Surviving the Romance Fantasy

Unlike the arm holding the Boyeopsword, the hand holding the Hancheoljungsword had thick veins sticking out. Hancheoljunggeom is a sword that is too heavy to swing with one arm, but Seoltaepyeong was able to handle it somehow.

– Woe! Kang!

However, a rock that suddenly rose from the ground blocked Seoltaepyeong’s sword.

When Yuegui Yoran swung his sword once again with his red eyes flashing, numerous rocks rose up and surrounded his body as if protecting it.

– Whirr!

– Boom!

However, when Seoltaepyeong twisted his body and kicked it, most of the rocks shattered and scattered.

The shape of Wolguiyoran appeared between the fluttering rock fragments.

Veins are appearing here and there, and he is wearing shabby clothes… but even in his grotesque appearance, Jin Cheongrang’s unique liveliness seems to remain.

Seol Taepyeong’s eyebrows narrowed for a moment at that sight, but he gritted his teeth and shook his head as he dug through the rocks.

*

– Tap, tap, tap.

The warrior commander, Mirae, placed Prince Hyeonwon in front of the saddle and struck down the reins strongly.

The horses running across the plains of Eowon were gaining even more speed. If you keep running like this, you will be able to reach the outlying guard post.

However, there is no way the opponent’s pursuit will end here. I was mentally preparing for the future.

– Whaaah!

Cheong Jin-myeong, riding a horse, was chasing the future from far behind.

Mi-rae tried to increase the speed of her horse as much as possible, but Cheong Jin-myeong took out a short bow from behind and aimed at Mi-rae.

– Wedge!

– Taang!

He quickly took out his sword and deflected the arrow, but his body was not free as he was protecting Crown Prince Hyeonwon. Eventually, Mirae lost her balance and fell from her horse.

-Kwadangtang! bang!

Gritting her teeth, Mirae hugged Crown Prince Hyeonwon tightly in her arms and somehow alleviated the shock.

However, falling off a horse while sprinting carries with it greater pain than expected. Perhaps because she had absorbed Prince Hyeonwon’s shock, Mi-rae had to suppress her screams.

“Ugh!”

Cheong Jin-myeong, wearing a white hood, landed and rushed towards the future.

– Kaang!

In the future, he succeeded in taking Cheong Jin-myeong’s long sword with his own sword. However, it seemed like there was a crack in my bone somewhere, so I had to endure the intense pain.

“Run away! “He’s alone!”

He pushed his sword up like that and shouted at Prince Hyeonwon, who was rolling on the floor.

Prince Xuanyuan stood up holding the dirt-covered Cheonryongpo and quietly looked toward the future.

Those eyes were still so empty that it gave me goosebumps, and I wondered what would happen if I stayed still.

However, Crown Prince Xuanyuan eventually ran along the plain as Miae had said.

The moment Cheong Jin-myeong took out the dagger from his waist and was about to follow, Mirae jumped up from his seat and swung his sword.

-Kaang! Kaang!

A few streams of blood flowed from the future’s forehead. The shock of falling from a horse was worse than expected.

Nevertheless, Future swung his sword again and again, blocking Cheong Jin-myeong’s movements.

“You bastard! Whose orders did you receive to attack His Highness the Crown Prince?!”

We both know very well that there is no reason to tell that. The future is simply to prevent Cheong Jin-myeong from chasing Prince Hyeon-won.

Soon, Cheong Jin-myeong took out a poison bag from his pocket and scattered it. The entire area was instantly covered with bluish smoke. It was a blood poison that drained a person’s energy.

‘Oh no!’

Mirae quickly covered her respiratory tract with her sleeve.

However, there was no choice but to allow Cheongjinmyeong’s subsequent raid.

Cheong Jin-myeong, who kicked Mi-rae in the lower abdomen, shook him off and ran in the direction where Prince Hyeon-won had fled.

General Seong Sa-wook must be in quick pursuit. There is not much time given.

There is only this one chance to kill Prince Hyeonwon. If you miss this opportunity now, all your journey to start a new life with the members of the Black Moon will be in vain.

“Stand! sh*t! “The energy…!”

Mirae, who was dispersing the energy of blood poison, tried to catch Cheong Jin-myeong somehow, but she did not have the strength to stop Cheong Jin-myeong running away.

Even if Prince Hyeonwon, who was not yet an adult, ran with all his might, there was no way he could shake off Black Moon Captain Cheong Jinmyeong.

As Cheong Jinmyeong ran a little further, he was able to find Prince Hyeonwon at the entrance to the forest inside Eowon.

The sight of the Cheonryong grapes covered in dirt and the mangeon loosened and flowing down is truly miserable.

Cheong Jin-myeong ran straight ahead and grabbed Prince Hyeon-won’s arm.

“Tsk!”

Cheong Jin-myeong had no choice but to narrow his eyebrows due to the intense pain coming from his tightly clenched hands.

Just like that, Cheong Jin-myeong yanked his arm and threw Prince Hyeon-won onto the dirt floor on the other side.

