Chapter 114. The End (5)

Hyeok Ilso spat out a mouthful of blood.

“Cough…”

He lowered his head and looked down at the Restoring Name Sword embedded in his chest.

The sword he was holding fell to the ground.

Clang.

The man, who was looking down at his chest with a vacant expression, grabbed the blade of the Restoring Name Sword with his now-empty hands.

“To think… to a bastard like you…”

For the first time, a look of malice filled the face of the genius who had looked down on the world.

Even as his hands were being cut by the blade, he tried to pull out the Restoring Name Sword embedded in his chest.

For a moment, the sword was slowly being pulled out.

The malicious glint in his eyes grew dim.

Thud.

As if his strength had given out, the body of the man who had knelt on the ground collapsed.

I looked down at his sprawled corpse.

I had finally killed Hyeok Ilso.

The man who would become a great evil in the future.

No, the enemy who had brutally murdered my close friend in my past life.

“Finally, I can face Brother Sama.”

I pushed away the past where I had run away like a coward.

Just as I was about to sink into that sentiment, a shout came from behind.

“Unit Leader!!!”

My body was heavy. I just turned my head back.

That simple movement alone brought on a terrible dizziness.

Beyond my spinning vision, someone dressed in black was rushing towards me.

Was he the Silver Wolf Unit’s Vice-Leader?

Since he was an Unwol Sect member, he was trash that needed to be killed.

But my body wouldn’t listen.

The Restoring Name Sword embedded in Hyeok Ilso’s chest.

The Restoring Name Sword that Hyeok Ilso had half pulled out even as he was dying.

I couldn’t bring myself to pull that sword out.

Was it because of the sense of relief that came the moment I killed Hyeok Ilso?

I didn’t have the strength to lift a single finger.

***

A moth-like idiot charged at him, swinging an axe.

Slice!

The Silver Wolf Unit’s Vice-Leader swung his sword and easily cut the man down.

There was no one here skilled enough to break through him.

Except for the Unit Leader and the Ghost Sword Young Master fighting in the back, and the Blood Fist Golden Ghost who had died a little while ago.

Was it because Blood Fist Golden Ghost had died? The riffraff from the Black Heaven Sect were gradually disappearing.

It seemed they had either become corpses or had fled after Blood Fist Golden Ghost died.

While he was surveying the battlefield, a strange noise was heard.

Clang!

“Y-You can’t pass!!”

A man with a huge build and a dull way of speaking, blocking the blades flying from all directions with his body.

And next to him, a girl swinging a sword and a bastard throwing iron needles like hidden weapons.

They were the Ghost Sword Young Master’s companions.

After observing them for a moment, the Vice-Leader looked back.

Unit Leader Hyeok Ilso and the Ghost Sword Young Master were engaged in what could only be described as a bloody battle.

The Vice-Leader couldn’t easily understand.

Unit Leader Hyeok Ilso was the first genius he had ever seen in his life.

But how could a bastard who looked younger than the Unit Leader engage in such a bloody battle with that genius?

He became inexplicably anxious.

The Ghost Sword Young Master’s talent.

And more importantly, because of the Unit Leader’s attitude.

The Unit Leader was always level-headed, but when it came to the Ghost Sword Young Master, he would show a slightly different attitude than usual.

He turned his head again and observed the Ghost Sword Young Master’s companions.

“Hah.”

A hollow laugh escaped him.

Judging by their appearance, they were just brats, but dozens of corpses were already sprawled around them.

He thought only the Unit Leader, Hyeok Ilso, was a genius, but he was wrong.

“Unreasonable.”

The Ghost Sword Young Master who was engaging the Unit Leader was like that, and those three over there were also far too outstanding for their age.

The Vice-Leader muttered with a cold expression.

“Yes. The world has always been an unreasonable place.”

Having made his decision, he gave an order to the surviving Silver Wolf Unit members.

“Kill those brats.”

Kill those young ones before they grow any stronger.

Whether they have talent or not, what’s the use of it if they die right now?

And if those brats die, the Ghost Sword Young Master’s concentration will also be shaken.

Today, all the geniuses except for the Unit Leader will die.

After his order was given, the Silver Wolf Unit members rushed at the Ghost Sword Young Master’s companions.

Not only the Silver Wolf Unit members, but also the nearby Unwol Sect martial artists joined in.

Even while surrounded by dozens of enemies, they held on tenaciously.

Some were crushed by Nam Geon’s Mother’s Affection Sword.

Squish!

Some had their vitals pierced by Baek Hyang’s sword, and some were hit by Dang Sopyeong’s iron needles.

