Disciple of the Celestial Demon - Chapter 213



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Episode 213. Who is the enemy? (2)

Cheon Myeong-myeong was still searching the mountains for the two people.

Swish-.

Cheon Hae-gyeong was following a little way behind.

Although they were moving together because they had formed an alliance, Cheon Myeong-myeong did not seem to completely let down his guard against Cheon Hae-gyeong.

‘I still can’t figure out what the guy’s intentions are.’

It was still unclear what intention was hidden behind that smile.

It could be that he really chose to ally with himself, or there could be some other intention behind it.

Still, there was only one reason why he accepted the alliance.

Right now, more than anything else, I wanted to prioritize joining up with Cheon Yu-su and Cheon Aeng-hwa.

“…….”

Cheon Myeong-Myeong didn’t know how the Magic Blood War was going at the moment.

Still, it is clear that someone’s malicious intent was involved in the competition.

What on earth is going on in this forest… … . Until that becomes clear, you’ll have to be suspicious of everyone around you.

Suwoong-.

That was when.

As if sensing some movement, Cheon Myeong-myeong turned his head forward again.

At that moment, a sharp sword energy flew before my eyes.

As Cheon Myeong-myeong tilted his head back, the black energy passed over his head at a precarious distance.

“You avoided it without drawing your sword?”

“…….”

“That guy has a lot of guts.”

I looked in the direction where the black aura had just come from and saw a man standing there.

A skinny body with skin as pale as a corpse.

Cheon Myeong-myeong raised his head as usual and looked at the man in front of him.

‘Cheongugyo.’

The man who just swung his sword at Cheon Myeong-myeong was also a member of the Ten Houses of the Demonic Clan.

The ranking before the competition started was 8th.

As if to prove that he was a skilled man, the sword he was holding in his hand was radiating a considerable amount of sword energy.

“Put your sword away.”

“……?”

“I have no intention of fighting you.”

At that time, Cheon Myeong-myeong spoke to Cheon Gu-gyo in a calm voice.

At those words, Cheon Gu-gyo tilted his head as if he was puzzled.

“You don’t intend to fight? You don’t intend to win the competition?”

“It means that now is not the time to compete.”

“…….”

“Weren’t you attacked by the examiner too?”

“…I got it.”

Cheon Gu-gyo’s answer was very calm.

As if it was a given that he would be attacked by the judges.

When the unexpected reaction came out, this time a look of doubt appeared in Cheon Myeong-myeong’s eyes.

“But what does that mean?”

“…….”

“I already expected that all sorts of tricks would be used in this competition. Did you really think that the Demonic Blood War would proceed in such a pure manner?”

Of course, Cheon Myeong-myeong did not think that the Magic Blood War would proceed cleanly.

As the competition approaches its final stages, wouldn’t all kinds of ugly and dirty tricks be rampant?

However, I just never thought that the judges who were supposed to conduct the judging would get involved in trickery.

“Does a competition without a judge still count as a competition?”

“Yes.”

“…….”

“In the end, the one who survives will have the right to ascend to the position of the leader of the cult. As long as you survive by any means necessary, that’s all that matters!”

Cheon Gu-gyo shouted and swung his sword again.

A sharp sword energy flew towards Cheon Myeong-myeong, and this time Cheon Myeong-myeong pulled out his sword and cut down the sword energy.

‘This guy is thinking of fighting.’

Even in the midst of chaos, they seemed to think that a competition was a competition.

As I said, is this the kind of development that Cheon Si-rang wanted from the beginning?

The candidates were fighting in the mud with all sorts of tricks and schemes… At that time, Cheon Myeong-myeong recalled Cheon Si-rang’s message to him.

–Try to survive.

Those words might have included all of these situations.

Well then, for now, I’ll just think about surviving.

Cheon Myeong-myeong ran towards Cheon Gu-gyo and pointed his other hand towards the road.

Stop-.

At that moment, Cheon Myeong-myeong’s movements stopped.

The sword stopped half-pulled, as if it had lost its way.

Originally, I had intended to swing it at Cheon-gu-gyo, but now there was no reason to draw it.

Bam-.

Then something fell to the floor.

A head turned towards me with both eyes wide open.

