The Day of the Minor Doctrine – 3

Before Namgoong Soyeon lunged at him.

“There will come a moment when Master is in danger. At that time, can you stop that monster’s movements for a moment?”

The Young Cult Leader asked Youngma.

“Even if my arm is torn off, I will try to stop her.”

“There’s no need for that. Just a very short moment will do.”

“May I ask… what the plan is?”

As Youngma cautiously asked, Inho, with a tired face, smiled and said.

“That dagger. It’s coated with the Chief Manager’s poison, right?”

His finger pointed to a purplish glowing dagger among the many weapons Youngma had taken out.

“Are you planning to poison her?”

“If… just if… it’s not a bet and she’s healing her body with the absorbed blood, destroying her dantian won’t be enough to win.”

Slowly stating his thoughts, the Young Cult Leader took the dagger from Youngma.

Looking at the eerie purplish dagger, he muttered.

“Then we have to poison that blood and make her collapse on her own. Many people died in the Black Heaven Cult, but that thing didn’t absorb their blood.”

Thinking about how the corpses were collected and burned, Inho spoke with a confident tone.

“My plan is for me to hold Thunder Sword’s body, and for the Young Cult Leader to poison her… Wouldn’t it be better to tie a weapon to my wire and throw it?”

“No. She’ll know it’s poisoned and avoid it. Then we won’t have another chance.”

“I apologize for being presumptuous… but didn’t the Young Cult Leader not learn Martial arts? No matter how sharp the sword is, you need that much Inner Force to wound the body of a trained martial artist.”

“Don’t worry. I have a way.”

A confident smile that wouldn’t crumble appeared on his face, and Youngma couldn’t say anything more.

And so, now.

“Young Cult Leader!!!”

As blood flowed from Inho’s mouth, who had been pierced through the stomach, the collapsed Youngma screamed.

Already injured, she couldn’t get up easily.

“Inho…!”

Heavenly Demon, barely regaining her senses, couldn’t continue speaking after seeing her disciple’s state.

“Ugh… I thought I was getting used to this.”

Bleeding crimson blood, Inho’s body trembled.

“You idiot…!”

Heavenly Demon couldn’t finish her sentence and just looked at her reckless disciple in vain.

Namgoong Soyeon, the one who pierced him, had a blissful expression as she watched Inho’s blood flowing down the red awl.

“Ah… Young Master. Does it hurt a lot?”

Watching Inho’s blood soaking even her body, her eyes gleamed eerily.

“Yeah… it fucking hurts.”

Smiling, Inho looked down at Namgoong Soyeon.

“Young Master… I’ve been thinking. All these problems seem to have arisen because we’re separated.”

“…Is that so?”

“Yes, so. It would be better for us to become one. That way, we won’t be disturbed by anyone.”

Feeling the awl piercing deeper into his stomach, Inho rolled his eyes back.

“Ugh…!!”

“Inho!!!”

Heavenly Demon, desperately getting up, threw herself at Namgoong Soyeon, but was hit by a swing of her arm and flew towards where Youngma was.

“Now… let’s become one.”

Opening her mouth wide, Namgoong Soyeon bit Inho’s neck.

Blood gushed from his neck.

“No… no… it can’t be…! It can’t be!!!”

“Cult Leader!!”

Screaming like a madman, Heavenly Demon crawled on the ground, and Youngma grabbed her Cult Leader’s body, who was trying to jump out.

A fountain of blood erupted, and Namgoong Soyeon greedily devoured his blood.

How long had the meal lasted?

Namgoong Soyeon, having filled her stomach, put him down on the ground.

Lying on the ground, his chest was rising and falling very slowly.

He was still alive, but it was clear that it wouldn’t last long.

His face, drained of life, was already turning blackish, and blood was constantly flowing from his abdomen.

“Ah… Young Master has entered me…”

Stroking her stomach, Namgoong Soyeon muttered. As if she was pregnant with Inho’s baby.

Namgoong Soyeon turned to Heavenly Demon and Youngma.

“Now… let’s end this. It’s not fun, and I don’t want to waste any more time.”

-Thud thud

Namgoong Soyeon’s legs, slowly approaching them, suddenly gave way.

-Thump

Namgoong Soyeon, who collapsed to the ground, had a face that didn’t understand why she did that herself.

“Huh?”

A chill runs down her spine, and she feels her blood drying up.

“Huh? Why is this…?”

Black spots began to appear sporadically on her snow-white skin.

“Ah…?”

She feels nauseous. A lump rises from her throat and knocks on her mouth.

“Uwee wee wee wuek!”

Namgoong Soyeon, who spat out a dark red lump, hurriedly turned around.

Inho, lying on the ground. Black spots were also rising on his body.

“S, surely… Uwek…”

Spitting blood, Namgoong Soyeon staggered up.

Walking zigzag to Inho, she felt her breathing quicken and fell forward.

“Young… Master…!”

Reaching out to Inho, Namgoong Soyeon called him pitifully.

