Chapter 105:The Woman Behind Legend
Not the peaceful kind of silence.
It was the silence of a place that had already accepted death.
The old streets were covered in mist, the broken buildings stood like empty graves, and every streetlight flickered as if something was breathing behind the darkness.
Lucifer stood in the middle of the road, holding Chirin in her scythe form.
The special grade ghost stood before him.
Fuchi-saki-onna.
The woman whose legend had spread across generations.
The woman who appeared before travelers at night.
The woman who asked one simple question.
"Am I beautiful?"
Those who answered incorrectly disappeared.
The ghost slowly moved forward, her long black hair covering her face.
Amaira stood beside Lucifer, her spear ready.
Amaira: "Remember, Lucifer. Urban legends are different from ordinary ghosts."
Lucifer glanced at her.
Lucifer: "Different how?"
Amaira's expression became serious.
Amaira: "Normal ghosts are born from regrets, hatred, and negative emotions after death."
She pointed toward the woman.
Amaira: "But urban legends are born differently."
Lucifer listened quietly.
Amaira: "They are created from stories. From thousands, sometimes millions of people repeating the same fear again and again."
The mist around Fuchi-saki-onna became thicker.
Amaira: "A ghost's strength comes from their soul energy."
She tightened her grip.
Amaira: "But an urban legend's strength comes from belief itself."
Lucifer smiled.
Lucifer: "So the more people believe in her story, the stronger she becomes."
Amaira nodded.
Amaira: "Exactly. That's why special grade urban legends are considered among the most dangerous existences."
The woman stopped.
Her voice echoed through the empty street.
Fuchi-saki-onna: "Am I beautiful?"
Lucifer looked at her.
For a moment, everything became quiet.
Then...
Lucifer sighed.
Lucifer: "No."
Amaira immediately turned toward him.
Amaira: "You could have answered differently."
Lucifer ignored her.
The ghost slowly raised her head.
Fuchi-saki-onna: "Why?"
Lucifer looked at her covered face.
Lucifer: "Because you are not scary."
The ghost became silent.
Lucifer continued.
Lucifer: "You are just ugly."
Amaira's eyes widened.
Amaira: "You really don't know when to stop, do you?"
The atmosphere changed.
The temperature dropped.
The entire street shook.
Fuchi-saki-onna slowly removed the cloth covering her face.
A horrifying smile appeared.
Fuchi-saki-onna: "Then look carefully."
The moment her face was revealed—
Even the air distorted.
A normal human mind would have frozen.
Her face was twisted by centuries of hatred and countless people's fear.
But Lucifer only stared.
Lucifer: "See?"
The ghost tilted her head.
Lucifer: "Still ugly."
Amaira covered her face.
Amaira: "I can't believe this guy."
The ghost screamed.
The entire district trembled.
Fuchi-saki-onna: "DIE!"
Suddenly, countless figures appeared behind her.
Ghosts.
Hundreds.
Thousands.
The entire street was filled with them.
Amaira's expression changed.
Amaira: "She summoned a ghost wave."
Lucifer looked around.
Lucifer: "So this is why you wanted me here."
Amaira grabbed her spear.
Amaira: "The special grade itself is my problem."
She looked toward the endless wave.
Amaira: "You handle her."
Lucifer smiled.
Lucifer: "Finally something interesting."
The ghost wave rushed forward.
Amaira stepped ahead.
Her soul energy exploded.
A golden aura covered her body.
Amaira: "Equilibrium: Third Release."
The ground cracked.
She swung her spear.
A massive wave of energy erased dozens of ghosts.
But more kept coming.
Amaira gritted her teeth.
Amaira: "So many..."
Meanwhile—
Lucifer vanished.
Fuchi-saki-onna looked around.
Fuchi-saki-onna: "Where did you go?"
A voice came from behind.
Lucifer: "You talk too much."
He appeared with Chirin.
Cleave.
A crimson slash crossed the battlefield.
The ghost barely moved.
A barrier formed around her.
The attack shattered against it.
Fuchi-saki-onna smiled.
Fuchi-saki-onna: "You don't understand."
The mist gathered around her.
Fuchi-saki-onna: "My story has been told for hundreds of years."
Her power increased.
Fuchi-saki-onna: "I am not just a ghost."
The entire city shook.
Fuchi-saki-onna: "I am fear itself."
Lucifer smiled.
