Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 515

Nangseon Gi Hwan Dam – Part 2, Episode 224

“Are you… alive?”

At his question, the Great Heavenly Commander’s face changed. It was as if he had thought she was dead.

But thinking about it, it was natural for him to think so.

She had been possessed and was Hongyeon, who ascended with Hori.

He must have watched her being possessed, so from the Divine Emissary’s point of view, there was no reason to keep her alive.

Even if she had been useful, her value would have clearly disappeared once Hori’s body became a Wonseon [a celestial being of great power].

So, from his perspective, it was reasonable to think she was dead.

“As far as I know… she is alive.”

Then his face brightened, only to darken again as if covered by dark clouds.

“I see.”

“What’s wrong?”

“Surely, her being alive is something to be happy about, but…”

It was obvious what kind of face she would wear as she continued her life without her master.

A Jukroe Jurang [a loyal warrior] who lost her master was bound to end her life… Cheonbeom could not purely rejoice at her being alive.

How she would accept Hori’s death, and what choice she would make.

It was all too obvious.

“Still, I should meet her first.”

First, I need to see her face before I can say anything.

“…Of course.”

The answer was a beat late.

As if something was bothering him.

“Is there something bothering you?”

“No. It’s nothing for the Grand Preceptor to worry about.”

I felt like I knew what it was.

“It must be because the situation on the battlefield is not good. You, who commands the Water Realm’s battlefield, must be worried about leaving your post for too long.”

Perhaps the distance from here to the Great Heavenly Palace is quite far. It takes about three or four years, so he must be inwardly concerned about what will happen to the battlefield in the meantime.

She is very responsible.

“….”

Seeing that he couldn’t say anything, it seemed I was right.

“Well, one of the two Wonseon Grand Preceptors in the Water Realm will die soon, and the other has no interest in the secular world.”

The Saye Army of Hwayang is pushing up the southern front, and the west is still unstable.

Suddenly, the Great Heavenly Commander’s ears perked up.

“Going to die, that’s…”

Cheonbeom finally took his hands from behind his back and turned his body towards her.

“If you’re worried about the Water Realm, wouldn’t it be better to stick with me? Reinforcements will arrive at the southern front you’re worried about, and they will receive the hostages without fighting.”

“To Hwayangbudong (花樣不同)?”

“Hwayangbudong?”

“Ah, that’s what they call her in the Water Palace…”

It seems to be a title.

When I asked what it meant.

Flower Hwa, shape Yang.

And not Bu, and different Dong, so Hwayangbudong.

If I interpret the meaning….

“The shape of the flower is not the same?”

“They call her that nickname because she is excellent in many ways….”

“I don’t think that’s the meaning?”

It’s a nickname given on the battlefield.

There’s no way they would have given Hwayang, who commands the Saye army, a nice nickname.

“The shape of the flower is not the same… quite a mischievous nickname.”

It is common to compare a woman’s private parts to flower petals.

The fact that the shape is not the same means…

It’s a mockery of her promiscuous behavior.

“I’m sorry.”

“No. There’s no need for you to apologize. Her army is slaughtering the Water Palace’s soldiers, so it’s understandable to have bad feelings.”

Seeing Cheonbeom with a sneer, the Great Heavenly Commander finally felt relieved.

“Hwayangbudong… Hehe, interesting.”

Indeed.

Who knows what kind of life that beautiful woman lives.

‘Even I don’t know.’

But one thing he knew….

“Honey wine is bitter.”

“Yes?”

“No, it’s nothing. Anyway, there’s nothing to worry about. I have something I told the Peng Clan Head.”

“What….”

“I entrusted it. A message to give to her. With that, there’s no need to worry.”

‘I don’t know if she’ll listen to me, but she won’t push it any further.’

In the first place, the reason she is so focused on the war is also.

‘It’s her own way of expressing herself.’

Only then did the Great Heavenly Commander understand the general content and bowed his head.

“If it’s Grand Preceptor’s message, she won’t be able to advance any further either. Thank you for your consideration for the Water Realm.”

“I just don’t want to see my people get hurt.”

The one who was captured by Hwayang was none other than Gayeon.

And those who are fighting are the Twin Immortals.

Moreover, Hwayang is advancing, breaking through the southern front.

If they go up further from there, Sangseo, where Saha is, will be reached, so it is right to avoid unnecessary conflicts.

“And there’s no need to worry about time. It won’t take long to get to the Great Heavenly Palace.”

Soon, golden celestial flowers bloomed beside Cheonbeom and the Great Heavenly Commander, and a strange formation began to form.

* * *

A few days later.

“Lord Governor. This.”

The Saye’s Lord Governor, wearing an iron mask and with beautiful gold and silver hair.

