< Episode 88: Sacheondanga Road (2) >
“The true owner of the sacred flame will appear in this world a day when new feathers will grow on the torn wounds. Everyone will worship?”
Mo Kyung-un’s expression became strange.
This was completely different from the existing prophecy.
[Be on guard for the heavens will open and the incarnation of Ahriman who will color the sacred flame with black evil will appear in this world.]
The changed prophecy was closer to a warning but the original prophecy did not have that feeling.
One thing that was similar was that someone would appear in this world.
‘…The incarnation of Ahriman…. The true master of the sacred flame…’
What on earth are these beings?
Why did the Holy Spirit Lord change the prophecy?
I just don’t understand.
Everything was so vague.
Mok Kyung-un who was staring at the suffering Seonghwa Spiritual Ju said.
“Why did he change the prophecy?”
“Haa…haa…that’s….”
As she hesitated Kyung-Woon’s neck smiled and said.
“If you have a heavy mouth no good will come of it. “If only I knew what I would do next.”
At these words Seonghwaryeongju’s body trembled with her white face and then she opened her mouth.
“…Granddaughter…I had no choice…to save my only granddaughter.”
“She was trying to save her granddaughter? Because of that they manipulated the prophecy…”
“I…. I…..”
“Put aside the excuses and all are you saying it was he in the organization who threatened her with her granddaughter?”
To this question Seonghwa Ryeongju nodded his head with difficulty.
The events of that time came back to her mind.
* * *
Baehwagyo’s torch battle 18 years ago.
There was a platform in the middle of the main hall and on top of it stood a colorful staff with a blue jewel embedded in it.
Usually the orb would emit a brilliant light.
But something strange happened to this orb.
-Oooooh!
A resonant sound spread out from the orb along with a strong tremor causing the surrounding area to tremble.
The person who noticed this strange phenomenon was a neatly dressed man in Daejeon.
He was called Haeyeong Yakseon in the central plains but here in Baehwagyo he was called Jang Hobeop.
[How?]
Jang Ho-beop surprised by the strange phenomenon that occurred in Boju soon approached it.
A strong light was coming from the orb that was trembling strongly.
Unknowingly Jang Ho-beop who was drawn to it reached out for the orb.
at that moment
[ah!]
Jang Ho-beop’s eyes darkened.
Jang Ho-beop who had an astonished expression on his face as if he was seeing some kind of illusion was immediately startled and withdrew his hand from the orb.
[This…what is this?]
Jang Ho-beop who was staring at the orb with trembling eyes hurriedly tried to call out the Holy Fire Spirit Spell.
However before he could leave Daejeon coincidentally someone wearing a Seonghwaryeongju bamboo ribs and a cotton thread came inside.
After discovering the golden sheath of a sword on the waist of a man wearing a bamboo hat Protector Jang was able to guess who he was.
[Seonghwa Spirit! neck….]
[Since when has it been like this? Jang protection law.]
Surprised by the sight of the orb emitting bright light with a resonant sound the Holy Fire Lord interrupted his conversation and asked.
Jang Ho-beop responded to this.
[I don’t know. I had just entered Daejeon and suddenly the orb began to tremble and shine.]
[It is not normal for an orb to resonate this much.]
She said in a voice full of joy.
Jang Ho-beop who was puzzled by this asked a question.
[What do you mean it’s not normal?]
[Seonghwa gave a revelation. As for the protection of the chapter call the church fathers immediately.]
[All right.]
While Jang Ho-beop went to call the church fathers the Seonghwa Spiritual Jewel approached the orb where the tremors were becoming stronger.
This is her first time seeing a scene like this.
It has been decades since she guarded the orb as a Holy Fire Spirit but she has never before radiated this level of resonance and light.
Is something unusual about to happen?
So she stretched out her hand with her orb
-Quad!
[No?]
Her wand shattered and the orb bounced upward.
The orb that bounced like that was about to pierce the ceiling of Daejeon but someone caught it just in the nick of time before it reached the ceiling.
-Park!
He was a Juklip person.
The Jukripin who caught it landed on the floor and paused for a moment while holding the orb.
Then Seonghwa Ryeongju approached him and held out her hand.
[Moonshine (密主). thank you Please give me the orb.]
[….]
[moonshine?]
[ah!]
The person called Jukripin or rather Moonju came to his senses at her call again and handed over the orb to the Holy Spirit of Seonghwa.
The Seonghwa Spiritual Lord who received the orb saw a vision the moment he held it.
It was a sight of sacred flames falling to the ground.
‘How could this happen?’
For her who thought it was just a revelation this sight was a shock to her.
The torch was like a symbol in Baehwagyo.
The sight of such a torch falling with its flame extinguished may not have been a simple revelation to the church but a sad news announcing a tragedy.
But the fantasy didn’t stop there.
The flame that had been extinguished seemed to have turned to ashes but at some point it began to burn brightly again illuminating the surrounding area brilliantly.
[Ahh!]
She let out her exclamation.
I thought it was just the final revelation announcing the fall of Baehwagyo.
But this was an ordeal.
If only we could find the spark to rekindle the flame in order to overcome this ordeal it would burn brightly enough to illuminate the world again.
-widely!
She removed her hand from her orb and began to piece together what she had seen of her.
Then someone placed a hand on her shoulder and said
[Do not report exactly what you saw.]
‘!?’
Surprised by this she turned her head.
She said that the person who said this to her was none other than Moon Joo.
[How can moonshine be like that….]
[I won’t say it twice. Forget what you saw now.]
[What are you talking about now? Moonshine… Did you see the revelation of the orb?]
She couldn’t contain her surprise.
The orb allowed only her chosen ones to receive its revelations directly.
This would have been impossible without sensitivity so how was Moonshine able to see visions of revelation?
