novelraw Chapter 65
Chapter 65
Chapter 65
“Since you seem curious, I will tell you one more special thing. I am a Head Instructor at a place called the Martial Arts Academy. The Martial Arts Academy is a place where people with talent in martial arts in the Divine Cult go. If you pass through that place, you can become a member of the Divine Cult's leadership. You too will be able to enter the Martial Arts Academy, and if you just pass through it, you will be able to rise to a high position in the Divine Cult.”
At those words, the boy looked at Cheon Ha-seong as if he couldn't believe it. It sounded like a lie. He just couldn't believe how such a thing could be possible.
It was the same for the other people as well. It wasn't because they thought Cheon Ha-seong was lying. It was because they were so surprised, wondering how such a thing could happen to them.
“Right now, you may be angry and resentful for the unfair things that have happened, but if you can remember this and always keep the suffering of the Divine Cult's followers in your heart, it will be beneficial for you. Becoming a member of the Divine Cult's leadership doesn't mean you've earned the right to live well by yourself. It means becoming a person who makes wise decisions for the sake of the followers, so you must understand those who are in pain. You'd be good at that, wouldn't you?”
“Yes, Head Instructor!”
The boy felt as if he were seeing hope. It felt like something he could do really well. It seemed that the experience he was going through now would be helpful if he were to become such a person later.
The other people also seemed to harbor hope as they glanced at Cheon Ha-seong.
In the meantime, Cheon Ha-seong diligently moved among the people.
“Thank you, Head Instructor. I owe you my life.”
A man who had been unable to even open his eyes or speak at first looked at him and said.
“You endured well. It must have been hard to bear, but thank you so much for holding on.”
How could that be something for Cheon Ha-seong to be thankful for? But the person who heard his thanks was thinking that he had really done something admirable. A smile formed on his face on its own. And from his smiling eyes, tears flowed.
No matter how much they had called out to the Demonic God, it had felt as if they had been thrown out into the world, lonely and wretched, but now they thought that the Demonic God had not turned away from them.
In the meantime, the people moved diligently and found what was still usable.
At first, they had seemed to have no will and had given up on everything, but now they moved diligently.
They must have thought that if they just worked hard now, they would be able to protect their livelihoods. Before, it was a task that had felt meaningless when they thought that the martial artists of the Azure Sea Sect would come again in a few days to destroy and burn everything down. But now, all of those tasks found meaning, one by one.
It was around that time that a suspicious sound was heard.
The others couldn't hear any sound, but Cheon Ha-seong noticed several people approaching.
They were men who had practiced martial arts. Although their level was not high, they were men who could act like masters in front of people who did not know martial arts.
Feeling them approaching swaggeringly, Cheon Ha-seong's face contorted with anger. They had put these people in this state, and now they had come back, wondering if there was anything else fun to see.
Cheon Ha-seong looked at the people, thinking that a bloody massacre was about to unfold in this place.
“It seems the bastards from the Azure Sea Sect are coming again. None of you will be harmed, so there is no need to worry. Everyone, please gather in one place. It will be easier for me to protect you that way.”
The people, who had been startled at first by Cheon Ha-seong's words, moved busily once his specific instructions were given.
He was a man called the Young Supreme One's personal bodyguard. He was the one who had found and given orders to a person they couldn't even see. He had also said he was a Head Instructor at the Martial Arts Academy, a place that sounded incredible just from hearing about it.
In a short time, they had learned a lot about Cheon Ha-seong and thought they could trust such a person.
There was conviction in the people's movements. Even if there had been anxious people at first, seeing those next to them no longer trembling with fear, they all gained confidence.
It was not long after they had gathered, centered around those who were injured and could not move.
Just as Cheon Ha-seong had said, the martial artists of the Azure Sea Sect appeared. The martial artists of the Azure Sea Sect wore the sect's disciple uniforms.
The disciple uniform, which had once been the subject of people's respect and envy, had now become clothes that terrified people.
Cheon Ha-seong watched the men in pale purple disciple uniforms approach and took a few steps forward.
The martial artists of the Azure Sea Sect thought it was strange, seeing a man they had not seen before in that place.
“What bastard are you?”
A group of five or six had swarmed in, and the youngest among them was in his mid-thirties. Seeing Cheon Ha-seong, who at a glance looked younger than them, they thought he was ridiculous.
“You're a bastard I haven't seen in this place. What brings you to Qinghai?”
Cheon Ha-seong knew they were acting arrogantly, trusting in the sect that wielded influence in Qinghai.
“The people here are people I know very well. And they are also people I must protect. Now, I will ask. Are you the bastards who put the people here in this state?”
At Cheon Ha-seong's words, the martial artists of the Azure Sea Sect were dumbfounded and at a loss for words.
Cheon Ha-seong was originally young, but he also had a side that made him look even younger than his age. As a result, when he spoke informally, people felt greatly insulted.
