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At that end, laughter coming from the flame stopped . The familiar who was looking at the flame turned her head to look at Lee Sungmin . She sighed and dragged down the robe she was wearing .

“A beastkin?”

Lee Sungmin muttered with his eyes wide open . It was because of the cat ears that popped out of her dark hair . Hearing Lee Sungmin’s words, the familiar introduced herself with her amber eyes narrowed .

“I am Rubia . Under the command of my Master, I was waiting for you here . ”

“Oh, is that so? That son of a b.i.t.c.h was waiting for him . If so, then he’s the one who should come back . ”

The flames laughed at Rubia’s words . Every time the voice sounded out, the lights around it would flicker and glow brightly . Lee Sungmin looked at Rubia with a deep face and raised his finger to point to the flame .

“What is that?”

“Look at that undignified little b.a.s.t.a.r.d pointing his finger at me . ”

The flame grumbled . His voice expressed strong discomfort, but he was all bark and no bite . However, the lights around him wavered greatly as if expressing his feelings .

“He’s the remnant of a Great Yokai who’s currently asleep in this forest . ”

“A remnant… I’m not such a trivial being . Although I lost my body and remained conscious, I am not a remnant . ”

The flame spat out . Lee Sungmin laughed at the word ‘Yokai’ . It wasn’t his first time hearing such a thing . He had heard that monsters are sometimes called yokai in some areas . As far as Lee Sungmin knows, there was no significant difference between a monster and a yokai . In the end, neither of them was human, and both were monsters that ate humans .

“He was once the one who led the 100 Great Ghosts, but now he’s lost his body . ”

Lee Sungmin blinked as he listened to Rubia . The flames flashed unpleasantly, but did not protest . Lee Sungmin briefly alternated between Rubia and the flames and asked .

“So what the h.e.l.l is it that you want to tell me?”

Lee Sungmin first looked at Rubia .

“I ask you this, but I know you can’t give me the right answer . Only Envirus himself can answer, but you are not Envirus . ”

“… that’s… Yes . I’ve been waiting for you, but I can’t answer your questions . ”

“Where’s Envirus?”

“I don’t know where Master is . But if you come with me, my Master will come to us someday . ”

Rubia replied like that in a confident tone . However, her answer did not satisfy Lee Sungmin . After all, Rubia didn’t know Envirus’ whereabouts . Rubia said, reading Lee Sungmin’s expression .

“Master also promised us . ‘Wherever I am, I will come back someday’ . ”

“Are you sure?”

“I’m sure . ”

Rubia nodded strongly . Lee Sungmin looked at the flames after hearing her answer .

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“Who are you?”

“Heoju . ”

“I am the one who came back from death . Why have you been waiting for me?”

“I do not know . ”

Heoju replied in a dignified voice . In any case, his voice was so confident that Lee Sungmin was left speechless . Heoju added more words with a distant gaze .

“I really don’t know . All I know is that someday you will come back to me, and I will have to leave this forest with you . ”

After hearing Heoju’s words, Lee Sungmin looked at Rubia . Rubia looked a little unwilling but nodded while watching Lee Sungmin .

“What he said is true . ”

“There is nothing else to it . ”

Lee Sungmin’s eyes were full of irritation .

“Everyone who has ever met me and told me that there was something special about me . There is something to it, but I cannot tell you exactly about it . It had something to do with vague words like the apocalypse and the apostle of the apocalypse . ”

“that… My master could answer for sure . But I… ”

“Why did your master Envirus leave by himself without taking you all along?”

“I don’t know . Because Master is busy…”

“Ha!”

Lee Sungmin let out a spirited laugh . He glanced at Rubia, who had her eyes glued to the ground and then turned to look at Heoju .

“Heoju, Are you the biwon that the clan living in this forest is seeking?”

“A forest clan . Right . Are you referring to those foolish monkeys who have been inbred for generations and are dying because of it? I am not their origin . Their secret origin doesn’t exist in the first place . The value of their existence is nothing more than for the continuation of the bloodline . ”

“Bloodline?”

“The chosen one selected from those who have the blood to become the patriarch is the only one who can open the walls of the forest . I just exist somewhere in the middle of the road . ”

It was as Heoju said . Behind Heoju’s body of flickering flames, the winding road continued it’s path .

“What is this forest?”

“The place where the souls of old monsters are bound . Those monkeys keep the forest sealed merely by existing . ”

After hearing that, Lee Sungmin stared at Heoju . After a moment’s thought, he asked him .

“Come with me . What form are you going to take? Didn’t you not have a body?”

“There is a way . ”

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Heoju replied in a relaxed voice . Lee Sungmin glanced at Rubia . She said in a small voice, reluctantly glancing towards Heoju .

“The choice is yours . My master didn’t say anything about him either . ”

“I’ll be turning back . ”

Lee Sungmin replied as though he had nothing to think about . He didn’t want to have a yokai of unknown origins inside his body . As Lee Sungmin turned around, Rubia quickly approached his side .

“Let’s go together . ”

“Until when?”

“Until my Master returns . ”

Rubia replied, and Lee Sungmin, laughed, finding it ridiculous . He wondered what was inside the forest, but he didn’t think he could get anything by going to the place where the soul of the ghost was sealed .

“Hahahaha!”

It was at that moment when Lee Sungmin was about to go back the way he had come with Rubia . Heoju burst into laughter . Lee Sungmin turned around .

The flames, which were Heoju, flickered on top of the rock and exploded . Hundreds of embers swayed in the fog and rushed toward Lee Sungmin . Rubia made a sound of surprise, and Lee Sungmin immediately concentrated his inner force .

