Ranker Who Shatters Myths - Chapter 280

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

Chapter 280

Tiamat’s Nest (5)

「Kak kak! What’s the point of acting all high and mighty calling yourself the Bloodflower Serpent and whatnot. You’re just a fool who got beaten by our Chosen One not once, but twice. Kak kak kak kak!!」

The one enjoying this situation the most was currently Sha Wujing.

Baby Turtle had climbed onto the Bloodflower Snake’s head and was adorably kicking with tiny feet while going ‘Eit! Eit!’

Yukimihiro was watching his former master’s sworn brother act this way with a bewildered expression, but,

“Why aren’t you taking it? What are you doing?”

Moon Su-chan had no time to care about such things.

And,

“Thank… you.”

“Thank me for what. You can just be my slave for life from now on.”

“…”

“There’s a slave named Jin-woo with the surname Go living in Uijeongbu, you know? From now on you can hold hands with that person and faithfully live the slave life together. How about it?”

“…When you put it like that, my desire to go back completely disappears.”

Moon Su-chan grabbed onto Yeo-ui Swae while imagining what his best friend might look like.

At that moment,

Hwaaaak!

“…!!”

Moon Su-chan felt all his senses standing on end.

The scales covering half his body all stood up stiffly at once.

[Energy Drain is occurring!]

[The demonic power composing the ‘Bloodflower Serpent’s’ thought-form is being forcibly dismantled. It is being absorbed by ‘Player: Moon Su-chan’.]

[This is demonic power of similar origin. No conflict occurs. ‘Trait: Cannibalism’ is activating.]

…

「Kruaaak! Aaaak!!」

Kuuuuu-

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The Bloodflower Serpent let out pitiful screams while violently writhing its body.

Each time, the island shook greatly as if it would collapse, but Yeo-ui Swae’s binding force only grew stronger.

Noise began occurring throughout the Bloodflower Serpent’s body. The shattered particles were absorbed directly into Moon Su-chan through Yeo-ui Swae.

Cannibalism.

The trait Moon Su-chan had gained when he was a baby snake, absorbing the nutrients of his dead siblings, was activating.

A fate that no one bearing the name Bloodflower could escape.

At the same time, Moon Su-chan’s scales gradually turned crimson and began slowly being absorbed into his skin.

He was awakening the qualities of a spirit beyond a demon and transforming into human form in real time.

“Ahh…!”

While Moon Su-chan was unknowingly immersed in the ecstasy of his lacking rank being filled and his mana circuits becoming full,

Thud!

Suddenly Moon Su-chan sat down on the spot, crossed his legs, and formed hand seals with his hands overlapped on his knees.

A posture similar to when Buddha enters meditation.

「Kak kak! That’s the Dhyana Mudra. Hand seals that pursue inner completion. You’ve learned it quite properly? What was passed from Master Tripitaka to senior brother has now been passed from Yukimihiro to this side!」

Paaaaa…!!

While Moon Su-chan was bathed in Buddhist light closer to crimson than fresh blood color,

「…I cannot… be defeated… like this…!」

[Resealing the ‘Bloodflower Serpent’s’ thought-form.]

Lee Hyeon gave the Vajra Bracelet containing the Bloodflower Serpent to Yukimihiro again.

“That bastard is so huge and resisting so fiercely that it’ll take quite some time to completely uproot him. Please hold onto it during that time, Mihiro.”

“You…”

“Don’t bother with thanks since that’s boring.”

“…I am ashamed.”

“It’s what family naturally does.”

Family.

At the lingering resonance of that word, Yukimihiro nodded heavily and received the Vajra Bracelet.

“Oh, and probably after hyung fully recovers, there will be some leftovers, though just a little bit.”

“…?”

“Please take those, Mihiro. Since Great Sage has already recovered his rank, you should be able to recover your rank quickly too.”

“…!”

A gleam flickered in Yukimihiro’s eyes.

All this time he had only thought about taking care of Moon Su-chan, never thinking about caring for himself.

“You’re grateful, right?”

“…No, I’m not grateful. Those words are boring.”

“Wow, you’re really as shameless as Great Sage.”

“Instead, I will never forget this kindness and live for you and Su-chan.”

“Don’t live for us brothers, live for yourself.”

“Living for myself is living for you two.”

“Really, so stubborn.”

Pfft.

Lee Hyeon chuckled lightly and changed the subject.

“Then, would it be possible to meet Tiamat, the owner of this dungeon?”

A completely unexpected request.

Yukimihiro’s eyes widened.

“It’s not difficult but… If it’s related to the dungeon mission, you don’t need to worry. Even without clearing the mission, there’s another detour to exit the gate.”

“Ah, it’s not just because of that.”

Lee Hyeon grinned.

“There’s something I want to make a deal about regarding hyung.”

“A deal…?”

Yukimihiro tilted his head, having no idea what Lee Hyeon was trying to do.

“Would that not be possible?”

“That’s…!”

Just as Yukimihiro was about to give some answer,

『It seems our ‘Youngest Brother’ has brought an impudent yet interesting friend from outside?』

A clear, ringing voice suddenly echoed through the sky, and at the same time,

Flash!!

Suddenly, two long straight lines were drawn vertically from the horizon where the sea surface met the sky, then opened wide left and right to reveal two enormous eyes.

Dragon eyes with the characteristic vertical pupils of reptiles.

“…!”

“…!”

“…!!”

