Broken Ranker Devours Myths - Chapter 79

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The Broken Ranker

Devours Myths

 

Chapter 79

Daylight Goblin (4)

 

 

 

After Executive Director Jeong’s elimination.

The follow-up deployment team belatedly entered the battlefield.

They were shocked by the destructive traces left everywhere, and were horrified to hear that only two people, Lee Hyeon and Im Won-young, had faced Executive Director Jeong.

‘Now White Burn’s future will…’

‘revolve around these two people.’

‘But the new Z Team leader was Jet…? So that’s why Deputy General Manager Im cherished him so much.’

‘The main figure of the Gangneung incident had joined our guild.’

The way they looked at Lee Hyeon had completely changed.

However, there was no immediate change in treatment that Lee Hyeon could feel.

Right now, dealing with B Team and E Team, whose team leaders were known to have betrayed them, was the urgent priority.

The destroyed site also needed to be cleaned up.

While many things were busily moving for the cleanup.

Pop!

In the place everyone had left, Baby Turtle raised its head.

「Kak kak. It’s been quite a while since I’ve moved around like this, away from our apostle’s side.」

Perhaps thanks to Lee Hyeon acquiring the Golden Headband and recovering a considerable amount of divine power, Sha Wujing was now capable of somewhat free independent action.

He was holding an egg in his arms.

The ancient fossil egg that Lee Hyeon had briefly taken from Lee Gun-san’s bunker.

「I was told to place this like this, right?」

Lee Hyeon couldn’t return to the scene himself, so he had asked Sha Wujing to do this task.

Sha Wujing had also gladly agreed to do it.

He too wanted to see what kind of creature would hatch from this egg as soon as possible.

Thud!

Sha Wujing set the egg upright.

「Kak kak. What are you doing? What you like most is right here.」

The moment he tapped the surface with his hand,

Wooooong!

Suddenly the egg seemed to wriggle slightly, then shot up into the sky.

And then it began spinning in mid-air.

Whirrrrrr…!!

At that moment, Sha Wujing could see very clearly.

The ghostly thoughts that filled the surrounding area began to be sucked toward the egg.

Kiiiiiii!

Kikikikikik-

「Ahhh! Ahhhhh!」

「I was going to stay here and do more, but what is this?!」

Not only the vengeful spirits of the Sulfur Corps who couldn’t find peace, but even the ghostly energy spilled when the Great Emperor Fengdu descended.

The egg devoured all that energy indiscriminately.

As if enjoying a delicious delicacy.

The patterns on the surface became increasingly clear, and its size grew rapidly.

Conversely, the gloomy atmosphere that had lingered at the scene was greatly reduced.

Then when all the absorption was finished.

Thud…

The egg fell powerlessly to the ground again.

「Oh my! It mustn’t break!」

Sha Wujing quickly ran over and caught the egg.

Cooool.

Somehow the creature that had been acting ferociously until just before had become docile. It seemed to have fallen asleep inside.

「Dragons are originally the laziest of all races, but kak kak. Even without a soul or ego, its instincts remain intact.」

Sha Wujing tapped the egg, which had grown 1.5 times larger than before, and laughed happily.

It reminded him of the white horse Jade Dragon who had accompanied them during the Journey to the West…

Because of that, he felt strangely fond of this egg.

「Kak kak. With this, there won’t be any evil spirits appearing here in the future, so my business is done. Shall I head back now?」

Sha Wujing collected the two orbs that had fallen beside the egg, and patted the egg with his hand.

Tap!

Whoosh!

Then he disappeared along with the curse incantations.

 

* * *

 

Lee Hyeon and Im Won-young received a call from Mo Jeong-gyeon and moved back to the mansion.

“…In the end, he left like that. Pathetic fool.”

A voice tinged with bitterness somewhere upon seeing us.

But Mo Jeong-gyeon quickly recovered her expression and bit her long bamboo pipe. A smile also lingered around her lips.

“You both look tired.”

“When you’re trying to leave work in a good mood after finishing your job and suddenly get called by your boss, that’s what happens.”

Im Won-young replied sulkily.

“Oh, look at this? Are you already going to take care of your people like that?”

“It’s my guild now, isn’t it?”

“This old woman hasn’t stepped down from her position yet, has she?”

“Didn’t you say you’d give it to me if I kicked out Executive Director Jeong?”

“Are that and this the same story?”

“There’s no difference.”

“What?”

Mo Jeong-gyeon looked exasperated, but Im Won-young acted as if there was no problem.

Mo Jeong-gyeon shook her head.

“No matter how hard I raised my granddaughter, she’s completely useless…”

“Didn’t I raise myself?”

Mo Jeong-gyeon considered hitting her now-annoying granddaughter’s head once with her long bamboo pipe, then soon let it pass with a bitter smile.

Her attitude was clearly different from before she had set out to catch Executive Director Jeong.

How should I put it, she seemed to have gained some composure somehow.

‘With this, she has shaken off all the burdens of the past… that’s what this means.’

Mo Jeong-gyeon was pleased with such a change in her granddaughter.

If she could continue to maintain such composure, she would be able to properly lead White Burn in the future.

