Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 475

Tales of the Divine Swordsman – Part 2, Episode 184

Originally, even making the time inside the Gongjeong River flow ten times faster was quite a burden.

For an ordinary Fragrant Ship [a powerful cultivator or immortal], it would have taken a long time and much preparation, but Cheonbeom, possessing the Subong Yeosan [a powerful artifact or treasure], was able to accomplish it easily.

A tenfold acceleration.

It was something he could fully handle.

But what if it were a hundredfold?

Even for Beom, who was constantly receiving divine power from Subong Yeosan, a hundredfold was quite a burden.

Especially since there was no reason to pour all his strength into this.

‘But the situation has changed.’

Things were flowing favorably.

Cheonbeom saw that Donlang and Yeja, who had come to kill him, had different tendencies but shared one thing in common.

That they valued honor.

That’s why he could make the proposal.

‘Since they are people I have to fight anyway, and I can simultaneously conduct experiments and observations on the Great Calamity Wood, this is truly the best of both worlds.’

It was difficult alone, but with two Fragrant Ships sticking together to help, accelerating time became easier.

Cheonbeom and they landed on an unnamed island, took out several precious objects they possessed to form a magic circle, and sat cross-legged in their designated positions.

Soon, they chanted divine spells for a long time, activating the magic circle, and the time inside the Gongjeong River at the center flowed rapidly.

How much time had passed?

Cheonbeom, feeling that the magic circle had stabilized, slowly opened his eyes, and Donlang and Yeja, who were also present, opened their eyes, sensing the stable energy.

However, they could not move from their seats, because the moment they deviated from this magic circle even slightly, the spell would be broken.

On the mountaintop of an island.

In a place thick with fog, the three immortals began their bet.

“One year here is a hundred years there. The skills of the Thousand Water Immortal are truly remarkable. To think you have mastered such time laws… Well, that’s why I had no choice but to chase after you.”

Yeja spoke in a subtle tone, as if he knew the power of divine abilities.

As a subordinate of Ilsinhongseong Yedo [a powerful organization or figure], he probably realized that this was a technique of the Five Boundaries [a high-level domain or realm].

He had come to kill Cheonbeom, who had mastered the law of time, one of the three absolute laws, so his skills must have reached a profound level.

“You flatter me. I thought it would take quite a long time, but your levels are so profound that it ended quite quickly. Now, we must focus on the bet.”

“My Urang [Donlang’s chosen parasite, a red bull] will capture all the parasites and win, so you can declare defeat in advance, and I won’t say anything.”

Donlang was already caught up in the competition, looking at the red bull he had already picked out.

He even gave it the name Urang, which showed how much he liked it.

“He is certainly a strong fellow. He is already indiscriminately expanding his territory and slaughtering those he encounters.”

When Cheonbeom praised him, Donlang’s mouth stretched from ear to ear.

“But simply expanding territory without thinking is not a good thing. My Bireong [Yeja’s chosen parasite, species unspecified] has a nature that does not forgive those who invade his territory and hunts them down, so this match will be my victory.”

“Perhaps.”

Cheonbeom spoke his honest thoughts.

It might be.

Yeja’s chosen Bireong did not have a wide range of activity, but he was steadily increasing his size while firmly protecting his territory.

You never know what might happen in the world, so you can’t jump to conclusions.

“But the stag that the Thousand Water Immortal chose doesn’t seem to be in good condition. Would you like to change it now? I wouldn’t say anything if you did.”

Yeja looked at the stag that Cheonbeom had chosen and was actually worried. Donlang also said that he wouldn’t blame him if he changed it now, but Cheonbeom adamantly refused.

“It’s a bet that has already started. I will go with this.”

“Hmm, well, if that’s the case.”

“Let’s focus and watch now.”

The scenery appearing in the Gongjeong River was divided into three, each showing Urang, Bireong, and the stag.

Cheonbeom, Donlang, and Yeja observed their parasites, who were receiving a different flow of time from this place.

Like that, a hundred years passed. In the time of the Gongjeong River, ten thousand years had already passed.

* * *

Ten thousand years later.

The red bull named Urang was being chased by something.

He was shaking off the pursuit with his powerful legs, but Urang’s speed was gradually slowing down, and his breathing was only getting more labored.

Koo-oong!!

Urang lost his footing and fell.

He tried to get up again, but blood pooled in the torn wounds all over his body, causing him to stumble.

-Get up. Urang. Get up!

A voice heard in his head.

It was the voice that had been heard towards him for the past ten thousand years.

Sometimes it scolded him, and sometimes it told him which direction to go.

[God… give me strength. The strength to forget all this pain and anguish!!]

Urang cried out as if screaming.

But his exhausted body could no longer get up.

[God….]

“Urang! Get up! You have to get up!!”

The name Urang meant the red bull that Donlang had chosen as his parasite.

He had become so attached to it that he even gave it a nickname over the past hundred years, and he cheered for Urang as if it were his own alter ego.

Urang, as if to live up to it, worked hard to hunt and build his territory to increase his strength.

But that was the problem.

‘He made too many enemies.’

He pointlessly expanded his territory and turned the forest near the Great Calamity Wood into his land with his violent nature.

At first, it was a good strategy because the frightened parasites ran away, but as time passed and their bodies grew and their strength increased, they were only seen as thorns in their sides.

As a result, Donlang’s red bull, named Urang, was attacked by several parasites and was covered in blood.

