Weapon-Eating Bastard [EN]: Chapter 316

Weapon-Eating Bastard – Episode 316

Bang! Kwa-ga-ga-gang!

Everywhere the weapons fell, the world, once pale white, was dyed black.

It was a scene as if black rain were falling.

Watching it, the Old Monster doubted his eyes.

‘How? How did he escape?’

The Old Monster couldn’t understand how Lee Cheol had endured his mental attack and even escaped.

It was an attack from which one could never escape.

Once someone fell into the swamp of the unconscious, they were supposed to lose their ego in endlessly repeating self-denial.

Until now, he had hijacked countless bodies in that way.

It wasn’t simply a matter of escaping because one’s self-awareness and mental strength were strong.

‘Does some kind of safety device exist……?’

Yes. That was the only possibility.

Even so, he couldn’t understand.

If there was a safety device, he should have used it sooner; why was it used at that moment?

And who would have foreseen this situation and thought of installing a safety device, especially deep within the unconscious?

Besides.

“Kuh-heuk!”

Kwaaaang!

The Old Monster couldn’t properly defend against the attacks falling like a carpet bombing.

Lee Cheol’s spirit had become more robust than before.

Conversely, the Old Monster’s mental strength, which had to use complex tactics continuously, was greatly depleted.

Tuwhack!

In an instant, a spear flew right in front of him.

Wrapped in a lightning-like aura, the black energy contained in the spear completely unraveled the Old Monster’s energy.

‘Dangerous!’

It wasn’t an ordinary spear.

It was a spear that possessed enough power to hold such a status even within Lee Cheol’s mind.

Kwarurururung!

The spear emitted a tremendous shockwave upon explosion.

The Old Monster was thrown far away with black smoke and collapsed on the ground.

“Keueuk…….”

A groan escaped from the Old Monster’s mouth.

“Eudeuk.”

The Old Monster gritted his teeth.

It was a battle with a high chance of defeat.

For some reason, Lee Cheol’s consumed spirit had become even stronger, and he hadn’t recovered.

Kuuuuuung!

Once again, a flood of weapons began to surge.

A tearing scream erupted from the Old Monster’s mouth.

* * *

My head felt clear.

As soon as that happened, I realized the Old Monster’s trick.

‘My mind was shaken more than I thought by those words full of loopholes. The words themselves were an attack.’

Perhaps entering this space was a trap from the beginning.

Anyway.

It didn’t matter now that I knew.

Once caught, there wouldn’t be a second time.

I glared at the Old Monster.

I could see the Old Monster, who had been thrown back by Gyeongcheon’s strike, staggering to his feet.

‘I can’t know what tricks he’ll use again, so I’ll push him hard.’

Pajijijik!

Just like the Old Monster had done, the white world distorted as it clashed with the black world wherever my feet touched.

However, I was different from the Old Monster.

Far from being cautious, I fearlessly invaded the white world.

Bang! Kwagagagagang!

With each step I took, Cheonra [heavenly net] poured down like rain, smashing the white space.

Black was painted over the overturned white world.

It was at that moment.

“It’s not over yet!”

Gugugugung!

The Old Monster raised his hand to the sky as if in a desperate struggle.

And the sky rumbled heavily, and once again, a giant meteorite appeared.

I looked up at it and sneered.

“You’ve weakened.”

The size of the meteorite was noticeably smaller.

I didn’t know why, but it was clear that the Old Monster’s power had weakened.

I held Gyeongcheon [a powerful weapon] in my hand and threw it towards the sky.

Kuuung!

The ground swayed from the aftermath of the throw, and a black line was drawn towards the sky.

Gyeongcheon, which stretched out, was directly embedded in the center of the meteorite.

Compared to the size of the meteorite, the size of Gyeongcheon was too small.

However, it was the meteorite that was shattered.

Breaking like an egg, pieces of rock poured down like rain in all directions.

Teoong!

I burst out through those pieces of rock.

“Eu, euk!”

The Old Monster let out a suppressed groan and split again, creating clones.

I didn’t care. If clones were created, all I had to do was smash them all at once.

Kuuuuuung!

The weapons circling in the air all aimed at the Old Monster.

Tuwoong!

The weapons that were fired made the air ring loudly.

The Old Monster glared at the sight and shouted in an angry voice.

“I have truly mastered everything! Did you think I would be helplessly defeated like other amateurs!”

The Old Monster’s hands fluttered wildly.

His fingertips distorted like heat haze and suddenly began to grow in size tremendously.

