Silver Dragon Chronicles, Episode 40
“Hmph!”
Watching Yeom Johwi greet him, Jehwa snorted and raised his fist.
“I’ll kill everything related to the Blood Cult.”
“Why?”
“Because I promised I would.”
To Yeom Johwi’s question, Jehwa answered with a sullen face.
Seeing Jehwa like that, Yeom Johwi sighed deeply and fully unfurled her twin fans.
They were an item made from the wing feathers of the First Zhuque, passed down through generations to the successors of the Zhuque.
“Prepare yourself! I won’t be holding back.”
“You’re talking nonsense. If anyone needs showing mercy, it’s you, not me.”
Answering Yeom Johwi, Jehwa looked at Sawolrin and Iseolhye and spoke.
“Go over there and accept that guy’s protection. If he says he won’t help, tell him I’ll kill him myself.”
“O-okay……. B-be careful.”
Sawolrin replied to Jehwa with a worried face.
She, too, guessed that the woman fighting Jehwa right now was no ordinary existence.
To be honest, although she would bicker with Hong Yuhwa, she was still afraid of her.
Given that she had once nearly died, it was only natural in a way.
But now another inhuman being had appeared before her eyes.
It couldn’t be helped that she was worried about Jehwa.
As she worried about Jehwa, a sudden thought came to Sawolrin, and she gazed at his back.
‘Come to think of it……’
Jehwa also possessed strength that far surpassed human imagination, just like Hong Yuhwa or that woman called Yeom Johwi.
Suddenly, Sawolrin felt a certain distance from Jehwa.
She had followed him because she liked him, but she knew far too little about him.
“What are you doing?”
“Huh?”
“Go quickly! Hurry!”
“O-okay.”
At Jehwa’s shout, Sawolrin began to run with a bewildered expression.
‘Well, so what? Jehwa is still Jehwa.’
As she ran, she thought that to herself.
“Heh~”
Watching Sawolrin and Iseolhye retreating behind Jehwa, Yeom Johwi let out an exclamation.
“You have a surprisingly gentle side.”
Jehwa smiled as he looked at Yeom Johwi, who spoke with a grin.
“Shut up.”
And in an instant, he closed in on her and swung his fist.
Boom!
But the surprise attack didn’t work and was blocked by Yeom Johwi.
“Isn’t this place too cramped to fight?”
Yeom Johwi spoke with a bright smile and leaped into the air.
Watching Yeom Johwi rapidly grow distant, Jehwa frowned and took to the air as well.
The two vanished from the Sichuan Tang Family grounds in an instant.
***
A light wind blew across an empty clearing, kicking up dust.
And at some point, two people appeared in that clearing.
One was a youth with silvery hair and eyes, and the other was a beautiful woman.
“If it’s here, we can fight to our hearts’ content.”
“You seem desperate for a fight?”
“Hm? I want to fight a strong opponent. Especially since I’ve never seen anyone as unique as you.”
Jehwa tilted his head at Yeom Johwi, who spoke with a smile.
“You might end up dead, though?”
“Hm?”
“Like this.”
Kwagagagang!
When Jehwa lightly waved his hand, ice spikes appeared and surged toward Yeom Johwi, and she put on a startled expression.
And soon, she swung her twin fans at the ice spikes approaching right before her eyes.
Fwoooosh!
Then, a massive pillar of flames appeared in an instant, blocking Jehwa’s ice spikes.
They were apparently quite hot, for Jehwa’s ice spikes melted away instantly.
“You’re similar to that girl.”
As Jehwa muttered, recalling Hong Yuhwa, Yeom Johwi rushed at him.
“Flame Wind!”
When Yeom Johwi spun her body and swung her twin fans, a massive whirlwind of flames engulfed Jehwa.
But Jehwa evaded it and charged at Yeom Johwi, swinging his fist.
Boom! Craash! Boom!
Every time Jehwa swung his fist, terrifying energy concentrated in his fists was released.
Yeom Johwi blocked those attacks steadily with her fans, but inwardly she was clicking her tongue.
‘Just what kind of bastard is this strong? And besides……’
Every time she blocked his fists, a distinctly cold energy was transmitted through her hands.
‘This is, this is dangerous……’
Yeom Johwi realized that if she kept letting him have the initiative, it would become disadvantageous.
“Huuu……”
Then she took a deep breath and closed her eyes slightly.
At the same time, Jehwa’s body shuddered, and he instantly put distance between himself and Yeom Johwi.
When Yeom Johwi gently opened her eyes, her pupils had turned red, as if they would ignite at any moment.
No, not only that—her hair had turned red as well, and flames began to billow across her entire body.
Screeeeech!
A large bird’s cry was also heard.
Heukhwa, who had been fighting the Zhuque’s divine beast warriors, and Hong Yuhwa, who had been watching, both paused.
Of course, the divine beast warriors of the Zhuque also stopped moving.
“What’s wrong?”
Seeing Hong Yuhwa’s face suddenly stiffen, Sawolrin asked with a puzzled expression, and Hong Yuhwa smiled and said,
“It’s nothing.”
Having said that, Hong Yuhwa turned her head toward where Jehwa and Yeom Johwi were fighting.
‘Was she that much of a monster? She’s almost nearing the Demon Count? That Jehwa brat……. Will he be okay?’
