novelThe Transcendental Beings (6)
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Someone was looking at me.
Bae Suzy, suddenly had that thought.
Although she looked around, she could not find anyone who was secretly watching her.
'What's going on?'
Bae Suzy's sensory perception was on a different level than others since she was little. Even recognized by Muyoung, those advanced senses had saved Bae Suzy's life several times.
Especially after she had obtained the 'Lineage of Light' from the Sky library, that power has increased.
When she had briefly borrowed Muyoung's power in the past, she had felt as if she had become a god. That sensation still remained inside Bae Suzy.
And the power, which has reached its maximum level, was telling her.
That she must trust her senses.
'Who is it?'
She was curious. She was curious as to who would be watching her in secrecy in a frenzied situation like this.
Above all, she felt no presence of hostility from her senses.
Rather, she felt a sense of affection.
Affection, hmm.
'Let's find this person. '
Feeling that she couldn't lose the person like this, Bae Suzy quickly utilized a flying skill.
She was confident when it came to speed.
It was not an exaggeration to say that no one has ever escaped from Bae Suzy's pursuit.
Her maximum speed was near super-sonic level.
However, the one she chased with her senses hid himself even faster.
She went to the top of the cathedral, but found no one.
'There is a trace of teleportation magic. '
However, using magic alone couldn't escape her. This opponent was underestimating Bae Suzy.
After having had assimilated with Muyoung, Bae Suzy's sensory perceptions have already reached beyond anyone's imagination.
It was like when the King of Fighting Wang had mastered everything about the 'Mystery Moon' sect.
The word genius wasn't even good enough to describe Bae Suzy.
As a result, she was able to use the sight that could see the traces of magic, and the movements of the magic power.
"Whoever you are, won't it be fun playing hide and seek with me?"
Bae Suzy, too, became unyielding.
To turn back at this point wasn't like Bae Suzy at all.
Bae Suzy's creed was finish what was started. Behind such a character stood Muyoung, but to her credit, Bae Suzy was able to come this far without giving up.
Bae Suzy chased after the scent of mana.
And when she was about to reach the source of the scent, the target disappeared again.
Bae Suzy was impressed as the situation repeated several times.
'A powerful sorcerer. His spell casting time is close to 0. '
It was a well known fact that it takes a while to initiate teleportation magic for an ordinary sorcerer. Or that there was a limitation as to how many times it could be initiated.
These limitations did not seem to apply to the sorcerer that she was after.
Hm, they said the great sorcerer Merlin has come to the great city, has he come here?
Although she might have been tired, Bae Suzy did not quit.
'Getting interesting. '
It was becoming interesting for her
It was as if she had traveled back in time to her childhood.
There was some sense of having fun just like when she had run around with her childhood friends.
The opponent also seemed to be keeping pace with Bae Suzy, as well.
The hide and seek continued until the sun was setting.
Perhaps, impressed by the tenacity, at some point in time, the pattern of magic has changed.
Bae Suzy tilted her head.
"Now, that running away isn't working, he has decided to entice me?"
The width and length of the entire territory of Mulalan might have been covered in this game of hide and seek. Then all of a sudden, he was moving underground. Knowing fully that Bae Suzy was after him.
It dared Bae Suzy to approach.
Although it was a provocation, Bae Suzy felt like she was being enticed.
Perhaps it was because she had eaten sweets earlier, that she decided to be entertained.
Shaw
The Underground Sewers.
Bae Suzy ran on top of the flowing water.
She had, long ago, mastered the level of flying skill which allowed her to not fall into the water.
Even though she was able to run in the air, she didn't need to be flying around in such a limited space.
How long has it been since she has been moving in that fashion?
'Someone is here. '
She felt a presence.
The cross junction of the underground sewers.
There was someone on the other side of the wall.
It was the moment that she could finally see the end of, after almost half a day of the game of hide and seek.
Bae Suzy approached cautiously. As the unknown opponent was an incredible sorcerer, she could not let her guard down.
Having come into a certain range, she quickly stopped.
A man, wearing a black robe over his body, was standing at the cross junction.
And as soon as she saw the person, Bae Suzy shook all over.
The eyes that appeared to be like the Apollyon.
She couldn't have forgotten it.
"You are..."
"Leave Mulalan."
A low voice rumbled inside of Bae Suzy's ears. She was certain that it was the lich that was with Muyoung.
"Why are you here?"
"You need not know."
Didn't need to know?
And immediately telling her to leave didn't seem fair.
Above all, why hadn't he just left Bae Suzy high and dry.
'With the skills that this lich had, he could have escaped from my chase a hundred times over. '
No matter how advanced Bae Suzy's flying skill was, it was no match for the lich who had once battled against the demon king Enroth.
Come to think of it, a strange memory lingered on.
That day.
The day when she had assimilated with Muyoung, and faced Enroth.
Bae Suzy was captured, and finally lost her consciousness.
However, under a very blurry vision, she remembered seeing the lich who was before her.
Whether it was real or not wasn't certain though...
But, his affectionate eyes, for some reason, remained in her memory.
And it was the same this time around.
If, indeed, it was the lich who was watching her with affection, and who played hide and seek as if he wanted to play with her then why?
*****
"No."
Bae Suzy shook her head.
"I wasn't sure before, but now I am. Why did you save me? I had no value after being captured by Enroth. That was, no value in saving me by risking yourself. Was I not a bother?"
In fact, the lich had treated Bae Suzy as a burden. Yet, he saved Bae Suzy at the end.
Choosing to self destruct, he separated Enroth from Bae Suzy.
His gaze on Bae Suzy, for some reason, seemed urgent, sentimental, and longing.
Bae Suzy hasn't even once forgotten that gaze even now.
"Who are you?"
