novelraw Chapter 101 : Feeling the Waves (8)
Chapter 101 : Feeling the Waves (8)
The sickle comes flying.
Clang!
She deflected the sickle.
The sword body trembled continuously.
Her wrist, holding the sword, throbbed.
The sickle circled in the air and returned to its master.
Although it looked like just a sickle, it felt like she had deflected a huge lump of iron.
Eun Ga-yeong stared intently at the sickle. As expected, it looked no different from an ordinary sickle. To be more precise, the front part was slightly longer than an ordinary sickle. Other than that, it was the same.
Moving her eyes, she looked at the opponent, and the opponent was also staring at her sword.
"You seem to be using a pretty good sword. I threw it with the intention of breaking it. I rarely fail, but this is the second time today."
As the opponent said, if it were an ordinary sword, it would have broken with that blow.
Unfortunately, the sword Eun Ga-yeong was holding was by no means an ordinary sword.
"Yes. It's a good sword."
The sword she was holding now was the sword that the Heavenly Emperor had used in the past.
-It's a treasured sword. From now on, it's yours.
Eun Ga-yeong didn't really care whether this sword was an ordinary sword or a treasured sword. It was just that she had been using it continuously because she hadn't felt any particular discomfort in cutting with it.
But Eun Ga-yeong was now making a complex and subtle expression.
Because she hadn't swung to deflect that sickle.
She had definitely swung to cut.
And this sword, the only material thing left by the Heavenly Emperor, had never betrayed her.
There was not a single mark on the sickle she had examined.
The opponent started spinning the sickle again.
Looking closely, a thin thread was tied to the end of the sickle.
"Then, can you withstand this too?"
Whoosh!
As the opponent swung his arm wide, the thread unraveled and the sickle flew in a straight line.
Eun Ga-yeong twisted her foot. The sickle grazed past her front. A straight white line. Eun Ga-yeong raised her sword and struck down not at the sickle, but at the thin thread.
Swoosh!
This time, without any thought that she would definitely fail like before.
Ting!
But the sword that struck down could not cut the thread that was thinner than a single strand of hair. And Eun Ga-yeong quickly raised her sword back.
Because the sickle that had passed her had circled in the air and was flying back.
Clang!
Sparks flew.
The weight of the sickle was added to the tension, and a shock greater than before was transmitted to her wrist.
Eun Ga-yeong tilted her wrist slightly. Nevertheless, she could not deflect all the shock. In the end, she lifted her body into the air, and only after rotating twice could she completely offset the force.
Eun Ga-yeong, who had landed on the floor, tilted her head.
"Did you think you could cut it because it was a thread?"
Eun Ga-yeong looked at her sword, or more precisely, the blade.
The blade was fine. Could it be that she hadn't done the act of sharpening the sword that she did every morning as soon as she woke up? She thought, but as expected, she had. Slice! She cut her fingertip with the blade.
The skin was sharply cut and blood flowed.
There was nothing wrong with the sword.
"Why won't it cut?"
The question was still unresolved. Should I throw this sword away and change to another one? While she was having doubts, a shout was heard from behind.
"Noona!"
It was Namgung Mu-gwang, who had been watching the fight all along.
At first, he was not sure.
Because it was the first time he had actually seen it.
But after seeing it not being cut several times, he came to a conviction.
"That thread is not an ordinary thread, it's made by twisting several strands of Heavenly Silkworm Thread! Also, if my guess is correct, that sickle is the Shattering Sickle! There's only one person in the martial world who uses that! The heretic of the Green Forest! Seo Yu-seong!"
At that moment, the Sea-Faced Demon's gaze fell on Namgung Mu-gwang.
"Hic!"
Namgung Mu-gwang was startled and hid behind the kid. The kid looked at Namgung Mu-gwang as if he were a bug, but Namgung Mu-gwang just hid his body behind the kid who was much smaller than him.
"Sigh."
The kid shook his head from side to side.
Seeing that, the Sea-Faced Demon grinned.
"This is surprising. To think there's still someone who remembers something from over 50 years ago. And I never imagined that that person would be a young kid who hasn't even reached his coming-of-age."
Namgung Mu-gwang had often heard about the various affairs of the martial world from the courtesans while frequenting the brothels in the past. At that time, he had never dreamed that it would be helpful, but surprisingly, it was. Anyway, whether it was intended or not, it had to be said that Namgung Mu-gwang now possessed quite a vast knowledge of the affairs of the martial world.
