In a sense, Lee Sungmin was a hero, but at the sa ti he was not.
If Lee Sungmin hadnt gone insane and killed innocent civilians at the end of the battle 10 years ago.
If only the story had ended with the tale of him taking down Volander, the Monarch of the Death Knights, and Kim Jonghyun, the Dark Wizard who had turned into a Devil.
Lee Sungmin would have surely beco a hero. Even if Lee Sungmin had committed atrocious deeds and murders under the na of Ghost Spear like he had been accused of, it was not comparable to the evil deeds of Volander and Kim Jonghyun that he killed.
However, Lee Sungmin did not beco a hero. He did all of those huge accomplishnts except he had also gone mad directly afterwards and killed anything in sight.
It was a story that had ended in a complete tragedy with Lee Sungmin being the main character of such a horrific incident.
Lets go.
Lee Sungmin was depicted as such a person inside the minds of the Orthodox martial artists who had been saved. And that very person, known as the Ghost Spear was right in front of them. The Orthodox martial artists looked as if they had no clue on how to react.
In the past, Lee Sungmin was an enemy of all Orthodox Martial Artists.
Of course, none of the warriors present would attack Lee Sungmin for what happened 10 years ago.
They could at least make the distinction that he was not in his right mind at the ti. In the first place, it would not even be a fight, and Lee Sungmin was more of a lifesaver for them rather than a mortal enemy.
In fact, it was the sa for Lee Sungmin. Although it was forced and they had their lives taken from them unwillingly, the lives of the deceased martial artists had been used to save Lee Sungmin and wake him up from the seal.
Well that.
Tang Ah-hui stuttered trying to formulate a reply, but she couldnt figure out what to say in this situation.
She glanced at Lee Sungmins back as the group organized themselves slowly and walked ahead. They were heading out of Germane.
Thank you for saving us.
Murong Chae opened his mouth. He was staring at Lee Sungmins back, but he did not rush in shouting about revenge like his father. He was still unsure about everything after ten years.
You dont rember anything that happened over the past 10 years?
When Lee Sungmin did not reply to the words of thanks, Zhuge Aryong asked in a quiet voice to probe for info. Zhuge Aryong knew that Lee Sungmin had been accused of killing his older brother, Zhuge Taeryong- but that did not an he was hasty to conclude that Lee Sungmin had truly done so.
Aside from such a thing, Lee Sungmins achievents in taking down both Volander and Kim Jonghyun were highly respectable, so Zhuge Aryong tried to at least get to know him a bit better.
Lee Sungmin nodded his head slightly when asked by Zhuge Aryong.
I dont even rember being sealed.
What had happened in the last 10 years while he had been sealed? Of course, Lee Sungmin was curious. He was planning on helping the forr prisoners at least escape from the grounds of Germane and was imdiately going to summon Neville from Erebrisa to find out what had happened while he had been asleep.
[You dont have to take them ho, you can just leave them now if you want.]
Theyve had their comrades sacrificed in order to lift my seal. Its only natural to return a favor.
[What do you an?]
Heoju grumbled as if he couldnt be bothered with keeping up pretenses.
If you have any questions, please ask us. Well answer to the best of our ability if its possible.
Whats your na?
Lee Sungmin abruptly asked. Zhuge Aryong didnt think that soone of Lee Sungmins standing would ask for his na at this ti, so he was speechless for a mont. But after a mont of hesitation, Zhuge Arong replied slowly.
My na is Zhuge Aryong.
Lee Sungmin looked back at Zhuge Aryong in surprise at his reply. Zhuge Aryongl.If its the Zhuge Family.Lee Sungmin knew what he had been frad for. He did not just have a false accusation of murder with the Murong Family.
Hes dead. My brother, Zhuge Taeryong. You probably have heard about it.
Oh.
Lee Sungmin awkwardly stumbled for the right words to say. Noticing Lee Sungmins change in disposition and awkward position, Zhuge Aryong hurriedly raised his hands in gesture.
No- its alright.Lee Sungmin let out a forced cough in embarrassnt as he knew it was an awkward situation.
10 years ago. In this city I an, after I went crazy. What happened?
Lee Sungmin asked while clearing his throat. Fortunately, Zhuge Aryong was able to answer this question.
After you were swallowed up by madness, you attacked the survivors of Kim Jonghyuns subjugation squad. There was a little bit of damage in the processYeah.
As expected.
Lee Sungmin sighed. Of course, Lee Sungmin had no mory of that ti.
The squad was so exhausted by the end of the subjugation that they couldnt stop you as you went insane, and they eventually decided to retreat. While they retreated from Germane. They said they saw you eating the corpses of both the dead and the undead.
[Oh lord.]
Heoju made a sound of retching in Lee Sungmins head. (T/N : Ngl I would vomit too if I was in Heojus position since he can get drunk if Lee Sungmin gets drunk soooo logic says he probably felt the disgust of eating those zombies too hahah)
Lee Sungmins lips trembled. He too, felt a disgusting aftertaste in his mouth after hearing that he had eaten rotten corpses in his state of madness.
