episode_0453

Since it happened so long ago, it is meaningless to specify a specific time, but in any case, there was a group called the Demonic Cult in the past.

And these demonic cults were so crazy that everyone in the world recognized them.

First of all, Magyo had a different structure from other martial arts breakaways.

Unlike other forces in the world of martial arts, they were similar to a religious group.

If you look at places like Hwasan, Shaman, and Shaolin, aren’t they also religious groups?

Strictly speaking, that was correct.

Hwasan and Shaman worship Taoism, and Shaolin reveres Buddhism.

However, there was no ambiguity in lumping them together as a religious group based on that alone.

That’s because Hwasan and shamans revered Taoism, but their thirst for martial arts was greater.

Although Shaolin, which served as a representative temple for a powerful nation and also served as a famous temple, gave off a feeling close to a religious group, they did not have the fanatical aspects characteristic of religious groups.

Don’t the Shaolin monks break people’s earthen pots with things like wooden sticks just because they don’t believe in Buddha?

I just laugh it off and say, ‘Heh, that’s right.’

Shaolin was like that, but the Demonic Cults were different.

The Demonic Cult was overflowing with true fanatics, and if someone tried to deny their beliefs, they would not hesitate to break the other person’s pot with what was in their hand.

Should we say that there was a good reason and reason for it to be defined as a demon rather than a good or bad thing?

And what was promoted as a core value in such a demonic religion was the winner zone.

When many people think of the Demonic Cult, they think of the law of self-respect for the strong, but in reality, it is not self-respect for the strong, but respect for the winners.

In martial arts, there are far more cases where the strong survive than when the survivors are strong, so it was only known as a deterioration in that way, but in reality, it was like that.

The problem was that this law equally applied to the religious leader, who could be considered a supreme being.

Thanks to this, the leaders of the Demonic Cult have had to suffer from frequent assassination threats for generations.

Of course, if you are not strong, you cannot sit in the position of a religious leader in the first place, so most assassination attempts ended with the evil beast’s pot being blown up by the religious leader’s power… but apart from that, the religious leaders had to suffer from tremendous stress.

In fact, this is inevitable. Imagine being tormented by the threat of assassination even when eating, sleeping, or even doing business in the bathroom.

It’s crazy and exhausting to be on the receiving end.

Because of this, despite the luxurious and affluent lives that past leaders of the Demonic Cult could enjoy the moment they sat down as leaders, the average lifespan was not very long.

According to a scholar who specializes in martial arts history, the average lifespan of the demonic cult leaders was shorter than the average lifespan of ordinary people who lived off the land at the time.

And since those who ascended to the position of religious leader before him are dying from excessive stress at a relatively young age, those who ascended to the religious position after him cannot help but think that if they make a mistake, they too could end up in that same situation. They couldn’t help but come up with something that could be called a countermeasure.

First of all, the reason why previous Demonic Cult leaders lived short lives at a relatively young age was largely due to the stress caused by political factions that started arguments even when they took a breath, as well as the stress caused by repeated assassination attempts that were almost a daily occurrence.

then?

Wouldn’t it be enough to prevent assassination attempts themselves?

However, if you arbitrarily change the tradition(?) that has been passed down from generation to generation, there is a high possibility that you will face a backlash no matter how religious you are, so what came to mind as an alternative was to keep a bodyguard, or in the old saying, a guardian, by your side.

The problem was that considering the law of the winner, which is the traditional culture of the Demonic Cult(?), there was a high possibility that the person appointed to protect the law would suddenly turn into an assassin seeking the position of the cult leader at any moment.

I taught him martial arts and provided him with elixirs to use as protection, but if he were to die at the hands of a guy like that, wouldn’t he be so bitter that he wouldn’t be able to close his eyes even after falling into hell?

So, the method that successive religious leaders came up with was to combine martial arts with the help of a priestess, another symbol of the religious cult.

A martial art that can become stronger faster than other martial arts, but in return provides absolute and blind loyalty to its leader.

“That is the true nature of a drinking expert.”

“That’s right…”

“This is my first reaction hearing it.”

Of course, it’s the first time I’ve heard it.

It’s a story I’ve never heard even from Jo In, who can be said to be my teacher who taught me Uicheonmu.