Originally, she was a child who always tried to keep a certain distance from her due to her parents’ death.

But with Executive Director Jeong’s death as a turning point, it seemed that some of the closed barriers in her heart had opened, even if just a little.

‘She’s now trying to understand the reasons why I had no choice but to do what I did back then.’

And…

‘That’s why she can be with this incomparably sharp blade more comfortably than before.’

Mo Jeong-gyeon glanced toward Lee Hyeon.

He who had remained silent all this time had put away his armaments from his Jet days.

But the traces of the daylight goblin remaining on him weren’t something Mo Jeong-gyeon couldn’t recognize.

“You went quite crazy and rampaged, didn’t you?”

“I’m not sure if it was to that extent.”

“The more I see you, the more fascinating you become. At times like this you’re so calm and rational, but when you stand on the battlefield you change completely… What kind of fellow did that Mountain God raise?”

It was then that Mo Jeong-gyeon shook her head back and forth.

『Thank you.』

Her voice rang in Lee Hyeon’s ears.

The voice of a god that Im Won-young couldn’t hear.

It was very warm.

So much so that one might wonder if it was really Mo Jeong-gyeon’s voice, who had only been dignified until now.

『I called you to say this.』

Lee Hyeon smiled lightly.

「Contrary to appearances, you’re quite dishonest, aren’t you?」

‘Indeed. It seems a bit embarrassing to say such things in front of your granddaughter.’

Lee Hyeon felt that Mo Jeong-gyeon, who had always seemed distant, had somehow become closer.

Because he had seen one aspect of her human side.

No matter how much others praised her as an iron person or divine being, in the end she too was a ‘human’ who couldn’t hide her affection for her blood relative.

Perhaps that’s why,

『So I want to give you a gift,』

“Team Leader Im.”

He felt somewhat mischievous.

“Yes?”

『…I haven’t finished speaking yet. Why are you suddenly calling that child,』

“The Guild Leader says she’s very grateful that you helped Team Leader Im.”

『…!?』

A sudden revelation.

Mo Jeong-gyeon’s face was colored with bewilderment.

Conversely, Im Won-young blinked her eyes, then realized the truth half a beat late and raised the corners of her mouth slyly.

“Really? Ah, I see. Grandmother was very grateful to Team Leader Jang. So that’s why you called us here.”

“…Ahem! I don’t really understand what you’re talking about. I was just going to commend you for your hard work,”

Mo Jeong-gyeon coughed and tried to quickly regain her original pace.

However,

“She said she’s so grateful that she wants to give you a thank-you gift and asked me to take good care of her granddaughter in the future. Even though I kept declining saying it was fine, she insisted I accept it… It seems she had many worries about her granddaughter. How about going over and giving her a hug?”

Lee Hyeon wasn’t someone who would let things slide so easily either.

Im Won-young’s smile grew wider.

“Oh my, I should, shouldn’t I? Grandmother, it’s embarrassing but I’ll definitely give you a hug. How many years has it been? It seems like more than ten years.”

As Im Won-young approached with big strides, Mo Jeong-gyeon’s face instantly turned bright red.

“You little braaaat!!”

「That human can show such reactions too, it seems.」

‘Indeed. I’m learning this for the first time too.’

Both Son Wukong and Lee Hyeon found the Mountain God’s agitated reaction, which they were seeing for the first time, very amusing.

Im Won-young felt the same way.

“Come here, Grandmother.”

“It’s disgusting, go away.”

“Why do you keep running away? I said come here.”

“Get lost!!”

Im Won-young chasing with a smile and Mo Jeong-gyeon running away in embarrassment.

It was truly a rare sight to behold.

“…Were you always this kind of character?”

Then, Director Geum Ji-gang approached Lee Hyeon.

His face showed utter bewilderment.

He had briefly met him when Lee Hyeon first joined the company.

“I’m not sure what you mean.”

“You have a sly side too. I was worried you might be just a rigid FM type like a regular soldier, but if you have this side too, you’ll be able to lead a team well. Well, if it’s Jet, there’s probably no big worry.”

Geum Ji-gang felt strange seeing this side of Mo Jeong-gyeon for the first time despite assisting her for decades, but on the other hand, he was grateful to Lee Hyeon.

Thanks to him, he felt he could see Mo Jeong-gyeon’s human side today.

Since he had recently felt that her human emotions were gradually being diluted, such changes were even more welcome.

Unlike Executive Director Jeong, he was someone who wanted Mo Jeong-gyeon to remain even more as a ‘human.’

“This is a gift that the Guild Leader originally intended to give you directly. Go home later and check it out.”

Lee Hyeon received a small wooden box.

It somehow had a pleasant fragrance.

「It’s a spirit elixir. Kid, this seems like a perfect gift for you.」

‘Yes. The more magic power, the better.’

Especially since he used skills with heavy magic consumption like Dueoksini’s Deep Breath, he was even more pleased.

“Thank you. I’ll use it well.”

Lee Hyeon bowed his head as he received the wooden box.

“Oh right, there’s something I’m curious about – where is Magic Dragon’s prisoner? You haven’t already killed him…”

“Yes. He’s still alive.”