Although it was already pale, Cheon Gu-gyo’s face, which had fallen to the floor, looked even paler than before.

“…….”

Cheon Myeong-Myeong looked at the person who had just cut off Cheon Gu-Gyo’s head.

Cheon Hae-gyeong is now standing behind Cheon Gu-gyo, holding a sword.

With just one blow, Cheon Gu-gyo’s head was cut off by the sword swing of Cheon Hae-gyeong.

dump-.

Soon, Cheon Gu-gyo’s body fell to the floor without any strength.

Two people looking at each other with a decapitated corpse in the middle.

At that moment, Cheon Hae-gyeong absentmindedly shook off his sword and put it back into its scabbard.

“It was a good collaboration.”

“…….”

“I was able to kill him easily thanks to you attracting my attention.”

Before we knew it, Cheon Hae-kyung had returned to her usual smiling face.

He was able to kill him easily thanks to the attention he attracted.

Of course, it would have helped to some extent, but the fact that Cheon Gu-gyo was cut off without even being able to react was entirely due to Cheon Hae-gyeong’s skills.

However, Cheon Myeong-myeong was more concerned about something else than beheading Cheon Gu-gyo in one blow.

“Why did you kill him?”

“……?”

“Didn’t you tell me earlier? Now is not the time for us to fight among ourselves.”

“Ah… That’s right.”

Cheon Hae-gyeong still had a smile on her face as if nothing had happened.

“But this guy had no intention of cooperating with us?”

“…….”

“Then I have to kill him.”

As I said, it seemed that Cheon Gu-gyo intended to continue the Demonic Cultivation Crusade.

So, Cheon Myeong-myeong was trying to pull out the Tao with the intention of fighting Cheon Gu-gyo, but when on earth did Cheon Hae-gyeong decide to kill Cheon Gu-gyo?

That was exactly what Cheon Myeong-myeong was concerned about right now.

“…….”

Cheon Gu-gyo couldn’t even react to Cheon Hae-gyeong’s attack.

It was at the moment when Cheon Myeong-Myeong realized the existence of Cheon Hae-Gyeong that his head was cut off.

That means Cheon Hae-gyeong hid his existence from the beginning… … In Cheon Myeong-myeong’s view, that was a move that could not have been made if he had not intended to kill Cheon Gu-gyo from the beginning.

Swish-.

At that time, Cheon Hae-gyeong searched the body.

He quickly took something out of his bosom and threw it at Cheon Myeong-myeong.

widely-.

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Cheon Myeong-Myeong received it with his left hand.

Cheon Myeong-myeong glanced at what he was holding in his left hand, then looked at Cheon Hae-gyeong again and asked.

“Why are you giving this to me?”

“Just in case. It wouldn’t hurt to pack it.”

“…….”

What Cheon Hae-gyeong threw was a red card.

Does the fact that you insist on taking this on mean that you will continue the competition in Cheonhae-gyeongdo?

As if sensing that Cheon Myeong-myeong was looking at him with such eyes, Cheon Hae-gyeong continued speaking.

“This is a token of my trust in you.”

“…….”

“I mean, I have no intention of participating in the competition.”

The sum of the numbers written on the red cards must exceed one thousand. That was the condition for passing this competition.

However, handing it over to himself could really be interpreted as Cheon Hae-gyeong not participating in this competition.

When he killed Cheon Gu-gyo, I had a moment of doubt, but when I saw him hand over the enemy badge to me, it seemed like his purpose was to escape the forest, just as he had said when he proposed an alliance.

“I just need to get out of this forest safely.”

“…….”

“Will that make you trust me a little more?”

Cheon Myeong-myeong silently put the red badge into his bosom.

Looking at that sight, Cheon Hae-kyung turned around with a smile.

“Well then, shall we set off again?”

“…….”

“Yu-su and Aeng-hwa. I have to find them both.”

With those words, Cheon Hae-gyeong moved again.

Cheon Myeong-myeong stares at the sight without saying a word.

‘… Let’s just watch a little longer for now.’

Cheon Myeong-myeong followed Cheon Hae-gyeong in silence, muttering to himself.

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As time passed, darkness gradually fell on Hyeol-eum Mountain.

“…….”

