Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105 - Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140 - Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142 - Chapter 142
Chapter 143
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Chapter 148
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
Chapter 151
Chapter 152
Chapter 153
Chapter 154
Chapter 155
Chapter 156
Chapter 157
Chapter 158
Chapter 159
Chapter 160
Chapter 161
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164
Chapter 165
Chapter 166
Chapter 167
Chapter 168
Chapter 169
Chapter 170 - Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189
Chapter 190
Chapter 191
Chapter 192
Chapter 193
Chapter 194
Chapter 195
Chapter 196
Chapter 197
Chapter 198
Chapter 199
Chapter 200
Chapter 201
Chapter 202
Chapter 203 - Chapter 203
Chapter 204
Chapter 205
Chapter 206
Chapter 207
Chapter 208 - Chapter 208
Chapter 209
Chapter 210
Chapter 211
Chapter 212
Chapter 213
Chapter 214
Chapter 215
Chapter 216
Chapter 217
Chapter 218
Chapter 219
Chapter 220
Chapter 221
Chapter 222
Chapter 223
Chapter 224
Chapter 225
Chapter 226
Chapter 227
Chapter 228
Chapter 229
Chapter 230
Chapter 231
Chapter 232
Chapter 233
Chapter 234
Chapter 235
Chapter 236
Chapter 237
Chapter 238
Chapter 239 - Chapter 239
Chapter 240
Chapter 241
Chapter 242
Chapter 243
Chapter 244
Chapter 245
Chapter 246
Chapter 247
Chapter 248
Chapter 249
Chapter 250
Chapter 251
Chapter 252
Chapter 253
Chapter 254
Chapter 255
Chapter 256
Chapter 257
Chapter 258
Chapter 259
Chapter 260
Chapter 261
Chapter 262
Chapter 263 - Chapter 263
Chapter 264
Chapter 265
Chapter 266
Chapter 267
Chapter 268
Chapter 269
Chapter 270
Chapter 271
Chapter 272
Chapter 273
Chapter 274
Chapter 275
Chapter 276
Chapter 277
Chapter 278
Chapter 279
Chapter 280
Chapter 281
Chapter 282
Chapter 283
Chapter 284
Chapter 285
Chapter 286
Chapter 287
Chapter 288
Chapter 289
Chapter 290
Chapter 291
Chapter 292
Chapter 293
Chapter 294
Chapter 295
Chapter 296
Chapter 297 - Chapter 297
Chapter 298
Chapter 299
Chapter 300
Chapter 301
Chapter 302
Chapter 303
Chapter 304
Chapter 305
Chapter 306
Chapter 307
Chapter 308
Chapter 309
Chapter 310
Chapter 311
Chapter 312
Chapter 313
Chapter 314
Chapter 315
Chapter 316
Chapter 317
Chapter 318
Chapter 319
Chapter 320
Chapter 321
Chapter 322
Chapter 323
Chapter 324
Chapter 325
Chapter 326
Chapter 327
Chapter 328
Chapter 329
Chapter 330
Chapter 331
Chapter 332
Chapter 333
Chapter 334
Chapter 335
Chapter 336
Chapter 337
Chapter 338
Chapter 339
Chapter 340
Chapter 341
Chapter 342
Chapter 343
Chapter 344
Chapter 345
Chapter 346
Chapter 347
Chapter 348
Chapter 349
Chapter 350
Chapter 351
Chapter 352
Chapter 353
Chapter 354
Chapter 355
Chapter 356
Chapter 357
Chapter 358
Chapter 359
Chapter 360
Chapter 361
Chapter 362
Chapter 363
Chapter 364
Chapter 365
Chapter 366
Chapter 367
Chapter 368
Chapter 369
Chapter 370
Chapter 371
Chapter 372
Chapter 373
Chapter 374
Chapter 375
Chapter 376
Chapter 377
Chapter 378
Chapter 379
Chapter 380
Chapter 381
Chapter 382
Chapter 383
Chapter 384 - Chapter 384
Chapter 385
Chapter 386
Chapter 387
Chapter 388
