Light Novel: Volume 23 Episode 16
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“Ugh!”
Deung Chol-ung groaned as he woke up. But the world was dark. He was sure his eyes were open, but he couldn’t see anything.
At first, he thought something was wrong with his eyes and blinked furiously. However, there was nothing wrong with his eyes.
It was then that Deung Chol-ung realized a black sack was covering his face.
The whole world was dark because of the black sack.
“Kugh!”
Deung Chol-ung shook his head, trying to remove the sack. But no matter how hard he tried, the sack covering his face wouldn’t come off.
“What the fuck!”
Eventually, Deung Chol-ung gave up trying to remove the sack and cursed out loud.
After a while of cursing to himself, fuming, he then began to fiddle with his fingers.
He could move his fingers, but not his wrists.
His wrists were bound with rope.
“Damn it! What the hell happened? And where am I?”
He shouted angrily, but it didn’t change his situation.
Deung Chol-ung felt his blood run cold.
Only then did Deung Chol-ung carefully begin searching his memory.
“I was definitely with the Wolf King…”
Little by little, his fragmented memories came together.
He had been in a small inn with Gu Jin-wang.
Gu Jin-wang had disappeared while tracking someone.
Deung Chol-ung, already overwhelmed by Gu Jin-wang, thought it was a good opportunity to escape.
Although he had used Gu Jin-wang to strike a major blow to the Imperial Yuan Merchant Group, he was afraid of the consequences.
He did not know what kind of trouble he would get into if he continued to stay with Gu Jin-wang any longer. After all, it was a rule not to stand beside a fierce person only to get struck by lightning.
Deung Chol-ung thought it was an excellent opportunity to escape from Gu Jin-wang’s grasp, so he fled.
He remembered up to that point.
After that, darkness fell, and when he opened his eyes, he was in this state.
He had no idea when or how he was subdued.
It was clear that he had been overpowered without even realizing it, but he had no idea who would do such a thing.
Fear surged over him.
“Who’s there? Come out now!”
He yelled loudly.
Like a frightened dog barking loudly.
But although he shouted at the top of his lungs, no one answered.
This only amplified his fear.
“Who the hell is it? Fuck!”
Inside the sack, Deung Chol-ung burst into tears.
He had caused countless people to cry tears of blood before, but this was the first time he had ever cried himself.
It was something he had never experienced before, which made it all the more strange and frightening.
“Fuck! What did I do to deserve this bullshit? Huh! Come out, show yourself!”
Deung Chol-ung yelled at the top of his lungs again.
Thud!
Perhaps his outcry had an effect, the sound of a door opening could be heard.
Deung Chol-ung clamped his mouth shut and focused all his attention towards the direction of the sound.
Thud! Thud!
Someone was walking straight towards where he was.
Then he heard an old man’s voice.
“Well, well, quite the loudmouth, aren’t we?”
“Who are you? Do you know who I am to pull such a stunt?”
“I know who you are. Aren’t you Deung Chol-ung, the leader of the Blood Ant Gang?”
“You already know that and yet you’re still doing this? Think you can handle it?”
“Handle? Handle what?”
“Fuck! I’m the leader of the Blood Ant Gang. You think you can mess with me and handle the consequences?”
“Tsk, tsk! What’s so scary about the Blood Ant Gang that I should worry about handling the consequences or not? You overestimate yourself too much.”
The old man’s voice was laced with laughter.
Deung Chol-ung realized that his threats were not working on this person.
His tone changed.
“Who might you be, old man?”
“Me?”
“Who are you to do this to me?”
“Who I am is not that important. What’s more important is the kind of person you are.”
“Damn it! What’s with the riddles? I don’t understand complicated words, so speak plainly.”
“Deung Chol-ung, the leader of the Blood Ant Gang. You’ve gotten the ire of the people for your numerous misdeeds, including your job as a loan shark. There’s no shortage of people who went bankrupt or had their lives ruined because of you.”
“So what? Did they ask you to take revenge?”
