The Lone SF Transmigrator in the Otherworld Forum - Chapter 49
Overlord shows the way (3)
[External Ether Circulation System]
This system, also known as the ‘external ether circulation operation’, was a result that she had achieved all by herself. It was a system that went beyond simply circulating power within the power suit, and instead formed a circulation circuit within her body, acting like a second set of organs.
This was the result of her talent, and her manager had even praised her for it.
Uuuung-
The remaining 3 percent of power began to circulate through her body and suit, unleashing its strength.
Power: 3%.
Compared to the past, when she would consume 10% with a single Vacuum Palm, this was an extremely small amount. It was so little that she would run out of power after only a few movements. However, she had not been idle.
This power source was an unknown energy source that could produce a wide range of results depending on how it was used.
She was confident that she could perform at the same level as before, even if she only used a fraction of the power.
She gripped the gauntlet of her suit tightly.
Thud-
The sound of metal screaming echoed from her fist.
Sensing her determination, they began to charge in from all sides. Some hid in the ceiling and shadows, then suddenly jumped out and thrust their swords.
She slowly took in her surroundings and nodded.
As expected, her eyes were not mistaken. There was no way that people who carried weapons and immediately drew their swords when they were startled could be normal.
The corners of her mouth twitched.
It seemed that she would not have to go out of her way to find an excuse.
Let’s see.
She had experienced enough one-versus-many combat situations to know how to effectively prolong a battle.
As she scanned her surroundings, her eyes fell on a middle-aged man.
‘The highest-ranking person here.’
It was difficult to say that he was the strongest, but it was easy to see that he was the highest-ranking person.
‘Quickly and efficiently.’
She wanted to clean up this place as soon as possible and go check out this ‘Holy Flame’.
For some reason, she was curious about that flame.
And By the way, she could also take a look around and see what kind of place this world was.
“Hoo.”
The words ‘Heavenly Demon’s Return! Ten Thousand Horses Galloping!’ repeatedly reached her ears.
‘…A religion?’
Her brow furrowed.
Did gods really exist?
That was unlikely. Even if they did, they would not be the kind of beings that those idiots thought they were. She recalled her past, when she had wandered around crying out for all kinds of gods.
Then she hesitated.
No, that was not necessarily true.
Someone who had saved her and had a hand in the entire community’s warp gate naturally came to mind.
Someone who she thought was worthy of being called a god.
She recalled the real name that he had told her.
Kal’stein Babylon.
Yes, if there was such a thing as a god, she would choose him without hesitation.
Heavenly Demon?
That just sounded silly to her.
Perhaps it would not be so bad to guide the religion of this place in the ‘right’ direction.
She smiled coldly.
‘This time, instead of extinction…’
Her eyes gleamed fiercely.
Soon, her figure began to move like a beam of light. Red blood splattered everywhere.
“Kuaaaaak!!”
“Cult Leader!”
“How dare you!!”
Thud-
***
Bang!
“What is going on? A retreat?”
“How would I know what those Demon Cult bastards are thinking?”
The Lord of the Open Market sighed as he took a sip of his gourd of alcohol. One of the elders of the Heavenly Sword Sect grumbled and could not contain his anger.
“Are we just going to watch them leave like this?!”
“Haha. Are you saying that we should just turn around and leave those who are quietly returning, and even wage a war?”
“Of course we should if necessary! They started it first. How can we agree to them ending it as they please?”
“What about the opinions of ordinary people and minor sects? They just want to avoid a wider war like the Great Demon War in the past.”
“That’s….”
“We should also consider the Neutral Alliance who are watching from the sidelines. They must be having a drinking party.”
The Murim is divided into three factions: the Orthodox Faction, the Demonic Faction, and the Neutral Alliance. The Neutral Alliance is a union of the Demonic Faction. Of course, they must be clapping their hands in delight at the war between the Orthodox Faction and the Demonic Faction of the Great Demon War.
“Ugh…. So that’s why the Demonic Cult wants to make a peace treaty?”
“That’s what they say….”
The deputy leader of the Open Faction made a strange expression as he thought about something. The tip of the deputy leader’s reddened nose twitched.
“They say they’ll come alone.”
“Who? The deputy leader? Or will one of the masters of the Six Demonic Sects come in person?”
The Murim Alliance elders who were present looked at the deputy leader’s mouth. The contents of the letter from the Demonic Cult to the Murim Lord had not yet been disclosed, so it aroused their curiosity.
“The new… Cult Leader seems to be visiting in person.”
“The new Cult Leader?”
“Did the leadership change during the war?”
“The new Cult Leader is visiting in person?”
“Amitabha.”
“It seems that things are complicated on that side as well.”
“But it’s quite bold of them. To think that they would come to the middle of the enemy camp alone.”
“It might be a good idea to show them who’s boss while we’re at it.”
The reactions of those around him seemed to be thinking of a ‘peace treaty’ or even ‘surrender’.
At that, the deputy leader of the Open Faction smacked his lips.
‘It doesn’t seem like that at all….’
It was strangely ominous. According to the spy he had planted in the Demonic Cult, the new Cult Leader had overthrown the previous leadership in an instant.
Moreover, the tone of the Demonic Cult’s official document was different from before. It was similar in that it was a notice rather than a dialogue….
To summarize, it said, ‘We will visit you soon after we retreat’, ‘The Heavenly Demon Cult will be reborn as the Silver Galaxy Cult, which serves the great ruler’, and ‘We consider all those who commit sins and harm others as enemies of our cult’.
