By Zephyria 
Only now did Tae-hwon compose himself. Like a sharp sword, he shook off unnecessary thoughts, regrets, and weak hopes, and armed himself like steel.
Today, Woo Tae-hwon would become a murderer.
The one who had to become a corpse was Kwon Hyeon-oh. The weapon to be used was Woo Tae-hwon himself.
‘I am a sword.’
Hotly heated blood spread to his limbs, and every cell in his body began to react. There was nothing more to fear.
‘I slash and stab.’
Rather, he was overflowing with it.
‘I cut and pierce.’
Tae-hwon glared at Kwon Hyeon-oh with fierce eyes.
He had only one chance.
“It’s Kwon Rae-i, young master. Rae-i, young master, shot Kwon Sang-oh’s head off in one go. He even declared to the eldest young master that he would become the chairman of Gyeongjeong after dealing with it so coolly, did you know that?”
“…….”
Kwon Hyeon-oh was now in a state where he could not hide his agitation. The eyes that had seemed so relaxed were blurred, and the smile that had been on his lips all along disappeared. He had tortured Han-seon and heard all the ins and outs, but he was half in doubt because there were so many guys who lied to survive. Moreover, the truth he heard through Han-seon was so absurd that it seemed like a bluff.
Kwon Sang-oh died at the hands of Kwon Rae-i,
Kwon Rae-i was taking care of Woo Tae-hwon,
And that Woo Tae-hwon had lost his memory and his arms were broken.
Even this was a dramatic situation enough. But even this was not enough, and in fact, the Jeun Faction was involved in the background, and Kwon Rae-i had been working behind the scenes as a member of the Jeun Faction for a long time, and had even risen to the position of successor to Jeun.
The seasoning was too much.
If the story was inflated to this extent, any truth would lose credibility.
Kwon Rae-i. He would rather believe that Kwon Sang-oh and Hwang Jin-soo, the president of the Jeun Faction, were brothers. Kwon Hyeon-oh had completely excluded Kwon Rae-i, who was only an illegitimate child, from the succession structure of the throne, so he was even suspecting that it was half a trap.
But Woo Tae-hwon really popped out at the place Han-seon said, and he had sold his great swordsmanship somewhere and became powerless, and his tone and behavior were really different from ‘that Woo Tae-hwon’, so he was honestly quite surprised. It seemed like all the information was true.
“Ha! Kwon Rae-i is the chairman…….”
Kwon Hyeon-oh burst into anger and let out a hollow laugh. The accumulated resentment was burning into anger.
“This guy, he must be excited and acting up because he killed one stupid Sang-oh bastard.” How dare he talk about being the chairman. Jeun or whatever, the pinnacle of Gyeongjeong is not so easy,”
“The stupid one is you! You got beaten by your brother. You got beaten by your youngest brother.”
Tae-hwon’s brain was spinning at a terrifying speed. He calmly and coolly judged the war situation and quickly derived the best decision. At that moment, his head was so clear that he was surprised himself. It was as if he was not himself.
“The future of being purged by any blood relative is obvious, so how about thinking about your epitaph in advance?”
Tae-hwon had now made up his mind.
He would leave behind the self that had wavered for a moment and run to the end. With the feeling of throwing himself off a cliff.
‘It was a fleeting moment.’
He wanted to see the acacia flowers together.
He wanted to cultivate a sweet potato field.
When he finished rehabilitation and recovered his body, he wanted to devote himself to farming using the physical strength and power he had trained in the meantime. He thought that maybe farming was Woo Tae-hwon’s true calling. Rather than tearing, splitting, killing, and living people, cultivating the land, planting seeds, and watching plants grow and become lush was much…….
‘It would have been nice.’
“Kwon Hyeon-oh, who was ambiguous to the end. Died following his mother and father. Something like that.”
As soon as he threw the last provocation, he saw the intended reaction. Kwon Hyeon-oh, who could no longer suppress his anger, immediately slashed at Woo Tae-hwon with his sword.
“You bastard!”
The light from the lamp reflected off the rapidly stabbing blade, making it flash.
Tae-hwon, who had been stimulating him while waiting for this moment, grabbed the guy who was holding his left arm and pulled him with all his might. The man, who had been off guard against Tae-hwon, who had been helplessly beaten and collapsed, lost his balance and fell, and was hit by the sword Kwon Hyeon-oh had swung instead.
“Guh!”
His throat was pierced right through.
