Login Murim Episode 924
Deep.
There was no resistance or blockage.
The royal family’s treasured sword split the flesh and bones that touched the sword body like tofu. Only faithfully fulfills its role, regardless of the owner’s will.
“······!”
“······!”
Silence fell everywhere for an instant.
This was something no one here expected.
It is impossible to believe that a revenge demon who devoted his life to destroying the cursed imperial family and great nation would choose this path.
I never thought I would bury my head in the blade of a descendant of my enemy.
But despite this, once fate was twisted, death was not easily permitted.
Crack, crack.
Phlegm boils between the cracked uvula. Dongcheon Demon, who was panting hard, slowly but gradually recovered.
He felt his body and burst into laughter.
It was truly ridiculous.
You turned yourself into a monster in order to survive, but now you are struggling to die.
The power that was once considered a blessing has now become a curse and is holding him back.
‘What kind of skit is this?’
Dongcheon Demon looked up at the sky and smiled emptyly.
I resent my body that wants to die but cannot.
Jin Tae-gyeong looks down at me with an unknown look, because I don’t want to face the emperor’s eyes.
and······.
He still didn’t have the confidence to face the child who was bowing deeply towards him and who looked like a lump of blood. No, because I’m embarrassed.
“Twelve years. “It was twelve years ago.” Cough.
Crying and spitting out blood bubbles, Dongcheon Demon slowly continued speaking.
“I watched from afar as a young child who had not yet been weaned left the imperial palace in the arms of a eunuch.”
The eunuch’s name was Heungjin, and the child’s name was Jupyo.
“I tried to kill him. Several times after that.”
But I couldn’t.
King Zhou Biao of Shangsan once drove the emperor away.
It was not just because he was the most suitable scarecrow to fill the empty space.
I have a vague feeling that it was some kind of deception that the emperor gave his youngest brother the title of King of Shangshan and sent him away far away.
Even though it was planned, the Dongcheon Demon Army was unable to order the assassination in the end.
I didn’t even know why I was so worried.
No, I knew but I pretended not to know. “That child…looked like me.” Dongcheon Demon Lord saw his own past in the image of a young child who lost her parents and siblings, and in the little guy who left the imperial palace as if being chased by the arms of her eunuch.
While watching the news brought by Jeon Seo-gu (傳書鳴), who visits at regular intervals, I read the child’s loneliness in those few lines.
“In that place, more than 10,000 miles away, the five-year-old child said that he cried every night. “It was said that the crying could be heard beyond his wall.”
Fortunately or unfortunately, the child grew up precociously and figured it out when he was five years old.
That you are much more special than others, and perhaps just as unfortunate. Children of the same age do not call their mothers nanny (乳母).
“Time passed quickly, and the seven-year-old child no longer cried. Instead, he said he became more active by practicing martial arts day and night.”
But Dongcheon Demon Army knew.
In a few short lines of text written in the book, he was able to find the child still crying.
“The child… just learned how to stop crying. “Just like I did a long time ago.”
It’s something I don’t want to get used to. But it’s something you have no choice but to get used to.
The child held back his tears like that. Every night, he buried his face in the blanket and cried silently, avoiding the eyes of the eunuch and nurse who looked after him with utmost care.
He was afraid that they would feel sad if they heard him cry.
I am afraid that if this cry goes over the wall, I will lose my integrity as a king. Seven years old.
The child matured and faced reality.
At an early time when no one wanted it.
“That day, I finally realized. “I can no longer kill that child.”
After that, time passed like a river.
In the end, Dongcheon Demon Lord, who was unable to recover from the injuries he received from Gungseong, unfolded the forbidden law of the ascetics and turned himself into a jiangshi, and Ai, who was always living a similar daily life, met a young man.
Jin Tae-kyung.
The three Confucius of the Taewonjin family.
The bastard of the Penn family has just taken a step toward rehabilitation.
And the three princes of this unremarkable martial family gave the child something that had never existed in his life for the first time.
That was just a dream.
“Dream comes true. “It was definitely written that way.”
When I looked at the contents written in the war record,
Dongcheon Demon Lord laughed without realizing it.
Even though he was only a child, I found it funny that he dared talk nonsense like that to the king, and it was funny to see him turn that child’s nonsense into a plaque and hang it in the king’s office. At the same time, I became bitter at the same time.
