Episode 73 < The one who picks up death. (2) >
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2.
hunger.
What is hunger?
It’s been a week since I started fasting.
“hmm.”
The first and second days were the most painful. After three days, the pain disappeared. The movements of the internal organs became slow. My thoughts slowed down. My life itself has become a little lighter.
If we compare human life to a river, the water flow has decreased. It dried up like a stream during a bad year.
drought.
To quietly fade away and set aside. The stream of water decreases and decreases, holding on until one day the stream of pain, the stream of thoughts, and the stream of life all dry up.
Is this really [hunger]?
Did the Heavenly Demon want this kind of training from me?
“… … no.”
I relaxed my lotus position and stood up.
“It’s not like this.”
I muttered softly.
“If you just stay still, you’ll be fine.”
I drew my sword. In his head, he drew the sword paths of Macheon’s divine skill, and swung his sword according to the drawing. Recklessly.
-What are you doing?
“Exercise.”
The winter was cold. I took a cold breath. Is it because I drank snow for 7 days? My breath was white, resembling snowflakes.
“I thought wrong. Anyway, I’m so stupid… . [Hunger] that Cheonma mentioned is not simply [not eating]. “It’s especially not like sitting cross-legged and going into fasting training.”
When I moved my body for the first time in a week, I immediately became out of breath.
My muscles were shaking. The airway was tightly tightened.
“Hunger is [being unable to eat even though you want to eat].”
A clumsy sword dance.
But I was sweating. She was different from when she just sat quietly. Her body began to come to life. The amount of sweat flowing from my flesh was probably the same as the amount of water in my life.
“For the past week, I’ve been thinking about a farmer. “A hungry farmer.”
What is hunger?
“What farmer wouldn’t go out to work in the field because he’s hungry? Whether you’re hungry or not, whether you’ve eaten or not, you have to work. “Even though I work, I have nothing to eat.”
Could it be hunger?
“Swing the pickaxe. Dig the ground. But it was a bad harvest. Because it was an ugly time. No matter what I do, seeds won’t grow in the ground. “It really doesn’t get clogged.”
I swung my sword.
“There’s nothing he can do—.”
And closed both eyes.
earth.
I thought of the land that had dried up and become soggy.
“—That’s why you’re starving.”
A farmer hit the dry ground with a pickaxe. widely! The soil grains will rustle. Like a stale cookie crumbling.
“It’s already been more than half a year without rain.”
-…….
The reservoir is empty. The village’s well also dried up. There is not a single drop of water in the rice fields. In broad daylight, an old man comes out and sits at the entrance of the village. Without saying a word. His grandfather’s wrinkled face is also dry.
“Because it’s a drought.”
The sun is hot.
Some villagers have already given up farming. The rice fields were abandoned. Since we have abandoned our jobs and workplaces, there is less reason not to abandon our homes. The village people took their children and left for the beach.
“But this farmer hasn’t let go yet.”
-why?
“I don’t think it’s any different than the sea. Because I don’t know how to catch fish. In the end, people have to make a living by stealing, which is what they learned, but the only thing the farmer learned was how to steal food from the land. The farmer’s father, the father’s father, and the father again… .”
day.
Two days.
three days.
The farmer goes out to the field. Even though there is no reward, I go to work as if I were going to work. In the evening, I go up the mountain behind me and peel off the edible bark from the trees.
“Now there isn’t much tree bark left.”
The villagers stripped everything.
When I came down and looked back, the trees on the mountain behind me were all white and naked. From a distance, it looked like a birch forest had spread out.
Hunger was something that turned the world white.
“however.”
The farmer swung a pickaxe at the bare ground.
I swung my sword in the air.
“I can’t even eat the bark of this tree.”
I have a family.
“It’s already been over a week since I’ve even eaten the shell.”
I have a child.
-so?
As pickaxe after pickaxe was repeatedly struck, and knife after knife strike continued, Bae Hu-ryeong asked.
-So what are you going to do?
“First, let’s go to the well in the village.”
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I barely manage to scoop out a handful of water from the bottomless well.
“We boil pieces of tree bark with that water. Add some small leaves… “It has to be boiled.”
The fresh smell of leaves.
The thick smell of tree bark mixes with the steam and wafts out.
The farmer swallows.
‘hungry.’
I swallow too.
‘I want to eat.’
I want to bite into the skin and tear it open.
The tree bark hangs. The bark retains the scent of water and leaves. It seems sweet. I want to tear it open with my teeth and bite it. The thick soup will come out and flow. There will be a scent of earth. Brown food.
Tree bark was edible soil.
‘I want to eat.’
But bear with it.
