The World of Sound - Chapter 205
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205
“Everyone, please step back.”
When Cheonhwa arrived at the Martial Arts Alliance, a meeting to discuss countermeasures was in full swing, but upon hearing the news of his arrival, the current leader of the Martial Arts Alliance, Bukgung Yeon, immediately dismissed everyone.
Although the rough instructions had already been completed, the most important thing was that Cheonhwa had returned.
“What the heck is going on? There are some weird guys walking around.”
“Was there anyone who attacked Gagake too?”
“Uh. It wasn’t anything special, but it was a bit unusual. It was like… … .”
“It was like a monster, wasn’t it?”
“Yeah, that’s right. It doesn’t look human. It looks like a human, though.”
As soon as he met her, Cheonhwa got straight to the point instead of asking how she was doing.
Even though they had been apart for a while, it had only been three months, and it wasn’t something that would make them feel awkward just because they had been apart for that short while, so instead of being upset, Bukgungyeon made a serious expression when she heard those words.
As expected, she knew.
That some strange guys have appeared.
“But it must have been a human-shaped thing. You weren’t hurt, were you? Were you bitten or scratched anywhere…?”
“No. There’s no way those guys could reach it.”
“Thank goodness. And be careful. It’s unlikely that Gaga will be attacked by those types of people, but if they scratch or bite you, you might turn into a monster like them. Those who have learned the martial arts of the Jeongjong lineage may resist or be indifferent, but there are those who lose themselves after being attacked by those much weaker than them.”
So, it started with a warning.
He warned Cheonhwa about the extremely strange, dangerous, and unique aspects of the monsters that have recently appeared.
I don’t think that will happen, but if Cheonhwa were to become infected with a monster, it would be a disaster.
“It seems there are some that don’t appear human?”
“That’s right. There are some who are neither human nor beast. It’s really… … It’s hard to explain. Their appearances are all things I’ve never seen before, and apart from their physical strength, they use strange abilities that work on even the best. That’s why they’re really troublesome. If they’re openly active, you can just send in the best to take them down, but there are many who hide and do things, and because of their unique abilities, even the most skilled ones have a hard time or even get defeated. It would be better if you sent in the best or higher level ones, but the number is limited, and if the best ones get defeated or fall for them, it’s really a headache.”
“Are there a lot of guys like that?”
“They first appeared in the Central Plains about two months ago. At that time, they were such a small number that I thought they were just strange rumors, but after that, related news started to increase, and recently, they have grown very rapidly. They are even openly active. In addition, some of them have even formed a force… … .”
“… … Even the power? That’s a pain in the ass.”
As Bukgungyeon continued to explain, his face was filled with fatigue.
It really seemed like these freaks were giving me a lot of trouble.
Well, if all that was true, it would make sense.
Even the vampires that had just attacked him had reached the peak of their martial arts skills, aside from their special abilities.
If such guys were active and had gained power, it would have been a significant problem even if the Murim Alliance was still intact.
Moreover, isn’t the status of the Murim Alliance now incomparable to that of the past?
It was far from recovering its former glory, and even without the attacks of monsters and such, it was fortunate that it had not already become uncontrollable, as these guys had appeared in large numbers at a time when it was already difficult to handle.
That means Bukgungyeon was good at guiding and controlling others.
“So, where the hell did they come from? Has anything been investigated?”
“That… would you like to hear from the first discoverer? I heard he had something to give you.”
“First discoverer?”
“Come in.”
However, it is difficult to do anything about those that have already spread.
There was no way to know how many there were, and it seemed like they were continuing to grow, so the Central Plains martial arts world, which had already exhausted much of its strength, had no choice but to steadily eliminate them and hold out.
But it doesn’t end there.
You can only be manipulated by them.
So what was important was where they came from. Where did they come from and how did they appear?
And what’s behind it?
So, since it was something that could only end if something that was the root of it was removed, when Cheonhwa asked, Bukgungyeon brought the people he had prepared in advance into the room.
Since he could already sense a familiar presence outside, Cheonhwa greeted them without being surprised, even though he was puzzled.
“You’re here? You’re really fast!”
“Hmm. What weird thing did those two do to make them jump out of there again?”
“What a strange thing, brother. We are innocent. We just happened to find it by chance, really by chance, and reported it to our lord.”
They were none other than the King and the Salgwi.