Chapter 389
Chapter 390
Chapter 391
Chapter 392
Chapter 393
Chapter 394
Chapter 395
Chapter 396
Chapter 397
Chapter 398
Chapter 399
Chapter 400
Chapter 401
Chapter 402
Chapter 403
Chapter 404
Chapter 405
Chapter 406
Chapter 407
Chapter 408
Chapter 409
Chapter 410
Chapter 411
Chapter 412
Chapter 413
Chapter 414
Chapter 415
Chapter 416
Chapter 417
Chapter 418
Chapter 419
Chapter 420
Chapter 421
Chapter 422
Chapter 423
Chapter 424
Chapter 425
Chapter 426 - Chapter 426
Chapter 427
Chapter 428
Chapter 429
Chapter 430
Chapter 431
Chapter 432
Chapter 433
Chapter 434
Chapter 435
Chapter 436
Chapter 437
Chapter 438
Chapter 439
Chapter 440
Chapter 441
Chapter 442
Chapter 443
Chapter 444
Chapter 445
Chapter 446 - Chapter 446
Chapter 447
Chapter 448
Chapter 449
Chapter 450
Chapter 451 - Chapter 451
Chapter 452
Chapter 453
Chapter 454
Chapter 455
Chapter 456
Chapter 457
Chapter 458
Chapter 459
Chapter 460
Chapter 461
Chapter 462
Chapter 463
Chapter 464
Chapter 465
Chapter 466
Chapter 467
Chapter 468
Chapter 469
Chapter 470
Chapter 471
Chapter 472
Chapter 473
Chapter 474
Chapter 475
Chapter 476
Chapter 477
Chapter 478
Chapter 479
Chapter 480
Chapter 481
Chapter 482
Chapter 483 - Chapter 483
Chapter 484
Chapter 485
Chapter 486
Chapter 487
Chapter 488
Chapter 489
Chapter 490
Chapter 491
Chapter 492
Chapter 493
Chapter 494
Chapter 495
Chapter 496
Chapter 497
Chapter 498
Chapter 499
Chapter 500
Chapter 501
Chapter 502
Chapter 503
Chapter 504
Chapter 505
Chapter 506
Chapter 507
Chapter 508
Chapter 509
Chapter 510
Chapter 511
Chapter 512
Chapter 513
Chapter 514
Chapter 515
Chapter 516 - Chapter 516
Chapter 517
Chapter 518
Chapter 519
Chapter 520
Chapter 521
Chapter 522
Chapter 523
Chapter 524
Chapter 525
Chapter 526
Chapter 527
Chapter 528
Chapter 529
Chapter 530
Chapter 531
Chapter 532
Chapter 533
Chapter 534 - Chapter 534
Chapter 535
Chapter 536
Chapter 537
Chapter 538 - Chapter 538
Chapter 539
Chapter 540
Chapter 541
Chapter 542
Chapter 543
Chapter 544
Chapter 545
Chapter 546
Chapter 547
Chapter 548
Chapter 549
Chapter 550
Chapter 551
Chapter 552
Chapter 553
Chapter 554
Chapter 555
Categories Genre: Action, Adventure, All, Fantasy, Martial Arts, Ongoing, Supernatural Status: Ongoing Alternative names: HR, 영웅; 회귀하다, ______
Total Chapters in book: 555
Estimated words: 1462055 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7310(@200wpm)___ 5848(@250wpm)___ 4874(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 1462055 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7310(@200wpm)___ 5848(@250wpm)___ 4874(@300wpm)
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Chapter 469: Chapter 469
Su-hyeun and the Roc Demon King headed back to the outskirts of the village.
The sun was setting over a vast expanse of the grasslands while the villagers were still working hard at harvesting on the golden fields at some distance.
Now, normally, Su-hyeun would be spectating on this scene while feeling at peace. But at the moment, their situation wasn’t exactly conducive toward such a laidback atmosphere.
“So you’re saying that the uncle earlier was Master Subhuti?” Su-hyeun asked.
