The Thousand-Slayer Swords Association-Episode 117
EP.117 Chapter Thirteen - Sacheon, Gyeol (8)
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it was strange.
Even though I have never been anywhere near Sacheon in my life, I felt a sense of longing and a sense of wonder filled me, and since the energy was not lost, a sense of wonder filled me..
If it were demon energy, I would have thought it was a reaction caused by extreme demon retardation, but that is not even true..
Mok Riwon narrowed his eyes and looked toward Bidong..
‘This….’
What kind of energy should I call it?.
It's not just a simple longing, it makes my heart pound..
For some reason, my throat was tight and my eyes were watery..
“narrow neck?”
“…no, no.”
Mo Liwon shook his head..
I took a deep breath to control my emotions and raised my head..
“let's go.”
I recruited members with the thought that we would find out once we reached Bidong..
I walked like that.
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Two more encounters with spirits.
Each one was found by Jegalsan and Hyeun, and they grabbed it and pulled out Naedan without anyone else even having time to step forward..
The atmosphere became a little softer, and the valley where Bidong was located became visible..
The more it happened, the more Mo Riwon felt his emotions running wild..
sssss―
Once again, a sound like a snake slithering was heard..
‘What is it.’
Even though I asked myself, I couldn’t find the answer..
My chest is pressed and gives off hot energy..
I don't know why, but Mo Riwon was constantly obsessed with the idea of finding out the cause of this longing..
Then we took another step and arrived at Bi-dong..
“…It's closed..”
There was a large stone wall blocking the front of the cave..
Tang Hwa-seo knocked on the stone wall and said with a wrinkled expression..
“I don't think I can break it and get past it. It's too thick.”
“How did we get past this place before??”
“…It has never passed. At that time, I waited in front of this valley, and the head of the family was the only one who entered Bidong at that time..”
Tang Hwa-seo sighed and asked Zhuge-san..
“Is there any way to clean it up??”
“Hmm….”
Zhuge Shan stroked his chin and looked around at the stone wall..
The narrowed eyes and concentrated, frosty atmosphere make me think that it is not like Zhuge Mountain..
Immediately afterwards, Zhuge Shan responded..
“I don't think it opens here..”
“hmm?”
“The entrance is right here. However, the device to open this place must be somewhere else..”
Zhuge Shan stood up and twisted his back so much that he made a popping sound..
“Let's spread out and search for the device. It's probably in this valley. I don't know what it looks like, but if you go to a place where people are likely to have touched it, you'll probably find it..”
“Yes, it would be better if we split up. It's also a place with no real threats..”
Danghwaseo took a look at the members..
“So let's find out. Whether it's a success or a failure, we'll gather here again after about 2 o'clock..”
“Then let me go first..”
Namgung Jincheon immediately turned around and disappeared between the trees..
Then Hye-woon and Il-woon disappeared..
Danghwaseo was still there, and Zhugeshan was just leaving and asked Mo Liwon..
“Neck Wow, is there anything uncomfortable? You don't look good.”
“It's nothing. just….”
Mo Liwon hesitated and shook his head..
“…I'll go find it too.”
And so Mokriwon left in front of Bidong..
The direction I was heading towards was the direction where I could hear the sound pounding in my chest..
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There was no wandering on the road..
When I reached the valley where Bidong was located, my senses pointed in one direction..
Mok Ri-won, who was left alone, could no longer hold back the tears that were welling up..
The tears flowing down my cheeks from my eyes were so hot that my face was flushed..
‘What is it.’
What is it that makes my heart ache so much?.
What is at the end of this that makes me so dizzy?.
Mokriwon continued to ask questions as he faced the entrance to the huge cave..
I was in awe of the grand size of the castle, wondering if the entrance to the castle was like this, but I couldn't stop admiring it for a long time..
I just clenched my fists and moved forward..
The view inside was mysterious..
Even though it was clearly a cave in the middle of the night, a weak light coming from somewhere hit the stalactites and stalagmites hanging here and there, illuminating the view..
The air is cool and the sound is loud.
Mokriwon, who was walking along the view, soon stopped..
