—————————————————————–
Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Simzy
—————————————————————–
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇
“I’ll show you. Why the Blood Demon is your god.”
Lee Rowoon, smiling, stood in front of the Ten thousand Blood pit and spread out his palm.
‘I really didn’t think I’d use this ability.’
Originally, he had no intention of returning.
Either die unable to overcome the chaos, or be imprisoned by the chaos and die at the hands of his masters.
But he returned.
‘Then I should try the things worth trying.’
It’s not like anything is wearing down.
Ssssk.
Even though he didn’t touch it, Lee Rowoon’s palm began to tear away as if cut by something sharp.
“H, Blood Demon-!”
“Just watch.”
Drip.
Blood flowed down from the torn wound on his palm.
Drop, drop, drop.
Three drops of blood.
It fell into the Blood Pit, creating small ripples.
Goooong.
A great resonance arose in the Blood Demon Cave where the Ten thousand Blood Pit was located.
“Wh, what’s happening…!”
Unlike the horrified Kang Eun-ha, Lee Rowoon slowly closed his eyes.
‘I can feel it.’
His blood was mixing with the blood of tens of thousands of believers in the Ten thousand Blood Pit.
Sssk.
Lee Rowoon half-opened his closed eyes.
Hwaaaaaaack!
The blood of the Ten thousand Blood Pit began to surge.
The gushing blood rotated, filling the entire Blood Demon Cave.
Woong.
Within it, they intertwined, drawing patterns.
“Th, this kind of thing…”
Kang Eun-ha’s horrified voice continued from behind.
“I’ve never even seen it in the scriptures…”
“That’s right.”
Because when the original Blood Demon, no, when Shin Yeol, the master, was around, it would have been impossible.
A Blood Demon Divine Art different from the Blood Demon Divine Art that Shin Yeol completed when he was in Eun.
‘The Demon King told me that my Blood Demon Divine Art is exactly like some race that he knew that was destroyed and disappeared.’
‘So Verzena helped a little when he redefined the Blood Demon Divine Art.’
‘Still, it’s my martial art, so shouldn’t it be better than some weird races?’
The abilities of the newly completed Blood Demon Divine Art.
‘Well, if you can’t contain the chaos, it’ll be useless, though.’
But it came to be used like this.
The Blood Demon Divine Art is not a simple martial art, it is a martial art that is a sorcery.
Blood Art is a blood curse that must uphold such Blood Demon Divine Art.
As a price for being caught in that curse, there was the robustness of the body, the sorcery to ward off diseases, and the effect of amplifying the effects when learning the martial arts of the Blood Cult.
That’s all.
The abilities related to the correlation between the original Blood Demon Divine Art and Blood Art were all that.
However, the newly redefined Blood Demon Divine Art was different.
Woooong!
Blood patterns drawn in the language of Eun, also in the language of Gehenna, and in an unknown language.
Lee Rowoon reached out into it.
“What is a god?”
Lee Rowoon’s playful voice echoed in the Blood Demon Cave.
“Well, I don’t know about real gods, but if it’s the god of the Blood Cult, it should be like this.”
Whoooooooosh!
The rising patterns swirled and crumbled.
“Even if I’m not omniscient or omnipotent.”
Hwaaaack!
The crumbled blood poured down again like rain.
“Shouldn’t I bestow a direct blessing or something?”
Chwaaaa.
The Ten thousand Blood Pit, which had surged up, returned to its original state as if nothing had happened, creating only gentle ripples.
Thump!
Turning around, Kang Eun-ha was kneeling, showing her hands spread open.
A face of disbelief.
She hadn’t knelt to pay respects.
“Wh, what’s happening…”
Thud.
She was struggling to not lose consciousness.
It wouldn’t just be Kang Eun-ha.
Up above, outside the Blood Demon Cave, all the Blood Cult members would be collapsing one by one as well.
But look.
“When you wake up, things will be different.”
At the full smile that appeared on the face of the unconscious Kang Eun-ha.
At the corners of her mouth raised in joy at the fulfillment and satisfaction.
Master said.
‘Awakening.’
If I were to return and reclaim the Blood Cult, I would be able to awaken the Blood Cult members.
