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Dad Is the Demonic Cult Leader – Chapter 44

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Chapter 44

Kwaaaaaaaaang━!

The bamboo sword, infused with both the ‘Force’ and ‘Thunder’ attributes, and……

Noh Ho-yeong’s sword, from which a single strand of sword energy was emitted, clashed, and the aftermath was considerable.

Kwajijijijik━.

It was simply a clash between a sword and a sword.

Nevertheless, the energy wave generated by the collision of the two swords snapped a dozen bamboo trees around the bamboo forest with a loud crack! It also created a depression in the ground, causing dirt, stones, and roots to scatter in all directions.

“Jin So-cheon…… What is your true identity?”

Noh Ho-yeong, who had retreated after failing to cut my bamboo sword and sheathing his own, suddenly asked in a serious tone.

Indeed.

Perhaps Noh Ho-yeong is beyond bewildered, he must be dumbfounded.

He had drawn out his sword energy.

But here I am, someone he thought was merely a hand-to-hand fighter, facing his sword energy-laden, real sword with just a bamboo sword.

And not even yielding a single step, how flustered must he be?

“I, Jin So-cheon, am disappointed in you, Noh Ho-yeong.”

“What…… nonsense are you spouting?”

“You came to kill me as an assassin. But not only did you, an assassin, reveal your name without being asked, but you’re also questioning the identity of your target? Did you come here without even knowing who I am?”

“Shut up! What I’m asking is your true identity. I heard you were a rootless wanderer. But how does it make sense that you possess such swordsmanship? Who do you think you’re fooling……”

“Yeah.”

I cut Noh Ho-yeong off mid-sentence and interjected.

“You’re fooling yourself.”

“……”

“You’re fooling yourself, you’re an idiot, and you’re a damn fool.”

“You…… You……”

“Come at me, you fool, Ho-yeong.”

◈ ◈ ◈

‘This combination is new too……’

Infusing the power of the ‘Force’ and ‘Thunder’ attributes into the blade was a first for me as well.

Firstly, the compatibility of the two attributes isn’t perfect, making it inefficient, and emitting two or more attributes simultaneously requires a tremendous level of skill.

Therefore, it was no easy task for me, who hasn’t even recovered half of my past life’s power, to combine these two attributes.

I have to absorb the natural energy of ‘Force’ and ‘Thunder’ in a single breath, then blend these disparate powers within my body and infuse them into the sword, and my physical body has to endure the resistance generated in the process. How complicated and sophisticated a martial art is it?

However.

I endured the process by force and swung the bamboo sword.

Swaeswaeswaeswaeswaesaeseong━.

As expected.

Because it wasn’t a real sword, the bamboo sword itself couldn’t withstand the brute force of the ‘Force’ attribute and the firepower of the ‘Thunder’ attribute, and cracks appeared here and there.

Furthermore, Noh Ho-yeong seemed to have secured tenacious stamina and abundant internal energy, as he consistently maintained his speed while emitting sword energy.

‘First, I need to change my sword.’

Because of that, after exchanging about thirty blows, I retreated using Fast Whale Steps and replaced the bamboo sword.

Of course, Noh Ho-yeong also swiftly closed in to try and interfere, but fortunately, my Fast Whale Steps overwhelmed his movement technique, so it wasn’t difficult.

Simultaneously,

“Hooooop……”

I absorbed three to four times the amount of natural energy compared to usual.

Even if the fight were to become a prolonged battle, I would have the advantage over Noh Ho-yeong, who was mindlessly emitting sword energy.

But the problem lay in the durability of my physical body.

‘If I recklessly use the power of the two attributes like this, my body will explode.’

Unfortunately, my current body……

It’s relying entirely on my Protective Aura to withstand the power of the two attributes.

The power of the Nature Meridian is truly great.

Therefore, the user must build a body suitable for enduring the vast power, and to do that, a kind of ‘tempering’ is necessary.

In other words, my physical vessel is still too weak to manifest two attributes simultaneously.

‘Let me feel it. His weakness……’

I.

Currently, have no way to overwhelm Noh Ho-yeong with a massive release of power.

If I did, my body and the bamboo sword would turn to ashes.

Therefore,

“……Hehe. You’ve resolved to die, Jin So-cheon!”

I closed my eyes in the middle of the fight.

‘I must see with my Mind’s Eye.’

Senses.

An assassin’s instincts acquired through thousands of life-or-death battles.

What I needed now was an animal-like ‘sixth sense’.

Chaechaechaechaechang, Kwajijik━!

