Episode 249 < Reversal. (1) >
One.
It rained that day.
-under. By what principle does it rain inside the tower?
The viper grumbled and walked down the dark street. A few streetlights have been erected, but sparsely. It looked like an elementary school student had planted a few bean sprouts and then thrown them away. Some were even destroyed.
-Seobeoul.
The poisonous snake squinted its single eye as it glanced at the broken street lamp.
-The tower is coming back.
The early days of the tower.
A time when the infrastructure was not yet developed.
Buildings faced frequent power outages, and all kinds of crimes continued to occur on streets without traffic lights or crosswalks.
Geomseong (劍星) got sick of this and declared [I will create a vigilante group!], but… … . Well, will it work out? As a poisonous snake, I was skeptical.
This is a gathering place for scum and lunatics.
-ah! Cheonmumunju!
And then the voice of a man who could be considered the representative of maniacs was heard. Behind your back.
I didn’t want to look back, but considering the social status of that crazy man, I had no other options.
-… … why?
-ah. After all, isn’t he the Lord of Heaven’s Gate?
A smile that looks like gold flakes are flying in anger.
When I looked back, there was a kid who looked like a fairy standing in the middle of the trash-like street. The child, who seemed to have never done anything bad since he was born, smiled whitely. The blonde hair, fresh as if it had just been showered, was adding a three-dimensional scent to the child’s smile.
– Heresy Inquisitor.
The viper knew the name of that dangerous being.
-It’s raining, so why are you calling someone?
-Ahaha, it’s hard! I have received advice from the Black Dragon Master. He asked me to talk to you for a moment in a place where people can see me!
The viper frowned.
-chamberlain? By chatting with you in the middle of the rain like this and showing this to people around you, you want to create the impression that [the relationship between Tianmumun and Manshinjeon is good]?
-Wow, indeed! That meant something!
-Did you come here without knowing? I followed along well.
-I’m still learning. There was no other choice! Hmm, if we want to stick to that purpose, it would be more efficient to go to a cafe and avoid the rain together rather than doing this here!
The tip of the viper’s nose twitched.
‘It’s not right either.’
Something, instinctively, [a part that doesn’t fit together] is between that thing and yourself.
We exchanged stories, and as a result, the other party came to a conclusion that took us one step further. Despite this, the serpent never felt like they were “talking”. Quite the contrary. It felt as if we had selected and exchanged only words that we would never understand, alien languages.
-hmm. It’s a cafe.
-Yes, it’s a good cafe!
Again.
Even though it just says [cafe], it feels different.
Is that really using the word cafe in the same sense as me? Do you understand? Even if a parrot, which has memorized all conversation patterns, exchanges questions and answers with a human, can it really be accepted as communication?
-…….
The viper glanced at the Heretic Questioner’s eyes with its only remaining eye.
He was not reflected at all in the Heretic Questioner’s eyes. His blue eyes seemed to be a blue made only to reflect the sky.
In that case, there wouldn’t be much difference between [talking to this guy] or [talking to the sky]. Either way, the story is the same in that it doesn’t work.
If religion was created out of the desire to talk to gods with whom one cannot communicate, it would be the height of irony that this guy is the head of religion.
-hey. A religious person.
-Yes, swordsman!
– Pantheon.
-Yes, Cheonmumunju!
– Heresy Questioner.
-Yes, viper!
-okay.
The viper spoke to the sky where rainwater was flowing.
-okay. Let’s go to a cafe.
It rained that day.
2.
It rained.
“Death King—–!”
A rain-soaked roar rang out. Cheon Mu-munju. The hunter with the nickname of a poisonous snake borrowed the body of a noble warrior with broken horns and flashed red eyes.
It wasn’t just his eyes that were red. Hair scattered and disheveled. Single horn. Chest muscles and hanging nails. Red rainwater flowed over every part of him. The more the red body trembled, the more the poisonous snake’s bodies twisted as if in pain.
“Kaaaaaaak!”
It was the aura of the Demon Heavenly Strike method that Esther and I unfolded.
Rain and rain.
The autumn rain that sprinkled the world when Esther was the devil. Esther’s resentment and hostility turned into rainwater and flowed in countless quantities. The Viper, who was fighting in large numbers by borrowing several possessed bodies, was struck by a shower of red all at once.
“Whoa, whoa…” … Hehe… Ahahahaha!”
The possessed bodies fell one by one, and the warrior with his broken horn laughed. The warrior stood up from the pile of corpses of noble people. By spilling, stepping on, and kicking the corpses of his compatriots, he created a path for himself.
The appearance of that noble race is a poisonous snake.
The warrior, no, the viper laughed softly. A glow redder than rainwater appeared in his eyes. It was a clear sign of a fire-entry demon. The viper covered its entire body in blood, licking the rainwater flowing from its mouth as if it were cool mineral water.
“Us! “Are you planning on stopping me, Death King?”
“yes.”
