< Episode 87: Piece of Truth (2) >
“You were the incarnation of Ahriman in the prophecy.”
‘The incarnation of Ahriman?’
The moment Mok Gyeong-un heard Lee Gwang’s words he remembered the words from the pasa-guk that Hwan Ya-seon the head of the Amjong clan had with the scriptures.
It was clearly written like this on it.
“Be on guard for the incarnation of Ahriman will appear in this world… Are you saying this now?”
“You?”
Lee Gwang’s eyes widened at Mok Gyeong-un’s words.
How does this guy know about the prophecy?
There are only a very small number of people in the organization who know this and as far as I know only those at the level of church fathers and above including the Holy Spirit Lord in the Baehwagyo Church know this.
But this guy was not a Baehwagyo person.
What on earth is this?
“Where did you hear that?”
In response to his question Mok Kyung-un snorted and said.
“You must be mistaken.”
“what?”
“Only I can ask questions.”
-Sigh!
With those words Mok Gyeong-un clenched his left fist and pretended to pull it.
Then the thigh of Lee Gwang’s left leg was pulled and the flesh began to tear as if it would be torn off at any moment.
“Turn it off.”
-Sud!
Lee Gwang gritted his teeth and tried to hold on.
However even though I experienced the pain of having both my arms torn off I still couldn’t bear the pain at all.
-Puddeuddeuk!
“Quaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
A scream that was almost like a scream came out of Lee Gwang’s mouth.
Suddenly my left leg was torn off.
All that was left of him was his right leg torso and head.
Lee Gwang who had become a body that was not alive even though he was alive was in pain drooling blood-mixed saliva.
Mok Kyung-un said lifting his chin.
“Shall we continue the conversation again? Why did you call me the incarnation of Ahriman? “I understand that to be a prophecy and instruction from Baehwagyo.”
“Off…..”
“Your reply is late. Then be more motivated…..”
“…Ahriman…who will color the sacred…flame….black….with evil…will appear in this world…be on guard. “Build it.”
“Coloring the sacred flame with black evil?”
Mok Kyung-un tilted his head.
The prophecy was different from what he had seen.
Or rather he only saw the latter part of the text he saw.
Mok Gyeong-un who was puzzled by this asked.
“Who did you just hear that from?”
At that question Lee Gwang struggled to turn his eyes and look at someone.
That someone was the Seonghwa Spiritual Lord lying motionless on the floor as if he had fainted.
Mo Gyeong-un’s eyes narrowed when he saw this.
As expected the Holy Spirit Lord was related to this organization in some way.
Although the relationship is close to hostile now it could have been friendly in the past.
“Haa…haa…..”
Although his vitality exceeded that of a human thanks to his magical powers much of the energy in his Danjeon was dissipated and he was bleeding heavily so Lee Gwang’s condition was not good.
His face had discolored to a light purple color and he looked like he was going to die at any moment.
In response Mo Kyung-un placed the hand that was penetrating his abdomen towards Danjeon.
-Ssssss!
“Huh!”
Lee Gwang’s half-closed eyes flashed open.
This was because he came to his senses thanks to the energy flowing through Mok Gyeong-un’s hand.
‘What is this?’
Lee Gwang couldn’t understand the English sentence.
That’s because the energy that came through Mok Kyung-un’s hand was not internal energy but was similar to the energy that flowed from the black sword that was almost one with him.
This energy was a magical power.
Since he still had some of the unrefined spirit power he had received from the golden haired nine-tailed fox he only infused it in a very small amount.
‘Damn it.’
Lee Gwang who was half out of his mind cursed inwardly.
If I had stayed a little longer I might have died naturally but thanks to the guy’s energy the bleeding stopped and I came to my senses.
‘Even if I want to die I can’t.’
It was truly extraordinary.
Who would have known that a moment would come when he would rather die than desire to live?
Mok Gyeong-un said to him who was distressed that he had come to his senses like that.
“Now it looks like something worth buying. So let’s continue the conversation. “What is this incarnation of Ahriman?”
“….I don’t know.”
“Do you want me to know?”
“I really don’t know. All I know is that the incarnation of Ahriman is an extra-human being and evil itself.”
“An extraterrestrial being?”
“Yes… your prediction is not wrong considering your ridiculous growth rate that is completely beyond common sense.”
Hearing his words Mok Kyung-un frowned.
Come to think of it they said they were looking for something his grandfather had hidden.
Accordingly he thought it was simply a valuable item.
‘Wasn’t it an object?’
What they were looking for was something mentioned in the prophecy and was that prophecy the incarnation of Ahriman mentioned in the text that the Amjongju Hwanyaseon had?
But I don’t understand something about this either.
This man as if full of confidence considered himself the incarnation of Ahriman.
“Why do you think I am the incarnation of Ahriman?”
“….Who else but you could be the incarnation of Ahriman?”
“That’s an interesting idea.”
“Even though I had a hole in the middle of my chest I survived just fine. I learned martial arts at an age when I was nearing the end of my life and I was able to overcome the wall in just half a year. “Do you think an ordinary human being can do something like that?”
“If that’s the reason I don’t understand it even more.”
“what?”
“Why do you think it’s not possible?”
“What is that…..”
“If you set limits for yourself without even trying it and think you can’t do it you won’t be able to do it.”
“under!”
Lee Gwang was astonished at Mok Gyeong-un’s words.
What he was talking about now was not simply a matter of limitations or will.
Even if he was different from others in terms of constitution even if he had an innate talent these were things that were difficult for an ordinary human being to do.
This thing completely exceeds human standards.
