Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 261

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

Chapter 261

Bloodflower Serpent (1)

“Then….”

「It’s not like I’m really going to become unemployed and just laze around here eating for free.」

Son Wukong had already turned the empty paper bag inside out and was shaking out even the crumbs of the deli dumplings.

‘He really eats so thoroughly.’

「While we’re here, I need to prepare what needs to be prepared.」

“What do you need to prepare here?”

「What are you talking about? Didn’t you ask me to teach you the Evil-Slaying technique?」

Son Wukong pulled his face out of the paper bag and suddenly made a sullen expression.

In that moment, Lee Hyeon’s expression brightened.

“You’ll teach me? You didn’t say anything about it back then.”

「With your current skill level, if you use it wrong, you’ll just suffer terribly.」

Son Wukong narrowed his eyes as he continued speaking.

「All these strange guys keep trying to get their hands on you, so instead of learning useless things, just focus on mastering this properly.」

“Haha.”

Lee Hyeon couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

Just from this time alone, he had made Chosen One contracts with Sata Wang and Xuanzang, and when he returned to Korea, Mo Jeong-gyeon would surely be waiting for him.

‘Ah, there were two more. Brithra and Mahabali.’

Somehow he had read that too, and when Son Wukong found out later, he looked ready to storm into the Heavens immediately.

[The leader of 【Daeva】, Brithra, firmly insists that he’s merely teaching the guardian various training methods to instruct the temporary apostle in draconic virtues.]

[The emperor of 【Asura】, Mahabali, forcibly suppresses his laughter while persuading that he only intends to teach fighting techniques so the temporary apostle won’t get beaten up somewhere.]

[Brithra snickers that he’s such a worry-filled monkey.]

[Mahabali can’t hold back his explosive laughter and runs off somewhere.]

In fact, Lee Hyeon had been receiving various rewards from Brithra and Mahabali since the Heavenly Court battle.

‘Please stop provoking him. He really will come looking for you.’

[Agribor shyly peeks his head out from behind the door, looking at you bashfully.]

[Yarhibol looks at his twin pathetically from behind.]

Even the twin gods, who hadn’t had much contact since the Temple of Bel incident.

Of course, besides these, there were many others who had their eyes on Lee Hyeon.

[The Bull Demon King’s blessing….]

[Molec’s interest….]

In this situation, Son Wukong couldn’t help but feel increasingly anxious.

Lee Hyeon was already a nationwide(?) star in the Heavens.

So he would surely learn various other things in the future, and Son Wukong was worried that the Tujuan Style would be forgotten.

「Is this the time to be laughing, you fool!? Because you keep attracting these strange guys, the long-term roadmap I had planned for you keeps getting shaken up!!」

Lee Hyeon couldn’t stop laughing for a long time in front of the fuming Son Wukong.

“Haha, I understand! Then what’s the other reason?”

He seemed to know what it was.

No matter how much they delayed, war was ultimately an unavoidable course.

So there was much to prepare on this side….

「We need to find a way to heal Xuanzang.」

Lee Hyeon felt his mind suddenly snap to attention.

Son Wukong had already climbed up to the window and was looking outside.

His Golden Eyes of Truth deeply sunken in thought.

“By any chance,”

「Yeah. No matter how I look at it, it’s incomparably more dangerous than the cases with Gushen or Isan.」

“…!”

「Those two could somehow recover if their myths became stronger… but having your soul torn by the Outer Sea isn’t something that can be fixed.」

“….”

「Actually, the fact that he’s enduring like that is only possible because it’s Xuanzang. In reality, he’s probably feeling terrible pain the entire time he’s conscious like that.」

Lee Hyeon clenched his teeth tightly.

It seemed the situation was more serious than he had expected.

“Is there any treatment method….”

「Not yet.」

“Then,”

「But that doesn’t mean there’s no way at all.」

What could this mean?

「If it was taken by the Outer Sea, we just need to find someone who might know about the Outer Sea’s knowledge, right?」

Son Wukong withdrew his gaze from the window and looked back at Lee Hyeon.

“Is there such a person?”

「It’s someone you know too.」

Lee Hyeon tilted his head.

Someone I know?

「Yingming Shishou.」

“Ah.”

「That guy was spiritual and wise, having mastered not only heaven and earth, but even the principles beyond them… He was the intellectual I cherished and trusted most.」

In that moment, Son Wukong’s eyes deepened.

