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Taejonbirok Volume 15 Episode 14
Chapter 85: Lazy, Embarrassed (4)
It rained.
Wi Jeong-han quietly looked up at the sky.
Wi Jeong-han liked rain.
When I was young, I liked the feeling of the world becoming cooler when it rained. As I got older, I enjoyed being immersed in the emotions that the rain gave me.
But once he went to battle, the rain had a slightly different meaning for him. He hoped that the thick smell of blood and the horrible deaths would be washed away even a little through this rain.
and…….
It took on a different meaning after I met him.
When he first met Red-eyed Owl, it was drizzling.
He will probably never forget the sight of Red-eyed Man drinking from a bottle in the rain.
It was from that day on.
For Wi Jeong-han, it was the time when rain and red-eyed rain began to overlap. And the red-eyed rain knew it too, so it came looking for him when the rain came.
It's the same world, but when it rains, it becomes a different world. For Wi Jeong-han, the moment he met the red-eyed rain was the moment when the world changed.
Yeah, today too.
It's raining today too.
And then the red-eyed man came to find him.
Maybe it's the same thing, something we've experienced over and over again.
But it was different.
Wi Jeong-han blankly stared at Jeokmok-woo.
“……I don’t know what to say.”
There was no answer from the red-eyed man.
He just quietly looks at Wijeonghan with slightly sunken eyes.
“I knew it.”
Wi Jeong-han's voice was also quiet.
“You’re not an ordinary person, that’s all. Yes, I admit it honestly. I knew it. That you might be a demonic cult member.”
What does that matter?
In this place where humans become beasts and fight, what does it matter that the first person you meet who feels the same way is your enemy?
Humanity? Morality?
Wi Jeong-han laughed.
There is no humanity here.
There is nothing more ridiculous than looking for humanity on the battlefield.
I know.
I know but… … .
“But this is a bit too much.”
Wi Jeong-han looked around.
does not exist.
There was no sign of life anywhere. All that remained were corpses, blood, and death.
Everyone died at the hands of the Red Eyed One.
Of those who came out with him, only he himself was still alive. No matter how much he didn't give it his all, how could he be happy to see those he could at least call 'comrades' fall to the ground, spewing blood?
We've come too far to be wrapped up in the name of friendship.
Unlike his confused mind, his hand holding the sword was tightly gripping the sword.
The gazes of Jeokmokwoo and Wijeonghan met in the air.
A funny play.
It is time to bring down the curtain on this strange and funny play, where people comfort each other on the battlefield without asking for each other's help.
Wi Jeong-han raised his sword and aimed it at Jeokmuk-woo.
But the red-eyed man still just looked at him.
Those eyes were irritating to Wi Jeong-han. Those eyes that showed not a single bit of hostility even though the situation had come to this point.
“Are you saying it’s not worth dealing with?”
Only after hearing those words did Jeokmokwoo's eyes flutter open.
Red-eyed Man, who seemed to be hesitating for a moment, opened his mouth.
“I know full well that you cannot understand.”
“…….”
“But at least I wasn’t trying to fool you. Even if you don’t believe me.”
"ha ha ha……."
Wi Jeong-han laughed in vain.
“You’re saying you weren’t trying to make fun of me?”
Perhaps it is a believable statement, if what he saw and heard was not true.
Wouldn't that be so?
It's too cruel to say that we can't be friends just because we're enemies. Even if the time comes when we have to kill each other, for now, we just enjoy the comfort of being together.
“You must have believed it.”
Wi Jeong-han's voice was extremely bitter.
“If you weren’t the Great Hemp.”
The red-eyed man made no excuses.
Hemp Festival.
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The leader of the Demonic Cult who leads the current Demonic Cult and invades the world of martial arts.
That sublime name comes from here now.
Red-eyed Wu neither denied nor confirmed. All that came out of his mouth were lonely murmurs.
“The Great Hemp Emperor…….”
The red-eyed man slowly shook his head.
“I am just a puppet.”
“Hahahaha.”
Wi Jeong-han distorted his face.
“Take it easy, you son of a bitch. If the Great Hemp is a puppet, then who is the great man who moves you? Is he even heaven?”
“The sky… yes, maybe that’s the person who best suits that description.”
Wei Zhenghan could not understand what his words meant. All he could know was that Zhu Muwu’s words now contained regret that he could not possibly understand.
"you……."
“You said it.”
Red-eyed Wu looked at Wi Jeong-han quietly and said.
“In the end, to free yourself from being a puppet, you must not cut the thread, but the hand that holds the thread.”
“…….”
“I knew that story. Of course I knew it was true. But I just tried to cut the thread. Because I was scared. Because I wanted to live.”
Wi Jeong-han's face was distorted.
The man in front of him is the Great Hemp King.
He is a mythical figure who instantly unites the disorganized forces of the Demonic Cult and tramples the world of martial arts. From their perspective, he may be no different from a demon, but from the perspective of the Demonic Cult, he is a hero and a god.
That person is saying he is afraid now.
He says he wants to live.
And those words never sounded like a lie or a joke.
