The Ruler Of Darkness - Chapter 644



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Episode 644

Chapter 19: Underground

Luoyang.

Inside the entrance to the underground waterway.

At one of the entrances and exits of the underground waterway that extends like a spider web underground.

“… … .”

A figure was looking at a brightly shining oil lamp.

But the light never illuminated the floor.

That hole, which looks like a gaping, black mouth, is like.

It seemed to lead to the deepest abyss of hell.

Gulp… .

The leader of the underground waterway patrol team of the Fairy Cult swallowed dry saliva and decided to cautiously back away from the entrance.

“… … .”

Normally.

He was a leader who roamed the area below with only one belief in the Yakseonyeo (medicine fairy).

Today’s underground waterway is clear.

I felt a strong sense of alienation somewhere.

[… Let’s step back for now.]

The squad leader slowly stepped back, sending a hand signal to the patrol team members.

however.

“… … ?”

anything.

He felt a strong resistance in his ankle as he tried to step back.

He illuminated his feet with the lantern he was holding.

“water…?”

It was water flowing rapidly, reflecting the light from the lamp on its surface.

“Chief, rain…!”

The member of the rear rank shouted.

“It’s suddenly raining outside…! It’s dangerous here…!”

“Rain…?”

The leader felt something was strange, but he pushed his crew members away.

“Get out of here as fast as you can…! Move…!”

The underground waterway also served as a drain for rainwater during rainy weather.

If you get swept away by the rain, you will be swept away to an unknown place.

“Don’t push…!”

“Grab them…! Pull each other…!”

The water barely reaching your ankles may not seem like much at first glance.

The current was strong enough to sweep away an average person without any problems.

“crazy…!”

The leader grabbed the crew members and pulled them towards him, and was shocked to see the water level rise past their calves and up to their thighs.

“Why is the water rising like this all of a sudden…?!”

should.

If they had not been a strictly selected patrol force from the Cult of the Fairies, it would have been impossible for them to survive in this rapid current.

“Eeeeek…!”

With all my might, I sucked.

The captain, who had pulled the last member out of the rapids, was out of breath.

I drank so much water in that short period of time that my stomach was bloated.

“How much rain is it, huh…?!”

The captain, who had raised his head toward the night sky, could not hold out for even a moment.

Heavy rain.

Literally.

It was because the rain was pouring down so hard that it seemed as if there was a hole in the sky, and I felt like I was going to drown without even being able to open my eyes.

“Oh my god, this is crazy…!”

A scream-like cry from a member of the crew was heard towards the leader who had lowered his head.

“person…!”

“… … ?!”

At that shout, the captain reflexively raised his lantern and illuminated the fast-flowing torrent.

“S-save me…!”

An old man was seen being swept away by the sudden rain, as if he had been swept away by lightning.

Gurrrrrrung…!

“Chief, it’s too dangerous…!”

“The current is too fast, and there’s a lot of floating debris…!”

The cries of the surrounding crew members to stop him could be heard through the thunder, but already.

“The danger is, X-Ral…!”

The captain had tied an emergency rope around his waist.

“We…!”

And before they could catch him, he jumped into the rapids with a shout.

“This is what the Underground Water Patrol is supposed to do…!”

It’s pouring rain.

As all rainwater flows into underground waterways.

If the poverty and suffering of the world gathers and submerges the lowest classes of people-.

“Surely, the infinite compassion of the Yakseonyeo…!”

He swam desperately toward the old man who had already passed him, reciting a prayer.

“most…!”

Where does this strength come from?

“From the dark and cold bottom, it will rise…!”

If you ask them, it’s not faith.

This could be called the innate altruism of human beings.

“Got them all…!”

The leader hugged the old man tightly.

The old man was lying down, perhaps unconscious from drinking too much water, but he was rather glad of it.

“Pull it!”

Heavy rain, thunder, torrential downpours.

Through all this noise.

Did your voice reach your crew members?

“Pull it…!”

“Euaaaaaaaaa…!”

“Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee…!”

I felt the rope pulling me hard.

“Yaaaah, ha…!”

The captain screamed in joy even as he felt the ropes binding him tightening as if they were squeezing his ribs.

but.

“Captain, be careful…!”

“… … ?!”

The danger of swimming against a strong current wasn’t just the current itself.

“floating matters…!”

It was only in an instant that something like a large wooden box filled my sight.

“Oh, my medicinal herb…!”

He turned toward the buoyant object, embracing the old man with a strong, hunched body.

Kkwaddeukduk…!

