Episode 821 I won this war. (1)
Yoonjong clenched his teeth until his jaw muscles tensed. Blood drained from the hand holding the sword.
I feel like I will be consumed by madness.
Jang Il-so’s madness overwhelms and attacks people as if they can be grasped. A raw ferocity so vivid.
I couldn’t even imagine that people like this existed in the world. Just standing face to face felt like my heart was being eaten away.
‘How can we fight back?’
I saw Cheongmyeong standing face to face with Jang Ilso.
Yoonjong can tell.
Clearing is already at its limit. No, maybe the limit has been exceeded. Cheongmyeong’s slightly trembling legs were proof of that fact.
But Cheongmyeong does not back down even an inch.
‘How…’
At that time, Jang Il-so slowly swept up her flowing hair.
He neatly brushed his sweat-soaked hair, wiped away the blood from his face, and stared at Cheongmyeong with strange eyes.
“He’s a kid…”
Jang Il-so’s face with his teeth exposed was reminiscent of a bloodthirsty wolf.
The brutality is evident and it is nothing short of creepy. It feels like the tooth will bite my neck and suffocate me at any moment.
“Is there anyone else in this world who can call me that?”
Certainly, the term “young boy” is far from “Jang Il-so.”
Especially with the defeated Jang Il-so.
“That’s interesting. Still, I don’t feel bad.”
“….”
A bright smile bloomed on Jang Il-so’s lips.
The moment they saw that smile, the five swords felt a different ominousness than before come over them.
What should I say about this feeling? How can I explain this feeling that makes my heart ache with anxiety?
Jang Il-so opened his mouth in a mocking voice.
“But… wouldn’t it save face if I just let it go after hearing that? Is not it?”
In an instant, Jang Il-so radiated tremendous energy from his whole body.
Cheongmyeong, who took the brunt of the force, staggered as if he would collapse at any moment.
“Cough!”
Blood flowed like a waterfall from Cheongmyeong’s mouth.
I used too much of my body’s internal strength to deal with Jang Il-so. I overextended my strength and briefly surpassed my limit, but the side effects were taking over my whole body.
“Ugh…”
It was the moment when Cheongmyeong forced out all his strength and grabbed the sword.
chin!
Yu Iseol took a step forward.
With a face that was pale and bloodless from absorbing the energy emanating from Jang Il-so, she took one step at a time and finally stood in front of Cheongmyeong.
Then he raised his trembling sword and aimed it at Jang Il-so’s neck.
Jang Il-so’s eyes darkened.
It’s different from when I first rushed in with enthusiasm. Now, they clearly realize that it is impossible to deal with Jang Il-so even if all of them try to block him.
However, there are people who block it even though they know it.
thud!
At that time, Baekcheon also walked out with his feet steady.
With a stiff expression, he stood next to Yu I-seol and pointed his sword at Jang Il-so.
“Ha…”
The same goes for Yoon Jong and Jo Geol. Everyone stepped forward, surrounded Cheongmyeong and blocked Jang Il-so.
Jo Geol forced the corners of her mouth to curl up and said playfully.
“…I think that’s it for now.”
“Cheongmyeong must be saved.”
“…Sasuk. Let’s take the kid and run away. “This place… I’ll stop it somehow.”
“Stop talking bullshit. “I play the role of being the first to die.”
“Anyway, the stubbornness of the private residence…”
Everyone tries to brag in a trembling voice.
The jokes told with trembling legs and bloodshot lips are nothing more than a pitiful tactic to desperately hide one’s weakness.
But…. Even
Jang Il-so, who laughs and ridicules everything in the world, did not laugh at them this time.
It is not difficult to step forward.
A one-day puppy doesn’t know that tigers are scary. And there are so many one-day puppies in this world.
But that is not the audacity of such a fearless person.
Courage is not ignorance of fear. Not knowing fear is just stupidity.
Stepping forward even though you know the fear.
Knowing how to take another step forward even while trembling like an aspen due to fear of the enemy and fear of death.
Knowing how to somehow lift the sword with trembling hands.
That’s what courage is.
At that moment, Jang Il-so felt clearly.