‘I have to give it to my children… … . Even this. ‘I have to give it to you.’
The children whine. I’m crying.
The tree bark that the father boiled. The children hate the tree bark that their father managed to bring without eating. I’m going crazy Complaining while eating
Turn it over
‘ah.’
The farmer slapped the child without realizing it.
Just as the farmer swings his arm, I also swing my sword.
‘This is not it.’
A farmer turns his back on his children.
‘This isn’t me.’
… … I am not naturally one to beat my children. I’m not that kind of person. However, because the harvest was severe. It had been too long since I had put proper food in my mouth, so my nerves were getting sharper. I became hypersensitive. It has become too much… … .
‘My life wasn’t like this.’
A farmer picks up tree bark.
What is hunger?
Since the opening of the world, there have been numerous famines.
At that time, there were countless farmers, farmers, farmers.
There was a lot of hunger.
“Fight while feeling hungry.”
Can hunger beckon?
“Every single cut you make must be a gesture born of hunger.”
Yes.
Hunger has beckons.
“Think of the voice, moans, arm movements, foot movements, everything of a starving person.”
The gesture was that of a farmer slapping his child.
The gesture was that of the farmer leaving the house and throwing away the tree bark in the yard.
The gesture was that of the farmer going back and handing the dirt-covered tree bark to the children.
“Recall it and plant it in your heart.”
Since the world opened, some farmers may have hit their children, while others may have touched their children’s cheeks and whispered that they were sorry. One farmer probably killed his child while beating him. Some farmers survive until next year, while others die along with their children.
It was so, and it will be so.
“Make it your sole intention.”
There was no gesture that did not starve.
“Based on this intention.”
“Only by hunger, wield your sword.”
Out of anger and resentment, he swung the knife in a gesture of hitting the child.
He threw the tree bark on the ground and swung his sword in a gesture of abandoning life.
In a gesture to go back and hand the shell back to the children, he swung his knife.
“Only then will the Demon Heavenly Demonic Art unleash its true power.”
Demon Heavenly God’s skill.
First type, first type.
Asayu sword, food death attack.
“…….”
I slowly opened my eyes.
The white daylight of the snowy field had already turned into pitch black night.
My whole body was drenched in sweat. As I got drenched in sweat, I felt hungry. I was starving. A crazy hunger gnawed at the skin of my stomach. The empty stomach seemed like a bug with teeth sprouting, chewing and chewing my intestines.
‘This is hunger.’
It hurt.
‘This is hunger.’
Magical skill.
Nails that scratch the world.
The walls of the cave were littered with scratch marks from fingernails. Had there been a storm? My knife cuts were clearly engraved on the stone wall. The stalactites and stalagmites were also cut into pieces.
The blade cut through the walls and pillars made of stone.
Despite carrying almost no Aurors.
‘but… … ‘It’s still not enough.’
I have just reached the end of my new skill.
I definitely felt it.
A sword drawn in my mind. An image drawn in your mind. The feeling, the sense, of the two matching was unmistakably caught at my fingertips.
That’s why I knew.
“It’s still clumsy.”
The place where my fingertips gently touched.
That place is not the peak of a mountain peak, but at best it is only the beginning.
-Are you crazy? .
Bae Hu-ryeong looked at me with an expression of disgust.
“Oh, why are you calling me crazy again? “I’m training straight this time.”
-What is straight? It would be better for those who practice color skills to be upright.
Bae Hu-ryeong sighed heavily.
-This is why I’m more scared of people I don’t know. It’s a bitch. You are truly a crazy person like no other in the world. My heart is in the right sect, but my mind and law are in the direction of the demonic sect. Oh my.
“uh. I don’t know much about martial arts terminology yet. “What’s wrong with that?”
-Such an ignorant bastard… .
Bae Hu-ryeong muttered.
-This is so bizarre, but this guy doesn’t know. oh my. I’m going to turn away.
“Say it so I can understand. “A little.”
-To put it in a nutshell, an expert of a political faction uses magic attacks. Could you please be more precise? [He is an expert of the righteous faction, but he only knows how to use magic attacks.] You zombie. Are you not shocked by this and your nose is not stuffy?
“hmm.”
I lifted my left hand and covered my nose.
“It seems like something is blocking it?”
-This guy has been behaving for over a week and has come to his senses… . No, it started from the beginning… . Did I do something wrong in my past life to end up being treated like this? .
Bae Hu-ryeong lamented.
-This guy makes me feel disturbed for no reason. Wow. How should I teach this guy my martial arts skills? I think it would be okay if I taught it the way I taught it to Grandpa Marcus. What should I do with this… .
ah. hungry.
I want to eat chocolate pie.
