Chapter 137: Sky Devil Church (1)
Translation: Nadu
Editor: Lesurous
Muyoung left the storage room after looking around a bit more.
‘Alexandro. I now know why you disappeared.’
It was the story about the Command Clan and the Sun Guild.
However, the story went a bit differently than how Muyoung had remembered.
The incident in which the Command Clan tried to infiltrate the Great City, failed originally.
The incident ended quietly because the Command Clan was counterattacked before they could even fully start.
All of the clans and guilds gathered their strength and drove them out.
However, this time they weren’t able to gather their strength.
They weren’t able to manage it beforehand.
As a result, the Command Clan was able to infiltrate deep into parts of the Great City.
‘There is no greater butterfly effect than this.’
If the Sun Guild was the center of the Nine Great Guilds, the Lawless Clan was the center of the Five Great Clans.
But, the Lawless Clan was in a situation where they couldn’t act easily.
They were quite weakened because of the ancient spirit, the ‘Disordered Terror’.
Because the Lawless Clan couldn’t use their strength, the other clans cautiously studied the situation.
They seemed like they weren’t planning to become enemies with the Command Clan.
A divided power was easy to penetrate through.
Alexandro had realized this truth beforehand.
There was no way for that snake like bastard to just go into hiding for no reason.
‘Alexandro is moving with the most valuable treasure within the Sun Guild, the Sun Mirror, to stop the Command Clan’s ultimate goal and to take their power entirely.’
In other words, Alexandro hid himself to engross everything.
What was it about for him to even hide himself?
It meant that the Command Clan had something that even the one who reigned as the king of the Great City wanted badly.
And now Muyoung knew what that was.
Swoosh.
Muyoung’s hand touched Anguish.
The problem wasn’t the Sun Guild.
‘The sect leader of Sky Devil church and the successor of Makura, one of the Eight Deva Guardians of Buddhism.’
He was the mastermind.
Even the Command Clan was just a chess piece controlled by him.
‘I thought I heard a lot about it from somewhere.’
Sky Devil Church. There wasn’t a group like that in the Underworld. Well, used to not be one.
However, it appeared all of a sudden.
It was after the Great Calamity.
They built a huge castle and lured people to become a place greater than the Holy City Mulalan.
Then, a cult judge who took two thousand soldiers to Sky Devil Church was killed and a huge battle called the ‘Holy War’ erupted.
However, they were unable to come to a conclusion easily.
Even when fifty thousand crusaders and a hundred thousand priests joined forces.
For a newly created cult, the Sky Devil Church was extremely strong.
And the one behind this strength…
‘He raised devils.’
He’s was a devil.
The cult leader, Moon knew how to control devils.
At one point in time, there were even rumors of him being a Demon King, but in fact, he was half human.
Another transcendental being with the blood mixed in.
The Holy City Mulalan won in the end but due to this, they weren’t able to exhibit their great strength when the Demon Kings and Demon Gods invaded.
And so, Muyoung needed to catch him now.
If Muyoung lost him now, he wouldn’t be able to take back the 10 years he would lose due to him and Moon would deal a great blow weakening humanity’s strength after the Great Calamity.
Muyoung’s gaze became much sharper.
Moon, the cult leader of Sky Devil Church was after one thing.
‘Sky Devil.’
The devils of the sky.
The source of evil.
Wasn’t it said that if you gather the Eight Deva Guardians of Buddhism that Buddha would descend?
That Buddha would descend and save humanity. There was such classified information.
The Sky Devil was a similar context.
From the sky, a true devil will descend and save humanity.
However, the method of saving was different as the Sky Devil saved humanity by ‘slaughtering’.
‘That man is trying to sacrifice the Great City to descend the Sky Devil.’
Making those trials in all kinds of dungeons was just practice.
He was currently trying to create the ‘Sky Devil’s Trial’.
If it gets created, Muyoung couldn’t be certain of the results, but it would be a catastrophe large enough to wipe out the Great City.
No one would be able to stop him.
‘If my memory is correct, Alexandro can’t stop him.’
Moon was a transcendental being. He was human but also not human.