Hwayang looked down at the Water Realm’s army in front of her army.

A man with distinct features and fierce eyes was at the forefront.

He looked like an old man, but seeing his extraordinary spirit, he seemed to be a fairly high-ranking figure in the Water Realm.

“What is it?”

“It’s a letter. From the head of one of the Five Great Families of the Water Realm, the father of the Twin Immortals who are being held hostage.”

“Did his daughter get caught and he came himself? The affection between father and daughter seems quite strong.”

Hwayang said, looking at the woman with red hair among the captured Sangseons [high-ranking celestial officials]. Her hands and body were covered with talismans, and it seemed like they had put layers of sealing charms as if wrapping her up tightly.

She couldn’t even open her mouth, and she was just frowning with her eyebrows narrowed.

“Let’s see what your father wrote.”

But the relaxed expression was gone, and Hwayang’s brow furrowed.

There were only four letters written.

[朕不甘好]

“Jim Bul Gam Ho?”

If translated literally.

“I don’t like it because it’s not sweet….”

I don’t like it because it’s not sweet.

Thinking about the meaning, Hwayang was startled and jumped up from her seat.

Swish.

As soon as she got up, she instantly turned into smoke and appeared at the vanguard of the army, shouting to the red-haired man riding a horse.

“Who, who did you receive it from!”

The voice filled with power spread widely throughout the area, and everyone could tell how agitated her emotions were.

So, Peng Clan Head, who received the question.

Peng Jongyeon replied.

“I received it from the new Sangcheon [High Heaven] of the Water Realm.”

The new Sangcheon of the Water Realm!

“The one who uses the character for Heaven (天)?”

“That’s right.”

Ah.

Hwayang’s sigh leaked out.

Soon, she looked at the letter again and showed a smile like a splendid flower.

“I… don’t like it because it’s not sweet.”

Even after drinking bitter honey wine, he wrote such a thing.

Hwayang bit her lip and couldn’t stop her heart from swelling.

* * *

The sky of the Great Heavenly Palace twisted, and golden flames instantly bloomed.

Kugugugugung!!

Then a pillar of fire descended, causing intense vibrations throughout the Great Heavenly Palace, and all the surrounding Soo-seons [water immortals] were startled and scattered in panic, blown away by the aftermath for hundreds of miles.

Those with strong power could barely see the place where the golden pillar of fire had landed, and there they could glimpse the figures of a man and a woman.

A woman wearing a black veil and a palace dress. And a man with golden eyes.

It was the Great Heavenly Commander and Cheonbeom.

“Grand Preceptor. Even so, isn’t this too much….”

They had crossed space by some method, but the aftermath was enormous.

“I did it because your body wouldn’t be safe if I didn’t do it this way.”

Cheonbeom used a space-time teleportation technique to move through space, and it seemed that the aftermath was a bit severe because he was using Hwasingtong [a powerful celestial technique].

But since it was moving through space, there was no choice but to do this, or the Great Heavenly Commander would not be able to withstand the pressure of space.

“It’s good that we came quickly. Let’s go.”

It was then.

Chwajajajajak!

He was about to go straight into the basement of the Great Heavenly Palace, but there was someone blocking him.

It was the soldiers guarding the Great Heavenly Palace.

“Get out of the way. Don’t you know who I am?”

“Great Heavenly Commander is currently guarding the front lines. We haven’t received any contact that you were coming, so we are just doing what we have to do!”

It was understandable since it was during the war.

“I understand the situation, but I’m a little impatient.”

As soon as Cheonbeom said a word, the Great Heavenly Commander took out a nameplate from her chest.

It was the Great Heavenly Plate, proving that she was the Great Heavenly Commander.

When she showed it, the soldiers’ momentum subsided a little.

“If you recognize it, get out of the way. This person is not someone you can stop so carelessly!”

“Who is he that we can’t stop him so carelessly!”

Whoo-oong!!

A fierce wind blew and a man appeared and landed on the ground.

The other owner of the Great Heavenly Palace.

It was the Great Heavenly General.

“Hmm? Isn’t that… Munmugwanjang [a military official]?”

“Great Heavenly General. It would be good to show some respect.”

“Show respect. Except for the Wonseon Grand Preceptors, there are few people I need to show respect to. Of course, Munmugwanjang is also excluded. Am I wrong?”

“Of course…!!”

Just as she was about to refute.

Cheonbeom stopped her.

“There’s someone behind you.”

“What do you mean?”

Swoosh!

As Cheonbeom stretched out one hand towards the Great Heavenly General, his body was dragged as if bound by chains.

Tuck!!

“Cough!”

The Great Heavenly General, who had his neck handed over to Cheonbeom’s grip, was horrified and tried to escape while dangling.

