Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 196

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The Broken Ranker

 

Devours Myths

 

Chapter 196

 

Teeth of Dueokshin (6)

 

“This guy, why can’t I reach him again? What kind of meeting goes on this long…?”

 

Kim Min-jeong anxiously chewed her nails.

 

But there was still no response from the messenger app on her phone.

 

―Look what you’re doing.

 

―Haha

 

Only the increasingly infuriating messages kept catching her eye.

 

‘Of all people to get caught by… this guy…!’

 

Who would have known that someone who usually barely made it to work by afternoon would come out early in the morning?

 

This is why you shouldn’t have romantic encounters near the company.

 

The naive judgment that no one would be around in the morning had led to this terrible(?) result.

 

The problem was,

 

‘It’ll be fine, right? He really won’t tell Team Leader Im, right?’

 

This guy was currently in the middle of a meeting with Im Won-young.

 

From what she heard, it was about Z Team’s future development plans.

 

She was frustrated not knowing what topics might come up.

 

“Honey,”

 

Glare.

 

“The porcelain wallpaper is so pretty, Manager Kim. You must like going on museum tours?”

 

Eom Gi-seon, who had been sneakily gauging Kim Min-jeong’s mood, received a sharp look and started babbling nonsense.

 

“Focus on work, Assistant Manager Eom. When the team leader finishes his meeting with the deputy general manager later, we’ll have a full team meeting, won’t we? Hurry up and organize the preparation materials.”

 

“…Yes.”

 

The culprit who had pestered her to check out a new churros shop and caused this mess quietly deflated.

 

Kim Min-jeong momentarily wondered if she had been too authoritative, but shook her head vigorously.

 

After the previous Crevasse operation, the way the company and the entire industry looked at Z Team had changed dramatically.

 

From White Burn’s offspring,

 

To a promising team,

 

And now to the elite force that defeated Ping Xin.

 

Since they had also taken in many former Blue Thunder members, everyone’s attention was focused on their next move.

 

Everyone seemed to expect something dramatic.

 

However,

 

‘No. If anything, this is when we need to take a breather. Too much expectation could only overheat the team atmosphere.’

 

Kim Min-jeong thought differently.

 

She had already shared this sentiment with Oh Su-heon.

 

‘So our next destination should be a dungeon. Back to solving long-standing unsolved dungeons, which was Z Team’s original identity.’

 

After solving one or two dungeons, the overheated atmosphere would cool down considerably.

 

It wouldn’t be too late to show Z Team’s moves after that.

 

‘However, if there’s a problem… it’s the Sima Society’s movements.’

 

The Sima Society, a place recently known to anyone worth knowing in the industry.

 

Would Lee Hyeon really leave this alone?

 

‘Ultimately, it’s Senior Jang’s choice, but I hope he doesn’t run like a racehorse.’

 

Just as Kim Min-jeong’s worry deepened about whether Lee Hyeon might become blinded by revenge like four years ago,

 

“Congratulations.”

 

“…Excuse me?”

 

Kim Min-jeong looked up at the document folder that suddenly appeared in front of her monitor.

 

Im Won-young was grinning broadly while whispering softly.

 

“I heard you got a boyfriend?”

 

‘Jang Lee Hyeoooooon!!’

 

Her worry about Lee Hyeon instantly vanished into thin air.

 

“Ho, hohohoh… I’m not sure what you mean,”

 

“Team Leader Jang said you were caught red-handed in front of the churros shop.”

 

“…”

 

“Oh, right. He said it was a secret. Don’t worry. I’ll naturally keep secrets between us.”

 

“…”

 

“Let’s have a separate love consultation later, okay? Hohohoh. Oh right, please give this to Team Leader Jang when he comes. It’s urgent.”

 

Flames blazed in Kim Min-jeong’s eyes as she watched Im Won-young leave while humming.

 

‘Just you wait…!! Jang Lee Hyeon!!’

 

Eom Gi-seon bowed his head even lower, afraid of receiving glares.

 

Just then,

 

‘…This is.’

 

Kim Min-jeong belatedly saw the title written on the document folder and her expression grew serious.

 

―Middle East Front 4th Report.

 

―With the Sima Society’s destination identified as the Palmyra Desert, there are continuous eyewitness accounts of broken divine entities appearing near the desert, and upon confirmation…

 

―Similar to the case of Rabu from 【Primordial Dragon Tiamat’s Nest】 that occurred long ago in the South African Republic…

 

Issues that could never be taken lightly.

 

Especially when she discovered the content about showing similar patterns to the lesser god Rabu, all her previous thoughts flew away.

 

‘Could Chairman Peng’s goal be…?’

 

Kim Min-jeong erased all the content related to the upcoming meeting and began organizing a new plan.

 

It seemed that,

 

Z Team would have almost no time to rest, just like during the Blue Thunder days.

 

* * *

 

Meanwhile, at that moment.

 

Flower Fruit Mountain.

 

“Wukong!!”

 

Whoosh!

 

Roc King urgently spread his wings wide and approached.

 

He had rushed over after suddenly sensing Raphael’s energy trying to manifest on Flower Fruit Mountain.

