Chapter 31 - The Snake's Child

Jin-seong returned to Seoul after subjugating the Kaesong workshop in a day.

However, Jin-seong’s direction was neither Lee Yeo-jin’s hotel nor the newly assigned professor’s room.

“Master… Master……?” “What’s wrong?”

As soon as Jin-seong arrived at school, he and Muhyuk went into a large training center.

Whoosh… Jin-seong was swinging a wooden sword in the air several times. Jin-seong did not feel tired at all even though he had a battle with a group of gangsters and did not sleep.

Seeing such sincerity, Muhyuk was worried.

“It hasn’t been long since you got back…… Shouldn’t you be resting…….”

Muhyuk thought Lee Jin-seong was unusual, but he never thought Jin-seong was this strong.

Jin-seong felt upset at Moohyuk’s response.

“Muhyuk, are you underestimating me because I’m young?” “No, Master! It’s not like that……!”

At Jin-seong’s words, Muhyuk was surprised.

“Then lift the sword. If you think I’m a master, you shouldn’t question my judgment.” “……Okay.”

Skkk…

Jin-seong thought.

‘Muhyuk said he would support me as a master, but it stems from his desire to repay what I’ve done for him.’

In other words, it means that Muhyuk did not truly accept him as a master.

“And, Lee Soo-ah. You are a cadet of the military academy from now on. Do you have any complaints about that?” “……None.”

Lee Soo-ah was standing outside the training grounds and shook her head calmly. Lee Soo-ah was also admitted as a student of Jin-seong’s.

Lee Soo-ah calmly spoke while looking at Muhyuk.

“Mister, I’m going to follow you around… I have nowhere else to go anyway.” “…….”

At that, Jin-seong nodded.

‘Lee Soo-ah will always follow Muhyuk. And only when Muhyuk sincerely accepts me as a teacher will I be able to easily proceed with future plans. I can be recognized as a real teacher only when I can overwhelm him with my skills and present a vision to move forward.’

Therefore, I have to make sure he understood the difference in our skills once again.

“Alright, Moohyuk. Come on in.” “Hmm…”

Muhyuk hesitated, staring blankly at the sword in his hand. “No matter how outstanding the master’s ability is, a wooden sword alone won’t be able to prevent my steel sword…..”

Jin-seong spoke at Muhyuk’s hesitation.

“Muhyuk.” “…….” “You’ll have to do your best to stop my sword.” “What?”

At that moment.

Whoosh!

Jin-seong, who approached right in front of him, swung the lightning-like wooden sword.

“Hmph!” The tip of the wooden sword poked exactly at Muhyuk’s eyes. Booom! Muhyuk managed to hit the wooden sword. At that moment, he had a cold sweat on his back.

“He is dangerous!”

Only then did Muhyuk realize that Jin-seong was not joking.

Ba Bang!

“Muhyuk, if you don’t do it seriously, I’ll take one of your eyes.”

Baaang!

And Jin-seong, who faced the sword, pushed Muhyuk away and said.

“This is the start of your hell training.”

A few days later. In the large training center.

Jin-seong was facing Muhyuk with a wooden sword.

“Gasp, gasp, gasp…”

Muhyuk stood relying on his sword. Muhyuk shook his shoulders and looked at Jin-seong standing in front of him.

“Don’t lower your sword.”

At Jin-seong’s words, Muhyuk struggled to lift the sword and headed forward. In front of Muhyuk, Jin-seong, who was not disturbed once, was holding a wooden sword.

The wooden sword, which clashed with Muhyuk’s steel sword several times, only had a few scratches.

Muhyuk can’t reach Jin-seong with his sword. He was so angry that even Jin-seong’s wooden sword was not properly damaged.

The wooden sword was once again aimed at Muhyuk.

“I’ll go again. Be sure to block it.” “Hmm…”

Muhyuk, who was shaking his shoulders, held his breath. He chewed my molars and grabbed the handle with both hands.

At that moment.

Bang!

The tip of the wooden sword approached Muhyuk’s eyes with a sound of tearing the wind.

Taeng!

Muhyuk bounced off the wooden sword. No, he thought it bounced off.

Woosh! In an instant, blood splashed from Muhyuk’s cheek that passed by the wooden sword.

Tangrang…!

At the same time, Muhyuk dropped his sword on the floor.

“Gasp…”

‘I thought I bounced it off this time.’

He couldn’t keep up. Jin-seong’s power, speed, and skill are all at a distant level.

But…

Muhyuk held the handle of a sword in his hand, regardless of the torn palms and the blood. Jin-seong, who was silently watching the scene, said.

“Muhyuk.” “…Yes, Master…….” “You can be stronger.”

And he emphasized once again by lowering the wooden sword.

“The things we will deal with in the future are much faster and stronger. You can’t beat them at this rate.”

