Chapter 463

Vol 2 Chapter 103. Shall I loosen up for the first time in a while? (3)

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The ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍outcome of the battle was clearly revealed.

“Cough….”

Mun ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Yul spat out a mouthful of blood due to the backlash from the excessive use of his will.

But ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍although he staggered, he did not fall and stood firmly on his two feet.

Compared ‍​‌​‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍to that….

“Ha…. Haha….”

Gu Wol-hyang couldn’t even get up.

Lying collapsed on the ground, feeling the taste of soil she was chewing with her lips, she felt more emptiness than anger.

And she forced her body to twist and lie on her back.

Looking at the clear sky, as if it didn’t care at all about trivial human affairs, she smiled bitterly.

And to her, Mun Yul spoke.

“Will you continue?”

“Cough…. Do you think I can?”

“……”

“I can’t even lift a finger, so what….”

Gu Wol-hyang spoke pathetically while lying down.

“I have lost.”

Gu Wol-hyang had officially admitted defeat.

At this moment, the disciples of the Emei Sect and the members of the Twin Dragon Squad felt a thrilling shudder.

The rising star of the Orthodox Faction had defeated a giant of the Unorthodox Alliance.

It was like a scene from a heroic epic.

“Hmm, it’s the revival of the Orthodox Faction.”

“Wow….”

Gazes of admiration and adoration poured onto Mun Yul.

But Mun Yul’s gaze was fixed on the fallen Gu Wol-hyang.

And Gu Wol-hyang spoke first.

“Now, what will you do?”

“……”

“Now that you’ve captured a giant of the Unorthodox Alliance, shouldn’t you strike her neck and make a name for yourself?”

At Gu Wol-hyang’s words, Mun Yul was momentarily conflicted.

Normally, that would be correct.

Martial artists belonging to different value systems, the Orthodox and Unorthodox Factions, had long raised their own value by taking the lives of the defeated.

The tenth-ranked disciple of the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor would bring Mun Yul enormous fame.

However….

“I do not have the right to make such a decision.”

Mun Yul sheathed his sword.

And he spoke to the fallen Gu Wol-hyang.

“I am the Vice-Commander of the Twin Dragon Squad, and I came here under the Commander’s orders to save the Emei Sect from crisis.”

“So?”

“If the Red Robe Sword Empress leads the disciples of the Hegemon Blade Sect and withdraws, my mission will be complete. I ask for nothing more.”

“Are you not greedy for my neck?”

“……”

“I believe it would be of considerable value to you.”

At Gu Wol-hyang’s words, Mun Yul let out a sigh and then said, as if to say, ‘to hell with it.’

“No matter if she is a person of the Unorthodox Alliance, I do not wish to take the neck of a comrade’s mother. Especially not while she herself is watching.”

“Hahaha. Right. Cough…. In the end, you’re worried about my daughter.”

“As a comrade. Strictly as a comrade.”

“She may be my daughter, but she has a good eye for men.”

“I repeat, this is a serious misunderstanding.”

“Hey. Son-in-law.”

“I said I’m not your son-in-law….”

Mun Yul, who was speaking, closed his mouth.

It was because he felt an unusual sensation from Gu Wol-hyang’s pathetic gaze looking at him.

And Gu Wol-hyang continued to speak….

“Please take good care of my daughter.”

“I said I will not take your life, Senior….”

“You won’t. You won’t. But….”

The place Gu Wol-hyang’s gaze was directed was not the members of the Twin Dragon Squad behind Mun Yul, nor the Emei Sect disciples watching the situation from a distance.

It was the disciples of the Hegemon Blade Sect that she had brought with her.

From there, a few of them came forward and….

“Hahaha. Senior Sister. You look quite wretched.”

“To think the Red Robe Sword Empress of the world would end up in this state….”

“Tsk tsk, at this rate, the honor of our Hegemon Blade Sect will be in tatters. Don’t you agree?”

They showed a distinctly different speech and behavior than before.

Judging by their speech, they also seemed to be disciples of the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor, but until a moment ago, their presence was almost nil.

Those who had been like scarecrows, unsure if they were even there, crushed by Gu Wol-hyang’s aura, now came forward.

With their eyes glistening with blatant desire.

‘Why are they…. Ah!’

Mun Yul realized.

At this point, it was no secret.

The disciples of the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor were those who could absorb each other’s energy to increase their own power.

If so, from their perspective, the current situation was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

An opportunity to kill the Red Robe Sword Empress, an opponent they wouldn’t normally dare to face, and absorb her power.

“You wretched jackals…. How dare the likes of you covet me….”

At Gu Wol-hyang’s words, they grinned and came forward.

“Hehehe. Senior Sister. Isn’t this just how things are?”

