Disciple of the Celestial Demon - Chapter 204



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Episode 204. The Only Child (2)

A chilly air flowed inside the room, as if time had frozen.

And now, at the center of where the air was flowing out, there were two people standing: Cheon Myeong-myeong and Cheon Il-myeong.

‘This is my first time seeing your face this close.’

Although they are brothers with the same blood flowing through their veins, there has always been an insurmountable gap between Cheon Myeong-myeong and Cheon Il-myeong.

The difference between 1st and 100th place in the rankings was not just a difference in numbers.

Not even being allowed to dare stand nearby… … At least that’s what Cheon Myeong-myeong of the past thought.

“…….”

But now, I was standing here facing Cheon Il-myeong.

Just a few months ago, I would have felt goosebumps just looking at it from afar, but now I was able to confidently look at Cheon Il-myeong straight on.

Is this proof that you have grown a lot?

Of course, I haven’t actually fought Cheon Il-myeong with a sword, but I felt that I had become strong enough to at least face him up close.

“Have you not heard?”

“…….”

“My name is Cheon Myeong Myeong.”

When there was no answer, Cheon Myeong-myeong said it again.

The people around them were shocked at the sight.

At this point, Cheon Myeong-myeong’s actions seemed like nothing more than an act of suicide.

“I heard.”

After a while, Cheon Il-myeong opened his mouth in a calm voice.

But is it because there are so many eyes on me that I am killing my personality?

I thought he would swing his sword at any moment, but surprisingly, Cheon Il-myeong maintained a calm attitude.

“Cheon Myeong Myeong, was there such a guy?”

“This is my first time meeting you face to face like this, so you might not know me.”

“I see. What is your rank?”

“It’s 100th place.”

At that moment, a sharp sword strike flew right in front of Cheon Myeong-myeong’s eyes.

The series of events from grabbing the sword on his waist with his left hand to drawing it with his right hand was faster than the blink of an eye.

“……!”

That was Cheon Il Myeong’s specialty, the sword.

Everyone who saw Cheon Il-myeong’s swordsmanship right before their eyes could not help but be amazed at how he could quickly draw out and swing such a long sword.

visor-!

At that moment, a sharp, sharp sound echoed throughout the room.

At first, no one recognized what the sound was.

I was certain that Cheon Il-myeong’s head would be cut off by that enormous sword strike, so even though I saw the scene with my own eyes, my mind couldn’t understand it.

“Ma, I stopped it…….”

Soon someone muttered in disbelief.

Cheon Il-myeong wasn’t the only one who drew his sword there just now.

Before he knew it, Cheon Myeong-myeong had drawn his sword and was using it to block Cheon Il-myeong’s sword thrusts at his neck.

“…….”

At the sight, Cheon Il-myeong’s eyes widened slightly.

It seemed that he had not expected that Cheon Myeong-myeong would block his own sword strike.

At that moment, Cheon Myeong-myeong’s voice was heard from the front.

“It really was.”

“……?”

“I heard that you’re a guy who’d draw your sword just by talking to him. Does that mean I wasn’t recognized?”

Before I knew it, Cheon Myeong-myeong’s speech had changed considerably.

If he had been speaking respectfully until just now, he was now speaking completely informally.

People were once again shocked at the sight of him speaking informally to Cheon Il-myeong.

“As expected, it’s number one in the hierarchy. It was a clean sword without any unnecessary decorations.”

“…….”

“Most guys would have had their throats cut off without even being able to react.”

At first glance, it sounded like he was praising Cheon Il Myeong’s sword skills, but in the end, it was actually praising himself.

That means he is not just any guy.

At that moment, Cheon Il-myeong slowly put away his sword.

“I see.”

“…….”

“I looked down on you so much when I heard you were ranked 100th.”

As he muttered, Cheon Il-myeong completely put his sword back into its scabbard.

For a moment, it seemed that he had no intention of attacking anymore, but at the moment when Cheon Il-myeong was about to put away his sword, Cheon Il-myeong’s hand slowly moved again.

Swish-.

That is definitely the stance of a swordsman.

