Absolute Regression Chapter 20

Episode 20 We are the devil.

When you get a new sword, the first time is important.

When communicating with a black unmanned sword, the depth of communication between the sword and the peerless treasured sword, such as the Black Magic Sword, cannot be compared to that of other swords.

The sword will never reject a swordsman, but if communication is not good, the sword will not be able to draw out its full power.

The same is true when the nature of the sword is not properly understood. A weapon with extreme yin energy is used by someone with extreme yang internal energy, or a weapon of the Buddhist school is used by someone with evil energy.

In addition, the way you handle the sword is also important. If you handle a rough sword like the Black Magic Sword gently, or if you handle the soft White Flower Sword roughly, you will not be able to fully utilize the sword’s power.

In my life before my return, I once saw a sword become one with its owner and cry on its own. It was truly a magnificent sight, and I thought I wanted to have a sword like that.

‘Can I become one with this sword like that?’

After calming my mind with breakfast, I pulled out the black magic sword.

Even though I didn’t infuse it with any true energy, the sword’s sharp aura chilled the surroundings.

– Nice to meet you, I am your master from now on.

I slowly infused my inner strength into the Black Magic Sword. It was the moment when my inner strength and the Black Magic Sword first met.

And the sword that started to freeze.

Blue waves resembling the sky rippled along the blade.

‘It’s definitely different!’

It was different from the previous color of the sword. I thought it would be darker and darker because it was a black magic sword, but it was a brighter and more cheerful blue. Just like there are times when you can be more moved by small things, I really liked the change in the color of the sword.

‘I like you.’

I hoped that my feelings would be transmitted to the Black Sword as they were.

After recovering the sword, this time he unleashed the first form of the Bicheon Sword Technique.

The Black Magic Sword is not a soft sword. You must use the initial attack with as much force and rough momentum as possible, in accordance with the nature of the sword.

The flying sword technique performed with the black magic sword gave a different feeling from the ones performed before.

After finishing one round of prehistoric activities, he spoke to the sword in his mind.

―For now, we’ll survive with this sword technique. Later, I’ll teach you some really awesome martial arts. Until then, let’s hold out. Got it?

I tried to communicate with the Black Sword.

Since it wasn’t something that could be accomplished by just conveying one’s feelings, one had to train and train again until the Black Sword became familiar to one’s hands.

I practiced after eating, and practiced as soon as I opened my eyes. Sometimes I practiced without eating. I held it in my hand while I slept. I practiced even in my dreams.

For a while, I devoted myself to training.

As I was leaving home to go to the training center today, I was shocked by the sight that unfolded before my eyes.

Hundreds of mines filled the large open space in front of the house.

They were the demons who were under the command of Blood Heavenly Demon. I couldn’t tell whether they had come because Blood Heavenly Demon had ordered them to, or if they had come of their own accord, but it was clear that they had hostile feelings toward me.

Their cold gazes and the magical energy they were emitting poured out on me.

I unconsciously clenched my molars. In my long life before returning, I had never received so many people’s energy at once. Even good energy would be exhausting, but this was clearly murderous intent.

If you hold out any longer, you’ll get injured!

However, as they did not back down, their magic grew stronger. The magic really hit their bodies like a shower. When my whole body was in pain as if it was going to be torn apart, a secret technique suddenly came to mind.

I accepted the magic as it was and began to use one of the spells.

Thousand Vein Strengthening Technique.

One of the secret arts I had learned in my life before returning was the art of strengthening blood vessels.

The blood vessels, which are the passages of true energy, are the most important parts of a warrior’s body, but they are also the most difficult parts of a warrior’s body to make strong.

The Cheonmaek Strengthening Technique is a secret technique in which several martial artists simultaneously emit their energy and strike the target’s entire body to strengthen the blood vessels. The greater the number of martial artists, the better the effect.

It was a rare opportunity to receive this much magic at once, so I took a risk and used the Heavenly Vein Strengthening Technique.

I was hoping to use it someday, but today is the day.

As I closed my eyes and pretended to look in pain, the bastards, feeling that they were right, unleashed even stronger magic.

‘More, more, more!’

I frowned as much as I was happy.

They probably wanted me to retreat. They wanted me to hide inside the house to avoid the magic. They wanted to keep me here for days like this, making me a coward who couldn’t even leave the house.

I took one step forward while using the Heavenly Vein Strengthening Technique.

Then the magic poured down even more powerfully.

The blood vessels throughout his body convulsed, and the energy flowed through his entire body along the vein strengthening technique at a terrifying speed.

Now, the level of the Heavenly Vein Strengthening Technique was passed from the second level to the third level.

‘More, more, more!’

With each step forward, their magic powers flared up. It was a battle of momentum and pride.

How many steps did you have to walk like that?

The Heavenly Vein Strengthening Technique had already passed through the four stages and was heading towards the fifth stage, the final stage.

Originally, such a quick accomplishment was impossible. The most difficult part of the Heavenly Vein Strengthening Technique is to unite the caster’s mind to create a single energy.

