Black Dragon Society (2)
Heavenly Dragon Sword Master Ha Seung-hoon.
He was a hero who made brilliant contributions to stopping the activities of the Demonic Cult in the final war that took place in Beijing, and he was a supernova who reached the realm of Hwagyeong while still in his early to mid twenties.
Those who know him unanimously say that the next world’s best has already been decided.
As such, there were more than one or two forces that sent him love calls after the war ended.
It was a very natural reaction, since he was only staying at the Jegal family due to some connection and was not officially affiliated with them.
If I could just get him involved, I would have both power and fame in my hands.
“We have stopped the plot of the Demonic Cult and brought them down, but that is not the end of it. The remnants of those who survived are still causing chaos in the world, and there are many who are still suffering from the chaos, unable to overcome it. I would like to be of some help to those people, even if it is only a little.”
In that situation, he declared that he would leave the expedition and travel around the continent.
It was not surprising that Zhuge Liang, who was putting all his efforts into rebuilding his family, felt a sense of crisis that the treasure he had almost acquired might be taken away by others.
“I want to participate in that meaningful work! I survived thanks to everyone’s help. I want to repay my debt to the world in this way. Ah! Of course, I will repay my debt to Confucius separately and individually···.”
That was also a significant reason why he reluctantly approved the stubbornness of Jegal Hye-mi, the jewel of the family.
At least while she’s by his side, he won’t suddenly become the son-in-law of another faction.
It was possible that he could return to his family with his nose pierced sooner than expected.
Of course, her ability to use proper sorcery as a dragon child also played a big part in that.
Wasn’t she considered to be exceptionally outstanding even within the Zhuge Liang family, which was full of theoretical geniuses?
However, when all the restrictions that had bound her were removed and only her strengths remained, her talents began to blossom to the point where she looked down on most wizards.
“Wow, the legendary swordsmanship that our Zhuge family is so proud of is already···!”
“Oh my god! Dragon magic! Ha, just once! Show me just once more!”
“If only we could incorporate that into our family’s magic…”
Some elders who highly regarded her abilities insisted that she should be kept strictly within the family for her safety.
The head of the household and the head of the royal household, who had the final say, supported her wishes and allowed her to go out into the world.
“There are a few conditions, though. First of all···”
Of course, there were restrictions in the process, such as having several of the family’s masters accompany them as escorts or having to use communication magic to inform them of their destination in advance, but in reality, those were not that difficult of conditions.
‘It’s not a bad thing for me either. It’s true that Jegal Hye-mi’s abilities are helpful for Kang Ho-haeng. In addition, the Taoist magic she improved is helpful just by watching from the side.’
Her secret escort was also not greatly hindered as they specialized in undercover operations.
Since the world is still full of danger, it wouldn’t hurt to have that much insurance for her safety.
But there was one thing he didn’t expect—.
“Wow~ I can wash with warm water even on wallpaper like this. Taoism is really amazing! I wish I could learn it too.”
“Hmm, the reason I can use this kind of magic is all thanks to my innate abilities···.”
“Hey— Of course I’m joking, sis! Even if you teach me, I can’t do something that gives me such a headache. I just want to stick close to my capable sis! Hehe!”
On the way to Mosanpa in Jiangsu Province, our first destination.
The fact was that he had visited the Nanggong family in Anhui Province to say hello and ended up working with Nanggong Soran.
She was so friendly that she became like sisters to Jegal Hye-mi in an instant when she first met her, and later, with the support of Geomseong, the eldest member of the Namgung family, she naturally joined the group.
Ha Seung-hoon could not bear to refuse her request as she was also his comrade in the final war and had no choice but to accept her joining him.
‘Hmm… Well, I guess it doesn’t matter. It’s the same whether it’s one or two.’
Rather, it wasn’t such a bad story, since his influence would grow even more with the descendants of noble families joining him.
If there comes a time when you need Sega’s help, it will be easier to borrow their strength.
Thus began the journey of the three people and several secret escorts dispatched from the two Sega clans.
Not much time has passed since the end of the battle with the Demonic Cult, but they have been able to experience and resolve many incidents as they traverse the continent.
Not only did they wipe out the bandits who were still actively doing business, but they also punished the thugs who were committing heinous crimes without even realizing that the world had changed, the remnants of the Demonic Cult who were running wild after losing control, and the corrupt officials who were exploiting the people.
Although they could not forget about small acts of kindness, such as opening a new waterway in a village where a well had dried up and hunting dangerous beasts, their main goal was to deal with the evil elements who continued to instigate chaos in the world.
