The Regressed Young Master’s Guide to Living on Easy Mode

Chapter 54 : The Trap (4)

As I followed the Sword Demoness, a memory came to mind.

At that time too, a silence had fallen over the Heavenly Demon Cult.

The Sword Demoness, who had finished her memorial service after looking up at the sky for a long time, had moved on. I had also left to carry out my original purpose, as my sightseeing was over.

The Sword Demoness had looked back.

At her gaze, which seemed to ask why I was following her, I had shrugged my shoulders.

The place we arrived at was an inn located on the outskirts of the Heavenly Demon Cult.

I didn't particularly like this inn. There was no special reason, but it was moderately old, moderately located on the outskirts, and so there were almost no people, which was my preference.

In a word, it was a good place to have a quiet drink.

I had sat by the window. The Sword Demoness had sat on the opposite side. We acted as if we were strangers. In fact, we weren't particularly close.

I ordered drinks and snacks as usual.

Had I drunk about three bottles? I don't know why, but the Sword Demoness and I were sitting together. I didn't remember well who had suggested sitting together first.

We talked to each other. Since we weren't close in the first place, it wasn't a very important conversation.

Just...

Why don't you have any friends?

Did my not having friends cause any harm to the Young Lord?

Look at the way you talk. That's why you don't have any friends. Tsk tsk.

If you want to die, I can kill you right now.

As expected, you deserve to have no friends. Now! Let's drink!

By the way, why did you learn martial arts?

I learned it to live. Why did the Young Lord learn martial arts?

I learned it to live a very splendid life. By the way, why are you speaking informally?

Because you also spoke informally.

But I'm the Young Lord.

But I'm at the Demonic Zenith.

Alright! Let's drink!

It was a truly useless conversation.

I think I also heard some of the Sword Demoness's true feelings in between.

-Young Lord, if you could go back to the past, when would you go back to?

-The past... I'd go back to the market when I was 4.

-Why that day?

-At that time, my mom let go of my hand and said she would come back if I waited a little. And she never came back. What if I hadn't let go of that hand then? And you?

-10 years ago today.

-Why?

-On this day. Because the reason I had to live disappeared.

-Alright! Let's drink up and forget about it!

My memory after that was hazy.

I seemed to feel a soft skin. A hot breath seemed to brush past my ear. Soft lips seemed to meet. I seemed to hear a strange moan. I seemed to have had a fierce physical struggle.

When I opened my eyes, it was the next morning, and I was lying alone naked on the bed.

I had had a dream, but I couldn't remember it. However, the feeling was as vivid as if it were real.

There was a bloodstain on the bed, but it wasn't mine.

They should clean the bed. That's why there are no customers.

I wonder if the Sword Demoness returned safely that day.

The reason I'm thinking about this now is probably because the Heavenly Demon Cult was quiet like that day, and because I'm following the Sword Demoness's back like that day.

As we left the Heavenly Demon Cult, a mountain appeared in front of us.

The Sword Demoness ran straight into the mountain. I also followed behind.

I could roughly guess who the person waiting in front of us was.

Perhaps it was the one who had ordered the Sword Demoness to do this.

The running speed slowed down, and the Sword Demoness stopped. I also stood in my place.

I knew this place.

Of course, I couldn't not know. Because this was the safe house below the cliff where I had been backstabbed by Yang So-pyeong and had fallen.

The Sword Demoness pulled the ring of the door leading into the safe house.

Creak.

With an unpleasant sound, the door opened. Inside, a thick fog, which had not been there before, was spread out.

The Sword Demoness looked at the inside of the door for a moment and then entered. I also went inside.

As soon as I entered, the door closed by itself. And the Sword Demoness said.

"You can hate me for the rest of your life."

The Sword Demoness was still looking ahead.

"You can kill me right here and now."

Beyond the Sword Demoness, countless presences were felt. To be precise, it was a presence that had been felt even before entering this place.

This place was a trap that someone had prepared in advance.

Knowing that, I came into this place. The reason was that there was something I had to confirm.

The hidden presences revealed themselves.

As expected, the first elder was visible. And with the first elder were some unexpected, but rather familiar people.

The members of the 10th unit, who were known to have been disbanded.

They were showing hostility towards me.

The Sword Demoness opened her mouth again. This time, she was not speaking to me.

"I kept my promise, so now give them back!"

The first elder answered.

"Yes. I didn't know you would really keep your promise, but a promise is a promise, so I have to keep it."

