novelraw Chapter 175 : Towards the Honey Pot (11)
Chapter 175 : Towards the Honey Pot (11)
I was planning to capture the Black Heaven Lord, who was at the center of the rebellion, and make a deal with the Imperial Palace.
Of course, I thought it would end easily.
Because I had sent two Heavenly Demons, who were a formidable force.
I believed that whatever happened, it would be resolved.
But I realized that that was my illusion.
I had been feeling anxious ever since I left the Imperial Palace, so I left the Sword Empress and ran quickly alone.
And the sight that unfolded before me was, surprisingly, the two Heavenly Demons on the verge of death.
The moment I saw this person, I knew that he was the one that the Dragon God Lord, my grandfather, was trying to stop.
The feeling I got from lightly facing him once was strong.
If I hadn't entered the Harmony Realm, I would have surely been defeated.
"Who are you?"
"It's Yoo Jae-ha."
"I've never heard that name before."
"Then who are you?"
"I am the first Heavenly Demon."
"Isn't that a lie?"
"It's true."
"Well, I'll believe you."
Although I didn't truly believe it, I also thought that if that were true, it might be possible.
The first Heavenly Demon is a person from a much earlier time than now.
If that were true.
I knew a way to make the impossible possible.
I spread a qi barrier. Because the story I was about to tell should not be heard.
"You've also regressed, haven't you?"
"I've regressed?"
"You haven't? You should have."
"You've regressed. Is that what you mean?"
"Yeah. There's no need to hide it now."
"I see. So that's what happened."
The person who had understood something on his own, who had called himself the first Heavenly Demon, laughed lowly.
"Hehehe. This is fun."
The first Heavenly Demon looked at the sky and suddenly started a conversation.
"Causality. Is this the answer you have given me?"
"E-Excuse me?"
"Yes."
"Are you okay?"
Although we might have to fight each other from now on, it was a bit much to really fight against a person who was mentally unstable.
"I am the most sane I have ever been in my life."
"Yes. That's a relief."
Something was definitely strange.
"Then, shall we begin?"
As soon as the words ended, the first Heavenly Demon disappeared.
"Huh?"
I looked around. The presence of the first Heavenly Demon was not felt anywhere.
Rustle.
At that moment, a cold qi was felt from below.
Frost was settling on my feet. Soon, my feet were completely frozen. And when I raised my head, snow was falling around me.
"I wanted to become strong."
The presence of the first Heavenly Demon began to be felt again.
I raised my head.
The first Heavenly Demon was floating in the air.
A cold qi was swirling around him.
Although it was clearly daytime now, I felt that his appearance was somewhat like the moon floating in the night sky.
"And I became the strongest."
He lightly scatters his hand.
A cold qi that could freeze this entire world rushes at me.
I pulled up the yang qi that was sleeping deep in the earth.
Sizzle.
The ice melts.
I shoot the yang qi at the approaching cold qi.
The yang and yin qi of the extreme opposites meet, and a thick fog settles in the surrounding area.
The first Heavenly Demon drew his sword.
He swung his sword with the wind qi.
Slice!
The fog that had dominated the area was split in half. Along with that, everything that existed on the line was cut.
However, Yoo Jae-ha was not in it.
Flash.
A thunderbolt struck from a clear sky.
The first Heavenly Demon looks to the side. Yoo Jae-ha, with a movement like lightning, had reached his side before he knew it.
Swish.
As soon as he confirmed this, the first Heavenly Demon kicked off to the side.
Boom!
With a natural movement as if a dragon were flying in the sky, the first Heavenly Demon moved to the side in the air. Yoo Jae-ha also kicked off his feet.
Sizzle.
Lightning is scattered on the path that Yoo Jae-ha has passed.
"Is it lightning qi after yang qi? Then, how about this!"
The first Heavenly Demon scatters his sword at Yoo Jae-ha, who is approaching him.
The sword was shot like a rain of swords.
Yoo Jae-ha was gathering his two hands. In them, a black sphere, similar to the black hole that the first Heavenly Demon had shown at the very beginning, was being created.
The first Heavenly Demon's thrusts, which were like a rain of swords, gradually slowed down as they got closer to the black hole, and soon, they turned into the speed of a snail crawling.
The first Heavenly Demon forcibly withdrew the sword he was about to thrust and put it in its scabbard. Yoo Jae-ha felt an unknown sense of incongruity from that movement.
The first Heavenly Demon takes a stance.
Drawing the sword.
A simple technique of drawing the sword from its scabbard and swinging it.
But because the one who was performing it was the first Heavenly Demon, it was no longer just drawing the sword.
Yoo Jae-ha had no idea what kind of power the sword would have when it came out. In this situation, Yoo Jae-ha chose the most perfect countermeasure.
