Chapter 141: Ill Show You
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Chapter 141 – I’ll Show You
In the area around Hong Lake, a renowned scenic spot, affluent and impoverished villages coexist.
Most of the villages occupying the prime waterside lands were affluent areas where well-off people gathered and lived, from the middle class and above.
On the other hand.
Those who were poor, for whom getting through each day was a struggle, could not afford the house prices that rose almost yearly, so they lived deep in the mountains beyond the forest.
Living while looking at the beautiful lakeside was a kind of luxury for them.
People who built shabby houses in the mountains and lived there with the permission of the government responsible for public welfare.
Behind Hong Lake, which boasted such beautiful mountains and waters, there existed an impoverished underside no different from any other region.
Amid the indifference of those in power in this country who pretended not to see the vicious cycle where those who have gain more and those who have not are robbed of even more…
The young widow Jang Min, age thirty-four, and her fifteen-year-old daughter Hong Cheong also built a small mud house in the mountains and lived there.
Mother and daughter had been poor for a long time.
It was because her husband Hong Hwang, who had sworn to grow old together with Jang Min, died suddenly of a severe illness not long after their precious daughter was born.
However.
Despite such difficult family circumstances, mother and daughter never lost their smiles.
Simply grateful for what was given, hoping this difficult life would improve, they positively and diligently lived each hard day.
Opportunity.
The reward of effort.
They believed in that.
With the mindset that if they moved forward step by step, adapting to their life’s circumstances without harming others or committing sins, life would become better than now…
But recently, mother and daughter had lost their smiles.
Black Forest Hall.
It was because of them.
In the unorthodox martial world, there exists a group called the Dark Path.
Gangs formed by thugs, thieves, and similar riffraff whose martial prowess was above a certain level are generally referred to as such.
Among them, those that prominently displayed the character “Black” meaning darkness in their faction name were proving that their quality was very poor.
The unorthodox faction Black Forest Hall in this area was no exception.
Hall Master Chu Chung was one of the first-rate unorthodox sword masters who dominated the Hong Lake area and was famous for his vicious temperament and swordsmanship.
His notoriety exceeded his martial fame, earning him the alias Vicious Sword – he was the very embodiment of an evil practitioner.
If the leader conducted himself so, what could be different about those below him?
The members of Black Forest Hall, regardless of rank, did not hesitate to commit evil deeds and were a group that selectively preyed on the weak.
Not long ago, mother and daughter Jang Min and Hong Cheong had fallen victim to their Wickedness-Extreme Black Ground.
While returning home after finishing their street vending, about ten Black Forest Hall members had captured them with lustful intent.
Deep in the forest southwest of Hong Lake, there were no people around, and in the end, Jang Min was violated like a plaything for a night by the rough hands of those men – an assault she could never forget.
Moreover, her daughter Hong Cheong was tied to a tree and forced to watch the terrible scene of her mother’s body being defiled.
At that time, the Black Forest Hall gang took turns keeping watch while they continued to satisfy their dirty desires, and Jang Min, her body and mind completely trampled, lay helplessly on the grass, only wishing for the hellish time to pass.
The wicked group’s conversation was equally cruel.
-This being in the forest makes it even more exciting.
-What plump breasts. Looking at them makes me want to go again. Heh.
-And those hips and thighs, with just the right amount of flesh, they look so fresh like they’re full of juices.
-Hehehe, anyway, a widow is just perfect for relieving what’s built up down there.
-If you’re done, move aside, man. I can’t hold back anymore either.
-Hey, by the way, we can’t let them live when we leave, right?
-Obviously. She’s a woman living in this slum – even if she disappears, there won’t be anyone looking for her.
-Then can’t we have a taste of that young one too? She’s going to die anyway.
-Heheh. You have unique tastes. Well, do as you please.
The restrained mother and daughter heard those words and wailed again and again through their gagged mouths.
However.
Right at that moment, a savior appeared as if by a miracle.
It was Neung Po.
While passing through that forest, he had sensed something unusual and appeared at the scene.
With his blood boiling in reverse before this outrageous atrocity, he mercilessly tore apart and killed about ten Black Forest Hall members with his bare hands without even drawing his sword, then safely escorted the mother and daughter to their home.
