Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 488

Nangseon’s Adventures – Part 2, Episode 197

“Is it death in the end?”

What those who reach the end of the Upper World must face is death.

It was about the essence of life.

Cheonbeom sighed as if he understood, and Cheonwe Yanggun met Hori’s eyes and nodded.

“We united for revenge, but taking revenge is the same as driving Wonseon Tae-sa to his death.”

I understand what he wants to say.

“Then the path to Daeracheon will open.”

“Yes. As you may know, those who have reached Wonseon [a high level of immortal] have created a principle. Half of them are like the laws of nature.”

A true immortal.

The death of a Wonseon who has not become a Jinseon [a higher level of immortal than Wonseon] is a very sad thing, but paradoxically, it is the greatest joy for nature.

“When Geonwonhae [a sea of origin] opens with the death of Wonseon… they will rush to jump into the path of Geonwon.”

“Geonwondo [the path to becoming a Jinseon]?”

“Didn’t you know? When Wonseon dies, Geonwonhae opens. We call that place Geonwondo, and we say that anyone must walk that path to become a Jinseon.”

Come to think of it, I’ve heard of it.

When I first ascended to the Upper World.

Geonwonhae is a sea where beings who want to become Jinseon enter on their own.

But most are just swallowed by Geonwonhae, so everyone is afraid….

“No one has properly revealed the truth… but it seems to me that the Upper World itself opens its mouth and takes the energy of Wonseon.”

“Well… the power we possess is also the power of heaven….”

Taking it back is also the law of heaven.

“But the fact that you’re telling me this… does Master plan to end his revenge and go to Geonwondo?”

Cheonwe Yanggun silently raised his glass and emptied it in one gulp.

“It was something that should have been done a long time ago… it’s just been delayed.”

Cheonwe Yanggun was a being who fell to the Lower World tens of thousands of years ago and received Moegeop [a karmic burden].

It was because he was betrayed not by heaven, but by the same Wonseons….

‘It’s a natural wish.’

To others, Wonseon may seem like an almost immortal being.

But close is just close, not complete.

“The heavenly tribulations that come every cycle are getting more and more burdensome, and heaven is always wishing for our death. I can’t put it off any longer. The next heavenly tribulation will probably be the last.”

“!”

Beom was speechless.

“Becoming stronger by enduring tribulations is useless when you reach a certain limit. The tribulations that you avoid by force become stronger as time goes by. I… I don’t have the confidence to endure the tribulations of heaven any longer.”

Cheonwe Yanggun closed his eyes and shut his mouth tightly in a straight posture.

His sunken mouth and tightly closed eyes represented Cheonwe Yanggun’s feelings without him having to say anything.

“Saha will be disappointed.”

“Originally, where there is meeting, there is parting.”

Creak.

Cheonwe Yanggun got up from his seat as if he had said everything he wanted to say.

“It would be better to hear it from a woman’s mouth than from an old man’s words. I’ll leave now, so you can do the next part.”

Soon, Cheonwe Yanggun vacated his seat, and only Cheonbeom and Hori were left alone.

A subtle silence.

It was Hori’s voice that broke the silence.

“…I found your body. They had planted Bianhua Bone [a demonic flower] in it. Maybe later… they were planning to turn your original body into an incarnation and have it come to them on its own.”

Hori spoke in a slightly reproachful tone.

Bianhua Bone is a demonic flower of the collapsed realm.

As with the things of the collapsed realm, demonic energy is eroded, so if it becomes an incarnation, the possibility of ego arising and rebelling cannot be ruled out.

“It was not a good choice. If I hadn’t found it, they would have killed you later and tried to become the owner of the real body.”

Beom bit back a smile at the reproachful tone.

“Why are you laughing?”

“It’s quite refreshing and funny that you’re trying to lecture me. Ah, I’m not trying to tease you. I just… laughed because you’ve changed a lot.”

Hori pouted her lips and then laughed.

“I think I need some adjustment. The you in my memory was a bit lacking, but a lovely child.”

Hori’s eyes changed slightly at the words ‘lovely child’.

“Was I a child?”

She puts down her glass and asks, staring at me.

“Hmm? What are you talking about?”

“I’m just asking if I was a child.”

Was that what she meant?

Beom smiled and replied.

“…Heh, did you want me to treat you like a woman?”

“What about now?”

“Now?”

“Do I still look like a child now?”

Her face is without a smile.

Beom is under the moonlit night sky.

I looked at Hori’s figure with the blue moonlight behind her.

“Are you drunk?”

“Do I look drunk?”

“Not really, but.”

Beom put down his glass, rested his chin on his hand, and smiled.

“So, you want me to see you as a woman… is that what you want to say?”

When I asked with a smirk, she didn’t seem to be, and she put her eyes on the glass.

“No. I just… thought it wouldn’t be bad if you still called me Hori and thought of me as I was back then.”

A woman who realized her past life and became Wonseon Tae-sa. It was awkward as if she had become a different woman.

“What was your name in your past life?”

“…Why are you asking that? I’m satisfied with you calling me Hori now.”

“Just curious.”