Screech.
Yoo Jae-ha also put his sword in its scabbard.
Although the two of them had not intended it, they were now in the same stance.
The two Heavenly Demons and their party, who were watching this from below, felt their mouths go dry.
Because there was a high possibility that the future of the martial world, and perhaps the world, was at stake in the result of that fight.
Click.
The one whose sword was drawn first was the first Heavenly Demon.
The first Heavenly Demon's sword is swung quickly.
Yoo Jae-ha's sword is drawn a beat later.
What happened after that was an extreme pleasure that would make any swordsman's eyes widen.
Clang!
Each other's swords collided in the middle.
Crack!
The two swords broke.
The first move was a draw.
The subsequent movement was faster for Yoo Jae-ha. The first Heavenly Demon raises his head. Yoo Jae-ha had already moved up and was bringing his foot down.
The first Heavenly Demon raises his arm. On top of that, Yoo Jae-ha's foot falls. The first Heavenly Demon's body falls quickly to the ground. The party who was watching from below quickly shouted.
"Scatter! If you get hit by that, you'll be at least half-dead!"
The party quickly scattered to survive.
Boom!
Right after, the first Heavenly Demon was buried in the ground. A crater that looked as if a small hill had been situated there was created on the ground. In the center of it, surprisingly, the first Heavenly Demon was standing.
But his appearance, unlike before when he was fine, had blood flowing from his mouth.
Yoo Jae-ha was in a vertical freefall towards the first Heavenly Demon. The first Heavenly Demon extended his arm as it was and grabbed Yoo Jae-ha.
"Huh?"
Yoo Jae-ha, who had not expected to be caught so easily, let out a question.
The first Heavenly Demon began to spin as he was. Then, a wind began to blow in the calm space, and soon, it turned into a huge whirlwind.
Thud!
When the first Heavenly Demon let go of his hand, Yoo Jae-ha flew far away. It was at that moment. The space between the first Heavenly Demon and Yoo Jae-ha was reduced to one dimension.
"Fault Boundary?"
Yoo Jin-sung recognized this.
Yoo Jae-ha, who had stopped as if he were tearing apart the empty space, was extending his two hands gracefully. In front of him, six yang spheres had been created.
"Go."
With a low voice, the six yang spheres were shot out.
The first Heavenly Demon was also extending his hand, just as Yoo Jae-ha had done. In front of him, six spheres made of ice had been created. They soon collided.
Boom!
With a huge sound, a huge amount of smoke was emitted between the two.
The people who were around were able to barely stabilize their bodies by holding onto the surrounding trees from the wind that was strong enough to blow their bodies away.
After a while, the wind stopped, and the party quickly assessed the situation.
Yoo Jae-ha and the first Heavenly Demon were looking at each other silently.
The two of them were having some kind of conversation, but like before, nothing was heard.
The situation inside was like this.
"As expected, my guess seems to be right."
Yoo Jae-ha was sweating profusely. Honestly, although he had used all his strength just now, unlike himself who was quite tired, the first Heavenly Demon looked quite relaxed.
"What is it?"
"Originally, one destiny is contained in one world. The greater that destiny, the rarer and more special it is."
What kind of nonsense is he talking about all of a sudden?
"What do you think regression is?"
"To go back to the past."
"As expected, you know nothing."
"What are you talking about since a while ago?"
Yoo Jae-ha decided to recover his stamina by leading the conversation as much as possible.
"Listen carefully. Regression is not just to turn back time, but to create a new single world. As you turned back time, a new timeline that I did not know of was created."
"So?"
"Simply put, as you came to a new timeline by regressing, the destiny that you were originally supposed to have has changed. And the destiny that you have taken is likely to be one that has not been decided by a master in that timeline. Moreover, the destiny is rare and special enough to have to regress. If that's the case, then your destiny now is only one. That is, me in this timeline."
At first, Yoo Jae-ha thought it was nonsense, but as he listened silently, he was somewhat persuaded.
Because his destiny had actually changed by regressing.
There were truly many things.
"I want to ask you that."
The first Heavenly Demon had been hoping for the appearance of a being like himself.
And he sincerely wanted to ask.
A way to solve the loneliness of strength.
The opponent in front of him was himself from a new world.
Not just anyone, but me!
He had finally met a being equal to himself.
Now! Tell me!
"What are you planning to do when you have no rivals in this world?"
The answer he had been waiting for finally came.
"I don't know why you're curious about that, but it's very simple."
"Simple?"
"Yeah. I'm just going to live a life of honey."
"A life... of honey...?"
"Yeah! How great is that? I don't have to train hard to become stronger anymore, and a comfortable life of just rolling around and sleeping all day! Just thinking about it is a life of honey."
