The World’s Greatest is Dead - Chapter 514

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The Heavenly Supreme Has Died – Episode 514
‘What?’
Peng Dojun burst through the door suddenly. Behind him, I could see Peng Doyen being carried on his back.
“Help me…!”
The plea was urgent. Hearing it, I examined not Peng Dojun but Peng Doyen instead. She was drenched in cold sweat, breathing in shallow, rapid gasps.
‘Ah.’
I understood immediately upon seeing her. So that’s what happened.
‘The seal broke.’
The divine seal had ruptured severely. What I’d been barely containing suddenly gave way. To be honest, calling it a “containment” was laughable.
What grand containment could there have been? I’d done nothing of the sort. I’d merely applied a temporary measure to manage it, yet here it was, deteriorating like this.
“…What’s the situation?”
“…Help me.”
“No, if you just ask for help without explanation, how am I supposed to help you?”
At least speak properly. You can’t expect me to simply comply with a vague plea for assistance. Why did you come to me in the first place?
As I questioned him in confusion, Peng Dojun bit his lip and spoke.
“…My sister told me to come to you.”
“…Peng Doyen told you that?”
Her? Peng Doyen said that? My eyes widened. She appeared so delirious now that it seemed pointless to ask her anything.
Peng Doyen said that? I stared at the unconscious young woman with curious eyes.
‘How interesting.’
Did she instinctively know? Or was there another reason? Fascinating. I’d always sensed she had talent in this particular field.
But I never expected her to employ such methods here.
“Can you help her?”
Peng Dojun asked urgently.
“…I don’t know.”
“If I knew for certain, I’d be a physician myself. Just lay her down for now. Let me examine her.”
“….”
Peng Dojun slowly laid Peng Doyen down. I examined her prone form.
Whoooosh—!
Power flooded into my eyes. My soul stirred slightly, perceiving what lay before me.
‘I can see it.’
I could see it. The divine essence flowing through Peng Doyen’s body. The foreign form emanating from her heart region, entwining throughout her entire frame.
‘The deities are enraged.’
The lesser spirits are furious, and the true divine will within them is twisted. Why?
This is strange. That one was quiet just moments ago—how could they be this angry now?
Seeing this, I questioned Peng Dojun.
“What did you do?”
“…What?”
“You did something, didn’t you? What was it?”
“….”
Peng Dojun’s eyes wavered.
The expression of someone asking how I knew. That must be the answer.
Deities who had remained still could not twist like this. There was definitely something. If not, there would be no explanation for it.
“That’s—”
“Answer me properly. We don’t have much time.”
“…I went to see a Shaman.”
“Huh?”
Went to see? At Peng Dojun’s words, I narrowed my eyes. A Shaman? He went to see a Shaman?
“…You went to fix this?”
“Yes.”
“Hmm.”
Then the answer was clear. The problem lay there.
“…That’s infuriating.”
Going to see a Shaman was fine. I wasn’t sure what method he intended to use, but… actually, I could guess.
“You tried to cleanse the divine affliction?”
“…!”
Peng Dojun flinched. That must be it. Indeed, there was no other answer for how this happened.
The problem was.
“…Even if you tried to cleanse it, doing it like this—what were you thinking?”
The man seemed to lack considerable skill. Whether performing a descent ritual or anything else, there were multiple methods.
‘At this level of severity, it’s strange that any ritual would even work.’
If it were a minor spirit, perhaps. But a vast entity dwelling within would never permit such a thing.
He merely provoked it instead.
‘It seems he wasn’t even a particularly skilled Shaman.’
Had he been a capable person, this wouldn’t have happened. Seeing that it already had, it appeared he simply performed the ritual recklessly.
Did he not even identify what deity was inside?
‘Are all the Shamans of this era like this?’
That didn’t seem right. Even looking at Gungwi, her abilities weren’t lacking. Why would he do such a thing?
‘Hmm.’
I narrowed my eyes. It was puzzling. It was strange because it made no sense.
‘For now.’
I couldn’t just leave it.
‘The deity is furious and causing chaos inside.’
The interior is nearly a battlefield. These narrow-minded creatures are impossible.
‘He tried to drive it out because it settled in his home arbitrarily. And it’s angry about that?’
Such arrogant beings. I truly dislike seeing them act violently like this.
‘Still—’
I need to save him first. That’s the only thing that matters now. However.
“Peng Gongja.”
“Yes. Is there a way…?”
An earnest tone. Hearing it, I looked at him.
“What will you give me if I save her?”
“…What?”
At my words, Peng Dojun’s eyes widened. It was a direct question. He seemed momentarily flustered by my words, but.
“…I will give you something.”
He quickly regained his composure. As expected. This man.
‘More composed than I thought.’
Even if he appears like a wild boar who only enjoys brawling, that’s not the case.
‘He’s someone who fights with more calculation and composure than anyone.’
His combat style is the most calculated among the seven I know. For such a person, a question like this now was more likely to serve as a ploy to break the situation rather than provoke anger.
“What do you want?”
Peng Dojun proved this by shifting the atmosphere.
“What do you want from me? Speak.”
“There’s nothing I particularly desire. But I’m asking first.”
I tapped the ground a few times before speaking.
“Are you certain that I can cure your sister?”
