The Heavenly Demon Cult’s Strongest Maid - Chapter 280

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Chapter 34

“But what’s this guy’s zodiac sign?”

I had found a way to bypass the prohibition, but the problem was that I didn’t know what year Gong Ya-chi was born.

And it wasn’t like I could wake him up to ask.

Just as I was starting to feel hopeless, Im Cheong once again startled Uncle Wang Dang.

“There’s not entirely no way.”

“You can find out this bastard’s zodiac sign?”

“Yes.”

“How?”

“It’s possible if we have the blood of the twelve zodiac animals. Please get me the blood of whatever animals you can obtain right now.”

Wow, to think such talent is my subordinate!

Even though I already knew from prior knowledge, I was impressed once again.

“Got it. I’ll get as much as I can.”

Uncle Wang Dang immediately left the basement.

About half an hour later.

Uncle Wang Dang returned with numerous small bottles.

“I got everything I could find for now.”

Each bottle had a name written on it.

Rat, ox, rabbit, snake, horse, sheep, rooster, dog, pig.

As Uncle Wang Dang said, it seemed he had brought everything obtainable nearby.

“Let’s hope it’s among these.”

I decided to test my luck.

“Please step back for a moment.”

At Im Cheong’s words, Uncle Wang Dang and I moved as far away as possible.

‘A tray?’

What Im Cheong had prepared was a large, round tray. Like squeezing paint onto a palette, she poured the animals’ blood around the edges of the tray.

Then she cut the unconscious Gong Ya-chi’s finger and collected his blood. The place for his blood was the only empty space on the tray—the center.

Drip drip drip!

As soon as she dropped Gong Ya-chi’s blood, Im Cheong immediately formed hand seals over the tray.

“Twelve Beast Blood Seal Command.”

Demonic energy flowed from her body.

“Blood seeks twelve, with dark blood I find the twelve animals, blood connects to blood, let the beast reveal its true form and find the original nature from birth!”

The demonic energy emanating from Im Cheong seeped into the hand seals.

“Swift as law commands!”

Following Im Cheong’s incantation, the energy contained in the hand seals transferred to Gong Ya-chi’s blood.

The next moment, amazingly, Gong Ya-chi’s blood pooled in the center of the tray writhed like a living creature.

‘It’s moving!’

At first it seemed to hesitate, but soon it quickly devoured one type of blood.

Anyone could tell that blood was Gong Ya-chi’s zodiac sign.

“What zodiac sign is it?”

Uncle Wang Dang thrust his face close to Im Cheong and asked urgently.

Im Cheong subtly distanced herself from Uncle Wang Dang and answered.

“It’s the ox. Hee!”

“Ox?”

Without realizing it, my fist clenched tight.

It was the best result I could have hoped for.

Since I would be transferring the pain to Gong Ya-chi, who was a blood sorcerer, it was better to have a large and strong animal if possible.

If it had been a rat, it would have been truly dizzying.

“What if it were the dragon?”

When I asked while Uncle Wang Dang was away getting blood, Im Cheong’s eyes turned cold.

It was fortunate beyond measure that it wasn’t.

After finding out the zodiac sign, everything proceeded smoothly.

Gaebang procured a sturdy bull, and Im Cheong purified herself with ritual bathing before writing the talismans to be used in the sorcery.

I couldn’t watch her write the talismans in case any impurity might interfere.

For someone as curious as me, that was somewhat disappointing.

“It’s a good night.”

Im Cheong, who had changed into pure white mourning clothes, looked up at the night sky.

The clouds had completely blocked the moonlight, so what was good about it?

“A dark night, with clouds blocking even the light, the yin energy is even more abundant. Truly a good day to deceive the eyes of spirits.”

Ah, that’s what she meant?

Since Im Cheong said it was good, I had a good feeling too.

She said the point when yin energy reaches its peak is midnight. We would go down to the basement accordingly.

“But why do I have to beat the wooden fish?”

Eok Hwi-gyeom, dragged out by Yun Ha-ram’s hand, grumbled.

“Hey!”

Yang Ha-rin, who was beside him, flicked his forehead and asked.

“Who are we?”

“Cheon… sin-mun.”

He was about to say Cheonma Sect but barely changed his words, making it obvious.

“Aren’t you going to get your act together?”

“I’m perfectly sane!”

“Cheon-sin-mun is a sect with deep ties to the Buddhist sect. Wouldn’t it look strange to perform sorcery without a wooden fish?”

“So why does it have to be me!”

“What can we do, you’re the best at it among us.”

Yang Ha-rin patted Eok Hwi-gyeom’s shoulder and handed him the wooden fish.

“It’s just for show, so you just need to keep the rhythm properly.”

Yang Ha-rin’s way of speaking, crossing between scolding and comfort, praise and consolation, was truly remarkable.

If anything was mysterious, it was that this only worked on Eok Hwi-gyeom.

“Shall we go now?”

