“It’s been a while.”
Gu-ryun frowned as he looked at the dark king greeting him.
“The guy I haven’t seen in over a decade is finally showing his face.”
“It looks like you’re doing well, Gu-ryun.”
“Does this look good to you?”
Gu-ryun opens his uniform to reveal his chest.
There was still a dark scar there that had not yet been erased.
It was a wound suffered in a fight with the Black Night Princess.
After seeing that, the cave became quiet for a moment… .
Phew.
Paejon couldn’t stand it anymore and burst out laughing. And he laughed quite loudly.
“Hahaha! Haha!”
“Does it make you laugh when someone gets hurt?”
“Ahaha…!”
This is so funny that tears well up in Pajon’s eyes.
“That guy is piercing holes in his body. That’s a good thing.”
“I just let my guard down a little bit.”
“Weren’t you the one who said that carelessness is only an excuse for losers?”
“…”
Did he say something like that? Gu-ryun didn’t remember, but he had to keep his mouth shut because he thought it was something he would have said.
After laughing for a while, Paejon speaks to Guryun.
“Who was your opponent?”
“Why, if you knew, would you take revenge?”
“You’re talking nonsense. Do you really think I would do something that annoying?”
“Friendship is really nothing.”
As Gu-ryun spat out his words in disbelief, Pae-jon took a sip of his alcohol.
He kept swallowing alcohol as if he was thirsty.
Paejon asked Guryun.
“How damaged is your body?”
“…”
It was a sudden question.
Slurp.
Guryun did not answer Paejon’s question.
He just quietly poured the alcohol into his glass.
“It’s okay. I’m fine.”
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“You must be doing fine. Even though you’re walking around with a hole in your chest.”
“…”
“You look old, Gu-ryun.”
“You can tell that just by looking at it.”
“It’s not always like that.”
Paejon said with a big laugh. Guryun let out a deep sigh at those words.
“If you want, I can contact God.”
“We have already met.”
“Huh? You met?”
Paejon looks surprised at Guryun’s words. Did you see the god?
He must be a hard person to find… .
“Who do you think fixed my chest?”
“… Oh, was it that old man?”
When Paejon notices that the Dark King’s cup is empty, he pours him some wine.
But the words continued to be directed at Guryun.
“What did you say? God.”
“What more needs to be said? This is the price of aging.”
“Do the people of the family know that you have become like this?”
“I bet you know.”
Drag drag.
Gu-ryun smiled as if nothing had happened.
“It’s not that important. It doesn’t interfere with eating and excreting, so what’s the point?”
“You’re really doing great. I wonder where that old wheel went.”
“When are you talking about this?”
When Gu-ryun clicked his tongue as if to tell him not to do that, Pae-jon just smiled.
“Is it true that only time can bring down a mountain?”
“Stop whining and pour me a drink.”
Then, Paejon pours some wine into Guryun’s cup.
Gu-ryun asked, pouring the wine from the glass into his mouth.
“Is what you were doing going well?”
“what.”
“I’m talking about looking for a disciple.”
“Oh, that.”
“Oh my, tsk tsk. Just live as you are. Why would you do something like that?”
Every time I saw them, I felt frustrated, just the same.
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Gu-ryun felt suffocated by the situation. It would have been comfortable if he had just continued to live normally.
This is my close friend who went so far as to commit suicide by saying that he had to see the end of martial arts because it was the ultimate goal.
Even if you go all the way to the half-way point and find no answer, you will have to give up.
Even in the midst of all that, it’s amazing how he was somehow able to find a way to save his disciple and see the end of his martial arts skills.
“Biju. Don’t you know how vicious your martial arts are that others can’t learn from?”
When the deep energy is expressed, it causes extreme pain.
It’s to the point where I can’t even tell how it was made.
Pain ultimately leads directly to hesitation.
No matter how much meaning there is in it.
Understanding it, enduring it, and putting it into practice were different stories.
“What crazy person in the world would endure that and learn martial arts?”
“Tsk, if you can’t even handle something like this, what else can you do?”
“It would be hard to find a madman like you anywhere in the Central Plains.”
Gu-ryun was confident.
I acknowledge the value of the inaction and martial arts of the fallen.
It would be hard to find a human being who has both the talent and the patience to learn it.
The Tuapacheonmu is a martial art with an incredibly high level of difficulty that, despite being created by the Emperor, he was unable to reach the extreme on his own.
Even though it’s nothing, it’s nothing.
A person with the talent and patience to endure the pain felt during training?
‘Where in the world can you find such a person?’
