Childhood Friend of the Zenith – 328 (Part 2)



328 (Part 2)

“Jang Seon-yeon’s personality is such that she never believes anything without experiencing it firsthand.

She couldn’t have felt Cheol Ji-seon’s magical gate with her own body.

It seems there was a different information book than what Cheol Ji-seon said.

One that could tell about that guy’s existence and power.

Creeeak-!

The sound of grinding teeth came from Jang Seon-yeon’s mouth.

“You’re still tormenting me until the very end!”

“What am I tormenting you for you little brat?”

“If I’m going to die I should die alone. Why are you bringing me along!”

What a brazen and ridiculous statement.

No matter how much of a hopeless mess Jang Seon-yeon was.

She wasn’t the type to say something so thoughtless.

Perhaps it was a sign that the situation had truly pushed her into a corner.

If that’s the case it wasn’t so bad.

Jang Seon-yeon wasn’t in her right mind right now.

Of course she wouldn’t be; this was the inside of ‘that’ magical gate.

She glanced around.

First of all the sky was red. It wasn’t night nor was it a sunset; it certainly wasn’t a bright blue sky either.

It was a truly red sky radiating a crimson hue.

The ground she stood on was already stained dark as if it had died.

The trees that could be seen were mostly rotting dead wood.

This place which felt so alien that it seemed like it wasn’t part of the real world.

Beyond the magical gate.

Was one of the places called the magical realm.

‘What a relief.’

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And.

‘Fortunately I’ve come to this place.’

This was the very place I had longed to come to.

In my previous life I had been caught up in the magical realm incident.

A region where I had suffered for over several years separated from countless prodigies.

Among the types of magical realms recorded in the Murim Alliance.

It was a magical realm that didn’t belong to any of them.

Though it was called a magical realm.

The place that came to my mind was.

A false world.

A place that fit too well with the truth of the world.

Usually the probability of crossing over to a magical realm and returning alive was nearly nonexistent.

Even the sword demon.

Could only return after contracting a fatal illness.

That was the magical realm.

A place dangerous enough that even a considerable level of skill wouldn’t guarantee a safe return.

The reason prodigies could escape this world in their previous lives was.

Because I had desperately rolled around to survive.

If it hadn’t been for that they too would have been trapped in this world forever unable to return.

To Jang Seon-yeon this place would look like.

Such a dreadful magical realm.

In reality it was somewhat similar.

“I… I! This Jang Seon-yeon…!”

Jang Seon-yeon screamed as if she had lost her reason to the raging emotions.

It was a different sight.

!..

..

In my previous life I had hated the sight of her smiling gently trying to maintain her dignity.

I wanted to see exactly that. But perhaps it was too late for that.

Or maybe it was because the Jang Seon-yeon of that time was different from the one who had regressed.

The impact wasn’t that great.

“I must become the pillar of the Central Plains from now on…!”

“Ah I’m thinking so just keep your mouth shut for a moment.”

I didn’t like her constantly flapping her lips.

I crushed Jang Seon-yeon’s ankle underfoot.

Crack!

“Gwaaaah!”

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Jang Seon-yeon’s scream echoed.

I actually preferred this sound.

“Why are you whining? Didn’t you want to send me off? You brought me here after all.”

“Y-you!”

“Ah you didn’t like coming together did you?”

I chuckled once.

And then I stomped on her foot again.

“Grrr!”

“You should have considered that. If you go alone it’ll be lonely so I came along.”

Only then did Jang Seon-yeon grit her teeth.

She seemed to be trying to burst my qi.

Perhaps she had regained her senses in this dire situation.

Her qi moved more precisely than before.

Her ankle was crushed but her sword was still fast.

What should I do? Should I break her wrist this time?

Just as I was about to reach out.

Jang Seon-yeon who was about to swing her sword flinched and trembled.

“Hmm?”

Seeing her reaction I unconsciously paused.

What’s wrong with her?

Before I could ponder the question Jang Seon-yeon began to tremble violently.

“…Why why isn’t my divine energy coming out?”

Jang Seon-yeon stammered with trembling eyes.

“Why…! Why isn’t my divine energy coming out…? Oh divine one!” Jang Seon-yeon looking up at the sky and shouting.

No matter how I looked at it she wasn’t normal.

“Are you… abandoning me?”

‘Ugh = –

I watched her for a moment wondering why she was acting like that.

