novelraw Chapter 213 : Chapter 213
Chapter 213 : Chapter 213
Chapter 213. That was the beginning of the ill-fated connection
“Was the connection with Master Jang…… special?”
Jin Cheon voiced his long-held curiosity.
If it were usual times, he wouldn’t have dared to even think of asking, but now was different.
Since the Iron-Blooded Demonic God herself brought it up first, it meant Jin Cheon could also ask carefully.
“Special, you say…….”
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God looked down at Dujiangyan and repeated Jin Cheon’s words.
“There was no connection more special than him in This King’s life, and it will be said there won’t be in the future either.”
“Just what kind of connection was it that…….”
“…….”
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God did not answer Jin Cheon’s question.
She just quietly gazed at the water stream of Dujiangyan illuminated by the moonlight.
Around the time a moment passed.
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God opened her mouth.
“Lover.”
Jin Cheon doubted his own ears.
‘Lover……?’
He wondered if he heard wrong, but it was not an exaggeration to say there was no possibility of that.
‘N, no way.
A lover.
That the Cult Leader and Master had such a deep relationship.’
Jin Cheon honestly just wanted to deny it.
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God and the Azure Heaven Divine Warrior?
It was a combination that even Jin Cheon, who knew both people, could not imagine at all.
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God was basically a figure who was strict, serious, and prudent, possessing even dignity.
Conversely, the Azure Heaven Divine Warrior was…….
- Euhehehe! How is it! This Master’s muscles! Aren’t they cool?
- I’ll get those guys! If it were the old days, I would have beaten them all up!
- That…… do you have some money? Since Master is behind on his tab. Hme-hm. Hme-hm-hm.
The appearance of the Azure Heaven Divine Warrior during his lifetime flashed through Jin Cheon’s mind.
‘It cannot be.’
No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t imagine that such a back-alley thug-like gentleman could share affection with a noble partner like the Iron-Blooded Demonic God.
Since the Azure Heaven Divine Warrior was a figure who was never serious except when talking about the mindset as a martial artist, it was not an exaggeration to say he was the complete opposite of the Iron-Blooded Demonic God.
‘Just because of what?
What part of Master was so good?’
During his lifetime, let alone wealth and glory, the Azure Heaven Divine Warrior was a figure so poor he couldn't even afford a funeral because he didn't have a single penny until he died.
Furthermore, how wide was his meddling…….
Since he was prone to interfering in everything visible in the world, bringing misfortune upon himself was a daily occurrence.
Perhaps gaining fame through heroic deeds was also thanks to that peculiar meddlesome nature.
Of course, being able to obtain the glorious alias of Azure Heaven Divine Warrior would be because the heroic deeds he performed during his lifetime deserved the praise of the world.
‘Even if a hero is cool, it doesn't make sense that the Cult Leader who is a Demonic Practitioner and Master who is a hero would share affection.
Even more so since it was a time when Our Cult and the Righteous Heavenly Alliance were in the middle of fighting a war.
Just what part of Master was so good that the Cult Leader…… Surely.’
Jin Cheon’s expression froze like frost.
‘……Is it because of his looks.’
No matter how much he thought, that was the only way for the Azure Heaven Divine Warrior to win the Iron-Blooded Demonic God’s heart.
Actually, the Azure Heaven Divine Warrior’s looks were famous from a long time ago.
Around the age of a prodigy…… to be exact, even when he was making a name for himself as a wanderer, there were stories that the Azure Heaven Divine Warrior’s looks were extraordinary.
‘True.
Master’s looks are outstanding.’
Jin Cheon also admitted that the Azure Heaven Divine Warrior was a man who was handsomely heroic beyond compare.
‘Ey, surely not.
Even if Master is a man with outstanding looks, there’s no way that would work on the Cult Leader.’
Just when Jin Cheon was falling into anguish with earthquakes in his pupils.
“It seems your thoughts have become many.”
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God smiled a bitter smile.
“Right, you probably can’t imagine at all that This King and he exchanged affection.”
“T, that is.”
“It is natural to think so. Since This King also thinks so.”
“Haha…….”
“The first time This King met him was…….”
Soon, a story from quite a distant past flowed from the Iron-Blooded Demonic God’s mouth.
* * *
Seu-euk.
