The Regressed Martial God Monopolizes Everything - Chapter 53

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Episode 53. The Vanguard of Revolution (2)
“You inherited one of the Five Kings?”
“Yes. I passed the trial of the Demon King related to the Heavenly Tyrant Return King Martial Art.”
At the name Demon King, Jeong Cheol’s hands involuntarily clenched.
It was a designation passed only to the guild master who accepted the heavy responsibility of the Forced Succession—the karma of the Jeong family.
In other words, Jeong Hyun-soo’s words were true.
The karma of the Five Kings Martial Art.
That is to say, for matters without exact causality, one should not be able to exert power beyond the limit.
“So the secret finally reveals itself. Your overwhelming results in the Tower as well.”
In truth, it was the result of several abilities rooted in memories and realms from his past life, but what did it matter now.
“So you were free from the constraints of causality and could wield your power as you wished.”
“Constraints of causality?”
Jeong Cheol explained to Jeong Hyun-soo about the succession of the Five Kings Martial Art.
“…I had no idea, honestly.”
“That’s understandable. Normally, four successions are required to gain the qualification, and only then does proper causality apply.”
Since all four require the depth of the Ten Stars, most learn only one or two at a young age, and Jeong blood relatives who haven’t reached the Ten Stars remain free from the Causality Rate.
Without worrying about the Causality Rate, even if they act freely, they’re merely promising recruits and can’t exert any considerable power.
“You’re simply out of specification. But you’ve surpassed even imagination. To inherit the Demon King’s power.”
“Then Father, you….”
“I thought all of us had achieved the Twelve Stars Grand Perfection, yet the Kings never called. So I wondered if perhaps even that achievement was nothing but arrogance on my part and my predecessors’.”
Yet Jeong Hyun-soo now possessed the Demon King’s power.
What, then, was the difference?
Jeong Cheol’s depth of realm was certainly greater. And yet the Demon King chose Jeong Hyun-soo.
‘Must it be an exceptionally advanced realm for one’s age?’
“I’m not entirely certain myself. The trial simply began.”
The hidden history of the Causality Rate was something even Jeong Hyun-soo was hearing for the first time.
Several possibilities flickered through his mind for lifting the constraints weighing on Jeong Cheol, but nothing was certain.
“Since the founder, no one has experienced this. It would be laughable to grasp causality on the spot.”
“That’s right.”
“The flow of events unfolding immediately ahead is far from ordinary. You must be careful.”
Jeong Hyun-soo had mentioned the Knight King.
In Europe, he wielded power rivaling even the Association Chairman—that formidable figure whom he boasted he would make an ally.
Such an enormous risk was obviously what Jeong Hyun-soo was about to run, and it concerned Jeong Cheol.
“If you need anything, tell me.”
“Yes.”
Still, his son was the sort to handle everything alone without speaking, so Jeong Cheol resolved to observe him closely.
“And those children?”
“I’ve already taken temporary measures to ensure they’re never discovered.”
“Understood. The night is deep—rest for now.”
The next day, Garam issued additional Gate strategy guidelines to the guild members and made no special announcement regarding Vice Guild Master Kang Hyun-woo’s injury.
* * *
Seon Woo Yong-nam closed the incident report before him.
“…Two official Slayer Corps members and six Association Knights. And twenty apprentice Slayer Corps dispatched. Did I misunderstand your report?”
The voice that emerged was reminiscent of a bitter winter wind.
It was low-pitched rather than high, belonging to the lower register,
yet Arthur Martin, the Slayer Corps executive who had brought the report, felt goosebumps bristle down his spine.
“That’s correct.”
“Then what does a force of that magnitude typically signify?”
“A-Rank dungeons cleared without any casualties, and breakthrough of the 30th tier is manageable, capable of clearing from A to S-Rank results.”
A force that rivals a mid-sized guild on its own. Yet that strength had vanished.
While insignificant compared to the Association’s total military capacity, that didn’t mean it wasn’t a problem.
“What is the purpose of a report, then?”
“That is…….”
“When an incident occurs, it’s to report on cause and effect. But look at this.”
Seon Woo Yong-nam unfolded the report.
“There’s not a single word about who eliminated the Association’s forces, through what method and for what reason they intervened, or how the Association’s soldiers were slaughtered to the last.”
“…….”
Arthur Martin had no choice but to remain silent.
“Nothing to say? I suppose not. Such incompetence would be unprecedented. All you can do is speculate wildly that it was that damned Mage Hunter, but is even that correct?”
Too convenient by far.
“If you grant me a little more time, I’ll conduct a thorough investigation and report back.”
“Time?”
Seon Woo Yong-nam’s expression was clouded with nothing but displeasure.
“Where is this place?”
“…The Association…”
“The Association. Yes, the Hunter Association. The organization that gathers only the world’s elite and controls Hunters across the globe. A place like that cannot afford to be anything less than the best. And from the mouths of those at the apex… such words should never emerge.”
Arthur Martin fell to his knees.
“I will uncover the truth as quickly as possible.”
“Time is running short, team leader. You understand that since this incident occurred within your division, you bear full responsibility, yes?”
“Yes…!”
“Then why are you still here?”
At Seon Woo Yong-nam’s words, Arthur Martin bolted from the room.
“Pathetic wretch.”
Only resentment dripped from his lips.
After Jeong Su-jin’s escape, Jeong Woon-chan—the collar that bound him—also slipped through the Association’s grasp.
The Knights and members of the Slayer Corps who died in that process?
Death was always a necessary price for the greater cause. Their deaths were of no consequence.
The problem was that someone had bared their teeth to the Association.
‘What was it, exactly?’
Beyond that, Kang Hyun-woo of the Garam Guild—who had sworn loyalty to the Association Chairman and betrayed Garam—had failed to submit his routine report.
