Chapter 297: The White Blood Cult Leader's Sudden Arrival
Gold Masked Snake lay sprawled on the roof, clicking his tongue in short, sharp disapproval. “This doesn’t sit right with me.” Normally, he wouldn’t have cared who wore the helmet or who died, but the idea of Raon Zieghart becoming half a dragon stirred an unusual wave of irritation. “Is it because it’s the first time I’ve seen such a crazy bastard?” Raon Zieghart was insane enough to challenge him to a duel even after being captured in enemy territory.
Such a crazy spirit was somewhat appealing, but the sudden disappearance of his existence dampened his mood. The reason he had rejected the duel with the half-dragon wearing the helmet had also drained his energy. “I had some expectations, though.”
Raon had said something confident like “See you next time,” and he had expected something, but as expected. There was no human who could defeat the soul of a helmet and a mask. “It will be boring for a while.”
The duel with Raon was one of the tedious duties of guarding this barrier, and the thought that it had vanished left a slight regret.
“Ah, what am I thinking right now.”
Gold Masked Snake smiled coldly and tapped his own cheek. “It was going to disappear anyway.” He had known from the beginning that Raon’s soul would vanish. Thinking such thoughts was strange in itself.
“Huu…”
He let out a light sigh and closed his eyes. It was time to rest this body for a moment, since no one could even recognize the barrier without entering the Supreme Yin Barrier.
Whoosh!
A sensation of someone contacting the Supreme Yin Barrier was felt.
“What is this!”
Gold Masked Snake shot up and ran toward the direction where the barrier had a problem. “What is that…?” Men, women, old and young. Four people who looked ordinary were carrying a red palanquin that looked as if it was smeared with blood, and from the feet of the palanquin, a white hand emerged and was stroking the barrier. “How could I not sense their presence?” Those four had strong power, but it was impossible for him not to sense it. This body was specialized in sensing presence more than anything else. “Then that woman…?”
Gold Masked Snake swallowed dryly and looked at the center of the palanquin. Despite no momentum, the presence reached the sky. It seemed like a monster wearing the skin of a human, not an existence of this world.
“Mad…”
The White Blood Cult Leader. It was different from when he had seen her before, but it was definitely that crazy woman. “It will be pierced.” Even the Supreme Yin Barrier couldn’t stop that monster. The problem was time; the barrier being pierced was a given.
Whoosh!
Gold Masked Snake gritted his teeth and activated the barrier. The inside of the barrier became thick, and a bell rang inside the hall.
“Pointless.”
A sweet voice that tickled the ears came from inside the red palanquin. Before that voice disappeared, the barrier rippled and opened a gap through which the palanquin could pass. “She… opened it?” She didn’t break the barrier, but to think that such a thing was possible was unimaginable.
“I have some connection with her.”
With a gesture from the White Blood Cult Leader, the 10th Apostle led the way into the barrier. Behind him, the palanquin advanced, and the 5th Apostle followed from the rear.
Goooooo!
The Grand Priest, the Bishops, and the Cultists lined up and entered the barrier.
“Yo, you dare to break the alliance and start a war?”
“Don’t worry about that.”
The White Blood Cult Leader looked at Gold Masked Snake and curled her thin red lips.
“I only came to find what is mine.”
***
Raon frowned upon seeing Merlin’s room. “I have to make a choice.” If it were Lota, she wouldn’t care about what happened outside and would protect Merlin here. What was important to her was not Eden, but Merlin.
But if that were the case, the situation would be late to grasp, and response to external situations would be delayed. “I don’t know who came.”
With one huge presence burying all the others, he couldn’t tell who had intruded. “Is there anything you feel?”
- Hic…
Instead of answering, Wrath let out a long sigh and slumped on his shoulder.
- Hic, I used too much power. I don’t know anything.
He grumbled that he had used up all the power gathered by breaking through dimensions twice, manifesting his main body. “How unhelpful…?”