The Iron-Armored Ghostly Demon Squad Captain Yi Cheong-ha knelt on one knee towards the letter that came from the Heavenly Demon.
The Heavenly Demon’s message flowed from the messenger’s mouth.
“Iron-Armored Ghostly Demon Squad Captain Yi Cheong-ha, listen. Kill every living thing in the area of Lanzhou, Gansu Province, but do not kill the young boys and girls and capture them.”
“……I obey the command.”
Yi Cheong-ha could not dare refuse the order.
The Cult’s order was absolute.
Also, as a demonic practitioner who learned demonic arts, disobeying the order of the Heavenly Demon, the leader of ten thousand demons, was something unimaginable.
However, Yi Cheong-ha’s head was full of questions.
‘Why must I kill?’
Yi Cheong-ha could not understand the meaningless slaughter.
‘What does Our Cult intend to achieve by even performing human sacrifice with young boys and girls?’
A few years ago.
Yi Cheong-ha, using the chance of accidentally obtaining a secret manual called Shedding Demon Scripture, was escaping the Heavenly Demon Command’s influence step by step.
Thanks to that, Yi Cheong-ha came to be free from blind loyalty and following, and came to harbor strong doubts about the Heavenly Demon’s intentions and purpose.
Also, since she had recovered her humanity through the effect of the Shedding Demon Scripture, she had developed a reluctance towards ruthless slaughter.
However, Yi Cheong-ha did not have the power to refuse the Heavenly Demon’s order.
She had obtained realization through the secret manual of the Shedding Demon Scripture and rose to the Extreme Demon realm, but it was insufficient to oppose the Heavenly Demon.
Therefore, Yi Cheong-ha had no choice but to follow the Heavenly Demon’s order for now.
“Carry out the Cult’s order.”
“I obey the command!”
It was when Yi Cheong-ha was leading the Iron-Armored Ghostly Demon Squad and causing a blood calamity in the area of Lanzhou, Gansu Province.
‘It is not the time yet. Someday…… I will return this karma.’
Yi Cheong-ha, with a feeling of vomiting blood, watched the dying people with her two eyes wide open.
Yi Cheong-ha did not rationalize the order she gave with the excuse that it couldn't be helped.
Even though there was the Heavenly Demon’s order, the person in question who ordered to massacre ordinary people who were not even martial artists and kidnap young boys and girls was Yi Cheong-ha herself.
‘Please, someone stop me.’
Yi Cheong-ha earnestly wished.
She couldn’t stop by herself.
If she did, she would be branded as a traitor to the Cult, and after running away for her whole life, she would eventually be slaughtered.
Until she obtained the power to block the Heavenly Demon’s rampage, just holding her breath and pretending to comply with orders was the best course.
Was it that such an earnest wish of Yi Cheong-ha reached the heavens?
“Stop.”
There was a man who blocked the Iron-Armored Ghostly Demon Squad all alone single-handedly.
Although his attire was shabby, his looks were graceful beyond compare.
To the extent that even the beard that grew messily because he didn't groom it well was nothing more than an element adding to his manliness, his looks were excellent.
Cheok!
He raised his sword towards Yi Cheong-ha.
It was an unimpressive sword.
A sword that had nothing special, that one could commonly buy at any smithy.
Nevertheless, seeing the blue sharpness dwelling on the blade, one could glimpse how well he managed it usually.
Unlike his shabby outward appearance, it would be proof that his attitude as a martial artist was excellent beyond compare.
“There is a limit even to giving up being human, how can you commit such deeds! Are you not even afraid of Heaven!”
He raged.
His two blazing eyes and the expression of gritted teeth seemed to prove how angry he was.
“Heaven?”
Yi Cheong-ha scoffed, pi-sik.
His words were truly funny.
Heaven, he says…….
“Does such a thing as Heaven even exist?”
“What?”
“No matter how earnestly one begs and prays, has Heaven ever helped with something? Heaven is always only silent, and wishes are only useless.”
Yi Cheong-ha smiled cynically.
He did not deny Yi Cheong-ha’s words.
“If Heaven is silent, I will replace Heaven’s will. I will replace Heaven and execute you bastards so you can no longer commit such evil deeds.”
“Would you have such power?”
Yi Cheong-ha provoked him.
“Surely you aren't spouting such bullshit when you don't even have the power to replace Heaven yourself.”
