Chapter 1 (Abandoned Disciple of Heavenly Demon)

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Episode 1: Possession (1)

“Whew! Whoosh!”

Late at night.

Within Heavenly Demon sect, a sect that was single most powerful force.

On the mountain next to where the Heavenly Demon sect was located, a young man was breathing heavily.

‘What the hell is going on?’

The young man, Jin Myeong, could not understand what was happening to him.

‘How did I end up like this?’

Apparently, Jin Myeong finished his work as usual and fell asleep in his empty house with no one around. While reading a web novel on his phone.

‘No, what kind of novel-like thing is this?’

Possession- a common theme in web novels.

Dimensional shift, transfer to another world.

It didn’t take Jin Myeong long to realize that this was what had happened to him.

‘I didn’t commit suicide or get hit by a truck.’

Another common troupe come to his mind, ‘death due to overwork’. Although he devoted himself to work to forget the hardships, he did not work himself to the point of death. He was sure of it.

‘Did I really die?’

‘If so, wouldn’t my corpse be rotting in the room where I was sleeping?’

Somehow it felt sad but there was no one to mourn his death.

‘That’s not what’s important right now.’

Jin Myeong quickly recovered himself. It isn’t time to think about this and that, especially in current situation.

‘I have to hide myself quickly.’

For some reason, he felt like he was being chased from the moment he opened his eyes. Even now, he could hear the sounds of those chasing him as he climbed the tree.

“You dare try to kill me? You damn humans.”

Jin Myeong, who had been speaking harshly, unconsciously shut his mouth and stopped walking.

‘Who the hell are these damn people?’

‘Why on earth would they want to kill me, I need to find about that. Especially who wants me dead?’

‘Assassination?’

Soon five names appeared in his mind.

‘Mok Ja-gyeong, Jang Hu, Yeong Soo, Gyebul, Byoung-young.’

These names, he definitely didn’t know them. But Jin Myeong (the body he possesses) knew the names of those five people.

“Ugh!”

Jin Myeong clutched his head at the sudden headache. Because memories he never had before began to flow in little by little.

‘It’s a name I’ve heard a lot.’

It didn’t seem to be simply a memory that had flowed in. But Jin Myeong had no time to organize his thoughts.

“Have you finally given up?”

Because an unfamiliar voice came to Jin Myeong’s ears. When Jin Myeong turned his head, a masked man appeared.

“Hehe. I wanted to enjoy it a little more, but it looks like you’ve given up now.”

The masked man’s voice was filled with laughter.

‘I see. You could have caught it, but you didn’t.’

Judging from the fact that the masked man said he wanted to have fun, he must have been laughing alone while watching Jin Myeong desperately run away.

Jin Myeong felt like a rat trapped in poison.

“Huh, are you alone?”

“Is there a need for several people to catch that feeble Young Master?”

Ten people were deployed to kill Jin Myeong. He thought there were more than ten masked people.

‘If you tell people for no reason, you’re just sharing the blame.’

If you kill Jin Myeong alone, all the credit will return to you. It was masked man’s chance to monopolize the prize, and he didn’t want to do something stupid like split it.

That is why, even though he discovered the Jin Myeong, he did not tell anyone.

‘Because others would have done the same.’

The masked man wouldn’t be the only one who thought this way. When others heard about the reward, everyone’s eyes lit up with greed.

‘Whew, what should I do?’

Jin Myeong looked at the sword the masked man was holding. Seeing the sword glowing even in the dark sent shivers down his spine and made him sweat.

‘Can I survive?’

In his previous life, he didn’t like things like exercise at all.

Martial arts like boxing and jiu-jitsu were popular at the time, but he never thought about learning them. He had no idea what to do since he didn’t even know how to fight.

“It seems like you’ve given up, so I’ll send you right away.”

When Jin Myeong showed no reaction, the masked man, who had lost interest, slowly walked towards him.

“Can I ask you just one thing?”

Jin Myeong quickly opened his mouth towards the masked man.

“Hmm. What is it?”

“Who is trying to kill me?”

“What are you going to do about it? You won’t be able to survive here.”

The masked man was going to kill Jin Myeong, so he thought there was no need to teach him that.

“You must be dying to curse someone.”

“Hehehe. That’s a bit difficult. Just ask King Yama.”

Of course, he don’t believe in things like curses of the dead. Still, he thought it would be fun for Jin Myeong to die while wondering about it.

“Then have a good trip!”

The masked man swung his sword towards Jin Myeong.

‘You have to avoid it.’

It must be avoided at all costs. If it was his true self from a past life, he would have closed his eyes tightly.

But now, he was glaring and looking straight at the masked man’s sword.

‘Left!’

Jin Myeong immediately moved his body to the left.

Phew!

The masked man’s sword cut through the air.

“Hmm. No matter what, I guess there was a reason you were his disciple. I didn’t expect you to avoid it.”

The masked man appears surprised to see Jin Myeong dodge his attack. But that was only for a moment, as he swung his sword at Jin Myeong again.

“Ugh!”

And Jin Myeong dodged the attack by flying his body to the side again.

“Hehehe. It doesn’t suit your status.”

The masked man couldn’t hold back his laughter as he watched Jin Myeong rolling on the floor.

It is commonly called ‘Naryeotagon’.

This is an expression used to mock someone, saying that they are similar to a lazy donkey rolling around on the floor.

‘What?’

But Jin Myeong had no time to respond to the masked man’s laughter.

