The Youngest Member Chapter 8

Hwang Byeok, the Tiger Hunt Team Leader of the Dawn Sky Society.

He was trembling in the greatest fear of his life.

It was a day like any other. An assassination order ca down from above, and the target was a re Martial Alliance applicant.

He was dissatisfied that the entire Tiger Hunt Team was moving for such a guy, but since the job would end quickly, he was thinking of stopping by a gambling den for the first ti in a while.

However, the assassination target they faced was a man who far exceeded their expectations. The Martial Alliance instructor, whom they had thought of as an obstacle to the mission, did nothing.

Hwang Byeok looked at the dark iron staff with trembling eyes.

The iron staff, caked with the blood and flesh of his subordinates, was hovering around the head of his last remaining subordinate.

The subordinate was already crying his eyes out like a madman.

The monster-like man who had done this to the entire Tiger Hunt Team looked down with truly dry eyes and said.

"The words I want to hear from you."

Hwang Byeok cursed inwardly.

How was he supposed to know that when he wasn't a mind reader?

Hwang Byeok said, trying hard to overco his fear.

"G-great hero. If you ask

what you're curious about, I'll answer anything. Please..."

Cheon Woojin, who was looking at Hwang Byeok with a dry expression, raised the Crescent Moon Staff high.

Hwang Byeok's subordinate squeezed his eyes shut. The image of his comrades' heads being rcilessly smashed by that iron staff was still vivid in his mind.

The mont the Crescent Moon Staff fell.

"I-I'll talk!"

"..."

The Crescent Moon Staff stopped just before smashing the man in black's head.

Hwang Byeok's stomach churned at the sight. It was an incredibly heavy iron staff at a glance. But he was handling it as if it were a thin wooden stick. Just from that sight, he could tell that the opponent's martial skill was on a different level from theirs.

Cheon Woojin's lips curled up slightly.

"Speak."

"Actually, we received a tip in advance that the mission team of the Martial Alliance applicants would pass through here."

Zhuge Lin's brow narrowed.

"You touched them even though you knew it was a Martial Alliance event?"

However, Hwang Byeok continued to speak, looking only at Cheon Woojin as if the Martial Alliance instructor was not even in his sight. To live.

"The target is a young martial artist nad Cheon Woojin. We heard that his characteristics were using a dark staff and a white fan, and that his martial skill was high for his age, but we never thought it would be this much."

"And."

Cheon Woojin looked down at him.

The story he wanted had not co out at all yet.

Hwang Byeok, who t his distant gaze, hurriedly poured out his words.

"I don't know the client. I really don't. The only information I know is..."

Hwang Byeok hesitated for a mont.

Because he was sowhat reluctant to speak of internal affairs. But the hesitation was not long. What could be more frightening than having his head smashed by an iron staff right now?

"Originally, the great hero's mission target was the Annihilation Team. They are the ones who pick villages without martial artists or governnt soldiers, rape and kidnap won, and kill n. We are the Tiger Hunt Team, an assassination organization of the sa Dawn Sky Society."

Cheon Woojin nodded his head.

They even knew the mission he had received.

In other words, information had been leaked from within the Martial Alliance.

Hwang Byeok, after confessing everything he knew, looked at Cheon Woojin with eyes mixed with fear and expectation.

"I see."

When Cheon Woojin gave a strange smile, Hwang Byeok was inwardly relieved.

And...

Thwack-!

The head of his last remaining subordinate burst helplessly.

For a mont, Hwang Byeok's mind went blank.

He had said everything he knew. But his last remaining subordinate was dead. He was not frustrated because he cherished his subordinate. It was because he was next.

The Crescent Moon Staff soon moved in front of Hwang Byeok's eyes.

As Hwang Byeok looked at the rough and hard-looking iron staff, the front of his pants slowly beca wet.

Song Yiyeon, who was next to him, said.

"Young hero Cheon, this man pissed himself."

"...You don't have to tell

that."

"No, it's because I'm so scared of you, young hero, that I think I'm about to piss myself too."

"..."

Cheon Woojin looked at Song Yiyeon with a dumbfounded face.

Hwang Byeok, who was looking at the two, felt like he was going crazy. The sight in front of him was that of a young rising talent.

A guy like that was holding his life in his hands and shaking it around without a care. Also, his actions were unpredictable, and the fear that he would swing that iron staff and kill him at any mont kept coming.

Cheon Woojin, who took his eyes off Song Yiyeon, looked down at Hwang Byeok again with cold eyes.

"One more ti."

Hwang Byeok's stomach churned. It seed that even though he had said everything he knew, there was no answer that this monster-like bastard wanted.

"E-everything..."

"What?"

"I told you everything, you son of a bitch!"

