Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 510

Romance of Nangseon – Part 2, Episode 219

She had lowered her guard like a fool, simply because the enemy, the one who killed her husband, begged for forgiveness.

Subduing her was easy.

A few words reminiscing about him were enough to make her melancholic, and she reached for the cup of alcohol I offered.

Clang.

The cup shattered, and Rin collapsed to the floor, unable to move.

I released a poison that disrupted the flow of qi [life force or vital energy] and blood within her.

“You won’t be able to move for a while.”

Though she wouldn’t be moving ever again.

Ju Rin’s expression didn’t change.

As if she had expected everything, she calmly closed her eyes, accepting what was coming.

Thus, I had to ask.

“Why don’t you ask anything?”

Was it because her calm demeanor in the face of death bothered me? I asked something I didn’t need to ask.

“Whether I do it or you do it, he will appear. And when that time comes…”

With those words, Ju Rin said nothing more.

Even when I took over her body and shared her soul, Rin didn’t open her mouth, silently accepting her fate.

It was an attitude I couldn’t understand.

But I didn’t need to understand.

What was important to me then was San.

Only San.

She was already San’s fragment of soul.

I was able to pinpoint its location and learned that he was down in the Lower World.

So, I tried various methods to find the fragment of soul, pinpointing its location and trying to pull it up.

But I failed every time, because the location coordinates were changing in real time, as he was constantly moving.

“Wandering in the cycle of reincarnation.”

I intuitively felt it.

Because he is special.

I felt that the fragment of soul, which had not melted into the Geonwon Sea [a metaphorical sea of souls], was riding the cycle of reincarnation and wandering around.

I felt sorry for him.

“Would it be better if Rin’s soul was there?”

If they reincarnated together, Rin’s fragment of soul would likely be connected to San.

I immediately split Rin’s soul in half, then into hundreds and thousands of pieces.

I engraved a mark on each one and sent them down to the Lower World.

“This way, your fragment of soul will be connected to the reincarnated San, grow, and naturally find the rest of your soul and ascend.”

A ray of light warmly permeated my heart.

If he ascends, I will know immediately, and I can regain the memories related to him.

“Haa…”

I wanted to meet him as soon as possible.

I wanted to touch him.

Just thinking about it was intoxicating.

Since Rin’s body and soul are in my grasp, it is not difficult for me to become her. If I split my soul in half and mix it with a part of her soul, anyone would see me as Rin.

If I do that.

If I do that, he will look at me too.

I waited and waited for so long. Waiting was painful, but the thought of reunion made me happy.

There was no time to rest.

When he comes back to the Upper World.

He will be a weak being.

Preparation for San was needed.

It would be good to pass on my spells. It wouldn’t be bad to take him as a disciple and raise him like my own child.

“A disciple…”

Good.

A good resonance.

There must be no mistakes, so it wouldn’t be bad to experiment with others in advance.

“I don’t have the talent to raise disciples.”

I spent time like that for a while.

Then suddenly, a thought occurred to me.

“If San reappears…”

What would be Ageom and Yae-dong’s reaction?

Ageom would try to kill him again.

Yae-dong might tell him this and that about me.

To me, they were a hindrance.

And that was the same for him.

“If San wants to become a Wonseon [Enlightened Immortal], other Wonseons must die.”

As a bonus, he could also take revenge, so wouldn’t it be killing two birds with one stone?

It wouldn’t be bad to set up a stage for him….

“It would be good to have a bad relationship with Yae-dong.”

Just imagining it makes me happy.

Can’t I see him growing step by step?

I unconsciously laugh.

“Let’s set up the Upper World so that it turns around for him… He must become the master of the perfect world.”

And the one next to him will be the perfect me. It will be Shinwi, Ju Rin.

* * *

“Are you Rin, or Shinwi?”

Swoosh.

When she lifted her eyelids, all she could see was Cheonbeom’s cold gaze looking down at her.

Why?

‘Why isn’t it San?’

I clearly confirmed it.

I checked, checked, and checked again.

I read the coordinates of the Lower World and scattered Rin’s fragments of soul around it through the Soul Tracking Technique.

‘I read the coordinates of the Lower World and scattered Rin’s fragments of soul around it.’

When I sensed that he was San as soon as he ascended and watched from afar, I clearly felt the entanglement of fate.

But why.

Why isn’t it San?

“Your joke is cruel… How can you not be San? If it’s not you, then who is it? Such pranks are not good.”

I try to raise the corners of my twitching mouth and ask, but all that comes back is Cheonbeom’s golden eyes, neither denying nor affirming, without any emotion.

I wish he would say something.

Rather, it’s even more frustrating because he doesn’t say anything.

“Why… why aren’t you San?”

Why? Why? Why, why isn’t it?

She trembled, seemingly confused. She vaguely feels that all her efforts have gone to waste.

The past years.

It was no exaggeration to say that she had lived more than half of her life only for this moment, but all of it was in vain.

