Reincarnated Swordmaster - Chapter 919



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True empty hometown

A devil?!

At that moment, I remembered the memory of Zhuge Liang that I had inherited from before.

[ If you come completely under me, it won’t be that much of a loss…]

[Up until now, I have been considerate enough to leave your human shell alone because of the minimum requirement of the contract… but if I reincarnate you as a demon, I am sure… something amazing will come out of you.]

This was what Simon Magus said when he proposed negotiations with Zhuge Shi during the Battle of the World Tree. Simon Magus pretended to be generous in exchange for receiving Zhuge Shi’s soul, but in reality, he was filled with greed to create the strongest heavy horse with Zhuge Shi’s soul.

A crowd of demons was an artificial demon that a magician could create by adding all of his wisdom and skills. Of course, ordinary sorcerers or beginner magicians could never create one, and only corrupted beings who had colluded with the [Old Ruler] and were no longer human could create one.

In other words, only high-ranking magicians who could subvert the surroundings into an evil otherworldly world by just existing were given the minimum qualification to challenge. As such, the magical techniques and protections engraved on the middle horse were of an extremely high standard, and the middle horse was meant to act as the arms and legs of the magician who roamed the dimensions.

And the quality of the sage did not depend on the strength of the sage in life, but on the quality of the soul and talent. It was natural that the more noble and sacred the soul was corrupted in life, the more excellent the sage would be.

Also, because it is greatly affected by the level of talent, if a high-ranking magician like Jegalsa becomes the ally, a powerful ally that can cast the strongest nymph magic is born. This is because it is almost impossible for a high-ranking magician like Jegalsa to become the ally of someone else.

Ugh

I gritted my teeth. Are you saying that in order to protect this front, Zhuge Li abandoned his human soul and sold his soul to the Demon King, thereby becoming a demon?! That was certainly no different from saying that Zhuge Li suffered the worst pain and became corrupted.

“Fuck!!”

“Wait a minute.”

I tried to run away without realizing it, but Zhuge Liulong tied me up with his binding technique. When I was annoyed and shook off my yin yang power to free myself, Zhuge Liulong spoke with a sharp look in his eyes.

“If the current Jegalsa is a demon, what do you plan to do? Do you plan to persuade the demon to return the human’s heart?”

Stop

I flinched in place as I tried to follow the echo of teleportation. I slowly turned to look at Zhuge Liulong and asked.

“Are you saying we can’t even communicate?”

“No. The conversation is definitely possible. That horse has all of Jegal Sa’s reason and abilities. But in this case, the fact that he has reason is the worst.”

” What are you talking about.”

Zhuge Liulong sighed.

” … Phew. Have you ever thought that Zhuge Liang might truly be your enemy? Have you ever faced such a Zhuge Liang?”

” ……”

At that moment, I felt the hairs on my head stand on end.

Because just thinking about it was terrifying.

“Probably not. But if that were to happen, you would know better than anyone how terrifying a being Zhuge Liang would be.”

Zhuge Liulong continued speaking as if driving a wedge into the ground.

“I’ve been through a lot with you before. You know that, right?”

” … okay.”

It was during the World Tree War. Although Zhuge Liulong overwhelmed Zhuge Shi in terms of both military force and magical ability, Zhuge Shi finally achieved victory and sealed Zhuge Liulong. Zhuge Shi’s strange intellect and madness were beyond human comprehension.

“If you approached Zhuge Liang, how do you think he would treat you? Would he attack you out of the blue?”

I remained silent for a while and then slowly shook my head.

“No. You’ll pretend to regain your humanity and then hit me in the back of the head…”

“That’s right. And it can also add to the falsehood.”

” ……”

“The current Jegalsa is a monster with both brute force and intelligence… No, you could say he was a monster who was Jegalsa. It’s best to assume that he has no loyalty or favor towards you.”

“Shit.”

I thought I knew why Zhuge Liulong was reluctant to tell me the story of Zhuge Liang. No matter how cold-blooded and stern he was, he couldn’t have been okay when his own son suddenly died of illness and his own younger brother sold his soul. On the contrary, I could see that I was being indifferent.