After fathering themselves together after retreating, they decided to eventually return and try and stop you and try to recover your sanity. But at that point, you were already completely gone from the city. And now we realized you hadnt left but rather had been sealed. According to the Vampires, it seed that it was the Arc-Sorcerer who was in the squad at the ti that had sealed you off, but In fact, there is one more mystery that we still have. According to the traces that the subjugation force confird at the ti, you were presud to have had a fierce fight with soone before being sealed.
a fight?
Yes, I dont know who it was. There were signs of such violent fighting that the terrain collapsed and the structure of the city changed from the aftermath.
Who could that be?
It couldnt have been Frau. Lee Sungmin also did not think that it could have been her because he knew she was not very proficient at hand-to-hand combat. Yes, it was certainly a mystery. Even if Frau was a great Arc-Sorcerer at the pinnacle of sorcery, it was certainly questionable if she alone could seal Lee Sungmin while fighting him off. In fact just fighting him off would be nigh impossible for her as Lee Sungmin was a Transcendent Martial Artist through and through.
Soone else stopped from rampaging.
Naturally, Lee Sungmins thoughts led to that. Soone had to have stopped Lee Sungmin from running wild while the Holy Knights and rest of the subjugation squad retreated. (T/N : Oh no. It better not be a flag for Theos dying. I kinda liked him.)
And Frau must have joined forces with that soone to seal Lee Sungmin.
Who the hell even had the power to do that? It certainly wouldnt have been another of the Five Black Stars from Predator like Geniella or Juwon. Could it have been either the Spear King or Jehu, the Black Dragon who had gone into hiding after the massive fight in the North when Lee Sungmins master had passed? But there had been no words of movents since that fight before Lee Sungmin had been sealed so it would have been impossible if they were still hiding in the North to make it to the South of Eria in that tiNo, if Jehu polymorphed into his form as a Dragon, it would only take him about a week to fly from the North down to the South.
I dont think youre innocent for everything youve done.
Was it Wijihoyeon or Baek Sogo possibly? Lee Sungmin did not know who it could have been at all.
Fortunately, the Holy Saint was able to make it out safely. They didnt find you, so the church was the ones to announce what had happened in Germane. You were known to have died that day and never been seen again.
I see.
But Lee Sungmin definitely didnt die.
Theres a lot to look into.
Lee Sungmin needed to find Wijihoyeon. After what had happened with the real Predator of Massacre, Lee Sungmin finally found the reasons for Wijihoyeons absurd talents with martial arts.
The Devil of Maryeong Pavilion was forging Wijihoyeon into an absolute being that could prevent the end of the Apocalypse all by herself. It had been over ten years since then, Lee Sungmin had no clue just how powerful she could beco at this point.
The world isnt in complete turmoil from the looks of it despite 10 years passing.
That only ant one thing : The Apocalypse had still not arrived yet and there were more Catastrophes to co.
The Predator of Massacre said that the Spirit Queen would wake up soon.
The Predator of Massacre stated that she would wake up and seed to hint that she would be sothing that would not be in his best interest?Why though?Because Lee Sungmin didnt know Abel killed Cain, he couldnt understand just what the Predator of Massacre was hinting at.
He also said that the Vampire Queen would eventually move. Does that an she is the Final Catastrophe of the Apocalypse? Can I even stop her on my own?
There was no certainty whatsoever in his thoughts. Geniella seed to be a monster beyond comprehension even to Lee Sungmin. When he had seen her before Sima Ryunju had passed away, she seed like an endless pit in terms of power that seed to have no limits. Even if Lee Sungmin was able to perfectly inherit the inheritance left behind from his master and even if his body was now not in conflict with the powers inside of him, Lee Sungmin did not think he could defeat Geniella.
Of course.
In front of Behengers gate, Lee Sungmin stopped. Although he had taken them farther than just outside of Germane to be safe, this should be enough to make sure they were safe from any other dangers.
Zhuge Aryong tried to say sothing more, but Lee Sungmin did not listen to anything once he had made his decision. He had finally woken up but only to realize it had been 10 whole years. He had a lot of work to do, and he needed to start as soon as possible.
First of all, he intended to return to the Forest of Fairies to et Oslo, and to find out about Scarletts whereabouts since she had last been there when he had departed for Germane 10 years ago. After that, Lee Sungmin thought it would be a good idea to et up with Yana in the City of Endless Night and find out about Fraus whereabouts.
It would be a long journey to traverse such a long distance, but for Lee Sungmin, the distance was a trivial matter.
Huh?
Lee Sungmin tried to summon the Pegasus.
But he was only able to try. He wasnt actually able to.
The Pegasus didnt even show up or answer his call. There was nothing.
Lee Sungmin looked around, blinking his eyes, trying to make sure he didnt forget anything. Once again, he tried to call the Pegasus, but the result was the exact sa. At that point, Lee Sungmin was very confused. Why wasnt the Pegasus showing up now?