Even if Alexandro was within the top 10 humans, he couldn’t win against Moon.
He could try to take one shot to win with the Sun Mirror but from what Muyoung remembered, Moon didn’t have any flaws.
He was someone who couldn’t be assassinated.
Of course, Muyoung understood Alexandro’s intentions.
If he was to vacate the Sun Guild, the Command Clan would run wilder and Moon, the one behind it all, would show himself.
Alexandro was correct up to that point but he misjudged as he didn’t verify how strong his opponent was.
Muyoung knew because of his memories, but truthfully, there was no way for Alexandro to find out.
‘I guess… I need to stop him.’
Only Muyoung perceived the situation correctly.
However, if Moon was left alone like this, even Muyoung would be swept away by him.
Muyoung refused to be in that sort of situation.
He was going to kill Moon, the cult leader of Sky Devil Church, and keep his promise with Asura.
And after finding out what Alexandro was really after, Muyoung was going to snatch it from him.
It would be enough if Muyoung completed these two things.
A barrier was used to block someone from entering.
And a reality marble blocked the world from entering.
It allowed the user to fill the space with their own color and suffocate their opponent.
***
“You’re amazing. It’s a shame you guys are Asura’s underlings.”
Moon was relaxed.
On the other hand, Bae Sungmin and Tacan became total wrecks.
Their bodies were burned all over and their joints were dislocated.
They were only able to fight continuously up until now because their skills greatly improved while they were with Muyoung.
It was true. Their skills did improve.
However, it wasn’t enough.
To kill Moon… that monster.
“Whose life is more of a waste?”
Tacan held his sword properly.
Within the barrier, it was crawling with devils.
Like a flock of bats, there seemed to be at least a few thousand.
The devils Moon had raised within his reality marble.
No matter how many they killed, there was no end.
Because of this, they couldn’t even reach him.
“If you really calculate it, I think it’s more of a waste for the lich to die.”
“Kuekuekue! Your eyes must be skewed! You will be sorry if you look down on the Evil Spirit Predator Tacan.”
“It sad to kill you guys both. What do you guys think about becoming my underlings by accepting my rite?”
“Rite?”
“The blessing of the Sky Devil. You will forget all your worries and your sorrows. Being invited to true paradise. I’ll grant you a greater happiness.”
It was no different than a pseudo-religion.
On the outside, it seems the same as any religion but the roots were very different.
The rite he talked about probably meant brainwashing.
“Do you think I’ll be brainwashed by someone like you?”
The Evil Spirit Predator Tacan.
He was the terror and king of evil spirits and had devoured numerous evil spirits.
Although his strength did decrease quite a bit by coming to this world, his will didn’t die off with it.
Turn his back because he was going to lose?
Well, Tacan didn’t really have any promises to keep with Muyoung.
Since Muyoung only bossed him around.
However, Muyoung was the successor of Asura.
Asura. The king of all monsters.
A true sovereign that couldn’t be compared to a king of evil spirits!
Since Muyoung was Asura’s successor, there was a need to remain a bit loyal.
“Lich, do you think the same as the spirit?”
“…”
Bae Sungmin didn’t answer.
He tried to find out this barrier’s structure and a way to get out.
Bae Sungmin acted as the Disordered Terror and wore his soul.
The Disordered Terror was an ancient spirit.
It was a monster that even reached the state of a half god by absorbing a world tree.
Of course, the universe that is engraved on its soul transcended normal perception.
Just, Sungmin didn’t use it much because it placed pressure on his brain.
But, it was different now.
‘Two is impossible.’
He had found out about the structure and was able to read the weak point to the barrier.
There was a weak point.
However, both couldn’t escape.
Bae Sungmin looked at Tacan.
Just by exchanging gazes, Tacan understood Bae Sungmin’s intentions.
“That’s unfortunate.”
Moon worked the devils as he smacked his lips.
Tacan spoke to Sungmin quietly.
“Tell him. Although the time we spent together was short, that it was fun.”
Things he couldn’t experience while trapped in Asura’s Path.
They were adventure and excitement.
