Chapter 805: If You Hang Around a Drunkard, You'll Become A Drunkard

TL: FoodieMonster007

"How did you come to know that person?"

When Geom Mugeuk asked about the Celestial Killer Star, the Darkness Palace Lord's gaze sank. He looked like he had much to say, but he said nothing.

Geom Mugeuk provoked him. "You must be angry. It's the life you've dreamed of your whole life, but the Celestial Killer Star has taken it."

The Darkness Palace Lord did not fall for the provocation. Rather, he answered calmly, "Aren't you the one who's angry? If you became the Demonic Cult Leader, this murim could've been yours."

Geom Mugeuk did not neglect a single word from him while conversing. It was important to know even one more thing regarding Hwa Mugi. "You really trust the Celestial Killer Star. Just how strong is he for you to trust him this much?"

He knew that strength better than anyone, but he asked as if he did not know.

The Darkness Palace Lord's gaze turned toward Ga Ye standing behind Geom Mugeuk. "If you're curious, why not ask that Saintess who's flattering you in every way just to save her life?"

Even though it was a remark mocking and looking down on her, Ga Ye did not get angry. She looked somewhat calm. That change touched a nerve with the Darkness Palace Lord.

Geom Mugeuk took her side. "If you used a person and threw them away, you shouldn't treat them like a traitor but show some remorse. Why can't you people say sorry?"

Ga Ye recalled what Geom Mugeuk had said earlier. When they first met, he said the same thing to her. That he thought she would at least say sorry to the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman. That the Darkness Palace Lord raised her to be a person who does not know how to be sorry.

Looking at the Darkness Palace Lord's attitude, she thought those words were right. She was raised that way, and she became such a person.

Suddenly, the words Geom Mugeuk said came to mind.

"You must go out to the sea to see the real sky. I don't know if lightning will strike or a typhoon will blow, but just go out. Even if you die, die in that sea."

Her gaze turned to the Darkness Palace Lord. "I'm not on anyone's side. I'm standing here as the Saintess of the Saintess Palace."

"Does the belief of the Saintess change this easily?" The Darkness Palace Lord raged, feeling betrayed.

Ga Ye stared into his eyes. "That's right. I'm a person without such qualifications. Since becoming the Saintess at a young age, I've lived while helping you. Talking about the will of the heavens now would be absurd. I don't know if my beliefs changed easily, but this heart right now is sincere."

She focused on her heart. Now, she did not resent the Darkness Palace Lord anymore, because her ship had left the dock and gone out to sea.

"Whether I die by you today, or by the Young Cult Leader, or by that person later, I don't regret today's decision. Give up now and tell the Young Cult Leader how to kill that person." She calmly conveyed her final sincerity. "This is the will of heaven."

However, her mention of heavenly will did not get through at all.

BLAM!

Geom Mugeuk, still standing, extended his hand to the side and blocked the palm technique flying toward Ga Ye. It was not a palm technique thrown to kill her, but a light attack thrown knowing he would block it.

"This is my answer," the Darkness Palace Lord said threateningly.

Geom Mugeuk snickered mockingly. The Darkness Palace Lord wanted to look cool and show a final leader-like appearance at the end. Stern, cool, and mysterious.

Perhaps he could show such an appearance in front of the Demon Supremes, but it was impossible to show such an appearance in front of him and the Saintess, because they were two people who stimulated primal emotions just by looking at them.

"You shouldn't have betrayed me, if you think about the things I did for you…!"

Geom Mugeuk received that resentment on Ga Ye's behalf. "Don't be deceived," he said to her. "Whether it's me, my blunt father, or the Blood Heaven Blade Demon, everyone would've done more than what that person did. Don't be deceived by that selfish condescension. Rather, argue with him. Ask why he acts like he gave a dragon's head when he only gave a rat's tail."

The Darkness Palace Lord really wanted to scream, 'You damn Young Cult Leader!' He wanted to murder the mouthy bastard right away, but he held back. There was something he absolutely had to do no matter how angry he got.

On the other hand, Geom Mugeuk continued to provoke him. "You're a self-centered asshole who thinks only of yourself to a terrible degree. If one were to unfold those wrinkles, the spaces between them would be filled with selfishness."

"Is there anyone who isn't like that? Are you different? For the sake of people? Demonic hero? Don't make me laugh. That's nothing more than enjoying a game for your own satisfaction."

Geom Mugeuk nodded agreeably. "Right, I admit it. I do enjoy playing this game. I also live hoping that my game becomes a fun game for others as well. What about you? What's the result of your game? To live as the eminence in shadow? The ultimate mastermind behind the scenes? Or is killing everyone around you your game?"

"The person who killed everyone around me is you."