And this was by no means different for Eun Ga-yeong. No! She had a broader and deeper knowledge than Namgung Mu-gwang.
If what Namgung Mu-gwang knew was just scratching the surface, Eun Ga-yeong knew even the inside story of the matter.
It was natural because she was the former head of the Suicide Squad, a secret organization of the Orthodox Faction.
The past of the Sea-Faced Demon, Seo Yu-seong, came out of Eun Ga-yeong's mouth.
"Name, Seo Yu-seong. From a serf family in the Henan region. He murdered his master because he didn't want to be a serf. As a result, his family was annihilated, and he was the only one who barely survived. While being pursued, he entered the mountains and became a bandit. After that, he was involved in various crimes such as robbery, human trafficking, murder, and rape. Then, he caught the eye of the Green Forest King and seemed to be on his way to the position of Vice Leader, but he killed the leader of the Baesan Fortress, one of the eighteen fortresses of the Green Forest, who was the most likely candidate for Vice Leader along with him. As a result, he was kicked out of the Green Forest. His whereabouts after that are unknown."
Eun Ga-yeong loosened her wrist, looked at Seo Yu-seong, and opened her mouth.
"You're a complete piece of trash, aren't you? Did you go on such a rampage just to do the dog-like act of guarding a house in a place like this?"
"Don't talk about me so carelessly, girl."
Eun Ga-yeong was not the kind of submissive person who would shut up just because someone told her to.
"A piece of trash who ran away without even fighting because he was afraid of fighting fair and square. In the end, you've become a dog that barks for someone here too. Woof."
Swoosh.
Eun Ga-yeong looks to the side. There were two people fighting fiercely there.
"Why? You couldn't kill that guy? Because you thought you'd get bitten? You're a coward."
"What did you just say?"
"I said you're a coward."
"I was going to kill you gently, but I guess not."
"Are you, a dog, trying to bite a person again?"
"Hehehe. I will definitely tear you to shreds and kill you! I will make you beg me to kill you!"
"I've heard your self-introduction well."
Originally, Eun Ga-yeong didn't talk like this when fighting an opponent. In the first place, she was the type of person who didn't talk much with others. It was no exaggeration to say that what she had just said was her one year's worth. Her actions now were by no means like her. But this was Eun Ga-yeong's own choice. To be more precise, she was observing someone's actions and imitating them.
Just like a child imitates what its parents do.
And when she actually did it, it was surprisingly... fun.
Chuckles!
A laugh escaped her without her realizing it.
"I'm sorry. Come to think of it, the 'woof' earlier was funny."
Seeing that, Namgung Mu-gwang couldn't help but admire Eun Ga-yeong's provocation.
"Wow... to laugh at a time like this!"
The sister-in-law who stops the hitting mother-in-law is more hateful.
Namgung Mu-gwang's one word broke the patience of the Sea-Faced Demon, Seo Yu-seong, who had been holding it in until now.
"I'll kill you!"
At that moment, a character appeared in Seo Yu-seong's one eye.
The character for 'bite'.
Whoosh!
The sickle came flying.
Eun Ga-yeong immediately raised her sword. A sword aura, based on her previous experience, was undulating on the sword. And this time, she completely lowered her stance.
Eun Ga-yeong intended to receive the sickle.
Crash!
With a loud noise, the sword and the sickle collided.
The force on the sickle was so great that the ground Eun Ga-yeong was standing on sank with a thud! Nevertheless, the force of the sickle did not decrease. Her ankles were buried in the ground. Her shins were buried. Only after her knees were buried in the ground could she completely offset the force of the sickle.
Whoosh! The sound of the thread unraveling hits her ears. Another sickle circles in the air and comes flying.
"I'll split your head!"
A pattern appears in Eun Ga-yeong's pupils.
The pattern is distorted. It soon changes into a character.
The character for 'full'.
Her whole body is filled with internal energy.
Crackle. Unlike before, a faint lightning qi was flowing in her internal energy. However, the amount was by no means large. But the lightning qi was enough to create an attractive force.
Eun Ga-yeong swung her sword at the flying sickle... no! She gently brought it to it.
Crash!
With a loud noise, the sword bent as if it would break. Her body is pulled out of the ground.
The force of the sickle still did not decrease, and her body just followed as the sickle moved.
Finally, when the sickle, which had run out of force, fell to the ground, she was also able to step down on the ground.
