A Spy’s Demonic Life - Chapter 297
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297.
#Shocking Visa
Crazy! The lake is too far away, and the bottom is a wide, hard, cruel land.
“This crazy kid!”
This is really meant to kill.
“Eww!”
That moment when your face turns pale and your mind becomes blank with a scream.
A deep voice seeped into my ear.
[Everything begins with breaking the predetermined fate.]
Cheonma. It’s definitely his voice!
But what on earth are you talking about now… … .
[So do not fear death. Do not submit to death. Everything, including life and death, is determined by you, not by heaven.]
no way!
[That is the Heavenly Demonic Art.]
My mind flashed. It was Gu-gyeol. He was teaching me the Heavenly Demon Art right now.
At this very moment, when I was about to fall from the cliff of Cheonmajeon and face death!
‘This crazy kid?!’
The swear words just came out of my mouth, but I had no time to be angry.
“So. So what do you want me to do! Please teach me!”
He shouted loudly toward the sky.
Now about ten counts until it hits the ground.
The acceleration has already started and the body is getting hotter and hotter, and if we hit it, not even a single bone will remain.
[The Heavenly Demon God is with the Heavenly Demon. And the Heavenly Demon is fire, darkness, and another self.]
So. What next?!
I waited for his words with my heart pounding as the bare ground drew near.
But there is no answer.
The land is getting closer and closer.
Just then, Cheonma laughed and said.
[… … This is the price you will pay for daring to insult me. Try to survive as best as you can.]
“No, Reverend? Excuse me, Death Penalty!”
This crazy kid! This kid is serious. Who said that Cheonma is the god of ten thousand horses?
at all.
He’s just an old man with a dirty aftertaste!
“shit-!”
Now there is only one way left.
Woohoo!
The dark magical power within the danjeon instantly travels through the entire body and places the coffin of life in the heart.
“Come out-!”
With an urgent cry, red flames burst out behind him like wings.
And in an instant, a giant devil appeared, wrapping around my entire body.
『Heavenly Demonic Power (Heavenly Demonic Power) Blood Demon (Blood Demon) Descent (降臨)』
and.
Kwaaaaaaaang!
A huge explosion occurred on the ground, accompanied by a loud noise.
*
A wide, crater-like hole appeared on the flat floor.
Its size is about 50 steps across.
At this point, I would believe it even if a meteorite fell. That gives you an idea of how big the impact was.
“What are you doing now?!”
The sparks flickering everywhere represented his anger.
A man who vents his anger while summoning a giant blood demon behind his back.
The vice-principal is Jang Seo-da.
“I thought you were being stupid and that’s how it got to this point. You survived bravely.”
The white-haired Confucius who is lightly slumped on the floor and laughing is his death row leader, Jin Woo-kwang.
“I almost died!”
He literally narrowly escaped death.
The blood demon that was taken out just before death miraculously wrapped around his body.
It’s not even sane.
If only the reverse trajectory had held the fascia and periosteum in check, I would have been turned into dust.
“Curse me and be thankful for being alive.”
“No, that’s… … !”
Jang Yiseo was about to shout out that he was being wronged, but he looked up at the sky and muttered in a hushed voice.
“Isn’t it too high?”
From here too, all I can see is distant clouds.
“The Heavenly Demonic Art is a martial art that goes against the heavens. It begins with breaking free from the shackles of life and death that are the shackles of humanity. If you can’t even endure this much, then you should die.”
Would you be foolish? He let out a deep sigh and looked around.
In front was a lake like the sea, and the ends on the left and right seemed to lead to a dense forest.
And the back.
“hmm……?”
There was a cave that opened up like a crack in a high cliff that had fallen down.
A huge cave with a ceiling at the entrance that appears to be at least thirty jang (100m) high.
I wouldn’t have brought you here for no reason.
“Follow me.”
Cheonma headed to the cave without any further explanation.
I was overcome with anxiety because it had happened to me once, but what could I do?
A body that escaped from being a spy and was reborn as a member of the Demonic Cult. From now on, no matter what comes, this path is my path.
As we followed him inside, the interior appeared to be much more magnificent and huge than what we had seen from the outside.
Fortunately, there was no chaotic situation where there were lightning bolts on the floor or crossbows were fired from all directions.
Instead, what appeared before my eyes were giant stone statues facing each other on both walls.
“Do you want to know what it is?”
“That’s… … .”
One was a man whose identity was unknown, and the other was someone who could never be unknowable.
“Isn’t that a devil?”
That’s right. The stone statue on the left wall was definitely the demon that had saved me a little while ago.
Looking at the delicate carving of the flickering flames, it is clear that it was not made with ordinary care by a craftsman.
Moreover, the fact that such a great work of art is hidden in a space that no one knows about…
“Can I possibly become the first Heavenly Demon Investigator?”
That’s right. The corners of Jin Woo-kwang’s mouth rose up.
“What do those statues look like to you?”
“hmm…….”
Every masterpiece has its creator’s hidden intentions.
He looked at the stone statue again with serious eyes. Then he narrowed his eyes and spoke.
“It seems a little strange.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Our church only worships the Heavenly Demon as a principle, and the Heavenly Demon is only occasionally represented as a symbol.”
“however?”
“But that seems to be… … a representation of the celestial demons as equal beings. The way they are separated and facing each other, and the fact that their sizes are equal, too.”
“Hoo hoo hoo.”
As he spoke his mind, a faint smile spread across Cheonma’s mouth.
“At times like this, I am like a priest.”
