C378
Rumble-
The sky cried.
¡Kwaaang, Kwang!
Consecutive roars echoed.
“Hurry!”
“Don’t push! Calm down!”
The voices full of fear of the people fleeing the arena.
“Order the mobilization of all the capital guards!”
“Justice Alliance! Surround the Justice Alliance quickly!”
“Send a notice to all martial arts groups to cooperate!”
The officials and martial artists, who were trying to maintain their composure and move quickly.
“Tell the officers to go help! We can’t back down here!”
“Send people to the Celestial Sword right now! They have to know this!”
“Justice Alliance, those lunatics! Won’t it be a massacre instead of a successor?”
In addition to that, several groups of warriors were moving even faster.
The combat arena was filled with confusion, but people were moving with a clearer purpose than before. There were those who had clearly understood the reason.
“…It must be because of that cloud.”
Hyun Sung of the Snow Death Flower, was one of them.
The blood-red cloud that Kim Haeil had created. The blood-red light shining through that cloud, had given people the ability to move.
“…”
She moved her gaze. Not only the masters, like the Ghost Swordsman, Passote, etc.
“Your Majesty!”
“…….”
Even Queen Tamahi, who wasn’t moving, and remained in her place, despite her subordinate’s request. Those who had dedicated their lives to Wu, couldn’t look away from that place.
Kim Haeil.
Those who had felt a chill at his blood-red cloud-
“Truly-”
Hyun Sung’s gaze slowly turned towards the arena.
“What is that sword-?”
Her gaze had been caught on someone’s sword that had suddenly appeared, and she couldn’t move.
Kung, kung, kung.
Queen Tamahi’s heart was pounding. She had sincerely admired the blood-red cloud the moment she had first seen it. As she watched the people of the kingdom regain their strength under that cloud, she thought that guy, no matter if he was friend or foe, might be suitable for the future of the Kingdom of Lan.
‘That sword-’
But the moment she saw one person’s sword. Her heart, as a ‘Martial Artist’, began to pound.
‘It’s truly clear.’
Queen Tamahi.
The sword was now her life.
She had always been thinking about the pinnacle of Wu, while training with the sword.
¡Kwang!
¡Bang!
The sword, which was clashing against the white line, kept producing roars. But seeing that sword, she had a thought.
“…The sword is a sword.”
Wooong-Wooong-
A black aura, rising wildly, along with a small moan.
Like the night sky dotted with stars, bright, but also with a terrible darkness.
A black aura of a different nature, swirling around the end of that aura.
¡Swoosh!
The black sword cut the white line again.
“Yes-”
It’s truly a sword. The queen, who had been the strongest in the Kingdom of Lan, could feel it clearly.
‘He hasn’t been training.’
No, considering his basic technique, it seems like he learned swordsmanship as a child, but-
‘Everything else is real combat.’
That guy has surely been wielding a sword in real combat.
Just to cut.
Just to block.
Just to survive-
“To survive-”
There was an inexplicable despair in that sword.
If he doesn’t wield it-
I will be devoured.
They will take away what is mine.
‘Yes…’
That is the primary reason why humans began to use swords.
Beyond power, honor, all that-
The most fundamental reason was to survive.
Would there be any clearer reason for the ‘sword’?
“…I’ve ignored it.”
And Queen Tamahi had ignored it.
No.
It wasn’t necessary.
As the daughter of the previous king, she hadn’t taken up a sword to survive, but to learn Wu.
Would that be why?
‘It’s impossible-’
She couldn’t look away from that savage sword, which had a simple form.
And her heart was pounding.
If she had been thinking about the future of the kingdom, while looking at Kim Haeil.
Seeing that man’s sword, she felt like she wanted to fight.
‘But-’
However, the queen, for some reason, felt drawn to one particular person.
‘Who will that guy be?’
A man with a black mask, standing between Kim Haeil and the red-haired swordsman.
Who will he be?
Kim Haeil closed his eyes and began to meditate calmly, as if he trusted him.
Rumble-
He’s probably controlling the clouds that are covering the sky. Also, the red-haired swordsman, who had seen that black-masked man, seemed to be wielding his sword calmly.
‘Who will he be?’
…For some reason, she felt like he was the leader.