“I don’t know. But I believe. My sister told me to believe, and you are someone worthy of belief.”
Quite brief and somewhat uncomfortable faith.
Hearing his words, I chuckled.
“Yes. It seems I will be able to save Peng Gongja’s sister.”
“…Then….”
“However. As I mentioned earlier, there are several conditions.”
I extended one finger.
“First. This matter must not be disclosed. If possible, I will even place a prohibition seal on it.”
I could cure Peng Doyen, and I intended to keep the process and results of her treatment secret. I planned to even impose a prohibition seal that must never be spoken of.
“Second.”
Two fingers extended.
“Peng Gongja will come with me to the Demonic Sect.”
“….”
As if he had anticipated this, Peng Dojun showed little surprise.
“No matter how I think about it, Peng Gongja is the right choice. While I could add others, Peng Gongja must go.”
“…Hmm. And?”
The last one. The most important part.
“Never mention this matter again. And, should something go wrong, it is not my fault.”
“….”
Three conditions. In a way, what ultimately matters is the second, but I stated them nonetheless. Peng Dojun stares at me intently. What will happen? Will he truly accept?
As I watched with uncertainty.
“…I accept.”
He accepts faster than expected. I was rather surprised.
“I have more time to consider, though.”
“Time shouldn’t be an issue. But.”
Peng Dojun glances toward Peng Doyen.
“Does this child have much time to spare? I doubt it.”
A cold, pragmatic assessment. He was right.
‘This situation is urgent.’
With a Deity rampaging inside her, there’s little else I can do. I nodded in acknowledgment.
“Then consider our discussion concluded—”
I place my hand on Peng Doyen.
“You must leave.”
I spoke simultaneously.
“What?”
Peng Dojun’s eyes widened at my words. Leave?
“The treatment proceeds with only myself and the young lady present. I will not entertain objections.”
“….”
“Time is running short, isn’t it?”
Upon hearing my words, Peng Dojun rises with anxious eyes.
“…I’m counting on you.”
He speaks to me, then steps outside.
“Yes. Rest assured.”
The moment we’re alone together.
‘Now then.’
It’s been far too long since I’ve done this. I never imagined it would come to this.
‘How long has it been?’
I can barely remember. It must have been ages. A very long time indeed.
‘The last time I hunted a Deity was long, long ago.’
Deity hunting.
Capturing Deities, vanquishing them, erasing them from existence. I did this often in my previous life, yet I never expected to do it again, even now.
I would have preferred to avoid it.
‘But when it comes to this, there’s no choice.’
I exhale deeply while looking at Peng Doyen.
I close my eyes.
Uuuuuoooong—!!!
The spiritual essence beginning from my heart gradually flows inward. Before long, it encounters Peng Doyen’s physical form.
Kuggugug—!!!
Essence collides with essence. The opposing force shrieks at me to stay back, refusing to permit entry.
‘How presumptuous.’
Block me? These are merely petty Deities. The one inside merely watches. Yet these insignificant things dare to resist.
It was pathetic.
‘Begone.’
Crack—
I forced my way in, tearing through with sheer willpower. The lesser spirits scattered. They lacked the strength to stop me.
I pressed deeper. My soul penetrated into Peng Doyen’s interior. A tingling momentum radiated outward like scattered sparks. The lesser spirits found it irritating. But they weren’t worth my attention anyway.
What mattered was the entity beyond them.
As I burrowed deeper into the interior, it didn’t take long before I sensed it.
[Who dares—]
A voice. An ancient, soot-stained tone reached my ears.
‘A guest.’
[How peculiar. An intruder who knows not its place. This is my domain.]
Domain? Nonsense.
I laughed.
‘Why is this your domain? The true master is right here.’
How dare it spout such drivel. The moment I spoke, the energy within trembled.
[Insolent creature. Do you know who I am—]
‘I don’t need to know.’
I had no interest.
‘You’re going to die anyway.’
I saw no point in dwelling on the insignificant. I halted my soul’s advance and planted my stance firmly in one place.
[Do you require assistance?]
The Celestial Demon asked. I shook my head. I didn’t need it. There was no reason to ask for help with something like this.
Where my soul arrived, a vast presence made itself known. Looking ahead.
‘Quite large.’
Two enormous eyes stared down at me.
[Foolish thing. What brings a human soul all the way here?]
‘What else? Someone’s dying, so I came to treat them.’
I slowly loosened my form. Whether “loosening” was the right word for a soul body, I wasn’t sure.
Either way, I loosened it. After that gentle, light loosening.
‘The homeowner contacted me, you see.’
I spoke to the Deity.
‘She said if you won’t pay rent, get out.’
[….]
An intense gaze curved like a crescent moon. The eye smile was utterly unpleasant.
[And if I refuse to leave?]
At the question, I tilted my head slightly.
If it refused to leave?
‘Then I’ll evict you. A deadbeat who won’t pay can’t just squat in someone else’s home.’
[Ha.]
It laughed. The contempt was unmistakable.
[Evict me, you say…. Interesting.]
Kiiiiiiing.
The space began to collapse inward.
“Go ahead and try.”
The Deity spoke.
It was the answer I had wanted.
‘So you’re the one who permitted this first?’
I smiled faintly. Deities who spoke like that invariably found themselves kneeling before me within a short time.
I suspected this occasion would be no different.

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