After parting ways at the King’s house, they were the first to discover this incident, having kept a low profile until the battle with Cheonma broke out, saying that they had something to do together.
I was a little suspicious that he had been doing something strange when I found out, but the bastard waved his hands and denied it as if it was unfair.
“So where is it? There.”
“That is, it is a hundred thousand years old, but… … .”
“Hundred Man-Dae Mountain? That’s where the Demonic Cult’s headquarters is?”
But as I heard, Cheonhwa’s prediction was not wrong.
The first place they discovered the monsters was Cheonghae Castle, the headquarters of the Demonic Cult, and Sipmandaesan Mountain.
Considering the timing, it seems that they were trying to sneak into the Sipmandaesan Mountains and rob the empty houses while the main forces of Cheonma and the Demonic Cult were invading the Central Plains.
In the process, I discovered those strange beings.
“Then are they guys created by the Demonic Cult?”
In the meantime, burglarizing an empty house? It was quite absurd that he would do something like that even though he was a king, but I put it aside for now. That’s not what’s important right now.
“That didn’t seem to be the case. When we arrived at the Ten Thousand-Year Mountain, the monsters were already slaughtering the cultists. Of course, it’s possible that they were test subjects that had been released during research, but there were too many for that to be the case. And there was no one to deal with them properly.”
If it had started in the Demonic Cult, it would have been easy to see it as something that was being studied and experimented on according to some great law, but Salgwi’s opinion was different.
Judging by the numbers and the response of the Demonic Cult, it didn’t seem to be the case.
It’s hard to be sure, but if those two agree, then the credibility is pretty high.
Because they are called the King of Fighters and the King of Salgwi.
Cheonhwa thinks the two are a bit stupid, but at least their sense and insight are worthy of being considered the best in the Central Plains.
“Did you get attacked by the devil too?”
“At first glance, it seemed that way.”
“Then what were they after?”
“Well… is this it?”
The one who heard Cheonhwa ask again was the King of Tou.
If that’s the case, there must be a reason why those monsters are targeting the Demonic Cult.
When I asked what it might be, since it obviously wasn’t Cheonma who had left his seat, the king took something out.
“that…….”
It was a small glass.
The moment he saw the unique wine glass that gave off a soft, dark glow, Cheonhwa was able to recognize its identity.
“Holy Grail?”
The Holy Grail, which, in their words, contains the flame of the Holy Spirit.
In the Central Plains, it was a treasure of the Demonic Cult and a sacred item of the cult leader that could infuse others with the power of the spirit of fire called Ma-hwa.
The two kings and the slayers stole it from the Sipmandaesan Mountain during the confusion.
Of course, that’s not all.
“I guess so. Take it, this guy already paid the price.”
However, the king simply handed over what he had worked so hard to steal to Cheonhwa. Although Bukgungyeon paid for it first, it would be normal if it could not be priced. The reason he handed it over so easily was probably because he had no idea how to use it, and it was an item that could not be sold to anyone else.
“The Holy Grail… … Good.”
Cheonhwa, who accepted it, immediately aroused the power of incarnation.
By sending out waves, he gauged the power and abilities of the Holy Grail and connected with the great fire spirit sleeping within it.
So I made it completely mine.
‘I guess I can use this.’
At first, I thought about absorbing the power and destroying the Holy Grail, but I changed my mind.
Because I thought this could be used as a musical instrument.
It is filled with the energy of the spirit and contains mysterious powers that can control it, so it would be a waste to destroy it.
Of course, if the Demonic Cult knew about it, they would do whatever it took to retrieve it, but if it was in their hands, it was safe.
Let those guys come at me as much as they want.
That’s why Cheonhwa took it into her arms.
It was in the same context that he still had the Asura statue that he had recovered after killing Cheonma and Namgung Cheonmyeong without destroying it.
At first, he thought about destroying it, but it was also his father’s heirloom, and more than anything, the strange waves emitted by the Asura statue were something he could study.
“But maybe not. It seemed like that was the only thing it was after, but it didn’t chase after them so fiercely. Instead, it tried to eat people.”
“Hmm?”
At that time, the king of the two presented a different opinion.
It seemed like they had found the Holy Grail, but it wasn’t that desperate.
It would have been strange if there had been no grudge against the Demonic Cult.
There is no need to invade and massacre them.
