Chapter 200 – Chapter 200- Sword Demon
A space where pure white space stretches endlessly.
I thought it was just a dream space.
In this space, which is also the realm of the ‘reversal world’, the essence of the sorcerer I unfolded.
I warmed up like a habit.
Duduk.
I don’t know why, but after coming here, I felt frustrated if I didn’t warm up.
Could it be because the body is different from reality?
Or is it to recognize the existence of ‘I’ in this bizarre space?
Anyway, as I was warming up, I heard two people approaching me.
“Hey~ Junior.”
Wearing large red sunglasses and a red leather jacket as always, Hong Ma-dong waved his hand.
Next to Hongma-dong was Merlin with a white beard.
“How are you?”
Let me warm up and say hello.
Merlin stroked his beard.
“What’s the point of getting along? If you disappear, our consciousness goes out. Crunchy.”
It was something I had asked Hong Ma-dong before.
This dream space.
I don’t know if it’s because it’s a space made up of a ‘reverse world’ that I’ve unfolded, but the moment I wake up.
Hong Ma-dong said that he loses consciousness.
It would be natural if it was obvious, but I know that this space is my drunkard’s gin.
Something felt strange.
Should I say it feels like I created an afterlife?
Reversal.
This strange power, unknown to how far it can be reversed, often made me feel insecure.
As I calmly thought, Hong Ma-dong smiled.
“Ohh~ Junior. You look like a witch doctor full of anguish, but you feel exactly the same as Kang Yi-joon.”
“Okay?”
“Yes, yes. To be precise, there was a time when Kang Yi-joon first created a dog with his own shadow magic. After that, for a while, he kept making an expression like a junior.”
The keyword of his father’s magic was creation.
It certainly seemed like you had more concerns than me.
Merlin asked me as I was making an expression that seemed to have improved at Hong Ma-dong’s words.
“Therefore.”
Merlin stared at me with her sunken eyes.
“What did Kim Ji-hye say?”
“She swore right away, what.”
“Ku-k-k-k-k.”
“Clap.”
At my words, Hong Ma-dong and Merlin laughed at the same time.
Seeing the two of them laughing at the fact that Kim Ji-hye had cursed at them, I thought that they were both pathetic and very villainous.
“Why, do you like it so much?”
“Oh, of course it’s good. The proud shaman was surprised to see this old man behind.”
“I’m proud to be dead.”
“……”
I forgot.
These two were crazy people I can say with confidence.
“Since I also said that this space is the truth of the drunkard I unfolded, I just spat out a lot of swear words. Do you like it?”
“Cluck, cluck, cluck.”
Hong Ma-dong and Merlin laughed.
Crazy guys
Even though he is older than me, I muttered to myself without realizing it.
“It’s so heartbreaking to punch that monstrous woman.”
“What is a monster, you who stick various things into your body are monsters.”
When I replied to Merlin, Merlin blinked her eyes as if to say something.
“That’s why Kim Ji-hye is a monster. She has that level of ability even though she hasn’t shoved anything into her body.”
Merlin explained each of the ingredients that had gone into her body before her.
A body reconstructed by combining the blood of various clans and dragging all kinds of bodies.
When I told her to stop talking in disgust midway through, Merlin nodded her head as if she understood.
“So she said she’s a monster, did she understand?”
“It’s just that you’re crazy.”
“Crunch, you’re an artist.”
If she goes on and on about this, I think she’ll come to the same conclusion.
I changed the subject of conversation.
“Anyway, since I brought this up to Ji-hye noona. Even though she was embarrassed, I summarized the things to ask.”
“Um, let’s talk.”
Merlin showed an obediently cooperative appearance.
Hong Ma-dong also pushed up his sunglasses and waited patiently for what I would say.
Among the questions, I brought out the question with the highest priority.
“Dark ghost. If a war breaks out after curing Jinhyeol later, strike him first. I asked if he knew the whereabouts of the dark ghost.”
“Umm~!”
“Hoo.”
Hong Ma-dong applauded as if he agreed with my words.