With my eyes closed, I swung the bamboo sword, facing Noh Ho-yeong’s scent, the sword energy spreading through the air, his breathing and muscle movements, and the arc of killing intent reaching my skin in my mind.

“……!”

At first, my reactions couldn’t keep up with his attacks.

I was a beat slow, and Noh Ho-yeong’s thread-like sword energy, piercing through that time difference, left five or six cuts on my chest.

But……

Chaechaechaechaechaechae, Kwajijing!

As a dozen or so exchanges passed, my Mind’s Eye had clearly grasped Noh Ho-yeong’s movements, and,

Papapapapapapapapa━!

When twenty or so exchanges passed, my Mind’s Eye penetrated his sword path.

And……

Kwaaaaaaaaang━!

At the moment when thirty exchanges of clashes continued.

Finally, I found a single point amidst Noh Ho-yeong’s domineering sword energy attacks.

I discovered his ‘weakness’ and thrust my sword precisely at that point.

Pachichijichijik━!

“Kwaaak!”

Got it.

Even without the rough scream that erupted from Noh Ho-yeong’s mouth……

I sensed from the impact transmitted through the bamboo sword that this strike would be the ‘decisive blow’ that would determine the outcome of the fight, and I opened my eyes again.

“Kheok!”

Noh Ho-yeong, reflected in my eyes, was spewing crimson blood from his mouth.

The power of the ‘Force’ attribute contained in the bamboo sword imbued my sword with the essence of a heavy sword, and.

The firepower of the ‘Thunder’ attribute imbued the bamboo sword with the explosive power of lightning.

“Keuuuu……”

A series of desperate cries continued to flow from Noh Ho-yeong’s mouth.

The area pierced by the bamboo sword was below his left ribs.

Precisely where the spleen is located.

Presumably, the ‘Thunder Energy’ generated from the tip of the bamboo sword pierced through his flesh and struck his spleen like a thunderbolt, so Noh Ho-yeong had effectively lost one of his five internal organs.

“Does it hurt, Ho-yeong?”

“……”

“It hurts me too.”

It wasn’t a joke.

Because it hurt me too.

‘My hands are a mess.’

As expected, perhaps due to the firepower of the ‘Thunder’ attribute, the skin on the hand holding the bamboo sword was peeling off, and some flesh was scorched.

Not only that, but due to the monstrous strength of the ‘Force’ attribute, the muscles throughout my body were making groaning sounds, as if screaming.

However, the fight wasn’t over yet.

Of course, there was no need to exert excessive internal energy in a situation where the outcome was more than 90% decided, but Noh Ho-yeong’s will was clearly not extinguished.

“Don’t be such a wimp, Ho-yeong.”

“……”

“It’s only the beginning, how can you be like this already?”

◈ ◈ ◈

Bang━!

“Khat!”

Bang, Bang!

“Keueuk!”

Kwakwakwang━!

“Kaaaaaaaaaaaaak!”

I no longer needed to amplify the ‘Force’ attribute.

Nor the ‘Thunder’ attribute.

My physical body was also nearing its limit, and it would be nothing more than a pointless waste of energy against Noh Ho-yeong in his current state.

Kwakwakwang!

My bamboo sword had transformed into a club.

A cruel cudgel for beating the c*ap out of a son of a b*tch.

Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang!

Head-shoulders-knees-toes-knees-toes.

What’s the most important thing in a one-sided beating, not a life-or-death struggle?

It’s the rhythm.

It doesn’t matter where or how you hit, or how hard.

It’s all going to hurt anyway, and it’s more efficient to just let your hands and the club go wherever they want, rather than meticulously calculating each strike.

So I only focused on the rhythm that would get me going.

And so……

As I beat Noh Ho-yeong to a pulp in rhythm, the guy, covered in blood, was crawling on the ground before a single period of time two hours had passed.

“J-Just…… Just kill me, Jin So-cheon.”

“I’ve changed my mind, Ho-yeong.”

“What…… do you mean?”

“If it were my usual self…… the moment you started vomiting blood, I would have already stabbed your throat with a blade and pierced your neck…… but then I thought it would be a waste.”

“???”

“Ho-yeong. Listen carefully. Tell me if my idea is brilliant or not.”

Even as I spoke, I forcefully struck Noh Ho-yeong’s buttocks three times with the bamboo sword as he crawled around like a turtle without a destination.

Pak, Pak, Pak!

“Kwak! You damn…… bastard!”

“Ho-yeong. Actually, the Dawn Heaven Sect has been undergoing group training recently. But our disciples…… lack real combat experience. And it’s not like we can just barge in anywhere to gain experience…… We’re not an evil faction, are we?”

