Absolute Regression Chapter 437

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A small clap of thunder was heard in the clear sky.

The person who opened his eyes wide and looked at the raised fist was Cheon So-hee.

“Have you heard?”

When Kwon Ma, who was standing in front, nodded, Cheon So-hee cried out in excitement.

“Master! The disciple did it!”

Finally, a thunderous sound burst from his fist.

After Geommu-geuk, she became Kwon-ma’s second disciple and was selected as the next Kwon-ma.

Since that day, I have been practicing the Wall Power Shura Kwon that I learned from Kwon Ma, and today was the first time I heard a thunderous sound.

Kwon Ma smiled because he knew better than anyone how much effort Cheon So Hee had put in. It was his precious smile that he rarely saw.

“It starts now.”

“Yes, Master.”

She was so happy she felt like she could fly.

He knew that there were many gossips and rumors about him. The unavoidable jealousy and envy.

I also learned that there were concerns raised, especially over the fact that a woman had been nominated as the next Kwon Ma.

At that time, the symbols of Kwon Ma were that scary face, that large body, and above all, those big fists.

That’s why I understand. Instead, I will show them clearly. What the next Kwon-ma can destroy with this small fist. I will show them with my skills.

Then someone spoke from behind.

“Congratulations, sister.”

When she turned around in surprise, she saw Geommugeuk entering the training ground.

“Executioner! You’re back!”

She had been so absorbed in her training recently that she didn’t even realize that Geommu-geuk had returned.

The swordsman smiled back at her and greeted Kwonma politely.

“Disciple, I have returned from my trip to the North Sea.”

“Have a nice trip.”

Kwonma greeted me with the same appearance. His scary face was still there, and his muscular body was even more radiant.

“There were also those guys plotting against the Ice Palace. They all ended up getting drunk and passing out.”

“I heard too. That the master had a hard time.”

Perhaps he had a conversation with his father about the situation in the North Sea.

Master, do you know what Father is thinking?

If, long ago, when he was young, his father had told Hyeoncheon Doma about his dream with that familiar face, wouldn’t he have told Kwonma about it now?

After exchanging greetings with Kwon Ma, I took care of Cheon So-hee.

“It’s already thundering. That’s amazing.”

“It’s all thanks to the good guidance from my master.”

“I’ll buy you a congratulatory drink soon.”

“Yes, death penalty.”

Cheon So-hee was respectful to Geommu-geuk. Although she was a death row inmate, she was also a precious person who would become the next Cheonma.

But there was a bigger reason than that.

It was thanks to Geommu-geuk that he became the next Kwonma. Because his fate changed during the late-night training session with him.

The swordsman who had been walking over there turned to her.

“Sister, you will be a really great horseman.”

In Cheon So-hee’s mind at the moment, she didn’t call the sword dance a death sentence. She didn’t call it a small religious leader either.

‘Reverend, I will serve you with all my loyalty at that time.’

* * *

The place I came with Kwonma was in front of the cliff inside Donggwonmun.

Kwon Ma’s dream is to destroy this cliff in one blow. How much has that dream grown?

I stood side by side with Kwonma and looked up at the cliff. The cliff was still overwhelming. And the cliff resembled Kwonma looking up at it.

Can this cliff really be torn down?

Can we really convince this guy?

After looking up at him for a while, I started telling him a story that would ease his mind.

“Ian left on a mission.”

“I know.”

“How?”

“He sent me a letter.”

It looks like the guy’s father is definitely taking care of him.

“Then I guess you heard news that your family was found in the North Sea.”

Kwon Ma nodded silently. Instead of asking if he was surprised by the news, I said this.

“The Ice Palace Master was very surprised by Ian’s identity. The niece he found was the Master’s adopted daughter.”

It should be the other side that is surprised, not this side. I said that to elevate Kwonma more than Binggungju.

“Did you reply by any chance?”

Then, surprisingly, Kwon-ma nodded. He even added, ‘Of course.’

I imagined Kwon-ma writing a reply with a tiny brush in his big hand. He probably didn’t write letters normally, so I wondered if he struggled to come up with something to say.

But at that moment, he must have been a father who worried about and missed his daughter.

“I heard that An-i would have been in danger if you hadn’t gone to the North Sea this time.”

“I’d like to say that it would have been handled just fine even without me, but it probably would have been dangerous.”

Kwon Ma’s eyes softened slightly. Now, he was not just a disciple and a cult leader, but a disciple and a cult leader who had saved his daughter from danger.

This is your chance.

“Master, may I ask you a question that may be difficult for you to answer?”

I never imagined I would be asked this question.

