Sand Mage of the Burnt Desert - Chapter 343



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Episode 343

“You came to see me?”

“Yes! To be exact, I came here to ask for your cooperation.”

“Cooperation… …. Cooperation for what?”

“From now on, there will be a lot of knights coming and going from Sinchon.”

“That’s not such a pleasant story.”

“Oh, don’t misunderstand. This time I’m not coming here to preach.”

It was Yohan who tried to take control of Shinchon while Zeon was away. Even if that wasn’t the case, Zeon didn’t trust the human being called Yohan.

“You don’t proselytize? Are you asking me to believe that?”

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t believe it. There’s no reason for you to believe it. I just wanted to let you know. That’s how things turned out.”

“That is truly a one-sided notification.”

“I know it must be upsetting enough for you. I understand. But there’s nothing you can do about it.”

The smile on John’s lips deepened.

“Are you saying that you will continue to send the knights to Sinchon even if I object?”

“For the time being… … .”

“What is the reason?”

“You don’t need to know the reason.”

“Then I can’t cooperate either.”

Zeon responded coldly.

John’s eyes turned cold at Zeon’s unexpected words.

“I don’t think you understand, what I’m saying isn’t a request or anything.”

“If I refuse, are you saying you will start a war?”

“There’s no way I can’t do it.”

“That’s interesting.”

“It won’t be fun if you take my words lightly.”

“Then let’s do it, war!”

Zeon provoked John.

John glared at Zeon with frightening eyes.

There was a tremendous amount of hostility and murderous intent swirling in the small eyes behind the glasses.

It is full of the kind of energy that is commonly called madness.

Even with the maddening gaze that made the viewer’s spine tingle, Jeon was not at all intimidated.

“Many people in Sinchon will die.”

“More people will die in Dongdaemun.”

“Is it really necessary to go this far?”

“You were the one who crossed the line first and then notified me.”

“The price is high. Then it breaks.”

“Your neck will be cut off before mine is broken.”

“Good! Then let’s do this. We will ban the Paladins from operating in Sinchon. Instead, only ten laymen of the church will be allowed to operate here.”

“layman?”

“Yes! They are literally just ordinary believers. If you guarantee that they can operate in Shinchon, I will ban the entry of the Paladins.”

Zeon frowned.

He did not believe John’s words.

It is impossible for those sent by John to be ordinary laymen.

Perhaps they were the forces that John had secretly raised. However, if their entry was completely blocked, then he would have to go to war with the real Dongdaemun.

Even if there were only ten elites secretly raised by John, it would take a long time to gather information.

I had to be content with just buying the minimum amount of time to raise Jetoya.

“Okay. Instead, there are ten of you. I’ll give you exactly one month. If you stay in Sinchon for longer than that, I’ll kick you out myself.”

“good night.”

John answered willingly.

A smile appeared on his lips.

Because I achieved my desired goal.

In fact, he didn’t think that Zeon would let the knights operate freely in Sinchon.

The Zeon he had figured out was more annoying than anyone else.

It was a poisonous species that would never bend to a strong human.

It was unimaginable that such a person would allow the knights of Dongdaemun to run wild in Sinchon, which could be considered his territory.

So I deliberately provoked him.

First, he sent the priests and knights of the church to strongly provoke Zeon and then proposed a compromise.

As a result, Zeon accepted his offer.

Although the one month deadline was a bit concerning, it was still enough time to get the information.

Those he decided to send were definitely not ordinary believers.

Dark Saint.

Saints who protect the church from darkness.

It was Dongdaemun’s secret weapon, comparable to the Numbers of the City Hall or the Punishers of the North District.

John has kept the Dark Saints hidden until now.

It was literally a secret weapon, so it couldn’t be revealed.

The fact that he mobilized these people showed how important John thought this matter was.

‘We must secure the saint.’

It was the first time I heard the voice of God after establishing the church.

Originally he thought there was no God.

If God existed, the world wouldn’t have been this messed up. That’s why he called himself God.

Although he said he worshipped God, he thought that he was the god of the new world.

But he was wrong.

God exists.

What he heard was neither an illusion nor an illusion.

Such a sacred voice was not something that could be altered by anyone.

God exists in heaven, and he wanted to make his will known to the world through John.

The beginning was the saint.

With the saint, the church will grow explosively.

Zeon looked at Johan’s gloomy face silently.

He had some idea of ​​John’s intentions.

‘This will be a chance to find out just how much hidden power Dongdaemun has.’

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Chen Xi was the bearer of a very complex lineage.

My father was born to a Chinese grandfather and a Korean grandmother.

My mother was born to a Russian maternal grandfather and a Czech maternal grandmother.

The one born between the two was Chen Xi.

It was a bloodline that would have been considered very special before the Great Destruction.

It was not common for different bloodlines to come together like this to create such a beautiful creature.

As such, Chen Xi had a very mysteriously beautiful appearance.

Her unique beauty, which could not be hidden even by a nun’s habit, attracted the attention of many.

Although the appearance that draws attention wherever you go had many inconveniences, it also had many advantages.

The point is that everyone is kind to her.

There was not a single exception for men.

All the men answered her kindly, wanting to look good for her.

Thanks to this, she developed outstanding abilities in gathering information.

That’s why Chen Xi came to Sinchon.

Chen Xi was a member of the Dark Saints.