By following Muyoung’s path, he even felt shudders and at times he was even envious.
Envious of Muyoung who was getting stronger each day.
‘It was nice to be able to experience this world, if only for a short while.’
As expected, it was more fun to be with the living than the dead.
‘I’ll make you realize why I am called the king of evil spirits.’
He was incomparable to the past when he completely lost against the Sword Bone Trio.
He was that much stronger.
He absorbed each of their skills and made them his own.
It seemed like he could have a good fight now if he was to fight against Sword One again.
‘Muyoung. It’s a bit of a shame I wasn’t able to fight with him.’
It wasn’t like he didn’t have regrets.
However, they were all stories of the past.
“I understand.”
Bae Sungmin nodded his head.
Then, Tacan went first and opened the way.
“Come at me! You scumbags!”
***
Thud.
Their signals were disconnected.
Bae Sungmin and Tacan.
‘They were attacked?’
Muyoung’s expression instantly hardened.
Someone who could win against those two. It was extremely rare even if they were in the Command Clan.
At best, Hyungbish.
However, it would still be impossible for Hyungbish to fight and kill them both.
‘Bae Sungmin and Tacan’s visions weren’t accessible.’
It was strange.
When an undead dies, what they last experience before their death normally becomes visible to Muyoung.
This was one of the Death Lord’s authorities.
However, no images entered Muyoung’s head.
He just felt the disconnection from the two.
‘Someone who can offset an authority.’
Furthermore, if it’s the Death Lord’s authority…
It could only be a transcendental being.
Among the humans, there was currently no one who was close to becoming a transcendental being.
But, there was someone who he was suspicious about.
‘Moon.’
Moon. He was a transcendental being when he first appeared 10 years in the future.
Of course, he would be in a similar state or slightly weaker right now.
Ground!
Muyoung ground his teeth.
It was a costly mistake to lose Bae Sungmin and Tacan.
However, he couldn’t just stay put.
‘I’m certain that they were heading towards the Sky Library.’
But, he was still able to know where they were headed.
The connection lasted until there.
However, if they camped at the Sky Library, it was impossible for him to go up there alone.
“Abdullon.”
That’s why Muyoung returned to the Sun Guild and went to Abdullon with Hyacinth.
Abdullon was the vice guild master of the Sun Guild.
There wasn’t anyone even protecting his room.
It was because his hands and feet were tied due to Hyacinth’s brothers and sisters.
“You are Muyoung… and Hyacinth?”
Abdullon lowered his head as he wore a white gown.
Muyoung spoke instead of Hyacinth.
“Right now, the Great City is in grave danger. You are already familiar with the invasion of the Command Clan, right?”
Abdullon’s face hardened.
He was curious as to why Muyoung spoke casually to him and how he even knew about the Command Clan.
If Muyoung came to him with knowledge, there was no point in lying.
“If I do know?”
“I have found the Command Clan’s base.”
“Is that true?!”
“It’s the Sky Library. However, we can’t just solve the problem on our own. We need to use all the military strength of the Sun Guild.”
“I have no powers to do so.”
“You have the authority though.”
“Do you think the world revolves around a cause with just authority?”
Muyoung shook his head.
Then, Hyacinth came forward.
“I’ll help. The strength of six seals should be enough.”
Abdullon led out a small sigh as he looked at Hyacinth.
“Hyacinth, you need the majority. You need at least 8 seals to place strength on my authority and the cause.”
“We are short on two. I understand. I’ll gather it quickly.”
“Hyacinth…? How can you?”
“I have realized something. That you can never pretend to be weak. Watch me.”
Hyacinth turned her body right away.
As if it wasn’t hard to collect two more seals.
After watching Hyacinth’s change, Muyoung inwardly admired her.
‘She is growing.’
The weak girl in the past was slowly becoming an adult.
This also could be considered as a development.