This is because a much wider space opened up in front of him than the path he had walked so far..
‘It's here.’
It was darker than before so I couldn't clearly see what was there, but my senses were telling me..
What I was looking for is here.
Mok Ri-won walked forward, wiping his tears with his sleeve..
Moment.
[What brought you here?.]
I heard something like that.
Through the head, not the ears.
“Who are you?!”
sreung―!
Mo Liwon was startled, drew his sword, and released a wave of energy..
Still, I didn't feel anything.
Although Mo Liwon was puzzled, he did not let go of his tension and shouted..
“Don't hide, come out!”
The space was revealed immediately.
Grumbling―!
By the red fire rising in the air.
In the finally brightened cave, Mokriwon took a vain breath..
[Ah, I asked why you came here?.]
there was a snake there.
No, it was too big to be a snake..
Should I say that this body is so huge that it fills the entire pupil?.
The snake, coiled and raising its head, had its entire body shiny black, and its eyes were bright yellow, looking toward Mokriwon..
The moment Mok Riwon’s body became aware of its existence, it stiffened..
It was only then that I began to feel the snake's energy, which was so great that even words like 'distantness' could not describe it..
This exceeds the energy that a living thing can contain..
No matter how many superhumans exist in this world, they will not even be able to reach the toes of this snake..
My body is shaking..
A feeling of intimidation presses down on my whole body..
It is right for me to run away immediately..
‘…why.’
My body didn't want to turn around.
No, I wanted to go further..
Towards that snake, towards the presence I feel from that snake.
Instinct was speaking.
The longing I've been chasing so far is for that snake..
Tears flowed down again.
Mok Ri-won's expression began to crumble..
Uncontrollable steps slowly moved towards the snake..
[stop.]
When the snake spoke, Mo Riwon’s body stopped..
Mok Ri-won’s eyes opened wide as if they were about to tear..
the snake said.
[Don't come any closer than that..]
Mo Ri-won felt his heart break at those words..
It was a feeling of despair that made me think that this is exactly what a child would feel at the moment of being abandoned by his or her parents..
Mok Ri-won moved his trembling chin and asked..
“Why?…?”
[Because it is a lust that has already been abandoned..]
“what does that mean?”
[Because it is a piece of flesh that has been taken away, I have no intention of taking it back..]
Mok Riwon just looked at the snake..
flesh removed.
At that one word, Mok Riwon had a passing thought and asked:.
“…This immortality is yours?”
This time too, I was saying this with the thought that it was like that for some reason..
After all, isn't it only the natural instinct in my body that makes my emotions move like this and constantly crave for something?.
the snake said yes.
[It has become a waste of the past and is something I no longer want..]
The snake lowered its head and laid it down on its coiled body..
And then I opened my eyes.
[don't offer it to me anymore.]
Mokriwon was embarrassed..
The existence of the snake, the words, this situation, and your own feelings..
Now, at the snake's words, countless questions appeared in my head and then disappeared..
Meanwhile, my heart was crushed by not being able to get closer, so I shed tears..
At the end, Mok Riwon had a question..
“…who are you?”
spirit.
That was the first thing that came to mind.
The snake in front of him was different from what Mokriwon knew, so he could not just treat it as a spirit creature..
At least the spirit creatures that Mokriwon knows are basically unable to speak human language, and even if they are wise and intelligent, they are only at a level beyond the level of animals..
Also, although he was said to have built up a body of nature, he did not show such a huge presence..
This was clearly a creature beyond Mok Riwon's knowledge..
The snake looked down at Mokriwon..
There was silence for a long time..
At the end the snake said.
[…It's a stupid little thing.]
“That's not the answer I wanted.”
[I am a traveler who dreams a dream that does not fit my destiny..]
“That's also not the answer I want.”
That wasn't what I was curious about.
Mo Ri-won longed for the reason for this heart-wrenching feeling, and he also longed for the reason for the snake rejecting him..
“what are you?”
For some reason, the thought that there might be a reason why I was born with this fate never left my mind..
-I shouldn't have saved you.
As the words he heard in the camp were replayed, Mok Ri-won really wanted to know why he should be afraid that something like that would happen..
