I Will Become a Phoenix More Noble Than the Emperor - Chapter 37

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37.

As the largest piece of debris fell toward Seon-o’s head, Red Dragon flew over in an instant and pushed it away with his massive body.

Thanks to the time gained, Seon-o rushed toward the bone fragments rolling around about 10 meters away.

“Intruder! Kill him!”

When the earthquake stopped, the demons who had been watching in confusion from outside burst into the room and charged at Seon-o. Seeing them, Red Dragon rushed over like lightning and opened his jaws, shooting deadly poison from his mouth.

While the demons hit by the deadly poison melted away screaming, Seon-o picked up a couple of bone fragments, tucked them into his chest, and looked back at Red Dragon.

The fortress, broken in many places, was shaking as if it would collapse.

“Escape! We need to escape!”

Hearing Seon-o’s words, Red Dragon smoothly rotated and slid toward Seon-o.

‘Huh, do I need to climb on?’

As Seon-o momentarily thought that and stood there flustered, Red Dragon snatched Seon-o up with his front paw like prey, as if the idea was ridiculous.

‘Right, as if he’d give me a ride.’

While Seon-o let out a wry laugh at this choice so typical of Gong-un, Red Dragon soared high through the broken ceiling.

Red Dragon broke through the tangled water plants and escaped to the open outside, and just a few seconds later, the sound of the fortress completely collapsing could be heard.

It was thanks to Seon-o raising massive water element from the river to strike the ceiling that hadn’t collapsed yet. From afar, the screams of demons being crushed and drowned under the ceiling seemed to echo.

The two who had completely destroyed the Cheongpa River demons’ fortress landed on a nearby cliff.

Gong-un, who had dropped Seon-o on the cliff as if throwing him, also returned to his original form in the blink of an eye and landed smoothly.

Brushing back his wet, disheveled hair, Gong-un looked absurdly at Seon-o sprawled out spread-eagle.

“….”

He couldn’t believe the absurd events that had just occurred. That Golden Salamander was a powerful demon that he couldn’t have faced without using Dragon Transformation.

Gong-un could tell that Seon-o had seriously intended to face such a demon. Even going so far as to devise such a terrible plan.

The Yin Stone torn from the creature’s stomach was probably the source of its Yin Power, so Seon-o must have tried to reverse the process of killing a demon and obtaining its Yin Stone, instead tearing out the Yin Stone first to bring the creature down.

“Gong-un, please.”

Recalling the voice that had desperately whispered his name for a moment, Gong-un felt a thrilling electricity rise at the back of his neck.

Gong-un clenched his fists and stared down at Seon-o. Something buried deep in his chest seemed to be asking whether Seon-o might be the right talent for Phoenix.

‘That’s ridiculous.’

The fact that Seon-o had known the identity of the Cheongpa River demon remained extremely suspicious.

Moreover….

“How dare you tell someone to run away?”

Only then did Seon-o realize why Gong-un had gotten angry.

‘…He was offended by those words.’

It was absurd, but it had worked out well in the end. He couldn’t guarantee what would have happened if he had faced it alone. Seon-o barely managed to get up and shake off the sticky gastric fluid. Gong-un’s words continued.

“One who will become the great Wi Family Head never runs away.”

As Gong-un repeated it again, Seon-o’s eyes grew weary. How great you are.

“So….”

Gong-un approached Seon-o, who was sitting down without strength to get up, and bent down to meet his eyes.

“Apologize.”

Seon-o met those eyes directly and replied.

“Remove the poison from my neck first, then I’ll think about it.”

At that, Gong-un pressed his lips tightly together.

“Ha, I don’t know why you have a fit when called devious. You do things like this so well.”

“That’s different from this. I’m not devious.”

“Do you perhaps not know the meaning of the word devious?”

At Seon-o’s muttering that sounded like talking to himself, veins bulged on Gong-un’s forehead again. That was the moment. Seon-o, who had been staring intently at Gong-un’s face, suddenly reached out and pressed his cheek firmly with the back of his hand.

Gong-un, who had frozen in surprise at the sudden contact, felt the pain that followed and screamed.

“Ah! What are you doing!”

Gong-un stepped back in shock and got angry.

