episode_0099

Two foxes dance across the sky and the ground. They fight in close combat using their flexible body movements, as befitting foxes. Between them, they use magic to sneak in between gaps.

They have nine tails in total.

Although one of them has most of the tail, they still have nine together.

The battle unfolded with the nine-tailed fox, who had eight of them, focusing on attacking while surrounded by golden flames, and the black fox countering the attacks.

The reason Black Rain is defensive isn’t because she’s weak. It’s all due to her abilities.

Eun-an.

Eyes that change fate.

You can reverse many things by simply looking at the object.

From a saint to a tyrant.

From hero to traitor.

The apostle of justice becomes the incarnation of vengeance.

It’s not just fate that can be reversed, but also location, weight, speed, emotions, relationships, and even life and death. There are countless other things that can be reversed as well.

The motif is a mirror.

Since you can unify your offense and defense by reversing the enemy’s attack, there is no need to worry about attacking.

The fighting style of the black fox was the exact opposite of the nine-tailed fox’s hasty temperament.

“It’s annoying no matter when I look at it.”

A nine-tailed fox searches for a meaningful move by following the trajectory of fate. However, the meaningful attack becomes meaningless due to the silver eye of the black bee.

The misfortune that was about to befall Heukbi turns into good fortune.

In the battles of masters where advances and retreats are constant, one meaningless move can be a fatal blow that cannot be undone.

But she is a gumiho.

I’ve had countless fights with Black Bee, and I already know how to deal with it.

The nine-tailed fox glimpses the trajectory of fate. At the crossroads of destiny, he imitates another of her movements.

Sharpen your fingernails and draw vertical lines upwards.

A slash of flame in the shape of a claw rushes towards Heukbi.

Black rain with sparkling silver eyes.

Turn your fate around.

He uses his palm like a blade to cut the attack in two.

grasp!

The attack of the nine-tailed fox that returns to nothing.

Now that fate has been reversed, it is time for misfortune to strike the gumiho.

Tidiq.

“읏?”

However, the remaining fire that had not yet dispersed poured down on Heukbi.

Heukbi frowned.

I didn’t let my guard down or make any mistakes.

She was not naive.

A natural disaster that transcends the realm of humanity.

A twist of fate, almost like the dice of God.

It wasn’t hard to see that the prank was orchestrated by a gumiho.

“You wanted to be unhappy? You should have said so sooner~”

If the password can turn fate around, then just throw her some luck.

If you turn things around without knowing anything, you will end up in misfortune.

The nine-tailed fox’s sheer ingenuity, cleverly mixing good and bad luck between attacks.

What is real and what is false.

If you can’t see through the fox’s tricks, you will easily find yourself restricted in using the silver eye.

“The idea is novel, but if you abuse your powers, even the nine-tailed fox won’t be able to completely escape the damage.”

If you throw good luck and Black Rain doesn’t respond, it means you’re only doing good things for her. It’s worse than not using your ability at all.

“It doesn’t matter. If you want to surpass a thousand people, you have to take risks, right?”

“You’re still being unreasonable… .”

Heukbi muttered with a bitter expression, as if recalling a vague memory.

A full-scale battle of wits between the quick-witted foxes has begun.

The misfortune or fortune created by the nine-tailed fox is reversed by Heukbi. Sometimes, misfortune falls on the nine-tailed fox, while sometimes, the goddess of fortune takes Heukbi’s hand.

The nine-tailed fox’s reckless manipulation of fate, even burning the damage she suffered.

As the power of the eyes of Il-yeong-an and Eun-an is demonstrated countless times, fate is twisted, reversed, and mixed up in a mess.

The complete trajectory of destiny had long since disappeared.

“Doesn’t this remind you of the old days? We used to fight and fight every other day.”

“The girl has never wanted to spar. From the beginning until now, it was the nine-tailed fox who forced her into sparring.”

“Is that so? Well, you never liked fighting. That’s why you’ve never beaten me.”

Thousands of sparring sessions.

Every step was a victory for the gumiho.

It was like that in the past too.

It will probably still be like that now.

Wow!

A nine-tailed fox that splits into two in an instant.

One runs towards the black bee, and the other leaps backwards, preparing to deploy the magic.

A fox fire blooming above the nine-tailed fox’s head.

The size of the foxfire that swelled up in an instant was so huge that it blew away the entire surrounding area.

Black Rain quickly rolled his silver pupils.

‘Clones. One of them is fake.’

It is impossible to distinguish them with the naked eye or with the spirit.

Either/or.

You have to use your sense to choose what is real and what is false.

A wide-range attack using a clone as bait?

Or maybe they took advantage of that psychology?

The worry didn’t last long.

Black rain creates a black dagger with fox fire.

Ignore the nine-tailed fox rushing in front of you.

Throw it at the nine-tailed fox who was preparing to cast a spell.

The nine-tailed fox avoids the dagger by tilting her head back slightly.

The moment the dagger passed her side.

Pfft!

Silver eyes sparkle.

Position inversion.

The positions of the black rain and the dagger are swapped.

In an instant, he catches the nine-tailed fox’s mastermind.

If you don’t know what to grab.

‘If you catch both, that’s it.’

Black bee putting her hands together as if praying.

Extend your hands so that your palms face outward.

The black fox born from her hand attacks the nine-tailed fox. The nine-tailed fox, who was running towards the black fox as it fell to the ground, also attacks it at the same time.

Kuung!

Flying smoke.

Black Rain opens his eyes wide and stares at the dust.