Gu-ryun was confident, but not certain.
So, he only asked for the teachings of the Supreme Being from Guyangcheon, whom he cherished.
He did not ask to be accepted as a disciple.
‘Where would you let a precious child learn such martial arts?’
Guyangcheon has already learned the bloodline martial arts called Guyeonhwaryun Gong.
Biju, this crazy guy was the kind of guy who would take whatever he wanted and put his martial arts skills into it.
“I guess I should just give up. How about trying another way…?”
“So, I was just about to take in a disciple.”
“…What?”
Gu-ryun’s eyes widen at Pae-jon’s words.
You brought in a disciple?
“You brought in a disciple?”
“Huh? Why are you so surprised?”
“What kind of crazy guy would take you as his disciple?”
“… Gu-ryun, you seem to be mistaken. I’m in pretty good shape.”
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The three greatest warriors in the world and the pinnacle of martial arts.
That was the value that the Pajeon possessed, but to Guryun, it felt like crawling into hell.
Paejun was dumbfounded by Guryun’s shocked expression.
“Wasn’t that because you thought it would end up like this anyway?”
“What are you talking about? What did I do?”
Paejon, on the other hand, did not understand Guryun.
I have a feeling something is wrong with the story.
“That’s it….”
“for a moment.”
Just as Paejon was about to ask something about Guyangcheon.
Gu-ryun raises his hand to stop Pae-jon from speaking.
“But why.”
He asked what was going on, but Gu-ryun’s expression was very serious.
The face is shocked, as if in disbelief.
“Hey, where did all the side dishes go?”
“…!”
At Guryun’s words, Paejon quickly looks towards Anju.
Then, the food I had worked so hard to buy was almost gone.
“hmm?”
The dark king looks at Guryun’s words as if asking why.
“But why?”
“Why are you doing this, you crazy person? Did you eat all of this by yourself? Where did you sell your morality?”
“Then you said you would eat it?”
At the king’s words, Gu-ryun and Pae-jon looked dumbfounded.
“I wonder why that guy’s appetite doesn’t decrease no matter how old he is.”
“… Oh my, it’s a shame. I bought it when I was old, but I didn’t get to eat even one bite.”
Despite the two people’s words, the dark king simply swallowed another bite of the remaining food.
“… Okay. This isn’t the first or second time I’ve seen that guy do that.”
Gu-ryun sighed and took another sip of his drink.
Paejon looked at the dark king and asked.
“Are you making any progress?”
The queen raises her head at his words.
“Over the past dozen years. Have you found what you want?”
A time when each person had something they wanted.
Since the goal we wanted to reach was different, the path we took also changed.
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The Dark King was silent for a moment in response to the Emperor’s question.
He answers in a calm voice.
“I haven’t found the perfect one, but I think I’ve found the way.”
“That’s a relief.”
Paejon vaguely knew what the Dark King was dreaming of.
“That guy who attacked Hanam this time. What are he planning to do?”
It was a question about the treatment of the Black Dragon Sword.
“That guy. Is he related to you?”
“I don’t know yet.”
“I don’t know, but it must have moved because it smelled something.”
The dark king did not answer.
One or two people could only vaguely guess by looking at his expression.
“Are you planning to take me as I am supposed to?”
“If necessary.”
The main base that Paejon spoke of was the residence of the Dark King and the headquarters of the night watchman’s squad.
“Is this the kind of guy who would get away with torturing someone?”
“I don’t know. You’ll find out when you try.”
Paejon nodded at the simple words.
Because it was true. When you hit someone, they usually open their mouth.
Open your mouth.
Either die before opening it or both.
“I heard he was locked up in Meng’s prison.”
“I will take you to Sacheon first.”
“Sacheon…?”
At those words, something came to Paejon’s mind.
What does it mean to send to Sacheon, which is far away from Maeng?
“Are you thinking of using the Tang Dynasty?”
I thought it might be related to the Tang clan, the loser of Sacheon.
Now, they are called the Four Great Sects of the Jeongpa, but those who know their true nature.
I knew how dark and cruel the Tang Dynasty really was.
“It’ll take a long time to get to Sacheon. Why aren’t you using your numbers?”
“number?”
“I thought you were going to take me back to where I was since you said you didn’t want to wait.”
If it was the Dark King that Paejon knew, he would be a human being who could do that and more.
Even the Dark King’s specialty was to do things without anyone noticing.
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The Dark King nods his head to the Emperor’s words.
“That was my original intention.”
As expected.
As expected, the Dark King seemed to be thinking that way.
