Disciple of the Celestial Demon - Chapter 174



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Episode 174. All-out war (4)

Outside the smoke barrier, fighting was still raging.

The formation of the Cheomseolga who are trying to somehow infiltrate the inside of the wall, and the formation of the Hongmyeongga who are trying to block it.

Although they were outnumbered, they had managed to make up for the difference with Cheon Ae-hwa’s command.

“Ugh…….”

But that has now reached its limit.

No matter how excellent the command was, since the number of troops was twice as large, they were bound to gradually fall behind.

Besides, isn’t Cheon Aeng-hwa fighting to protect Cheon Myeong-myeong right now?

In that situation, the formations that could be used were limited, so it was actually a great feat just to have held out this long.

“Concentrate your forces to the left!”

Still, Cheon Aeng-hwa continued to conduct until the end, her blood vessels rising to her neck.

If he were to give up here, many enemies would rush in to attack Cheon Myeong-myeong.

Even though he had left Cheon Seol-han’s opponent to Cheon Myeong-myeong, his pride would not allow him to go that far.

“……?”

At that time, Cheon Aeng-hwa felt a sense of discomfort.

As if realizing the discomfort she had felt, Cheon Aeng-hwa’s eyes widened rapidly.

‘I can’t hear any sound.’

The source of the discomfort was sound.

The constant sound of explosions coming from beyond the smoke barrier was no longer audible.

Since when on earth have I not heard a sound?

I couldn’t pinpoint the exact time, but I was sure it had been quite some time since I last heard the loud noise.

“no way…….”

Does that mean the fight is over?

It was still unclear who won the battle.

Even now, the smoke was so thick that I couldn’t see anything to see who was standing there.

Gulp-.

Cheon Aeng-hwa naturally hoped for Cheon Myeong-myeong’s victory.

But a hint of uneasiness settled in a corner of my heart.

In a situation where we were pushed back by our troops, if we lost a thousand men, it would be virtually impossible to overcome this disadvantage.

That would mean his own defeat soon.

No matter what happened, the person standing there had to be Cheon Myeong-Myeong.

Pot-.

Then some enemies broke through the defenses and charged towards the wall.

While Cheon Aeng-hwa’s attention was focused there, there was a brief pause in command, and the enemies took advantage of the gap to break through the defensive formation.

Cheon Aeng-hwa realized the fact too late, but the enemies had already disappeared into the smoke.

“……!”

Although he thought the outcome was decided because he didn’t hear any loud noises, that was just Cheon Ae-hwa’s guess.

If the fight is not over yet, then wouldn’t it have been a huge mistake on your part to let the enemies in?

If Cheon Myeong-Myeong lost because of that mistake, Cheon Yeong-Hwa would blame herself for this for a long time.

“Stop those guys……”

At that moment, a violent storm came from somewhere.

The epicenter of the storm was beyond the smoke barrier, where Cheon Myeong-myeong and Cheon Seol-han were now.

A strong storm caused the surrounding smoke to spread far and wide, and the battlefield that had been covered in thick smoke was instantly cleared as if by magic.

‘This wind… … .’

It was the wind of the century I had never experienced before.

If he had been hit directly by the wind, his body and the horse could have been blown away.

Fortunately, there was some distance between them, so she only had to cover her face with her sleeves. Cheon Aeng-hwa lowered her arms and looked in the direction where the wind had just blew.

“……!”

A new type of person can be seen in the distance.

It had to be either Cheon Myeong-myeong or Cheon Seol-han.

Although the face could not be seen clearly because of the distance, Cheon Aeng-hwa was able to confirm the identity and tell who the person was.

“A thousand years of destiny……!”

There stood a thousand men holding swords.

Then what about Cheon Seol-han?

If the match was to be decided, one of the two would have to be bleeding or lying on the ground.

Cheon Aeng-hwa looked around as if she wanted to be certain of Cheon Myeong-myeong’s victory, but Cheon Seol-han was nowhere to be seen.

Thud thud-.

At that moment, something fell from the sky like hail.

The fallen objects were the enemies that had run towards the smoke earlier.

He bravely broke through the defensive formation and jumped into the smoke, but it seemed that he was caught in a strong storm and flew to a high place, only to fall late.

It didn’t seem like they were just blown away, the enemies that fell to the ground were covered in blood and didn’t move at all.

‘Where are you?’

However, Cheon Aeng-hwa did not even consider the enemies that had fallen from the sky.

What both eyes are chasing is Cheon Seol-han’s corpse.

No, even if it wasn’t a corpse, I wanted to check what condition it was in now.

“…does not exist.”

Soon, such mutterings came out of Cheon Aeng-hwa’s mouth.

I quickly looked around, but Cheon Seol-han was nowhere to be seen.

All you can see are bloody enemies that just fell from the sky.

Not a single strand of Cheon Seol-han’s hair was found, as if it had never been there in the first place.

‘Could it be that it wasn’t in there?’

Given the circumstances, Cheon Aeng-hwa had no choice but to think that way.

So then who on earth has Cheon Myeong-myeong been fighting with in there all this time?

The series of explosive sounds I could hear from inside was evidence that Cheon Myeong-myeong was engaged in a fierce battle with someone.

But when the smoke cleared, all that was visible was Cheon Myeong-myeong alone… … Cheon Ae-hwa had no idea how to take this situation.

“……!”

It was the same for everyone else.

Where the hell is Cheon Seol-han?

They had seen Cheon Seol-han fight Cheon Myeong-myeong with their own eyes before the smoke barrier was created, so when their lord’s whereabouts suddenly became unknown, they seemed to have forgotten that they had been in the middle of a war until just a moment ago.

Thud- thud-.

Everyone’s eyes were now focused on one person: Cheon Myeong-myeong.