At the same time, due to the tremendous power of the swirling sea wind,

Oh Su-heon, Kim Min-jeong, and Eom Gi-seon were completely overwhelmed and unconsciously bowed their heads.

Getting used to the air filled with demonic energy that they had experienced so far was no easy task,

but in front of the overwhelming presence of Logos that completely dominated all of this, he had to feel himself shrinking infinitely.

If this continued, his mind would completely fly away.

[The dungeon’s boss monster ‘Tiamat’ reveals itself!]

[Warning! The opponent is already a transcendent who has obtained the rank of Logos. Do not clash recklessly.]

[Warning! You are at a tremendous level difference with the opponent. Do not provoke carelessly.]

[Warning! The opponent is…]

…

Even countless stacking warning messages.

“I pay my respects to the great Tiamat-nim.”

Only Yukimihiro knelt on one knee as if familiar and bowed his head reverently.

『I told you to comfortably call me ‘Mother’, but you remain the same after all these years. Really, I wonder who you inherited such stubbornness from.』

“I am already a body that serves another as master. How could I serve another without that person’s permission?”

Yukimihiro’s simple but powerful answer.

Tiamat’s eyes narrowed thinly.

『Well, I’ve heard plenty about how that stubborn original master has awakened again recently and is making a commotion in the Heavens. You must be that stubborn one’s successor, I suppose?』

Tiamat’s eyes now turned toward Lee Hyeon.

“The successor of Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Jang Lee Hyeon pays his respects to Tiamat-nim. I have something I’d like to say to Tiamat-nim directly, would you spare me some time?”

『But… the things you possess as inheritance are truly all flashy things. From what I see, you seem to have connections with that stuffy old man Brithra as well.』

[Brithra slightly opens his eyes and grumbles that the nagging of that talkative old hag is starting again.]

[Brithra warns not to think about marking this child since he has already marked him.]

『Well… Hoot! That depends on what kind of proposal that child makes to me, doesn’t it?』

[Brithra snorts at Tiamat’s confident reaction.]

[Brithra gives you a hint that you must never get close to that fickle old hag.]

[Brithra warns that the old hag lures young people by calling them children, but in reality she’s just an evil boss who works them for free.]

『Oh my? Hearing you say that makes me want it even more?』

Brithra symbolizes drought, Tiamat symbolizes flood.

Perhaps because they had completely opposite attributes, even though they were both ancient dragons, their relationship didn’t seem particularly close.

However, to Lee Hyeon’s eyes, they just looked like two elderly people who had only aged in years but had actually become younger in spirit, bickering amicably…

『You seem to be thinking something rude, or is it my imagination?』

But it seems that with age, one’s insight really does deepen.

Lee Hyeon quickly came to his senses and answered shamelessly.

“How could that be? I was simply moved by the fact that I could see two great dragons I had only heard about in rumors together in such close proximity.”

『Your skill at answering shamelessly without even wetting your lips seems to resemble that monkey as well.』

This was unfair to Lee Hyeon.

Why was it that whenever he experienced such things, he was always misunderstood as being ‘similar’ to Son Wukong?

『Alright. Let me hear what you have to say. I’ll send someone, so follow them.』

With that amusing laughter, Tiamat’s eyes closed…

[Brithra grumbles that she’s really a very noisy old hag.]

The storm of presence that had been oppressing the surroundings also quickly subsided.

“…Puha!”

“Haa… haa…!”

“No, Team Leader, how do you endure something like this…!?”

The three people looked at Lee Hyeon with shocked faces, then turned their gaze to another approaching storm of presence.

When had he approached? Before they knew it, a man with long blue hair and a cold impression was standing among the group.

His body was half-covered with scales, and he had a horn on one side of his head. However, that horn was half-broken, making it particularly striking.

It was similar to Moon Su-chan’s half-demon form but much more natural.

Moreover,

Though his presence might be much smaller compared to Tiamat, he was still a massive existence compared to humans.

Especially the three people who had gone through the elite awakener education processes of Blue Thunder and ASTRA knew his face well.

A face they had seen countless times in textbooks or video materials.

“Labbu…!!”

The main figure of the South African incident that nearly led the real world to destruction over ten years ago.

Logos, Labbu.

He had come as Tiamat’s errand boy.

“Follow me. Mother wishes to meet with you.”

Labbu turned around indifferently as if he had nothing more to say and disappeared.

“You three take good care of hyung. I’ll be back soon.”

Lee Hyeon made a few requests to Oh Su-heon, Kim Min-jeong, and Eom Gi-seon, who were still unable to recover from the shock, then followed after Labbu.

[Activating Celestial Dokkaebi’s Trust!]

Paaaaat!

* * *

‘She definitely called hyung “Youngest Brother.”‘

Lee Hyeon didn’t miss the deep affection that Tiamat had shown toward Moon Su-chan.

‘Tiamat is different from the Bloodflower Serpent. She truly thinks of hyung as her own child.’

The Bloodflower Serpent and Tiamat.

The biological father who gave birth to Moon Su-chan and the adoptive mother who only protects him.

Yet the adoptive mother seemed more like a parent than the biological parent…

It was ironic,

but that’s why Lee Hyeon felt truly relieved.

At least it meant that Moon Su-chan also had a place of refuge he could rely on and depend on, just like himself.

The difference between having and not having a place of refuge was that significant.

Just as Lee Hyeon was completely different before and after meeting Son Wukong.

Therefore,

Lee Hyeon was truly curious about exactly what kind of person Tiamat was.

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