Childhood Friend of the Zenith – 439 (Part 2)



439 (Part 2)

”’From the feeling it seems like they are subordinates of the Heavenly Demon. You can tell when you fight them.

These bastards are definitely sword users and their fingertips are brimming with killing intent.

‘They’ve always been like that.’

Perhaps because the one called Captain is a madman consumed by slaughter and madness most of his subordinates felt the same way.

There’s a reason I beat the Heavenly Demon like catching a rat.

‘Honestly I just beat him because I didn’t like him….’

But that’s just a passing memory from the past so I’ll let it go…

I rolled my eyes and surveyed the surroundings.

The demonic practitioners who had gathered in the main hall last night were lined up in a row and there was not a single movement from them.

It was due to the extreme tension they were holding.

‘Why are they so scared?’

Even while watching that I could only wear a puzzled expression.

Then suddenly I sighed deeply as I looked at the clothes I was wearing.

‘…I can’t believe I’m wearing this again.’

The black martial arts uniform known as the uniform of the Demonic Cult.

It was a martial arts uniform emblazoned with the symbol of the Black Flame Corps. I never thought I would wear this damn thing again.

‘Seriously I can’t help but sigh.’

Every time I woke up I hoped I had returned to the original time.

But if this situation continued for three days I had to start giving up.

It was the same when I had regressed.

It took about three days to accept reality.

Damn it.

‘…To go back I ultimately have to do something.’

What I need to do is to realize that ‘something’ first.

Nothing significant had come to mind yet.

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‘I need to find an opportunity to gather information.’

My situation of having to roll with the punches here was pitiful but there was nothing I could do.

Now that it had come to this it was faster to feel it out and find another way.

Creeeak.

I straightened my body at the sound of the door.

Kuuuuung.

As the door opened a heavy presence filled the main hall in an instant.

It felt like if I relaxed I would just collapse.

‘Ah… so that’s why?’

Feeling that sensation I understood why those inside were reacting that way.

If they didn’t act like this they would lose their minds so they were all tensed up.

‘That crazy bastard.’

I couldn’t help but curse at the owner of that presence.

That damned bastard probably didn’t even realize he was radiating such an aura.

What an idiot; if he has so much demonic qi at least make an effort to control it.

Thud.

Heavy footsteps echoed through the main hall.

At the same time the past version of myself appeared.

He swept through the main hall with his dark robe fluttering and his purple eyes.

Just watching him sent chills down my spine.

I felt like I was going to die from embarrassment.

‘Dying from a shattered vessel would be better… than dying from shame.’

No matter how I looked at it this was right.

He had all the flair. Seriously why is he acting like that?

Following behind him were six others including the Mad Sword Master and the Silent Fist.

They were the elite of the Black Flame Corps.

Thud thud-!

As soon as he appeared everyone simultaneously knelt down.

Not wanting to miss out I also knelt down.

“Greetings Captain!”

The wide and high room echoed with the booming voice.

The Mad Master moved silently taking steps forward.

In the midst of that.

‘Why is that bastard looking at me?’

I could see the Mad Master’s gaze briefly land on me.

In this era there were only two reasons for him to look at me like that.

Either I was someone he was concerned about.

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Or I was someone he was going to kill soon.

It was one of those two… and from his perspective I was…

‘Both.’

Someone he was concerned about and someone he had to kill. It was obvious without needing to see.

It seemed I had been marked.

I forced myself to ignore his gaze and buried my head in the ground.

Creeeak.

The Mad Master having shifted his gaze away from me ascended to the throne and sat down with a thud.

“…I have received a report.”

And what came next was straight to the point. He was always in a hurry.

“Apparently the Heavenly Lord is wandering around nearby.”

The Heavenly Lord is in the vicinity of Sichuan.

At those words the morale of the demonic practitioners shifted.

This meant that the tense standoff that had been precariously maintained could once again escalate into war.

As I listened my head spun.

‘The Heavenly Lord is in Sichuan.’

I had heard this directly from the Mad Sword Master last time.

When I received the report from the Mad Sword Master…

‘Oh… could it be?’

My eyes widened at the thought that arose.

I knew the Heavenly Lord was wandering around Sichuan.

The reason he had deliberately appeared here.

It was to disregard the Heavenly Demon’s words that forbade the intervention of the Three Lords and to intentionally display his presence to draw the attention of the demonic practitioners.

‘So it was at this time.’

As I pieced the situation together I began to realize.

I finally understood what time it was.

I sent a glance at the Mad Master and thought.

The reason the Heavenly Lord was drawing attention was none other than.

‘…To see that old man.’

The Heavenly Lord’s goal was to make everyone focus on him.

And his ultimate purpose was to send someone in while everyone was distracted.

The identity of that old man here is.

‘The Defeated Lord.’

That’s right the Defeated Lord.

It was an operation to send the Defeated Lord to Sichuan.

This meant that the Defeated Lord was about to appear in Sichuan and create chaos.

According to my memory the Defeated Lord had launched a surprise attack seven nights after receiving the report.

‘Damn it.’

Of all times it had to be then.

I couldn’t help but widen my eyes hiding my throbbing head.

Is the problem that the Defeated Lord is appearing? No that’s not it.

The reason I was thinking so carefully was different.

I bit my lip as I sent a glance at the Mad Master.

‘You already knew didn’t you?’

I knew that the Heavenly Lord was in the vicinity even before the Mad Sword Master reported it to me.

I also knew that the Defeated Lord would appear.

Yet that stupid bastard was pretending not to know.

If my predictions were correct he would now say this.

“Don’t do it.”

‘…A command has been issued from Our Cult.’

“A command has been issued from Our Cult.”

I squeezed my eyes shut at the perfectly accurate words.

“We must show our intentions to the Heavenly Lord who has disregarded the Cult Leader’s words.”

With an indifferent expression he looked at the demonic practitioners with his purple eyes.

The demonic practitioners crushed under that gaze trembled and swallowed their breaths.

“From now on we will.”

Whether he knew it or not that damned bastard only spat out his own words.

“We will begin the hunt for the traitor.”

“Yes-!”

In response to the Captain’s words the demonic practitioners shouted.

In the midst of that I had to bite my lip frowning.

As expected.

No matter how I thought about it the conclusion was the same.

Struggling in memories I cannot escape from.

In that sense this world was indeed hell for me.”’