Fear soon made him lose his reason.

Hwang Byeok let out a torrent of curses. He mainly spat out curses that he would curse their families and comrades even after he died, but Cheon Woojin didn't even blink an eye.

"Is that all? You're a villain who doesn't know the value of an opportunity."

Cheon Woojin, who said so, raised the Crescent Moon Staff high.

It was then.

Cheon Woojin's gaze, which felt out of place in this situation. Hwang Byeok's head, which was staring blankly at it, suddenly cooled down. He realized it when he t those cold eyes.

This was not an opponent who would be swayed by begging for his life or pleading.

In other words, he was not toying with him before killing him, but that there was really an answer he wanted.

For a mont, the iron staff that had killed all his subordinates ca into Hwang Byeok's eyes. A faint but deep luster and a rough-looking dark iron staff.

'Could it be...?'

Hwang Byeok blinked his eyes.

Co to think of it, that monster-like guy had recognized the Tiger Hunt Black Flash. That joint attack formation was taught directly by the person whom the Dawn Sky Society's leader, one of the foremost villains of the era, served.

He had heard that that person was a great evil that could not be compared to the Dawn Sky Society's leader, and was one of the disciples of the Dark Heavenly Son.

Hwang Byeok, in this urgent situation, thought that he was a lucky man.

Because when he was young and had just joined the Dawn Sky Society as a newcor, he had heard about the Black Master from his superior in passing.

'That person's great senior brother...'

A great evil who had all the major villains of the era as his junior brothers, but a master who had disappeared one day.

Hwang Byeok looked at Cheon Woojin. Co to think of it, that gaze was also filled with the essence of a villain.

Only then did he realize.

'He has achieved rejuvenation.'

There was a slight misunderstanding. But it was the best guess Hwang Byeok could make. He thought that the rejuvenated Black Master was standing in front of him.

Hwang Byeok imdiately bowed his head to the ground.

"I-I did not recognize a great person. I am serving the senior's junior brother..."

Thud.

The Crescent Moon Staff was lightly placed on the back of his bowed head. A chill ran down his spine at the cool sensation unique to tal.

"Guide ."

"Pardon?"

Hwang Byeok asked back without even being able to lift his head.

Cheon Woojin said, tapping the back of his head with the Crescent Moon Staff.

"The Annihilation Team that has been raiding small villages. Guide

to where they are."

Hwang Byeok asked again, trembling, as he couldn't understand.

"W-why..."

"Because it's my mission to kill them all."

Hwang Byeok swallowed a hollow breath.

Why was the Black Master's mission to kill a re Annihilation Team? Could it be that the Dawn Sky Society's leader had turned against the Black Master?

If so...

Hwang Byeok resolved to leave the Dawn Sky Society if he could just return alive. Because that was the existence of the Black Master in the world of villains.

However, Zhuge Lin and Song Yiyeon had dumbfounded expressions.

'Is he going to carry out the Martial Alliance's mission in the midst of this?'

'He looks so normal on the outside...'

You have to look closely to see that he's crazy.

The longer you look, the more goosebumps you get.

That was how Cheon Woojin seed to the two of them.

Regardless, Cheon Woojin retrieved the Crescent Moon Staff and swung it in the air. The blood and flesh were lightly shaken off by the rough wind. Soon, Cheon Woojin, who had put the staff back on his back, said.

"I'm going to follow this guy to subdue the Annihilation Team or whatever, and then I'm going to go straight to the Dawn Sky Society. So everyone, go back. It would be best to report that I'm dead."

"Why is that?"

At Song Yiyeon's question, Cheon Woojin answered nonchalantly.

"Because the person who hired these guys will be relieved and let their guard down only if I'm dead."

Song Yiyeon nodded with a serious face.

He had also already noticed that information had been leaked from within.

"Wait a minute. What are you talking about? Of course, we should report it to the higher-ups and investigate at the Martial Alliance level. And do you know how big of an organization the Dawn Sky Society is?"

Zhuge Lin was also a martial artist of the Martial Alliance.

She knew all the prominent black path groups of the era.

Of course, she didn't know that the real master of the Dawn Sky Society was a much greater evil than what was revealed on the surface.

Cheon Woojin had already expected Zhuge Lin's opposition.

It was a natural reaction because she was a warrior of the Martial Alliance.

Cheon Woojin said in a monotonous tone.

"What if the alliance investigates and can't find it?"

"What?"

"I'll have to live under the threat of assassination again, so are you confident you can take responsibility for that, Deputy Commander?"

"..."

Zhuge Lin shut her mouth.

She had forgotten for a mont thanks to Cheon Woojin's trendous martial skill, but anyway, there was an enemy targeting him within the Martial Alliance.