However, it was also difficult to dismiss it as something the party saw wrongly.

Although the worlds we belong to and the fields we majored in are different, the person in front of me right now is an expert who has achieved a level of excellence that is comparable to that of Jo In.

If we even take into account the fact that he would be very familiar with the human body… the possibility that what he just said was his own illusion became even lower.

That means that there is something like a hidden gimmick in the real Uicheonmu…

Is it because it’s a topic I’ve never thought about before?

I was dumbfounded, as if I had been hit in the back of the head with a bat or something.

‘···wait for a sec.’

It was during that moment that a thought suddenly entered my mind.

‘no way···.’

When I entered the world of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I suddenly acted as if I had undergone a personality change…?

A thought suddenly occurred to me.

The problem is that in the past, an idea that would have been overlooked with a sneer, wondering if it made any sense, now seems to have a lot of potential.

‘Yeah… when I think about it, it was a bit strange.’

I’m not bragging, but I’m not the type of person to obey or bend to anyone.

Wouldn’t it be better if I were dead and I would never have done something like that?

What if I was the type of person to easily give in to others in the first place?

When I was at the gifted education center, I must have been worried about what other people thought.

However, I did not do that, and instead I struggled to defeat my opponent, and after repeated fierce struggles, I was able to confidently establish my position among those who all had unusual backgrounds.

That’s me, that’s the identity of Yoon Soo-hyun, and I obediently follow her words just because the other person has pledged loyalty?

‘No matter how much I think about it, it doesn’t make sense.’

Is that all?

Now that I think about it, that wasn’t the only thing that struck me as strange.

Jo Ah-man’s cousins, represented by my martial arts teacher Jo In, also felt the same strange way.

People think that humans, unlike other animals, are civilized and not barbaric, but this is actually an illusion.

Because humans still have savage instincts.

The proof was that they divided the ranks when they did something and tried to put others under them whenever an opportunity arose.

Human beings are creatures that, when they have that kind of power, want to use it to oppress others and engrave their own existence on the world.

But Jojo’s cousins and sisters didn’t have anything like that.

They just moved neatly according to Jojo’s instructions, as if Jojo’s success was their goal in life.

In the past, people were busy looking at that scene and expressing their admiration, saying, ‘Of course, only our Joa… has the damn charisma…!’, but Dangdeung’s Official Loda has confirmed that there is something like a hidden gimmick in Uicheonmu. In Jojo County, the scenery that was no different from everyday life could not help but be seen differently.

That’s right… Needless to say, Jojo is the one who taught me Uicheonmu, and JoJo’s cousins are all users of Uicheonmu.

What if that influenced their behavior in some way?

So what if everyone followed Cao Cao’s orders so thoroughly?

‘under···! Jodeung, that snobbish old man…’

No matter how much I am the benefactor who saved my granddaughter’s life, I gave up what could be considered the family’s vision without much hesitation… Was this why?

I unconsciously smiled bitterly at the thought that I had been fooled, but regardless of that reality, I had to answer what the party said.

If I continued to remain silent like this, the trust I had built up by risking my life could be shaken.

“···I didn’t know. In the first place… I didn’t learn it of my own volition.”

“Hmm, did you get kidnapped or something?”

“Well… if I had to ask, it’s similar.”

It wasn’t a complete lie.

The reason why I learned Uicheonmu in the first place was because of the threat Rahee faced in real life.

Of course, I had no intention of blaming Rahee for that.

‘What does that matter now?’

The important thing is that there is something wrong with Uicheonmu, which can be said to be my main weapon, and that right in front of me is an expert who has succeeded in making a family with martial arts.

In addition, since Dangdeung has even seen through Uicheonmu’s secret that no one has been able to recognize until now… wouldn’t it be possible for him to suggest a solution to it?

“The Chairman…”

“···Call me father-in-law.”

“Yes?”

“Father-in-law.”

No, that… suddenly?

“Come on.”

“Well…well…my father-in-law definitely said that there was some kind of ban on the martial arts I learned.”

“That’s right.”

“Then, do you know of a way to solve the ban?”

“It’s a way to solve the ban…”

Is this not an easy problem even for an expert?

Django followed.

“First…”

first?

“There are two ways that immediately come to mind.”