The Youngest Daughter of the Hebei Peng Clan Is a Truly a Very Famous Little Heavenly Demon - Chapter 16

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16.

‘Could he be a butcher?’

If he was a butcher who did slaughtering work, it wouldn’t be strange for the smell of blood to permeate his body.

But once I noticed it, I became certain as the blood scent gradually became stronger.

‘This isn’t the smell of animal blood.’

Human blood – the stench that comes from countless human blood mixed together.

Every time that middle-aged man opened his mouth, that smell of blood wafted out.

“Come to our house.”

“What a good person, little brother.”

Perhaps only I had noticed, as Peng blinked his handsome eyes and whispered to me.

‘Hmm. Well…’

Nine times out of ten, something big would happen at night, but that person hadn’t done anything to me right now.

Since I needed to eat for now, I didn’t bother to take the lead in confronting him. As Peng and I followed the man, within less than five minutes of walking, a small house appeared.

“Wife, it seems two young men want to stay the night. Please prepare for them.”

“Oh my.”

The wife, hearing her husband’s words, came out of the kitchen and upon seeing us, made a fuss and said:

“You must have had a hard time traveling through the mountains, so please come in and rest! I’ll prepare plenty for you to eat.”

“Thank you!”

“Thank you very much.”

Judging by the smell of cooking rice, it seemed they intended to provide a proper meal.

Nodding my head, I looked around the inside of the house. Though I say looked around, it was such a small house that there wasn’t much to see.

‘There doesn’t seem to be any secret spaces.’

Even when I released sword energy to sweep around the house, there were no particularly suspicious places.

‘Right. There are no secret spaces.’

There was no problem with the house.

‘Except that the entire village is a blood demon den.’

The problem was the people.

How could there not be a single pure human besides us?

“Rest for a while.”

“We will!”

Thud.

As soon as the man closed the door and went outside the house, I pulled on Peng’s sleeve to warn him…

“Ugh. I need to lie down for a bit.”

“I should get some sleep too!”

I didn’t.

‘Why bother?’

Blood demons are also people – well, not people, but they’re living beings. Living beings.

When they’re giving us food and letting us sleep, to say “You! You’re up to something!” and swing a sword first would be, hmm.

Wouldn’t that be going too far?

‘If they attack first, then I’ll kill them.’

I’m a pacifist.

No matter who the opponent is.

* * *

The meal was simple but delicious.

Thanks to the good-hearted couple’s (special trait: not human) kindness, we ate our fill and were given a room where we laid out bedding. Peng, hugging his large sword, spoke leisurely.

“Sleep well, Dori.”

“Yes. You too, brother.”

After covering myself with the blanket and lying down, somehow my eyes were wide awake.

Thinking that I was in the middle of a blood demon den reminded me of the early days after my possession.

‘Ah, back then I had blood demons and blood demon legions lined up under me.’

It was an elite unit I had created by having my subordinates kidnap people, turn them into blood demons, and then diligently feed them human hearts.

Of course, that was all when it was just a game.

It’s similar to tormenting resident NPCs and burning down villages while build crafting. Bothering other players would be bad manners, but attacking NPCs isn’t particularly evil, right?

Scratching my head vigorously, I also hugged my sword tightly and closed my eyes. Peng seemed to have already fallen asleep as I could hear faint snoring sounds.

And then.

“Are they asleep?”

“They’re asleep.”

I heard whispering voices from outside.

“They’re pure martial artists.”

“We can’t beat them when they’re awake.”

“We gave them drugs.”

“We need to call that person. So that person can take the pure martial artists.”

The murmuring sounds gradually grew louder.

When I spread my sword energy to observe outside, it seemed not only the couple who had let us sleep here, but the entire village had gathered.

The total number was one hundred and one.

‘So it comes to this after all.’

I had expected it, but it seemed it wouldn’t pass quietly. Gripping my sword and jumping up, I kicked the snoring Peng’s back hard.

“Get up, Peng!”

“Gah!”

There was no need to wait. Putting on the blue wave-patterned robe I had hung up, I kicked open the door and leaped out.

Then I saw countless blood demons below.

“What!”

“They’re awake! They’re awake!”

“Catch them! Before that person arrives!”

Seeing me rise with the full moon behind me, they murmured and took battle stances. Their eyes, which had seemed human during the day, were now blood-red.

“Says who?”

Heh.

Pulling up both corners of my mouth, I spread both legs and stepped on a male blood demon’s head.

“Grrk!”

Crash!

