Chapter 70 – Demonic Cult Under Attack (01)
Paaat-!
Run to the place where you can feel the presence of Samae.
The demons were surprised to see me running like the wind and looked around to see what had happened, but while they were checking the surroundings, I had already disappeared.
‘I avoided it’
After noticing her movements, I confirmed that she had already removed her body, and as she moved quickly, I followed the footprints she had left behind and began to throw her body away.
Paaat!
‘Fast’
Basically, Gyeongshinsul is a method of moving quickly by making the body lighter.
Just as footwork plays an important role in confusing the opponent by stepping in close combat and strengthening the power of the attack you make, Gyeongshinsul is also essential to learn in order to move and approach quickly.
My level and mine were almost on the same level, and my teacher’s level of spiritual power was not that high, so it should be roughly the same, but I was lagging behind little by little while she was running away.
‘Is it because of the chase? Or is it because the Four Sisters are lighter?’
Or it could have been because he had mastered the Sword Saint’s Shinshin technique. Since I only learned swordsmanship from Okmyeoncheongeom and nothing else, my footwork and new techniques were developed based on Cheongsim Glassgong.
Compared to that time, her application skills only increased, and she did not learn outstanding martial arts. However, since Samae was an official disciple of the Sword Saint, she may have learned it during that time.
Chaaa!
But I solved that disadvantage by running in a straight line, smashing all the obstacles in front of me without hesitation.
If a rock is in the way, go straight through the rock. If a tree is in the way, cut down the tree.
He spreads his energy wide to identify obstacles and clears the path with a pre-prepared slash. When the samae changes her direction, he immediately turns his body in that direction and chases after her.
Samae does not follow the path ignorantly like me, but rather jumps over rocks and trees, so his speed slows down slightly.
No matter how extreme an expert you are, running in a straight line and taking evasive maneuvers cannot be the same.
I was able to catch up little by little as I followed the path she followed, breaking through her obstacles in her ignorance.
I sensed that Samae’s energy was directed towards me, and realizing that she had caught up with me, she took out a sword with a white blade and began to cut in front of her, just as I was doing.
‘I got caught’
But even that was as I expected. At that moment, I sheathed her treasured sword and began to sprint as fast as I could along the path made by her four sisters.
“……!”
It was getting closer.
I started to hear the sound of the sister’s collar flapping and saw her black hair fluttering in the sky, and before I knew it, she was so close that if I stretched out my hand, I could snatch her head.
‘Now. So what do you plan to do now?’
Now Samae had put her sword into her scabbard and was preparing for her departure.
And a moment later, as she stretched out her hand, the sword flew out of her scabbard and flew towards me.
It wasn’t just the sword blade flying, but the handle was flying towards me to hit my head. If I ran like this, I would hit my head on the handle and be in a perfect position to faint.
‘Great sense. But!’
Kyaang!
Why have I been waiting for an opportunity until now?
Of course, when Samae counterattacked, I used her sword to deflect the attack, and when Samae, startled by the sound, turned her head, I threw my sword and rushed at Samae, who was floating in the air.
“Ah…!”
I tried to double jump in the air by firing a wind pressure with my legs, but I was already holding on to the samae’s right hand. I immediately grabbed her left hand before she could shake it off, and with my remaining leg, I put it between the samae’s legs. The body was completely pressed together.
“Gotcha.”
Quad deud deuk!!
Of course, since we had the speed we were running at, we ended up on the ground, overturning all the rocks and trees, cutting off part of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, but thanks to the fact that I had spread out my self-defense gear and wrapped it around my body, neither I nor I were hurt. .
Clink-
Gooooo……
Belatedly, the sound of two swords falling to the ground rang out and dust rose into the sky, but just by lightly generating aerodynamic force, I was able to shake the air around me and cause the dust to be pushed out.
This is to intentionally recreate the phenomenon of candles shaking in the pharmacy earlier.
“Finally… I got it.”
How much time has passed since two years?
I came back after two years of training, and after being active for about half a year, I was unconscious in the Demonic Cult for another half a year, so it was almost three years.
Even though that much time had passed, there was no significant change in Samae.
Her eyes were more swollen than before, and her skin was cold, but her appearance was no different from the one I had longed for.
“Death penalty…”
With eyes full of longing, joy, and deep sadness, Samae squeezed my hand tightly.
“Let her go… Please… The girl no longer deserves the death penalty…”
“What do I hate the most?”
“……Yes…?”
“Samae carries everything alone without saying a word. So, let’s talk about it.”
Kwaak.
With the momentum that it didn’t matter if her sister’s fingers were slightly broken, I held her hand and strengthened her legs to prevent her from escaping.
Of course, even if it is not the Igigeogeom, if it is the Samae’s ability to freely use the sword technique, he will be able to attack me even in a situation where he is suppressed like this.
If you are a Samae of my tale, you are not the kind of person who would put a knife in your back and run away.
“The girl… Already…”
Seeing the tears welling up, I squeezed her fingers and pressed my forehead against her sister’s head until the crying stopped…
Bah!
I felt like I would get upset if I waited, so I just pushed ahead.
“Kyaaa!”
“Don’t cry and tell me what you did wrong according to the six and four principles.”