This was the second gift that the Blood Cult members, who had endured a long wait as Master’s disciples, were receiving.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇
“Blood Demon Forever -! Blood Demon…”
“Don’t do that.”
“Yes, sir!”
Kang Eun-ha stood straight like a newly enlisted soldier, with both arms attached to her waist.
Tremble, tremble.
Even so, her mouth was trembling as she tried to hold back the laughter that was about to burst out.
“Are you that happy?”
“Of course I am!”
It wasn’t just Kang Eun-ha.
Twitch, twitch.
Kang Hangcheol and Han Do-baek, who were standing in Blood Demon Hall as well.
“……”
Even the corners of the mouth of that seemingly rigid First Elder, whom I hadn’t even properly greeted yet, were twitching.
‘Awakening.’
The change happened in an instant.
“To the Blood Demon’s boundless grace-!”
“Shut up!”
“Yes, sir!”
The Blood Demon Divine Art that Master Shin Yeol newly completed was different from the past.
What existed in the past was only the ability to control those who had mastered the blood curse, that is, the Blood Art.
But the newly completed Blood Demon Divine Art could be said like this.
‘Blood Domination.’
It’s not a chain that binds them.
It flows down from me and flows to them.
In other words.
‘They are affected by my existence.’
Their Blood Art changed its nature.
“Palm.”
“Yes, sir!”
“Let me see some blood.”
“Yessir!”
“Not you, Third Elder.”
“Yes, sir! O Blood Demon!”
At Lee Rowoon’s words, Han Do-baek, who immediately jumped out, drew his large greatsword and slashed his palm.
Drip.
The flowing blood, its color was peculiar.
A purple hue lingered…
“It’s called Purple Blood.”
“Ooooh! Purple Blood!”
“Do you even know what it is that you’re so happy about?”
At Lee Rowoon’s words, Han Do-baek gripped his large greatsword tightly and said.
“Humbly, this subordinate informs the Blood Demon. I don’t know exactly what this Purple Blood is, but upon reawakening, I can use almost twice as much internal energy.”
It’s not exactly the amount of internal energy he’s talking about.
‘Purity.’
Their blood shed impurities and became purer.
Rather, it could be said that their internal energy decreased.
But have they become weaker?
Smirk.
One cannot speak of a martial artist based on internal energy alone, but at least they have become twice as strong.
Everyone here is like that.
So are the Blood Cult members outside there.
Of course, not all Blood Cult members achieved the accomplishment of Purple Blood.
Ordinary Blood Cult members could not even achieve the first stage, Red Blood, of the Blood Demon Divine Art.
However, the purity of the blood they possessed has increased, making their bodies more robust and increasing the internal energy they can use.
‘I guess the original accomplishment is important.’
Fourth Elder, Left Guardian, First Elder are all at the realm of Purple Blood.
And….
“You have Black Blood.”
“Bl, Black Blood, you mean?”
“You wouldn’t know. It’s just good.”
“Yessir!”
Kang Eun-ha, perhaps because she was a priestess, reached the realm of Black Blood regardless of accomplishment.
Of course, the blood they possessed was incomparable to the accomplishments gained with the Blood Demon Divine Art.
It was just that what Lee Rowoon possessed flowed in due to the blood domination.
From now on, the Blood Cult members’ blood color will also deepen according to their growth.
Eventually, someone might even reach Black Blood.
‘True Blood…’
Can never be achieved.
‘Not without my permission.’
Those who reach the end of Black Blood with Lee Rowoon’s permission will be able to reach True Blood.
True Blood is different.
‘You can dominate them just by possessing it.’
They also acquire a similar right of domination to the Blood Demon.
However, that did not mean they would become equal to him.
They were only a spokesperson replacing him.
Now and in the future, those who learn Blood Art and become members of the Blood Cult will become subordinate to him instead of gaining this power.
For example, something like that.
‘Progenitor.’
Just as Master Shin Yeol was called their progenitor by the name of Blood Demon, he also became a new progenitor.
The blood domination that cannot be defied even after thousands of years.
The very top of that pyramid will not change even if the world is destroyed.
The Demon King Master told the story of the destroyed race and said this.
“True Ancestor.”
“True Ancestor…?”
“You don’t need to know.”
“Yessir!”
