episode_0085

A monster writhing in front of me.

To what extent can we trust this thing that is fluttering like bubbles?

Does that really exist?

Wouldn’t it be better to just rush in without thinking and cut it with a sword?

My movements were becoming dull due to the countless thoughts running through my head.

“Kaaagh-!”

The tentacles of the flesh monster running wild in front of me grazed my cheek.

“Ugh!”

I groaned at the blood flowing down my torn cheek.

I jumped back and widened the distance.

The flesh monster was slowly approaching, waving its tentacles like crazy.

‘Which one is real and which one is an illusion?’

I quietly looked at the katydid.

‘Does it matter?’

A sudden intuition.

I pondered that intuition.

‘No, it’s not important.’

I concluded that.

The curse of katydid. It was difficult to guess its nature.

If the suppression of the rebellion that Yeochi mentioned is true, it is probably the type of thing that amplifies human delusions.

Otherwise, there would be no way for the katydid that had been cursed to be so fine.

‘Then it would be better to accept that this attack coming towards me now… is all real.’

The fortunate thing is that the katydid and I are facing each other alone.

If there were allies around me, it would have been poisonous.

Because they will cut down their allies due to the fear that comes in their hallucinations.

‘Do not be deceived by hallucinations. ‘I think everything is true, everything is the enemy.’

That was the correct answer.

A piece of the truth that I saw while struggling in pain.

The image of corpses filling this room came to mind.

‘I shouldn’t leave you alive.’

We must not leave that woman brimming with malice.

That was my decision.

Sigh!

The blow from the katydid that had turned into a lump of flesh was fired at me once again.

I closed my eyes and swung the sword.

Suddenly!

I felt the sensation of something being cut.

Is this a real sensation, or is this also an illusion caused by hallucination?

‘That is not important.’

I repeated it again.

All I could do was move.

The most beautiful and perfect human movement I have ever seen.

I had no choice but to follow it.

Because I trust her movements.

Because I believe in her beauty.

I slowly recalled her in my memory.

The movement of the wake rose in my hand.

*****

‘why!’

Yeochi was astonished.

‘Why are you able to avoid my attacks!’

It was difficult for Yeochi to accept the reality unfolding before her eyes.

The shaman’s curse surrounds her.

It wasn’t actually a curse.

Drugs that maximize human paranoia could not have any effect on katydids.

The drug that the shaman poured into the katydid with all his might actually became the katydid’s new weapon.

With this, Yeochi controlled the eunuchs and court ladies.

He used them as his limbs and took control of the imperial palace.

Even the generals who tried to cut off her head for the crime of assassinating the emperor only became sacrifices to her new power.

‘But how can you be fine, Yugye!’

Yeochi was astonished.

The Yoo-gye she knew was someone who could hardly be called an outstanding prosecutor.

At best, mediocre swordsmanship, and at best, the courage of a professional.

That was Yugye’s skill.

However, Yugye’s sword dance unfolding before his eyes was clearly foreign.

Even in the hallucination that was tormenting him, Yugye was swinging his sword and making all kinds of attacks.

“…Ugh!”

Yeochi barely managed to avoid the sword that was shot at her in an instant.

Yugye is recreating the swordsmanship of Haengjeok.

He was now displaying the fighting style of the strongest fighter in the central region.

However, it was a miracle that made no sense in common sense.

No matter how many people have watched her swordsmanship, Yugye is an ordinary person.

Even if he imitated Hang Jeok’s movements, there was no way he could use a proper sword.

However, Yu-gye’s extremely sharp intuition and deep interest in wakes made that miracle possible.

Haengjeok’s swordsmanship, forged with natural talent, allowed him to draw the image of an imaginary enemy in Yugye’s hallucinations.

A hazy haze inside a fleshy monster.

At first, that was it.

However, Yugye experienced a strange sensation.

The more he swung the sword and the further he went, the clearer the image Yugye drew became.

False illusions lost their meaning in the face of the martial arts of wakefulness and the swordsmanship of genius talent recreated by Yu-gye.