-I’ll take care of disposing their corpses, so don’t worry about it… Here, take this. It’s not much, but it should help with your living expenses. Ah, and if something bad happens again later, come to the place where the old Solitary Guest Inn used to be. That’s my shop.
Mother and daughter Jang Min and Hong Cheong bowed in thanks many times toward Neung Po, who had not only saved their lives but also gave them quite a large sum of money, and promised to keep the secret for life.
They thought it was over.
Though both suffered from nightmares and lost their smiles…
But.
It wasn’t.
Black Forest Hall was persistent.
The next day, Hall Master Vicious Sword Chu Chung and three executives came forward to search the area to find the missing members, and when those four also suddenly disappeared, the entire faction scattered and searched every corner of the streets, focusing on the various large cities around the waterside.
Mother and daughter Jang Min and Hong Cheong, upon hearing those rumors, closed their business and stayed indoors, eventually preparing to relocate.
They could no longer live in peace with their hearts so anxious.
Today was that day.
They planned to leave this place in the dead of night, avoiding people’s eyes.
But around sunset, eight Black Forest Hall members suddenly burst into their home.
Having accidentally obtained information that the mother and daughter who had been out selling on the streets almost without rest had been scarce recently, they came to see if there was anything to gain.
A parent’s greatest weakness is their child.
The Black Forest Hall gang knew that all too well, and they immediately put a knife to the daughter Hong Cheong’s throat and threatened.
The mother Jang Min had no choice but to reveal the truth about the dumpling shop owner from that day.
To protect her precious only daughter…
A living hell began.
The eight Black Forest Hall members raped the pitiful Jang Min again, satisfying their disgusting lust.
Currently.
Two Black Forest Hall members were keeping watch outside the mother and daughter’s shabby house, while inside, six of their group were in the grip of madness and lust, continuing their outrageous atrocity.
“Hah, hah, hah… Mmm… So good! This wench!”
“Hey, stop strangling her neck. What if she suffocates and dies before my turn?”
“Oi, daughter. Watch your mother good. Heheh. How is it? Don’t you want to taste a man too?”
Thus, the Black Forest Hall gang paid no mind to the darkening outside as they were absorbed in ravishing the woman’s naked body.
Before long, the expression of the member who had been violating Jang Min while panting hot breaths suddenly stiffened strangely.
“Huh, damn it…”
“What? What’s wrong?”
“Ugh… Did I choke her neck too hard? She’s dead. She’s not breathing. I thought she wasn’t responding since earlier…”
“Damn it! That’s why I told you not to! I haven’t even had my fun yet!”
At that moment, Hong Cheong, who was tied up and lying face-down on one side of the floor, stared quietly at her mother Jang Min not far away with bloodshot eyes.
“Mo… Mother…?”
But there was not even a twitch.
As the member said, she was clearly dead by now.
Hong Cheong’s lips trembled with an expression of disbelief, then tears burst forth as she screamed loudly.
“AAAAH!”
A miserable reality too hard for a young girl to bear.
When Hong Cheong, who had lost her reason, thrashed about furiously in desperation, one of the members immediately drew his sword.
“Bitch!”
SLASH-!
With the chilling sound of cutting flesh, a bloody scent wafted strongly.
Hong Cheong, whose neck was severed by the sword the member swung, thus followed her mother Jang Min and ended her unfortunate life.
Soon, the gang, as if their excitement had faded, straightened their clothes and exchanged words.
“Let’s quickly burn down the house and bury the corpses in the ground.”
“Right.”
“You two go to the Hall now and tell them about the dumpling shop owner.”
“I wonder if the Hall Master was also done in by that bastard…”
“Very likely.”
“Hmm… He doesn’t seem ordinary. Should we report this to Sword Seal Sect and have them handle it?”
“Tsk, don’t be ridiculous. ‘Clean up your own mess’ – that’s probably all we’ll hear.”
“Yeah, that’s right. Is Sect Master So Cheon-ak someone who would step up for this kind of thing? If we can’t handle it ourselves, we’ll obviously be interrogated instead.”
Right at that moment.
THWACK, THWACK-!
Dull sounds rang out consecutively from outside.
‘Hm?’
In the moment the Black Forest Hall group was startled.