He was still alive, but he had never hidden his body before, and unlike before, his body had grown several times larger, so it was only a matter of time before he was discovered.

“Oh dear….”

Donlang also knew that, and he felt sorry for him as if he were looking at his own child.

He had grown attached to him over that time.

“It’s been a hundred years for us, but ten thousand years for them. At first, they were all just wild animals, but now they have become surprisingly intelligent. They are worthy of being called divine beasts.”

Donlang and Cheonbeom, who were anxious at Yeja’s words, agreed.

The parasites had become very intelligent.

After about a thousand years in the Gongjeong River, their intelligence became able to express their intentions clearly, and they even began to manifest divine powers.

From then on, the balance of power was quite disrupted, and the landscape changed a lot.

Originally, Urang and Yeja’s Bireong each dominated the east and west.

The rest often changed rulers and went back and forth, but after about a thousand years, the situation changed rapidly as they began to manifest divine powers.

The most precarious was, of course, Urang.

And next was Bireong.

“Thousand Water Immortal. Regardless of the outcome of the bet, I would like to express my gratitude first. I have learned a lot from the bet you proposed. Seeing the growth of mere creatures makes me think that they are no different from us. Projecting myself onto Bireong has been a time of much reflection on past mistakes.”

He seemed to have learned a lot.

Cheonbeom smiled slightly and watched the situation of the parasites again.

“The situation has become quite interesting. I never dreamed that they would form groups.”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

Yeja’s Bireong is still the firm ruler of the east.

But the interesting thing is that he swallowed the east alone, and the stag, Hwadam [Cheonbeom’s chosen parasite], who dominates the north, is the leader of a power group made up of several parasites.

The single force of arms is, of course, more dominant for Bireong, but as a group, the northern forces where Hwadam is located are now stronger.

“It’s only been a hundred years for us, but ten thousand years have passed for them, so these results can happen.”

“It looks like we’re slowly coming to an end….”

Donlang said in a bitter tone.

Even he thought that Urang, whom he had chosen, seemed hopeless.

Urang was badly wounded.

His flank was torn, spilling out his organs, and he was barely breathing.

As Urang, the ruler of the west, was dying, the packs of jackals targeting him were watching for an opportunity.

“Thousand Water Immortal.”

“What is it, Donlang.”

Donlang had never called Cheonbeom the Thousand Water Immortal in the past hundred years. He looked at Donlang, who had called him, with a slightly surprised look.

“I’ve already lost the bet. So, I don’t need Urang anymore, right? He’ll die if I leave him like that anyway.”

I know what he’s trying to say.

“Do you want to save him?”

“It’s only been a hundred years for us… but I’ve seen the ten thousand years that he’s lived. I was very happy when he came back alive from the fight, and I was sad as if it were my own business when he was defeated. Now he’s like my alter ego and my son… I’ll shamelessly ask you for a favor just once.”

A favor. Yeja and Cheonbeom could not help but be greatly surprised that the arrogant Donlang would make such a request.

“A favor.”

In the first place, the ownership of the parasites in the Gongjeong River all belongs to Cheonbeom.

For him, the only way to save Urang, who was about to die, was to ask Cheonbeom.

“I never thought this would happen. But that’s good. It’s not a difficult task. What do you think, Immortal Ye?”

“I don’t mind either. Nothing will change even if we take out one Urang… and I also understand Donlang’s heart to some extent.”

Everyone agreed.

Cheonbeom immediately took Urang out of the Gongjeong River and placed him next to Donlang.

“Oh! Urang!! Such severe wounds… I’ll heal you right away!”

Donlang jumped up and began to heal the dying red bull.

The sight was like a father healing his own child, so Cheonbeom handed over several good medicines for wounds from his arms.

“Thank you. I lost the bet and saved Urang’s life, so I’ll just step back this time… and this.”

Donlang said that and took something out of his arms, a red flower that bloomed on top of a skull like blood.

“Think of it as the price for giving up Urang. It’s not easy to get, so it shouldn’t be enough for this guy’s price.”

“No, isn’t that a Blood-Colored Other Shore Flower [a rare and powerful flower]? Are you really going to give that up?”

“I can’t give up something insignificant when I’m taking away a guy I like.”

‘Blood-Colored Other Shore Flower (彼岸骨華) [Bigan Golhwa in Korean].’

It is a flower that I have read about in books.

It is known as a divine flower with intense and fierce energy that blooms only in dark and humid places from the corpses of immortals with profound inner strength.

It is very difficult to bloom and even more difficult to obtain.

“There is no better divine flower to create an incarnation. Sometimes we immortals need special materials for cultivation, but we only have one body. At that time, if we create an incarnation with the Blood-Colored Other Shore Flower and send it to another realm to explore, we can save time, which is not bad. Moreover, the incarnation made with the Blood-Colored Other Shore Flower is always connected to the main body in cultivation, so it does not betray us.”

It is said to be no different from having two bodies.

It was a flower with many uses.

“I gratefully accept it.”

Beom put the Blood-Colored Other Shore Flower in his arms.

But the bet is not over yet.

“Should we intervene soon?”

“If you mean intervene….”

“Just advice.”

“That’s good. There’s nothing wrong with advice. If we leave it alone, we don’t know when it will end.”

The story got through.

Donlang is engrossed in healing Urang, and the bet is heading towards the end, but there is no decisive thing.

Now is the time to gradually intervene in that world and see the outcome.