"I did it to save everyone else."

The two men's tense gazes tangled in the air.

"Where's the Celestial Killer Star right now?" Geom Mugeuk demanded. The Darkness Palace Lord answered everything else but did not answer anything regarding the Celestial Killer Star.

Ga Ye's voice came from behind. "The Celestial Killer Star woke up on his own and broke the seal of the Seventy Two Stars Soul Sealing Formation on his own. I think he awakened because of you, Young Cult Leader."

She thought it was related to Geom Mugeuk.

Geom Mugeuk could not deny it, because his regression had indeed changed the time of his appearance. "So he was sealed away? But now he's broken that seal and escaped?"

Ga Ye nodded. "I think so."

Geom Mugeuk asked the Darkness Palace Lord, "Where is he now?"

"Where do you think he went?"

There was one place Geom Mugeuk thought of.

"Did he go to our Cult?"

"Just as you killed everyone around me, everyone around you will die. This is my final game," the Darkness Palace Lord replied with an expression that said 'this is my revenge'.

Even though it was truly a scary statement, however, Geom Mugeuk was not flustered or shaken.

The Darkness Palace Lord's face hardened. "…You aren't surprised."

Geom Mugeuk revealed his honest feelings. "I'm a person who worries about everything, so I'm inclined to just think that if Father can't solve the problem, then I can't solve it either."

He trusted in his father. Before his regression, Geom Woojin was only at the Tenth Star of the Nine Calamities Demonic Art, but now he had reached the Twelfth Star. More importantly, his father's life and attitude had also changed.

However, Ga Ye still feared the Celestial Killer Star more than Geom Woojin. "He's a person stronger than you can imagine. If you can't control him with the Six Elements Origin Qi…"

Geom Mugeuk could tell that the words saying even the Demonic Cult Leader could not win against him were omitted.

At least now he finally understood why Hwa Mugi went into seclusion in his life before regression. That must not have been seclusion, but after killing the Murim Alliance Chairman, the Evil Alliance Chairman, and his father, this Darkness Palace Lord controlled Hwa Mugi with the power of the Six Elements Origin Qi, perhaps sealing him away again or maybe even killing him.

"How do I use that Six Elements Origin Qi?" he asked.

The Darkness Palace Lord answered, "I'll tell you that."

"There's no way you'd tell me properly, right?"

"We don't know the method anyway. Only this can teach you."

CREAK…

The wall behind the Darkness Palace Lord opened.

Geom Mugeuk was startled when he saw what was placed in the space behind it. Surprisingly, it was a large Secret Box. In this final battle, the Darkness Palace Lord had brought the Secret Box out.

"You know what this is too, right?"

Geom Mugeuk nodded. "I know it as your divine artifact passed down from long ago."

That war three hundred years ago also started from this Secret Box. When the Secret Box produced a small Secret Box, the Heavenly Fate Palace Lord at the time thought that the heavens had bestowed the heavenly will upon him.

"To combine the Six Elements Origin Qi contained in your body into one, you must borrow the power of this Secret Box."

Geom Mugeuk could tell that the Darkness Palace Lord did not know the fact that he had already learned the chant through the Secret Box and combined the energy of the Six Elements Origin Qi into one.

In this place filled with the energy of the Blood Art, and moreover, in a state where he succeeded in an unknown grand technique, this was the reason he did not try to kill him immediately.

He hasn't given up yet! He intends to steal the energy of the Six Elements Origin Qi through this Secret Box.

Yes, he must've been able to come this far because he had such persistence. When he, who gathered all six energies, met this Secret Box, if something happened, he intends to aim for that moment and steal the energy. He thought that the grand method related to those characters engraved all over his face might be related to that.

Sorry, but it's too late! Nothing will happen even if I approach the Secret Box!

"Can I go closer and look?"

The Darkness Palace Lord stepped aside.

Geom Mugeuk walked a few steps and stopped. "Why are you showing it so obediently? Did you perhaps pull some trick?"

"You're the one who said you'd look up close. If you don't like it, back off."

"I can't do that, even out of curiosity."

Geom Mugeuk approached the Secret Box. When they parted last time, he hoped there would be a day they would meet again by fate, but to think they would meet again like this.

Big Secret Box, it's good to see you!

It was really nice to see the Secret Box he thought he would never see again. Since the small Secret Box disappeared when absorbing the last power, now this was the only Secret Box.

Geom Mugeuk touched the Secret Box with his hand.

I didn't know I'd see you again like this.

VWOOSH!

Right at that moment, as if falling into a swamp, Geom Mugeuk was sucked into the Secret Box. There was no warning or prior sign.

"H-Huh?"

Since he had the experience of being sucked in once, he knew what this phenomenon was.