Tamahi, instead of dodging, placed her hand on the hilt of her sword, and watched the battle stage. To fight at any moment. Seeing those three, she couldn’t help but make her hands move.
¡Kwaaang!
Another roar echoed.
Swoosh-
Choi Han was pushed back. He was pushed back by the force of the white line.
“!”
But Sohyi’s eyes wobbled.
Swoosh.
Another white line was cut. That hadn’t been touched by the Heavenly Demon’s blood-red light.
“How-”
She couldn’t believe it.
“Is it possible that another seed has appeared?”
Before the Singularity fully manifests, and obtains its own form.
The seed stage.
After Kim Haeil, another seed had appeared.
Also-
“…This one is more dangerous.”
Although it was a seed, it had the strength to easily cut Sohyi’s white line.
He’s a more dangerous guy than Kim Haeil.
‘Was there a Wanderer like that?’
She didn’t have time to think about the meaning.
¡Tap!
Sohyi didn’t have time.
Choi Han, who had lightly stepped on the ground, lunged towards Sohyi again.
“Damn it!”
Sohyi quickly moved both hands. The white line emanated from her palms.
“Expand.”
The moment she finished speaking, the white line split into dozens of lines, and lunged towards Choi Han.
And Choi Han raised his sword.
‘Wanderer.’
He wasn’t thinking about anything else at this moment. The white lines approaching him.
Swoosh.
He cut one of them.
Swoosh.
He cut another.
And he advanced.
But Choi Han couldn’t cut all the dozens of lines.
¡Bang!
¡Kwang!
¡Bang, bang!
Several lines were embedded around Choi Han, on the path he had to take.
And they emitted a white light.
It seemed like they were creating another domain.
Wouldn’t Choi Han be like prey jumping towards a spiderweb?
But Choi Han didn’t think about that.
‘Wanderer-’
Only Sohyi was in his mind.
Because now, he could do it.
The Heavenly Demon.
Alberu.
Cale.
Those three people were doing what Choi Han used to do.
Alberu was helping evacuate the people.
Thanks to the Heavenly Demon, a scenario where they could fight had been created.
And Cale, who was behind him, would surely help him the moment Choi Han was in danger.
Today, he just has to fight.
And Choi Han knew very well why those people were doing those annoying jobs, creating a scenario where he could fight.
Choi Jung Gun and the Wanderers.
Choi Han and Choi Jung Gun.
As he knows the relationship between them, he had surely created this annoying situation, because of them.
Choi Han was sure of that.
Cale, who would normally come out, saying it was more efficient and easier for him to do it, had been quiet today.
He had surely chosen a slightly annoying path, because of the Heavenly Demon and Choi Han.
Swoosh.
Therefore, Choi Han could advance without hesitation. Because he wasn’t afraid of what was behind him.
‘Forward!’
I just have to look ahead.
How grateful I am.
When he had first taken up a sword, and had faced monsters, he had to fear even the ground he was standing on, no matter if it was ahead or behind.
But now-
‘I just have to follow my path.’
Choi Han was about to unleash himself, not out of revenge, but out of an inexplicable gratitude.
And he didn’t suppress it.
Kung, kung.
As his heart pounded.
¡Swoosh!
¡Swoosh, swoosh-
He cut the white lines faster. Choi Han wasn’t looking at his sword. But he could feel it.
‘It’s gotten bigger.’
The black aura, which had been subtly enveloping Choi Han and his sword, had become larger than before.
It had become brighter.
‘As the conviction in my path grows, this force becomes more powerful.’
The Heavenly Demon’s aura, which had grown explosively.
In the background, the Heavenly Demon had come to understand that what was important to him was the demon sect, while experiencing new things in New World.
And surely, he had gained confidence in the path he was going to take.
Kung, kung.
Now I can see it clearly.
Yes, I can see it.
The white lines.
If my aura reaches those lines-
‘A path is created.’
I eliminate the obstacles in front of me, and I can see the path I must take, beyond them.
It was different from the power to cut anything, that Lee Soo Hyuk and Beacrox were learning.
‘Ah.’
Choi Han marveled, and stomped the ground hard.
¡Tap!
He flew upwards.
¡Bang!
