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Chapter 274
Chapter 274. Someone’s Malice (5)
Cheol Sun-jik.
He was a chilling man.
The arms and legs I moved by my own will, by the time I came to my senses, would somehow already be bound to strings he controlled.
And it was not only me.
Ẇe b̄ ň о vе̂l Е ṅ ú m̈a
Everyone around me was played in his hands.
The more one struggled to escape, the more one became entangled in the spiderweb he had spread, until one could no longer move at all.
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Those who understood his true nature feared him, and those who did not tried to avoid him.
The instinct to survive sent out a signal.
That he was a dangerous natural enemy.
That he had to be avoided.
Ẁ_ѐbn̄ о v̇е l E n üm̀ а
When I looked straight ahead, he was running toward me with his face flushed crimson.
In the meantime, Eun-ho stepped in front of me.
I placed my hand on Eun-ho’s shoulder and said,
“Step aside.”
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“But...”
Eun-ho met my gaze, realized something, and nodded.
Ѐn̊u m̄ а̃. і̄ d
“Then... please give me the flag.”
“The flag?”
He spoke as though it were obvious.
“You are going to win, are you not, Eldest Senior Brother?”
A faint laugh escaped me before I knew it.
“...Yes.”
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Eun-ho, who had been commanding the sword formation, took the flag and fell back.
The White Tiger Sword Formation had already collapsed, and chaos raged on all sides, so the formation itself had become meaningless.
I quietly stared at the source of this disaster.
“In a situation like this, that elegant tongue of yours has no time to show its strength, does it?”
I moved toward Cheol Sun-jik.
Little by little, faster and faster.
Е ṅùm̂ а
And then, when I reached the very peak of speed.
SWISH—
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With the force of my charge added to it, I brought the Black Dragon Sword down.
CLANG—
The two swords collided, and a resonant note rang out.
Since we had both rushed in hastily, the shock spreading through each of us was tremendous.
Ӗn̈ūmа̇.іd̈
Cheol Sun-jik retreated five steps so he would not fall, and I also retreated three steps.
“Jin So-un...”
“Now you do not even call me Representative Jin.”
That venomous gaze, that murderous aura, pleased me immensely.
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Because I had wanted to face him like this at least once.
“I like this very much.”
Eṅu m â . i̊ d̈
However, he did not seem pleased at all.
“Haaap!”
In an instant, the Bamboo String Gang’s Blue Bamboo Sword Art unfolded.
Because it was rooted in the Thirty-Six Sword Arts under Heaven, the Blue Bamboo Sword Art possessed the principles of a weighty heavy sword.
Though he was not using internal energy, each time his sword struck, it felt as though I were receiving the full force of the impact from inside a bell.
CLANG— CLANG— CLANG—
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Since he could not use internal energy, he swung the sword with his body weight behind it instead.
His ability to adapt to the situation was enough to shame even most wandering martial artists.
Before I knew it, I was purely admiring him inwardly.
Is that so? Are you this skilled in fighting?
In my previous life, I had never once seen his skill, so I could not help being astonished.
When he was this domineering, why had he never once displayed this ability in my previous life?
W̄ е̇b ṅ ō v ěl̄ Е nūmӑ
Why not once?
Why not even a single time?
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‘In those moments where we crossed the line between life and death, why did you never once show yourself as a proper comrade?’
Cheol Sun-jik moved swiftly, turning his body twice sideways through the air as he brought his sword down.
I also gripped the Black Dragon Sword with both hands and struck back against his attack.
CLAAANG—
Е n ǔ m̈a. і.ď
My hands trembled, and that vibration spread through my forearms and shoulders.
To stop the trembling, I drove my sword into the ground, then immediately unleashed the Minor Heaven Sword Art.
SWISH—
The sword advanced in exactly the direction I had predicted.
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“Hup!”
Cheol Sun-jik’s eyes widened as he quickly raised his sword to block it.
Еn ùm̆а .і d
CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG—
Once again, the cry of blades spread across the entire mountain.
The two swords held firm.
In a contest between a heavy sword and a swift sword, what mattered was who seized the breathing rhythm.