“Grand Preceptor!! Why, why are you doing this!!”

Attacking the Great Heavenly General out of the blue.

It was too sudden.

It was even more so because there was no need to go this far.

Bang!!

Then the Great Heavenly General’s whole body turned into several feathers with a bang and scattered.

“The judgment was good, but the opponent was bad.”

He tried to disappear by turning into thousands of feathers, but it was impossible.

The thousands of feathers gathered back into Cheonbeom’s hand as if time had been rewound, turning into the Great Heavenly General again.

“Gasp!!”

In front of him, who was in shock as if it was impossible, Cheonbeom asked with calm eyes.

“Who are you?”

He was looking at the Great Heavenly General, but his eyes didn’t seem to be looking at him.

Creak! Creak!

Then the Great Heavenly General’s neck twisted grotesquely and the whites of his eyes turned black.

“Gasp!”

The soldiers surrounding them were also surprised, and the Great Heavenly Commander was also dumbfounded.

Because an energy that should not have appeared was flowing from the Great Heavenly General’s body.

Their archenemy.

The thick energy of Bungma [a demonic energy] spread out in all directions in an instant.

“Grand Preceptor… what is going on?”

“There was just someone else’s energy hidden inside the Great Heavenly General.”

The Great Heavenly General escaped Cheonbeom’s hand with the energy of Bungma.

The appearance that appeared was not the Great Heavenly General they already knew, but a completely new person.

It was a beautiful young man with fair skin and beautiful features.

But seeing the handprints of Cheonbeom on his neck, it must be something else that borrowed the Great Heavenly General’s body.

“Mangol Daesa died and disappeared, so you must be Jeolma Dae-gun [Demon Subduing Great Lord] of the Bunggye [Demonic Realm].”

There were two Wonseons in Bunggye, but Mangol died.

Then, if it is someone who emits this Bungma energy and dominates the Great Heavenly General, who is at the peak of Hyangseon [Fragrant Immortal], it is naturally Wonseon.

Wonseon Grand Preceptor who occupied one seat of Sangcheon Haewol [High Heaven Sea Moon] and dominated Bunggye with Mangol.

There is only Jeolma Dae-gun (節魔大君).

[Then you must be Geumcheon [Golden Heaven], who ascended to Wonseon a while ago.]

“Geumcheon?”

[You dyed the whole sky gold, so we call you that. Didn’t you know?]

I didn’t know.

But that wasn’t important.

“Jeolma Dae-gun. What did you do to the Soo-seons of the Water Realm?”

[It’s nothing. I’m just very interested in worldly affairs, so I’ve planted seeds in various children. I sometimes give them my power and protect their lives, and they just give me some information.]

So in a word.

“You made them do spy work.”

[Hahaha! In other words, that’s it. Information that others don’t know in Sangcheon is more valuable than most magical artifacts or treasures. I tend to use any means to get it… Among the stories I’ve heard, no one knows which one will save my life, right?]

That’s not wrong.

There’s no harm in knowing what’s going on in the world.

Especially in times of chaos like now.

“So, did you get a lot?”

[I got a lot. I was also able to find out about the Wonseons you killed.]

Cheonbeom’s eyebrows twitched as if he was uncomfortable. But the Great Heavenly Commander and the soldiers around him, on the other hand, had a sudden change in their complexion.

Wonseon Grand Preceptor died, and the one who killed him was Cheonbeom, so it was an unbelievable story for them.

‘He even knows that.’

But he doesn’t seem to know perfectly. He probably thinks that Cheonbeom even killed Okbyeolcheonwang [Jade Star Heavenly King].

[Thanks to you, I have decided to give you, Geumcheon, a valuable vote.]

“A vote.”

I could roughly guess what kind of vote he was talking about.

He must be talking about the Wonseon Grand Preceptors.

[Isn’t there someone who wants you? You should know?]

“Are you talking about that crazy guy obsessed with swords?”

[Hahaha! Yes, that’s right. That crazy guy obsessed with swords.]

“Is he coming to take my head?”

[No, he’ll be waiting. He’s waiting for you so eagerly that his neck is falling off.]

That place is probably Geonwon Haemok [Heavenly Origin Sea Tree].

That must be the place.

[Anyway, I’ve decided to remain neutral. I quite like watching fights, so I’ve decided not to get involved. If I step in, you won’t be able to have that fun fight.]

‘Neutral….’

Jeolma Dae-gun said that he would remain neutral.

In other words.

‘That means others aren’t.’

There is someone who is not neutral.

That is.

‘Does that mean there is someone who will hit me with the Sword Slave?’

For what?

Cheonbeom, who asked himself and thought about the answer, inadvertently raised his head.

“Another sky?”