- Ugh…
Seeing that he didn’t respond even when insulted, it seemed he was tired. “Then I have no choice but to go myself.”
In this case, there was no choice. Since Merlin was unconscious, he had to go directly and assess the situation.
Raon killed his presence and slipped between the ghosts of Eden to exit the hall. “G… Ma?”
The moment he exited the door, he saw a red palanquin.
From the woman’s shadow reflected on the pinkish-white feet covering the palanquin seat, a terrifying presence was felt. It was as if her gaze had nailed his eyes in place and was sucking them in endlessly.
Not only himself, but the ghosts of Eden couldn’t take their eyes off her either. “Kru…” Raon grabbed his chin with his hand and forcibly turned his gaze away. He saw men, women, old and young holding the legs of the palanquin. “Strong.” It wasn’t for nothing that they were carrying the palanquin; a powerful force was felt. Because of the owner of the palanquin, it was hard to feel properly, but among the four, there was not a single one with lower martial rank than himself.
Raon sent his gaze to the side of the palanquin and widened his eyes. “10th Apostle? And 5th Apostle?”
The 10th Apostle with ten beads on his coat and the 5th Apostle with five beads stood on either side of the palanquin, hands clasped. “T, then that woman…?”
He looked at the palanquin again. While observing the woman making languid gestures inside the red feet, he bit his lip tightly. “White Blood Cult Leader!” There was only one existence that the disciples of the White Blood Cult would show such etiquette to.
No, when all the others left and the woman in the palanquin showed Glenn’s urgent presence, the answer was obvious from the beginning.
That woman was the White Blood Cult Leader, the master of the White Blood Cult.
- Hmmm!
Wrath narrowed his eyes while glaring at his feet.
- Quite something.
Wrath was a guy who only recognized Glenn as worthy. If he was saying such things about the White Blood Cult Leader, it meant her power reached the sky like Glenn. “But…” Why was the White Blood Cult Leader here?
She hadn’t broken the barrier, but from the reaction of Eden, it seemed she hadn’t come with a prior promise. I wonder why she came here, this monster that could shake the continent no matter where she appeared. “Is she trying to catch me?”
It could be overthinking, but the White Blood Cult had sent the 10th Apostle to kidnap him. It was crazy, but the possibility wasn’t zero.
- Idiot.
Wrath chuckled and waved his hand.
- There aren’t many such powerful beings in the Demon Realm. Why would that come to catch you. That’s why I don’t associate with those protagonists who have the protagonist disease….
“Where is Raon Zieghart?”
When the guy was chuckling, a soft voice that melted the ears came from inside the red feet.
- Eh? “Eh?” Raon pushed away the Wrath covering his eyes and opened his mouth wide. That monster seemed really to have come here to catch him.
“There is no such person.”
Gold Masked Snake answered with a voice as dry as if it had cracked.
“Who are you lying to right now.”
The 5th Apostle raised his killing intent while looking at Gold Masked Snake. He clenched his fist as if about to strike immediately.
“Everyone kneel. The noble person standing before you right now is…”
“Enough.”
The White Blood Cult Leader lightly waved her hand.
“Raon Zieghart is not here? Why?”
“Th, that guy is dead… So.”
Gold Masked Snake hesitated until the end and spat out hao-che, not the honorific. In the middle of this, not using honorifics showed he was a guy with pride wrapped tightly.
“Dead, huh…”
The White Blood Cult Leader let out a faint laugh.
“So you mean he wore the helmet.”
“That’s right. He can act as Raon Zieghart, but the real Raon Zieghart is no longer in this world.”
Gold Masked Snake nodded while trembling his lips.
Raon killed his presence even more and slightly bowed his waist. “Why did you try to make me an apostle?” The White Blood Cult Leader was a monster worthy of Wrath’s recognition. No matter how much he heard about being a genius, he didn’t know why she personally came to take him, who had reached mid-rank master.
“Then…”
The White Blood Cult Leader leaned her back against the seat of the palanquin and tapped her fingers.
“You should bring that kid too.”