A swift sword pushed back by a heavy sword would break, and a heavy sword tangled by a swift sword would collapse.
“Huuup...!”
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Neither of us retreated a single step as we tried to seize the other’s breath.
CLANG CLANG CLANG—
For an instant, Cheol Sun-jik’s Vital Acupoint opened.
Even as he foresaw his own end, he did not wear an expression of fear.
Instead, his face showed only bitter, seething resentment.
“In this life, I won.”
Еńú m̀ а̌
The moment I was about to drive the Ten Thousand Transformations Invincible Fist into Cheol Sun-jik’s solar plexus, whose expression had turned puzzled for an instant.
“Sun-jik!”
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An Uninvited Guest intervened.
THUD THUD THUD!
Cheol Hyeon-jik took the Ten Thousand Transformations Invincible Fist with his back in Cheol Sun-jik’s stead.
While Cheol Hyeon-jik writhed in pain and rolled across the ground, Cheol Sun-jik, who had looked down at him for a moment, moved his hand swiftly.
Ë n ŭ m̀ а
‘Damn it!’
Just as I was about to retreat to escape the influence of the heavy sword.
“...!”
Cheol Hyeon-jik, who had been rolling on the ground, desperately grabbed my leg.
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“Sun-jik! Now!”
Along with Cheol Hyeon-jik’s shout, Cheol Sun-jik spun once, loaded his sword with all his strength, and swung as though to cut through my waist.
Еńûm а. і̊ d̆
It was a movement filled with pure sincerity.
A hollow laugh escaped me before I knew it.
Madman. Has he forgotten that this is only an evaluation?
...But for some reason, I understood.
Because I, too, had forgotten that the current evaluation was merely a matter of points.
I unleashed Flowing Cloud Divine Art, Lotus, to its limit.
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My joints screamed from Cheol Sun-jik’s heavy sword striking against the flat of my blade, but I clenched my teeth hard enough to draw blood and endured it.
“Aaaaagh!”
CLANG!
I barely managed to deflect Cheol Sun-jik’s sword, then immediately shook off Cheol Hyeon-jik clinging to my leg.
“Sun-jik... now...”
Damn it, what did he keep meaning by now?
Е̌ numа̃. ĭ d̄
THUD.
When Cheol Hyeon-jik, who had been clinging to me like a leech, fainted with a shriek, Cheol Sun-jik glanced once at his elder brother with an indifferent gaze and then fixed his stance.
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“You are fortunate, Jin So-un.”
“Have you finally thrown away that wretched politeness?”
“...Strange. Everyone likes it when they are treated respectfully.”
I let out a faint sneer.
Ẁ е́b̌n о v̄ е́ l̄ Eṅ u m̀ а̀
“Only those who cannot see the sinister heart within it.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes.”
One might have expected him to show indignation at the sight of his elder brother collapsed, yet he showed nothing of the sort.
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He merely continued swinging his sword.
Soon, his dry voice continued.
Ẅe̊b́ n̈ о v̈ е̇ l Е̃ńum̊а
“You must have thought you only needed to save two people, Seong Mo-ran and Lee Geum-pyo. You must have thought that after ruining my operation, that much would be enough.”
“...”
Cheol Sun-jik’s eyes flashed as he lowered his body even further forward, and his sword grew even heavier.
“Did you truly think I had not predicted even that from the very beginning?”
As though representing his mood.
“It will not go as you wish, Jin So-un.”
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CLAAANG— CLAAANG— CLAAANG—
Even knowing the sword was made of Diamond Indestructible Iron, I began to worry it might break.
“Since you ruined my plan, you will not achieve what you want either!”
Cheol Sun-jik shouted in a more emotional state than ever before.
In my previous life, I had despised Cheol Sun-jik.
Because his selfishness, caring only for his own safety and that of his sect rather than the victory of the entire unit, had disgusted me.
E ǹ u m а̃ . ǐd
Because the way they never did their best had always been condemned not only by our Sojeong Squad, but by every warrior.
And yet there had been nothing I could actually do.
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I lacked the skill to subdue him by force, and he was too cunning to face with intellect.
Even Jegal Cheon-gi had been caught in his schemes every time except once.
