<h4>Chapter 235: Corey Park</h4>


    Date- 25 Mar 2321


    Time- 17:14


    Location- Sky Blossom City, Guild Association Mall staff housing, Building No. 29, 4th floor, Room no.401


    Informing her grandfather that she would not be having breakfast as she is about to break through, Corey headed to her room for closed-door cultivation.


    Sitting in the lotus position Corey began to meditate and initiated her breakthrough to the Card Soldier realm from the Card Schr realm. Feeling her soul Corey began to exercise her active soul control percentage and synchronise it with her breathing to enter a state of deep immersion which would help her breakthrough without much difficulty.


    Being a talent it did not take Corey long to break through and ascend to the Card Soldier realm without a problem. Undergoing ascension Corey focused on the change in her active soul control and the soul energy rushing in her body.


    Stabilising her realm Corey summoned her grimoire to check her updated stats. Then she turned her attention to her origin card which was glowing indicating that it has also been upgraded recently. Corey was surprised as she thought her origin card had reached its peak, but the glow on it told her that she was wrong. Then Corey checked for the new card info of her origin card Relife,


    [Card Name: Relife


    Card Type: Origin Card


    Card Rank: Unique grade


    Card Rating: nil


    Card Durability: nil


    Card Effect: Host gains the memories and inheritance of past lives if any.


    8th reincarnation Inheritance


    7th reincarnation Inheritance ]


    [New memories discovered, will the host choose to watch them? Yes/No ]


    Reading the updated card info and seeing the notification shown on her grimoire by her origin card Corey was shocked, ‘What 8th reincarnation? What 7th reincarnation? How many reincarnations have I been through? Wasn’t it just memories what does the card mean by inheritance? Should I watch the new memories?


    Remembering herst experience with the origin card Corey hesitated but her curiosity got the best of her leading to her choice,


    [Yes]


    ….


    Date- 14 Jan 1877


    Time- 19:30


    Location- Earth, South Korea, North Gyeongsang Province, Taegu Vige


    “Vige chief it is up to you and the vigers to decide I am just pointing you the way to please the enraged Dokkaebi[1]. The method I have told you may be very cruel but our situation is also dire. If we let the situation prolong any longer then the end oue will be disastrous.


    The creeks and wells are dry, the forest surrounding the vige was burnt down. This time thankfully it did not spread to the fields but can you guarantee the same next time.


    The Forest Fire, The Drought, are just the beginning. Nextes The gue and The Famine. The angrier Dokkaebi gets more disasters will fall on this vige.


    I may sound rming but the Dokkaebi has already gotten the taste of the human blood and flesh by massacring the Pak family who provoked its wrath. If we do not quench its anger soon who knows what will happen by next full moon.” Exined a 70’s something old shaman dawned in the Korean signature traditional Shaman costume white Regalia Hanbok.


    “Dokkaebi? Aren’t they supposed to be harmless and naughty spirits?” Asked as the middle age Vige chief wearing white cotton Yangban.


    “They are harmless spirits but they also possess extraordinary powers and abilities that they use to interact with nature. Making them the scariest and dangerous spirits when they are angry. I do not know what the Pak family did to anger the Dokkaeki but they paid their life as the price but left an Interest for the Vige to pay.” The Old Shaman also believed the Dokkaeki are harmless spirits but mes the Pak family for the wrath of the Dokkaeki.


    “Have you dealt with Dokkaeki before?” Seeing that the shaman seems to know a lot about the Dokkaeki the Vige Cheif could not help but ask if the Shaman had dealt with Dokkaeki before today.


    “Since things have reached this point it seems redundant to keep the truth from you and the vigers. To be honest thend on which this Vige is built belongs to the Dokkaeki. 45 years ago your father and I along with other founding vigers choose to build this vige here for its luscious vegetation. Only after settling down and building the vige did we know that thisnd belongs to a Dokkaeki.


    We had used all our money and resources to build this Vige and did not have the option to resettle but also did not pose the strength to face the angry Dokkaeki whosend we upied unknowingly.


    Seeing no other way all of us the founding members of the vige decide to perform the ritual I suggested to you earlier. Thanks to that we were able to live peacefully with abundant resources, food and water. If only the Pak family had heeded my words the peace would have continued for another generation or so.” The Shaman seeing the situation take a dire turn decided to reveal the dark history of the vige to persuade the vigers and the vige chief into performing the ritual before it is toote.


    “I remember my father telling me stories of the sleeping Dokkaeki deep in the forest. All this year’s Iughed it off as a children’s story but to think it was all real.


    But the ritual you are suggesting is too cruel, our vige is small and all of the people in the vige have grown up like brothers and sisters. How can we sacrifice one of our daughters who grew up in front of our eyes as the Virgin bride to please Dokkaeki’s anger.” The Vige Chief agreed with the Shaman but was hesitant about the ritual because all the people in the vige though not blood-rted were closer than blood-rted brothers and sisters.


    “Vige Chief, I know what you’re saying? I was the one who married you all and some of your parents too, remember. All the vigers are also like my children and grandchildren.


    But I never suggest that the virgin sacrifice should be one of us vigers.” The Shaman knew how the vige chief felt about the vigers as he too felt the same as he watched them all grow in front of his eyes and participated in all their happy and sad events.


    “Senior what are you getting at? Except for the vigers, there is nobody else living in this area for about 20 miles radius surrounding the vige.” The Vige Chief did not understand what the Shaman was hinting at but he thought it was better than sacrificing a viger.


    “Vige Chief you seem to be forgetting someone, the wounded Hunter and his half breed daughter.” Yelled a viger from the crowd of vigers who were quietly hearing the discussion between the Chief and the Shaman.


    Hearing the Viger the Vige Chief’s expression becameplicated but soon eased as he washed the guilt he was feeling by reasoning that the ritual was for the greater good.


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