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A deep and quiet night.

The faint moonlight hits the thin clouds, casting a soft silver glow on the ground. Pure white fox lights float around on the Eumwolsa Temple, which is located on a steep cliff.

Black Rain, her eyes covered with a black bandage, walks around the Fox Temple with her hands clasped together. A black fox bead imbued with the cool energy of the moon delivers her news.

Cheonho eventually gave in.

Not only that, he even cooperated with the gumiho.

This is a story I had guessed to some extent. Because the Twelve Ghosts who went to Bestia shared information. It seems like Cheonho is on the Gumiho’s side.

It is impossible to fathom what the intention is.

It’s such an incomprehensible whim that it makes you wonder if he did it out of curiosity, wondering how others would be punished.

It has reached a point where we can no longer stand by and watch. We need to deal with the gumiho before it ruins the world.

Fortunately, it seems like you won’t have to go through the trouble of going there in person.

“Cheonho too, you too, everyone except me is having a good time?”

A guest enters the temple without permission.

Eight tails sway dizzily.

The color reflected in the dim moonlight is pink.

This is a gumiho who visited Eumwolsa Temple to fulfill her long-cherished wish.

Her behavior was different from Lin’s.

She didn’t tie her hair up to be cute to her master.

It’s not a breezy one-piece dress that you wear to impress your master.

An oriental martial art costume favored by the Hoyo people.

It seems as if he is drawing a clear line between himself and the sleeping woman, saying that they are separate entities.

“You live in a really shabby place too. Who would call you a black person?”

The gumiho who visited the Eumwolsa Temple is alone.

There is no Karami nearby.

The reason was that it would be a nuisance if I came.

Karamido agreed. However, the look in his eyes was not one of reluctant consent. It was shadowy, like someone hiding something.

‘What kind of strange thoughts are you having?’

He is a man that even a nine-tailed fox cannot control.

But I don’t care.

You won’t be able to come to the Eumwolsa Temple, where monsters are swarming, with your wretched body that has nothing. You won’t even know the location or existence of the Eumwolsa Temple.

Grab the password and absorb its power to evolve into a perfect nine-tailed fox. Change your destiny and erase the chains on your soul.

So the first thing we need to do is punish the traitor.

“How have you been? Did you have fun giving it to me?”

“How could that be? The girl who lost her best friend also felt uneasy.”

“Really? Then can you give me back the power you stole?”

“I’m sorry, but I think it would be difficult since it is a favor bestowed by the Heavenly King.”

The nine-tailed fox laughs silently at Heukbi’s pun.

It was so cold that no one could say they were truly smiling when they saw that smile.

“You take someone’s strength and call it a favor… What a shameless joke. Then there’s nothing you can do. You have no choice but to get it back with strength.”

The nine-tailed fox floats a fox bead. It has absorbed the power of the thousand-tailed fox, and is mixed with the power of the sun, giving it the appearance of a clear sky.

The black rain did not back down. The tone was also calm and composed, without any highs or lows.

“The girl doesn’t mind, but are you okay? You only have eight tails.”

“This is a handicap.”

Two demons each summon fox fire and confront each other.

The battles between monsters, especially magicians who use magic, are similar to those between wizards.

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Whose magic is better?

Which one has polished their magic more?

They trade attacks and defenses one move at a time as if they were playing a card game. If they see a weak point, they will exploit it without missing it and inflict significant damage.

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Since both sides are skilled magicians, they don’t give each other any weaknesses, so they suppress each other’s magic and remove each tile, gradually eating away at each other.

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The first number is floated by the nine-tailed fox.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

The fox fire is the basic skill of Yoho. However, if you hone the basics to the limit, it will eventually become similar to a fatal blow.

It is a magic that condenses the essence of Yoho.

Twenty orange fox lights bloom around the nine-tailed fox, each one about the same size as when Lin caught Unggwi.

“Falling flowers.”

The fox fire that illuminates the temple where no light reaches as if it were day falls, burning the silence.

Black Rain looks sad as he sees the fireballs pouring down on him like rain.

“You’ve become much weaker. The girl’s heart aches.”

Just as the bombing is about to explode, a giant black fox jumps out from somewhere and bites Foxfire.

Kwak!

When you chew on foxfire, the sparks scatter.

The black fox that protected Heukbi from the fox fire walks in front of her as if protecting her. It recognizes the nine-tailed fox as an enemy and growls.

It is not a living thing, but a type of magic created by the black rain’s magical powers.

A black fox runs towards her. Even though her attacks are ineffective, the nine-tailed fox does not panic and continues her magic. She makes the sun rise above her head.

The shining sun.

Blazing heat.

An unconditional magic spell that burns all living and non-living things within the sun’s range, without specifying a target.

It happened in an instant. The temple burned down and the ashes scattered at the same time.

Even the ground was dug into a gentle curve. However, only the part where Black Rain’s feet touched was frozen. Black Rain was still standing as before. Only the black fox that wrapped around her melted and became smaller.

“You’re destroying the girl’s house. If the nine-tailed fox acts like that, the girl should fight back.”