The white line was embedded in the ground. But Choi Han, who had easily overcome it, advanced even further.
I can see the path.
It’s a landmark.
“That bastard!”
More than dozens-
“¡Expand!”
Hundreds of white lines split.
¡Kiiing---!
The white light emanating from Sohyi became stronger. The area around Choi Han was completely covered with white spiderwebs.
Wooong-Wooong-
The aura of Choi Han’s sword, despite its savage form, was becoming increasingly silent. Hundreds of white lines crashing into the ground, like a torrential downpour.
Will there be anyone who can avoid the rain without an umbrella? However-
Swoosh.
The aura of Choi Han’s sword cut through the lines and advanced.
He didn’t use too much force at once.
Only the amount needed to advance.
Wooong-
Like the sound of the rain subsiding.
The dragon’s form also faded.
The bright black aura.
The black aura.
They all shrunk in size.
Wooong-
Now, only a thin black aura could be seen enveloping Choi Han and the sword he held in his hand.
Alberu, who was watching this, stopped unconsciously, and stared intently.
The torrential white rain.
Choi Han, who was walking in the middle of that rain.
His figure-
“…Beast-”
Yes.
He was like a beast.
A beast that finds its prey on a rainy day, and moves to hunt it.
The steps of that beast don’t have to be excessive.
It doesn’t have to stand out.
Simply-
“It just has to catch its prey.”
Ah.
Alberu let out a gasp of astonishment.
Yes, that’s it.
Choi Han has always fought like that.
Though Choi Han had been enveloped in a savage and brutal black dragon.
In reality, he didn’t enjoy flashy fights.
Choi Han already knew what Alberu had remembered too late.
Because the beginning was the dark forest to survive.
There’s no need to stand out there.
Rather, when he was weak, he had to hide.
After becoming strong-
‘There’s no need to do that.’
Because the monsters of the dark forest could recognize his strength and fled.
Choi Han raised his sword.
Swoosh.
He cut another white rain.
Choi Han heard Cale’s voice behind him.
“Yes, a scared prey behaves like that.”
A smile appeared at the corner of Choi Han’s lips.
Forward.
Sohyi’s figure was reflected in Choi Han’s gaze, who had only been looking at his target.
“That idiot! How dare you!”
Sohyi, who was launching hundreds of white lines.
Astonishment and terror were reflected in her eyes.
To avoid the beast.
The prey flees. Or tries to show its power in an exaggerated way, hoping that the beast will flee.
And the beast simply aims for that prey’s neck.
A calm voice came from Choi Han’s mouth.
“I’ve arrived.”
And Sohyi, who was looking at Choi Han, who had been a dot in her white eyes, had suddenly become as large as a mountain.
He had truly grown.
“…!”
Beasts know when they should use their strength. It’s foolish to save strength when the prey is in front of you.
¡Kiiing---!
A chilling sound, mixed with despair.
That sound disappeared.
To be exact, the sound didn’t disappear.
“Ah.”
“Huu-”
But they were so absorbed in what they could see, that they couldn’t hear the sound.
A gigantic black dragon rose from Choi Han’s body.
-Still,
Cale heard Super Rock’s voice.
-It’s not an ancient power yet.
Super Rock’s voice trembled.
He looked at the Heavenly Demon, and realized that the nature of that aura was the seed of an ancient power.
-But it’s so strong, Choi Han, that kid is truly,
Super Rock said, in admiration, with a sigh.
-Truly, scary.
The black aura, which had been weak, rose explosively, along with the aura.
The shining black dragon, unlike before, had become a little clearer.
However, it hadn’t hidden its nature, and it opened its jaws savagely. It advanced towards the direction where Choi Han’s sword had extended.
“Damn it!”
The white line that Sohyi had quickly extended, like a shield, in front of her.
¡Ziiing---!
The black dragon, with its sharp fangs, tore through all the white lines, Choi Han’s sword, Choi Han’s body-
It went forward, breaking through the spiderweb.
Finally, it reached its target.
And.
Swoosh.
It cut its target.
“Ugh!”
Sohyi’s terrible scream echoed.
Sohyi, who had covered her eyes with both hands.
Blood was running down her fingers.
The Wanderer, whose eyes had turned white, and had been shining.
The center of that force was clear.