The moment they blocked the front, Cheongmyeong’s breathing changed. Even in the face of the world’s biggest disaster, I dared to take my time, catch my breath, and begin to gather my strength again.
‘Do these guys think they can stop me even for a moment?’
There is no way that intelligent person would think such a stupid idea. But now, Cheongmyeong clearly trusted those who blocked his path.
Those little guys.
“Ha ha ha ha!”
Jang Il-so smiled and looked at Cheongmyeong standing behind them.
“I admit it. Courage is virtual. But… that’s not necessarily a good thing. “Cowards survive longest, and courageous people die first.”
“….”
“So… who is the bravest among you?”
Crackling.
Jang Il-so clenched his fists. With his cute face, he took a step forward and intimidated everyone.
“Okay, prove your courage with your life.”
Jang Il-so’s presence began to weigh on the entire Ogeum.
My breathing became tight due to the strong intimidation that felt as if a typhoon was blowing in. Everyone groaned under that pressure.
At that time, a twisted voice came from behind Ogum.
“Anyway, the snout is….”
“….”
Jang Il-so’s gaze turned to Cheongmyeong.
Cheongmyeong bent his stiff neck from side to side.
“For a Sapa cub, you tend to talk a lot. “If you think that way, it’s okay to attack, but why do you keep barking like a scared dog?”
Cheongmyeong revealed this.
Limit? An enemy you can’t defeat?
What does it matter?
‘There is no way a person who calculates things like that would have been able to climb Mt. 100,000.’
Jang Il-so doesn’t know.
No matter how many fierce battles Jang Il-so suffered, no matter how many wounds he received, no matter how many times he risked his life and crossed the crossroads of life and death, he could never be like Cheongmyeong.
he doesn’t know
What is it like to fight despair?
This is what it felt like for those who had to grit their teeth and fight even though they knew that even if they attacked with all their might, they would not even get a single scratch and would lose their lives.
And… what it’s like to overcome it!
“I’m sorry.”
Cheongmyeong smiled, leaving behind the numerous faces that briefly passed by.
“I’ve been through too much to call this a crisis.”
“….”
“So just bark and attack. “I’ll tell you exactly why you’re such a brat.”
Jang Il-so stared at him in silence.
No matter how you look at it, Cheongmyeong has already reached its limit. So much so that even holding a sword is difficult.
And yet…
‘Those eyes.’
Why do those eyes believe in their own victory without any doubt?
At that moment, Jang Il-so had an intuition.
For the first time in his life, he met someone who could not be interpreted.
It was that moment.
“Ugh…”
A hand rose from beneath the cliff, which had been steeped in silence, and grasped the edge of the cliff.
Everyone’s eyes were immediately focused on that direction.
“Ugh…”
One by one, the messed up hands rose up. The shaman swordsmen and Shaolin monks finally succeeded in climbing the hellish cliff.
“Go up!”
“Don’t let down your guard and go all the way up! Those on the rise, protect the rear!”
More and more people started climbing up the cliff.
And coincidentally, those who climbed the cliff naturally gathered behind Cheongmyeong.
Then, Hao Moon’s armed force and the Black Demon’s Demon Sword Corps, which were waiting, quickly ran behind Jang Il-so’s back and started spewing out deadly force.
There was a lot of tension on the cliff.
Cheongmyeong slowly turned his gaze towards Jang Ilso.
“This…”
Lee Juk-i had a clear sneer on his face.
“Even though you made such a big fuss, it looks like your plan didn’t work out? What should I do? “Everyone came up.”
“….”
“So we should have fought while talking. “If that were the case, things might have been a little different.”
There is no way Jang Il-so could refute these words. Jang Il-so’s plan to deal with them at the bottom of the cliff is almost completely shattered.
Everyone looked at Jang Il-so’s face.
This is because I couldn’t bear to wonder what kind of expression Jang Il-so would make at this moment when the plan went awry.
However, after a while, the expression on Jang Il-so’s face left everyone speechless.
The brightest smile ever appeared on his face.
“I admit it.”
“….”
The slow tone was strangely excited.
