The White Tiger Clan’s Baby Cotton Ball - Chapter 243

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Part 2, Chapter 35

“….”

“….”

The conversation between the two men abruptly cut off.

Saeon looked at Irim with a painfully contorted expression.

There were many things he wanted to ask him.

Your Majesty. If you truly moved through time, then why.

Why did you send Soya, that child, to me?

What exactly did you see in the previous timeline?

How many times have you crossed through time that you can’t even count the number of lives?

Was it such a long, long time that an eleven-year-old innocent boy could change overnight into a cold-blooded slaughterer?

If so, then during all that long time, what… did you live for?

What made you move through so much time?

Soya…

Was it because of my daughter, Cotton Ball Soya?

The most precious treasure of the Southern Lands that you gifted to me.

And now the most cherished treasure of White Tiger Palace, our Cotton Ball Soya.

Are your actions related to that child?

Countless questions swirled fervently in the back of his throat.

However, Saeon couldn’t tell which of those many, many questions he should ask first.

So, as he silently swallowed his silence.

Startled.

In an instant, Irim’s face hardened coldly.

“Your Majesty?”

Feeling the air around him sharpen like a blade, Saeon looked at him with a puzzled expression.

“Soya…”

Irim muttered in a pale voice as he clenched his fingertips.

Danger had been detected near Soya.

As the master of earth who possessed the power of soil, he could tear through space and go anywhere on the ground.

However, this underground palace was a palace built by the Black Tortoise Clan beneath the black earth.

Therefore, his earth powers were useless here, so he couldn’t move directly to where Soya was.

“I need to go to Soya. Right now.”

Just as he whirled around to search for Soya.

Rumble, crash crash crash—!

A tremendous sound like the world splitting apart echoed throughout the entire world.

The sky was covered in pitch black, creating an eerie atmosphere.

Ominous energy rippling through the air and the cries of demon beasts heard from afar.

From that gloomy energy, incomparable to when Hyeonrabaek had awakened the evil long ago, Saeon could instinctively tell.

“…The evil has been revived.”

That the evil had been perfectly revived.

“I must go to Soya.”

However, Irim moved as if that alone was the most important objective, more than the evil’s revival.

It was then.

Grab.

Something caught his ankle.

Looking down, a black marsh was blooming where there had been ordinary floor just moments before.

The sticky marsh rose to his ankles, holding them so they couldn’t move.

“It’s not a marsh, it’s a demon beast.”

Saeon quickly drew his sword and explained.

The tip of his sword pointed to the center of the marsh that gaped open like a demon beast’s maw.

“…This has become troublesome. It’s an ancient demon beast that has existed since primordial times. It cannot be eliminated by simply cutting it.”

When Irim tried to lift his foot, the surface of the marsh clinging to his ankle dug into his skin.

“Don’t move, Your Majesty. I’ll handle this.”

“….”

“Soya isn’t a daughter I raised to be so weak, so don’t worry, and first let’s focus on getting out of here…”

However, before Saeon could finish speaking.

Thud—!

Irim kicked off with his toes and leaped into the air.

The black mud clinging to his ankle dug into his skin as flesh and blood dripped down—drip, drip drip.

However, as if he didn’t mind giving up one ankle, he ran toward the direction where Soya would be without the slightest wavering.

The black marsh surged toward Irim.

“Damn it. Your Majesty…!”

Saeon gritted his teeth and leaped toward the demon beast’s main body.

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“What do you mean Seolyeo’s consciousness is completely locked away?”

Despite the rumbling sound that seemed to shake the world, Soya stood firm and glared at the evil.

“Well. What do you think it means?”

The evil asked back with a sinister grin.

“….”

Just as Soya bit down hard on her lower lip, pushing away the terrifying assumptions rising in her mind.

“Cotton Ball!”

“Young Lady!”

At the voices calling her, Soya quickly turned her head.

Gayul and Su Ri were running toward her.

“Yul! Su Ri!”

“What are those things now?”

The evil glanced at the two people and flicked his fingertips as if annoyed.

“Grrrowl…!”

