Absolute Regression - Chapter 417



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Episode 417: Someone said that even the gates of hell can be opened.

Endless blasts of blood flew in and collided, but they could not break through the wall of hemp.

Thud thud thud thud thud!

All the blood that had been flowing in as if squeezing it out was completely released.

The dozen or so unmanned soldiers who had flown into the air and used up most of their blood as self-destructive attacks all fell to the ground as corpses with their chests ripped open.

The hemp wall did not disappear right away, but instead revealed its majestic appearance, sparkling in the sunlight.

Chwima slowly looked around.

The swordsman who had been behind him was now standing next to him, his black magic sword thrust forward.

“I can’t let my brother get hurt by an attack like that.”

It wasn’t a normal attack, nor was it a final desperate move used at the end of a fierce fight. It was a self-destructive attack that was unleashed the moment it was seen. It had the word “gong” attached to it, but it wasn’t an attack that could be called a martial art.

Geommu-geuk didn’t want to harm even a single hair on Chuma’s head in this attack, so he deployed a wall of demonic magic.

This scene was like a symbol.

―The only being in the world of martial arts who can eliminate vicious and vicious evil in a more vicious and vicious way, I think we should find our reason for existence here. Because we will be able to stop evil that ordinary people cannot stop.

Chwima bowed his head respectfully to the Great Wall. It was a courtesy to the Great Wall of China. Only then did the Great Wall slowly disappear from there.

Only then did he speak respectfully while watching the sword dance.

“Thank you, Young Master.”

At this moment, when he saved himself with the Nine-Handed Magic, it was not a relationship between brother and sister, but a relationship between a demon lord and a small cult leader. Geommu-geuk also expressed his gratitude.

“I will never forget for the rest of my life what Amazon did to protect me.”

He meant it sincerely. When Chwima tried to block the self-destruction attack with his body, Geommugeuk was truly moved.

After sharing their feelings like that, Geommu-geuk raised his spirits and looked to see if there was anyone else. There was no one else. These were all the people who had been hiding near the broken Daecheong.

At that moment, the gate leading outside opened and the Ice Palace Lord came in.

Behind her, far away, she could see three or four corpses lying dead. They were all frozen solid.

“A few stood out, so I took care of them.”

She tried to stay out of the fight if possible. She was out because she had promised to give priority to Chwima.

Her gaze turned to the dozen or so corpses that had fallen.

‘You used both self-destruction skills at once.’

She saw the wall of steel towering over the fence. How could she not know what a magnificent realm it had been created by?

‘The young sect leader has learned the art of the Nine Fire Demonic Cult properly.’

If the martial arts of the Little Sect were like this, I felt a chilling sense of awe as I thought about how great the martial arts of the Heavenly Demon were.

The sword dance spoke to her.

“They have recruited the elders of the North Sea Ice Palace, joined hands with the North Blood Gate, and do not hesitate to use the self-destruction attack.”

Ice Palace Master felt that the situation was more serious than she had thought. She had always been interested in the state of the martial arts world in order to not fall behind, but she had never heard of such people before.

Ice Palace Master walked towards Seonak, who was lying on the floor.

He was attacked by a drunkard and was barely able to breathe, his whole body covered in wounds.

‘Who the hell are you joining hands with?’

The Ice Palace Princess looked down at him with cold eyes and turned away without saying a word. She didn’t even want to say a word of farewell.

Seo-nak said to her as she turned around.

“… … Hani-gyeong (Cold Pine Landscape)”

At that moment, the Ice Palace Princess flinched and stopped moving.

She slowly turned around again and looked down at Seonak.

Seonak laughed as he fell to the floor. His mouth was filled with blood, making his appearance horrifying.

Han Lee Kyung.

She was the older sister of the Ice Palace Princess.

Long ago, she had a fight with her older sister over the succession, and her older sister, who was kind-hearted, left the North Sea for her, giving up the position of successor.

I didn’t look for my sister after that.

But I thought that it would be bad for my sister if she got entangled with me.

To be honest, I was more inclined to not look into it. I was worried that if our relationship continued, my sister might become greedy for the position of princess again. At that time, I really was worried about that.

So I forgot about it. At first, consciously. Later, naturally.

The reason I thought of my sister again was because of that sword dance.

When I heard the report that the Sword Dance Theater had concluded the succession battle without bloodshed, I thought of my sister whom I had forgotten about.

Now that I think about it, there must have been a way. Couldn’t we have chosen a successor peacefully, like the Geommu Theater did?

