The Heavenly Demon Destroys the Tower - Chapter 67

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Episode 67
“Wait, what—you are……? Spirits shouldn’t meddle in this…….”
As Shin Nyeo’s wraith drew closer.
The Spirit of Heavenly Sword glanced away.
[As a priestess of the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect, I cannot condone your insolence.]
Yet Shin Nyeo’s presence remained razor-sharp.
‘So this side of Shin Nyeo exists too.’
In front of Lee Kang-han, she’d always conducted herself with courtesy.
But the moment her counterpart shifted from the Heavenly Demon to the spirit, her demeanor had flipped entirely.
Hapless, even—at times.
The way she treated the spirit gave off the air of the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect’s second-in-command.
“Even the Heavenly Demon said nothing when he was called a senior disciple…… Is the priestess above the Heavenly Demon? Why are you stepping in…….”
[The Heavenly Demon merely showed you grace. A subordinate must not dare commit such rudeness. Where is your respect for hierarchy!]
“Ah, never mind…… A senior disciple is a senior disciple. I won’t listen anyway…….”
[You insolent wretch!]
Shin Nyeo’s voice burst out.
Then, smoothly.
Her hands shot up to her hair.
‘What? What’s this.’
Was she going to show her face?
Why now, of all moments?
As Lee Kang-han watched the priestess, who had been concealing her face, move to brush her hair aside.
Curiosity flickered through him—he leaned forward to catch a glimpse.
“Eek, eeeeeek……!”
But before he could.
The Spirit of Heavenly Sword let out a high-pitched shriek.
Then.
Whoosh!
It vanished into the sword.
[W-what, that face…… so terrifying…… I’ve never seen anything so hideous…….]
From within, a trembling voice betrayed its horror of the priestess.
[Get out here at once!]
[Senior disciple…… I’m not coming out while that wraith is here…….]
Even so, the Spirit of Heavenly Sword refused to yield the title.
From inside the sword, it declared it would remain.
A spirit that had always seemed so indolent in its composure—now cowering like this only made Lee Kang-han more curious about her face.
[Such a disrespectful creature…… Heavenly Demon, you must have your hands full.]
Shin Nyeo turned away and drew her hair across her face once more.
Back to her wraith form.
“Won’t you show me your face too?”
[I am sorry. I am far too ashamed to reveal such a hideous visage to you, sir…….]
“Is that so? A pity.”
She had made her position clear—she did not wish to.
So he set aside his curiosity about her face for now.
‘Right. Finding Columbus comes first.’
Having seen the sword technique, Columbus had halted his cannon fire and fled.
Unlike before, he had managed to hold onto a foothold.
But he still had to search across this endless expanse for Columbus’s ship, the Santa Maria.
However.
‘This time, I have the Feather Wings.’
The angel had placed them in his hands, saying they would be essential.
This vast sea was the perfect moment to use them.
For a swift clear, deploying them now would be the logical choice.
‘Still, maybe I should explore a bit before using them.’
He had no way of knowing when he’d meet the angel again.
An S+ Grade one-use item.
Wouldn’t it be prudent to conserve it if possible?
As Lee Kang-han decided to try covering some distance with the Water Surface Step first.
[Heavenly Demon, though the lesser spirits clinging to this blade lack manners…… the blade itself carries a formidable aura. I have never witnessed a sword gleaming with such intensity.]
Shin Nyeo’s wraith gazed in wonder at the sword he held.
“Shin Nyeo isn’t affected?”
[I am the guide assigned to the tower. I’m not a wraith or anything of that sort. No matter how strong the sword’s aura is, it won’t influence me.]
Despite her appearance to the contrary.
Shin Nyeo remained unmoved even as the Flaming Heavenly Sword blazed with light.
She pointed one slender finger toward the sea.
[The aura contained in the sword is so powerful that even the wraiths far out in the sea are dissipating. It should be easier to deploy the Lightness Skill this time around.]
Like the Cemetery map before.
A mere flash of the sword’s light obliterated undead wholesale.
And it seemed the wraiths of the sea, being a kind of undead themselves, suffered the same fate.
Even standing on the rocks with sword raised, they were vanishing under the influence of that radiance.
“The Flaming Heavenly Sword…… Is this really its extent? It’s only A+ Grade.”
Lee Kang-han studied the blade with evident curiosity.
A voice emanated from within the sword—the Spirit of Heavenly Sword.
