Chapter 42. The Legendary Moon Edge Blade Technique (1/2)
Chapter 42. The Legendary Moon Edge Blade Technique
The Heavenly Demon Church began to make preparations to leave the moment the war ended.
They had already retrieved the Moon Edge Blade Technique, completely decimated the army of the Alliance, and proved to everyone who the strongest in the continent was.
They no longer had any reason to stay here. Gongson Chun Gi sent everyone except his private guards back to the Ten Thousand Great Mountains.
And when he looked at the old man who came to visit him all the way from the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, he smiled.
“What’s the medicine gramps doing all the way over here?”
“Obviously I came because I got worried about Your Holiness.”
Sunwu Jo Duk. He was an old man who had a mysterious, powerful aura about him. When he saw the Pope, he immediately set to take a look at the various parts of the Pope’s body. After a while, the old man sighed in relief.
“You somehow managed to endure in that state. That’s amazing.”
“Well, you know my endurance is amazing. After all, I stayed healthy even after getting beat up to death by my teacher.”
“That’s obvious. Can you show me your arm?”
Gongson Chun Gi stretched out his right arm. The Demon Doctor, Sunwu Jo Duk. That old man was the only one out of the eight guardians who sided with Gongson Chun Gi for peace.
The others kept pestering Gongson Chun Gi about expanding into the mainland, but Sunwu Jo Duk was unexpectedly a person who enjoyed a peaceful, quiet life.
And he also happened to be the person to know Gongson Chun Gi’s secret.
“This is a relief. The Greater Magic Recorder (記呪大法) hasn’t broken completely. It’s about to crumble, though.”
“It might be because I forced the thing back in.”
The black bracelet around Gongson Chun Gi’s wrist. It was a seal that controlled the overflowing power of Gongson Chun Gi.
Since Gongson Chun Gi forcefully deactivated it to destroy Baek Mu Ryang, it wouldn’t be strange if it broke now.
“Of course it would be like this if you put it back forcefully. Thankfully, I brought a spare one here. If I didn’t happen to have it, it would’ve been terrible.”
“It was good that I barely remembered how to put this thing back on……”
“I’ll show you how to do it again, so don’t forget this time.”
“Right.”
Sunwu Jo Duk brought out the same type of bracelet in Gongson Chun Gi’s wrist from his sleeves, and put it on the Pope’s wrist. After that, he began to whisper some words.
Voom–
With a small vibration, Gongson Chun Gi felt pain akin to having his muscles compressed in one place. He frowned. No matter how many times he experienced this, he never managed to get used to it. This disgusting feeling of having his muscles being forcefully restricted.
“I’m indebted to you again.”
“You’ve been telling me that since you were a child. I feel thankful.”
“Well, you’re right.”
Gongson Chun Gi smirked. All the previous Popes of the Heavenly Demon Church suffered from the same condition as he.
The Berserking Blood Effect. It was a side effect of the technique known as the “Shura Environment”, and the stronger the user of this technique got, the stronger the side effect got. Of course, Gongson Chun Gi, the one known as the strongest Pope in the history of the church, suffered from strong side effects.
The side effects were so strong, that unless he used a seal on himself, even he couldn’t suppress it fully.
“It’s good that you’re overflowing with energy, but if you don’t suppress it, you’ll go mad. We wouldn’t be able to stop you if that happens.”
“I know.”
Gongson Chun Gi, the strongest man in the world. If he were to go crazy, the world would turn into hell. After all, there would be no one that could stop him.
“By the way, where is he?”
“Who?”
“You said you chose a heir. You show show him to me, too.”
“Ugh, that’s the only thing that you old men care about.”
Gongson Chun Gi complained while massaging his strengthless right arm.
“It’s good that I got the chance to see the heir before I die. I thought I’d die without ever seeing him.”
“Well, it’d be no surprise if you died any time now.”
Sunwu Jo Duk looked at the complaining Pope before him, and smiled. Sunwu Jo Duk served the Pope ever since the Pope was a child. Therefore, he was able to see the immense amount of talent that Gongson Chun Gi possessed for a long time.
But no matter how long he stayed with the Pope, he never managed to see a heir be chosen. There simply wasn’t anyone talented enough to inherit Gongson Chun Gi’s power. He thought that the Pope’s powerful technique would get lost after the Pope’s death, but what just happened?
The Pope chose a heir. Didn’t that mean that the Pope managed to find a child with enough talent?
As a person who loved the Heavenly Demon Church dearly, this news made him indescribably happy.
“Before I show him to you, I need to ask you something.”
“Please, do.”
“I’m thinking of teaching this boy something other than Shura Environment. What do you think?”
Sunwu Jo Duk blinked a few times when he heard this. But he soon realized what the Pope was aiming to do, and opened his mouth with a serious face.
“It’s not going to be easy.”
“I know.”
The Heavenly Demon Church was a very religious group. In that group, the Pope was, in essence, god. That meant that he had to have the power to be able to prove it to the believers. In other words, a Pope of the Heavenly Demon Church needed tyrannical strength.
The Pope needed a power that seemed to be unattainable by humans. That was the mission given to the one chosen by the representation of god.
“I don’t want to let him inherit it without me taking care of the side effects. These kinds of annoying side effects, I should just end it in my generation.”
“The old men aren’t going to like that.”
The tradition of the church. The tradition of the church was extremely important to the majority of the members. That naturally meant that if the Pope didn’t practice the Shura Environment, not many people were going to like him.
“It’s ok. I just have to show them it was a right decision.”
Sunwu Jo Duk thought a bit. Was there any other martial technique that could rival the power of the Shura Environment? There wasn’t.
Since the side effects of the Shura Environment seemed to trivial when compared to the actual power of the technique, the technique was passed on through the generations.
When Sunwu Jo Duk thought that much, he suddenly realized something, and opened his mouth.
“Is it the Moon Edge Blade Technique?”