Chapter 80
Chapter 80
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 80
Chapter Title: Don't Be Too Cocky
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"It seems a lot has happened since we last met."
I didn't think someone of her stature would fall into some strange cult.
A warrior's enlightenment was the kind of thing others couldn't hope to understand anyway.
There was no need for me to try grasping whatever it was she had realized.
Our paths to enlightenment could never align.
But no matter what she had come to understand...
-Sring
"...if you're thinking of harming him, I can't just stand by."
I couldn't let her lay a hand on him.
"...Step aside, Yu Wol. Even you—I won't forgive anyone who gets in my way."
"I can't do that."
"Hah... I figured you wouldn't back down easily. In that case..."
A voice echoed directly into my mind via transmission.
The instant I heard it...
-Scratch... scratch...
...a sound like something being inscribed rang out, and my consciousness sank into the depths.
'Wh-what the hell is this?!'
I'd retreated to the farthest corner inside the carriage, huddling up and trembling at the vivid surge of power rippling through the air.
'Another attack?!'
What kind of messed-up world was this? How was there not a single day I could just relax without something going wrong?
I knew the outside world was dangerous, sure—but I never imagined it was this dangerous.
'I hate it all... I just wanna go back...'
Living like this wasn't sustainable. With incidents piling up one after another, how could anyone survive in a place like this?
The second I returned to Shaanxi, I'd just greet Dang Ayoung and head straight back to the mountain where I'd lived with my master.
I had money, so I could stock up on books to kill time until she returned.
'Y-yeah. For now, nothing bad should happen.'
The power fluctuations were intense, but I didn't think the Sword Empress would lose.
Who was sitting right next to me? One of the Murim Alliance's top experts—the Sword Empress herself.
With her here, what could possibly happen to me from some ambush like this?
'Y-yeah. Let's trust the Sword Empress. I'm definitely safe...'
I was forcing myself to calm my pounding heart when...
-Thud
...I saw the Sword Empress collapse limply outside.
"Ah..."
Despair flooded my eyes.
The culprit behind this attack—the one who'd crossed swords with the Sword Empress—now turned toward me.
Mysterious blue hair and an appearance that seemed younger than a full-grown woman should.
Objectively, she was a beauty on par with the Sword Empress, but...
"Hello? You're Dan Yuseong, right?"
To me, she just looked like a threat.
"Y-you know my name?"
"Of course. How could I not? The brat who ignores the grace bestowed by the heavens and divinities, constantly insulting Them."
"...!"
Her words let me feel it—the massive heavenly secrets swirling around her.
Proof she shared an uncommon bond with the heavens and divinities.
And from what she'd said, I could guess why she'd come for me... and how she knew my name.
'They actually sent someone after me?!'
This was 1000% the work of the heavens.
Not some subtle nudge of fate, either.
No, They'd straight-up sent her because I was here, demanding I be punished.
And obviously, no ordinary person could commune with the heavens and divinities like that.
She must have some special connection. Something I didn't know about.
'Heavens and divinities?! You're not seriously doing this just because I teased you a bit, right?!'
[...]
'Hey, you bastard! Do you have any idea how much I've suffered because of you? And now you're siccing someone on me over a few insults...'
"Ah."
-Flinch
I glanced toward the voice, and the woman stared back with a cold expression.
"I was going to let it slide, but They say it's gone too far..."
"Huh...?"
What was that just now?
Was she seriously communicating with the heavens in real time?
Was that even possible?
"Please, from now on, show some gratitude..."
Before I could puzzle it out, she closed in, forcing me to squeeze my eyes shut.
.
.
.
"Ow!"
"Have you reflected on it now?"
"What the hell did I even—"
"Still a long way to go, then."
-Smack!
"Ack!"
The stinging pain on my butt drew a scream and a few tears.
My belly draped over her lap.
It felt like my pride was shattering—this was corporal punishment I'd never endured even in my past life.
'I'm not a damn kid...!'
Maybe if I were some arrogant punk getting disciplined, but why was I in this position?
I was the wronged one here.
I'd been living fine until I got isekai'd into this hellhole, suffering all this—so why me...?
"Do you even know what I've been through because of that 'heaven' you keep yapping about?!"
My pent-up grievance burst out, even mid-beating.
-Sniffle
"Why...! Why am I living like this...!"
Tears mixed into my voice.
It was all too unfair and heartbreaking.
Me being cocky? Fine, I admitted I'd messed around a bit.