The Sword Demoness's body was trembling slightly.

Someone from the 10th unit went into the room, brought out two corpses, and threw them in front of the Sword Demoness.

And the first elder clutched his stomach and began to laugh.

"Hehehe! I said I would give them back, but I didn't say I would give them back alive."

"H-how... I kept my promise!"

The Sword Demoness was showing the greatest emotional change I had ever seen, both before and after my regression. Her voice was agitated, and her trembling was even greater than before.

"So I also kept my promise. This is disappointing."

The Sword Demoness staggered towards the limp corpses on the floor, collapsed, and turned the corpses over. Their faces were so damaged that it was impossible to tell who they were. The Sword Demoness, clutching the two corpses, shed tears and called out their names desperately.

"Ah... Hwi-a. Seol-a. No. You can't leave me alone."

"What? Is she crying so sorrowfully just because two kids died?"

The wailing Sword Demoness gently lays down the corpses. And then, looking at the first elder, she said in an agitated voice.

"I will kill you! I will tear you to pieces while you are still alive!"

"Oh my! How scary! But can you do it?"

"I swear to the heavens. Whether it takes 10 years, 20 years, or a lifetime, I will definitely kill you!"

"You will die today, so your dream is quite ambitious."

The Sword Demoness raises her momentum. The Sword Demoness's realm is the end of the Peak. At the level of her peers, it could be said to be the level of the strongest. But compared to the faces here, it could not be said to be very outstanding.

In the military units of the Heavenly Demon Cult, the Peak did not have a particularly special meaning.

Above all, the first elder, who was sneering over there, was a master of the Demonic Zenith.

From the conversation between the two, I had roughly grasped the current situation, and I placed my hand on the Sword Demoness's shoulder.

The Sword Demoness did not react. I brought my mouth close to the Sword Demoness's ear and opened it.

"Seryeong, calm your excitement. Seol-a and Hwi-a are not dead yet."

Only then does the Sword Demoness react. Whack! She turns to me. I smiled brightly.

"I have something to talk about with that old hag from now on. Please step aside for a moment."

When I pushed the Sword Demoness, the Sword Demoness was surprisingly easily pushed away.

However, the Sword Demoness's eyes, which were looking at me, seemed to have something to say, but for now, that old hag was first.

I waved my hand at the first elder.

"Old hag. Long time no see?"

The first elder's face crumpled.

"Was this the first time we've met here? I was confused. Sorry, old hag."

"Old hag... did I look like that?"

"Yeah! Even if you cover it with internal energy, it's all obvious. Especially the wrinkles around the eyes are a bit difficult. Because the skin is thin, you can't do anything about it with internal energy."

"Hehehe. I heard a rumor that the designated one's way of speaking is eloquent, but it seems the rumor was downplayed. It's very dazzling."

"Thank you for the compliment."

"It's interesting. If you were trying to break my composure with the words just now, I want to say it was a good attempt. And this is advice as a senior in life; such a provocation only works when you are in a similar situation. Do you know what kind of situation you are in now?"

"You all gathered here to kill me, right? Am I wrong?"

"Fortunately, it seems you're not stupid. But you don't seem to be that smart either. To follow me all the way here alone. Thanks to you, the work has become easier. I have shown my respect for the Young Lord, so you don't have to worry. What happened here will never leak outside."

I raised my head and looked at the barrier surrounding the safe house.

"Is it a formation?"

"Yes. It's a formation called the Four Shadow Dance Formation. It's a formation that blocks presence, sound, smell, and sight. For reference, it's one of the nine formations installed in the Nine Demon Treasury, so its effect will be certain."

Clap! Clap! Clap!

I clapped with all my heart.

"You've really prepared a lot. A formation, and the first elder! Although there is no grand commander or unit commander, even the 10th unit! To be honest. I have no confidence in getting out of here alive."

"I see. The bravado you're showing now is because you've already given up the will to live."

"That's right! Can I know just one thing before I die? It's unfair to just die."

"Hehehe. Of course. I have to give you a gift on your way out. Wouldn't it be disappointing to just give it to that girl over there?"

"Do you have the confidence to handle the consequences of betraying the Heavenly Demon Cult?"

"Young Lord. No! Designated Young Lord. Do not make the arrogant mistake of thinking that the Heavenly Demon Cult is the whole world."

"That sounds as if there is something corresponding to the Heavenly Demon Cult."

"There's no law that says there isn't."

