< Episode 105: Master’s Myeongryul (2) >
-Owner. In that person I can sense the magical energy of the Hundred-Faced King who is said to be the worst of the six demons.
‘!?’
Grand Master Myeongryul frowned at the serious warning of Baekhwadokgok the leader.
A hundred-faced king?
He suddenly remembered a memory from long ago that he had forgotten for a while.
* * *
[…Why? Why can’t I give in?]
Master Myeongryul muttered with a look of disappointment when the technique of Imangjuan (意忘主言) did not work.
With his help and quite a bit of sacrifice we managed to subdue it.
However the prepared techniques did not work at all.
No matter how much he is said to be the leader among spirit beasts this technique has made even spirit beasts of the same rank submit so why is it?
Baekhwadoggok who was covered in wounds spoke to the puzzled man.
– Although it is said that they were defeated thanks to that monstrous person the six demons are completely different from ordinary spirit beasts like us.
[I admit that it is stronger than ordinary spirit beasts but even so how can the being that was subjugated be so strong-willed?]
-Their strength surpasses that of spirit beasts and is infinitely close to that of divine beasts.
[Shinsu does not exist.]
-It exists. It’s just that the world can’t withstand their power.
[Can’t the world bear it?]
-At the point of reaching divine power the existence completely deviates from nature.
[Natural?]
-It is natural to support this world.
[…Is it the same as providence?]
-similar. However providence is not the realm of reason but rather the realm of principles and laws. The logic is more like a flow.
Master Myeongryul clicked his tongue at these Baekhwadogok’s words.
He subjugated a spirit beast into a food spirit and left behind numerous achievements as a swordsman so he was thought to have reached the highest level of martial arts but there were still many things he did not know.
Great Mage Myeongryul said as he grabbed the golden mane of the fallen being.
[In any case it would be impossible to control it as a food spirit. It doesn’t matter. Even if that’s not the case this has a lot of uses.]
-….
[Baekhwadogok. If you know of any other six demons please tell me.]
Baekhwadogok spoke as if he was embarrassed by his request.
-Even though the monster helped do you think this kind of luck will work again?
[A fluke?]
-We were only able to catch King Sata because he was weakened from a fight with the White Dragon Demon King a long time ago. However the six demons in their intact state are completely different.
[Six demons in perfect condition?]
-okay. Their power is beyond your imagination. And even within these six demons there are two beings that should never be touched.
[A being that should never be touched?]
-Even though the other six demons are in a position that ordinary spirit beasts cannot handle the two are completely different.
Master Myeongryul was puzzled by the very serious warning and asked.
[What on earth are those two?]
– King Daeryeok and King Baekmyeon. If you happen to encounter those beings let go of any expectations that might arise.
* * *
It was a conversation we had quite a while ago.
Since then I had no longer had the chance to encounter the beings called the Six Demons so I had completely forgotten about them but now I remembered them.
Imaemangyang the nine-tailed great cow with golden fur. King Baekmyeon (百面王) Geummogumi (金毛九尾).
I heard that it is said to be even worse than the King of Power known as the oldest of the six demons and that its evil intentions have led to the destruction of numerous countries and people.
Representative examples are the Yin Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty.
‘…King of Hundred Faces. ‘Golden-haired nine-tailed fox.’
Do you feel the power of existence from author Mok Gyeong-un?
What on earth does that mean?
Master Myeongryul who was puzzled asked.
“What are you talking about the magic power of the Hundred-Faced King? “If you do that you can’t say that he is the King of the White Faces right?”
-That’s not it. However it has something that is full of the reverberations of magical power.
“Reverberation of spirit power?”
Mok Gyeong-un chuckled at their conversation.
It seems that he is referring to the jewelry made from the tail that the golden-haired nine-tailed fox gave him.
If it were a spirit beast it would still be just below the Six Demons but seeing that even such a being was so aware of the golden-haired nine-tailed fox with an air of fear it certainly seemed to be of a different class.
Grand Master Myeongryul clicked his tongue and said.
“Whether it’s a reverberation of magical power or something you’re saying it’s not the Hundred-Faced King himself?”
-It’s not that simple. master.
“what?”
-…Having an object with such a strong reverberation of magical power may be something that the Hundred-Faced King possesses or is related to.
