Surviving as a Rival in a Martial Arts Novel

Chapter 62 – The darkest time before the sun rises (01)

“Cheonmahu, it’s a big deal. It’s a big deal!”

Cheonma Hu looked worried as he looked at the young daughter, Soma Hu, who was stamping her feet in front of him, and the maid who seemed to be the same age as her.

“I told you not to go out carelessly. What are you doing this time?”

“Cheonma-nim is only inside the main temple, so I have to come from outside and bring news. Socheonma-nim and Somahu are now dead…”

“My children don’t die that easily.”

“But now, information has been delivered that the Majin Dae and Ma Hu Dae were annihilated due to the Black Moon Party’s attack, and the two of you died!”

Looking at her maid stomping her feet, Cheonmahu touched her own forehead as if her head was pounding.

“…I told you not to pay attention to the gossip of the wealthy people who only want our children to fall… And these days, it’s strange. It feels like the fights are disappearing.”

“Well, that…”

The maid could not bear to inform Cheonmahu of her current situation.

It has already been a long time since her maids who served Cheonma Hu were persuaded by her elders and left, and the rest of her maids except for her have recently abandoned her Cheonmahu and are no longer seen.

And since she was so tired from taking their place and doing the work herself, she was also learning a little magic.

‘Because I’m learning it to protect Cheonmahu! Yes!’

While she was rationalizing herself while gently scratching the bridge of her freckled nose, Cheonmahu looked at her maid with her own sunken blue eyes.

“You… Were the same age as our Somafu, weren’t you? Or were you a bit older?”

“Yes. I’ve been playing with Somafu ever since he started toddling around.”

“Yes. You’ve worked hard so far.”

“Lord Cheonmahu. With those words… You shouldn’t give up yet. You should at least take this medicine and get rid of your sadness.”

A medicine that helps you overcome all sadness and despair.

As she handed her precious medicine to her Cheonma Hu, so much so that the maid herself sometimes wanted to drink it, she hoped that Cheonma Hu, whom she respected the most, would forget her Cheonma as soon as possible and feel at ease.

Even though she moves around twelve o’clock a day, she does not feel tired, and on the contrary, it seems as if she is getting healthier.

“I’m sorry. If only I had paid a little more attention…”

Her hand filled with magic grabs the neck of her maid.

“Uh… Uh…?”

Her hands were trained from her kitchen work and various household chores as a maid, but her hands used to operate her fireworks, and even if she tried to scratch and bite them with her fingernails, she could not get rid of them. There was none.

‘Why is Queen Cheonma like this…?’

Clink!

Even though her medicine fell on her floor and her feet were lifted from the ground and writhing, she felt no pain.

‘Yes… He is still out of his mind due to the pain of the Heavenly Demon’s death.’

Wow!

‘So… If you just take this medicine that makes you happy…’

Until the moment when her neck bones were misaligned and her body began to droop, the maid was worried about Cheonmahu.

The beautiful woman, shedding tears from her lapis lazuli blue eyes for herself.

Shake it off.

By killing her maids who were already contaminated by Mara’s mind and could not discern her thoughts and feelings, and who did not even realize that he had killed them one by one and had been stained with her blood, the Queen of Heaven himself covered the face of

“…I’m sorry. I’m sorry… If only I had listened to you a little longer…”

But that was only for a moment.

After gracefully stepping over the corpse of her maid, who had been trying to fend for herself and had been tricked by her Black Moon Party, without stepping on it, Cheonmahu tore off the sleeves of her decorative clothes that she had been wearing up until now and pulled her long skirt down. She tore it open to make it easier for her to move.

It was like when she was young and came over from the West Station and met Cheonma for the first time.

She is not Tianmahu, but just like when she roamed the world as the founder of Huahu Demon Gong.

“Cheonmahu declares!”

Her voice, deeply filled with Huahu Demon Gong, resonates throughout the main hall of Demonicism.

“Cheonmadae, gather!”

* *

“Huh. You really don’t listen.”

Chiljangro, who looked like a immortal, and Paljangro Heuksahyeolgyeom were playing baduk with each other.

Of course, compared to Chiljangro, who was actually a baduk expert, Heuksahyeolgyeom barely knew how to play baduk and the basic rules, so he was almost at the level of teaching him.

“The sky has already tilted. What are you going to do by yourself when the sun and moon decline and a new black moon appears?”

“Hmm… Seven Elders. You’re saying too much. The sun and moon have not set…”

“The moment the Heavenly Demon falls, the fate of the Demonic Cult is already over.”