‘Why can I see it?’

Jin Myeong looked at the masked man with a bewildered expression.

‘No. It’s not what you see. It’s what you expect.’

Jin Myeong is anticipating the masked man’s attack and is somehow avoiding the attack.

Phew! Phew!

The masked man continued to swing his sword, and Jin Myeong continued to throw himself around to dodge the attacks.

Thanks to anticipating the sword’s movements, he was able to avoid fatal wounds, but couldn’t stop the wounds from gradually appearing on my body.

‘That guy is a little different from what I expected.’

It wasn’t a wound caused by the masked man being stronger than Jin Myeong expected. The masked man’s swordsmanship was not perfect, so Jin Myeong calculation were wrong.

‘That’s amazing.’

He felt amazed at how calm he could remain while a real sword flashed before his eyes.

If this was his past life, it wouldn’t have been strange for him to get scared and run away right away.

‘What should I do?’

Avoidance is possible. But he didn’t have the confidence to attack in this situation.

In his head, he was thinking that he should attack like this, but his body didn’t move easily.

‘Now!’

As Jin Myeong dodged the sword swung by the masked man, his weak point was soon revealed. Jin Myeong tried to move his body, thinking that he should run towards that place.

“Ugh!”

But him feet didn’t move as if they were glued to the ground.

Phew!

Meanwhile, the masked man swung his sword at Jin Myeong again, and Jin Myeong hurriedly stepped back.

“Huh!”

He managed to avoid it somehow, but chest was slightly cut.

‘In the end, this…’

Jin Myeong reached for the sword hanging from his waist. He was scared.

The thought that he might commit murder kept him from drawing his sword.

‘That’s a ridiculous idea.’

Why did he think he could subdue a sword-wielding opponent with his bare hands?

Maybe he was complacent because his opponent’s attacks were easy to read.

“Oh, you’re pulling it out? Do you think your Majesty can wield it properly?”

As Jin Myeong pulled out his sword, a laughter filled the masked man’s voice.

Masked man was getting annoyed at how Jin Myeong kept dodging my attacks. But now that he’s drawn his sword, isn’t he ready to fight me head-on?

“I thought about it carefully. Wouldn’t it be better to swing sword at least once before I die?”

“That’s right. Can you spare my life?”

“Hehehe. Don’t you know that’s impossible?”

The masked man laughed and raised his sword again.

‘The opponent is letting his guard down.’

This is the only thing that Jin Myeong has an advantage over. He couldn’t afford to miss a single opportunity.

‘We need to make the gap bigger.’

He kept finding small loopholes, but his body refused to let him in.

In that case, a large enough opening had to be created to allow a body to enter, an opening that could subdue the opponent in one fell swoop.

Visor!

Jin Myeong, who blocked the masked man’s sword, frowned and hurriedly stepped back. He only blocked one attack, but his hands were shaking.

It wasn’t because it was difficult to block the masked man’s attacks.

‘Scary.’

A tension and fear that was incomparable to when he was avoiding took control of his body. He thought it would be better to give up on stopping it and just avoid the masked man’s sword.

‘No. This is correct.’

Although he was doing his best to block, the masked man was swinging his sword as hard as he could. It was very likely that he had the intention of killing by giving me false hope.

‘Where is the guy’s weakness?’

Even in a situation where he was desperately trying to block the masked man’s attack, Jin Myeong’s head was turning at an incredibly fast speed. His eyes were busy quickly scanning the masked man, trying to find his weak points.

‘The weakest part is… the legs?’

Jin Myeong’s gaze turned to the masked man’s legs.

The masked man stepped forward as he swung his sword. Every time that happened, the masked man’s knees bent and straightened.

‘I guess the lower body is pretty weak.’

This may also be the reason why the masked man’s sword is unstable. There’s a saying that, the more you learn martial arts, the more you neglect physical training was true.

visor!

Jin Myeong, who had blocked the masked man’s sword, tried to push the masked man away with great force.

“Hoo! You want to test your strength?”

The masked man also began to push Jin Myeong away strongly, as if he would not back down. Although the two were pushing each other away, Jin Myeong felt himself being pushed away more and more.

‘A little more… … .’

Jinmyung, who had been waiting for the masked man’s center of gravity to shift completely forward, he moved his body quickly.

“Ugh!”

As Jin Myeong lowered his sword and moved to the side, the masked man who had been exerting his strength staggered violently.

Puck!

Jin Myeong kicked the masked man’s chin hard.

“Fuck!”

The masked man staggered once more because of that and tried to get up quickly, but Jin Myeong’s hands were a little faster.

Phew!

Jin Myeong didn’t hesitate and stabbed the masked man in the neck with his sword.

“Ugh!”

The masked man, who was looking at Jin Myeong with eyes filled with resentment, passed away.

“Hoo, hoo.”

Jin Myeong, who confirmed that the masked man was dead, collapsed to the floor.

‘This is not the time to be doing this.’

Clearly, there will be more than just one pursuer. Thinking that there was no time to waste like this, Jin Myeong pulled out the sword stuck in the masked man’s neck.

He hurriedly put the sword back into its scabbard without even thinking about wiping the blood off it.

‘We need to get out of here quickly.’

Jin Myeong, who had been quietly looking down at the masked man’s body, began to walk hurriedly. He just kept walking without knowing where he was or where he was going.

T.N.

Starting the second novel.

The update will be slightly slower at first.

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