Holy Idol [EN]: Chapter 421

“Go trample him!”

An enraged Woo Yeon-woo shouted before Head Reaper Sa Gam-jae could.

Sa Gam-jae showed no reaction. His expression was subtle, neither angry, sad, nor relieved.

In that ambiguous state, Sa Gam-jae stared at Rembrary for a while, then turned his head towards the window and muttered.

“You can suppress us, Mr. Rembrary. But you cannot suppress His Majesty. His Majesty has not weakened like your god.”

Meanwhile, Rembrary, tiptoeing and deftly avoiding the Grim Reapers, was walking towards Sa Gam-jae and Woo Yeon-woo.

“Indeed.”

Sa Gam-jae continued as Rembrary nodded in agreement.

“This is His Majesty’s command. His Majesty is constantly watching this place. The reason he hasn’t come himself is that his arrival would cause damage to this entire area, in the form of a natural disaster.”

Rembrary finally arrived at an empty space where no Grim Reapers were sprawled and stopped.

“Mr. Rembrary, around here… I think some of your friends might be here.”

“…….”

“If King Yama [the ruler of the underworld in some Eastern religions] comes, they will also be caught up in it. Except for this exact spot, like the eye of a storm, everything around here will be swept away. Is that alright?”

Sa Gam-jae pressed his palm against the floor and barely managed to lift his upper body, then smiled.

“Are you going to let all your friends die to save Woo Yeon-woo?”

“How did you know I didn’t come here alone?”

“With your driving skills, there’s no way you could have gotten here this quickly.”

Sa Gam-jae’s words were surprisingly accurate. From mobilizing a Lion Lord [likely a powerful ally or entity] to get here quickly, to the fact that other friends were indeed nearby.

Rembrary had only intended to bring the Lion Lord, but some others, sensing the unusual atmosphere, followed along, actually increasing the number of people.

Yet, Rembrary was the only one who entered because he said, ‘You’ll only be a hindrance if you come.’ But now he was being threatened with those he left behind.

Woo Yeon-woo trembled, looking back and forth between Rembrary and Sa Gam-jae. He knew he had been hostile to Rembrary all along. Even if Rembrary had promised to protect him, he didn’t think he would help him at the cost of harming his acquaintances.

However, he couldn’t bring himself to say, ‘I don’t care if others die, save me first,’ nor could he say, ‘I don’t matter, save others.’ So, Woo Yeon-woo could only tremble.

When Rembrary opened his mouth, Woo Yeon-woo anticipated that the answer coming from his mouth would not be for his sake, and he squeezed his eyes shut.

“There’s no need to call King Yama.”

Sa Gam-jae nodded as if he expected that. If Rembrary was trying to protect Woo Yeon-woo out of friendship, then sacrificing Woo Yeon-woo for the sake of a closer friendship would be the standard choice.

“There’s no need to kill Yeon-woo either. I’ll take the Demon King’s soul.”

However, with the words that followed, both Woo Yeon-woo and Sa Gam-jae froze, unable to respond. The gazes of one human and one Grim Reaper simultaneously turned to Rembrary.

The Grim Reapers, who were being suppressed and unable to move, also stared at Rembrary in surprise. To take the Demon King’s soul… those words meant…….

Sa Gam-jae asked in confusion.

“Are you saying you’re going to die for Woo Yeon-woo?”

It was a choice that saints in this world often made, but he had never considered it because he thought Rembrary was different from the typical saint.

Woo Yeon-woo also hadn’t imagined that Rembrary would do this for him, so he just huddled up and trembled. He wasn’t happy, but his mind went blank.

However, Rembrary replied calmly.

“No.”

“But just now―”

“Woo Yeon-woo couldn’t control the Demon King. But I have suppressed the Demon King before. To be precise, that small fragment inside Woo Yeon-woo.”

Woo Yeon-woo’s expression brightened at Rembrary’s confident voice. That’s right. When the three were in one body, it was Rembrary, not the Demon King, who had taken control.

According to the Demon King’s excuse, Rembrary’s entire soul had come, while only a small part of himself had come.

In any case, even that small part was already causing problems, which was why the Grim Reapers had come in droves.

Sa Gam-jae also seemed tempted.

The only one who wasn’t sure here was Rembrary himself, who had spoken, but no one noticed Rembrary’s true feelings because of his plain expression.

When he suppressed the Demon King back then, Redrin was in ‘relatively’ good condition, but now he was too weak to suppress him… Rembrary kept his true thoughts to himself. He did have a plan in case he couldn’t suppress him.

At that moment, the notification sound from Woo Yeon-woo’s phone started again. As attention focused on him, Woo Yeon-woo, with a pale face, disabled the phone notification and opened his mouth.

“Three minutes.”

“Three minutes?”

“The Demon King will awaken in three minutes.”

Sa Gam-jae’s eyes darted quickly between Rembrary and Woo Yeon-woo.

Transfer the Demon King fragment to Rembrary? Or seal the Demon King fragment along with Woo Yeon-woo by killing him?

There wasn’t even time to think carefully. Sa Gam-jae eventually turned towards Rembrary and asked.

“How do you transfer it? The fragment.”

Killing Woo Yeon-woo would be much faster, but if he tried to kill Woo Yeon-woo, Rembrary would crush all the Grim Reapers again. Calculating the time consumed there, this was faster.

Rembrary walked towards Woo Yeon-woo as if he expected it and instructed.

“Right now, my divine power isn’t a power that’s antagonistic to the Demon King. Unfortunately.”

“Then―”

“Ask King Yama. To lend me his power temporarily.”

“!”