Elder Chil was not a bad person in his own way. That is why he tried to attract the eight elders, Heuk Sahyeol-gyeom, who was ignored by the other elders, by any means possible.

“Do you know where the other elders are?”

“Everyone will be where they are needed.”

“Except for the six elders waiting outside this room. What about the rest?”

At those words, Elder Chil lifted his bottle of liquor and poured it into his mouth.

“I went to welcome the black moon. You too… If you feel uncomfortable, you can play baduk with me.”

“If I refuse, the six elders will come in and kill me?”

“That’s right. This is a threat, so listen to it obediently.”

After hearing those words, Heuksahyeolgyeom heard a woman’s voice in his ears, soft but full of strong will.

Sigh.

As soon as he heard the voice, Heuksahyeolgyeom kicked the checkerboard.

“Don’t do this. I want to save you. And isn’t the first principle of the Demonic Cult to be strong and self-reliant? In that case, it is natural for the Demonic Cult, which is already in decline, to fall under the control of the Black Moon Party, and you, as the Eight Elders, should start from what I say. Shouldn’t you listen?”

“Stop talking bullsh*t.”

Heuksahyeolgyeom threw his main weapons, the two scythes used for cutting crops, into a corner.

Pak!

Kwasik!

“Wait a moment, Elder Six, I’m not finished explaining yet…”

“It’s noisy. Those who will not bury themselves in the shadow of the black moon, apologize with death!”

From the beginning, Elder Six, who did not like Heuksa Hyeol-gyeom, attacked Elder Eight and tried to stop him, but Elder Six, who was impatient, was already attacking Heuksa and Hyeol-gyeom.

Clap!

At that moment, the body of the six elders was split in half from head to groin and collapsed onto the overturned checkerboard.

“Oh, oh my!”

At the sight of Heuksa Hyeol-gyeom holding a large scythe that had to be handled with both hands rather than the small scythe that he usually carried, Elder Chil shivered and even urinated on the spot.

‘Um… Who is that? ‘Is this the Elder Pal I know?’

In the original demonic religion, the strong take pride in themselves and the strong take everything.

However, in order to resolve the dissonance that inevitably arises in the process, one rule stipulated by the Heavenly Demon was not to intentionally hide one’s skills.

It is a rule that the other person is free to disbelieve, but one must not hide one’s power. This is a rule that is strictly followed by all members of the Demonic Cult, but it did not apply to only one group.

‘Cheon… Cheonmadae!’

Cheonmadae.

They are a military unit directly under the Cheonma and are handled only by the masters of the Demonic Cult, who can point their swords at Socheonma, Somahu, and even Cheonmahu in an emergency.

They were ordered to move while hiding their identities even from their close friends, and were forbidden by the Heavenly Demon from a young age, so they devoted their loyalty to the Heavenly Demon even to the point of death.

The story is that the Pal Elder Heuksa Hyeol-gyeom in front of us right now is the head of the Cheonmadae, the commander of the Cheonmadae, and he has the authority to summarily execute even the elders.

“Seven elders.”

“Yes, yes! Commander of the Heavenly Demon!”

It is normal for him to deny it if he is asked whether he is a Cheonma Dae, but Heuk Sahyeol-gyeom did not follow that rule in this situation.

“I will give you back exactly what I said earlier.”

“What… What are you saying…?”

“Be quiet and keep your head down before the shadow of the black moon disappears and the sun and moon rise again.”

Elder Chil was clutching his neck and trembling as he hung his head as he looked like a flesh-eared creature and the thick smell of blood gushed from his daegyeom.

“Assemble the Heavenly Demon! The Heavenly Demon is calling us!”

* *

“Keuheook!”

The sound of blood and flesh breaking and pouring echoes from all directions.

Even if you combine the elite warriors sent out from the Black Moon Party and the traitors who rose up within the Demonic Cult, there were more demons, but compared to the warriors of the Black Moon Party who moved as one due to the Mara Heart Attack, the demons had no unified command system and were divided one by one. Was being defeated.

In this situation, the elders are the ones who have to command the demons, but they deliberately split the demons apart and then betrayed them when their strength was reduced, helping the Black Moon Party to easily split and swallow the demon religion, so the battle has begun. Less than half a hour later, the tide of the war took a sharp turn.

“Cluck!”

