Absolute Regression Chapter 459

This was Geum A-rin’s first impression of the 459th Geommu Theater.

‘You’re younger than I thought?’

I couldn’t believe it. Jeon Nak was taken advantage of by such a young opponent. And Jeon Gwi was taken advantage of too?

Not only was he old, but he looked completely different from what I had imagined. He was handsome and had an air of nobility that I couldn’t quite place. I had expected him to be very rough and full of life.

Geum A-rin combined Geommu-geuk’s age, first impressions, and the results of his work to arrive at this conclusion.

‘He has mastered the martial arts of ascension!’

Just by looking at him, he appears before you so confidently and alone. The question is whether he is stronger or weaker than you. You couldn’t tell just by looking at him.

“I was passing by the guest house when I saw Hwang Dan-ju through the window and came in.”

As if he happened to be someone passing by, Geommugeuk walked over and greeted me warmly.

“You have guests with you.”

As if he didn’t know who his opponent was, Geommugeuk greeted Geum Arin with a lottery ticket.

“If there is such a beautiful person here, I too should advance to Sanggye.”

Although I greeted her with nice words, Geum A-rin didn’t show much of a reaction.

Then Hwang In stepped forward cautiously.

“Watch your words. There is someone here whose words you should not speak of carelessly.”

It seemed like he was saying this out of respect for Geum A-rin, but in fact, it was a warning to Geommu-geuk.

‘This woman. This is the scary person who was coming down! Don’t let this woman’s appearance ruin your work!’

Hwang In was worried that Geommugeuk would fall for Geum Arin’s appearance.

But even if he didn’t warn her like this, how could she not know that it was her?

The sword masters had already realized that she was no ordinary skill.

‘You’ve accomplished a lot for your age.’

Whether it was hard work, talent, or enormous support or fate, it wasn’t the kind of skill you often see around you.

There’s one more thing.

Since Jeon Nak-like people are perceived as scary, it means that they are definitely not the type of people who put their affection in their hands.

Besides, she felt like there was a master hiding around her.

‘You’re not an ordinary person.’

It’s not common for someone to be both a master and a master of stealth. Most of those people are mainly responsible for protecting someone, but is someone this skilled protecting her?

‘This woman must be the blood relative of the Golden Dragon Family.’

Huang Yin will never know how much he noticed in that short moment.

Geommugeuk spoke with a surprised expression, as if he had noticed his opponent too late.

“Ah! Is this him?”

Geum A-rin reacted to those words.

“How did the author introduce me?”

The sword dance answered her.

“I said that a very scary person was coming.”

Hwang In was nervous inside. He might have reacted nervously like, ‘That’s how you introduced me?’ His heart was pounding harder than usual.

‘Please don’t let today be a memorial day!’

He looked at the sword dance with a longing look in his eyes.

Geommugeuk introduced himself to Geum Arin.

“It’s called black smoke. It’s not fate, it’s smoke. After I meet you, I’ll disappear like smoke.”

“I didn’t ask?”

Geum A-rin showed a cold response without revealing her name.

“You killed my men?”

She asked directly, and the swordplay didn’t bother to hide it.

“I unintentionally had a conflict with you. I apologize for that.”

“There are more than one or two dead people, so this isn’t something that can be ended with an apology.”

“Is there anything else you want?”

She spoke with a tone as cold as her eyes.

“A life for a life.”

The swordsman stared at her and said.

“Take it if you can.”

There was a moment of tense tension.

Geum A-rin tried hard to suppress the desire to draw her sword and cut down her opponent. She was not a lowly person who would draw her sword at the moment her opponent wanted. Her sword would be drawn at the moment she chose.

The one who broke this suffocating tension was Geommugeuk.

“I may not give you my life, but I will buy you a drink.”

In this situation, I fearlessly turned my head towards Jeomsoi and had him bring me a new bottle of alcohol.

When the swordsman who ordered the drink turned his head again, there was a sword pointed at his neck.

It was a really quick move. There wasn’t even a slight breeze.

The Hwang In sitting next to him blinked and saw this situation unfolding.

Geommu-geuk looked at her with an expression that showed no surprise at all. Geum A-rin’s eyes grew colder at that reaction. She could have lost her life just now because of this one move.

If he was a master capable of killing Jeon Nak, he would have reacted somehow, right?

Could it be that you didn’t stop me even though you knew the sword was pointed at your neck? Because you were sure I wouldn’t kill you?

