Rumble-
The sky roared.
Baaaang, bang!
The explosions continued.
“Hurry up a bit please!”
“Don’t push! Calm down!”
The scared voices of the people escaping the stadium…
“Give the order for the entire Capital Defense to assemble!”
“The Cooperative Alliance! Quickly arrest the Cooperative Alliance!”
“Send a letter requesting cooperation to all martial artist groups!”
The administrators were doing everything they could to remain alert and move efficiently.
“Go tell the administrators that we will help! We can’t back out here!”
“Send people to the Sky Sword immediately! We need to inform them!”
“The Cooperative Alliance, those crazy bastards! Instead of an heir we are going to get a gust of blood!”
The martial artists of different groups were moving even more efficiently.
The stadium was full of chaos but people were now moving with clearer goals on their minds.
Some people understood the reason for it.
“…It should be because of that cloud.”
The Snow Flower Sect’s Hyun Seong was one of those people.
The dark red cloud that Kim Hae-Yi had created…
The dark red light shining down through that cloud was giving people a chance to do something.
“…….”
She turned her gaze.
The Sword Ghost, Pao Seo Tae, and other experts…
“Your Majesty!”
“…….”
There was also Queen Tamahi, who refused to retreat despite the pleading of her subordinates.
Those who had given their whole lives to martial arts could not look away from somewhere.
Kim Hae-Yi.
The people who had felt chills after seeing his dark red cloud-
“Just what-”
Hyun Seong’s gaze slowly headed to the stage.
“What is that sword-?”
Her gaze was mesmerized by the sword of the person who suddenly appeared and could not move.
Boom. Boom. Boom.
Queen Tamahi could feel her heart beating.
She had been truly amazed when she first saw the dark red cloud. Seeing her people gather their strength back under that cloud, she thought that he was fitting for the future of the Lan Kingdom, whether he was an ally or an enemy.
‘That sword-’
But the moment she saw someone’s sword…
Her heart started to thump as a martial artist.
‘It is so clear.’
Queen Tamahi.
Her sword was her life now.
She had always debated the apex of martial arts while training with her sword.
Baaaaang!
Bang!
The sword continued to release loud noises while clashing with the white thread.
But she had a thought once she saw that sword.
“…It’s a black sword.”
Oooooo– oooooo–
There was a quiet roar and the black aura violently shot up.
It resembled a night sky with stars and it sparkled despite being a dreadful darkness.
There was also a different black aura roaring around the tip of his sword.
Slash!
The black sword sliced the white thread again.
“Yes-”
It was exactly as stated, a sword.
The Queen could clearly feel it because she had, at one point, been the strongest figure in the Lan Kingdom.
‘He has not trained.’
No, based on how he has his basic foundation down… He looked to have learned sword art when he was young, but-
‘Other than that, he learned everything through real battles.’
She was certain that this guy had swung his sword in fierce battles.
Simply to slash…
Simply to block…
Simply to survive-
“To survive-”
There was an unexplainable sense of desperation within this sword.
If I do not swing this sword-
I will be eaten.
My things will be taken away.
‘Yeah.’
That was the reason humans picked up swords in the first place.
Setting aside power or fame or all of those things-
The original reason should have been for survival.
Was there a clearer reason for the sword than that?
“…I’ve been ignoring it.”
Queen Tamahi had ignored it.
No.
She had no need to do so.
As the child of the former King, she did not pick up her sword for survival; she had picked it up to learn martial arts.
That might have been the reason that…
‘I can’t-’
She could not look away from this simple yet violent sword.
And her heart was beating wildly.
If looking at Kim Hae-Yi made her think about the future of the kingdom…
Seeing this man’s sword made her want to fight.
‘However-’
However, the Queen couldn’t help but look at another person every so often for some odd reason.
‘Who is that guy?’
The man wearing a mask and standing between Kim Hae-Yi and the red-haired swordsman.
Who was this guy?
Kim Hae-Yi closed his eyes and calmly started to meditate as if he could rely on this person.
Ruuuumble-
He was probably controlling the cloud in the sky.
Furthermore, the red-haired swordsman also became completely relaxed as he swung the sword once he saw this masked man.
‘Who is he?’
…For some odd reason, she felt like this guy was the leader.
