I Will Become a Phoenix More Noble Than the Emperor - Chapter 4

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4.

 

 

 

 

As the sharp kitchen knife pierced deeply into Seon-o’s own chest, the demon’s laughter abruptly stopped.

 

The mysterious man sitting on the tree watching the situation also raised his eyebrows at the unexpected turn. Blood flowed steadily from Seon-o’s chest where the knife was properly embedded, staining her front red.

 

Thud, Seon-o’s legs gave out as she collapsed to her knees.

 

“Huff.”

 

As a pained groan burst from Seon-o’s mouth, the demon immediately burst into delighted laughter.

 

“Very wise indeed! Yes! Dying quickly is the only way to reduce your suffering!”

 

Despite that mockery, Seon-o gritted her teeth and pushed the knife in a little deeper. She could vividly feel the kitchen knife crushing bone and piercing her heart.

 

“Ugh…”

 

It really hurt like hell. She had stabbed so deep, worried she might make a mistake, that she could feel her heartbeat through the knife tip.

 

As Seon-o’s head collapsed forward, unable to bear the pain, the demon excitedly extended its tentacles again.

 

“Poor thing. I’ll finish you off!”

 

That was the exact moment.

 

-Whoooosh!

 

A water pillar suddenly shot up from the pond on the right, raging wildly.

 

The demon, startled by that threatening sound, hesitated and looked back at the water pillar, but in that instant the pillar transformed directly into the shape of a blade and rushed toward the demon. The long water sword sharply cut off the demon’s long tentacle.

 

“Aaaaah!”

 

As blood spurted out like a fountain from the severed tentacle, the demon’s eyes rolled back. Despite wincing at that ear-piercing scream, Seon-o calmly felt around her chest and pulled out the kitchen knife.

 

“Ugh.”

 

Terrible pain rushed in as if she might faint, then quickly disappeared. Seon-o felt her wound healing instantly.

 

“Damn… that hurt…”

 

Breathing quietly, Seon-o raised her head. She could see the demon with its severed tentacle rushing toward her in rage.

 

She had worried about what to do if she couldn’t figure out how to handle Water Element even after awakening, but making that worry meaningless, Seon-o embodied it the moment she awakened.

 

As Seon-o coughed and spat, a terrifying sound echoed from the pond on the left as a second water pillar shot up. The momentum was so tremendous that even Seon-o, who had created the water pillar, was surprised enough to hold her breath momentarily.

 

‘Much stronger than what I read in the novel.’

 

That powerful water pillar directly pierced through the demon’s torso.

 

“Uh… ugh…”

 

The demon with a large hole in its body froze and convulsed. As it looked at Seon-o with an expression of disbelief, Seon-o gave it a strained smile.

 

“Eat what? You can’t even digest it.”

 

Like On Gang in the novel, Seon-o was a superhuman.

 

Superhumans were those who possessed Yin Power in this world. Those who drew upon and wielded Natural Energy through Yin Power. And those who used that power to kill demons that disrupted the harmony of yin and yang.

 

Among them, On Gang was a superhuman who wielded Water Power, and Seon-o, who inherited that setting exactly, was the same.

 

However, On Gang was a superhuman with Conditional Awakening. He could only awaken by having his heart pierced. In the novel, On Gang awakened while dying from having his heart pierced by an enemy.

 

Taking that hint, Seon-o succeeded in awakening by piercing her own heart.

 

Thud, as the leader demon with its center pierced through collapsed and died, a sparkling precious stone popped out through the hole.

 

One demon that had been blankly watching the entire scene let out a shriek.

 

“That bitch! She’s a superhuman! And she wields Water Element!”

“A superhuman! I’ll taste a superhuman!”

“Those who wield Water Element are sweet like honey! I’ll eat her!”

 

At the mention of superhuman, not only the demons that had been fighting in a tangle, but even the demons that had been secretly hiding and watching the situation rushed out and began rapidly transforming.

 

Superhumans were the ultimate feast for demons, replenishing their yin energy and thereby enhancing their magical power. Therefore, demons would try to consume superhumans by any means, and superhumans had no choice but to hunt and kill such demons.

 

As the transformed demons competed to extend their tentacles to claim Seon-o, her eyes hardened. There seemed to be at least twenty of them.

 

‘With this many crawling around, no wonder they haven’t been caught!’

 

Feeling creeped out, Seon-o tried to draw up Water Element again, but a third pillar didn’t rise.

 

“Huh.”

 

When the panicked Seon-o looked to the side, she saw the pond completely empty with only damp soil remaining.

 

All the pond water had evaporated.

 

“Water… there’s no water…”

 

Seon-o gritted her teeth as she recalled the setting that while superhumans with high Internal Energy could utilize nature without consuming it, superhumans with low Internal Energy couldn’t control Yin Energy Control and would consume the nature they drew upon.

 

It was an unexpected variable.

 

At that moment, a low voice whispered from above Seon-o’s head.

 

“Groundwater.”

 

Startled by the sound, Seon-o quickly looked up. She saw a man sitting perched on a large tree branch. A handsome man wearing a bamboo hat over his softly disheveled hair gave Seon-o a gentle smile.