‘What is that?’

It wasn’t just using mental strength to increase size.

I felt an even more powerful mental wave.

It was Simgeom [a technique using mental power as a sword].

Following magic, spells, mental attacks, and magic eyes, he was now using Simgeom.

I was familiar with that Simgeom.

‘Samramansang [a powerful Simgeom technique]……. The power that nameless warrior used back then.’

Kuuung!

As the Old Monster’s body grew larger, the power it possessed also increased proportionally.

Teong! Teodeodeodeong!

The fired Cheonra weapons were swept away by the immense size and bounced off in all directions.

I could only laugh in vain as I looked at the Old Monster’s palm filling my vision.

“I’ve already broken that once, you know.”

The only thing that could counter Simgeom was Simgeom.

I also opened the door within me.

Simgeom, Muyeong [formless sword].

The power that spread like mist collided with the Old Monster’s attack.

The formless power penetrated the Old Monster’s attack as if seeping into it.

The penetrating Muyeong began to tear the Old Monster’s Simgeom to shreds.

A scene like a swarm of locusts rushing into a vast field.

“……!”

The Old Monster’s eyes widened.

But it was already too late.

Beyond the decomposed Old Monster’s Simgeom, weapons were being fired all at once.

Kwaaaaaang!

A thick cloud of smoke billowed up.

I soared up, broke through the smoke, and landed in front of the Old Monster.

“Now the situation has been reversed.”

Just like my world had been invaded by the Old Monster before, now the Old Monster’s world was covered in my black.

“Keuak!”

Bang!

With the world dyed black behind me, I stepped on the Old Monster’s arms with both feet to fix them in place.

Then, I raised my sword and aimed it at the Old Monster’s neck.

‘How can this be? I can’t believe it……. I can’t accept it…….’

The Old Monster bit down hard, as if his teeth would break, and looked up at Lee Cheol raising his sword.

This situation, this reality, he couldn’t believe any of it.

‘I just put in some effort to get a complete body…….’

At this rate, it would only lead to defeat.

The Old Monster’s face, already cracked like drought-stricken land, became even more horribly distorted.

‘……There’s no other way now. Even if there’s something wrong with that guy, I have to use this method, or I’ll die!’

The Old Monster’s pupil-less eyes flashed.

And at that moment, Lee Cheol mercilessly gripped the sword with both hands and struck down.

Geugeugeuk!

Lee Cheol’s hand stopped.

I could see Lee Cheol’s face frowning.

The Old Monster’s wrinkled face was overlaid with anger, distorting it into the form of a demon.

“If you were wary, you shouldn’t have come so close……. If you had succumbed to me in the first place, you wouldn’t have felt any pain……. Keul keul keul!”

The Old Monster, muttering as if lamenting, let out a sinister laugh.

‘Keuk!’

I suddenly felt a terrible headache, as if a spike had been driven into my head.

I tried to grab my mind, but it was not enough.

I felt like my body was swaying from the headache, as if a bomb had exploded.

“As you said, there were lies mixed in my words, but it’s true that you came into my hands. Did you think I wouldn’t have prepared anything for someone like you?”

The Old Monster gave a distorted smile.

That much was the unadulterated truth.

The Old Monster always had some kind of device in place for the talents he had touched.

Just like Valerie and Michael.

He had applied something like that to Lee Cheol as well.

It was a trigger.

The moment the trigger word was uttered, the soul that made up Lee Cheol would be shattered.

Although the value of Lee Cheol would plummet.

‘I didn’t want to use this……!’

Still, he needed that body.

The strong body of the Soongmoo Yi family, the purification power of the Soongjeong Choi family, and a vessel that could contain the Primordial Beast.

What if the soul was a little damaged?

He would be satisfied with just that body!

“It’s over now! Die! Lee Cheol!”

The Old Monster opened his eyes wide and flashed his pure white eyes even more strongly.

Now Lee Cheol’s mind would collapse, and he would seize that body!

But.

“……?”

Something was strange.

Lee Cheol, who should have had his mind collapse immediately, was just distorting his expression and looking down at him.

The Old Monster spat out the incantation again as if vomiting.

“Die! Fall down right now!”

“Bull, shit…….”

But Lee Cheol didn’t fall.

Why? This should have been irresistible?

It was at that moment.

The Old Monster saw something.

A blurry figure of something was seen behind the staggering Lee Cheol.

The something was silent.

It just stood there blankly, staring at the Old Monster.

The Old Monster felt such a great shock that his composure was shattered the moment he saw that figure.