What was I so afraid of back then? Thinking back now, my sister and I were fine, but everyone around us was having a seizure.

Anyway, Binggungju felt indebted to her older sister.

Because my sister could have enjoyed all the things I enjoy.

Seonak, who was dying now, mentioned that older sister.

‘Why on earth?’

Seo-nak said at her cold gaze.

“I chose you, not Lee Kyung.”

It wasn’t a dead-end nonsense. Seo-nak’s eyes, which were in the backlight, were clear.

“Don’t you want to see it?”

The Ice Palace Master’s hands glowed white because he didn’t want to hear any more.

Just as I was reaching out to finish him off.

“I wonder if he has a family.”

Seonak smiled with a knowing expression. The blood that had filled his mouth flowed out.

‘Is this it? The final revenge?’

Knowing something secret but not telling it.

He knows that at this moment, the thing about his sister will hit him the hardest. He won’t even blink if you say anything else.

“What if I had a daughter? She would live her whole life without even knowing that her aunt was the Ice Palace Princess. She might lose her parents early and live a life of suffering from troubles somewhere. Or she might become a gisaeng and sell her smiles.”

The Ice Palace Master looked into his eyes and spoke calmly.

“I don’t care. Whether I live as a courtesan or a gisaeng.”

The Ice Palace Master did not speak rudely to Elder Seo. He was still polite, as if no provocation would work.

“You’ve lived forgetting all this time, so did you think I would be curious now? Did you think I would feel any pangs of conscience at such a trivial remark? You’ll be a fool until the day you die.”

Seo-Nak’s eyes twitched and the smile disappeared from his face.

A pure white energy spread from the Ice Palace Lord’s hand and covered Seo-Nak’s body. Terrible pain spread through his body.

“Eww!”

My whole body froze and I writhe in excruciating pain. I screamed, “Please kill me.”

“Even if you know, don’t tell me where it is. It’ll just bother me. Keep your mouth shut!”

In the meantime, Seonak writhe in pain.

He died in excruciating pain more severe than any pain he had ever felt in his life.

The Ice Palace Princess looked down at the corpse with eyes filled with complicated emotions. She secretly hoped. She hoped that she would beg him to spare her life, to tell her everything she knew, and to stop the suffering.

But seeing him die without saying a word despite the pain, I thought that those words were meant to torment me one last time. Even if that wasn’t true, I would think so. I didn’t intend to be fooled by his tricks.

The Ice Palace Master spoke to Geommugeuk.

“I unintentionally revealed the corruption of the palace in front of you.”

“Chiburani? The Lord of the Ice Palace also successfully ended the succession dispute without any bloodshed between blood relatives.”

“My sister was great.”

“If you are such a wise older sister, I am sure you will be living happily wherever you are.”

She knew it was just polite talk, but the words from the sword dance gave her some comfort.

The ice palace changed the topic.

“What do you plan to do now?”

“Next, I plan to hit the Bukhyeolmun Gate.”

Although the Ice Palace Lord would like to lead his men and completely wipe out the Bukhyeol Gate, doing so would result in many casualties.

At that moment, Geommugeuk said something unexpected.

“If Your Majesty permits, I will go to the Bukhyeolmun Gate with the Young Princess for reconnaissance.”

Sending your daughter to the Bukhyeolmun? The Ice Palace Lord was silent for a moment. However, since the enemy was so strong, he hesitated.

“Do so.”

When the war broke out, I decided that it would be safer to be next to the Geommu Theater. I saw the wall of Ganggi beyond the fence, and had tea with my daughter. I believe in him because he was the one who made it possible.

“Your Majesty, please take charge of the sweeping. This time, I will give you priority.”

The Ice Palace Lord nodded. The reason Chwima and Sogyoju came was to reveal Wonju’s death. Now that they had revealed that death and had even taken revenge, they could go back.

However, he said he would fight against the enemy together. The Ice Palace Master was grateful and reassured by the sword dance.

“Then see you later.”

After greeting the sword dance, the Ice Palace Lord also said goodbye respectfully to Chwima.

As she left, Geommu-geuk looked back at Chwima.

Chwima handed the blood clot to Geommugeuk.

“Drink.”

He never let his poisonous weapon, the Bloody Throat, fall into the hands of others.

The only thing that allowed it was the Sword Dance Theater.

The sword dance drank the ice wine from the blood well.

“Oh, great. This is the most delicious ice cream in the world!”

The drunkard drank the blood wine that was handed to him again.

“It’s really delicious!”