Me and Im Cheong, and Yun Ha-ram and Eok Hwi-gyeom.

Just the four of us went down to the basement.

“Miss, it won’t take very long.”

“Okay, I’ll ask as quickly as possible.”

Im Cheong also gave firm instructions to Uncle Wang Dang.

“You must hold the ox well.”

“Don’t worry. I was born with strength.”

Uncle Wang Dang and two other Gaebang members re-gripped the rope that had the bull tightly bound and boasted confidently.

“We’re ready too.”

In one corner, Yun Ha-ram and Eok Hwi-gyeom knelt side by side.

“Then I’ll begin.”

Im Cheong stood in the middle of the basement and rubbed her hands together, bowing toward the four directions.

Perhaps nervous about casting the sorcery, she also took deep breaths.

Yun Ha-ram, who had been sitting, approached Im Cheong and handed her a short sword.

Im Cheong used it to cut Gong Ya-chi’s forearm.

Yun Ha-ram quickly caught the blood that flowed out.

Im Cheong dipped her hand in that blood and smeared it on the ox’s head and body.

Next was the bull’s turn.

In the same way, he cut the cattle’s leg with a knife, caught the flowing blood, and rubbed it on Gong Ya-chi’s face.

“Moooo! Mooooo!”

The bull thrashed in pain.

“Hold it down!”

Uncle Wang and the Gaebang members forcibly pulled the bull down.

Finally having completed all preparations for the ritual, Im Cheong sat cross-legged.

Tok! Tok! Tok!

Trrrrr—

As Im Cheong signaled as previously agreed, Eok Hwi-gyeom struck the wooden fish. In rhythm with that beat, Im Cheong recited the scripture.

“(geun-go-ho-cheon) I report to the heavens. (cheon-saeng-ji-sok) Heaven’s life and earth’s life continue, (man-gwi-gyeong-san) countless ghosts scatter in alarm. (sip-i-ryeong-su) The twelve animals awaken, (un-maek-sang-ryeon) the energy bound by fate connects…”

Im Cheong’s voice was completely different from usual.

It felt as if Gwi-nyeo had truly become a ghost.

Along with an eerie feeling, goosebumps rose all over my body.

“Mooooo!”

The bull’s cry heightened the anxiety even more.

“Hold it!”

When the cattle struggled again, Uncle Wang and the Gaebang members pressed it down with force.

Tok, tok, tok.

Trrrrr—

Eok Hwi-gyeom’s wooden fish sound continued.

“(chuk-u-dap-hyeol) Rising by stepping on the ox, (baek-gol-nan-yung) even white bones rot and melt away.”

Pop!

Im Cheong’s sleeve swelled as if about to burst, and two talismans flew out from within.

Uhihihihihi!

Ghostly wails echoed through the underground prison.

The talismans that shot up into midair flew toward Gong Ya-chi and the cattle respectively and stuck to them with a slap.

“(hyeol-hyeol-hwan-baek) With blood and blood I exchange white, (hon-an-yeong-pye) cover the soul’s vision. (gal)!”

At Im Cheong’s shout, the entire basement vibrated.

“Hieek!”

At the same time, her body bent like a bow.

I could immediately guess that white and white had been connected.

“Mooooo!”

“We’d better hurry!”

When the bull cried out, Uncle Wang urged us on.

I quickly ran to Gong Ya-chi and released his pressure points.

“Uuuuu!”

Making pained groans, Gong Ya-chi soon awakened.

“Huk!”

As if the earlier memory immediately came back, he looked at me with fearful eyes.

“What are you? Why do you have a prohibition spell on you?”

At my question, Gong Ya-chi shook his head violently.

Seeing his hands twitch, it seemed he wanted to cover his ears.

“Mooooo! Mooooo!”

The bull’s cries grew fiercer.

I had to hurry to find out before the cattle died.

“Answer me! Who put the prohibition spell on you!”

Gong Ya-chi trembled like someone suffering terrible agony.

I gripped Gong Ya-chi’s jaw firmly.

“Get a grip! You can’t feel any pain now!”

It was a scene that showed how he had lived under such terrible brainwashing.

“…!”

At my words, Gong Ya-chi stopped moving abruptly as if he were a broken doll.

He was only now realizing that there was no pain in his body.

“What organization do you belong to?”

“Hy, hy, hyeol… Hyeolcheon-hoe.”

He opened his mouth carefully, stammering as if testing.

“H, how can I…!”

When he should have felt his head splitting with pain but felt nothing, Gong Ya-chi looked even more confused.

I gripped his jaw even harder and met his eyes.

“Did Hyeolcheon-hoe also put the prohibition spell on you?”

“The prohibition spell was…”

Even though he couldn’t understand why, knowing that the prohibition spell no longer worked, Gong Ya-chi didn’t hesitate.

“Tamrang! It was Tamrang!”

Hyeolcheon-hoe, and Tamrang.

He had finally given me the answer I wanted.

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