Chapter 10 (Abandoned Disciple of Heavenly Demon)

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Episode 10: Ambush (1)

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Late at night.

The masked man looked down at the young man sleeping on the bed.

‘He was really alive.’

A smile appeared on the corner of Dong Yoon’s mouth while he was wearing a mask.

‘This time I’ll finally get a proper reward.’

Dong Yoon had previously regretted not being able to kill Jin Myeong even though he could have.

He was definitely there at that old tree, but if he wasn’t interrupted by someone who could be called his superior and missed it right before his eyes.

‘Thanks to that, I got the Dragon Elixir back then.’

And now, if you take Jin Myeong’s head, he will be able to obtain better elixirs and rewards than those Dragon Elixirs.

‘Hehehe. Thank you.’

At the time, he had hated his superior for interfering with his work, but now he felt grateful. Thanks to that, he got to where he is now and is able to monopolize the rewards.

‘I’m sorry, he barely made it back alive.’

He was sorry, but he had no intention of letting Jin Myeong live.

Srrrrung!

Dong Yoon pulled out the sword from his waistband. Even though Jin Myeong could wake up, his hands were unstoppable.

Because he had no worries at all.

Because he was confident that he would kill him no matter what even if Jin Myeong woke up.

Phew!

Dong Yoon brought his sword down towards Jin Myeong’s neck.

visor!

Dong Yoon grimaced at the shock he felt in his hand and stepped back. His sword, which seemed like it would sever Jin Myeong’s neck at any moment, was suddenly blocked by a flying sword.

“Who are you!” Dong Yoon looked around and screamed. But there was no sign of anyone around.

“Hmm. Who are you? Show yourself quickly.”

He wondered if there was a master whose presence couldn’t be sensed, but the surrounding was still quiet.

“If you won’t show yourself, don’t bother me.”

Dong Yoon turned towards Jin Myeong again.

“Hmm!”

Then, he saw Jin Myeong looking at him with his upper body raised from the bed.

“It’s so noisy I can’t sleep.”

“Hehehe. You woke up!” Dong Yoon didn’t seem flustered even though Jin Myeong had woken up.

“Hmm. Where have I heard that voice before…….”

“Hehehe.”

Jin Myeong was reminded of someone as he heard his frivolous laughter. That very night, when he first opened his eyes.

“I see. You’re the guy who chased me.”

The guy who made fun of him, while he was hiding in the old tree. The guy who went to the cave’s entrance and deliberately gave him a moment of hope.

“I don’t know your face, but when I hear your laughter and voice, I vividly remember that time.”

Jin Myeong was smiling faintly, but his hands were becoming wet with sweat.

‘It’s a good thing I was prepared, otherwise I would have lost my head.’

As soon as he opened his eyes, his life was in danger. When he came back home, there was no way he could be left alone.

If Dong Yoon had left him alone, he wouldn’t have investigated about him.

‘I never thought you’d actually come home.’

No, actually Jin Myeong knew it very well. With no one to guard him, his estate was the perfect place to kill him.

‘Can you do it?’

But he learnt martial arts and started fighting for the first time. Although the novel said it was a good martial art, he couldn’t help but feel nervous.

“It was quite amusing. Asking someone who wasn’t there to reveal themselves.’

Jin Myeong muttered to Dong Yoon to hide his tension. Dong Yoon’s face hardened, hearing the remark, but he couldn’t rush towards Jin Myeong right away.

“Hmm!”

It was because of the swords circling around Jin Myeong. There is no one there. But there were five swords circling around Jin Myeong.

‘Telekinesis?’

It is not easy to control a single object with telekinesis. But now, Jin Myeong was wielding five swords in air.

That means the internal energy is profound.

“Do you think I’d be scared by something like that?”

Dong Yoon know that Jin Myeong has internal energy.

In reality, isn’t it true that the reason Jin Myeong is ignored is not because of his background, but because he is unable to use swordsmanship?

Dong Yoon thought that Jin Myeong was simply showing off.

“You can see that.”

Among the five swords circling around Jin Myeong, one was shot straight at Dong Yoon.

“Ugh!”

Dong Yoon was startled when he saw the sword suddenly flying towards him. He, quickly swung his sword and struck back at the flying sword, but he was the one who was pushed back.

‘What power…’

Dong Yoon have never heard of a telekinesis containing this much power.

Phew! Phew!

But the surprise was short-lived, as swords continued to fly towards him. As he strikes down one sword, other swords fly towards him.

visor!

He hurriedly pulled away the sword, but before he knew it, another sword had passed through his chest.

“Ugh!”

Dong Yoon was still looking at Jin Myeong, who was not moving from the bed.

He doesn’t move at all, so it seems like someone could cut off its neck if you just approached him, but that’s not easy.

It was not easy to approach Jin Myeong while avoiding or blocking the swords that kept flying towards him.

‘What on earth have you been doing for a year to be like this… … .’

“Where did you learn such ridiculous martial arts?”

Dong Yoon couldn’t figure out what happened during the year he was gone.

“You’re annoying”, Dong Yoon ran towards Jin Myeong. While somehow avoiding the swords being shot at him.

“Huh!”

Jin Myeong’s sword pierced his left shoulder, but he endured it by biting his lip.

He continued to move forward, thinking of the reward he would receive later, and stabbed his sword at Jin Myeong’s neck.

visor!