Suddenly I moved my qi.

It was the blood qi I received from the Blood Demon.

‘I see.’

After trying to move my qi for a moment.

I soon vaguely understood why Jang Seon-yeon was acting like that.

‘The qi isn’t moving.’

The blood qi wouldn’t move as I wished.

Just in case I tried to move other qi slowly.

The demonic qi was the same.

The other qi seemed to move. My qi naturally seemed to move as well.

But the blood qi and demonic qi wouldn’t budge.

It meant I couldn’t use them.

‘Why?’

Aside from the fact that I couldn’t use qi or the other energy.

I briefly pondered the reason why I couldn’t use these two but.

I couldn’t figure it out.

Moreover right now.

I had to focus more on something else.

“I don’t know what it is but don’t we have some business with each other first?”

At my words Jang Seon-yeon flinched.

Now that we had come this far she seemed to be picturing what I would do in her mind.

“W-what are you trying to do…?”

“Surely you’re quite young right now.”

?”

“The fact that you’re already showing signs of fear is amusing.”

She had lost a card.

To reveal her situation in such a helpless manner.

If it had been the Jang Seon-yeon of my previous life she would never have done such a thing.

That statement proved that she hadn’t fully grown yet.

It meant she was a different person from the Jang Seon-yeon of my previous life.

‘How boring.’

The excitement I was trying to build up quickly cooled down.

Of course that didn’t mean.

“When I kill someone I have a few rules set. Do you know what they are?”

I had no intention of letting her live.

At my words Jang Seon-yeon looked at me with questioning eyes.

“The first is if I intend to kill I aim to do it in one strike. It’s cleaner that way.”

I’m not a lunatic like the Sword Demon so I don’t engage in unnecessary actions.

“The second is if I must use flames I start by burning the head.”

If there’s a situation where I need to use fire.

Or if there’s someone who has made me angry I grab their head and burn it.

As I spoke I conjured flames in my palm.

Seeing that Jang Seon-yeon trembled so much that I could see it in her eyes.

“Do you know what the third one is?”

The moment I spoke Jang Seon-yeon suddenly poured all her qi into her sword and unleashed a strike.

I praised her. It meant she chose to confront rather than flee.

The fact that she deliberately crushed her foot was probably because it would be troublesome to catch her if she fled with qi surrounding her.

Did Jang Seon-yeon know about that?

No that wasn’t particularly important.

I lightly dodged Jang Seon-yeon’s sword and continued speaking.

“It’s to start burning from the toes.”

With her ankle already gone it was difficult for Jang Seon-yeon to maintain her stance so even if she had qi she wasn’t that threatening.

“Slowly while adjusting appropriately. That way her life won’t be cut short and will last longer.”

I would avoid dangerous areas like the heart and head burning her step by step.

So she could feel the pain.

I had to keep her conscious with qi.

And be careful not to let her take her own life.

“Gwaaaah!”

Hearing my words Jang Seon-yeon screamed and began to slash her sword in desperation.

I could faintly feel the fear in that place.

I scanned the sword path with my eyes.

Due to her stance collapsing I noticed the openings.

And feeling the emotions visible in Jang Seon-yeon’s eyes I let out a small sigh.

I reached out.

It didn’t stretch out very quickly.

Just enough to reach the target.

And I extended my arm lightly enough to achieve my goal.

Thud.

Crunch.

Amidst the chaotic sword path.

My arm plunged in striking directly at Jang Seon-yeon’s qi center.

With a short sound.

I felt something shatter.

I had destroyed her qi center.

“Ugh…!”

Jang Seon-yeon let out a silent scream along with a gasp.

As she tried to open her eyes to the emptiness of the scattered qi and the intense pain.

I grabbed her neck and infused my qi into her.

I had to keep her from losing consciousness.

“Did you hear everything from the first to the third?”

This was a possible order.

“I’m going to use this against you in reverse order from now on. Are you looking forward to it?”

I intended to use a different method on Jang Seon-yeon.

“I have a lot to say to you. I hope you can answer quickly. This is more troublesome to control than I thought.”

To put it bluntly.

All three endings lead to death.

There was no option to spare her.

In the end at the moment I opened the magical gate to kill her.

There was no hope or opportunity for Jang Seon-yeon.

I hadn’t even thought of giving her a chance to begin with.

While looking at Jang Seon-yeon who was still trembling without even being able to scream.

I reached out.”