episode_0087

“Looks like there are some interlopers.”

“Interlopers? What do you mean, young master?”

While the two were continuing their duel, there were those who showed movements to interfere with their fight.

Of course, they were Murim people of the Tang Clan. That is, Murim people on Tang Seol-ryun’s side.

Of course, not all Murim people of the Tang Clan showed movements to intervene.

Some of the Murim people.

They were probably the closest aides of Tang Seol-ryun.

Other Murim people seemed confused about who to choose in this fight.

In other words, it showed that Tang Seol-ryun had not yet completely taken control of the Tang Clan.

‘If so, it means that even within the Tang Clan, there are those who are suspicious of Tang Seol-pung’s death and Tang Seol-ryun’s actions.’

Swish

I took out the Holy Sword from the inventory.

As the pure white blade revealed its form, I simultaneously scanned with my eyes all those who should be targeted.

【Space Rend】

My sword energy, ignoring distance, cut off the wrists of those who showed movements to interfere.

“Keu-ack!!”

“Keueu-euk!!!”

Of course, I didn’t completely sever them to the point where they couldn’t function as people.

I merely prevented them from throwing things like throwing stars for the time being.

“If you have any conscience, you shouldn’t interfere now. Watch carefully. Which direction your Tang family will go in.”

Then, I turned my gaze to watch the two people’s fight.

“Young master, then are you not going to help even if Seol-rin becomes dangerous?”

“Well…, if it gets really dangerous, I’ll have to save her. And the moment I intervene is the same as Seol-rin having lost, so I’ll leave this place immediately.”

Before the Salt Country goes to war with the Beastman Alliance, it will have to start a war with Sichuan.

“….”

“Why? Are you worried?”

“Of course, I am. How can you be so calm? We’ve been with Seol-rin for quite a long time, haven’t we?”

“That’s….”

Whether she was hit by a throwing star or just grazed, Seol-rin staggered, barely managing to maintain her balance, and glared at Seol-ryun.

From what I heard, the poison Tang Seol-ryun used was Four Poisons….

An extreme poison created using the blood and resentment of an Imoogi. Being able to handle that means he has already sold some of his comrades to the Beastman Alliance.

“You know what? An Imoogi is a creature that crawls on the ground to become a dragon.”

“?”

“Indeed…, I see. So, you see that Imoogi’s child becoming a dragon?”

“Who knows?”

I shrugged my shoulders at Baek-ho’s question and answered vaguely, then looked at Seol-rin, who was gritting her teeth and trying to stand up, and said.

“If Seol-rin can’t become a dragon here…, I’ll have to destroy this place.”

“…!”

* * *

“Right now…, what are you talking about…. Four Poisons is….”

“You already knew, it seems. Well, you said you already met the Devil King. Did he say something unnecessary?”

“…Tang Seol-ryun!!!”

Even the title of older brother was now a waste.

She shouted the opponent’s name loudly out of anger, but in a fight of throwing stars flying at high speed, such anger was a big mistake.

Pa-ba-ba-bat!!

“?!”

Several throwing knives pierced her body in an instant.

The pain that came as soon as she realized this made her want to cry.

But she didn’t fall in the end.

She couldn’t fall.

“The head of the Tang Clan!! Sacrificing the people of the Tang Clan as sacrifices?!”

“Ha! That’s a funny story, Seol-rin. Do you think that there were no sacrifices at all in order for poison to develop in the first place! How fatal the poison is! What you have to do to handle that poison! Do I have to explain each and every one of those sacrifices!! The Tang Clan’s endless development is built on the blood of our Tang family!!!”

Seol-ryun responded to Seol-rin’s words filled with anger with words that were also mixed with anger.

At the same time, Seol-ryun’s arm moved.

“Nine Ring Kill!!”

Ping! Pa-sha-sha-sha-shat!!

Shadows of death drawing nine irregular trajectories.

Seol-rin hurriedly moved her body to avoid it, but after allowing several throwing stars and the poison spreading, the moment she put strength into her leg to avoid it, her strength gave out.

In the end, six more throwing stars pierced Seol-rin’s body, dyeing Seol-rin’s clothes red.

“Kkeueueueup!!!”

What Seol-rin was enduring with was just willpower.

She endured the pain of the Four Poisons with willpower alone and swung her arm.

“Soul-chasing Flying Butterfly!”

A single line extending out.

But for Seol-rin, who was standing with only willpower, the accuracy and power of the throwing star were very low.

Seol-ryun avoided Seol-rin’s throwing star simply by tilting his head, and at the same time pierced Seol-rin’s body with the same technique.

Of course, compared to Seol-rin, the power and accuracy of Seol-ryun’s technique were so great that even comparing them was disrespectful.

Like a doll with a severed string, Seol-rin knelt down.

Seol-rin, who was trembling like a small animal soaked in rain, fell with a pale face.

“Uweck!”

Seol-rin spat out blood.

Only after the dark, dead blood poured out was Seol-rin able to barely come to her senses.

Feeling Seol-ryun slowly approaching her in the meantime, she somehow raised her body and looked at Seol-ryun.

He frowned as he looked down at Seol-rin, who was crawling on the floor.