He had a reason for being called extrahuman.
“You… you don’t know how dangerous you are.”
“It’s dangerous…”
-closely!
Mok Gyeong-un tightly grabbed Lee Gwang’s chin.
And then he spoke in a low voice.
“All that stuff doesn’t matter. “What matters is who you killed.”
“You…”
“I heard that leaving a mark was a warning to the organization but why did they kill him? It seems that the ghost gave his grandfather a warning and then left. Why did you disobey and kill him?”
-Finch! flinch!
Lee Gwang’s heart felt like it was going to burst as his life was being tightened with every word he uttered.
How does he make people feel so intimidated and even threatened just by living?
If it had been ordinary people instead of him he might have died because he could not endure just living.
“There is no answer. I don’t mind if you keep your mouth shut all day. “If you keep quiet for a day a month a year the more time it will hurt you.”
The corners of the mouth rise eerily along with those words.
When Lee Gwang saw Mok Gyeong-un’s face like this he couldn’t bear it.
If this guy has malicious intent I think he would really do that.
Lee Gwang whose heart was weakened by this spoke.
“Please…please kill me.”
“Do you want to die?”
“please….”
“You are so weak-hearted that you even beg.”
“…..”
Damn you son of a bitch.
Contrary to what he said life has not diminished one bit.
I was sick of the sight of him radiating such strong will and yet trying to make himself suffer even more.
“Do you want to die a little more comfortably? Then tell me everything. “Give me a compelling reason to kill you quickly.”
‘Ahhhh.’
It would have been better if the prohibition had been planted in my head like everyone else.
Even among the executives of the second world most of them are prohibited.
However thanks to the merits of his ancestors he was the only one without prohibition so he could not induce suicide on his own.
Mok Gyeong-un whispered to him as he hesitated.
“It looks like it’s still bearable. “Then it wouldn’t be a bad idea to experience what it would feel like to cut off each organ in your body.”
-Pasyuk!
Mok Kyung-yun’s hand which was dug into his abdomen slightly aroused anticipation.
-Ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-chak!
“Turn it off.”
As the sharp energy spread through the five organs and six parts Lee Gwang’s expression became distorted in pain.
He felt completely different from clutching his intestines.
“Keueeek.”
It felt like hundreds of broken blades were cutting and stabbing each of my organs but it was so painful that I vomited and cried.
“You have a nice face. Since you’re holding up well let’s go further.”
Mok Gyeong-un tried to increase the intensity of anticipation even further.
Lee Gwang’s eyes were shaking like crazy.
Because of his loyalty to Him he tried to hold on to this but soon his heart broke.
Lee Gwang hurriedly shouted.
“I wasn’t the one who really made Munno die!”
‘!?’
Mok Gyeong-un who was trying to raise the intensity of his anticipation at the shout stopped and looked at his face.
Lee Gwang’s eyes which were filled with bloody tears of pain did not waver.
Mok Kyung-un gave an expression that he did not understand.
“What are you talking about? “I’m sure you…”
“I simply contributed to Munno’s demise.”
“…You just helped?”
In response to Mok Gyeong-un’s question Lee Gwang opened his mouth with eyes filled with reminiscence.
* * *
[yes? What do you mean by that?]
[Literally. If the First World Ghost Sword fails to find out anything from Haeyoung Yakseon and just withdraws Lee Gwang you should secretly take over the mission.]
[How is that?]
[The Demon Sword gives priority to the secret agreement with the Lord of Heaven and Earth over His commands.]
[If that’s the case then it’s not a ghost sword…]
[no. The mission will be carried out by the ghost sword.]
[If you say that you are the Lord of Heaven and Earth…..No.]
Soon Lee Gwang shook his head.
The Cheonjihoeju was not something he could do anything about.
Isn’t he just watching?
All he had to do was protect the well-being of the Lord of Heaven and Earth according to his given orders rather than show off his desire to win for no reason.
* * *
‘performance?’
Lee Gwang who felt puzzled by the smoke rising in the middle of the mountain hurriedly headed there.
He was the one who watched from afar and waited for the ghost sword to completely retreat.
-Papapod!
I noticed that the ghost sword was wide open and heading somewhere in a hurry.
It felt like I was chasing something rather than running away.
‘what?’
I was skeptical but the opportunity came anyway.
Did the ghost find out something or catch him?
Or did he act as feared?
When Lee Gwang arrived he found an old man staggering and barely standing in a garden not far from a burning house.
It was Haeyoung Yakseon Munno.
‘Is it as expected?’
As expected Gwigeom neither caught Munno nor killed him.
What on earth are you planning?
While I was wondering Lee Gwang frowned.
‘hmm?’
Since there were traces of various confrontations left around Munno I thought he had competed with a ghost sword but something was strange.
If he had competed with a sword expert a ghost sword there should have been traces of the sword around him but there were no such traces only some traces of swordsmanship or poisonous attacks.
Lee Gwang who was puzzled by this soon approached Munno who was barely able to support his body.
Munno was seriously injured and was in very bad condition.
[Jang Protectorub not Munno.]
[…..slum?]
Munno who discovered him could not hide his surprise.
It seemed like they didn’t expect that they would send a second party other than the ghost sword.
Lee Gwang came closer and said.
[I thought I was competing with a ghost sword but looking around it looks like I was competing with someone else. Draw.]
No matter how much you look around there are no sword marks.
If not the ghost sword who did you fight with here?
While I was puzzled Munno soon blurted out something unintelligible.
[If you don’t want to be poisoned by the intangible poison it would be best to stay away.]
‘Intangible poison?’
