Absolute Regression Chapter 607

Episode 607: Do you think that just anyone can be a victim of murder?

Seojin was practicing swordsmanship in the courtyard of Cheonmasin Church.
The swordsmanship she was using was the Yellow Dragon Sword Technique.
The Yellow Dragon Sword Technique reinterpreted by Geommu Geuk was not difficult, but profound.
It was a sword technique that allowed her to see a different side of herself as her skill improved. That is why she would be more impressed as her skill improved.

For the past few days, she has been engrossed in her training. During the day, she has practiced swordsmanship, and at night, she has practiced her ghostcraft. This is the first time in her life that she has practiced martial arts so diligently.

Even before this incident, she knew that the world of martial arts was a scary and dangerous place. However, living as a blood relative of the ghost family, she had never truly felt fear.

But through this experience, she realized that the martial arts world she had lived in until now was a greenhouse martial arts world. A martial arts world where only the neighborhood scoundrels were punished.

The real martial arts world is where the young man smiling brightly in front of me could be the leader of the Cheonmasingyo cult, and where the barefooted martial arts instructor is after that leader.

When you open the greenhouse door and step outside, you realize that it’s not just a strong wind blowing, but that you’re heading straight for a thousand-foot cliff.

If Geommu-geuk and Ian hadn’t come to help him this time, would he have been able to survive here?

Seojin’s gaze turned back to the entrance.
It seemed as if the door would open at any moment.
The two demons and Ian who had left to fetch the young sect leader had not returned for several days.

‘I told you when you recruited me, right? Just trust me. I trust you. So come on in.’

In fact, she was more concerned because the beginning of this incident was something that started because of her. It was something that started while investigating the death of her hometown older brother, Im Hyeon.

At that time, Baekryongban’s Kyo-Seok and Yoo-Gwang, who had come with An-Ga, came out there.
Now that they knew the other person’s identity, they were very cautious in dealing with Seo-Jin.

“Are you practicing?”

Seojin smiled at the two people.

“You can be comfortable with me.”
“But I can’t do that.”

To an ordinary person, the mines of the Heavenly Demon Sect are truly a terror.
Even while staying in Anga for the past few days, my heart was on the line. I was afraid that I might run into the mines who were managing Anga, and that I might offend them, so I didn’t even speak loudly.

“Are you feeling stuffy? Everyone will be here soon.”

Kyo-seok, who was watching Seo-jin’s expression, blurted out with a half-hearted feeling.

“You’re going to kill us in the end, right?”

Seojin asked with a puzzled expression. You’ve been fine for a few days.

“Why are you suddenly saying that?”

Then, Kyo-Seok looked at Yoo-Gwang who was next to him.

“He said his anxiety disappeared this morning.”

Yoo Gwang, who always said he was anxious, said today that his anxiety suddenly disappeared.

“I don’t know why, but I feel at ease.”

Kyo-Seok sighed at Yoo-Gwang’s words.

“Thanks to you, I became more ominous.”
“I said my anxiety went away!”
“So why did it suddenly disappear?”
“I guess something good will happen.”
“No, you have to keep being anxious! That makes me feel better.”

It wasn’t just a joke; Gyo-seok’s anxiety was genuine.

“I have a favor to ask. I have written a letter to send to my parents in my room. Please send it to them when I die. Oh, don’t worry. I have never written a single word related to the Demonic Cult, or rather, the Heavenly Demon Cult. No one will know that we were murdered and annihilated by the Cult.”

It was just then.

“Do you think that just anyone can be targeted by a murderer?”

When the three people turned around in surprise, they saw Ian entering the place.

“My lord! Are you here?”

Seojin was very happy to see her return safely.
Kwonma and Ilhwageomjeon followed her in.

Seojin politely greeted Kwonma and Ilhwageomjon. Kyo-seok and Yoo-gwang stepped back and bowed their heads, not even breathing.
When the two demons went inside first, Seojin asked Ian.

“What about the young cult leader?”
“He will be here soon.”

Ian teased Kyo-seok and Yoo-gwang while leaving her feeling relieved.

“You send the letter yourself when you leave. You idiot, don’t worry about such useless things. It’s so big that you’ll get killed.”

Then the teacher asked happily.

“Are you really going to let me live?”
“If you were going to kill me, you would have killed me already.”
“Thank you.”

Then, Kyo-Seok looked at Yoo-Gwang.

‘But why is your intuition so good?’

Yoo Gwang found courage in the belief that his intuition was right.

“I have a favor to ask.”
“What is it?”
“I also want to follow the Cheonma Sect.”

Kyo-seok was startled and stopped Yu-gwang.

“You! Are you crazy?”

Ian stared at Yu Gwang quietly. It would be nice to have someone who could sense ominous things as a subordinate. But he was too young and naive to take him for that reason.

“I refuse.”
“May I ask why?”

