Light Novel: Volume 13 Episode 19
“If I have your face skin then I can hide this hideous face!”
Go Shin-ok vowed to peel off Pyo-wol’s beautiful face and make it his own. Go Shin-ok’s eyes flickered with intense and mad desire.
Consumed by his insatiable desire, Go Shin-ok transformed into a demon.
Swish! Swish!
His sword flew towards Pyo-wol at a terrifying speed.
His appearance looked as if a raging demon from hell was unleashed and gone on a rampage.
The deadly assassination techniques he had perfected through countless killings on the battlefield were truly fearsome.
The sight of him charging towards Pyo-wol with no regard for his own life was enough to make even the most skilled warriors shudder.
However, Pyo-wol’s face showed no change in expression as he faced Go Shin-ok.
Go Shin-ok madly shouted,
“What?! Why are you looking at me like that with those eyes?!”
“……”
“Fine! Keep your eyes open as I bury you to the ground!”
Go Shin-ok attacked with all his might, but Pyo-wol effortlessly blocked every single strike without moving an inch.
Pyo-wol literally didn’t even move a step from his position.
This infuriated Go Shin-ok even more.
Pyo-wol had always been like this from the start.
He always looked down on others from a higher position, as if everything in the world was beneath him.
That was why Go Shin-ok was so furious.
Just how high must Pyo-wol be looking down from to completely disregard the existence of those beneath him?
When Pyo-wol was in the underground cave, all the children had to be wary of his gaze.
He exerted a much stronger influence than the adults who were actually stronger.
Go Shin-ok didn’t like Pyo-wol for that reason. So, he acted as if he didn’t care, as if it didn’t bother him.
But now, he knew for sure.
He was jealous of Pyo-wol.
He just didn’t want to show this ugly side of him so he put on a front.
But, now that he lost his face, Go Shin-ok also lost the mask that concealed his true feelings.
His face clearly displayed his jealousy and desire towards Pyo-wol.
Go Shin-ok relentlessly attacked Pyo-wol as if he had gone mad.
Swish! Swish!
In the dark cabin, only the glimmer of Go Shin-ok’s sword illuminated the space.
Pyo-wol gracefully evaded all of his attacks using Snake Steps and opened his mouth,
“It’s just as I remembered.”
“What the hell you talking about?”
“Your skill. It’s just as it was in the past.”
“Don’t lie to me! I have improved! I’ve reached heights you dare not imagine!”
“Why can’t you overpower me then?”
Pyo-wol’s cold voice awakened Go Shin-ok’s spirit.
Only now did Go Shin-ok noticed Pyo-wol’s condition.
Unlike himself, who was drenched in sweat, Pyo-wol’s breathing wasn’t the slightest bit ragged.
A chill ran down Go Shin-ok’s spine.
‘Had he still not used his full power against me? Am I no match for him then? No, that can’t be true–!’
Go Shin-ok forcefully denied his thoughts.
If he hadn’t reached Pyo-wol’s level after honing his skills on the hellish battlefield for years, he would be too pitiful.
He couldn’t bear the thought of all the hardships he’d endured, only to be denied by Pyo-wol.
“Aaargh!”
Go Shin-ok screamed as he swung his sword even more fiercely.
Pyo-wol’s gaze grew even deeper as he observed Go Shin-ok.
At this moment, Go Shin-ok was no longer an assassin.
The greatest virtue of an assassin was their unwavering rationality and composure at any given moment.
No matter how unfavorable the situation was for them, assassins would have to remain calm and patient, waiting for the one golden opportunity that would come their way.
That was what an assassin was.
Go Shin-ok, however, had forgotten the very code of conduct an assassin should follow and went on a rampage.
Although his martial arts might have become stronger than before, he showed no signs of the sharpness or cold rationality he once possessed in the underground cave.
The current Go Shin-ok was nothing more than a savage born on the battlefield.
He had changed as much as his face had changed.
But, Pyo-wol didn’t feel sorry for him.
After all, their relationship wasn’t deep enough for him to feel that way.
To Pyo-wol, Go Shin-ok was nothing more than a fellow trainee in the same space, neither more nor less.
Besides, an assassin was a solitary existence.
It was absurd for an assassin to dream or even think of living in peace with others when they have to live by concealing themselves in the dark and killing others.
Pyo-wol might not have become an assassin by choice, but since he had already stepped into the world of assassins, it was impossible for him to turn back.
Pyo-wol had never forgotten his own identity, not even once. That’s why he managed to develop his martial arts in accordance with his identity.
He was not the same as Go Shin-ok.
And from now on, Pyo-wol would show him that.
He would demonstrate to him, the martial arts of someone who walks the path of an assassin.
Swish!
Go Shin-ok’s sword pierced through Pyo-wol’s body, but no blood was spilled.
“Are you resorting to another illusion?!”
Go Shin-ok roared in anger.
What his sword had pierced through was an afterimage created by Pyo-wol’s Demon Shadow Exchange.
If Go Shin-ok still possessed the cold rationality of an assassin, he would never have been deceived by such an illusion. But with his greed blinding him, it made it impossible for him to distinguish such subtle differences.
Having pushed Go Shin-ok back with his illusionary arts, Pyo-wol unleashed his Black Lightning.
Zzzt!
Lightning traveled through his nerves, penetrating his entire body.
Pyo-wol’s world expanded, as his nervous system reacted frantically, and the speed of thought multiplied.
A world unique to Pyo-wol, where only he could observe and react, unfolded.
Pyo-wol has now reached a speed that Go Shin-ok could never react to.
Thud!
“Keuh!”
Pyo-wol struck Go Shin-ok’s chest.
Go Shin-ok flew, blood spattering in his wake. Pyo-wol immediately darted towards him.
Pyo-wol’s figure writhed like a serpent.
Go Shin-ok looked at Pyo-wol with wide eyes.
Their eyes met in midair.
Suddenly, Go Shin-ok felt a chilling coldness.
‘A snake?’
Pyo-wol’s eyes flickering in the darkness, reminded Go Shin-ok of a snake.
Pyo-wol held a phantom dagger in his hand, and then threw it, aiming for Go Shin-ok’s carotid artery.
Go Shin-ok immediately swung his sword in response, trying to strike down Pyo-wol’s phantom dagger.
But, his sword passed through the empty air in vain.
Thunk!
A horrifying sound of flesh being severed came from his neck.
Like a snake sinking its fangs into its prey’s throat, Pyo-wol’s phantom dagger had sunk deep into Go Shin-ok’s carotid artery.
“Gack!”
A scream erupted late.
Go Shin-ok clutched his neck and staggered backward.
There was no strength in his staggering steps.
There wasn’t much blood flowing from his neck, but Go Shin-ok knew that the moment he would pull out the dagger, blood would gush out like a waterfall.
Thud!
Go Shin-ok collapsed, and slumped back in his chair.
His face was filled with a sense of futility.
The fact that his assassination techniques which he honed on the battlefield, posed no threat to Pyo-wol, made him feel utterly helpless.
“You’re tru… ly an insane bastard.”
Go Shin-ok looked at Pyo-wol with a crestfallen expression.
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