Because he, too, once had a clear and sparkling dream.
A child’s dream will not come true as long as he or she is there.
“But even in the midst of all that, I suddenly became curious. What is the dream that child desires deep in his heart? want to achieve
“What is the goal?”
Dongcheon Demon slowly turned his head.
At some point, his gaze caught the sight of a child who was trembling slightly without even thinking of straightening his deeply bent back to hide his tear-filled eyes.
“Now I want to hear the answer to that question. Before she knew it, she would have turned thirteen.
“To that child.”
Somehow twelve years have passed.
The child became a boy, and the old man became a monster.
And the boy, Sangsan King Jupyo, was struggling to control the new form at this moment. “The dream of Gwaine.”
I slowly straightened my deeply bent back and spoke the dream that had been in my heart.
“I want to make sure that no one else has to go through the misfortune that you and I had to go through.”
Dongcheon Demon Lord’s eyes trembled.
No, it was the same for everyone here.
“······It would be impossible.”
“So it’s a dream.”
“Even though you knew it wouldn’t come true, you just wanted to hope.”
“Nevertheless, I don’t give up and keep trying. It’s a dream that I desperately try to achieve.”
“Do you know what you mean?”
Toward the Dongcheon Demon Army, which was showing unconcealable turbulence, King Sangsan Ju-pyo quietly opened his mouth.
“The Great Peaceful Dynasty”
Four letters that have been the wish of all people since time immemorial, but have always betrayed them.
But a boy who is only thirteen is speaking.
He said he would never betray them. Everyone was peaceful and happy
I will reopen the era of Shun.
He was speaking with complete sincerity.
“I will punish the evil and reward the good, regardless of their status.”
This is Jeong (正).
“I will always look out for and care for the people, and listen carefully to the advice of my superiors.”
It is humanity and righteousness.
“I will respect all my people. Regardless of the blood I was born with, I will accept their righteous hearts and wisdom.”
This is courtesy and wisdom.
“Also, I will not sow any seeds of misfortune. Even if it is, what kind of result is it?
Even if it comes back to me, I will bear it and reap it.”
“ah.,,
Dongcheon Demon Army let out a groan.
The meaning of the young king’s last words was that the two letters, tolerance (貿容), became a blade and cut into his heart.
“I… I couldn’t forgive anything. “From some point on, I have been cursing everything.”
At the end of a terrible time, the military leaders who had lost their families turned to dust and disappeared.
King Taejo, who burned the monks and butchered his teachers and executioners, also became a guest of immortality.
However, Dongcheon Demon Army still had a desire for revenge.
No, on the contrary, it burned even more intensely.
To those who remain. Towards those who are innocent.
“But, but how can you••••••!”
Dongcheon Ma closed his eyes because he couldn’t bear to look straight ahead. I cried out in a boiling voice.
It wasn’t the same anger as before. It was just more heartbreaking than ever.
Even at this very moment, I am unable to completely let go of everything.
At the same time, I was embarrassed.
The boy in front of me was giving me the forgiveness that I had been unable to achieve in my entire life, in his small hands.
“Do you know that?”
At the voice that suddenly came, Dongcheon Demon Lord opened his eyes.
King Sangsan Jupyo was looking at him with trembling eyes.
“When I found out all the facts here today, I wanted to kill you more than anyone else.”
“But why…
“Because it was a pity. “It’s because I realized the difference between us, something that came to me like luck but wasn’t given to you.”
King Sangsan Jupyo slowly turned his head. The young king saw a man standing next to him as if it were natural, despite his haggard appearance.
“I had a confidant who was closer to me than my family.”
From my earliest memories until now, the name of the person who has always been by my side was Hong Jin.
“There were my brother and his loyal subjects who had to endure countless insults just for the sake of this country.”
The emperor closed his eyes with a soft groan.
In the face of greater injustice, the loyal old generals and members of the royal family, who had no choice but to usurp the throne, gritted their teeth to suppress the rising turmoil.
“At a time when not even a ray of light could be seen, you held out your hand without anything in return.
“There were these people.”
Murim people (武林人).
Those who break away from the laws of the great nation and set up their own fence.
However, those who willingly broke down the fence and rushed to the land of death where many dangers lurk.