She said it naturally as if she was going to take Raon like finding a lost item.
“Th, that is impossible.”
Gold Masked Snake frowned and shook his head.
“Eden does not hand over entrants lightly. Since you already wore the helmet…”
“You don’t know your place.”
The 5th Apostle raised a chilling killing intent and stood in front of Gold Masked Snake.
“Before you break that mouth, bring Raon Zieghart here.”
“What I am saying is not for you.”
After glaring at the 5th Apostle, Gold Masked Snake turned his gaze back to the White Blood Cult Leader.
“You came to take an Eden member and think of fighting? What is your scheme?”
“That depends on you. If you block my way, I will have to sweep it away.”
The White Blood Cult Leader tilted her head slightly. An endlessly leisurely voice. It was to the point where one might think this was not the Eden branch but the White Blood Cult headquarters.
“Kru, you dare to break the alliance oath?”
Gold Masked Snake staggered and opened his mouth. The White Blood Cult Leader didn’t raise even a small momentum or energy, yet she exuded a massive presence. Gold Masked Snake, a mid-rank master, couldn’t speak properly.
“If I hand over that kid, there is no reason for the alliance to break.”
“You are talking nonsense…”
“Close that mouth.”
The 10th Apostle, who had been retreating, came forward. With eyes showing both calmness and battle, he glared at Gold Masked Snake.
“You are not someone you can talk to casually.”
“……” When the 10th Apostle shot a massive killing intent at Gold Masked Snake, the Soul-Severing Sword blocked in front.
Kugugugug! The 10th Apostle and Soul-Severing Sword, Gold Masked Snake and 5th Apostle confronted each other, and the ground began to shake.
“I don’t have much patience.”
The White Blood Cult Leader let out a light laugh and tapped her fingers. The competing massive killing intents of the two sides settled in an instant, and Gold Masked Snake knelt.
“Kheuk!”
“……”
The Soul-Severing Sword didn’t kneel, but his body was shaken as if he had received a shock twice as large, and he looked at the White Blood Cult Leader with eyes doubled in size.
“Raon Zieghart, I will take him with me.”
When the White Blood Cult Leader nodded her head, the palanquin advanced. When the steps that no one could stop continued, the Soul-Severing Sword forcedly balanced and stood up.
“……”
The Soul-Severing Sword still didn’t open his mouth and raised his killing intent. The dark death qi wrapped around his whole body.
“Oh ho.”
The White Blood Cult Leader let out a sigh of amusement.
“Interesting. You dare to block my way even though you are out of balance.”
“You don’t need to come out, Leader.”
The 10th Apostle stood in front of the Soul-Severing Sword and shot a cold gaze.
“I will handle this guy.”
“……” The 10th Apostle and Soul-Severing Sword, unlike before, spat out killing intent as if they really wanted to kill each other and gripped their spear and sword. “This can’t be escaped.” Raon bit his lip. If the power of Eden and White Blood Cult was equal, he could use this situation to escape, but currently, the axis of power was leaning toward the White Blood Cult. Escape was impossible.
“You were right in front.”
The White Blood Cult Leader pointed her fingers that had been spinning in the air at the ghosts of Eden. The ghosts fell one by one as if asleep, and Raon’s figure was revealed as is.
“Raon Zieghart.”
She let out an alluring smile and pointed at Raon.
“I missed you.”
The hot heat rising and the comfort as if it came from the mother’s womb. The moment she heard the voice, he wanted to approach and hug her. “Kruuu…” Raon forcibly stopped the foot he was about to move. He erased the White Blood Cult Leader’s voice that had dug into his mind by using the Fire Ring.
“Who are you?”
He acted as if he didn’t know anything about this world and made his voice tremble slightly.
“Hmm…”
The White Blood Cult Leader propped her chin with her hand and looked this way. A gaze as hot as the inside of the feet was felt.
“Ambiguous.”
“What is ambiguous?”
“The scent of the helmet ghosts is a bit faint. Did you really defeat them?”
