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Chapter 854
105. Boundary (7)
Do-cheol sensed something strange.
He felt something strange when he prepared a new move and executed it.
Before making the move, Do-cheol put his hand on the brazier and searched the inside of the garden, and his face crumpled.
At first, he thought it was just his mood, but his sense of discomfort gradually grew stronger.
‘The inside of the garden has become cloudy. I can’t see ahead properly. Did the clouds get thicker?’
At first, he thought it was because the garden had sent out clouds on its own to guard against intruders.
However, when he moved the clouds to change the structure of the garden, Do-cheol realized that his thoughts were wrong.
The garden had not become cloudy.
It had only become difficult to look into the garden through the brazier.
‘Is it broken? Why on earth, at a time like this… …! Could it be because I received that gaze?’
Do-cheol thought of Seong Guk-eon’s gaze, which was caught up in the mental attack supernatural ability.
Do-cheol still thought that the gaze that Jo Ui-shin used was Seong Guk-eon’s, and did not even know that that gaze was the ‘eye of life and death.’
When he received that gaze, he still vividly felt as if he had been thrown to the boundary between life and death.
Since Un-sa acted as a mediator, it was clear that he was affected by that gaze even more than Do-cheol.
‘If that’s the eye, it’s enough to break Un-sa. I should fix it as soon as this is over.’
Do-cheol thought Un-sa was broken,
but in reality, it was the opposite.
Un-sa, who had been burning in the furnace, neither living nor dying, realized through the eye of life and death that he was alive.
Un-sa felt a sensation other than pain and regained his small self.
Un-sa felt the presence of his old friend in the garden filled with clouds. It was Hwangho.
Unsa was still tied to the brazier and couldn't move freely, and couldn't think properly, but he instinctively wanted to protect his friend from Docheol.
'There's a place I can't see! I'm squeezing my strength, but I know there are three of them... …'
Whirl!
Docheol increased the output of the brazier to control Unsa, which made the pain worse, but Unsa didn't waver.
Docheol didn't notice at all that Unsa was desperately resisting.
It was because he originally used other people's power to operate the garden,
so it was difficult to fully grasp the internal situation.
Even so, since he was able to exert overwhelming power,
he had no problem killing most of the Jin tribe and humans, so the mastermind didn't care about it.
In addition, since he could just go and see for himself, Docheol didn't consider it a big weakness.
He never thought that his carelessness would invite a tiger into their garden. ‘I’ll have to go see it myself as soon as I separate the three. It’s because of the power of controlling clouds that I can’t see well!’
Unsa succeeded in hiding Hwangho’s existence while he was half-sane.
But that was all.
Unsa’s power was still being used to threaten those in the garden.
‘It doesn’t matter if I can’t see them. If I can take them out one-on-one, I won’t lose to anyone!’
Dismissed!
As Do-cheol let out a great deal of the power of the I-neung-pa, several of the seals engraved on the brazier turned to ashes and scattered.
There was now not even half of the seal engraved on the brazier left.
That seal symbolized the garden operated by Unsa’s power, and it was also an indicator of the remaining vitality.
‘I will separate the path of those who dare to target me directly, and I will first drag down those who need to be killed… … .’
Do-cheol struggled to separate the person who had infiltrated the garden.
He changed the structure of the existing garden,
added another garden to create a trap, and launched an attack, completing a plan to catch the opponent off guard in a short period of time.
Of course, Do-cheol did not know that the opponent had entered the garden after preparing to destroy the plan.
Do-cheol, who had made the plan, decided to move to subdue the opponent.
‘Should I hide Unsa somewhere? No,
Seong Guk-eon was aiming at me without knowing the subject, so wouldn’t it be fine if I moved away from the stove?’
Do-cheol never thought that Seong Guk-eon would come looking for Unsa.
This was because there was no relationship between Seong Guk-eon and Unsa.
In fact, Seong Guk-eon was a human who lived at a distance from the Jin clan, so there was nothing to worry about.
‘Unsa would be seen as an energy source at best. Seong Guk-eon wanted to find the corpse of his relative, but he didn’t head that way.’
Considering Seong Guk-eon’s personality, no matter how much he was wary of the Jin clan, he couldn’t just leave Unsa in such pain.
However, Do-cheol didn’t understand Seong Guk-eon’s personality, and he didn’t know that those who were coming weren’t Seong Guk-eon, and he didn’t know that they were prioritizing Unsa over Do-cheol in the first place.
The number built up in a state where all the premises were in disarray was very flimsy and swayed greatly by small variables, no matter how strong a force was involved.
Do-cheol, who had manipulated the garden, tried to leave the brazier without realizing this.
Paaat!
“… …!”
Do-cheol quickly turned his head toward the place where he felt a presence.
A foreign power that was neither his nor Unsa’s was shining around the brazier.
Do-cheol frowned as he realized its identity. ‘Isn’t this the formation used when using the power of chaos?’
At the beginning of the operation, Do-cheol borrowed the sense of chaos to check the direction of the silver mine.
That was the end of borrowing the power of chaos.
After that, Do-cheol thought that he could finish this task with his own power alone, and he had no intention of sharing the credit with other evil spirits.
But now, the chaos formation was shining as if calling Do-cheol.
Do-cheol thought about whether he should pretend not to see it and leave, or check.
The thought was short.
‘Chaos is close to him. I can’t ignore it.’
Do-cheol stretched his hand over the chaos formation.
When his hand touched the formation, the sensation that chaos was transmitting was transmitted through his skin.
* * *
The top floor of the only skyscraper in the mine, Hwangmyeong Tower.
