Chapter 16 (Abandoned Disciple of Heavenly Demon)

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Episode 16: First Battle (1)

“It’s been a while.”

“Hmm.”

Jin Myeong knew who the person who came to see him was as soon as he saw his face, ‘five faces that came to mind when I first opened my eyes.’

“Gye Bu-il, the fourth disciple of Heavenly Demon, came to find Great Scholar”, a servant announced the entry of Gye Bu-il, who came with his subordinates.

“It’s been a while, Brother Gye.”

“Huh! I’m late in greeting you. I personally came to see you, you useless bastard.”

Jin Myeong sighed as he looked at his Martial Brother, who was a head taller than him.

‘Looks like you’ve been through a lot with this guy.’

As soon as Jin Myeong saw the Fourth Martial Brother, his whole body started shaking.

‘I was more scared than when I saw the leader and vice-leader.’

‘It’s really funny.’

Jin Myeong body trembled more when he faced Gye Bu-il than when he faced Heavenly Demon and Mad Demon, the strongest demons in the Heavenly Demon Sect.

Jin Myeong’s body was instinctively rejecting the Fourth Martial Brother’s presence.

“Why are you shaking so much? Anyone who sees this will think that this executioner has come to harass the priest.”

Fourth Martial Brother chuckled and tapped Jin Myeong on the shoulder.

I felt a pain in my shoulder, as if a strong force had been applied.

“Can you please tell me why you are here?”

Jin Myeong said, swatting away the hand of his Fourth Martial Brother who was hitting his shoulder.

“Hmm. Priest, you said you came back after a year, did you get something great?”

Perhaps because he didn’t like Jin Myeong’s attitude, Gye Bu-il’s face distorted.

“Or are you acting so arrogant because the Vice-Sect Leader is showing you a little favour?”

The Fourth Martial Brother growled in a low voice. He looked as if he was about to put his hand on his back and draw his weapon at any moment.

‘It’s shaped like a sword, but is it just a blunt weapon?’

The handle looks like a sword, but underneath it is a huge iron club without a blade. Jin Myeong felt like his head would explode if he got hit by that.

“Phew. Looks like you just came here to pick a fight.”

“Kuuuuuuu. Well,” the Fourth Martial Brother looked around with a smile.

“If you keep doing that, just go back.”

“No, no. If I was going to go back like this, I wouldn’t have come”, the Fourth Martial Brother said so and glanced behind him.

Then a young man, as big as his fourth martial brother, walked forward.

“I just came here to check out the junior martial brother’s skills. It’s been a while.”

Gye Bu-il said he wanted to test Jin Myeong skills, but in the end, he wanted to tell his subordinate that Vice-Sect leader, Mad Demon, that his judgment was wrong.

All of Heavenly Demon’s disciples wanted to bring Mad Demon, the Vice-Sect Leader, to their side. That alone was one step closer to becoming a sect leader.

But the Vice-Sect Leader did not join anyone’s camp.

That’s why everyone thought that the Vice-Sect Leader had no interest in competing with the Heavenly Demon.

“But he chose you, Jin Myeong little brat.”

There are many other excellent disciples of the Sect Leader, but the Vice-Sect Leader chose Jin Myeong, who was the least capable.

Gye Bu-il couldn’t understand it.

“I heard that you’ve been beating some weird guys lately. I don’t know if that’s true though.”

Rumours had already spread that Jin Myeong had killed the masked men who had come to ambush him. But very few people believed that.

Not only Gye Bu-il, but everyone who knew Jin Myeong thought the rumour was false.

“So, I want to see your skills for real.”

“Hmm.”

Jin Myeong could understand his martial brother frustration. Despite Fourth Martial Brother says he wants to see if you have the skills to be chosen, but in the end, he means that he is going to take out his anger on Jin Myeong since he wasn’t chosen by the Vice-Sect Leader.

“But it would be a blow to his pride, if he chose to fight the priest right now.”

But Gye Bu-il had no desire to fight Jin Myeong, whom he continued to ignore.

“So, let’s fight Young Master”, Jin Myeong quietly watched the young man step forward.

‘He seems a little stronger than the one that came before.’

When Jin Myeong first returned to this estate, he remembered the masked man who had attacked him.

The young man in front of him was clearly stronger than the masked man, but Jin Myeong couldn’t feel much of a difference.

“There is no reason to fight.”

“No, you have to.”

Jin Myeong wanted to just go back, but Gye Bu-il had no intention of letting him go.

“Is it really that scary?”

“Hmm.”

Jin Myeong could tell that Gye Bu-il was childish.

If he lost to a subordinate who wasn’t even a disciple of Heavenly Demon, then of course Mad Demon would have no choice but to reconsider.

