I Will Become a Phoenix More Noble Than the Emperor - Chapter 72

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72.

Suddenly remembering something, That Bastard clapped his hands and let out a shriek.

“Oh my! Wait! I just had the most brilliant idea!”

As That Bastard jumped up and down excitedly, Seon-o frowned at his frivolous behavior.

“This alcohol needs something special! Yes, I should put that Yin Stone in here. It’s a Yin Stone I got from a Leader Demon I caught a year ago, and I’ve been saving it because it contains beautiful power. My goodness, to think it would be used like this! I really am a genius.”

Whispering intimately as if telling a secret to a close friend, Intoxication let out a kyaa laugh.

“When that combines with you…, kyaa! It’s going to be incredible!”

“…”

Though Intoxication made a fuss, the Dark Blue-haired Woman stared at That Bastard without moving a muscle. When he threw the rope he was holding with a whoosh, the rope began wrapping itself around the woman. Soon the rope coiled around the woman’s entire body, making it impossible for her to move even a single step on her own.

“There, there, shall we wait a moment, pretty? Aww, good girl.”

‘Pretty? Ugh.’

While Seon-o silently felt nauseous, That Bastard quickly left the wine storage with hurried steps. Waiting for That Bastard to disappear, Seon-o got up from his position and flew up quickly as soon as the sound of footsteps going up the stairs grew distant. Jumping down onto the lids of the jar platform and finally reaching near the dark blue-haired superhuman, Seon-o leaped down in front of her and whispered.

“I’ll untie you, so please escape…!”

Then the woman who had been hanging her head low while tied with rope suddenly lifted her head up. Seon-o, who was approaching while taking out a dagger from his chest, stopped right there upon seeing that face.

Those sharp eyes looked familiar.

Seon-o froze as if playing freeze tag and looked at the beauty before him.

No way…

“…Heukmwolbi?”

Then Wolbi’s eyebrows twitched as if displeased.

It seemed to be the correct answer.

Seon-o’s mind went completely blank upon encountering another Super-Deity in a completely unexpected place.

No…

“…”

Why are you appearing here.

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“High Priest. I shall serve your meal.”

Cheong-eum looked down at what was prepared before him.

These were dishes carefully made with the finest freshly harvested ingredients, excluding anything stimulating that might harm his divine power.

Cheong-eum had eaten these bland foods his entire life, but had never complained even once. He wasn’t particularly fond of food to begin with.

However, lately Cheong-eum had been avoiding food for a completely new reason unrelated to taste or getting tired of it.

“I got a confession from a Maehwagak employee. They said Maehwagak mixed drugs of unknown composition into the superhumans’ meals. So it would be good to be careful about what you eat from now on.”

As Seon-o’s words brushed past his ears again, his already nonexistent appetite seemed to drop completely.

Of course, Cheong-eum didn’t fully believe Seon-o’s words. If someone had been putting drugs in Cheong-eum’s food to harm his Yin Power, that should have been happening since before Cheong-eum became High Priest. In that case, that person would have had to be disguised in Cheong-eum’s family home, not the Great Temple.

No matter how excellent a spy that person was, they couldn’t have followed him to the Great Temple, so everything would have become meaningless after he became High Priest.

So the reason he still couldn’t achieve Dragon Transformation wasn’t because of his meals.

“…”

Nevertheless, having no appetite at all, Cheong-eum got up from his seat today as well without touching his food.

“High Priest, your meal…”

“My stomach doesn’t feel well. I’m sorry for the trouble, but please take it away. From now on, don’t bring meals unless I specifically call for them.”

Cheong-eum, who spoke respectfully even to the priest younger than himself, left the room with his back to him.

Even while walking, his mind was completely filled with thoughts of Seon-o.

Seon-o, who had come to see him before leaving, had thrown things that were hard to forget and disappeared. He had imprinted the hidden prophecy and his own abilities that matched that prophecy onto Cheong-eum in an unforgettable way before leaving.

The thrilling moment when Seon-o’s tears fell onto the wound on the back of his hand seemed to cling to his heart and torment him.