Instantly, Geum Ji-gang’s eyes lit up.

“Then, could you hand that fellow over to us? There’s something we need to extract from him.”

“I’m sorry.”

“We can pay a ransom that won’t disappoint you.”

“It’s not about that. That fellow is no longer in my hands.”

“Hmm…? Where exactly is he?”

Lee Hyeon showed a mysterious smile.

“I sent him to a very interesting place.”

 

* * *

 

The unmanned taxi carrying Lee Hyeon passed through Gangnam and headed north toward Uijeongbu.

He needed to check how things had turned out on the Ulleungdo side.

‘I also got more than a week of reward leave… Now all that’s left is to completely withdraw the Committee’s claws.’

Ping Xin.

The awakened special forces that Seo Chang-woo had created by imitating Blue Thunder.

Those bastards were still hiding throughout the Korean Peninsula.

Since there was no telling what other schemes they might carry out besides Ulleungdo, he had to eliminate them all somehow.

‘And to complete that,’

Lee Hyeon opened the lid of the wooden box he had received from Geum Ji-gang.

Click-

Two pills the size of thumbnails were placed inside.

A pleasant mint fragrance wafted out.

 

[Hundred Day Fragrance Pill]

A fragrant pill made by distilling mugwort, garlic, wild ginseng, chrysanthemum, and Penglai leaves harvested daily at sunrise for 100 days.

Since it was manufactured by receiving the yang energy of heaven during traditional ritual ceremonies, when consumed it causes an excess yang state where vitality and magic power are overcharged. There are rumors that it has the mystery of turning animals into humans.

-Type: Spirit medicine. Spirit elixir.

-Origin: Ritual ‘Goguryeo Dongmaeng (Eastern Alliance)’

 

“Kekeke. This is a Spirit Elixir containing pure yang, no, extreme yang energy. You’ve given us exactly what our apostle needs.”

Sha Wujing laughed while enjoying the mint fragrance, then suddenly held out two orbs.

“And here are the Great Elixir and Small Elixir you requested. Kekekeke. How did you know these would come out?”

Lee Hyeon’s eyes sparkled as he received the two orbs.

“I thought Executive Director Jeong wouldn’t be able to properly absorb the elixir due to his apostle contract with the Great Emperor Fengdu. The explosive energy generated from taking the elixir, and though he made an apostle contract with the Golden Headband, his dead body afterward wouldn’t have been able to properly absorb the elixir.”

“Kekeke. I see. Elixirs are originally meant to nourish the body and elevate one’s level.”

Lee Hyeon’s smiling face was reflected on the glass-like transparent orb.

“So I figured that after the dragon’s egg absorbed all the demonic energy, only the energy of these two elixirs would remain… Fortunately, they’re left like this. Such elixirs are wasted on scum like Executive Director Jeong.”

“Kekekeke. I agree.”

Sha Wujing burst into pleased laughter.

Son Wukong looked back and forth between the two orbs and the White Sun Elixir, then asked with serious eyes.

“Taking so many elixirs at once is bound to cause problems… Are you planning to use the Golden Headband?”

Lee Hyeon nodded.

“I won’t be able to become a High Ranker right away with this, but I think I can completely regain my past strength. And if I can use the Golden Headband,”

“You’ll be able to use the Ruyi Jingu Bang and Golden Eyes of Truth in earnest?”

“From now on, we’ll be waging full-scale war against them.”

Lee Hyeon’s eyes deepened as he looked at Son Wukong.

“And I’ll officially begin the trials to become the Great Sage’s apostle.”

“……”

Son Wukong said nothing.

Sha Wujing swallowed nervously beside him.

Becoming Son Wukong’s official apostle meant he wouldn’t care about interference from other Chief Deities, including the Heavenly Court.

Suddenly, Son Wukong’s lips twisted.

“You’re trying to take a difficult path. That ambition is quite something. Kid, do as you please.”

It was a smile that could have been encouragement or reproach, but Lee Hyeon smiled back.

Because Son Wukong was always like that.

“Then since time is short, I’ll start right away.”

Lee Hyeon put the White Sun Elixir and both orbs in his mouth.

Along with a sharp fragrance,

Whoooosh!

“Urgh…!”

His mana circuits swelled up instantly.

 

[You have consumed the White Sun Elixir.]

[You have taken the Great Elixir and Small Elixir.]

[Warning! You have swallowed too many elixirs, causing mana rampage. Your mana circuits are expanding rapidly. Be careful not to damage your core.]

[Warning! Mana rampage has occurred. Your mana circuits are overheating rapidly. The effect of ‘Trait: Frozen Human’ cannot keep up…]

……

 

Red messages plastered all over his vision.

Terrible pain followed, as if his body might explode at any moment,

but Lee Hyeon gritted his teeth and took out the Golden Headband to put on his head.

 

[‘Sacred Relic: Golden Headband’ activates!]

 

Click!

The moment he heard the sound of his head and the Golden Headband connecting,

Whirrrrrrr!

The Golden Headband spun like a halo.

White heat filled the room.

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