“… … ?!”

My body moved back and forth between above and below the water’s surface in the violent torrent that shook me with a tremendous noise.

but.

“thank you…!”

The last moment.

The huge floating objects collided with each other, and the debris that formed miraculously missed the stern.

“Thank you, Yakseonyeo…!”

and.

When he was pulled out of the water by his crew, he had in his arms not only the old man but also two children.

In the meantime, he saved two more lives.

“I did it…!”

“Eww…!”

“The mercy of the Yakseonyeo is infinite…!”

The cheers of the crew.

Right now, like this.

Even if he offered a hundred-day prayer of thanks to the herbalist, it would not be enough, but the leader shouted.

“We must move to a higher place immediately…! Right now…!”

He left the children in the care of his assistant and carried the elderly on his back, and his gaze habitually looked at the places they should go.

“… … ?!”

and.

Grrrrrrrrrr…!

The massive, bass-like sound of the columns supporting the slum houses twisting reached his ears.

“It’s collapsing…!”

The old pillars and other structures that had been eroded by the weight of the buildings that had been repeatedly built and expanded upon by the rapid currents that had formed in a short period of time were no longer able to withstand it.

that.

To those standing below, it appeared as if the huge tower was collapsing upon them.

“Everything, damage…!”

“Get out…! It’s collapsing…!”

Even as he shouted at the top of his lungs, the leader realized it.

There was no place to escape.

“… My medicinal herb.”

but.

This time, the herbalist is ignoring prayers.

Kwarrrrrrrrrrrrrr…!

He felt a strong impact on his head, accompanied by the sound of the heavens and earth collapsing, and lost consciousness.

* * *

“How foolish.”

The head of the Jegal family, Jegal Nam-gun, looked up into the empty space with his unfocused, bright yellow eyes, and the corners of his mouth twisted into a cruel smile.

“Do you think that false gods and vain beliefs will save you?”

Although the people clamored for her as a manifestation of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and Bhaisajyaguru.

Medicinal fairy.

The medicinal properties are-.

“A mere insignificant being has been given a name that is not befitting of his title…!”

He raised the ceremonial dagger he was holding high and thrust it down.

“Euuuuuuuuuuuu…!”

Another sacrifice that the ‘Resurrected One’ is holding onto.

My heart was pierced with those two eyes wide open.

“I can see it…!”

Unlike the people in the audience who turned their heads, Jegal Nam-gun burst into laughter filled with pure joy.

“Later. False beliefs will end along with the world, and the Great Black Buddha Mother will descend upon the earth-, um… ?!”

at that time.

It’s as if he saw something out of the corner of his eye.

His eyebrows twitched in discomfort.

* * *

“… … !”

“… … !”

anything.

Somewhere.

From far away, distant voices could be heard.

‘voice…?’

My consciousness became clearer.

The pain that felt like it was crushing my whole body helped me regain consciousness.

“…crawl!”

“There are people down there…!”

Gggggggg…!

My vision suddenly brightened, and heavy rain poured down on my face.

But the leader smiled.

It was because countless faces cheered at him along with the raindrops.

“Found it…!”

“Take it out carefully…! Be careful…!”

After a while.

Cheers echoed through the collapse scene.

“They both survived…!”

“It’s a miracle…!”

Even after the leader lost consciousness.

It was because he had embraced and protected the old man he had saved that even the old man was able to survive.

“Official soldiers…?”

He muttered as he looked at the people cheering around him.

“Yes, Captain…! These are the officers…!”

Checking on his condition, his crew shouted with a bright face, though soaking wet.

“They are the soldiers of the rescue team established by the Prophet…!”

“Relief team…!”

A few months ago.

There was a great fire in the Valley of Sins, which is now the Valley of the Holy Land.

The fire that could have burned down the entire Valley of Sin was somehow put out, but after that.

Prophet Yeon So-hyeon for the slums of Luoyang.

Together with Luoyang Governor Gong Ryang, a new system for responding to disasters was established.

And this relief unit here was one of those systems.

“We found another survivor here…!”

“Doctor…! Call the doctor over here…!”

“Hold up the support beam…!”

“Dig a furrow…! Secure a drainage ditch…!”

Soldiers clung to the ground like ants, digging and supporting the collapsed ground to rescue people.

As the collapse continued, it wasn’t just Jojang that was buried nearby.

“… My medicinal herb.”

Looking at that sight.

As the leader muttered like that.

“No, Captain.”

Suddenly, Jo Won tapped his shoulder and chuckled.

