Absolute Regression Chapter 25

The 25th time, you’ve come to the right place.

“What is it, that guy?”

Kwon looked at both parties and asked.

“He’s a ronin who hasn’t been eliminated yet.”

“You should have gotten rid of it! Wasn’t the original agreement to only hand over women and children?”

“I’ll handle it.”

“Deal with it now!”

The two parties drew their swords and came to me. He was confident that he could defeat me. How much pride and delusion my young face would cause in the future, how much the two parties would bring.

“You look like you’re a bunch of bastards who betrayed their master. Do you think you’ll get your money back? You’ll probably kill them all and swallow the money I’m giving you.”

Then Kwon’s eyes lit up.

“What? That little bastard who betrayed his master?”

“It stopped there because it was in front of the child.”

Kwon laughed as if he found it ridiculous.

“This guy is strangely crazy.”

“You panicked because you were hit with the nail on the head, right? Were you really going to kill that guy and take his money? Don’t do that. He killed all his colleagues and came all the way here.”

Kwon’s face turned red as he couldn’t hide his true feelings.

“This damn rascal!”

Kwon shouted at his subordinates.

“Kill that bastard first!”

Three masked men stepped forward.

“Look, it’s that kid first. Doesn’t that mean you’re after me?”

Both parties could not hide their embarrassment at those words.

“Even if you run away, you should take the money with you.”

The two parties that had taken a step back were startled.

“What the hell are you talking about? When did I ever run away?”

At that very moment when he suddenly lost his temper.

Shhh!

The dark sword that Kwon threw out by surprise cut through the air. Unable to dodge the dark sword that suddenly flew in, the two parties collapsed.

“This is how an idiot handles things.”

I looked at the dead two parties and said.

“If you live like that, this is what will happen to you, your turn too.”

This time I told Kwon.

“You’re just like him. I have to let at least one of them live to face me. What if I kill them because I’m angry? Do you think you can survive for long when you can’t control your anger like this?”

“How long are we going to listen to that kid whining?”

As Kwon shouted, three masked men approached with their swords drawn.

Indeed, they were powerful people who did not need to use the two parties as shields.

I looked at the woman and made a gesture to cover the child’s eyes. The woman hugged the child and covered his eyes and ears.

I didn’t drag this fight out.

I flew first before they attacked.

Among the four treasures of the Wind God, the treasure of the Underworld was used.

Although he was just learning to walk, he made his opponent feel like a newborn baby.

They were not given a chance to defend themselves or speak. In a flash, I was right in front of their noses, and the moment they recognized me, their throats were cut off.

The second man’s eyes glared open under his mask. If I could read his thoughts, it would have been something like this. ‘Huk! What the… ‘ His neck was also slit.

The third masked man failed to respond appropriately even after his two comrades died.

Because the time that had actually passed was still before I could even blink an eye.

Originally, with the addition of the Wind God’s Treasure to my martial arts, it was an attack that their skills could not block even after a hundred years of preparation. Just like before, the third masked man also dug in with the Underworld Treasure and cut it down with the Flying Heaven Sword Technique.

Kwon looked at me with a shocked expression. Three sword lines appeared in his eyes at the same time, and it seemed as if his subordinates were falling down all at once.

“Quick swordsmanship?”

“I didn’t even use the Quick Sword Technique, but it must have looked that way to you just now.”

“Hey, what are you?”

Kwon’s voice trembled in fear.

Instead of answering, I asked the woman a question.

“Who is the author?”

“Gwonwon was one of the vassals who protected our household. I am Geum Sa-yeon, the daughter of Hwanggeum Jang-ju.”

“Golden Field!”

I reacted with surprise, but in fact I knew her true identity.

This woman’s father was Jin A-su, a merchant ranked among the top ten in the Central Plains, the richest man in Fujian and the owner of a gold market.

That’s why I came such a long way.

The Golden Hall Rebellion.

That was the incident that Imchu had told me about. The incident where Hwang Geum-jang-ju lost his life after being betrayed by the vassal he trusted the most.

The daughter of the Golden Jangju, who had managed to avoid their clutches due to a change in schedule, tried to escape by hiring a ronin, but in the end, they all lost their lives.

“We would like to hire a small business owner. Please help us.”

“My price has increased because circumstances have changed.”

“Thank goodness. I can afford any ransom no matter how high it is. Please kill the author and save my father.”

Then Kwonwon apologized to me.