"Can you be satisfied with just that?"
"Just that? Don't underestimate the honey pot!"
The first Heavenly Demon redefined it.
That he had been mistaken for a moment.
That guy did not inherit his destiny.
If he had inherited his destiny, he would never have been that kind of guy.
"Can't I satisfy my satisfaction in this life either?"
The first Heavenly Demon decided to give up on this life as well.
"I'll have to kill everyone and go to the next life."
The first Heavenly Demon raised the broken sword, just as he had done until now. He was planning to cut the world itself.
And he was planning to lead it to destruction.
Yoo Jae-ha instinctively felt that he had to block that blow.
Yoo Jae-ha raised his sword.
The Harmony Realm.
The realm that Yoo Jae-ha had first reached and had defined himself.
The first Heavenly Demon, reflected in Yoo Jae-ha's eyes, was the same as him, but a different being.
The realm he had reached was similar to harmony, but different.
If the harmony that Yoo Jae-ha had achieved was a power to create something new.
The harmony that the first Heavenly Demon had achieved was a power to destroy everything in this world.
Yoo Jae-ha could vaguely tell what that sword would cut.
The basis that makes up this world.
Causality.
Simply put, the law.
If causality collapsed, the laws that make up the world would collapse.
First, the gravity that was thought to be a matter of course would disappear.
After that, the world would naturally head towards destruction.
Yoo Jae-ha did not know how to cut causality.
However, what he could know was that if he could not block that now, this world would surely be destroyed.
Slice.
The first Heavenly Demon swung his sword.
Yoo Jae-ha could not block that sword.
He was flustered.
Because he had never imagined that he would block his blow in this way.
"You."
Yoo Jae-ha looked at his pierced stomach.
"Hehehe. Farewell."
Yoo Jae-ha swung his sword.
Slice.
The first Heavenly Demon's neck was cut off.
Yoo Jae-ha could not find an answer to block the first Heavenly Demon's blow in the end.
Because he had not yet obtained the enlightenment to touch causality.
Perhaps if some time had passed, he might have been able to reach the same realm as the first Heavenly Demon.
But it was impossible right now.
The method that such a Yoo Jae-ha had found on his own was to substitute something similar to causality.
That was himself.
Yoo Jae-ha, in place of causality, was cut.
He could tell that it would be possible because he had reached the Harmony Realm.
And now, Yoo Jae-ha was lying on the floor.
"Damn it, this again."
The first Heavenly Demon met his death after 28 lifetimes.
That day, the world was saved by one person.
After that, the Imperial Palace lifted all the wanted orders for Yoo Jae-ha's crimes.
On the contrary, the Imperial Palace revered Yoo Jae-ha as a hero who had saved the Imperial Palace and declared Yoo Jae-ha as the bridge between the Imperial Palace and the martial world.
The Heavenly Demon Divine Cult, which had unified the martial world, for some reason, did nothing and returned to Xinjiang.
The Heavenly Demon Divine Cult still had the right to rule the northern region.
And the Murong Family was newly revived.
The new head of the Murong Family was surprisingly a woman, and her influence grew day by day.
10 years have passed since then.
* * *
The Murong Family.
A child who looked to be about 10 years old is standing in the training ground with a dissatisfied expression.
Yesterday was the child's 10th birthday.
The child, as the successor of the best family under the heavens, had received gifts and congratulations that were not enviable. But the child still had a dissatisfied expression.
The child threw away the sword he was training with and headed to the family head's hall.
Creak, bang!
The child, who had opened the door roughly, looked at a woman sitting in the family head's hall and said.
"Mom! Please tell me now!"
The current head of the best family under the heavens, Murong Seryeong, raised her gaze from the documents and looked at her son intently.
Although the son had entered with a good momentum, he lowered his eyes as if he knew he had done something wrong when his eyes met hers.
Normally, she would have scolded him greatly, but Murong Seryeong did not, because she knew why her son had come to see her.
"You said dad would come on this birthday!"
"He came."
"When?"
"When you were sleeping."
"Lies!"
"It's not a lie."
"If it's not a lie, then tell me where dad is!"
"What will you do if I tell you?"
"I'll go find him! And I'll ask him! Why he abandoned our family!"
"Haa. Yoo-ya. Didn't this mother tell you? That your father is in the middle of an important matter and cannot return to us for a while. He will return after the matter is over."
"So what is that important matter! Is it more important than family?"
"Such things exist in the world. And I will tell you one thing for sure. Your father loves you more than anyone else in this world. Of course, me too."
"Lies!"
Murong Yoo decided.
That he would go find his father who had left him and his mother behind.
'Hmph! I'm going to run away from home!’
(End of Chapter)