Chapter 191
Chapter 191
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 191
Chapter Title: The Bell of Betrayal
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Wolf-Nose Gu Yo pulled on his hood and gestured.
“Hide your presence and go slowly.”
Ki Sua’s group used Gu Yo’s one-use spell coin, “Hundred Flowers Disguise (A+),” to transform into humans.
On top of that, with the incantation Ki Sua had learned, “Conceal Light and Nourish Obscurity (SS),” which masked their beastkin aura, they looked exactly like hooded hunters from the outside.
Meanwhile, Seo Shin’s side slipped away separately, using their specialty of stealth to hide and infiltrate.
Ki Sua let out a low groan as she passed through the crowds of humans as naturally as possible, masking any suspicious signs.
“Ugh…….”
“Are you alright?”
Heir Wolf-Tail Gi En hurriedly supported her.
Ki Sua’s leg was still covered in fresh, ragged red flesh.
The heirs were restless from the signs of overexertion in the fierce battle at the walls.
Ki Sua lightly pushed the heir away.
“I’m fine. We don’t want to look suspicious.”
“There are plenty of injured humans too. Supporting you a bit won’t look…….”
Ki Sua cut him off forcefully.
“The enemies don’t call themselves ‘humans.’ Even this conversation is suspicious.”
“S-sorry. That was a slip…….”
“Enough, enough. If it bothers you, at least apply this.”
Gonghyeok suddenly reached for Ki Sua’s thigh and applied a pale ointment.
Gi En’s tail shot straight up as his face flushed red.
“Wh-where are you touching the shaman…… no, anyway, the…… lady’s thigh!”
“It’s, it’s, it’s…… the deputy chief’s authority.”
No matter what lewd thoughts the guy was having, Ju Gonghyeok’s head wasn’t rotten enough to get aroused by bloodstained fur.
……Though sometimes he did want to just grab and hug it because the fur looked so soft?
[Item “Gabriel’s Holy Water Ointment 1/3 (A++)” has been applied.]
True to its item status, the ointment stopped the bleeding on her thigh and tidied up the torn wound to some extent.
Ki Sua stroked the wound and asked.
“Where’d you get it?”
“I smashed so many Machine Gods that they gave it as a reward.”
“I see.”
Ki Sua accepted it calmly.
But of course, it was a lie.
It was a “homemade” ointment he’d carefully crafted using the “Apostle” and “Spirit Summoner” classes to extract Gabriel’s holy water, then applying alchemy skills honed through drug life.
- You just emphasized “homemade” in your head, didn’t you?
‘Not at all.’
He flatly denied Nathaniel’s interrogation.
Ki Sua, unaware of the telepathy, expressed her gratitude.
“Thanks. It feels a bit better thanks to you.”
“More importantly, look over there. It’s the generator.”
Rumble—
The generator’s wheels rolled through the mud, splattering it everywhere.
At the lead was a titan-grade Machine God deployed for the power plant assault.
Conquistadores Cluster production, Cluster characteristic as expected—meaning “pikeman” in Spanish, Coselete No. 2.
Since Seo Shin had easily taken down an equal-class titan, normal Ki Sua could definitely handle it.
But Ju Gonghyeok asked her.
“Can you smash that in your condition?”
Coselete’s size was 92 meters, weight 2,950 tons.
Far more heavily armored than the Rodellero No. 7 that Seo Shin had wrecked.
Moreover, Ki Sua’s body was far from peak condition.
The heirs beside her clenched their fists.
“Wolf’s Heart. The heirs here number not one, but five.”
“If five heirs combine their power, something like that hunk of metal is…….”
Ki Sua stretched out her arm, cutting off the heirs.
“I can do it alone.”
Her eyes coldly fixed on the giant Machine God Coselete and the generator.
“Just as Master So Baek received power from the demons. My body may be lacking, but I’ve received authority from the other side.”
“Hmm!”
Heir Gu Yo swallowed hard.
The gift she’d received from Remiel, the archangel in charge of beastkin, was famous.
The law that divides all things in the world, “Discernment (SSS+++).”