But shouldn't They consider what They did to me first?
Shoving me into some near-death body without asking, tossing me a shop window like charity that said "wait 27 years or cough up ten thousand gold taels to go home."
They gave me the ability to read heavenly secrets, sure—but it was half-baked, blind to my own crucial future,
and whenever I wanted to spill the full truth, They sealed my lips with heavenly punishment leakage.
"You bastard..."
My tear ducts had already burst.
-Drip... drip...
Tears streamed down my cheeks, soaking my cloak.
I figured this would get some reaction at least.
Maybe a hint of remorse.
But her response was nothing like I'd expected.
"That's exactly why They say you don't appreciate Their grace."
Her voice turned even icier.
"Do you even know what fate awaited you without the heavens and divinities' intervention? They went out of Their way to save your soul from another dimension entirely, and instead of thanks, you spout this arrogance. No wonder They called me here."
"W-wait a sec."
Her words made no sense.
Questions piled up.
"Y-you... You know I'm from another dimension?"
"Yes."
The fact that she knew my origins was baffling enough,
'Saved me?'
And the claim that without Them, I'd have suffered some terrible fate? That grated too.
No matter how I racked my brain, there'd been no signs of impending doom back then.
No accidents, no frail health, no trouble around me.
"What kind of fate was I supposedly headed for...?"
"I can't tell you that due to circumstances on my end."
-Crack
"$#&$#&%#"
Heat rushed to my head, and some incoherent roar escaped my lips.
Fine, fuck it.
My mistake for expecting anything from that damn thing.
All this talk of some doomed fate or heavenly aid—it was bullshit.
I'd almost fallen for it for a second. I'm the idiot.
What was I thinking, hoping for kindness from such a petty prick?
Hey! Heavens, you listening?!
You cowardly shit who sends proxies to spank asses instead of showing up yourself!
What? Mad? If it pisses you off so much, strike me with lightning like old times!
You can't, right? 'Cause your precious little pet's right here!
Then come down yourself!
You won't, huh? The almighty heavens and divinities, too ashamed to face that a mere fortune teller curses you—after everything you did to me...
-Scratchscratchscratchscratchscratch
"...Huh."
Something ominous just rang out, though I couldn't say what.
-Creak
I awkwardly turned my stiff neck to look at the woman beside me, and...
"..."
...eyes glowing blue stared back.
Heavenly secrets churned wildly around her.
"...Um, did you just...?"
"Brat."
-Flinch!
Her voice felt off—not heard through my ears, but carved into my mind.
And that sensation was eerily familiar.
It was like when I divined fortunes or read heavenly secrets.
"...This isn't happening, right?"
A chilling premonition crawled up from my toes, forcing my mouth open.
And in that instant...
-Smooch
-Slurp slurrrrp
"?!"
It happened faster than I could process.
By the time I snapped to, her lips covered mine, her tongue tangling with my own.
-Slurp slurp slurrrrp
"Mmph! Mmmph!!"
-Thump thump
It felt like my soul was being sucked out.
This wasn't a normal kiss.
Ecstasy surged through our entwined tongues, bleaching my mind white.
I pounded her chest with all my might to break free, but all I got was soft give.
I utterly lacked the strength to escape.
-Slurrrrp
Her tongue grew more aggressive.
"Mmph... mmph..."
'My head's going weird...'
It wasn't just the physical pleasure of tongues locking.
-Scratch scratch
"!!"
Bliss was being forcibly etched into my brain.
Like my mind was being raped through her tongue.
I only just realized my hat had come off, exposing my face bare—and even that barely registered as my head fogged over.
'M-my eyepatch...'
-Twitch twitch
The invasive pleasure made my dick twitch, prepping to unload.
No.
I was pathetic enough without blowing from a mere kiss...
-Slurp
"Nng... mmmph..."
No.
This wasn't something I could endure.
Forced ecstasy searing my brain—beyond kissing or caressing, something more.
-Twitch twitch
Just as my body and mind crumbled, my dick on the verge...
-Pop
"Eh...?"
Her lips pulled away from mine.
The branded pleasure vanished from my head in an instant.
-Twitch twitch
My body still quivering from the aftershocks, I barely propped myself up, and she spoke.
"I'll let it slide once."
Her tone felt distinctly different from before.
"Don't be so cocky from now on."
"Y-yes, ma'am..."
A chill of cold charisma hit me, making my heart flutter just a little.