Chapter 280: 45th Floor: Heavenly Demon Lee Do-hee
Translator: RaidenTL
Chapter 280: 45th Floor: Heavenly Demon Lee Do-hee
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As if she’d heard my desperate cry, the landlady opened the door a crack and looked at me.
Through the sliver of light, I could see her standing there in a thin negligee.
“D-Do-hee… I know you’re working hard… Y-You don’t have to say things like that, I understand…? Ahem, it’s just… it’s too…”
Sexy.
The word seemed to get caught in her throat.
A woman calling another woman sexy? What kind of lesbian pervert talk was that?
“A-Anyway? I didn’t misunderstand, so…”
“Ah, ma’am!”
I threw the door wide open and flung myself into her arms.
“Hiek? D-Do-hee…”
“The mean viewers are… sob sob…”
“……”
The landlady’s expression shifted to one that said, ‘I don’t think that’s quite it…’
“Ah…”
Ahem… She knows everything, doesn’t she?
“Th-Thank you for the meal! I’ll be going now!!”
I bolted back to my apartment as if fleeing the scene.
“Do-hee, put some clothes on before you go!”
I had just run through the hallway, past the security guards, in a naked apron.
Another day, another mountain of cringey memories created.
“Alright, everyone, let’s just forget what happened today. Look into my eyes… and forget!”
- Oh…
- I can see Lee Do-hee in a naked apron, showing the inside of her pussy.
- Did she get caught by the landlady while begging to be fucked?
- Let’s just call it ditzy charm.
- Yep~ Recording today’s events and saving them to my hard drive~
- As if you could lololol
“Ah……”
Despite all that, I had nothing else to do that night, so I diligently milked my breasts while masturbating with a dildo.
- Look how much that is…
- She’s just a pervert.
*
The next day.
After finishing all my personal checks, I completed my preparations to climb the Tower again.
Classic dominant woman move: ready to go anywhere in a day.
- You’re going already? Damn.
- She’ll clear the 45th floor in no time.
- No, show us Neri.
- What about our Kkwiut-kkyu?
- For real, is she going all the way to 46 in one go?
“Oh, right.”
I summoned Neri and Kkwiut-kkyu again and left them with the landlady and my female guild members.
“Now, I’m really going.”
Dodging the potential rapists, I arrived back at my waiting room.
The 45th floor isn’t very difficult.
By my standards, of course.
It’s another floor where the objective is more or less set in stone.
The theme of the 45th floor is none other than the ‘Heavenly Demon!’
Depending on the difficulty, you just have to team up with your party and members of the Murim Alliance to beat the crap out of a Heavenly Demon of a certain level. That’s it.
I’d cleared it several times in the past, even going to other countries to do so, which is why I know this trial better than anyone.
Of course, the Heavenly Demon is no pushover.
I might have a bit of a hard time if I get S-rank difficulty.
This trial requires nothing but pure martial strength, but for that very reason, it’s a trial that many fear.
“I’ll be back with it cleared in ten minutes!”
[Would you like to proceed with Solo Play? This trial is recommended for a party of 16.]
“Of course!”
Brother Namgung Pae, Sister Profound Lady, Abbot… here I come again!
Swoosh!
*
Swoosh!
Huh?
The moment I started, I felt something strange about my body.
Instead of my usual pink divine power, I could feel a ferocious and viscous demonic energy emanating from me.
I quickly opened my eyes to find myself sitting alone in the middle of a large, hollow cave.
Fuck, what the hell is going on? Why is my body… Don’t tell me?
[Ting~]
[You are the leader of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, the ‘Heavenly Demon.’ Defeat all forces of the Murim Alliance.]
[Your energy is converted from Divine Power to Demonic Energy.]
[Some skills and traits are converted to be usable with Demonic Energy.]
[You have acquired the SSS-rank Trait: Heavenly Demon.]
[You have mastered all SSS-rank Heavenly Demon Divine Arts.]
“……?”
Excuse me…?
I’m the Heavenly Demon…?
This was insane.
Among possession-type trials, there are some that involve a much deeper level of possession.
They’re called Transformation-Type Possession Trials.
In these trials, you’re given additional skills and traits so you can use the original abilities of the body you’ve possessed.
In unlucky cases, your body or even your species can be transformed, but for now, it seems only my skills and traits have changed.
The problem is… a trial that requires this much of a power-up is very likely to have an extremely high difficulty.
Alright, let’s get another SSS-rank reward!
Just as I was about to slowly read through my status window, I sensed several people rushing toward me.
According to the memories in this body, this place was a hidden grotto, a cave the Heavenly Demon had entered for secluded training.
The entrance to this place opened, and a group of people in black clothes swarmed in.
Enemies? No, this is demonic energy. The same as mine.
As I slowly straightened my robes and stood up, they immediately knelt before me.
Their faces were stained with sweat and blood, and they couldn’t hide the urgency in their expressions.
An older man who appeared to be the leader slammed his forehead to the ground with a thud! and spoke.