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- Chapter 270: Epilogue
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- Chapter 268: King of the Battlefield (1)
- Chapter 267: A War with the Demon Gods (Fin)
- Chapter 266: A War with the Demon Gods (9)
- Chapter 265: A War with the Demon Gods (8)
- Chapter 264. A War With Demon Gods (7)
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- Chapter 259. A War with the Demon Gods (2)
- Chapter 258. A War with the Demon Gods (1)
- Chapter 257. The Transcendental Beings (End) Part 2
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- Chapter 256. The Transcendental Beings (8) Part 2
- Chapter 256. The Transcendental Beings (8) Part 1
- Chapter 265: ‘Has he given up?’
- Chapter 264
- Chapter 263: The Transcendental Beings (7)
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- Chapter 243: Demon King of the Ash Gray (1)
- Chapter 242: Sky Lord (End)
- Chapter 241: Sky Lord (4)
- Chapter 240: Sky Lord (3)
- Chapter 239: Sky Lord (2)
- Chapter 238: Sky Lord (1)
- Chapter 237: Dantalian (End)
- Chapter 236: Dantalian (1)
- Chapter 235: What are you going to give me (End)
- Chapter 234: What are you going to give me (4)
- Chapter 233: What are you going to give me (3)
- Chapter 231: What are you going to give me (1)
- Chapter 230: Als Nova (End)
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- Chapter 226: Omen of the Ruin (End)
- Chapter 225: Omen of the Ruin (7)
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- Chapter 223: Omen of the Ruin (5)
- Chapter 222: Omen of the Ruin (4)
- Chapter 221: Omen of the Ruin (3)
- Chapter 220: Omen of the Ruin (2)
- Chapter 219: Omen of the Ruin (1)
- Chapter 218: Swamp owners (End)
- Chapter 217: Swamp Owners (1)
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- Chapter 214: Demon King of Iron, Enroth (3)
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- Chapter 211: Sky Lord (End)
- Chapter 210: Sky Lord (2)
- Chapter 209: Sky Lord (1)
- Chapter 208: Truth, or (End)
- Chapter 207: Truth, or (4)
- Chapter 206: Truth, or (3)
- Chapter 205: Truth, or (2)
- Chapter 204: Truth, or (1)
- Chapter 203: Hell King (End)
- Chapter 202: Hell King (3)
- Chapter 201: Hell King (2)
- Chapter 200: Hell King (1)
- Chapter 199: Hell Path (End)
- Chapter 198: Hell Path (6)
- Chapter 197: Hell Path (5)
- Chapter 196: Hell Path (4)
- Chapter 195: Hell Path (3)
- Chapter 194: Hell Path (2)
- Chapter 193: Hell Path (1)
- Chapter 192: The Banquet (End)
- Chapter 191: The Banquet (4)
- Chapter 190: The Banquet (3)
- Chapter 189: The Banquet (2)
- Chapter 188: The Banquet (1)
- Chapter 187: The Noble Castle
- Chapter 186: The Noble Castle (2)
- Chapter 185: The Noble Castle (1)
- Chapter 184: Fire Spirit King Ifrit (End)
- Chapter 183: Fire Spirit King Ifrit (1)
- Chapter 182: The traces of Diablo (End)
- Chapter 181 — The traces of Diablo (4)
- Chapter 180 — The traces of Diablo (3)
- Chapter 179 — The traces of Diablo (2)
- Chapter 178 — The traces of Diablo (1)
- Chapter 177 — Exist Alone(End)
- Chapter 176 — Exist Alone (2)
- Chapter 175 — Exist Alone(1)
