Chapter 374. The Small Heavenly Demon (1) (2/2)
“It would only be possible to attempt this in the Aeon Empire And even then, 99 out of 100 patients would die”
“Then I just have to survive”
“I heard that even those who survived are suffering side effects”
“Why do you keep insisting that I give up?” The Small Heavenly Demon felt a wretched sense of betrayal They looked at their father with resentment “Father, you were the one who said that you wished to change this city and this world”
“” The Heavenly Demon wordlessly turned away Outside the , there was a city full of holograns of all different colors “My heart has not changed”
This city was rotten It was rotten and decaying, and it was beyond the point of no return
“This city devours all those who dream”
A small minority hest level of y, and they could even cheat death
“It has already been one hundred years since we last had hope”
In other words, this city had continuously devolved over the last century Taxes were still shooting up to no end The people with no affinity for martial arts had no other choice but to turn their bodies into machines so they would not labor themselves to death And even then, their debts were still stacking up They would have to spend their whole lives working to pay off their debts until they died
“This is all because of the emperor”
The ruler as supposed to watch over his people had gone ression pact between the Murim Alliance and the I the Muri all sorts of heinous acts
“It is difficult to cut off a rotting limb”
It was difficult, but someone had to do it The Heavenly Deh the sky himself rather than wait for inevitable destruction And he had a skill that allowed him to dare to have such a dream
“” The Heavenly Deht that the Small Heavenly Demon had a weak constitution because they resembled their mother, but that was only half the story
“Your mother and I only passed onto you the weakest parts of ourselves”
“Please don’t say that” The Sery I will becoe the world with you, Father”
“”
The Heavenly Demon was proud, and he was thankful to the Small Heavenly Dee their child to die for their own dreae the city,” he assured
“I know that your chronic illness worsens by the day” The Small Heavenly Demon wasn’t an idiot In the same way that this city couldn’t be treated because it was rotten to the core, his father’s illness had also already progressed to the point of no return “Father, your dream is not yours alone”
It was also the dream of the hundreds ofof a city where anyone could shape their own future and carry hope in their hearts
“Please, let me help you achieve your dreaainst their child And the Heavenly Demon was a father
“” Seo Jun-Ho’s face was dark when the story ended
And The Frost Queen was actually crying “Sniff, I am sorry I was not aware that you were in such a pitiful situation, and I shook you like that…”
- Aheressions, so don’t cry If you do, then I will also…Sniff
Their emotions welled up, and the S
While the two of thehts
‘So, the Small Heavenly Demon’s body is currently in the Aeon Empire’
It would be delivered if the procedure was successful If it failed, well—the Small Heavenly Demon would have to spend the rest of their life in that ball
‘Even though everyone kept talking about the Aeon Erasp of it… But now, I understand’
The Aeon Ey and were able to move the Small Heavenly Demon’s soul into the ball to minimize the stress on their body
‘Who knew such incredible technology existed?’
Seo Jun-Ho wondered if the Aeon E to you, the Muriuys,” he said
- It is a matter of perspective All they do is sacrifice the people so that they can live in luxury
Thetheir lives so that the minority could live comfortably
“Do you knowrelated to their bounty missions?”
- I don’t know, but it seeularly It is only natural that there are so many criminals in such a cruel world
“Hm”
Seo Jun-Ho suspected that the Muriet He could feel it instinctively Unfortunately, his intuition had a high batting rate
“Yeah, so smells fishy,” he admitted
However, he couldn’t just label them as evil just from the Small Heavenly Demon’s story As such, Seo Jun-Ho decided tohimself
‘I will have to be prepared to kill the Heavenly De, his first priority was to hide and get a grasp on the situation
“Oh, and there’s oneI want to ask,” he said
- Speak
“It’s about the Beta Neigong Chip”
- !
The Small Heavenly Demon’s LED face flickered in panic
- W-where did you hear…
“I read part of your father’s hastly martial arts technique existed
Well, it wasn’t exactlyIs it real?” he asked
- It no doubt exists
“Then where the hell did you guys find it?”
The S short of a coincidence My father was at the imperial library, frustrated with the corruption of the world Out of sheer luck, he found the Chip
“Wait The imperial library?”
- Were you not aware? Before my father founded the Demonic Cult, he was a soldier affiliated with the Iht before his eyes and realized that the city was rotten
They said people would never see as right under their noses However, Seo Jun-Ho had never expected that such an item would be at the imperial library
- Do you believe my story?”
“I haven’t decided yet”
Seo Jun-Ho slowly turned to the city He had to face that city if he wanted to know if the S the truth
‘And I should start to get ready’
If his own Heavenly De three thousand gapja of neigong, he couldn’t possibly win by ordinary means
‘And the fastest way to increasethe ‘Alpha Neigong Chip’ shared by the Imperial Palace and the Murim Alliance
‘To do that, I have to check if what he said was true’
If he ever came to the same conclusion as the S Chip without hesitation
“Now that I think about it, I haven’t asked you for your name yet,” Seo Jun-Ho said
- Are you not aware of coive your name first
“Hey, the way you talk sounds really familiar Anyway, my name is Seo Jun-Ho Seo Jun Ho Got it?
- Seo Jun-Ho…
The Small Heavenly Demon repeated the name a few times and spoke hesitantly
- M-et my name
Soso—to shi+ne brilliantly[5]
Seo Jun-Ho soes fro like it’s better than Seo Jun-Ho and Frost to speaking respectfully ☜
2 It uses the same elevated pronoun as Frost to refer to itself ☜
3 The terlish equivalent, but it refers to inner evil thoughts/desires ☜
4 Previously, ‘it’ was used for the Small Heavenly Deone with singular ‘they’ as the gender is not revealed yet ☜
5 ’So’ (昭) ht’ and ‘to shi+ne’ It also ht upon’ ’Wi’ (衛) means ‘to protect’ Wisoso’s name is likely ht’ or ‘guardian of a brilliant light’ ☜