How do you explain to a fool who doesn’t know what it’s like to live as a mine? If a war breaks out, you’ll have to point your sword at your friends? Can you kill the teacher next to you? Will your parents, who sent you to the military academy to learn martial arts, faint? Is that okay?

Just as Ian was wondering what answer to give to convince him,
a refreshing answer came from the entrance.

“Because I don’t have the skills yet.”

When I looked back, I saw Geommu-geuk coming into An-ga. This time, Ian and Seo-jin came together to welcome him.

“Your Majesty!”

Ian confidently answered Seojin that the Sword Dance would come soon, but he was still worried inside. After all, it was the other person.
Who would worry about whom? But if not him, who would worry about the Sword Dance?

“When you become exactly ten times stronger than you are now, come find Ian.”

At that moment, Ian knew. This answer was the right answer. Even if he tried to explain it to him in various words, it would only leave Yoo-kwang with regrets and a complicated mind.
However, if he tried to become ten times stronger, he would grow into a great martial artist.

And when he becomes ten times stronger, this incident will become a memory from his youth. If he still remembers this incident and comes back to me, then it can truly be called fate.

“Can that be possible?”

Yu Gwang answered Geommugeuk’s question with strength.

“Yes! I’ll come back ten times stronger!”

After shouting, Yoo Gwang’s face darkened.

“Oh, I’m feeling anxious again.”

Kyo-seok sighed at the sight.

“I’ll be anxious until I become ten times stronger. I’ll have to live my whole life hearing that I’m anxious.”
“I said I was supposed to be anxious!”

The Sword Dance Theater made me think that the friendship between the two people would continue like this. Even if they came back ten times stronger, I felt like the two of them would come together. Yes, looking back on this friendship, don’t miss it for nothing and protect it well.

At that moment, Yeon Baek-jin walked out there. As he came out, Kyo-seok and Yoo-gwang left their seats and went into their living quarters.

“Are you here?”

Yeon Baek-jin was curious about what had happened to his brother, but he didn’t dare ask first.
How could Geommu-geuk not know his feelings?

“From now on, you are the head of the Hwangryong Martial Arts Department.”

I could tell from those words. My brother was dead. I was about to ask who killed him, but I stopped myself. That was no different from asking the leader of the Demonic Cult, “You killed my brother?”

It wasn’t as surprising as I thought, and it wasn’t as refreshing or exciting as I thought.

“He died without any pain. He died without even feeling that he was dying, so don’t be too sad.”

It seems like blood relatives were born to be blood relatives, as he was lucky to die without pain, even though he was the one who tried to kill himself.

“From now on, the Hwangryongmu-gwan will be different.”

My brother only ran for the best military officer in the Central Plains. Yeon Baek-jin had no such greed.

“Even if I raise just one, I will raise a person with proper character.”
“You can start with the two guys who went in there.”

Yeon Baek-jin nodded and looked at Geommu-geuk, Ian, and Seo-jin.
Geommu-geuk could feel it. In his eyes looking at Seo-jin, there was no sign of a tragic fate that would come to an end.

The reason the sword dance began was because this incident was meant to change the fate of two people.

‘I did it.’

In this way, the work of the Hwangryongmu-gwan was completely concluded.

Geommugeuk told Kwonma and Ilhwageomjon about the incident with Geomwang.

“I decided to stay friends with that person.”

I said it honestly because I thought the demons should know.
If the person who said this wasn’t Geommugeuk, neither Kwonma nor Ilhwageomjon would have believed it.

The prayer of the Sword King that they had seen.
There was no space for anyone else to enter between those densely packed sword blades.

“What kind of person is he?”

Ilhwageomjon showed curiosity. Since the opponent was a swordsman, he was naturally curious.

“Actually, I don’t know him very well, but I got this feeling. He is someone who wants to be free more than anyone else, but he is tied down tightly by them.”

Then Ilhwageomjon said something unexpected.

“Like you?”

The sword dance spectator smiled at her. In the eyes of the Ilhwa Sword Master, he too seemed to be tied up and looking for freedom.

“I think I can endure the pain of being tied up since there is someone who understands me like this.”
“Who in this world can tie up a small cult leader? He must have tied himself up.”

That’s why I thought the freedom that Geommugeuk longs for would be even more desperate.

“That’s right. I’m someone who wants to roam freely around this martial arts world. The reason I went on a trip with my father was because I wanted him to live a free life as well.”

There’s another honesty added to it.

“But just as much as I want freedom, I also have a desire for power. Isn’t this the position of the leader of the Cheonmasin Church, and not just any other position? Freedom is only for a day or two, so what kind of freedom is it that I would kick this position out without hesitation? I definitely have a desire to inherit it and run it well.”

Of course, the first priority was to convince my father to give up his martial arts world within the five years he had promised.

Kwon Ma, who had been listening at that time, spoke calmly.

“You will be a good leader.”