“Survival of the fittest is the value of our Hegemon Blade Sect, so we have no qualms about it.”

“And one more thing, I’ve always hated you. You bitchy old hag with a temper from hell.”

Those who approached like jackals targeting a wounded tiger.

The disciples of the Hegemon Blade Sect at the back showed no sign of intervening in this situation.

As said before, the value of the Hegemon Blade Sect was survival of the fittest.

The rule of the Hegemon Blade Sect was that insubordination was the problem of the one who suffered it, not the one who committed it.

And it was also difficult for the Emei Sect and the Twin Dragon Squad members to step in in this situation.

“Master.”

“Do not act rashly. If you step in recklessly here, it will immediately become an all-out war.”

“…Yes.”

It was difficult for the Emei Sect to actively confront the Hegemon Blade Sect, so they could only watch the situation.

However….

“……”

Only one person moved differently.

A swordswoman who stood alone in front of Gu Wol-hyang, with her back to her.

A beauty of peerless grace, wearing a white martial uniform and a sword drawn in her hand.

It was the Emei White Phoenix, Im Yeon-hwa.

At the sight of her daughter’s back, Gu Wol-hyang’s eyes widened for a moment.

However….

“Move aside.”

“……”

“Do you dare to pity this mother? Stop your presumptuous act and move aside.”

“……”

“Did you not hear me say to move aside?!”

“……”

At Gu Wol-hyang’s roar, Im Yeon-hwa flinched for a moment.

But she did not move, as if her feet had taken root in that spot.

The person she had resented her entire life.

She couldn’t know how many nights she had spent in tears and lament, resenting being that person’s daughter.

However….

“Still, you are my mother.”

“……”

For a moment, Gu Wol-hyang’s expression became complicated beyond words.

How long has it been?

Since the word ‘mother’ had come from that child’s mouth.

However….

“Do you think you can handle them alone? Stop your reckless act and get out of the way.”

Gu Wol-hyang shouted even more harshly.

But her daughter still didn’t move, and a sly smile hung on the lips of the Hegemon Blade Sect’s junior brothers.

“You have a very filial daughter, Senior Sister.”

“It must be lonely to go alone, so for her to offer to escort you to the afterlife, she is truly a wonderful daughter.”

“You impudent wench, I’ll kill you right now…. Hmm?”

It was then.

A small flash of light flickered and exploded on the man named Gi In-cheong, the One-Armed Hegemon Saber, who was speaking.

POW!

He raised his saber to block the attack, and the owner of that flash of light used the momentum of the clash to leap back and land next to Im Yeon-hwa.

Then, winking one eye, she said with a look of regret.

“So close. I could have succeeded.”

It was Yun-a, the youngest disciple of the Twin Dragon Sect.

Im Yeon-hwa said to her.

“What are you doing now?”

“Huh…? A surprise attack.”

Yun-a’s expression was full of the sentiment, ‘you’re asking because you don’t know?’

And Im Yeon-hwa, flaring up, said.

“This is my business. Miss Yun, stay out of it.”

“If we’re going to stay out of a comrade’s business just because it’s not our own, we shouldn’t even call ourselves the Orthodox Faction.”

Approaching from behind with a calm aura was Sanghun, a disciple of the Twin Dragon Sect.

And other members of the Twin Dragon Squad also approached one by one and stood next to Im Yeon-hwa.

“That’s right.”

“If we’re going to cower depending on the opponent, why be in the Orthodox Faction? We should just switch to the Unorthodox Alliance.”

“Wow…. The people from the Twin Dragon Sect are really fiery.”

“If you don’t feel like it, Miss Moyong, you may stay out.”

“No, this is exactly my style.”

Led by the disciples of the Twin Dragon Sect, other members of the Twin Dragon Squad also came forward one by one.

And their courage inspired others to join them.

“I will join you as well.”

“I’ll join too.”

Disciples of the Emei Sect stood next to the Twin Dragon Squad members one by one and drew their swords.

Then, one of the elders, flustered, said.

“Im Cheong, what are you doing now?”

“I am doing what must be done, of course.”

“Do you dare to act on your own accord without the sect’s orders?”

“Master. If we turn a blind eye to a sect member’s crisis, how can we call ourselves Buddhists and martial artists of the Orthodox Faction?”

Im Cheong’s words struck a deep wound in the hearts of the Emei Sect elders.

Turning a blind eye to their young youngest junior sister being dragged away by the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor was a karma they all carried.

What they couldn’t do that day, their disciples were doing now.

How could they have the nerve to stop the children now?

“Guanyin Bodhisattva….”

Abbess Jeolsim laboriously raised herself.

And then….

“As the Sect Master, I command all disciples of the Emei Sect.”

At that moment, the disciples flinched.