Yong Je-geon and Kim Shin-rok chose silence for the time being because they knew that Hwang Ho’s condition was not good,
but Seong Guk-eon opened the conversation.
“What happened?”
Hwang Ho, who looked like Hwang Ji-ho, did not answer right away.
As if there was something more important, Hwang Ho raised his hand low and made a gesture for them to wait.
After some time had passed, Hwang Ho said.
“Jo Ui-shin lost his left eye. I just finished stopping the bleeding.”
At Hwang Ho’s words, the air suddenly felt several times heavier and permeated the room.
Kim Shin-rok gaped with a face that had lost its color, and Yong Je-geon, who had been squinting, opened his eyes wide.
Seong Guk-eon’s expression did not fall,
but he clenched his fist so that it was not visible. No one asked what he was doing or why he got hurt.
They could guess the situation roughly just by looking at Hwang Ho’s face.
What they were interested in was not the cause of the accident, but Jo Eui-shin’s condition.
Seong Guk-eon asked Hwang Ho.
“Is Eui-shin okay?”
“He said he was okay.”
“Didn’t you say that he lost his left eye, not hurt it?”
“Yes.”
Compared to the atmosphere surrounding them, Hwang Ho spoke calmly.
The content was not so calm.
“It seems that I am the one who is not okay, seeing that.”
Since Hwang Ho couldn’t bring Jo Eui-shin, it seemed that he was still in the garden.
And it didn’t seem like he was ready to go out of the garden.
Seong Guk-eon felt his insides getting hotter.
Jo Eui-shin was still in the form of Seong Guk-eon.
Although there were many incidents involved, Jo Eui-shin’s appearance was to prevent Seong Guk-eon’s assassination. He lost his left eye while taking his place.
‘Sacrificing his junior’s eye to survive.
What does that mean?’
Seong Guk-eon scolded himself in the past for cheering on his junior’s tricks and being amazed.
Jo Eui-shin was more
reckless than Seong Guk-eon had thought, and did not know how to take care of himself.
Seong Guk-eon wanted to take out his left eye, but there was nothing he could do now.
‘Does that mean I have to go find Unsa with my left eye gone and fight the opponent who is holding Unsa?’
Seong Guk-eon felt miserable.
However, he knew that nothing would change even if he revealed it, so he held back his words.
After that, Kim Shin-rok asked about Jo Eui-shin’s condition, but he received a cold answer.
Jo Eui-shin’s appearance of keeping his mouth shut about his condition without having to see him in person was depicted.
Yong Je-geon, who had always been tight-lipped, changed his expression after hearing the story about Jo Eui-shin’s injuries, and soon opened his mouth. “Did something like that happen even though Hwang Ho was by your side? I hope you don’t forget that Yisin is the benefactor of the Yongjok.”
Seong Guk-eon was surprised by his sharp attitude.
Yong Je-geon spoke in his usual tone, but in this situation, his words did not sound light.
Yong Je-geon’s words were heard as blaming Hwang Ho,
and at the same time, as if the Hojok could not protect Jo Ui-shin, the Yongjok would take responsibility.
Yong Je-geon was a member of the Yongjok of the Yuhui world, but he did not lie.
Yong Je-geon’s words to the Hojok’s leader also sounded like the Yongjok would really take care of Jo Ui-shin if necessary.
‘Yi Sin is also the Yongjok’s benefactor? If you interpret that, it means that Yisin is the benefactor of the Hojok and the Yongjok.’
Kim Shin-rok looked embarrassed by Yongjegeon’s words, but he did not deny them or interrupt them.
Seeing that not only Hwangho but even Kim Shin-rok accepted those words, it seemed that Jo Yi-shin was truly the Yongjok’s benefactor.
Seong Guk-eon thought back to the situation of the Yongjok that he had seen in the replay.
Come to think of it, there were many things that were different from the replay in relation to the Yongjok.
There were things that were clearly related, such as Yongjegeon surviving after Christmas Eve, but there were also things that were not clear.
‘There was something strange about Hwangryong in the replay.
It was strange that he invited Suhyeok and Dain to the Yonggung.’
After that, he checked because it bothered him, and it was said that the Yongwangshin’s female shaman succession ceremony was held without a hitch. There were no problems revealed other than the large-scale generational change of the shamans.
In addition, the incidents that occurred in the replay did not occur in reality.
I thought that Jo Ui-shin was somehow related, but seeing two Jin clans with high reputations on the Korean peninsula simultaneously calling each other benefactors made me feel something.
‘I guess it’s okay to think that they’re all related to Yi-shin.’
Seong Guk-eon was convinced by Yong Je-geon’s attitude.
Jo Ui-shin hearing the Yong clan’s benefactor must have something to do with Yong Palace.
The junior who lost his left eye in his own form seemed to be doing something bigger than Seong Guk-eon thought.
“I have no intention of evading responsibility. So there is no room for Yong clan to intervene in the Ho clan’s benefactor case.”
Hwang Ho firmly answered Yong Je-geon’s words.
Before Yong Je-geon could say anything else, this time Kim Shin-rok spoke.
“Are you ready for the regeneration procedure?” “I’ve placed Hwang Myeong-eun in the Gwang Hospital. However, there’s something on my mind.”
Hwang Ho trailed off.
“I looked at where Jo Ui-shin’s left eye was.
Judging from the clouds that were entangled, it seemed like he was affected by the power of the Unsa.”
“From the way you say it, I guess you can’t get your left eye back with normal regeneration techniques?”
Yong Je-geon continued.
Yong Je-geon’s lips were turned up, but he didn’t seem to be smiling.
“Is there really no room for the Dragon Clan to intervene in the benefactor’s case?”
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