Childhood Friend of the Zenith - Chapter 438

< Episode 438 > Regret (後悔).(4)

A day has passed.

Even though time passed, this dog-like illusion was still not broken.

All the while, I was focused on getting information about this goddamn world.

First of all, this is where I lived my previous life.

I knew that much as soon as I saw it.

‘A dog world.’

Pudeudeuk.

The more I think about it, the more my teeth grind. It was because he seemed to know what Tang Zemun’s ‘regret’ meant.

The time I regret the most.

Maybe that’s why they sent me there.

If so, it was a cruel test indeed.

The very thing that I wanted to forget so much and sent me to a world I never wanted to go through again.

It’s like hell for me.

This is not from the world of the past.

I knew it was just an illusion.

I had hoped that the future would change if I somehow prevented the things that should have happened in this world.

I knew very well that this would not happen, so I could see that this wish was meaningless.

that’s why it’s hell

I had to watch this in a place where nothing could be changed.

Suffice it to call it hell for me.

‘What do I want to realize here?’

I thought as I wiped away the rippling waves with my hand.

I couldn’t figure out the intention of the party gate.

What is the purpose of this test? What was the ‘choice’ she was talking about?

I couldn’t find out.

I just stare at the river with heavy eyes.

The face reflected in the river comes into my eyes.

The face reflected in the water was completely unfamiliar.

I mean it’s not my face.

I touched my face with my hand.

A sense of heterogeneity passes through the feeling of reflection and the direct touch of the hand.

‘Only the appearance has changed, but the texture remains the same.’

It felt like it had been covered up with something like a hallucination.

How can it be called a more natural bast face?

‘Age is… about the same as the current me.’

It means that now you can barely hear the voice of youth.

‘Is this why he didn’t recognize me?’

I felt like I knew the reason why the Demonic Swordsman didn’t notice me when he saw me.

My ferocious eyes went somewhere, but rather slightly lowered and changed to mild eyes.

If it looks the opposite, it will fit perfectly.

Anyway, it was too awkward to call it my face.

I put my face back and looked around.

I think it’s somewhere in Sacheon. It was an unfamiliar area.

‘What time zone is it?’

This is the most important part. At what point is it now?

I was in a bit of a state to figure it out.

‘First of all… the demon sword is alive. Is Sacheon in a state of being captured?’

If so, the venom would have died.

“…”

I bit my lip even after spitting it out myself. The Moorim Maeng must be sending all their strength to recover the Sichuan that fell at the hands of the demons.

If so, the operation will fail.

‘…Because I am here.’

It’s a gross arrogance, but this was the truth.

It seems that the Heavenly Father has appeared in Sacheon with all his might, but it is impossible to penetrate more than necessary.

This is because if he properly reveals himself, the Heavenly Demon will descend.

The Heavenly Demon issued a stern warning.

I will be generous and turn a blind eye to the King Dokwang and his clan’s relatives fleeing to Shaolin.

He said that when the triad intervened in this matter, he would also appear.

This warning is arrogant enough.

Unfortunately, it got eaten.

It was because he knew that her words were not mere bravado because he had confirmed the power of the Heavenly Demon.

together.

‘The Demonic Cult didn’t attack properly right now.’

I should be able to push through Hanam right away and bring down the political faction.

For some reason, the Heavenly Demon gave the order to occupy the land of Sacheon and stand by.

how long was that

‘One year to two years.’

about that time.

I don’t remember the exact time.

It was because I was not in the mental state at the time to grasp the flow of time or not.

‘Then when is now?’

At what point is this the waiting point caused by the Heavenly Demon?

I had to know that part.

Because the end of this waiting point.

‘Because it’s the death of the swordsman…’

This is the moment when the war begins in earnest, and the point in time when the death of the swordsman comes.

I turned my gaze and looked at the swordsman who was looking at the river.

She was staring at the river with blank eyes.

Not really looking for anything.

just.

“… Swordmaster-nim, no matter how you look at it, it doesn’t seem like this is it?”

“…”

It was because I was lost.

I forgot for a moment.

That the Demon Swordsman is an absurd path.

I should have noticed from the moment she led the way in the first place.

‘…I forgot this.’

After the demon sword, she was a woman who went from left to right.

She was a woman who, when told to go straight, would go backwards and even turn sideways.

You should have known this for sure. You just follow me without thinking.

‘What should I do?’

I got out of the river and was moving along the sword sword.

Her speed is fast, but not to the point where she can’t keep up with it.

It’s probably because she’s caring enough for me to follow.

‘If we go this way, isn’t it the opposite direction?’