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I answered.
“I intend to stop you. “Cheonmumunju.”
“because!”
“One of the kids I look after told me this story.”
I glanced at where the chairman of the designated tribe was.
“If Uburka blows you away, will that be Uburka’s victory or theirs?”
“Ohh.”
“By the same token, even if you were to go out of your way to win this situation, would that be your victory or the victory of your species?”
“Woohahaha,”
The warrior who fell into a state of intoxication cried loudly in the rain.
“As expected, this is the tribe you lead. I have nothing to say about correct and upright doctrine.”
“…….”
“Ah, I’m just pissed… Yeah, that’s right. That’s what a guy like me does, f*ck.”
“Cheonmumunju,”
“How did you manage to raise these children so well and properly, damn it!”
Phrases-
An electric current flashed beneath the viper’s feet. As if in response, lightning struck from the rainy sky. Quaaaaaaaaa! The earth shook from the turbulence of the Aurors. Raindrops pooled on the ground splashed, and the rainwater that decorated the sky was caught by lightning and evaporated.
“Damn it!”
Electric current flowed from the puddle on the floor. Electric raindrops writhed everywhere. The poisonous snake stood tall on both feet in the middle of a pool with pulsating currents.
“My babies!”
Mysteriously, the color of the electric current and lightning was purple.
“Why are you having such a hard time putting a bastard like me on top!”
“…….”
“Huh? Death King!!”
The poisonous snake shouted as it brought down a thunderbolt from the sky.
3.
It rained that day.
-There was no need to kill him.
In front of a freshly cooling corpse in a secluded alley, the viper muttered.
-Why are you killing me? Is that necessary? Heresy Questioner. You’re such a great bastard, aren’t you? But why are you always like that… .
-Well, that’s right.
With both hands stained with blood, the Heretic Questioner tilted his head.
The viper could not tell whether the rain pouring sky had answered or the Inquisitor had answered.
-Because it’s more efficient that way!
-…….
-Corpses don’t talk. No action. Therefore, it neither breaks promises nor poses future threats! So, it is better to kill anyone who shows hostility while you can!
As the rainy days increased, time passed twice as fast.
Now, on a street where the number of streetlights has increased considerably, the broken child of God, who had made people a part of the street time and time again, finally got tired of it and spoke with his chin resting.
-Cheon Mu-munju.
-…….
-I know you’re trying to ‘fix’ me.
The Heretic Questioner smiled brightly.
-Your efforts have paid off, and the two of us are now in a relationship where, in addition to showing off the friendship between our two guilds, we can at least order coffee for them.
-…….
-But that’s all.
The Heretic Questioner looked at the poisonous snake.
His sky-like eyes did not seem to reflect the corpse he had just created, nor the poisonous snake he encountered.
-You can just use me like everyone else. I cannot change my principles of action.
Old vehicles drove down the road.
It was already a car that should have ended up in an antique store, but in Babylon, such old cars were still in active use. Bang! Bang! A sound that seemed to come from weakened lungs rang out from somewhere.
-because.
-Because you can’t take responsibility for me.
The words aimed in the rain were cruel because they were pure facts.
-I was born like this. This is how I lived. This is the only life possible for me, and your attempts to instill in me a different way of life are doomed to failure, despite all your good intentions.
The broken streetlight fell over due to the rain.
Despite this, the Heretic Questioner smiled brightly with his arms spread out.
-But, Cheon Mu-munju. Is that such a bad thing?
-I define people who try to kill me because they cannot take responsibility for me as enemies. Unfortunately, 99% of this world is made up of enemies! In that respect, Cheon Mu-munju is a very rare case. Even if they get the chance to kill me, they probably won’t kill me!
Lightning struck.
The lightning appeared purple in the heavy rain. A car, startled by the sharp edges, drove nearby and stepped on a large puddle of water. As if an invisible hand had struck the water, a spray of water rose and hit the two people.
-In other words, the two of us will be friends and colleagues.
– Wouldn’t that be enough?
That wasn’t enough.
But if it is the best, you will have no choice but to be satisfied.
That’s what I thought.
I thought about it.
4.
Lightning struck in the rain.
All aurors have different colors. However, not only are the colors different. Even if it is the same red aura, it can mean either [blood] or [rose]. The aura also changes depending on the image the aura user has in their heart or the image embedded in their core.
My auror resembles blood or flame.
And the 6th ranked hunter, the Viper, seems to have had a [purple-damaged thunderbolt] in his heart.
“… … “I did that.”
I grabbed the knife from a corpse that had fallen nearby.
“How do you know!”
“Why don’t you know, you bastard!”
A poisonous snake rushed at me.
As the Auror’s body was like a thunderbolt, the poisonous snake that fell into the magic spell and unleashed its true energy was as fast as lightning. It was almost impossible to follow the venomous snake’s movements with the eyes. In just one moment, a new form of a poisonous snake passed near me.