「It seems it’s time to start looking for the old subordinates of Flower Fruit Mountain.」

* * *

Son Wukong said he would need to be away for a while to search for Yingming Shishou.

「Originally it would have been dangerous to be far from you as my apostle, but now that I’ve regained my status, there’s no need to worry about that. Of course, now I’ll be subject to the limitations of causality.」

“Do you have any idea where Yingming Shishou might be?”

「There are some clues. However, it’s a place that’s hard to talk about until I confirm it with my own eyes. Anyway, guard yourself well.」

Just before leaving, Son Wukong threw Lee Hyeon a book.

―Tujuan Style Secret Techniques.

Thump!

In that moment, Lee Hyeon’s heart raced.

「I’m not sure if it’s right to throw flying techniques at someone who can’t even run properly yet,」

Of course, Son Wukong didn’t forget to maintain his sullen expression until the end.

「But it won’t hurt to learn the basics for the future, so at least memorize the forms.」

“Thank you.”

「Do you really feel grateful?」

“Of course. You know I only have the Great Sage, right? What’s my title? I’m the successor of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven!”

「Your mouth is the only thing that’s alive…」

Son Wukong grumbled, but his lips twitched slightly as if he didn’t dislike Lee Hyeon’s words.

“Take good care of the house. And look after Xuanzang well too.”

“Yes. Don’t worry and have a safe trip.”

“Kekeke! What’s eldest brother so worried about! Our Chosen One will handle everything just fine!”

Sha Wujing had somehow climbed onto Lee Hyeon’s head and laughed cheerfully with his arms crossed.

Son Wukong looked irritably at Sha Wujing who had boldly taken over his original spot.

“That’s exactly why I’m more worried, you know? I just know he’ll pick up some weird guy somewhere and bring him back calling him a Chosen One…”

“Honestly, you worry more than a father sending his daughter off to marriage.”

“What, you bastard!? And you’re the one I’m most worried about!”

“Stop chattering and let’s go already! How long are we going to dawdle here like this!?”

“Wait, hey! My ear! You’re going to tear my ear off! Aaaaah!”

Son Wukong could only leave Flower Fruit Mountain after the Roc King, who had agreed to journey with him, grabbed his earlobe and dragged him away.

“Kekeke! Honestly. Having so many worries like that.”

Sha Wujing shook his head side to side with his arms crossed in his baby turtle state.

“Still, without the Great Sage here, I can already feel the empty space.”

“The reason you feel that way, Chosen One, is just because you don’t have anyone to tease, isn’t it?”

“Sha Wujing knows me too well, that’s the problem.”

“That’s exactly what a true confidant is! Kekekekeke!”

Sha Wujing looked like he was having the time of his life.

Lee Hyeon chatted with Sha Wujing for quite a while longer in that spot, then tried to return to reality.

Now in reality, all the report organizing was finally finished, and it was time to return to Korea.

He was about to leave to wrap up the last remaining matters when,

[The 【Snow Queen】’s narrative hopes you will briefly stop by the Ice Palace.]

Lee Hyeon’s eyes sparkled at the message that suddenly appeared on his retina.

He had a rough idea of why she was looking for him.

‘Could it be… they already took the bait? That’s much faster than I expected.’

[You have chosen to accept.]

[Moving to ‘Imaginary World: Ice Palace’.]

“I have other business to attend to, so I’ll go ahead first.”

“Oh! It looks like you’re going to the imaginary world. Just in case, may I come along too?”

“Yes. That’s fine, but you don’t have much of a relationship with the Snow Queen, so won’t you be bored?”

“Kekeke! It’s fine. And actually, I’ve been curious about that Snow Queen girl.”

“…?”

“The way she handles yin energy, the way she handles curses – she’s actually a child who has a lot in common with this old man, isn’t she? So I wanted to meet her face to face. I’m also curious about what it’s like since she’s been receiving teachings from Asura recently.”

The way Sha Wujing was grinning didn’t seem like that was the real reason,

but Lee Hyeon nodded, thinking he must have some idea in mind.

“Yes. I understand. Let’s go together.”

“Kekeke! Good. A trip with just the two of us, Chosen One and me, without eldest brother! How very interesting!”

Just as I thought. He was looking for event material to tease Son Wukong with later.

Lee Hyeon moved to the imaginary world with a light chuckle.

* * *

After appointing Sahŭn and the Snow Queen as temporary apostles, Brithra and Mahabali didn’t just leave them alone.

Originally, Lee Hyeon had recommended the two familiars hoping they would be even a little helpful,

and he thought it would never be bad even if the two main gods only kept temporary apostles as a communication network.