“Do you think they would be able to ask me after knowing who I am? You may not know, but it costs quite a lot of money to get this old man to move.”
“So, you’re not doing this because you were asked? Then why are you doing this?”
Deung Chol-ung was enraged again.
Now, he couldn’t control his emotions anymore.
That’s how cornered he felt.
This was the first time he had ever been cornered like this, and he didn’t know how to control his emotions.
His toes were tingling, and the hair on his head stood on end.
Although he didn’t know the identity of the old man, he instinctively sensed that he was dealing with a fearsome person.
“Fuck! Speak clearly, just…!”
“Tsk tsk! How could someone so cowardly commit such acts?”
“What do you mean?”
“Wasn’t it enough to leech off the Golden Heaven Society, you even used the Wolf King to take revenge on the Imperial Yuan Merchant Group?”
“Ugh!”
“That was quite bold of you. To think you could use the Wolf King in such a way. Because of that, Noh Tae-tae lost her life.”
“Are you from the Imperial Yuan Merchant Group?”
“Not at all!”
“Then why are you doing this? You’re not even with the Imperial Yuan Merchant Group.”
“Because you’re causing the Supreme Leader a lot of trouble.”
“Supreme Leader?”
At that moment, the old man removed the sack from Deung Chol-ung’s face. The first thing he saw was the torch hanging on the wall.
“Keugh!”
Deung Chol-ung groaned in pain, as if his eyes were being pricked with needles. The pain subsided after a while, but his eyes were rimmed with tears.
“Fuck!”
Deung Chol-ung shook his head and looked at the old man.
The old man, whose face was covered with age spots, was none other than the Elder Assassin.
The Elder Assassin slightly smiled and said,
“In Jianghu, he is called the Reaper.”
“The Reaper? My God!”
Deung Chol-ung’s mouth dropped open involuntarily.
He prided himself on being fearless, but that only depended on the opponent.
The Reaper was the highest assassin in Jianghu.
He was someone Deung Chol-ung dared not to fight.
“Noh Tae-tae of the Imperial Yuan Merchant Group had an especially close relationship with the Supreme Leader.”
“Such—”
“The Supreme Leader had wanted Noh Tae-tae to live to see the end of her days, but because of you, she was killed by the Wolf King.”
“I had no choice! What can I do when the Wolf King himself threatens me? If you were in my shoes, do you think you could have refused?”
“That’s not for me to know. What’s important is that because of your actions, Noh Tae-tae is gone, and the Supreme Leader had to go through the trouble.”
“Fuck! Do you think the Wolf King will just sit by if you mess with me?”
“That’s not for you to worry about.”
“Hic!”
“One more thing, the Wolf King you’re counting on is no longer of this world.”
“What?”
“The Supreme Leader decapitated him and offered his head to Noh Tae-tae’s tablet. So, don’t even dream that he will come to save you.”
The Elder Assassin laughed, revealing his sparsely toothed gums.
His appearance couldn’t have been more terrifying.
“Heuk! S, So, you’re going to kill me?”
“Of course, I will kill you. But the one who will kill you isn’t me. I’ve found out there’s someone with a very deep grudge against you.”
“What?”
Instead of answering, the Elder Assassin gestured towards the iron door. Just then, a black-cloaked figure entered the room, bringing someone with him.
Deung Chol-ung immediately recognized the person.
“You, You are—!”
“A woman whose family was ruined and who lost everything because of you. Not to mention, you kept her by your side and kept on raping her. Her hatred for you pierces the sky.”
The woman brought by the Elder Assassin’s subordinate was Deung Chol-ung’s concubine.
He had lent her father a loan at exorbitant rates, and when her father failed to pay it back, he had forcibly taken her to be his plaything.
He was so enamored of her that he always took her with him, even when fleeing from the Imperial Yuan Merchant Group
Before joining the Golden Heaven Society, when he was at home, he vented his anger on her, abusing her. The woman became a wreck, but Deung Chol-ung continued to rape her without a care.
