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I couldn’t help but frown unconsciously.

Destructive power beyond common sense.

And relentless breakthrough power.

It would be an extremely sufficient ability for a warrior.

That must also be the most powerful virtue that a woman named Haengjeok possesses.

‘Strange.’

But I couldn’t help but feel a strong sense of déjà vu from the sight of the wake.

That wasn’t a wake I knew.

‘The wake is definitely a monster. A killing machine more powerful than anyone else.’

However, I felt an uneasy feeling in this battle that could not be explained by that.

After thinking about it for a while, I was able to understand the reason for that sense of déjà vu.

‘It’s too much.’

I thought about it.

‘Excessively cruel.’

This was the cause of the discomfort I felt.

I only saw her fight once, but that was enough to feel her true nature.

The wake was strong, bold and unhesitating, but only as brutal as necessary.

Unless the reason was to break the enemy’s momentum, it was an efficient wake rather than a display of cruelty.

However, the strength she showed today was a completely different type of battle than the fight I knew her from.

She was more violent than necessary and crueler than necessary.

Stepping on, tearing, and crushing the enemies.

It broke the ground, threw rocks, and roared like a wounded animal.

‘Something is going strangely.’

I made that decision and turned to King Hoe and shouted.

“Your Majesty, please allow me to go to war!”

“Going to war? Over there?”

King Huai was visibly embarrassed.

It wasn’t too much of a stretch.

What I meant was like jumping into a typhoon.

I knew it too.

However, I couldn’t hesitate any longer.

Extremely changing wake. I needed to know why.

If I am not properly aware of the changes in the comrade who has my back, it will definitely act as a huge obstacle.

“Yes, Your Highness! Please allow it!”

“W-what is that… are you sane?”

King Hoe shouted, forgetting even to use his dignified tone.

“It is necessary, Your Highness.”

Did my earnest words reach her?

King Hoe nodded with an uneasy expression.

“Quick! Lead a thousand soldiers and follow me!”

“Only one thousand? Over there?”

Beongwae opened his mouth and shouted.

“Don’t talk nonsense, just follow me! Even if you lead an army of a million people, that place is just as dangerous!”

“No, no matter what…”

“Come! Go first! This!”

I kicked the horse’s side.

The horse toured roughly and began to gallop.

‘Please, I hope the wake I knew hasn’t completely disappeared!’

I prayed in my heart and followed the wake.

Before we knew it, the wake was slaughtering the enemy’s camp and heading toward their home base, Seongyang.

Hangjeok quickly climbed up the high castle wall on his own and entered it.

Crack!

I gritted my teeth without realizing it and spurred the horse even harder.

It must not be late.

We must not allow Hangjeok to taste blood anymore.

I raced toward Seongyang, suppressing the anxiety that this might be a sign that I would be following in the footsteps of Xiang Yu, the worst massacre in history.

*****

Gender and positivity. The residents living there were terrified.

A martial art that is hard to believe even when you see it with your own eyes.

They were stunned by the violence, which was like a natural disaster, unbelievable that it was caused by just one human being.

The power of the wake seemed more like the legendary Chi-woo, the god of war, who had appeared on this earth rather than a human being.

And now, their fear has surpassed the walls and reached them.

“Ahh… Ugh…!”

From a dull farmer to a noble official of the Jin Dynasty.

Everyone living in the castle let out an instinctive groan.

Like prey facing a predator, they shed tears and trembled.

“—-!”

Haengjeok opened his mouth and let out another scream.

The people of Seongyang felt like their hearts would stop at the sound of a cry that could not be heard as a human voice.

“Please save me! Please save me!”

The first to shout was an official of the Qin Dynasty.

He was a person with a quick mind and integrity.

He was a rare official who never paid a bribe or exploited the people. For that reason, he was one of the few officials of the Jin Dynasty who was loved by the people.

“We only cooperated because we were afraid, and we had no intention of confronting you. Please save me!”

The official shed tears and begged for mercy.

“Yes, that’s right! We had no intention of confronting you!”

“We only cooperated because we were afraid of the power of the Qin Dynasty!”