The deeply embedded sword could not be pulled out. The man, with his eyes wide open, died on the spot, and Tae-hwon pulled out the dagger that the dead man was wearing on his waist. And he immediately stabbed the guy who was holding his right arm deeply in the side.
Thwack! The sensation of the blade digging into the flesh was eerily vivid.
Stabbing someone with murderous intent was a terrible thing.
But he couldn’t stop here.
“Wh, what!”
“Catch that bastard!”
Tae-hwon glared at Kwon Hyeon-oh with fierce eyes and immediately kicked off the ground and rushed at him.
It was a completely different movement from when he was cornered in the pantry a little while ago.
Fast and strong movements without any unnecessary waste.
Tae-hwon stretched out his arm as it was.
The blade in his hand drew a clean semicircular trajectory. He had simply moved it towards the point he intended, but that alone was enough.
“Ugh, Kuaaaaak!”
Kwon Hyeon-oh’s ear was cleanly cut off, spraying a fountain of blood. Half of his curly hair, which had been hanging down, was also cut off and fell in clumps.
‘Was it a little shallow?’
Tae-hwon did not hesitate and immediately charged again. There was no time to hesitate. The guy with the crowbar and other underlings were rushing at Tae-hwon.
Thump. Thump. Thump.
His heart pounded and resonated greatly. His head was burning and throbbing as if it was on fire.
His vision became dizzy and blurred, and the time of the world flowed slowly.
A flashing light.
The boundaries of the surrounding objects became clear, and the world was divided into black and white. A feeling as if he was standing at a crossroads or boundary led Tae-hwon. It was an experience like an egg breaking.
‘Swing. More. Deeply.’
As the shell surrounding his head broke, his body moved reflexively. His heart was now beating insanely fast. Like the wind, like a blade, it pierced Tae-hwon’s chest sharply and keenly.
‘More. Stronger. More surely.’
Clearly, big, burly men were rushing to kill Woo Tae-hwon from all directions, but somehow they didn’t seem threatening at all. Rather, the guys who recklessly jumped in because they couldn’t control their emotions only looked like easy prey who fell into the trap on their own.
‘What is it.’
Why does it suddenly seem slow?
The movements of the dark guys rushing at him in front of him seemed to be moving in slow motion. Strangely, their movements seemed to be clearly readable. Which point they were aiming for and swinging their weapons at, which area of defense was weak, who was the strongest guy among them, and who was the weakest guy.
Tae-hwon was able to take in the simultaneously flooding useful information in an instant, and it was done as naturally as breathing. As if this was nothing. Like walking or running, fighting was familiar like everyday life. Even a brawl.
Tae-hwon moved the tip of the sword to where it should be, strongly and quickly. He felt something exploding inside him, and he mechanically knocked down the constantly attacking enemies one by one. Continuously, continuously, continuously. Until the tip of the sword he was holding reached Kwon Hyeon-oh.
“Uheuk, Eueuk.”
“Aaaaaah!”
“Kkua, Hick……!”
Suddenly.
When he belatedly came to his senses, the living room floor was already a sea of blood.
Kwon Hyeon-oh’s underlings were all lying on the floor. With their vital points stabbed.
“…….”
Tae-hwon scanned the people lying on the floor with insensitive eyes, then raised his head and stared at the last remaining Kwon Hyeon-oh.
Tae-hwon’s appearance, covered in blood, was like a monster. His beaten cheeks were swollen and dyed purple, and one of his molars was shaking. The blood dripping down his arms gathered at the tip of the blade and formed a round shape.
Tae-hwon thought that his head was very hot at that moment.
Chairman Kwon Jung-il’s right-hand man.
Gyeongjeong’s famous swordsman.
The strongman Woo Tae-hwon, who had no one to oppose him.
He was here.
Not far away, close by, he was inside him.
Woo Tae-hwon. He himself, holding a blade in his hand with murderous intent, was Woo Tae-hwon.
“……Hyeon-oh, young master.”
He slowly walked towards him. The headache was getting worse.
His thoughts were shaking and confused as if there was an earthquake in his head. It was because his current appearance was unfamiliar and extremely familiar at the same time.
“Heuek…… So, was I deceived? By you?”
He muttered blankly, his eyes wide open.
His face was pale and he was holding his bleeding ear and slowly backing away.
“Could it be that it was all a trap? That I lost my memory and my arms were broken and I couldn’t do my job properly. Was, was that all a lie?”
Kwon Hyeon-oh shook his head and continued to back away. The vision chasing after him as he retreated became blurred. It was as if his eyes were torn in two and split. Like facing a mirror. The world was split in half and then split in half again and continued forever.