What is this?
[While you were sealed in the gap between dinsions, the connection with the Pegasus must have been lost.]
Lee Sungmin didnt know if it was really the reason, but for now it was clear that he couldnt use the Pegasus.
But if he didnt have the Pegasus. That ant that the large distance he had to travel, would have to be traversed by physical ans.
Ill have to secure and check supplies first then.
After trying to call the Pegasus several tis, Lee Sungmin eventually gave up. He gently raised his hand to the Orthodox martial artists who were staring at him.
then this is goodbye.
Lee Sungmin left the words behind as he jumped over the walls of Behengers gates. Even if he cant use a Pegasus, Lee Sungmins Dark Storm Arts was the fastest martial art in the entire world.
Since Lee Sungmins physical ability had now been strengthened even further as his body had completed its complete tamorphosis and turned into a complete monsters, along with Sima Ryunju expanding his inner circuitry before he passed, Lee Sungmin could run for days on end without nearing exhaustion.
It would take about a week from Germane to reach the City of Endless Night. But for Lee Sungmin, that would only take 3 days or so.
But before that..
After distancing himself from the orthodox warriors, Lee Sungmin called Neville.
[Oh my goodness.]
At Lee Sungmins call, Neville popped out of the shadows. He looked at Lee Sungmin in surprise and his eyes wide in disbelief. Hurriedly, he straightened his expression and bowed his head.
[Its been a long ti. Have you been alive all this ti?]
Did you hear any rumors about being dead?
It was a rumor that was impossible not to hear. Its already been 10 years.
Lee Sungmin smirked at Neville who smiled awkwardly.
I want to know what happened in the last 10 years that Ive been gone. And.
Wijihoyeon, The Spear King, The Black Dragon and Baek Sogo. Lee Sungmin asked for information about all of them. He also asked for information on what had happened about the movents from Musin and Beyond the Heavens.
Ahand.
Lee Sungmin scratched his head, pointing to his back that was now spearless.
Can you put through to Ms. Celgerus, too? Of course only after I hear about the other information first.(T/N : boi you really did lose that op spear? smh.)
Yes sir.
Because there was so much information requested, it was around sunset when Neville returned with the information as promised since it had taken a while to gather.
Lee Sungmin stopped running and prepared to set up camp. He quickly got a bonfire started and checked his subspace for food. Luckily, it seed his subspace had kept the food he had left inside of it from ten years ago and it had not rotted due to the properties of the subspace pocket.
Here you are.
Neville held out a transparent crystal ball toward Lee Sungmin. Lee Sungmin concentrated his internal energy into his fingers and touched the ball.
Shinnnggg!
The sphere shines, and the huge amount of information contained in it ca into Lee Sungmins head.
Wijihoyeon and Baek Sogo had appeared a couple of tis in the past ten years but not much had happened.
They both seed to be wandering the world for ten years separately. What was more surprising was the information on Scarlett.
The Red Sage?
The Red Sage was Scarletts new nickna. The Forest of Fairies where Oslo and Scarlett resided was left untouched and not much had happened, but Scarlett had received a new nickna after studying in solitude for so long.
The Black Dragon and the Spear King had no information however There had been nothing on them and Lee Sungmin once again wondered if the two of them had even survived against Musin when he had escaped.
Lee Sungmin bit his lower lip in frustration. Beyond the Heavens and Musin had not made any open moves to reveal themselves to the rest of Eria just yet.
However
In the past 10 years, the Lycanthrope Tribe and Vampires of Predator had started to begin to move more openly and started to leave the region of the North more frequently.
Predator as an organization had started to move in earnest.
The current leader of the Murim Alliance was Mugeol-Gae, the man who had led the hundred-man formation against Sima Ryunju in the City of Cron and faced a disgraceful defeat. Ever since then, he had been the one to replace the absence left behind by Jehu.
Predator would start to move. Thats what the Predator of Massacre said to .
Just what was Geniella aiming for and what kind of future was she trying to achieve? Lee Sungmin wished to know.
Lee Sungmin sat in front of the bonfire and was lost in thought. In the present, it seed like the Murim Alliance and the Blood Alliance were having small skirmishes much like the Sama Order had done in the past when Sima Ryunju was still alive.
However, unlike the Sama Order which took a passive stance against the Murim Alliance, the Blood Alliance was violent and much more antagonistic towards the Orthodox Sects and Fcations within the Murim Alliance. Lee Sungmin realized that the tis were quite turbulent as war seed to be on the brink of eruption.
Musin seed to aim to prevent the end of the Apocalypse, but the Predator of Massacre said that the Heavenly Spirit that moved Beyond the Heavens was making Musin nothing but a puppet. If that was so, then what had he been doing for the past 10 years? What about Wijihoyeon and the Devil of Maryeong Pavilion?
Can I connect you to Selgerus?
Neville asked carefully.
Ohyes.
Lee Sungmin stopped his pondering and nodded his head.
First and foremost, a new spear would be needed.
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