Rather than running away, Tamahi placed a hand on the hilt of her sword and focused on the stage.
She was ready to fight at any moment.
Seeing these three people made her itch for a fight.
Baaaaang!
There was another loud explosion.
Chhh-
Choi Han was pushed back.
He was flung away by the force of the white thread.
“!”
However, So Hee’s pupils shook.
Slash.
Another white thread was slashed away.
This was one that had not even been touched by the Heavenly Demon’s dark red light.
“How-”
She truly could not believe it.
“How could another seed appear?”
When a unique power was first discovered and had not taken its form yet…
That seed stage…
Another seed in addition to Kim Hae-Yi had appeared.
Furthermore-
“…It’s dangerous.”
Despite it being only a seed, it had the power to easily slash away So Hee’s white thread.
This bastard was even more dangerous than Kim Hae-Yi.
‘Was there such a wanderer?’
To think about that…
Tatap!
So Hee did not have the time.
Choi Han lightly pushed off the ground and charged toward So Hee again.
“Fuck!”
So Hee quickly moved both hands.
White threads shot out of her palm.
“Expand.”
As soon as she said that, it turned into dozens of strands and flew toward Choi Han.
Choi Han raised his sword.
‘Wanderer.’
He was not thinking about anything else right now.
The white threads approaching him…
Slash.
He cut one of them.
Slash.
He cut another one.
He then pushed forward.
However, Choi Han could not cut all of the dozens of strands.
Bang!
Baaaaang!
Bang, bang!
Some of them stabbed in the ground around Choi Han or in the path in front of him.
They then released white lights.
It seemed to be creating some sort of domain again.
Choi Han probably resembled a prey jumping into a spider web.
However, Choi Han didn’t have such thoughts.
‘Wanderer-’
He was looking only at So Hee.
He could do that right now.
The Heavenly Demon.
Alberu.
Cale.
These three people were taking care of the things Choi Han usually handled.
Alberu was helping people escape.
The Heavenly Demon set the field so that they could fight.
Furthermore, Cale, who was behind him, would step in to help if Choi Han ended up in any sort of danger.
Today, he could truly just fight.
Choi Han knew why they took care of these things to allow him the chance to fight.
Choi Jung Gun and the wanderer…
Choi Han and Choi Jung Gun…
They took the trouble to create such a situation because they all knew the relationship between the three of them.
At least Choi Han was certain that was the reason.
Cale, who would usually step in saying it was most efficient and easiest if he took care of it, was quiet today.
He probably chose a more cumbersome path for the Heavenly Demon and Choi Han’s benefits.
Slash.
That was why Choi Han could charge forward without any hesitation.
He was not scared of what was behind his back.
‘Forward!’
I just need to look forward.
How wonderful was this?
When he first held the sword and had to fight against monsters, forget front and back, he had to even be scared of the ground he was standing on.
But now-
‘I just need to walk down my own path.’
Choi Han’s mind was about to run wild, not from the desire for revenge but because of an unexplainable feeling of gratitude in his heart.
And he did not suppress it.
Boom. Boom.
The wilder his heart thumped…
Slash!
Slash, slash-
He cut through the white threads faster.
Choi Han did not look at his sword.
But he could feel it.
‘It grew bigger.’
The black aura that had normally only faintly wrapped around Choi Han and his sword was bigger now.
It was also clearer.
‘This power gets stronger the more certainty I have about my path.’
The Heavenly Demon’s aura developed in an explosive manner.
The backing for it was that the Heavenly Demon, who was experiencing something new in New World, had realized that the thing that was most important to him was the Demon Cult.
It should have been because he became certain about the path he needed to travel.
Boom. Boom.
He could see it clearly now.
Yes. He could see it.
The white threads.
When his black aura touches the threads-
‘A path appears.’
Once he got rid of the obstacle in his way, he could see the path he needed to travel.
It was different from team leader Lee Soo Hyuk’s power to slash through anything that Beacrox was learning.
‘Ah.’
Choi Han gasped and kicked off the ground.
Tatap!
He flew up.
Bang!
A white thread stabbed into the ground.
However, Choi Han easily jumped over it and charged forward some more.
He could see a path.
It was a roadmap.