“Yes, yes…?!”
Samae, who had a lump on her forehead, missed the right time to cry, and she started talking abruptly, overwhelmed by my momentum.
* * *
After the Four Heavenly Blood Temples were over, Samae followed Geomseong.
After I disappeared, Samae, who had laid down the sword in her empty heart, believed in my words that I would return as promised, and she trained her sword under the sword master.
She was concentrating all her thoughts on the sword, as if she was trying to escape from the painful reality, and above all, because Samae’s understanding was at an incredible level, she was able to quickly learn the vision of the sword master.
‘It must be true because it has been certified by the Sword Saint.’
But as the two years passed, Samae became more and more anxious and tried to find me while Geomseong stopped by the Murim Alliance and talked to the leader.
However, there was no information about me from the Zhuge Dynasty, and while talking with Ban Gyu-seong and Han So-so, who were detained by the Murim Alliance, and being disappointed to hear that they did not receive any information from there, it is said that the Murim Lord approached and made a proposal to Samae.
He will use all the abilities of the Murim Alliance to find me. Or at least she said she would get revenge on the Black Moon Party.
Finally, after hearing the information from Zhuge Yanji there and not being able to find the information in the opening and the Zhuge family, Simae, who decided that I was dead, went under the Murim Lord to take revenge on the Black Moon Party…
“I’m sorry, death penalty… I’m sorry… The girl…”
……It became the sword of the Murim Lord and went around killing people.
She also knew to some extent. She realizes that the people she kills are those who could be intrusive to the Lord of the Murim Alliance or pose a threat to his rise to power rather than those who are actually dangerous due to their ties to the Black Moon Party.
Samae wanted to take revenge on the Black Moon Party, but she couldn’t even get any information about them, so she became the Murim Lord’s dog and silently carried out her mission to become the sword that will stab them one day when there is a decisive battle with the Black Moon Party. It has been carried out.
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She said that in order to do that, she intentionally distanced herself from her teacher who cared about her.
She couldn’t even comfort her sister-in-law, who was crying, saying that her hands were already covered in blood.
As a martial arts person, I am prepared to kill people in my own way, but that means fighting for my life with those who are hostile and try to kill me, or those who are subordinate to the Black Moon Party and have a negative influence on the world.
I knew in my heart that her sister-in-law’s actions were wrong to show any sympathy or consolation to the sister-in-law who killed those who did not belong to her, including her relatives.
“So. What are you going to do?”
“……The girl…”
“Is atonement just the end of not meeting me?”
“……”
At those words, Samae just cried, tears streaming down her face.
“Don’t be stupid. What kind of atonement do you think that is? Entitlement?”
I raised both of Samae’s hands.
“If there is blood on these hands, is it atonement to run away because you don’t deserve to see my face?”
“……”
“No, that’s not what atonement is. Do you expect others to forgive you just because you do something painful to yourself? How is it any different from a child blaming himself for hitting himself?”
“The girl… The girl…”
“Jade Snowflake!!”
As anger welled up in my emotionally inflamed body, Samae froze without even being able to make an excuse.
“If you did something wrong, don’t run away with such shameless nonsense!”
“……!!”
“Don’t run away from me! If you’re really wrong, take back the mistake you made! At least try to take it back!”
“But… What the girl did…”
“If you caused them to die, you can save them! If you can’t apologize directly to them, at least make an effort to do so!”
I was so angry that I couldn’t stand it.
Samai made a mistake, but it was just as much my fault.
If I had come back a little earlier, this might not have happened.
That’s why I couldn’t allow Samae to disappear like this.
Boo!
We were so strong that we could hear the sound of our overlapping fingers shifting, but neither I nor Seolhwa were concentrating enough to care about the pain.
There were so many things I wanted to say, resentment, anger, and apologies were all swirling around in my body, but I had to hold them back with enough strength that the blood in my throat rose.
“……Help me.”
“……”
“Be my sword until all the Black Moons are defeated.”
My stomach is boiling.
Originally, when I found her sister-in-law, I was going to evacuate her and harm her Black Moon Party, but now I couldn’t… I wouldn’t know if I didn’t know the truth, so I couldn’t hide her comfortably after hearing her say this.
Even if I lay a steel plate on her and hide her, her own guilt eating away at her heart will destroy her.
How important it is to have one supreme expert, this time even Cheonmahu suffered a loss in internal power and was unable to use it to his full potential, so someone was needed to fill that empty spot.
Previously, I would have told him to ignore and hide whether his Four Mages were at their peak or at the level of sword level, but now you can’t do that.
“And after saving Joong-won… After that, do whatever you want. You can either hide somewhere to atone, or find a way to solve what you did yourself. After that, it’s up to you. “
“…Yes…”
“From now on, I won’t treat you like a private person.”
“Yes…”
He let go of her weakened fingers and released her.
But unlike before, she didn’t even think about running away and she didn’t shed any more tears.
“After defeating the Black Moon Party. At that time…”
I tried to bury those last words, but now I went back to the Demonic Cult, taking with me Ok Seol-hwa, a disciple of the Sword Saint and the ultimate swordsman.
There were 76 days left until the invasion of the Murim Alliance.