Sigh!
“Shit,”
A blood line burst from my shoulder. Blood spurted out.
A strangely sharp sword. If I had dug a little deeper, I might have lost my left arm, but I was angry for reasons other than the injury.
“Damn it, why are you sitting there wearing a hat like that!?”
Before I returned, Chen Mu-wen was one of the giants I could not even dare to look up to.
Even after finding out that he was the emperor of light novels with a vain temperament, I still fundamentally respected this man.
Even considering that it was impossible for me to think normally because I was on fire, the fact that such a man was behaving in such an indecent manner was so shocking that I couldn’t bear it.
“Aren’t you embarrassed to be so young to me!?”
“Junior? under. “Where in the world is there a junior like you?”
The voice of the viper came from all directions. This is because the poisonous snake moved its body in all directions without stopping.
At the speed of a split second, before I knew it, the poisonous snake had arrived in front of me. I used Aura to extend my sense of time as much as possible. In an infinitely extended amount of time, the poisonous snake moved to strike my stomach, my chin, and my head.
Must kill.
The intention to kill me was contained in each blow.
I moved my feet, pushed my hands, and twisted my waist to avoid the blows.
“Why!”
The viper did not stop.
To blame, before the sound of footsteps could disappear, a poisonous snake appeared from the other side. He swung his sword. I raised my auror to the limit and narrowly avoided the sword strike swung by the poisonous snake.
“Death King! “Why you!”
The moment when you avoid a sword attack.
The viper’s eyes met mine. His eyes were burning with venom. It was so poisonous that I wondered what it would look like if poisonous snakes were placed in a jar and twisted around.
The viper’s eyes became a jar of loneliness and glowed dark red.
“Why are you the only one making the others happy!”
“What happened all of a sudden?”
“You inherited Macheon’s dharma tradition!”
That story.
For me, it was sudden.
When I stopped for a moment, the poisonous snake shouted as if vomiting blood.
“You provided the best moment for the Heavenly Demon! I gave it to you as a gift. “Even though the Heavenly Demon was devoured by the pain of death, he was able to truly smile at the gifts you gave him!”
He was also a colleague who entered [The Annals of the Heavenly Demon] with me.
I fought on the side of the Demonic Cult, and the poisonous snake fought on the side of the political sect.
I took the Heavenly Demon as my teacher, and the Doxa took the Murim Lord as my teacher.
“why!”
A colleague who shared the winter with me screamed.
“Why couldn’t the leader do that!”
-……”
That scream had the power to stop me even for a moment.
My cheek is chafed by the poisonous snake’s sword, Chaja Jajaja! Although blood splattered, I still had no choice but to stand still.
“Grandpa Namgung-yeon also lived desperately! Somehow, to become a human who can compete with the Heavenly Demon… … I devoted my whole life to training and training! To my single eye, the Murim lord actually looks more noble! But why… … Why can’t that person meet such an end, and why must he always find happiness in taking care of idiots who don’t know anything…? … .”
The Viper’s aura became darker.
A purple aura rose from the shoulder, slowly flowing, and eventually reached into the air.
“Is it my fault?”
“…….”
“Is that my fault too? Just as I failed to take care of these guys properly, am I not able to understand the Murim Lord Grandpa more deeply…? Why me?”
The viper was still lowering its head.
However, as his voice became quieter, the amount of aura rising from his whole body was enormous. Now the viper’s auror clung to his back, moving like a twitching tentacle.
silence.
The fight between Tianmu Gate and the Four Kings had already come to a conclusion.
Every time Kim Yul swung his sword, a couple of possessed entities died. Every time Uburka struck with his axe, five or six possessed bodies were cut off. When Esther swung the red great sword, the possessed bodies that lined up and attempted to counterattack instantly evaporated.
“…….”
The only sound heard is the viper’s own scream.
As the defeat deepened, the silence deepened.
“Death King… .”
“yes. “Cheonmumunju.”
“Why me… .”
and.
The viper slowly raised its head.
Our eyes met.
When I met his dark, twitching eyes, I realized.
‘iced coffee.’
It wasn’t until I met those eyes that I realized for sure. I understood the meaning contained in the viper’s eyes and the vibration of the viper’s voice. Maybe it was because I was myself that I was able to understand it most deeply.
Because it was the look and voice I had in the past.
The first hope I ever had. A resentment that could not be fulfilled until the first death. My wish and essence was to climb to a high mountain ridge and breathe only the clean air, swing the sword the way I wanted to swing it, walk only the path I wanted to walk, and live the way I wanted to live.
The first skill I acquired.
[I want to be like you].
The moment I looked into the eyes of a poisonous snake, I understood more keenly than anyone else the name of the poison written in those eyes.
“me too.”
A poisonous snake bit its teeth.
If he had a soul, it would be torn out of his molars right now.
“I wanted to be someone like you, too.”
Yes.
At some point, I already became that kind of person to other people.
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