Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 230

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

Chapter 230

Immortal Project (1)

Whoooosh!

Desert sand scattered lightly, carried by the wind.

A B-52 reconnaissance squadron glided low over the horizon, casting shadows.

Hiss.

『Heat detection malfunction. Severe interference due to desert reflection layers.』

The co-pilot’s voice echoed in their ears.

『Visual confirmed. Descending.』

The pilot tilted the stick and slowly lowered altitude.

Below the tawny sea, a single sand dune was subtly raised.

As if the sand was trying to hide something beneath it, it repeatedly dipped and swelled slightly with the air currents.

『This must be it. It’s definitely too symmetrical for natural erosion.』

Their purpose was tactical reconnaissance before the bombing phase.

Since they could only launch airstrikes after identifying targets, this was to determine the exact location of enemies in advance.

『Heat reflection 0. Perfect concealment structure.』

The pilot suddenly adjusted the aircraft’s camera angle.

In the center of the screen.

Under camouflage netting the same color as the desert… something was happening.

『Oh no! It’s a Mob Giant!』

『Despair! It’s the Demon of Afflictions! Everyone get out of here!』

They had only set out to scout the surrounding area.

Since they weren’t properly armed, they couldn’t engage recklessly, but,

Crrrack!

The Mob Giant, which had already shown tremendous prowess on the Middle East Front, didn’t let go of its target here either.

The form of a massive monster made of hundreds and thousands of tangled mobs.

It pulled off its left arm and swung it wide toward the fleeing flight squadron.

Whoooosh!

The arm shattered into pieces in mid-air as it flew toward them. Hundreds of mobs either climbed onto the flight squadron or crashed down while destroying it.

『Mayday! Mayday! This is… bzzzzt… there’s a Demon of Afflictions… Sima Society’s base… bzzzzzzzt.』

Urgent distress calls were transmitted, but by then the mobs that had climbed onto the B-52 had already destroyed the controls and devoured the pilots.

Crrrrrash!!

Bang! Boom!

The flight squadron exploded all at once in the sky.

* * *

“…They finally discovered this place. What should we do?”

Despair.

Seo Yun-a, now better known by the nickname Demon of Afflictions among the Mains, came looking for Feng Jinghao.

Snip!

Snip!

Feng Jinghao was cutting the rotten orchid leaves with scissors when he slightly raised his head.

Flinch.

Seo Yun-a, meeting his eyes, involuntarily flinched.

‘His temperament… has changed again.’

Day by day, Feng Jinghao’s aura was becoming more fierce.

Now she wondered if this was really the Feng Jinghao she knew.

The orchid he had been carefully tending now had only a few leaves remaining in a modest state.

Whether it was because he had lost both eyes, or because his temperament had changed, she didn’t know,

but the orchid’s appearance seemed like watching themselves slowly dying in the desert.

“Didn’t we expect everything would be discovered eventually anyway?”

“…That’s true, but.”

“Logan, Lu Wucheng, Rudranath… When all those people gathered to catch this old man, the outcome was already decided. So don’t worry too much about it. Rather, it seems we should pay attention to something else.”

“…?”

“The 【Ancient Desert City】 was completely cleared a little while ago.”

“…!?”

Snip!

Feng Jinghao spoke while still cutting orchid leaves without looking at Seo Yun-a.

Seo Yun-a’s eyes widened.

“You mean!”

“Jet finally got his hands on the leash.”

“…!!”

“Hehe! What an amazing fellow. He dealt with Onma and even found the leash. I should have somehow brought that friend in four years ago… I was satisfied with a substitute and ended up driven to this point.”

“…”

“Why are you like that? Ah, if my expression was too harsh, please forgive me. I absolutely didn’t mean it that way.”

“No.”

Seo Yun-a quietly bowed her head.

Clack!

Feng Jinghao chuckled lightly and put down the scissors on the table.

“Since we’ve come this far anyway, there isn’t much we can do. Now prepare to make your move.”

“Are you finally bringing out the Immortal Army?”

A strange gleam flickered in Seo Yun-a’s eyes.

“We spent that much money preparing it, so we should bring it out soon.”

“Yes. Understood. I’ll prepare it.”

Seo Yun-a left the room with her head bowed. Until then, her expression remained unreadable.

Tsk.