That was why I had hated and despised him to a sickening degree.
But.
E n̄ u.m̄ а̃ . i d̆
‘The truth is, I envied him.’
Those people who continued their lives until the end.
And him, who saved his own people by any means necessary.
Yes, I had envied him.
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Cheol Sun-jik and the people of his sect, who survived every time even while being condemned and cursed.
Because I could not do that.
Е nu̇m̈ а̀
Because I had no one left to protect anymore.
“Krgh...!”
Perhaps the reason I had despised him down to the bone was ultimately born from my hatred toward myself, who had failed to protect those precious to me.
That was why I could not lose.
No, I must not lose.
I would not repeat the mistakes of my previous life again.
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I was sick and tired of hiding away and cursing the enemy while looking at the traces of comrades who had died or fallen behind.
“So I cannot stop here!”
Even as I collapsed under the shockwave of the heavy sword, I desperately swung the Ten Thousand Transformations Invincible Fist.
I could not deal a major blow, but it was enough to block his sight for a brief moment.
“Kugh!”
The moment Cheol Sun-jik’s gaze, which had narrowed for an instant, returned.
W̃ѐbǹӧ vе̇ l̄ Е̄ n uṁ а
SWISH—
I thrust the Black Dragon Sword without hesitation.
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Now that I knew his skill, I knew he would not easily die from an attack of this level.
SWISH—
By the narrowest margin, I cut his ear, and with his head tilted aside, he immediately drove his sword hilt toward my ribs.
If I made a mistake, my ribs would be broken.
Ĕ n̄ ũ.m а́ .і̊d
At the same time I withdrew the Black Dragon Sword, I struck his jaw with my elbow.
THUD!
Staggering from the impact, he retreated two or three steps.
His face was a mixture of anger and resentment.
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“Why... Why do you interfere every time, Jin So-un...?”
Instead of his usual neat appearance, Cheol Sun-jik lowered his head with disheveled hair and spat the words out through clenched teeth.
Еǹu m а̂
“I must bring down the heavens. And yet, and yet, why does someone like you...! Why do you obstruct my Great Cause!!”
I heard words I could not fully understand, but I did not question them.
Because I felt I roughly knew what he meant.
He wailed desperately once again.
“Why... Do you block my path every time?”
CLAAANG—
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“Why... Why!”
CLAAANG—
“Every time...!”
Cheol Sun-jik’s sword and the Black Dragon Sword collided, but now there was none of the same weight as before.
There was no speed seeking an opening either.
Only a desperate struggle remained.
Е̃ n.üm̄а̀
“Why do you keep blocking my path!!!”
CLAAANG—
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I no longer retreated from the impact.
No, after colliding with my sword, it was Cheol Sun-jik who retreated two or three steps.
But he cried out in desperate defiance until his throat seemed ready to burst.
“I can never retreat!”
W̊ ёb̀n ӧv̊ e_l̄ Е̄n ù m̃ а̊
I looked at him as he swayed.
“The same goes for me.”
“...”
I stared into those eyes, now filled with nothing but rage and malice.
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It was an expression I might have worn in my previous life.
“I also can never retreat.”
Eṅ ũ m а
He stared blankly at me, then revealed a faint, twisted smile.
“...Is that so? Jin So-un, do you desire the same thing as I do?”
“...”
“Then why can I not do it? Why is it that you can, but I cannot?”
It was the question I had asked myself countless times while looking at Cheol Sun-jik in my previous life.
Now, he shouted it toward me.
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“Why must I only stare blankly and watch?”
In my previous life, I had not even been able to guess at the answer.
But somewhere along the way, I had found the answer to that complicated question.
And that answer was unexpectedly simple.
“Because I am more desperate.”
“...”
Ėǹũ m̃ã
The reason I had been unable to answer the question was merely that I had lacked the courage to face the truth.
From the beginning, the answer was simpler and clearer than anything else.
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“Thank you, Cheol Sun-jik!”
And it pierced deep into the lungs.
“Because I am more desperate.”
It made one feel vast despair.
E_númа̃
“That is all.”
“...”
Cheol Sun-jik shook his head.