Merlin gave a meaningful smile.
“Hey, that bastard? You should definitely kill that bastard first. As long as he’s alive, he’ll keep bothering you during the war.”
Hong Ma-dong touched the dagger.
Judging by the protruding veins on his fingertips, it seemed that his yokai phobia had risen.
“Do you know? When Jihye noona explained, I compared you to Hongma-dong. It’s a ghost version of Hongma-dong.”
“Okay~? It’s nice, but being compared to a bastard youkai… It makes me feel bad.”
Hong Ma-dong grinned.
“Well, he and I had our head cut off like that. That’s a great memory.”
“I heard that the youkai and the sorcerer who single-handedly decapitated the most heads of enemies are the two, is that correct?”
“This is really embarrassing, but I don’t have a reputation anywhere. In the special assassination squad, I was a bit good.”
Hong Ma-dong threw the dagger into the air gracefully and received it.
“So anyway, you know or don’t you?”
After the small talk with Hong Ma-dong ended at this point, I asked Merlin for the main point.
As if Merlin had waited, she spat out an answer right away.
“I don’t know.”
“… Okay?”
When I showed that I was very sorry, Merlin clicked her tongue as if he couldn’t help it.
“He’s someone who doesn’t trust anyone in the first place. You can tell just by looking at him wearing a straw coat and not looking at anyone.”
“Oh, that’s right. That bastard only makes eye contact with the guy he’ll kill.”
Hong Ma-dong chimed in.
How do I know that, you ask?
Hong Ma-dong shrugged his shoulders.
“Of course we’ve met, you know. He and I couldn’t kill each other, so we couldn’t be bothered.”
“Have you met?”
When I showed interest, Hong Ma-dong grinned.
“Yes, there were times when I finished an assassination in the middle and met him. There were times when I dug a trap and waited.”
I’m going to ask what the result is.
Recalling the dark ghost that was still alive, he naturally realized that Hong Ma-dong had not killed him.
And, as if he had read my thoughts, Hong Ma-dong brought out his words in a serious tone.
“I didn’t lose, junior.”
“Of course.”
“He didn’t really lose. I stabbed him a lot.”
“… Didn’t it hit the other way?”
“I got hit a few times.”
“Then it’s not even a win.”
Hongma-dong had a seizure at my blunt answer.
“It’s not, except for rainy days, I’ve had the upper hand most of the time.”
Rainy Day.
It was also written in the personal statement.
On a rainy day, no one can notice the dark ghost’s presence.
“Later, juniors know it well. Never run into him only on rainy days, otherwise it’s worth doing.”
Hong Ma-dong grumbled, but gave me advice.
I nodded, as if to keep that in mind.
Then, a question suddenly came to my mind, and I asked him a question.
“But why is your name Amgwi?”
“It has no name, so it’s a dark ghost.”
“… Yes?”
Let’s ask back to Merlin’s answer.
Merlin stroked his beard and explained.
“It’s just a name. The chiefs of the Gsunbird clan have always had no names, Dark Ghost. They’ve always been called by that name.”
“Something like a real assassin?”
Wearing a cowjang made of straw, only the person to be killed makes eye contact.
In addition, on rainy days, the presence disappears completely, and there is not even a name.
It was a model of an assassin that looked like a painting.
Opposing him, the assassin in front of me.
“What?”
As if Hong Ma-dong was dissatisfied, he asked.
Sometimes frivolous, but sometimes serious.
He was a mad assassin.
“No, it just reminded me of a fight between assassins, so it became grand.”
“Cancer, there is romance.”
Hong Ma-dong chuckled.
While ignoring Hongma-dong, I chewed on the name Amgwi.
“But there is a word called ears, you know.”
Then, naturally, an idea came to my mind.
“Is this all about the word ‘ear’ for a clan with horns like a goblin?”
“Didn’t you know?”
Merlin tilted her head.
“Only a few clans know. I don’t know all the other clans on this side.”
“Clack-clap. It’s a rather common clan in this world, with a few exceptions. At first glance, it looks like it has a close relationship with someone from the Gui-clan… Is that right?”
