Damned Transmigration - Chapter 109

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Translator/Editor: Chen

◈ Damned Transmigration ◈

Chapter 109: Calamity Star 2

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‘Gasp...’

Her eyes seemed completely different. When she had looked at Cloud Dragon, they had seemed to drip with honey. Yet the eyes now fixed on them were like red dots, devoid of light and nothing but red.

That had to be Calamity Star’s true nature.

Assassin sects handled as much information as the Beggars' Sect or Haomun, and Salmun stood at the peak of all assassin sects.

Back when the Sect of Order had still been in Union.

Before transmigrators had come into this world.

Even then, that woman had been called Calamity Star.

Few knew it now, but she had originally been known as Calamity Star, an ill-omened star.

For some unknown reason, after she joined the Sect of Order, she became Calamity Saint.

Both names sounded ominous. Before joining the Sect of Order, she had been a battle-crazed woman who roamed battlefields, honing her fists.

For a time, her deeds and savagery had earned her the alias Mad Demon. Yet she had hunted down and beaten to death everyone who called her that, turning it into a name no one dared speak.

An ominous, vicious star. Once it rose, someone was bound to die.

No one knew why Calamity Star had become the Sect of Order’s weapon of violence, but her personality was nothing like her gentle appearance.

“P-Pursuing-Kill Flying Guest Tang Mu-seok... I greet my senior of the martial world.”

“Why is this Lorelia your senior?”

The icy reply came the moment he cupped his fists and bowed.

“I am no one’s senior. So you are not my junior. You are neither my brother nor my sister.”

“Th-that is...”

“If you insist on addressing this Lorelia, then address me as Priestess, with proper respect for the Goddess of Order. Do you understand?”

“Yes, yes... Priestess.”

“I will answer your summons, young, no, old lamb.”

A bright smile spread across Lorelia’s lips, yet her eyes remained like two lightless red dots. It was chilling.

“Who are these two less-old lambs?”

“Ah, I am Dark Soul Poison Dragon Tang Seo-jin.”

“I am Black Enchantress Snake Flower... Tang Seo-woo.”

Even the Dang siblings, who were always arrogant and overbearing, had no choice but to shrink back and bow their heads before Lorelia.

“Are all three of you Dangs? The only Dangs this Lorelia knows are those who hide away somewhere, committing wicked deeds unbefitting human beings!”

“Y-You misunderstand.”

Tang Mu-seok hurriedly answered.

“It is true that the Dang Family leads Salmun, but we do not kill innocents. If we had repeatedly committed such murders, would the world have left us alone?”

One wrong word could get him killed. Escape was impossible. Tang Mu-seok was a master confident in his own abilities, but even at his best, he would struggle to handle one of the Iron Twin Beggars.

The woman standing before him had beaten those Iron Twin Beggars like dogs and dragged them here.

“Surely the Priestess knows that this world is full of people who deserve to die. How many common people suffer beneath powerful enemies and hold deep grudges? Yet common folk cannot easily kill powerful enemies! Salmun acts out vengeance for those people, who have been crushed and made to suffer by strength...”

“That is true.”

Tang Mu-seok’s desperate defense abruptly stopped.

“One needs strength to repay a grudge. But not everyone can possess strength! So I fully understand the desire to borrow another’s blade, repay a grudge, and achieve vengeance.”

“Thank you for understanding...”

“So, may this Lorelia carry out someone’s vengeance here and now?”

“Pardon...?”

A cheerful smile bloomed beneath those red dots.

“Sir Tang Mu-seok. You must have committed many killings throughout your life. This Lorelia will not blame you for them, if those killings had cause and upheld justice and chivalry! Yet surely someone may hold a grudge against you, Sir Tang Mu-seok, for reasons unrelated to your killings?”

“...”

“Then this Lorelia should be allowed to carry out that vengeance. Don’t you agree?”

He could not reason with her.

Realizing that, Tang Mu-seok dropped to his knees.

“P-Please spare me.”

“You should have begged for your life sooner.”

Lorelia nodded, then turned to the Dang siblings.

“What will the less-old lambs do?”

“Please spare us.”

The Dang siblings did not hesitate to fall to their knees as well.

“I-I have committed grave sins until now. From today onward, I, Tang Mu-seok, will give up being an assassin and live a life of repentance for my accumulated sins...”

“It is unfortunate that our sect has been in seclusion. Otherwise, we would have guided you toward reform.”

Tang Mu-seok’s eyes trembled. Surely she would not tell him to join the Sect of Order!

“Repentance in words alone is so easy that anyone can do it! I would like to personally bring an end to your sinful and futile life, but...”

“Gasp... P-Please.”

“It is a priestess’s duty to offer an opportunity for repentance and show the way. I will give old lamb Tang Mu-seok a chance. Within one year, bury the title Pursuing-Kill Flying Guest beneath the reputation of a chivalrous hero.”

Lorelia brought together her hands, which were wrapped in blood-soaked bandages.