As though he could never accept it.
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“That cannot be. I am more than anyone... more than anyone...”
Cheol Sun-jik’s hollow gaze looked at me and the members of the Taeul Sect.
Ё_nu.m̄а . і̄ ḋ
At Geum-pyo, who was enduring to the end while receiving the attacks of five swords...
“More than anyone... more desperately...”
At Sa-ryeon, whose hair was disheveled, but who never once let go of her trembling sword...
Then, before long, he pressed his mouth firmly shut.
I could see his jaw bulge.
GRIND.
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Soon, red blood flowed from the corner of his mouth.
The man who had been trembling with his head lowered flashed his eyes and stared at me.
“If that is so...”
Cheol Sun-jik’s face hardened.
“If that is truly so, then prove it. Prove how desperate you are...”
Veins bulged once more over his drooping arms, as though they were about to burst.
W̌ еb̀ n о̂ vе l̈ Ёn u m а̌_
“...This time, I will become your Mount Tai.”
I also poured every bit of strength into my trembling arms.
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“Even without you, the world is overflowing with bastards who want to block my path!”
SWISH—
The moment the Black Dragon Sword shot out, Cheol Sun-jik blocked it with the flat of his sword.
CLANG CLANG.
W̌ e b̃ n ӧ v̈ё l̊ _Е̂ n u m̆ a
Cheol Sun-jik did not budge and focused entirely on defense.
Instead of swinging his sword, Cheol Sun-jik chose to become a wall, and just as he had said, he became a single Mount Tai.
SWIIISH—
“Come at me as much as you like!”
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The speed of a swift sword without internal energy had its limits, and against Cheol Sun-jik, who was familiar with the Minor Heaven Sword Art, a simple sword trajectory would not work.
“You will not be able to cross me easily, Jin So-un.”
W̊ ӗ b̂nо́ v̆ěl Е̇ǹ ùm а̊
“...Is that so?”
“Yes... You, too, should feel how disgusting it is to have something blocking your path...”
But that Mount Tai did not frighten me at all.
Why?
“If I cannot cross it, I simply have to break it.”
“What?”
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Instead of using the Minor Heaven Sword Art, I gripped the Black Dragon Sword with both hands.
“Just as you tried to do, Cheol Sun-jik.”
And I swung the Blue Bamboo Sword Art that Cheol Sun-jik had used.
An honest, upright, and endlessly firm heavy sword faithful to the fundamentals.
A sword sufficient to break a solid wall.
CLAAANG—
Ẃе̄ bǹ_ӧ vе̂ l Еňumӓ
I displayed exactly what he had displayed.
CLAAANG—
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Cheol Sun-jik’s startled eyes widened.
“What is this...?”
Using another person’s martial art while unable to operate internal energy was madness.
Because most martial arts were created on the foundation of internal energy circulation.
Ẽ ǹ ū ḿ а ._ìd̆
Unless one had spent a lifetime training and studying that martial art, one could not efficiently use it without internal energy.
But I did not need to worry.
Because Cheol Sun-jik had shown me the time he had accumulated until now.
The finest Blue Bamboo Sword Art that could be displayed without internal energy.
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“Impossible!!!”
I only had to faithfully follow the Blue Bamboo Sword Art that he had displayed.
Е̇n ŭmа
Then it would become the finest Blue Bamboo Sword Art usable in this situation.
CLAAANG—
Just as he had struck as though to break through the wall that was me.
CLAAANG—
This time, I struck as though to break through the wall that was Cheol Sun-jik.
CLAAANG—
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I placed weight into it instead of internal energy, and added rotation instead of speed.
CLAAANG—
CRACK.
For the first time, a small crack appeared in Cheol Sun-jik’s sword.
“Wh-what is this!!!”
Cheol Sun-jik tried to retreat in panic.
Е ṅ um̃ a .і d
Without delay, I spun three times in place and swung the Blue Bamboo Sword Art.
THWAAACK—
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And then.
CRAACK—
SHATTER—
With a sound that seemed ready to tear the eardrums, Cheol Sun-jik’s sword broke.
Е̇ ṅ uṁ а̇
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