Monochrome Sovereign (Novel) - Chapter 58 - The Justification for the Fight (2)
Chapter 58 – The Justification for the Fight (2)
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Translated by Heavenly Cat
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After running through the forest for a long time, the boundary of the forest was finally visible in Am-chil’s eyes.
‘If I just cross that…!’
It was then.
“Where are you going?”
“Hup!”
Splat!
Am-chil, who was blown away in a single strike, vomited blood as he hit a tree.
Since the running speed was fast, the impact he suffered was also great. If the person who surprise-attacked had not momentarily retracted his internal energy, his heart would have exploded and he would have died right then.
“You are quite something, more than I thought? You seem like just a regular member, but your level is considerable. As expected of the Myeong Clan being the Myeong Clan, is that it?”
“Cough!”
Am-chil, who spat out a dry cough, asked with a trembling voice.
“Wh, who are you?!”
“Me?”
Ga Deuk-sang smirked.
“I am the cleaner of the streets, you punk.”
He swung his foot.
Crack!
Am-chil, who was hit on the temple, lost consciousness just like that.
Ga Deuk-sang looked down at Am-chil with cold eyes.
“The things you guys do are quite interesting. I have a personality that likes to share interesting things. I hope everyone in the Central Plains knows.”
Swish.
Two beggars holding clubs appeared and lifted Am-chil.
“What should we do, Successor?”
“What do you mean, what should we do. Tie him up along with the guys we caught.”
“But is it okay?”
“What is?”
“Still, they belong to the Myeong Clan…”
“So what of it? Then should I endure it? Seeing the things these punks are doing, should I say, ‘Oops, their power is strong so we must endure,’ and fall for that bullshit?”
“…It is not that, but.”
“Stop the nonsense and take him away.”
“Yes.”
It was clear that the Successor was very angry. The beggars hurriedly took Am-chil away, fearing they might get burned by the flying sparks.
Standing in that spot for a long time glaring at the trees, Ga Deuk-sang let out a sigh.
“Dammit. That fortune-teller is damn accurate. Talking about the ‘fortune of the times’ changing or whatever, saying things I could not understand. He said I would be running around until the soles of my feet were sweating starting from this year’s spring, and he hit it right on the mark.”
It was true that he was extremely angry, but he was not moving simply as his emotions led him. If he were such a simple person, he would not have been able to become the Successor.
‘There is no time. It is not different from the time with the spies. If a contact does not come from the Hidden Death Squad, the Myeong Clan will also take their own measures.’
His heart wanted to burst out right away, asking what kind of things they were doing, but he could not do that.
The Nine States Myeong Clan was the Number One Clan under Heaven. If he tried to push them with clumsy evidence, he might receive a backlash instead.
If that happened, it would become a headache. Whether it was the Beggars’ Gang or the Yeon Clan, they might be beaten by public opinion. It was certain that the Myeong Clan would also hide more cautiously.
He needed more evidence. At least enough so that they could not touch this side.
“Well, for now, after Young Master Yeon catches the remaining remnants, I should worry about…”
It was then.
‘…!!’
Ga Deuk-sang looked toward the east.
In the dark forest, there was a terrible killing intent flowing on the cool wind.
It was a too familiar killing intent. Even though he was not the target of the killing intent, the chilly ferocity as if a giant beast was putting its teeth to the nape of his neck was a masterpiece.
“…This bastard!”
Thump!
Ga Deuk-sang’s face, as he unfolded the lightness art of the Beggars’ Gang secret, Ten Thousand Li Autumn Wind, was full of urgency.
“I told you to capture them, who told you to kill them!!”
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Crunch! Crash!
A tree that exploded from the base fell down just like that.
While destroying the tree, the speed did not decrease at all. A giant axe blade was flying in, targeting the flank.
Swish!
Myeong On-ji, who flew up with a nimble lightness art, avoided the axe.
That was not all. Myeong On-ji, who kicked a thick tree branch immediately after evading, swung a palm toward Yeon Ho-jeong’s head.
It was not a killing move. it was a palm technique extended with the intention to knock him out in one strike.
