Chapter 29 – Day 29

Day 29

“Among the dolls I have, the level of the most capable one…”

Thud-.

As Cheon Seoa muttered and gestured, space tore open, and a huge coffin fell through the gap.

The massive coffin appeared with a heavy thud.
The nine villains… no, the eight villains, excluding the Sword Demon who was still gripped by fear, tensed up at the thick magical energy seeping through the cracks of the huge coffin.

“This is it. It’s a doll that I can call my masterpiece.”

Creeak-.

As soon as Cheon Seoa finished speaking, the coffin lid opened with an eerie sound, and ‘another’ Cheon Seoa emerged from inside.

An exact replica of Cheon Seoa from head to toe, a doll that looked identical without even the slightest difference.

Looking back and forth between the doll and Cheon Seoa, it reminded one of the German urban legend of the doppelganger. Or it could cause cognitive dissonance.

However, despite that….

“Hmm… something.”
“Hey, you too? Me too.”
“Amitabha.”
“Certainly….”

The villains who felt something couldn’t readily open their mouths.

Cheon Seoa, noticing ‘what’ the villains had sensed, smiled gently.

“The doll looks stronger than me, doesn’t it?”

To Cheon Seoa’s question, no one dared to answer or nod.

To be honest, the ‘doll’ Cheon Seoa did indeed look stronger than the ‘real’ Cheon Seoa.

While the real Cheon Seoa looked like a cute and innocent but ordinary girl.
The doll Cheon Seoa, though cute and innocent in appearance, exuded an overwhelming presence that seemed capable of subjugating even souls.

Cheon Seoa continued speaking.

“But that can’t be helped. While I usually conceal my aura out of consideration for other humans, that’s just a doll. Given the materials used in its creation, even with concealment formations engraved, it quickly breaks down.”

“Could we possibly know… ‘what’ materials were used to make it?”

The representative gathered courage to ask.

“Well, the skeleton is made from Five Elements Ten Thousand Year Wood and the bones of a black tiger bound for 3000 years. As for the eyes, I used the eyeballs of a true immortal who mastered various eye techniques. The fingernails are made from the venomous fangs of a poison dragon that belonged to the Heavenly Dragon Gate. The rest of the materials were also obtained from immortals who had at least reached the realm of earthly immortals.”

Five Elements Ten Thousand Year Wood? Bones of a black tiger bound for 3000 years?
The eyes of a sage? The venomous fang of a poison dragon?
Sages who have reached the realm of ultimate goodness?

Each description of the materials listed by Cheon Seoa far exceeded their understanding.

That’s why the villains only understood that the materials used to create the doll before them were ‘very rare.’

By the way.

“Miss, how strong is that thing?”

The Blood Wolf King, who had transformed into the appearance of a human-wolf hybrid, asked while baring his sharp teeth.

Was it a surge of competitiveness that arose when faced with a doll emanating such powerful energy that it made their hair stand on end?

Cheon Seoa smiled at the Blood Wolf King’s question and answered.

“It’s strong enough to kill all of you at least ten times in a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a second.”

….

At Cheon Seoa’s explanation, a heavy silence fell among the nine villains.

Of course, they acknowledged that the doll before them was strong.

But.

“That’s a bit…”

The Blood Wolf King muttered in disbelief.
And it wasn’t just the Blood Wolf King.

Even the Sword Demon, who had just emerged from ‘fear’.
All the villains, including the other proxies, were showing expressions of disbelief at Cheon Seoa’s words.

No matter how well-made it was, and no matter how rare the materials used were.
In the end, isn’t it just a doll?

They’re at best androids by modern standards, yet they’re stronger than us?

No matter what the young lady says, I couldn’t readily accept that.

“Then, would you like to fight?”

As she said this with a smile, Cheon Seoa’s grin looked more wicked than ever.

* * *

“Oh-! Where is this?”
“It feels like being embraced in a mother’s arms.”
“How refreshing.”

The expressions of the nine villains who entered the small Daemacheon for the battle with the doll brightened.

The small Daemacheon consisted only of a desolate black earth, black sky, and black sun, but perhaps due to the pure magical energy filling the space.

For those who had mastered magical techniques, the environment of Daemacheon created an illusion that their level was rising just by breathing.

No, in reality, their levels were slowly but steadily rising.

Of course, to advance to the ‘next’ level, they would need to undergo appropriate training, but all nine villains found that the magical energy they harbored was becoming very pure just by breathing here.

Well, more than that.

“Number One. Please open your eyes now.”

Kiing-.

At Cheon Seoa’s command, the doll Cheon Seoa, still asleep in the coffin, slowly moved with a strange sound.
As the tightly closed eyes opened, the pupils of the doll Cheon Seoa were revealed….