“There is no need for it anymore. I have some business to do in Sacheon, so we can go together.”
“Business? You have business in Sacheon?”
“okay.”
“…you also?”
When Paejon speaks with a puzzled look, the dark king tilts his head.
The meaning of ‘You too?’ was that Paejon was also heading to Sacheon.
“Are you saying you’re going too?”
“I have something to do, too.”
To be exact, it was Guyangcheon’s business, but Paejon thought it was something like that.
“Will the Lord of Rain allow this?”
“What are you going to do if you don’t allow it?”
“That’s true too.”
The Dark King nodded at the words of the Demon King. It was because what he said was right.
Although he was nominally the father of Bi-jin and the head of the family.
Even so, the meaning of the remark was dominant.
‘The dark king is the Four Heavenly Kings.’
I don’t know if he’ll come along or not, but it wouldn’t be bad if he did.
‘I happened to have something to ask him to do.’
It was a moment when I had something to tell Guyangcheon.
I thought I could ask the Dark King for this part.
Of course, I don’t think Guyangcheon would like that.
and.
Gu-ryun, who was watching, took a bite of the remaining food and said.
“Everything is good, you know.”
At those words, the gazes of the demon and the dark king moved.
“…Why are you calling me and talking about something that only you guys know?”
It was a voice that sounded quite sad.
******************
When I went inside the meeting room and went to the meeting room, there were already many people gathered there.
Looking at that, the railroad started to tremble as if an earthquake had occurred.
It couldn’t be otherwise. The people inside were full of real big shots.
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‘Where is the seat?’
I was looking around, looking for a place to sit.
There were several places, including a place for the upper class, a place for the heads of the clans, and a place for those who came from the clan.
I had to find a place to sit in this gap.
‘Should I just sit down?’
I don’t want to go into detail, and I’m thinking that maybe I should just drag a chair nearby and sit down.
-Third.
A familiar voice rings in my ear.
I turned my head in the direction where the sound came from with a surprised look and saw bloodshot eyes in the distance.
It was my father.
-Come here.
“…”
I was embarrassed.
Of all seats, it happened to be the front row.
How did Dad end up sitting there?
Normally, you wouldn’t sit in a seat like that.
“Yangcheon-ah?”
As I looked confused and my gaze shook, Cheol Ji-seon noticed me and called out to me.
After thinking about what to do, I ended up walking while dragging the iron wire.
When I approached the place, I saw not only my father, but also many familiar faces.
One of them is the head of the Namgung family, Namgung Jin.
“It’s been a while… seeing you….”
“…I hope you’ve been well.”
“I’m always like that. It seems like your son-in-law has been doing well. He’s been getting a lot of compliments.”
“…yes.”
I never thought the word son-in-law would come out of Namgung Jin’s mouth.
My ears were quite itchy, but I had to endure it because I couldn’t scratch them.
The problem is that some people react to the word son-in-law.
One person is….
‘this.’
I thought it was someone else, but it was Baekcheon Sword Master.
The gaze that glances at me is still sharp. It seems that his emotions have not yet been resolved.
Well, it’s probably not an emotion that will be easily resolved.
Another one was the Poison King I saw during the day.
It’s an expression that feels somewhat uncomfortable.
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What did I do wrong? I don’t think I did anything wrong to this man.
‘No, I’m a professional at getting cursed at even if I didn’t do anything.’
Since I had experienced it so many times, I didn’t really think much of it.
Finally… .
‘… That old man was there too.’
The father of Peng Wujin and Peng Axi, he was the Taoist King Peng Zhou.
Baekcheon Sword Master may be like that, but I wondered why that old man was looking at me like that.
Of course, considering our relationship, it’s kind of strange that he likes me.
He swears at my daughter and even broke off the engagement, so he’s crazy for liking me.
Besides these, there are several other heads of Sega families whose names are unknown.
Among them, there were some people I knew.
Almost all the heads of families considered prestigious in the Central Plains have gathered here.
I set an example for them more carefully.
“… The bloodline of the nine families greets their lords.”
“Che, the blood relatives of the Iron Family greet their lords….”
The iron line also follows my greeting.
After that, I carefully pulled out the chair and sat down.
If it were normal, as soon as I sat down in this seat, the people around me would have pretended to know me and started talking to me.
For some reason, everyone is keeping their mouths shut like a mute who has eaten honey.
Why is it like that?
Is it because the meeting is about to start?
That may be the case, but it seems a bit… .
‘I think you’re scared?’
I had that feeling somewhere.