“So what do you want to do?”
-If you touch that human bastard too hastily you could incur the wrath of the Hundred-Faced King.
Despite the warning of Baekhwadokgok the Great Master Myeongryul soon snorted.
“It’s actually good.”
-Well…done?
“Even so he needs more cards. He cannot miss the opportunity to bring out another six demons.”
-Master…. The White-faced King is completely…
“stop. Anyway then and now are different. And anyway a fight with the author is inevitable. So please fulfill your duty as a food spirit.”
-….
Realizing that he could not persuade his master Yeongsu Baekhwa Dokgok shut his mouth and looked at his neck Gyeong-un.
‘Ahhhh.’
If he wasn’t in a situation where he had become a food spirit he wanted to avoid this place right away.
But he had no choice.
In any case if Myeongryul forced an order through Yeon (緣) he had no choice but to carry it out and if he made up his mind to cut off the Yeon he could even take his own life.
In the end he had to do as he was told one way or another.
“Eat him…”
That was before the words were even finished.
The white flame of Baekhwadokgok’s tail moved like a whip and struck something.
-Paang!
At the same time Mok Gyeong-un landed about a dozen paces away in a posture as if he had blocked something with his magic sword.
Seeing this Master Myeongryul clicked his tongue inwardly.
‘He’s a guy who can’t let down his guard.’
He himself didn’t even notice that the guy had moved.
It seemed certain that as Grand Duke Na Yu-ryang said he had truly surpassed the wall of the wall and reached a state equivalent to the Six Heavens.
He also learned martial arts for self-defense but he was a difficult opponent to deal with through inaction.
however
“I’ll tell you how a Bangsin who has received the title of Bangsin (方神) fights.”
With those words he made a hand sign with his left hand and recited a small spell.
Then with the sound of one of the wooden dolls hanging on his belt breaking a strong magical energy rose and something appeared.
-Park!
The being was not that large.
It resembled a human shape but more accurately it resembled a monkey.
It had two red spots on its forehead and a lot of small thorn-like things along with floral patterns on its body.
What’s interesting is that his mouth was so big that it reached both ears and he was smiling.
As soon as Cheongnyeong saw this he clicked his tongue and said.
-I can’t believe you sealed it up like that and led it around like a demonic beast.
-…Is it a demonic beast?
The energy radiating was unusual.
-It is Yual (幽頞).
Demonic beast Yual (幽頞).
It was an imamangryang that lived in Byeonchun Mountain north of Danhun Mountain and its movements were so fast that it was difficult to detect.
Because of its habit of eating fruits and blades of grass unlike other imamangryangs it does not cause much harm to humans but even so it is not called a demonic beast for no reason. The magical power it exudes is amazing.
Although it was not as powerful as Yeongsu Baekhwadoggok an imamangryang of a higher rank an imamangryang with this level of power was still dangerous.
At that time Master Myeongryul opened his arms wide.
Then Yual the spirit beast did a backflip and climbed onto Myeongryul’s shoulder then hugged her and clung to her as if carrying her on his back.
-Park!
Mok Gyeong-un who thought he was going to do something tried to make a move.
-Kwaaaaaah!
The young beast Baekhwadokgok roared and opened its mouth towards Mokgyeongun spewing out flames.
-Rarrrrrrrrrrrr!
The emitted flames soon spread out in the shape of a fan instantly overturning the radius along with Mokgyeongun.
Taking advantage of the momentum Baekhwadokgok further increased its power.
Then the flames that were being spewed out soon changed from scarlet to blue and then white.
As the color of the flame changed the floor of the back garden burned up with a loud noise and as soon as it touched it it turned into ash and disappeared.
‘Is he dead?’
Baekhwadokgok who had been continuously spewing out white flames thought that Mokgyeongun had died when he could not feel anything in the flames.
however
-Wow!
At that moment the flames split and Mok Gyeong-un flew through them and tried to cut off Baekhwa Dok-gok’s head.
-Where!
However in an instant Baekhwadokgok swung its huge front paw and struck Mokgyeongun away.
-Chaang!
Of course Mokgyeongun blocked Baekhwadokgok’s front claws with his evil sword.
However the force contained therein was unusual so it bounced in the direction in which it swung its front foot.