At that moment, Yeon Ho-jeong’s iron axe met a mysterious change.
Just as it seemed to wriggle like a snake, the direction of the attack was flexibly converted. The axe blade striking upward toward the upper body created a terrifying pressure.
Urgency was etched on Myeong On-ji’s face.
Because it was an attack struck upward so timely, she could not retract her hand. The internal energy loaded on that axe blade was too strong to be deflected.
Thump!
She somehow twisted her body and retracted the palm technique, but the sharp axe blade cut her forearm in an instant.
Drip!
Hot drops of blood fell to the ground.
“Ugh!”
Myeong On-ji’s face, as she landed on the ground, became pale.
‘I injured an artery.’
The wound was deep. Blood flowed out in a stream. It was not a bleeding that would stop just by applying pressure with her hand.
Whoosh!
Yeon Ho-jeong was cold-hearted. He narrowed the distance in an instant and delivered an attack, with a momentum as if it did not matter even if she died.
Crash!
The axe shattered a small tree into pieces.
Thump!
Myeong On-ji ran out again.
She intended to induce him moderately and suppress him, but it was no longer possible.
Yeon Ho-jeong was not an opponent she could suppress with her capability. Not only his strength, but his stamina was too strong.
Tudk!
She pressed a blood point to forcefully block the blood flow.
However, there was a limit. If internal energy consumption continued, the blood point would naturally release. Then the bleeding would resume.
There was no time. She could not afford to die while trying to catch the opponent.
Kabaam!
A chilly explosive sound rang down her spine.
‘Monster-like fellow!’
Goosebumps rose all over her body.
Heavy weapons bound to consume more internal energy than light weapons. Since one erases the heavy weight with internal energy and only keeps the destructive power, the internal energy consumption becomes rapidly faster as time passes.
Was that all? Stamina was also a problem.
No matter how trained an internal energy master was, there was a limit to increasing stamina. If it was not internal energy of the level of a Clan Head of the Seven Great Clans or a Sect Leader of the Nine Great Sects and One Union, there was no way to make up for the power of the martial arts that had dropped due to stamina problems.
But what was this fellow?
As if he possessed infinite stamina, he was unfolding such martial arts even after knocking down all the Hidden Death Squad members. Rather, it felt as if the power of the axe had become even stronger than at first.
Crash! Crash!
It was as if thunder was striking.
Even while afraid, she could not help but be curious. Myeong On-ji unknowingly looked back.
‘…!!’
Two or three trees were collapsing on the spot.
No, the expression “smashed” would be more appropriate. Like a cavalryman whose whole body was made of steel, he came running while smashing the trees randomly.
It was a storm-like charge.
‘Crazy!’
To have fought with such a ruthless fellow, cold sweat broke out.
It was also the first time she had failed to notice the opponent’s capability at the first meeting. She could not even tell what kind of martial arts he had learned.
‘Will I be caught? If it is going to be like this, would it not be better to just use the Secret Learning?!’
Fear stimulated desire. She wanted to immediately draw out her hidden strength and knock him down.
‘…No. Not yet. It is a power that must not be revealed.’
Vroom!
Myeong On-ji increased her speed.
In an instant, Yeon Ho-jeong’s eyes flashed.
‘I waited.’
Thump!
Cutting a small tree with a flexible strike, he kicked the tree just like that.
Boom!
It was as if gunpowder had exploded. The tree hit by the tremendous leg power flew in a straight line toward Myeong On-ji’s back.
“Heok!”
Because the speed was fast, changing direction was not easy. Myeong On-ji turned her body and blocked the flying tree trunk.
Crunch! Thud!
“Keo-heok!”
Myeong On-ji’s body broke one tree and passed over it.
“Huu.”
Yeon Ho-jeong also stopped his lightness art.
He seemed to have infinite stamina, but he too was a person. He operated internal power with the realization of the Dark Emperor and reinforced his stamina, but he could not do so indefinitely.
He caught her at exactly the right time. Since the beggars the Successor supported were encircling the entire forest, they must have also caught the Hidden Death Squad members who fled.