It must be a mistake. Who would these gentlemen be afraid of?
“…!”
As soon as I sat down on the chair, I couldn’t help but feel startled.
Because my father was staring at me intently.
‘What? Did I do something wrong?’
I immediately wondered what had happened when I saw the look in my father’s eyes.
‘I don’t know what I did wrong because I hit it too much.’
I had done so many things that I didn’t even know.
At that moment, I was trying to say something because I thought I would get embarrassed.
“house owner….”
“Well done.”
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“yes?”
My father said that to me and then turned his head.
I looked at my father, thinking I had heard wrong.
My father’s gaze never turned to me again.
The thoughts that crossed my mind at my father’s unexpected compliment were:
‘… Where does it hurt?’
I was worried that my father might have a terminal illness.
I don’t think so.
Because I’ve never seen you sick in a past life.
Of course, I never asked my father why he did a good job.
Even though it felt a bit unnatural, it was best for me to avoid eye contact.
Funnily enough, in the meantime.
‘… This is annoying.’
It was annoying how strangely good I felt.
It’s praise without any reason, what is this nonsense?
I calmed my breathing and calmed my pounding heart.
At my age, it wasn’t something I would like to do just because I received a compliment once.
“Yangcheon-ah, what’s wrong?”
“what.”
“No… Just… Suddenly smiling…”
“Be quiet.”
“huh.”
After silencing the iron line that was interfering without notice.
I waited quietly.
Because I felt like it was going to start soon.
It’s not just me.
The conference room was filled with a certain amount of noise.
Before I knew it, it had become as quiet as a mouse.
Ttukbuk.
I can hear footsteps.
The person who had been waiting climbs up onto the stage.
There was no need to look to see who it was. The person who had come up was the one who had organized the meeting.
It was Jangcheon, the leader of the current Murim Alliance, who was known as the “Nakgeom (樂劍).”
The figure who climbed up onto the stage took a moment to catch his breath and then slowly began to open his mouth.
-first of all.
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The voice is loud. It must have been amplified using a bet.
– As this meeting was held due to an accident that occurred in Hanam, I would like to first offer my apologies as the leader.
As Jangcheon speaks, he bows his head.
Just looking at the letter he was holding in his hand, it seemed like he had a lot to say.
I watched the process calmly.
It’s quiet now, but it’ll probably be a mess soon.
Arguing about this and that, arguing about sins. What did you do wrong, what did you do right, etc.
Those gathered here will bring out the things they have been holding back and engage in debate.
I didn’t like that kind of complicated situation, so I tried not to come if possible.
‘Why did you call me?’
Why did he ask me to come to the meeting with the leader’s seal on it, for what purpose?
It’s something I don’t know yet.
While feeling such doubts.
‘…what.’
I felt eyes on me from somewhere.
It was such a stare that I couldn’t help but notice.
I definitely feel like someone is watching me from somewhere.
It wasn’t that difficult to find out which direction the gaze was coming from.
It was even stranger that I couldn’t feel such an intense gaze.
The direction is behind the leader.
It is felt among the people who appear to be the swordsmen of the Murim Alliance.
I raised my voice slightly to see who it was.
“…!”
I was able to find it right away.
and.
As I confirmed who the owner of this gaze was, I felt a sinking feeling inside me.
‘That guy… .’
The guy staring at me.
‘Jang Seon-yeon…?’
That was definitely Jang Seon-yeon. The guy who made me run around everywhere looking for traces of her right after I came to the real world after burning her to death in the Demon Realm.
Since there was no trace left, I thought something else had happened.
Jang Seon-yeon was standing behind the leader and looking at me with a grin on her face.
Looking at that smile, I had to feel a subtle difference.
Should I say that there is something different about Jang Seon-yeon?
As soon as I felt the strangeness, I injected energy into the ghost.
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I knew people who lived by wearing other people’s masks, so I wondered if it was the same this time.
‘… That’s not true.’
Surprisingly, I didn’t feel anything strange about him.
So what is this strange feeling?
at that time.
Cheeeeeee-!
“… Ugh…?”
My right arm felt insanely hot.
The area where pain is felt is the area where the skin has changed.
I wrapped my arms around myself in sudden pain.
‘What is it? Why are you doing this?’
I tried to endure the pain and looked at Jang Seon-yeon again.
The moment I looked back, I was surprised once more.
Jang Seon-yeon confirmed that the day was distorted by pain.
He had a surprised expression on his face, as if he had seen something strange.
Because the eyes seemed to have turned a strangely red color.