Cheon Woojin's words continued.

"Also, the person this guy serves seems to know my master. They say it's not strange in the martial world for a disciple to inherit the karma of their master."

"That's true, but..."

"Then I'm moving not as an applicant, but as the disciple of a prodigy. The Deputy Commander has no justification to stop . If you're going to stop

as an instructor, I'll give up the exam."

Zhuge Lin let out a sigh.

Every word was right, and even with her brilliant mind, she had no room for rebuttal.

"Then I'll go with you."

"Huh?"

Cheon Woojin made a strange sound. Because he had not expected Zhuge Lin to say she would follow.

Zhuge Lin said.

"Anyway, young hero Cheon is my responsibility. The sa goes for all the rising talents here. I have to take responsibility until the job is done."

Cheon Woojin, who t her determined gaze, shrugged his shoulders.

"Well, if that makes you feel more at ease."

Cheon Woojin nodded and then said to Song Yiyeon.

"Then young hero Song, you can take the lead and return to the alliance with the rest of the applicants. Report that I'm dead and that the Deputy Commander is secretly chasing them."

Song Yiyeon and the other rising talents also accepted.

Anyway, they owed their lives to Cheon Woojin, so they had no choice but to follow his words.

Cheon Woojin made shallow wounds on their bodies with the Crane Feather Fan so that they would not be suspected after returning to the Martial Alliance.

His movents were so delicate that even though their skin was slightly split and blood flowed, there was no pain at all.

They once again realized that Cheon Woojin's martial skill was at a distant level for them.

Cheon Woojin finally made wounds on Song Yiyeon's body and slightly tore his too-clean clothes.

When the Crane Feather Fan suddenly moved towards Song Yiyeon's face.

"W-wait!"

"...?"

"This is my treasure. Let's just make deeper and more wounds elsewhere."

Cheon Woojin was dumbfounded. Anyway, he was a martial artist, yet he was so afraid of getting a scar on his face.

"Your face is too clean."

Then Song Yiyeon sared the blood and dirt of the n in black on his face and said.

"Is this enough?"

"...It's enough."

Just as Song Yiyeon found Cheon Woojin strange, the more Cheon Woojin looked at Song Yiyeon, the more he thought he was a strange person.

* * *

After the rising talents left for the Martial Alliance first.

Hwang Byeok, who had been watching them the whole ti, overheard their conversation and suddenly said.

"But... weren't you the senior?"

He had realized through the conversation that Cheon Woojin was not the Black Master. Cheon Woojin said to Hwang Byeok dryly.

"I'm his disciple."

"No... so you're not a master of rejuvenation?"

Hwang Byeok fell into deep thought.

He had said everything thinking this guy was the Black Master. But if he was a young martial artist as he appeared...

He might be able to subdue the Annihilation Team sohow. But would he have a chance against that person, the disciple of the Dark Heavenly Son?

If this guy was killed by that person, then next...

Hwang Byeok's head was in utter chaos.

"Then where is the senior...?"

"He has gone far away. Very far."

Hwang Byeok squeezed his eyes shut.

He didn't know if he had really gone on a long journey or if he was dead. But if the Black Master's influence did not reach here, there was a high probability that this guy would be killed by that person.

"Do you know who you're going to et now?"

Hwang Byeok asked cautiously.

At that sight, Cheon Woojin let out a smirk.

Because there was one man he had already expected.

"Asura Demon Lord."

"...Huh?"

Zhuge Lin had a stupid expression.

She also knew the Asura Demon Lord.

Because he was a second-class public enemy of the martial world who required at least three or more of the Martial Alliance's ard forces to be deployed.

"So. You were going to go alone even though you knew it was the Asura Demon Lord. Aha, I see. And I said I would follow. Hahaha..."

Zhuge Lin muttered to herself, laughing hollowly like a mad person.

Cheon Woojin, who was watching this, inwardly confird that she was also a strange person along with Song Yiyeon and said.

"You can go back if you're scared. But, seeing as my master called the Asura Demon Lord a 'weak guy', you probably don't have to worry that much. He didn't warn

about him separately either."

Zhuge Lin asked with a serious face.

"Are you perhaps the disciple of the alliance leader, Beili Tian?"

"No."

"Then the disciple of the Black Plaque Star Lord?"

The Black Plaque Star was a group called the leader of the black path of the era.

Cheon Woojin recalled the Black Plaque Star Lord he had seen briefly when he was young and let out a smirk.

"Neither."

"But why are you laughing..."

"I just had a funny thought."

Because the Black Plaque Star Lord, who had been beaten by the Black Master from morning to night, and then from the next morning to night, and then even had a al with him, was a very funny person.

At least to Cheon Woojin.

(End of Chapter)