- Chapter 174 — Wung Chunglin (End)
- Chapter 173 — Wung Chunglin (3)
- Chapter 172 — Wung Chunglin (2)
- Chapter 171 — Wung Chunglin (1)
- Chapter 170 — Forest of Death (End)
- Chapter 169 — Forest of Death (2)
- Chapter 168 — Forest of Death (1)
- Chapter 167 — The Dragon Lord (End)
- Chapter 166 — The Dragon Lord (2)
- Chapter 165 — The Dragon Lord (1)
- Chapter 164 — The God—Killing Spear (End)
- Chapter 163 — God—Killing Spear (3)
- Chapter 162 — The God—Killing Spear (3)
- Chapter 161 — God—Killing Spear (2)
- Chapter 160 — God—Killing Spear (1)
- Chapter 159 — Cult Judge (End)
- Chapter 158 — Cult Judge (3)
- Chapter 157 — Cult Judge (2)
- Chapter 156 — Cult Judge (1)
- Chapter 155 — Absolute Nothing (End)
- Chapter 154 — Absolute Nothing (3)
- Chapter 153 — Absolute Nothing (2)
- Chapter 152 — Absolute Nothing (1)
- Chapter 151 — Authority Predator (End)
- Chapter 150 — Absolute Predator (3)
- Chapter 149 — Absolute Predator (2)
- Chapter 148 — Absolute Predator (1)
- Chapter 147 — Evil Spirit Sovereign (End)
- Chapter 146 — Evil Spirit Sovereign (4)
- Chapter 145 — Evil Spirit Sovereign (3)
- Chapter 144 — Evil Spirit Sovereign (2)
- Chapter 143 — Evil Spirit Sovereign (1)
- Chapter 142 — Chaos (End)
- Chapter 141 — Chaos (1)
- Chapter 140 — Sky Devil Church (End)
- Chapter 139 — Sky Devil Church (3)
- Chapter 138 — Sky Devil Church (2)
- Chapter 137 — Sky Devil Church (1)
- Chapter 136 — Hyacinth (End)
- Chapter 135 — Hyacinth (4)
- Chapter 134 — Hyacinth (3)
- Chapter 133 — Hyacinth (2)
- Chapter 132 — Hyacinth (1)
- Chapter 131 — Sun Guild (End)
- Chapter 130 — Sun Guild (1)
- Chapter 129 — Hellhorse (End)
- Chapter 128 — Hellhorse (1)
- Chapter 127 — Gremory (End)
- Chapter 126 — Gremory (3)
- Chapter 125 — Gremory (2)
- Chapter 124 — Gremory (1)
- Chapter 123 — The Duke, Bastro (End)
- Chapter 121 — The Duke, Bastro (4)
- Chapter 121 — The Duke, Bastro (3)
- Chapter 120 — The Duke, Bastro (2)
- Chapter 119 — The Duke, Bastro (1)
- Chapter 118 — The Devil’s Long Night (End)
- Chapter 117 — The Devil’s Long Night (4)
- Chapter 116 — The Devil’s Long Night (3)
- Chapter 115 — The Devil’s Long Night (2)
- Chapter 114 — The Devil’s Long Night (1)
- Chapter 113 — Those who seek death shall live (End)
- Chapter 112 — Those who seek death shall live (2)
- Chapter 111 — Those who seek death shall live (1)
- Chapter 110 — Undead vs. Undead (End)
- Chapter 109 — Undead vs. Undead (2)
- Chapter 108 — Undead vs. Undead (1)
- Chapter 107 — Disordered Terror (End)
- Chapter 106 — Disordered Terror (4)
- Chapter 105 — Disordered Terror (3)
- Chapter 104 — Disordered Terror (2)
- Chapter 103 — Disordered Terror (1)
- Chapter 102 — On a Different Level (End)
- Chapter 101 — On a Different Level (6)
- Chapter 100 — On a Different Level (5)
- Chapter 99 — On a Different Level (4)
- Chapter 98 — On a Different Level (3)
- Chapter 97 — On a Different Level (2)
- Chapter 96 — On a Different Level (1)
- Chapter 95 — Dwarves’ Castle War (End)
- Chapter 94 — Dwarves’ Castle War (2)
- Chapter 93 — Dwarves’ Castle War (1)
- Chapter 92 — Immortal King’s Armor (End)
