Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 224

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

Chapter 224

Savior (5)

Tower of Babel.

The 4th floor administrator, Beldana, hardened her expression stiffly.

“…Beldana-nim.”

“I know. This place was a research institute created by the Committee, no, the Sima Society bastards. How dare they… commit such acts right under our noses all this time.”

When the Boss Room was first discovered, others rejoiced, but Beldana herself couldn’t.

It was only called a temple in name, but she had already noticed that all the important items had been looted.

Even the mobs that should naturally have occupied the Boss Room were nowhere to be seen properly.

‘From when I first came to the city, I had suspected that the Natives who should have been there had suddenly disappeared… but to think there was such a secret.’

Beldana’s eyes gleamed coldly as she looked at the bundle of documents in her hands.

―.

―.

Though traces of being hastily burned remained intact, it wasn’t difficult to discern the meaning.

A band symbolizing the absolute security grade among China’s official documents.

And the title attached below would surely contain the contents of what this research institute had been experimenting with.

According to a subordinate who could roughly speak Chinese, they meant ‘classified documents’ and ‘divine soldier manufacturing plan’ respectively.

So Beldana handed the documents to her subordinate and instructed:

“Select only the important documents here and store them secretly. We’ll begin analysis as soon as we return to the tower.”

“Yes. Understood.”

“We must make them pay the proper price for daring to mock us.”

Though most were written in Chinese making it impossible to grasp the exact contents,

just looking at the dates and photos in the journals made it easy to understand roughly what had happened.

‘They luckily captured a fallen Logos and conducted various experiments on it. They also experimented with injecting extracted misfortune into criminals and Mains.’

And the form of the Logos classified as a test subject was familiar to Beldana as well.

‘U.C.O…’

She could see it right away if she went out to the Palmyra Desert now.

“So this is why the Sima Society suddenly jumped into the front lines and went through all that trouble trying to capture U.C.O.?”

Probably by now, Colonel Gaius leading the 13th Legion would have noticed this fact too.

He would be furious.

And on the other hand, he would be greedy too.

“Is showing us this saying that if we want to eat the crumbs, we should also keep jumping into the united front…?”

And even Lee Hyeon’s purpose for bringing them to this temple.

‘How on earth did Jet know about this fact?’

Now Lee Hyeon’s existence truly felt frightening.

‘…Is he really the natural enemy of the Sima Society?’

She was angry about being deceived by the Sima Society all this time, but the reality of having no choice but to be dragged along as Lee Hyeon demanded was also irritating.

However,

‘Right now… I have no choice but to follow. At least for now…’

Beldana forcibly suppressed the rising anger,

and instead burned with fury toward the Sima Society.

Thinking she must definitely seize the information about U.C.O.

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“Senior, where exactly are we going now…”

“I’ll explain later, so just follow me for now. We don’t have time for that right now.”

“…”

[You have discovered a hidden room!]

[You have gained conquest merit points.]

…

[This is where Yarhibol’s sacred objects were stored.]

Kim Min-jeong was following Lee Hyeon through a secret space before she knew it.

From a secretly prepared room behind the altar to another hidden room. And from here, they continued moving to find yet another hidden room.

As a result, Kim Min-jeong was at the point of being confused whether the place she was in was a temple or a maze.

But it was difficult to casually speak to Lee Hyeon.

‘Since a little while ago… his eyes have been continuously glowing gold.’

Kim Min-jeong also vaguely knew.

That those two eyes transplanted from the deceased Moon Su-chan actually held some secret.

However,

this was the first time she had seen them emit such an intense light.

Even his left eye occasionally had deep blue light swirling around it…

‘Every time that happens, my mana circuit keeps overheating too. Senior’s left eye and my killing intent are resonating with each other.’

Kim Min-jeong pressed her lips tightly together.

‘And both senior’s eye light and my killing intent are all continuously heading in that direction.’

At the end of the deep corridor. Pitch-black darkness like an abyss was calling to the killing intent.