Hong Yuhwa made a slightly worried expression but soon snickered and raised her hand.
‘Well, there’s no need to worry. If Jehwa is in danger, that guy will step in.’
As she muttered inwardly, a sword of flames appeared in Hong Yuhwa’s hand.
“Shall I finish up quickly and go watch the fight?”
Humming a tune, Hong Yuhwa intervened in Heukhwa’s fight.
“Flame Bird!”
When Yeom Johwi swung her fans, a firebird was created and pressed in on Jehwa.
Jehwa waved his hand to blow it away, then shuddered and leaped.
Kwagagagang!
A massive explosion of flames erupted where Jehwa had been standing.
“It’s no fun if all you do is run away!”
Yeom Johwi grinned and rushed at Jehwa.
She looked definitely different from before. As if she had lost a bit of reason, she was enjoying the fight with Jehwa.
At that sight, Jehwa frowned slightly and vanished in an instant.
“Huh?”
Confused by Jehwa’s sudden disappearance, Yeom Johwi groaned as she felt an impact on her chin.
“Kuk!”
Yeom Johwi’s body lost its balance and buoyed into the air.
Smack!
“Urk!”
Using that opening, Jehwa concentrated all his energy into his fist and drove it into Yeom Johwi’s chest.
Kwa-dang!
As Yeom Johwi crashed straight into the ground, Jehwa also dove at her.
“Die!”
And he swung his fist, flashing with killing intent.
In that moment, as he was about to send his fist at Yeom Johwi, her eyes shot open, and she propped herself up with both hands on the ground.
Pow!
“Kuk?”
At the same time, Yeom Johwi’s foot struck Jehwa’s chest, and taking advantage of his staggering, she swung her twin fans.
“Explosive Flame!”
Kwagagagagagang!
“Kuaaaack!”
An enormous explosion occurred, and Jehwa screamed in agony.
“Ha!”
Yeom Johwi let out a cold sneer and swung her fans again.
“This is the end!”
And with that shout, flames erupted once more from her fans.
***
The surroundings had already been consumed by flames long ago.
“Huuu……”
Watching that, Yeom Johwi let out a sigh.
“He was so strong, one wouldn’t think he’s human.”
Yeom Johwi muttered as she looked around.
“But……. Is that all?”
Her opponent had already burned away and disappeared quite some time ago.
“Ugh, boring!”
Puffing her cheeks and voicing her dissatisfaction, Yeom Johwi suddenly turned her head and asked.
“Oh my? Did you come to fight me too?”
“Where’s Jehwa?”
“He lost to me.”
“Hmm……”
At Yeom Johwi’s words, Hong Yuhwa frowned slightly.
“If Jehwa lost, then I can’t do anything to you either.”
It was certain that Hong Yuhwa and Jehwa possessed similar strength.
“But you know……. Did you really take him down?”
When Hong Yuhwa asked with a grin, Yeom Johwi answered with a frown.
“Of course.”
“Then what’s that standing behind you?”
“What?”
Grab!
Boom!
……!
Yeom Johwi, who had been frowning at Hong Yuhwa’s words, shuddered at the hand gripping her head, and was rendered speechless by the immense force slamming her straight into the ground.
“Kkeug……”
As Yeom Johwi let out a pained groan from the sudden impact, that hand grabbed her hair and dragged her up.
“Ack!”
“Lose? To whom? To you? And what? Boring?”
At the suddenly heard voice, Yeom Johwi gritted her teeth, shook off Jehwa’s hand, and looked at him.
And she was shocked.
“You……. You! W-what in the world are you?”
“Huh?”
Looking at Yeom Johwi asking him, Jehwa put on a roguish grin.
Jehwa’s eyes, which had been gleaming with killing intent, had transformed into eyes filled with madness.
They were not the eyes of a human.
They were eyes she was seeing for the first time, but they somehow resembled the eyes of the Azure Dragon.
“Jehwa! Kill that wench~”
Hong Yuhwa cheered Jehwa on with a bright, innocent expression.
Truly, no one had ever told her not to make such a terrible cheer with such an innocent face.
Anyway, Jehwa lowered his stance and raised his fighting spirit.
Then, along with his qi, Dragon Fighting Aura began to rise.
Watching that, Hong Yuhwa put on an expression of wonder.
‘It’s amazing no matter how many times I see it……. How can a human body use Dragon Fighting Aura?’
While Hong Yuhwa was thinking so leisurely, the second fight began.
There was a time before when Jehwa had fought Hong Yuhwa while possessing greater strength than her.
The result was defeat.
Jehwa’s power had overwhelmed Hong Yuhwa by a large margin.
Yet the reason he lost was simple—he hadn’t been able to fully use that power.
But Jehwa had been honing his combat senses more and more as he fought.
Boom!
Even now, Jehwa was improving his combat ability as he fought.
“Eeek!”
Yeom Johwi swung her fans and shot a massive flame at Jehwa.
However, Jehwa blew the flame away with his own energy, approached Yeom Johwi, and swung his fist.
Smack!
“Kuk?”
An enormous impact struck her head, and Yeom Johwi let out an involuntary groan.
Jehwa swung his fist again at Yeom Johwi, who had lost her balance and was reeling, but she was not so easily defeated.