Side story 213. Seventy-Two Demon Generals (3)
bang!
The woman flew away with a loud noise and hit the wall.
The blood she vomited out was dyed a dark color. Even though her whole body was covered in blood, her face, which had vomited blood again, had a look of exhaustion on it.
“again.”
There seemed to be some sort of laughter in his voice.
The woman knew that the angrier the old man in front of her got, the more he smiled.
It was really disgusting. If a person is angry, they should be angry. Why are they laughing? No matter how she looked at this old man, he was not normal.
Paaak!
I vowed to myself that I would kill that crazy old man someday, but no one knew when that day would be.
In the end, the woman ran once more to make today the day, and experienced another failure.
bang!
The exploding blood-red sword energy completely swept through the woman’s body.
dump.
The fallen woman was left practically naked.
Flutter.
The lantern that had thrown its windbreak to cover the woman’s body smiled and said.
“Get up.”
“Coolook!”
“Isn’t that enough? What a pity. I’ve never assembled a toy that was this good.”
“Wow!”
“A toy that betrays its owner’s expectations cannot provide any fun. It’s time to throw it away.”
The woman gritted her teeth and got up from her seat.
The crazy old man had no mercy. If he said he would kill me, he would really kill me. In fact, many of his fellow students thought, ‘Really?’ and ended up dying by the old man’s hands.
A woman staggering to her feet and wrapping herself in a windbreaker.
Only then did the smile disappear from Yeondeung’s face.
“Who told you to go out and cause trouble?”
“Huk, huk, that’s why you raised me. To cause trouble.”
“I’ve never told you to hit me when the owner doesn’t want you to.”
“I wanted to know what kind of guy he was to deserve such praise.”
“And you must have been confident that you could win. After all, you’ve grown so much in just five years. Don’t you think so?”
“… … .”
“It would have been better if you had just killed him and come back, but you ran away like a fool. If it hadn’t been dangerous for your personality, you wouldn’t have run away. In other words, you thought that you could die if you fought that guy.”
“……no.”
“Now you’re lying? I guess I really need to get another toy.”
The woman’s face turned slightly pale.
But there was no wavering in her voice.
“Even if I buy a new toy, I’ll have to wait a few more years, so please don’t do that.”
It was a shameless and brazen statement.
The lantern’s expression became strange.
“Wouldn’t it be better to wait a few years to get a new toy than to raise a mad dog that won’t eat what its owner tells it to?”
“I won’t do that again.”
“A person who has made a mistake once is likely to make a mistake twice or three times. You have even made a mistake and failed.”
“Isn’t it better to lose anyway? I think this much training is enough.”
“Oh?”
“I’m a woman who knows how to value her life. I won’t do something like that again, so please calm down now.”
I don’t know about anything else, but this confidence, to the point of being shameless, is truly amazing.
The lantern, which had been staring blankly at the woman, smiled and put away his sword.
“Even that amazing talent can’t keep up with the tongue-twisting skill.”
The woman sighed. It was finally over.
The lantern turned around.
“Be diligent in your cultivation. Don’t do useless things. If you act wildly again, I will bring you such pain that you will feel better about dying.”
The lantern that left behind its ominous words left the woman’s residence.
“Phew.”
The woman wrapped in a windbreaker staggered momentarily from dizziness.
“You damn old man. I will kill you.”
Someone might say, no matter how rough and annoying it may be, how can you think of killing your teacher?
When the woman saw it, it was just nonsense.
The woman had no teacher, only a breeder.
No, I would have loved the dog I raised more than this.
‘Well, does a dog even wag its tail?’
The woman, who had been thinking about nothing for a moment, slowly used her explosive magic.
The explosive magic is so rough that it cannot be properly implemented unless you reach a certain level. Even if you receive internal injuries, you cannot heal yourself by energizing yourself.
Despite knowing this, Yeondeung continued to attack countless toys that had been polished with explosives, and in the process, more than ten people died from internal injuries.
The only person who survived the training process that was difficult to describe as inhumane was a woman.
“Phew.”
It was when the woman who had somehow managed to build up her stamina was about to enter the residence.
“You’ve been treated terribly.”
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The woman looked sideways in surprise.
There was a young man there.
The sight of the young man in his neat white robe was so beautiful that it was enough to make one exclaim in admiration. In the hand that carried the backpack, he held a small fan, and on his head, where every strand of hair was perfectly tied up, was an antique-looking crown.
Although his appearance was hardly that of a man, the woman could sense an ominous aura emanating from the young man’s body.
‘It got stronger.’
A tension appeared on the woman’s face.
Contrary to his appearance, the young man was five or six years older than her.
And the time that she had come into contact with magic was also shorter. If they had similar talents, it would naturally be the one who had practiced for a longer period of time that would be stronger. In reality, the woman knew very well that she was still no match for the young man.
“What is happening here?”
