Chapter 81

Chapter 81: Pay it forward for more (7)

Cadets from Chun Yuchan’s team were positive of their leader’s victory . Unlike his usual lazy and casual attitude, Yuchan was the hard-working type . With his exceptional talent and hard work, his growth in strength far exceeded that of his peers . Every one of his teammates knew this and thus trusted him .

‘He dares to fight against our Prince with the Seven Demon Sword?’

‘No way, Prince Chun will lose . ’

‘Fool . You can’t win . ’

And the result of the fight was unexpected to say the least . As Chun Yeowun’s sword qi shot past Yuchan, something dropped onto the ground . It was Yuchan’s right arm .

“Aaaaaaaargh!”

Yuchan screamed and fell down to his knees . He endured the severe pain that made him feel like he would pass out to keep the last of his last pride, but he was in a very bad state .

“I won,” Yeowun stated as he looked down at Yuchan .

‘N-no way!’

‘How did he lose?’

‘Impossible!’

Yuchan lost his arm after just one formation exchange . And Yeowun twisted the direction of the sword that was originally going toward Yuchan’s neck, so Yeowun actually even spared his life .

“Aargh…!”

Blood gushed out from the wound where the arm had been cut off . Yuchan’s face began to go pale . He quickly pressed his blood points to keep the blood loss to a minimum, but he was in serious condition and he needed immediate medical attention .

“Prince!”

Wu Gunpil and the other members on Yuchan’s team tried to run up to him, but they had to stop as Yeowun’s sword qi aimed at Yuchan’s another arm .

“Y-you!”

“Stop . You take one more step, and I’ll cut his other arm off too . ”

“N-no!”

It looked like Yeowun would really do it . He had done a lot of wicked things in the past, so it didn’t seem like Yeowun was bluffing .

‘H-he might really do it!’

Yuchan’s members then backed away .

“Now . Keep the promise . ”

Yeowun looked down at Yuchan’s pale face . Yuchan then looked up with a painful expression, unable to comprehend what had just happened .

“…What did you just do?”

“Do what?”

“How can you make such a powerful formation with the mere Seven Demon Sword?”

Although the Seven Demon Sword was from the legendary Sword Demon, it was still only a top-class martial art . Yeowun’s sword formation was beyond what that sword skill could do . The Blade of Illusion skill, one of the top three blade skills in the cult was no match against it .

“Mere… Seven Demon Sword?”

“…Yeah!”

“If that’s how you saw it, then you have a long way to go before talking about the formation . ”

Yuchan was baffled . Yeowun just spoke to him the same way that Yuchan once spoke to Yeowun back in the day . Of course, Yuchan really didn’t comprehend the counter sword skill left by the Sword Demon . Yuchan became bitter .

‘…I tried hard to become the heir . ’

It was now all gone . He lost to Yeowun when he had both arms and now only his left arm was left . Moreover, he had trained the blade skill with his right arm mainly, so this meant he was now considerably weaker . There was no way he could compete against Chun Kungwun from the Sword Clan either . Yuchan then became angry . Yuchan gritted his teeth and ordered, “…Give him all the yellow tags . ”

Yuchan’s members turned grim . If they gave these up, then they would also lose the right to take the third test . Yet, Chun Yuchan had made a promise so they had to keep it .

“Chun Yeowun… ugh… don’t think… this is the end…”

Yuchan then fell due to loss of blood . He did lose and he lost a lot of things he had, but he still hadn’t given up yet . This gave hope to his members too .

“Hmph!”

Wu Gunpil took his yellow tag and handed it over to Yeowun while glaring at him . Gunpil then warned, “Don’t think this is…”

Before he could finish, Yeowun’s fist struck his stomach .

“AAARGH!”

Gunpil spat out blood and fell to the ground in pain . He panted as if he couldn’t breathe and looked up weakly .

“Argh… WW-what is this… we kept the promise!”

“I didn’t promise to stop after getting the tags . ”

“what?”

Gunpil was shocked . Yeowun then looked at Yuchan and said, “I learned a good lesson from him . Uh… what was it? Never leave any loose ends?”

Gunpil felt a chill run down his spine . Yeowun was talking about Chun Yuchan cutting the muscles of the fake Chun Yeowun . He was basically saying that he was going to get rid of Yuchan’s members too .

“You are an evil man… we lost but you still… UGH!”

Yeowun punched his face before he could finish, making him pass out . Yeowun then glared disgustingly at Gunpil .

“You can do it, but I can’t? And that makes ME evil? Don’t give me that bullshit . ”

Yuchan’s members then realized things weren’t going well and prepared to defend themselves . Yeowun shouted to his members, “Defeat them and break their arms and legs!”

“Yes!”

Yeowun’s members and the cadets from the 12th group immediately charged in .

“D-dammit!”

This was the worst-case scenario for Yuchan’s team . Their best warriors, Yuchan and Gunpil, were gone and Jin Yu also was in bad shape since he had taken internal damage from his exchange with Yeowun a while ago .

‘Dammit! I can’t do this alone! We’re done for!’

The only remaining master-level warrior Ou Jiran gritted her teeth . They were badly outnumbered too . And after a few minutes, it was almost over . All the members on Yuchan’s team were subdued except three or four who ran away when the fight began . Yeowun did not go after them since they weren’t that loyal .

“AAAARGH!”

“MY LEG!”

The screams continued as Yeowun and his members broke the arms and legs of Yuchan’s members . They didn’t leave Ou Jiran, a girl cadet, out either .

‘Aaaaaaargh!’

‘We never should try to fight him anymore!’

Yuchan’s members lost all will to resist their fear, after their arms and legs were broken . When everything was over, Yeowun called Gallen who was trying to send all the defeated enemies to the medical room . Yeowun then gave him two yellow tags .

“Take them . ”

“T-this is…”

Gallen was shocked . He didn’t think Yeowun would give him the yellow tags .

“Why?”

He and his group had taken part in attacking Bakgi last night, so he didn’t wish to receive any tags . He just wanted to take part in getting revenge against Chun Yuchan .

“These tags don’t mean anything to me . ”

Yeowun now had a total of six yellow tags . One from Hou Jinchang, one from Ha Ilming, and four from Chun Yuchan . Gallen was astonished .

‘He can still keep it to lessen the competition and he still decides to give them away… this guy is different . ’

Gallen and the 12th group cadets were impressed . Gallen then hesitated .

‘We are now officially enemies of the Blade Clan . Maybe it would be better for us to help Prince Chun Yeowun become the heir . ”

Ko Wanghur noticed Gallen’s hesitation and became intrigued . It was Wanghur who told Yeowun to give the yellow tags up . It was to make more allies in the upcoming competition .

‘Let’s hope it works . ’

Gallen and the cadets looked at Yeowun with respect and admiration . But this wasn’t enough . And did it work? All nineteen cadets including Gallen knelt down .

“What is this?” Yeowun asked calmly . Gallen and his cadets then put their head to the ground and shouted, “We want to pledge our allegiance to Prince Chun! Please accept us!”

A faint smile appeared on Yeowun’s face .