Su-hyeun heard that the outgoing uncle who called the Roc Demon King “Mister Wong” earlier was none other than Master Subhuti.
“That’s right. Even I found out not too long ago.”
“How did you find out, though?”
“He told me himself that he went to see my older brothers not too long ago. What’s the matter? Something wrong?”
“Well…”
Su-hyeun was mired in some confusion right now.
In all honesty, there was nothing wrong here. Whether Master Subhuti was a stout-figured uncle with an unkempt beard or a good-natured old man riding on some clouds to travel the world, it didn’t really matter how he looked—at least in Su-hyeun’s perspective.
What surprised Su-hyeun, though, was that he ended up running into Master Subhuti in a place like this and that one of the Five Godly Sages looked quite different from how he imagined him.
“Did you hear about him from First Brother?”
“Yes. He said that Master Subhuti wanted to meet me.”
“Really? In that case, what did you think he’d look like?”
“I haven’t really thought about what he’d look like,” Su-hyeun replied as such while shifting his gaze over to the rice paddy currently being harvested by Master Subhuti. “Although, if I’m honest, I didn’t think he’d look like that.”
The Roc Demon King chuckled at that reply.
His eyes, usually filled with sharpness and killing intent, had become a lot more relaxed and softened, even if he was wearing his human disguise right now.
“Hah, I guess you still haven’t figured it out?”
“Sorry?”
“That uncle is also in disguise, just like me. And he’s been staying in this village far longer than I have.”
“Really?”
Su-hyeun felt a chill run down his spine at the Roc Demon King’s explanation.
The thing was, he could clearly “see” the original appearance of the Roc Demon King before his eyes.
A Yogoe with long wings, blue feathers, and narrow eyes—that was the true appearance of the Roc Demon King, something far removed from a villager named Mister Wong.
In other words, even without Insight’s help, Su-hyeun didn’t find it hard to figure out the Roc Demon King’s true nature.
But now…
“I couldn’t see through him at all,” Su-hyeun thought.
Would things have been different if he relied on Insight? Su-hyeun still shook his head.
Even with that ability, he didn’t feel confident. There was no guarantee that Insight could help him clearly see someone that he had overlooked in the first place.
“Alright, so? Didn’t you say that First Brother sent you to find me?”
“Ah, that. Yes. He said he got some booze, so—”
“That booze, it’s not our big brother but me who procured it. It’s actually a pretty common drink among humans. They call it Bamboo Leaf Wine.”
“It’s common?”
“Yeah, but being common doesn’t mean its taste is common, too. Even our Big Brother likes it, probably due to its aroma or something. I’ll bring some later in the evening, so you should head back first,” the Roc Demon King explained before walking away.
He was carrying a farming tool, and it looked like he wanted to finish up what he was doing earlier.
“Second Brother?”
“Yeah?”
Su-hyeun called out to the Roc Demon King, who was already making his way to return to the field. By now, the sun had set completely to welcome the night.
“Are you happy being here?”
When Su-hyeun asked that, the Roc Demon King stood still and didn’t reply right away.
But a short while later…
“Nope, not even close!”
His verbal reply was utterly at odds with his expression or what Su-hyeun could sense.
Su-hyeun watched the Roc Demon King get farther away. Then, he turned around to leave in the opposite direction.
“He’s still the same.”
The mere fact that he was stuck in a dilemma for a while there was a good enough indicator for what the Roc Demon King’s real answer was. If he really hated his current lifestyle, not only would he not take his time to ponder his answer, but he wouldn’t have persisted with this lifestyle in the first place.
It became very dark now.
Su-hyeun sped up his steps a little.
Tap, tatap—
Whooooosh—
He lightly leaped and jumped across the forest.
But when he was about halfway over the forest…
Land—
He landed on a comparatively wide opening among the trees and turned around, “Are you planning to keep following me?” he asked, but no reply came his way.
Shu-rururu—
The distinctive blue light swirled within Su-hyeun’s eyes next. Activating his Insight allowed him to see into the dark forest. The moonlight only faintly illuminated the surrounding, but Su-hyeun could see just fine as if he had gained a pair of a wild animal’s eyes.