No! Not now!

The problem was the people remaining. The Saintess was one thing, but the three Demon Supremes and the Thousand Flower Pavilion Master were also still on the ship. They must be coming here looking for him.

However, his body was already more than half inside the Secret Box. He could not escape with his own strength, and even if he could come out, it was a situation where he should not go out.

In an instant, he completely disappeared into the Secret Box.

When Geom Mugeuk disappeared, the Darkness Palace Lord ran to the Secret Box. Even when Geom Mugeuk approached the Secret Box, he inwardly hoped to get one last chance, but something completely unexpected happened. He never dreamed that the Secret Box would swallow Geom Mugeuk.

He carefully placed his hand on the part that absorbed Geom Mugeuk, worried that he would be swallowed too, but the wall of the Secret Box that absorbed a person like a swamp remained a hard and cold lump of metal.

He tried to examine the inside by injecting qi, but no energy was felt from inside.

The Darkness Palace Lord placed his hand on the Secret Box and spoke earnestly, "O noble divine artifact of our palace, please give me the power the Young Cult Leader obtained!"

The Secret Box did not budge.

"That power is this palace's power, and my power. Give me the power!" he shouted earnestly.

The Secret Box still did not react.

"If you abandon me like this, I'll smash the Secret Box while the Young Cult Leader is inside."

It was not a simple threat. If that happened, he would win the fight against the Young Cult Leader for now. It was not the best situation, but he would have avoided the worst situation.

"Bestow the heavenly will upon me!"

As if to smash the Secret Box, the Darkness Palace Lord raised his hand high. Tremendous dark energy surged into his hand.

"Stop!" Ga Ye howled. "The Secret Box is the absolute divine artifact of the Heavenly Fate Palace. You must not break it like that!"

The Darkness Palace Lord asked Ga Ye with his hand raised. "Are you worrying about the Secret Box? Or the Young Cult Leader?"

"I'm worried about you, you fool!"

"!" The Darkness Palace Lord realized that she was speaking sincerely. Since he had watched her for a long time, he could tell if she was speaking the truth or a lie.

"I'm worried about you right now, damn it."

"Why worry about me?"

"Because I'm the Saintess and you're the Darkness Palace Lord. It's unfortunate, but the heavenly will is with the Young Cult Leader, not you."

Ga Ye was trying hard to fulfill her final role as the Saintess. Watching the Darkness Palace Lord wriggle with anger, she finished what she was saying.

"Please don't go against the will of the heavens."

She knew this would provoke and anger him more, but she considered conveying those words her final calling.

Words I should've said a long time ago. I'm sorry for saying them now.

The Darkness Palace Lord roared, "Hmph! All you are is a fake Saintess who can't even receive prophecies."

Originally, it was a remark that would hurt her the most, but in this moment, Ga Ye felt that those words no longer hurt her.

The moment he saw her face was peaceful, the Darkness Palace Lord's anger surged unlike anything he had ever revealed before. Thinking that Geom Mugeuk, whom the bitch had met not long ago, created that peace in her, murderous intent beyond anger burned in him.

He said coldly, "I never believed in heavenly will from the start."

WHOOSH!

Ga Ye closed her eyes as the palm technique shot by the Darkness Palace Lord flew toward her.

In her heart, she was standing on the deck looking at the sky. A huge storm was rushing toward her ship, but she looked up at the sky until the end.

I'm sorry for not properly upholding the will.

BAM!

Her figure flew backward.

She thought she would naturally die in one strike, but she could tell she was not dead.

When she opened her eyes, someone was supporting her body from behind. It was not that she was hit by the palm technique and bounced back. Someone threw a palm technique that shattered the Darkness Palace Lord's palm technique, and she was pushed back by the aftermath of that collision.

Ga Ye turned around in surprise to see the Drunken Demon standing behind her. Beside him, the Demonic Buddha, the Soul-Stealing Demon Supreme, and the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman appeared. They had arrived just in time.

The ship did not capsize in the storm. She stood on the deck and looked up at the sky.

Is there still work left for me to do?

Ga Ye looked at the Drunken Demon. It was strange that he saved her. The Young Cult Leader said he would spare her, but to the Demon Supremes, she was nothing more than an enemy. Was it because of the Thousand Flower Palace Chairwoman?

"Why did you save me?" she asked, dazed.

The Drunken Demon answered, reeking of alcohol, "If you hang around a drunkard, you'll become a drunkard. If you hang around someone who resents the world, you become a person who resents the world. If you hang around someone who likes books, you become someone who likes books. If you hang around someone like our Young Cult Leader, you end up saving people in crisis."

He looked around the area with drunken eyes.

"So? Where's our Young Cult Leader?"