The Constellations Are My Disciples - Chapter 256

◈ Episode 256 Memory (1)

“They said they would get us out…” Heukje, the leader

of Sanjeo,

muttered while repeating the words of Damooncheonwang in that place in Sanjeo’s territory, twisting the corner of his mouth and speaking.

“Hehehe, your master has no respect.”

“…”

A blatant mockery of a black man.

But King Damuncheon said nothing.

To put it bluntly, it was the Four Heavenly Kings’ fault.

In the end, the Four Heavenly Kings could not stop him from destroying the village and the stone statue, even inside Mandala, where his power was not greatly limited.

In the end, it was no different from failing to protect his resting place and his belongings, which were said to be able to appear in the world once again in a while.

so that.

‘We must do whatever it takes to catch him and sacrifice him before he comes…!’

It was very natural, but King Damuncheon did not report this incident to Buddha.

It’s not that I failed to report it.

Didn’t report.

Even though the Four Heavenly Kings could have already informed the Buddha of this situation, they did not report it.

The Four Heavenly Kings were afraid of the wrath of the Buddha that would come when they reported the current situation to the Buddha in a situation where nothing had been accomplished.

Of course, I did not expect that his anger would disappear even if the Four Heavenly Kings lured Sanjeo to catch him and present him in front of Buddha.

Because everything has already happened.

However, from the perspective of the Four Heavenly Kings, they needed a way to quell Buddha’s anger as much as possible, and when they thought about it that way, what they needed was that guy.

Kim Joo-hyuk, the man who destroyed the mandala and ran away.

Because the current Four Heavenly Kings needed him, King Damuncheon remained silent despite Sanjeo’s insulting remarks.

Heukjeo, who had been looking at him for a while, nodded as if he was very satisfied with the situation and then spoke.

“Well, we are not a narrow-minded species so much that we do not help when the middle-class guy bows his head like this. “Unlike you, each and every one of us in this mountain is favored by the great king.”

“…then.”

“I will accept your offer. If you take us out of this frustrating place, I will keep my promise to the middle-aged man. There-”

Sanjeer grinned.

“Catching that guy is clearly what our king wants. “There won’t be any harm in taking care of it first.”

I even talked about it.

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Kim Joo-hyuk literally saw himself.

Okay, now you may be wondering if you are getting a little bored with yourself.

However, not long after opening the door and entering, Kim Joo-hyuk realized that the person he saw inside was not a person with whom he could communicate.

‘Is it a memory?’

As soon as he realized this, Kim Joo-hyuk was able to realize that what was shown in this sentence was a reflection of his past self.

“…”

Kim Joo-hyuk took a closer look at the man who probably looked like his old self.

The first thing you see is tattered clothes.

The next thing you see is a toothless sword that has lost all its teeth, making it doubtful whether it can function properly as a sword.

Next, Kim Joo-hyuk’s eyes looked as if everything that did not feel like a firearm was marked with emptiness.

And that past self.

[Keeeeeeeeek!!!!]

They were fighting.

And a monster of ridiculous size.

“Huh…”

The size of Kim Joo-hyuk in the past and the size of the monster across from him screaming for the world to go away are overwhelming.

No, in fact, if only the size was overwhelming, Kim Joo-hyuk would not have been particularly impressed by seeing the monster.

First of all, when it comes to large monsters, Kim Joo-hyuk has faced them several times before, and more than anything, large monsters are obviously threatening due to their overwhelming mass, but on the contrary, they are also easy to deal with.

The bigger it is, the more places it can attack.

Therefore, Kim Joo-hyuk was not surprised by the size of the monster.

However, the reason why Kim Joo-hyuk let out an absurd laugh without realizing it was because the magical power emanating from the body of the monster that Kim Joo-hyuk was dealing with in the past was so absurd that he let out a laugh.

Jeez.

Kim Joo-hyuk was clearly aware of this.

That is probably a memory from the past.

However, the fight that Kim Joo-hyuk must have fought in this place in the past did not remain as a mere memory, but was vividly expressed before Kim Joo-hyuk’s eyes.

As proof of this, Kim Joo-hyuk was feeling goosebumps all over his body as he felt the monster’s magic power exploding from his body over and over again.

However, in front of such a monster whose entire body was covered in red horns, the past Kim Joo-hyuk very calmly rushed forward with a sword that had lost all its teeth.

After a while,

“…”

Kim Joo-hyuk could see the monster that had been divided into dozens of pieces and turned into a handful of meat.

And in the past, when Kim Joo-hyuk had turned the monster that gave him goosebumps into dozens of pieces of meat, he just looked down at the monster with an emotionless expression.

Soon, the scene in front of Kim Joo-hyuk disappeared and another scene began to be created.

The next thing that was created was the sight of Kim Joo-hyuk facing a prosecutor wearing a mask.

After defeating the masked warrior as if it was obvious, the next scene naturally appeared before Kim Joo-hyuk’s eyes.