 

‘Groundwater…? But how can I use groundwater…?’

 

Seon-o stared blankly at the man, her fingers twitching.

 

‘Groundwater… Groundwater…!’

 

This was a mountain. All mountains had valleys flowing through them. That meant groundwater existed. She needed to focus her mind on drawing up the groundwater buried somewhere in this mountain.

 

The demon with its mouth torn wide open was rapidly charging toward her.

 

Please…!

 

That was the moment.

 

-Thud thud thud thud thud!

 

“Gaaahhh!”

 

With earthquake-like vibrations echoing, the ground where the demon that had approached within one step of Seon-o was standing exploded, and from within it erupted a water pillar incomparably larger and sharper than before.

 

-Crash!

 

Seon-o’s breath stopped at the sight of the massive circular water pillar large enough to surround all dozens of demons.

 

The water pillar immediately transformed itself into dozens of blades and brutally sliced through the demons trapped within.

 

“Gah!”

“S-spare me!”

 

Screams filled with horror echoed throughout the garden of Bujin Pavilion, and soon severed body parts fell in all directions.

 

“…”

 

Seon-o stared blankly at the scene she herself could hardly believe.

 

Inside Bujin Pavilion, now drenched in water, the demons’ corpses lay scattered in pieces.

 

She had truly swept away all the demons in Bujin Pavilion.

 

As she realized that tremendous fact, her head buzzed with thrilling exhilaration. It was a euphoria she had never felt before.

 

“…Ha.”

 

As her vision spun from the sensation, Seon-o collapsed flat on her back in a spread-eagle position.

 

I… I survived…

 

Perhaps due to losing so much blood, as Seon-o’s vision grew distant, it was filled with the face of the man still looking down at her with interest from the tree.

 

“…”

 

The man wearing a black bamboo hat and black martial clothes was an extraordinary handsome man she could never have seen in reality. His gentle, smiling impression and somehow coolly felt features were so beautiful she couldn’t look away.

 

However, right now there was something more important than having met such an extraordinary handsome man.

 

If I collapse this much… what do I do about what comes next…

 

“Seon-o!”

 

Then she heard Mother’s voice from far away. Her parents had finally untied the rope and escaped.

 

The man glanced to confirm Seon-o’s parents running toward them, then disappeared in an instant. It was magical speed.

 

‘Is that man also a Superhuman…?’

 

Superhumans had to periodically hunt demons to replenish their Yin Power, or their bodies and energy would develop problems. If the man was a Superhuman, he must have come to catch demons and witnessed the situation.

 

Whatever the case, it was fortunate. Without the man, she wouldn’t have been able to think of groundwater.

 

Having barely caught her breath, Seon-o struggled to sit up again. Her parents saw Seon-o covered in blood and water, screamed, and came running. They embraced Seon-o tightly without caring that their clothes got wet.

 

“Seon-o!”

“Mother…”

“Oh no! Those demon bastards…! Are you hurt! You’re bleeding so much!”

 

Only then did Seon-o feel around her left chest area. Her clothes were soaked in blood, but the wound near her heart had completely disappeared.

 

‘As expected, same as the original.’

 

In the original work, On Gang’s heart had also fully recovered. It was because On Gang’s hidden power, his healing ability, had used all its strength to save its master – this was the reason On Gang was the protagonist.

 

As Seon-o became certain that she too possessed On Gang’s ability, her heart began to race.

 

‘Of course, recovery from such fatal wounds would only be possible during moments when power is amplified by awakening.’

 

Seon-o clutched the area around her heart, which felt more precious than ever, and reassured her parents.

 

“Father, I’m fine. It’s not my blood…”

“What on earth is all this…!”

 

Only then did she feel like she might cry from overwhelming emotion.

 

She had saved her parents. And so in this place, Yoon-han was alive, Ji-woon was alive, and her parents were alive.

 

Everyone existed by my side.

 

Only then did Seon-o pull both Mother and Father into a tight embrace. Seon-o’s overwhelming breathing quietly echoed through the now empty Bujin Pavilion.

 

“Mother….”

“Yes. Yes, Seon-o.”

“Father…!”

“Tell us. Yes, tell us. *sniff*, tell us everything.”

 

Seon-o, who had been trembling while embracing the parents, spoke resolutely.

 

“Pick up the Yin Stones.”

 

At those words, Mother and Father’s tears stopped abruptly.

 

They turned around to look behind them. Colorful stones were elegantly glittering among the demon corpses.

 

Yin Stones were the only objects in this world from which Yin Power could be obtained. They were spoils of war that could only be acquired by killing demons.

 

The Yin Stones obtained this way were used to exorcise demons or create items with mystical effects, making them extremely valuable. Of course, prices varied greatly depending on the Yin Power they contained, but since the demons of Bujin Pavilion were high-level demons capable of Human Transformation and even sprouting tentacles, they could fetch enough to pay for several round trips on the Ghost Carriage at minimum.

 

Such precious objects were scattered everywhere.

 

“….”

 

The three family members quickly wiped away their tears, immediately stood up, and began collecting the Yin Stones.

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