you telling me to reveal my weaknesses in such a shameless manner? To this Namgung Jincheon?”

“What a disgusting sight. Who would look upon the world’s greatest Lord Mujeseong like that? And what’s wrong with showing such a behavior to your young grandchildren?”

“You are so good at talking weakly, even though you are a man. There are more than a few lynxes that are always looking for me when I am weak. Should I hand over my neck to them?”

“They are not lynxes. They are your blood relatives.”

“That’s a lynx! Where is there a lynx more precious than a blood relative?”

The danjeon of the Martial Arts Academy, which had been quiet until now, began to shake.

The waves began to swell as if the once calm ocean was about to stir up a storm.

“This is the castle I built! This is the palace I created! There is nothing I can give to the leopards who only seek the things I have made shine!”

What kind of mind does this person have who calls his children and grandchildren, who inherited his blood, tigers?

The image of the monster was slowly revealed through the gaps in the wide-open field of vision.

In the desolate field, he was fiddling with the sword stuck in the ground countless times.

His eyes, which looked young, seemed to be oozing with even more venom than before, but he also seemed to have a hint of sadness in them.

Now that I think about it, I’ve heard it before.

Just like Amjeon, who was born in a collateral line but rose to the position of head of the family solely through his abilities, Moogye also became the head of the Namgung family despite being an illegitimate child with almost no right to succession.

However, the difference between Dark Zone and Moogye is that, unlike Dark Zone who ascended relatively peacefully, Moogye massacred all of his brothers and cousins ​​and sat on a chair soaked in blood.

Perhaps the extreme distrust of blood relatives was caused by such a past history.

But paradoxically, having so many children and grandchildren may be an unconscious result of the longing for a harmonious family that they never had.

I could sense that temperament in the voice that came out of this small body.

“You tried to hand over all that you had built up to me today, when you were meeting me for the first time. How contradictory.”

“You’re not an animal. At least you can understand what I’m saying. Why? Have you changed your mind even now?”

“No way. And I didn’t tell you to vent your anger. I just told you to take a bath together, chat, and listen to the kids’ worries.”

“I have no such intention, so don’t talk nonsense.”

“You’re going to stink until you get to the grave.”

“… Do you want to die?”

Fit.

I couldn’t help but let out a small laugh as I watched the growling monster.

I can’t tell who’s a beast and who’s a human.

“I don’t want to do that since I almost died once and survived. Okay, that’s enough.”

“What? Already?”

I got up from my seat, patting his back lightly.

Moogae looked at me with a face of disbelief, then lowered his head again.

The number of people with the reverse bloodline was slowly fading and disappearing.

“!”

“Even if it seems like trivial small talk, time flies when you chatter like this. And in the process, the worries you were struggling with alone disappear as if they were nothing. Just like now.”

“… … .”

“How are you feeling?”

Moogae smiled briefly as if he was about to say something, then closed his eyes and began to mobilize his internal energy.

That moment.

Pfft pfft pfft!!

A brilliant flash of lightning shot up from his body, filling the room.

“… Very good.”

Certainly his energy seemed much better than before.

But strangely enough, a variety of emotions crossed his face.