In the position of stepping on the blood demon to death, a spinning back kick.

Then two more blood demons in the trajectory staggered. One had its head blown off but its body was still moving, raising its claws.

But that blood demon couldn’t even step forward before its body was cut in half again. The perpetrator who had swung the Tiger Sword opened his swollen eyelids and shouted.

“Little brother! What’s this sudden calamity in the middle of the night?”

“If you understand the situation, kill them!”

“…Oh!”

After that, it was a one-sided massacre.

It was natural.

The blood demons in this village weren’t much to begin with. At most, a few strong individuals reached the peak level, allowing sword energy to dwell in their bodies.

If I were still at the peak level, it wouldn’t have been easy to deal with them, but having crossed the wall through Ju Sohui’s teachings.

Early transcendent level. Moreover, blood demons whose intelligence was infinitely inferior to humans were out of the question even as practice opponents.

“Haah!”

With Peng’s vigorous battle cry, the last remaining blood demon was split into blood/demon. Crouching on the roof and watching the scene, I let out a light nasal sound.

“Wow~ Brother, shall we run now?”

“Hm?”

Swish. Clank.

Peng, who had cleaned the blood from his sword, looked up at me with puzzled eyes.

“Why run away? Though the entire village being blood demons was unexpected, wouldn’t it be better to stay here tonight and then go to a nearby alliance branch to report it?”

“It would be nice if it were that simple.”

Thud.

I pointed with my finger at several peak-level blood demons I had cut down.

“I didn’t expect blood demons to reach the peak level. I thought they’d be at most first-rate warrior level at best… With this situation, forget about reporting anything—we need to get out of here first.”

“?”

Tilt.

Peng still blinked with a face that said he didn’t understand.

No, why doesn’t he get this?

“You don’t understand? I don’t know which faction this village belongs to, but what level do you think a demon who can create peak-level blood demons has reached?”

“!”

Now he seems to realize.

Right.

The blood demons themselves aren’t the problem.

The problem is the master of this blood demon village.

‘To create blood demons, you first need to make blood ghouls, then grow them through countless refinements and training.’

So just being able to control blood demons already makes them likely a transcendent master at the same level as me.

But these aren’t even blood steel corpses—they’re lower-tier demons, yet these blood demons are at the peak level?

To create peak-level blood demons, you need either the heart of one transcendent warrior, or the essence of several peak warriors. And there were several such peak blood demons.

Then how strong are the higher-tier demons like blood steel corpses that this village’s master commands, or the master themselves?

Honestly, I was a bit nervous even while fighting.

I was wondering if this might be really screwed.

Hop.

Jumping down from the roof, I reached to put my hand on Peng’s shoulder… but couldn’t reach and grabbed his arm instead.

“Getting away comes first. And we’d better go straight to Mother.”

I kept feeling uneasy.

It would be better if it were the Blood Sect. But judging from the state of the blood demons I confirmed while fighting, there seemed to be a considerable possibility of connection to Makyō.

“Daughter. Where are you going?”

…Chills!

‘Damn. That’s terrifying.’

It felt like Cheonma would come running to capture and stuff me any moment.

Since I snuck out secretly, if I get caught, I really feel like I’ll die. Not in a figurative sense—even if I’m a cherished daughter, this is someone who would kill me and still have energy left over.

‘This isn’t something I can handle.’

Only another Hyeongyeong can face a Hyeongyeong master. If not that, then at least prepare a bunch of Hwagyeong warriors.

I was neither. I should either run away quickly or scurry to Ju Sohui and beg her to save me. This is—

“Daughter. Where are you going?”

Right. To avoid hearing these words.

…To avoid, hearing?

“What the, gack…!”

Peng in front of me made a choking sound and collapsed.

Being only at the early peak level, he couldn’t endure this heavy atmosphere.

If I hadn’t crossed the wall to transcendent level not long ago, I would have fainted instantly from such killing intent. Cold sweat poured down as pressure spread through my entire body.

Step.

Footsteps shake the ground.

The arrogance of one who has never hidden their presence in their lifetime, nor felt the need to.

My knees trembled. I forced myself to exhale and sat down clutching my chest.

A cold hand descended onto my head. Long, spider-like fingers slowly, very slowly traveled down my head to my ear, then caressed my cheek.

“It’s been a long time.”

A desolate, youthful voice pierced my eardrums.

The woman lifted my chin, forcing eye contact. Blood-red irises rippled with an eerie energy.

“You didn’t return for so long that this mother came to find you personally.”

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