“You will become a chivalrous hero, not an assassin! If, when I listen a year from now, I hear no word of old lamb Tang Mu-seok’s chivalrous deeds, then this Lorelia will personally bring an end to your sinful and futile life.”

Pursuing-Kill Flying Guest Tang Mu-seok was a notorious name known throughout the underworld as one of Salmun’s elite assassins. How was he supposed to bury that name beneath the reputation of a chivalrous hero? How many good deeds would he have to accumulate?

“I-I understand. I will remember it.”

Even so, Tang Mu-seok pressed his forehead to the floor as he answered. It was already a stroke of incredible luck that the woman once called Mad Demon had not beaten him to death on the spot.

“And as this Lorelia understands it, you two less-old lambs are direct descendants of the Dang Family?”

“W-We siblings have never lived as assassins.”

Tang Seo-jin hurriedly spoke up.

“We will not live as assassins in the future either. So...”

“This Lorelia is not a wicked priestess who punishes sins not committed or holds family members accountable for one another’s crimes. So neither of you needs to hear my rebuke!”

Then why had she made them kneel and beg for their lives? The Dang siblings thought it, and even Yuri, who had watched the whole scene, thought the same. Still, no one spoke.

Yuri knew Lorelia’s ideology. She was the woman who praised violence, claiming that fists were closer than the law.

Lorelia’s sense of justice was simple. Might made right, and Lorelia was the strongest one here. She was the law.

It was a double-standard law that could flip in an instant depending on Lorelia’s mood and subjective judgment.

“You two have not yet committed sins, so you must live upright lives. This Lorelia saw your faces and learned your names today, and I will not forget them.”

They said Calamity Star would not personally seek someone out unless they insulted the Sect of Order.

Still, those words, “I will not forget,” sank into the Dang siblings’ hearts like a curse. If they committed evil and gained a wicked reputation, they felt certain they would meet those blood-soaked fists...

“Yes...”

“U-Understood.”

The Dang siblings answered in trembling voices and cautiously rose. At that moment, Lorelia suddenly moved her hand, and Tang Seo-woo, who had been about to retreat, was yanked toward her.

“What a peculiar scent.”

Her red-dot eyes narrowed. Lorelia gripped Tang Seo-woo’s wrist.

“Eek...!”

Tang Seo-woo’s terrified eyes turned green. Yet no Poison Qi poured out. Instead, a sticky blood-red aura wrapped around her body.

Tears welled up in Tang Seo-woo’s frightened eyes.

“Is this poison from the Dang Family? How peculiar! This Lorelia is by no means inexperienced in such matters, but this is the first poison like this I have ever seen.”

“S-Spare...”

“I will not criticize the Unorthodox Dang Family for walking the evil path! But if this extraordinary poison goes beyond the evil path, reaches the demonic path, and brings about a Slaughter Calamity, then the Dang Family will have to wash away its sins with their lives.”

Tang Seo-woo, who had been lifted slightly into the air, dropped to the ground. She landed on her backside, trembling before drawing her legs together in humiliation.

[Nyah nyah.]

Haryeong, who had been watching the scene, immediately sent a Voice Transmission. Even she could not speak aloud in this situation.

[Does Auntie need to change this brat’s diapers?]

Was that bitch really insane? Tang Seo-woo shot Haryeong a furious glare through tear-filled eyes.

“D-Don’t you need to repent too, Auntie? My brother and I may never have lived as assassins, but you are different. You were a formal assassin of Salhomun...”

“Fuck off, this auntie has reflected on and repented for her sins.”

As if she had been waiting for the dagger thrown from Tang Seo-woo’s venomous snake heart, Haryeong immediately replied.

“As you know, this auntie has changed completely since the beginning of this year. Just as I am no longer the person who ran errands for you when I was young, I am no longer an assassin.”

“...?”

“Of course, this auntie did not offer repentance in words alone. Under the good guidance of Yuri, I have been washing away my sins by hunting the lackeys of the Evil God, creatures so wicked that they have no reason to exist or deserve to live in this world.”

“Wonderful.”

It was the moment to play along. Yuri did not miss it. He clapped loudly and nodded.

“This auntie is not arrogant enough to claim that I have washed away every sin I accumulated as an assassin. But I have not repented in words alone, and I intend to continue repenting without forgetting my sins.”

“Ah!”

Lorelia, who had listened to Haryeong’s declaration with both hands clasped together, nodded vigorously.

“That is truly wonderful! This Lorelia will support Dark Blossom as she repents and lives a righteous life!”

“Thank you. Thank you.”

Haryeong bowed deeply.

“Priestess Lorelia, I have a request. As an elder of the family, may I discipline this brat for the sin of tattling?”

“It is an adult’s duty to guide a child down the right path!”

“Thank you. Thank you.”

Haryeong strode toward Tang Seo-woo.

“W-What are you...”

Tang Seo-woo did not even finish asking before it happened.

Slap!

Haryeong’s palm struck Tang Seo-woo’s cheek.

