Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Chapter 671

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Taejonbirok Volume 27, Chapter 21

Chapter 147: The Lazy Man Falls (1)

“Have you ever been swept away by a rapid current?”

The voice of the Gwanggu Shingae was dark and subdued.

“Are you talking about rapids?”

“Yes, rapids. I mean, fast-flowing water.”

“I have no such experience.”

"Being swept away by a torrent is an experience you should never experience. It's like stepping into the jaws of death. A stream where children usually play and splash around becomes a dragon swallowing everything when it encounters a torrential downpour."

The Gwanggu Shingae shook its head.

"The blackened water obscures all vision, and the debris carried by the rapids crushes human bodies. Even more terrifying is the pressure of the water itself. The rising waters are beyond human strength."

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Do you know why rapids are scary?”

Saga tilted his head.

I've already told you why rapids are scary, so why are you asking again?

“Isn’t it because humans cannot handle that power?”

“No.”

"……yes?"

The Gwanggu Shingae was filled with a sense of pride.

"There are so many things humans cannot handle. Is rapids the only thing in the world they cannot handle? In fact, there are even fewer things humans can do."

“…….”

Gwanggu Shingae sipped the wine from the bottle.

"The reason rapids are scary is… because normally, the water flows calmly there. It's scary because the place where you can coolly dip your ankles and swim suddenly opens its black maw and swallow you whole."

"ah……."

“Life is like that too.”

The voice of the Gwanggu Shingae was extremely serious.

"Living is like dipping your ankles into still water. Sometimes the water feels refreshing, but other times it's so cold you want to run away. But that's something you can somehow endure as you go along. The problem is that sometimes that calm water overturns and a torrent surges in. A torrent that no one can control."

The Gwanggu Shingae shook its head.

"Most people, when swept away by that torrent, give up. It's not that they lack willpower. They know they can't resist because they're powerless. But sometimes, someone comes along who resists that torrent. And eventually, they overcome it. We call them heroes."

Saga's eyes became heavy.

"then……."

I understand what Gwanggu Shingae is saying. Then, Saga has only one question to ask.

“Was Gwanghwimujon a hero?”

“…….”

The answer didn't come right away.

Saga didn't rush him, but waited for Gwanggu Shingae to gather his thoughts. Every time the subject of Wi Yeon-ho came up, Gwanggu Shingae's evaluation of him fluctuated.

Perhaps Gwanggu Shingae does not have an answer to this question right now.

“I don’t know what to say.”

After thinking for a while, Gwanggu Shingae shook his head.

“No, that’s not true. Wi Yeon-ho is not a hero.”

"……also."

I thought that answer would come out.

"You could call Wei Yanhu a hero. But while he may have walked the hero's path, he wasn't someone who set out to become one. He preferred a quiet life in the wilderness. To call someone like him a hero is too harsh."

Gwanggu Shingae smiled bitterly.

"Heaven had laid down the path of heroism for him, but Wei Yanhu dreaded it. That was the beginning of all his misfortunes. Those who aspire to be heroes must possess a firm resolve, unwavering in all circumstances… Wei Yanhu was too fragile."

Saga opened his mouth quietly.

Now he knew it too. What was about to come out of Gwanggu Shingae's mouth would be the most crucial thing in his judgment of Wi Yeonho.

“What happened?”

"Encounter. Yes, I should say encounter. Wi Yeon-ho has met. The person he was meant to meet, and the fate he was meant to experience."

The expression on Gwanggu Shingae's face was strange.

The expression on his face couldn't be defined by a single emotion.

“Yeah, we should talk about it.”

A gloomy wind seems to be blowing into the hut.

“Sometimes fate is so cruel.”

Gwanggu Shingae repeated bitterly.

"Well, maybe that's something that can't be expressed in the word 'fate.' It wasn't so much fate as it was part of a pre-determined flow."

“…….”

Saga felt something creepy.

“But the current was so violent and rapid that it was impossible for humans to endure.

* * *

What do you think was supporting Wei Yanhu?

Wei Yanho has experienced things that no human could ever handle. Even if he possessed superhuman mental powers, it couldn't have been without shock.

And the Wei Yanho I saw didn't have very strong mental strength.

huh?

How did someone with such weak mental strength endure so much?

That's the mistake that ordinary people have.

People often think that to achieve great things, someone must possess some unique qualities. But that's wrong. Wei Yanhui didn't possess exceptional mental fortitude; he was simply strong.

The strong are bound to be less shocked than the average person. Even if they experience the same incident, they can easily resolve it.

But Wei Yanho was a more delicate person than I thought.

Even with that immense power, he never once thought of using it for himself. Frankly, if I were in Wei Yanho's shoes, I'd probably be rolling around in a gold field by then.

But Wei Yanhu didn't do that.

It wasn't because he was kind or had a strong sense of duty. Wi Yeon-ho simply hated the situation. He wanted to get out of the martial world as soon as possible.

What was it that supported that kind of power?

I think it was family.