Thud!
The sickle, which had run out of force, fell to the ground.
To follow the opponent's force by resisting it.
A technique used when facing an opponent who is stronger than oneself.
The place that used this best in the martial world was the Wudang Sect.
"Could that be?"
Namgung Mu-gwang couldn't help but let out an exclamation of admiration this time as well.
If his intuition was not wrong, what he had just seen was.
"The profound principle of adhesion, the Wisdom Sword..."
Eun Ga-yeong gently lets her sword hang down.
The sickle returns to its master again. Seo Yu-seong's expression did not change much even though his attack had been in vain.
However, he just swung his arm wider than before. He muttered in a voice that only he could hear.
"Twin Bites, maximum tension!"
Whoosh!
The Heavenly Silkworm Thread tied to Seo Yu-seong's wrist unravels.
The sickle circles in the air and moves forward. Its speed was incomparably faster than before. Also, the sickle's trajectory kept changing as it hit the surrounding stones and trees.
It bent vertically, curved, hit the ground and soared...
Eun Ga-yeong's pupils moved restlessly.
Soon, her pupils trembled and then stopped.
Namgung Mu-gwang, who was watching this from behind, froze at the sight that unfolded before him.
Countless hairlines filling the air.
Crack!
Every time the sickle passed by and broke something.
Slice!
Every time the things caught in the Heavenly Silkworm Thread were cut.
It was showing that these hairlines were by no means fake, but real.
And the Heavenly Silkworm Thread unraveled from Seo Yu-seong's wrist continued to unravel. At the same time, the hairlines filling the air became even denser.
Whoosh! Ting!
Finally, the end of the Heavenly Silkworm Thread was visible.
Seo Yu-seong glanced at Eun Ga-yeong, who was standing still, unable to do anything with her sword.
Grin.
With a smile on his lips, he said softly.
"Die, girl."
He grabbed the Heavenly Silkworm Thread with both hands and then pulled it tight! Then, the stretched Heavenly Silkworm Thread was pulled, and the hairlines that had been filling the air narrowed all at once.
"That's unavoidable..."
The hairlines that were closing in without even a space for a single fly to fly.
It was as if a spider's web had been cast in the sky, it was so dense.
Moreover, a sinister red energy was overlaid on those hairlines.
Glance.
The Blood-Faced Demon, who was fighting Yoo Jae-ha, saw the hairlines filling the air and sneered.
Clang!
He deflected the sword and said.
"It's over."
Yoo Jae-ha looked to the side while catching his breath.
He didn't know what it was, but the opponent was using a technique that made his whole body tingle.
A more tingling sight came into view.
Grin.
Yoo Jae-ha sneered just as the Blood-Faced Demon had.
"It's over."
Yoo Jae-ha returned the words that the Blood-Faced Demon had said.
As expected, she was a monster.
Eun Ga-yeong is a Heavenly Martial Body.
In other words, it referred to the best body for learning the martial arts given by heaven.
To put it more simply, she had no boundaries in martial arts.
Slowly, her sword moves.
It was so slow that it made the viewer yawn with boredom.
But the trajectory drawn by the sword was by no means boring.
It was truly beautiful.
The sword weaves the thread. The thread is wound on the sword. The sword weaves the thread. As the thread is wound on the sword, the speed of the sword slows down and becomes clumsy, but it never stops.
It was moving slowly but steadily.
And the sword was drawing a shape.
"Taegeuk."
The flow created by the thread is twisted.
A new flow is created in between.
The existing flow weakens, and the new flow soon dominates the battlefield.
Thud, thud.
Soon, the thread that had been filling the air was completely withdrawn.
Seeing that, the Blood-Faced Demon still sneered and said.
"It's over. That's a martial art that needs to be cut, not withdrawn."
Yoo Jae-ha's eyes widen.
Stab, stab!
"A snake only reveals its fangs when it's certain."
Two fangs dug into Eun Ga-yeong's collarbone.
The thread that had been filling the air was nothing more than a fake to hide the real thing.
Seo Yu-seong pulled the two sickles he was holding with his hands towards himself.
Crack!
The sickles roughly shattered Eun Ga-yeong's collarbone.
Shattering Sickle.
A weapon born not to cut, but to shatter.
"Didn't I tell you?"
Seo Yu-seong said, licking the blood on the sickle with his tongue.
"I wouldn't kill you gently."
(End of Chapter)