Heavenly Demon Cultivation Simulation

“…You must be tired now,”

Step

Said the masked man who had driven right up to the cliff.

Although a warrior, she was a heavily pregnant woman. And he knew that tracking such a woman would not be tough.

But he was wrong.

Although there were numerous chances to kill her during the chase, the woman unexpectedly escaped every single crisis thanks to some kind of movement at critical times.

This kind of experience was rare, even for someone involved in tracking.

But that stopped now.

Behind her was a cliff, an utterly dangerous slope.

Although she showed some ability to run, the target was now a rat in a cage.

“…I guess you were a lot better than I imagined. Seeing how you made me go all out.”

Did she sense the future?

Seo Ryeong spoke in a calm manner.

Her hair was out in a messy manner, tangled with blood, and her clothes were torn as she avoided the attacks.

“Do not act like that. You cannot avoid your fate by trying to avoid it.”

“So you want me to get hit? Do not be ridiculous, I would rather die than…”

Shhh

Seo Ryeong held the knife to her own throat, and this made the masked man flinch, but then the two masked men laughed.

Pfft

Seo Ryeong was ready to give her life up in front of them. But her hands trembled.

It was not known why she could not when her mind was ready, but her body, her body wanted to live.

“Go ahead. Try it.”

“…”

“Why? Feeling scared suddenly?’

Shaking

What kind of disaster was this? The body which she had been desperately trying to gain strength for, wasn’t following her mind.

“Eikk. Eikkk!”

Prrr!

She tried to make her mind up a couple more times, but the hand holding the sword shook.

If she just slashed once, everything would be clean, but her body would not listen to her at all.

Why?

“This is why women cannot help but be weak. In a situation where you cannot commit suicide because of your child in the stomach.”

“…!”

One of the masked men laughed.

Our Taei…

The eyes of Seo Ryeong shook. Maybe it was motherly love or instinct.

If she did not come to a firm conclusion here, a future more miserable than death would await them. But even though her body which held a new life in her womb, was yearning for another moment.

“The instinct of a mother is amazing but it is holding you back. There is one last disappointment…?”

While laughing, the masked man slowly raised his head. Something caught his senses.

Pack!

“Huk!”

With a sharp wave, an energy shot was fired at once!

As soon as he noticed, the masked man quickly raised his weapon to defend himself.

Kwang!

Nevertheless, when thrown back, he had to stand with all his might. The power contained in the sudden surprise attack was beyond his ability.

“Fuck! What is… fist attack?”

Duk. Crack.

In an instant, he was pushed back a great distance.

“…!”

“…!”

Everyone who saw their ally being ambushed turned.

Step. Step.

This mysterious man who created a haze around his body, he was scanning the surroundings with a cold gaze.

This… what is it, just how?

Seol-Hwi could not believe his eyes as he looked at the attacks.

There were two masked people.

However, one of them was a familiar figure without a mask, someone he knew well.

“You… Hyang Gae.”

The End Demon’s right-hand man and the tenth strongest man in the Demonic Sect. How did this man get here? And for what purpose?

“Then. You people…”

Creepy

Seol-Hwi looked at the next masked person with a lot of anxiety, especially the one who blocked his attack.

“End Demon. First Disciple?”

“You…? How did you know?”

This time, the masked person seemed shocked at Seol-Hwi’s words.

“And you…”

Seol-Hwi’s face hardened.

His eyes turned to the last masked person, and he muttered in disbelief.

“Sect Leader… Cheon Wol-seong?”

“…”

The masked man neither confirmed nor denied it, but after observing his visage and his movements, Seol-Hwi was convinced.

He met the man just once, but he could not forget that unique body.

It was him. The Sect Leader really came all the way here.

“Now… what is this situation? Why are you here?”

And why? Why did the First Disciple, and even the Sect Leader had to track him down? What did they use on Yorim to catch him like that?

What he did not understand more than anything was why they wanted Seo Ryeong. If they wanted him, they could just track him.

“I am sorry.”

“Miss…?”

It was then, Seo Ryeong softly said like she was going to die, which scared Seol-Hwi. “Sorry?” Why did she have to apologize?

“It is all my fault. I knew it would end up like this… because we were happy every day… and out of greed…”

“Do not worry now, lady. It isn’t normal of them to come, but that doesn’t mean we should give everything up.”

Kua

Seol-Hwi clenched his fists and raised his energy. Feeling guilty for no reason, Seo Ryeong seemed to think this happened because of her. But, in Seol-Hwi’s experience, he had never been pursued like this before.

If she who had to apologize were not caught in his fate, she would be safe.

“Brace your heart. I will definitely save you…”

“No. No! T-that…”

“…?”

But something strange was up. Seo Ryeong just sobbed. It was not that she did not want to talk, but she was sobbing so hard, as if she had to let it out.

“…Miss?”

Seol-Hwi felt something strange about it right when he heard this irritated voice next to him.

“This… is so shocking. A person so young has learned the martial arts of Blood Demon Hand… was there such a person at the sect?”