“It’s because everyone is so good at killing people.”
“Haha.”
I never thought I’d be able to use the worldly wisdom I’ve learned as a spy all my life on Cheonma. Life is so fleeting.
“But what is this?”
“This is the hidden history of our church that you, as a vice-president, should know.”
Instead of training in martial arts, are you saying that we should start by learning basic common sense? That’s not bad. Learning something you don’t know is always welcome.
“I will listen.”
When he took the lottery ticket, Cheonma smiled and began to explain.
“Do you know what the original name of our school was?”
I know. The original name is Baehwagyo (拜火敎). It is a sect that originally came from the West and is a group of people who worship fire.
However, it is known that the first Tianma achieved the realm of the gods that even the West could not achieve, and that it was converted to the Tianma Sect after that.
But I didn’t ask such a basic question. When I showed my doubt with my eyes, Cheonma answered calmly.
“It was after the first Heavenly Demon left the world that it came to be called the Cheonma Shingyo.”
“Is that so?”
This is the first time I’ve heard of this story. In fact, not much is known about the first Heavenly Horse. It was so long ago, and most of the ancient books were said to have been lost.
Anyway, if it’s a transcendence, it means leaving the human world. It’s what happens after death.
“The first Heavenly Horse was strong and great. Not only the imperial family, but even Dharma could not treat him lightly.”
The confrontation between Dharma and the first Heavenly Horse was a famous anecdote.
They say that they fought for 100 days on Kunlun Mountain, but in the end they were unable to win.
“But our school wasn’t that strong. The main group consisted of sorcerers who revered flames and chased them. Naturally, martial arts were also put on the back burner.”
“There must have been a lot of chaos after the Heavenly Demon left.”
“Would it be okay to just be in chaos? Foreign invasions began, and internal strife broke out. The imperial family called us traitors, and our records were lost. We were at a crossroads of survival and destruction. I can confidently say that this was the greatest crisis in the history of our school.”
Was it that much? I had no idea. I was so absorbed in the story that I asked.
“But how did it become so strong again?”
“The situation changed when the second Heavenly Demon, who was a disciple of the first Heavenly Demon and was in the process of training in a closed temple, appeared like a savior. The religious sect that was on the verge of extinction rose again and the believers began to learn martial arts, and from that time on, it was reborn as the Heavenly Demon Sect that worships the Heavenly Demon.”
When I opened my eyes wide and admired him, Cheonma also seemed to feel better and continued to smile.
“But not everyone wanted that. Among those who remained, there were those who still worshipped the flame.”
“Because there are bound to be people who don’t want change.”
“They tried to return the church to its original place. However, times had already changed, and the believers worshipped a living heavenly horse. Naturally, they were eliminated, and eventually they began to search for a symbolic being to which they could respond.”
No way. Cheonma fixes his gaze on one of the stone statues.
“That is the devil.”
It was a shocking story, but I soon found myself nodding along.
The devil is made up of only darkness and flames, so it would fit their doctrine perfectly.
“From then on, two sects coexisted in our church. Those who served the Heavenly Demon and those who served the Heavenly Demon.”
The more you think about it, the more surprising the story becomes.
The giant stone statues in front of me now feel different than before.
It looks as if they are trying to keep each other in check and fight.
But in another sense, it felt like a pun.
“But doesn’t the Heavenly Demon only appear to those who have mastered the Heavenly Demon Art?”
In the end, it’s about them being the same. Jin Woo-kwang nodded in agreement.
“So at first they acknowledged each other’s doctrines and coexisted. But that didn’t last long either.”
“Why?”
“Because what the sorcerers wanted was immortality, not mortals.”
That’s right. Cheonma is a mortal who was born with a body that will surely disappear, whether he escapes the world or dies.
On the other hand, what those who follow the devil desire is a divine being that never changes.
“From then on, they delved deeper into sorcery. Only to make the Heavenly Demon immortal. From then on, their false beliefs made them hide deeper, and they did not hesitate to do things that they should not do if it was for their purpose. They massacred countless people, and when necessary, they even took the lives of the believers.”
“no way…….”
As I listened, I began to think of certain people. As my face hardened, Cheonma looked at me and answered.
“Yes. They are the predecessors of the Blood Cult.”
“… … !”
It was truly a shocking revelation.
Everything I’ve heard so far is the secret story of the birth of the Blood Cult.
So was the split in the bloodline hundreds of years ago also planned from the beginning?
“And this stone statue is the last remaining trace of the blood sect in our church.”
It’s a story that’s hard to believe even after hearing it. But it’s not like he made you study the history of the Blood Cult because he’s the vice-chairman.
He cut it off and asked.
“What is the real reason you are telling me this secret?”
“The blood sect has begun to move again.”
That’s something we already know. But when wasn’t it like that?
It was the same twenty years ago. The one who destroyed the blood sect at that time was Jin Woo-kwang right in front of us.
But.
“This time it’s different.”
“What do you mean?”
About twenty years ago, when the Jeongsa Majeon was in full swing.
Jin Woo-kwang accidentally discovered that there was a blood cult hiding behind the scenes.
From then on, he began to turn his blade and slaughter the Blood Cult, and eventually, in an attempt to twist their will, he even resorted to the draconian measure of a peace treaty.
But back then, the weather wasn’t as turbulent as it is now. No, there weren’t even any particularly strong people.
But.
“The brightness of the most evil star in the Big Dipper, the Greedy Wolf Star, has been growing stronger recently. How dare you say this, even though I am still alive.”
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