“You little bastard!”
Now getting past dozens-
“Expand!”
The white threads now spread into hundreds of strands.
Screeeeech-
The white light coming out of So Hee got bigger.
The area all around Choi Han was turning white, covered in spider webs.
Oooooo– oooooo–
Choi Han’s sword’s aura was starting to roar quieter in contrast to its violent appearance.
Hundreds of white threads stabbed into the ground like pouring rain.
As the comparison could be made wondering if a human could dodge the rain without an umbrella-
Slash.
Choi Han’s black aura slashed the threads and charged forward.
It didn’t use excessive strength at once.
It was just enough for what was needed to push forward.
Ooooo—
Similar to cries getting more frequent…
The shape of the yong became faint as well.
The shining black aura as well…
The dark presence…
Everything was getting smaller in size.
Ooooo–
Now all that could be seen was the black aura wrapped around the sword in his hand.
Alberu subconsciously stopped moving and quietly observed.
A white storm poured down.
A black-covered Choi Han took a step forward inside the rain.
His appearance-
“…A predatory beast-”
Yes.
He was like a wild animal.
A predatory beast that found its prey and started to make its move in the rain.
The beast’s movements did not need to be excessive.
It had no need to show off.
It just-
“It just needs to catch its prey.”
“Ah.”
Alberu gasped.
‘Yes. That’s it.
Choi Han always fought like this.’
Choi Han had a rough and violent black yong around him, but…
He was not the type to enjoy an attention-grabbing fight.
This fact that Alberu recalled so slowly was something Choi Han already knew.
His start was in the Forest of Darkness for his survival after all.
There was no need to show off there.
In fact, he had to hide when he was weak.
After he became strong-
‘There was even less need to show off.’
The monsters of the Forest of Darkness knew he was strong and avoided him.
Choi Han raised his sword.
Slash.
He slashed another one of the ‘white rain.’
Choi Han heard Cale’s voice behind him.
“Yeah. That’s how a scared prey acts.”
A smile appeared on Choi Han’s face.
Forward.
Choi Han, who was only looking toward his goal, saw So Hee.
“You bastard! You dare!”
So Hee was releasing hundreds of white threads.
Her eyes were full of astonishment and fear.
In order to avoid a predatory beast…
A prey would run away…
Or it would exaggerate its powers in the hope that the beast would run away.
As for the predatory beast, it would just quietly aim for the prey’s neck.
A peaceful voice came out of Choi Han’s mouth.
“Oh, I made it.”
Choi Han, who had seemed like a small dot in So Hee’s white eyes, was now as large as a mountain.
He really had become larger.
“……!”
A predatory beast knew when it needed to use its strength.
It was stupid to save its strength with the prey right in front of it.
Screeeeech-
The dreadful and chilling noise that seemed to be mixed with despair…
That sound disappeared.
Well, it wasn’t accurate to say that the sound disappeared.
“Ah.”
“Ho-”
However, he was so focused on what he was looking at that he could not hear anything.
The large black yong shot up from Choi Han’s body.
– Not yet.
Cale heard the Super Rock’s voice.
– That isn’t an ancient power yet.
The Super Rock’s voice was shaking.
Seeing the Heavenly Demon allowed the Super Rock to realize that the identity of these aura domains were seeds of ancient powers.
– But to be this strong, Choi Han, this child, truly,
The Super Rock commented, almost in amazement.
– He truly is scary.
The black presence that had been faint shot up, almost as if it was exploding, with his aura.
The sparkling black yong was a bit clearer than before.
But it still violently opened its jaws as if its rage was not being hidden.
It charged in the direction of Choi Han’s sword.
“Fuck!”
So Hee pulled a white thread in front of her like a shield.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip—!
The black yong ripped apart the white thread with its sharp fang, and Choi Han’s sword, Choi Han’s body-
It charged forward while ripping away the spider web.
Finally, he reached his target.
Slash.
He then slashed through it.
“Aaaaaaah-!”
So Hee’s piercing screech echoed out.
So Hee was covering her eyes with both hands.
Blood was dripping down between them.
This wanderer, whose eyes had turned white as she released light…
The core of that power was clear.
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Translator’s Comments
Choi Han used slash! It blinded the target!
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