“It seems the stench that Golden Salamander spewed earlier touched your cheek. Your skin has melted. Well, since you’re from a renowned medical family, you can treat it well yourself, right?”

Seon-o explained nonchalantly and drew up a large amount of river water from around them, pouring it over both their heads. It was to wash off even a little of the gastric fluid that had been sticking all over them. Gong-un also seemed to welcome this, quietly shaking off the water.

Watching him, Seon-o got up from his spot and moved closer to Gong-un, whose whole body was wet.

“Now remove the rotten poison you stuck in my neck.”

At that, Wi Gong-un, who had been shaking off the water, looked down at Seon-o sharply.

“Whose poison are you calling rotten right now?”

Wi Gong-un, who kept getting irritated at strange points, was becoming interesting at this point.

“Ah. So you’re going to keep deflecting and evading like that to keep following me around? Do you perhaps like me?”

At that, Wi Gong-un’s eyes hardened as if dumbfounded. Seon-o, who seemed to now know how to provoke Wi Gong-un, smiled brightly as if she had found the right answer.

“Ah? So that’s why you pulled that nonsense about treating me that day. You were looking for a way to chase after me. Instead of doing such devious things, why don’t you just say it directly?”

“…”

“But what should I do about this? Young Master Wi isn’t my type though?”

At those words, Wi Gong-un’s ears turned bright red. He should say that wasn’t true, but he felt like his throat was completely blocked due to the severe blow he had taken.

Not his type…?

Wi Gong-un, who felt a surge of emotion from an unexpected angle, abandoned his attempt to argue back and soon changed his mind. He forced himself to swallow down what had risen to his throat.

Wi Gong-un realized that he was reacting excessively to the woman before him. This was not appropriate for the future head of the great Wi Family.

He should manipulate and toy with his opponent according to his original nature. That was who Wi Gong-un was.

Soon Wi Gong-un, who had barely regained his composure, smiled.

“I don’t know what misunderstanding you have, but I didn’t put anything in your neck.”

“…Your shamelessness is beyond measure, isn’t it?”

“Can you prove it?”

Wi Gong-un’s eyes sparkled cunningly as he found a clever trick.

The poison inside Seon-o was Wi Gong-un’s ultimate technique. It was a poison he had researched and developed over a long time, not only impossible to find on the market, but no one other than him could even detect whether this poison was inside the body.

Seon-o also seemed to realize this fact as she glared at Wi Gong-un with angry eyes.

Nevertheless, Wi Gong-un only leisurely raised his eyebrows.

Seon-o had planned to kill this Golden Salamander and absorb its Yin Power to germinate the seed, but strictly speaking, since I was the one who killed it, that Yin Power was absorbed by me.

Seon-o’s plan had failed.

Satisfied with just that, Wi Gong-un smoothly stepped back, and Seon-o’s eyes became urgent.

“Where are you going! Remove the rotten poison right now!”

At that, Wi Gong-un showed an annoyingly sly smile.

Since Seon-o’s plan had failed, she would no longer be able to germinate the seed. Of course, there was still plenty of time left, but there wouldn’t be any more high-level demons like this one where he had grasped all the information in advance.

Then Seon-o would fail to pass the second trial and be eliminated, and at that time he could remove the poison for her as much as he wanted.

But until then, it was out of the question. Wi Gong-un did not let go of his suspicions about Seon-o.

So…

“If you return safely to Myeonggyeong, I’ll consider it.”

Having finished speaking, Wi Gong-un smoothly stepped backward, then suddenly turned around and threw himself down below the cliff.

“Gasp!”

Just as the startled Seon-o urgently ran over to look down below, a Red Dragon flew up from beneath the cliff.

The massive Red Dragon circled once as if mocking the shocked Seon-o, then flew far away.

“Young Master Wi! Hey! Wi Gong-un!”

Damn, that crazy bastard!

The figure of the Red Dragon that had been flying away finally disappeared completely.

“What the hell is that…?”

Was Wi Gong-un this crazy in the original work too?

It was absurd enough to leave her speechless. Unable to fly after Wi Gong-un, Seon-o had no choice but to give up and sit down on the spot.

“Hah…”

Anyway, since the matter was finished, she had to plan what came next.

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