“Please save me and join us. I will tell the old man to pay you more than that woman!”

“You’re giving me more money than the daughter of the Golden Jangju? How?”

For a moment, Kwonwon was speechless.

I walked towards him and scolded him coldly.

“You said you were a dead man? Then your seat should be in front of that woman and child.”

Kwonwon desperately tried to avoid my sword, but the difference in skill between the two of us could not be filled with a desperate attempt to survive.

My sword, which cut through Kwonwon’s bones and flesh, pierced his heart as well.

He fell down with a single scream. Only when he died did Geum Sa-yeon feel relieved. Of course, the child’s eyes and ears were tightly covered.

I searched through the arms of the Kwonwon and the Masked Men to find a dagger to use as a secret weapon. The places I must go from now on will be swarming with enemies.

“let’s go.”

“We need to take our sheep to a safe place.”

I said as I climbed onto the horse’s back.

“Get in. The safest place right now is next to me.”

Geum Sa-yeon’s worries did not last long. She had seen my skills firsthand, and if it weren’t for me, she would have died anyway.

As she climbed in with the child, the carriage began to speed back the way it had come.

* * *

Yeo Sang.

The eldest son of the Golden Guardian Family, the Yeo Family, and the instigator of today’s betrayal.

He had been preparing for today’s event for ten long years. During that time, he had persuaded the key figures of the Golden Field, eliminated some by pretending to be accidents, and sent those who could not be persuaded or eliminated far away to the outside.

He thought he had succeeded perfectly, until I showed up again with Geum Sa-yeon.

He smiled brightly as Geum Sa-yeon and the child got out of the carriage. He thought that his men had captured the two.

“Hahahaha!”

If he had missed these hats, he would never have slept well in his life.

“Where did the authority go?”

He thought I was Kwon Won’s subordinate.

“They’re dead. Everyone is dead except me.”

Although he sensed some discomfort in my tone, he was more curious about the next question.

“To whom?”

“He was a young and handsome mystery master.”

“what?”

Yeosang shouted with an expression of incomprehension.

“You pathetic bastard! What on earth are you thinking, heaping such praise on your enemy?”

“Because it’s true.”

“Okay. Let’s say that’s true. Then how did you survive… … .”

Yeosang flinched and then realized the situation.

“It’s you!”

I answered with a faint smile.

Yeo-sang shouted and called her men together. They came out in a rush and surrounded the carriage.

“If you saved the woman and the child, you should have run away. Why did you come back to the tiger’s den?”

I looked around.

“Where is the tiger here? There are only dogs scurrying around, biting the masters who raised them.”

Not only Yeosang, but also those surrounding her radiated murderous intent. They were Yeosang’s subordinates and the Golden Jang’s traitorous warriors. Because they were being stabbed, they covered their consciences with even colder anger.

Geum Sa-yeon, standing next to the carriage, held her son tightly. It was a terrifying situation, but she did not show any sign of fear. She knew that leisure was only for the strong, and as expected of a merchant’s blood relative, she was quick-witted. She took her son and entered the carriage so that I could fight comfortably.

Yeo-sang was also very cautious because she felt that I was not ordinary.

“Who is Sohyeop? Let’s go inside first and have a drink and chat. I’ll treat you to some good wine.”

“You don’t have to be so polite. Even if you pretend to be nice, they won’t forgive you. Even if you beg, they won’t forgive you. So, swear and make a fuss all you want.”

Yeo-sang, who sensed that the tactic of persuasion would not work, gave a cold order.

“Combine and kill!”

He emphasized the word ‘joint attack.’

As soon as the order was given, they came rushing from all directions.

Shh! Shh! Shh! Shh! Shh!

With the sound of a cool breeze, a dagger flew out of my hand. When I thought about avoiding it and deflecting it, the dagger had already cut off even those thoughts and was already stuck in a vital spot. The unmanned soldiers who had been rushing towards me fell down with a thud and rolled around on the ground.

The flying sword technique I learned in my life before returning was the secret art of stealing lives by Seo Mun-cheol, the flying sword master.

Neither before nor since, I have never found a martial art more excellent than this, so it is a martial art that I can keep for the rest of my life.

As the dagger I brought fell, I saw the survivors rejoicing. It was a brief moment of joy that came from the delusion that I was a master of the art of swordsmanship.

I drew my sword and rushed at them. They were of various skill levels between high and intermediate, but they showed no difference in front of the great swordsmanship of Bicheon.