“Please, have mercy… have mercy…!”

Cries begging for life rang in Hangjeok’s ears.

The wake’s mouth slowly opened.

After making Fan Jeung change, Haeng Jeok uttered meaningful words for the first time.

“No one.”

Wake said.

“No one can claim innocence in front of me.”

Wake said.

Something that wasn’t her voice came out of her mouth.

An extremely pure and beautiful heavenly voice.

That makes the death sentence even more frightening.

Haengjeok announced to the people of Seongyang in the voice of Fan Jeung.

“The people of the Jin Dynasty who disturbed the laws of heaven and mocked the will of the heavenly emperor, and those who collaborated and collaborated with them to achieve evil. So who among you who mocked the hearts of the supreme immortals is innocent!”

Beom Jeung shouted in an angry voice.

“I am the main punishment given to you! Heaven’s wrath is upon you! I will kill you all and spread fear throughout the world! Your blood will turn the whole river red! I will destroy you and return the world to the past!”

Fan Jeung shouted with maddened anger through Hang Jeok’s mouth.

“None of you can claim innocence! Because you guys created me, the criminal!”

Among the people of Seongyang, no one understood what those words meant.

However, paradoxically, they were able to clearly understand the true meaning of the person speaking.

That man was planning to commit the most brutal murder here and now.

“Ahh….”

Terrible despair gripped the people of Seongyang.

Did you say that you can’t even make a sound when you’re so overcome by despair?

The people of Seongyang were indeed like that.

They sat down like a flock of gentle sheep and waited for the hand of the enemy.

The wake’s fist struck them.

Old people, women, middle-aged people, men, young people, teenagers, boys, babies.

Dying.

Their bodies are cruelly crushed by the hands of a monster that should not have existed in this world.

The earth, which lent the soil of Hades when it formed the first humans, quenched the burning thirst of its descendants with the blood.

The crows circling in the sky croaked happily as they sensed the signs of a banquet.

Bright daylight, not even dusk yet.

Under a cloudless, sunny sky, the thousands of Seongyang residents were slaughtered without exception.

By the hand of just one person, the wake.

“…You’re late.”

Yugye looked at the wake with sad eyes.

I looked at the beast covered in blood and howling horribly.

Yugye closed his eyes tightly to swallow his sadness.

*****

The Xiang Liang army’s pursuit was truly rapid.

Without any hesitation, they advanced quickly, lavishly consuming their stamina.

Because of the arrogance caused by Mahayana, they also forgot about blood.

Jang Han’s army was getting closer by the minute.

Occasionally, reinforcements from the Qin Dynasty sent from other regions to intercept them would block their path, but it did not matter.

Xiang Liang’s army, whose momentum soared to the sky, easily defeated them.

It seemed like there was no one in this wide midfield who could stop their rapid advance.

“The Qin Dynasty is now over.”

Xiang Liang looked at Zhang Han’s main unit in front of him and smiled bitterly.

Zhang Han’s army is said to be the elite of the Qin Dynasty, but is in defeat.

They had already lost the lead, and at the same time, their skills were below expectations.

The female captain is the one who defeats the guys whose strengths have already been revealed. It was like eating cold porridge.

‘What matters is how you win.’

Hang Liang thought.

Defeating Jang Han is easy.

What is important now is to let the whole world know about the majesty of the Chu army.

It was important to overwhelmingly crush Zhang Han’s army and show that Chu’s army was the best in the Central Plains.

‘The answer to that end is to wage an all-out war. So fair and square that it’s hard for anyone to question it. That’s how we have to destroy Jang Han.’

Hang Liang concluded that.

“Tonight, feed the soldiers well and let them rest well. Tomorrow morning we will have a decisive battle with them. By doing so, we will spread our dignity to all the world.”

The soldiers responded to Xiang Liang’s words with thunderous shouts.

They were sure.

That they will win.

And they were wrong.

A pitch-black night without a single moonlight arrived.

Zhang Han’s army, penetrating the night, began to advance towards Xiang Liang’s resting army.