I’ve already been through the day

It wasn’t just wandering around, it meant wandering the streets all night without sleep.

‘It will turn.’

To be honest, I don’t know the exact location of this place, but I knew the direction to Daejeon.

It’s a little hard to pretend to know that, so I’m just keeping my mouth shut and following along.

‘But if I leave it like this… it’ll go round and round even after seven days and nights, let alone the next day.’

Going to Daejeon itself was a problem, so not going to Daejeon would have been a good situation.

It was also a problem to leave it as it is.

‘how will we do it.’

Shall I tell you what it would be like if I sneaked over there?

That wasn’t easy either.

‘…fuck around and get your throat cut.’

If it wasn’t Namgoongbia, but the Demon Swordsman, you had to be careful not only to approach her, but even to talk to her.

She hated humans extremely, and at the same time, she especially resented men.

The reason why they are taking me to Daejeon now is because they say that I belong to the Heukyeomdae, not because they belong to the same Demonic Sect.

After the Demon Sword, he is a person who would kill even a demon of his own without hesitation. I had to keep a little distance and move while checking the reaction at any time.

at that time.

“…!”

The swordsman moved his gaze to one side as if he had found something.

pod.

“What?”

It scatters brain energy briefly on the spot and then disappears.

‘crazy.’

I couldn’t figure it out.

It’s disappearing right in front of my eyes, but I can’t understand it.

I thought I had become stronger to some extent when I reached Hwagyeong.

Seeing this, I had to realize that I was still a long way off.

I never thought I would be able to catch even one sign.

‘Where have you been?’

I’m trying to stop moving and find the demon sword, but I’m broke! The disappeared demon sword reappears before my eyes.

It’s like holding someone by the collar.

“Heo-eok… Heo-eok…”

Surprisingly, the person who was caught by the collar was another demon. As Sacheon became the territory of the Demonic Cult, it was not so strange that there were demons.

But… why did you bring it here?

“Heo-euk… Ugh…!”

Looking at Mine’s expression, it doesn’t seem like the abduction (?) that was being talked about. When the man confirms the person who caught him, he puts on an expression close to astonishment.

“M… Demon Swordsman…!”

The expression of the devil’s sword looking down at the man is extremely cold.

“…daejeon…location…direction.”

He only spat out words, but I could tell by looking at them.

‘Did you catch me to ask for directions?’

It seems that way.

The man thinks for a moment at the indiscriminate words of the demon swordsman, but promptly gives an answer.

“If it’s a great war. Can we just go all the way west… No!?”

As soon as he hears the answer, the swordsman throws the man away.

The man screamed and flew away.

Are you saying the real road was taken for watering purposes?

“…”

What is this situation?

While I was staring at it as if I was embarrassed, the demon swordswoman eagerly wiped my hands on my clothes as if I had touched some kind of filth.

And then he looked at me

“…West. Let’s go…”

“…Ah yes.”

After notifying them that they would be leaving again, they tried to move right away.

“wait a minute.”

“…?”

After hearing my words, the swordsman hesitated and then looked at me again.

The reason for calling was not different.

“It’s east of there. Swordsman. The west is the opposite.”

“…hmm.”

“That’s the north side…”

After stopping twice, the Demon Swordsman looks at me with expressionless eyes.

Looking into those eyes, I was able to understand the meaning of the demon sword.

“…You want me to guide you?”

“…”

The Demon Swordsman didn’t give any answer to my question.

Realizing that the silence was positive, I slowly moved westward.

‘Is this right?’

I thought while walking.

I wondered if it was right to go to Daejeon on my own feet.

Even if I just went east like this, the Demonic Sword Master wouldn’t notice.

Even thinking so, my feet were already moving.

There were parts I wanted to check, and more than anything.

‘I need to figure out how to get out of this fucking fantasy.’

I had to know how to finish this test.

Why did you send me at this point? And as soon as he came out, he even met the swordsman.

When you see this, first of all, you have to be next to the demon sword.

I judged that.

Thinking of that, I glanced at the aftermath.

But…

“Swordsman… where are you going?”

“Ah… a mistake…”

The swordsman, who was about to deviate from the road, hesitated and corrected his posture.

“…”

He nodded slightly looking at that.

I guess that’s not going to be that easy.

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I ran a long way west.

I had to spend about a day or so more time.

It means that two days have passed since I came to the fantasy of my previous life.

As time passed, a huge building was standing in front of my eyes.

It was a building I hadn’t seen in a long time.

‘…I barely arrived.’

How much did you suffer last time? I had to keep watching after the demon sword, which was about to disappear.