“Oh! Thank you so much, Grandmasters!”
“Please… spare me! I will live a good life from now on!”
“Oh my~! Our Malsuk, now you can finally close your eyes in peace···!”
It was natural that in the process, he would experience various battles along with his fame rising day by day.
There was even one time when he defeated a master of Hwagyeong, so there was no need to talk about the intensity of the journey.
And Ha Seung-hoon from Cheonryong Swordsman.
At some point I couldn’t help but realize one thing.
‘···Why, why don’t you grow anymore?’
That at some point, my growth had stagnated.
Since I was consistently taking the 『Elixir of Growth』, my skill proficiency was continuously increasing, but I still had no intention of seeing the wall of transcendence.
Once I see something, I will figure out how to overcome it…
‘It’s not that I lack strength. At my current level, I would say I’m in the top tier even within the same field. Then why?’
The “Empty Spirit Body” he possessed was a legendary body that could use the energy of nature as it pleased, thus eliminating not only internal energy but even the limitations of the body.
In addition, the “Cheonryong Shingong” obtained through the blessing of the Dragon God is a martial art of the highest level that is no less than the Cheonma Shingong, and in some ways, it can even be seen as superior to it.
Also, aren’t “Manryuguijong”, “Multi-talented”, and “Mimicry” all the best auxiliary abilities for learning martial arts?
‘Oh, I see.’
However, since he had already raised several avatars to the realm of transcendence, it was not long before he realized the cause.
Transcendence through the mystery of martial arts… reaching the realm of the supernatural cannot be achieved through the methods used so far.
‘···If I think about it carefully, my avatars didn’t overcome the wall on their own strength alone.’
As Hans completed the ‘Heart of the Immortal King’, he naturally ascended to the position of the third generation Immortal King.
The Immortal King is the symbol of the destruction of the world, having previously dyed half of the continent with death.
Simply inheriting the power and karma of such a being was enough to meet the conditions for transcendence.
The same goes for Heinz II, who inherited the roots of a race called vampires, and Hela, who took over the vacant position of Demon King at the same time.
Normally, it wouldn’t have been strange for someone to have a mental breakdown due to an unqualified Moon Talk, but the fraudulent skill called “Avatar”—and the abilities linked to it, such as “Mind Hub” and “Soul Firewall”—made the impossible possible.
‘Heinrich and Harris, who overcame the wall with the help of the god and the world tree, suffered fewer side effects.’
The fact remains that this was possible thanks to external assistance.
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Even so, it would have been impossible without the special conditions of being a priest who was granted power through faith and a high elf who was a priest of the world tree.
‘If you think about it, is Harley the only one who has reached the state of transcendence through his own efforts?’
I don’t know if I should just prey on other life forms, steal their potential, and forcibly digest them, and then overcome the wall by my own power.
In any case, Harley’s case, where he overcame limitations solely based on his physical characteristics, could only be seen as a special case.
‘But this time, things are different. In order to reach the realm of Hyeon-gyeong, you must hone your martial arts skills through martial arts alone, without any luck.’
He sighed lightly.
Among those who have reached the current state of enlightenment, there is not a single one who has not been called a genius at least once.
Even the Heavenly Horse, who received various corrections as an Awakened and quickly became stronger, was born with a special talent called ‘Cheonsalseong’.
His unique skill, “Thousand Killing Star”, is simply a talent that has been turned into a skill with various supernatural effects added, so even if he hadn’t awakened, he would have probably become a famous martial artist on Earth.
Of course, it is much more likely that he was a psychopathic serial killer who was caught by the Awakened and killed.
‘I need enlightenment, enlightenment. Not some artificially injected essence or knowledge learned through mystical methods, but something that contains my philosophy and thoughts entirely···.’
Is this something like my destiny as a warrior who has mastered martial arts?
Because of Hugo’s mature and tolerant nature, he always had a gentlemanly smile on his face, but as time went by, I could feel a thirst for power growing inside him.
‘Is this how people get addicted to magic? … No, magic is only quick to achieve at low levels. It would actually be poison to me right now.’
In the meantime.
The clue of the ‘Black Dragon Society’ discovered on Earth was enough to provide a ray of light to him who had been stagnant.
China is a land with many returnees from the martial arts world.
Among them, the oldest and most secretive group of filtered and filtered martial arts practitioners.
Those who had no choice but to face the limits of growth in the environment called Earth, and who had finally discovered the ‘something’ after establishing the secret meaning derived from countless dimensions, made his heart race.
“Confucius?”
“Brother?”