The two of them spoke loudly on purpose, because the person pouring the wine must be listening somewhere in the sky.

The two people who had drunk all the alcohol remaining in the cup stood side by side and looked up at the sky.

The horse smiled brightly.

Geommugeuk thought that way. Maybe Wonju was looking down at him from the sky right now and smiling.

* * *

“Don’t worry.”

Ian, who was standing by the window, turned his head at the words heard from behind. The person who spoke to her was Hanseol, who was sitting on the edge of the bed.

“Because my mother went with me.”

Ian seemed worried as he stared blankly out the window.

Ian answered honestly.

“To be honest, I was thinking about something else. I don’t worry about what you do, Master. My worries are huge, so why would I worry about whether the sun will rise tomorrow?”

Hanseol stared at her for a moment and then said.

“Because it’s a transcendent being?”

Ian thought she was teasing him. Why did she have to use that expression to suffer for so long?

“Yes, because to me it is a transcendent being.”

Hanseol asked again, saying she wanted to talk about this issue someday.

“If the leader tells you to die, can you die?”

It was a question that he thought would not be easy to answer, but Ian answered without hesitation.

“Yes. I can die. I will open the gates of hell wide and say, ‘My master sent me!’ Oh, if it were you, I would become friends with the King of Hell and be excluded. I would suffer in the pit of fire, right?”

Hanseol shook her head and barely held back the words that were rising to her throat. She couldn’t say out loud that she had only been close to him for a few days.

Ian said those words instead.

“You thought I was crazy, right?”

At Ian’s words, Hanseol made a face that said, ‘I know, that’s enough.’

Ian smiled brightly and looked out the window again.

“Actually, that was the easiest question to answer. He’s not the kind of person who would ever tell me to die. It’s a question where I can shout out loud that I could die.”

Hanseol looked at her back. Is it really possible for such a deep bond to develop between people?

“If you do that, won’t the leader feel burdened?”

If it were me, I think it would be burdensome. If someone were to expect this and look at me, I would have to do better, I would have to show a better side of myself. The burden would be extraordinary.

“That won’t happen.”

“Why are you so sure?”

“You’re not so foolish as to feel burdened by my words. You’ll just like it. You’ll think that my hard work was worth it.”

To be honest, Hanseol was jealous of Geommugeuk. It wasn’t easy to gain someone’s absolute trust and support.

At that moment, Geommu-geuk and Chwi-ma returned to their residence. Seeing the two, Han-seol asked urgently.

“What about your mother?”

“The princess has gone to the ice palace.”

News spread that Elder Seo was truly a traitor and that he had died.

Hanseol felt unfamiliar. It wasn’t Elder Seo’s betrayal that was unfamiliar, but the fact that there was someone behind him that was unfamiliar.

She had treated him as her uncle since they were young, so he was like a big adult to her. But there was another person who could move that person. He was someone who seemed so strong.

Hanseol was worried about her mother. Still, she must have had a great deal of faith and reliance on Elder Seo.

Suddenly she realized that this was the first time she had felt this way.

‘I’m worried now.’

Surprisingly, I realized that I had never worried about my mother before. She had always been strong. There was nothing to worry about. But just a moment ago, I asked about her, and now I was worried that she might have been hurt. For the first time in my life, I felt a certain warmth inside me.

Can a person’s heart change so easily? No, is it even possible for it to change like this?

Doesn’t this change mean that it could change into a feeling of greater hatred?

Hanseol suddenly felt like asking Geommugeuk about such a problem. She felt like Geommugeuk would give her a clear answer. Well, she didn’t ask him.

“What do you plan to do now?”

“We declared war on them by killing Elder Seo.”

Now the real fight has begun.

“The next target is the Bukhyeolmun Gate. Before we attack them, our first priority should be to find out why they saved the extreme delay at the Bukhyeolmun Gate. It would be good to get inside them.”

Then Hanseol remembered something and spoke first even though Geommugeuk had not asked her to.

“When I met the two lords of the Bukhyeolmun sect a while ago, I told them that I would come back with the younger sect leader. Let’s go together.”

The sword dance drama honestly conveyed the current situation.

“It would be extremely dangerous. The person you were just talking to could suddenly use the self-destruct attack right in front of you.”

Was it because she felt a burning heat inside her heart that she had never felt before? Hanseol strangely did not feel scared. Since it was an issue with the Ice Palace, she only thought that she had to take the lead and resolve it.

“Some say it opens the gates of hell.”

Hanseol looked at the smiling Ian and added forcefully.

“I will open the North Blood Gate.”