Chapter 617
617fury. wake up
Hehehe-
When the cold winter wind blew past the window once again, Ilsado's new form outside the window became blurred and before I knew it, he was inside the room..
If anyone else had seen it, they would have been astonished at the unexpected sight of the strange transformation, but Baek Soo-ryong just looked at his former disciple standing in front of him with a calm gaze..
Ilsado opened his mouth in a dry voice..
“Did you expect me to come??”
“I was mentally prepared. If it were you... it wouldn't be strange if you came to see me anytime..”
“Even though we were prepared, our defenses are poor..”
“If you prepare, can you prevent it? I didn't want to cause any harm. So I didn't tell anyone.”
“That's bold. Or it's just a joke.”
“I need both of you to meet you like this..”
It was clearly their first time seeing each other. Nevertheless, the conversation flowed naturally. Neither of them found it strange..
“sit down There must be a lot of stories you want to hear from me..”
Baek Soo-ryong offered a chair across from him. Ilsado did not refuse.
The two people faced each other across a table..
There was only one table. They stared at each other for a while, close enough to see not only each other's faces but also their own expressions reflected in their eyes..
“⋯⋯It's been a while.”
Baek Soo-ryong opened his mouth, recalling the day he first sat down with Sagon..
That day, Sagon came to see him alone and asked many questions..
One of them remains particularly memorable to this day..
-why didn't you kill me?
At that time, Baek Soo-ryong could not give his disciple a proper answer..
It's just... I was speechless and kept emptying my glass..
But now it's different.
A lot has happened since that day, and I've had enough time to think about it..
Because of this, Baek Soo-ryong was able to calmly look straight at Il-ho’s scarred face..
“Did you come alone? I can't feel any signs of other children. If you are watching from afar⋯⋯.”
“Cheongryong Credit Union.”
It was a dry voice devoid of emotion. When Baek Soo-ryong stopped talking, Ilsado tapped the table with his fingers and continued speaking..
“A world-class expert who appeared overnight. He sabotaged the church's plans every time, and decapitated several elders. As a result, our school suffered incalculable damage..”
Ilsado continued speaking while looking at the man in front of him as if he were an incomprehensible being..
“They even made the apostle of our church apostatize. Is there a more bitter enemy than this throughout the history of our school??”
“No. 1.”
Baek Soo-ryong saw his own expression reflected in his former student's eyes. he said firmly.
“If you're thinking about it, quit. You must have watched me enough over the past few days. And yet you don’t know who I am??”
No. 1 (一號)).
Ilsado muttered the name, which was given solely to distinguish him from others, as if he was talking to himself, and leaned towards Baek Soo-ryong..
The distance is so close that we can feel each other's breath..
Ilsado glared straight at Baeksu-ryong and fiercely bared his teeth..
“Only three people in the world can call me that. The rest all died a long time ago..”
“I am⋯⋯.”
eat.
“I'll just skip the name..”
A twisted smile appeared on Ilsado’s lips. As a result, the scars on his face became distorted. The pale moonlight cast deeper shadows on the wound..
“You're right, let's assume that.”
“⋯⋯what are you trying to do?”
Ilsado leaned back again and waved his hands in the air, and the dust in the room rose and swirled, forming small shapes..
Completed on Ilsado's palm, they were dolls the size of a finger. It was a delicate technique created with extremely controlled technique that would not be dared to be attempted by anyone other than an expert..
The largest of the five dolls completed under the moonlight turned to face the other four. Then the four little dolls knelt down..
“It's me and you.”
Baek Soo-ryong said in a somewhat cracked voice..
Ilsado brought back the past from decades ago by staging it like a puppet show..
He, who was the size of a finger, swung a whip at his former disciples. Then the four disciples, made of dust and energy, fell to the floor and got up again and again..
As time passed, the small dolls grew bigger and bigger, and soon they reached the same size as their teacher..
After a while, new dolls appeared. In the world spread out in the palm of the hand of Ilsado, the dolls rushed to kill each other..
A cynicism appeared on Ilsado's lips as he looked at the dolls he had made..
“Perhaps this is the last memory of my old teacher..”
It was a fight on the day I escaped from the religious cult..
The four masters and the twenty-seventh group, all completely devastated, were surrounded by blood cultists. The old disciples were pointing their weapons at them..
“⋯⋯stop.”
When Baeksu-ryong waved his hand, the dolls that were moving in Ilsado's palm scattered to pieces and returned to dust..
I didn't want to see any more. Baek Soo-ryong made his will clear and glared at Ilsado..
“Why did you have to show me this??”
When Baek Su-ryong glared at him with somewhat bloodshot eyes, Ilsado opened his mouth with a strange expression..
“After my old teacher died, one question remained in me for a long time. If you are really his reincarnation, can you answer??”
Baek Soo-ryong nodded heavily..
I was afraid of the questions that would come out of that mouth, but I wasn't going to hide or avoid them..
“Why didn't he kill us first??”
“⋯⋯what?”
“The day I escaped from our school. The old master was discovered while escaping from the underground prison. And we stopped them.”
Ilsado turned his head and looked out the window. It seemed like I was recalling every single memory of that day..
“If I had put my mind to it, I could have done anything before that. They could have poisoned us, or they could have made a surprise attack while we were eating. There must have been dozens of other ways..”