To use King Yama’s divine power? Was that possible? Sa Gam-jae was flustered, but regardless of his bewildered heart, he conveyed this matter to Yama.

Normally, he would have to go to the underworld to report, but in this special situation, Yama was putting aside other tasks and focusing all his attention here.

Yama, who had been watching this place, gave an answer immediately before Sa Gam-jae could even finish explaining the situation.

“It has arrived.”

In the form of divine power.

At Rembrary’s muttering, Sa Gam-jae and Woo Yeon-woo looked at him in surprise, shocked that Rembrary had already received the divine power. Outwardly, Rembrary was just standing there, unchanged.

However, Rembrary felt Yama’s power more clearly than anyone else. He clearly felt the divine power flowing in from a different place than when he received it from Redrin.

The divine power sent by Redrin felt as natural as if it were part of his body, and when he used the power, it felt like it was flowing out from within his body.

On the other hand, Yama’s divine power was clearly a power that made him feel like he was acting as a conduit. A power that would be cut off immediately if Yama stopped sending it.

Normally, it would have clashed with Redrin’s power and caused a reaction, but Redrin also knew about this matter. As Redrin hid and suppressed his energy as much as possible, the two powers passed each other without colliding.

This was enough. Rembrary immediately approached Woo Yeon-woo, placed his hand on his head, and began to pour all the divine power he could muster into Woo Yeon-woo.

In the past, when he was in Woo Yeon-woo’s body, the Demon King fragment had used Woo Yeon-woo as a shield to block the divine power he sent towards the shadow.

But now, perhaps because Woo Yeon-woo was in control of the body, or because the situation had changed, the Demon King fragment moved towards Rembrary, whose body was in contact with him, to avoid the onrushing divine power.

[Foolish짓을.]

The Demon King fragment clicked his tongue as he moved over, and only Rembrary heard it.

The sleeping Demon King seemed to have awakened, whether because of the commotion or because three minutes had passed. But the Demon King fragment had already moved to Rembrary.

“Is it done?”

Sa Gam-jae and Woo Yeon-woo asked simultaneously as Rembrary took his hand away.

“I don’t feel anything for now.”

Rembrary muttered, circulating divine power throughout his body.

“The fragment has definitely moved over here.”

However, the moment Yama withdrew his energy.

“Your eyes!”

Sa Gam-jae shouted briefly, and Rembrary lost consciousness before he could even finish the words.

The change was felt by those who saw it. Half of the white of Rembrary’s eyes seemed to turn black, and soon the other half turned black as well, and the atmosphere began to change. The strange power that had been suppressing the Grim Reapers also disappeared.

He looked the same as before, but with just the change in his eyes and atmosphere, the Grim Reapers realized that things had gone wrong and lunged at Rembrary almost simultaneously.

Rembrary was a saint, but because he was a human from another world, attacking Rembrary was a different risk than attacking Woo Yeon-woo.

However, before they could reach the Demon King.

“Is it my turn?”

Just as the Demon King’s muttering was heard, everything turned black in an instant, and the distance between the Grim Reapers and the Demon King widened significantly.

The Wild Animal dorm was nowhere to be seen, and the floor, ceiling, and walls on all sides were all black. The large, fluffy sofa and the sandbag that stood out alone were gone.

Yet, even in the midst of this, the Grim Reapers and the Demon King were still clearly visible, indicating that this was no ordinary space.

Woo Yeon-woo trembled, looking around. The Grim Reapers were collapsed and bleeding, even though they hadn’t been attacked, and blood was pooling on the floor.

And black shoes… Woo Yeon-woo’s gaze started from the shoes and slowly moved up his legs, and at the very end, he saw the smiling Demon King.

Even though it was the same face, the Demon King’s appearance in Rembrary’s body was completely different from usual.

The Demon King stood in the center, looking around at the Grim Reapers, but didn’t even glance at Woo Yeon-woo. As if he was too small and insignificant to bother with.

In that state, the Demon King looked around a few times, then smiled and began to walk forward.

Woo Yeon-woo stared at the end of where the Demon King was walking. There, a large throne was placed.

‘Is that the same place as before……?’

Woo Yeon-woo recalled when Rembrary had taken over his body and he and the Demon King were in a dark space.

At the time, Woo Yeon-woo himself was just trembling, but the Demon King had grown roses there, put down a recliner, and rested comfortably.

Seeing the throne suddenly appear in the darkness reminded him of that recliner.

In the meantime, the Demon King, who had arrived at the throne at a slow pace, sat on the chair, crossed his legs, and sat leisurely, smiling languidly.

“This isn’t the picture I wanted.”

The Grim Reapers, who had been crushed to the ground when the space changed, were seen getting up again.

Woo Yeon-woo sat down and retreated, faltering. The Demon King was still smiling calmly even in the midst of this.

“Don’t worry. When all of my body is gathered, I will return this child’s body.”

But then this child will be my high priest, the Demon King added, his expression calm, contrasting with the tense expressions of the Grim Reapers.

One side was the majority, and the other side was just one person, but it was clear from their expressions who was cornered.

At that moment.

“Hmm?”

The Demon King, who had been leisurely looking around, raised his eyebrows slightly and pointed to somewhere in the air with his finger.

Woo Yeon-woo froze, thinking he was pointing at himself, but the Demon King’s finger narrowly missed Woo Yeon-woo.

“Sa Gam-jae.”

The name the Demon King called was Sa Gam-jae. Woo Yeon-woo thought Sa Gam-jae was nearby and looked in the direction the Demon King was pointing, but there were only other Grim Reapers there, and Sa Gam-jae was nowhere to be seen.

The Demon King muttered.

“One is missing?”