The Vice-Leader snorted and pushed through the crowd.

Nam Geon swung his Mother’s Affection Sword at him.

Swwwaaaaeeek!!

A ferocious sword strike flying with a tremendous sound of parting air.

It was too linear.

The Vice-Leader minimally twisted his body to dodge that strike and thrust his sword towards Nam Geon’s eyes.

He had already been watching the fight, so he had noticed that the Vajra Giant Child had achieved a Diamond Indestructible Body.

Clang!!

A strike that barely hit his brow ridge.

“Tsk.”

Lightly clicking his tongue, he took a step back, and a huge sword once again flew towards where he had been standing.

‘Killing the Vajra Giant Child will be a bit troublesome.’

That was all the Vice-Leader felt.

‘I’ll avoid him and kill the other two brats first.’

Having organized his thoughts, the Vice-Leader retreated into the crowd of people nearby and moved around.

Nam Geon also instinctively realized that the Vice-Leader was the most dangerous one.

“G-Get out of the way!”

Nam Geon ignored the martial artists surrounding him and tenaciously chased after only him.

“Pathetic.”

The Vice-Leader snorted and swung his sword, aiming for Nam Geon’s seven orifices.

Metallic sounds continuously echoed from Nam Geon’s body.

While dodging the blades flying from all directions and swinging her sword, Baek Hyang gritted her teeth.

The situation was similar to the one at Heavenly Peak Ridge.

No. It was worse than then.

Baek Hyang furtively turned her head and looked at Dang Sopyeong.

This time, she couldn’t use Dang Sopyeong as a hostage.

Goosebumps rose on the back of Dang Sopyeong, who was in the middle of throwing hidden weapons and swinging his sword.

Regardless, Baek Hyang abandoned her lingering thoughts and diligently swung her sword.

Her secret technique was blocked, and the number of enemies was greater than before.

But she couldn’t just give up.

Because she had boasted to her Senior Brother that she could be trusted with this side.

‘I have to hold on somehow until Senior Brother finishes.’

As that thought occurred to her, a faint sound of tearing flesh was heard.

Slice.

Squish.

Despite the shouts of the enemies filling the area, for some reason, that small sound pierced her ears.

Because it was a sound she had been eagerly awaiting.

Beyond the gap in the enemies, she could see her Senior Brother, who had pierced Hyeok Ilso’s heart.

At that moment.

“Unit Leader!!!”

The Vice-Leader, who had been tormenting Nam Geon, hastily used his movement technique, towards Jin Yuseong who looked no better than a corpse.

Baek Hyang was also already moving.

She did not make the mistake of repeating the same error.

At Heavenly Peak Ridge, she had been momentarily distracted and was almost taken down by Jang Ik.

Slice!

She cut down an Unwol Sect martial artist who was momentarily distracted by the Vice-Leader’s shout.

A small opening was created, and her body pierced through that gap.

Exactly towards the Silver Wolf Unit’s Vice-Leader.

Fwoosh!

Only then did the Vice-Leader also notice her approach.

‘What?’

He couldn’t understand.

It was on a different level from the movements the girl had shown until now.

It was truly an explosive speed.

It was a series of incomprehensible events.

The fact that the Unit Leader, who he had believed to be a genius without a doubt, had died at the hands of the Ghost Sword Young Master, and this girl’s movement as well.

After a moment of deliberation, the Vice-Leader made a decision.

‘First, I’ll kill this wench.’

Twisting his body that had been rushing towards Jin Yuseong, he thrust his sword at Baek Hyang.

In time with that moment, Baek Hyang took a deep breath.

“Hooo.”

A body that did not follow what the head understood. She used her movement technique by drawing out the power she had suppressed so far with all her might.

Thanks to that, her lower body was already screaming.

Was it because she had been with Jin Yuseong? Baek Hyang willingly ignored that scream.

She could see it in her eyes.

The Vice-Leader, who was hastily changing his posture and swinging his sword.

The small opening that had appeared in his body.

The girl’s lips were pressed together firmly.

Soon after, the qi that had filled her dantian was released all at once.

Her entire body’s blood points, which were not yet fully refined, let out a scream.

As if she didn’t care about such pain, the girl focused solely on her sword.

The distance with the Vice-Leader closed in an instant.

The Vice-Leader’s sword and Baek Hyang’s sword flew, aiming for each other’s necks.

The girl’s sword advanced with an explosive speed that was incomparable to before.

But for some reason, in the Vice-Leader’s eyes, that movement seemed endlessly slow.

Funnily enough, he himself was just as slow.

The Vice-Leader unknowingly had his gaze stolen by the girl’s sword tip that was slowly approaching.