Three large demon beasts burst out from the thicket and rushed at the two men.

“Where do you dare.”

However, the demon beasts were immediately sent flying by Gayul’s swinging fists.

Su Ri kicked the demon beast corpses sprawled on the ground, sending them far away.

The two men who had easily dealt with the demon beasts reached Soya.

Then they blocked her front and shouted at the evil.

“Seolyeo, you! Are you bothering Cotton Ball?”

“Seolyeo, you bastard! Get away from Young Lady!”

“Elder Brother! Su Ri! That’s not Seolyeo, it’s…”

Soya hesitated as she tried to stop the two men.

She noticed Gayul’s painfully clenched fists and Su Ri’s finely trembling fingertips.

Though they were shouting in the same tone they used when dealing with Seolyeo before, both men actually knew.

That the being before their eyes was no longer Seolyeo.

“What annoying things are bothering me.”

The evil wrinkled his eyes in irritation.

Behind him, a black water column swirled up like a whirlwind.

Rumble rumble rumble—

At the ominous energy, Su Ri flinched and unconsciously stepped backward.

“Su Ri, the Hyeonmu Iron Shield…!”

“Yes, yes, Young Lady!”

At Soya’s shout, Su Ri hurriedly unfastened the Hyeonmu Iron Shield he had been carrying on his back.

Before they knew it, a massive black column of water that had risen to a height of nine feet came flying toward them.

“Be careful!”

“Hurry, Nam Suri!”

“Ugh, ahhh!”

Swoosh—! Just as the black torrent crashed down on them, Su Ri quickly thrust the black shield forward.

Then Hyeonmu’s divine artifact deflected the evil’s attack and created a transparent barrier to protect them.

“Are you okay, Cotton Ball?”

“Yes, what about Elder Brother and Su Ri…?”

“I’m fine. Nam Suri is okay too.”

“I’m a little hurt though, Young Master…”

Su Ri whined in a small voice, exaggerating his pain.

Soya looked at the shield in Su Ri’s hand and at Seolyeo’s body possessed by the evil.

The Vermillion Bird Heavenly Lady’s flames couldn’t repel the evil, but they couldn’t eliminate the evil anyway.

The only thing that could eliminate the evil was Hyeonmu’s power that devoured living things.

They had to awaken Hyeonmu, the last divine beast.

Two of the three requirements to awaken him were already met.

Seolyeo’s body, which carried the direct bloodline.

And the black shield made from Hyeonmu’s spirit.

So now the last thing needed was…

‘The heart of a divine beast.’

Soya concentrated on the energy of her spirit core and recalled the heart of destruction.

With the hope that the power that devoured only living things would defeat that evil.

“Lord Yeomwang, please…”

As Soya desperately murmured, trying to awaken Hyeonmu.

“Hyeonmu Iron Shield…?”

The evil’s expression hardened as it recognized Hyeonmu’s divine artifact.

“Oh my. The Dragon Emperor’s Bride is trying to awaken the Northern Region’s Yeomwang.”

The evil’s eyes narrowed as it realized what Soya was trying to do.

“Can’t let that happen.”

Hiss. The evil, curling its lips in a sinister smile, reached toward the air.

Then the black water pooled on the floor gathered into the shape of a long scythe and settled in its hand.

The evil rushed toward Soya’s group at lightning speed and struck down at the shield with the scythe it held.

Clang—!

“Ugh…”

From the strong impact, Su Ri, who was holding the shield, let out a pained groan and staggered.

“Su Ri…!”

Soya, startled, tried to support him, but Gayul was one step ahead and caught Su Ri’s staggering body.

He grabbed the shield together with Su Ri and shouted.

“Cotton Ball, we’ll block it, so you focus on awakening the divine beast!”

“Hahaha! Do you think I’ll just let you quietly awaken the divine beast!”

Clang—!

But immediately, another strike caused cracks to appear on the black shield…

Crash!

With a sharp sound, the shield shattered completely.

—This can’t be, Yeomwang’s shield…!

Cheonghae Yongsin’s shocked voice echoed through the air.

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