“……”

“Don’t you get it by now?”

“W-What nonsense are you talking about!”

“So I beat up my disciples every day. It’s like I’m giving them the experience of being hit. However, I think it’s time for them to start gaining experience in hitting as well. So……”

“……”

“I’d like you to be the test subject.”

“???”

“Oh. I’m not saying you’ll just be getting beaten up one-sidedly. That would be meaningless violence. However, I’m thinking of crippling your dantian, removing your internal energy, and then having you spar with my disciples using only external martial arts. Is that alright?”

“Th-This…… This is preposterous!”

“It’s alright.”

“You crazy bastard! When did I ever say it was alright…… Aaaaaak!”

Noh Ho-yeong was about to fly into a rage, so I slapped him across the face a couple of times with the bamboo sword and said.

“Congratulations on becoming the Dawn Heaven Sect’s training ‘wooden dummy’.”

◈ ◈ ◈

I said that, but……

Would I really have spared Noh Ho-yeong for that reason if I weren’t a psychopath?

Actually, my purpose lay elsewhere.

‘It would be a waste to kill him like this.’

Noh Ho-yeong was a strong assassin.

If I hadn’t opened the ‘Thunder’ attribute in my battle against the Demon Slayer Baek Gui-ho, I would have had a seriously hard time.

Of course, I would have won somehow, but?

Anyway……

For that reason, I was planning to hold Noh Ho-yeong hostage.

Now that he had revealed his identity, my course of action was clear.

It was to secure a ‘justification’ for picking a fight with Noh Ho-yeong’s family, the Noh Family Assassin’s Guild.

Of course, if the righteous factions heard this, they’d be so shocked they’d fall over.

It’s absurd for a small, newly established sect with less than 20 members in a rural village to pick a fight with a renowned assassin family.

But in the treacherous world of martial arts, where swords clash.

How can you only do things that make sense?

Sometimes, you have to do things that don’t make sense, things that are so reckless they seem insane, bizarre things, in order for a sect to grow. That’s my philosophy.

Furthermore……

‘If things go well, I might be able to extort a fortune from them?’

Considering the future of the Dawn Heaven Sect as it grows in size.

‘Money’ was an important factor.

Although we had occupied a few inns managed by the Green Gang, our financial situation was a mess because we had given most of the profits to the workers and residents who had suffered under the Green Gang as compensation.

“Wh-What are you doing!”

“I’m putting a leash on you. Stay still and don’t move. If you do anything unnecessary, I’ll pluck out your eyeballs, got it?”

“???”

So I tied a rope around Noh Ho-yeong’s neck and dragged him like a dog towards the main building.

I didn’t want to go this far, but if I wanted to turn him into a ‘training wooden dummy’, I needed to break his spirit from the start, to make him realize that he was no longer human, but on the same level as an animal. This ‘mental reformation’ was necessary.

“Keureuk!”

As we walked about 10 meters down the mountain.

Crimson blood spurted from Noh Ho-yeong’s mouth again.

It seemed the Thunder Energy from the bamboo sword had shocked his internal organs.

“Jin So-cheon! At this rate, I won’t last more than an hour. Don’t do anything pointless and just finish me off with a single blow……”

“Shut up!”

“……”

“I’ll take care of that. Like I said, the Medical Hall Master of our sect is renowned as a Divine Doctor. So I will definitely save you. Where else would I find a first-class ‘training wooden dummy’ like you? You’re no longer alone, you’re the property of the Dawn Heaven Sect. You can’t die even if you want to, and even if you do die, I’ll bring you back to life and put you to good use, so shut your trap.”

Simultaneously,

Papapapapat━!

I sealed Noh Ho-yeong’s pressure points to prevent him from using his strength.

Because if he were to smash his own skull or bite his tongue and die, all my hard work would be for nothing.

In a word.

All that’s allowed for him now is…… tears.

“Jin So-cheooooooon! You vicious bastard!!”

Damn……

Well, if you’re an assassin, you should have at least done your research on your senior, the Greatest Assassin of All Time, my dear fellow.


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(🇰🇷)Dad Is the Demonic Cult Leader

🇰🇷)Dad Is the Demonic Cult Leader

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Status: Ongoing Type: Author: Released: 2021 Native Language: Korean
The commander of the Great Heavenly Demon Holy Cult’s assassination unit, the best assassin of all time, Number 7! Opening his eyes after he met his end… “Pa, papa?” Suddenly, he became a dad?! The strongest assassin commander’s difficult parenting journey begins now!

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