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< Sword Demon-3 >
It had been quite a while since I had seen a dead body, as I had never seen a dead body when I was in Shaolin. Seongmin Lee approached the corpse lying on the floor. The corpse was wearing a volcanic uniform, but its shape caught Lee Seong-min’s attention.
“this… what… ?”
Seongmin Lee was embarrassed and muttered those words. The cause of death was a deep sword wound to his chest, but that was not the only reason.
The body was dried and twisted like a mummy. Just as he was about to bend down to take a closer look, Kim Jong-hyun stopped Lee Sung-min.
“Please do not touch.”
“yes.”
I had no intention of touching it in the first place. You never know what might happen if you touch this strange corpse. As Lee Sung-min took a few steps back, Kim Jong-hyun stepped forward and examined the body.
“indeed.”
Kim Jong-hyun, who was looking at the body while shaking his head, stroked his chin.
“They said the swordsman uses judicial power… Hehehe! I thought it was simply a hallucination in a versus battle, but it seems it wasn’t that simple. indeed. “Only in this way can one be called a ‘sword demon.’”
“what do you mean?”
“Do you know about the magic called Energy Drain?”
“I know.”
“There are many different types of energy drains. A vampire’s blood sucking is also an energy drain, and it’s something like martial arts… Absorbing energy is also an energy drain. As there are different types, the methods are also different. But the bottom line is this. “Energy drain means taking something from the other person and making it your own.”
As Kim Jong-hyun said that, he lifted the withered arm of the corpse.
“I’m not sure what kind of energy drain method the Sword Demon uses. but… Just know this: “The Sword Demon will continue to grow stronger at this very moment.”
As Kim Jong-hyun said that, he got up from his bowed body.
“I need to change the way I chase. Until now, the method was to chase the Sword Demon through familiars, and the Taoists of Hwasan chased the Sword Demon based on that information… Continuing in this way will only give the Sword Demon strength. “We have to corner them and kill them for sure.”
yesterday. The words he shared with the Sword Demon passed through Seongmin Lee’s head. Has he ever hit a wall? The Sword Demon faced a wall and despaired. However, instead of sitting down like that, the Sword Demon chose? The trick was to overcome the wall using a method other than the sword.
I have no desire to criticize the Sword Demon. Because Lee Seong-min does not deserve that. Lee Seong-min and Kim Jong-hyun started moving again. The corpses… It kept coming out. It wasn’t just the corpses of the volcano Taoists.
“The Sword Demon has crossed the line. She crossed too many lines. “This will no longer be a matter of sword demons and volcanoes.”
The corpse of a wizard wearing robes. The body of a mercenary wearing armor. The corpses of information guild members wearing tight-fitting black clothes.
“I don’t even know what kind of confidence you have to do this. Are you confident you can handle it? Or are you just struggling in a corner? In the end, if we continue like this, only destruction awaits us.”
Lee Sung-min also had no choice but to sympathize with Kim Jong-hyun’s mutterings. The Sword Demon… He was on his way to destruction. If he had succeeded in escaping by killing only the monk, he would still have become Hwasan’s main enemy and be chased for the rest of his life. The situation has already left the issue of the Sword Demon and the volcano. There was significant damage to the wizard guild, and the same was true for the mercenary guild and intelligence guild.
“Even if I’m lucky and can escape from here. “The Sword Demon will not be able to survive in Aria.”
Kim Jonghyun moved his hands while saying that. A crow that was wandering in the sky came down and approached Kim Jong-hyun’s ear. Kim Jong-hyun whispered in a low voice into the crow’s ear, and when Kim Jong-hyun’s lips closed, the crow flapped its wings loudly and flew up.
“It’s nearby.”
How far did it travel? Kim Jonghyun stopped moving. The sun was already setting. Black spheres the size of fists were floating around Kim Jong-hyun, who had his back to the sunset.