[A+ Grade? That can’t be right…… An angel? So an angel is ultimately a servant of the Divine…… isn’t that so?]
“A servant, perhaps, but still a messenger of Heaven in its own right.”
[That’s basically the same thing…….]
[Where do you get off questioning the words of your Heavenly Demon!]
Shin Nyeo, overhearing from beside him, issued a sharp rebuke.
[What? I’m inside the sword…… What are you going to do about it, you ugly ghostly abomination…….]
Apparently seeking to repay what had just been done to it.
The Spirit of Heavenly Sword hurled crude insults about her appearance.
Then.
[Heavenly Demon, I shall be gone for a moment.]
Whoosh.
The ghostly Shin Nyeo slipped inside the sword.
[Aiiiieeeeee!]
An ear-splitting shriek erupted from within.
And then.
[I have administered appropriate discipline.]
Shin Nyeo emerged from the sword.
[I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry…….]
The spirit’s voice followed, dazed and apologetic.
“Don’t be too hard on it. The spirit is genuinely learning the blade and helping considerably.”
[But still…….]
“More importantly, what were you saying about the sword before…….”
[I’m sorry I’m sorry I’m sorry…….]
He had wanted to hear more about the Flaming Heavenly Sword.
But whatever Shin Nyeo’s discipline had entailed.
The Spirit of Heavenly Sword could now manage only apologies.
“What exactly did you teach it to reduce it to this state?”
[I merely offered a gentle warning. It appears the spirit has never faced real hardship. Shall I provide further education?]
[Aiiieeeek! I’m sorry sorry sorry!]
As Shin Nyeo made to enter the sword again, the spirit convulsed in panic.
Lee Kang-han let out a rueful chuckle and shook his head.
“That’s enough. Let’s go find the ship.”
[Yes. Ah, but I have something to tell you about that.]
With that, Shin Nyeo pointed in one direction.
[The light from the sword has dispelled the wraiths in the surrounding area, but in this direction, their aura remains quite dense.]
Then she turned and pointed toward the opposite horizon.
[In contrast, the aura behind us feels noticeably thinner than in other directions.]
“So you’re saying one direction has more wraiths and the other has fewer?”
[Yes, exactly. Between the direction with many wraiths and the direction with few, wouldn’t it be better to choose one and proceed accordingly?]
Rather than searching the boundless sea at random.
Using the wraiths themselves as a marker for navigation.
‘Not bad.’
That meant he needed to consider which direction Columbus might be in.
Given that the wraiths in the sea had taken the form of Native Americans.
They hardly seemed to have been on friendly terms with Columbus.
‘If I think about it that way, the ship should be in the direction with fewer wraiths.’
And yet the very architect who had summoned this Dark Sea dungeon……
Would a wraith truly fear being in a place devoid of spirits?
Rather, might they not be setting up formations in areas teeming with wraiths to prevent challengers from approaching?
‘Both seem plausible, really.’
Each direction offered its own logic, its own reasons for choosing it.
So which way should he go?
Lee Kang-han gazed once in each direction.
‘I’ll head toward the one with more of them.’
He chose the direction that Shin Nyeo had first indicated.
If the way proved wrong, he could always use the Feather Wings to fly back the other direction.
Whoosh!
Lee Kang-han leaped forward with speed, deploying the Water Surface Step far more skillfully than before.
“Master, your Water Surface Step has improved tremendously!”
Shin Nyeo followed behind him, and
praised his newfound grace in movement.
It was true—now that his Heavenly Demon Physique had risen to C Grade,
Lee Kang-han could bound across the sea without even invoking the Cheonma Divine Arts.
As he took a few more steps forward,
[The spirits of the dead gather in the Dark Sea…….]
A message bloomed before him, and
pale smoke began to rise from the water.
Flash!
The Flaming Heavenly Sword erupted with brilliant white light,
[Ahhhhh……!]
[The light, the light…….]
As if the fog were being parted by an intense sun,
both the wraiths and the pale smoke vanished entirely.
‘The difficulty just collapsed.’
Last time, except for that one instance when Shin Nyeo had exerted herself,
he’d been hopeless against wraiths.
But just by carrying this angelic blade, could it really become this easy?
Lee Kang-han felt satisfied with the sword once more and pressed onward rapidly.
[Your Level has increased by 1.]
A level-up message appeared before his eyes.
* * *
‘Level up?’
Lee Kang-han’s eyes widened as he saw his Level change to 44.
Levels increase even in the First Tower?
