Prologue. The World's Strongest, Yeom Ga-hyeon
Prologue. The World's Strongest, Yeom Ga-hyeon
"...It's the end."
I barely dragged my staggering body and shook the blood off my sword.
With blurry eyes, I looked at the thing that had been alive, now collapsed before me.
The Heavenly Demon. Wi Ji-cheon.
The leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect, who was called great and lived up to that reputation without fail.
The one who led countless followers in that massive place called the Ten Thousand Mountains.
The one who reached the pinnacle amidst that survival of the fittest.
However, now, he is nothing more than a mere corpse.
Yeom Ga-hyeon gazed at the corpse with eyes that felt like they would close at any moment.
"Master."
My master's smiling face comes to mind.
"...I did it."
At the same time as those words, Ga-hyeon dropped his sword.
My body begins to slowly collapse.
Ga-hyeon knelt down.
I suffered severe wounds, but not enough to die.
If I recuperate for a long time, I'll be able to return to how I was before.
It was the moment I resolved to establish a new oath and bring order to this chaotic Murim.
- Child.
At the sudden voice, Ga-hyeon turned his head and looked around.
There was no one there.
However, the voice continued to be heard.
- Return.
- Now, return to the place where you originally belong.
"What... is that...."
At the incomprehensible words, Ga-hyeon's eyes widened.
That was when it happened.
Vitality began to fade from the tips of my entire body.
"What is this."
As if contagious, vitality vanished from the extremities of my body.
Ga-hyeon hurriedly tried to circulate the Heaven-Breaking Divine Art to hold onto his energy, but
even the Heaven-Breaking Divine Art, which could be called the strongest martial art in history, could not stop that energy.
"No... it can't be. I still have to!"
There was so much to do.
Too much.
Too much.
Too much....
The acquaintances who had been watching the situation from afar are running over.
They probably confirmed that Ga-hyeon won.
I wanted to respond to them, but Ga-hyeon's body is becoming heavier and heavier.
Ga-hyeon gave them one last look.
'No...'
Pik-
Ga-hyeon's consciousness cut off.
"Ugh... ugh...?"
Human of Earth.
Yeom Ga-hyeon opened his eyes in a hospital room.