No, to be precise, the killing intent wanted to return in that direction.

Like salmon swimming upstream to find their hometown.

‘What exactly is the identity of the killing intent inheritance…’

An inheritance that was surely of a great demon king.

Would it really be okay to face him? Though she felt anxious, on the other hand, there was also a longing to meet him, receive formal recognition, and gain greater power.

“Are you anxious?”

Then suddenly Lee Hyeon asked a question out of the blue.

Lee Hyeon had stopped walking before she knew it.

‘This is the place.’

Kim Min-jeong swallowed dry saliva.

“…Well, a little?”

“If you want to go back even now, just say so.”

“After coming this far?”

“Thinking about it, I wonder if I’ve been pushing you too hard all this time. Before, I gave it to you thinking it would help you, but once we pass here, I won’t be able to do that anymore.”

“…”

“What will you do?”

Lee Hyeon glanced back at Kim Min-jeong.

Kim Min-jeong let out a light snort.

“Senior, you still don’t know me even after going through all that with me. This is a bit disappointing.”

“…?”

“No matter how much senior pushed me, do you think I would have followed if I didn’t like it?”

When Kim Min-jeong grumbled sourly, Lee Hyeon let out a hollow laugh.

“You’re right. I said something stupid.”

“It’s always like that, so whatever. It’s fine. I, being a generous junior, will let it slide.”

Pfft.

“Right. Thanks. Then… let’s go.”

Lee Hyeon let out a light chuckle as he stepped inside.

At that moment,

Faaaat!

Suddenly the darkness of the abyss expanded with a whoosh,

[Demon Slayer takes control of the entire space!]

[The Hidden Boss Room that was hidden beneath the temple reveals itself.]

It completely swallowed the space where Lee Hyeon and Kim Min-jeong were standing.

『You found your way here properly.』

And even the voice of a god that resonated thunderously through the void.

“…!!”

Kim Min-jeong, who had been acting confident until now, unconsciously screamed.

But it didn’t escape from her mouth.

No, she couldn’t.

Thump thump thump thump-

Her heart was beating even more frantically and rapidly.

Even her mana circuits were boiling.

[Warning! Core has overheated beyond its limit. Please leave this area.]

[Warning! Your legend is beginning to escape your control.]

[Warning! You have faced a holy being. Your mind is beginning to be corrupted by demonic energy. Hurry….]

[Warning! This place is….]

…

Kim Min-jeong’s retina was completely filled with red warning messages.

However,

『I thought you would get lost since the path here was complicated.』

“Didn’t you give me a good ‘eye’ as a gift? Thanks to that, I was able to find my way here without getting lost.”

The owner of Demon Slayer and Lee Hyeon continued their conversation without paying any attention to it.

Thud!

Kim Min-jeong unconsciously couldn’t withstand the pressure and collapsed to the ground.

It felt like her consciousness would fade at any moment.

The world was spinning round and round.

‘I have to… endure…!’

But Kim Min-jeong instinctively felt that if she fainted here, something she would regret would happen.

It seemed that… the owner of Demon Slayer was a much more incredible being than she had thought.

This was her first meeting with him.

She didn’t want to show an unsightly appearance.

[The myth ‘White Tiger Demon King’ looks at you with interested eyes!]

[The killing intent of the legend ‘The Story of Jang Hwa and Hong Ryeon’ transforms into Demon Slayer, gradually applying changes to your mana circuits.]

On one hand, Lee Hyeon, who was casually conversing with the owner of Demon Slayer, seemed amazing.

And….

『How truly insolent. You dare to forcibly take from me and then call it a gift?』

“Instead, didn’t I also bring a new gift for the Bull Demon King like this?”

『This is a gift?』

Somehow she got the feeling that the owner of Demon Slayer seemed extremely enraged, yet also seemed to find his conversation with Lee Hyeon interesting.

Thump thump thump thump thump-

The gaze of the owner of Demon Slayer, Oma King, was now looking directly at Kim Min-jeong instead of Lee Hyeon.

