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“My older sister says she wants to meet you.”

“…Older sister?”

“That’s right. Great Sage Equaling Heaven…. The one called the Bull Demon King.”

For a moment, my head went blank.

It felt like I’d been hit hard by someone. Who is looking for whom?

The Bull Demon King is looking for me? Suddenly? Why?

I seriously pondered it, but no answer came.

Who is the Bull Demon King?

One of the most famous villainous monsters appearing in Journey to the West. At the same time, he is a monster among monsters who can compete with Sun Wukong, who is virtually an unparalleled existence unless it’s someone at the top level of the world.

“Why does the Bull Demon King want to see me?”

I couldn’t think of anything even after thinking alone, so I decided to ask the reason directly and looked at the Great Sage of Chaos.

She opened her mouth as if to say something about my question, but soon closed her mouth without saying anything.

Instead, she turned her body and said.

“You should meet and find out.”

“….”

What kind of reaction is this?

But one thing is certain, she has no intention of telling me why she is calling me.

“I’m not going.”

“…What did you say?”

“I’m not going.”

At my words, she stood still and looked at me again.

“Are you saying that sincerely?”

“I always live sincerely.”

“…Ha.”

Hwaaaah!

The heat dominating the surroundings intensified.

『Great Sage of Chaos』Garin

Level: Cannot be Observed Stamina: Cannot be Observed

Strength: Cannot be Observed Magic Power: Cannot be Observed

Agility: Cannot be Observed

Magic Power: Cannot be Observed

Skill: Cannot be Observed

Durability: Cannot be Observed

As expected, I should say.

The stats of the Great Sage of Chaos could not be observed, just like with the Great Sage Who Calms the Sea or the Great Sage Equaling Heaven.

‘Within Journey to the West, only the Great Sage Equaling Heaven and the Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven are properly dealt with….’

The rest don’t even appear, and apart from mentions, there are no detailed parts, so I don’t know their actual abilities.

Of course….

They recognize each other as equals and have sworn brotherhood, so their stats are probably excellent….

‘If it’s the level of the Great Sage Who Calms the Sea, I can beat him enough. But if it’s the level of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven…. It’s hard to win.’

That monster. He played with me purely with his own physicality and , without his own magic, his weapon the Ruyi Jingu Bang, his armor the Dragon Robe, or the power of his eyes imbued with his martial arts or strength. If the opponent is a similar equal….

‘No, let’s believe that can’t be. If there were two such monsters, this world would have already been destroyed.’

“I hope you’ll reconsider. Come along, human.”

“So, if you want me to come along, tell me the reason why you’re calling me. From the start, I’m a busy person. If you suddenly come and tell me to come along because someone wants to see me, who would say ‘Ah~ Yes~ I see~’ and follow you?”

The Great Sage of Chaos, who was listening to my words, raised her hand.

“Then I’ll have to take you by force.”

Then she lightly flicked her finger. A fleeting flicker of flame. And a swirling storm. The flame rides the storm and plunges straight towards me.

I immediately drew out the Holy Sword and split the storm of flames.

“!”

It disappeared?!….

Using the storm of flames as a screen, the Great Sage of Chaos concealed her presence. The moment I noticed that, I immediately sharpened my senses to check the opponent’s location, but it was difficult to read the signs due to the sound of the wind swirling around.

“Why is there such a wind all of a sudden….”

A dizzying storm.

When did she create such a wind….

I wrapped Kanggi around the Holy Sword and swung it around.

The Kanggi conversely creates a storm and swallows the wind that surrounds it.

“Not bad. It’s certainly as the monkey said.”

“!”

Kaang!!!

“A spear?!”

“Heuup!”

Taat, Kang! Pipipiping!!!

Before I knew it, the Great Sage of Chaos was holding a spear of greenish-blue light in her hand, wielding it and thrusting it at me.

There was a strange flow of air around the spear, and the Holy Sword was strangely repelled each time the sword and spear collided.

‘Come to think of it, the Great Sage Who Calms the Sea also used something like a spear….’

However, the spear techniques of the Great Sage Who Calms the Sea and the Great Sage of Chaos are very different.

The spear technique of the Great Sage Who Calms the Sea is very rough, aggressive, and active.

The spear technique of the Great Sage of Chaos is elaborate, sharp, and smoothly transitions between offense and defense.

Teong!!!

“!!”

“But, clumsy!”

But that’s it.

Apparently, the Great Sage of Chaos is slightly lacking in ‘strength’ compared to the Great Sage Who Calms the Sea.

Perhaps the lacking strength was being covered by the wind swirling around the spear, but it can be penetrated enough.

