Surviving as a Rival in a Martial Arts Novel

Chapter 48 – Invasion of the Demonic Cult (01)

Now, an incongruous cry was echoing inside the Demonic Church.

“Ahh… Ahhh…!”

Cheonmahu’s cries were filling the main hall of the Demonic Church.

“Why… Why is the sky so indifferent…”

Cheonma and Cheonmahu.

With the Demon Cult’s greatest and the Demon Cult’s greatest daughter joining forces, there was nothing scary in the world.

But now, Cheonma was a cold corpse, and Cheonmahu was just shedding tears in front of him.

Nothing is permanent in this world.

No matter how expert a magician is, he or she will face death someday.

But even that was thought to be the time when Cheonma was over 100 years old, and the children had grown up and had seen their grandchildren, and it was not the same situation as now.

He did not die while fighting a swordsman or another expert, nor did his entire body melt due to a runaway demon attack.

He just fell asleep two days ago and died yesterday without waking up.

Some people may envy the fact that he died comfortably in his bed as a martial artist. Since Cheonma was one of the most hated people in the central plains, many would say that it was a luxury to even die in such a peaceful manner.

But even so, I couldn’t help but feel sad.

Even when she was attacked and had her stomach torn open while pregnant with twins, even when she tore her own flesh and bit her tongue to survive in that state to save her children, she was a cool-headed woman who did not shed a single tear. When the cloth covering the Heavenly Demon’s body became damp. She shed tears over and over again, mourning her husband for over twelve o’clock.

“It’s poison.”

“Yes. It’s poisoning, sister.”

Somahu and Socheonma.

Her twin siblings, born to Cheonma and Cheonma Hu, calmly looked down at their father, the man who had been the leader of the Demonic Cult until yesterday but who was now just a cold corpse of her.

It was difficult to bear the sadness boiling in her heart and the sadness of her child losing her father, but from now on, the twins will have to compete for the position of the Heavenly Demon.

The two twins turned away from their mother, who was crying in sadness, with their golden-colored hair fluttering, resembling the Cheonmahu mixed with the blood of the West Region.

“It’s Black Moon Temple.”

“Yes. It’s Black Moon Party, little brother.”

“You’re making a fuss with the Demonic Cult over the illegitimate child of the Blood Cult that previously tried to devour the Demonic Cult. It looks like your liver is sticking out of your stomach.”

When Socheonma and Somahu appeared in the main temple of the Demonic Cult, the elites of the Demonic Cult who attacked the two began a five-fight battle, hitting their heads hard enough to crack the stone floor.

“Then it will be a competition from now on.”

“That’s right. There is only one seat for the Majon.”

“No matter what, brothers who share blood cannot kill each other, so let’s assume that the one who avenges their father becomes a mazon.”

“That would be good.”

Somahu and Socheonma, who came out side by side in good harmony, split up with their subordinates as soon as they came out of the main temple.

The Demon Army made up of female demons trained by Cheonma himself, and the Demon Corps created by Cheonma himself by collecting the equipment of the Demonic Cult.

Lastly, Somahu and Socheonma exchanged glances with the affection of blood relatives for each other.

The gazes of the blue-eyed Socheonma and the red-eyed Somahu crossed for the last time, and the two raised their minions.

“Mahu Dae. Going to Kunlun.”

“Main Dae. We will destroy Kunlun first.”

Their first goal was the defeat of the Jungwon Murim, which would block the road to the Black Moon Party… And the Black Moon Party’s home base.

The invasion of the Demonic Cult has begun in the once peaceful Murim.

* * *

After leaving the Murim Alliance, I practiced Gyeongsinjutsu with a light heart and headed to Yakgok first.

We had to figure out how much Saengbong had recovered over the next few days, and we also had to deliver the news that Jeonryong and Saengbong who remained there had been replaced.

When performing light techniques with Sikbong on my back, I was worried about her on my back, so I did not run the shortest distance, took the safe route, or refrained from moving at high speeds as much as possible, but now that I am moving with only Seol-ah, the cliff blocking the path is now a wall. By climbing up at a spur of the moment, I was able to reach Yakgok in just a few days.

‘It looks like a lot of lawmakers have returned.’

As I was looking down from the cliff surrounding Yakgok, the inside of Yakgok was quite noisy. There were clinics looking at patients with one arm wrapped in a bandage, and people triaging patients here and there to cope with the influx of patients these days. , Herbalists were seen moving in groups of twos and threes to dig up medicinal herbs, so it seemed that herbal medicine activities had normalized to some extent.

‘There is no need to squeeze in between busy people-‘

The travel time was shortened by jumping off the vertically falling Cheonaedan Wall and going down to the roof of Yakgok Main Mountain.

