[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-myst-might-mayhem":3,"chapter-myst-might-mayhem-myst-might-mayhem-chapter-62":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Myst, Might, Mayhem",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},555401,804,"Chapter 62","myst-might-mayhem-chapter-62",62,"\n\u003Cp>A smile that reached his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sometimes, someone’s smiling face can lower the other person’s guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the moment the boy saw that smile in response to his plea for help, he felt a strong malice that went beyond mere repulsion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Flinch!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This caused him to falter in his steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the other two boys weren’t like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huff huff! Hey! Help us! Some monster-like wolf is chasing us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They ran towards Mok Gyeong-un, pleading for help.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, the boy shouted in alarm:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“W-wait a moment, stop…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he could even finish his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the boy who had run over to ask for help reached right in front of him, Mok Gyeong-un naturally grabbed his neck and twisted it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Kuk!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a final scream, the boy with the broken neck collapsed to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Startled by this sight, the other boy stumbled backward in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hic!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Mok Gyeong-un approached the fallen boy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Y-you bastard, what are you doing?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy who had stopped due to a bad feeling shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response, Mok Gyeong-un laughed nonchalantly and lightly leaped, pushing his palm and kicking the head of the fallen boy who was trying to dodge backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kicked so hard that the boy’s head was bent backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The way his mouth gaped open, he seemed to have met his end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the boy was at a loss for words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘This… this crazy bastard…’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they were in a competitive relationship, this wasn’t a situation where they were fighting over a flag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet he killed the other party who asked for help as soon as they met.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What kind of madman does that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was absurd.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Oink oink!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From behind, the sound of pig-like squeals could be heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with it, the bushes rustled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“shit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rough sound escaped the boy’s mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was truly caught between a rock and a hard place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him was a monstrous beast, and in front of him stood a madman indiscriminately slaughtering others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, perhaps the saying “a tiger in front and a wolf behind” was more fitting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Do or die.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy, whose face was covered in cold sweat, chose neither the front nor the back but the steep cliff to the right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ahhhhhhh!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a shout, the boy launched his body to the right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Tap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was the front or the back, if he was going to lose his life either way, he had no choice but to take a gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt a strange sensation of something pulling the back of his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, the body of the boy who was about to fall suddenly floated backward and flew back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Puck!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy’s head was grasped by Mok Gyeong-un’s hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘!?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy’s eyes widened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn’t directly pulled by hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be the so-called “empty space grasping” where a profound inner expert could pull objects or something with their true qi?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘… That’s impossible.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hard to believe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How could this guy, who was the same age as him, possess such profound true qi?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, their meridians were currently sealed by the Geummunsoe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So how did he do it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Oink oink!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with the pig-like squeals, a large wolf with a red head and rat-like eyes emerged through the bushes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between its bared sharp teeth was a mouthful of bloody flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Mok Gyeong-un raised an eyebrow and muttered:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And what’s this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy whose head was grasped spoke hastily in a frightened voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I told you. Some monster-like thing was chasing us.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So it was that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This isn’t the time for that, we need to run away!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he said that, it seemed too late already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The distance between the monstrous beast and them was at most twenty to twenty-five steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was too close to run away from that beast, which was as fast as a horse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Oink oink!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast walked forward, drooling profusely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if it thought it could catch them at any time, it narrowed the distance step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling extreme fear from this, the boy muttered in a dazed voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“shit. It’s all because of you…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Tap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before the boy could finish his words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mok Gyeong-un released his hand from the boy’s head and quickly formed hand seals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Puck! Puck! Puck!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Soldier! Fight! Rupture! Formation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were the hand seals of the Nine Character Vitality Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘what the …. is he doing?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the boy wondered, Mok Gyeong-un made a square with the index and middle fingers of both hands and aimed it at the approaching beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Swooosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four invisible pillars soared around the approaching beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Mok Gyeong-un said softly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Four Peaks Linking Technique.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, surfaces were created by the four pillars that had become terrifyingly thick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy couldn’t see it, but it was clearly visible to the beast’s eyes that this had blocked it, so it stopped and rolled its eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as if it had decided to forcibly break through, it launched its body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Puck!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Squeeeal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast that had launched its body like that crashed into something and bounced back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wh-what?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy couldn’t understand this sight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing was visible, so why was that monster-like beast acting like that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be that this guy did something?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Mok Gyeong-un made a gesture of opening his palm towards the trapped beast and then clenching it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Contract!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Swooosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that instant, the four surfaces trapping the beast rapidly compressed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the space narrowed, the beast seemed to panic and began thrashing around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the beast like this, Mok Gyeong-un clenched his hand even tighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Oink oink!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Crack crack crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The intervals of the beast’s thrashing narrowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the moment when the intervals had narrowed to the point where it was difficult to move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast bristled the red fur on its head, and then let out a tremendous roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Squeeeeaaaal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ack!