'What on earth is going on?'
In a place he couldn't see.
“I never thought I would hear such words from the mouth of the Great Hemp Emperor.”
“What you see isn’t everything.”
“…….”
Wi Jeong-han's gaze turned to Jeokmok-woo's feet.
Red blood spread along the rainwater flowing down his body.
I don't know what happened, but he was already injured before he got here.
'Injury… … .'
It's ridiculous.
The author is injured.
That monster, who appeared as if he had fallen from the sky and killed everyone except him with a single blow, is injured.
Even if the elders of the Old School Sect, including Kwon Geuk, attack together at the same time, would they be able to injure the author?
So then, who on earth caused the injuries that Red Eyed Tiger, or rather the Great Emperor, received?
“I don’t understand.”
Wi Jeong-han shook his head.
“I can’t understand a single thing from beginning to end.”
The red-eyed man smiled brightly.
“Do you need understanding?”
“…….”
“That’s not it, Jeonghan. I’m not expecting you to understand. Friendships don’t exist without a reason.”
Wi Jeong-han laughed in vain.
“Do you still consider me your friend?”
Red-eyed Wolf nodded slowly.
But Wi Jeong-han couldn't just be happy about that fact.
“Friend… Should I say it’s an honor? The greatest demon emperor in the world considers me a friend.”
A strange feeling flowed between the two as they stared at each other in silence.
Wi Jeong-han knew.
There's no going back now.
From the moment he found out about Red Eye's identity, the two of them would never be able to go back to the days when they shared drinks without asking each other questions.
It rained.
Wi Jeong-han liked rainy days.
Because the rain washes everything away.
But Wi Jeong-han realized today that there was something that could not be washed away even by rain.
The wall of distrust that has built up between him and Jeokmokwoo cannot be washed away by anything.
“I have a question.”
There was no answer.
Because even mixing words was a sin.
“You… do you still think of me as a friend?”
Wi Jeong-han ended up laughing.
Is there such a stupid question?
If the world knew that the Great Emperor of Hemp had asked such a foolish question, it would laugh at him.
He is a warrior belonging to the Jeongmu Alliance. They are currently at war with the Demonic Cult, and the Great Demon Emperor is the leader of that Demonic Cult. A warrior from the Jeongpa faction who is friendly with the leader of the Demonic Cult, that is a ridiculous story that would not even appear in a comic.
“That’s the dumbest question I’ve ever heard.”
“…….”
Wi Jeong-han said with a sneer.
“The world is vast and there are countless people, but there is only one person in the world that I can call my friend.”
Red-eyed man's eyes shook.
But that was only for a moment.
Soon he had a bright smile on his face.
It was a bright smile that did not match the terrible nickname of the Great Cannabis Emperor at all. It was like the smile of a child.
“I thought you’d say that.”
“How stupid.”
Wi Jeong-han sighed.
Yeah, that's stupid.
This is an incredibly stupid thing to do.
But it can't be helped. He's human. The reason people can be human is because they can do stupid things without a care in the world.
“Now use your hands.”
“…….”
“I don’t hold grudges. This is the only way we can be. I have to kill you, and you have to kill me. Since I can’t hide it anymore, I think it’s better not to have any regrets.”
“Hey, Jeonghan.”
“Tell me.”
“I am saying…….”
The red-eyed man raised his head and looked at the sky.
“I have never lived by my own will. From the moment I was born, my life was already decided. I never questioned it. I… no, even the word ‘me’ is a strange word. Because I have never been ‘me’.”
“…….”
“Then I met you and realized that I can be me. I can live as a human Red Eye, not just as the Demon Lord of the Demonic Cult. Yes. I am the Demon Lord. And because I am the Demon Lord, I have to fight for my life with my one and only friend, the first and only friend I have ever had in my life. I will stop this now.”
Wi Jeong-han had to feel it.
The desperation that is melted into the heart of Jeokmokwoo who speaks as if he is calm.
The deep sorrow that cannot be expressed in words.
“Perhaps… I probably won’t succeed. But that in itself is meaningful. While I resist this fate, I won’t be the Great Demon Emperor, but the Red-Eyed Ox. I’ll be able to die as the Red-Eyed Ox.”
"you……."
The red-eyed man smiled brightly.
“I came because I have a favor to ask.”
“…….”
“Don’t refuse. It will be my last request. And… it will be the first request I have made since I was born. If you refuse this request, I will be so sad.”
“That son of a bitch.”
Wi Jeong-han gritted his teeth.
What is it?
What the heck?
Red-eyed Wolf deceived him. He hid his identity and approached him calmly. How could he say such shameless things when his sense of betrayal had not yet subsided?
So that I can't even refuse.
"say it."
Wi Jeong-han had no choice but to nod his head in the end.
I know.
That Red Eye is trying to do something right now.
And that means that it comes with hardships that are so great that the wise cannot even imagine.
But how could I refuse?
But there was a time when I called him a close friend.
Red-eyed Wu smiled faintly at Wi Jeong-han's answer and slowly opened his mouth.
“My request is…….”