Invincible with Twin Swords

Chapter 25 : I Know Everything!

"Be careful! There's someone in front!"

Wang Parip's expression also stiffened.

He had felt it too, this damp energy.

Only Deoksam was grumbling, saying they were surely mountain bandits.

"These guys, do they know who's in this carriage? Wait a moment. I'll show you how Han Deoksam, the stronghold leader of the Dubang Mountain's Nine Dragons Stronghold, deals with mountain bandits!"

I grabbed Deoksam, who was about to get off with his axe.

"They're not mountain bandits!"

There are masters among mountain bandits too. The Greenwood Tyrant King from before was a great master.

But the masters of the greenwood don't know how to hide the momentum that spews from their entire bodies. No, they don't hide it. To them, that momentum is an expression of strength.

The guys blocking the road in front of us now were concealing their momentum. They are considerable masters. Moreover, there is only one place in this Central Plains where guys who show such a dark energy are.

"Five?"

Parip hyungnim asked.

"Six! Three of them are dangerous!"

We left Na Yeryeong in the carriage and got off.

"Parip hyungnim, you look around and guard the carriage!"

Wang Parip silently got on top of the carriage.

In front of us, six men in black were blocking the road.

I could feel the energy more clearly.

The three in the back are Demonic Cult members!

The three in the front stepped forward first.

They were not from the Demonic Cult either, but they were showing the dark energy unique to the unorthodox faction, and all three were holding different weapons.

"What are you doing at this late hour of the night when you should be sleeping at home? Did you get your wife's permission to come out?"

While I was talking, I didn't take my eyes off the three people who were standing with their arms crossed, hiding in the darkness behind.

One of the guys in the front, holding a saber, stepped forward and said.

"You don't need to know my family's business, we just need to take the woman in the carriage. I hope there won't be any unnecessary conflict."

They're after Na Yeryeong. But why would the Demonic Cult want her?

"What should I do? I'm the type who enjoys unnecessary conflict!"

"You're bringing death upon yourself! Will you still be able to wag that tongue after hearing the name of the Three Mad Blood Ghosts?"

The Three Mad Blood Ghosts!

For a moment, I couldn't say anything.

Deoksam, next to me, also had his mouth shut and his face was stiff.

"Have you heard of them?"

"It's the first time I've heard of them."

To say a nickname I've never heard of so proudly.

I couldn't say anything because of his shamelessness.

"Have you heard of them, Parip hyungnim?"

"It's the first time I've heard of them too, but usually, crazy bastards who go around in groups of three and do bad things use nicknames like that."

In the distance, I could see the faces of the three Mad Blood Ghosts turning red with anger.

"We've all never heard of them. You'll have to try harder in the future!"

- Clang!

"Commission or whatever, I'll tear your mouths apart today."

The Three Mad Blood Ghosts took out their swords, sabers, and a large staff and rushed at us. Although it was the first time I had heard their nickname, those guys are quite masters.

Because we can't know all the nicknames in the Central Plains.

"Let's each take one."

Before my words were finished, Deoksam was already running out with his axe.

The reason the Demonic Cult didn't step up themselves and sent these guys first was probably to test our skills. If the situation is not favorable, they will disappear. I have to keep these guys alive and dig out their connection to the Demonic Cult.

"Don't kill them! We need to find out where they were sent from..."

- KABOOM!

Deoksam had already smashed the head along with the large staff that was blocking his axe.

"Ah! I told you not to kill them!"

"I didn't know this guy couldn't even block a single axe swing!"

I hastily turned to Parip hyungnim's side.

The guy who had rushed at Parip hyungnim with his sword drawn was already collapsing, clutching his neck from which blood was gushing.

Parip hyungnim, next to him, was standing in the same position as before, as if nothing had happened.

"You should have said so sooner. When I see an opening, my sword goes out habitually."

How much sooner should I have said it?

I drew my Ink Blood Saber and slowly approached the last remaining one.

He was hesitating, seeing that everyone had fallen in a single blow.

I have to keep this guy alive and find out what's behind him.

I should subdue him with a light swing.

The last remaining Mad Blood Ghost reflexively blocked the lightly swung Ink Blood Saber.

- Clang!

The saber was cleanly cut in half, and the guy's neck was also cleanly dislocated.

Huh? Huh? This shouldn't be happening.

"Didn't you say not to kill them? Didn't you say we had to find out where they were sent from?"

Deoksam said with a sneer.

I didn't kill him!

The demon that is coiled in my right arm and craves blood like crazy killed him.

I guess I need to practice controlling my strength now.

I immediately kicked off the ground and rushed at the three guys in the back.

I have to catch one. But can I capture him without killing him?

I looked back and saw Parip hyungnim and Deoksam quickly following me.

In the distance, I could see Na Yeryeong, who had come out of the carriage, watching with a worried look.

They were not shaken at all by the sight of the Three Mad Blood Ghosts falling helplessly. They didn't even draw their swords.

"They're not easy opponents! Clash with all your strength!"

I shouted as I ran.

Deoksam and Parip hyungnim have not yet faced a Demonic Cult member. I have to seize the initiative.

I raised my internal energy as much as I could and infused it into the Ink Blood Saber.

The dark red blade was trembling, craving blood.

I kicked off the ground, jumped up, and struck down the Ink Blood Saber at the guy in the front.

He didn't even take out his sword until the last moment, and then he blocked my Ink Blood Saber in an instant.

- KABOOM!

The familiar feeling of sticking!

It's definitely the Demonic Cult.

The guy who blocked the Ink Blood Saber's face stiffened, as if surprised by the unexpected force.

His knees buckled and he was pushed back a whole zhang.

A thin line of blood was flowing from the corner of his mouth.

But even with the power of the Ink Blood Saber, I couldn't cut him.