Deung Chol-ung asked with a stunned expression,
“How did you get here?”
“This elder brought me here.”
“He did? What about my men?”
“He killed them all.”
“What?”
“They were nothing… your men. They were so terrifying to me and my family, but they were powerless against his subordinates. Hoho!”
The woman burst into hysterical laughter.
The mixture of remorse and anger in her laughter was enough to send chills down the spine of any listener.
The woman’s eyes were so bloodshot that they looked as if they might bleed at any moment.
This was the first time he had ever seen her like this, and Deung Chol-ung could feel his heart drop.
Deung Chol-ung shouted to shake off his fear,
“What the hell are you trying to do now, you bitch?”
“The elder said I could do whatever I want with you.”
The woman reached out her hand, and the Elder Assassin handed her a dagger.
The sight of the woman approaching with the dagger gave off a chilling aura.
“Hey, hey, hey! What are you doing? I’m your husband!”
“I’ve never once thought of you as my husband.”
“Don’t be like this. We’ve been together for months, how can you do this?”
“That was just your greed.”
“So, you’re going to kill me?”
“Hoho! Didn’t I beg you to leave my parents alone? But what did you do?”
“That’s—!”
“You killed them without me knowing, didn’t you?”
Drip!
Tears streamed down the woman’s face.
It wasn’t until the Elder Assassin rescued her did she learn that her parents had been killed.
She had endured all those humiliations and hardships for her family, only to find out they were all dead.
That fact enraged her even more.
Deung Chol-ung struggled to break free of his bindings, but it was futile.
Eventually, Deung Chol-ung pleaded.
“Let’s not do this, okay?”
“What’s my name?”
“What?”
“We’ve been together for so long. If you can tell me my name, I’ll spare you.”
“That, that is…!”
“You don’t know, do you? I thought so.”
The woman pressed the dagger to Deung Chol-ung’s chest.
Deung Chol-ung shuddered at the touch of the cold metal.
“My name is Oh Jin-ui. My father’s name is Oh Deuk-pyeong, and my mother’s name is Ji Seo-young. I at least hoped you would remember the names of the family you ruined. But I guess expecting that much from a bastard was too much.”
Swoosh!
“Argh!”
As Oh Jin-ui slashed, Deung Chol-ung’s chest was deeply cut. However, due to the short length of the dagger and Oh Jin-ui’s lack of strength, it only cut through skin and muscle without inflicting a fatal wound.
Swoosh!
Oh Jin-ui slashed again.
“AHHH!”
Deung Chol-ung screamed as if his throat was tearing apart. But Oh Jin-ui didn’t care and struck again.
And so she struck again, and again, and again.
Blood splattered all over her as Deung Chol-ung’s flesh split open, but she didn’t stop her hand.
“My life became hell because of you. So you must pay the price!”
Madness had crept onto Oh Jin-ui’s face as she wielded the dagger.
The Elder Assassin, watching this scene, quietly stepped outside.
Outside the iron gate, Pyo-wol stood with his back against the wall.
The Elder Assassin quickly bowed to Pyo-wol.
“Supreme Leader!”
“Was she tormented by that man?”
“Yes! Her entire family suffered under the loan shark, ultimately losing their lives. She herself was reduced to his plaything.”
The Elder Assassin wore a bitter expression.
He hadn’t intended for things to be this complicated. But Deung Chol-ung’s atrocities were so egregious that it even made the Elder Assassin, an assassin, repulsed. Thus, he has come to the rescue of the greatest victim of Deung Chol-ung’s evil deeds, Oh Jin-ui.
He thought letting her take revenge with her own hands would be the most fitting punishment.
“AHHH! Kill me, just kill me!”
Deung Chol-ung’s screams continuously echoed from inside the room.
His desperate cries went on for a while before suddenly stopping, and then the sound of a woman’s wailing was heard.
“Heuk! Hiic! Hiic!”
LUNACAVE
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