Thought It Was 'The End', Only to Return to a Changed Genre - Chapter 249

“Come on, no way. They must think I’m dead.”

“Hmm.”

“And it’s already been three years…”

If they were going to come looking for her, they would have done it long ago.

During the year she ran away and the year after, Ara had occasionally trembled with anxiety.

She was afraid that one day she would open her eyes and find herself back in the Sacred Palace of the Thousand Mountains.

She was afraid that the people she had deceived would look at her with resentment and contempt.

But three years had passed without incident.

Ara believed she had been forgotten well. It would be sad, it would be unfortunate, but she thought everyone must have forgotten her and returned to their lives. The fox of the Thousand Mountains was a being who had reached a transcendent realm beyond what humans could attain. Since she had borrowed his power, no one would be able to find her.

“No, you helped me, so how would they find me!”

“Sometimes, human obsession reaches the heavens.”

“Why are you being so irresponsible!”

“Let’s be precise. What I promised was only to help you escape the Thousand Mountains. You escaped safely, so my role is finished.”

“That’s true, but—!”

“You admit things too quickly.”

Dang Munhyeok burst into laughter. But Ara couldn’t laugh.

“Did only Sa Yihyeon come? Just Jae Nabi and Sa Yihyeon? How did they look? Did they seem like a married couple?”

“Well. They didn’t look like they were on bad terms.”

“Phew. That’s a relief. So at least that much happened…”

They must be lovers by now. Otherwise, Sa Yihyeon wouldn’t have kept Jae Nabi close. As far as Ara remembered, the two had been distant before. A corner of her heart ached. She had to admit that while she wanted them to be happy, she still felt lonely.

“Then they didn’t come to look for me.”

“You really are living in a ridiculous misunderstanding.”

“No, think about it. There’s no reason to look for me now.”

Dang Munhyeok glanced behind her and spoke.

“I came to give you one final courtesy. Just a moment ago, that man won the martial tournament, and together with the Purification Saintess, he revealed that he is the Young Sect Leader of the Heavenly Demon Divine Sect.”

“GAAH! That crazy bastard! He didn’t come alone, right? What about the Guardian Corps? The Elite Dark Corps?”

“Of course he didn’t come alone.”

“Phew.”

Right. No matter how strong Sa Yihyeon was, there was no way he would enter the stronghold of the orthodox martial world alone and announce, “I am the Young Sect Leader of the Demonic Sect!” What would it matter even if he were a prodigy?

There were many elderly supreme masters among the orthodox sects. Especially the bald monks of Shaolin and the eccentric Daoists of Wudang. Just getting near them gave Ara chills. To stand alone in front of all of them… The thought alone was terrifying.

“The entire area around Luoyang has been surrounded.”

“What?”

Around Luoyang were the major orthodox sects such as Shaolin, Mount Hua, and Zhongnan. It was the heartland of the orthodox martial world that regarded the Demonic Sect as an enemy.

“The moment your former fiancé won the tournament, the Demonic Sect members who had been hiding rose all at once. The Sect Leader, the Council of Elders, even the Guardian Corps.”

“This isn’t the time to just stand around!”

Ara jumped to her feet. Have they all gone insane?!

…They have gone insane!

She knew they were consumed by the madness of demonic arts, but she hadn’t realized they were this insane. What are they, moths flying into a flame?

“They call it the Heavenly Net. Ignoring every sect, they surrounded only Luoyang so tightly that not even a needle could slip through. The fighting must already be in full swing.”

“Father!”

Without even looking at Dang Munhyeok, Ara sprang out like a released arrow.

Left alone, Dang Munhyeok tilted his head and smiled crookedly. The Heavenly Net spread by the Demonic Sect could not be escaped by human power. No one in Luoyang would be able to avoid the eyes of the Demonic Sect.

They hadn’t come to Luoyang to fight the orthodox sects in the first place.

In the sky and on the ground, the eyes of the Demonic Sect were everywhere.

They had come to find one person.

This was her last chance.

Dang Munhyeok, the fox of the Thousand Mountains, let out a soft laugh. His body dissolved into smoke and vanished into the air.

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