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound was so loud that the boy covered his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mok Gyeong-un endured this and tried to clench his hand to crush the beast to death, but,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Crack crack crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, cracks appeared on the compressing surfaces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Crash!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Four Peaks Linking Technique shattered in an instant and the beast leaped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘Damn.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When a spell imbued with spell power is broken, the backlash is suffered by the caster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mok Gyeong-un’s body was pushed back about two steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Swish!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Oink oink!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast that had leaped out excitedly scraped the ground with its feet and let out a fierce roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, the boy who had been covering his ears panicked and tried to back away while supporting himself with his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the beast that had leaped out, contrary to its fierce roar, stared intently at Mok Gyeong-un, then turned its body and disappeared into the bushes as if fleeing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huff… huff… ha…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that sight, the boy who had been frightened let out a sigh of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was hard to believe even after experiencing it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To think he had driven away such a monster-like being in a bizarre way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, a voice was heard near his ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why are you feeling relieved?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘!?’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boy, whose eyes had widened, tried to hastily get up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was already too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mok Gyeong-un twisted the neck of the boy who was trying to get up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Crack!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the boy died, Mok Gyeong-un absorbed the death qi starting from the boy he had killed first using the “tak” ritual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was because the longer it took, the more death qi would dissipate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only after finishing absorbing the death qi did he open his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That red-headed wolf from earlier, what was it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Well. It’s my first time seeing it directly, but judging from its appearance and pig-like squeals, it seems to be a Gal-jeo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Gal-jeo?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– It’s a man-eating fierce beast that inhabits the northern sea near Mount Beihao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I know it’s a man-eating beast.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its appearance alone was completely different from ordinary beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, being a man-eating beast, it must have been affected by sorcery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather, seeing how it broke the Four Peaks Linking Technique, it didn’t seem to be a low-grade man-eating beast, so he asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Judging from how it broke the spell, it doesn’t seem to be of a low grade.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Sorcerer Jo Ui-gong, the Four Peaks Linking Technique was originally created to eliminate vengeful spirits, so it could only handle the lowest grade of monstrous beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grades of man-eating beasts were divided into vicious beasts, monstrous beasts, demonic beasts, devil beasts, spiritual beasts, and supreme beasts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To Mok Gyeong-un’s words, Cheong-ryeong replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– I heard that a mature Gal-jeo is called a monstrous beast. However, based on its size earlier, it’s not fully grown yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s not fully grown?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Yes. Even so, it will be incomparably stronger than ordinary vicious beasts. It probably possesses strength somewhere between a fierce beast and a monstrous beast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“As I thought.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That seemed to be the reason why the Four Peaks Linking Technique was broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It exceeded the capacity that the technique could handle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a man-eating beast like the Gal-jeo, it was nothing more than a way to buy time, so there was no need to use this technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mok Gyeong-un got up from his spot and said:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This is troublesome.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Why? Are you suddenly scared now that you can’t use your internal energy and the spells you learned don’t work well? If that’s really the case, I will…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No. That’s not it. I think we need to hurry.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Hurry?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Before that man-eating beast interferes with my meal, I should move more diligently. No, it might be better to deal with it first.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– ………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ah.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So that was his perspective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was worried that the man-eating beast would kill more boys than him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cheong-ryeong clicked her tongue inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>***\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the group led by Yeom Ga from Vermilion Slaughter Valley was moving cautiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, three of them were grunting while jointly carrying the lump of metal at the bottom of the flag, and the rest were sticking close to them in a circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One of the boys carrying the lump of metal complained:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No. If we’re going to find a different type of flag, why do we have to carry this like this? Can’t we just break off the upper part and go?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In response to the boy’s complaint, Yeom Ga from Vermilion Slaughter Valley urged:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop grumbling and do as you’re told. If my prediction is correct, you guys will have to thank me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At these words, the boys shook their heads from side to side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Did it make sense to them that the monster-like beast avoided them simply because it was scared of the flag?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how much they thought about it, they couldn’t understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rather than inefficiently carrying the flag like this, they thought it would be better to just break the flagpole and move quickly to seize or find another flag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But then, as they were doing that, a sound was heard from somewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Oink oink!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Startled by the sound, they stopped in their tracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was definitely that thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>– Rustle rustle!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bushes in the northwest direction rustled, and soon the beast revealed itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the boys were about to put down the flag they were carrying and prepare to run away, but,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stay still.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yeom Ga from Vermilion Slaughter Valley dissuaded them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, they should either run away or join forces to confront it, but what did he mean by staying still?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they were thinking that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast looked at the flag they were holding, then raised its ears in alarm, turned its body, and went back into the bushes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The beast really ran away after seeing the flag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this, Yeom Ga from Vermilion Slaughter Valley spoke in a triumphant voice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“See?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He confirmed that his judgment was correct.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after confirming this, a sudden thought occurred to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>‘If we do it well, we might be able to use it.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were probably few people who knew that the flag served as protection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The corners of Yeom Ga from Vermilion Slaughter Valley’s mouth curled up bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>",2078,"2026-05-30T14:58:18.409Z","2026-06-14T11:03:27.036Z",1,"novelbin.me","d4c0a6bf6e0c1faf98acc6c4d00189092f08b7ef018fb24e6d29008c125d96b9","myst-might-mayhem-chapter-63","myst-might-mayhem-chapter-61",526,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmyst-might-mayhem-cover.jpg"]