Novel Return of Mount Hua Sect Chapter 1064
“Kkeureuk.... Kkeureureuk....”
Thick blood foam flowed out of Dan Jagang’s mouth. His body was constantly convulsing as if experiencing unimaginable pain.
The sight was undeniably shocking for everyone. It was incomprehensible and unacceptable.
No matter how much Dan Jagang was in an abnormal state after being attacked by Chung Myung, Dan Jagang is still Dan Jagang. How could anyone understand and accept the existence who, with one blow, overpowers the terrible bishop that brought both Chung Myung and Jang Ilso to the brink of death?
“H.... How....”
Every time Dan Jagang’s mouth twitched, a bubbling sound of blood came out. Without listening closely, it was hard to even notice that something was being said.
However, the man in the white robes, Heavenly Murderer Demon Emperor (????(天殺魔帝)), smiled as if understood what Dan Jagang was trying to say. The sight of him smiling nonchalantly while his hand was plunged into a human body was chillingly etched into the minds of the onlookers.
“Are you asking how I am here?”
“Kkeu, keurugh....”
Heavenly Murderer lightly shook his head and sighed as if in pity.
“My child.”
“....”
“How come you don’t understand? You who doubted doctrines and Heavenly Demon Himself, why didn’t you doubt those obvious words?”
“....”
“Heavenly Demon has never told us that we should not head to Jungwon. He’s not the one who says such things in the first place. A man may provide food to the ants, but he never gives orders to the ants. Isn’t that so?”
Dan Jagang’s body began to tremble even more violently. His eyes, which had already lost their glow, unconsciously turned to Chung Myung.
Dan Jagang stared at Chung Myung for a long time, and then a trembling voice came out again.
“T- Then.... Then why....”
“Tsk, tsk. This is why an unqualified young man should not be ordained (?(位)) as a bishop. I wonder why Archbishop is in such a hurry.”
“....”
Heavenly Murderer smiled wanly.
“In serving Him, logic is unnecessary. What we want is obedience itself to Him, not the reward He might bestow upon us. Do you understand?”
“That....”
Dan Jagang, covered in blood, grabbed Heavenly Murderer’s hand that had pierced his chest.
“Keu.... Keueueuk!”
Then, instead of just holding Heavenly Murderer’s hand, he tore at his own body to pull out Heavenly Murderer’s hand. Dan Jagang barely escaped Heavenly Murderer’s hands in a terrible and shocking manner and soon fell mercilessly to the ground.
“Hoo?”
Heavenly Murderer burst into loud laughter at the sight.
“Indeed. So, you are worthy of the title of bishop after all?”
Dan Jagang, who had been groaning on the ground, forced his head up. His eyes, filled with resentment, glared at Heavenly Murderer as if he wished to kill him.
“Then....”
Dan Jagang screamed desperately with bloodshot eyes.
“Then for what! For what on earth did we endure all that time! Answer me, Second Bishop! We.... If it was not the command of Heavenly Demon, why should we waste our lives tied to doctrines that we do not need to follow! Answer me!”
“Hmm.”
“Answer meeee!”
Even after hearing that cry of sorrow, Heavenly Murderer’s eyes did not even flinch. It just sank even colder.
“Why should I explain that to you?”
“....”
“For a filthy apostate like you.”
For a moment, Dan Jagang had a dazed expression, as if he had been hit in the back of the head.
“Apostate?”
He spoke in rapture, like someone who had heard something he should never have heard.
“...I’m an apostate? I...?”
“You didn’t know?”
Heavenly Murderer smiled brightly.
“E- Enforcer, Jong Nil, dares to greet Second Bishop.”
His voice was filled with desperation. The pain of losing Dan Jagang and the fear of facing Heavenly Murderer were palpable, but his desperation felt even greater.
“All of this is my fault for not serving the bishop properly. Please, Second Bishop, take my life as punishment for this sin, and forgive these people with a heart as vast as the sea! This lowly ones dares, dares, to make this request.”
Thump! Thump! Thump!
Jong Nil repeatedly pounded his head on the ground. But Heavenly Murderer just watched the scene with indifferent eyes.
“...Responsibility.”
Heavenly Murderer chuckled softly. Even at that faint, low chuckle, Jong Nil trembled as if struck by lightning.
“Is it because I entrusted the diocese to someone unworthy? The state of the diocese is a mess. How dare an enforcer even discuss responsibility.”
Jong Nil, who had no idea what to say, just suffocated like a corpse.
“No one punishes a hand for making a mistake by punishing the hand itself. There is no point in punishing an enforcer who is not even worth the weight of his hand.”
“....”
“There will be no asking you or the cultists to pay for the sins committed by the bishop. It would have been impossible for a mere enforcer to go against the bishop’s will.”
“Tha- Thank you....”
“But.”
Heavenly Murderer speaks in a voice devoid of emotion.
“Shouldn’t someone like an enforcer pay the price for not knowing the subject and discussing responsibility?”
Jong Nil’s pupils trembled. The moment Jong Nil barely raised his head and saw Heavenly Murderer’s slightly smiling face, he realized what he had to do.
“Heavenly... Heavenly Demon...”
He bit his lip and shouted at the top of his lungs.
“Second Coming of Heavenly Demon! Myriad Demon’s Advances!”
Posok!
Then, Jong Nil crushed his own head with his hands in one swift motion.
Thud.
Instantly becoming a headless corpse, Jong Nil fell to the ground.
Heavenly Murderer, who was watching this with disapproving eyes, turned his attention to the prostrate believers.
“Return to the cult.”
“Se- Second Coming of Heavenly Demon....”
“Shut up.”
Everyone held their breath.
“Though you are not responsible doctrinally, the sin of following an apostate cannot be judged merely by doctrine. For thirty-three sunrises and sunsets, remain silent and reflect on your wrongdoing.”
Thump! Thump! Thump!
The cultists crushed their heads to the ground without an answer, as if they had not dared to go against his word. Then they all stood up from their position and started moving in one direction as if possessed.
With a cold gaze, Heavenly Murderer watched this scene and glanced down at his feet.
“Hmm.”
Dan Jagang had now become nothing but black ashes, a mere trace of his existence. A strange expression passed over Heavenly Murderer’s face. He cast his gaze towards Mount Hua’s disciples, who were very tense.
“Certainly...”
A voice tinged with admiration leaked out.
“Jungwon is an interesting place. No matter how much of young the foolish bishop is... I never thought a bishop would end up like this.”
He laughed as if amused, looking at Chung Myung and Jang Ilso.
It was at that moment that his eyes, which did not show anything particularly hostility, completely changed. The moment Heavenly Murderer’s gaze, which would not have been an exaggeration to describe it as gentle, locked on Chung Myung, it took on a completely different color.
“You...?”
Clear hostility and murderous intent filled Heavenly Murderer’s eyes as he looked at Chung Myung and the group standing guard. His face even began to show a ferocity he had never shown before.
Eudeuk.
The grinding sound of his teeth was chillingly eerie.
“Mount Hua (??(華山))... Is it that cursed sect?”
Heavenly Murderer’s voice growled like a beast, making even the heavens hold their breath.