Yama Rising

Chapter 582: Spirit of Avernus

That’s absolutely ridiculous!

What’s terrifying isn’t the fact that she possesses a domain ability, but the nature of this ability of hers! I mean… what’s with the increasing resistance with every half the distance covered?! Isn’t that too overpowered?!

Qin Ye blinked his eyes and glanced about at the three-way deadlock he was trapped in.

Qin Ye coughed softly at once, “Spelling Bee?”

A split second later, waves of murderous intent permeated the four corners of the captain’s cabin, almost as though it were hell bent on putting him out of his misery.

“What’s it missing?” An icy cold voice resounded in the room, “Conscience? Well, what are you still waiting for?! Do you think I’m here to do all the work for you?!”

He was currently at the edge of the Avernus Spirit’s absolute domain, and so was Mukov. Things were much easier now that he knew exactly what the Avernus Spirit’s abilities were. The Second King Yanluo’s so-called ‘test’ had been completely unnecessary.

Since it was impossible to enter the Avernus Spirit’s absolute domain, then the next best thing to do would be to cut off what was outside of the field!

Their hair immediately swept over like a rushing tide. However, it was already too late. Qin Ye allowed Fate to secure his position, while he promptly poured his own Yin energy into Mukov’s soul.

This was an idea developed from having gained a greater understanding of the script of death. In fact, the trip to Daehan was already worth it given his current level of understanding of the script of death.

There was everything - from Mukov’s death, to his possession of the clergyman, to his acceptance of the Tsar’s orders and then to the orchestration of the MV Sewol tragedy. Everything was there, including the exact people he’d gotten in touch with, and how he’d executed each part of the plans. Everything was finally falling into place.

Whoosh… The screens slowly began to arrange themselves, presenting themselves in order of his deployment to Daehan, and then the MV Sewol incident, and finally his act of taking over Ahn Somi’s role pertaining to the living dead. He nodded softly, “Even the Second King Yanluo might have neglected something of great importance…”

“We’re far from the third tunnel of Pusan.”

He calmly looked away. Fate had already transformed into a golden curtain of light that kept away any attacks at his life. Outside, the pregnant lady and the little girl assaulted the golden curtain of light furiously with deafening noises, leaving handprints stained with black blood all over the surface of the curtain of light, yet to no avail. They leaned in with their hideous expressions, revealing their blackened teeth as they stared menacingly at Qin Ye.

“I’ll never let you off… I’m going to kill you! I’m going to kill you!”

Bang! As he spoke, the little girl madly gnawed at the curtain of light, causing Qin Ye to retract his hand in shock.

He slowly poured Mukov’s memories into Fate. A split second later, Fate chirped softly, and then began to draft up an outline.

“Henceforth, you shall take over Ahn Somi’s works.” “This is her job description. You’ll need to transport the last batch of the living dead to this location.” “The MV Sewol will have to be sent there. There are probably about 100,000 living dead in Pusan. We’ll depart in one week’s time.” “Place Ouroboros under the Jukseong Dream Cathedral and protect it well. That’s the source and core of the living dead.”

They were no longer human, and they moved in accordance with the endless resentment and deep-seated grievances in their hearts. However, it was precisely so that certain obsessions of theirs were far stronger than that possessed by any other human being.

How did I die and end up in this horrible place?

Nobody spoke. The captain’s cabin was completely silent. They watched intently as Mukov entered the Jukseong Dream Cathedral, summoned the living dead, the wreckage in Pusan, and then finally, Rumyantsev conveying his orders to Mukov.

Whoosh… At once, the blood pouring out from their seven apertures immediately retracted back to where they had come from. Their expressions still looked hideous, but at least they were no longer twisted and vile.

“See?” Qin Ye persuaded, “Had Mukov died, would you have known these things?”

No response.

Whoosh… As the pregnant lady and the little girl blinked, their black skeleton glowed faintly from beneath their skin. They were now back in their original state, but they appeared not to have lost any resentment. Rather, it appeared as though the fury and resentment in their hearts had only deepened and consumed their entire being.

Why did we have to be the sacrifice for your plans?

Why… WHY?!!

“I resent…”

“I’m just an ordinary person, trying to live an ordinary life… I just wanted to live normally…”

BOOM! The curtain of Yin energy suddenly erupted. However, the mother-daughter duo was no longer there. Instead, there was in their place now a naked, pasty-skinned baby overflowing with nascent Judge-class Yin energy.

This was the nascent form of a Yama-class existence!

The aversion didn’t mean hatred. Rather, it stemmed from a confluence of overflowing longing and desire that was met with the despondence of failure. It was a transformation of fervor into aversion - an aversion and abhorrence for everything even as he was still an infant in his mother’s womb. He hated the fact that he fell before he could even see the world.

The Spirit of Avernus suddenly opened his eyes. There were no eyeballs in his eye sockets, only gaping holes. He reached up with his scarlet hands and opened his mouth, revealing rows of razor-sharp teeth as he responded with great determination, “Yes!”

Qin Ye nodded and continued patiently, “I’ve got a few questions. Firstly, did you use your Yin energy to conceal the MV Sewol itself? Is this the space you’ve created? In other words, do you have other abilities besides your untouchable absolute domain?”

“For instance, I can expand the 10-meter range to a 1,000-meter range and create my own rift between the netherworld and the mortal realm. Within this space, unless I die, nobody will be allowed to enter or leave. But when I employ this ability of mine, then my untouchable absolute domain would naturally weaken substantially.”

What can I say?

“Second question. How did you suddenly get here? It’s unlikely that we’re in the third tunnel to Pusan. After all, your presence is far too conspicuous, and Rumyantsev must have known that your existence lay outside the script of death. The MV Sewol’s path of travel must naturally have avoided the third tunnel to Pusan. That’s a restricted zone across all of Daehan.”

Instantaneous ability? Teleportation?

This was a means of predation that was unique to it as an earthbound spirit. To that end, the Avernus Spirit must have detected the tear in the rift when the MV Sewol was forcibly ripped out from the Yin Yang Mezzanine. Then, having sensed the thick stench of the living dead, the Avernus Spirit must have rushed over at once without hesitation.

“Because… you seem trustworthy.” The infant chuckled softly with a vicious expression, “People can sometimes be more terrifying than ghosts. Over the last few years, I’ve seen far too many humans aboard the trains that have passed through the third tunnel… And human nature is… pfft…”

“Take me to them, and I promise to give you everything I have and never let you down!”

Qin Ye took a deep breath and slowly got to his feet.

“I do. But… it all depends on whether you’re willing or not.”