I Will Become a Phoenix More Noble Than the Emperor - Chapter 73

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73.

“That bastard is mine.”

Her stubborn voice was sharp.

“Don’t even think about touching him.”

Seon-o’s face became bewildered at the sudden warning.

Of course, there must have been an intention behind why Wolbi, a Super-Deity of tremendous skill, had been captured so obediently.

So that intention was…

‘The Rift Sound Stone.’

Only now did Seon-o realize what Wolbi had been searching for that wasn’t revealed in the original work.

It was the Rift Sound Stone.

Having guessed that far, she could even guess the reason why Wolbi had followed her last time and caused such chaos.

Because Seon-o had taken the Cheongpa River Demon’s Rift Sound Stone.

As the timeline diverged from the original work, that incident seemed to have become entangled with Wolbi as well. Because of this, she was misunderstanding that Seon-o was searching for Rift Sound Stones like herself and considered her a rival.

‘It’s not completely a misunderstanding, and part of it is correct though.’

Knowing that the distrust and suspicion of these detestable Super-Deities ultimately stemmed from her, she couldn’t even complain.

But this time, Seon-o hadn’t come here solely because of the Rift Sound Stone.

Well, anyway…

“That’s not going to work.”

Seon-o’s feelings toward Wolbi were equally unfavorable. Seon-o hadn’t forgotten the chaos Wolbi had left behind last time.

“I didn’t come all the way here just to generously give way.”

At those words, Wolbi’s eyes, which had grown even sharper, looked Seon-o up and down.

Unlike Wolbi, who had just been dipped in a large jar and pulled out by the demon who said he was cleaning the ingredients, Seon-o’s entire body was filthy. Setting aside the dirt and dust stuck here and there, a strange foul odor was faintly wafting from her.

It was a state that clearly showed she had struggled hard to find this place.

But not everyone could find Those Guys just by struggling hard. How exactly did Kang Seon-o keep finding the demons who had consumed Rift Sound Stones?

Wolbi’s gaze, which had been scanning Seon-o with sensitive eyes, stopped and hardened somewhere.

A very faint red energy was rippling within Seon-o’s pupils. Wolbi, who had noticed something, blinked as if surprised.

“You ate it.”

Seon-o, who couldn’t understand that muttering at once and was frowning, soon opened her eyes wide.

She was definitely talking about the ‘Rift Sound Stone.’

“How did you know that?”

Then Wolbi stubbornly shut her mouth as if she would never answer. Right after learning that Seon-o had eaten the ‘Rift Sound Stone,’ a layer of wariness that had been in Wolbi’s eyes disappeared. No, those indifferent eyes had become loose, closer to thinking there was no need to be on guard.

Seon-o, whose heart grew impatient at the conversation going nowhere, glanced back to check the entrance before continuing.

“You know what kind of bastard he is, right?”

Then Wolbi stared at Seon-o as if asking why she was stating the obvious.

“You know his weaknesses too?”

“I’ve been killing them just fine without knowing such things.”

Well-founded confidence was embedded in her voice that dripped with bluntness.

‘This time will be different though.’

Seon-o, who swallowed her follow-up words, soon made a decision.

“Fine. Then let’s do this. I’ll give you priority. Since you came first.”

‘Priority?’

Wolbi’s eyebrows rose at the suspicious proposal.

“If you fail to kill that bastard, then it’s my turn. Don’t interfere or get in the way then.”

At those words, Wolbi stared at Seon-o. The sound of her mind working could almost be heard openly. While recognizing it was a fair proposal, her expression seemed to be gauging whether Seon-o was up to some trick.

Eventually, Seon-o helped Wolbi make a quicker decision.

“What. Not confident?”

At those words, fire blazed in Wolbi’s provoked eyes.

“Who says!”

“…”

“If I kill him first, that bastard is mine. Don’t you interfere.”

A low voice growled quietly.

‘Simple.’

In the original work, Wolbi was described like a lone wolf. A solitary and beautiful swordsman who cooperated with no one and wandered the continent alone, subduing demons.

However, the Wolbi she actually faced was somewhat different from that dignified description.

She had seen those spiteful and stubborn eyes somewhere before. Seon-o quickly recalled a person with the same eyes as Wolbi.

