Chapter 24 – Day 24

Day 24

“Miss! Are you alright?”

“Ah, I’m fine.”

After dealing with the three Repairers, Cheon Seoa secretly left the KKB Arena and returned home.

The Seven Sword Emperor was already at home, unable to lift his head due to the news of villains invading the competition venue where he had gotten her a ticket.

“I’m sorry, I never imagined such a thing would happen.”

The Seven Sword Emperor apologized once again in a subdued voice.

Seeing his dejected appearance, Cheon Seoa gently smiled and patted his head.

“I’m really fine. More importantly, there’s something I want to ask.”

“What is it?”

“Have you ever heard of the term ‘Repairer’?”

“Re… pairer…? You say?”

At Cheon Seoa’s question, the Seven Sword Emperor tilted his head in confusion.

Repairer.
It was a word he had never heard before.

So Cheon Seoa changed the direction of her question.

“Then, do you remember the ‘Madwoman’ we met before? Which organization does she belong to?”

“That bi-! Ahem-. As far as I know, she worked as a mercenary.”

Mercenary?
A mercenary, as in someone who solves problems for money, like a fixer?

This time, it was Cheon Seoa who tilted her head in confusion.

“She’s quite a famous mercenary in the underworld. She specializes in infiltration, information gathering, and even assassination of key figures.”

“I see.”

Cheon Seoa nodded her head while answering like that.

Then, could it be that the three Repairers who instigated the villains who attacked the kkb Arena she had gone to were also working as a kind of mercenary?

Certainly, if one were a Repairer, it would be better to work as a mercenary rather than engage in hero activities.

They could also obtain useful materials for alchemy.
And they could avoid unnecessary government intervention.

“Thank you for your answer.”

“Not at all, I should tell you anything I know. By the way….”

The Seven Sword Emperor trailed off, staring intently at Cheon Seoa’s back.

Behind Cheon Seoa’s back, there was a translucent ‘something’ in place.

Ordinary people, even if they were Awakened with abilities, wouldn’t be able to see it.

But the Seven Sword Emperor, who practiced the Seven Desires Demon Technique given by Cheon Seoa, could see it.

The translucent something behind Cheon Seoa’s back.
It resembled humans writhing in endless agony.

Cheon Seoa smiled slightly, noticing that the Seven Sword Emperor had noticed the souls of the three Repairers behind her back.

“Looks like you’ve made some progress.”

In Cheon Seoa’s eyes, the Seven Sword Emperor’s level was somewhere between the Crystal Stage and the Forbidden Stage.

With just a little push, he could form the Forbidden and enter the complete Forbidden Stage.

Well, what mattered now wasn’t exactly what level the Seven Sword Emperor was at.

“More importantly, could I have a moment alone?”

“Ah, yes. I understand.”

I’ll be alone.
When Cheon Seoa said those words, the Seven Sword Emperor’s expression became gloomy again.

* * *

“Hmm, they didn’t have any particularly important information.”

After leaving the Seven Sword Emperor behind, Cheon Seoa entered the room and soon skimmed through the memories lingering in the souls of the three Repairers she had killed.

However, she couldn’t obtain any particularly useful information.

It wasn’t because there was a ban placed on the souls of the three Repairers.
It was simply because the positions of the three Repairers weren’t high enough to know ‘important information’.

Come to think of it, it was natural.

How could Repairers who had just entered the smoke stage be in positions to know important information?

But does that mean there were no results at all?
That wasn’t the case either.

First of all, the three Repairers that Cheon Seoa killed belonged to a righteous sect called ‘Ascension Gate’.

They were still positioned in the shadows even though ability users had emerged from the shadows of society, and their purpose was only one.

As can be inferred from the name Ascension Gate, they wanted to return to their original world through ‘ascension’.

Furthermore, they knew that the nine villains of Illuminate were learning public methods, especially magic public methods, like themselves.

In other words, the ‘attack on the kkb Arena using villains’ planned by these three Repairers was also information obtained through a spy.

They acted because they had obtained information that the Seven Sword Emperor had purchased tickets for the Valorant tournament.

Certainly….

“If it’s a righteous sect, they wouldn’t tolerate practitioners of magic public methods.”

Cheon Seoa nodded and muttered.

The Orthodox Sect and the Demonic Sect.
Orthodox cultivation methods and demonic cultivation methods.

Those two were something that could never coexist.

It had been that way for so long that even Cheon Seoa didn’t know exactly when the Orthodox Sect and the Demonic Sect became so desperate to kill each other.

As for other useful information.

“The Bihwamun is located on Jeju Island.”

Bihwamun.

One of the many Orthodox Sects that make up the Ascension Gate, and according to the memories lingering in the melted souls, Bihwamun mainly practiced fire cultivation methods.

Moreover, Bihwamun was in a position to manage all cultivators active in ‘Korea’, which is why the name Bihwamun was strongly imprinted in the memories of the three cultivators Cheon Seoa had killed.

Although she couldn’t approach the core, she had found a way to move towards it.

Now, what to do.

“To be honest, the conflict between the Orthodox Sect and the Demonic Sect is none of my business. Your fight with those poor children is also not something I should care about. However,”

The poor children were the ones Cheon Seoa had personally given the small help of demonic cultivation methods.

Besides that.

“Whether they intended it or not, I’ve been caught up in their affairs, so it wouldn’t be too much to give a little warning, would it?”