I had to be careful with my words in case someone would offend me.

Damn.

‘If it was Namgoongbia, I would have hit Honeybam ten times.’

It’s a shame that I didn’t do that.

If I did that to the Demon Swordsman, my arm would have been cut off and my head would have been cut off at the same time.

In addition, I was able to see the current miserable situation once again as I walked toward Daejeon with the Demon Swordsman.

‘There’s no place that doesn’t smell of blood.’

Traces of war are everywhere. The corpses often seen were half-rotten and gave off a stench.

If they found a river, they could see bodies floating on it.

‘…’

Looking at that, all I can do is bite my lip.

‘No matter how much I think about it…’

It’s a really dirty memory.

He forcibly swallowed a sigh and moved on.

In an area a little far from the center of Sacheon, there was a building of a commercial district that was originally leading the commerce of Sacheon.

The Demonic Cult was renovating and using it.

so-called war.

We used to call it that.

Approaching the building, a figure who appears to be a gatekeeper lowers his head.

“Meet the vice-lord.”

Those words are for the aftermath.

sub-owner. Yes, that was the position that the Demon Swordsman was in charge of at Heukyeomdae.

After the swordsman looked at the gatekeeper with cloudy eyes and asked what to say.

“…the lender…?”

“The great lord is waiting inside.”

At the gatekeeper’s words, the swordsman nodded.

Then the gatekeeper looked at me and made a puzzled expression. After seeing that, the swordsman added an afterword.

“…newcomer.”

“Are you new?”

At the words of the demon sword, the gatekeeper immediately smiled.

“A cute guy is here, yes. See you later, newbie.”

“…”

That smile was full of interest and fresh pleasure.

‘What’s this bastard’s name?’

Thinking back, but I don’t know.

In my previous life, I wasn’t the kind of person who could only memorize the name of the baby gatekeeper.

Without giving any answer, he followed after the demon sword.

I kept thinking about it while I was on my way.

‘Can I do this, really?’

Is it really okay to go back into the den of demons on my own?

Even more so, if he was caught by the Heavenly Demon, it would be the end.

‘…but is there another way?’

If part of this test is about my regret in the end.

I thought there would be something around me in this life, let alone after the demon sword.

‘…Going to see the new sword is another way.’

There must be a story there too. Oddly enough, my nib was pointing here.

Tboob.

Continuing to walk along the aisle, I see a huge door at the end of quiet silence.

The moment you step towards it.

“…Keuk…!”

Unknowingly, I drool.

It was because nonsensical speculation and murder were pouring out beyond that door.

cold sweat flows

The heart that felt fear starts to beat uncontrollably, and the bet protects the body like a defense mechanism pops out.

Still, it wasn’t enough to stop them all.

pad deuk.

By the time the breathing is affected, a brief bet surrounds my body as if it were wrapped around it.

It was the brain after the magic sword.

“ha…?”

Then the choked breath burst and the pounding heart gradually began to calm down.

It seems that after the demonic sword unfolded the gimmick.

‘…why?’

I had to look at her curiously.

It was because the Demon Swordsman was not a person who would show such kindness to a person he had only seen for a few days.

Whether he knew my gaze or not, after the demon sword continued to move.

Soon I reached the door.

Ki-yi-yi-!

When the demon sword arrived, the door started to open by itself.

I had to be startled by the demonic air gushing out from the crack in the door as it slowly opened.

It’s awful.

Margie was vicious and the atmosphere inside was even more serious.

Figures kneeling in a row on the left and right of Magi filling a large room.

The demonic energy felt from each one is unusual.

There was not a single weak person in sight.

Around the time I frowned at the magi that was mixed in the air.

“You are late.”

A heavy voice came from the throne at the far end of the front.

The dry saliva is swallowed by the deep life in the voice.

Following the words, the demonic energy that filled the space began to shake.

As I tried to block the demonic air that was choking me, I raised my stiff head and looked at the opponent.

Accordingly, the man’s purple eyes also turned to me.

It’s still a look.

I had to keep laughing inwardly as I looked at the man’s appearance.

In the tired eyes, the life around the body gushes out.

The man’s large amount of demonic energy was so large that it was causing trouble to those around him. The demons couldn’t raise their heads due to the speculation mixed there.

At first glance, the presence seemed unusually huge.

‘What an idiot he is.’

In my eyes, they are just incompetent worms.

An asshole who couldn’t overcome anything and just ran away.

That guy was right in front of me.

I looked at the man and thought.

‘A long time.’

It’s only been this day since I came to my previous life.

‘You bastard.’

I faced the Black Flame Demon.