Chapter 39 – Day 39

Day 39

“Mmm….”

Black sky and black earth.

Daemacheon, a space where only the black sun exists.

There, the nine unconscious villains began to open their eyes one by one.

“Are you awake?”

Cheon Seoa, who was sitting nearby, spoke with a bright smile toward the nine villains opening their eyes one by one.

Meanwhile, the nine villains flinched! and trembled at Cheon Seoa who smiled and greeted them.

The unintended fight with Cheon Seoa.

The ‘fear of death’ injected during that process had made them that way.

Until now, the nine villains had never felt the fear of death from anyone.

Even so, each individual had reached the level of the Golden Core stage. Among them, the representative had even surpassed that stage and entered the realm of the Primordial Spirit cultivator.

No matter how strong the superpowered individuals on Earth were, they couldn’t defeat the nine villains who had received and cultivated the Mado techniques from Cheon Seoa.

However, Cheon Seoa was different.

That overwhelming strength.
Furthermore, the killing intent to end their lives without hesitation and with sincerity.

All these factors combined made Cheon Seoa, whom they faced, become deeply ingrained in the minds of those nine villains as ‘fear’.

Cheon Seoa, who read their ‘fear’, bowed her head.

“I’m sorry.”

“Ah, no! There’s no need for you to apologize, miss.”

Startled by Cheon Seoa’s sudden apology, the representative exclaimed in surprise.

Cheon Seoa shook her head at the representative’s urgent cry.

“No. It’s true that I owe you all an apology. All of this happened because I couldn’t control myself.”

At Cheon Seoa’s words, the nine villains, including the representative, couldn’t readily open their mouths.

Towards these nine villains, Cheon Seoa said.

“So, I want to give you all a small gift.”

Saying that, she took out several items from her spatial storage and showed them.

Some were dharma treasures.
Some were spirit pills.
And some were spirit stones imbued with large amounts of spiritual energy.

Each and every one of these items was of such quality that if they were to be released in the lower realm, it would cause a bloodbath among cultivators trying to obtain them by any means necessary.

Cheon Seoa handed over those nine items to the nine villains, each matching their respective recipient.

The nine villains who received Cheon Seoa’s ‘small gifts with a meaning of apology’.
Among them, the Sword Demon…

“Um, I don’t need this. Can I make a different request?”

“Of course.”

“How about… making your debut as a VTuber…?”

Bang-!

Before the Sword Demon could finish speaking, a mass of magical energy condensed in the air struck the back of his head.
The Sword Demon, now embedded in the floor, squirmed.

Cheon Seoa looked at the Sword Demon and said.

“I’ve told you many times before that I won’t do that.”

* * *

“Huk-! Huk-!”

Late at night.
In an alley located in Hongdae, Seoul.

A mass of light gathered in the air, and a man who jumped out of it gasped for breath.

“Did, did I succeed?”

The man who muttered this quickly looked around, but all that was reflected in his eyes was the peaceful scenery of the alley.

A deep sigh of relief escaped the man’s lips.

But soon.

“There’s no time.”

Just as he was about to feel relieved.
The man began to move with an urgent expression, as if being chased by something.

Please, this time.

“I hope I’m not too late.”

* * *

“Wow! So this is the famous Neverland!”

Neverland, Korea’s largest amusement park located in Yongin.
Cheon Seoa, who had arrived at the entrance, said this while looking around at the many people bustling about despite the early hour.

Beside Cheon Seoa was the Sword Demon, who had changed his appearance.

In fact, it was the Sword Demon who had originally proposed going to Neverland.

Although he hadn’t succeeded in making Cheon Seoa’s VTuber debut, this was the next best thing.

The Sword Demon had suggested Neverland this time, wanting to enjoy time ‘alone’ with Cheon Seoa.

“There are certainly a lot of people here.”

The Sword Demon said, his eyes shining.

As she had only been active in Japan, this was her first time visiting an amusement park in Korea.
However, Neverland, known as Korea’s largest amusement park, wasn’t too bad even from the Sword Demon’s perspective.

By the way.

“It’s about time for the park to open.”

The crowd filling the surroundings began to gather in one direction and diminish.

As Neverland’s opening time arrived, numerous people started to spread out to various parts of the vast park.

At that moment, Cheon Seoa displayed a rare, joyful smile.

“Shadow Sword Squad.”

Tsss-.

As the Sword Demon quietly whispered after briefly separating from Cheon Seoa, a group appeared behind her.

Their attire was diverse, truly overflowing with individuality.
However, there was one thing. The swords tied to their waists were identical in shape, as if they had been mass-produced in a factory.