The only authority granted among male beastkin warriors to Wolf Fang Ki Sua and Tiger Claw Hu Gwan.
‘If she uses that, it’s one-shot.’
Ju Gonghyeok eyed the massive Coselete and generator.
No matter that it was borrowed and reduced, the power of “Discernment” ranked in the top three across all of Babel.
An ability that could instant-kill even the Four Heavenly Kings.
If it hit, a titan-grade would decompose down to atomic level.
Plus, with her SS-grade skill “Conceal Light and Nourish Obscurity,” it could hide Ki Sua after unleashing the authority.
Ki Sua reported calmly.
“With the angel’s authority and my “Conceal Light and Nourish Obscurity,” I can handle it alone. So heirs, please withdraw first.”
“We can’t do that!”
Heir Gi En said firmly, though in a small voice.
“We can’t leave the injured shaman behind. If something happens, we’d have no face to show our ancestors and previous chiefs…….”
“Gi En. My “Conceal Light and Nourish Obscurity” is a 10-star (SS) incantation, but it can’t hide all five of you at once after using the authority.”
“Conceal Light and Nourish Obscurity”—a skill meaning “Hide the blade’s light and build strength under the new moon.”
SS-grade performance for allowing large-scale attacks while hiding casually afterward, but it couldn’t hide five at once.
It could only hide Ki Sua alone.
Five heirs remained with the pack.
Only two had been with Ki Sua from the start.
Losing even one would be like losing a limb.
Ki Sua shook her head.
“I don’t want to lose precious heirs in needless fighting. If I smash the generator and hide alone, everyone can escape safely.”
“……The pack’s heirs will never abandon the shaman alone.”
“Gi En. Let me say it straight.”
Ki Sua’s gaze shifted to that of a leader.
“I’m more comfortable alone. You’d just bleed pointlessly.”
“……”
“Descendants of Divine Dog God, chivalrous Ki Tan. Wolf Fang Shaman Ki Sua commands you. Heirs, wait for me five hundred li north.”
The heirs knelt in unison.
“Wolf Nose Gu Yo.”
“Wolf Tail Gi En.”
“……Wolf Eye Yu Ri.”
Ju Gonghyeok shrugged late and added.
“Wolf Heart Gonghyeok. I obey the command.”
Flash!
The heirs scattered in all directions like shadows in an instant.
The beastkin elites, the Twelve Heirs’ movements.
No human noticed them.
As Ju Gonghyeok brushed past her, he whispered.
“Beware the hidden blade.”
“You mean you?”
Ki Sua shot back, but Gonghyeok chuckled and vanished.
The laugh felt ominous.
“A hidden blade?”
What did it mean? Unease rose naturally.
Shaking off stray thoughts, she concealed herself in the hill’s shadow.
She redirected the “Conceal Light and Nourish Obscurity” she’d spread over the five onto herself.
Her presence and existence grew even fainter.
Enough to hide even the “white wings” on her shoulders.
Ki Sua crouched and opened her mouth.
“Discernment, completely exile the target from space.”
A scroll invisible to others unfolded in her vision.
[Archangel Remiel’s Authority - “Discernment (SSS+++)" activated]
[Range 800 paces limit, cast time limit, authority reduced]
Space between the wings split sharply.
Coselete No. 2 and the generator were already in range.
‘Without hassle. Both at once.’
The moment Ki Sua thought that and extended her arm.
A red tattoo appeared on her shoulder.
The red tattoo turned into a small bronze bell.
[Demon Realm Treasure “Bell of Betrayal” activates.]
Rrring!
Trrrring—rr—rr——rr- Rr! Rr! Riiing——!!!
Rr- Rr! Rr! Rr!
Rrrring! Rr!
“……!?”
The Bell of Betrayal rang.
Her SS-grade stealth skill “Conceal Light and Nourish Obscurity” was dispelled, and her position was caught by every hunter’s detection skill.
All eyes in the area turned to Ki Sua.
Coselete’s high-performance lenses immediately captured her form.
[Beastkin Category: Canine (Female) 1]
[Detected sudden spatial distortion in area and…….]
.
