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 Chapter 271 - Sword Creek, Grave of swords (1) Chapter 271: Sword Creek, Grave of swords (1) Forest was dense with fog, that it wasn’t visible to look forward. The rain stopped but the ground was still damp and wet and the forest was very humid. The forest was also so dense that it was hard to even walk through it. “I’m not sure if we are going the right way.” Hu Bong ranted as he cut down the bushes as he walked forward. After they moved past the old wood sign that said ‘Sword Creek,’ they were searching through the forest without a direction. They couldn’t move through with the horses as the forest was too dense, so they were on foot now. ‘It’s like finding a needle in a haystack.’ It seemed it was going to be hard to find the missing special expedition team within this creek. Yeowun had opened all his senses to search for any signs of people, but he couldn’t see anyone. [Mapping the area… at 5%.] Nano’s voice rang inside Yeowun’s head. Yeowun was watching through augmented reality. He saw a small square box at the corner of his sight, where Nano was showing a map as they walked through. “No. Move to the left.” “Yes, Master.” Hu Bong changed direction at Yeowuun’s order. At least they weren’t walking through the same area with the help of Nano. Anyone would want to have Nano within them if they found out about Nano’s abilities. But they didn’t know when they would get to find the missing people or the Godly Doctor. It was about two hours into the forest. ‘I sense energy harmonizing.’ A small sound of harmony began to come from a distance. It seemed that Yang Danwa also felt this and was looking in the same direction and he grimaced. “Did you feel that, sir?” Yeowun nodded at Yang Danwa’s question. Hu Bong and Mun Ku weren’t sure what they were talking about and became curious. They were too weak to sense this sound. “I think there’s something there. Let’s move there.” “Yes, sir.” Yang Danwa answered and Hu Bong became confused and asked, “Wwhere are we going?” He wasn’t sure what they were talking about and Yang Danwa smiled and spoke. “Lieutenant Hu. Turn to the northwest from where you are right now.” “Y-yes, sir!” With Yang Danwa explaining where to go, Hu Bong cut through more bushes and walked forward. The group began to move more quickly. As they walked closer to the area, the sound grew louder. ‘It’s… like a sharp energy.’ Energy that might come from a legendary weapon was flowing near the area. It seemed like they would get to the destination soon. It was then. ‘What is this smell?’ It was humid forest, so the sudden smell of blood pierced his nose. All members of the group also smelled this and frowned. “Master, I smell blood.’Read more chapter on vi pnovel It seemed like it was coming from nearby. They quickly moved toward the smell, as it could be anyone. And toward the east, they saw a place with many sword markings. “Ugh!” Mun Ku frowned and looked away when they got there. All of the bushes were splattered with blood and there were bodies that had been cut into half. Organs were popping out here and there, so it was hard to see. But there wasn’t just one body. There were two bodies, and it seemed like the sword markings here were evidence of them trying to survive. “T-these people are…” Yeowun’s eye narrowed when he saw the faces of dead bodies. They were those who went to chase after the old man last night. ‘Did they come across that man?’ That was the likely explanation for them to be found dead. These people were only at about at the top-class level. There was no way for them to fight against the old man, but Yeowun couldn’t care about these people. “Oh, these are people from yesterday.” Hu Bong also realized this and spoke as he looked closely at their faces. Hu Bong then tapped on the body with his finger a few times and spoke. “Master, it looks like they were killed recently.” When they left yesterday, there was heavy rainfall. If the body was soaked under such rain, the body should have expanded, but the blood drained from the body down to the ground, leaving a trace of it which meant they were killed after the rain stopped. ‘Nano, analyze it.’ Yeowun ordered to Nano when he placed his finger on the blood and skin of the body. A white light began to come out of his finger and Nano began to analyze. Soon, Nano’s rang inside his head. [From analyzing the blood and the muscle contraction, the estimated time of death is 2 hours ago.] That wasn’t long. But it was enough time for the killer to move further away from the location. Yeowun then find out another fact. ‘Where is… another one?’ These groups traveled in groups of three. The actual group with their dead leader was a four-man group. But Yeowun couldn’t find another person’s body anywhere. ‘There’s no way he would be able to get away.’ There were only three of them, so it was likely that the old man could easily catch up to them and kill them. But Yeowun couldn’t find another body. And when he was curious, Yang Danwa raised his hand to signal. “Master!” Chapter 272 - Sword Creek, Grave of swords (2) Chapter 272: Sword Creek, Grave of swords (2) Yeowun ran there and found footsteps in the mud. But there were the footsteps of two people instead of one. Luckily, the rain made the ground become muddy, leaving many traces. ‘They couldn’t erase the tracks.’ If it was just sand or dirt, it would have been easy to erase everything, but it was hard to erase footsteps left on mud. But where these footsteps were heading was… “…It moved toward the sound.” It was the location of the sound. Maybe if they went to the place, they can find the old man. But it wasn’t sure why the old man left one person alive. “Let’s follow the footsteps.” “Yes, sir.” Yeowun’s members began to follow the footsteps. There was already a way created through it, so Hu Bong didn’t need to cut out any more bushes. After walking about 10 minutes, they were at the end of the bushes. “OH!” Hu Bong brightened up. He was feeling depressed while walking through the humid bushes, but it seemed like that was going to end. It was hard to see what was ahead as the fog was dense, so they had to get out of the bushes to see what was ahead. ‘There’s no mud.’ And as they came near the ending point, the ground turned into rocks. The footsteps also disappeared because of it. As they got out of the forest, they were at a large open space. The fog still hid most of its sight, but they still managed to see a vast stone wall standing in front of them. “Whoaaa! A mountain? A rock mountain?” Mun Ku looked down to up at the giant rock. The one they were looking at was a large mountain peak, but it was created with a rock instead of dirt. The surface was so steep that it was almost upright and there was almost no place to gain a foothold. Even a warrior had a powerful stepping skill, it would be hard to climb up without the right equipment. “Such a thing was hidden within the creek.” It was astounding. They walked closer to look at it. Hu Bong then quickly ran up to it and stopped with shock. “UGH!” Hu Bong could have been in danger if he had just kept on running. The ground wasn’t all just rocks. There was a large cliff that existed between. “M-master! It’s a cliff! Don’t go near!” Hu Bong shouted with a pale face. The distance between the cliff to the rock was quite far, and the cliff was so deep that they couldn’t see the bottom. The wind blew fiercely from below. “Oohhh wow. I-it really is deep.” Mun Ku looked down carefully and backed away with a pale face. The cliff was so deep that it was even dark. If someone dropped, they’d definitely be dead, no matter who it was. Then they heard the sound again. Yeowun turned to a direction and gasped. “Ah!” “I-it’s impossible!” Fourth Elder Yang Danwa also turned at the direction and gasped in shock. They didn’t see it at first because of the fog, but when they got closer, they saw it on the wall of the rock. Sword. There was a large word engraved on the giant stone wall. “What are you talk… HUH!?” “T-this is…” Hu Bong and Mun Ku also turned to the direction and became wordless at the sight. ‘This is amazing.’ That was only thing they could think of as they saw the word on the rock. They weren’t close to it, but the word wasn’t something that was carved out by some chisel. ‘Sword? No, it’s created by sword qi.’ The word was engraved in by qi. No one knew when it was engraved here, but the sheer size and power emanating from the word was enough to bring shock. It was almost like when Yeowun saw Chun Ma’s sword trace left on the blue pearl stone pedestal. ‘Who did this?’ Yeowun felt the arrogance and authority of the man who engraved this word on the wall. It felt like if the word itself was proving that the man was the best in the world. It was enough to make one training in the sword to become humble. “Nnngh…” Even Hu Bong, who had a low understanding of sword, couldn’t put his eyes off from the word. ‘There’s no rest between. It was written there once. How did he do it?’ Yeowun was able to find out that it was written through sword qi, but it wasn’t sure how it was made without any rest, especially when the cliff was dividing them apart. And it also seemed that the writing style was very familiar. ‘This writing is like…’ “Prince. Look at that!” Mun Ku shouted and Yeowun turned to the direction where she pointed. Under the giant word, there were some things that were stuck beneath. These swords were stuck there like a hedgehog. “Swords?” Many swords were stuck beneath the word, and it seemed like there were more than hundreds. There were all kinds of swords, ranging from ordinary ones to treasured swords. But most of them were rusted, proving they had been there for a long time. ‘Look at all those swords… are these swords abandoned?’ It wasn’t easy to abandon one’s unique weapon, as it was like a lifeline to a martial artist. This meant the person who abandoned the sword gave up on training sword art. Were there that many people who gave up on training sword because of that word? After looking at it for a long time, Yeowun came to an understanding. ‘Wait. If these swords are abandoned here… maybe this place is…!’ Chapter 273 - Sword Creek, Grave of swords (3) Chapter 273: 273 Sword Creek, Grave of swords (3) “Sword Creek! Prince! This must be Sword Creek!!” Chun Yeowun nodded to Mun Ku’s excited shouts. This was truly Sword Creek. There were so many swords abandoned in this place, and that gave the creek its name: ‘Sword Creek.’ ‘This is like a graveyard for swords.’ With all the swords on the wall shaking slightly, a buzzing sound came through. “Ah…” Yeowun finally realized what the sound was about. It was through the word engraved on the wall sending energy through the swords, creating soundwaves from the shaking. ‘A sword trace left on the wall sending out the sword qi from within… wow.’ It was amazing to see such wonder for one who studied the sword. It seemed like the word left on the wall had been there for a long time. But it still had sword qi within it, which was a mystery beyond understanding. ‘It’s a level where a superior master level warrior cannot even possibly think to achieve.’ As Yeowun looked through the word, Yang Danwa suddenly found something and sent a telepathic message. [Master! Master!] ‘?!’ [I sense human presence nearby!] ‘Human presence?’ Yeowun then got out of focus from the word and focused on his senses. He then felt the presence of a person nearby, but it was toward the wall. ‘Why is there a person in the wall?’ [Lieutenant Hu!] “…Waaah! Y-yes! Yes!” [Be quiet!] Yang Danwa quickly got Hu Bong out of his mesmerized state. Hu Bong became frantic as he snapped out of daydreaming while looking at the word. [Get yourselves together and follow me.] [Yes, sir!] Yang Danwa led Yeowun’s group down and moved to the right of the word. There, they found something surprising again. ‘W-what’s that?’ There were about twenty caves at the wall. They didn’t expect to find such a cave at the side of such giant rocks. Yeowun then had a thought. ‘Oh. Maybe the Godly Doctor is within that place!’ Yeowun was concerned when he entered the forest as he couldn’t find any traces of people. But after looking at these caves, he thought maybe he could find where the doctor was. [There are so many caves.] Mun Ku spoke through telepathic message and Yeowun raised his senses. The reason why there were this many caves was possibly because many of them were fake. Fortunately, the person that he sensed while ago was still within the same place. [It’s that one.] Yeowun pointed at one of the caves. Yang Danwa also sensed this so he nodded. But there was a problem. ‘It’s too far.’ The cliff divided them from the entrance to the cave. It required a huge leap into the cave, at least over 30 meters. It wasn’t a distance that any stepping skill would allow. It was too far for Hu Bong, who was only a master level warrior, to jump across. ‘Can Mun Ku jump across?’ Mun Ku was an established super master level warrior, but it was still concerning. One mistake would mean dropping into that endless cliff. Hu Bong glanced down at the cliff and swallowed his throat nervously. Yeowun then whispered, “Yang Danwa. Can you carry Hu Bong over to that cave?” Yang Danwa thought for a second and nodded. He was a superior master warrior so it wasn’t hard for him to jump across 30 meters without much effort. “Mun Ku, can you do it?” Yeowun asked and Mun Ku glanced over at the distance and was about to say she could, when… “I’ll carry you over if you can’t.” She stopped herself from saying it and nodded excitedly. There was no need to refuse the offer. ‘Hehe. He’ll carry me over!’ Hu Bong shook his head as he looked excited Mun Ku. As it was decided, Yeowun first held up Mun Ku in his arms. ‘Yay!’ She brought her both hands together and grinned in happiness. Was this what it was like to be protected? “Good. Hold on tight.” “Okay. Hehe.” Mun Ku grabbed on Yeowun tightly and Yeowun began to run toward the cliff. Sending energy into his feet, Yeowun’s body shot off the cliff, and landed on the cave. Hu Bong then laughed and walked over to Yang Danwa. “Thank you, sir.” Yang Danwa frowned and turned and showed his back for Hu Bong to climb up. “Are you not carrying me over?” “I don’t want to hold a man in my arms. Get on my back.” “…Yes, sir.” Hu Bong then awkwardly got up on Yang Danwa’s back. It seemed like Yang Danwa was more than eager to jump across alone if Hu Bong hesitated. “If you’ll excuse me… UGH!” As soon as Hu Bong got up, Yang Danwa didn’t say anything and quickly ran and jumped. When he got down to the cave, Yang Danwa let go of his hands from Hu Bong’s butt. It was an order from the Lord, but it still didn’t feel good to touch a man’s butt. ‘Ugh… I thought I was going to die.’ Hu Bong was more surprised than awkward. Whatever the case, Yang Danwa then walked in and sniffed. ‘What is this smell?’ A weird smell filled the cave, which was coming from the inside. It smelled like something was burning. Yang Danwa tried to tell Chun Yeowun about the smell, but Yeowun was on the ground, touching something with his finger. ‘What is this?’ Yeowun looked at the black powder on his finger. When he sniffed it, it had the same smell that filled the entire cave. ‘Nano, can you tell me what this is?’ Nano then began to analyze the black powder. After a white light came out from the tip of his finger, Nano’s voice came to his head. [Analysis complete. It is fire powder.] ‘Fire powder? The exploding powder?’ [Yes, Master.] Yeowun frowned and looked down at the powder again. Why there was there fire powder all over the place, and why was the cave filled with this smell? Yeowun then felt something was wrong and looked into the cave. There was surely a sign of a person inside. And Yeowun also saw faint light deep within. ‘What is the point of this?’ Chapter 274 - Sword Creek, Grave of swords (4) Chapter 274: Sword Creek, Grave of swords (4) The fire powder had its own purpose, but if the person was inside there, then it wasn’t likely for him to set it to explode. [What should we do, my Lord?] [Wait here.] [Yes, my Lord.] Yeowun then decided he should check it out first, as walking in without checking first could be dangerous. ‘Nano, activate Nightvision mode.’ [Activating nightvision mode on user’s sight.] Nano’s voice rang out and Yeowun’s eye shook before taking in more light exposure. Yeowun now clearly saw what was inside the cave. But the distance was still too far to look at it clearly. [Wait here.] Yeowun took ten steps in and saw a person far away. ‘Nano, can you zoom in?’ [Zooming in on current sight.] The faint person figure was then zoomed in. When it was zoomed in enough, Yeowun became shocked. ‘Huh?’ The cave was a dead end. There was a man sitting there, shaking his head frantically. This was the reason for the light shaking within. ‘That man..’ It was one of the men from the group that was found dead while ago. The man had been tied with rope, but he could move his head, which he was shaking frantically with a pale face. ‘A fire?’ There was a small torch by man’s mouth that was created with small wood. The fire was coming near the man’s mouth, and the man was trying hard to put out the fire but it was almost at his mouth. Even through its extreme heat, the man didn’t let go of the torch and tried to put it out. ‘W-wait…!’ Yeowun then looked near the man and saw a huge amount of fire powder by the man. Yeowun deactivated nightvision mode and shouted frantically. “WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF…!!!” It was then. An explosion rang from within the cave, and the fire exploded out like lightning. The explosion was so loud that everyone’s ears went deaf with a ringing sound. But Yang Danwa, Mun Ku, and Hu Bong realized something went wrong and turned to run out of the cave. However, the explosion was too fast. The fire quickly reached the entrance and the fire came over them. At that moment, when even the cave was coming down, Yeowun was only thinking about saving Mun Ku and the others, rather than his own escape. Yeowun then unleashed all of his energy onto the three people. Their bodies were then pushed out like a cannonball through the energy. “Aaaaaah!” “Kyaaaaaa!” The three people got out of the cave just when the fire reached the entrance and they flew to the other side of the cliff. ‘N-no!! Prince!’ Mun Ku then quickly turned as she was flying away. “Aaaaaaaaaargh!!!” And she saw Yeowun, engulfed in fire, thrown out from the cave before dropping down into the cliff. “NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!” Mun Ku screamed in despair, but Yeowun’s body was disappearing into the depth of the cliff. With Yeowun’s energy dissipating, Mun Ku and others got down safely on the other side of the cliff and quickly turned to run to the cliff. “M-master!!!!” “A-aaaaaaaah!!!” Yeowun’s fire disappeared into the dark depth and Mun Ku and Hu Bong screamed madly and tried to jump in. Yang Danwa held them to stop them. Jumping off here was an act of suicide. “Let me go! Let me go!!” Mun Ku screamed with tears running through her reddened eyes and Yang Danwa slapped her. “Wake up! Are you going to kill yourself and have the Lord’s sacrifice to go in vain?” Mun Ku was so heartbroken to hear this. It wasn’t even a day since they found out about each other’s feelings. This tragedy brought despair and grief to her. “Ah…ah-ah!” She then slumped down on the ground and began to wail. Hu Bong, who had been screaming toward the cliff, couldn’t hold back his emotions either. No one imagined such thing would happen in that short amount of time. ‘Dammit…!’ Yang Danwa clenched his fist and blood dripped from it. He stopped these two people from jumping off, but Yang Danwa felt the same way. He was actually saved by the Lord whom he had to prtect, so he couldn’t find the words to describe his despair. Their sadness had barely passed… Someone appeared through the bushes and Yang Danwa turned. Someone was walking out as if it was entertaining. It was the old man from the inn. “Y-YOU!” “Oh- haha. This is an unexpected profit. Someone else bit the bait.” The fire powder inside the cave was the old man’s work. He seemed really glad about what just happened. “It would have been harder if that one was alive, but he dropped down on his own. What a fortunate turn of events.” “YOU!!!” Mun Ku then glared with reddened eyes. She became furious at the old man who seemed to be happy about Yeowun’s death. “Oh? You were crying like a girl just now, but you are a man? But!” The old man unleashed powerful energy. “You wouldn’t last long.” Yang Danwa’s eyes turned grim. The old man was much more powerful than himself last night. “I am bit busy, so I’ll make this quick.” The old man then smirked and charged. After about an hour, at a forest about 5 miles away from Sword Creek, someone was barely walking through the forest. “Whew… Whew…” He seemed exhausted and was breathing heavily. It was the old man who attacked Yeowun’s remaining group. It seemed he had taken internal damage as his face was pale. ‘I thought I was lucky… but I guess not.’ The old man then stopped and rested his back on a large tree. He opened his senses to check if there were any chasers. ‘If it wasn’t for that girlish boy coming at me so fiercely… I would have taken care of them fast and also taken care of him too.’ He couldn’t forget Mun Ku’s eyes. Mun Ku charged at the old man like a woman who had lost her husband. The old man was much stronger, but he was overwhelmed by such a fierce attack. That’s when the man that the old man baited came out and joined the fight, which resulted in the old man taking internal damage and retreating. ‘Haha… doesn’t matter. I know which cave he came out from now.’ That was the original purpose anyway. He had gone through many caves, but he never found any entrances. That’s why the old man exploded one of them to check, and it sure worked. ‘Just a bit more to find his trace… I just need to tend to my wound and… hmm?’ The old man felt many people appearing nearby. But he didn’t seem surprised. One of the men then appeared in front of the old man and knelt down. “Lee Chung, at service of the Blade Sword Master!” The old man grinned. Chapter 275 - Within the Sword Creek (1) Chapter 275: Within the Sword Creek (1) Chun Yeowun’s body was engulfed with the flame that shot out from behind. The heat coming from the explosion was overwhelming and felt as if all the skin on Yeowun’s back was melting. With fire all over his body, Yeowun couldn’t withstand the pain and screamed. “Aaaaaaaaargh!” He tried to endure the pain and jump, but he couldn’t fight against the power of the explosion. Yeowun was thrown out of the cave, and he couldn’t do anything but drop down with his body on fire. He then caught a glimpse of Mun Ku’s face gripped with despair as she saw Yeowun falling off the cliff. ‘Ahh…’ Although the fire burning his entire body, Yeowun’s head was filled with Mun Ku’s crying face that made his heart tight. With his body falling, the wind put out the fire that was on his body. [Activating self-healing mode to heal burns from the explosion.] Even when he was dropping, Nano began healing the burns that were all over his body. His skin melted down into the muscles, but it quickly began to heal. The pain subsided quickly, but Yeowun was still dropping at an enormous speed. ‘Is it that deep?’ [Falling speed increasing. Danger. Danger.] Nano’s voice rang out, warning him of the situation. Yeowun had augmented reality on his eyes, so he saw Nano shooting red lights that showed numbers which seemed to be the speed of Yeowun’s fall. Yeowun had once jumped off from a high mountain, but that wasn’t long fall like this. As Yeowun kept falling through the dark depth, Yeowun was struck with the fear of death. ‘Am I going to die here?’ Surely anyone would be facing death in such a situation. Pain, darkness, end, and nothingness. With all that coming into one’s emotions, it was bound to put one into the depth of despair. [User’s heart rate increasing rapidly.] Nano’s voice warned of the danger but Yeowun couldn’t focus. This speed of this drop would shatter Yeowun’s body into pieces the moment he dropped, which would render Nano’s healing ability to be useless. ‘Do I have to accept my death?’ Yeowun was about to accept it as his fate. That’s when a sudden gush of wind swirled around, pushing Yeowun to the side. “Ugh!” Yeowun was shocked by sudden wind changing his coarse. His body then struck against the wall of the huge rock. But that wasn’t the end. With the strong gush of wind, Yeowun’s body was then thrown off to another side. “Argh!” Yeowun then came back to his senses from the pain. He almost succumbed to the fear of death, but he was able to get out of it. ‘I can’t die like this!’ There was something more fearful than death itself. Yeowun couldn’t finish what he had set out to do yet. And to think that he couldn’t see the woman’s face whom he had given to the first time in his life, his head instantly cleared up. As Yeowun was flung about all over the place from the wind, he noticed something. He didn’t see it when he was in fear, but now he now saw it clearly. ‘It’s a sword.’ It wasn’t like above under the word ‘Sword,’ but there were a lot of swords stuck in the wall. “Ah!” Yeowun then came up with an idea and reached to back of his waist. ‘It’s there!’ The White Dragon Blade still hung by his waist. He wasn’t sure what the scabbard’s strap was made of, but it withstood the fire and was still hanging on Yeowun’s waist. Yeowun then pulled out the White Dragon Blade. He then gripped the blade and took a deep breath. ‘If I’m going to die, I’ll at least die trying to survive!’ The strong gush of wind still threw him all over the place as he dropped. When he then was thrown to the other side of the wall, he made a move. “Hah!” Yeowun used all his might to strike down with White Dragon Blade against the wall. Whether it was the sharpness of the blade or the speed of the fall, but the blade began slicing through the wall as it stuck there. “Aaaaargh!” The impact broke Yeowun’s right shoulder bone and ribs. Even if Yeowun’s muscles were enhanced beyond the limit of a normal human, it didn’t apply to his bones. Yeowun was trying to fight the gravity pulling him down, so his bone paid the price. “Stop! Please!!” And after falling straight through for about 15 meters, his dropping speed began to slow down and the blade soon came to a stop. “I..it worked!” It was very close. Yeowun almost died by dropping, but he had survived. He then glimpsed down and saw that the ground wasn’t very deep down from here. “Ugh!” [Detected disjointed shoulder and a bone fracture. 3rd right rib bone is broken. Initiating self-healing mode.] Nano began to activate to heal broken bones, and the pain began to subside. Yeowun looked down and saw that he could easily jump down from the height he was currently at if he used the stepping skill. When the pain went away, Yeowun pulled out the blade and dropped safely. As he got on the ground, he slumped down and sighed in relief. Everything was dark, but he was still alive. Yeowun then realized martial arts wasn’t everything. He was very powerful now, but he learned that there were situations that could still kill him. After resting for a bit, Yeowun got up. He now survived, so he had to find a way to go up the cliff. ‘Nano, activate night vision mode.’ [Activating night vision mode.] Nano’s voice rang and Yeowun’s eyes turned to see the area clearly. ‘Ah..’ Chapter 276 - Within the Sword Creek (2) Chapter 276: Within the Sword Creek (2) Yeowun’s eye grew large. He thought there wasn’t anything here, but there were many swords stuck in the ground. They had all rusted through time, so there weren’t any useful swords. ‘There are so many swords here.’ But it wasn’t only swords that were here. There were countless skulls and bones scattered around. It seemed these were people who dropped through the cliff and died. Some were too old, barely recognizable if they were human, but there were some that were intact and still had clothes. ‘I almost joined them. But why did they fall and die here?’ Yeowun became curious but there was no way to find out. Yeowun hesitated for a bit, but he then took off one of the pieces of clothing from a skeleton. ‘It’s clothing from a dead person but…’ His original clothes were burned heavily, and they were in no state to be worn. Yeowun changed his clothing into the one he picked up and walked over to the cliff wall so he could find a way to climb back up. Yeowun thought it was better to find a way up on the opposite side of the giant rock, which was almost upright and slick on the surface. ‘Hm… it’s not much different here.’ The other side of the cliff was more rough, but it was actually angled backwards. There was no way of climbing up. ‘Was this why there wasn’t any information about this?’ Even if someone tried to climb down by using rope, that gush of wind would throw the person off balance. ‘Is there any other way?’ Yeowun then began to look around just in case he might find something. As he began to walk around the giant rock, he came to a stop at some point. ‘Huh?’ Yeowun became shocked. He thought maybe what he was seeing was a mistake. He was looking at many traces of a sword and a blade on the giant rock. ‘Why is there a trace of fighting here?’ It was hard to understand. Yeowun was thrown off from the explosion, so he dropped against his intention. But why did all these people come all the way down here and fight? After checking these traces, Yeowun’s eyes widened. The sword and blade traces were very familiar. ‘Sword Force of the Sky Demon…?’ The clear sword trace was very similar to that of the Sword Force of the Sky Demon. There were few sword movements that didn’t match, but the remaining movements were exactly the same. It seemed that this came later than the Sword Force of the Sky Demon. “Wait… maybe…” Yeowun looked up with shock. He thought he had seen the writing style of ‘Sword’ word up on the cliff somewhere, but he now realized it was Father Chun Ma’s writing style. Yeowun then brought the black sword to take shape. He then looked at writings on the sword. [Sky Demon Sword] The ‘Sword’ word engraved on there was almost same as the ‘Sword’ engraved on the wall above. This meant that Father Chun Ma had come here and fought someone. That didn’t seem all that impossible, as the recording of Lord’s palace showed that Father Chun Ma even set out to invade all sides, even through Hobuk Castle, where this Sword Creek was at. But what made Yeowun shocked was different. ‘What is up with this blade tracing?’ This blade trace was surely the blade skill of the Blade God. Yeowun looked at the blade trace left on it and became shocked. ‘I’ve never seen this.’ On blade traces that seemed to be the blade skill of the Blade God, there were two formations that Yeowun was not familiar with. The two formations were more powerful than the six blade formation that Yeowun learned. It seemed these two were the latter part of the blade skill. ‘…I thought the six formation was everything. I was wrong.’ Yeowun was beyond shocked to see the blade skill. This was almost as powerful as the Sword Force of the Sky Demon, except the last formation of the Sword Force. ‘I didn’t think this would be waiting for me here.’ Yeowun thought he was unlucky for falling down, but it was actually a blessing in disguise. It was unclear as to why it was here, but Yeowun luckily managed to come across a trace of two very powerful warriors fighting against each other, especially because Yeowun had Nano who could simulate this. ‘Nano, scan it.’ Yeowun ordered Nano to scan the sword and blade traces. [Yes, Master.] Nano scanned the trace and began analyzing. Yeowun was then walking through the traces and… “Huh?” He found something while he walked. This was different from the sword trace he saw. It was left there by combining something and had a word engraved below. ‘Impossible.’ It seemed whatever the writer was trying to do wasn’t achieved. The writing style matched that of Father Chun Ma’s. After looking closely, Yeowun then realized that the sword trace here wasn’t like a fighting trace that was left on the other places. It seemed this trace was left by trying something on it. ‘Why is there the word ‘impossible’ here?’ Yeowun became confused and ordered Nano to extract these sword traces. When it was finished, Yeowun ordered Nano. ‘Nano, show me the 3D image of these sword traces.’ [Yes, Master. Initiating 3D view of the scanned sword trace.] Complicated sword traces then began to show up with white lines flashing through, and Yeowun was able to see sword movements. Yeowun was shocked to see these movements in formation form. “This… is impossible.” This was a sword skill that moved beyond conventional body movements, just like how the blade skill of Blade God did. Yeowun was able to sense it instinctively. ‘He tried to combine it!’ That was it. These sword traces that were marked ‘impossible’ were the creation of Father Chun Ma which came after fighting against the blade skill of the Blade God. Chapter 277 - Within the Sword Creek (3) Chapter 277: Within the Sword Creek (3) Dark night… There was a place where the entire area was surrounded by giant rocks. There was opening on the top, so it was only visible from high up. And within the place, there was a large mansion. Inside the mansion’s building, there were a whole bunch of pots brewing medicines and the storage of various medicinal herbs. It looked like a hospital of some kind from the first glimpse. This place was the hideout of the Godly Doctor located within the large rock of the Sword Creek. Inside, there were many beds with one man getting treated above it. The man was the Fourth Elder of Demonic Cult, Yang Danwa. He moaned in pain. “Ugh!” “Alright, alright. Man up, will you?” There was an old woman holding on to Yang Danwa’s head so he wouldn’t move. She looked well over her sixties but she had a very well built body. Her thick arms reminded one of a heavily-built body like Ko Wanghur. “Hah…” There was the reason why Yang Danwa was such pain. It was because of the location of the wound. With the sword qi cutting down on him from the right forehead down to the bottom of his eyes, he had lost his sight. It was a wound he got while fighting the old man from the inn. He had lost an eye, but it was fortunate that he survived. ‘I would not have survived if it wasn’t for Master Mun.’ She was worthy to be one of the Six Swords. She looked innocent and harmless usually, but Yang Danwa saw her raging through her attacks. Most warriors would lose control and go on a rampage in such anger, but Mun Ku helped Yang Danwa effectively to attack the old man. It was why they were able to hold out until ‘he’ appeared. ‘It’s an amazing talent. Maybe we will have another woman warrior as powerful as Elder Yin in a few years.’ It was thanks to Mun Ku that they were alive. Yang Danwa valued this very highly. “Ugh!” Even if he tried to endure, the sewing on his face was hurt. And when it was almost over, he heard wailing coming from the opposite bed. “Waaaah…. Prince…” “…How can this be…” There was a girl wailing with both hands on her face. It was Mun Ku. There was another woman, tall and large, hugging her. It was Hou Sangwha who was said to be missing. She was actually at the hideout of the Godly Doctor. Of course, there were others who were alive from the team. “Nnnngh… Master!” “…” And there was Hu Bong, with linen wrapped all around his body, lying down on the bed with an exhausted expression. He was moaning and crying with Bakgi sitting next to him with a dumbfounded face. He was just mumbling the same words. “I can’t believe this…” He just kept on saying the same thing. Bakgi and Hou Sangwha began doing this after they heard that Chun Yeowun was caught in the explosion and fell off the cliff. “Well, you folks are quite different from one another.” The old woman glanced back at wailing and spoke. She was talking about Hou Sangwha and Bakgi, who didn’t talk much, compared to Mun Ku and Hu Bong who openly expressed their emotions. “But that master of yours must have been a good master. Seeing that all of you are crying.” “…” Yang Danwa couldn’t say anything to that. He too felt miserable to think about the dead Chun Yeowun. He had to give his life for the sin of not being able to protect the Lord, but he had a job to do. The old woman finished sewing up the wound and dabbed mashed herbs over the wound. Yang Danwa then asked the woman carefully. “…Godly Doctor.” The old woman was the Godly Doctor they had been searching for. She was the master of this hidden mansion, and Godly Doctor Gam Rosu. She raised her eyebrows and spoke. “What did I tell you to call me by?” “…Granny Gam.” The old woman didn’t like to be called Godly Doctor surprisingly. Yang Danwa first thought maybe she had learned martial arts from her physics, but she didn’t know any martial arts. When Danwa became curious, Gam Rosu simply replied, ‘Well, you’re a doctor so you need to be in shape for long surgeries. Don’t you think?’ That was reasonable of course, although Gam Rosu seemed to be overly trained for that. Yang Danwa then asked again. “Like I asked earlier… can I make a request to… UGH!” Gam Rosu then pushed on the wound where she was dabbing the medicine. Her strength was powerful. Yang Danwa had to stop speaking because of the pain. “Hah…” Strangely, Gam Rosu kept on cutting them off from asking on the request ever since they met. She then glanced at the entrance of the room, toward the two warriors watching her. It seemed they were keeping their eyes on the doctor. ‘Is she concerned about them?’ Yang Danwa also realized her attitude wasn’t normal so he stopped his request. He didn’t realize at first because he was only thankful for being saved, but he now knew that something strange was going on within this mansion. After patching up the wound and putting linen wrap over it, the Godly Doctor Gam Rosu got up from her seat. She spoke to Yang Danwa. “Well, you will need at least 7 days of treatment. Get some rest now.” Chapter 278 - Within the Sword Creek (4) Chapter 278: Within the Sword Creek (4) She then left the building with the two warriors standing guard following her. When she left, Yang Danwa heard a telepathic message coming to him. [Did you see that?] Yang Danwa turned to the direction, and there was a beautiful woman with thick eyebrows looking at him with her arms crossed, sitting on a bed on the opposite side. It was Second Elder Yin Moha. She too was safe. However, Yang Danwa saw Yin Moha’s true face for the first time after he got here, so he looked awkward searching for Yin Moha’s younger look. […I think she’s being watched. And so are we.] Two warriors who stood guard had left together with the doctor, but there were still eyes watching them from the dark. Yang Danwa felt the presence of people watching inside the room. That’s why they were talking over telepathic messages. [Elder Yin. What is going on here?] They couldn’t talk about it because Yang Danwa had to be treated by the doctor ever since he got here. Yin Moha sighed and answered. [We fought them when we got here.] When Yin Moha and others first got to Sword Creek, someone attacked them. It was the warriors who came out from the hidden mansion, and they first attacked and asked who Yin Moha and the others were. They were within the territory of the Forces of Justice, so Yin Moha did not reveal who they were. But she just showed the orange tag and said they had come to meet the Godly Doctor. Warriors then became less wary and showed interest. [That’s when we were attacked by that old man from the inn and the other three powerful warriors.] A new fight had begun. All four of these newly-appeared warriors were so powerful that they killed the spy agent of Yin Moha’s group instantly and also killed two other warriors who came out from hidden mansion. And while Yin Moha was fighting against the old man, ‘he’ appeared. […Hing Wunja of Mudan Strong Sword.] Her telepathic message sounded grim with the name and Yang Danwa narrowed his eyes. [So, it was him.] Yang Danwa knew the name. Under the five most powerful warriors of the entire Yulin, there were those who were known as the ‘Strong Nine’ who were said to be next five most powerful warriors. Hing Wunja was one of the Strong, and an Elder of the Mudan clan. [He helped us to chase away the old man and we were able to enter here. But… we could not persuade the doctor yet.] Just like Yang Danwa, Yin Moha and others requested the doctor to visit. She just kept on saying that it was hard to do that, even with the orange tag. Yin Moha speculated the reason Gam Rosu could not leave this place was related to Hing Wunja who was protecting this place. ‘What would be the reason?’ The Godly Doctor was definitely hiding something. The problem at hand was with the Mudan Strong Sword. [It’s fortunate that he doesn’t know who we actually are.] Yang Danwa didn’t expect to find such a powerful and prominent figure in Forces of Justice here. What’s interesting was that the other warriors beside Hing Wunja didn’t seem like monks from the Mudan clan. Yin Moha then sighed. [Yes, but that will not last long.] ‘…’ There was no way that a warrior like Hing Wunja would not become suspicious of them. Two of these visitors were superior master level warriors which were scarce in number, so it was likely that Hing Wunja will try to find out who they were. [Maybe he knows and just wants to use us for a favor.] Yin Moha then continued as she turned to the directions where she felt eyes watching them. In the other building, there was a old man with white beard talking to someone. These people were monks from the inn last night. Mu Jinja spoke. “So, that’s why we lost contact with you… Elder Hing.” “Yes. They were surrounding the creek. I had no choice.” The old man with a white beard was the Mudan Strong Sword, Hing Wunja. He explained why he had lost contact with the Mudan clan for a month. The reason was because of the old man from the inn. The old man and his cronies had been searching the area to find the hidden mansion, so Hing Wunja couldn’t contact the clan. “Elder, why don’t we move the location to the Mudan or Jegal Family’s place? If it is almost complete, I don’t think the Godly Doctor needs to stay here anymore.” “…It is better if we leave her alone. I know it is for the greater good, but our actions should be just.” “Yes, sir. You are right.” “But as you say, the Godly Doctor is almost complete with her work. With enemies located near our spot, it is better for us to move.” They couldn’t bear to move as they were now revealed. The entrance was equipped with a blue pearl stone gate with many traps, but it wasn’t going to hold off enemies for long. Mu Jinja then asked, “But Elder, why did you help them? I’m sure that they are from either the Forces of Evil, or from the Demonic Cult.” He was talking about Chun Yeowun’s group. Mu Jinja was shocked when he heard from Hing Wunja that the group had at least two superior master level warriors. That level of power was not to come by often. “Brother Mu is right, Elder.” Monks from the Mudan clan were suspicious of Yeowun’s group after they found out that Yeowun had a mask on his face. There was a chance that there were powerful warriors in hiding and were not known, but if two superior warriors were in one group, it was likely that they were from one of the three main forces of Yulin. They knew all powerful warriors from the Forces of Justice, so the educated guess would come down to the other two forces. “And they want Godly Doctor too.” Chapter 279 - Within the Sword Creek (5) Chapter 279: Within the Sword Creek (5) “…They will help us,” Hing Wunja said. “Huh? Wait, are you going to ask them to…” “No. We will use them as our shield and let them fight our enemy, while we return to Mudan Mountain with the Godly Doctor.” “Yes, Elder. That sounds like a plan.” Mu Jinja nodded in astonishment. He was concerned about Yeowun’s group as much as the enemy outside, so this plan sounded very good. It didn’t matter if Yeowun’s group was from the current ally, the Demonic Cult. At the same time, below the cliff. A sound of wind gushing from the movement filled the area. Within the darkness, a young man was moving quickly through with his sword. It was Chun Yeowun. He had been practicing sword formations for two hours already, but he was doing something entirely different from what he knew before. The formation that continued smoothly suddenly came to a stop, and Yeowun’s body shook. This resulted because the movements couldn’t be connected flawlessly. “Hah… hah…” Yeowun slumped down with exhaustion to rest. His forehead was drenched with sweat. ‘This isn’t easy.’ It was hard to combine two legendary martial arts skills into one. What he was trying until now was an attempt to combine the Sword Force of the Sky Demon with the blade skill of the Blade God. Yeowun remembered what happened four hours ago. He first was so shocked when he saw the trace left by Father Chun Ma. ‘How can he come up with such an idea?’ He was astounded by the idea that he didn’t even come to cross. He was only focused on training the completed martial art, but Father Chun Ma was trying new things with the martial art he had encountered for the first time, although it resulted in a failure. ‘Physical limitation.’ Chun Ma was the best in martial arts and the sword, but there was something he couldn’t overcome. Even if he had body best fit for martial arts, there was a limit to how far the muscle and its fibers could be strengthened. But the blade skill of the Blade God was only possible when the physical ability was up to its limit. Chun Ma tried to combine its traits into his sword skill and after a few tries, he came to a conclusion. ‘Impossible.’ But Yeowun was different. After analyzing the Sword Force of the Sky Demon, the blade skill of the Blade God, and Blood Reversion Art, his muscles and physical traits were increased beyond the limit of a mere person. Yeowun was able to use the formation that Chun Ma made for a test run very easily. But this wasn’t the completed version as Chun Ma stopped developing it, so Yeowun had to take it as a guideline to do it on his own. ‘…It’s hard.’ It was possible in theory, but combining and using it was a different story. The Sword Force of the Sky Demon was already perfect in its original form, so Yeowun had to create an entirely new formation. ‘Let’s try again.’ After a bit of a rest, Yeowun got up again and began moving his body to use the sword formation. He was also using Nano to analyze the simulation. But he wanted to cross the limit by himself and learn the understanding through it. Yeowun didn’t rest while he tried many sword movements in an effort to combine the two. “Hah… Hah…” ‘I’m exhausted.’ After two hours, Yeowun was now fully exhausted. Almost four hours of nonstop usage of the Sword Force of the Sky Demon depleted his internal energy completely. How could he create a new sword skill that broke the limit that was set in place? He tried many ways but failed constantly. ‘I cannot combine the sword movements if it goes over the current limit… I have to make it work in balance…’ He had to create new sword movements that could work in balance through all of its movement. After thinking for a while as he lied down, Yeowun then came up with a sudden idea in his head. ‘Yeah…! Let’s not use all of the movements I have right now. If it doesn’t fit in well, then I might as well as just take it out. If I stop limiting myself and be free to create the balance… it will be free… free…’ The sword movements he had, and thinking about the new movements that could work together with it. Yeowun then came to an unexpected situation. The understanding often came when he didn’t even think about it. ‘To create a balance, I need freedom. It is created by not locking myself in, but by opening it…’ Superior master level was achieved by bringing what one already had into perfect completion in one circle. The reason why a warrior at the superior master level can control its internal energy was because of this understanding of having understood how to bring everything into one. But the higher level required another understanding. It required not limiting oneself to controlling the energy, but to be freed from it. When one finds balance to let the energy flow freely in and out of the body, this understanding would be the one to bring warriors to the supreme master level. Yeowun’s body began to shine brightly with the bright lights, and the area around him began to storm. The energy from the environment was sucked into Yeowun’s empty body where his energy had been depleted. The energy of the environment began running through Yeowun’s body and a change began to come onto Yeowun who was already sitting down meditating. Chapter 280 - Within the Sword Creek (6) Chapter 280: Within the Sword Creek (6) The Godly Doctor was known to the people of Yulin as a dignified-looking old man who looked like an aristocrat. But her true self was entirely different from her rumors. An old man with a small body, but with heavy and thick muscle. That was the Godly Doctor, Gam Rosu. “Hmph. Why did you want to see me? I’m busy.” Gam Rosu spoke to Hing Wunja, who called her to his room at the mansion. She seemed uncomfortable that she was called, and Hing Wunja smiled softly. “To God almighty… This humble monk had a message to tell you. Granny Gam.” The man only spoke like this when he had some uncomfortable request. Gam Rosu became concerned and asked back, “A message? What is it?” “I think we have to pack up and leave this place by early morning.” “Leave? From this Sword Creek?” “Yes. That is correct.” Gam Rosu turned furious at request to pack up to leave. This place was home to her and her ancestors. She had been living here for all her life, so it didn’t sound all that well to hear that she had to leave. “This is different from what you promised. I was promised to stay in exchange for fulfilling your request. And you promised that if I complete the project that you will…” “Leave from your home, yes. But the situation has changed.” “Changed to what? Are you talking about those ones outside? There were always those lurking around. It’s not anything new.” There were many who came to Sword Creek in search of the Godly Doctor. But the only times when Godly Doctor and her ancestors left the mansion was through the orange tag bearers who acquired the tag from long time acquaintances. “I am sure you are aware that this is different from the past.” Hing Wunja’s voice began to drop low. It seemed he had given up on persuading. “They are different. They are more dangerous than any of the other enemies you have seen. If you get kidnapped before you finish your project, our operation will fail.” Hing Wunja walked up in front of the doctor and spoke. “You promised that you will help us for the peace of Yulin after you lost the one you hold dear. Please let us protect you from evil.” ‘Ugh…’ Hing Wunja insisted heavily and Gam Rosu’s eyes shook with anger. She was sad that her current state and regretted how it came down to this. She started on work with good cause but the direction didn’t seem to be going as she first thought. Gam Rosu’s silence was taken as agreement and Hing Wunja smiled again. “You should finish packing up by 3 AM.” He then let the doctor return to her office so she could pack up. When Gam Rosu returned, a man with dark clothing came in. “Report.” “It is as you said, Elder. There are suspicious movements detected around the forest outside the creek. Numbers are increasing, so they’ll be coming in by the morning.” It was what the scout had found outside the creek. “We must make haste.” “Are you using them as bait?” The man was talking about Chun Yeowun’s group. Their plan was to have them stay behind the mansion and act as a barrier while they got out of the creek and returned safely. Hing Wunja smiled. “Yes. They will work well for their purpose. We will leave as soon as the doctor is finished packing up.” “Yes, Elder.” While Hing Wunja was talking with the scout, Gam Rosu returned to her office. Her office was used as her lab, so it had many medicinal tools and books that helped her with the study. There was a lot of weird stuff inside, where one wall had a skeleton that was preserved through medication set upon the wall. It was a creepy sight if one entered without any knowledge. But the skeleton had its waist area cut off as if it was cut into half when it was killed. “…Nngh!” She threw one of the dishes she used to hold herbs to ease her rage. It was devastating that she had to abandon the home that her family had lived in for generations. But she had no choice as the enemy would surely come to attack her if she didn’t leave. ‘My path is surrounded by enemies.’ But was there a difference with enemies outside to those of Hing Wunja’s group. Gam Rosu shook her head and glanced at two warriors watching over her by the door. If she refused, they were likely to force her to follow them anyway. ‘I have no choice.’ She had no option, so she had to take as much as she could. She then walked over the bookshelves on the left side of the room and took out a book that read ‘herb list.’ When she opened, there was a small book inside the book. But this book seemed to be created with different material. When she opened the small book, there was the writing of simplified characters that was hard to read. It was hard to explain, but there were also drawings of humans inside out with details. This was like a treasure to any doctor. ‘I will need this to complete the project.’ This book was a treasure she had got from her ancestors. After putting the book into her inner pocket, she packed tools and other stuff she needed. That’s when some noise came from outside. “I told you, the doctor is busy right now.” “Hey, we have a patient here! And we have a doctor here right? Isn’t it the doctor’s job is to tend to patients? Come on!” “Ugh.” Someone was trying to enter the office while warriors at the door were blocking them. The commotion kept on going so Gam Rosu became curious and opened the door to check what was going on. ‘Huh? These people..’ It was Hu Bong and Hou Sangwha. Hu Bong was helping Hou Sangwha stand, who was bigger than him. She insisted her breast was aching. “What is it?” “It’s nothing, Granny Gam. You should finish what you were doing.” Hu Bong frowned at the warrior’s words and shouted angrily. “Wow! It’s ‘NOTHING?’ Are you suggesting to the doctor that she ignore her patient?” “Be quiet!”