However, the hundreds of embers were faster than him . No heat was felt from the fires that touched his body .

Something was overwhelming his consciousness . Lee Sungmin concentrated his mind while biting on his lower lip .

[what… What is this?!]

The thing that was trying to enter his subconscious was pushed out . Soon after, Heoju’s embarra.s.sed voice rang out in Lee Sungmin’s mind .

[You…! What the h.e.l.l did you do that made your mental barrier so strong ?!]

Whenever Heoju shouted, his body also shook . Lee Sungmin took off the robes he was wearing . Then Rubia, who was beside Lee Sungmin, jerked and turned around with a startled sound .

“Get out! What are you doing suddenly?!”

Disregarding Rubia, Lee Sungmin looked down at this body . He didn’t know what was going to happen in the woods, and the armor that Selgerus had put on him in advance was humming . Looking closely, the armor had a light red aura visible around it .

[This a.s.shole … You couldn’t take over his human consciousness… ?! Even if he’s the one who came back from death… !]

“My words exactly . What is it with this f.u.c.king lunatic?”

Lee Sungmin frowned and knocked on the armor . There were several reasons for Heoju’s failure . In the past, Preskan had failed to cast his magic into Lee Sungmin to control his mind . Kim Jonghyun said that the Aura of Favorability protected Lee Sungmin and reflected Preskan’s magic back to him .

(T/N: It should actually be Freskan and not prescan, i’ll fling away all previous translators for making such a mess)

‘Or maybe my mental strength was strengthened because of all the years spent in secluded cultivation in my subconscious . ’

Maybe it was both . As a result, Heoju failed to infiltrate Lee Sungmin’s body . Rather, Heoju’s consciousness entered the armor, instead of Sungmin’s body .

“Is Heoju inside that?”

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Rubia asked with her eyes wide open . Lee Sungmin took off his armor while feeling annoyed . It was a pretty good armor, but he was removing it .

[Well, wait, wait! Wait!]

Heoju hurriedly called out to Lee Sungmin .

[I apologize for trying to possess you!]

“You have already done it . ”

[I was in a hurry! I won’t do anything strange anymore…!]

“How do I believe that?”

[Because I will swear by my name… !]

“Your name means nothing to me . ”

[then… I’ll… give you the… treasure . A Treasure that I have collected before!]

It was a little tempting .

“What kind of treasure is it?”

[I can’t tell you that . ]

“I don’t think you understand the situation right now . I’ll leave my armor off here if you’re going to talk bulls.h.i.+t . ”

[I don’t know how many treasures I have collected myself, how can I explain it to you?!]

Heoju shouted as if he was frustrated .

“What did Heoju say?”

Rubia asked with s.h.i.+ning eyes . There was nothing to hide, so Lee Sungmin told Rubia about Heoju’s offer . Then Rubia said with a rather surprised face .

“If it is a treasure that belongs to Heoju, it must be a priceless thing . Heojun was indeed one of the most powerful and famous ghosts 300 years ago, and the treasures he had gathered were just as famous as him . ”

[See! I told you it was true?!]

Heoju yelled out hearing Rubia’s words . Lee Sungmin donned his armor again .

“Shut up! Unless I speak to you in the future . If you talk bulls.h.i.+t again, I’ll take the armor off and throw it into a toilet bowl . ”

[What has the Great Ghost Heoju come to… I can’t believe it became like this!]

“Why are you grieving when it’s your gain?”

Lee Sungmin grumbled while he went back . He was worried that the wall of the trees might be blocking his path again, but the wall was no longer there . Rather . In the first place, the path did not exist behind the entrance that Lee Sungmin came with Kazuya .

“It’s amazing . ”

At the end of the road, the fog disappeared . Lee Sungmin was outside the Sleeping Forest . Rubia, standing next to Lee Sungmin, replied .

“That forest is a powerful yet twisted result of witchcraft . Don’t try to understand it with common sense . ”

“I have no intention of understanding it . ”

The armor containing Heoju’s spirit trembled . He did not dare to say anything, but it was clear that he was thrilled to come out of the forest . Lee Sungmin didn’t like the fact that Heoju was inside his armor, but he was going to let him tag along until he acquired his treasure from him .

“Are you really going to follow me?”

Let’s say Heoju was like that, but then what about Rubia . Lee Sungmin asked while looking at Rubia . To that question, she replied with an expression that implied he had asked something absurd .

“I said it before didn’t I? I will follow you until my master returns . ”

“What if I don’t want to do that?”

“Did you not want to meet my master? If you hurt me or leave me behind, you will never be able to meet him . ”

Rubia said in a confident tone .

“Are you going to come with me without knowing where I am going?”

“Where are you going?”

“I’m going to meet the Heavenly Demon . ”

Lee Sungmin replied . At that end, Rubia was standing with her mouth wide open .

“Heavenly demon… If it’s the Heavenly Demon… That… Wijihoyeon?! Why that monster… ? ”

“There is a reason we must meet . ”

Lee Sungmin said and started walking . Rubia hesitated for a moment but followed right after him .

“Can’t we just find a nice and airy place to rest while we wait for my master to come?”

“Just like your master is busy wandering around, So am I . ”

Lee Sungmin replied without hesitation . In response, Rubia’s expression was distorted .

“I don’t want to go… ”

“Then I will take you forcibly . Didn’t you say that I can only meet Envirus through you?”

Saying that Lee Sungmin raised his hand . His elongated fingers expressed his killing intent . He would not hesitate to draw blood depending on her answer . Rubia trembled as she looked at it .

“… I’ll just follow . ”

Rubia said, with her ears drooping down .

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