I was puzzled but Moon Joo said:
[The old flame has faded and will be replaced by a new flame. Therefore the revelation shown by the orb is meaningless anymore.]
[I don’t know what Moonshine saw but you’re saying too much! This is after all about Nobu the owner of the Holy Spirit….]
-Sigh!
Before she could finish speaking Moonshine lifted up the cotton thread that was covering her face.
She was the one who had never seen Moon Joo’s face before.
But when she saw that face she was astonished.
‘Whose eyes?’
The moment she saw the third eye full of red spots that appeared to be Moon Joo’s forehead she was so overcome with fear that she could not say anything.
Her moonshine said to her with a creepy smile.
[The time has finally come. The flame that has been held up will be completely extinguished. Now a new era has arrived.]
[What on earth….]
[Do not raise any questions. There is only one thing for you to do. Make a revelation to usher in a new era…. No no. okay. There is a need to make sure that the flame is dying out.]
[What are you saying now?]
[Make a revelation.]
[timing?]
[Brought down by those who believed and extinguished by the hands of those who worshiped. It’s very cool.]
Seonghwaryeongju’s eyes shook violently.
What on earth did Iza see?
What on earth did you see that makes you think the torch has completely subsided?
The flame will burn again.
More brilliantly than before.
[The torch does not go out. moonshine. I don’t know what your intention is when you say that but the secret meeting is a shadow and a longing for Baehwagyo. How can you be like that….]
-Park!
[Oops!]
[Didn’t I tell you? I’ve been waiting for this moment.]
[Suddenly…]
[I’m probably out of breath. But I won’t kill you now. Because you have work to do.]
[I…I…I will follow that…]
[I have to follow. If you don’t want to lose something precious.]
‘precious?’
The face of only one person or rather one child appeared in her mind.
She was his only remaining blood relative his granddaughter.
* * *
“Ah that’s so cliché.”
Mok Gyeong-un who was listening to Seonghwa Yeongju’s words clicked her tongue and said.
Unable to overcome the threat she told her false prophecy.
In the end doesn’t it mean that she chose her blood relatives rather than her followers?
However through this story of her reminiscing about the past I learned two things.
One of them was the relationship between the organization and Baehwagyo.
They were called Secret Society and were not a completely separate group from Baehwagyo but were very closely related to it.
And the second was her grandfather.
‘Did grandfather also see something through that orb?’
From what I heard it seemed like everyone in Baehwagyo believed in the false prophecy of the Holy Spirit Lord.
Even the Amjongju Hwanya Line.
However the Baehwa Church members as well as these organizations were talking as if the grandfather had committed something by ignoring the prophecy.
That means there was a high probability that my grandfather knew the truth and not a false prophecy.
Therefore he would have violated the false prophecy and false revelation.
‘….’
Mok Kyung-un suddenly remembered a memory.
The sight of it falling from the high sky and the sight of her grandfather falling down towards her.
When she remembered this she thought it was just a dream because it was the first time she had seen it.
But suddenly this thought occurred to me.
‘The true master of the sacred flame… Could it be that I am the one spoken of in the prophecy?’
It was hard to believe but all the circumstances were pointing towards him.
Even though he was an infant he was himself remembering everything he saw heard and smelled.
However he only remembered his childhood.
It was as if only that part of the memory had been cut out.
‘What am I?’
From the unknown existence within oneself to the existence latent in one’s lost memories.
All of this became complicated and my doubts about myself increased.
Mok Gyeong-un who was lost in thought opened his mouth.
“The more you dig into it the more complicated everything becomes. “I just wanted to deal with the person who killed his grandfather.”
“….”
“What is certain is that I cannot deny that I am closely related to that prophecy. “Isn’t that right?”
At that question the Seonghwa Spiritual Lord lowered his head.
I couldn’t tell for sure whether the person in front of me was an incarnation or the entity itself.
However it was clear that its presence was within it.
“that….”
As she was about to say something she waved her hand as if she was annoyed by the neck tilt.
“It’s okay. Let’s postpone this for now. “Right now what I want to do is more important than knowing who I am.”
“If it’s something you want to do…”
“Didn’t I tell you? “I want to erase everything related to my grandfather’s death from the world.”
– Creepy!
Hearing those words from the lifeless Mok Kyung-un Seonghwaryeongju felt a shiver run down his spine for an instant.
If this man is indeed the true owner of the Holy Fire as spoken of in the prophecy he has both heads and tails of the coin.
She recalled part of the doctrine that the previous Seonghwa Spiritual Lord had spoken.
[Ahura Mazda is a dual-faced Mainyu so he can be both Spenta (good god) and Ahriman or Angra (bad god).]
‘!!!!!!’
‘Disaster… Could it be a disaster?’
Her eyes were trembling like crazy as she looked at her neck.
A thought suddenly occurred to her.
She said that her own false prophecy whether intentional or unintentional may have really brought about disaster.
“Now that I think about it there’s something quite interesting about what you said.”
“What do you mean interesting?”
“That man named Moon Joo had eyes on his forehead?”
In response to Mo Kyung-yun’s question Seonghwa Ryeongju swallowed her dry saliva and nodded her head.
She still couldn’t forget her ominous and creepy appearance.
Then Mok Gyeong-un who was stroking her chin said as if he had noticed something.
“iced coffee. “Now I understand.”
‘!?’
“It was simpler than I thought. “The third wooden tablet.”
“The third wooden tablet?”
The third wooden tablet.
That’s what she called the head of the gang she said.
At first Mo Qingyun did not understand what this meant.
But it was surprisingly simple.
“The neck and liver are not separate but ultimately one. Eyes (眼)… Ultimately what the third wooden tablet means is the three eyes (三眼).”
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