 

“Where’s Bokhe?”

 

“His madness has worsened.”

 

“As expected. Is it because he sensed that bastard’s energy?”

 

Son Wukong frowned as he looked up at the sky.

 

A white light cutting the blue sky in half.

 

Though it was an enchanting sight like the Milky Way descending,

 

The demon kings present certainly didn’t feel that way.

 

[The divine society, 【Malakh】 has consumed a large amount of causality. Raphael attempts to descend.]

 

[Will you permit the descent?]

 

But this place is, strictly speaking, a sanctuary created by Son Wukong.

 

Or it could also be called a holy land.

 

Without his permission, there was absolutely no way Raphael could descend here.

 

So he could just drive them away like this, but…

 

“I’ll leave it to senior brother’s will.”

 

Zhu Bajie, who could be said to have the deepest relationship with 【Malakh】 here, bowed his head slightly.

 

“I’ve told you many things about 【Malakh】 just to serve as reference, so please make the decision, senior brother.”

 

Son Wukong pressed his lips tightly together and said nothing.

 

But then,

 

“I think it might be okay to meet them once, Great Sage.”

 

Lee Hyeon offered his opinion.

 

Son Wukong’s gaze naturally turned to him.

 

“Your reason?”

 

“I think we could at least hear what scheme they’re plotting. If they only spout nonsense we don’t like, we can just crack their heads open then, right?”

 

Lee Hyeon grinned wickedly as he slung the Teeth of Dueokshin over his shoulder.

 

Son Wukong laughed as if he found it absurd.

 

“Crazy bastard.”

 

“But I’m right, aren’t I?”

 

“That’s exactly why you’re crazy.”

 

Son Wukong shook his head and waved his hand dismissively.

 

[Descent has been permitted.]

 

[Raphael is descending!]

 

Flash!

 

The white light that had been cutting through the sky slowly widened.

 

It created the illusion of a massive door opening.

 

Angels with wings on their backs poured down in great numbers.

 

From seraphim with six pairs of wings to lower angels with just one or two pairs.

 

Especially the man with orange-colored hair in the center boasted the greatest dignity.

 

‘That person is Raphael.’

 

Lee Hyeon instinctively tightened his grip on the Teeth of Dueokshin.

 

‘But why… do I feel an even stronger sense of foreboding?’

 

Thud!

 

“It’s been a long time, Great Sage Equal to Heaven and his companions.”

 

Raphael struck the ground with his symbolic staff while wearing a faint smile.

 

He was carrying a large wooden box under one arm.

 

“Seeing how splendidly you’ve grown after overcoming so many trials and tribulations makes my heart feel proud.”

 

“The bastards who made us like this are saying such things. Did you come here to mock us?”

 

Son Wukong’s Golden Eyes of Truth flickered as if they would spew flames at any moment.

 

But Raphael only smiled calmly.

 

“How could that be? I’ve come purely as an envoy of peace. This is a gift from the Secretary-General as an apology for past events.”

 

“A gift?”

 

One corner of Lee Hyeon’s mouth twisted.

 

Roc King approached instead and received the box, opening the lid. Then his eyes widened.

 

“This is…!”

 

“It’s holy water containing the salt of wisdom specially made in Eden. Since it contains demonic knowledge, it should help with Jiaoma Wang’s treatment.”

 

Inside was a golden holy water vessel containing sacred water.

 

Lee Hyeon’s eyes widened slightly.

 

[Malakh’s Holy Water]

 

Holy water made by dissolving salt that grows preciously in only one area of the Garden of Eden. Since it was refined for a special target, it can have tremendous effects when consumed.

 

-Type: Recovery medicine. Potion.

 

-Origin: Ritual ‘Holy Water Prayer’

 

Even to Lee Hyeon’s eyes, it seemed like an extremely precious potion.

 

[Truth]

 

There was no lie whatsoever in Raphael’s words.

 

Which meant it was truly that valuable a treasure.

 

Indeed, the name Raphael meant ‘God’s medicine.’

 

An archangel who governed health and healing.

 

However,

 

[Ominous]

 

Unlike the Golden Eyes of Truth, my demonic senses kept warning me of danger.

 

Meanwhile,

 

Roc King carefully received the holy water vessel and looked at Son Wukong with wavering eyes.

 

“…Take it. It seems like it will help Bokhe.”

 

Roc King nodded and spread his wings wide as he flew high into the sky.

 

Whoosh!

 

Raphael glanced at the departing Roc King and said,

 

“Of course, that alone won’t be able to completely cure Jiaoma Wang’s madness. The demonic nature that Bull Demon King planted is so deep—”

 

“Thank you. I’ll make sure to remember those words.”

 

Son Wukong bowed his head slightly.

 

Raphael wore a faint smile.

 

“I heard that the Great Sage has changed greatly from his heavenly days, and indeed many things about you have changed. I remember you didn’t used to give such greetings in the old days.”

 

“It’s about my brother. Then and now, if I could save my brother, I’d crawl under even the Jade Emperor’s trouser legs.”

 

“Is that so? It seems we’ve been thinking wrongly about you in that regard. We apologize as well.”

