< Episode 98 Sword and Sword (3) >
An old man with a gray beard and tanned face looked at something with vain eyes.
The old man’s name is Koo Gu-hyeok.
He was a swordsmith and was renowned for his reputation.
‘What happened?’
Daejeon which was supposed to be noisy and splendid due to the coronation ceremony was completely covered in blood and mutilated bodies were piled up everywhere.
There were almost hundreds of people.
How on earth did this happen?
‘What happened? Liu Sozer.’
Gu Mun-hyeok’s eyes widened as he looked around Daejeon mesmerized by such a huge disaster.
Gu Mun-hyeok hurriedly ran towards somewhere.
In the middle of it there was a beautiful woman wearing a red and colorful dress with her pale face and eyes closed.
she is none other than
[Ryu Sojeo!]
The female swordsman he was looking for
It was Ryu So-wol of Wolmaek who will be holding the Hoeju coronation ceremony today.
Gu Mun-hyeok bent down and hurriedly felt the pulse of the woman who was lying down.
Gu Mun-hyeok’s face who was checking her pulse soon hardened.
‘This…I can’t believe it.’
Her pulse was not racing and her body temperature had already cooled down.
Her rigidity was progressing after her death as her body was stiff.
Koo Moon-hyeok’s gaze which was looking at Ryu So-wol who died in despair eventually turned to her chest.
‘Heart?’
I didn’t realize it because I was soaked in her blood but when I slightly lifted her clothes I saw that the middle of her chest was empty.
It looked like his heart had been ripped out.
-closely!
Goo Gu-hyeok’s hands gained strength.
How can this happen?
Aside from being a woman Ryu So-wol was a swordsman with one of the greatest skills among the many martial artists he knew.
Didn’t she even climb over the wall?
How could she lose her life so vainly?
‘Ryu Soje…’
-Wooow!
The wooden box she was carrying on her back trembled.
Koo Gu-hyeok muttered at this.
[…Did you notice this too?]
-thud!
Koo Mun-hyeok placed the wooden box on the floor.
When I opened the lid of the wooden box a pure white sword that had just been born and was overflowing with life was revealed.
This was her sword Sunyeon.
Ryu Sowol personally named it for her and asked that it be brought to her coronation ceremony when it was completed.
She ‘finished the best sword.’
It was a masterpiece one of the many swords he created.
Gu Mun-hyeok who had come expecting to see her happy face after completing her sword felt completely disappointed and bitter.
In fact the owner passed away without even touching the sword.
-Wooow!
The name of the sword was faintly heard as if it knew it.
Gu Mun-hyeok bit his lower lip with trembling eyes.
Because it was a martial arts world where dozens and hundreds of people died every day no one could guarantee the day to day but this was completely incomprehensible.
‘Who is it?’
Who on earth did this?
Liu Shaoyue was one of the greatest leaders of his time and considering the scale of the Heaven and Earth Moon Council it was only possible to commit such a tragedy if he had a force of a corresponding scale.
Gu Mun-hyeok got up from his seat and looked at the bodies in Daejeon.
His clan had been demanding the master’s swordsmanship in making swords for generations so he was confident that he was unrivaled in this regard.
‘Most of the bodies have wounds caused by swords so if you look closely there will be clues.’
There was a high probability that it was an organization that could be in conflict with the Cheonjiwolhoe.
It is one of the old file rooms with the highest probability….
‘!?’
At that time Koo Moon-hyuk frowned.
As expected when examining the sword marks left on the bodies many of them did not contain any special marks.
‘…That doesn’t make sense.’
Gu Mun-hyeok who was examining the corpses with no hope could not contain his astonishment.
Naturally it was thought to be a fight between groups but most of the bodies appeared to be the work of a single person.
What’s even more surprising is that no special sword techniques were used.
He simply swung his sword and cut.
‘Overwhelming power. Overwhelming sharpness….’
If you look at this sword mark it was like that.
I just swung my sword but nothing could stop it.
If the sword was blocked the block was cut off like a weapon.
With just one swing most of the sword marks were enough to split the body in two along with the weapons.
‘…It’s a monster.’
The term ‘break through’ seemed to fit here.
If it was a monster like this no matter how skilled the swordsman Liu Soyue was it would not have been able to defeat it.
He too was so strong that I didn’t want to meet him.
however
‘hmm?’
His eyes narrowed as he examined the traces.
Some corpses…
-thud! Grrrrrr!
At that time Koo Mun-hyeok turned his gaze to the sound of a loud roar.
The Daejeon was shaking as if there had been an earthquake and sounds were echoing from outside.
Could it be that the person who committed this tragedy is still here?
Goo Mun-hyeok who hesitated for a moment soon perked up with Yongcheonhyeol.
-Pot!
His new model hit the floor and bounced.
For a moment he felt a glimmer of fear toward the person who created the sword marks but he soon calmed down.
Even if he couldn’t deal with this monster he felt that he needed to at least confirm who the culprit was for the sake of his relationship with Ryu So-je.
Gu Mun-hyeok’s complexion darkened for an instant as he came out of Daejeon.
– Creepy!
‘…What is this?’
His reaction was due to an overwhelming horrifying energy that went beyond stimulating his senses.
The better he is the more open he is to energy the easier it is for him to feel it.
However it was not just one space but this ferocious and evil energy was shaking all around and it was difficult to guess its scale.
He seemed to fill dozens or hundreds of pages.
How can humans have such incredible energy?
He was so intimidated that his whole body was shaking.
[Haa…haa…]
Koo Gu-hyuk’s breathing became rough.
No matter how hard I tried to calm down it was difficult to come to my senses with this violent energy filling the room.
I knew where this energy was coming from but my steps did not stop.