Demon Slayer boiled even more intensely. Her mind overheated.

Kim Min-jeong could barely manage to endure that gaze as if nailed in place.

『This is also the same as that ‘eye’. Without my permission, you recklessly took my demonic energy and legend and used them as you pleased, and now you intend to say this is for me?』

Two eyes opened wide in the sky that was like an abyss.

A gaze as massive as the sun and moon, spewing dark blue flames.

『Then since it’s unnecessary, take it back. A believer who can’t even properly digest a speck of my dust. What use would such a thing be?』

Kim Min-jeong wanted to shout that it wasn’t true.

To ask for a chance.

The moment she first faced the Bull Demon King, she realized with certainty.

‘I want to receive this person’s recognition.’

There wasn’t any other reason.

It could be because she wanted to become a reliable pillar of the team like Lee Hyeon, or it could be because she had grown close to Demon Slayer after being with it for so long.

She simply wanted to receive the Bull Demon King’s recognition and be reborn as a proper ranker.

However,

Words wouldn’t come out easily.

Craaack!!

The changes that started from her mana circuits were now spreading to her entire body.

But then….

“You’re not being honest.”

『Me?』

“If you don’t like the gift, couldn’t you just take back Demon Slayer?”

『….』

“But the fact that you don’t do that,”

Lee Hyeon curled up one corner of his mouth.

“Must be because you feel like watching a little longer, right?”

『…Trying to read an immortal’s mind so carelessly. How truly insolent.』

The Bull Demon King let out a light snort.

『But it’s not wrong either. I like children with grit. Though since she’s not a demon, I don’t know how useful she’ll be,』

The Bull Demon King’s two eyes, Honyosan, were now seeing through even Kim Min-jeong’s soul.

“Good. If you can continue to prove your usefulness to me, I might consider it a light gift worth accepting.”

Craaack!!

Kim Min-jeong’s body convulsed greatly.

Rip!

Hiss—

At the same time, skin and muscles split open with a crack.

Demonic energy leaked through the gaps and enveloped her.

[You have received recognition from a myth.]

The Bull Demon King had accepted her as a believer.

To be reborn as a complete apostle, she would need to prove her worth once more, but…

“I think that’s enough talk about the gift you gave me. Now, shall we discuss what we need to discuss?”

Lee Hyeon could glimpse fragments of various emotions in the Bull Demon King’s gaze as he looked at Kim Min-jeong for a moment.

After losing all his family to the Heavens,

this was a new bond formed by one who had chosen isolation while declaring severance even from his brothers.

Yet rather than rejecting it, the Bull Demon King chose to simply accept it.

‘As expected, my prediction was correct.’

Though he spoke of usefulness, Lee Hyeon wasn’t blind to the emotions contained in those eyes.

‘Affection.’

Whoosh!!

Lee Hyeon’s Golden Eyes of Truth opened wide.

‘The Bull Demon King still has affection left.’

The Bull Demon King was still longing for the past.

—Have you ever thought about this?

—Maybe big brother planted the demonic nature to help you.

Son Wukong’s words when comforting Jiaoma Wang came to mind.

—Looking at the results, because you were sealed deep in the ocean, other wolves couldn’t come after you.

—Besides, the seal wasn’t complete. Part of it was open, right?

—You could have broken out with your own power at any time.

The actions he thought were using Jiaoma Wang might actually have been to protect him…

‘Then, leaving Sata Wang free like that might actually be for Sata Wang’s sake, or there might be some other reason.’

Lee Hyeon’s Golden Eyes of Truth and Clear Thunder Eyes faced the Bull Demon King’s Honyaosan.

“Before we talk about your brother, there’s something I’d like to propose to the Bull Demon King first.”

“A proposal?”

The Bull Demon King narrowed his eyes, wondering what scheme this fellow was plotting now,

and his Honyaosan widened at Lee Hyeon’s next words.

“Even if it’s just a temporary alliance, would you consider joining hands with me?”

“…!?”

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