The emotion contained in the magic flying towards me now was one of hostility.

The magic that seemed like it would pour out endlessly began to gradually subside. There was a limit to how much magic the demons could pour out.

When the magic completely disappeared, I opened my eyes. The Heavenly Vein Strengthening Technique had completed the last five stages. Thanks to this, my blood vessels had become incomparably stronger than before.

I could see the appearance of the demons looking at me. They all had faces of shock and horror. Surely they didn’t know that I would be able to endure the demonic energy until the end.

It was a mean and deadly thing to come like a pack of dogs and pour out magic energy without warning, but I thought they would forgive me just today.

I walked towards them, taking slow steps.

Even though hundreds of people had gathered, only the sound of my footsteps could be heard.

If someone had shouted, “Kill him!” at this point, the atmosphere would have been tense and filled with blood in an instant.

And the winner of this battle was me. I had already broken the spirit of the demons by enduring the magic that had flown in earlier.

The demon in the lead stepped aside to make way, and the demons behind him also stepped aside, as if the sculptures standing in a line were falling down one after another. I walked through the path created by the crowd.

The expressions on the demons’ faces varied. Some were surprised, some were disgusted, some were amazed, and some were angry.

But no one who made eye contact with me did anything provocative.

I didn’t say anything. I won the battle of wits, but I knew that if I touched their pride, the demons would go crazy.

So I walked out of there quietly.

As I took my last steps, I felt the demons’ emotions change. They were expressing their respect for me for having overcome the demon and for having the courage to walk between them.

Mines are simple. They trample on the weak when they see them and worship the strong when they see them. It would be more correct to say that this is closer to their nature than a cowardly trait.

Only when I got completely out of there did I finally let out a sigh.

“Phew.”

Although I didn’t exchange a single word with them, it felt like a big war had been fought.

I went down that road to meet a person.

I walked along the red carpet to the front of the empty Taesa Temple.

I didn’t dare climb the stairs to sit down, but I wondered what it would be like to sit there and look down on this place.

Then a heavy voice was heard from behind.

“Do you want to sit down?”

The owner of the voice was my father.

I answered without looking back.

“No, I don’t want to be stuck in that chair.”

“You’re trying to spout off some more nonsense.”

I smiled, turned around, and bowed politely to my father.

My father walked past me and up to the Taesa Temple.

“Come up here.”

My father called me from beside the Grand Master.

I slowly climbed the stairs and stood next to my father.

“Sit down.”

It was a moment to say something rude, but I sat down quietly. It was a seat I had always wanted to sit in.

“How is it?”

I looked down at the view from the Taesa Temple. The first thing that caught my eye was the red carpet, the pillars on the left and right, and the evil spirits carved on the walls. Although it was decorated with magnificent and splendid decorations, the inside of the temple looked somehow desolate when viewed from here.

“I thought it would be really exciting, but I don’t feel anything at all.”

Then my father said something unexpected.

“I did the same.”

I turned my head and looked up at my father. His blunt eyes seemed to be filled with regrets from the past years, but my father was as unchanging as ever.

“The demons came rushing in earlier. I don’t know if they came because the Bloodthirsty Demon ordered them to, or because we conspired to come here… … .”

My father cut me off.

“We went among ourselves.”

“You knew that.”

As expected, my father knew everything. I, Palmazone, and everyone else were under my father’s surveillance.

“They were openly hostile to me. I resisted, trying not to be overwhelmed. When I resisted, I didn’t feel any pain, but when I got out of there, I was shaking.”

“Were they afraid?”

“No, I was afraid that my judgment was wrong, not the demons. If someone had gotten excited and rushed in and a fight had broken out, I might have died there. Even if I had survived, I couldn’t be the successor after slaughtering the demons. That’s why I was afraid. The fact that there might come a time when I have to make a choice that will determine everything… .”

I told him my honest feelings.

I wanted to convey this feeling to someone, and it wasn’t Ian, it was my father. Why is that? Emotionally, Ian is the person I’m closer to.

“When that thought came to me, I wanted to see my father.”

My father blurted it out without thinking.

“Mine is not a person who looks back. He is a person who only looks forward and moves forward.”

A life where you only look forward and don’t look back… … I know better than anyone else what kind of life that is.

‘I won’t look back like my father said, but I won’t just look forward either.’

We watched the sight from the throne room for a long time.

“The view from here is so desolate. Is there really a need to erect such a statue of an evil spirit?”

“Because we must not forget that we are devils.”

Seeing the awkwardness in those words, I wonder if he is destined to live as a devil.

“How about a statue of a beautiful woman? Like the famous Four Flowers of the Central Plain. One in each corner.”

I turned my head briefly and saw my father looking down at me with a pitiful expression.

“I think it’s time to get up, since you’re talking nonsense. Sit down, Father.”

I got up from the throne and slowly went down the stairs.

When I turned around at the bottom of the stairs, my father was still standing next to Taesa.

I looked into those eyes looking down at me and asked calmly.

“Can I kill the Bloodthirsty Demon?”