What was real and what was fake?

It doesn’t matter what it is, but I’m secretly curious.

When the dust cleared, there was no one there.

“Password, you are. You have been too honest for a fox.”

Suddenly, the nine-tailed fox’s voice is heard.

The direction is sky, not ground.

Even though the magician was gone, the fox fire that had been floating like the sun seemed to be shooting at Heukbi, but then it suddenly did a somersault and changed shape.

‘Disguise?’

Both nine-tailed foxes are clones.

The real thing was disguised as a fox fire.

“That’s why I liked you so much… But you betrayed my trust.”

Wow!

The nine-tailed fox radiates magical power and surrounds her entire body. An orange haze swells. It is a rough aura, as if it will not allow a reversal like before.

This is a qualitative response.

In order to break through a defense, the attacker must exert more force.

If you want to force a breakthrough and turn things around, you’ll need to pour in more magical power than that. Not to mention, the opponent is a nine-tailed fox. Even if you succeed, the amount of magical power consumed will be beyond imagination.

‘you are….’

Heukbi frowned slightly as he watched the nine-tailed fox trying to take away his power.

She’s always been like that.

Dissatisfied with reality, they are greedy.

That greed eventually reaches all the way to the sky.

Without any regard for the misfortune of others that arises from one’s own greed.

Selfish and self-righteous.

It’s exactly like the past.

I don’t expect anything from her anymore.

“This is the end of playing.”

Black bee with both hands together.

Make a connection.

The silver eyes shine.

Just before the nine-tailed fox’s hand touched Heukbi.

“A world that is against the heavens.”

Darkness spreads and covers the area.

The nine-tailed fox’s hand brushes the air.

As if everything was a mirage, the new form of the black rain disappears.

“… What is it?”

The nine-tailed fox looks around.

No matter where I look, up, down, left, or right, all I see is a mirror.

A space filled with countless mirrors.

On the surface of the mirror, only the nine-tailed fox is reflected infinitely.

This place can truly be called a mirror world.

‘illusion?’

That’s not it.

It is not easy to cast illusions on someone with great power. It is also true that the nine-tailed fox is a demon fox skilled in illusions, so it is right to say that using illusions is close to impossible.

In addition, it is so realistic that it is almost too much of a welcome. When I touch the mirror surface with my hand, I feel a chilling sensation that makes my skin crawl.

“Are you surprised? Of course you are. It’s your first time seeing this, Gumiho.”

The soft voice of black rain resonates from somewhere.

But she is nowhere to be seen.

Clang!

The nine-tailed fox shatters one of the mirrors in front of her, but it is instantly restored. The broken glass is reversed and restored to its original state.

Only then does the gumiho realize what this is.

Cheonho’s heavenly subspace.

A world where even destiny can be reversed.

It is a unique territory of Heukbiman, cut off from the outside world.

Here, she can be called a god.

Even the most powerful nine-tailed fox cannot run wild here.

“Password, your skills have improved a lot. You know how to do tricks like this.”

“Because a long time has passed. While the nine-tailed fox was sleeping, the girl also developed. She is not the girl of the past. Above all, please do not call the girl a code. The girl also has a proper name, Heukbi.”

“What pathetic talk. I’ve repeatedly emphasized that names are nothing more than a curse and a trap to enslave us. Cheonho too, and you call yourself the dog of heaven?”

“If only it could secure my safety.”

The nine-tailed fox clicks its tongue.

I check the mirror to find a way out, but it’s not easy.

This is Black Rain’s home ground. In her territory, no one other than Black Rain can demonstrate their abilities.

Even if you try to break it by force, if the attacks are infinitely reversed, you will become exhausted in your own pool.

The most certain way is to break the area from the outside, or to open this space in the same way and break the black rain’s double barrier. Of course, the nine-tailed fox knows how to do it too… .

“You’d better not think of anything frivolous. The current nine-tailed fox can never break the girl’s space.”

Half the power.

The moonlight is in the password.

The Sun-young-an and the Moon-young-an are a pair, so if one is missing, the other cannot exert its full power.

Who would have thought that the password would grow to the point where it could expand its territory? It was a painful mistake by the gumiho who forgot the passage of time.

“Please sleep well. If there is an afterlife, I pray that you receive an ordinary destiny and live there.”

“You… .”

Light leaks out of the mirrors.

Light reflects light infinitely, filling space with light.

When the light poured down on the nine-tailed fox and swallowed her, her consciousness reversed and she fell asleep.

***

Heukbi stared at the gumiho lying on the floor of the mirror world with sunken eyes.

Expanding the territory requires enormous strength. Since it must be used in certain situations, I just waited for the right time, worried that the cunning nine-tailed fox would notice.

If it were the gumiho in Heukbi’s memories, she would have easily broken this barrier, but she was weakened and was only half a gumiho.

In the past, she may have always won, but not anymore. She will never beat herself again. Ever.

“Shall we start organizing things slowly… .”

You must not kill.

Because there is a divine mandate to make them pay the price.

After taking away the power, it is sealed tightly so that it can never be released.

I need to take special care of myself so I don’t wake up like before.

Heukbi was trying to work while maintaining the barrier in case he woke up.

“Excuse me~ Is there anyone here?”

A man’s voice is heard from outside the barrier.

It’s an endlessly flat and frivolous tone.

When I checked outside, I saw that the people wandering around the ruined shrine were not monsters, but ordinary people.

“I came to see the point~”

He was a crazy man who wanted to have his fortune told in a broken temple.