Or maybe he wasn’t as skilled as he thought? If so, then he couldn’t be the one who killed Jeon Nak and Jeon Gwi.

She wasn’t sure which of the two possibilities was true, and that made her feel even more uneasy.

‘This is hard to read.’

The gaze of the swordsman followed the blade towards her.

“I can’t die.”

“Why?”

Then Geommugeuk paused for a moment and said:

“It wasn’t like that before, but now my death… will be my father’s justification.”

The moment he dies, his father will wipe out the entire martial arts world. The grief over losing his son will serve as an excuse to turn the martial arts world into a battlefield.

Of course, Geum A-rin couldn’t understand what that meant.

“Are you saying that if I kill you, your father will take revenge, so please spare his life?”

“Well, I guess that’s what it is.”

“Where is your father?”

“Stay in the manor. Stay with your uncle.”

I heard from Hwang In. There were three of them. I had a feeling that Lee Ja’s father or uncle would be no ordinary person.

“I came out to buy groceries. My father said he’s going to cook something special today. You’re going to be lucky enough to eat it. Let’s go together. My father’s cooking isn’t something you can eat easily. You can go somewhere and brag about it for the rest of your life.”

Geum A-rin had to admit at least one thing. Whether it was acting or real, it was not easy to have this kind of composure at the tip of her sword.

Geum A-rin said, putting away her sword with a light movement of her hand.

“You can’t kill someone who came out to shop.”

Geommugeuk stroked his neck and expressed his gratitude.

“Thank you for saving my life.”

At that sight, Hwang In felt a sense of despair inside. His heart began to beat even faster.

‘What? Why are you acting so weak? Could it be you? Are you weaker than this woman?’

There’s no way that’s possible. I’m sure you were in a position where you could kill all the Jeon Nak and Jeon Gwi at once. Isn’t that right? Stop fooling around and quickly cut this woman down with one stroke of your sword and tell me. I don’t have to worry anymore.

But things went the opposite way he had hoped.

Swish, swish.

She blew the wind and suppressed the internal energy of the sword dance.

Although I couldn’t avoid the sword dance, I still had some free time.

“It’s okay. You don’t need any internal energy to look after the market anyway.”

Geum A-rin looked at Geommu-geuk with a look that said, ‘What kind of guy is this?’

‘Surely you are not a master who can release the bloodline I have subdued.’

Once she has subdued the opponent’s internal energy, his life is hers. And yet she shows this kind of composure? It was an action that went beyond her common sense.

“Father, I will wait.”

Geommugeuk stood up and said.

“Okay, let’s go shopping together.”

* * *

A carriage was running.

Although it looked like an old and ordinary carriage on the outside, the carriage was made of a strong material that could not be broken even by a sword, and it was pulled by famous horses that could run all day without getting tired.

Of course, the people inside were not ordinary either.

He was an extraordinary yet noble man, Yong Ziming, the leader of the upper echelons of the galaxy.

The name of the hero who rules the galaxy.

There are many words that can be used to describe him, but the most effective and certain one is this.

The richest person in the world.

That’s why the coachman, as well as the people riding in the carriage, were not ordinary masters. They were the best of the galaxy, the ones Yongjamyeong trusted the most.

It was known that he was so busy that he had to make an appointment months in advance just to see his face.

There were three masters who followed as escorts, including the coachman. This was the first time since the Galaxy Merchant Corps became the Central Plains Merchant Corps. Even so, Yongjamyeong had only intended to take one person.

Of course, considering the abilities of these three, this procession could be considered safe. Yongjamyeong was the most trusted person in the upper reaches of the galaxy, and at the same time, they were the three most skilled.

In particular, Baek Jong (伯總), who was sitting across from him, was a person who had shared life and death with Yong Ja Myeong throughout his life and had created the Galaxy Group.

“It’s not too late. Shall we turn the carriage around?”

Yongjamyeong asked him with a smile.

“Are you scared too?”

Then Baek-Chong answered honestly.

“I’m scared.”

“This is the first time I’ve heard that from you. That you’re scared.”

Baek-chong wasn’t afraid of dying. He was afraid of losing his title of bravery during this procession.

“That is too risky a choice.”

“Is there anything more dangerous than refusing a request from a demon cult leader?”

Baek-chong was speechless. He had experienced all sorts of hardships while growing the company with Yong-ja-myeong, but the most dangerous opponent among them was the Demonic Cult.