Because of her specialized ability to gather information, Yohan was the first to push her into Sinchon.

Even now, Chen Xi was gathering information by talking to a man.

“So you’re saying you didn’t see anyone particularly strange?”

“That’s right, Sister!”

“If you hear any strange stories or rumors in the future, could you please let me know?”

“Of course. If I hear such a story, I will be the first to run to the nun and tell her.”

“thank you.”

Chen Xi smiled faintly at the man’s answer.

It was too captivating a smile for an ordinary nun.

The man looked completely entranced by Chen Xi’s smile.

Chen Xi, who judged that there was no more information to be gained from him, turned around coldly. However, the man could not take his eyes off Chen Xi’s back until the very end.

Chen Xi’s expression turned cold as he felt the man’s gaze.

‘What a piece of trash… … .’

She forced herself to suppress her nausea.

It was torture for her to be looked at with such dirty desires. However, she somehow endured it, thinking that it was also a trial given to her by God and John.

What mattered to her was not the dirty man’s gaze.

It was to carry out the mission that John had given me.

Find the saint.

It was a mission that John had given her and the Dark Saints.

To this end, the Dark Saints were scattered throughout the slums and were gathering information from various directions.

But there has been no special news yet.

‘I wonder if I can get information about the saint in Sinchon?’

Chen Xi was honestly skeptical.

All districts are hostile to Dongdaemun, but among them, Sinchon is special.

It’s because of the existence of Xeon, but also because there was already a record of Dongdaemun almost being taken over.

Because of this, the people here were particularly hostile to the priests from Dongdaemun.

Since Chen Xi was the only one who could gather information by attracting men with her looks, everyone else was having a hard time.

I’ve been searching Shinchon for ten days now, but I haven’t found a single decent piece of information.

Because of that, the Dark Saints, including Chen Xi, were thinking that they should slowly withdraw from here.

“I wonder if there really is a saint on earth… … .”

Chen Xi’s eyes, which had been muttering absentmindedly, suddenly changed.

Because in her sight she could see the entrance to an underground sewer with thick iron bars.

“If it’s not above ground, then it must be underground.”

Suddenly, that thought occurred to me.

She knew it too.

That people live even in underground sewers.

People who have no land to live on and have dug underground.

Neo, I’m saying that there are people living the most miserable lives in Seoul.

Chen Xi approached the iron bars.

A terrible stench came out through the iron bars.

Just smelling it was enough to make me dizzy.

If Chen Xi were an ordinary person, he would have backed down at this point.

Unfortunately, she was no ordinary person.

For Chen Xi, a B-class Awakened who had received John’s baptism and had special abilities, this level of smell was no problem at all.

Chen Xi, on the other hand, felt a sense of mission.

“Yes! If not me, who else would enter such a dirty place? Isn’t it the natural for God to descend into the dirtiest and most dangerous places?”

Crunch!

When Chen Xi grabbed the lock on the iron bars and twisted it with his hand, it broke too easily.

Iron bars opening weakly.

Before going underground, she suddenly looked back.

“It’s strange. I definitely felt like I felt someone’s gaze.”

But no matter how wide I opened my eyes, there was no one. Still, it was strange, so I used my detection skill, but still, nothing was detected.

“Is this a mistake?”

Chen Xi muttered and walked towards the underground sewer.

Just as her figure completely disappeared into the darkness, something rose from a corner of the alley.

He was a Sand Soldier, a soldier made of sand.

The Sand Soldier stared blankly at the underground sewer that Chen Xi had entered, then returned to the sand.

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“You found it, after all.”

Zeon smiled bitterly.

He assigned a Sand Soldier to each Dark Saint who entered Sinchon and kept watch over them.

The Dark Saints never dreamed that Zeon would send Sand Soldiers to watch over them.

Thanks to this, Zeon could sit at home and watch their every move.

In this way, Zeon gathered information about the Dark Saints.

“A total of fifty people. They all received John’s baptism and operate in the shadows. They usually gather information, but they can turn into assassins at any time if John orders them to. Among them, the top ten are the ones to watch out for the most. The woman named Chen Shi, who just entered the underground sewer, is one of them.”

So I monitored her movements with extra care.

Even for Xeon, commanding the Sand Soldier remotely from home was quite a burden.

Because Sand Soldiers are literally soldiers created to fight, not sentinels with free will.

Because of that, Xeon had to expend more energy on the Sand Soldier attached to Chen Xi. However, the effect was certain.

Because it was confirmed that Chen Xi had entered the underground sewer.

“Should I decide now?”

Once she entered the underground sewers, it was not long before the identity of the saint John was seeking was revealed.

Jeon knew all too well what would happen if the saint fell into Dongdaemun’s hands.

Dongdaemun will definitely expand explosively by using the saintess.

If that happened, it was clear that the existing order would be shaken to its core.

That’s not what Xeon wanted.

Zeon had two choices.

One is to kill Chen Xi.

The second is to kill or hide Remura.

Both methods involved enormous risk.

That was when Zeon’s worries deepened.

Rattling!

Suddenly the door opened and Brielle’s voice was heard.

“We’re here, Zeon!”

Brielle, Levin, and Jetoya were confidently entering Bomudo.

The moment he saw the three people, Zeon made up his mind.

‘Dongdaemun… … I have to end it.’