At that, Muhyuk bit his teeth. Jin-seong lowered the wooden sword again.

“Come to the outdoor training center in two hours.”

Muhyuk bowed his head deeply as he saw Jin-seong leaving. And when Jin-seong completely left the training center,

“Whoa…”

Muhyuk took a deep breath and fell to the floor. Even his shoulders were shaking.

The joints all over his body seemed to be misaligned. Jin-seong’s powers was not the power of a human.

Muhyuk was proud that he had trained so much in the past. But.

‘He’s on a different level.’

When Muhyuk confronted Jin-seong, he felt as if he were an ant being weighed down by a finger. Muhyuk felt as if the master was reading all his moves easily. None of his moves could reach Jin-seong.

So sometimes he even felt like he was naked.

“Like master, like student.”

Moohyuk raised his head. There was Jin Soo-yeon.

“……What are you doing here?” “What do you mean, two men fight as if they were breaking down the training ground. You think I was just going to pass by?”

Jin Soo-yeon naturally sat next to Muhyuk.

“What about Soo-ah?” “…..She has improved a lot thanks to our master.”

Just as Jin-seong saved the dying Muhyuk, Lee Soo-ah’s mana addiction also greatly recovered through Jin-seong’s tarot cars.

It was time for Moohyuk to get up from his seat.

“Mister!”

Lee Soo-ah, who has a good complexion, was entering the training center.

“Mister! Let’s have dinner!”

When Lee Soo-ah entered the training center, Muhyuk was smiling, even though he had been expressionless so far. But he shook his head.

“Sorry… It’s not time for that.”

Muhyuk wanted to eat with her, but considering Jin-seong, he couldn’t. Even when he came to the military academy, he never saw Jin-seong eat.

He was always busy preparing for something or training alone. Even late at night or at dawn when the sun didn’t rise, Jin-seong was always awake.

‘I’ve never seen such a human being before. No, humans can’t do that…….’

Perhaps even his murderous training schedule was not equal to Jin-seong’s warm-up. In order to meet the master’s expectations, he could not waste a minute or even a second.

It was then.

“Soo-ah, do you want to eat with me?” “Oh…”

Jin Soo-yeon suddenly suggested. When Lee Soo-ah said that, she stared at Soo-yeon and alternately looked at Muhyuk. He smiled brightly.

“That sounds like a good idea.”

Muhyuk said while feeling sorry.

“Will it be okay?”

Soo-yeon replied.

“I don’t know what your position was in the past, I heard you helped interrogator Lee…… No, I mean Professor Lee. You don’t have to be this thankful.”

Soo-yeon immediately led Soo-ah and said.

“Well, let’s leave him alone. We can eat together.”

At that, Soo-ah giggled and laughed, and waved at Moohyuk.

At the sight, Muhyuk smiled as he saw the two walking away.

The training continued for a few days. Although Jin-seong is satisfied with Muhyuk’s brilliant achievements. He trained in martial arts that suited him well. Jin-seong pushed for martial arts to the extent that even most of the rankers fell out.

However, the more you trample on it, the harder the martial arts became. He persistently wanted to improve.

It was a really desirable appearance, but Jin-seong shook his head.

“… It must be hard.”

It wasn’t enough. The fight that Muhyuk has to fight in the upcoming battle is different from the midnight banquet. The priests and living-dead were not the only ones in this battle.

‘You have to deal with the great public of coloration.’

The Great Enlightenment of Sexual Desire. It is a henchman of the demon of Sexual Desire. The one who was called the succubus.

The demon it served during the First War died. It managed to survive because of the demon of greed. Rather than attacking as a squad, it was advantageous to deal with it alone.

So while Jin-seong catches the succubus, Muhyuk strikes. The giants as well as the priests had to be slaughtered.

‘Maybe I might lose Muhyuk .’

The succubus was not that strong, but the process to kill it was tricky.

Therefore, Muhyuk may not be able to hold out.

Skkk…

At that time, Jin-seong held a stone that fell on the ground.

Cuckoo soup… Puck!

Then so easily, he broke the stone. Broken debris fell between his fingers.

‘……We’ve already reached about a third before my return.’

If there were variables, it was the rate of growth.

‘I am three times stronger than the time before I regressed.’

Jin-seong has already reached about 30 percent of his pre-regression power. But the reason wasn’t just because Jin-seong was immersed in training.

There were tarot cards in the hands of Jin-seong. There was a dazzling blue solar card.

[You’ve already secured the minimum number of spells to express your first power.]

[The first power of the unnamed god, “EX,” is affecting the user. The potential of the holder is “out of standard”.]

It was no other reason that the unnamed god was able to express a second power.

Skkk… It was thanks to the bright orb in Jin-seong’s hand.

‘Through the Dwarf’s mana orb, the unnamed god recovered a huge amount of mana and was able to regain energy.’