Golden Kanggi of dawn wrapped around the white Holy Sword.

Kwang! Paaaaaaaang!!!

When the golden Kanggi and the wind collided, the wind scattered after a slight standoff.

At the same time, a gap appeared in the movement of the Great Sage of Chaos.

“”

“Earth Split”

Golden Kanggi of dawn plunging down vertically.

That Kanggi accurately split the Great Sage of Chaos.

“…Tsk. Did I miss?”

However, the figure of the Great Sage of Chaos scattered with the wind and then reappeared a few steps away.

“Haa…, Haa…”

“Even if I didn’t hit directly, it seems I’ve done enough damage.”

“Hoo…. Certainly, it seems difficult to break you with this much power.”

“Then why don’t you just give up?”

At my words, the Great Sage of Chaos sighed deeply and sent back the spear she had summoned.

“Okay. I’ll tell you that you’re not going. Instead…, bear the consequences on your own.”

“…Consequences?”

“Of course. It seems my older sister is thinking quite particularly about this meeting…, so I have no idea how big my older sister’s anger will be when the other party says they won’t meet.”

…Eh?

“Hey, wait. Anger? What are you talking about?”

“Didn’t you know? Once my older sister, the Bull Demon King, starts getting angry, there’s no one who can stop her. You can only hope that the anger will dissipate quickly. And…, the aftermath is quite big but….”

“What I want to ask is about that aftermath? What does she do when she’s angry?”

“…Do you want to know?”

The Great Sage of Chaos chuckled and continued.

“She destroys all the causes of her anger.”

“….”

“Maybe in this case…. Won’t she go to kill you who refused to meet her?”

“No way….”

“Ah, by the way. 500 years ago, the dwarves once touched my older sister’s nerves. And as a result, more than half of the dwarves died.”

…Really?

There was an incident 500 years ago where the dwarves were almost extinct?

“Maybe it was from then? That the dwarves started digging tunnels and living like this.”

“Was that why!!!”

“Whether it’s true or not, you’ll know if you ask. Even if the lifespan of dwarves isn’t as long as elves, it’s longer than humans. There will probably be some who remember or know. Anyway…, I’ll make sure to tell her that you said you won’t meet.”

“Wait! I don’t have time to waste to defeat the fragments of the Demon King! Even if you suddenly say let’s meet, my circumstances won’t allow it!!!”

In Journey to the West, the ability of the Great Sage Who Pacifies Heaven is similar to that of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven.

The Great Sage of Chaos or the Great Sage Who Calms the Sea are lower in level, so I can respond and win enough, but if a monster at the level of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven rushes at me to kill me, I’ll really die.

So I urgently called out to the Great Sage of Chaos but….

“That’s your problem.”

This bastard?

“And…, as for her, you don’t have to worry about it right now. It will probably take some time.”

“…Time? Could it be that you know what the is doing?”

“…Ah, I see. It seems it hasn’t been conveyed to the humans.”

The Great Sage of Chaos said so and nodded.

“Then let’s do this. I also hate to see my older sister, the Bull Demon King, get angry. I don’t know where the sparks will fly. So you go to meet my older sister, and in return, I’ll tell you in detail about her whom you call .”

“…Okay. If it’s that, I’ll go.”

If you had offered such a good deal from the beginning, I wouldn’t have had to draw my sword and fight.

* * *

“Augh…, sunlight….”

How long has it been since I’ve seen sunlight…. After being holed up in the basement, my eyes hurt a bit from seeing real sunlight.

But the Great Sage of Chaos didn’t seem to mind, and spread her wings from her back.

“It’s a bit late, so let’s hurry.”

“Okay, I understand. But where are we going? It’s my first time in the Western Continent, so I’m not familiar with the geography….”

“Of course…. We’re heading to my older sister’s territory, Labyrinthos.”

“Labyrinthos?”

The Great Sage of Chaos seemed to think that no more words were necessary, and flapped her huge wings and flew straight into the sky as if leaping.

I didn’t ask any more questions and used to kick off the air and chase after her.

“…. . You’ve learned a unique skill.”

“I don’t have a way to fly like you guys, you see.”

“Well…, I guess so.”

The speed of the Great Sage of Chaos was quite fast.

I felt it while fighting earlier, but the core ability of the Great Sage of Chaos seems to be ‘wind’.

It took quite a bit of effort to catch up with the speed of the Great Sage of Chaos, who manipulates wind and air currents freely to multiply her flight speed several times.

But it wasn’t to the point where I couldn’t catch up at all, so as I chased diligently, before I knew it, I saw a huge white palace? in the distance.

“What’s that?”

“That’s Labyrinthos. Another name for it is the White Palace.”