The Youngest Daughter of the Hebei Peng Clan Is a Truly a Very Famous Little Heavenly Demon - Chapter 3

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3.

Through the introduction of Geumga’s eldest son, Gumgahyeok, I came face to face with the Patriarch.

He burned with hostility toward Yeon-ga, his face twisted in fury. Then he grasped my hand and earnestly pleaded with me to rescue Geumga’s family treasure from the hands of those vile scoundrels.

I didn’t particularly care about the circumstances, but ten silver coins was a lot of money.

Right after learning the location, structure, and precautions regarding Yeon-ga from them, I wandered around the vicinity.

‘There aren’t many martial artists.’

Even the ones present were all first-rate or below—mere riffraff. It would be awkward to even call such novices martial artists, so it was more accurate to say there were none.

I recalled Gumgahyeok’s warning.

“Still, it would be best to be careful. I heard that Yeon-ga has also hired a peak-level master.”

A peak-level master.

It sounds impressive at first glance, but the peak realm isn’t that rare. Actually, that makes sense.

What I used to do was gaming.

In the early days after server launch, even reaching early second-rate would make you a ranker, but now, a year after release, realm inflation had gone completely insane.

That’s because the big spenders kept throwing money at it.

The management got excited and had no choice but to create ridiculous realms like Life-Death Realm and Heaven-Piercing Realm.

For this reason, the Ten Great Masters of the Martial World, who were the top ten masters in the worldview, were all at the Transcendent Realm. In fantasy terms, it would be like having ten Sword Masters or Archmages who could slay dragons in a single strike.

One of them is my Foster Mother.

For understanding, let me add that the realm hierarchy here is as follows:

Third-rate: Neighborhood thugs.

Second-rate: Bodyguards.

First-rate: The limit for those without talent.

Peak: Uses whitish, misty sword energy. The color varies by person, and as one progresses through early, middle, and late stages, the color gradually becomes deeper and clearer. (Sword energy color can be changed through paid gacha)

Super Peak: A realm where one can emit sword energy outside the blade. This is applied to use techniques like sword barriers that protect the body. In the later stages, one can draw out more materialized sword threads.

Transformation Realm: Uses sword force. Even three Super Peak masters together couldn’t win.

Transcendent Realm: Uses sword rings. Even three Transformation Realm masters together couldn’t win.

Beyond that are Life-Death Realm and Heaven-Piercing Realm, but among the NPCs I know, no one has reached those realms.

I heard that the previous server’s rank 1 player barely reached early Life-Death Realm.

By this world’s standards, it’s practically an imaginary realm.

Anyway.

‘The important thing is that peak-level master isn’t at Yeon-ga right now.’

Besides, I was confident I could win even if we met.

This body may be called late-stage peak, but it’s a monster with the title of Lesser Heavenly Demon.

It wasn’t just about raising combat power numbers—I carefully matched the specs while looking toward the future.

Against someone of the same realm, certain victory. Against NPCs whose overall specs are inferior to players, I could even take on Super Peak masters in one-on-one combat.

And though I don’t like it…

If things get really desperate, I plan to use my Foster Mother’s name. Surely they wouldn’t kill someone when the Heavenly Demon might come for revenge.

With fairly carefree thoughts, I leaped onto the rooftop. The magnificent mansion had security as tight as its reputation suggested.

However, they were all ordinary swordsmen or martial artists below first-rate.

Nowhere near enough to stop a peak-level master. Thanks to this, I successfully infiltrated all the way to the Inner Courtyard without being detected by anyone.

Just in case, I had covered my face with a black mask.

‘The jade ring should be in the innermost building, inside an iron box.’

At first I wondered what kind of explanation that was, but seeing it, I understood.

I forcibly twisted the lock and opened the box. Inside was a jade ring pulsing weakly.

…Wait, pulsing?

The jade ring?

Finding it suspicious, I looked closer and saw that a sphere embedded in the jade ring was beating steadily. It was like the heart of a living creature.

‘What is this.’

Extremely suspicious.

It definitely wasn’t an ordinary family treasure. If I had to guess, it seemed suspicious enough to be something from Makyō or the Blood Sect.

…But a commission is a commission.

Whatever happens between Yeon-ga and Geumga, I just need to collect the money. I carefully exited the Inner Courtyard with the still-throbbing jade ring in my hand.

That’s when I made eye contact with a man.

“Intruder!”

“A thief has broken into the Inner Courtyard!”

Oops.

There must have been some spell that triggered an alarm when leaving the Inner Courtyard. Following the man’s shout, enemies swarmed from all directions.

‘Can’t be helped.’

Shing.

I drew my sword.

Dark blue sword energy wrapped around the chipped and jagged blade.

“A-a peak-level master!”

A martial arts specialty.

When they see something amazing, they want to shout it out loud.

“Just asking, but you wouldn’t consider letting me go quietly, would you?”

“…Even if you’re a peak-level master, you’re still just one person! If several first-rate fighters attack together, you’re not unbeatable!”

As expected.

