Chapter 139: Turning the Tables
“Go to the Cult Leader and tell him that the traitor Overlord Saber Ghost Demon must be beheaded.”
Sa Eumryeong spoke to me with absolute certainty.
Her face was filled with the conviction that everything would be decided by a single word from her.
She looked almost intoxicated, as though she had already taken her seat upon the throne of the Heavenly Demon Hall.
What a fucking joke.
I nearly laughed.
It was about time I woke this crazy woman from her worthless dream.
I looked straight at Sa Eumryeong and spoke firmly.
“Why the hell should I obey an order from someone like you?”
The instant my voice echoed through the room...
Sa Eumryeong, No Hyeonmyeong, and Gongya Dok all froze.
Sa Eumryeong's expression was the best of all.
Her eyes shook violently...
like she had just witnessed something that should have been absolutely impossible.
“H-How...?”
Her voice trembled with undisguised confusion.
“You were clearly affected by the Chaotic Soul Lust Incense....”
I raised one corner of my mouth.
“Affected, my ass.”
I looked at her with open mockery.
“Sa Eumryeong, you're far more stupid than I thought.”
Then I continued with a laugh in my voice.
“Did you really think I'd walk into your lair without preparing anything first?”
"...?!"
Sa Eumryeong's eyes trembled violently.
Confusion.
Rage.
Disbelief.
All three emotions twisted together across her face.
Then—
“Phantom Demon Musician.”
Yeom Yuhwa had already moved to my side.
She looked toward Sa Eumryeong and spoke in a stern voice.
“You dared insult the doctrines of the Divine Cult and plot treason against the Cult Leader.”
Her gaze hardened.
“You will now pay the price for those crimes.”
Sa Eumryeong's face flushed crimson.
“Y-You filthy vermin...!”
She bit her lip.
Until moments ago...
she had looked like someone who possessed the entire world.
Now her face was twisted with violent rage.
“Fine.”
Murderous light exploded from her eyes.
“This may actually be better.”
Her voice turned venomous.
“Before dealing with Overlord Saber Ghost Demon, I'll kill you bastards first.”
At the same time...
Yin Soul Demon Elder No Hyeonmyeong and Myriad Poison Demon Lord Gongya Dok released killing intent toward us.
“You wretched bastards.”
No Hyeonmyeong snarled.
“You dared deceive this lord?”
Gongya Dok's eyes turned cold.
“I won't let either of you die easily.”
His voice was dry and vicious.
“I'll cut off your limbs one by one until you're begging me to kill you.”
With three absolute masters of the Ten Demons openly releasing killing intent...
Yeom Yuhwa's shoulders trembled faintly beside me.
But I didn't care.
If anything...
I mocked them even harder.
“Before worrying about cutting off my limbs...”
I smiled.
“you should worry about your own.”
Sa Eumryeong's eyes turned vicious.
“You truly are desperate to die.”
She ground her teeth.
“Fine.”
“I'll start by cutting out that clever tongue of yours.”
She was just about to step forward when—
“Sa Eumryeong.”
I tilted my head.
“Didn't you forget something?”
She stopped.
“...Forget something?”
Gongya Dok shouted impatiently from beside her.
“Phantom Demon Musician, why are you letting that bastard's words distract you?”
His expression darkened.
“We don't have time.”
“Kill those vermin and stop Overlord Saber Ghost Demon.”
"..."
Even with Gongya Dok urging her...
Sa Eumryeong hesitated.
Seeing that, Gongya Dok finally lost patience.
“You're hesitating again?”
He stepped forward.
“Fine. Then I'll finish this myself.”
At that moment...
I shook my head slowly.
“You call yourselves Ten Demons...”
I sneered.
“yet you're unbelievably stupid.”
Then I continued.
“You really seem to have forgotten where you are.”
Gongya Dok snorted.
“Trying to buy time?”
His eyes gleamed coldly.
“Why?”
“Do you think if you stall long enough, Overlord Saber Ghost Demon will come save you?”
He smiled grimly.
“Give up that useless hope.”
“Muk Jincheol will also die by my hand tonight.”
I slowly shook my head.
“You still don't understand the situation?”
His brow twitched.
“What?”
I looked directly at him.
“The one who's about to die isn't me.”
My smile widened.
“It's you.”
Gongya Dok's face hardened.
“Shut your mouth!”
He roared.
“This old man will not be toyed with by your tongue!”
Dark blue-black energy began rising from his entire body.
As expected of the Myriad Poison Demon Lord...
he was preparing to use poison arts.
Poison qi and killing intent blended together, turning the air in the room murky.
But I didn't move an inch.
“Hey.”
I looked between all three Ten Demons.
“You senile idiots.”
Then I shouted,
“Do you even know where you're standing right now?”
Gongya Dok answered without thinking.
“What? Where else would we be? This is the Cult—”
He stopped.
The words died in his throat.
His face suddenly turned pale...
as though something had finally clicked in his mind.
It wasn't only Gongya Dok.
No Hyeonmyeong and Sa Eumryeong also froze instantly.
Then all three turned their gazes toward the same place.
Their eyes stopped on one man.
Dokgo Jinak.
He sat blankly on the bed, staring into empty space.
I finished the sentence Gongya Dok had failed to complete.
“That's right.”
My voice rang through the room.