This was due to the absorption of all of these mana batteries, which had enormous energy that was enough to run a small factory for a year.

Jin-seong began to gauge himself since he had become so strong and prepared for what was about to happen.

‘This time, I will also save her.’

That evening. Professor’s dorm. 17th-floor apartment, Kang Min-ah’s house.

Kang Min-ah was lying in the dark of the living room. And intoxicated with the energy of medicine, she fell into her world.

Gnnn…

She is surprised by her unconscious breathing like a snake. Her fading consciousness was revived.

Again, she recalled the words that people used to say while looking at her.

Something that made her feel bad. It slivers around. And.

Is a monster.

‘I’m not like a monster….’ She didn’t look like one.

To prove that she was not a monster. She saved so many people and killed many beasts, but he was still not recognized.

But she finally became a professor. People congratulated her with a sweet voice and open eyes.

She was an opener in the most honorable position. It has publicly proven that she has the qualities of a hero.

However, that was all.

No one really smiled at her.

The more she built up her skill. They feared her even more.

They. They feared her. Even though she was trying to protect them.

“I’m tired now….”

The moonlight enters through the window of the slightly open living room. As if she were lifting the hidden darkness, the curtain flutters in the cool wind.

Onyxia powders in the moonlight twinkled.

When she looked at the powder, she had a headache again. The illusion of being confident and capable of doing anything disappeared like snow melting.

The belief that people no longer see her as a monster collapses. Of course, the general public. Even the disciples stepped back when their eyes met hers.

So. The medicine has lost its energy.

She didn’t want to care about how others saw her. She was just pretending to be fine.

How easy it is to smile. From the moment she realized how deep the hatred and jealousy hidden under their thin skin were.

Skkk…

She reached out to the powders in a lying position. The black grains were twinkling. Her scaly fingers also glistened in the moonlight.

[You lovely child….]

It was then. The wind whispered. Like putting a child lying in bed to sleep.

She turned her heavy head and looked out the window of the living room.

Srrr…

Through the open window. Something black and shiny was crawling.

That was. That was a black snake.

On her smooth flashing scales. She thought it was beautiful for some reason.

[You’re the chosen child……]

The eyes of the black snake were staring at her hidden in the dark.

[You’ve been abandoned……]

Srrr

The black snake reached out.

[So let’s leave together….]

And the mouth of the black snake with shining scales opened wide in front of her hand. Its sharp fangs flashed from its open mouth.

[Everyone welcomes you with all their heart there….]

Srrr

At that moment.

Bang…!

Suddenly, through the open window, a black pebble flew in. Then the black pebble rolled several times and was touched by her hand.

It’s a black pebble with a blue rune character. It was a guardian stone that crushed all unclean energy.

Yes.

Srrr…

The beautiful black snake bit her hand disappeared like smoke.

Flapping…

She stared blankly at the living room window. There was a white curtain scattered in the wind and a man beyond it.

“Professor Kang Min-ah… Did you hear the news?”

He was a man with a familiar voice. The man outside the window was silently showing only his back. She answered his question.

“…Yes.”

Her head was hurting even more.

“Are you okay?”

“…….”

When it became known that she was using Onyxia.

As if everyone in the world had waited, they began to call her a monster again.

She was prepared for this, and maybe it was natural. So she was lying down like this. She just wanted to rest now.

Then the man standing with his back against the window quietly said.

“You’d better hide for a while.”

“… Why should I…….”

Srr…

Then the man looked back at her hiding in the dark.

“There are a lot of people who are after you, professor.”

As if this man had nothing to fear.

He was looking straight at her hidden in the dark.

“…”

Swoosh…

He hid his hands in the dark moonlight. For some reason, she was ashamed of his gaze.

And she said quietly.

“It’s okay… I can go to Setz…”

Jin-seong said coldly as he watched her collapse endlessly.

“If you go to her like that… You will be killed by the chairman.”

She managed to get up at his words.

She wanted to see that child calmly watching her hiding in the dark stepping back.

Instead of two legs, her long snake’s tail was seen in the moonlight.

Whoosh!

However, even just around the corner, Jin-seong looked at her without a blink of an eye.

He was not surprised by her appearance.

“… Your reaction is not fun.”

In response to the deflating reaction, she pulls the curtain completely back. She looked at herself reflected in the glass.

Each of her two red and blue pupils were torn vertically, giving off a glare.

The glass reflected her appearance.

Her upper body was human, and she had a long black snake’s tail.

And her white hair grew long enough to cover her naked pale body.

That’s when Jin-seong asked.

“Those horns… Since when did you have them?”

“Sigh…”

She couldn’t answer.

The horns were growing.

It didn’t usually appear.

There were two horns growing on their head that represented she was owned by a demon.

But for some reason…

Her demonish look…

Made Jin-seong feel relieved.

So he smiled and said as usual.

“I’m sure Setz will not be happy about that”