Wi Jeong-han, and Wi San-ho, Wi Su-ryeon, and Han Sang-ah… … .

If those people hadn't been staying in the martial arts world, the moment Wei Yanhu realized Baek Muhan's outrageous threats were a lie, he would have fled the world without a backward glance. I guarantee it.

But that couldn't be done.

Because Wi San-ho and Wi Jeong-han were people with too strong a sense of mission to leave the martial world with Wi Yeon-ho.

Do you know what I mean?

Wei Yanhu never once tried to protect the world. What he tried to protect was his family. To put it a bit harshly, Wei Yanhu fought the Demonic Cult to protect the Guangdong Wei family. The same goes for everything else.

What would be the most terrible thing for such a person?

Yeah… … That’s right.

That's what Wi Yeon-ho went through.

* * *

I can't breathe.

My body doesn't move.

Wi Yeon-ho looked at the man climbing the mountain, frozen like a stone statue.

Damn it.

Damn it.

A pace that is never fast.

A man was climbing the mountain with an incredibly slow pace, as if taking a leisurely stroll.

It was a leisurely pace that was impossible to imagine walking through a battlefield.

A sense of alienation.

It was a sight that should have been accompanied by a profound sense of alienation. However, the man's gait was so natural that no one could discern anything particularly strange.

But there was a strange power in that gait.

All eyes on the man who had climbed the volcano were focused on him.

“…….”

Silence descended upon the volcano.

Despite the sheer number of people present, not a breath could be heard. In the silence, so thick that even the sound of a pin dropping could be heard, no one spoke.

Those who did not know who the man coming up was were overwhelmed by the atmosphere and fell silent, while those who knew who the man coming up was unable to speak for other reasons.

An unbearable groan escaped Wei Zhenghan's mouth.

It is visible.

The appearance of a man coming up.

So familiar, yet so awkward.

The sight of a man in black uniform walking slowly with his long hair fluttering.

"……coral."

Wi Jeong-han couldn't hold it in any longer and let out those words.

Stomach coral.

His son was now walking towards the battlefield.

But that was all Wi Jeong-han could say.

His gaze follows Wei Yanho's back.

The frozen appearance of Wei Yanho.

It's as if time has stopped only around Wei Yanhu.

Those who knew about Weichan and Wei Yan could only swallow dry saliva.

How will Wei Yanho unravel this tangled fate?

Jang-il looked back and forth between the two people with trembling eyes.

'what?'

It feels strange.

It wasn't a feeling I got simply because Weisanho was climbing this mountain, or because these two sad brothers, Weisanho and Weisanho, were meeting.

Something feels fundamentally wrong.

Jang Il's gaze turned to Wi San-ho.

It's no different.

The mountain ash he was climbing now was no different from the mountain ash he knew.

That face, that expression… … . It was exactly the same as the way he remembered Weishanho, except that his hair, which had been neatly combed back in the past, was now flying wildly.

however…….

But what on earth is this sense of discomfort?

'ah…….'

Jang-il realized what the discomfort was.

"……doesn't exist."

"okay."

Peng Do-geuk also nodded.

I don't feel it.

“I have no internal energy.”

Musan also got involved.

I couldn't sense even the slightest aura from Wei Sanho. Neither the powerful internal energy he possessed nor the intense magical energy I'd felt when we met at Tangga were present.

Just like it was empty.

'How can a person do that?'

Ordinary people lack internal energy. However, lacking internal energy doesn't mean lacking vitality. Even without artificially accumulated internal energy, everyone possesses the vitality necessary to sustain life.

But now, Wi San-ho didn't feel any of that energy.

What should I say, it's like… … .

'It looks like a corpse is walking.'

It was a terrifying sight.

It feels like the truth of the world that I naturally knew is collapsing.

What on earth happened to the coral reef?

Jang Il's gaze followed Wei Yanho. If they felt it, Wei Yanho must have felt it too. So what was Wei Yanho thinking right now?

Damn it.

Damn it.

Finally, Weichanho reached the summit of the volcano. Then he slowly looked around.

Futile.

The empty gaze of the coral turns to Wei Yanhu.

“…….“

Wi Yeon-ho's body trembled.

Everyone paid attention.

What on earth will Wei Yanhu say?

But the words that Wei Yanho spoke were completely beyond everyone's expectations.

What Wei Yanho showed was neither love for his brother, nor hatred for the twisted situation, nor resentment for the wrong choice.

Just a question.

It was a question about an incomprehensible situation.

"you……."

Wei Yanho's face distorted.

Wei Yanhu, with his monstrous face, spat out each word as if chewing it.

“You… who are you?”

The heads of those who knew the two men turned violently towards Wi Yeon-ho.

who?

Who are you?

Isn't it a coral reef?

Anyone could tell that the person standing before Wei Yanho was Wei Sanho. But what was Wei Yanho saying?

“Who are you, you little shit!”

Wi Yeon-ho's voice bursts out.

And an unknown smile appeared on Weishanho's lips as he watched the scene.