King Sangsan Ju-pyo’s gaze passed over each and every one of them. Someone was casually scratching their shaved head, someone was giving them a gentle eye contact, and someone was patting their stomach as if they were hungry.
And, as far as the end of that gaze is concerned,
There was a person.
A young man who is not the strongest or wisest among them, but who stands at the center of them all as if it were natural.
The man who said he would plant a dream in someone’s heart and become a friend was smiling at the boy who had grown remarkably at this moment.
It’s so bright and warm that even Dongcheon Demon Lord mistakenly thought that his eyes had brightened for a moment.
“Hyeop (快).”
That one letter that feels unfamiliar because it has been forgotten for so long,
Dongcheon Demon Lord was fiddling in his empty mind.
And then he saw himself reflected in the young king’s wet eyes, all distorted and blurry like a monster.
“In my view, before you were an eternal sinner with unforgettable karma, you were an unfortunate person who had no choice but to walk a different path from me.”
Revenge rather than forgiveness due to misfortune
I chose .
He became a monster due to his ignorance.
I thought revenge was the only way
all. That was the only reason why Dongcheon Demon Army lived as a human and as a monster. But you are wrong.
Purpose and reason.
“It’s okay to stop now.”
At that soft word that penetrated his ear, Dongcheon Demon Lord’s body suddenly stiffened. It’s okay to stop.
Now, it’s okay to stop.
That one insignificant word melted someone’s heart that had been burning for a long time, turning to ashes and then freezing.
It finally brought peace. ‘Yes, it was like that.’
Dongcheon Demon Army looked at the sky in silence.
I have been constantly complaining. That sky. Everyone in the world.
However, when I removed even the last layer of anger that was hanging in my heart, a new world appeared.
Countless stars twinkled in the dark sky, and the scent of grass was felt in the wind blowing from somewhere. This hell that I created (地獄)
Mixed with the thick, bloody smell that emanates from Tao.
‘It’s late. I found out too late.’
Thousands or tens of thousands of people have already been killed or injured.
How many more people will be sacrificed in the future due to their own choices?
I couldn’t even guess.
Buried in a huge war
The countless lives that will be lost, and the weight of the sin that he who drove them to death will bear. Just reach the end and reach Dongcheon Demon Army.
The new crossroads I was given was constantly whispering to me to make even a slightly more right choice.
Enough to make a life that had been painted entirely in black colorless.
– From now on, listen carefully to what I say.
Left ahhh.
The whole sound that flowed from between the lips of the moon mingled with the wind.
Passing by the young king and emperor, overcoming the Jingui Committee and the civil and military officials surrounding him on all sides, to one person.
To Jin Tae-kyung.
At the sight of him looking down at himself with wide-open eyes, Dongcheon Demon smiled bitterly.
Although it was a while late, I made a slightly better choice in the end.
That was all.
– Now that I’ve told you the story, it’s time to receive blessings.
Jin Tae-kyung, who was silently staring at the Dongcheon Demon Army with deeply sunken eyes, nodded and stepped forward.
Slosh.
Ripples spread across the sticky pool of blood.
Even though everyone knew what Jin Tae-gyeong was trying to do, none of the civil and military officials who were watching this situation stopped him.
No, I didn’t dare.
Because the emperor, King Zhou Biao of Shangshan, personally took steps to clear the way.
At this moment, Jin Tae-gyeong was an agent who was given the authority to punish the traitor of time immemorial on behalf of the Emperor.
Sreung.
A cool wind brushes against the spear blade held in reverse. Looking at the blue-white flames slowly gathering at the end, Dongcheon Demon suddenly opened his mouth.
“Do you think that someone like me will be given something called the afterlife?”
“maybe. Instead, I would have to live with c*ckroaches and mosquitoes for about 3,000 years.” Yes, I guess so.
At the moment when Dongcheon Demon Lord laughed at the answer without hesitation, Jin Tae-kyung continued speaking in a calm voice.
“But, in the next life, be sure to be reborn as a human being.”
“What is that?”
“You never know. “Unlike this life, someone might help you then.”
“If we get the chance, let’s meet again then. “Don’t be too late.”
The Dongcheon Demon Army, or rather the Wei Chung, remained silent. And then he smiled faintly.
Without saying a word, I looked at the dazzling flames coloring before my eyes. Wow.
That strangely warm warmth enveloped his entire body.