The moment he entered the eyes of this monster he might have died before he knew it.
But soon a strange thing appeared in Gu Mun-hyeok’s eyes.
‘ah?’
As expected the ferocious energy that was threatening all around suddenly subsided.
What the hell is going on?
In response he wiped his sweaty forehead with his sleeve and fired the new weapon towards the epicenter where he felt the energy.
It wasn’t far from here.
It was about 2 ri northwest of the headquarters of Cheonjiwolhoe.
‘!!!!!’
Gu Mun-hyeok’s eyes widened when he arrived here.
As expected the sky was covered with dark clouds and there was a large hole in it and scarlet light flowed out and illuminated the ground reminiscent of the setting sun.
What was even more strange was that huge broken rocks including several cut off mountain peaks were floating in the sky here and there making the entire area feel like it was out of the world.
What on earth happened here?
Koo Moon-hyeok who was staring at the incredible sight soon discovered something.
‘ah?’
It was someone standing on top of one of the giant rocks floating in the air.
It was a man with long hair flowing in a fluttering black coat and he had a sword in his hand.
It was an ink-colored sword and the moment he saw it Goo Gu-hyeok’s mouth opened.
Since he is a craftsman when he unintentionally sees a great weapon his gaze is taken away without him even knowing it.
‘…Perfect.’
The moment he saw the ink-colored sword Gu Mun-hyeok was immediately captivated by its shape.
The shape of the sword was so ideal that it was difficult to compare it to any sword he had ever thought of as a craftsman.
Who on earth made that sword?
Gu Mun-hyeok who was imagining all sorts of things while looking at his sword soon slapped himself.
-match!
What are you doing now?
This was not the time when he was distracted by the sword.
If you look closely at the author’s face you will see whether he will take revenge for Ryu So-wol So-jeo who was wrongfully killed.
But then
-Chrrrrrr!
I saw an amazing sight.
The sword the man was holding disintegrated changing into a ring shape and settling on his arm.
Koo Gu-hyuk looked shocked.
What’s going on?
How did the normal sword disintegrate and take the form of a pill?
How can something like that be possible?
Even though my family had been a craftsman for generations it was a skill that I could not understand no matter how much I thought about it.
I was just wondering about this.
-Sigh!
-Shudder!
Gu Mun-hyeok was so embarrassed that he took a step back without realizing it.
That was because the man turned his head and looked directly at him.
I was hiding as much as I could but I was extremely embarrassed.
Am I going to end up dying by the author’s hands like this?
It was a moment of hesitation as to what to do about this.
It was right then.
-bang!
At that time an unbelievable sight occurred before my eyes.
Isn’t a dazzling beam of light flowing out from a hole in the dark clouds and hitting the ground?
The light was so bright that I had to close my eyes for a moment.
-Quaaaaaaaaa!
A tremendous roar erupted and his new brother whose eyes were closed was immediately thrown backwards.
Gu Mun-hyeok who was in a state of self-defense at the thought of having to protect his body frantically crashed into various places.
-thud! thud! thud!
[Ugh!]
It took me hitting it a few times before I was able to stop the aftereffects.
Gu Mun-hyeok opened his eyes and had a dazed expression.
He seemed to have been thrown away by nearly a dozen shots and when he looked at the place where the beam of light had struck in the distance
* * *
“They say there was nothing there.”
“There was nothing?”
“Your great-grandfather went there in a hurry and he said that the rocks and the floating mountainside had disappeared and the surrounding area was like a plain. “It was truly bizarre.”
It was like a ghost crying.
It is said that when he saw Gu Cheon-mu’s great-grandfather Gu Mun Hyeok-eun he felt as if he had dreamed.
Neither the scarlet hole in the dark clouds nor anything floating around was visible.
Mok Gyeong-un asked this.
“What about him?”
The person Mok Gyeong-un asked about was a man with long hair who was said to be holding the ink-colored sword.
According to the records left by Gu Cheonmu’s great-grandfather there was a high probability that he was the culprit who pulled out Cheongnyeong’s heart and caused the disaster.
“It’s gone.”
“Disappeared?”
“It is said that your great-grandfather searched the surrounding area for three days and nights even mobilizing the surviving members of the Cheonjiwolhoe to find traces of him but found nothing.”
“…Are you done with just the surrounding area?”
“no. My great-grandfather drew a picture of the person he remembered and handed it over and for a while the Cheonjiwolhoe also tried to find the unknown person who was presumed to be the real culprit…”
-no!
-Cha-cha-cha-cha-chang!
That was before the words were even finished.
With a sharp shout that pierced the eardrums numerous objects in the workshop were shattered as if exploded.
Seeing this scene Mok Kyung-un turned his head and looked at Cheongryeong.
Her neck Gyeong-un’s brow furrowed as he looked at her.
As expected the area around the area where Cheongnyeong was was stained with blood and her spiritual power was rising horribly.
“What is this?”
Zhang Zhou Guqianmu looked at the place where she was with puzzled eyes.
She did not have eyes that could see the soul but perhaps it was because of her rapidly rising spiritual power that Gu Tian Mu who noticed something quivering in her pulled out her sword before she knew it.
-Sreung!
In response Mok Gyeong-un held out her palm as if to tell him to stop and spoke to Cheong-ryeong in a telephonic tone.
-Cheongnyeong. Please calm down first.
-Without knowing anything… who… who is the real culprit?
-Quad! Quack!
The wooden boards on the floor were torn apart and lifted up like thorns.
It was as if he was responding to her vengeful spiritual power.
A strange look appeared in Mok Gyeong-un’s eyes.
That was because Mok Kyung-un who opened his ears to her could see her soaring spiritual power gradually turning purple.
< Episode 98 Sword and Sword (3) > end
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