Her gaze, even passing through the red feet, was sharpened like a sword and pierced the soul.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
Raon chewed the inside of his cheek to not show his surprise. “Crazy…” How did she know?
Even though he had used perfect aura manipulation and acting to deceive the ghosts of Eden, it didn’t work on that monster. She said ambiguous, but her voice had certainty.
“Whether you ate or were eaten doesn’t matter.”
The White Blood Cult Leader lightly tapped her fingers.
“Come with me. I will show you a new world.”
“Ugh…”
While looking at the shadow of the fingers inside the feet, his head momentarily went blank, but he woke his mind cleanly by resonating the Fire Ring.
“Such mental strength is not common. It suits me even more.”
The White Blood Cult Leader smiled as if she was enjoying that her technique didn’t work.
“As long as there is family here, I won’t leave.”
Raon said what he would have said if it were Lota and gripped the sword’s sword energy he had newly acquired.
“Then I can just kill that family.”
“What nonsense is that!”
“Choose. Whether you follow after your family dies or now.”
There was no high or low emotion in the White Blood Cult Leader’s voice. Only the will that it had to be done naturally. “That woman is not sane either.” Whether the White Blood Cult or Eden, it was a gathering of crazy people, and there was no human with a proper head. “Wrath.” Raon slightly lowered his eyes and looked at Wrath in the ice flower bracelet. “Can you fight that guy if I bring you into my body?” Normally, he would have said of course you win, but currently Wrath was in a state of using a lot of power on useless things. Since he didn’t know how the situation would proceed, he had to hear Wrath’s answer.
- Asking about useless things.
Wrath frowned as if why ask such a thing.
- O, of course I can break it.
“Then prepare yourself.”
The voice was a bit trembling, but the only way to believe now was to hand over the body to Wrath. All the people here were enemies. Wrath could go berserk and kill them.
“Enough.”
When Raon calmly took a breath, Gold Masked Snake came forward.
“This place is Eden’s territory. No matter how much you are the head of the White Blood Cult, there are things you cannot do.”
“You are as bold as your head. It suits me.”
At the White Blood Cult Leader’s words, Gold Masked Snake’s eyes widened.
“But your words are wrong.”
“What…”
“My place is soon the White Blood Cult.”
She extended her hand. With that one action, a red current rose in the gazes of the White Blood Cultists standing beside her.
“Bring Raon Zieghart. Those who interfere can be killed.”
Despite the White Blood Cultists raising killing intent and approaching, the ghosts of Eden couldn’t move. It was because the mysterious and pure energy raised by the White Blood Cult Leader enveloped them.
Kugugugug!
The first to clash was the 10th Apostle and Soul-Severing Sword. The massive killing intent rising on their swords and spears aimed at each other.
Hwaaaaa!
At the moment when the swords and spears of two grandmasters collided, the sky opened.
The sun that had been sinking below the western mountains rose again, and brilliant light spread across the world.
In the magnificent light group, a man appeared.
He wore a handsome young man’s mask with eyes so beautiful it was almost shameful, and his mouth curved softly as if it were a human face.
In the gray clothes he wore, angel wings and demon horns were engraved, and above his head, a halo with patterns of sun and moon mixed half and half floated.
Sacred yet ominous.
The sky sang a song for him, the earth longed for him and raised malice.
Aaaaa!
Raon bit his lip tightly while hearing the strange sound like the howl of angels and demons. “Tacheon…” A monster wrapped in both sanctity and demonic power. One of the two pillars of Eden called Tacheon from the outside.
Goooooo!
Tacheon slowly descended with a magnificent killing intent that didn’t yield to the White Blood Cult Leader at all.
Raon clenched his fist. “This is good news.” With Tacheon appearing, the balance between Eden and White Blood Cult was restored. If well done, there was a possibility of escaping without taking out Wrath.
- That guy…
When planning to escape, Wrath looked at Tacheon and furrowed his brows as if his eyes were distorted.
- Mixed in.