The World’s Greatest is Dead - Chapter 371

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The Heavenly Supreme Has Died – Episode 371
Someone appeared in the warehouse?
My eyes widened at Yoo Cheon-gil’s words. Was there someone who would come to this place? I swallowed hard, my throat dry. Simultaneously, I quickly concealed myself.
I turned my gaze around. I identified the escape route. The exit was nearby. Since all warehouses had escape routes, I could leave whenever I wanted.
But.
‘Who could it be?’
I decided to remain here for now.
Whoooosh.
I wrapped my energy around my body. It was to suppress my presence.
It was also a method I had learned from Yoo Cheon-gil before.
With my body wrapped in energy like that, I pressed myself flat against the wall.
‘The door is closed.’
First, the warehouse I was in had its door closed. The same was true for the previous warehouse. As I confirmed this, I recalled something I had seen before.
‘Someone said there were traces of intrusion in the warehouse.’
Yoo Cheon-gil’s Snack Warehouse. Despite its absurd name, what lay inside held immeasurable value.
Even the Divine Core was like that. Recalling how Wol-an had awakened after absorbing it made it all the more true.
At that time, Yoo Cheon-gil had said.
‘Someone had entered through the first entrance.’
Someone who knew of this warehouse’s existence. The fact that he had come in and attempted to covet the warehouse.
‘Could it be.’
That person?
I held my breath. I wanted to confirm it.
‘But I can’t open the warehouse door from here.’
The warehouses I had already passed were closed, so I couldn’t seal them. So all I could do was stand here, holding my breath.
‘Who could it be?’
I was curious. Who exactly was coveting this warehouse? And also.
‘That person.’
Whether they were connected to Yoo Cheon-gil’s death. That was what I was most curious about. Among the tasks I needed to handle was finding those connected to Yoo Cheon-gil’s death.
‘I hope they’re one of the people on the list.’
A list I had compiled while investigating briefly before. If they were on it, things would become much easier.
Shhhhh.
I gradually stilled my breathing. Wall against wall. And then more walls lined up, so I didn’t think my breathing sounds would reach there.
‘Still.’
I needed to be cautious. This was none other than the Cheongwol Sect.
‘A place teeming with monsters.’
Other sects were probably like that too, but the Cheongwol Sect had a particularly strong sense of it.
A space where the strong spoke only to the strong.
Since the strongest martial artist of the Cheongwol Sect became the Sect Leader, it was obvious that the others would be strong as well.
‘So first, I need to hide.’
I had to identify my opponent.
I advance slowly. My destination is the first warehouse.
I move forward gradually, concentrating on concealing my aura.
Click.
Click.
The sound grows louder. Someone is there… but the problem here is.
‘The second door is closed.’
The second door that comes after the first one was shut. To proceed further, I would need to open it.
‘But there’s someone over there, so I can’t open the door.’
If I opened it carelessly, they would discover my presence here.
‘The fortunate thing is.’
Because the door is closed, they won’t know I’ve entered. That’s truly fortunate, but.
‘How can I confirm anything from here?’
How could I possibly observe the existence beyond this wall?
This was the greatest problem.
‘Hmm.’
I ponder.
How can I see through this? While I was attempting this briefly.
[If your eyes cannot see, then verify it with your aura instead.]
Yoo Cheon-gil offered me advice.
‘…Aura…?’
What could he mean? As I contemplate this.
‘Ah.’
I think I understand something. On a hunch, I focus strength into my eyes.
The activated Wol-an shifts, and the Wol-ryeong Sword Path activates.
In that moment, something beyond the wall that was invisible before comes into focus.
‘…This is.’
An aura in human form.
‘What?’
This was possible? I never knew because I’d never tried it.
‘Wasn’t it simply a technique that predicts the opponent’s attack trajectory?’
It seems to allow me to perceive the aura itself, and the aura resembles the form of a human. I stare at it intently.
‘…That aura.’
It’s familiar. Without a doubt, it’s the aura of the Cheonwol Sect. The aura that all the disciples here possess.
This means.
‘Of course, that figure must be someone from the Cheonwol Sect.’
It’s what I expected. Anyone who comes and goes from Yoo Cheon-gil’s warehouse would naturally be from the Cheonwol Sect.
‘So then.’
Now, who could it be? I needed to determine that, but.
‘…I can see the aura, but I can’t make out their face.’
I couldn’t see who had come.
‘Tsk.’
What should I do? As I paused to consider, the energy suddenly began to move.
“…!”
It approached this wall. Could they have noticed me? A tense moment.
Tap, tap, tap.
The approaching figure tapped against the wall. I heard faint sounds. It wasn’t just tapping in one spot—they moved back and forth, testing the wall in various places.
As if.
‘Searching for the next entrance.’
They seemed to know that another passage existed beyond this hidden chamber and were searching for a way through. After doing this for a while.
Whoosh.
Unable to find a way, they turned their back. Then I watched them exit through the entrance they’d come from.
When the energy had vanished so far that I could no longer sense it.
“Phew….”
I could finally release the breath I’d been holding.
“…That scared me.”
When they approached, I truly thought they’d discovered something, but it didn’t seem to be the case.
I narrowed my eyes watching the figure disappear into the distance.
‘…Why did they come?’
I’d long known that someone had been using this hidden chamber.
‘But it seemed like they left without discovering anything back then too.’
I wanted to know why they’d returned now.
‘Is Paewang the issue?’
If there was a change, it would be Paewang’s appearance. But if not that.
‘Me.’
My return as an existence—that could be called the reason. If even that wasn’t it, there would be too much to consider, so for now I had to focus on these two possibilities.
‘Why would this change give them reason to search for this hidden chamber?’
I needed to find the connection.
‘…Tsk.’
Nothing comes to mind immediately. For now, I had to be satisfied with learning that someone had come looking, and that this person was from the Cheongwol Sect.
‘…It would have been perfect if I’d seen their face.’
Just as I was thinking it was a shame.
“Oh.”
[Why the sudden thought?]
Yoo Cheon-gil came to mind. Now that I thought about it, there was an easier way.
“…Couldn’t you have just gone through the wall and seen their face, Old Man?”
Yoo Cheon-gil passing through the wall to see the other person’s face. Wouldn’t that have worked?
[Ah. That’s true?]
“….”
[Hehehehe.]
The old man reacted as if he hadn’t thought of it either. Damn it.
‘…There was such a simple way.’
The easiest method, something only I could do, yet I hadn’t recognized it. Because of that oversight, I’d squandered the opportunity.
‘If I check now.’
I wondered if it might still work….
‘No, the distance has already widened.’
Time had slipped away while I deliberated. At this point, any attempt would be meaningless.
“Tsk….”
Regrettable. But I couldn’t afford to dwell on regret, so I pushed myself to my feet.
“…Let me leave first.”
I needed to escape the Refuge. If I left through this area, complications might arise, so I had to take a more distant passage.