“Isn’t it people who save people?”

“… … !”

It was said that this was what the herbalist Yaksoyu said while she was still alive.

The captain, whose eyes had been wide open, smiled broadly.

“Yes, saving people. People.”

* * *

“What a waste of time….”

Jegal Nam-gun looked up into the empty space and snorted.

“Faint hopes and feeble assistance will vanish like bubbles.”

* * *

Kururung…!

“vibration…?!”

“It’s collapsing again…?!”

Everyone raised their heads in the heavy rain and looked around at the ominous vibration.

Gurrrrrrung…!

“no…!”

First of all.

The source of the vibrations was discovered by the foreman who was closest to the entrance of the underground conduit.

“It’s a big deal…!”

He jumped up and screamed as he watched the water rise and fall.

“Everyone, get out of the entrance…!”

And no one could fail to see that huge, swelling pool of water.

“What is that…?!”

“Evacuate, evacuate-!”

but.

Before they could do anything, the huge bulge in the water suddenly disappeared as if it were a lie.

“Geeeeeeeeeeeee…!”

A black, oily darkness began to erupt, accompanied by eardrum-shaking roars.

“Ewwwwwwwww…!”

“Ghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…!”

They were rotting, drowned bodies, like nightmares.

Dozens, hundreds of blown-up corpses were crawling, running, writhing, and twisting as they poured out from under the water.

“Eww… ?!”

“Gyaaaaaaah…!”

The screams of survivors echoed.

* * *

The main hall of the Luoyang Sword Family.

“Flooding is occurring rapidly, especially in low-lying slums…!”

“Oh, they say the blown-up dead are coming up from the underground waterway…!”

The Gajujeon is the center of not only administration but also exhibitions.

Important information was pouring in nonstop from each department.

“The dead…?”

The reporter quickly nodded in response to the question from the former chairman of the Supreme Council and the person known as the Sword Lord.

“That’s right…! The dead are coming back from the underground and attacking the living…!”

“Has this information been verified again?”

“Well, right now, due to the simultaneous and serial situations, our information network is overloaded and verification is difficult…!”

The slums were strategically the least valuable, and naturally had limited available troops and support from the surrounding area.

The enemy was aiming precisely at that place.

The evil spirit inspector general Gwan-gu Seon-wi looked back at Yeon-seon-hyeon.

“Mr. Chairman.”

“… … .”

There was no response from Yeonseonhyeon even after the district office called.

He was constantly checking the incoming messages.

“Mr. Chairman-.”

“-It’s okay, Your Majesty.”

Again.

Yeon So-hyeon interrupted the words of the Chief Inspector General who was trying to call Yeon So-hyeon, and Yeon So-hyeon spoke while constantly checking the pouring in notes.

“Because Luoyang is not a place that can be affected by a mere blown-up corpse.”

“But, Mr. Chairman.”

Amid the noisy reports filling the room, the Chief of the Inspectorate of the Inspectorate expressed its concerns.

“If it is true that the lion moves, it is not the physical strength that is the problem, but the morale-.”

“-It’s okay.”

In the short time it takes Yeon So-hyeon to move her gaze from the existing note to the new note.

He smiled at the Sword Master.

“There are many people out there who have already had similar experiences.”

“If you have had a similar experience….”

The Sword Master’s eyes widened as he realized what Yeon So-hyeon was talking about.

“Participants of the Battle of Sin Valley…!”

* * *

“Don’t back down…!”

The fear of the lions is about to spread like a plague to everyone.

The leader of the patrol team of the underground passage of the Fairy Order was the first to rush towards the lions.

“They’re just corpses…!”

Although.

All he was holding in his hand was a shovel he had picked up, and his body, which had fallen into the water and been crushed, was already close to a rag.

“I’ve fought these guys dozens of times in the Valley of Sin…!”

The leader at that time.

He was a veteran and survivor who had experienced being caught in an illusion that he could not escape from in the Valley of Sin.

“Eeeeeeeee…!”

He swung his shovel and roared, cutting off the lion’s head.

“You damn devil bastards…!”

Paaaaak…!

The lion’s head was blown off by the side of the shovel he swung.

“I’ve been waiting for you guys to come back…!”

And then.

“The devil…?”

“The devil’s cult…?”

Like a lie.

One, two.

Strength began to return to the hands of those holding shovels and pickaxes.

“Stop it…!”

“Push it into the water…!”

“Push it…!”

It was the beginning of a powerful resistance by mere believers and unarmed soldiers.