“W-We are in your presence, Heavenly Demon…!! Forgive us for interrupting your secluded training. But, right now… the allied forces of the Murim Alliance have advanced to the foot of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains! The elders and protectors are holding them back, but… frankly, it is too much for them. Now, you must rise!! Please, save us!!!!”
He begged with utter desperation.
“…Cease your rashness.”
The cold words that came out, so different from my own thoughts, startled even me.
What the—is my speech being influenced by the Heavenly Demon trait?
“Forgive me! Please, kill me right here and now!!!! But in my stead, please… please save everyone, O Heavenly Demon!!! Our families and friends… they are all falling!!!”
He was now practically kissing the floor, his head bowed low.
I could feel his desperate will.
A truly excellent member of the Demonic Cult. No need to kill him.
Perhaps because I had gained the Heavenly Demon’s memories and related traits, my way of speaking and thinking felt a little more… Heavenly Demon-like.
“Lead the way. I will go and sweep away the noisy insects.”
“Ah… I obey your command! O Heavenly Demon!”
Thump!
He beamed, even as blood trickled down from his forehead.
Stepping outside, a cool breeze brushed past my private areas.
The Heavenly Demon does not concern herself with such things!
The secluded training cave I was in was located deep within the mountains.
The men who had offered to guide me were panting heavily, having exhausted themselves on the way here. From my perspective, they were practically crawling.
“I will go myself. Just point the way.”
“Ah, understood! If you cross those five large mountains over there, you will see them!”
BOOM!
Without a word, I kicked off the ground and soared into the air.
For some reason, I felt like I could do it, so I tried, and it worked!
[Sky-Treading Steps]
It felt similar to creating foothold panels.
Heavenly Demon Lee Do-hee flew through the sky, heading toward the battlefield.
*
Meanwhile, at the foot of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
The elite Murim Alliance, united to eradicate the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, was launching a fierce assault.
It wasn’t just the simple Orthodox Factions like the Nine Sects and One Union or the Five Great Clans that had gathered.
The Unorthodox Alliance, the greatest coalition of the Unorthodox Factions; assassin organizations like the Blood Shadow Gate and the Dark Shadow Pavilion; and even the bandits of the Green Forest were all here.
Every martial artist in the Central Plains, save for the Demonic Cult itself, had allied to bring about its destruction.
Their goal wasn’t simply to seal them away or achieve victory.
Annihilation of a Sect.
They had all come seeking the utter annihilation of the Demonic Cult.
At the forefront, the Sword Demon of the Sword Demon Sect, one of the six major sects of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, was already dueling the leader of the Murim Alliance, the head of the Namgung Clan.
“Haha, Sword Demon, is that paltry strength all you have to show for your worship of power!”
Namgung Pae, the current leader of the Murim Alliance.
The man, who looked to be in his early forties, cut down the surrounding cultists before turning his attention back to the Sword Demon.
“Enough with your base tricks! Let us fight fair and square!!!”
A heavy sword.
A sword of the Orthodox Path, falling with honesty and righteousness.
An immense aura of blue Sword Aura, looking as if it reached the heavens, descended.
A simple vertical slash.
But for some reason, it was a strike that could neither be dodged nor blocked.
“Kuaaaargh!!!”
The Sword Demon mustered every last bit of his demonic energy to block it, but—
CRASH!
“Agh… Keuk!”
The Sword Demon’s demonic energy was torn apart, and his sword shattered.
He used his remaining strength to deflect the blade, but his right arm was severed and sent flying.
“Cough…!”
He suffered internal injuries as well, spitting up a mouthful of blood.
“You despicable Orthodox bastards… In the end, you will all kneel before the Heavenly Demon!”
“The Heavenly Demon this, the Heavenly Demon that. Do you really think her arrival can change this situation?”
He looked around.
The situation elsewhere was no different from the Sword Demon’s.
A full-scale assault by the Murim Alliance and the Unorthodox Factions.
The leaders of the six major sects were busy dealing with the heads of their respective Orthodox counterparts.
But they were being pushed back.
They had believed their individual martial prowess was second to none, but they were being helplessly driven back by the combined assault.
In particular, the Renegade Monks from the Buddhist Sects had broken their vows against killing and were now popping cultists like bugs.
And far behind them.
An incredible number of martial artists who had yet to join the battle could be seen.
Tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands.
Including unaffiliated wanderers, an endless crowd had gathered to annihilate the Demonic Cult.
“Why, why must you go this far!!”
“This is all your karma. As for what that is, ask the Heavenly Demon you worship as a god.”
“You baaaastard!! How dare you insult the Heavenly Demon!!!!”
“What is this Heavenly Demon! What in the world is she that you call for her even as you die!”
Countless cultists were being cut down.
“Heavenly Demon… please…”
“O Heavenly Demon, I beg you…”
They all called for the Heavenly Demon.
Even with their arms cut off, with swords buried in their bellies.
Even as they were brutally slaughtered and died.
They did not resent the Heavenly Demon.