‘At this rate…… I’ll reach the Bronze limit of Level 50 in no time.’
Here he was, just running across the sea with nothing but a flickering blade in hand,
and already a level had risen.
If he pressed further, couldn’t he gain another one or two levels?
Just as Lee Kang-han had predicted,
[Ahhhhh…….]
[So I depart like this…….]
The further he advanced,
the more he heard the anguished cries of wraiths touched by the light echo all around him.
[Your Level has increased by 1.]
Another level-up message appeared.
“This blade…… is that overpowered?”
Seeing the sword sweep away wraiths so cleanly, Lee Kang-han let out a rueful laugh.
“That’s right…… This blade isn’t something a god’s lackey would grant…… Only a god of Constellation rank or higher could bestow something with this much power…… so to speak.”
The Spirit of Heavenly Sword, whose morale had been shattered by Shin Nyeo’s earlier lesson,
seemed to have recovered its composure and spoke softly about the blade’s true worth.
“Constellation rank? The angel I met was a Constellation.”
“An angel…… a Constellation……? That’s impossible…… Constellations are gods who possess such overwhelming presence that only the very few among divinity can claim that rank……?”
“Is that so?”
Then ‘Angel Kael,’ whom he’d encountered beneath FIPA,
was no ordinary angel after all.
‘When I return, I should investigate these angels further.’
Lee Kang-han thought as much,
He pressed forward without pause.
As wraith after wraith vanished,
[This won’t do……!]
A cry erupted from ahead—the combined voice of old and young, man and woman—as the wraiths convulsed.
Screeeee……!
The scattered wraiths converged, coalescing into a massive form
that rose above the sea before him.
Larger even than Heracles when he’d taken giant form.
From the creature, he sensed a desperate will—not to fade beneath the blade’s light.
But then—
[No use……?]
Flash. Flash!
As the Heavenly Sword blazed with light,
the colossal wraith was shaved away in real time.
By the time Lee Kang-han drew close enough to engage it directly,
[Auuuuh…….]
the massive wraith had already undergone complete ascension,
shrunk now to the size of a fist.
Whoosh!
He drove the blade through what remained.
[Ah…… we should have captured it…….]
The wraith’s final words resonated with bitter regret.
[One pillar of the Dark Sea has crumbled.]
[Santa Maria Harbor is revealed.]
[Level increased by 1.]
Multiple system messages appeared simultaneously.
‘So it was quite a formidable opponent to begin with?’
For a being described as a pillar of the Dark Sea,
it must have been nearly mid-boss class.
Yet even a wraith bearing such concentrated hatred
crumbled from the edges and dispersed in an instant the moment the Heavenly Sword flashed.
As Lee Kang-han once again sensed the broken imbalance of the blade,
Whoooosh……!
A violent surge of water erupted, splitting the sea,
and a towering wave bore down toward him.
‘Something must have changed ahead.’
Whoosh!
Lee Kang-han leaped higher, passing against the tide of the wave,
and from the endless expanse of ocean,
something new came into view.
‘That’s…… a massive statue of some kind?’
A golden landmass had risen upon the water.
And upon it stood four golden statues, each proud and majestic.
Four figures bearing a litter upon their shoulders, each crowned with a diadem.
The moment Lee Kang-han set foot upon the golden earth,
[You have arrived at Santa Maria Harbor.]
‘A harbor? This?’
The message hung before him.
But he saw no ships—
only these four statues standing resolute and silent.
‘Hmm…… Is there a ship resting upon that litter?’
Swish.
He tilted his head, gazing upward.
The golden litter’s support structure gleamed into view.
He’d need to get a closer look at that.
Yet the platform sat far too high for a single leap even with the Heavenly Demon Sovereign Leap.
To reach it, he would either have to use the Feather Wings to fly,
or bring down the golden statues serving as pillars.
‘The Feather Wings—using them now would be wasteful.’
Having come this far, saving them felt wiser than expending them simply to ascend.
In the end, there was nothing for it but to cleave the statue.
Whoosh!
Lee Kang-han swung his blade with effortless grace.
Crack……!
Sparks scattered, yet the golden statue bore not even a scratch.
‘Harder than it looks, this thing…….’
This statue.
To bring it down, he would need to fight with all his strength.
Lee Kang-han gripped his sword tightly.
“Cheonma Divine Arts.”
He invoked the Cheonma Divine Arts.
The Heavenly Demon Shatters the Tower (serialized)
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