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< Reunion >
The story of the leader of the Cheonmasingyo religion.
The leader of the Cheonma cult, who had been quietly meditating, was puzzled when he received a private meeting request from the elder late at night.
“What brings you here at this hour, Elder?”
“I meet the leader.”
The elder, who had been bowing for a long time, raised his head slightly and examined the cult leader’s expression.
‘Fortunately, you seem to be in a better mood today.’
The leader has often seemed unstable lately.
Everyone thought it was because of the anxiety caused by the approaching war, but even the elders would hold their breath whenever they encountered the cult leader who would often emanate magic from his entire body.
But today the leader’s face looked very calm.
‘I was worried that perhaps the devil had come to visit… It seems my worries were wrong.’
The elder thought it was a blessing and carefully brought up the matter of why he had come to see the cult leader.
“Reverend. Please listen to those around you.”
“What about my receivers too?”
The elder bowed his head instead of answering. The leader thought for a moment and then snapped his fingers.
Exactly!
After all the noise inside the temple had disappeared, the elder opened his mouth again.
“There is someone who wants to see the leader quietly.”
“···minute?”
The elder was above all others in the Cheonmasin Sect. In terms of status and military achievements. There was no one within the Cheonmasin Sect that he could honor with a title other than the leader.
‘Are you talking about the incarnation of Mazda?’
For a moment, the leader thought of Lily, but his prediction was wrong.
The elder mentioned an entity that the leader could not have imagined.
“The leader’s grandfather has come to see you.”
“···What did you just say?”
Slowly, the elder told the story of how he met Manbaknogoe.
He added a few words in defense of Manbaknogoe.
“It is said that he suffered serious injuries and was possessed by a demon as a result of the aftereffects of his life-and-death duel with the Sword Emperor. He was unable to return to his home school for a long time because he had to control his mind and body···.”
“Elder. Stop it.”
The elder remained silent at the cold answer. He looked at the leader with a fearful face.
“······.”
Even though it was a story about his own blood relatives, the cult leader’s expression did not change at all. He looked like a doll carved out of stone.
But the elder could easily guess that intense emotions were swirling within that stern expression.
The leader of the Cheonma cult, who had been silent for a moment, opened his mouth.
“I want to hear your excuses. Where are you now?”
“I am waiting for you at my residence. You wanted to come here yourself, but···.”
“I don’t want a big fuss to be made at this time either.”
The return of the former leader of the Heavenly Demon Cult, who was thought to be dead.
If this fact were to become known, it would literally be a major incident that would turn the Cheonmasin Church upside down.
Manbaknogoe did not want the Cheonmasin Church to fall into chaos because of him. The current leader also thought the same.
“Please guide me. I will go and meet you.”
“yes.”
The two men went out to fight the cult leader without any escorts. The cult leader’s signal guards tried to follow them, but they had to stay in their positions under the cult leader’s strict orders.
The two people left the church like that.
On one side was a doll of a chick that Lily had given to the leader as a gift.
-Please guide me. I will go and meet you.
-yes.
The conversation between the two people just now was recorded through a wiretap attached to the doll.
***
The moment the leader of the Heavenly Demon Cult entered the room, Manbak Nogoe stood up from his seat.
They stood facing each other at an awkward distance.
“······.”
“······.”
Manbaknogoe didn’t know what expression to make or what to say to his grandson when he was meeting him for the first time.
“Great. This is my first time seeing your face.”
‘You stupid idiot. Is that all you can say?’
Manbaknogoe sighed inwardly, feeling sorry for himself. The eyes of the Heavenly Demon Lord looking at him were cold.
“Why are you back now?”
It was extremely cold for words spoken to blood relatives, but Manbaknogoe could not point that out.
If I return after 100 years, what would I have to say even if I had a hundred mouths?
“I’m sorry.”
“I didn’t come here to receive an apology. Answer me. Why did you come here? What is your purpose? Are you trying to act like a cult leader now?”
“Reverend···”
The elder called the leader with a pitiful expression.
But what came back was a cold gaze and a stern command.
“The elder must not open his mouth. He did not ask you.”
“······.”
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The elder stepped back and bowed. Manbaknogoe opened his mouth with difficulty.
“···It took a long time to heal the injuries he received from the Emperor and to control his possession of the spirit.”
“I can guess just by looking at your shabby appearance. But I don’t think it took a hundred years.”
The leader’s words were increasingly revealing sharp emotions. Manbaknogoe thought that was a good thing.
“I tried to come back after I had recovered. It took several decades. Then I heard news of the church…. They said that Muho had died.”
Cheon Mu-ho.
He was the son of Manbaknogoe (Cheonmu-geuk) and the father of the current leader.
The unfortunate leader of the Cheonma Cult who had to bear the aftermath of war in place of his father who went missing in the battlefield.
A child whose talent for martial arts was somewhat lacking, but whose sincerity and concern for the new religion were greater than anyone else’s.
Cheon Mu-ho died before he reached the age of fifty.
“After hearing that news… I just couldn’t find the courage to return to my school.”
“Because of you, my father.”
The leader of the Heavenly Demon Cult clenched his teeth. The magic energy in his eyes flashed wildly.