“…Unless you remember it, my name in my past life is as good as nonexistent.”

Seeing her resolute appearance, a strange stubbornness wells up.

“It seems that you and I had quite a relationship in our past lives.”

“……”

“I asked you to tell me your name, but you said no, so I should ask you something else. What was I like in my past life?”

“That also… has no meaning unless you remember it.”

“Even if I tell you, I don’t think you’ll remember, so tell me a little bit.”

After being forced several times, Hori sighed as if she couldn’t help it, rested her chin on her hand, stared at Beom, and said as if throwing it away.

“We were husband and wife.”

“…Me and you?”

“Yes. You and I… swore to be together forever and whispered love every night. You were so passionate back then that you tormented me for days and nights without letting me eat or sleep.”

At Hori’s sly smile, Beom unknowingly let out a hollow laugh.

“Are you teasing me?”

“I’m not teasing you. It’s the honest truth.”

“Don’t talk nonsense, tell me properly.”

“I’m telling the truth.”

“Hey, tell me quickly.”

When I urged her, she sighed as if she couldn’t help it.

“Back then… it was much the same as now.”

“What are you talking about?”

“I chased you a lot. For a long time, I only looked at you, followed you, and stepped on your shadow. But my heart was never rewarded. Because you were always looking ahead.”

Her deep breath was reflected in the moonlight, blooming white and disappearing.

As if reminiscing about a very distant event, her eyes were deep and deep.

“Then one day, my training was greatly reduced due to an enemy attack. Of course, I fell into despair. It was already hard enough to catch up with you, who was always ahead, but my training had greatly regressed. Of course, I thought that I would never be able to stand side by side with you again, so I just cried sadly for years.”

She shows a self-deprecating, bitter smile.

Beom felt that her relationship with him was not much different.

‘It was the same in Baeksan.’

Hori would always challenge him to compete with her.

When I reminisced about that time, a subtle smile bloomed because it was not much different.

“I was so sad at that time that no one dared to come near the cave where I was. They said I cried so much that it would drive them crazy, it’s embarrassing even now.”

“But, you don’t seem to regret it.”

“It’s embarrassing, but… I don’t regret it. Because you appeared at the end because I cried so sadly.”

Is that so?

She said excitedly.

“I knew it then. I thought you were always looking ahead… but you’re actually looking back.”

“So? What happened in the back?”

“You… comforted me.”

A simple word. Comfort.

But her expression was happier than ever, reminiscing about that day.

As if it were yesterday.

Beom watched her smile with such a happy face, and the alcohol wore off.

“I still sometimes reminisce about that time. There has never been a time when my emotions fluctuated so much as that day.”

She was immersed in memories, saying that she cried, laughed, and cried again.

Beom, who was looking at Hori’s lips chattering happily, wet his lips with alcohol in his glass with an ambiguous look.

“After that….”

“Ah, but have you decided who to take revenge on first… and how?”

Beom interrupted Hori’s words.

“…Of course it’s decided.”

Hori, who was talking happily while reminiscing about the old days, returned with a sullen face and took out a marble from her sleeve.

“First of all, the recovery of your realm is the priority. You can’t be of much help in your current state.”

Inside is Cheonbeom.

A winged tiger with its left arm cut off.

His body was inside.

“You must take your original body and regain your training, and prepare to ascend to Wonseon. Even if it’s someone else, you, who has tasted death, will be able to do it.”

“…You came here to make me Wonseon.”

“Of course. You avoided fate once with death. That’s why I was able to appear in front of you.”

“Is that so.”

Beom only looked at his body and didn’t touch it.

“Why are you doing that? It’s your body… and the sword you cherish is also in it. I thought you would be happy……”

The sword must be Hwaran.

But Beom shook his head.

“Hwaran is not here.”

“What? Not here? Isn’t your sword spirit one with you? How can something that is one… no, not be here?”

“It’s not here. I sent it in advance before being attacked by Ilsin Hongseong.”

Hori was more surprised than ever at his words. As if it were impossible.

As if it shouldn’t be.

“Why!!”

“I realized it then. That my death was certain.”

I could feel it vaguely.

That I couldn’t escape.

And on the other hand, I thought.

If I die here.

If I come back to life again? Other things are okay. I can give it to Tamhwa.

I could entrust everything, including Ssangmyeol and Bonghwang.

But only one thing was not okay.

Only she was not okay.

“So I sent it.”

Thus.

I tore it from my body, energy, and heart and sent it without anyone knowing.

“Sent it….”

Hori stared at him for a long time with a dumbfounded face, then frowned as if she had realized something.

“You don’t mean……!!”

Cheonbeom slowly nodded his head.

“She said she wouldn’t go like that, and when I threatened to commit suicide if she didn’t go, she finally went. She’s a really… stubborn and strange woman.”

“…Do you know where she went?”

Cheonbeom grabbed the bottle, poured it full into his glass, poured it into his mouth, and said.

“With tearful face, with a voice full of resentment, she said this.”

Beom smiled and poured a bottle of alcohol into his mouth.

“To Geomno Iltaek. She said she would go to that guy.”