“If it was just a simple request from the Demonic Cult, I would have made up some excuse to buy some time. But this time, the Demonic Cult leader personally sent the secret letter.”

It was even a letter written by the leader of the Demonic Cult.

The Demon Lord’s handwritten letter.

It was truly the first time this had happened.

“Then I ask you to secretly send a message to the Murim Alliance and the Sadomaeng. If they know, they won’t dare to have vain thoughts.”

Yongjamyeong knew better than anyone what Baekchong was worried about. However, this was not the case.

“The Demon Lord really emphasized the word ‘secretly.’ That means don’t contact them.”

“That’s why we need to know more. Because there has never been anything like this in the Demonic Cult before.”

This decision was not made simply on a whim. It was made by combining all of my past experiences and the vast amount of information I had gathered recently.

Yes, how can you not know? How cruel and cruel the Mines are.

“I hope the information is true.”

“Are you talking about the little cult leader?”

Yongjamyeong nodded. It was information that a new wind was blowing within the Demonic Cult. Because of that, the three-way meeting between Jeongsa-ma and Jeongsa-ma was held.

So this time, he hopes that it was because of that cult leader that he was called. It felt safer than if Cheonma had just called him.

“You know, reality is always different from rumors.”

“Don’t worry too much. Everything will be okay.”

Yongjamyeong was this kind of person.

A person who tries to overcome any moment with positive thoughts rather than negative ones.

I don’t know if this will be an opportunity for the upper echelons of the galaxy or if it will lead to my death, but I will overcome it as I have done so far. I thought that the handwritten letter of the Heavenly Demon was a call of fate that I could not refuse.

He believed that he was not being called to kill himself. The leader of the Demonic Cult in the information he had heard and gathered so far was not that kind of person. He trusted the intelligence power of the upper galactic level.

I won’t just come back. I’ll give him what he wants and I’ll take what I want. Trading is about give and take.

When such moments of crisis come, I think back to that time when I was young. That moment when I came close to death and survived. No one else knew how much that experience helped me in life.

Since we’re going to live this life as a bonus anyway, let’s live it without regrets.

Sometimes bravely, sometimes harder.

Perhaps it was thanks to that that he was able to become the master of the best martial arts studio in the world.

The carriage raced quickly towards the meeting place.

* * *

‘You’re really going to the market?’

The swordsmith began to buy various ingredients from the author.

“You should choose vegetables and fruits that are evenly colored and vivid. They should be firm, not soft, and you should avoid those with spots like this.”

Geum A-rin watched in astonishment as he looked at the market while giving an explanation.

At first, I suspected that it was a ploy to buy time. But he really was very careful about buying ingredients for cooking. He even had a piece of paper with a list of things he wanted to buy.

“Okay, now that we’ve bought the meat, that’s good!”

After seeing all the scenes, Geommugeuk decided to take her back to the garden.

“Did you think I would just go into the trap you dug?”

“Are you scared?”

Geum A-rin glared at Geommu-geuk. Even though she had suppressed her internal energy, she still couldn’t give an answer to her opponent. What on earth is this composure? Or is she crazy?

Geommugeuk raised his hands high with the materials he had been carrying.

“It will be a very tasty trap.”

Geum A-rin spoke to Hwang In, who was with her.

“You go and tell them. If you want to save your son, come alone to where I tell you to go.”

Then Geommugeuk sighed.

“Father won’t come. He’s not the type of person who would come just because someone told him to.”

“If you don’t come, your son will die?”

“But you won’t come.”

The swordsman spoke to the yellow man.

“If you ever see my father, don’t make eye contact. Be polite. Tell him everything that’s going on.”

“I guess so.”

Hwang In nodded and flinched. Geum A-rin was looking at him with a look of displeasure, as if to say, ‘Whose side are you on?’

The sword dance spoke to her.

“Okay, since I’ve already bought all the ingredients, I’ll cook dinner tonight. My cooking is not something you can easily taste, so you’re still a lucky woman who gets to eat it.”

Geum A-rin looked at Geommu-geuk with a look of disbelief. In her entire life, no one had ever told her that she was a woman who would be blessed with food.

“What on earth are you? Who sent you?”

He took the first step, smiling as if he knew that Geommugeuk would soon find out.

“I’m hungry. Let’s eat first.”

Then he stopped and asked her.

“Well, where should we go? Let’s go somewhere where we can cook.”

Absolute Return Episode 460