- Chapter 91 — Immortal King’s Armor (2)
- Chapter 90 — Immortal King’s Armor (1)
- Chapter 89 — God Hand Bartas (End)
- Chapter 88 — God Hand Bartas (1)
- Chapter 87 — Three Pickaxe Sack Alliance (End)
- Chapter 86 — Three Pickaxe Sack Alliance (3)
- Chapter 85 — Three Pickaxe Sack Alliance (2)
- Chapter 84 — Three Pickaxe Sack Alliance (1)
- Chapter 83 — Star of the Absolute (End)
- Chapter 82 — Star of the Absolute (7)
- Chapter 81 — Star of the Absolute (6)
- Chapter 80 — Star of the Absolute (5)
- Chapter 79 — Star of the Absolute (4)
- Chapter 78 — Star of the Absolute (3)
- Chapter 77 — Star of the Absolute (2)
- Chapter 76 — Star of the Absolute (1)
- Chapter 75 — Awakening (End)
- Chapter 74 — Awakening (4)
- Chapter 73 — Awakening (3)
- Chapter 72 — Awakening (2)
- Chapter 71 — Awakening (1)
- Chapter 70 — Second Class (End)
- Chapter 68 — Second Class (5)
- Chapter 68 — Second Class (4)
- Chapter 67 — Second Class (3)
- Chapter 66 — Second Class (2)
- Chapter 65 — Second Class (1)
- Chapter 64 — Hedley’s Kow (End)
- Chapter 63 — Hedley’s Kow (2)
- Chapter 62 — Hedley’s Kow (1)
- Chapter 61 — Murloc King, Murdudun (End)
- Chapter 60 — Murloc King, Murdudun (3)
- Chapter 59 — Murloc King, Murdudun (2)
- Chapter 58 — Murloc King, Murdudun (1)
- Chapter 57 — The Outlaw (End)
- Chapter 56 — The Outlaw (5)
- Chapter 55 — The Outlaw (4)
- Chapter 54 — The Outlaw (3)
- Chapter 53 — The Outlaw (2)
- Chapter 52 — The Outlaw (1)
- Chapter 51 — Endless Battlefield (End)
- Chapter 50 — Endless Battlefield (2)
- Chapter 49 — Endless Battlefield (1)
- Chapter 48 — Burning Heart (end)
- Chapter 47 — Burning Heart (1)
- Chapter 46 — Demon God’s Territory (End)
- Chapter 45 — Demon God’s Territory (2)
- Chapter 44 — Demon God’s Territory (1)
- Chapter 43 — Asura (End)
- Chapter 42 — Asura (6)
- Chapter 41 — Asura (5)
- Chapter 40 — Asura (4)
- Chapter 39 — Asura (3)
- Chapter 38 — Asura (2)
- Chapter 37 — Asura (1)
- Chapter 36 — The Avengers (end)
- Chapter 35 — The Avengers (2)
- Chapter 34 — The Avengers (1)
- Chapter 33 — Free—for—all (end)
- Chapter 32 — Free—for—all (4)
- Chapter 31 — Free—for—all (3)
- Chapter 30 — Free—for—all (2)
- Chapter 29 — Free—for—all (1)
- Chapter 28 — Underworld (End)
- Chapter 27 — Underworld (2)
- Chapter 26 — Underworld (1)
- Chapter 25 — Blood—Red Tower (End)
- Chapter 24 — Blood—Red Tower (6)
- Chapter 23 — Blood—Red Tower (5)
- Chapter 22 — Blood—Red Tower (4)
- Chapter 21 — Blood—Red Tower (3)
- Chapter 20 — Blood—Red Tower (2)
- Chapter 19 — Blood—Red Tower (1)
- Chapter 18 — Art of Death (End)
- Chapter 17 — Art of Death (2)
- Chapter 16 — Art of Death (1)
- Chapter 15 — Necromancer (End)
- Chapter 14 — Necromancer (3)
- Chapter 13 — Necromancer (2)
- Chapter 12 — Necromancer (1)
- Chapter 11 — Boss Battle (End)
- Chapter 10 — Boss Battle (3)
- Chapter 9 — Boss Battle (2)
- Chapter 8 — Boss Battle (1)
- Chapter 7 — Star of David (End)
- Chapter 6 — Star of David (3)
- Chapter 5 — Star of David (2)
- Chapter 4 — Star of David (1)
- Chapter 3 — Blue Temple (End)
- Chapter 2 — Blue Temple (2)
- Chapter 1 — Blue Temple (1)
- Prologue