His gaze then shifted toward the rear of a tree to the side. “I heard that you have something to say to me?”
“Isn’t using Insight now against the rules a bit?”
Step—
A large man with a thick beard walking on clogs stepped in front of the tree. It was none other than the “uncle” who called the Roc Demon King Mister Wong.
“Are you Master Subhuti?”
“Did that kid, Roc, tell you that?” Subhuti asked with steely eyes and a face that differed significantly from his good-natured expression earlier, “Or can you see me?”
Su-hyeun nodded slightly.
He couldn’t see as clearly as with the Roc Demon King. Still, he could see something. It seemed to be due to using Insight.
“You’re smaller than I thought.”
“Oh-hoh.”
“Quite wrinkled, and…the farming tool in your hand, it’s actually a walking stick.”
“And what else?”
Su-hyeun didn’t answer. That was all he could see.
Insight, which was supposed to allow him to peek into another’s thoughts and even look into their future and past, could only let him see a part of Master Subhuti’s outer appearance and not much else.
Meaning his opponent had to be the real deal.
“Huh, huhuhuh!” Master Subhuti suddenly broke into a fit of laughter.
His appearance then gradually began changing.
It was as if the vivid mirage before one’s eyes was scattering away. The large man with a bushy beard transformed into a small-statured old man with a face stained deeply by many wrinkles.
“Did this old man’s prank go a bit overboard? If so, allow me to apologize. I’m sorry about that.”
“Oh, no, it’s fine, sir. No need to apologize…”
“You’re a nice fella,” Master Subhuti plopped down on the spot. He then pounded on his shoulder and leaned his back against a nearby tree. “All this harvesting is making my back and shoulders, heck, my whole body, sore like crazy. Fella, why don’t you take a seat over there, too?”
Shu-rururu—
A branch nearby began stretching and arrived in front of Su-hyeun. It was fairly thick, so there shouldn’t be a problem sitting on it.
“Honestly, I’m fine over here, sir.” However, Su-hyeun didn’t sit on the branch but settled down on the ground opposite of Subhuti instead.
He didn’t want to make his conversation partner look up at him just because he was worried about getting his clothes a bit dirty.
“I knew it. You are a good person.”
“Do you know about me?”
“Wukong told me nonstop about you until I started bleeding in my ear. Also, even though the Bull Demon King hasn’t said anything, he seems to care a lot about you, too.”
Master Subhuti began describing all the tales he heard from both Sun Wukong and the Bull Demon King. Somehow, his storytelling carried on for a while. Even so, it wasn’t boring or anything like that.
Su-hyeun got to hear what Sun Wukong and the Bull Demon King were saying about him and about how the Roc Demon King had been fairing so far.
Apparently, he had been maintaining a surprisingly normal life of a villager for quite some time.
At the end of about an hour of nonstop explanation, Su-hyeun finally opened his mouth to ask, “Is there a special reason why you’re staying in that village?”
Master Subhuti was about to continue with his storytelling but stopped himself and stayed quiet for a little while. Since Su-hyeun couldn’t hear his inner thoughts even with Insight’s help, Su-hyeun had no choice but to wait until he decided to speak.
“Well, I’m in hiding, you see.”
“In hiding?”
“Right. I don’t know what’s so appealing about this old neck of mine, but there’s this fool who’s been obsessively chasing me down. Although, it’s been a long time since I managed to lose him.”
The truth he revealed with some difficulty was somewhat unexpected. No, it was actually quite shocking. Never in a million years did Su-hyeun think that Master Subhuti, one of the Five Godly Sages, was being chased around like a dog.
Worse still, he couldn’t think of many existences strong enough to do something like that. “Is it Shiva?”
“You automatically thought of the Three Destroyers?”
“There aren’t any other beings strong enough to target you, sir.”
Su-hyeun was confident of his own powers, so confident that dealing with the Ten Great Evils didn’t feel all that difficult for the current him.
However, it would be a different story against the Three Destroyers. Not only Uranus, but even Shiva was a being in another realm compared to him.