As Cheon Seoa muttered this and took a step forward.

Kiing-.

The surrounding space distorted, and in an instant, Cheon Seoa found herself in a blue sky with white clouds floating around.

Below her feet, the view of Jeju Island, a massive island located in the South Sea of Korea, was revealed.

A massive island formed by Mount Halla located in the center.
The entire island could be said to be Mount Halla itself, and furthermore, since Mount Halla was an island created by volcanic eruption, even though it was an island located in the middle of the sea, it could be said to be relatively rich in spiritual energy.

Of course, compared to the cultivation world, it was still far from enough, but for the cultivators of Earth, it could be considered one of the few precious spiritual veins.

“If I had my way, I’d like to erase Jeju Island itself.”

However, doing so would involve innocent people.

If this were an ordinary cultivation world, Cheon Seoa would have erased Jeju Island without hesitation, but this is Earth.

At least on Earth, Cheon Seoa didn’t want to cause a big incident.

So.

“Where could the Bihwamun be?”

For now, let’s just erase the Bihwamun.

Having organized her thoughts like this, Cheon Seoa looked down at Mount Halla beneath her feet.

Keeing-.

In Cheon Seoa’s lifeless eyes as she gazed at Mount Halla, a gloomy darkness began to seep out.

At the same time.

“Found it.”

As Cheon Seoa muttered with a slight smile and took another step.

The surrounding scenery changed abruptly.

From the blue sky with white clouds floating, Cheon Seoa suddenly appeared at Baengnokdam, located at the summit of Mount Halla.

“It’s quite an amateurish formation.”

Cheon Seoa said, looking at Baengnokdam.

The Bihwamun is located inside Mount Halla, and Baengnokdam is the entrance to reach Bihwamun.

Of course, to avoid detection by ordinary people, Bihwamun concealed its entrance through a formation, but it couldn’t escape Cheon Seoa’s eyes.

“Let’s see.”

Squeeze-.

Standing in front of Baengnokdam, Cheon Seoa shows her tiny fist.

As the fingers of her small hand fold one by one, the moment the fist is completely clenched.

Thud-.

A strange yet powerful pressure pressed down on the surroundings.

“Fly away.”

The small fist swings towards Baengnokdam.

It was no different from a child’s clumsy punch, but the phenomenon created by such a punch was by no means light.

With a sound of “Kuung-!”, space bends and distorts.
As the distortion of space also warps the view, and when this phenomenon reaches its peak.

Crash-!

With the sound of something shattering, the formation that Bihwamun had set up at Baengnokdam shattered and collapsed.

The entrance leading to Bihwamun, revealed by the collapse of the formation.

The water forming the small lake disappeared without a trace, and what lay at the bottom was an endless staircase leading underground.

“Well then, shall we go?”

Step. Step. Step.

Cheon Seoa smiled brightly and descended underground through the stairs without hesitation.

Meanwhile, chaos erupted at Bihwamun, located in the center of Hallasan.

“Wh-What’s going on!”

“The formation set up at Baengnokdam has been shattered!”

In response to a middle-aged man’s shout, a young man with a somewhat youthful appearance cried out urgently.

“What do you mean…?”

The middle-aged man’s expression contorted at the young man’s reply.

The formation set up at Baengnokdam has been shattered.
What kind of nonsense is that!

To begin with, it wasn’t something that could be destroyed even if one wanted to.

Wasn’t it Bihwamun’s unparalleled formation that boasted a defense so strong that it could withstand even a nuclear bomb without a scratch by twisting space in various ways?

However, considering the thunderous sound from above and the shock that shook Bihwamun in an instant, it wouldn’t be strange if the formation had indeed been shattered.

If so, the question is who dared to invade Bihwamun.

“Who is it! Who dared to attack Bihwamun! Is it those worms who mastered the Mado techniques?”

“N-No, it’s not!”

“Then who on earth is it!”

The middle-aged man shouted angrily.

In the world, they were known as the nine beings, the worst villains who created the Illuminati.
However, in reality, they were not ability users who awakened supernatural powers, but mages who cultivated Mado techniques.

The Seungcheonmun, having noticed this fact, was trying their best to kill them, and they also knew that Seungcheonmun was after their lives.

That’s why the middle-aged man thought that the one who dared to attack them was one of those nine mages.
The Bihwamun was one of the main gates that made up the Ascension Gate.

Meanwhile, as the numerous disciples of Bihwamun were caught off guard by the sudden attack, they were busy moving around and preparing for the assault.

Thud. Thud. Thud.

A massive gate located on the outskirts of Bihwamun.
Connected to Baengnokdam, it served as the only passage linking Bihwamun to the outside world. Beyond that gate, light footsteps echoed.

The disciples of Bihwamun, who had been rushing around with urgent expressions, all stopped moving at once and looked at the gate with a gulp.

Who could it be?
Who would dare to attack Bihwamun?

Just as those questions were etched in their eyes.

Bang!

With a thunderous sound, the gate flew off, and beyond it, a girl, Cheon Seoa, appeared.

“A young… girl…?”

A young disciple belonging to Bihwamun unconsciously muttered.

Cheon Seoa looked over the disciples of Bihwamun, the Cultivators, who were staring at her with blank expressions.
She smiled brightly and said.

“Hello.”