Chapter 427: One Person, Two Roles, and the Chaotic Demon World (2)

<The God of Chaos Church has appeared in the Demon World?>

The sender was Aurora, leader of the Mediators.

The only surviving bloodline of the former Demon King—

and the adversary of the current one.

Cale needed to understand the details behind this message.

Ding!

Another message arrived immediately:

<The informant is Choi Jung Soo. He is currently unreachable. Communication appears to have been forcibly cut off, and an emergency is suspected. His last known location is the Demon World.>

Cale’s expression hardened.

He recalled an earlier conversation.

‘I’ll send two people over soon.’

Choi Seon-hee— director of Sun Corporation on Earth 3 and Alberu’s secretary.

Cale had told her he would send Choi Jung Soo and Sui Khan to help her.

Naturally, he had sent messages to both of them.

They replied that they understood.

But neither of them had gone to Earth 3.

Cale didn’t have time to follow up after that.

They’ll handle it anyway.

If anything, when it came to actual fieldwork, Cale considered Choi Jung Soo and Sui Khan more reliable than the companions he met during his time as Cale Henituse.

“Ha.”

Cale let out a quiet sigh.

His expression stiffened.

Before asking them to handle matters on Earth 3, he had already given the two separate assignments.

The team leader was tasked with investigating the God of Chaos.

Cale had sent Sui Khan to gather all related information.

As for Choi Jung Soo—

The Demon World.

Cale had sent him there to investigate it.

Both men had ties to the Divine World, granting them access to far more information than most.

“…”

Over Cale’s shoulder, Choi Han saw the message and his expression darkened, and he opened his mouth to speak—

—but someone spoke first.

“Choi Jung Soo—”

It was Cale.

“Choi Jung Soo is in an emergency…?”

Cale’s lips curved upward.

Choi Han quietly swallowed the sigh that rose in his throat and held back his words.

“We need to head to the Demon World immediately.”

Cale’s faint smile silenced everyone.

“Eruhaben-nim, come later with Ron and Beacrox”

Aipotu.

Cale still needed a report.

He wanted to know how the world (Aipotu) was being rebuilt.

“Also, tell Lock that the divine artifact will be handed over later. Or he can come to the Demon World to retrieve it.”

He planned to pass the divine artifact to the Blue Wolf through Lock.

“We’ll check the portal when we return.”

The portal in the Black Castle.

It was said to be complete now, and as the New World became more real, its performance had improved as well.

Cale needed to confirm that.

If the portal truly surpassed Dragon Lord Neo of the Purple Blood Family’s virtual reality entrance, its value would be immeasurable.

If that works, the board gets much bigger.

If they could call in all the strong allies Cale had helped across various worlds—
if they could bring them into the New World—

We could overwhelm them with numbers.

Whether it was the Hunters, the God of Chaos Church, or even the Demon World, they could be crushed through sheer numbers.

We could even get help from our own world.

Nameless 1.

Cale’s homeland—
the Roan Kingdom, and the neighboring nations beyond it.

He might even be able to bring over a few companions.

Cale wanted to confirm all of this—

But for now—

“We’re heading out first.”

He needed to see off Ancient Dragon Eruhaben and depart for the Demon World with the others.

Choi Jung Soo.

That guy was out of contact?

In the Demon World, while sending information about the God of Chaos Church?

“Haha—”

Cale let out a low laugh.

– Choi Han! Choi Han!

Raon quickly sent a telepathic message.

– Our human is super, super angry right now! He looks like he’s going to destroy everything!

Raon trembled and sent another message.

– Heavenly Demon! Heavenly Demon!

He called out to the Heavenly Demon, despite barely knowing him.

– Choi Han and our human are both furious!!

In truth, Heavenly Demon and Eruhaben did not fully understand the depth of Choi Jung Soo’s connection to Cale.

They could only guess from Cale’s reactions.

“H-human! Let’s go!”

“Nya!”

“Nyaa!”

The team with an average age of ten (excluding Eden Miru) fully supported Cale’s decision.