And at that point, Kim Joo-hyuk was able to instinctively realize it.

What he is showing here now is that he is showing one by one who he fought with in the past.

There was no story there.

Although there must have been one or two simple words or provocations before the fight, the scenes that Kim Joo-hyuk was seeing in front of him only showed battle scenes.

Just endlessly.

A battle scene that continues without a clear goal to do something.

How many of Kim Joo-hyuk’s fight scenes did you watch?

“…uh?”

Kim Joo-hyuk was able to realize that this memory was being replayed infinitely when the battle scene was flipped over and over again and the monster with red horns appeared before his eyes.

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Kim Joo-hyuk was locked in the room.

As soon as he came inside, the door he came through disappeared as if it had never existed in the first place.

In addition, some time had passed since Kim Joo-hyuk was locked in that room.

No, in fact, there was no way to check whether a considerable amount of time had passed or whether not much time had passed.

At least there was no way to check the time outside here.

The only thing that tells us that time is passing is that the same scenes are constantly passing before Kim Joo-hyuk’s eyes.

“…”

Inside the locked room, Kim Joo-hyuk was watching his own fight, which had already been repeated several times, close to a dozen times.

What Kim Joo-hyuk is looking at is a scene where his old self fights a red monster, which he has seen many times over.

Obviously, he felt that pressure when he first saw it, and even now, the magic emanating from the red monster gave him goosebumps, but the feeling of tension had long since disappeared in Kim Joo-hyuk’s mind after seeing the scene over and over again.

Instead, what fills the empty space are doubts and mild irritation.

‘…What are you asking me to do here?’

That’s what he thought as he watched the red monster disappear once again into six pieces.

In fact, Kim Joo-hyuk has encountered quite a few situations like this so far.

In the meantime, whenever he searched for memories, he always searched for them with this feeling.

Of course, when searching for memories, it is always from a first-person perspective, and the current situation is from an observer’s perspective, so you may think that it may be completely different, but it was definitely similar in that you were looking at memories of the past.

There is only one difference.

‘…memories constantly repeating themselves.’

Kim Joo-hyuk’s memories usually cannot be repeated once they come to mind.

However, the battle scene that appears as a memory before my eyes continues to repeat itself.

Without any narrative.

Without any conversation.

It was just repeating itself.

It’s as if I have to find something here to move on.

‘What on earth should I be looking for?’

However, the more Kim Joo-hyuk looked at the battle scene while thinking that, the more he couldn’t help but feel doubtful.

That’s because what I saw before my eyes was just a battle scene.

As I said before, no narrative exists.

In short, there is nothing here that Kim Joo-hyuk can realize.

In the first place, Kim Joo-hyuk couldn’t understand why he was being asked to notice when there was no narrative or story that could provide enlightenment.

And it wasn’t until the point where doubts and frustration began to build up.

‘…are you thinking too biasedly?’

Kim Joo-hyuk had that thought.

“Huh…”

Kim Joo-hyuk sighed heavily and immediately thought again from the beginning.

Starting with why you came here in the first place.

Even what I heard before coming here.

“…”

A moment of silence.

In that silence, Kim Joo-hyuk recalled what King Wuducheon had said before he opened the door to this room and entered.

‘It’s not about learning…’

With those words, Kim Joo-hyuk looked at the place where the memory was being replayed again.

What you see there is yourself still swinging the sword.

Kim Joo-hyuk, who was staring blankly at the scene, suddenly looked at the sword his past self was wielding.

A sword that appears to anyone to be simply wielded according to the situation, without any special swordsmanship.

Of course, is Kim Joo-hyuk still learning swordsmanship? It’s not that I haven’t thought about it.

However, the reason he did not put that idea into practice was because Kim Joo-hyuk’s sword, which appeared to be his past self, did not seem to have a very good shape.

At least in the eyes of the current Kim Joo-hyuk, this was his thought because the sword he wielded in the past seemed to be completely unaffected by its form.

however.

‘perhaps.’

With only that one thought in mind, Kim Joo-hyuk grabbed his sword, stood up, and looked at himself in the past.

An image of oneself striking the masked samurai’s sword and quickly stabbing it at the same time.

Of course, the masked warrior tried to block Kim Joo-hyuk’s sword as if he had no intention of being easily defeated.

Tsutsutsu!

Just by slightly changing the position of the sword, the masked warrior was unable to block Kim Joo-hyuk’s sword and was stabbed in the heart.

His past self kills the masked warrior by raising his sword upward and slashing with him.

Seeing the memories disappearing along with him, Kim Joo-hyuk immediately grabbed the sword and the next memory was immediately replayed.

What you see is Kim Joo-hyuk holding a sword, a monster smiling fiercely in front of him, and his past self still holding the sword in silence.

From there, Kim Joo-hyuk immediately grabbed the sword like his old self.

“!”

With just that simple act, Kim Joo-hyuk was able to realize.

It’s not about learning, it’s about reclaiming. The meaning of this.