No matter how much they wanted to follow their hearts, they were disciples of the Emei Sect.

If the Sect Master gave an order, they were in a position where they could not dare to refuse.

And….

“Drive the Unorthodox Alliance from the lands of Emei and protect your sect brothers and sisters.”

With this one phrase from Abbess Jeolsim, the stifling something that had been constraining the hearts of the Emei Sect disciples snapped and fell away.

They simultaneously drew their swords and shouted with one heart.

“Sir!”

“Sir!”

All the disciples of the Emei Sect became one and stood in front of the Hegemon Blade Sect.

Then, their aura also changed.

Until now, they had been taking a step back to avoid provoking the Hegemon Blade Sect, but….

“Hmm….”

Once they decided to fight back, they emitted an unusual aura.

It was worthy of being called one of the Nine Sects One Gang and one of the top five sword sects under the heavens.

The disciples of the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor exchanged glances.

If they were to face the Emei Sect with their current forces, they might suffer considerable damage.

However….

“What are you hesitating for? There’s no turning back now.”

“Indeed, that’s right.”

“If that wench recovers, we’re finished anyway.”

They, too, had no way back.

If Gu Wol-hyang recovered and returned, they would have to pay the price for their insubordination.

With death.

In other words, they too could not retreat.

Asura Ghost Gong Pae.

The thirty-first disciple of the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor and the highest-ranking member of the Hegemon Blade Sect now that Gu Wol-hyang was down.

He stepped forward and shouted.

“I command all disciples. Erase the Emei Sect from this place today.”

“Sir!”

“Sir!”

The disciples of the Hegemon Blade Sect also drew their weapons.

Just as the unavoidable battle was about to begin….

“Now, everyone stop.”

“……”

Two peerless beauties descended from the sky between the two sides.

A beauty with golden hair like melted gold and fresh green eyes, and a beauty with an ice-cold expression, smooth, flowing black hair, and white skin reminiscent of a snowy landscape.

At the appearance of such beautiful two women, the battle stopped for a moment.

And….

“Madams.”

Mun Yul revealed their identities.

Patrick’s wives, Isabella and Elione, had appeared in this place.

Elione said to Mun Yul.

“Are you feeling okay?”

“Yes? Yes. I’m fine. But for the two of you to have come means….”

Mun Yul said with a pleased look on his face.

“Has Bong-gong come as well?”

At Mun Yul’s words, Isabella shook her head and said.

“He went elsewhere.”

“Elsewhere, you say?”

“Yes.”

At Isabella’s words, Mun Yul frowned.

As they say, even dog poop is nowhere to be found when you need it for medicine.

To think he wouldn’t come at a time like this.

What did he mean by sending just the two Madams?

Just then, Elione stood in the middle and said.

“Both sides, stand down. If you disobey, we will respond with force.”

That’s what she said.

At that, the Hegemon Blade Sect side showed a dumbfounded reaction.

They were quite surprised when the beautiful blonde, color-eyed woman appeared from the sky, but now that they looked closely….

‘She’s not even that strong.’

‘Is she planning to stop us with her husband’s prestige? Is that it?’

‘Ha, how absurd.’

In their eyes, Elione didn’t seem very strong.

Rather, the black-haired woman next to her seemed a little stronger, but even so, she only seemed to be at a level that barely scraped the first-rate.

But for such a pair to threaten to respond with force.

“How absurd. Why not try to seduce us with your beauty instead?”

“Ah. I’d be willing to oblige to that.”

“Shouldn’t we decide the order first?”

“Hahahahaha.”

Hearty laughter erupted from the Hegemon Blade Sect side, and soon, vulgar and sticky harassment poured out.

In this unfamiliar situation, Elione….

“Hey, Isabella.”

“What?”

“Am I being treated as a pushover right now?”

“You are.”

Elione said, as if she couldn’t understand.

“Why? I’m an Elven Knight.”

“That’s right.”

“And I’ve also received the blessing of the World Tree.”

“I know that too.”

Isabella let out a small sigh and said to Elione.

“But there’s no way these people would know what that is, is there?”

“Haaaah….”

Elione let out a deep sigh.

“I think I’ve been focusing too much on just being a good wife all this time.”

“I agree with you on that.”

Isabella slowly drew her sword and activated her Soul Weapons.

“Gaus, Ervium.”

Lightning flashed around her body, and a stream of water began to flow.

“Sigil, Adrian, Bernion, Merlin.”

Elione summoned all four elemental spirits.

All of them were high-ranking spirits.

Unlike usual, she summoned them to the point where the spirits’ main bodies were clearly visible, and then she looked at the Hegemon Blade Sect side and said with a bright smile.

“Shall I loosen up for the first time in a while?”