The gaze of the swordsman turned to Kwon Ma. At times like this, you can feel how much power the silence of the taciturn people has.
If you said this to someone, they would say, ‘Are you flattering me again?’, but this one word from Kwon Ma, who is a man of few words, flew in as a great power.

“Of course he would be a better leader than my father, right?”

Of course, to Kwon-ma, the presence of his father is like an impregnable fortress.

“That would be difficult.”

Geommugeuk asked with a smile. Now it was time to thank him.

“Isn’t it your intention to leave a chair leading to the basement?”

The person that the Sword King trusted must have been a true master. Perhaps one of the twelve Zodiac Kings. Even while fighting such a master, Kwon-ma left behind a chair.

Kwon-ma simply nodded slightly, not making a fuss about it.
It is a rule that the less fussy a person is, the more gratitude he should express.

If you understand his intentions and express your gratitude in words, the difficult fight that Kwon-ma must have been going through will be able to end properly.
Geommu-geuk bowed his head respectfully and put a period to it.

“Thank you so much.”

That night, Geommu-geuk opened the space-time transfer technique.
It was the first time in a long while that he did not practice, but rather rested.

A pure white sandy beach with an endless blue sea. Comfortable chairs under big-leafed trees.

“Ah! This is so good!”

I just found myself saying it was nice to sit back comfortably in the chair.

“Here, you get some rest too.”

I placed the stool on the stool I had made next to it.

After that, I looked at the blue sky and the sea for a while.
Feeling the warm, gentle sea breeze blowing, I felt better.

“I learned a lot about you from this trip.”

As the energy inside my body became mine, my feelings toward the Bigwi also became more friendly.

“Where are the other three energies?”

There was one place I had a hunch about.

The Murim Alliance.

The secret weapon came from our school, and we obtained the beads from the Sado Alliance, the Pungcheon Church, and the Bukhae Ice Palace. Then, wouldn’t there be one from the Murim Alliance?

“It’s in the Murim Alliance too, right?”

How great it would be if you could speak!

Even if it is stored in the Murim Alliance, you cannot go to the Murim Alliance leader or Jin Ha-gun and ask them to hand over the bead. Just like the ones you have obtained so far, you will obtain it when you are destined to receive it.

Geommu-geuk decided not to rush. It was the same when he first got the secret. He decided to leave it to fate and be at ease.

Geommu-geuk emptied his mind and enjoyed his alone time.
He dozed off on the chair, woke up, walked along the beach, squatted down and watched the crabs crawling around.
He lay down again and fell asleep, woke up again and watched the sea. Then he shouted.

“I really don’t want to go out!”

The next morning, a carriage was prepared to return to the main school.

Three carriages.

Kwonma rode in the lead, Ilhwageomjon rode in the middle, and Geommugeuk, Ian, and Seojin rode in the last carriage. The two demons prepared separate carriages for their convenience.

Seojin expressed his gratitude to the Geommugeuk he was sitting across from.

“Thanks to you, I was able to avenge my brother. Thank you, Young Master.”

This is nothing compared to what you did for me in my life before my regression.
Geommugeuk asked her with a meaningful smile.

“How do you feel about going to our school?”

As if he was thinking about what to say,
Seojin suddenly held out his hand with his palm facing upward.

Sssssut.

A black smoke rose from the palm of his hand, and a black wolf was created. It was small enough to fit on his palm, but it was a handsome wolf with a manly look in its eyes.

“When the Lord first recruited me, I was like this.”

Ss …

Again, more black smoke rose in front of the wolf, forming the face of a large tiger.
The moment the tiger opened its mouth wide!
The magnificent wolf burst into a terrified dog with its tail wagging.

“This is the situation now.”

The swordsman laughed at the dog. He knew he could do such tricks, but he never showed them when he was a ronin.

“It’s just like how I look in front of my father.”

As Geommugeuk stroked the dog with an expression of sympathy, the dog made of black smoke rubbed its face against Geommugeuk’s hand.
Geommugeuk spoke while stroking the dog.

“It doesn’t matter whether it’s a tiger, a wolf, or a dog.”
“Then what matters?”

The feelings that Geommugeuk had for Ian were also conveyed to Seojin.

“What matters is whether you are happier when you get to the main office than you are now. I don’t want an unhappy tiger.”

Seojin hadn’t known the little sect leader for long, but at least he knew that those words were sincere.

puck!

The dog disappeared and the wolf from before was recreated in its place.

“Even if I can’t be a happy tiger, I will try to be a happy wolf.”

Yes, the girl I met as a ronin before my regression was like a wolf.

Live like that, Seo Jin-ah. Instead, this time, live as a wolf who smiles brightly.

Now that I think about returning to my school, faces that I want to see come to mind one after another. Faces that I couldn’t see properly because I was in such a hurry to leave school.

The swordsman stuck his head out the carriage window and shouted loudly.

“Okay, let’s head to the main campus! This time, let’s go as fast as possible!”