Merlin looked at me.
Since he was dead anyway, it didn’t matter, so I obediently disclosed the information.
“Yes, the sword demon clan.”
“Hoo.”
Merlin gave a meaningful smile.
“A famous clan.”
“Okay?”
“Yes, Chuck Da-yoon. That youkai, the eldest daughter of the sword demon clan, was the bloodiest murderer among youkai.”
I said nothing.
Then Merlin smiled even more.
“Yes, I’ve met you too.”
“I’ve met you.”
A person who is capable enough to fight on an equal footing with Kim Ji-hye.
I can’t even cut through the ceiling of the cave, I can even cut through the clouds in the sky.
Chuck Dayoon, who had fallen from the open sky, was still vivid in her memory.
When I didn’t say anything, Merlin let out a strange laugh.
“I’ll see you later somehow.”
“I think so.”
After I calmly answered, Kim Ji-hye remembered the questions I had asked.
“Then let’s move on to the next question.”
The time was set, and the questions I asked were many.
So, in the dream world, I asked Merlin for various information.
Before leaving her dream at the end, Merlin greeted me.
“Good night, we will sleep well.”
Dragging.
Merlin laughed.
Realizing that even greetings are the opposite in this space, I laughed too.
* *
“Turn it off.”
Waking up, I got up.
For some reason, my body felt heavy.
“… What?”
I always felt refreshed when I slept with a headband on.
I was extraordinarily tired today.
As I got Booth up, I heard a noise from the kitchen.
“Han Jun-ah, are you awake?”
“Brother, are you awake?”
Miho and Areumie greeted me in the morning at the same time.
After briefly washing my face, I went out to the living room and greeted them in the same way.
“Good morning. What’s for breakfast?”
“Eel over rice.”
Smiling brightly, Miho proudly offered me some food.
“It will be delicious.”
For some reason, Miho’s face was more shiny than usual.
“Eat a lot, brother.”
And the face of Areumi next to him was particularly shiny.
“Wait a minute, I’ll go to the bathroom and go eat.”
I went to the bathroom and had a cool morning urine.
Then by chance
I saw my lower body drooping.
“……”
I said nothing.
When I went back to the living room, I saw Miho and Areum, who strangely became more harmonious.
For the sake of peace between the two of us, I decided to remain silent and silently ate the eel rice bowl.
Miho laughed, Areumie laughed.
I forced a laugh.
* *
Time has passed since then.
Areumi and Miho, who live together, become closer day by day.
The day of bloodshed is just around the corner.
There was also a promise that I had to go see Seol-hee soon, so I kept busy training.
While resting, drenched in sweat, at the shadow family’s training ground.
I remembered one person I couldn’t reach.
Darae.
I wondered if Darae, who had only exchanged simple text messages, was doing well.
It might be because recently, in a dream, there was talk of a sword demon.
While thinking about it, I picked up my cell phone to text Darae.
But then.
Rattle.
Someone hastily came to the training ground.
“Young master.”
Kim Si-hee called me.
Let’s raise our heads, as if I’m wondering what’s going on.
Sihee Kim told me.
“The leader of the Sword Demon, Cheokjunja, is dead.”
“… Yes?”
“Chuck Da-yoon. The eldest daughter of the fleeing Sword Demon clan killed Cheok Jun-ja. He died a few days ago, but the witness didn’t report it during that time, so they’re in the process of hurriedly dealing with it. Probably one of their close friends… I’m sure the Sword Demon clan. This.”
I dropped the cell phone I was trying to text Darae.
And immediately told Kim Si-hee.
“Let’s go.”
“Yes, Bocchan.”
We immediately set out with the Sword Demon clan.
Jihye Kim was also in the car.
“Tsk.”
Kim Ji-hye smoked her cigarette.
Soon after, I arrived at the Sword Demon clan.
It’s been a long time since I met Darae.
“Hanjun, are you here?”
Darae greets me with a cracked, inorganic voice.
It seemed more blunt.
I was filled with more anger.