“Young Master, why…?”

At the call, Inho only turned his head to look at her.

“….Chief…Manager and…”

“M…Maehwa and…”

“Yeonhwa…it’s revenge…”

“You…bitch.”

“Young…Master!!!”

Now blood was flowing from her eyes as well.

Namgoong Soyeon, who was pouring out all kinds of filth from her body, died just like that.

The end of a genius who appeared as a rising star in the Martial arts world and was expected by everyone was quite anticlimactic.

She feels someone patting her cheek.

More than that, her body is heavy. It’s hard to open her eyes, and now it’s hard to breathe.

But she has to get up.

When she barely opened her eyes, she saw a familiar face.

“Master…”

Master and Youngma were already by her side.

“Inho! You’ve come to your senses. Just wait a little longer. I will neutralize the poison. You’ll be better soon, so just hold on a little longer.”

Was it because they mixed their bodies a lot?

Or was it just because they spent a long time together?

She knew that what she was saying was a lie.

If there was a way to save her, she wouldn’t have such a desperate face.

“It’s okay… it’s already too late.”

“Don’t say such things!! How dare you in front of your Master… in front of your Master… such words… Heuk..!!”

She feels a sensation of gently tapping her shoulder. She’s probably scolding her and hitting her shoulder.

“Young Cult Leader… was unconditionally poisoning them… this kind of thing?”

Youngma said to her as if she had committed a great crime.

“Well… I… I don’t have Inner Force… I didn’t think I could stab her… so I did this.”

She replied, raising the corners of her mouth with all her strength.

Before rushing at Namgoong Soyeon, she stabbed the dagger into her thigh.

And provoked her, making her absorb her blood.

Throughout the journey here, she often showed signs of wanting to absorb her blood.

Maybe it was superhuman patience or… the will of the righteous Namgoong Soyeon that remained in her that stopped her.

But now that the battle had taken place and she had absorbed the blood of so many people, she thought that Namgoong Soyeon would definitely eat her blood.

Who would refuse a fully prepared meal being offered to them?

So the result was like this.

They won.

“Why… did you do that! If the Young Cult Leader leaves like this…”

Youngma, with a distorted face, sheds tears.

“The Young Cult Leader is also… a Black Heaven Cult person.”

“Yes?”

“Not someone to be protected… but someone who throws their body for the sake of the Black Heaven Cult…”

“This is what… the Young Cult Leader has to do….”

Chief Manager, Youngma, and Kwonma told her.

The Black Heaven Cult is the Cult Leader, Heavenly Demon. And they throw their lives for that Heavenly Demon.

“Me too… yeah… for Master… it’s like this…”

And for the Black Heaven Cult people who disappeared like fallen leaves.

“Don’t talk nonsense!!!”

Master shouted again, interrupting her conversation with Youngma.

She buried her face in her chest and wailed.

She slowly raised her hand and stroked her hair.

“Don’t cry… Master…”

“Heuheuk… Inho… Inho… don’t leave me…”

Pat pat.

She strokes her hair with affection.

“You’re really… a Master who needs a lot of attention.”

Feeling her chest getting wet with her tears, she enjoyed the sensation of her hair even more.

Because she wouldn’t be able to feel it anymore.

“Cough!!”

Her breathing quickens. She feels her abdomen expanding.

It’s probably a symptom caused by poisoning.

Master is somehow alleviating the symptoms, but it’s like pouring water into a bottomless pit.

“Master… I have a request.”

“Inho… yes, I’ll grant any request. Do you want the world? I’ll make it lie at your feet. Do you want a woman? You can have as many concubines as you want. So…”

“So…”

“So please don’t leave me.”

Listening to her plea, something hot welled up in her eyes as well.

But she doesn’t want to face her end like this.

She wants to smile and face her end in the best possible way.

Because… since she started the Dimensional Shift, she’s doing something meaningful before she leaves.

“Master. Please let me go now.”

She clearly conveys her intention.

“No… no!!! To let you go again… no…”

Holding her hand and rubbing it against her cheek, she muttered like a madman.

She held her hand and made eye contact.

“Because of the poison… it’s hard to stay any longer. As much as possible… without pain, at once… please kill me.”

“…No. I’m not ready to let you go.”

“You’ll never be ready anyway. Please let me go now.”

“…….”

She remained silent, and in the meantime, she vomited blood a few more times.

Tears streamed endlessly from Master’s eyes as she looked down at her.

After a long wait, her mouth opened.

“Then… tell me. Tell me that we’ll meet again someday. Tell me that when we meet again, we’ll live happily together forever.”

It sounded like a child’s tantrum, and she chuckled.

Well, it’s the last time, can’t she even do this?

“Don’t be sad. We’ll meet again someday, and when we meet again, I’ll live happily with Master forever.”

She smiled at her words.

Her crying and smiling face was so pitiful, but it was just as beautiful.

“Okay… thank you.”

With those words, her vision went dark.