“Do you like your father? Do you like me?”

Kwonma looked at me with a bewildered expression.

“Isn’t it too difficult?”

“No, I was surprised because it was such an easy question.”

Kwonma looked up at the cliff again, and I looked at Kwonma.

Will he be able to find out his father’s will from him, who has a loyalty that is stronger and higher than this cliff?

If I have an evil spirit, my father has a powerful spirit.

If I could just get Kwonma on my side, it would be much easier to stop my father’s dream of unifying the martial arts world.

But it feels more difficult to collapse this cliff in front of me than to collapse that big cliff.

“My father has become strange.”

“The leader?”

“I met the evil Soma separately, and I also worked with the evil Soma.”

“Are you just trying to play it safe, or do you really think so?” Kwon-ma asked me bluntly.

“What’s strange about the leader of the Demonic Cult meeting the Demon Lord?”

“If it was something you always did, it wouldn’t have been strange.”

The gaze of the horse heading towards the cliff turned towards me.

“What are you trying to say?”

“I want to know what Father’s plan is.”

“If you have any questions, ask the leader directly.”

That was a bad idea. My father decided to have s*x with me and make a big deal out of it, as if he was telling me to. He probably knew that I would hear about the meeting with the evil Soma.

When I first returned and stood on the stage, my father knew that I had been poisoned by the mountain spirits. But he didn’t intervene and just watched. He didn’t know how I would overcome it.

It’s the same now. My father is watching me. It’s like playing Go. I made this move. What move will you make now?

I plan to show my father that more than half of the Amazons are against the war.

It doesn’t matter if that’s not the reason why my father brought the evil soma and the drunken horse this time.

Since my father had ambitions to become the unified martial arts world, it was something he had to experience at least once.

“If you were the one who would tell me if I asked, I wouldn’t have even thought about it. You know what kind of person my father is, don’t you?”

Even Kwon Ma did not deny that point.

“To be honest, I was in a state of emergency as soon as I got back. Why are you suddenly taking care of the Demon Lords that you never used to do? Have you started to move for the sake of unifying the martial arts world?”

Although the term “unification of martial arts” was mentioned, Kwon Ma was not shaken at all.

“Do you know? Even Master is acting strange right now. He is too calm. It’s as if he knows everything. Please tell me what Master knows.”

Kwon Ma’s mouth was heavy. In order to open that heavy mouth, I honestly revealed my situation.

“Just in case my prediction is right, I’m trying to get the Amazons on my side. I’ve met three of them so far, one is on my side, one is on my father’s side, and one is still undecided.”

What Kwon Ma noticed was one vote that had not yet been decided.

“Who is the undecided Amazon?”

“This is Elder Doma.”

Kwon-ma looked surprised for a moment, but then nodded as if he understood.

“Thomas really loves you. He can’t make a decision because of your personality.”

That’s right. If it’s this, it’s this, and if it’s that, it’s that. Being neither here nor there is something that Hyeoncheon Doma can’t stand.

But the Bloodthirsty Horse is conflicted. While enduring the gaze of being without a backbone, only for myself.

“Master, of course you are on my side, right? Well, if you don’t take your disciple’s side, whose side will you take?”

“There are two disciples and one leader.”

“He is both a disciple and a junior leader.”

“Sohee will take your side later.”

I know that a few words won’t change his mind.

So I asked straight to the point. Kwon Ma wasn’t the type of person to beat around the bush.

“If your father starts a war, will you accept his orders?”

Kwonma’s eyes shone intensely.

“If it’s the leader’s order, then of course I have to obey it.”

I said, staring at that scary face.

“That is why you, Master, must be the one to oppose it.”

“What do you mean?”

“Because my father would not be able to ignore my master’s words.”

I know that these are burdensome words for Kwon-ma. I am forcing my will on him, who lives as a demon.

But I am shouting at the demons as the evil Soma said. Let’s join my magic. Yes, I believe it. My attack will be divided into eight parts.

“War is not good, Master.”

Kwonma stared at me quietly and then started taking off his top.

“Let’s practice together after a long time.”

“Are you going to fight that war with me?”

Even though I was joking, Kwon-ma didn’t stop taking off his clothes.

The upper half of Kwonma’s body was revealed.

The body of a perfect Kwonma was always there. The large, thick muscles that had been built through arduous training did not look dull at all. His body was shining like a diamond.

A sword wound splitting Kwonma’s chest. I’ve heard from him before why he got that wound. It was a wound he got when he was fighting in the underground fighting arena before he entered the main school.

He was ashamed of the scars he got from refusing the blackmail of the match-fixing master, the scars left by those who could now beat him with a single finger, but I told him that those scars were cool.