Lee Rowoon leaned back on the throne and looked at them.
Their appearances have changed a lot.
They’ve become younger overall, and their colors have deepened.
A common change is red eyes.
They also acquired the red eyes, the symbol of the Blood Demon Divine Art.
“I don’t know what exactly has happened…”
Jeong Chi-soo said with trembling eyes.
“What do you mean, what happened? The Blood Demon god’s grace has finally descended.”
“Left Guardian, that’s not what I mean. I’m just saying that everything feels like a dream.”
“Ah!”
Then Lee Rowoon stood up from the throne and said.
Their change was an awakening, but they had no way of knowing what it was.
There was the best explanation for the residents of the world of Eun, the martial artists, to think of.
“Rebirth!”
“Yes…?”
“You guys have had half a rebirth.”
Except for the excruciating pain I went through, it’s comfortable and clean.
“Yeeeeeees!!”
Once again, there was an uproar.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇
The dying city came to life.
Small but trivial changes had occurred in their lives, which had been festering and sickening from not eating properly.
They had been awakened with the advent of the true Blood Demon, so their bodies had changed.
So, naturally, a new vitality had taken root.
However.
‘It’ll be temporary.’
Their fundamental problems have not been solved.
Although the cult members are creating farmland at the edge of Blood king castle and farming, it is far from enough to feed everyone in Blood king castle.
The same goes for raising livestock or anything else.
Originally, it was said that it was enough to feed all the cult members in the fairly large Blood King castle and have some left over, but as the nutrients of the world became scarce, that land disappeared.
‘World of Eun.’
The destroyed world is tiny.
Even if it may be larger than other worlds, there is a limit, and the larger the world, the more nutrients are needed.
If those nutrients are not properly supplied, the world will shrink even further.
They had been starving for a long time and could not live a proper life.
“I’m sorry. It’s all the fault of our Guardians and Elders.”
Kang Hangcheol bowed his head and said from the side.
“I know.”
There is a saying that even if a rich man goes bankrupt, he can still last for three generations.
The same goes for the Blood Cult.
As much as the Blood Cult was once a force that dominated Eun, its potential was not insignificant.
However,
“They’ve gone completely broke. The Blood Cult.”
Of course, it was not three generations but several thousand years, and the situation had changed due to the destruction of the world, which was also a reason.
What can be done in a fragmented world will be limited.
If Eun were intact, they would have run away and hid, using any means possible, but now even such movements are not easy.
Still, according to Kang Hangcheol, they had the wealth to last for two hundred years at the end.
‘If it weren’t for that stupid bastard.’
Hyeol Soo-baek.
That bastard spent the wealth like water, saying he was training in the Blood Demon Art.
In addition, the elders went even further.
Even as the Blood Cult was collapsing, they did not refrain from indulging themselves and wasted resources for their own safety, squeezing the lifeblood of the cult members.
So I killed them.
The price for ruining what I should have had is high.
“The elders will not rest in peace even in death.”
“Of course. You are absolutely right.”
“I mean it”
“Of course! The Blood Demon god is right before my eyes!”
That’s not what I meant.
Sssk.
Lee Rowoon brought his hand to his chest.
The elders, those guys are dead, but their souls are inside here.
That’s what the new Blood Demon Divine Art is like.
And I can use them when I need them later.
Because it was a religion, the Blood Cult stagnated and rotted.
But ironically, because it was a religion, they endured that long, arduous time.
However, however….
“Shiiiibaal.”
“Yes?”
“They should have gone bankrupt moderately.”
“……”
“Is that real?”
Kang Hangcheol didn’t answer.
“Are you telling me that they really can’t last from next month?”
“That’s… the truth. We’ve already sold off as many shares in the Kangha Group as we could. The guild is… about to disband. Originally, we were planning to attack several gates, but because the Blood Demon appeared….”
“Haa.”
Lee Rowoon looked up at the high, high sky.
The broken black sky of the destroyed world.
I am so grateful and thankful for what the Masters have done for me.’
But this….
“Isn’t that too much?”
Shiiibaal.
“Don’t worry! Now that the Blood Demon god has returned…!”
“What are you going to do?”
“……”
“What are you going to do?”
Kang Hangcheol lowered his head like a dog that had been rained on.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇
