HPDBC Chapter 427: World Tree’s Prophecy
Chapter 427: World Tree’s Prophecy
The party members stared anxiously at the white light flowing out from Iris.
[Savior.]
Soon after, Iris’s consciousness faded and Elune took its place. Elune slowly turned to Kang-Woo, her expression filled with trust and expectation.
“How is the World tree?” Kang-Woo asked cautiously.
The World Tree was the only way for them to find the Demon God’s heart. Their plan would be irreparable if the Word Tree were not revived.
[It has yet to regain its full strength, but it is getting better,] Elune answered with a faint smile.
The party members expressed relief.
“In that case…”
[Yes.] Elune nodded. [I can locate the Demon God’s heart.]
“Phew,” Cha Yeon-Joo sighed in relief.
“What a relief,” Layla remarked as she looked at Kang-Woo.
Kang-Woo asked in a low tone, “Where is the Demon God’s heart?”
[Please give me a moment.]
Elune closed her eyes and brought her hands together. Bright green light particles floated around her; an inexplicably warm and comfortable energy filled the room.
[O great Titan Yggdrasil,] Elune prayed, her voice echoing. The green light filling the room shone even more brightly as she prayed. [Light up the path of the Savior.]
The light particles around Elune swirled aggressively. Kang-Woo squinted due to the blinding light. Just then…
[Ah.] Elune’s eyes widened and she trembled in pallor. [A-Aaaahh.]
Kang-Woo frowned as he stared at the pale-faced Elune.
Elune looked exactly like when she had foreseen Kang-Woo and Kim Si-Hun’s futures. Kang-Woo frowned, thinking that it was because of him again.
“Is something wrong?” he asked.
[P-prophecy…]
“Prophecy?”
[I have received… a new prophecy,] Elune stammered as she looked up blankly at thin air.
“What prophecy?” Kang-Woo asked.
Silence fell. The light disappeared from Elune’s eyes like a machine that lost power. She then began to speak, [The black sun will burn the sky, and the Triad will meet its end on the day that the Demonic Sea floods.]
Kang-Woo sighed as if he had expected it after hearing Elune’s prophecy.
He had no idea what the black sun was, but he was sure that the flooding of the Demonic Sea was referring to himself. He bit his lip as if he was tired of it now.
Kang-Woo grabbed the back of his head but the rage-induced headache only lasted for a moment. He took a deep breath and calmed down.
If that was the case, Elune would not be so panicked. There were likely differences in terms of specific details, but it would most likely occur in the future.
Kang-Woo had no clue. The prophecy was so vague that he did not even know the general time frame of the foretold event. He lacked far too much information to guess what the prophecy was warning them about.
“What the hell does that even mean?” Yeon-Joo asked as she tilted her head in confusion.
[I am not sure either.] Elune shook her head with a hardened expression. [But… I am sure that the Triad will be in grave danger soon.]
Deathly silence fell.
Si-Hun lowered his head with a darkened expression and said, “Even after all that we’ve done… Nothing has changed?”
They had killed one of the Four Heavenly Kings and revived the World Tree, but the future did not change at all.
“We already expected this, didn’t we?” Kang-Woo laughed brightly to uplift the somber mood.
He could not tell exactly what the prophecy was trying to say, but he did not need to worry as long as the prophecy was directed at him.
There were so many things that he had not been able to do yet. He would be crazy to end the world when he was trying to enjoy his life after suffering in Hell for ten millennia.
This was not the time to focus on a pointless prophecy.
“Where is the Demon God’s heart located?” he asked.
[Oh, I-I apologize. I forgot the most important part,] Elune continued with a reddened face, [The Demon God’s heart is…]
She closed her eyes and light particles poured out from her again. She slowly opened her eyes and looked in a certain direction.
[May I borrow a map?]
“Yes.”
Kang-Woo took out a map as if having expected this situation. Elune pointed at a certain area on the map.
“Huh? This place…” Yeon-Joo’s eyes widened after seeing the area that Elune pointed at on the map.
Kang-Woo barely managed to hold in his curses as he stared at where Elune pointed.
“Where we first arrived in Aernor…” Yeon-Joo feigned laughter.
Elune was pointing at the Nightmare Forest, the forbidden region where Kang-Woo and his party members ended up when they crossed from Earth to Aernor.
“So we’ve been pointless going around the world this entire time?” Yeon-Joo remarked as if having a hard time suppressing her frustration.
Kang-Woo sighed deeply. Their objective had been right under their noses this entire time. It felt as if he had been hit hard on the back of his head.
“Well, we weren’t able to find it in the first place,” Kang-Woo remarked.
Kang-Woo did not slack off on
“Kurgh, ”
The being that pathetically tumbled across the ground grunted in pain as he clenched the ground.
A boy with blank eyes walked toward the being.
“What’s wrong, Lucifer?” The boy with blank eyes exuded chilling bloodlust as the corners of his mouth split open. “I thought you’d give me a warm welcome.”
The boy giggled as he looked down at the collapsed Lucifer.