He knew.

The fact that at this rate, the tip of that sword would pierce his neck.

But his slow body wouldn’t listen.

No. He didn’t even feel like dodging.

It was a beautiful sword strike that was even enchanting.

He had spent his entire life in the Underworld. Martial arts were nothing more than a tool to steal from others.

He had lived his life thinking so, but for the first time, he thought that a sword path was beautiful.

Only then did the Vice-Leader realize.

Hyeok Ilso, who he had pledged to follow, the man he had believed to be a genius, was not a genius.

The true heaven-sent talent was somewhere else.

The enchanting sword path he had been watching as if possessed had already reached his neck.

‘As expected… unreasonable…’

With that thought, the world returned to its original flow.

Squish!

With a cool cutting sound, the girl’s sword pierced his neck.

As the girl retrieved her sword, a fountain of blood shot up from his neck.

The Silver Wolf Unit members reacted with a start.

“V-Vice-Leader?!”

Nam Geon also shouted hastily.

“H-Hyang-i, g-good job!”

Despite their shouts, Baek Hyang couldn’t show any particular reaction.

Her entire body was screaming.

She wanted to throw down the sword in her hand and collapse on the ground right away.

But the battle was not over yet. She couldn’t show it.

She moved her disobedient leg just once.

She turned her body and aimed her sword at the enemies behind her, even though she didn’t have the strength left to swing it.

It was a kind of bluff.

Was it because both the Unit Leader and the Vice-Leader had died?

Fear began to bloom on the faces of the Unwol Sect martial artists.

At that moment, the sound of footsteps came from behind Baek Hyang.

Soon after, Jin Yuseong’s voice pierced Baek Hyang’s ears.

“Didn’t I tell you to restrain yourself unless it was a life-threatening situation?”

Was it to avoid being heard by the enemy, or because it was difficult to utter even a single word? It was a very small voice.

“To even overexert yourself not once, but twice.”

Baek Hyang answered quietly with a determined expression.

“Because it was a life-threatening situation.”

“…Not for you, junior sister, but for me, you mean?”

“Yes.”

At the girl’s answer, a laugh escaped Jin Yuseong for some reason.

“Hahaha.”

It was a different kind of laugh from when he had killed Hyeok Ilso.

“Alright. I’ll be careful from now on.”

Before he knew it, that voice was heard right next to Baek Hyang.

Jin Yuseong, who had dragged his body that had already reached its limit, raised the Restoring Name Sword that he had barely managed to pull out.

He leaned his body slightly against Baek Hyang’s, who was also at her limit.

Baek Hyang also slightly twisted her posture and brought her shoulder to her Senior Brother’s forearm.

Barely able to stand, let alone swing a sword, they lean on each other’s bodies and support each other.

Dozens of enemies were reflected in their two pairs of eyes.

It was clearly a hopeless situation, but their gazes and momentum were stern.

Why was it?

Despite Jin Yuseong’s dying state, no one could bring themselves to charge at the two of them.

‘The U-Unit Leader and the Vice-Leader were both defeated.’

The two most skilled experts here had already lost their lives.

At the hands of those two.

They couldn’t bring themselves to be the first to charge.

Especially, aside from the Ghost Sword Young Master, that young girl was the problem.

Outwardly, she didn’t seem to have any particular injuries.

While they were hesitating.

“Haaat!”

With a shout, Nam Geon swung his Mother’s Affection Sword, and the bodies of the people nearby were literally crushed.

Squish!!

With their fighting spirit already waning, after seeing that gruesome sight, their footsteps unknowingly turned backward.

As they stumbled backward, Nam Geon roared loudly.

“B-Bad guys! I-I won’t spare a single one of you!!”

Normally, it was a shout that would be mocked for being slurred, but that roar sounded particularly terrifying.

The Unwol Sect martial artists surrounding them looked at each other for a moment.

“Damn it!”

As soon as someone shouted and ran away, they all began to flee in all directions at once.

Jin Yuseong, who would have normally happily chased after them and swung his sword, couldn’t bring himself to chase them.

The moment he moved his body, which was leaning on Baek Hyang, even a little, it felt like he would collapse on the ground.

How long had he just watched them run away with stern eyes?

Right after they had completely disappeared from sight, Jin Yuseong’s body collapsed.

Beyond his blurry vision.

He could see Dang Sopyeong approaching him.

“You disgusting bastard. You really look like you’re just barely not dead.”

Shaking his head as if he were sick and tired of it.

For some reason, Jin Yuseong found that sight amusing.

So, letting out a smirk, he fainted just like that.

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