“Did you think you could easily win against someone like me who can’t use Blood Awakening? No. This is reality. If the difference called Blood Awakening disappears, the difference between you and me is this much.”

He shouted with a voice mixed with a little anger and a sense of inferiority.

And Seol-rin tried her best to stand up, putting strength into her body that had no strength.

Then, sweating profusely, she said to Seol-ryun.

“Blood Awakening…. You certainly…, couldn’t use Blood Awakening…. But how…, how did you become able to use Blood Awakening?”

“Ha…, is that what you’re curious about?”

“Your Blood Awakening…, the Beastman Alliance’s Divine Beast Transformation or something like that…, is it the same structure?….”

Gritting her teeth,

Seol-rin shouted with tears welling up in her eyes due to anger.

“Just! Because of that kind of power! You killed your father!! And sacrificed those who followed you!?”

“That’s because you have power that you can say such a thing!!”

Obvious rage.

Seol-ryun’s face contorted greatly as he shouted.

“You who could use Blood Awakening wouldn’t know!! My situation as the eldest son, who couldn’t use Blood Awakening! My father’s gaze was always cold! Because of the single difference called Blood Awakening, I couldn’t even catch up to your skills!!!”

That was the expectation and pressure that he naturally had as the eldest son.

And the frustration that he couldn’t live up to his father’s expectations.

These were Seol-ryun’s emotions mixed up in a mess.

He spat it out and stomped on Seol-rin’s hand.

“Kkeueueueut!….”

“But it’s different now. I got this power in my hands. And this power will soon spread throughout the Tang Clan. If that happens, the Tang Clan will become the number one family in the Salt Country.”

“Just…, because of that kind of thing….”

Kwaaak

“?!!!”

She can’t even speak because of the pain.

She just twitches to endure the pain. Seol-ryun coldly watched the scene and said.

“Don’t worry. I won’t kill you. Because I need the blood of a living Imoogi to make Four Poisons.”

“Shut…, up….”

“The Four Poisons that were created now were made with the blood of an Imoogi who can’t use Blood Awakening. If I make it with the blood of an Imoogi who can use Blood Awakening…, I wonder how much more powerful the poison will be completed?”

Is it because of the helplessness of not being able to do anything? Or is it simply because of the Four Poisons and pain spreading through her body?

Her body gradually began to lose strength.

‘If I fall…, he will probably move.’

Only because this is a matter of the Tang family has he not interfered.

If she falls, he will start to move.

And perhaps…, when that happens, the Tang Clan will disappear.

His purpose was to come to the Salt Country to eliminate the fragment of the Devil King who is acting together with the Beastman Alliance.

So, he will not leave the Tang Clan, which is hindering him from dealing with the Beastman Alliance, alone.

‘So…, I wanted to end it with my own hands….’

The moment she thought it was the limit….

A cool sensation lingered on her body, which was gradually dying.

Shaaaa….

“…You.”

What secretly approached, without even Seol-ryun noticing, was Salan’s pet snake.

What happened to Seol-ran?

Could it be that Seol-ran was also taken to the Beastman Alliance as a material for Four Poisons? Or is she still safe? All sorts of worries flashed through her mind. In the meantime, Seol-rin’s pet snake opened its mouth wide and took out a small bead from its mouth and passed it to Seol-rin.

[I resent it….]

A voice suddenly echoed in her head.

[I resent it!….]

A mournful cry filled with resentment, sadness, and anger.

[I resent it!!]

A neutral voice that was neither male nor female.

At the same time, that voice, like the cry of a beast, spoke directly to her.

[Why couldn’t I become a dragon! I worked harder than anyone else! Despite working harder than anyone else! Why can’t I become a dragon flying in the sky!!!]

Anger that makes her body tremble.

That figure somehow looked like she was looking at her own older brother. She knew well enough the efforts her own older brother, Tang Seol-ryun, had made.

That’s why she didn’t raise any objections when her father appointed Tang Seol-ryun as the young patriarch.

She was neither suited for a position with such responsibility, nor did she simply want to train her skills using the throwing star techniques, the pride of the Ahri family.

But how would that have felt to Seol-ryun?

[I resent it!!!]

She almost felt like she would be swept away by this anger.

At that moment, she heard the voice of a certain man that cleared her complicated mind.

“Shall I help you?”

A man with a power that she couldn’t even accurately measure the depth of its strength, a man that her friend Baek-ryun likes…, and at the same time, a man that she also holds in her heart. She heard his calm voice, the voice of the man called a Hero in a foreign country.

“…It’s okay.”

Nothing can be solved with anger alone.

Calmly, she calms her mind.

She recalls her father’s teachings that in order to maintain the sharpness of the throwing stars, one must have an unwavering mind. At the same time, one must have a calm mind.

Shaaaaaa…….

The size and flow of the energy that Seol-rin possessed changed.

“Wh, what…. What just happened…, you!”

Seol-ryun belatedly realized the existence of the pet snake attached to Seol-rin’s body, but the situation was already too late.

For the Imoogi who had waited for a long time to be born as a dragon, a small wish-fulfilling orb was given.

Kwaaaang!!!!

“…Hoo….”

Thus, a small dragon was born that severed the resentment of the Imoogi.