Meanwhile, Cheon Myeong-myeong approaches with a leisurely pace.

Everyone remained silent and motionless until they got close, and when they got close enough, Cheon Myeong-myeong stopped walking.

“Your leader has escaped.”

“……?”

“He disappeared on his own, indicating that he had no intention of participating in the war any longer.”

The moment I heard that, I couldn’t help but look dumbfounded.

Who the hell ran away?

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I knew that there was only one person who was speaking in Cheon Myeong-myeong’s name right now, but that was why I had a hard time accepting those words.

“… Naming, what does that mean?”

It was the same with the azaleas.

It was not anyone else but Cheon Seol-han who ran away.

If he had fought to the end, even if it meant risking his life, he would have fought, but it was strange that Cheon Seol-han bowed down to his pride and ran away.

“It is literal.”

“……?”

“Cheon Seol-han is no longer here. Of course, I don’t know where he went.”

As I said, Cheon Seol-han was nowhere to be seen around.

It was strange to think that Cheon Seol-han had run away, but what I see now is the most certain evidence.

Unless Cheon Seol-han himself appears and refutes those words, the only thing he can believe is Cheon Myeong-myeong’s words.

Swish-.

At that moment, Cheon Myeong-myeong’s gaze turned towards the warriors of Cheomseolga.

“So, what do we do now?”

“……!”

“Cheon Seol-han is not here. Are you still going to fight?”

If Cheon Seol-han’s body had been there, the warriors would have continued to fight.

Since we can’t just let Cheon Myeong-myeong, who killed Cheon Seol-han, go, shouldn’t we, as a warrior of Cheomseolga, make a decision?

However, it is said that Cheon Seol-han did not die to Cheon Myeong-myeong, but ran away.

If he had died, there should have been some kind of trace left behind… …. This situation, where he suddenly disappeared as if he had evaporated, made me think that Cheon Seol-han had really run away.

‘Oh, what should I do?’

At that moment, the warriors’ gaze turned to one person.

Although the official commander of this unit was Cheon Seol-han, there was another person who actually commanded the unit.

Now that Cheon Seol-han is gone, command will fall to him.

As everyone’s eyes turned to him, the man’s expression changed and cold sweat ran down the back of his neck.

“Ugh…….”

It was a very ambiguous situation, whether to continue the battle or to order a retreat.

If Cheon Seol-han really did run away, then ordering a retreat would have been the right decision.

But in fact, if Cheon Seol-han had not run away… … . He had to take full responsibility for ordering a retreat while leaving the enemy behind.

Swish-.

The man looked around in silence.

The man swallowed dry saliva and shouted at his subordinates.

“Right now, finding the young lady comes first!”

“…….”

“We retreat!”

In the end, it was the man’s choice.

It’s not about running away, it’s about going to find Cheon Seol-han.

Since he had such an excuse, he would have an excuse if things went wrong later, so the man ordered his men to retreat.

Sreung-.

When the order was given, the warriors each put away their weapons.

After confirming that they had no intention of fighting anymore, Cheon Ae-hwa also gave orders to her subordinates.

“Put away your weapons.”

At that moment, Hong Myeong-ga’s warriors also put away their weapons.

The two sides, who had been fighting fiercely only half an hour ago, lowered their weapons right in front of each other and soon began to move away from the sniper’s position.

“…….”

They had put away their weapons and were moving, but both sides appeared to be wary of each other.

After a while, when they were completely out of sight of each other, Cheon Aeng-hwa let out a small sigh.

Pot-.

At that moment, Cheon Aeng-hwa jumped down from her horse.

As soon as her two feet touched the ground, Cheon Aeng-hwa quickly ran towards Cheon Myeong-myeong.

“…Name, what really happened?”

“…….”

“Where is Cheon Seol-han?”

Cheon Aeng-hwa asked Cheon Myeong-myeong that question once again.

Cheon Myeong-myeong said that Cheon Seol-han ran away, but Cheon Aeng-hwa did not believe him.

No, even if he ran away, that fool wouldn’t have run away for no reason.

Cheon Myeong-Myeong was hiding something that she didn’t know about. Cheon Aeng-Hwa was sure of that.

“It disappeared.”

“…what?”

“It disappeared without a trace.”

“…….”

It’s gone.

It sounded like he had run away, but Cheon Aeng-hwa instinctively felt that it meant something different.

Cheon Myeong-myeong killed Cheon Seol-han. I could be sure of that fact from the look in his eyes and the way he spoke, but I couldn’t tell how he disposed of the body.

“How on earth did you manage to dispose of it without leaving a trace…….”

“Sister.”

“……?”

“We are only a temporary alliance.”

A temporary alliance.

What that meant was that I wouldn’t say anything more.

“…Yeah. That’s right.”

“…….”

“Okay, I won’t ask any more questions.”

It seemed that Cheon Aeng-hwa also realized that fact belatedly.

There is no obligation for Cheon Myeong-Myeong to tell everything to himself.

I thought we were getting a lot closer than before, but in the end, we were competitors fighting over the position of the leader of the small sect.

When she realized that, Cheon Aeng-hwa returned to her usual appearance and smiled faintly.

“Is this the end of our alliance?”

“I guess so.”

“But… can we celebrate our victory together now?”

As she said this, Cheon Aeng-hwa held out her right hand.

Cheon Myeong-myeong looked at the outstretched hand for a moment, then quickly put the sword he was holding back into its scabbard.

“It wasn’t a bad alliance.”

“…….”

“Surprisingly, my sister and I might get along well.”

“Then do you want to come under me?”

“I would like to decline that.”

A laugh escaped Cheon Aeng-hwa’s mouth at that answer.

Soon, Cheon Myeong-myeong grabbed Cheon Aeng-hwa’s hand, and cheers of victory erupted from the surrounding area.

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