No time for shock.
Ki Sua fired Discernment immediately.
[Emergency!]
The giant shoved the generator hard to drop it and took Discernment to the chest.
Crack—
[Discernment in progress – Dimensional cross-section decomposition.]
Coselete, directly hit by Discernment, split into dozens of afterimages like an illusion.
A deflating wind-like sound came from the shaking Coselete afterimages.
The 30-story machine giant’s body thinned like a sheet of paper.
[Target separation complete.]
[Discernment applied – Extradimensional exile!]
Rip—
Coselete vanished like it was cut out of a photo.
Like a giant hand tearing a picture.
The lower dimension filled only with incomprehensible void.
Trrrriiiing!
And the bell shattering the void echoed from the hilltop.
“Ugh!”
Ki Sua urgently crushed the bronze bell.
But the situation was dire.
“Go quick! Kill her!”
“Does that bitch know where she is and crawled in?!”
[Analysis. Beastkin chief-class power confirmed.]
[All Machine God Clan firepower concentrate. Incinerate target immediately.]
Enraged hunters and Machine Gods charged up the hill.
Ringing an alarm bell in the heart of enemy territory while boldly killing an officer.
Wide-area taunt, no different from suicide.
“Aaa~~~! Damn it!”
Ki Sua spat curses, dignity as shaman be damned.
Words wouldn’t come.
Thousands of enemies swarming.
Alone, without allies to rely on.
No idea where the damn alarm bell came from, and she hadn’t even touched the generator.
‘Think! Figure out what to do!’
The urgent stress felt like it would freeze her brain.
But stopping thought meant real death.
Whirr—!
[Target acquired. Sniper shot.]
The titan guarding the opposite generator, Arcabucero No. 4, turned its barrel toward her.
Boom——!
The electromagnetic railgun, fully charged, exploded.
A metal slug dozens of thousands of times heavier than Ki Sua’s body weight flew at hypersonic speed along the electromagnetically generated rail.
She had to dodge.
‘Front, rear, left, right—which way?’
The encirclement wouldn’t let her.
‘Why did it turn out like this?’
Smash the generator and escape alone.
She had more than enough ability.
If someone hadn’t betrayed her.
‘The hidden blade!’
The cause was obvious.
The ‘Bell of Betrayal’ rang to kill her.
If the heirs had been with her, they’d have been caught too.
One emotion surged from her depths.
Rage.
‘I’ll catch the bastard who hid the blade and kill him!’
Reflexively, she thrust her hand toward the shell.
“I’ll tear you apart with hatred!”
“Knew it’d be like this.”
A trivial voice came from somewhere.
Lightning surged from behind her, piercing the house-sized metal slug.
Crack—
The halved slug gouged the ground to her sides.
The lightning didn’t stop, racing through the air……
Crunch!
It stomped and crushed the generator that Coselete had protected with its life.
“That’s…….”
Ki Sua saw the lightning’s true nature.
A gray-furred canine who’d muscled his way to deputy chief, ‘Gonghyeok.’
“Gasp!”
“The generator!”
As the main quest generator was destroyed, hunters fell into panic.
Edgar regained composure and bellowed.
“The stragglers aren’t important! Protect the remaining generator!”
No sooner had Ju Gonghyeok smashed the generator than three heirs arrived at her side like the wind.
“Are you alright, shaman?!”
“We’ll escape right away!”
“Gu Yo, Gi En, what the…….”
Ki Sua couldn’t continue.
If the heirs had followed her order, they couldn’t have arrived at this timing.
Gi En answered with ragged breaths.
“Sorry! Gonghyeok suddenly said you’d get stabbed by a blade, so we turned back…….”
Boom!
A crumpled Machine God body slammed down before them.
Gonghyeok, who’d built a barricade with Machine God bodies, leaped down.
“Smashed the generator too. Let’s get out quick. Thanks to you baiting them, Seo Shin’s side smashed theirs and is escaping too.”
“Thanks to me?”
“They’re using us as bait to run.”
Ju Gonghyeok pointed.
Seo Shin’s heirs fleeing into the western wasteland were visible.