CRASH-!
The old door was mercilessly shattered as a figure stepped inside.
It was Neung Po.
His eyes, having seen the scene inside, surged like waves, expressing the feelings in his heart.
‘Ah…’
Meanwhile, the six Black Forest Hall members, in their confusion, spotted the corpses of their comrades beyond the broken door.
“What the, this bastard… AAARGH!”
With a CRASH of an explosion, the screaming member burst through the wall and flew out, then slumped down after slamming his back into a rock.
“Guh…”
His lower body soaked in blood.
The thing between his legs had been crushed.
Moreover, his spine was also shattered to pieces.
Following that, another one flew out in the same state, bursting through the opposite wall with a CRASH.
SPLAT.
The remaining Black Forest Hall group immediately froze like statues.
They realized it immediately.
The fact that the uninvited guest who had appeared was an exceptional master.
Neung Po alternated his sorrowful gaze between the corpses of Jang Min and Hong Cheong, then spoke quietly.
“I’m sorry. I… was too late.”
The mother and daughter who had become cold corpses had not given in to their difficult circumstances and had dreamed while diligently living each day.
They hadn’t wished for grand social advancement – just a life slightly, ever so slightly better than their current situation… They had repeated their difficult lives wishing only for that.
Yet by the wicked group who only cared about satisfying their own selfish desires regardless of how others’ lives turned out, the fragile mother and daughter’s modest dream was trampled.
“Did you enjoy this desolate scene so much?”
At Neung Po’s cold question as he cast his gaze forward, the member standing there recoiled in fear, backing up until he was stopped dead by the plank wall.
“I too once was intoxicated by the power of demonic nature and unleashed cruel hands. But… I never once harmed a powerless commoner.”
At that, the Black Forest Hall group felt doubt even amid their fear.
‘Demonic… power?’
Didn’t that mean demonic arts?
Suddenly.
CRUNCH, CRACK-!
All the ribs of the member standing in front pierced through his skin and protruded, dripping blood.
“AARGH, AAARGH…!”
With just a light gesture of the hand – using only the energy of Void Grasping Technique – he had made him look like that.
Immediately after.
CRACKLE, CRUNCH… SNAP, CRACK, SNAP-!
“Kuh, kuh-hah… Gurk, gurk…!”
The member who played the spine-chilling sound of breaking bones was instantly crumpled up round like a large lump of meat and departed this world.
BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM, BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM!
The member standing to Neung Po’s right exploded from head to toe, becoming countless chunks of flesh.
The sole remaining member stammered with a face full of terror.
“I-if… you do this… you won’t… be safe either. Behind us… is the Severing Finger Sword Venerable…”
“Severing Finger Sword Venerable?”
Neung Po reacted with indifference as if hearing it for the first time.
As if no matter who came, they could never block his path.
‘D-does he not know?’
The member was quite bewildered.
How could he not know the alias of Severing Finger Sword Venerable, one of the illustrious Six Extremes of Hubei, the supreme masters representing this Hubei region?
“You… surely… do you not know Sword Seal Sect? The alias of its Sect Master… AAARGH!”
The member’s sharp scream.
Before he knew it, Neung Po’s right hand had pierced through his belly skin.
“Whether it’s evil faction martial arts or demonic faction martial arts… The name you earn depends on how you use it.”
“Pl-please… spare…”
“I’ll show you, so watch from the afterlife. The cruelty of a demon who practices chivalry.”
Thus the member’s body was torn to shreds, dyeing all directions in crimson blood.
Neung Po soon moved the mother and daughter’s corpses outside, then quietly looked up at the moon in the quiet mountains.
“The Sect Master of Sword Seal Sect… So the alias of that fellow I saw back then was Severing Finger Sword Venerable.”
He suddenly remembered that Hall Master Vicious Sword Chu Chung and his group who had come to his shop before were each missing the first joint of their left pinky fingers.
Now that he heard the alias Severing Finger Sword Venerable, he could finally piece together the circumstances.
Probably Chu Chung and the others had been incorporated into Sword Seal Sect after having their fingers cut off by him.
Killing intent flowed in the gaze that rested on the moon.
‘Either way, Black Forest Hall will be annihilated by this hand.’