‘The neighborhood kid who was damn stubborn.’

It was the same look that seven-year-old brat had when throwing tantrums with all his might, completely transparent in his intentions.

‘To think Heukmwolbi is such a precious child…’

When she heard movement from far away, Seon-o quickly jumped back onto the jar platform around her. Wolbi glanced at Seon-o and then looked straight ahead again as if nothing had happened.

Soon after, Intoxication appeared in the storage again.

“Kya, you’ve been staying put so well. Good boy.”

The creature approached with a gourd bottle and stroked Wolbi’s cheek affectionately, giving it a light tap. At that disgusting gesture, Wolbi’s upper lip twisted as he tried to endure it, and his dark blue eyes flashed. It was an expression filled with the will to tear that bastard apart.

“Oh my? Look at this pretty one’s rebellious eyes? But it’s already too late. This, you see, is beautiful and perfect art. Ahh… I’m going to rebirth you as an incomparably beautiful masterpiece!”

Excited, Intoxication threw the gourd bottle up into the air, and the bottle flew up on its own, pouring spirit medicine into the large jar behind Wolbi with a splash. After emptying all the spirit medicine, the gourd bottle retreated on its own and gently descended. Intoxication caught it and looked at Wolbi with expectant eyes.

“Now then… shall we brew some alcohol?”

As the creature grinned wickedly, Seon-o’s back tensed with nervousness as she secretly watched.

At that moment, the pipa in the storage began playing on its own. Delicate and beautiful music that didn’t match the situation in the storage flowed through the air. Intoxication swayed his head, intoxicated by the sound, and clapped his hands.

Then the rope binding Wolbi was lifted into mid-air and began pulling Wolbi up.

Knowing what would happen next, Seon-o clenched her fists tightly.

As Intoxication began dancing, waving his hands here and there as if conducting the pipa music, the alcohol in the wine jar swirled gently, waiting for the sacrifice to be offered to it.

That was precisely the ability that demon beast, who called himself an artist, had gained in exchange for consuming the ‘Rift Sound Stone.’

Brewing yin alcohol by steeping demons or superhumans…!

‘Those who drank that alcohol could use the yin power contained in the alcohol for a certain period of time.’

It was truly a fraudulent ability.

Wang Ho-bang was lucky enough to succeed in making a deal with Intoxication and conducted a secret business. It was precisely the alcohol business. Intoxication’s yin alcohol was traded secretly. The targets were wealthy people who had overflowing money but no yin power, feeling thirsty for it.

To think they could wield yin power just by having alcohol! They didn’t want to share this mysterious alcohol with anyone, and thanks to that, the business secret was thoroughly kept.

Intoxication wasn’t satisfied with simply brewing yin alcohol. As much as he called himself an artist or genius brewer, he would combine yin alcohols to create new alcohols with different abilities.

For instance, sleeping alcohol that made eccentric demons sleep for long periods, or rampage alcohol that made them go berserk instead.

Those alcohols were useful to Wang Ho-bang, who had to handle demons for monster fighting.

‘In exchange for providing alcohol to Wang Ho-bang, that demon beast received demon corpses and superhuman bodies.’

It was precisely to facilitate the supply of those superhuman corpses that Wang Ho-bang started the new business of battles between superhumans and demons.

It was utterly disgusting.

These jar platforms filling both Wang Ho-bang’s wine storage and Intoxication’s wine storage were all yin alcohols made by steeping superhumans and demons.

And Intoxication was now trying to birth yet another yin alcohol.

The finest yin alcohol steeped with Heukmwolbi.

As the rope finally reached above the jar platform, Wolbi’s body floated above the alcohol.

“…”

Wolbi looked down at the alcohol swirling beneath him with an expressionless face. Alcohol enough to steep two or three adults at once was spinning in increasingly fierce whirlpools.

Meanwhile, the pipa performance was gradually heating up, heading toward its climax.

Intoxication, who had been absorbed with his eyes tightly shut, suddenly opened them as the performance reached its peak and cried out in ecstasy.

“Ahhh, right now is the moment…!”

Then the rope that had been dangling Wolbi simply dropped him.

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