They did not resent the one who had led them to their deaths; on the contrary, they yearned for her.
They praised her fervently.
They prayed desperately.
“How pathetic!! Is this pathetic cult all the Demonic Cult amounts to!!”
“Kuh… You bastard!! How dare you! Do not insult the Heavenly Demon!!!!!”
The Sword Demon burned his Innate Energy.
He was more enraged by the insult to his master than by his own life.
The blood vessels in his eyes burst, and blood streamed down his face. With his one remaining left arm, he raised his broken sword and charged.
He bet everything he had left of his life.
“Foolish man.”
Namgung Pae.
The current leader of the Murim Alliance, and regarded as the most powerful in its history.
His level of mastery was the Manifestation Realm, a state said to be one step away from Ascension, while the Sword Demon was one level below, in the Transformation Realm.
The blue Sword Aura swung horizontally.
The Sword Demon sensed death, but he charged on nonetheless.
“Uwaaaaaaaah!!! O Heavenly Demon!!!”
“Die.”
KWAAAAAAAANG!!!!
The colossal clash of power sent everyone nearby flying.
When the dust settled, what remained was…
The Sword Demon, his body severed at the waist, his upper and lower halves separated, his left arm also cut off.
“The Sword Demon has been defeated!! Kill them all!!”
The body of the man regarded as the second-in-command of the Demonic Cult lay in pieces on the ground.
He was still breathing, but it was already too late.
“Heavenly Demon…”
He died a lonely death on the cold ground, waiting for her.
The scene was much the same elsewhere.
“Ah… O Heavenly Demon!”
“Kuaaaargh!”
“Ooh… Heavenly Demon, please!!!”
A desperate crisis.
The main forces of the Demonic Cult were being broken one by one, and just as everyone was about to fall before the overwhelming power—
“Bow down.”
A tremendous voice echoed across the battlefield.
The black sky split apart.
Something incomprehensible descended with an immense demonic aura.
An overwhelming demonic energy that felt utterly inhuman.
Everyone instinctively stopped fighting and looked up at the sky.
“The Heavenly Demon…?”
Her appearance alone overwhelmed every martial artist present.
A terrifying fear that could be felt even from a distance.
The cultists naturally fell to their knees and gazed up at her.
For a moment, a quiet stillness fell over the battlefield.
“……”
While no one dared to move or speak,
the Sword Demon, his body cut in half, coughed up blood and cried out.
Heavenly Demon Returns!
A voice that sounded like it was being squeezed out as he died.
That single phrase became a spark.
The voices of the cultists grew louder from all corners.
Heavenly Demon Returns!
All Demons Bow in Submission!
「The Heavenly Demon descends, and all demons shall bow their heads in submission」
The shouts grew louder and louder.
The dying cultists cried out at the top of their lungs.
Sacred Transformation Descends!
Long Live the Divine Cult!
「The sacred fire of the Demonic Cult descends, and the Divine Cult shall last a thousand years」
The shouts of a few soon grew into a roar that shook the entire Hundred Thousand Great Mountains.
Everyone heard the descent of the Heavenly Demon.
Demonic Path Rules the World!
Long Live the Heavenly Demon!!!
「The era of the Demonic Path will come」
“W-What is this…”
“Crazy… Stop it, you damn cultist freaks!”
The martial artists were flustered by the cultists’ ritualistic, fanatical chant.
The Heavenly Demon.
The arrival of a single person had changed the very air of the battlefield.
Long Live the Heavenly Demon!!!
Long Live the Heavenly Demon!!!
Long Live the Heavenly Demon!!!
Long Live the Heavenly Demon!!!!!!!
Now, every member of the Demonic Cult was screaming her name.
Even as they died,
even if they would die moments later.
Every cultist in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains shouted until their throats were raw.
Children, women, dying old men and women.
All those who had been hiding rushed out, fearlessly running to kneel and shout.
Long Live the Heavenly Demon!!!
Long Live the Heavenly Demon!!!
Long Live the Heavenly Demon!!!
Fanaticism.
The momentum of the Orthodox Alliance faltered in the face of a madness that would embrace even death at the Heavenly Demon’s command.
And as if in response, the Heavenly Demon’s foot moved.
“D-Do you think you can do anything alone?”
Namgung Pae’s voice trembled with alarm.
She didn’t charge, nor did she swing a spear.
She simply took a single, large step forward.
“Be crushed.”
The incantation for the martial art she intended to use surfaced naturally in her mind.
Heaven Bows Its Head
Earth Holds Its Breath
Where My Foot Treads
Law Collapses
Dao Perishes.
One Step, and the World Changes Hands.
[Heavenly Demon’s Reigning Steps]!!!
KUUUUUUUUUUUUNG───────!!!!
The world sank.
“Ah…?”
The bodies of the martial artists were crushed like insects, reduced to a pulpy slurry of blood, their forms unrecognizable.
CRUNCH!!!!
The entrance to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains was stained crimson with blood.
The Heavenly Demon had arrived.