“…”

Thanks to that, even though several days had passed since Seon-o left, Cheong-eum remained trapped in that moment.

In his mind, Seon-o kept scratching the back of his hand with the blade tip, dropping tears on it, tearing the back of his hand with the blade again, and dropping her blood there repeatedly.

Each time that blood and tears seeped into his heart, a fearful hope swelled within Cheong-eum.

-…with his blood, the withering dragons can be saved

Perhaps…

Perhaps Seon-o really…

“….”

Just then, his footsteps stopped as he reached his destination.

Cheong-eum’s eyes darkened as he looked up at the massive door that seemed to be about four stories high.

No, it didn’t matter anymore whether Seon-o was the person from the prophecy or not. If she, who believed herself to be the prophesied figure, could find the answer, that would be enough.

Cheong-eum placed his hand smoothly on the door. Then the heavy door, which no ordinary person could possibly open, retreated and opened by itself.

Cheong-eum moved his steps again and entered inside.

The place that could only be entered with the current High Priest’s authority was an archive that housed Divine Oracles and sacred texts.

Since the Divine Oracles born from Blue Fire could not be destroyed by anything, all the oracles from the past were stored in this archive.

Among them, the very ancient oracles might have been stolen away without anyone knowing, and the oracle that Seon-o had brought was likely one of those.

“While I’m away visiting the Land of Immortals, look into this oracle. There must be a missing oracle somewhere. It might even be inside the Great Temple.”

Seon-o had given him an order he couldn’t refuse and then disappeared. Cheong-eum had no choice but to follow that command.

Following orders from someone who was neither a God nor a Phoenix was a blow to his pride, but Cheong-eum didn’t have the luxury of maintaining such things.

Though he had acted aloof in front of Seon-o, if he could achieve Dragon Transformation even by using her, he could do far worse things.

After passing thousands of oracles, Cheong-eum stopped in front of a silver incense burner sitting alone at the end of the archive. Looking down at the massive incense burner that reached up to half his body height, Cheong-eum soon drew a Short Blade from his chest.

Soon, extending his left arm over the incense burner, he cut his own arm without hesitation. It was the same spot where Seon-o had made a wound before. The flesh that hadn’t fully healed tore open painfully again, spilling red blood.

His blood dripped down into the incense burner.

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Seon-o stared intently at the woman before her eyes.

Within the woman’s deep navy-colored pupils lurked an innate sharpness. Despite her perfectly sculpted features, this woman made one feel suffocating tension before admiration, and she knew who this was.

Heukmwolbi.

The only female among the current Seven Super Gods, who transforms into a Red Dragon during Dragon Transformation.

An Earth Power Superhuman who uses the power of the earth, possessing the ability to channel Earth Power through her sword and preferring to slice demons into six pieces.

A person with a brutish nature who considers not only demons but anything that blocks her path as enemies to be destroyed, and despite being a Prime God, she doesn’t receive respect or affection.

An arrogant person who has no interest in humans’ respect in the first place, and a troublemaker who doesn’t cooperate with anyone, making even other Prime Gods shake their heads.

The reason Heukmwolbi’s swordsmanship was particularly outstanding was….

‘Because when she was an orphan, she was sold to an Assassin Group and raised as an assassin.’

Seon-o’s gaze, having instantly recalled Wolbi’s backstory, stared directly at Wolbi. Wolbi must have recognized Seon-o’s face as well.

Eyes filled with hostility were glaring at Seon-o as if to bore through her.

In the original work, On Gang’s story was focused on competitions and didn’t get deeply involved with the Seven Super Gods. Therefore, the Seven Super Gods’ stories appeared individually, and among them, the most pitiful story was Wolbi’s.

A woman who was abandoned at birth and grew up in a poor Orphanage, and when she had her First Awakening there and proved to be a Superhuman, she was sold to an Assassin Group at the age of six and raised solely as an assassin without receiving proper education.

During that time, Wolbi achieved her Second Awakening through some trigger and became a Prime God, immediately massacring the Assassin Group and escaping from there.

‘After that, she kills demons indiscriminately while wandering in search of something. That was the setting. So that “something” is….’

Then Wolbi spat out bluntly.

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