Charralalak-!

A few tiles were broken, but since no one had seen them and no one was asking them to pick them up, he lightly jumped away and entered the window near Bugokju’s room where Saengbong lived.

Too-doo-doo-!

“Who are you?”

Jeonryong, who was in another room and came running in hastily, tried to pull out his sword, but when I stopped him by raising my hand by the window, he quickly recognized me and lowered his sword.

“Are you a practitioner?”

“Okay. Was there any problem?”

“Yes. There are no problems and it is peaceful. To be honest, I would say it was a little boring.”

“It would be nice if there was peace. This is not the martial arts sect.”

“hahahaha. That’s true, but I guess I’m a warrior to the core.”

Seeing his face smiling and smiling at me, I felt sorry for delivering the bad news that he had been kicked out of Oryongchilbong.

“What about Saengbong Sauger?”

“Wouldn’t it be better to see it in person? I’m sure Saengbong Sojeo would also welcome you.”

At Jeonryong’s words, I straightened my tangled clothes from running through the forest and shook off the cobwebs that had gotten stuck in my hair.

I go in to see a patient, but I can’t go in in an unhygienic condition.

Knock knock knock.

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Jeonryong knocked on the door for me, and when I heard a knocking sound from inside as if responding, he gently pushed my back as if telling me to go inside.

“Hmm…”

I already had permission, but just in case, I cleared my throat one more time, pretended I was there, and opened the door.

Flutter-

I could see the curtains fluttering through the open window and a woman sitting calmly on the bed.

I thought it was temporary, but even after a few days, the white color remained, perhaps because of Cheongshim Glassworks or because of Seol-ah’s ice, and since women in the central plains do not shave their hair unless they become nuns, they have short hair. Because it was not common, it had a strange charm that did not fit with this place.

Even though her eyes were covered with an eyepatch, her mysterious appearance and her elegant aura made her charm shine to the fullest.

‘As expected, Chilbong was chosen based on her beauty…’

By Moorim’s standards, Saengbong, who is in her late 20s, is considered an old maid, but to me, who holds modern standards, she could be said to be at the peak of her beauty.

“Who… Are you?”

“It’s me, Saengbong Sojeo. And this is Yeon Gong…”

“Ah…”

I stood there hesitantly, not knowing what to say, as I watched her talk with Jeonryong in a hushed voice, as if it was difficult for her to speak. Jeonryong nudged my side and pushed her into the side of the raw fish.

“Thank you…”

Seeing that he was anxiously looking away because he couldn’t see my face, I knelt down and stayed still so that he could touch my face. Saengbong carefully felt my face and realized that I was in front of him.

‘I am not a person with bad eyesight to begin with, so it must be uncomfortable. ‘It won’t be enough to get used to it in just a few days’

I could see that she was nervous, but the moment Saengbong’s hand held mine, she relaxed surprisingly comfortably and seemed relieved.

Did my hand, which held her in her moment of crisis, instinctively provide her with relief?

“Hmm, then, enough about Soin…”

“No. Stay together. It’s a story about the fate of the Five Dragons and Seven Peaks.”

With those words, Jeonryong brought a chair and took a seat, and while holding Saengbong’s hand, I told him about what happened in the Murim Alliance.

I entered the Murim Alliance in place of Jeonryong and participated in the Yongbong branch, and at that time, the positions of Jeonryong and Saengbong were replaced by Cheolryong Ban Gyu-seong and Geombong Han So-so, respectively.

“It’s amazing.”

The Jeonryong guy made a bewildered expression.

“Yes, I understand that I was expelled because I arbitrarily did not participate in the Yongbong branch, but isn’t it crazy to expel Saengbong Sojeo when he came back from the dead like this?”

“……”

I also don’t know why the Murim League and Zhuge Yanji did such a thing.

Furthermore, in the process, he deliberately started a fight with the existing Ohryong Chilbong, causing a fight between Paeryong and Ban Gyu-seong.

‘Perhaps the other five dragons would not recognize it if they just put it in as an iron dragon, so I guess they showed off their skills on the spot…’

Originally, Ban Gyu-seong united the Murim Alliance, which had become a mess due to politics and wars of wit, to fight against the Black Moon Party, but now that Ban Gyu-seong, who was supposed to unite the Murim Alliance, has become the leader of the Murim Alliance, it is already frustrating what the future will be like. That was all.

Instead, if the Murim lord personally studied him, Ban Gyu-seong’s skills would be truly outstanding.

“For that reason, Saengbong Sojeo was also expelled from the position of Chilbong.”

“I… I’m fine…”

I guess he wasn’t very attached to the title Saengbong… No, Sojeo Gyu was calmly accepting the reality.