Cheon Il-myeong was now openly showing his intention to swing his sword.

“……?”

People began to wonder when they saw that sight.

Didn’t Cheon Myeong-myeong block that surprise attack earlier?

But how could he have taken such a stance as if he were going to draw his sword so openly? I couldn’t help but think that Cheon Myeong-myeong would be able to block the sword more easily this time.

however.

widely-.

The sword slowly disappeared into its scabbard. However, it did not mean that it would not attack any more.

An action that seems to be a preparatory posture for a jump to a higher place.

People were watching the scene blankly as if they were under a spell, and at the moment when the swordsman’s figure completely disappeared, they sensed an indescribable energy.

“……!”

Death. That was the essence of the energy swirling around in the room right now.

Clearly, the person facing Cheon Il-myeong right in front of him was Cheon Myeong-myeong, but even the person standing a few chapters away was overcome by the fear of death.

A body that cannot move due to fear.

I couldn’t even imagine what kind of fear Cheon Myeong-myeong, standing right in front of me, was feeling.

Swish-.

At that moment, the energy that had been swirling around in the room disappeared.

Within, Cheon Il-myeong let go of the sword he was holding and stood up straight again.

“……?”

People couldn’t help but look puzzled when they saw that sight.

Why did Cheon Il-myeong not draw his sword and just stand up?

It was quite a disheartening sight to see him just standing up without even drawing his sword, in contrast to the momentum that was surging through the room.

“I think you said it was a thousand-mandate.”

“…….”

“That is enough to warrant talking to me.”

Everyone was shocked by those words.

To think that such words would come out of the mouth of none other than Cheon Il-myeong.

It might sound quite arrogant to say that you are qualified to speak to yourself, but by Cheon Il Myeong’s standards, it was quite a compliment.

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“Let’s end it here for now.”

“…….”

“If you dare to block my path again next time, I will kill you.”

After saying those words, Cheon Il-myeong started walking again.

Cheon Myeong-myeong stood still, expressionless, until Cheon Il-myeong passed by him, and only after Cheon Il-myeong had completely moved away did he put his drawn sword back into its scabbard.

“This is crazy. Seriously.”

At that moment, Cheon Aeng-hwa came to me with a voice mixed with scolding.

“You’re not someone else, but you’re blocking Cheon Il-myeong’s path. It would be better to put your hand in the mouth of a sleeping tiger.”

“…….”

“Thank goodness I survived… What on earth were you thinking?”

Cheon Aeng-hwa definitely thought that Cheon Myeong-myeong would die.

Even if that wasn’t the case, I thought a situation where blood would be shed would unfold, but as luck would have it, Cheon Il-myeong retreated obediently with just one clash of swords.

Cheon Aeng-hwa was genuinely curious as to why Cheon Myeong-myeong did such a reckless thing.

“I wanted to experience it in advance.”

“what?”

“I wanted to find out what kind of guy is the number one in the hierarchy before we start fighting in earnest.”

“…….”

Cheon Aeng-hwa was speechless at the absurdity.

He didn’t even hesitate to risk his life out of simple curiosity… … On the one hand, I thought that Cheon Myeong-myeong’s courage was amazing.

“So, what are your thoughts?”

“…….”

“If Cheon Il-myeong had swung his sword at that time, do you think you would have been able to stop him?”

The first strike was merely a light attack intended to gauge the opponent’s capabilities.

Of course, by other people’s standards, that would be an incredible feat, but by Cheon Il Myeong’s standards, it would be no different from exhaling.

But the second stab was definitely different.

It was impossible to know how much of Cheon Il-myeong’s sincerity was true, but at least Cheon Aeng-hwa could sense a murderous aura in his appearance that was enough to send a chill down her spine.

“…well.”

“……?”

“You’ll only know if you try to stop it yourself.”

It was a rather ambiguous answer. However, Cheon Aeng-hwa was taking it a little differently.

‘How many people in this place could answer like that?’

Most would have shook their heads, concluding that it would not be stopped.

Just receiving the energy of a thousand days directly would have made him completely lose his will to fight.