Even an ordinary person would be mentally broken by this reality.

So, all she could do was deny everything.

“Haven’t your memories of me returned too!”

Even to her scream, spitting out her emotions, Cheonbeom remained silent. He had already explained everything.

He lived as one with San’s soul, and during the ascension to Wonseon.

He glimpsed San’s past and helped him rest in peace because of it.

There is no way that she, who is a Wonseon, would not understand the meaning of the words.

‘Whatever she is.’

She would also know.

That he is not San, and that his soul has already disappeared.

And that she just doesn’t want to admit it.

“You must have felt it too. That’s why you didn’t ask even when I became a Wonseon. Who you are.”

Ascension to Wonseon can be seen as a change in the nature of the soul.

Ascension is achieved through the maturity of the soul and spirit rather than the strength of the body.

Therefore, somewhat different changes may occur.

Some people express it as a smell, others say the color has changed, and others say the energy is different.

Cheonbeom was also like that, so when she saw him become a Wonseon.

I couldn’t help but be doubtful.

And all those things.

‘Made the current situation.’

Cheonbeom took a deep breath and asked the woman who seemed to be out of her mind once again.

“Ju Rin, or Shinwi?”

It was then.

Swish.

The flow of air changed in an instant.

Soon, the colors of the world changed slightly, and the flow slowed down.

‘Byeokgongbu Chokmyeol [Time Manipulation Art].’

It was the power of the law of time.

It is natural to handle Byeokgongbu Chokmyeol.

‘Shinwi.’

It proves that she is Shinwi, not Rin, and at the same time, it is a part that allows us to know that she is an enemy, not an ally.

Jieeeing.

Cheonbeom also began to unfold Byeokgongbu Chokmyeol to the extreme.

The scenery faded to gray, and the flow of time in a certain radius seemed to stop.

The waves of the Geonwon Sea stop, the bushes swaying in the wind subside, and the birds flying in the sky stop.

But there are things that do not stop.

It was Shinwi and Cheonbeom.

“Shall I guess what I’m thinking right now?”

It was Shinwi’s question.

Her eyes were dazed as if her emotions were suppressed, but Beom could feel that it was not that they were removed, but that she was barely suppressing them.

Like a poisonous mushroom that would pop if touched.

“Well. I don’t even want to know.”

It’s not just her who is suppressing her emotions.

Cheonbeom was also barely suppressing it.

His head and heart were endlessly cold.

That she is Shinwi means that the owner of the body she is wearing has already died, and how can he be calm when the person who killed her is in front of him?

Whether he has San’s memories or not.

One thing was certain.

To Cheonbeom.

Horri was an irreplaceable friend.

Whatever her past life was, that is an unchanging fact.

Moreover, knowing that she had been killed by the same person twice, combining her past and present lives, even more so.

Unbearable anger was consuming Cheonbeom’s entire body.

“I was half in doubt. Even if Okbyeol’s words were supported by the circumstances, I secretly hoped it wasn’t true. If his words were false, we would have no problems.”

But it was she who lied, and the relationship was broken at once.

Cheonbeom clenched the spear he was holding.

“But not anymore.”

Kugugugung!!

Kureureureung! Kwakwang!!

Golden celestial fire erupted from his entire body, and purple lightning raged in all directions.

Chwareureureuk.

The Tamhwa wrapped around his arm turned into the Wiju Hoyeon Armor, and a mandala bloomed behind him with golden light.

“I’ll ask you one last thing.”

Kuuuung!!

A pillar of fire soared into the sky, and Cheonbeom’s entire body burst into flames.

All that is visible is golden light.

It is a golden wave.

“What was the first thing I thought of after becoming a Wonseon?”

“….”

It is one of the techniques that Shinwi passed on.

Eoryeong Taehaenggyeol [Soul Imprisonment Technique].

It is a sealing technique that creates an Eoryeong [Soul Prison] in one’s body to seal the opponent.

“It was to modify Eoryeong Taehaenggyeol in my own way.”

Jieeeing.

Soon, a strange energy was emitted in all directions, and the Three Lights of Three Worlds, which combined three colors, began to scatter.

The energy of the law of creation flowed out, and the power of the golden celestial fire that draped around became even more intense.

Like a fire wall, it surrounds all sides and insists on a round shape.

A circle that imprisons Cheonbeom and Shinwi.

It was like the sun.

“I tried to fix Eoryeong Taehaenggyeol in my own way. I hope you like it.”

Shinwi’s eyes narrowed.

This is a sealing technique that twists space with the law of creation, so you cannot escape.

A space made of fire that seals the caster and the opponent at the same time, and you cannot get out until one of them dies.

“You won’t be able to escape this time.”

Even she, who is well-versed in space and time, cannot easily escape if she is in the sun that even twists space.

“Let’s end it. Shinwi.”

The long-standing bad relationship with her.

The time has come to end it.