"Alright! I understand that the first elder has betrayed the Heavenly Demon Cult. But why did you betray them? The Heavenly Demon Cult is so good. High salary! Excellent welfare system! And if you become an elder, you don't have to roll around much! And your retirement is even guaranteed! Where in the world is there such a honey job!"

"Hehehe!"

"Why are you laughing?"

"The designated one is still young, so you probably don't know."

"What do you mean?"

"There is no one who dislikes money."

"Of course!"

"Similarly, there is no one who dislikes power. As you get older and stagnate, someone will inevitably come up to take my place. And then, I will be deprived of everything I have by the fresh young things. I am just looking for the best way to protect what is mine."

"I see. This situation was the best you could find to live."

"Yes. The designated one, who has not experienced such a thing, probably doesn't know my feelings."

"No! I understand better than anyone else!"

It's true. Before my regression, I had also done things worse than the evil deeds the first elder was committing now to protect the position of Young Lord.

Looking at it this way, the me from before my regression is a real bastard.

That's that, and this is this.

Here's the real question.

"What were you promised in return for killing me? I'll be very disappointed if you received something trivial."

"You don't have to worry about that. Because I received quite a lot. So you must die here."

As expected, she didn't tell me exactly what it was, but with this, the question I had been harboring was resolved.

First, the third force, for some reason, is after my life.

Second, the third force is also in the Sura Cult, and has penetrated deep enough to move Yang So-pyeong, who was the Young Lord.

Third, the third force is also in the Heavenly Demon Cult, and has the influence to re-gather the first elder and the disbanded 10th unit.

Fourth, the third force... this is not certain yet, so let's skip it.

If the fourth is really revealed, the problem will become big. And very much so.

For now, just the facts revealed so far were tremendous.

Who is an elder?

It means the one with the next highest position after the Lord. If such a person belongs to the third force... it had to be seen that almost all of the lower ranks had already been taken over.

The good thing is that the Sword Demoness is definitely not on their side... to be more precise, it should be said that she was used. It wasn't something to be happy about in the current situation.

Led by the first elder, the 10th unit began to exude a killing intent all at once. I also had no intention of just taking it.

Just then.

The Sword Demoness pushed me and stood in front.

"I'll buy some time!"

The Sword Demoness was no longer trembling. She had returned to the original cold Sword Demoness that I knew.

Swoosh.

Drawing her sword and aiming it forward, the Sword Demoness said again.

"So, Jae-ha! You run away! It doesn't matter if Hwi-a and Seol-a are dead or alive now! If this continues, I don't think I can forgive myself after today. This is my atonement to you. So run away! Hurry!"

As soon as the Sword Demoness's words ended.

"You're talking nonsense."

The enemies jump up.

As nearly fifty people filled the air, it looked as if the sky was turning black.

The Sword Demoness raises her qi and tries to do something, but it was obvious that she was outnumbered.

Thud.

I stepped forward and passed the Sword Demoness.

"Jae-ha! I told you to run away!"

Ignoring the Sword Demoness's shout, I took another step forward.

I said to the black dots that filled the air.

"Look down."

And I took the most arrogant step that exists in this world.

Thud.

The Heavenly Demon's Reigning Step.

Rumble, rumble, rumble.

The pressure that pressed down on the space was shot forward. The members of the 10th unit who had jumped into the air all fell to the ground.

They try to get up, but they only become one with the floor even more.

I now lowered my head, which I had been holding up, and said to them, who were looking up at me.

"Now it's a little more comfortable to look at."

How about that! This is the Demonic Zenith!

Wow! I'm getting drunk!

It was when I was smiling brightly like that.

"Everyone, eat!"

The first elder's words were heard from behind.

The members of the 10th unit, who were almost in a state of unity with the floor, took out a familiar object from their bosoms.

They were what would later be called the Liberation Pill, the Mutual Destruction Pill, the suicide pill.

Gulp.

All of them swallowed the pill. And one or two of them got up, and then all of them got up.

The members of the 10th unit, who had been on the verge of the Peak just a moment ago... all became on the verge of the Transcendent Peak.

Thud.

I took a step forward, just like before, and they all flew into the air.

To me, it overlapped with the appearance of the Orthodox Faction guys who had been carrying out suicide attacks.

I immediately kicked off the ground backwards and said to the Sword Demoness.

"Run!"

The Sword Demoness was looking at me from behind with dead fish eyes. I said to the Sword Demoness again.

"What are you doing? Hurry up and run!"

(End of Chapter)