He thought he would pierce Jin Myeong’s neck at any moment. However, the two swords that had been circling around Jin Myeong continued to block his attacks.

‘Was it left there for defence?’

Moving five sword was a bluff, and he thought only three could be moved properly. In fact, the two swords were still stand still next to Jin Myeong.

But contrary to his thoughts, those two swords seemed to be used to defend against the opponent’s attacks.

Shhh!

And then Jin Myeong’s sword flew towards Dong Yoon’s back, who was panicking because his sword was blocked.

“Ugh!”

Dong Yoon hurriedly tried to dodge the attack, but was unable to completely avoid it. He put his hand to his side where the sword had passed. He felt something sticky staining his hands red, but he didn’t take his eyes off Jin Myeong.

“How on earth did you get so strong?”

The truth about Jin Myeong’s sword control art is not ordinary.

‘Where on earth did you get the ability to wield five swords?’

Even he who ate the Dragon Elixir would not be able to control the flying swords like that.

All he could do was pull the fallen sword towards him.

“Well, I didn’t get much stronger, but maybe it was you who was weaker?”

Dong Yoon’s face twitched at Jin Myeong’s words. Although it was a very hurtful thing to say, he couldn’t rush straight towards Jin Myeong.

It was because he was attacked by Jin Myeong, but it also seemed like attacking him was far away because of the five swords circling around Jin Myeong.

‘I guess there’s nothing I can do.’

Dong Yoon, who eventually thought it would be difficult to play it alone, took out a small flute from his bosom and brought it to his lips.

But soon Dong Yoon had to stop.

‘Do I really have to go this far?’

It was Jin Myeong who was his prey until just a year ago. But not now.

In reality, isn’t he unable to even approach Jin Myeong?

His pride was so hurt that he couldn’t play the flute easily.

“Is that the end? Was that all there was to it? You acted so strong against someone who hadn’t even properly learned martial arts, but you couldn’t even properly deal with someone who had only learned martial arts for a year”, Jin Myeong’s voice came into Dong Yoon’s ears.

When he turned his head, he saw Jin Myeong’s face still unmoving on the bed, laughing at him.

“That’s the level after all.”

“Huh!”

Dong Yoon felt like something was snapping in his head at Jin Myeong’s mutterings.

Beep!

Finally, Dong Yoon whistled. Then, his hidden subordinates began to show themselves.

A monopoly on rewards?

That has long since been erased from his mind.

‘I will definitely kill you.’

Even calling a subordinate to Jin Myeong is a humiliating blow to one’s pride. But now he didn’t even have time to think about that.

“Kill him! Kill him!”, Dong Yoon shouted at the ten masked men who appeared. At the same time, the masked men rushed towards Jin Myeong.

‘Hmm. This is definitely….’

Jin Myeong was still motionless on the bed, but he wasn’t completely relaxed.

‘If I had known this would happen, I would have killed him sooner.’

It was okay when dealing with just Dong Yoon. Rather, he was relaxed because dealing with Dong Yoon was so easy.

Meanwhile, Dong Yoon called his subordinates, and now, Jin Myeong ended up having to deal with ten masked men.

‘I didn’t know that was how you call a subordinate.’

He suddenly thought Dong Yoon was taking something out of his bosom, but he couldn’t see exactly what it was.

‘It’s too late to regret it now, I have to deal with it.’

Jin Myeong stretched out his right index finger towards the ten masked men rushing towards him.

Puck!

The moment he thought, his index finger had shot out, the head of the masked man running at the front burst like a watermelon.

“Huh!”

The masked men flinched at the sudden situation.

‘It’s definitely strong.’

As seen in the novel, the power of Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art was enormous.

It seems that he couldn’t kill Dong Yoon with just the sword, but since he killed the enemy in one go with Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art, it felt like Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art was stronger in comparison.

‘So, even though the protagonist learned the art of swordsmanship, he enjoyed using the Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art?’

But that was possible because the protagonist was strong enough even without using swordsmanship, and it wasn’t his true name.

In the end, Jin Myeong said that he had no choice but to hone this Heavenly Demon Sword Control Art.

‘I’ll have to give it a try, whether it means killing me or becoming food. If I can’t beat these guys anyway, then that’s the end.’

Jin Myeong finally got out of bed.

Hurrruk!

At the same time, the five swords that were circling around him began to be engulfed in pure white flames.

And then the five swords aimed straight at the masked men.

“Hmm!”

At that sight, the masked men stopped walking without realizing it.

“What are you doing! Move quickly!”

But behind the masked men, Dong Yoon’s angry shout was heard. The masked men stared at him silently, then quickly rushed towards Jin Myeong.

Chomp!

At the same time, Jin Myeong’s swords also moved towards the masked men. Five black swords began to fly at incredible speeds and attack the masked men.

“Ugh!”

The five swords moved quickly and began to cut down the masked men, and the masked men were flustered and unable to properly repel the swords.

‘If you look at it this way, it seems okay.’

Jin Myeong continued to concentrate and moved his five swords without pause.

‘That went well.’

Dong Yoon chuckled as he watched Jin Myeong concentrating. It was a blow to his pride to call subordinates, but he didn’t regret it.

Thanks to that, Jin Myeong’s attention is turned towards them.

Dong Yoon moved behind Jin Myeong as carefully as possible.

Shhh!

Then he moved his hand without hesitation. The sword, which had become a single ray of light, shot towards Jin Myeong’s back.

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