“For today, not a single mistake can be made. Understood?”

Nod.

The people called the Shadow Sword Squad nodded heavily to the Sword Demon, who spoke to them with a cold expression and eyes.

They too knew.
How crucial the ‘escort mission’ they were entrusted with this time was.

If by any chance even a single scratch were to appear on the body of that little Cheon Seoa, whom their master, the Sword Demon, referred to as ‘Miss’ and served…

‘We’ll all die.’

No matter how much they were subordinates carefully nurtured by the Sword Demon.
Everyone in the Shadow Sword Squad knew all too well that to the Sword Demon, they were nothing more than replaceable parts that could be discarded at any time.

“Good, move out.”

As soon as the Sword Demon’s order fell, dozens of Shadow Sword Squad members scattered in all directions, concealing their presence.

Meanwhile.

“What are you doing here? We should be heading in soon.”

“Yes! Miss!”

Cheon Seoa approached the Sword Demon and spoke.
His expression suddenly became bright as if he had never been gloomy before.
In an instant, he answered cheerfully with a wide grin.

“Which one should we ride first?”

Cheon Seoa and Geomma, having passed through the entrance, entered Neverland.

Among them, Geomma asked with a noticeably bright expression.

“Should we start with the Viking, which could be called the flower of the amusement park? Or the roller coaster? Oh! The bumper cars looked fun too.”

As Geomma spoke with a wide grin, Cheon Seoa also smiled happily, unlike her usual self, and said.

“Then shall we start with the Viking?”

“Sounds good!”

The first ride at Neverland was decided to be the Viking.
With that, Geomma walked briskly alongside Cheon Seoa towards the Viking.

* * *

Time had already become late afternoon.

From morning until now.
Cheon Seoa and Geomma could say they had enjoyed almost all the rides located in Neverland.

Although it was the weekend and Neverland was crowded with humans to the point of oversaturation, and they had to wait in line for at least an hour to ride just one attraction, none of that mattered to Cheon Seoa and Geomma.

That’s because Neverland belongs to a company established by the Seven Sword Masters.

When the Seven Sword Masters heard that Cheon Seoa was going to Neverland this time.
They had made arrangements so that Cheon Seoa could enjoy Neverland more comfortably and have more fun.

And so, as the sun was setting.
Cheon Seoa, holding a churro in one hand and an ice cream in the other, settled down with Geomma in the Rose Garden, which could be called Neverland’s landmark.

“This is my first time visiting an amusement park. It’s quite fun.”

“That’s right! I never thought that the Seven Swords kid would create such a wonderful amusement park.”

While nodding in agreement with Cheon Seoa’s words, the Sword Demon had a surprised look on her face at the unexpectedly good quality of Neverland.

For her, the Seven Swords was strongly perceived as a kid with an excessively strong pride despite being weaker than herself.

Well, not only in terms of skill level, but also in terms of age alone, the Seven Swords would never be able to escape the position of being the youngest.

So, the Sword Demon was all smiles.
It was then, while she was watching Cheon Seoa munching on churros and ice cream with her small mouth.

“Uh, Sword Demon… ma’am.”

A sword inspector from the Sword Shadow Squad urgently appeared in front of the Sword Demon.

However, this sword inspector from the Sword Shadow Squad was covered in blood from head to toe, which caused the Sword Demon’s expression to instantly harden.

“What’s the matter?”

“Danger! Monster…!”

Thud-.

Danger and monster.
The sword inspector who only uttered those two words collapsed as if all his strength had left him.

At the same time, as the blood-covered man suddenly appeared and collapsed, people in the Rose Garden screamed.

“Found you. I knew you’d be here by now.”

The Sword Demon and Cheon Seoa.
In front of those two, another blood-covered man appeared and spoke.
“You are…?”
The sword demon frowned as he looked at the man.
A blood-covered man appeared before his eyes.
Perhaps this man was the ‘dangerous monster’ his subordinate had mentioned.
However.
‘Why on earth?’
The sword demon couldn’t understand.
Why did this man suddenly appear and become hostile towards them?
Could it be that he had noticed that he was the sword demon?
It was when the sword demon was looking at the man with eyes full of such questions.
Keeeing-!
Light gathered in the man’s hand, forming a blade of light.
Gripping this light blade, the man pointed it at Cheon Seoa and said.
“Empress. For the sake of the future, I will kill you.”
Twitch-.
As soon as the man’s words ended, the sword demon’s brow twitched.
Kwaaaa-!
Enormous energy burst out from the sword demon, swirling like a storm.