Heukbi places his hand on the head of the black fox. The fox’s form, which had absorbed the magical power, is instantly restored, and it becomes as whole as before, without any damage.

The fox, having regained its strength, rushes at the gumiho.

“I was wondering what you’ve been doing all this time, and it turns out you’ve been raising pets?”

The nine-tailed fox with a sly smile was about to wrap her hand around a flame and press down on his head when she felt a presence right behind her.

Kwak!

The black fox bit the left arm of the nine-tailed fox who had twisted her body in an instant. The fox that had rushed in first bit the right arm. Whether in front or behind, it was the same fox, as if reflected in a mirror.

The nine-tailed fox let out a snort as it looked at the fox biting both of its arms as if it was going to break them.

“Huh~ I was wondering what you were going to do, and this is what it was? You’re using your brain?”

slap!

A nine-tailed fox waving its arms. It crushed the head of the fox in front by striking it, and grabbed the mouth and chin of the fox behind it, tearing it up and down.

I kicked the head of the fox that was struggling to get up from the floor with my foot! As I rubbed my foot as if putting out a fire, the magical power that had been forming the fox dispersed.

Flames appear on the nine-tailed fox’s arms.

As if the exploration had come to an end, the nine-tailed fox, whose body had been strengthened with magical powers, kicked the ground. In an instant, she approached Heukbi at a speed far beyond human perception.

A nine-tailed fox swings a fist imbued with red flames. Black rain, wrapped in black magic, opens its palm and strikes the arm.

The nine-tailed fox repeatedly kicks the ground and launches a fierce attack. Black Rain retreats with light footwork, taking a defensive stance.

Kiiing.

The nine-tailed fox’s eyes flash.

The sun reveals the fate of the black rain.

The countless fragments of fate that float in the nine-tailed fox’s vision. The fates of the two foxes are intertwined, and the number is infinite. None of the fragments of fate have a distinct color.

Even that is not a distant fate, it is a fate that will last for at most a second or so in the future.

It means that one is strong enough to twist one’s fate.

However, the nine-tailed fox catches a faint possibility in it. She pushes her gaze into the fragments and looks into fate.

Kkirrik kirrik – Pupils moving in all directions without stopping.

What the nine-tailed fox seeks is the fate brought about by the virtual her.

The future that looks most positive.

An action that can inflict a valid hit on an opponent.

Find out its destiny.

Kuung!

The nine-tailed fox, who was attacking with a flurry of attacks, suddenly stomps her foot diagonally. Black Rain quickly steps back to dodge her stomp.

chin.

“읏?”

Heukbi is confused.

The ground was previously eroded by the heat. Black Rain’s heel caught on a rock jutting out from the uneven ground.

Of all things.

I had to take a big step back, and there was a rock right there.

It wouldn’t be strange for Heukbi to complain that it was unfortunate. However, it was a twisted fate and an intentional misfortune by the gumiho.

When I stepped out, I saw the fate of the black rain getting caught on a rock.

A miracle that is almost like predicting the future.

The nine-tailed fox took advantage of the moment when Black Rain’s balance was disrupted and threw a punch. She landed an uppercut on Black Rain’s abdomen.

Oh my!

Black Rain instantly blocks the blow by crossing his arms. However, Black Rain’s body, unable to completely absorb the impact, soars high into the sky. Gumiho follows and jumps up to maintain the high ground.

Clang.

The fate of the Black Rain is readjusted by the attack just now. Infinite Fragments of Destiny are newly created.

“Are you slow to respond? Password, it’s been so long, you must have forgotten it?”

“… … .”

Heukbi thought as he looked at the rising nine-tailed fox.

‘It’s definitely a nine-tailed fox.’

It’s strange.

Clearly, when he was sealed in Baekungok, his personality was also erased.

However, the woman in front of him is the nine-tailed fox from Heukbi’s old memories.

It has eight tails, but it is stronger than expected. Even considering that it absorbed Cheonho’s power, the calculations don’t add up.

It was clear that there was some secondary factor that enhanced her power, but no matter how much Heukbi thought about it, he couldn’t figure out the cause.

I don’t like abnormal situations. I think it would be better to subdue the nine-tailed fox before other variables occur.

Crunch crunch.

Heukbi took off the bandage that was wrapped around my eyes. The softly drooping corners of my eyes gave me a languid impression.

When I opened my tightly shut eyelids, I saw silver eyes that were like a dimly shining mirror.

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Silver eye.

Eyes that can change your fate.

The image of a nine-tailed fox is captured on the silver retina.

Just before the Gumiho’s attack hits Heukbi.

Swish!

As if by magic.

The positions of the two are suddenly reversed.

The offensive and defensive situation was reversed in an instant.

Heukbi delivers a palm strike with concentrated magical power.

“Ugh!”

The body of the nine-tailed fox that allowed the attack bounces up.

The corners of Heukbi’s eyes slightly curve.

“You’re slow to respond, Gumiho-sama. It’s been so long that you’ve forgotten my abilities.”

A secret code that is often evaluated as docile and introverted by its own kind.

One thing to remember is that she is also the most desirable fox in the world.