Feng Jinghao quietly watched her retreating figure, then soon erased emotion from his face.

“Really… This is the problem when their heads get big. They don’t remember the kindness shown to them all this time, and only try to find their own way out first. This is why you shouldn’t carelessly take in black-haired beasts.”

[The Jade Emperor sneers that it’s quite amusing for you to bring up what he was going to say.]

The moment his soliloquy ended, a suddenly intense gaze was felt from behind Feng Jinghao.

A slightly sinister smile crossed Feng Jinghao’s lips.

“Have you come, Your Majesty?”

A posture like a subject receiving an emperor.

[The Jade Emperor presses you, asking when exactly the well preparation will be finished.]

“What’s the rush? It’s merely a wait of a few decades, and that time would be but an instant to Your Majesty.”

[The Jade Emperor stares at you silently.]

But Feng Jinghao only smiled leisurely.

“Though they took the leash from our side, the important research is already finished, isn’t it? Besides, the Bull Demon King has been targeting only Your Majesty all along.”

[The Jade Emperor maintains his silence.]

“So Son Wukong will inevitably be caught in the middle, swept up in the conflict between the Bull Demon King and Your Majesty. Son Wukong is… right at that moment,”

A bitter smile crossed Feng Jinghao’s lips.

“We can capture him. Since Your Majesty will personally intervene, surely there can be no failure?”

The goal that Feng Jinghao and the Jade Emperor had been targeting for so long was just one thing.

Only the live capture of Son Wukong.

This was because Son Wukong had some connection to the jade liquid.

Though the person himself seemed unaware of this fact.

“So please wait just a little longer. There isn’t much time left. Your Majesty will get Son Wukong, and I, as Your Majesty’s servant, will get the divine throne… We will both obtain what we desire.”

And Feng Jinghao hoped to escape from this utterly wretched body and gain immortality and eternal life.

His goal was to achieve transcendence, no, ascension that no human on the surface had ever enjoyed, becoming a human god.

And at that moment,

‘…I will become a true heavenly demon. A heavenly demon capable of dragging down all the Chief Deities, including Your Majesty, from their positions.’

The ambition he had never once revealed to the outside world in his entire life.

The dream he had kept firmly suppressed even while serving as Chairman of the Central Hero Committee… there wasn’t much time left now.

Of course, the Jade Emperor still seemed to doubt his oath of loyalty.

‘As expected, a Chief Deity is still a Chief Deity. He can peer into the threads of causality.’

[The Jade Emperor warns that the heavenly energy is gradually becoming disturbed.]

[The Jade Emperor reminds you not to forget that there is no more time to wait any longer.]

“Do you have something particular to say? In fact, it’s not only Your Majesty who lacks time. Please don’t forget that this worthless servant is no different.”

[The Jade Emperor clicks his tongue in displeasure, stamps his foot, and quietly disappears.]

Feng Jinghao only raised his head after a long while.

The face that had been close to that of a sycophant just moments before had now become that of a cunning hero hiding his ambitions.

“Seeing how the nagging is getting worse, it seems you’ve finally used up all the remaining well water?”

The jade liquid was the most important means for maintaining the Jade Emperor’s power.

That’s why, even when so much dissatisfaction arose from below, he could suppress it with force.

But now cracks were gradually forming in that means as well…

Feng Jinghao thought this was rather fortunate.

There wasn’t much time left to play the role of a watchdog he never wanted to be.

Everything was proceeding smoothly according to plan.

Clap!

With a light clap, a shadow stretched up beside him and took human form.

It was Chen Hao, Feng Jinghao’s bodyguard and shadow.

One of the four demons composing the Four Demons, better known by the nickname Death Demon.

“Did you call for me, Chairman?”

“Send word to ZARYA. Tell them it’s time to strike at Astra’s rear.”

ZARYA.

Its official name was Zveno Aktivnykh Reagiruyushchikh Yader, meaning ‘Supernatural Rapid Response Unit.’

An awakened special forces unit that, along with the Spetsnaz brigade, symbolized the Russian Federation Armed Forces’ Main Intelligence Directorate.

It was sometimes called the strongest alongside America’s Astra.

Currently, Feng Jinghao had left China and was in exile in Russia.

Russia had also long been interested in the Middle Eastern situation right under its chin, and was participating as a major player in the Middle East Front.