Elder Oh, who was the first to betray, was feeling strange pleasure while killing the demons he had personally controlled. He did not know that it was due to the side effects of the Mara Heart Attack, which began to eat away at his body. He was enjoying himself by inserting iron pieces into his body and tearing them apart.

“Elder Il! I have come!”

Could it be that the demons who were protecting the main temple by forming a defensive line centered around the last remaining first elder? He looked back at Elder Kanghyeoljima with an expression that said,

“Why are you doing this? Are you suspicious of Ganghyeoljima, the first elder of the Demonic Cult?”

The moment they saw Ganghyeoljima’s reaction, the demons retreated from Iljangro and aimed their weapons, but Iljangro Ganghyeoljima, who was thought to be almost at the peak of transcendence, and Iljangro, Samjangro, Sangro, and Ojang were approaching from behind. It was as if they were surrounded by Ro and the Black Moon army that followed them.

“Thank you for your hard work on the long journey. Lord of the Black Moon Shrine.”

Compared to Elder Il, he was so young that he could be said to be a child, but Elder Il was in awe of his strength… Seeing the young swordsman who had reached the pinnacle of excellence, so he bowed his head to him without any resistance.

Because it is natural for a member of the Demonic Cult to bow down to the strong. It was natural for him to bow down to someone stronger than him.

“Even the elders of the Black Moon Party…”

Bulbulbulbul…

The demons who had been holding out and believing in Elder Il slowly retreated and tried to head toward the main temple, but there were already only Cheonmahu and maids who did not know martial arts.

Most of the demons who have held out so far are actually demons from the Cheonma University whose identity is hidden, and their Ilshin’s military power is strong and their loyalty to the Cheonma is high, so they are holding out here until the end.

As their eyes met with the thought that it would be the end if they retreated, the demons gritted their teeth and took out their weapons to block the forces of Elder Il and the Black Moon Party.

“Heh heh… These guys. I’ll get rid of them right away, Elder Il.”

“No, just wait a moment. A little persuasion…”

“Don’t be strong!”

Heuksahyeolgyeom ran out from the place where the Sixth and Seventh Elders had told him to leave it just a moment ago.

Clap la la rock!

The warriors of the Black Moon Party who blocked his path drew their weapons, but when the Daegyeom of the Black Sahyeolgyeom flashed, they fell down like grain being cut by a scythe during the harvest season, and blood was provided to his Daegyeom, making him stronger.

“Even if he rots, he’s still an elder. He’s annoying.”

The remaining five elders clicked their tongues.

“Tsk. Those weak-minded people…”

Without knowing that the Six Elders had been cut off from both sides, and without knowing that the blood-colored Dae-gyeom of the Black Sahyeol-gyeom was made of his blood, the Five Elders, the Hong-An Water Demon, took out their iron sword and were about to strike the Black Sahyeol-gyeom. All.

“Get out of the way.”

“Head of the family. No. We’ll take care of such an insignificant guy.”

“I’m saying this because it’s impossible. Get out of the way.”

The head of the Black Moon Party roughly pushed the shoulders of the boss who was blocking him and stood in front of the intruding Black Sahyeol-gyeom.

“I’m in charge of this.”

Unable to refute the head of the Black Moon Temple, when the elders withdrew, Black Sahyeol-gyeom became even more angry at the obscene sight and attacked, swinging his sword.

‘Huh… Elder Pal’s power… If it’s this much…!’

Iljang Kanghyeoljima felt like he was being blocked by an enormous force that he had never felt before, and was able to recognize that Paljang was an expert who had reached the pinnacle, half a step ahead of him.

While the other four elders were perplexed by his ability to defeat five elders with a single blow, the first elder was rather perplexed by his power, which he could not yet feel while looking at the head of the Black Moon Temple.

‘Are you saying that I, who can even feel the presence of a transcendent master… Can’t feel the presence of that young man?’

“Die! Beheading and blood-eye attack!”

Heuksahyeolgyeom’s pin scythe swings and the sadangju’s black sword moves late.

Anyone could see that Heuksahyeolgyeom was powerful enough to cut down the head of the shrine and cut down the five elders in the aftermath.

Teeing!

Surprisingly, Sadangju deflected the beheading attack that had already swung with all his might and had reached its peak power with his scabbard, and plunged his black sword into the gap created at that moment.

Phew!

It was not fancy swordsmanship. Rather, it is simple and standard swordsmanship.

Block the opponent’s attack and take advantage of the opportunity to counterattack.

That alone resulted in the black sword piercing the heart of the supreme expert, Black Sahyeolgyeom.