Because all the cuts made by the sword, created through countless training, were only real.

Suddenly!

“Keuuu!”

Yugye’s sword cut into Yeochi’s body for the first time.

The Yeochi writhed in pain.

“Uh…why…”

Yeochi was a taker.

Wealthy family, noble bloodline.

That’s why she’s been running wild without getting hurt even once.

He could play with humans as toys.

“How dare… How dare…!”

That’s why Yeochi was angry.

She shouted at Yugye for daring to hurt her.

“How dare someone like you!”

The drug that had seeped into her body spurted out more strongly in response to her passion.

Yeochi wanted to become an empress.

For that purpose, Yeochi has lived by testing and measuring countless people.

After all those tedious trials and errors, I met that man, Yugye.

She could feel the presence of the Absolute in Yugye’s face.

Yugye looks like her.

Yugye was a person who could do anything for his own purposes.

Feeling that, Yeochi decided to make Yugye her companion.

He decided to embrace that seed and produce the successor to the royal family he would create.

That’s why I’ve been forging a boundless world, but I’ve waited patiently and endlessly.

“How dare you!”

The blade was pointing towards him.

It was an unbearable behavior for her.

You arranged for a child from a farming family with nothing to grow up to be an emperor, and this is the reward!

“…Not even knowing grace!”

Yeochi was furious and swung his dagger.

visor!

However, this attack was also thwarted in vain.

Creepy!

Yeochi was horrified.

It was strange.

No matter how much I thought about it, it was strange.

It couldn’t be like this.

She is the one loved by heaven.

He was more special than anyone else, more noble than anyone else, and was someone who should reign above anyone else in the world.

There was no way I could be stopped by that insignificant man who had nothing but qualifications to look forward to.

“Aaagh!”

Yeochi has already lost her mind.

She screamed and swung her dagger like crazy.

however.

Suddenly!

The katydid had a large cut on her thigh.

Suddenly!

The katydid’s left arm was cut.

Suddenly!

The katydid’s right wrist flew off.

The katydid sat down.

Yugye’s eyes were still empty.

He didn’t see anything and was just swinging his sword.

“Haha.”

The fate of death by a blind sword.

I can’t believe I’ve been running so far for that fate.

Yeochi felt empty.

Over her body,

Suddenly!

The final flash of the world exploded.

*****

Yugye went to the imperial palace alone.

After hearing the news, Haengjeok formed a separate team and raced away.

She quickly broke through the enemies and arrived in Hamyang, running straight to the imperial palace.

“…Ugh!”

Guided by the eunuchs, he entered the room where Yu-gye was invited.

She covered her mouth due to the sudden surge of nausea.

A monumental monument created by combining human corpses.

It caught the eye of the wake.

Hangjeok barely swallowed his nausea and went inside.

After walking for a while, she finally saw Yugye.

And the image of the katydid fighting with him also came into view.

‘…Yugye!’

Hang-jeok, who had vaguely heard what was going on with the eunuchs, immediately rushed to help Yu-gye.

A woman named Yeochi who assassinated the emperor and took over the imperial palace.

Because the current situation where he was aiming for the world was not at all pleasant.

Suddenly!

But at that moment, a single stroke of Yugye split the katydid.

The wake stopped with a sigh of relief.

Yugye fell to his knees, panting heavily.

“…”

Yugye was glaring at Yeochi in silence.

After the hallucinations disappeared, the face of a small woman who was close to death appeared clearly in Yugye’s field of vision.

“…Ah.”

Yeochi coughed up blood and muttered softly.

“Limited…”

Yechi said.

“You’re finally looking at my face.”

Yeochi grinned.

“…My dream… I wanted to become the emperor’s wife… My dream… I killed countless people for that… My life is stained with sin… That’s…”

Yeochi muttered with a devastated face.

“It was so beautiful.”

Yeochi said in an ecstatic voice.

‘…that woman.’

Haeng Jeok frowned.

Although she did not know much about katydid, she could guess her evil deeds.

It was a katydid that created the disgusting corpse pieces in this room. There was no way the woman who created this scene was sane.