“Look at this crazy bastard. Are you admitting yourself that you are of the demonic path! It would be a blessing for you demonic path bastards to be burned to death at once. Do you think we don't know what you demonic path bastards have been doing!”
Cheon Ha-seong did not hide his ridiculous expression and glared at them.
“I asked if you were the bastards who put the people here in this state. Are you hard of hearing?”
At Cheon Ha-seong's words, those men could not contain their anger and immediately drew their weapons.
“I'll have to see what kind of filthy trash the Azure Sea Sect excretes.”
At those words, the martial artists of the Azure Sea Sect, as if they had lost their minds, went into a frenzy and launched themselves at Cheon Ha-seong.
They thought they could intimidate Cheon Ha-seong just by drawing their swords and charging at him. No matter how crazy a bastard he was, wouldn't he still value his own life?
However, Cheon Ha-seong showed no sign of surprise even as they came within close range. As he waited so nonchalantly, the sound of loud gasps was heard from behind.
Cheon Ha-seong himself was unconcerned, but it seemed the people cheering him on were so scared they couldn't come to their senses.
Thinking that the onlookers shouldn't be so scared, Cheon Ha-seong finally stepped forward and met the martial artists of the Azure Sea Sect.
The one who rushed in first was among the very unlucky.
He had hurried with the thought of cutting down Cheon Ha-seong before the others, but instead, he was the one who was taken down the fastest.
Cheon Ha-seong too simply grabbed the man's wrist, twisted his elbow, and broke it. He had no intention from the beginning of just scaring him and letting it end, so the bone immediately broke, tore through the flesh, and jutted out, splattering blood.
“Kkeuaaaak!”
A bloodcurdling scream split the air. At that sight, the martial artists of the Azure Sea Sect flinched for an instant, but it seemed they were composing themselves again.
They firmly believed that while one might get hit by being careless at first, they would not be. However, Cheon Ha-seong threw the man with the broken arm to the ground and stomped on his chest.
It was as if he was saying he couldn't deal with the others yet because what he intended to do was not finished. In the meantime, the martial artists of the Azure Sea Sect were not just watching. They continued to aim for Cheon Ha-seong and swing their swords. But they were just swinging at nothing, to the point where one wondered what on earth they were trying to cut. It was as if they were continuously cutting only the empty air, leaving out the spot where Cheon Ha-seong was.
Cheon Ha-seong, with internal energy imbued in his foot, stomped on the first victim's chest, and with that impact, the man's sternum was shattered.
If he went that far, there was no other result to be expected besides death.
As the horrific screams were cut off, the martial artists of the Azure Sea Sect realized their colleague was dead.
Even after killing one person so wretchedly and cruelly, Cheon Ha-seong's expression looked strangely peaceful.
“We will never let you live, you bastard!”
A martial artist of the Azure Sea Sect, holding a sword, shouted loudly and charged at Cheon Ha-seong. At that, a ferocious energy spread out from Cheon Ha-seong's body.
The man who had been charging fiercely at him realized that Cheon Ha-seong was a master who surpassed his imagination. But his body was already being thrown at him.
Cheon Ha-seong waited a little, then met the man with a fist full of internal energy.
With the fist that landed squarely on his face and chest, the man couldn't even scream properly and slid to the ground.
Blood spread from the spot where he fell. He had fallen headfirst and no longer moved.
Only then did the men who had properly grasped the situation turn back and try to flee with all their might. However, they soon learned how futile an attempt that was.
As Cheon Ha-seong closed the distance at a frightening speed and the cold blade of his sword touched his neck, the martial artist of the Azure Sea Sect almost collapsed in fear. But before that, his neck was cut, and he rolled on the ground.
“Please! Please spare me. I swear I'll never come near here again, so please spare us!”
A sharp sword pierced the belly of the man who was pleading.
The sword that had entered him jutted out from his back.
In the meantime, one man had fled quite a distance, but Cheon Ha-seong picked up a sword that had fallen to the ground and threw it at the man's back.
The man, with the sword embedded in his back, flew for some distance from the force, then collapsed as if he had been slammed into the ground and died.
In the end, not a single one of the people who had come there was able to return alive.
Cheon Ha-seong belatedly thought that the sight might have looked too cruel to the others and turned to look back.
However, the followers of the Divine Cult who were behind him had faces of relief.
After suffering such harsh treatment for no fault of their own and being unable to even complain, they had now seen someone fight for them for the very first time.
For the first time, they felt that they were being protected. And they keenly realized that Cheon Ha-seong was by no means a person to be taken lightly.
Hadn't he faced numerous martial artists of the Azure Sea Sect without being the least bit anxious and completely crushed them one by one?
“Head Instructor, if I enter the Martial Arts Academy, can I do that too?”
The boy, who had heard the story of the Martial Arts Academy from Cheon Ha-seong, asked with a voice full of expectation.