At that moment.
He suddenly raised his head at the sound of two voices coming from beside him.
The two people who had been traveling together were looking at him with strange expressions.
“Did you call? Is something wrong?”
“No, that··· um···.”
“Rather than the work, it was my brother’s expression···.”
“expression?”
He tilted his head, stroking his face.
At the tips of my fingers, I could feel the muscles that were always smiling gently.
But he guessed the situation and continued talking nonchalantly.
“Ah! I was just thinking about something else for a moment, and then a good idea suddenly came to me. I guess I laughed without realizing it.”
The two people nodded their heads in agreement as to whether that answer was indeed correct.
Well, in this situation, I can’t help but think it’s strange if you suddenly start laughing.
“Well, it looks like everything is taken care of, so let’s get moving.”
“Yes, by the way, we finally arrived at the Mosanpa territory. If we hadn’t taken a different route along the way, we would have arrived long ago.”
“There’s nothing I can do, Sister. But I couldn’t just sit still after obtaining information about the base of the remnants of the Demonic Cult.”
As the three men and women chatted and slowly walked away, fearful eyes gathered behind them.
But that was only for a moment.
Those dressed in shabby attire cautiously pushed themselves into the manor they had come from.
A signboard shattered and broken on the ground, a completely collapsed pavilion, and countless people writhing on the floor, crippled and with their temples destroyed.
They were once extremely vicious criminals of the Dark Road who ruled this area with blood and terror.
“Ugh··· Save me··· Save me···.”
“Get out! Where the hell do these rascals dare to… Whew!”
And of course, that’s a given.
The words of those who held a grudge were not very good.
For a while, screams and the smell of blood continued to flow from inside the collapsed manor.
Just like all the other places before.
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Heinz II put a lot of effort into capturing the Black Dragon Master.
Not only did they interrogate Heukyeong and analyze the information, they also secretly installed alarm barriers and blood gates in all the nearby safe houses, including the base.
So that I can rush in immediately, no matter when or where the bastard appears.
“I didn’t expect this···.”
So, I couldn’t help but feel a bit uneasy about the current situation.
He stared blankly at the old man who was boldly entering the main gate of the base, ignoring all the countermeasures he had taken so far.
An old man wearing a black Wushu uniform, the type that comes to mind when you think of a Chinese martial artist, with the same impression I’ve already encountered in various ways.
He was the leader of the Black Dragon Society—commonly known as the Black Dragon Master.
“I guess I kept you waiting. I said I was going to hurry, but I couldn’t help it since I had to hide. I hope you understand the slight delay.”
Even though he must have already fully grasped how the situation was going, his attitude did not give off the slightest hint of tension.
As if he had already given up and accepted everything.
‘Or maybe he was confident I wouldn’t cause any harm.’
Heinz looked at him carefully, his eyes narrowed.
As we have heard, he was a master who had reached the realm of transcendence, the realm of Hyeon-gyeong.
Even among them, at a level that corresponds to the upper level.
“···Indeed, it is just as I heard.”
“Huh? Do you happen to know what kind of story you heard?”
The Black Dragon Master responded in a dazed tone to that soft exclamation.
Heinz continued talking, not paying attention to his attitude.
“A transcendent being born on Earth?”
“Oh!”
The only transcendent being born on Earth, a wasteland of mystery.
Of course, that doesn’t mean he was 100% pure and achieved perfection on Earth.
He was a returnee from the martial arts world who had returned at the beginning of the Great Upheaval, and when he returned, he was at the edge of a state of chaos.
But he didn’t give up there and kept trying to get over the wall… and as expected, he succeeded in that impossible challenge.
‘In return, you sacrificed your life and youth.’
It was inevitable.
Even if you ask for the help of an elixir, it takes a tremendous amount of energy to achieve transcendence.
In this world where there is no energy, it is not so strange to consume innate energy, which is no different from life force, instead of internal energy.
“Well, if you know that, I guess you already know most things.”
Even though the other person already knew important information about him, he didn’t seem to care much.
Rather, he just looked at Heinz and smiled as if he found something funny.
“This is a story I’ve never told anyone before… Well, I guess I can tell you.”
“hmm?”
“Hahaha, you’ll be really surprised. It’s a top secret!”
And then he went a step further and spoke first.
With an excited look, like a child telling a secret.
“Former East Asia branch manager of the Buncheonhoe.”
At those words, Heinz’s body stopped.
The Black Dragon Lord looked at him with a smiling face and continued speaking.
“I am the successor to the ruler of the law, the ruler of the opposite world.”