So I even thought that maybe it was something Namgung Cheonmyeong had prepared to swallow up Jungwon and Sipmandaesan at the same time, but nothing was confirmed.
Because in the process of organizing the Namgung family, I thoroughly looked into the things he had prepared, but there was no information that came out.
“Is it even possible that it is the work of the Demonic Cult?”
“That may be true. But the damage was too great. What can we do to take such risks? We evacuated them for now, and accepted them as refugees in the Central Plains by the leader’s decision, but we are keeping a close watch, so if there is anything, it will be revealed soon.”
So, I went back to the beginning and thought that maybe it was the devil’s trick, but the king was negative.
The damage was too great to think that way.
Enough for the demon cultists to leave the Shimandaesan Mountains and take refuge in the Central Plains.
They were basically close to fanatics, so they couldn’t be absorbed and accepted as the Central Plains people in an instant, and although they were being collected and managed separately, most of them had not learned proper martial arts or magic.
They say there is no problem because they have thoroughly verified it and are also continuously monitoring it, but then they go around and around and go back to square one.
Where do they come from?
“There is one thing I have found out, however. Judging from their testimonies and the direction from which the monsters appeared, it seems to be south of Cheonghae.”
“If it’s to the south… … is it the chief?”
The king first pointed to the chief.
As if they came from a dry desert region, many of the monsters had sand particles flying from their bodies.
Then there was only one thing to think about.
“Podalrap Palace?”
Podalrap Palace.
He was one of the three external palaces and was less visible in the central plains than the other external palaces.
The methods and martial arts they used were known to be strange, so while it was somewhat true, it was forbidden to be too certain.
Because if you’re not careful, you could end up turning even the Podalrap Palace into an enemy.
“I don’t know about that.”
“It’s so far.”
Moreover, it was a very long way to the west gate where the Podalap Palace was located, so it was difficult to do anything right away.
While it is certainly important to address the root of the problem, it is important to first put out the fire at our feet.
“Okay. Once you’ve sorted everything out, you’ll find something. So what’s the most urgent thing? I’ll help you. There’s something I want to check.”
Cheonhwa readily offered to help Bukgungyeon.
Normally, I wouldn’t care what happened to Jungwon, but the current leader was Bukgungyeon, and since they dared to attack me first, and now that I’ve dealt with them, there are things I want to check out.
“First of all, they’re vampires. They’re turning humans into monsters through blood sucking. They’re powerful in and of themselves, but the damage they cause is huge because the experts who are hit by them turn into vampires again and attack us. They’ve just turned into monsters, but they think like humans. The problem is that they’ve formed a force and taken over a village, making it their territory. There are also those who turn people into beasts, but their numbers are still small, and they’re not as intelligent or collective as vampires.”
“They’re funny guys. So, how are you dealing with them?”
“For now, Majin Daehyeop is working hard. The vampires’ fangs won’t penetrate him. His abilities are also bizarre, so he won’t die from even minor wounds, but he will die if his neck is cut or his heart is burst. However, if he gets bitten by mistake, he can’t avoid being turned into a vampire unless he has learned the Jeongjong-type martial arts, so he’s having a hard time because there aren’t many people who can fight him. If he’s awake, he might not know, but when he’s asleep, he sneaks in. Even though he can learn demonic arts by choice, this is something that’s forced upon him the moment he gets bitten… … .”
What Bukgungyeon had pointed out was a group of vampires.
They are strong, but they are also extremely difficult to deal with. Even the warriors of the Margin, Bulga, and Taoist factions were unable to deal with them easily.
It is said that they are not turned into vampires thanks to the internal energy unique to the Jeongjong lineage, but their weapons themselves are strong, and even they are having a hard time because once they are bitten, they suffer a terrible pain and a blow similar to an internal injury, requiring recovery.
“Let’s start with those guys first.”
However, even after hearing about such adverse conditions, Cheonhwa remained calm.
Whether it’s a vampire or something, just wipe it out before it bites you.
As a human, he needs to sleep, but experts are aware of their senses even while sleeping, and a person of that level can easily last a month without sleeping.
It wouldn’t even take that much time to clean those guys up in the first place.
In this way, Cheonhwa’s path after breaking free from the lockdown was decided.
When he heard about the location of the village they were settling in, he immediately deployed his lightness and flew there.
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