After sending a response to Aurora, Cale headed straight for the Demon World.

* * *

“Welcome.”

Aurora, leader of the Mediators, greeted Cale.

Seeing his expression, she immediately began walking.

“Let’s talk as we move. We’re heading to where Choi Jung Gun is.”

Cotton, former Holy Maiden of the God of War, stepped aside.

Cale didn’t spare her a glance. He had no time for that.

“Also, Sui Khan just sent a message,” Aurora added.

The God of Chaos Church.

Sui Khan, who was investigating it, had sent a message.

Not Cale—

but Aurora?

Something definitely happened to Choi Jung Soo and the team leader.

Aurora pointed to the sky.

“Look. That’s the message he sent.”

Cale followed her gaze.

“Hm.”

Raon reacted first.

“Human, it’s an eagle!”

A black eagle circled overhead.

“There’s a letter tied to its leg!”

While they walked, Aurora drew a folded letter from her chest and handed it to Cale.

“Wow! It’s the village chief!”

“Who are these people?”

A few children peeked out from the houses and hurried over to Aurora.

They were the villagers Cale’s group had rescued from the Demon King’s army.

With the Mediators’ help, they created a small refuge here.

“Don’t bother the village chief, come here!”

“Ah, sorry, chief!”

Sensing the tension in the air, the villagers hurriedly pulled the children back.

The adults knew Aurora’s true identity and the existence of the Mediators, so they were especially cautious.

Besides, they had been told:

‘The true saviors of this village are coming.’

So, they were asked to heighten security.

The Demon King’s Army had many brigades.
Among them was a special group of eight elite units.

This village had been attacked by the Sixth of those eight.
And the ones who stopped them—
the true saviors of the village—
had been Cale’s group.

The villagers wanted to repay that debt desperately.

“…”

Aurora gave only a small nod.
Normally, she would’ve smiled back even when tired,
but her seriousness now quieted even the children.

Rustle.

What Cale unfolded wasn’t a letter.
It was a torn piece of cloth.

<To be delivered to Cale Henituse.>

Sui Khan—no, Team Leader Lee Soo Hyuk’s handwriting.

No matter how many times he reincarnated, his handwriting never changed.

It was even written in Korean.

To avoid detection.

The cloth was covered in words written in blood.

Blood.

Words written in blood.

How bad must things be for Sui Khan to resort to this?

“…”

As Cale read the contents, his expression grew darker.

He eventually stopped walking.

<The God of Chaos Church has infiltrated the Demon World.>

<Suspected presence of the Pope.>

The New World had a Saint.

And now the Demon World had a Pope?

<Currently tracking a suspected Holy Knight Order
(2 individuals at Choi Jung Soo’s level, plus around 100 mid-tier ability users).>

Two at Choi Jung Soo’s level?

And a hundred mid-tiers?

Here, “mid-tier” was Lee Soo Hyuk’s old classification from their team days—
high, mid, low.

A mid-tier would be—

Somewhere between early−stage Beacrox and Rosalyn.

Meaning—

Strong individuals.
Very strong.

Over a hundred of them?

And two at Choi Jung Soo’s level?

Not the old Choi Jung Soo—
the current one.

“Ha.”

Cale felt shock and clarity at the same time.

With enemies of this scale, the team leader had no choice but to act covertly.

If he used magic tools or abilities, he risked being detected.

Sending a message through an eagle was safer.

<Choi Jung Soo is out of contact. Please confirm.>

The team leader was also worried about Choi Jung Soo.

<Transmission point can be traced through the eagle.>

The black eagle circling above the village—
following it would lead them to the last place the team leader sent his message from.

He surely left marks for the next destination.

The team leader was never careless.

Cale read the final lines of the message.

One short sentence stood out.

<I’m fine.>

Pfft.

Cale let out a small laugh.

“Same as ever.”

In his past life as Kim Rok Soo, he had received countless similar messages.
Whenever they were deployed to dangerous zones with unstable communication, the team leader always ended with the same line.