Yeon Ho-jeong walked toward Myeong On-ji.
If he caught Myeong On-ji, the situation would end. It was finally over.
It was then.
Pop!
Yeon Ho-jeong’s body was pushed back in a slide.
Whoosh!
An enormous fighting spirit surged from within the pile of broken wood.
Killing intent soared from Yeon Ho-jeong’s eyes.
‘…This martial art is?!’
Sss.
The pupils of Myeong On-ji, who rose from her spot, shone with a golden light.
That was not all. A powerful energy was swirling in both of her hands.
“I wondered if I had to go this far, but…”
The swirling energy gradually permeated her entire body. It was a momentum completely different from before.
“It cannot be helped. It would be better to kill you than to be caught.”
Flash!
‘Heok?!’
Myeong On-ji was terrified and looked up at the sky.
A mass of killing intent was flying from there.
Boom!
A beast-like strike lashed her forearm.
Surprisingly, she crossed both arms and blocked the strike. The axe blade dug into her two arms by two inches, but it did not cut them off.
At this level, it was not an exaggeration to call it invulnerability to blades. Myeong On-ji shouted loudly.
“You son of a bitch!”
Yeon Ho-jeong turned his body and kicked her chest.
Boom!
Myeong On-ji retreated while staggering.
It was an enormous power. it was an attack power completely different from before.
Myeong On-ji could not believe it.
‘What is this?!’
Not long ago, the Myeong Clan obtained the martial arts of the Ancestor.
That martial art was truly great. Not only did it solve the lifespan problem of the Myeong Clan’s martial arts, but it also increased the overall martial power.
It was not the time to take it out now, but it seemed she would be caught by the fellow’s hand like this. Thinking it was better to just kill him instead, she had opened her secret technique.
But the fellow had also changed.
Precisely, the fellow’s temperament had changed.
Step! Step! Step!
Yeon Ho-jeong, who narrowed the distance in just three steps, swung the iron axe.
It was a merciless barrage of strikes. A terrifying killing intent was pouring out from the axe movements that were faster and more violent than before.
‘Ick!’
Crash! Boom!
Myeong On-ji swung both hands to block the iron axe.
However, Yeon Ho-jeong’s attacks became even more excessive. They became faster and more ferocious.
Crash! Crash! Thud!
“Heok!”
Her two arms that blocked the axe gradually became tattered.
‘How can this be!’
It was a martial art that had perfectly blocked even the second young master’s martial art. Yet it was failing to block Yeon Ho-jeong’s axe strikes.
“Uaaaaap!”
Thwack!
“Aaaaak!!”
Finally, a scream burst out from Myeong On-ji’s mouth. The axe blade had blown off her right arm from the elbow.
Yeon Ho-jeong did not stop there.
‘Killer!’
He saw the martial art used by one of the family’s murderers.
The martial art of the giant who broke the family’s plaque and smashed the main gate. The martial art of the Vajrapani who charged while blocking the fierce sword techniques of the Yeon warriors with his bare body.
When he saw that martial art, his head turned white.
Splat!
Yeon Ho-jeong, who tripped Myeong On-ji to make her fall, stood over her and raised his axe.
Crash! Crash! Crash!
“Ugh! Keo-heok!”
Myeong On-ji’s body was gradually buried into the ground.
It was axe strikes of ignorant power. In an instant, her entire upper body was stained with blood. Her forearms, chest, and shoulders were all covered with axe marks.
Fear was etched on Myeong On-ji’s face.
A crazy murderer was trying to kill her with an axe. It was an extreme fear she felt for the first time in her life.
“St, stop! Stop, you bastard!”
Crash! Crash!
“Cough! Ugh!”
Kabaam! Kabaam!
“Sa, save me…”
“You guys did not do that.”
Yeon Ho-jeong raised his axe again.
His face looking down at Myeong On-ji looked like a monster.
“You guys did not do that.”
At that moment, Ga Deuk-sang ran from far away.
“Young Master Yeon! No!!”
He struck down the axe with all his might.
Kabaam!