From an informant’s perspective, such lapses occasionally happened out of fear of exposure, yet something about it nagged at Seon Woo Yong-nam.
But he couldn’t quite scratch where it itched.
Still, one thing was certain.
Whatever beast dared show its fangs to the Association would be punished without mercy.
History would unfold as it always had—the Association had never failed to exact its due.
Seon Woo Yong-nam believed this absolutely.
* * *
Chae Mu-sik of the Song Gwang Guild was receiving a report from Chae Mu-hyun.
“Seung-jin… died in the Amazon.”
“He lasted quite a while.”
Even upon learning of his son’s death, Chae Mu-sik remained unmoved.
“How did he die?”
“He was evacuating Demon Realm natives under the Song Gwang banner when it happened.”
“Then at least his final moment served the guild. Not unworthy.”
Every time Chae Mu-hyun looked at his father, his skin crawled.
His mind held nothing but the guild’s glory.
“How progresses your own ascension?”
“…I will soon participate in the Platinum Examination.”
“Now, while Garam’s prodigy hides away, is precisely when you must surge ahead. Remember that.”
“Yes.”
Chae Mu-hyun’s mission for Song Gwang was simple: surpass Jeong Hyun-soo of Garam.
After that humiliating video—where he had charged forward with confidence only to be shattered utterly by the Guardian—had been preserved for all eternity, Chae Mu-hyun labored under a weight he could barely name.
He had to surpass that man. Only then would he…
‘Only then would I not be discarded.’
To survive under Chae Mu-sik’s absolute dominion in Song Gwang, there was no other way.
Jeong Hyun-soo was a man who had to be eliminated.
To transcend mere survival and claim glory in this era, that radiant star had to be made to fall.
“My son.”
“Yes, Chairman.”
“I speak now as your father.”
“Yes, Father.”
If he did not observe these formalities, the iron-willed guild master would open his mouth and ruthlessly deduct points from some invisible scorecard.
“You need not worry overmuch. Garam’s star will certainly fall. And it will be you who drags him down.”
“Yes.”
“You may withdraw. Your efforts please me, but I trust you will strive even further.”
Chae Mu-hyun was consuming a schedule of manic intensity.
Gate clears, tower ascents. Every remaining moment devoted solely to training.
Since he had not yet been formally established as a successor, he was kept from the guild’s external activities and public engagements.
He was merely sent to attend exchange matches and the like.
‘Am I nothing but a game piece to be swapped out whenever it suits?’
Though not to the extent of the Future Guild’s master, Chae Mu-hyun also commanded the loyalty of numerous women.
Should another promising talent emerge among them, he would compare, and without hesitation cast aside the one standing before him—Chae Mu-sik.
“I shall take my leave now.”
“Very well.”
After Chae Mu-hyun departed, Chae Mu-sik, alone in the room, immediately withdrew his personal smartphone.
“What is he plotting?”
It was Kang Hyun-woo, who had recently sent word of his scheme to seize Garam.
His martial arts guild’s sphere of influence overlapped considerably with the Garam Guild, and in many ways the two were compared against one another.
A perpetual thorn in his side—unbending on compromise, defeatist in nature, forever raising vapid talk of righteousness at every gathering of the Ten-Rank Guild leaders, obstructing progress at every turn.
Had he not patiently invested years to draw away the guild master’s right hand to the Hunter Association, positioning himself as broker and go-between all this while?
That day was nearly at hand.
‘The skills passed down to the Garam Guild master…….’
Beyond the influence he would gain when Garam fell,
Chae Mu-sik’s body burned at the thought of acquiring even the Garam Guild master’s techniques—the very skills that had dealt him countless defeats in his younger days.
[The phone was powered off; message relayed by voicemail…….]
“If you’re joking around, I won’t let it slide, Bat.”
Chae Mu-sik held his patience for now. He would wait a little longer, and if nothing came of it, he would seek out the Association chairman himself.
Hardened by years of Hunter Association politics, he knew full well that the chairman, while feigning indifference, harbored his own grievance against the Garam Guild.
* * *
At that very moment, Jeong Hyun-soo sat alone, lost in thought.
“I never knew he carried something like this.”
Jeong Hyun-soo held the artifact that had been lodged in the spine of the deceased Marshal, examining it in the palm of his hand.
[Leviathan Code: Omega Fragment 1]
[Rank: ??]
A composite artifact discovered in Gates and Towers from ancient fantasy-world dungeons.
It was divided into three fragments in total, and should he gather them all, he would possess an item of SS-Rank caliber, radiating formidable power.
[Skill Name: Overdrive Core]
[For a set duration, forcibly synchronizes the user’s magical power, nervous system, and heartbeat with Leviathan.]
[Reaction Speed +400%]
[All Injuries Ignored]
[However, upon cessation, a one-minute rebound penalty incapacitates the body]
The depth of the Dark Heaven Return Origin Art, the Heavenly Tyrant Return King Martial Art, and the Azure Spirit Myriad Forms had grown boundless.
The Cosmic Heaven Regulation that harmonized these three forces had matured like an autumn field in its full abundance.
He had obtained the Leviathan Code artifact as well, and his path was undoubtedly smoothing—yet Jeong Hyun-soo could not be satisfied.
Vengeance had not yet begun.
Could he call it vengeance merely because he had bloodied his hands with a few of the Association’s dogs?
To strike a killing blow against his true enemy, much more preparation remained.
Persuading the Knight King; simultaneously laying groundwork for a magical revolution through Jeong Su-jin.
And so Jeong Hyun-soo moved at once.
“Tower Teleport.”
His form vanished from the Training Hall.
To be continued ▶
The Monopolizing Return Martial God
Author
Cheon Ya
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Kim Seok-hwan, Choi Se-ra
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