‘At the last moment, I ran away due to delusion.’

Therefore, Haengjeok was able to guess Yeochi’s intentions.

The harsh exploitation of the Jin Empire. As she wandered around the chaotic empire, she saw people like that several times.

A madman immersed in absurd delusions.

A fanatic who shows no regrets even after creating countless victims.

The look of a madman who strangled his family to death and then faced death with a smile, drunk on delusion, was flashing in the eyes of the katydid.

“I… my life… my life running for my dream… was so beautiful.”

Yeochi muttered quietly, accepting the distant sense of death that was coming over her.

“…Okay.”

Yugye nodded.

“You were beautiful.”

“Ah, Yugye. Do you also understand?”

Yugye shook his head.

“No, this is not the only way to say I was beautiful.”

“…Are you mocking me until the last moment? Hehe, it’s okay. Because I saw myself in you and tried to make you my companion.”

“…No.”

Yugye denied Yeochi’s words.

“You don’t look like me.”

“…”

Yechi’s eyes wavered.

“You are a much cooler person than me.”

Yugye said.

“Unlike me, you were honest about your desires. Eating delicious food, singing my favorite songs, doing things I thought were cool… I lived a more enjoyable life than anyone else. He was a person who was not afraid of being happy.”

Yugye continued speaking.

“Unlike me who ran away from my dreams.”

“…”

The katydid’s eyes rolled slowly.

“That’s why I loved you.”

“…lies.”

“…It’s not a lie.”

Yugye denied her suspicions.

“I… That’s why I loved you. I envied you for being more honest than anyone else. That’s why I was afraid and jealous of you… and hesitated to answer your courtship.”

“…”

“You are my idol. That’s why I wanted to live with you.”

Yugye quietly stroked Yeochi’s face.

“If I was with you, I didn’t need the throne or my dreams. All I needed was you. I also wanted to live like you, smiling honestly… and being grateful for being with each other… and now… I finally realized it.”

“…Ah.”

Tears welled up in the corners of Yeochi’s eyes.

Yeochi’s heart pounded.

Someone who loved her for who she was.

A desire that I had ignored until now, lost in the delusion called a dream.

A man who embraces her honestly.

That was her wish.

At the moment of death, the warm hand extended to her gave Yechi enlightenment.

“…Ah.”

Yechi’s eyes shook.

“I… I… What on earth… did I…”

Her mouth trembled.

What on earth have I done?

In the name of a dream, I gave poison to my only friend.

Torturing countless people.

I even abandoned my family.

“…bounded… bounded… bounded…!”

“…I’m here.”

Yugye stroked Yeochi’s cheek.

“I… I… did something that can’t be forgiven… something that will never be forgiven…”

“It’s okay.”

“I’m scared… I’m scared… Why… why… did such a… terrible thing… ”

“It’s okay.”

Yugye whispered again.

“Ah…”

Yeochi burst into tears.

“I’m sorry. sorry. I’m sorry.”

The katydid cried out.

“Seorin’s medicine is in my arms… take this… take this… and go… wash away some of my sins… ”

“It’s okay.”

Yugye held Yeochi’s hand tightly.

“I’m scared. scared. scared. What am I… why… for what… mom… mom… mom…”

Those were Yechi’s last words.

The girl’s hand quietly dropped.

‘…It’s terrible.’

Haengjeok closed his eyes tightly and turned his head.

‘I brought the madman back to sanity at the last moment.’

Haengjeok felt fearful of Yugye’s arrangements.

At the last moment, Yoo-gye caught Yeo-chi trying to run away due to his delusion.

He whispered the sweetest words, the words she had most hoped for, and broke her weakened heart.

So that a madman cannot die a madman.

To come to your senses and look back on what you have done.

Yugye delved into Yeochi’s heart and revealed her weak parts.

“Where are you trying to die comfortably, you crazy bitch.”

Yugye muttered coldly and stood up.

“When you fall behind, die with regrets, you poor bitch.”

Yugye said this and raised his sword high with one hand.

Suddenly!

His sword cut off the katydid’s head.