It made no sense.
On the contrary, it was closer to a declaration of war. It was also arbitrary.
And what’s more, the great ruler….
Are they referring to the emperor, the Son of Heaven?
Even the Demonic Cult wouldn’t have a reason to touch the emperor without good reason. No, wait. Since they said they serve the great ruler, does that mean they will kneel before the emperor? But judging from the tone, it doesn’t seem like that’s the case….
What is it? Is it a figurative expression? A political rhetoric?
The rumors about the new Cult Leader were also quite unusual.
The deputy leader of the Open Faction had a splitting headache.
‘The return of the Heavenly Demon….’
The elders of the Murim Alliance were talking loudly about the spoils of war and compensation, unaware of the deputy leader’s anxiety.
***
“Lord! Is it really right for us to personally seek out that young junior who is so far below our rank in the distribution?”
The elder of the now-extinct Shaman Faction, whose only remaining trait was his venom, spoke in a raspy voice that grated on the Murim Lord’s ears.
The Murim Lord narrowed his eyes as he looked at the elder who was raising his voice over the distribution.
Is he in his right mind? Is he saying such things even after seeing the divine power of the Formless Divine Sword?
If it weren’t for his political usefulness as the last survivor of the Shaman Faction, or at least his personal friendship with him, he would have shut his mouth right away.
“We are the ones who need the Formless Divine Sword’s help this time, so it’s only right that we go to him in person.”
“This humble one is not satisfied with that either.”
The leader of the martial arts alliance wanted to meet the new leader of the Demonic Cult in person, and the elders of the martial arts alliance were only interested in the spoils of war. The leader of the martial arts alliance decided to seek the help of the Invisible Sword to deal with the new leader of the Demonic Cult, and the Invisible Sword had previously made a deal with the martial arts alliance. The leader of the martial arts alliance asked the Invisible Sword to kill the new leader of the Demonic Cult, and the Invisible Sword was replying to a message from the unofficial rank 3 of the argument.
The leader wanted to snap back and ask what he was going to do about it, but he had to hold back. He didn’t have time to worry about a single Malko Dos.
The new leader of the Heavenly Demon Sacred Religion.
Dealing with him was a top priority.
Openness seemed to not know the details because of the limitations of the political party’s information group.
However, the leader personally belonged to the group that knew the details through the informants he had planted.
A woman who appeared as a messenger of God serving a great ruler, swept away the leadership of the Demonic Cult, and took over the Heavenly Demon Sacred Religion in one breath.
It was written in the letter that she would come and negotiate in person.
Considering the realm of the leadership of the Heavenly Demon Sacred Religion, which respects the strong, her realm was estimated to be at least the Hyeonkyung, and at most a soldier who had reached the life and death.
Would she really just negotiate quietly and leave? That was unknown.
Even if that was the case, he couldn’t just let a soldier of the Hyeonkyung go. Considering that it would become a bigger disaster in the future, it was right to take care of it in advance when the opportunity arose.
To do that…
“Invisible Sword. I have something urgent to tell you.”
He arrived at the Invisible Sword’s residence, which was set up in a secluded corner of the martial arts alliance. There was no answer as to what he was doing.
The leader smiled with satisfaction as he thought of Namgoong Jin.
Right. Don’t we have the Invisible Sword?
He had witnessed the Invisible Sword’s divine power in person before.
Could the Examination be like this? Could the Absolute limit be like this?
A divine power comparable to that of a Musin. The Invisible Sword, who had blown away the Examination that no one could stop or avoid as if it was nothing.
Moreover, it was fortunate that he was a person who was easy to control.
In the past, he had been wary of the Invisible Sword, but now that was a thing of the past.
He was a guy who was still young and showed political weakness. It was a secondary issue how a young guy got his hands on such power.
From the moment the Invisible Sword agreed to the martial arts alliance’s deal, he was already in a position where he couldn’t freely draw his sword.
He had aggressively threatened to draw his sword and use it, so he seemed to have been startled and retreated passively.
The deal itself was ‘I will lend my strength to the martial arts alliance just once. I will not draw my sword easily other than that.’, but either way, it was a deal that the martial arts alliance had nothing to lose.
If the Invisible Sword tried to wield his full power, it would be advantageous to just weigh him down based on the above agreement. It was enough as long as he didn’t refuse to talk or have the arrogant attitude unique to the strong.
Moreover, since the new leader said that he would visit in person.
It seemed like a perfect picture if he asked the Invisible Sword to kill the leader of the Demonic Cult.
As a political party, it could be said that killing an opponent who came alone to the enemy camp as a messenger was an act that could not avoid responsibility.
The Invisible Sword would take the blame, and the martial arts alliance would take the profit, so it would be a win-win situation.
Ah, of course, the best result would be a double win.
Well… If the Invisible Sword was a force that he couldn’t control, then it was a matter that could be discussed when the time came.
“Invisible Sword? Are you inside?”
And around the time the leader of the martial arts alliance would come looking for him.
Namgoong Jin was engrossed in a conversation with someone.
(Not Jin but Jin): Oh my, teacher!! Why are you calling me like that!
(Not Jin but Jin): Yes? Oh, that’s right. I’m also from the martial arts world!
(Not Jin but Jin): Oh, there are a lot of similar worlds. Yes, yes. I will answer you sincerely!
(Not Jin but Jin): Oh my, teacher! I’m honored!
He was happily replying to a message from his spiritual teacher, the unofficial rank 3 of the argument.