Lucifer: "That's a pretty big claim."
He raised Chirin.
Lucifer: "Let's see if you can prove it."
The battle began.
Fuchi-saki-onna disappeared.
Lucifer's eyes narrowed.
Demonic Eye.
He saw her movement.
But even then—
Too fast.
Her scissors appeared beside his neck.
Lucifer barely blocked with Chirin.
The impact sent him flying through three buildings.
Lucifer crashed onto the ground.
Chirin: "You okay?"
Lucifer stood up.
Lucifer: "My ribs hurt."
Chirin: "Then stop smiling."
Lucifer: "Pain means I'm alive."
He wiped blood from his mouth.
Lucifer activated—
Sin of Wrath.
His strength increased.
His speed exploded.
He disappeared.
Dismantle.
Hundreds of crimson cuts filled the area.
But Fuchi-saki-onna's hair moved like living snakes, blocking every attack.
Fuchi-saki-onna: "You cannot defeat a legend."
Lucifer: "I hate legends."
His eyes became cold.
Lucifer: "They always think they are important."
The ghost attacked again.
Her scissors multiplied.
One became ten.
Ten became a hundred.
Lucifer used—
Sin of Sloth.
His presence disappeared.
The scissors passed through empty air.
He appeared behind her.
Severance.
The attack cut through her shoulder.
The ghost screamed.
But she didn't fall.
Instead, the wound repaired itself.
Lucifer frowned.
Lucifer: "Regeneration from belief."
Chirin: "You can't defeat her by normal attacks."
Lucifer looked toward Amaira.
She was still fighting the ghost wave.
Blood covered her clothes.
But she refused to fall.
Lucifer smiled.
Lucifer: "Then I'll just have to break the story."
Fuchi-saki-onna gathered all the surrounding fear.
The entire city became darker.
Fuchi-saki-onna: "Humans created me."
She raised her scissors.
Fuchi-saki-onna: "Their fear created me."
A giant pair of scissors appeared above the sky.
Fuchi-saki-onna: "And their fear will kill you."
Lucifer looked up.
Lucifer: "Annoying."
His hand moved.
Blood flowed from his wounds.
Chirin: "What are you doing?"
Lucifer: "Using something I rarely need."
The blood floated around him.
Blood Manipulation.
The crimson liquid transformed into countless threads.
Fuchi-saki-onna laughed.
Fuchi-saki-onna: "Blood?"
Lucifer smiled.
Lucifer: "Not normal blood."
The threads connected with the entire battlefield.
Every trace of soul energy.
Everything became part of his control.
Lucifer pulled.
The ghost's movement stopped.
Fuchi-saki-onna: "What?"
Lucifer: "You are made from a story."
The blood threads tightened.
Lucifer: "But a story still needs a body."
He pulled harder.
The ghost's regeneration started slowing.
Her expression changed.
Fear appeared.
Lucifer walked forward.
Lucifer: "And now I control yours."
He activated—
Sin of Gluttony.
The remaining soul energy began flowing into him.
Fuchi-saki-onna screamed.
The legend began fading.
The scissors disappeared.
The mist vanished.
The ghost fell onto her knees.
Fuchi-saki-onna: "How..."
Lucifer stood before her.
Fuchi-saki-onna looked up.
Fuchi-saki-onna: "After seeing my face..."
She smiled weakly.
Fuchi-saki-onna: "Do you still think I am ugly?"
Lucifer looked at her.
For once, he answered seriously.
Lucifer: "You want to know?"
The ghost waited.
Lucifer smiled.
Lucifer: "If I was handsome or not."
Fuchi-saki-onna froze.
Then she slowly nodded.
Fuchi-saki-onna: "Yes."
Lucifer laughed.
Lucifer: "I already knew."
The ghost disappeared.
System Prompt:
Special Grade Urban Legend eliminated.
Karma points rewarded.
Blood Manipulation proficiency increased.
Lucifer looked at the empty street.
Amaira finally defeated the last ghost and approached him.
Amaira: "You are unbelievable."
Lucifer looked at her.
Lucifer: "Compliment?"
Amaira sighed.
Amaira: "Unfortunately."
Chirin floated beside him.
Chirin: "You realize you fought a monster born from centuries of fear just because she called herself beautiful?"
Lucifer shrugged.
Lucifer: "Someone had to correct her."
Amaira shook her head.
But this time...
She was smiling.