“Wh, why, why are you still here? No, how are you here…….”

The Old Monster turned his head away in shock and looked at Lee Cheol.

Lee Cheol was resisting the incantation and slowly pushing the sword he was holding with both hands towards his neck.

“No, way. How. You should have died, unable to do anything……!”

The Old Monster examined Lee Cheol’s eyes.

Lee Cheol was gritting his teeth and pushing in the stopped tip of the sword.

The Old Monster saw the brilliant black light rippling from the tip of that sword.

‘Could it be…….’

The Old Monster’s mouth dropped open.

How, how could that be?

What was dwelling inside was the power of purification, the power of the Soongjeong Choi family.

‘Why didn’t I question Lee Cheol’s handling of the Soongjeong Choi family’s power……?’

He should have doubted from the beginning that Lee Cheol was freely wielding the power of the Soongjeong Choi family.

To awaken the power of the Soongjeong Choi family, several steps were required.

First, one had to be recognized by the family’s ancestors and awaken their blood.

Second, one had to inherit and possess the power itself.

Since the Soongjeong Choi family had already been exterminated, it was impossible to know how he had passed the first process.

However, it could be seen that the second condition was fulfilled by Choi Yu-un.

Then, from whom was Choi Yu-un’s energy transmitted?

Lee Tae-shin’s woman.

Lee Cheol’s mother.

That bitch who had already died and turned to ashes!

Just as he had prepared, that bitch had also prepared!

“You! Choi Yu……!”

Poo-ook!

The Old Monster felt a cool sensation penetrating his neck.

“Keueok!”

He raised his eyes and looked into Lee Cheol’s eyes.

Lee Cheol, who had a face exactly like that bitch Choi Yu-jeong, was piercing his neck.

“Kuaaaa!”

The Old Monster screamed.

He felt his mind collapsing.

It couldn’t be.

He couldn’t believe he was dying so futilely?

Was death coming?

The realm of immortality was just around the corner.

Transcendence was just around the corner…… He couldn’t accept it……!

“I can’t tolerate this kind of end! Let’s die together! You two lovers!”

Kwadeudeudeuk!

The Old Monster gathered his mind and unleashed his power.

But that power couldn’t even be unleashed.

Wagwajak!

Something strange was heard.

It didn’t take long to realize that the sound was coming from his body.

It was the energy of the Primordial Beast.

The sticky black energy that had escaped from Lee Cheol’s body was devouring the Old Monster’s power.

‘N, no…… way……!’

The Old Monster felt himself being engulfed in a distant darkness.

The death he had wanted to avoid so much was approaching.

* * *

Thud! Wagwajak! Wajak!

The Old Monster, engulfed in black energy, was absorbed and disappeared without leaving a trace.

The Old Monster’s white mental world was now entirely painted black.

And I collapsed to the ground as it was.

“Keuk, eugh…….”

My head was ringing, and my mind was throbbing.

There was no time to feel the joy of victory.

As if a switch had been turned on in my head, a terrible headache continued to spread.

‘Damn, it…….’

It wouldn’t calm down.

It felt like my brain was being cooked in hot water.

I kept trying to suppress the pain, but a hot fire rose from deep inside my brain.

‘What…… should I…….’

Black energy and concentrating my mind were useless.

I felt my mind fading away.

But then.

-Calm down.

……I felt something warm landing on the top of my head.

-Accept it. That’s not how you use that power.

A voice that was too faint to be a human voice, yet too gentle to be my own thought.

I forced my eyes open and looked ahead.

Something with a blurry shape was looking down at me.

-Like handling a child, gently draw in the energy. You can do it. You can…….

To that voice that resonated like a lullaby, I gathered the black energy and pulled it towards my head.

-That’s right. That’s how you do it.

In an instant, the brain that had been filled with pain began to clear up cleanly.

And in the world that was dyed black, I saw a memory.

It wasn’t my memory.

‘The Old Monster’s memory?’

But that wasn’t all.

It was a memory that had been sleeping in the black energy.

By whom was that energy conveyed to me?

‘……Mother?’

My mother, Choi Yu-jeong.

The moment I realized that, the headache disappeared.

Behind the disappeared pain, unfamiliar memories began to rush in like a receding tide.

I accepted the memories being replayed as if I were experiencing them directly in that space.

It was the secret of birth that I had been so curious about.

It was a history that had been hidden and erased by many people.

The truths of all the hidden histories intertwined with my existence, which was at the center of my father and mother, the Six Nights and the Primordial Beast.