“Because we moved much faster, it will take a little longer for the volcano gurus to arrive. To tell you the truth, I messed around a bit in conveying the information. “So that they come a little late.”
“Why?”
“Didn’t you want to meet the Sword Demon?”
Kim Jong-hyun said that and smiled while showing his teeth.
“We are allowing you to meet. I’m curious. What on earth will you do when you meet the Sword Demon? And what will happen when the flow that started to change because of you meets you again? I wonder about that. “I can’t be an observer, though.”
Lee Sung-min could not understand everything Kim Jong-hyun said. However, I could feel that Kim Jong-hyun had a deep interest in this matter.
The Sword Demon stood silently. He thought he would be busy running away, but Lee Seong-min felt unexpected because he never expected him to stand still like that. When Lee Seong-min took a quiet step.
“It looks like you haven’t learned the art of stealth.”
The Sword Demon, who was standing with his back turned, muttered that. Seongmin Lee was startled and stopped walking.
“Nothing to be surprised. “I never thought you would come here.”
“… “Were you waiting because you thought it was me?”
“that’s right. Because I remember your presence. If something else… If someone came. “I wouldn’t have waited quietly like this.”
The Sword Demon muttered that and turned around. The expression of the Sword Demon standing in front was surprisingly calm and subdued.
“Are you here to kill me too?”
The Sword Demon asks. Seongmin Lee hesitated to answer. Should I hold the spear behind my back? As he watched Lee Seong-min clench and open his hand, the sword demon did not ask any more questions. okay. He was a sword demon. The person in front of Lee Seong-min now was not a warrior named Dokbi-jun, but a person called Sword Demon.
“… “I want to ask you something.”
“It’s not a very appropriate place to talk, and my circumstances aren’t ideal, but… ”
The Sword Demon muttered that and glanced back. The sun was setting on her.
“It doesn’t matter… I guess not. “It will be night soon.”
“if. What if? I am… If I hadn’t met the old man. “If I hadn’t met the elder at the mountain gate of Hwasan.”
“What do you want to say?”
The Sword Demon tilted his head towards Lee Seong-min, who couldn’t organize what he wanted to say. What do you want to say? I do not know. Lee Seong-min chewed his lower lip. Still, he had no choice but to ask.
“I am. The elder and I did not meet at the mountain gate of Hwasan, and to the elder… If only His Holiness Daoin had not told him why he was refusing to serve. The elderly… “What would you have done?”
“You’re asking a strange thing.”
The Sword Demon muttered in a low voice. However, she called it a ‘strange question’ and the Sword Demon did not give an easy answer to the question. She took a moment to gather her thoughts before Sword Ears opened her mouth.
“If only I had. “I would have given up on my relationship with His Holiness.”
After hearing that answer. Lee Seong-min hesitated about what expression to make.
“You’re still not qualified to fight against Jang Mun-in of the Nine Files. I would have thought so and backed off. but… I heard the story from you. Why does your Holiness refuse to dance with me? Qualifications weren’t important. “The fact that I use the judicial system was important.”
While muttering that, the Sword Demon raised his head and looked at the sky. Night was coming.
“If that were the reason, no matter how much time passed, I would never have been able to fight His Holiness the Daoin for the rest of my life. That’s why I crossed the mountain gate of the volcano at night. And even though I knew it was rude, I picked a fight with His Holiness. Because he doesn’t want to fight and scolds me for being rude… “You just committed an even greater act of disrespect.”
“Why did you kill him?”
“A sword has no eyes. Your Holiness was strong. He was an opponent I couldn’t beat without using vinegar. but… But that’s it.”
The sword demon who was looking up at the sky lowered his head. Lee Seong-min felt goosebumps rising when he saw the sword demon’s expression.
The Sword Demon was smiling. As if she couldn’t be more joyful than him, as if she couldn’t be more fulfilled than that. She was smiling like that.
“I enjoyed the fight with your Holiness.”