Tang Seo-woo had never expected that bitch to slap her. Her response was far too slow.

It was not just an ordinary slap, either. Haryeong had put just enough inner power into it to shake Tang Seo-woo’s consciousness.

“Ahhh!”

Only after a brief delay did Tang Seo-woo let out a shriek.

It was not pain or surprise that made her scream. It was humiliation and fury. Her vision spun, and her cheek, the inside of her mouth, even her teeth hurt. She could taste blood.

“You bitch...”

“Fuck.”

Before the curse was complete, Haryeong threateningly raised her hand. Tang Seo-woo flinched, hunched her shoulders, and stepped back.

“This brat has no end of things to say to her auntie. Do you want another one?”

She was not afraid of that bitch’s slap. If she lost her temper and fought back here, Calamity Star might punish her. Tang Seo-woo tightly shut her blood-tasting mouth and bit down hard on her lip.

“I-I deeply apologize for my great disrespect...”

Anything she said here would only make things worse. For now, the right thing was to lower her head and retreat.

“Take care on your way back.”

Yuri’s voice pierced Tang Seo-woo’s ears as she rubbed her cheek and withdrew. It was nothing more than a routine farewell, but hearing it made her insides boil.

Tang Seo-woo glared at Yuri for a moment, then composed herself and cupped her fists toward Lorelia.

“I will not forget the Priestess’s teachings.”

Tang Mu-seok and the Dang siblings withdrew.

Could Tang Mu-seok truly become a great chivalrous hero? Could the Dang siblings live upright lives?

“Haah.”

Yuri let out a long sigh and looked at Lorelia.

Lorelia’s hands were folded over her stomach. Her eyes were no longer red dots, and her smile was no longer unsettling. She gazed at Yuri with a bright smile.

What should he say to her?

Should he play along as Lorelia had, pretending they did not know each other and were meeting for the first time?

Haryeong and Estor knew Yuri was a transmigrator, and there was no reason to keep it secret that a priestess of the Sect of Order educated transmigrators.

There was no reason to hide Yuri’s connection to Lorelia now.

“Now!”

He did not have long to think. Before Yuri could say anything, Lorelia thrust out her hand. An invisible force seized Yuri, Haryeong, and Estor.

There was no resisting that power. Before they could even try, their bodies flew toward Lorelia as if being sucked in.

“This is not a suitable place for a conversation!”

The scenery around them had been ruined, and the windows were gone, but Yonghwa Inn was still considered one of the finest inns in the area.

One word to the owner would have been enough to clear out the entire inn and prepare a place for them, but Lorelia had no such intention.

“Wait...”

“For safety, please keep your mouths shut!”

The roof of Yonghwa Inn flew off somewhere overhead. At the same time, Lorelia and the three people trapped by her power shot into the sky.

“Fuck...”

“Mouth!”

Yuri opened his mouth in shock, but Lorelia’s palm immediately smacked his lips. Thankfully, she had not put inner power into it, so it did not hurt much.

A powerful wind soon slammed into his face. Yuri immediately understood why she had mentioned safety. He gritted his teeth and squeezed his eyes shut.

Unlike Orca’s Thunder God’s Mirage, which he had experienced before, this senselessly forceful leap shook his entire body.

The leap ended in an instant. Unlike when she had arrived at Yonghwa Lake, Lorelia landed without a sound, brushing back the hair that had fallen over her shoulder as she smiled brightly.

The three people she had dragged along could not smile. The uncaring leap had lasted only seconds, but their entire bodies ached as if they had been beaten.

“Fucking... shit...”

Yuri pushed himself up from where he had sprawled on the ground, and curses came out on their own. If she had warned them in advance, he could have at least wrapped himself in protective force aura...!

He glared at Lorelia, who was smiling sweetly at him.

“It’s been a while, and you had to be so rough?”

“A while?”

Lorelia’s eyes widened as she asked. She had pretended this was their first meeting for Yuri’s sake, yet Yuri had said that. She was flustered.

“Young Hero! This Lorelia is meeting you for the first time!”

“Everyone knows I’m a transmigrator, so you don’t need to say that.”

Lorelia’s eyes grew even wider. She blinked several times, then looked at Estor and Haryeong.

The two had been staggering to their feet, unable to curse like Yuri. Only now did they understand the situation.

“Could it be that Calamity... no, Priestess Lorelia guided you?”

“Yeah.”

Yuri brushed the dirt from his robe and looked around. He did not know exactly how far they had gone, but they were now in the middle of a rocky mountain.

“Where are we?”

“Yuri!”

Instead of an answer, he heard his name.

“Dark Blossom! Sword Dragon!”

After calling the other two by name, Lorelia smiled brightly.

“Prepare yourselves!”

Prepare for what?

Before he could ask, Lorelia vanished.

Wham!

A fist rising from below struck Yuri in the jaw.

“Begin!”

Lorelia’s voice boomed in Yuri’s ears like thunder as he fell backward.