I slipped the jade ring onto the ring finger of my left hand and charged straight ahead. The neck of the man who had shouted first was severed.

A fountain of blood spurted up.

It was the beginning of a bloodbath.

“Damn it, kill him!”

“We can’t let him take the jade ring! Kill him if you don’t want to die!”

I swung my hand at a man charging from behind with a battle cry. With a whoosh, an air palm flew out.

He collapsed with a horrible sound. His ribs had caved in and pierced his lungs, so he would die soon.

But there was no time to rest. I immediately turned around and kicked, causing the first-rate martial artist who took the hit to his shin to lose balance and stagger.

“Yap.”

“Guhk!”

Crack.

I struck the falling man’s face with my knee. His nose bone crumbled and blood glistened on my knee.

“Damn it, damn it!”

A comrade who had leaped over the corpse of the first man to fall raised his sword.

His skill was second-rate level. Full of openings.

This time I flicked a single finger to blow off his head. The condensed energy pierced through the man’s skull like a bullet.

Immediately after, three enemies rushed at me from three directions, excluding the front.

I turned my body to the right and met sword with sword. Actually, “met” is the wrong expression.

The first-rate martial artist’s sword broke in half the moment it encountered the dark blue sword energy. I cut through the man’s torso along with his sword.

One rotation.

I spun my body to avoid the enemies coming from the left and behind. The two people who came to where I had disappeared collided with each other and were stabbed by their ally’s sword.

I stepped on the corpses and leaped up.

“Boing.”

Since there are no sound effects in reality, I provided my own. Having leaped high up, I brought my foot down in a stomp.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

Each time I stepped on an enemy’s head, one person died. It was an original technique I created by adapting the Heavenly Demon’s Dominion Steps.

After rampaging like that, I found myself standing alone. The surroundings were completely a sea of blood.

By this point, the Yeon-ga family members seemed to have all woken up. However, they were nowhere to be seen before my eyes.

They must be afraid.

I’m a pacifist as long as no one interferes with me, but everyone refuses to believe that.

What a pity.

‘Now that it’s cleaned up, shall I go?’

Yeon-ga doesn’t seem like much either.

I’ll return to Geumga, give back the jade ring, and collect my money. Then I’ll leave Shanxi and that’ll wrap things up.

With that thought, I stepped on a pillar and leaped onto the roof. But in an instant, I felt an intense killing intent.

“Huk…!”

A gasp escaped from my mouth.

The sword that pierced through my back protruded all the way to my stomach. My opponent deliberately twisted the blade in a full circle, gifting me excruciating pain.

That wasn’t all.

I’d experienced having my stomach pierced countless times. I’d even survived life-and-death battles with my arm dangling uselessly.

But this kind of killing intent was a first.

It was pressure so intense that just breathing felt like my lungs were burning. I clutched my stomach and trembled.

‘Breath, I can’t breathe.’

The mask stuck to my face, making it difficult to breathe. I kept making wheezing sounds like air escaping – kuk, keohuk.

“While I was briefly away, some little rat has made a mess of my home.”

An intimidating, beautiful voice.

A woman.

That was the only information I could gather.

“She seems like a young child, yet already at the late peak stage. If only we hadn’t met under these circumstances, I would have specially taken you as my disciple. What a pity.”

She sat down in front of me as I lay collapsed.

It was a defenseless posture that should never be taken during combat as a martial artist, but it probably didn’t matter to her.

Even if this woman were asleep, I’d have no chance of victory. She grabbed my masked chin.

“A girl.”

Geureuk, kuk.”

“Normally I don’t kill girls of this age, but to be entangled with the Blood Sect… Tsk… Let me at least see your face.”

Did she have a hobby of checking faces before killing?

Perhaps due to my pierced abdomen, I coughed up blood. She slowly pulled down the damp mask.

My bare face met the eyes of that monster.

The woman’s eyes were light brown.

The same color as this body’s.

She briefly drew in a sharp breath.

“…That can’t be, that can’t be possible.”

Suddenly, the pressure she’d been emitting decreased. Thanks to this, I was able to open my eyes that had been about to close.

Still gripping my face, she urgently grabbed my right arm with her other hand. The leather glove I was wearing was forcibly pulled down.

Four dots were revealed above it.

Dot-shaped scars crossing the back of my hand – they were permanent stickers I’d attached because they looked cool (9,900 won each).

But they seemed to have a different meaning to the woman. She completely released the pressure she’d been emitting and grabbed my shoulders while gasping for breath.

“Child. You, your name, what is your name? Your age.”

“I, I don’t have a name… My age is, six, sixteen…”

I didn’t want to live as Pengdori until the moment of death, so I only answered about my age. Actually, even this was the result of great effort.

I was barely holding my intestines from spilling out of my stomach through sheer muscle strength.

For some reason, she had stopped attacking me, but without treatment, I would surely die if left like this.

My vision flickered.

“Wait, ah, ── No! Please─”

My hearing also grew dim.

With the woman who began screaming as the last thing I perceived, my consciousness cut out.

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