The whereabouts of Cheon Yu-su and Cheon Aeng-hwa were still unknown.

If there were any clues, there would be progress, but since there were none, the only option was to search the forest and leave it to luck.

As luck would have it, neither of them could be found, and night eventually fell.

‘… That’s strange.’

No matter how large the forest was, it seemed strange that these two people could not be found.

No, I could understand it somehow up to that point.

What Cheon Myeong-Myeong found truly strange was the fact that he had never encountered anyone like that before.

‘I haven’t met anyone since Cheon Gu-gyo.’

That was the last time I remember meeting someone on Hyeol-eum-san.

Even though the mountains are so vast, does that mean that it is impossible to meet people like this?

There were 24 candidates and judges there.

If you wander around the mountains all day, you’ll probably run into anyone… … But since Cheon-gu-gyo, I haven’t run into anyone.

“…….”

It was as if there was no one else on this mountain besides himself and Cheon Hae-gyeong.

Then, Cheon Hae-kyung suddenly stops.

Cheon Myeong-myeong was following behind, so he stopped when he saw Cheon Hae-gyeong stop.

“The sun has completely set.”

“…….”

“I think it would be best to end the search here today.”

As Cheon Hae-gyeong said, further search was impossible.

Because the surroundings were dark, not only was it difficult to search properly, it was also difficult to prepare for a surprise attack by the enemy.

Since it was likely to be a wasted effort, it seemed better to conserve energy in a suitable place until daybreak.

“…Yeah. I guess it’s going to be difficult any longer.”

“Unexpected.”

“……?”

“I thought you would insist on searching even at night.”

“I don’t tend to overdo things. Especially not in situations like this.”

As he spoke, Cheon Myeong-myeong walked somewhere and sat down, leaning against a tree.

Cheon Hae-gyeong looked at the sight, smiled silently, then turned around and walked away.

“Where are you going?”

“I was just trying to find something to eat.”

“At this hour of the night?”

“My night vision is pretty good, you know. If I look carefully, I think I might be able to find something.”

“Then I too…….”

“are you okay.”

At those words, Cheon Myeong-myeong stopped moving and stood up.

“I’ll come back after looking around for a while.”

“…….”

“You rest here first.”

“…i get it.”

In the end, Cheon Myeong-myeong lowered his upper body and sat down.

Seeing that sight, Cheon Hae-gyeong turned around and walked away into the forest.

“…….”

How much time has passed like that?

In the darkness, where the occasional sound of insects could be heard, Cheon Myeong-myeong was still sitting alone, leaning against the tree.

Sasak-.

At that moment, a new person approached from behind the tree where Cheon Myeong-myeong was sitting.

It was hard to see his face in the darkness, but it was clear that he was holding a sword in his hand.

The assailant carefully approached the tree, making no sound, then kicked the ground and stabbed his sword into the tree.

Phew-.

The sword pierced the tree.

The blade pierced through the tree completely and bounced out the other side, piercing Cheon Myeong-myeong’s back as he leaned against the wall.

No, it had to be pierced.

“……!”

Eyes widened as if they had realized something.

At that moment, someone’s voice was heard next to the assailant.

“You’re finally here.”

“……!”

“Are you here to kill me?”

The owner of the voice was Cheon Myeong-myeong.

The villain noticed that Cheon Myeong-myeong was standing next to him and hurriedly tried to pull the sword out of the tree, but Cheon Myeong-myeong had already pulled out the sword and swung it before he could.

“Kkaaaah-!”

A sword strike that cuts the wrist precisely.

The sharp sword strike cleanly cut off both of the villain’s hands, which were still holding the swords stuck in the tree.

“He is not a candidate.”

“Ugh…….”

“You don’t seem like a judge… Who are you?”

The assailant was neither an examiner nor a candidate.

Despite Cheon Myeong-myeong’s question, the strange man only groaned in pain, and eventually, unable to bear the pain, passed out.

“…….”

At that moment, Cheon Myeong-myeong raised his head.

“That’s strange.”

“…….”

“Where the hell have you been and why are you here now?”

There are many sounds surrounding the area.

It was strange that I hadn’t seen anyone today, as there were so many people hiding in the darkness around here.

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