“Young Lord, are you scared?”

“…….”

Jin Myeong looked at the young man standing next to his Fourth Martial Brother and soon smiled faintly.

“Who are you?”

“What?”

The young man’s face hardened at Jin Myeong’s question.

“Even though I was only staying at the residence, I didn’t know you.”

But the young man said with a forced smile.

He tried to scratch Jin Myeong’s insides somehow, but seeing Jin Myeong’s calm expression made me feel like he had lost.

“I am Prince Cheol Mu-gwang, the second son of Giant Demon, one of the three elders of the sect.”

When Jin Myeong couldn’t remember anything, Yang Jeon eventually quietly revealed identity to him.

“Did the son of the three elders become a disciple of the Sect Leader?”

“It’s a little different. It’s a form where the elders support the disciples they like.”

It’s as if the Vice-Sect Leader is supporting Jin Myeong.

“Are you scared?”

When Jin Myeong did not answer, Gye Bu-il asked with a mocking tone.

“I’m not that scared, but…….” Jin Myeong snickered while looking at his Fourth Martial Brother.

“This time I guess I’ll have to give in to the childish provocation of the Fourth Martial Brother.”

At Jin Myeong’s words, Gye Bu-il’s smile grew even deeper.

“Let’s go to your training ground.”

Jin Myeong soon led Gye Bu-il and his men to the training ground.

“I never thought you’d really accept it. I thought you’d just run away.”

It seemed that Gye Bu-il had not expected Jin Myeong to fight Cheol Mu-gwang.

Cheol Mu-gwang was now a warrior at the peak of his power, looking towards this match. As a martial artist who knew Jin Myeong’s skills, it was easy to predict the outcome of this match.

“I want to test it too”, Jin Myeong always wondered how strong his martial arts skills were.

The Mad Demon said that there would be few who could stop his martial arts, but it would not be easy to achieve victory.

“Then let’s give it a try”, Jin Myeong received the wooden box containing the sword from Yang Jeon and stood facing Cheol Mu-gwang.

‘Why are you so confident?’, Gu Bu-I thought.

Jin Myeong, he knows, would have been scared by the word confrontation before, is now very relaxed. Fourth Disciple found it odd.

‘Is it just a bluff? Or is there really a way? I wonder.’

The eyes of the Fourth Disciple who saw Jin Myeong in a completely different way than usual sank deeply.

“I will few moves to my opponent”, people’s faces lit up at Cheol Mu-gwang’s words as he faced Jin Myeong.

‘The youngest disciple of the Sect Leader is only a disciple in-name, his skills are poor.’

‘It’s a blow to one’s pride.’

‘Because it meant that I looked down on the other person.’

‘That went well.’

But that wasn’t case for Jin Myeong. It’s even better if the other person lets their guard down. Because it means he can easily beat his opponent.

Since Jin Myeong didn’t think of himself as a warrior yet, there was nothing to hurt his pride.

“Hmm?”

When Jin Myeong extended his index finger towards him, Cheol Mu-gwang had a puzzled expression.

Shhh!

The moment he thought Jin Myeong’s index finger had turned white, Cheol Mu-gwang hurriedly moved his body to the side.

“Huh!”

Something brushed his cheek. A long, dark line appeared on Cheol Mu-gwang’s cheek, and blood flowed down.

“You dodged it well? How many moves are you going to give me?”

Cheol Mu-gwang couldn’t answer Jin Myeong’s question either. He was so busy avoiding the Jin Myeong’s internal energy shot, that kept shooting at him.

“You idiot! Get closer!”

Gye Bu-il shouted at Cheol Mu-gwang, who was unable to move forward at all.

‘Tch. Easier said than done.’

Cheol Mu-gwang crumpled his face. Meanwhile, Cheol Mu-gwang started to regret his decision, especially the one he made due to his arrogance.

‘I should have brought at least a pair of gloves…’

‘I didn’t think I would need something like a gauntlet to deal with Jin Myeong.’

“The sect leader’s disciple is really lethal. He only attacks from afar.”

“Does it matter? After all, the one who wins is the one who is strong.”

Cheol Mu-gwang tried to get on anger Jin Myeong somehow, but seeing him respond with a snicker instead made him feel like his insides were turning.

“How about trying to block it?”

“…….”

Jin Myeong wanted Cheol Mu-gwang to block it rather than just avoid it.

The power of the Sword Control Art has been verified by the Vice-Sect Leader, Mad Demon, but the power of the Heavenly Demon has not yet been confirmed.

Jin Myeong wanted to confirm its power through the Cheol Mu-gwang.

“Or are you scared?”