I was about to charge without stopping, but the two guys next to him drew their swords and blocked me.

Just in time, Parip hyungnim and Deoksam joined in.

- Clang! Clang! Clang!

Wang Parip's sword and the black-clothed man's sword clashed three times in that short moment, and then Parip hyungnim retreated to catch his breath.

Parip hyungnim is not flustered in any situation.

His long experience as an assassin made him calm.

But now his face was the very picture of bewilderment.

It was like that back then too.

The martial artists of the Central Plains who first crossed swords with the Demonic Cult were all flustered by the heterogeneous feeling. Because the stickiness that seemed to cling to my sword interfered with the normal sword path.

- Thump!

On the left, Deoksam's axe struck down with a huge roar.

Deoksam was also flustered.

He had simply blocked Deoksam's axe, which he had struck down with all his strength.

It's not easy to block an axe with a sword.

He wasn't pushed back by strength, but he couldn't push back with strength either.

It must have been an unfamiliar experience for Deoksam.

I caught my breath and charged again.

A faint energy was gathered on Deoksam's axe and Wang Parip's short sword.

- KABOOM!

An enormous exchange of six people continued.

The guy who was facing my Ink Blood Saber was continuously being pushed back, but he didn't completely give up the momentum.

Fortunately, Wang Parip and Deoksam were also pushing back the two black-clothed men.

Since there were two of them, they were receiving the sinister energy of the Demonic Cult that they were encountering for the first time.

- Clang!

As the battle continued, I felt something strange.

I had no intention of killing this guy. Because I had to capture him and make him talk.

But this guy had no intention of killing me either.

He was just receiving my attacks.

Of course, my Ink Blood Saber was not giving him a chance to counterattack, but not having a chance to counterattack and not having the intention to counterattack are different.

This guy was the latter.

I withdrew my Ink Blood Saber and stepped back.

Parip hyungnim, as if he had also felt something strange, had already stepped back.

Only Deoksam was swinging his axe excitedly, not knowing anything.

"Deoksam! Step back for now!"

"Why? I was pushing him hard."

The three of us who had stepped back caught our breath for now.

These guys also did not charge at us and stood still.

I still couldn't feel any hostility from them to fight and win.

The Three Mad Blood Ghosts who had stepped forward earlier must have been to test us. To see what level of skill we had.

And that purpose has already been achieved.

Earlier, the Three Mad Blood Ghosts had told us to hand over Na Yeryeong.

To take Na Yeryeong, they have to beat us. But they don't attack. But they don't leave either.

These guys have another purpose for me.

After a long silence, I spoke first.

"I know you guys are from the Demonic Cult."

The pupils of the expressionless guys wavered for a moment.

They are guys who have been hiding without revealing themselves for over a hundred years.

They probably didn't expect that there would be someone who knew their identity.

"I want to ask why the Demonic Cult is trying to take that woman, but since you guys won't answer obediently, I'll have to force your mouths open."

One of the guys opened his mouth.

A low voice that sounded like scraping iron was heard softly.

"Our lord knows everything you are trying to do!"

Lord?

The revelation has not yet been sent down. This is certain.

There is still no Heavenly Demon to lead the Demonic Cult members in the Demonic Cult.

But lord!

Moreover, a Demonic Cult member would never call the Heavenly Demon 'lord'.

No, they can't call him 'lord'.

A lord is one who rules.

A Demonic Cult member is not ruled by the Heavenly Demon. They just follow.

There was not a single Demonic Cult member who called the Heavenly Demon 'lord'.

"Our lord told me to tell you. You guys don't know anything. Don't interfere and just watch."

Watch?

Watch because I don't know anything?

There is no one in the world who knows everything as much as I do.

I am the person who has clearly watched the Heavenly Demon stain this world with blood with my own two eyes.

The only person who knows the future.

If I have misjudged, it would be the lord they are talking about.

Or there is something I don't know.

I postponed my answer and began to think.

First of all, these guys are definitely Demonic Cult members.

Moreover, looking at their skills, they have properly inherited the martial arts of the Demonic Cult.

They are not ordinary Demonic Cult members.

But they are leaving alone a person who is trying to stop their great work?

My thoughts are not organized.

I need to provoke these guys a little more.

"I also know everything."

There was no reaction.

"That you guys are waiting for the revelation."

The two eyes in the black mask were staring straight at me.

Even though I brought up the word 'revelation', there is no change in their expression.

The belief of the Demonic Cult members that the Heavenly Demon will save them is firm.

There can be no difference in this belief.

A person who denies the existence of the Heavenly Demon is no longer a Demonic Cult member.

The beginning of that is the revelation.

If there is a being that tries to stop it, it must be cleanly erased. But these guys are not hostile to us.

"As our lord said, you guys don't know anything. The revelation is not important!"

The revelation is not important?

The revelation is not important when they are waiting for the Heavenly Demon?

I can face the three people in front of me now. But if there were ten Demonic Cult members of the same skill in this place today, we would have had no chance of winning.

If they had tried to stop me, more would have come to this place.

In my jumbled mind, a single thread of a clue was caught.

The fact that they have no intention of stopping me means that my purpose does not go against their purpose!

Then what is the purpose they are guessing is my purpose?

My purpose is simple.

To find out the revelation!

And to find and kill the Heavenly Demon that the revelation points to!

Which of these made them lose their hostility towards us?

Why do they need Na Yeryeong?

She is a sorceress.

Her ability is to foresee.

The Demonic Cult does not need foresight.

If they wait and wait, the revelation will surely be sent down, so there is no need to try to know in advance what kind of revelation will be sent down and when.

But what if these guys want to know in advance now?

What if there is a reason why they can't wait for the revelation?

Ah!

At that moment, I felt a shock like lightning in my head.

(End of Chapter)