“No, Sect Leader. There is no information known anywhere that the target was being accompanied by such a warrior.”

“Hm? Then how did this happen?”

Sigh. Ugh.

Sect Leader Cheon Wol-seong, with a mask that did not suit him, thought about something and turned to Seol-Hwi.

“You, step back first. This doesn’t concern you.”

“What?”

“This woman, Seo Ryeong is not the woman you know. Not your wife. Your unfortunate mind might not understand it, but…”

“What nonsense is this?”

When Seol-Hwi glared, the sect leader shook his head, and then the next words—

“This woman is a player. It is a being that brings suffering.”

“….!?”

His breath stopped at once.

At the same time, Seol-Hwi’s body and mind stopped as if hit with lightning.

Seeing his eyes shaking greatly, the Sect Leader continued speaking, still with the mask on.

“You don’t understand it right? It might be sudden but there is this thing referred to as the system in the world. It is a quantification of everything in the universe. And within that, there are players who can use this system. This woman is in it.”

“…”

“The player named Seo Ryeong has experienced dozens of lives, probably hundreds. She seems like she is in her 20s but she is probably 100 years old now.”

“…”

“I don’t know how you got involved with this woman, but the player is one who brings trouble to this world. That is why, I, the Heavenly Demon, decided to move. Do not be fooled by that appearance, you are nothing. Stay away…”

“Seo Ryeong is a player?”

Seol-Hwi stopped talking.

No matter what Cheon Wol-seing said, he had no intention of following his words. The important thing was—

“Hukkk…!”

Seo Ryeong broke down, sobbing her eyes out. Her reaction and those words were the only things which continued to play in his mind. Seo Ryeong, a player?

Just what nonsense is this?

Until now, he was the only player… just him…

Ah.

But at that moment. The obvious thing he knew, broke.

There was just one player in the world? No, did they not talk about the number of AIs and players being around close to the thousands?

Then, really? Wait. Come to think of it…

His confused mind began to recall the old memories. Memories of the past that had been questionable or incomprehensible until now began to surface.

Seo Ryeong had this foresight thing…

If he thought about it, Seo Ryeong had been giving him advice for the life of Seol-Hwi. It seemed like she knew the future, what consequence his choice would bring.

I… just like that….

But if that was what you learned from experiencing death as a player, then it was correct.

And one more thing, in the past, Seol-Hwi had investigated players through Simulation.

-Are there other players besdies me in the current situation?

-<Analyzing…>

-<There is one player.>

The result clearly said one.

At that time, Seol-Hwi thought that the target was the Sect Leader, the person in front of him now. But there was another one?

Absolute player… his subordinate…

At least that was the case of time.

Because it was not a variable but a fixed constant.

And then—

-“Please let me know how the subordinates the doing.”

There was a time when he was separated from his subordinates, and at that time, Seo Ryeong was farther from Sichuan, waiting for him.

That was why Seo Ryeong, who was a player, was not caught up in simulation at that time. If one thought about it, there were more strange things.

That was also the behavior of the AI back then.

“Uh? Seo Ryeong? How?”

“Actually, you shouldn’t have come…”

The words of the AI in the hidden branch of Mount Hua Sect to find Ma Taryong.

The AI knew the future. And the AI looked flustered then.

What this meant was that the future that the AI knew had been distorted.

Why? Because Seo Ryeong moved separately as a player?

I escaped from the player power because of the saint, but not her. She is still a part of system…

This was why this time, the system, Sect Leader, and the First Disciple, tracked her, and not him.

It felt like he was losing his head. When all the pieces came together, Seol-Hwi felt like screaming.

Did the system have such a plan like this? Was it from the start?

No, did someone make it like this?

“Not this. This cannot be happening! NO!!!!!”

Seol-Hwi covered his head and cried. He had forgotten until now. No, he deliberately did not care.

The fact that one’s existence had been completely forgotten was the result of one’s own foolish thoughts. Since they were leading their minions to feel good, they were part of the system and would have an indirect influence on other players.

Yong Jin, Jeok Song, and Yorim were all like that.

Just like the End Demon and the Sect Leader who visited him in the past like this.

“Why… why didn’t you tell me?”

Seol-Hwi asked Seo Ryeong, who was trembling like she committed a crime.

“A player. If you knew you were a player! Why the fuck didn’t you tell me! You knew!”

Seol-Hwi was enraged. Even though he was a player, it felt like she was making fun of him by not telling him.

That was what he thought, but—

“You…? Seol-Hwi is also… player?!”

Eyes went wide open at the question of Seo Ryeong.

“…!?”

Seol-Hwi had an idea of what went wrong.

Ah, right, she did not know.

It was because the system did not recognize it, Seol-Hwi was not in the system.

Because that was the restriction which the saint had lifted for him.

“Wait… this… what are you talking about? No, you too? Just how?”

At the shocked gaze of Cheon Wol-seong, who looked visibly embarrassed—

Clench

Seol-Hwi laughed in vain.

Just like him, she too had a very strange life.