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Chapter 332: Star, Heavenly Spirits (2)

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Chapter 332: Star, Heavenly Spirits (2)

[The Player ‘Carl Malone’ has activated the Authority ‘Thousand Hands’ to embrace the plane!]

It was as if another sun had risen in the cloudless stratosphere, and a wave of golden light came rushing in.

“W-What is that?”

“...Avalokitesvara?”

When the passengers looked out their windows, they were shocked to see Avalokitesvara’s huge form manifesting and putting her hands together. There was something mesmerizing about her quietly closing her eyes; it was no coincidence that the passengers thought of the phrase ‘great compassion’, the most common phrase associated with Avalokitesvara.

“Namo Amitabha, Namo Amitabha[1] …!”

“...Avalokitesvara[2]…”

“My dear Guardian, please do not be angered as I pray to her for a moment.”

The Buddhists present pulled out their prayer beads to recite their prayers, and the followers of other Guardians also prayed to Avalokitesvara as they asked for their Guardians’ forgiveness at the same time.

The reaction of the demonic beings who had been waiting for Gennagyij Hleb’s order to hijack the plane was no different. They became captivated and forgot about what they had originally planned to do; Avalokitesvara’s sacred light had the power to cleanse evil from all sentient beings.

At that moment…

Paaah!

…Avalokitesvara opened her eyes, her sacred light radiating more brilliantly. She reached out toward the plane.

“Huh? Uhhh…?”

“That’s dangerous…!”

In some way, it looked as if Avalokitesvara was trying to inflict harm on the plane, and those present were taken aback. Fortunately, however, their concerns did not come to pass. Avalokitesvara’s hands passed through the plane and left traces, which soon materialized as a thousand hands that spread across the sky. As she took the plane into her arms, the whole vehicle ‘paused’.

[The area has been chosen as the domain of the Celestial ‘Teacher of All Sentient Beings’ by force!]

[All unauthorized connections to the outside have been terminated by force.]

[All unauthorized Skill activations have been terminated by force.]

[All unauthorized blessings have been nullified by force.]

…

[The area has been stabilized!]

A wondrous miracle occurred, leaving those present shocked.

Paah…!

Meanwhile, Carl was deep in zazen[3] to sustain Avalokitesvara’s miracle with his spiritual power. A wave of golden light spread out from him, serving as the signal.

“…Go now.”

Upon hearing Cha Ye-Eun’s command, the Council agents, who had been monitoring the demonic beings under the guise of ordinary passengers, immediately took action.

Smash! Smack!

“Keough!”

“What in the world… Urgh!”

The demonic beings were subdued before they could fight back. They had unexpectedly become captivated by Avalokitesvara’s miracle, and all their Skill activations had been nullified as the plane became Avalokitesvara’s domain, resulting in their catastrophic defeat.

Thud…!

One of the demonic beings ended up slamming his head into the ground. He looked up in disbelief, and saw Ye-Eun cynically looking down at them with her arms crossed.

“All the passengers are agents…?”

There were no civilians on the plane. From the passengers to the flight attendants, they were all staring coldly at the demonic beings.

“You people are all wanted all over the world. Did you really think the reason you could get on this plane was that you people were just so great?” Ye-Eun remarked, scoffing quietly.

The Council had been hunting down most of these demonic beings, who normally remained in hiding, for a very long time. Now, they were all arrested in one operation. It was a great achievement for a Council executive, but Ye-Eun looked irritated rather than happy.

‘Seriously, he always does dangerous things like this,’ Ye-Eun thought.

Chang-Sun was actually the one who had proposed the operation.

“I’m going to remove the influence of entirely from this Earth,” Chang-Sun said.

“Huh? How? You may have taken the White Tiger Clan, but is deeply rooted in Earth,” Ye-Eun replied.

“Yes, so they should be rooted out now,” Chang-Sun said.

“You already have a plan, don’t you?” Ye-Eun asked.

“I was thinking about me becoming bait,” Chang-Sun replied.

“...Bait?” Ye-Eun repeated in surprise.

Chang-Sun’s plan was very simple. was hell-bent on capturing him by any means necessary, so they would soon try to build a far larger [World Net] than before, indicated by Richardus’ descent.

‘That’s why he suggested using this to our advantage,’ Ye-Eun thought, biting her lower lip.

If Chang-Sun showed up in a place where he was vulnerable to attack, he would be able to lure out like moths to a flame. Of course, any being capable of thinking would be able to consider the possibility of Chang-Sun creating a trap for them.

The problem was that most members of were demonic and monster Celestials who acted based on instinct rather than reason. Wu Yong was their strategist, but he had been sealed in ‘Doomsday City’, leaving no one in capable of strategic thinking.

Their leaders could control these Celestials on some level, but ‘Zi Wei Yuan’ was in seclusion, and Richardus actually wanted to bring the feud between him and Chang-Sun to an end. was no different from a train with broken brakes; that was why Ye-Eun and the others were able to arrest an entire plane full of demonic beings. Since most demonic beings had the of as their Guardians, the Council’s operation was bound to be a success.

Nevertheless, Ye-Eun was furious at the fact that Chang-Sun had voluntarily walked into danger; at the same time, she could not stop him, as she was well aware of the reason behind Chang-Sun’s animosity against and .

‘…Phew! I really want a cigarette.’

Ye-Eun would be able to loosen up a little more if she could use her mana, but she was unable to, contributing to her stress and annoyance. Additionally, she could hardly smoke ten kilometers above the ground. As such, she just kicked a demonic being’s head in annoyance, not liking his attitude.

𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Smack!

“Seo-Seonbae!” Jin Seok-Tae shouted in surprise, observing the demonic being’s condition to see if Ye-Eun’s kick had left sufficiently noticeable damage to be viewed as police brutality.

Regardless, Ye-Eun felt a little refreshed. She looked in the direction of the plane’s first-class section, where an intense battle had to be taking place, and let out a long sigh.

『…Don’t worry. He’ll be fine. He’d probably return alive even if you drop him in the center of hell.』

Dria spoke as she approached Ye-Eun and awkwardly patted her shoulder out of worry.

Ye-Eun chuckled and replied, “I guess so.”

『I-It’s obvious!』

“Yeah, he’ll return soon,” Ye-Eun said. She smiled gently, seemingly being able to relax at last as she stroked Dria’s small head.

Dria did not push Ye-Eun’s hand away.

* * *

[The defendants stand before the court.]

[Defendant 1]

Divine Name: Jade-Sculpted Qilin.