“⋯⋯.”
“But he didn't do anything. It was clear that we would be the biggest obstacle to escaping from the church... Our old teacher pretended not to notice and left us alone..”
I could see the deep anger hidden behind the transparent eyes. The long exhaled breath colored the night air white..
At that moment, Baek Soo-ryong recalled the question Sagon had asked before and answered..
-why didn't you kill me?
“Because I didn't want to kill you.”
At that time, I just gave this answer like an excuse and blurted it out..
Any story beyond this would be considered lame and would seem like a request for forgiveness..
But now it was time for a concrete answer..
The reason why he quietly left without killing his former disciples a long time ago..
“I... wanted to save you guys.”
Baeksu- ryong did not give in to Ilsado’s contemptuous ridicule. He said, staring straight into the profile of his former student, who was not looking at him..
“If I succeeded in escaping from the blood cult with my masters, I planned to return someday and take you all out..”
It was a story I never told even to your masters..
It was impossible at the time to persuade the brainwashed disciples..
But it didn't matter how much time it took.
I was planning to send your master back to his hometown first, and then find a way even if it meant dedicating my life to it..
Of course, it was now nothing more than a fleeting illusion..
“⋯⋯That's bullshit with some terrible excuses added to it..”
Ilsado dismissed the words with a menacing glare at Baeksu-ryong, but Baeksu-ryong instead smiled slightly..
“It's still the same now. I plan to destroy the blood religion, kill the blood demons, and erase the magic engraved on your bodies. So⋯⋯.”
When Baeksu-ryong stretched out his hand, Ilsa-do took his body back without realizing it. Baek Soo-ryong, clutching the air, spoke with determined eyes..
“I will get you out of hell.”
“⋯⋯.”
Ilsado, who was frozen for a moment as if he had stopped breathing, soon began to laugh and shake his shoulders..
He laughed for a while, as if he couldn't bear it anymore, to the point where the expert's breathing became heavy, and then he suddenly touched his face and said..
“These wounds. Do you remember why it looks like this??”
Looking at Ilsado's scar-covered face, Baek Soo-ryong nodded..
“The scar that stretched from below my left eye to my chin occurred when I was fifteen. It happened while you were protesting against me..”
“⋯⋯.”
“The deep scar on my right cheek made me 16 years old. It happened on the day I was caught trying to escape from the dorm..”
“⋯⋯.”
“The deep scar on my forehead occurred the winter when I was 16. It was the day when the secret attack to kill me failed..”
“⋯⋯.”
“The scar extending from my cheek to my neck occurred when I was seventeen. At that time, you were in a state of death for over six days..”
“⋯⋯why.”
Do you remember everything?.
Ilsado’s eyes trembled as he glared at Baeksu-ryong..
“I haven't forgotten a single thing.”
How the disciple screamed for each wound and how much blood flowed..
Baek Soo-ryong clearly remembered how deep he was struggling in fear and pain..
“⋯⋯I needed an example.”
Baek Soo-ryong paused for a moment, his expression distorted in pain..
If you hadn't carved that scar, you would have died..
Because the blood religion did not forgive the rebellion..
You, who were born with natural qualities, clashed with me more often than anyone else, and often crossed established lines..
To make up for it, I had to become even more cruel. So that the leaders of the church are disgusted.
So you won't get any further punishment..
Baek Soo-ryong did not say the words that were floating around in his mouth..
“⋯⋯okay. If it weren't for these wounds, I would have died a long time ago..”
Ilsado touched the scars on his face..
he knew it too.
The boy whose heart was filled with hatred decades ago became an adult, reflecting on the meaning of these wounds countless times..
But that didn't change anything.
“I should have let him die then..”
“⋯⋯.”
“Since he had no choice but to commit evil for us, are you asking us to forgive him now??”
In response to Ilsado’s ridicule, Baek Su-ryong slowly shook his head. Even a faint smile appeared on his lips..
“I have no desire to be forgiven. Because this is just my selfishness.”
Ilsa also twisted her mouth and smiled..
He liked the word selfishness..
Because his actions from now on were done out of extreme selfishness..
“Just one. There is a way you can save me.”
Ilsado stood up and pulled out the blood demon sword from his belt..
Wow-
The magic sword containing the strangest energy in the world was vibrating..
Blood Demon Sword.
Ilsado, who placed the sacred item of blood religion on the table, stepped back and got down on one knee..
thud.
It was a light sound, but it rang loudly as if Baek Soo-ryong's heart was falling..
“Old master. Please be my supreme being. I will serve you with all my deep hatred, resentment, and grace towards you..”
“⋯⋯.”
He looked up at the White Water Dragon with eyes filled with blindness and joy. However, the cruel sneer on his lips remained the same..
“Wouldn't this be sufficient punishment and atonement for you??”
Just as he had learned from his master in the past, the disciple seemed to have found the most cruel and sure method of revenge..
“⋯⋯No. 1.”
Baek Soo-ryong, who was looking at Ilsado, slowly opened his mouth..
“Don't get sick and wake up. Because I don't plan on being used by you out of guilt..”
I said I was going to get my disciples out of hell, but I had no intention of rolling in hell with them..
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