Unable to get any closer, Mo Ri-won stayed in his seat and looked up at the snake..
And the snake answered.
In a sighing tone.
[I am a ghost who wants to become a good person..]
“ear…?”
[I once belonged to a demon who acted faithfully to my instincts and committed aeons, and now I am a small being who repented those days and continued the nine hundred and ninety-nine years of atonement..]
Mok Riwon’s brow furrowed..
“That means….”
[Ah, I am the original owner of the fate of your life. It's a resentment I've let go of.]
Mok Riwon’s body stopped..
[I give you the answer you want, I am the first killing star..]
the snake stuck its head out.
The head that had been tilted crookedly the whole time turned directly towards him..
Shiny black scales disturbed Mok Riwon’s vision..
Mokriwon asked.
“Why did you do that??”
[what?]
“Why did the world sow your resentment??”
[Didn't spray. There is just someone who dug up the buried faults.]
Mokriwon quietly pondered the snake’s words..
The celestial nature was that of the snake..
The snake tried to shake off its flesh and bury it, and said that there was someone who dug it up..
And Mok Ri-won knew people who had the will to die..
Who was first among them?.
“…Moobaek Lee.”
3Daecheonma Lee Moo-baek.
A heinous devil whose name is always listed among the top three when it comes to the best of all times and all times..
A living, breathing disaster that imprinted the existence of a celestial being on this land..
When I looked at the snake hoping for an answer, the snake quietly closed its eyes..
[Was it that kind of name?.]
It was a statement that could be accepted as positive..
Mo Liwon clenched his fists..
I lowered my head..
“…I said it was yours..”
[Indeed it is so..]
“Then take it away..”
[impossible.]
“Why is that? Even now, this star wants you. The fact that I feel a longing for you just because I am carrying it proves this..”
Mok Riwon’s voice was filled with resentment..
This was the anger that had been suppressed for so long..
Mok Riwon’s eyes were shining red as he raised his head..
“So take it. I didn't wish for a star like this.”
I promise you, Mo Ri-won has never seen anyone harboring a desire to live..
“Even if I received martial arts in return, it is meaningless to me..”
It would have been better to live as a commoner..
Even so, it would have been a satisfying life..
“I am….”
Mokriwon’s voice became wet..
My face, which was already messed up with tears, was once again wet..
“…I don't want any harm from me. But why do I have to hold on to this??”
Why did it have to be you?.
The resentment that Mo Ri-won had harbored for so long came out into the world through his mouth..
It was a resentment that I had never dared to tell anyone, not even to my teacher who knew of this heavenly punishment..
[…That's why the will of heaven is like that..]
“Why is heaven so harsh to me? Why are you torturing me so much??”
It was a tone that seemed forced..
No, it was true that Mok Riwon was actually being unreasonable..
The reason was that if I didn't do that, my burning stomach wouldn't calm down..
Mo Ri-won's expression, which had been talking while glaring at the snake, soon collapsed in a pitiful manner..
“please take it….”
It was a pleading voice..
“How can I erase this star??”
Hot breath came out..
Mo Liwon sobbed and swept his face with his hand..
“I don't know. What is the meaning of the sky, why do stars like this exist, and why do I have to wear them?.”
The snake was silent until the day before yesterday.
Mo Liwon felt that his head was so hot that his thoughts could not flow..
For a while, while Mokriwon's sobs were ringing in the pupil, the snake spoke..
[…It cannot be said that it is a leak from heaven. but.]
The snake's tone softened..
[Do not doubt that all the heavenly mandates have a meaning in the end..]
The flames that illuminated the surroundings wavered slightly..
[It is clear that there will be life ahead of you, but there is no guarantee that even the end will be like that..]
Mok Riwon raised his head..
The snake had no expression.
However, Mokriwon could tell that the snake was comforting him..
[just move on.]
The moment the snake said that.
Kugugugugung Palace―!
There was a loud noise..
Outside the cave, this was a vibration coming from the secret cave..
[If you do that, a thousand people will follow you..]
At that moment, Mo Liwon was pulled by a strange force and was thrown out of the cave..
See next episode
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