But at least Cheonmyeongmyeong did not lose his fighting spirit. And that was despite the fact that he received Cheonmyeongmyeong’s energy from closer than anyone else.

‘I am…….’

It was the first time in a long time that I had personally experienced the power of Cheon Il Myung. To be exact, Cheon Il Myung had become much more of a monster than I had expected.

If he had been asked the same question in a situation where he had a thousand people, what would his answer have been?

Cheon Aeng-hwa thought about him quietly.

* * *

After a while, all the candidates gathered in the hall.

The 25 people gathered here. These are all the successful candidates who survived the second ranking announcement.

“Hello. I am the chairman of the Wei Zheng Hui, Nakcheon Moon.”

Everyone here obviously knew who Nakcheonmun was.

Still, Nakcheonmun politely greeted the candidates and quietly raised his head.

“The passing score for the second ranking announcement was 100 red ink marks.”

“…….”

“That means all the candidates here have more than a hundred red flags.”

As expected, the passing score was 100 red ink marks.

The fact that there are 25 successful applicants means that at least 2,500 enemy soldiers are gathered here.

Of course, there are people who have more enemy weapons than that, so it is not possible to know exactly how many enemy weapons there are.

“Then I will announce the rankings right away.”

They called in the successful candidates, but it seemed like they were going to announce the rankings.

Just like last time, a huge signboard came near the Nakcheonmun Gate, and people’s eyes naturally turned towards it.

‘That would be a meaningless ranking.’

In the first ranking announcement, Cheon Myeong-myeong was in third place.

Now that he knew that wasn’t the real ranking of the candidates, Cheon Myeong-myeong didn’t attach much importance to that ranking anymore.

Just like Cheon Myeong-myeong, the other candidates also had similar thoughts, so most of them looked at the bulletin board with indifferent eyes.

Whoosh-.

A signboard covered with a black cloth. As soon as Nakcheonmun gave a signal, people came from both sides and grabbed the cloth.

Soon the curtain was lifted and the paper hidden behind it was revealed.

“……?”

At that moment, a look of doubt appeared in people’s eyes.

As previously announced, there was a list of candidates listed in order of their ranking, but there were some differences from before.

The name, the rank, and the new item that appears next to it.

There were numbers written on them too, and people quickly figured out what they represented.

‘… How many enemies are there?’

Cheon Myeong-myeong was able to immediately identify the number by looking at the number 440 written next to his own rank and the number 100 written next to Cheon Yu-su’s rank.

I never thought they would reveal the candidates’ personal history at the National Assembly.

Since this was tantamount to announcing the real rankings of the candidates, the other candidates, including Cheon Myeong-myeong, looked completely surprised.

‘… That’s good.’

It was unclear why the candidates suddenly disclosed their personal belongings at the State Council meeting.

But from Cheon Myeong-myeong’s perspective, isn’t it actually a good thing?

In the first place, Cheon Myeong-myeong had never lied about his ranking by dividing it into enemy ranks, so this change wasn’t such a bad thing.

Swish-.

A gaze directed somewhere at that time.

Cheon Myeong-myeong’s current ranking was 2nd. And… above him, just like before, the name of the same person was written.

‘…I never thought the gap would be this big.’

Cheon Il Myeong. This time too, he was in first place.

Up until that point, it was expected, but what Cheon Myeong-myeong was looking at now was the number of red flowers written next to Cheon Il-myeong’s ranking.

1111. It was written there as if he was strongly asserting that he was number one.

“…….”

It was more than twice the number of enemy weapons that Cheon Myeong-myeong possessed.

The number is barely half that, even if you include the red death of Cheon Yu-su.

I never thought the gap with the first place would be this big… … I had expected it to some extent, but when I actually saw the numbers, the gap felt even bigger.

“I will announce it next.”

At that moment, Nakcheonmun’s voice was heard.

Are you saying there is something else to announce after the rankings? The candidates looked at Nakcheonmun with puzzled eyes.

“A thousand red flags.”

“……?”

“The standard for passing the third round is one thousand red flags.”

At that moment, a meaningful glint appeared in Nakcheonmun’s eyes.

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