-Kwadangtang!

Prince Hyeonwon, who rolled on the dirt floor, touched the ground.

“…”

Cheong Jin-myeong took out his sword and looked down at Prince Hyeon-won.

There is a person right in front of us who will become the top of this Qingdao country.

This is a person who will be picked and killed with a single sword strike. Humans were such vain creatures.

Even the master of the heavenly dragon, who commands the world and subordinates all people, dies if his neck is pierced by a blade lying on the street. As if such a person never existed in the world to begin with.

Now, I no longer feel uncomfortable about that fact.

Black Moon Captain Cheong Jin-myeong has committed countless killings, regardless of whether they are ghosts or humans. Now, there is only one more name added to the list: Prince Hyeonwon.

Just like that… Captain Black Moon approached Prince Hyeonwon.

The sharply sharpened tip of the sword was pointed at the crown prince of Cheongdo Palace.

Before finishing everything like that… Cheong Jin-myeong made eye contact with Prince Hyeon-won.

“…!”

At that moment, Cheong Jin-myeong took a deep breath.

Was the belief carried out (8)

Just like you don’t wonder if the wind blows or you don’t question the crashing waves.

When living in this world, there are laws that must be taken for granted.

If there is something you can hold in your hand, there is something that escapes your hand.

If you want to embrace a great cause, you have to turn your eyes away from other things that you cannot embrace.

We live by choosing what to embrace.

– ‘Taepyeong.’

Watching the back of Seol Taepyeong heading towards the burning Cheonryongchae to kill Yeokdeunggwi.

This is what Jin Cheong-rang, the wife of the queen, who was unable to hold on to that sleeve in the end, thought.

As you fight to keep the beliefs you want to carry out, there are things you have to let go of.

If that’s the case, I hope he doesn’t at least regret it.

That was what Queen Qin Cheongrang thought as she looked at the burning imperial capital.

*

– Woe!

Every time I tried to fill the Cheonokjeong with the yogwi’s energy, the blade of the Boyeopgeom splits it again and again.

Seol Tae-pyeong runs from rock to rock and avoids Wolgui’s power.

– Woe!

However, no matter how much you are Seol Tai-pyeong, it is not easy to deal with Jin Cheong-rang in his prime.

Although Seol Taiping’s skills were not yet at the level of his prime, Yue Gui Yoran’s piloting skills were already at a high level.

Perhaps, if Baekseon Lee Cheol-un didn’t even have the Boyeopsword left behind, he would have had more trouble dealing with Wolgwi Yoran than expected.

However, Princess Ahyeon, who was watching the fight, already had an intuition.

Seol Taepyeong’s talent lies in winning victory itself.

A fight that can never be won cannot be won, no matter how hard you try.

However, if there is even a single chance of winning in a fight… Seol Taepyeong will definitely win.

No matter how powerful Yuegui Yaoran’s power is, it cannot be superior to Xue Taiping’s temperament.

Even if you use an absurd level of guidance and use your power to suppress him, even if you use all kinds of seductive techniques to deceive him.

Even in the wonderful scene of wind blowing, rocks rising, lightning striking, and fire rising… Seoltaepyeong never allows fatal blows.

– Woe!

The eyes of Seol Taepyeong, who came out through the smoke while holding his sword, flashed brightly.

Yue Gui Yao-ran twisted the sword’s trajectory with just a look, but Seol Tai-pyeong paid no attention and jumped up from the ground to control the direction of the sword.

– Hwiik!

A storm raged around Wolgui.

As he stretched out his arm towards Seoltaepyeong and clenched his fist, all the fragments of the broken rock flew out.

Each one is sharpened like a blade, so if it hits a vital spot, it will be a fatal blow.

However, Seol Taepyeong throws them all away with a loud sigh.

If you give distance, you die.

Yuegui Yaoran must have an intuition of that fact. Therefore, all the sword power drawn from the body was focused on widening the distance.

However, there was no way Seol Taepyeong did not know that fact.

The scenery is full of rocks summoned by Wolgui all around, as if Cheonokjeong has become one rocky mountain.

Seol Taepyeong, who was running between them, took the opportunity and landed in front of Wolgui.

Wolgui waved his palace robe again and thrust his sword at Seol Taepyeong. Flames rising up in the shape of a dragon attack him, but they are all blown away with a single sword strike.

Taking advantage of that opportunity, Wolgui quickly used Chukji’s technique to widen the distance.

– Phew!

A heavy sword had already pierced his chest.

There isn’t even a single hesitation.

Because I thought that I might unknowingly be in the hands of that ghost who took the form of Queen Jin Cheong-rang.

Seol Taepyeong gritted his teeth and struck his sword even harder.

“Big”

The cold air flowing from the blade of Hancheoljunggeom flowed like fog and fell down Wolgwi’s body.

Although Yue Gui Yoran’s sword power was powerful, his actual body was not very strong. As with most Taoists, attacks from close range should never be allowed.