And everything Zhuge Liulong said made sense.

‘Contacting Zhuge Liang now is suicidal. It’s better to think of Zhuge Liang as dead…’

As Zhuge Liulong said, if Zhuge Liang was using all his power and wisdom to act as the servant of Demon King Simon Magus, then there was no way to turn him back into a human. The only way would be to destroy Simon Magus and break his existence, thus breaking the contract itself, but even then, if Simon Magus was destroyed, there was a high possibility that the demons connected to him by soul would be destroyed along with him.

There is no longer any path to salvation. This is also the reason why Jegalsa tried to avoid selling his soul to Simon at all costs.

” ……”

In other words, it meant that Zhuge Li had thrown away his human dignity and devoted everything to this task. I already felt tears welling up in my eyes when I thought that two of my precious advisors and colleagues had sacrificed their lives for me. At the same time, I clenched my teeth in anger at my helplessness.

‘What a sight…!!’

All of this is because of the evil spirit.

If that evil spirit hadn’t suddenly invaded the earth, Mangryang and Jegalsa wouldn’t have died such miserable deaths. I felt a murderous desire to kill that dog-like bastard who would always appear as if he had been waiting for me to proceed with my previous life and make a fuss.

……?

Huh? Something feels strange… Why the scar?

At that moment, I felt a strange sense of discomfort. However, I couldn’t quite figure out what it was, so I was at a loss when Jegal Yu-ryong put his hand on my shoulder and said.

“It’s dangerous to stay any longer. Let’s go to Suhae now.”

“Okay, wait a minute.”

“If we get caught by the current Jegalsa, we’re finished here. Since he has the body of a portrait jinn, if you get caught by his magic spell, even you would die in one hit. Hurry.”

blow?!

I was confident that I could block most things with a shield of my psychic power, so I was shocked, but it seemed that Zhuge Liulong’s words were not a lie at all.

” … okay.”

I had no choice but to release my defenses with my yin jiao power and entrust my body to Zhuge Liulong. Then Zhuge Liulong used his teleportation magic and quickly returned to the main camp. The reason I didn’t use the boiling was because since it was a magical tool based on magical power, there was a risk of it being detected by the heavy horse that was sensitive to magical power.

Paat

We returned to Guangdong Province, briefly assisted the evacuation procession, and then went straight to the Seimei clan in the flood. After explaining the situation to Seimei, he sighed.

“Hmm… I didn’t know it would turn out this bad. Baek-woong, you will have to move forward only believing in the law of causality of Jeong-hyang until the end.”

“I know that much even without you saying it. More importantly… what’s the situation?”

Seimei answered my question.

“I am continuously suppressing the evil spirits of the flood in the Great Heavenly Infinite Heavenly God Formation. However, my strength is weakening and my magical power is gradually leaking out.”

The Great Heavenly Muryang Tenshinjin was the strongest yin-yang sealing jin created by Abe no Seimei, and it was the greatest yin-yang sealing jin of all time that completely suppressed the current flood. However, the fact that the Great Heavenly Muryang Tenshinjin was weakened seemed to be due to the aftereffects of Seimei handing over half of Amaterasu to me. I gritted my teeth and spoke.

” … Damn, if only there had been a new announcement.”

I knew it was a useless thought, but I couldn’t help but resent the absence of Shin Gongpyo. Shin Gongpyo had briefly participated in the Celestial War and then disappeared somewhere of his own accord. If Shin Gongpyo had helped us until the end, it would have been much easier to stop the evil spirits’ forces or steal the eggs from Geumodo, so it was a shame.

In fact, it was something I had never expected. Up until now, they had been on opposite sides of the Goocheonhyeonnyeo and had been following us, bickering with us, so I thought it would be the same this time. However, this time, there was no particular reason, and as soon as Shingongpyo confirmed that Goocheonhyeonnyeo had disappeared into the Mansinjeon, he disappeared without a sound. Once Shingongpyo was summoned, he had to be controlled by some means, but he didn’t have the luxury of doing so.