“What happened? I came here because I thought one of my comrades who survived might have died from some kind of stupid act.”
The woman’s eyes sharpened.
“I didn’t know you thought of me that much.”
“As you know, our relationship is quite special. It’s a fight that could break out at any moment, but until then, we should support each other with friendship.”
The woman felt a strong sense of discomfort.
“I’m fine without your passionate friendship. You don’t have to worry about useless things.”
“You must be foolish. You went out without permission and came back after getting hit hard.”
“Are you being sarcastic?”
“No way. Most people die because they show off their pride when they’re about to die. At least you didn’t do that. Having a great survival instinct is a compliment, not a curse.”
It’s definitely sarcasm.
The woman turned away coldly.
“I don’t want to talk to you.”
“How was it, Lee Cheon-sang?”
“… … .”
My footsteps stopped on their own.
She tried not to answer, but the three letters “Lee Cheon-sang” were like a trap that ensnared her ankle.
The young man smiled.
It was a charming smile. Her gently curved eyes naturally revealed a sad disposition.
“From what I’ve heard, I thought you were one or two levels behind me in terms of skill, but you ran away instead. Were you hiding your skills?”
“… … .”
“Or maybe it evolved into something new in a short time.”
“Are you interested in Lee Cheon-sang?”
“no way.”
The young man shrugged his shoulders comically.
“That guy is too much. Even the greatest geniuses have their days as children. And he made too many enemies before he could spread his wings.”
“… … .”
“Even though they are protected by the White Bone God, they will soon face a crisis of some kind. No one dares to mess with them because of the White Bone God, but the moment someone bold enough to step forward, a wave like we have never seen before will sweep through the civil war.”
“That’s an interesting statement.”
“hmm?”
The woman looked back at the young man.
“It sounds like you’re saying that the existence of this guy named Lee Cheon-sang is so important that the entire civil war needs to keep an eye on him.”
“… … .”
“It seems like you want to get information about him from me, but I have nothing to tell you. Except that he’s dangerous.”
“He’s a dangerous guy… … .”
With those words, the woman stormed into the living quarters.
The young man chuckled.
“That’s why you hear the sound of a child. Even if you fight and win against all of us, you will never become the best.”
And maybe, it could be the same for you too.
The young man looked up at the sky.
The cloudless night sky today held endless darkness. The darkness was so deep that neither the moonlight nor the stars could be seen.
To the young man’s eyes, the sky looked like a pit of evil that was sucking everything in the world.
Even the bloody struggle of murderers who kill and kill will not be able to sew up that swamp.
“… … This is boring.”
* * *
Squeak.
Seopil’s eyes, which had not moved even when the door opened, opened when he heard someone sitting in the chair opposite him.
“… … .”
Seo-pil’s tired face and Lee Cheon-sang’s indifferent face formed a contrast.
Seo-pil’s bloodshot eyes and Lee Cheon-sang’s clear eyes were in stark contrast, but somehow they were similar.
The two people looked at each other with similar yet different looks, and kept silence for a moment.
The first to speak was Lee Cheon-sang.
“You look fine.”
“Thanks to you.”
“I don’t think that means you were able to be okay thanks to me.”
“No, it’s thanks to you.”
Contrary to his extremely tired appearance, Seo-pil’s voice was calm.
“It may sound like bragging, but since I joined the church, I don’t remember ever being hit in the back of the head by someone or being left helpless by political attacks. Of course, I’ve had many failures in my work.”
“… … .”
“So to speak, you are the only person who has ever frustrated me.”
“Is that so?”
“I realized that I had become very arrogant because of you. It was only after I fell into your terrible trap and became a lost child with nowhere to go that I was able to understand my limitations.”
“margin.”
“Yes.”
“I don’t really care what the limitations are, but I’m very curious as to why you came to me.”
It meant to get to the point first.
Seo-pil closed his eyes for a moment.
He had already made up his mind. If he hadn’t made up his mind, he wouldn’t have moved. But when he actually saw the other person, his mouth wouldn’t open easily.
Looking at the silent Seopil, Lee Cheon-sang opened his mouth.
“I don’t know what it is, but you’ve fallen a lot.”
Seo-pil opened his eyes wide.
“What does that mean?”
“It may sound unpleasant to you, but when I saw you before, I thought you were a dangerous poisonous snake with a dark mind. To put it the other way around, even if I couldn’t read your thoughts, I could tell that you were hiding something inside.”
“… … !”
“You couldn’t help but be a person who didn’t want to be humble, but even so, many people would have glared at you with their eyes wide open to find out what you were thinking. But now, even that is no longer possible.”
“… … .”
“You no longer have the same dangerous and annoying charm you once had. If that were your only good point, wouldn’t I have no reason to talk to you anymore?”
Seo-pil’s eyes shook greatly.
Lee Cheon-sang stood up from his seat.
“Let’s not see each other again.”