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Creak.
I climbed the ladder upward. Even as I did, I continued questioning Yoo Cheon-gil.
“Why did you come looking? What’s your intention?”
[Who knows. You came to see if there’s anything else worth taking, didn’t you?]
“…To say there’s anything left to take seems generous, given how thoroughly empty this place is.”
There might be more deeper inside, but only those who knew the methods could access it. Moreover, the intruder didn’t seem to know how to open other rooms.
However.
‘He knows there might be something.’
A suspicion or conviction that other spaces existed.
That’s what made this figure so significant. This was crucial.
Furthermore.
‘When he obtained that information matters too.’
If he’d known from long ago, that would be better, but if he’d acquired such information recently….
‘…then there’s another collaborator.’
A collaborator who also knows about the Refuge’s secrets.
“Ugh.”
As the situation grew more complicated, my mind grew equally muddled. Yet I finally climbed out of the ladder.
Light filtered in, blinding my eyes. The location was an empty residence. No signs of anyone nearby. I’d confirmed this beforehand.
Creak.
I carefully closed the Refuge’s door and stepped outside the residence.
“Phew.”
I released a breath of relief.
‘I shouldn’t visit the Refuge for a while.’
Now that I knew someone was coming and going, carelessly visiting could create complications. For now, I decided to refrain from frequenting the Refuge.
‘Besides, I’ve already obtained what I needed.’
The Sword Path in the Refuge—if that was the most valuable opportunity right now, there was no need to keep visiting.
‘I’ve already memorized it anyway.’
The angles, colors, and shapes of the Sword Path—everything was etched in my mind. There was no reason to keep going back to the Refuge.
‘I came here today simply to see Ahdae again.’
There was no need for dangerous gambles now, so I decided against taking Bigo’s position.
That seemed like the better choice.
‘Now what I need to address is resolving the Sword Path.’
I considered the priorities ahead.
‘The Sword Path, or perhaps… searching for the Figure.’
My deliberation was brief.
‘First, the search.’
If there were any anomalies, it was right to deal with them first.
‘Then, for now…’
There was something convenient to check this afternoon, so I might as well handle that first.
Thinking thus, I moved forward and spoke to Yoo Cheon-gil.
“First—”
[Quiet.]
“…”
I faltered.
At Yoo Cheon-gil’s words, I stopped in my tracks.
[There are eyes watching.]
Eyes observing me—a warning. I widened my gaze and scanned my surroundings. I felt nothing.
‘Who is it?’
Could it be that Figure who entered Bigo earlier? I focused my vision.
I cast the Moonlit Sword Path technique again. Using it, I scanned the surroundings once more.
I was trying to sense the aura.
“…!”
I found it.
Something was rippling to my left. The form of a foreign aura. It was not the aura of the Cheonwol Sect.
As I stared at that location.
‘Ah.’
I thought I knew who the person was. There were few within the Cheonwol Sect who possessed an aura that was not of the Cheonwol Sect.
And among them, there was only one person who would secretly observe me.
“…What brings you here?”
I asked, looking toward where the aura rippled. I kept swallowing dryly, but I suppressed it.
At my words, the aura rippled slightly. Yet it still did not emerge.
Seeing that, I called out to him again.
“You had business, did you not?”
But.
This time, I called him out more precisely.
The identity of the aura watching me. It was none other than.
“…Paewang Mukyeokseong.”
At my call, the aura rippled from within the brush, and a figure in dark robes stepped forward.
“Damn.”
Paewang Mukyeokseong.
“I’ve been caught.”
It was him all along.

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