The Sword Demon shook his head.
“I realized that the world is wide. Of all the opponents I have fought before, His Holiness Daoin was the strongest. It was a sudden fight, but it was worth it. “Your Holiness probably died satisfied.”
It was a distorted statement. The Sword Demon’s words were twisted with madness, and there was not the slightest trace of reason to be found. As Lee Seong-min heard those words, he felt sick to his stomach, as if he had swallowed poison.
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Because of me. Because I told you, His Holiness Daoin, who was not supposed to die, has died.
“But. “Why are you asking that?”
Seongmin Lee did not answer. He puts his clenched and unclenched hand behind his back, debating whether to hold the spear or not. Seongmin Lee’s hand firmly held the spear.
“Your Holiness died because of me.”
“You’re saying something strange. It was I who killed His Holiness the Taoist. “My sword killed His Holiness the Taoist.”
“If I had not met you, Your Holiness would not have died.”
“haha! That’s funny. Even if you know what’s going on in the world, you don’t know it. Is there any reason for you to feel responsible for this? “It was by chance that you and I met at the mountain gate of Huashan.”
“Not to me.”
Bring the window forward. The Sword Demon narrowed her eyes when she saw that.
“You… You’re overestimating yourself. I admit that your level of skill is superior for your age. But you can’t defeat me. Even though I despaired of what I had, I still overcame the barrier to perfection. “Do you think you, who haven’t even reached that threshold yet, can defeat me?”
“… I know. I can’t beat you.”
Seongmin Lee did not overconfident himself. Rather, he knew himself better than anyone else, was pessimistic about himself, and had strong self-loathing.
At the same time, I am afraid of death. Because I know what death is like, I am even more afraid of it. Nevertheless, Lee Seong-min did not back down. It was a simple reason.
responsibility.
Lee Sung-min could not put a plausible packaging on this pitiful feeling. Because, there must have been other cases like this in Lee Seong-min’s life before. Since Lee Sung-min lived a different life than his previous life, there will definitely be people who got caught up in Lee Sung-min and deviated from the original flow. Because Lee Seong-min took the Holy Spirit Altar in Zenavis, the Noh class that was supposed to occupy the Holy Spirit Altar did not have the Holy Spirit Altar. Because Lee Seong-min first found the military books at an old bookstore, he was unable to find someone who should have him.
There is no end. During the eight years that Lee Seong-min lived, many people would have lived different lives because of Lee Seong-min.
Is it a part-time job?
By thinking that way, I know there is no end. I also know that ignoring him is contradictory. What kind of big deal is that? It’s just like Kim Jong-hyun said. Ultimately, it is his self-satisfaction. Lee Seong-min also knows. The actions he is taking now, the thoughts he is having. In the end, it is self-satisfaction full of contradictions. That it is nothing more than an impulsive action that cannot be explained logically or packaged in a plausible way, simply because ‘I want to do it.’
When I admit it, I actually feel relieved. I face this small sense of responsibility I am feeling right now. I wanted to meet and talk with the Sword Demon. There is no need to do this anymore. I realized that the reason the Sword Demon’s behavior changed from his previous life was because of Lee Seong-min’s own presence. As a result, His Holiness Doin died. therefore.
You have to take responsibility for that.
[Are you going to fight the Sword Demon? I’m telling you in advance. I can’t help you. I’m not very good at combat.]
[I plan to take my time.]
Lower your posture. The Sword Demon watched Lee Seong-min raise his spear forward and raised his hand to grab the sword at his waist.
[We will wait until the volcano gurus arrive.]
[what… If that’s the case. Cheer up.]
Kim Jong-hyun did not stop Lee Sung-min. Rather, he seemed to be enjoying Lee Seong-min’s actions. And the Sword Demon drew his sword.
“I don’t avoid a fight.”
The sword demon muttered.
Seongmin Lee ran forward.
fantasy,