"I'm a ghost. My master's shadow. You do not need to be involved in the matter at hand. My master would not want that either."
"Muyoung? He has never once told me to stop. Not even once."
Muyoung was an excuse. When danger struck, facing it head on was who Muyoung was.
Muyoung was telling Bae Suzy to run?
Muyoung wasn't someone who would talk that way without any reasonable explanation.
In one word... It was an excuse. The lich was making an excuse.
"It's been always that way since the beginning. Although I have never seen you, and that even you were a lich, my heart pounded. It wasn't affection, but certainly it was something close, or maybe even a higher emotion than that, and it surprised me. It was always that way, no matter how you treated me, or distanced yourself from me. Who are you?"
Bae Suzy had a very complicated expression on her face.
It was the one question that she could never shake off.
It would be easier if it was affection. Just affection, that was.
However, I wasn't. This pounding of her heart, it was a sense of longing, and poignancy.
Lich... Bae Seungmin was silent.
Wouldn't even he want to reveal himself?
Would he not want to say that 'You are my daughter'.
However, look at his appearance. There was no warmth in his body, he was dead! The ever so shabby looking self, without even a single piece of flesh on him!
"Leave. You... cannot stay in this war."
Bae Seungmin grabbed his staff.
Shwwwwing!
Sharp wind has blown towards Bae Suzy like sharp saw teeth.
She tried to dodge it, but her shoulder has been penetrated through at once.
Plop!
"Wait, wait..."
Bae Suzy could not continue her words. She fell, losing her consciousness. Bae Seungmin looked upon the fallen Bae Suzy.
To prevent small bugs or other things from even approaching close, he has established a barrier, and even placed several magic spells, so that Bae Suzy's body temperature would remain steady.
A month from now, Bae Suzy would be able to crack this barrier and come out of it herself.
"You... you have to live."
As he had incorporated very strong sleep spell, she won't be able to wake up for at least a month from now.
Bae Seungmin gazed on Bae Suzy for a while then turned away.
Much needed to be done.
It was exactly 3 days since Bae Seungmin had left.
Splash. Splash.
Someone approached with the sound of splashing water.
"What the heck, wasn't it here? No one is here?"
A small fairy, riding a black horse, said in an angry tone.
Heeeeinng!
"Black horse, this is the right place? But, it isn't here. Did you just lie to us?"
Heeeing!
"No? It's here? Well, as far as we can tell, um... there is one girl here, I see. And strangely, my dear husband's scent is here, too."
Sniff, sniff!
Woohee, the fairy, approached the established barrier sniffing like a dog.
Although shielded within the barrier, she was clearly visible to the eyes of the Hell Horse and Woohee.
Then looking at Bae Suzy who was inside the barrier, they tilted their heads.
"I smell the scent of my dear husband from this girl. Could it be... an affair?"
Woohee, pouting her lips, closely examined Bae Suzy.
Muyoung's scent was rather strong. It was so because Bae Suzy and Muyoung had once assimilated, but Woohee could not know that.
The reason even for the hell horse to have made a mistake was exactly because of that reason, too.
And Woohee has never met Bae Suzy before.
"Bah, my dear husband must have taken in a new woman when Woohee wasn't around."
Heeeing!
The Hell Horse laughed at her. Many women will follow strong man.
Even the Hell Horse, being called the king of the unicorns, spent time with hundreds of mares. However, no one ever complained. That was because the Hell Horse was the king there.
"What? Geez, all men are the same!"
Woohee crossed her arms while spitting out many of the familiar curses.
"Hey, black horse, let's take this girl, too. I'm going to question him, will it be her or Woohee."
Heeeing!
The Hell Horse tilted his head once again.
It would be simple to just kill her and leave the body there if she didn't like the girl.
However, Woohee didn't want to leave the girl who might, somehow, have some sort of relationship with Muyoung.
The hell horse thought that Woohee lived a complicated life.
* * *
There was an emergency.
Demon tribes have surrounded Gremory's temple where the Opposion forces have gathered.
They numbered close to ten million, but the tension level has reached the maximum point.
"Why is he here?"
"Is he going to break the non-aggression pact?"
That was such an opponent that showed up here.
The ground that he walked on was rotted and turned black. His breath was a fetid green, virulent with pestilence.
It was like he was indeed the personification of Death, the Grim Reaper, harvester of souls.
And countless number of monsters and undead lurked behind him.
The King of the Dead!
Why did the one of the four transcendental lords that ruled the north come here?
Even though there were five Demon Gods, the King of the Dead was no push over.
However, why was he here?
There was a plan of congregating the transcendental beings, but that was supposed to happen in the future. Bae Seungmin and Hansung, the Lord of Dragons were supposed to make it happen.
However, he came without anyone calling for him.
While leading the countless undead!
"O, King of the Dead, go back. Or you will regret it."
Murumuru, who was the most belligerent one, stepped forward.
However, the King of the Dead did not even glance at Murumuru.
His sight was only fixed at one person, Muyoung.
Muyoung creased his forehead. Although he wasn't sure that the bastard's intent was him, he couldn't figure out why he had shown up without even getting called upon.
However, the bastard was certainly calling for Muyoung.
Therefore, Muyoung stepped forward as the King of the Dead wanted him to do.
"You've some business with me."
"My god has led me to you."
An immediate response.
However, it was a surprise that the King of the Dead was a devout believer.
"Even a being like you follow a god?"
"I follow the same god you follow."
Muyoung follows a god?
It was the first time such thing was being said.
Muyoung does not have a blind faith in a god. In fact, he could be called the ultimate atheist.
Believed in god?
As Muyoung was feeling strange, the king of the dead continued.
"Artanius! The true mighty one of death who has blessed you."
Death Lord!
His true name was uttered from the lips of the dead.
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