“hahahaha…”

“Gah-uh… huh… huh…”

Just like that, it was the moment when Seol Taepyeong was about to pull the sword out of Wolgui’s body.

“Taepyeong…ah…”

I put my hand on the blade of the heavy sword penetrating my body…

Yuegui Yaoran… called the name of Xue Taiping.

“…”

Suddenly, Seol Taepyeong’s fingertips twitched and trembled.

And then, Wolgui, who was pierced, opened his mouth to say something to Seol Taepyeong.

*

-Too-duk, to-duk.

It was in a rainy forest.

Cheong Jin-myeong was looking down at the body of his daughter Cheong Seo-rin in the pouring rain.

Can you say you are living this?

This was a question that Cheong Jin-myeong, who traveled around the border area killing ghosts, always had in his heart.

What is the meaning of a life of being despised, shunned, and just wandering around, getting the blood of human-looking monsters on your sword?

Wouldn’t it be better to abandon the Black Moon Team members, take care of my daughter Cheong Seo-rin, and live somewhere on the outskirts of the imperial capital as if nothing had happened?

What meaning can be found in a life that just repeats itself like a machine and kills ghosts?

Nevertheless, Cheong Jin-myeong lived as the Black Moon Captain.

I promised that I would give my daughter Cheong Seo-rin, who was always just quietly turning over the fire with a poker at the camping site, a life worth living.

First of all, in order to take responsibility for the members of the Black Moon Team, I lived my life by following through to the end what I believed to be my duty.

I lived like that, thinking it was right to live like that.

Even to the day when half of the Blackwold crew and my daughter Cheong Seo-rin were killed by a middle-class ghost that appeared out of nowhere when we went out to hunt ghosts.

A day with pouring rain.

Looking down at Cheong Seo-rin’s blood-covered body, Black Moon Captain Cheong Jin-myeong felt heart-wrenching pain.

What is the cause of that pain?

The ghosts who killed my parents finally took my daughter away. Is it because the desire for revenge against that ghost burned in his heart?

Is it because he was angry at his helplessness in being unable to do anything?

Is it because I could only imagine how much pain Cheong Seo-rin must have felt up until the moment she was killed by the middle-class demon?

Indeed, paradoxically, it wasn’t all that.

– ‘There is no sign of resistance.’

The raindrops were pattering and hitting her white cheeks.

The hair scattered on the dirt floor looks like a silk blanket supporting her.

Looking at the traces of the gruesome scene, it was not difficult to infer what it was like when someone was killed.

The appearance of ghosts is always unexpected.

The middle-aged ghost that suddenly appeared let out a bizarre cry and would have eaten the Black Moon Team members one by one.

Most of the Black Moon Team members left behind at the camp were injured, so there was a high possibility that they would not have been able to respond appropriately to the sudden situation.

Most of the Black Moon members who had become corpses were holding swords in their hands, and their arms and legs were broken here and there or full of vital energy.

However, Cheong Seo-rin did not even take out the sword she had given her for self-defense.

Even in the midst of all the chaos, the girl was quietly sitting by the fire and poking around the bonfire with a poker.

Only then do I remember the eyes of the girl who was quietly looking at the bonfire.

A life that is blank and empty, just quietly following my father around the campground. A life that is just lived without any purpose.

As the daughter of a ghost catcher, she was ostracized, and lived a life of guarding the fire with a poker in the camp while listening to the miserable screams of ghosts twisting their bodies in grotesque ways.

Protecting the Black Moon Team and taking responsibility were all just Cheong Jin-myeong’s beliefs.

It was only then that Cheong Jin-myeong realized.

The one who took the girl’s life was not a ghost, but himself.

Cheong Seo-rin, who had no means to protect herself, had no choice but to follow Cheong Jin-myeong, which may have been just a choice to survive.

So, the girl was sitting by the fire and holding a poker.

In a forest immersed in darkness.

I was afraid that the bonfire would go out, so I just looked at the firewood that was burning and disappearing little by little.

In the eyes of a small, young girl, all she could see was the crackling embers that were gradually losing their vitality.

Life is like a dying bonfire, and all that remains is the ending of death leaving behind nothing but charred ashes.

The girl was not killed by ghosts. This is a suicide that is infinitely close to murder.

The ghost is just an opportunity.

– ‘Can’t you stop catching ghosts?’

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Suddenly, I remember the day I asked that question in a dazed voice.

That day, Cheong Seo-rin wanted to ask Cheong Jin-myeong. Are we going to continue living like this?

In order to carry out his conviction to take responsibility for the members of the Black Moon Team until the end, Cheong Jin-myeong turned his eyes away from his daughter’s suffering.

Since there are many lives to be responsible for, I sought understanding from my daughter, who was the first person I could ask for understanding.

The result was the corpse of my daughter, who had lived her life like a floating spirit, unable to find any meaning in her life.

Only by seeing the corpse was I able to gauge my daughter’s short life.

There was nothing in Cheong Seo-rin’s life. It was literally empty.

They are promised that there will be an end someday, and they just sit by the fire in the camp, poking at firewood with a poker.