‘I’m fine.’

So, Cale knew very well—

“Something’s about to go wrong.”

Every time he received a message like this, the team leader returned injured.

Tap, tap.

Cale began walking again.

Aurora spoke quietly:

“That’s where Choi Jung Gun is.”

The deepest part of the village.

A hidden building, shaped like a small temple, covered by trees.

Buzz, buzz—

As they approached, Cale felt the faint fluctuation of a magic array.

It was a protective formation, shielding Choi Jung Gun from Chaos Corruption.

“After receiving Choi Jung Soo’s message, we also investigated any traces of the God of Chaos Church,” Aurora said.

“But we found nothing.”

After their meeting with Count Lupe, the Mediators had gained the right to act in the trade guild’s place.

That meant more than wealth—
it meant information.

The intelligence network of a top Demon World trade guild was vast.
Yet even that network yielded nothing.

Which meant—

“The deepest parts of the Demon King’s Palace are unknown, but ordinary demon nobles and even the upper ranks know nothing about the God of Chaos Church.”

She added calmly:

“Of course, this excludes the rumors we spread about Arm.”

The rumors surrounding the God of Chaos Church’s hidden force, Arm, were different.

“But there is one rumor.”

Cale looked at Aurora.

They had stopped in front of the sealed building where Choi Jung Gun was kept—
a place only a handful of people were allowed to enter.

“Some villages and cities have mentioned a Gray Disease.”

Gray Disease.

Cale's eyes gleamed.

“The Demon World’s mana is gray, so they assume it’s a mana-related illness. But I believe it needs deeper investigation.”

Gray Disease.

The moment he heard the name, Cale thought of one thing.

“It reminds me of Chaos Corruption.”

No one disagreed.

Cale recalled the Purification of Chaos skill he had checked before leaving the game.

He couldn’t use it as a skill outside the game, but he instinctively understood how to use the power itself.

The requirement written for the skill was:

[Skill: Purification of Chaos]

[Requires a joint purification ritual.]

Exactly the same as the information Sui Khan had discovered.

Purification of Chaos required a ritual.

I know that ritual.

Cale was sure of it.

“I’m going in.”

Tap, tap.

Cale entered the building where Choi Jung Gun was.

<I’m fine.>

And below it, the final sentence:

<It seems the God of Chaos wants to be the only god where divinity's hand doesn't reach.>

The untouched lands.

The Demon World.

A world that awaited a Demon God.
A world that, piece by piece, was being reached by the hands of the gods—
with the Absolute God soon to be born.

The God of Chaos.

Why it so desperately wanted to descend into the New World.
Why its presence appeared in the Demon World.

The answer was becoming clear.

The God of Chaos Church.

A church that appeared wherever chaos seeped in.
A group that wished for chaos to swallow entire worlds.

“…”

He observed Choi Jung Gun, who lay as if in a deep sleep.

His body was even grayer than before.
Grotesque gray veins bulged across his skin, as if something rotten was pushing outward.

Hiss—

His breathing was faint.
Weaker than before.

It wouldn’t be strange if he stopped breathing at any moment.

Cale had come as early as possible, well before the deadline—
but Choi Jung Gun’s condition was already dire.

“First,”

Follow the team leader and gather information.
Find Choi Jung Soo.
They could do all that with their companions.

But before all that—

Cale looked down at Choi Jung Gun and said quietly:

“Let’s start by saving you.”

He stepped out of the building and spoke to Aurora.

“Let's organize a festival in the village.”

Purification of Chaos.

He had a feeling this power would become crucial later.

But he didn’t yet know what the purification ritual would bring—
to this village,
and to the Demon World.

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P/R Thoughts: With Choi Jung Soo missing and Choi Jung Gun dying from Chaos Corruption, Cale finally confronts the true spread of the God of Chaos Church in the Demon World.

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Thank you for reading!

[Author – Yu Ryeo Han]

[Translator – Anowa]

[Proofreader – Mayank]