After bouncing to a distance of about ten feet Mok Kyung-un kicked the air and tried to fly back to Baekhwa Dok-gok.
That said
-Sureuk!
Someone appeared from behind Mokgyeongun.
The being clasped its hands towards Mo Kyung-un and tried to hit his head.
However Mok Gyeong-un who read the sign
-Chaang!
He lifted the magic sword Akgeu upward and blocked it.
Mok Gyeong-un who blocked the attack with his sword had a strange look in his eyes.
As expected the being who attacked him was Great Mage Myeongryul and his entire body was covered in armor in the form of a flower pattern like armor.
Great magic power was felt along with the main force from Master Myeongryul.
‘This?’
“All human beings are one body.”
-Paaaaang!
As soon as he finished speaking Great Master Myeongryul’s kick struck Mo Kyung-un’s face like lightning.
It was so fast and powerful that there was a sound of air being torn apart and a tremendous amount of wind pressure occurred.
furthermore
-Wow!
Indeed Mo Qingyun’s new model was torn apart by the kick.
However Great Master Myeongryul’s brow twitched.
-Sleep!
This was because it was an afterimage of the wood cultivation that remained due to the method of Lee Hyeong-hwan-wi (移形換位).
‘Avoid this?’
Among the demonic beasts Yual was the one with the fastest movements so as Inyo became one his speed also increased.
However I missed Mo Kyung-un’s movements for a moment.
Then Mok Kyung-un appeared about ten paces away from him.
“You’re so good at avoiding it.”
“Is the thing wrapped around your body a demon beast?”
Grand Master Myeongryul’s ears perked up at Mo Gyeong-un’s question.
Even experienced practitioners did not know everything about Imaemangryang.
However after seeing this at a glance I felt that my knowledge of magic was more than that of most practitioners.
“It’s quite unusual.”
Grand Master Myeongryul shrugged his shoulders and responded to Mok Gyeong-un’s words of interest.
“Even among the demon beasts Yual is capable of transforming his own body into one human being.”
Because of that we went to Byeonchun Mountain and finally captured him.
It was no exaggeration to say that his body which had wrapped Alyu’s body like armor thanks to the techniques of Inyo Ilche combined both main power and magical power and was equivalent to an expert in Hyeongyeong who could overcome walls of walls.
and
“Baekhwadokgok. “White fire type.”
-Kwooooooo!
As soon as his command was given the spirit beast Baekhwadokgok let out a roar and soon its body which was the size of a house began to gradually shrink.
Then he became the size of a tiger and his whole body was covered in white flames.
-Roaring!
Grand Master Myeongryul raised the corners of his mouth and said.
“You’d better relax.”
Although the size has been reduced the magical power of the Hundred Flower Doggok a spirit beast that has turned into a Hundred Flower form has become more concentrated its power has increased and its speed has also increased several times.
“The combination of Baekhwadokgok and me cannot be handled even by a great master who has reached the state of Hyeongyeong.”
-Sigh!
It was the moment when Great Master Myeongryul exchanged glances with Baekhwadokgok and was about to make a move.
Mo Kyung-un suddenly put the magic sword Akjeu into the scabbard.
Myeongryul who is sensitive to sound was puzzled by that.
“Are you really giving up?”
“yes.”
Master Myeongryul snorted inwardly at Mo Gyeong-un’s answer.
He seems to have made fun of himself.
As he became one with Yual his ability to sense the five senses and energy became more sensitive.
He seems to be gathering energy but he feels something in the air.
It seemed like they were trying to catch people off guard and then attack but it was a trick that only those with sight could be fooled.
however
“Let’s stop adjusting our strength appropriately.”
“what?”
What nonsense are you talking about now…
-Ugh!
At that moment the sharp anticipation coming from all directions gave Great Master Myeongryul goosebumps that sent shivers down his spine.
What on earth is this?
He put the sword into its sheath but why did he feel the sword so clearly?
It was a moment when I wondered about this.
-Wow!
-Kwooooooooo!
The roar of Baekhwadokgok the spirit beast that made my eardrums explode rang in my ears.
‘!?’
But no matter how much I heard it it didn’t seem like a roar.
It was almost like a scream mixed with pain.
< Episode 105: Great Mage’s Myeongryul (2) > end
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