“Ahem-.”

Even the nine villains, who had lived for decades or even centuries and experienced countless things, couldn’t hide their rising disgust.

And for good reason, as the doll Cheon Seoa’s eyes couldn’t be considered those of a normal human.

As it rolls around, its eyes scan the surroundings, and the pupil that was once singular divides like a cell. Two pupils become four, four become eight, and so on, repeating countless divisions until they suddenly merge back into one in the blink of an eye.

This process repeats endlessly.

“It’s been a while, Master.”

“Indeed, it has been.”

The doll bows its head towards Cheon Seoa in greeting.
Cheon Seoa nods in response to the doll’s greeting.

However….

“Was it necessary to make the voice exactly the same?”

The proxy asked with a peculiar expression.

“The original reason for creating the doll was that I needed a stand-in to die in my place.”

Cheon Seoa answered the proxy’s question nonchalantly.

It wasn’t incorrect.
The initial reason for deciding to create the doll was when Cheon Seoa was still at the level of an Avatar.

It was because she had formed a grudge with Jiseon, who had unfortunately descended from the Middle Realm to the Lower Realm.

Well, in reality….

‘Coming down from the Middle Realm to the Lower Realm just for refining a dharma treasure by grinding up a single Lower Realm sect. Even now, I can’t understand it.’

Cheon Seoa grumbled inwardly.
Well, later on, she used Jiseon and numerous other immortals as materials to create the current No. 1 doll.

Meanwhile, the doll stared at Cheon Seoa and asked.

“Are those insects your enemies, Master?”

Twitch-.

The expressions of the nine villains varied greatly in response to the doll pointing at them and speaking.

Some showed displeasure and anger at being called ‘insects’ by mere dolls.
While others…

“Ahem-! It’s, it’s not bad.”

The Seven Sword Emperor muttered in Cheon Seoa’s voice, being denounced as an ‘insect’.

Perhaps it was because he had practiced the Seven Desires Demon God Technique, a magical method that infinitely expands the seven human desires and turns them into one’s own power.

At most, a few decades.
In that short time, the Seven Sword Emperor’s tastes had become somewhat twisted in ways unseen before.

Moreover, the Sword Demon made no effort to hide his disgust towards the Seven Sword Emperor.

Meanwhile, Cheon Seoa said.

“Insects? That’s rude. Those children are not insects, but poor children.”

“I apologize. Are those poor children your enemies, Master?”

“They’re not enemies. It’s just that those children wanted to check No. 1’s performance.”

“Understood.”

Kuung-.

As soon as the words ended, a black armor made of magical energy covered the doll.

“I will now eliminate the poor children…”

“No. 1, enter ‘baby’ mode.”

“…Understood. I will now eliminate the poor children in ‘baby’ mode.”

Um, baby mode?

The eyes of the nine villains who heard the conversation between Cheon Seoa and the doll widened.

Baby mode, they said.
Although they didn’t know what it meant, just hearing the name made them feel like they were being disregarded.

However, the expressions, tone, and voices of Cheon Seoa and the doll who uttered those words were so serious that the thought ‘Am I misunderstanding something?’ flashed through the minds of the nine villains and disappeared.

Meanwhile, the momentum of the doll that had entered baby mode was somewhat diminished.

If just moments ago it seemed like a single gesture could overturn the world.
Now it was emitting an aura similar to that of the nine villains.

“No. 1’s baby mode restricts its power to somewhere between Wonyugi and Hwashingi. It’s stronger than Wonyugi, but not quite enough to be called Hwashingi.”

Wonyugi? Hwashingi?
What are those?

Despite Cheon Seoa’s kind explanation, the nine villains looked like they couldn’t understand.

Although they had received and practiced magic techniques from Cheon Seoa, perhaps it was because they were humans from Earth, not from the Cultivation World.
While the levels of Cultivators were common knowledge among common knowledge, the villains lacked such common sense.

“Simply put, it means it will only use power similar to yours.”

….

At Cheon Seoa’s kind explanation, the eyes of the nine villains sank heavily.

Of course, it’s true that they were tense from the overwhelming aura just moments ago.

But to equate the doll’s power with their own.
Moreover, to name that mode ‘baby mode’?

That was…

‘It’s like she’s not even seeing us as kids, but as newborn babies.’

Of course, I knew the young lady was strong.
That she was overwhelmingly powerful, to the point where we couldn’t even follow in her footsteps.

Just look at this space right now, isn’t that proof enough?

However.

“Let us revise your evaluation of us, young lady.”

Whoosh-!

Enveloped in black flames that flickered all over his body, the representative stepped forward and spoke to Cheon Seoa.
At the same time, the remaining eight also unleashed their power without hesitation and glared at the doll.