“You will know if you wait and see.”
“Come.”
Yi Cheong-ha told him as if saying try if you can.
“Come, and prove. That you have the power to replace Heaven.”
Yi Cheong-ha did not ask his name.
What would the Captain of the Iron-Armored Ghostly Demon Squad, the highest military group of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, care about the name or alias of a mere nameless soldier.
The important thing was only whether he had the power to stop the Iron-Armored Ghostly Demon Squad as Yi Cheong-ha wished.
“You won’t be able to commit slaughter anymore.”
The man became a fierce gale and rushed towards Yi Cheong-ha.
* * *
“That was the first meeting between This King and him.”
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God smiled a faint smile and recalled the past.
“How…… did it turn out.”
“He was strong.”
“……!”
“Did This King not say previously. That the world’s evaluation of him is underestimated. It was a defeat experienced after a truly long time. To This King, who had virtually no match within the Cult after becoming the Captain of the Iron-Armored Ghostly Demon Squad, it was an unfamiliar experience. Furthermore, he displayed martial prowess that defeated and repelled not only This King but also the Iron-Armored Ghostly Demon Squad.”
“……!”
Jin Cheon was startled and surprised upon hearing the Iron-Blooded Demonic God’s words.
To think Master Azure Heaven Divine Warrior possessed martial arts outstanding enough to defeat and make the Iron-Armored Ghostly Demon Squad retreat single-handedly…….
“And that was the beginning of the ill-fated connection.”
“Ill-fated connection…… you say?”
“Since we clashed countless times after that day, if it is an ill-fated connection, it is an ill-fated connection.”
“But how did two such people…….”
“It was around the time the Righteous-Demonic War was in full swing.”
The Iron-Blooded Demonic God continued speaking, recalling that time.
* * *
It was around the time the war triggered by the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult’s invasion of the Central Plains was reaching its peak.
The Righteous Heavenly Alliance was not just taking it.
As always, they formed groups to oppose the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, and sometimes launched counterattacks.
And among the great war merits raised by such a Righteous Heavenly Alliance was driving the Iron-Armored Ghostly Demon Squad Captain Yi Cheong-ha into a corner and nearly killing her.
Yi Cheong-ha was cornered in a fight with the Righteous Heavenly Alliance experts, and after a desperate struggle, she came to fall from the edge of the Ten Thousand Jang Precipice.
‘Like this…… I die.’
Yi Cheong-ha thought so and closed her eyes.
‘It is regretful. Without even being able to start the revolution, like this…….’
Yi Cheong-ha regretted beyond measure that she could not achieve the great cause.
Now that the Righteous-Demonic War had broken out.
It would be called the optimal time to start a revolution.
However, to come to die by the hands of the Righteous Heavenly Alliance side’s experts like this, for Yi Cheong-ha, it was a matter bitter beyond compare.
‘Perhaps it turned out well. Since the karma I have accumulated all this time is also considerable.’
Yi Cheong-ha considered it receiving divine punishment, and calmly accepted death.
The end of the fall was a river where a fierce rapid flowed.
Cheom-beong!
Chwa-aaaaaa!
The moment she nosedived into the water surface, Yi Cheong-ha lost consciousness from the shock.
Since she fell from a cliff hundreds of jang high, crashing into the water surface was no different from crashing into bare ground.
It went without saying that her whole body was shattered into pieces.
“……Here is.”
When she opened her eyes again, Yi Cheong-ha realized she was alive not dead and was startled and surprised.
To the point where, even though tremendous pain was rushing in from her whole body from head to toe, she marveled at being alive.
“You have woken up.”
“You, you are! Keu-euk!”
Yi Cheong-ha tried to raise her body hurriedly upon seeing a familiar face, but ended up letting out a groan full of pain.
How many bones were broken, and how much the muscles of her whole body were torn, simply that small movement of trying to raise her body brought pain worse than the Tendon-Severing and Bone-Dislocating Technique rushing in.
“It is not a body condition to get up. I am not trying to kill you, so be at ease.”
He spoke like that and suppressed her by pressing down gently with a careful hand gesture so Yi Cheong-ha could not get up.
Azure Heaven Divine Warrior Jang Guk-pyeong.
He was the man who had clashed with Yi Cheong-ha numerous times and formed a nemesis relationship.