As I stirred up the battlefield, all the enemies fell and Yeo Sang’s face became pale.

“Who are you, Grand Master?”

The sword dripping with blood turned a small swordsman into a great swordsman.

“What the heck! He’s just a swordsman who happened to smell money.”

“How much will it cost you to just step aside?”

“Do you have a lot of money?”

“It’s enough to change one person’s life.”

“Why would someone with so much money do something like this? If you wanted to change your life, you should have spent your own money. Why would you touch someone else’s money? And your master’s money at that?”

Yeo-sang, who was at a loss for an answer, just bit her lips.

Just then, as he was racking his brain over what to do.

“Put your sword down!”

From the building behind, one of the bastard’s men was coming out with his sword pointed at Geum Ah-su’s neck.

It seemed like Suha-tan was trying to take me hostage and force me to surrender, and Yeo-sang sighed and made a defeated expression at the sight.

I tried to somehow hide Geum Ah-su and negotiate with him, but my stupid subordinate brought him outside. Anyway, since the incident had already happened, Yeo-sang shouted and pressured me.

“Put down your sword! Otherwise, the Golden Jangju will die!”

In an instant, a single ray of black energy tore through the air.

The Bicheon Sword Method’s sacrificial rite, the Yeomcheon ceremony.

Originally, it was a rough and violent swordsmanship, but when it was combined with the powerful internal energy of the black magic sword, its momentum was so great that it surprised the heavens and turned the earth upside down.

Kookwakwakwakwak!

The sword energy swirled and flew as if it were alive, striking the unmanned vehicle and passing by.

He had been hiding two thirds of his body using the golden water as a shield, but the exposed third was gone. His dead body fell down, leaving only the golden water standing.

Perhaps thinking that now was the chance to pour out all of her energy to swing her sword, Yeosang struck with a lightning-like swing of her sword.

Because she had been prepared, that decisive blow naturally missed. The continuous attacks continued to reveal Yeosang’s weak points.

Even if I had trained my whole life, it would not have been possible for me. Since greed had taken over where cultivation should have been, there was no way I could match him.

I could have subdued him right away, but I gave him a few more chances. If I could easily subdue the female protagonist, his curiosity and fantasies about me would grow too much.

The sword of the goddess flew continuously, aiming for the vital point. The attack was desperate, as her life was at stake.

While the onlookers held their breath at the close match, my heart was in a state of stillness.

When thirty years had passed like that.

Sigh.

The fight ended with the sound of flesh being torn.

The sword that had been thrown stopped in the empty air. The sight of Geum Ah-su rejoicing was reflected on the blade.

My sword, which had crossed the female warrior’s attack diagonally, was embedded in his heart.

Although the eyes of the woman looking at me were full of resentment, I spoke to him calmly.

“You’re the guardian angel, aren’t you? You shouldn’t be like this, right? If you want to make money in the next life, become a merchant. If you want to kill people, become a murderer.”

The already dead Yeo Sang couldn’t answer. When I pulled out my sword, he collapsed.

Geum Sa-yeon, who had been watching outside through the carriage window with bated breath, got out with her son, cheering.

“father.”

“grandfather!”

Geum Sa-yeon and Ai ran to Geum Ah-su and hugged her.

“Sayeon-ah! Sheep!”

Geum Sa-yeon hugged her father and shed tears, and when her mother cried, the child followed suit and cried.

After a while, the trapped Golden Field drones were released.

As the room was cleared, Geum Ah-su thanked me once again. Having heard the story from Geum Sa-yeon before, he was much more grateful for saving his daughter and grandson than for saving himself.

“I will never forget this favor. Sohyeop is the benefactor who saved our family from destruction. Please tell me your surname and great name.”

Since I dealt with Yeo Sang and his men alone, I could imagine how much curiosity they had about me.

“I’m just a ronin passing by.”

“Even if the Ronin King came, he wouldn’t have been able to deal with them so easily.”

“Thank you for your kind words.”

Since I didn’t reveal my identity, Geum Ah-su didn’t ask any more questions.

Geum Sa-yeon told Geum Ah-su the promise she had made to her earlier.

“I promised you, Eun-gong. I will compensate you with money.”

Geum Ah-su praised her daughter with a satisfied expression.

“Well done. You made the most certain promise.”

After regaining his composure, he finally revealed the appearance of the first wealthy man in Fujian.

“If your Majesty needs money, you have come to the right place today.”