 

Raphael bowed his head slightly, but Son Wukong’s eyes still blazed fiercely.

 

“More importantly, let’s hear what you’re thinking first. When did you try to bring me down, and now you’re pretending to be good and acting hypocritical?”

 

Son Wukong recalled Lee Hyeon’s words.

 

If they spouted nonsense, it wouldn’t be too late to crack their heads open then.

 

Those words also meant,

 

If they could use these people, they should use them by all means.

 

Hadn’t Zhu Bajie done the same?

 

What mattered was which side could provide immediate strength.

 

So,

 

Son Wukong wanted to hear whether 【Malakh】 could really help them, and if so, how sincere they were.

 

Depending on the need,

 

They could become allies who would block the heavenly movements that might intervene at any time.

 

“If you consider what we do as hypocrisy, we have nothing to say,”

 

Raphael continued speaking with a faint smile.

 

“At that time, it was work that fit the balance of the scales, and currently, this is work that fits the balance, so we’re doing this.”

 

“What you do is justice, so there’s no problem at all?”

 

“It’s not something we can say so definitively. Good and evil. Order and chaos. If the two weights of the scale lean to one side, only imbalance will come to the world.”

 

Son Wukong let out a scornful laugh with an incredulous tone.

 

“Then does that mean ‘we’ were pressing down too hard on one side back then?”

 

“You’re wrong.”

 

Raphael shook his head.

 

“What kind of word games are you—”

 

“Back then, it wasn’t ‘you all’ who pressed down on one side of the scale. It was ‘you.'”

 

Raphael’s calm gaze turned toward Son Wukong.

 

“Great Sage Equal to Heaven. You alone pressed down that weight.”

 

“…!!”

 

Son Wukong’s expression hardened.

 

Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing let out groans while nodding their heads. As if they understood those words.

 

And,

 

‘…The Great Sage alone was enough to break the balance? Enough to disturb the very balance of the Heavenly Realm?’

 

Lee Hyeon couldn’t shake the thought that the weight of the name ‘Great Sage Equal to Heaven’ was far more tremendous than he had imagined.

 

“You’re openly admitting you schemed to bring me down.”

 

“I cannot deny what actually happened.”

 

“Then there was no need to involve my other brothers, was there?”

 

“We never directly harmed your brothers. It was simply other societies who became frightened among themselves and decided to root out everything completely.”

 

“So you’re saying you bear no guilt in that? What a disgusting attitude.”

 

“If that’s how it appeared to you, I can only apologize. We simply carry out the duties given to us in silence.”

 

Lee Hyeon now felt he understood a bit about what kind of personalities Raphael and the angels had.

 

Mechanical and bureaucratic beings who lived solely for the goal of maintaining the balance of scales or whatever.

 

“But this time, the scale of evil has tipped further down. So, to place a weight on the opposite side, we chose you all. The Jade Emperor was the beginning.”

 

Zhu Bajie pressed his lips tightly together.

 

“Should I take this to mean you want to use us as a counterbalance?”

 

“Yes. Something like that. But it won’t be a bad proposal for you all, and for the Great Sage Equal to Heaven either. The opposite scale is a place you must inevitably face as well.”

 

“Where is that place?”

 

“Gehenna.”

 

At that moment, Raphael’s eyes sank deeply for the first time.

 

“The very place where your sworn brother, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven Bull Demon King, has entered.”

 

“…!?”

 

“And that Gehenna is now targeting Satawang, following Jiaoma Wang.”

 

“…!!”

 

“We Malakim should be able to block Gehenna’s interference. With this, we’d like to discuss the details. Since we’ve shown you our sincerity sufficiently, why don’t we have a conversation?”

 

Son Wukong pressed his lips tightly together. Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing let out groaning sounds.

 

Thud!

 

Raphael smiled the smile of a victor as he planted his staff again.

 

An arrogant tone asking if they could possibly not take their ‘hand’ after all this.

 

‘…So that was it.’

 

Lee Hyeon finally realized what the sense of discord he’d been feeling was from Raphael’s attitude.

 

‘Arrogance.’

 

Lee Hyeon’s eyes flashed coldly.

 

‘These beings are too arrogant. Raphael, and the Angel Legion too. Because of their sense of mission to protect world peace, they look down on all of us.’

 

It was a similar gaze to what the Jade Emperor had shown.

 

The eyes of a creator who governs the world.

 

Lee Hyeon hated those eyes.

 

However,

 

Whoosh!

 

Raphael spread his six pairs of wings wide.

 

At the same time, radiance spread outward.

 

Within that pressure,

 

“This is it. The reason why I’ve always thought your bullshit was fucking annoying.”

 

“What are you saying—”

 

Swooosh!!

 

Whooo—

 

In an instant, Raphael’s head was severed and flew up into the sky.

 

Traces as if it had been forcibly torn off.

 

White blood flowed down like a fountain.

 

“Those eyes of yours are too fucking annoying. I’ve dealt with plenty of bastards like you.”

 

Son Wukong’s golden eyes gleamed.

 

“Bastards who only think about stabbing you in the back always have those kinds of eyes.”

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