“My father said that he didn’t have time to learn martial arts because he was too busy taking care of his school. Since he wouldn’t be able to go out into the world of martial arts anyway, he told me to study hard instead.”
“······.”
“I never saw my father sleep more than an hour a day. Unlike others, my father had a strong sense of responsibility. He… burned himself out and collapsed for the sake of the new religion.”
Ugh!
The leader gritted his teeth. His eyes, glaring at Manbaknogoe, were bloodshot.
“I respect my father more than God, and I hate you just as much.”
Manbaknogoe nodded with a heavy expression.
“You deserve it. I lost the war, and I didn’t take responsibility for it, either in death or in life.”
The face of the leader of the Cheonmagyo cult was distorted like an evil spirit.
“Are you saying you will admit everything?”
I wish he had made some cowardly excuse.
Then, they could criticize and kill without any hesitation until the clot dissolved.
-Kwakwakwakwakwa!
The magical energy flowing out from the body of the leader of the Heavenly Demon Cult began to weigh down the room.
The leader, Cheon Mu-han, screamed and cursed.
“Why on earth did you come to see me? Have you come to find a place to bury yourself when it’s time to die?”
“Reverend!”
The elder was shocked and raised his power. However, Manboknogoe reached out and stopped him before the leader.
“Just stay still. This is our family’s business.”
“older brother!”
“Please.”
The elder stepped back, his lips tightly clenched.
Manbaknogoe walked towards the leader without even exerting an ounce of force.
Thud, thud.
As I got closer to the cult leader, blood began to flow out of the Manbaknogoe’s seven holes. The cult leader’s Heavenly Demon God’s energy, which had already reached the 10th level, could harm people with just willpower.
“I’m sorry. It’s because of me that you lost your father early.”
The leader warned fiercely.
“If you don’t want to die, don’t come to me.”
However, Manbaknogwae did not stop walking. The Heavenly Demon that the leader had raised was fiercely swinging and scratching his cheek, but he walked forward honestly.
“Even if you kill me here, I have no right to blame you.”
“I told you not to come any closer!”
Chook, chook!
The typified Cheonmagi tore Manbaknogoe’s clothes and split his skin. Flesh fell off and blood dripped out.
“But···.”
“You really want to die!”
-Poohwaaaaah!
A terrifying aura burst out from the leader’s body. The materialized Heavenly Demon’s energy slashed Manbaknogoe’s entire body.
But none of them were fatal. They all avoided the acupoints exquisitely.
‘You avoided the bloodletting? That’s not possible.’
The attacking side intentionally did not hit.
The elder was certain of it as he looked into the leader’s wavering eyes.
After a while, Manboknogoe finally stood in front of his grandson.
“······.”
The original reason Manbaknogoe came to Cheonmasingyo was to take a girl named Lily who was there to the great man.
But now he was putting his original purpose on hold.
‘I’m sorry, disciple. It may be difficult to keep that promise.’
In fact, maybe an excuse was needed.
Before he dies, he returns to the Cheonmasin Church as an excuse to ask for forgiveness from those he has turned away from.
“Infinite. Can you listen to this old man’s story just once?”
“f*ck···.”
The magical energy flowing out of the leader’s body began to slowly decrease.
Finally, the leader sighed softly and said.
“Go ahead and try. If it’s your will, I’ll listen to it.”
A bright smile appeared on Manbaknogoe’s wrinkled face. He was genuinely happy and shook the leader’s hand.
“Thank you. Thank you so much!”
“f*ck. I can’t let this go···.”
At that moment, the hands of the two people who had mastered the Heavenly Demon Art touched, and a communication that only they could understand occurred.
Tingling.
Manbaknogoe opened his eyes wide and looked at the leader of the Cheonma Cult, feeling as if his palm had been pricked by a needle.
“You really···!”
“······.”
“Stay still.”
Manbaknogoe kneaded the leader’s palm, then kneaded his arms and shoulders. Then he looked deeply into the leader’s eyes.
The old man’s expression became increasingly serious.
‘Magic···.’
The bloodline of the Cheon family is born with a power called
Therefore, only the Cheon clan could learn the Cheonma Shingong and become the leader of the Cheonma cult.
“Since when have you been obsessed with money?”
“······.”
The expression on the cult leader’s face hardened like stone at Manbaknogoe’s question. The elder who was listening from behind shouted in surprise.
“The leader is a coin-carrying horse? That can’t be true.”
“It is certain that the coin is possessed by a demon. I know this better than anyone in this world!”
The two old men talked with serious expressions.
On the other hand, Cheon Mu-han stood still with a hardened expression.
“Infinite. Hasn’t the number of Heavenly Demonic Spirits suddenly increased recently? Are there times when you feel angry even when you’re still, and when the demonic energy inside your body can’t be controlled?”
“······.”
Cheon Mu-han’s expression hardened. It was as cold and stiff as when he first met Manbak No-gwae.
However, Manboknogoe, who was shocked by the fact that his grandson was possessed by a magician, did not notice it.
“Don’t worry. I can fix it. I will fix you!”
“······.”