‘We should be thankful that they didn’t point a knife at us.’

As I was muttering because my mouth was bitter, Zhuge Liulong spoke.

“Let’s wait a moment. The salt emperor will come out soon.”

“Hmm…”

I decided to wait quietly in the flood. I was worried about the situation in the central plains, but for now, it was important to pass through the flood and go out into outer space. While I was waiting, I encountered several onmyoji of the Abeno clan, and their faces were all as pale as a ray of light. This must be because they also sensed that the world was facing destruction.

It was after waiting for just one day.

Hurrrurr –

A huge sun-like flame swayed and flew from the other side of the sky, rising above the flood. The flame slowly entered the flood and slowly began to spread its wings. Zhuge Liulong muttered as he watched the flame.

“He is the incarnation of the god sent by Emperor Yan Shennong.”

Kuuuuu

Kkiei-!!

The flames that spread their wings like a phoenix instantly turned everything into a blazing flame, as if they were overturning the living and dead seas. Because it was the flames of the salt emperor Shennong, the demons and the two tribes inside were annihilated without even being able to resist, and not even a trace of demonic dregs remained. Having instantly purified the living and dead seas, the phoenix entered the mouth of the sea, transformed into dozens of times its size, and began to breathe out a breath of flame.

Whoaah

It was when Shennong’s phoenix began to burn the demons of Iphae.

Wheeeeeeing

‘That’s it!’

While I was looking at the scene of the flood using the crystal ball in Seimei’s room, I was able to see a being that appeared with a strange sound and resonance. It was just like what I had seen in Musashi’s flashback, the faceless king of the flood slowly walking out of the abyss.

[Incarnation of Shennong… I want to know why you attack me.]

Whoosh whoosh!!

The phoenix changed from its bird form to that of a giant as if responding to the words of the King of the Sea. He was a giant wearing bronze armor and a horned helmet, and his skin seemed to be glowing red. He looked different from the other giants I had seen so far, and the giant responded to the words of the King of the Sea.

[ Shennong commands: Gatekeeper, get out of the way of the ‘outside’ and allow the divine being to pass.]

Swish

In the giant’s hand was a huge axe. The axe looked crude, but it held tremendous divine power.

[ ……]

The King of Water was silent for a moment, then said:

[I can step aside for you. But if you try to come out, I will block the door. That is the duty of the gatekeeper and I can never yield.]

[ In that case, my king will destroy you. Also, even I cannot handle it with your strength. ]

The giant seemed to calmly anticipate his victory, and the king of the waters did not quite deny it.

[ That may be so. But I also have a king… It is only the will of the one I serve that I fulfill my duty as a gatekeeper! I hope you know that it is not my own selfishness. ]

[ I see. ]

What does that conversation mean?

The giant who came as an incarnation of Shennong nodded and said.

[I have reported your intention to the King. I hope he will allow the one who was created to pass.]

[ I guess so. ]

It seemed that Shennong was going to send out an incarnation to negotiate with the King of Floods rather than directly descending to defeat him like before. It was somewhat disappointing, but from Shennong’s perspective, this was a much more efficient way to save his own strength.

Phew!!

” omg!”

At that moment, I suddenly felt myself teleported to the place where they were talking. I was safely watching the situation through the crystal ball in Seimei’s room, so what was happening?! However, I soon realized that the two giant beings in front of me had already noticed that I was secretly watching them, and had called me with their divine power.

[You are safe here.]

” 100 million.”

And the giant picked me up and placed me on his helmet. The giant was more than ten feet tall, so I felt like I was on top of a hill in no time. The giant said.

[I will now go to outer space. Please be advised that according to our agreement, I will be guarding you in outer space.]

” … Oh, yes… But what is your name…”

When I asked the question absentmindedly, the giant answered as he strode towards the final door.

[I am the Giant God King, the incarnation of Shennong.]