Cheol Mu-gwang saw the mass of energy that Jin Myeong was shooting out. It’s so fast that it’s hard to avoid. Besides, since he kept avoiding it, he can’t move forward.

‘Where did he learn such martial arts?’

Gye Bu-il was surprised by the strength displayed by Jin Myeong. Not to mention, it was his first time witnessing such strange martial art.

‘The power looks strong too.’

‘I never thought there was such a method existed. Because it was a common tactic to attack by strengthening the fingers.’

‘Why is he just avoiding it, like that….’

Gye Bu-il trembled in anger, as he watched Cheol Mu-gwang, not even think about stopping Jin Myeong’s attack.

“Hmm!”

And Cheol Mu-gwang also thought that he couldn’t go on like this forever.

Woof!

Cheol Mu-gwang moved the internal energy. A dark blue aura began to wrap around his arms.

“This is more comfortable than avoiding it for no reason!”

‘Defence is not in my nature’, Cheol Mu-gwang swung his hand wrapped in a fist toward the shooting Jin Myeong’s Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art.

Bang!

He naturally thought that Jin Myeong’s attack would be deflected.

“Ugh!”

But instead, his arm was thrown back, and his body lurched violently.

“It seems to have quite a bit of power.”

Cheol Mu-gwang frowned at the thought that Jin Myeong’s attack was stronger than he thought.

‘But to this extent….’, it seemed that if he was just a little careful, he could have block the attack and approach Jin Myeong.

“Hmm. It doesn’t look that good.”

Cheol Mu-gwang felt Jin Myeong’s gaze and looked down at his hands.

“Hmm?” his hand was twisted in a strange way.

‘Was the hand originally bent like this?’ that’s what Cheol Mu-gwang thought. He just couldn’t understand this situation.

“Can’t you even stop that properly?”

“Ugh!”

Cheol Mu-gwang ground his teeth at Jin Myeong’s words, but he could not attack Jin Myeong who was insulting him.

He wanted to attack, but stopped. Because of the index finger of the Jin Myeong pointing towards him.

“It would be a bit disappointing if this were the end like this, right?” Jin Myeong said; while continued mocking.

“You came forward so confidently that I thought something great was going to happen. But in the end, you couldn’t stop Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art properly and that’s how ended up like that.”

-Run!

The sound of the bell ringing reached Cheol Mu-gwang’s ears. Although he looked puzzled, his Gye Bu-il’s eyes were firm.

‘Fuck!’

Cheol Mu-gwang cursed inwardly and ran towards Jin Myeong again. And Jin Myeong continued to attack Cheol Mu-gwang with his Heavenly Demon Divine Finger Art.

‘You must avoid it as much as possible!’

Even the arm protected by the sword could not properly block the attack.

To Cheol Mu-gwang, who couldn’t even protect his body with self-defense equipment, each and every one of Jin Myeong’s attacks could only be fatal.

“Huh!”

But it was difficult to avoid all the shots that kept shooting at him.

It wasn’t that the speed of the Heavenly Demon Divine Finger’s shot was slow, but it was because the internal energy was constantly being shot from Jin Myeong’s index finger.

“Whew, whoosh.”

After breaking through the pouring shots, Cheol Mu-gwang was finally able to reach Jin Myeong.

He looked down at Jin Myeong, breathing heavily, ‘I felt like I wanted to burst Jin Myeong’s head right then and there.’

“Whoaap!”

Cheol Mu-gwang swung his sword at Jin Myeong’s head as if trying to vent his anger on him.

Bang!

But Cheol Mu-gwang’s fist could not reach Jin Myeong. Suddenly, a sword appeared out of nowhere and blocked his attack.

“Huh!”

Cheol Mu-gwang looked at the sword that had blocked his attack with a bewildered expression.

Before he could even make a judgment about the sword floating in the air, Jin Myeong’s voice pierced into his ears.

“Let’s see if you can stop it well.”

Jin Myeong reached out his hand towards Cheol Mu-gwang’s forehead. Cheol Mu-gwang felt a chill down his spine when he saw that.

‘It’s going pierce my head’, Cheol Mu-gwang thought. Facing Heavenly Demon Divine Finger, with such strong power that even his arm holding the weapon is strangely broken.

‘If I get hit, your forehead will be pierced.’

‘Can it be avoided?’

‘Too close to avoid. But I have to avoid it, or I’ll die.’

“I am the son of an elder.”

“However?”

Even though he revealed that he was the son of the elder Giant Demon, Jin Myeong didn’t seem to care.

‘He intends to kill me.’

It’s not just about scaring people. There was no sign of hesitation in Jin Myeong’s eyes.

Woof!

The moment something grey appeared on Jin Myeong’s index finger, Cheol Mu-gwang had a gut feeling of death.

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