A chocolate pie that tastes like chocolate when you bite into it with your teeth. A chocolate pie with chewy white marshmallow inside. I want to gulp down warm milk and munch on a piece of chocolate pie.
What is hunger?
Confucius said, hunger was chocolate pie.
Chocolate pie that is delicious and good for your health.
-… hey. Are you thinking about something else now?
“no? “I’m thinking about martial arts.”
-Don’t go all the way. At the very least, it’s a face that looks like an idiot.
Why does this guy know me so well? Are you a stalker? If you think about it, Bae Hu-ryeong is a ghost that always follows behind. If translated into English, it can be called Ghost Stalker. Thinking like that made me feel a little bad.
He seems like such an unpleasant stalker.
“It’s real. Really really. “Did he die after being deceived?”
-Then tell me. What and how were you thinking about martial arts?
Stalker argued. She looks exactly like a stalker, right down to the way she hangs around and bites small things. It’s as big as a gorilla. Become Buddha quickly, Ghost Gorilla Stalker.
I had a solemn expression.
“I thought I would just descend from here for a moment.”
-Hasan? why? Are you going to show the Heavenly Demon this time?
“Hey.”
I waved my hand.
“We have just reached the beginning of the Demon Heavenly Demonic Art. What would I do if I committed suicide now and went back to Heavenly Demon? “I only get the same response as [Well, he’s still a smart guy.]”
-huh? Then it doesn’t matter. It’s okay if you get recognition.
“What happens? “Nothing works.”
I left the cave.
“Do you know how depressed and hurt I was when I was ignored by the Heavenly Demon, saying I was someone who had never starved before? I’m the one behind the scenes. “Just receiving recognition can never heal my wounds.”
-This guy is in a bad mood… .
“The reaction I want is [surprise].”
A surprised face.
I want to see the Heavenly Demon shocked when he sees my sword.
“[Overflowing with talent. If it overflows, it explodes! I didn’t realize that you were my destiny. I guess my eye was sprained for a moment, I’m sorry.]”
hmm.
Just imagining it makes me feel better.
At that time, the Heavenly Demon’s face will be as sweet as chocolate pie.
“how is it. The picture is nice, right? “Do you also approve of the Geomje nobleman?”
-Such a moody idiot… .
I came down the snowy mountain and headed to the snowy field.
“I felt something while performing the Demon Heavenly Demonic Art earlier. ah. Compared to people of this era, I have never really starved. Imagine a farmer boiling tree bark, but what exactly is it? How should I boil the shell? “I can’t even imagine it exactly.”
Because I haven’t tried it.
“The clearer the image I come up with, the more powerful the new technique becomes. The reason why I am still weak in martial arts even though I have learned the [Infernal Heavenly Art] skill is simply because my imagination is poor. therefore… …
I stopped in the snow.
“From now on, I will make up for what I lack in imagination.”
-What are you going to do? Why don’t you really try boiling tree bark?
“no. “There is a much better way.”
I grinned.
“100 ghosts reincarnated (百鬼還生).”
The moonlight shone. The snowy field was colored silver.
Suddenly, clouds covered the moon. What was a cloud in the night sky became a shadow in the snowy field. gradually. The shade was biting into the snowy field, one bite at a time, as if it were an insect with teeth.
The moon swallowed by shadow.
[Activates the skill.]
After a while, the clouds disappeared.
However, the shadow on the snowy field did not disappear. Even in the moonlight, the snow field was no longer silver. Numerous shadows were cast in the snow, as if the moon, once swallowed, could not return.
“My lord.”
One of the shadows opened its mouth.
“Did you call me?”
The hungry ghost got down on one knee. Bassuk. Snow crunched into her knees and made a small sound. Behind her stood thousands of skeletons.
“hmm.”
I nodded.
“Agwi. “I have a task for you.”
“Please command.”
“This is a world that is falling apart. All humans become ghosts and corpses, wandering the nine heavens. well. “It might be somewhat similar to the Aegim Empire that you once destroyed.”
“…….”
The monk lowered his head a little more.
“My orders are simple. Scatter away. “Scatter away and gather the starving corpses.”
“Starving corpses… “You mean?”
“okay.”
I looked at the endless snowy night.
“There must be a village and a rural area somewhere here. Find it. Find the corpses that died of starvation there and bring them here. The corpses will also move and rebel, but there are more than 4,000 of you. “Overwhelm with quantity.”
“How many?”
Agwi cautiously opened his mouth.
“How many bodies will we rescue? ?”
“112 people.”
“…….”
People who bear the trauma of hunger. I will learn their hunger.
When you learn and master all their hunger.
I will finally get closer to the Heavenly Demon.
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