Because it was a scar created by the precious courage of my youth, which allowed me to stand firm even in the face of death.

When I first saw him, that was all I felt, but when I looked at him again today, the scar seemed like a symbol of the person Kwon Ma was. I am a person who does not fear death.

I also took off my top and stepped forward.

“Ah! When will I be able to have a body like yours?”

“If you could change it, would you change it with my body?”

“… … .”

Kururung.

The tightly clenched fist of the horse let out a soft cry.

“I’ll confess in advance. I’ve been focusing on the Nine-Handed Demonic Cultivation recently, so I’ve neglected my martial arts training.”

I felt sorry for Kwon-ma because I was always pushed down in the priority of my training. But he understood my situation very well.

“There’s no need to rush. You should learn the Nine-Handed Sword first, and you can learn it later.”

I thought he was going to say let’s have a blast, but Kwon-ma gave his usual advice.

We stood side by side and began to practice our Wall Power Shura Kwon. We buried the debate about war and focused on training.

Kwarrrrung!

Kwonma’s fist began to tear the air. I began to use my instincts with the same movements as Kwonma.

As I opened the first volume of Black Cloud Sura, the thunder of the horse and my thunder erupted at the same time.

Jay Kwon’s fast fist tore through the air so fast it was impossible to see, and Cheonryeosu’s was heavy. Cheolgaksu was flashy, and Geumgangsu was strong.

We were performing the exact same movements, like body and shadow.

But the meaning behind the movement was completely different. If Kwon-ma was a deep sea, I was still just a river.

The last sixth, the lightning strike of the King of Hell, the Yeomryesura, was the end of one round of training.

I was so focused that sweat poured down from my entire body like rain. This kind of training with my upper body exposed and the horse riding was hotter than any other training.

“The power in your fist has changed.”

He noticed that my internal energy had increased even though I was using the same amount of strength as before.

It’s not easy to notice the change in my level of skill now that I’m displaying perfect counterattacks, but it seems that no matter how hard I try to hide the power contained in this fist, it can’t be hidden from him.

“As a reward for this deed, the Ice Palace Lord has granted me the Man-geuk-Bing-Jeong.”

Kwonma looked at me with a surprised face. He also knew. What must come first before taking Mangeuk Bingjeong.

“I was lucky enough to be able to take Mannyeonseol as well.”

The expression on Kwonma’s face was asking this. How can one obtain the Man-geuk-Bing-Jeong by taking the Man-nyeon-Sul-Gwa only with luck?

“Can you generate cold energy from your internal energy?”

The energy of the eternal snow was dissolved into all the blood vessels and organs.

“Yes, you can.”

“Then, try to unleash the Wall Power Shura Kwon with as much cold air as possible.”

I opened the Wall Power Shura Kwon again alone. I opened it with cold energy in my internal energy as instructed by Kwonma.

It was completely different from the feeling I had before. Even though it was the same internal energy, the power was stronger.

“The original Byeokryuksura Kwon is a martial art that was created to shine even more when one’s internal energy is at its peak. I think that the fact that you, as my disciple, obtained the Eternal Snow and the Man-geuk Ice Crystal means that you have a deep connection with Byeokryuksura Kwon. So don’t neglect it and make sure to achieve great success.”

“I will keep that in mind, Master.”

Kwon-ma once again conveyed his enlightenment about the Wall-power Shura Kwon. It was a different teaching from the one he had given on Seol-san before. It included things he had omitted because they were unnecessary, as well as new enlightenment he had gained in the meantime.

Kwon Ma truly taught without holding back. When he became a teacher, he became a real teacher, and when he became a father, he became a real father. This Kwon Ma is a person like that. This Kwon Ma is the father’s demon lord.

When Kwonma finished teaching, I bowed deeply to him.

“The Master gave such great teachings, yet the disciple was being rude to the Master.”

Kwonma lifted me up. That day from long ago flashed through his blunt eyes.

“Do you know how I met the cult leader?”

When he was almost killed by the black-doctors in the underground fighting arena, his father saved him. Kwon-ma followed his father to the main school and entered the Dong-kwon-mun. There, when he became the black-doctor, his father came to see him again. This is what his father said at that time.

-I will become a heavenly horse, and you will become my powerful horse.

That day, Kwon-ma became his father’s man.

“I have been dead for a long time. The life I am living now is a life that the leader has given me as a bonus.”

The gaze of Kwonma toward me deepened.

“I respect your magic.”

Those intense eyes were filled with sincerity.

But that respect didn’t change his mind about his father.

“But I will follow the leader’s teachings.”