In the first place, his body was damaged to the point where it was difficult to function as the Five Dragons and Chilbongs, so even if this wasn’t the case, he was planning on retiring or requesting a replacement.

‘Still, this is not polite. It’s not like they don’t know the situation, and they’re making substitutions like this even after the non-partisan investigation team reported everything.’

The Murim Alliance had many problems in many ways.

At first, I was going to entrust myself to the Murim Alliance and try to stop the Black Moon Party, but now that I see the snail’s back, I have a hunch that it would be better to not get involved if possible.

“Hmm…”

Treatment…

When I realized that I was kneading Gyu Sojeo’s hand without thinking, I put his hand down awkwardly, but Gyu Soje did not blame me for that and smiled gently and placed the hand I was kneading on his lap.

“Then what do you plan to do now, Master?”

“There is someone I am looking for personally.”

“Isn’t that something that can be left to Sikbong Sojeo?”

Although he entrusted the investigation to Open and Namgung Sega, it was doubtful whether he would be able to find the information.

First of all, the information power of the two places is at a considerable level, but if Zhuge Sega, who oversees all information of the Murim Alliance, openly blocks it and the Murim Lord implicitly hides the information of the Four Sisters, the ability of Sikbong and Geomryong to secretly investigate in the two places is not enough. …..

“There are such circumstances. I hope you won’t ask any more questions.”

“Phew… I understand. Everyone has one or two reasons they can’t talk about.”

Jeonryong grumbled a few times about the reality of the Murim Alliance… No, Cheongsang stood up.

“I guess Master Yan has returned, so I’ll go back to the Kunlun Sect first.”

“Hmm?”

“There’s nothing I can do to help you in Yakgok, and more than anything, there are practitioners, but my skills won’t be able to help much. I have to report this incident directly to the monk and tell him that I was stripped of the title of Jeonryong. …”

There is also a possibility that the Kunlun Sect will be upset over their student being expelled from the Five Dragons, so they should first go back to the monk and explain and come up with a solution.

“Then, please take care of Saengbong… No, Gyu Sojeo.”

Jeonryong said that and immediately packed his bags and left Yakgok’s headquarters. It seemed like being expelled from Oryong was quite a big deal.

‘The Kunlun faction is powerful and powerful… But is it because they are too far away and lacks influence on the Murim Alliance? Moreover, most of the forces are at the headquarters to keep the Demonic Cult in check, so they are not active in the Jungwon Murim.’

So, the Murim lord expelled Jeonryong without even paying attention to the Kunlun faction. Although Yakgok has a high reputation, he has no influence as a martial arts sect, so Saengbong was also mercilessly expelled.

‘Kunlun. It’s Kunlun…’

As I was thinking about Kunlun without much thought, my thoughts landed on the Demonic Cult that Kunlun was keeping in check.

‘The Black Moon Party must have seriously eroded the Demonic Cult by now.’

Marasimgong is probably popular among the followers of the Demonic Cult.

Already, it was a demonic religion that said that as long as you got stronger, you had to be strong in martial arts, so it had a structure that was vulnerable to contamination by Mara Heart Attack. Thanks to that, 50% of its power went into the Black Moon Temple, and Socheonma and Somahu took their mother, Cheonmahu. We barely evacuated.

Thanks to this, an unprecedented alliance between the Demonic Cult and the Murim Alliance was formed, and experts were equipped to deal with the executives of the Black Moon Party.

‘Then it must be time for someone from the Demonic Cult to arrive…’

Food deuk-!

While I was thinking about this and that, I could hear the sound of pigeons flapping outside the open window.

Unlike modern fat chickens, they are agile and smart, and when I saw that they tried to go back after checking who was inside, I was certain that they were Jeonseogu sent here by someone.

Pot-

I snatched up the note tied to Jeon Seo-gu’s ankle and opened it, and it said: Urgent – To Jeon Ryong Cheong-sang.

“……”

“What’s going on?”

“……There is.”

I crumpled up the note and used an anti-attack item to grab the Hancheol sword that had been left in the corner.

“Gyu Sojeo. I hope you recover comfortably and see you in better health next time.”

“I hope that you too will be at peace.”

Then, ignoring Jeon Seo-gu, who was spinning in the air because the note was gone, he jumped through the window and called out to Cheong-sang, who was about to leave.

“Master, have you come to say goodbye?”

I immediately threw the crumpled piece of paper at Cheon-Sang and started running next to him using Shinshin Jutsu.

“It’s an emergency! Run to the Kunlun faction right now!”

The content written in the note was a letter telling all disciples of the Kunlun faction and remaining warriors of the Murim Alliance to gather with the Kunlun faction since a large-scale invasion of the Demonic Cult had begun.