Manbaknogoe tried to reassure the leader by massaging his arm and telling him about the symptoms of possession by money he had experienced and how to deal with them.
“This is nothing. Ahem. It’s nothing.”
Heh heh.
Cheon Mu-han laughed. It was funny. His face was cold, but only his mouth was smiling.
“So how many years did it take your grandfather to control his addiction to alcohol?”
“It took me 50 years. But it won’t take you that long. Ten years at most.”
“10 years… It’s been too long.”
Manbaknogwae could not hear the leader’s mutterings properly. He looked back at the elder and said.
“The expedition will be canceled! Elder. Bring all the elixirs the church has.”
“Yes, I understand.”
The elder bowed his head. At that moment, a eerie voice came into the elder’s ear.
“Whose orders are you following now? I am the leader of the Cheonmasingyo.”
“But, Master. Right now, it’s an emergency…”
“It is I who decides that, not this old man.”
“Infinite. Now is the time to be discussing such things…”
Looking at the frustrated expression on Manbaknogoe, the leader of the Cheonma Cult snickered.
“You’re finally showing your true colors.”
And the hand of the leader of the Heavenly Demon Cult dug into Manbaknogoe’s stomach like a thunderbolt.
Phew!
“Cough!”
It was such a futile blow.
Manboknogoe lost his composure at the fact that his own blood relative had fallen into the possession of a demon, and even the elder elder could not have imagined that something like this could happen so suddenly.
“Why, why···?”
The leader of the Heavenly Demon Cult glared at the wide-eyed Manbaknogoe and growled.
“Even if I was possessed by a demon, did you really think I would give the position of leader to an old man?”
At that moment, Manbaknogoe realized what misunderstanding the cult leader had made.
‘Are you saying that I was thinking of taking away the position of leader?’
“It’s a misunderstanding, that’s, nonsense, impossible···.”
“Ugly old man. I wouldn’t feel better even if I killed him right away···.”
“Reverend! Stop it!”
The elder charged forward with a terrifying momentum, generating a surge of energy. The cult leader threw the Manbaknogoe at him.
“Coolook···.”
Manbaknogoe, who was in the arms of the elder, felt his vision gradually becoming blurry. He looked at the leader with his blurred vision.
“Remember clearly! I am the leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect! I am the first Heavenly Demon in history to conquer the martial arts world!”
The once calm face was distorted like an evil spirit, and the magic ran wild.
The eyes were so engulfed in magic that the whites of the eyes could not be seen.
‘It’s already too late…’
The leader knew that he was obsessed with money, but he kept it completely hidden.
The moment that fact becomes known to everyone, the conquest of the martial arts world, which had been a lifelong wish, will be postponed.
‘No. No.’
Manbaknogoe looked at the leader of the Heavenly Demon Cult with his eyes gradually getting darker. The magical energy flowing out of the leader’s body was rapidly becoming thicker.
Just now, the leader of the Heavenly Demon Cult destroyed the Manbaknogoi’s dantian and absorbed the True Origin Energy within his body.
Including the
‘My magic energy, once possessed by a coin demon, is turbid. If you absorb it···.’
It will worsen the cult’s obsession, and over time, the leader will lose his senses and become a great demon who only does destruction.
Just as he once almost became that person.
‘No one will be able to stop that child then. No one···.’
“Run away, hit me···.”
Manbaknogoe barely opened his mouth to speak. It was a warning to everyone in the Cheonma Sect.
Before his vision completely darkened, Manbaknogoe heard the leader’s voice for the last time.
“Elder. Lock this old man in the brain prison and keep quiet about everything you saw today.”
“······yes.”
And Manbaknogoe lost consciousness.
***
“Click click···.”
Manbaknogoe couldn’t tell whether he was laughing or crying.
Energy was leaking out of my broken danjeon like a bottomless pit. It was terribly painful.
But the physical pain was nothing compared to the mental pain.
I saw my blood relative whom I hadn’t seen in 100 years make the same mistake as me.
Coin purse.
This time I knew how to stop it, but I couldn’t.
Rather than stopping it, he ended up making it even more dangerous. He even gave away his magic energy.
‘If that child is completely consumed by the coin demon, he will no longer be human.’
At that time, no one will be able to stop it. Even if all the three kingdoms of the world gather together, they will not be able to stop it.
Until the Heavenly Demon that has become a hemp destroys itself, the martial arts world will be drenched in blood.
“You shouldn’t come here, sir. You shouldn’t come here···.”
Manbaknogoe thought of his disciple who must be coming here by now.
Even though his voice could not reach, he kept muttering as if that was all he could do.
“Run away. And after you perfect your martial arts···.”
The muttering was not meaningless.
Because it definitely reached at least one person.
“Is this grandpa?”
Manbaknogoe opened his eyes wide at the girl’s voice heard from the empty space.
“···Who are you?”
Swish.
As if a curtain had been lifted from the air, the transparent space was pushed away, and a girl with red hair appeared within it.
Lily, who had released her invisibility magic, crouched down in front of the fallen Manbaknokai.
And now he asked in his first steps in the martial arts language.
“Harabuji. Do you know, sir?”
ⓒ Ganjjajang