Every single one of them was an existence capable of changing the fate of the universe itself, just like the Five Godly Sages.
“You’re right. It’s one of the Three Destroyers, but not Shiva.”
“Then who?”
“It’s some punk named Osiris. He’s one nasty character, that fool. I wandered around here and there trying to avoid him, but in the end, I chose to return here and hide in that village.”
Osiris—Su-hyeun made sure to remember that name. That was a god from the ancient Egyptian pantheon, who happened to be the god of the dead.
“Even so, he hasn’t tried to find me in the past couple of centuries or so. Thanks to that, I didn’t have to be anxious all the time and could leisurely help out with the village’s harvest like today.”
“What’s his reason?”
“Well, we can’t really say it’s not related to you, friend.”
“Sorry?” Su-hyeun wondered what Subhuti was talking about and made a puzzled face, but then…
[Will you start the 202nd floor’s trial?]
A message suddenly popped up before his eyes.
As Su-hyeun’s expression morphed into a flustered one, Master Subhuti asked him, “What can you see?”
“It can’t be.”
“Looks like you have guessed it. Indeed. It’s all because of that.”
It was because of the “system,” the device Master Subhuti had created to counter the apocalypse brought on by Shiva.
“Although the rest of the Five Godly Sages helped me with its creation, only I know the method to break the system apart, and Osiris is hell-bent on finding that out.”
“If the destruction of the system is Osiris’s goal, does that mean his ultimate goal is the same as Shiva’s?”
“Yes, it is, but they will probably never work together.”
“Why not?”
“They are bitter rivals. But, more correctly, Osiris is the only one feeling the heat of the rivalry between them.”
Master Subhuti then got back to his feet. Su-hyeun followed suit and walked along with him.
While staying one step back, he listened to the next part of Subhuti’s explanation. “Just like Shiva, Osiris wishes for the annihilation of the universe so that his territory can be greatly expanded. The Five Godly Sages, including me, created the system to counter them, but Osiris now desires to bring it down, too.”
“Shouldn’t you stop him in that case?”
“Of course. That’s why we exist, after all,” Master Subhuti replied as such, then came to a stop and turned his head.
Su-hyeun also stopped when Subhuti did and stared back, puzzled.
“To achieve that goal, your role is also very crucial, friend.”
“My role?”
“Do you believe that you ended up here this time just for the sake of sharing a cup of booze?”
Su-hyeun shook his head. He initially thought that, but now, he knew that wasn’t the case anymore.
Even so…
“But sir, I don’t think I was brought here to deal with these small fries.”
Flinch—
When Su-hyeun said that, he felt the faint multiple presences around them more clearly.
They had begun gathering up one by one a while ago, and before long, their number had swelled up dramatically. Their appearance was also why Master Subhuti suddenly got up and started walking in the middle of their conversation.
Sure enough, Subhuti seemed to have cottoned on to their presence as well, as he didn’t display a single hint of fluster at what Su-hyeun said.
“It seems that this lifestyle of mine is drawing to a close now,” Subhuti began chuckling affably.
The presences within the forest began emitting bloodlust one by one. Without a doubt, they were here for Master Subhuti.
Su-hyeun stood before Subhuti protectively and unsheathed his sword.
But then…
“Trees feel pain, too.”
Now that was a totally unexpected observation.
Su-hyeun was about to move out but stopped himself and looked back at Master Subhuti.
“If it’s possible, please ensure that they aren’t harmed. Can you do it?”
Subhuti said that trees would be damaged if they fought inside the forest, so Su-hyeun should take extra care.
If it was anyone else, they would have argued back while saying, “What kind of nonsense was that?”
But strangely enough, Su-hyeun no longer thought that way. He simply smirked back at Subhuti and replied, “That’s a rather easy request..”
Total Chapters in book: 555
Estimated words: 1462055 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7310(@200wpm)___ 5848(@250wpm)___ 4874(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 1462055 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 7310(@200wpm)___ 5848(@250wpm)___ 4874(@300wpm)
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