However, due to international surveillance, they had always limited themselves to intervening through proxy forces,

But now, led by the Sama Society’s activities, they were waiting nearby to jump in as direct players.

This was because,

The Russian President was deeply interested in the plan Feng Jinghao was pursuing.

—The Immortal Project.

There were quite a few dictators and upper-class figures currently interested in the project that Feng Jinghao called the ‘Immortality Plan.’

In that sense,

If ZARYA moved directly, the Middle East Front would become chaotic again.

Feng Jinghao planned to target exactly this opportunity.

“Order confirmed. I’ll relay it immediately.”

Swoosh—

Chen Hao quietly disappeared like that…

Feng Jinghao cut off the last remaining rotten leaf of the orchid.

Snap!

Now only one healthy one remained.

“Not much time left. Until I can sit on the divine throne…”

Feng Jinghao muttered in a low growl.

* * *

What greeted Lee Hyeon’s group after clearing the dungeon was Astra’s main force.

After defeating Anwei, the SOS rescue request sent as soon as the magic interference field disappeared had finally reached the encampment.

But he had expected only one or two people to be sent at most.

He never imagined so many people would come at once.

And…

‘He’s big.’

That was Lee Hyeon’s first thought upon seeing Logan Redsky.

He was really big.

So much so that no other thoughts came to mind.

A frame that seemed to be about 2 meters 20 centimeters tall.

Plus solid muscles that gleamed bronze.

But what Lee Hyeon thought was big wasn’t his physique, but his presence.

[Combat Sense (S+) detects the opponent’s temperament and sharpens all your sixth senses!]

[Sacred Relic: Thunder Eye Clarity attempts to see through the opponent’s inner nature.]

Flash!

Lightning briefly sparked around Lee Hyeon’s eyes, then turned deep blue as it gazed directly at Logan’s soul.

Then he felt a white wolf, easily over 5 meters in size, looking down at him from behind Logan.

Unlike Logan’s fierce temperament, it had a sacred dignity and solemnity.

It was definitely Wakan Tanka, the legendary spirit that had given Logan the nickname ‘Sacred Wolf.’

[Wakan Tanka looks at your ‘eyes’ that recognized him with curious eyes!]

[Wakan Tanka smiles warmly, saying you smell of the Mountain God.]

For a moment, the white wolf’s mouth seemed to curl up slightly.

A friendly gaze.

‘…He’s looking at the Tiger God’s Protection Charm. Did he read the Spear Ghost? What relationship does he have with the Mountain God?’

Lee Hyeon looked a bit surprised, when suddenly Logan strode forward.

He was more than a head taller than Lee Hyeon, who was over 180 centimeters.

“I’ll ask again. Are you Jet?”

A voice filled with intense magic power.

Under the overwhelming presence emanating from a being who had ascended to demigod status in a human body, Lee Hyeon swallowed dryly and nodded.

But then….

“That’s right, but what brings you,”

Whoosh!

“…!?”

Suddenly Logan pulled Lee Hyeon into a tight embrace.

“Thank you! Really, thank you! For saving our children like this!”

Only then did Lee Hyeon remember that Logan Redsky was a righteous and emotional person.

He had shed quite a few tears while looking at the victims’ corpses in the South African Republic too, hadn’t he?

Moreover, he was a godfather famous for personally raising and guiding awakened ones belonging to the US Military.

So his emotions seemed to have exploded even more.

However, if there was a problem,

‘I, I, I can’t breathe…!!’

Being tightly hugged by arms as thick as logs made him feel like his body was being crushed.

At this rate, he really seemed like he might suffocate(?), and just as he was about to ask if Logan could loosen his grip a bit,

“Even if it’s uncomfortable, just stay like this for a moment.”

Logan muttered quietly in a cold voice near Lee Hyeon’s ear.

In an instant, Lee Hyeon also snapped to attention as if cold water had been poured on him.

“Lu Wucheng and Rudranath are watching this place.”

“…!!”

Dojo Lu Wucheng.

The one who became the new chairman of the Central Hero Committee in place of Feng Jinghao had come here?

However,

What surprised Lee Hyeon was something else.

Rudranath.

It was because India’s top ranker, famous for his nickname ‘Son of Shiva’, was also here with him.

‘The Roc King… was originally detained on the Indian side at first.’

Lee Hyeon’s eyes sank deeply.

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