Just being connected through a psychic link would allow them to receive tremendous mythological blessings.

However,

Brithra and Mahabali treated their temporary apostles just as actively.

[Brithra sighs while looking at a temporary apostle who is only a dragon in name but can never truly be a dragon like this!]

[Brithra gifts blood that flows after slightly cutting his index finger with his nail for his temporary apostle.]

[The 【Sahŭn】’s narrative achieves tremendous growth by drinking the great ancient dragon’s blood.]

[The egg size has grown considerably.]

…

[The 【Sahŭn】’s narrative learns how to breathe properly to contain real flames.]

[Brithra nods his head satisfactorily, saying now he can finally act like a dragon.]

…

[Mahabali quietly observes his temporary apostle who is diligently constructing an ice fortress!]

[The 【Snow Queen】’s narrative looks at Mahabali with a tense expression.]

[After much consideration, Mahabali wishes to gift the cold energy of Pātāla that he rules.]

[The 【Snow Queen】’s narrative tries to move the Pātāla cold energy she received with trembling hands to the Ice Palace.]

[Mahabali warns that it’s dangerous and she must not do that!]

[The 【Snow Queen】’s narrative carefully asks about the method.]

[Mahabali smiles benevolently and carefully explains Pātāla to his temporary apostle.]

…

Pātāla is one of the seven underworlds mentioned in Indian mythology.

It was a place where nagas and asuras lived, a world full of palaces shining with jewels, golden rivers, and mysterious plants, a place abundant with yin energy.

Mahabali had the myth of being asked for ‘three steps of land’ by Vamana, the third avatar of Trimurti Vishnu, giving up all the surface land and instead making Pātāla his territory.

[‘Imaginary World: Ice Palace’ has been connected to Pātāla! The cold energy contained in the imaginary world is strengthened.]

[‘Divine Authority: Mantle of Frost’ is strengthened. Cold Assimilation (SSS) and Curse Assimilation (SSS) are wavering.]

[You have grasped the concept of Domination (EX).]

[The proficiency of Cold Assimilation and Curse Assimilation is strengthening at a rapid pace.]

…

[The 【Snow Queen】’s narrative is growing at a rapid pace and 【Conclusion】 is approaching!]

[Mahabali looks satisfactorily at his temporary apostle’s rapid growth.]

Especially Mahabali, as if proving he was originally one of the most renowned wise rulers among the 【Asuras】,

never did anything carelessly when teaching the Snow Queen.

If Brithra was a strict teacher who gave various things and made one learn on their own,

Mahabali felt like a meticulous tutor who carefully planned roadmaps and provided education, or a warm father.

Probably they too saw the talent that 【Sahŭn】 and 【Snow Queen】 possessed, and after giving various teachings, thought they were promising and began educating them in earnest.

However,

thanks to this, Lee Hyeon was in a state of attempting rapid growth again through his two familiars.

So he had been living without paying attention to the Ice Palace side for a while…

The reason for suddenly receiving contact like this was just one.

‘Bloodflower Serpent.’

The thoughts of the boss monsters embedded and dormant at the bottom underground of the Ice Palace.

He had thrown one bait to the strongest among them.

But this was too fast a reaction.

Lee Hyeon attempted to leap to the imaginary world after a long time.

[You have entered ‘Imaginary World: Ice Palace’!]

Whoooosh…!!

The moment he set foot in the Snow Queen’s territory, which still felt unfamiliar as it reminded him of the scene from 4 years ago,

“…Contractor.”

“What on earth is happening?”

The Snow Queen approached with a hardened expression.

[Mahabali looks at the shaking fortress with narrowed eyes.]

“It seems things are going more strangely than you thought.”

Mahabali’s gaze, who had followed the Snow Queen, was also completely hardened,

but more than that,

Rumble rumble rumble!!

The towering ice fortress and palace were shaking as if they would collapse at any moment.

On top of that, there was even the fishy smell of blood flowing out from the fortress.

Lee Hyeon activated Noeancheongjeong to check the sacred body.

[‘Sacred Relic: Noeancheongjeong’ confirms the epicenter of the earthquake!]

Beyond the fortress and underground.

A serpent boasting enormous size was… slowly writhing.

“No. Things aren’t going strangely. Rather, they’re going so well that it’s problematic.”

In that moment, Lee Hyeon’s lips twisted.

“It seems the Bloodflower Serpent found the Jade Emperor quite delicious?”

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