“This battle…”
He paused for a moment and licked his lips as he looked at Cheongmyeong. Then he spoke very slowly.
“…you won.”
“….”
Hearing Jang Il-so’s completely unexpected words, Cheongmyeong hardened his face and glared at Jang Il-so.
Then he spoke in a voice that seemed to be suppressing his anger.
“…What kind of modification is this?”
“Literally.”
Jang Il-so shrugs his shoulders. It was a face that clearly showed the composure of the first time.
“It was not in my calculations that you would be held back so much. Clearly you have completely distorted the picture I created. So there is no way not to admit it.”
“….”
“It is my defeat. This battle is your victory. Of course, the strong do not necessarily win the battle. This is pretty painful. A pseudonym will be laughed at.”
Cheongmyeong glared at Jang Il-so without the slightest agitation. Because what Jang Il-so wants to say cannot end here.
“But…”
Sure enough, Jang Il-so’s lips parted slightly, revealing his pure white teeth.
“It’s just in combat.”
“….”
“I won this war, Volcanic God Dragon.”
If it had been normal, I wouldn’t have even heard those words.
But it’s different now. The moment I heard Jang Il-so’s words full of confidence, I couldn’t help but sense that something was wrong.
“You don’t know.”
The corner of Jang Il-so’s mouth twisted.
“You don’t know anything about this, the one thing you should know best here. That too is quite strange. “You are definitely unique.”
“What bullshit….”
“I’ll tell you.”
Jang Il-so stopped talking to Cheongmyeong and looked at her softly. Then he spoke in a gentle tone, as if a teacher was teaching his favorite student.
“I’ll tell you, Volcano God Dragon. Just like in battle, war is not won by the strong. “In war… those who have something to protect lose.”
Jang Il-so tapped my head with his finger.
“That’s why you can’t defeat me. Do you understand?”
Cheongmyeong grabbed the sword.
“This bastard…”
Wood clatter.
His body tensed up and his feet dug into the ground, as if he was going to rush at any moment.
It was not immediately clear what exactly Jang Il-so meant or what kind of trick he was using. However, the moment he heard the words ‘I will protect’, many people’s faces appeared in Cheongmyeong’s mind, from Ohgeom to Hwasan Hyeyeon.
And now one thing is certain.
I need to cover Jang Il-so’s mouth before he does something crazy!
When Cheongmyeong lowered his posture like a hungry wolf, Jang Il-so smiled and shook his head.
“You didn’t understand what I said at all, Volcano God Dragon. “This war…”
Jang Il-so said, spreading his arms as if making a declaration.
“It’s already done.”
“Shut up you bastard!”
In the end, Cheongmyeong kicked the ground hard and flew straight towards Jang Il-so. I don’t know where that power came from, but the sword energy on the sword was burning red.
However, Jang Il-so just smiled strangely while looking at Cheongmyeong.
As if he knew that the sword could never reach him.
‘how?’
It was the exact moment when a feeling of extreme discomfort swept over Cheongmyeong.
Paaaaaa!
Cheongmyeong’s eyes widened as he rushed toward Jang Il-so. His head violently turned to the side.
Kwaaaaaaaa!
But there was no time to try anything. The flying tension was stuck in Cheongmyeong’s side.
“Cheongmyeongaaaaaa!”
As Yu I-seol tries to rush after Cheong-myeong in an unimaginable situation, a tearing scream bursts out of her mouth.
“Che Cheongmyeong! Cheongmyeongaaaa!”
Cheongmyeong flew like a kite with a broken string and fell to the floor.
The five swords ran towards Cheongmyeong, screaming.
But just one person.
Baekcheonman turned his head and looked somewhere else with a devil-like face.
The person who put pressure on Cheongmyeong.
The face of the person who struck the blow that could never have been prevented because it was completely unexpected.
“This….”
Drumming.
Baekcheon’s teeth were ground and blood was bursting out of his eyes. A soft voice like a cry came out.
“Huh… too.”
A desperate voice, like the howl of an animal, eventually burst from his mouth.
“Huhdooooooooooooooooooo!”
Heo Do-jin-in, a shaman’s long essay.
He was glaring at me with a cute face.
