The World’s Greatest is Dead - Chapter 10

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The Heavenly Supreme Has Died – Episode 010
I opened my eyes in a daze.
Then a blurred scene came into view. My vision was hazy as if shrouded in mist.
Beyond that, something appeared.
Upon confirming this, I drew in a sharp breath.
Corpses carpeting the ground.
Without a single gap, mutilated and butchered bodies filled the entire surface of the earth.
Swords and spears, daggers and countless other weapons besides filled the spaces between them.
Blood flowing from them pooled abundantly across the ground.
If hell existed, surely it would be this place.
That was the thought that arose unbidden.
‘What is this place?’
A space I couldn’t identify.
At least, it didn’t exist in my memories.
A nightmare?
Thinking thus, I surveyed my surroundings.
Above the piled corpses, I saw someone.
A lone figure breathing among the dead.
There stood a man with broad shoulders, standing alone.
His entire body was covered in scars, and blood seeped from wounds carved across him here and there.
It looked as though it should cause unbearable pain, yet the figure simply stood as if unaffected.
‘What is this?’
I gazed at him with confusion.
Because his body seemed somehow familiar.
A massive frame packed with muscle.
The scars weren’t clearly visible beneath the blood, yet they seemed like ones I’d seen before.
My gaze was drawn to him.
How could this man stand alone in this place?
And why did I recognize him so readily?
As I pondered question upon question.
A soft sound escaped.
‘Huh!?’
The man who had been standing motionless began to slowly turn his head.
The direction he faced was none other than where I stood.
Our eyes met the moment he turned to face me.
Beyond his blood-soaked face, blue eyes gleamed.
The instant our gazes locked, my breath caught. Then terror flooded through me.
Trembling seized me.
My body, overwhelmed by emotion, shook uncontrollably of its own accord.
I had to escape.
If this is a nightmare, I must escape it somehow.
Only that instinct began to dominate my mind.
But I couldn’t even do that.
Though I wanted to turn my head, for some reason it wouldn’t move, as if firmly locked in place.
“….”
After staring at each other in silence for a long while.
The man opened his mouth and spoke to me.
“Now wake up.”
At those words.
My closed eyes snapped open.

* * *
“Gasp—!”
I jolted awake, my upper body rising abruptly.
“Gasp… huff….”
I wiped my forehead with my hand, breathing heavily in quick succession.
My body was drenched in cold sweat for some reason.
“…What… what was that?”
I thought in confusion.
What had that been just now…?
‘I can’t remember.’
Despite waking up in distress, I couldn’t recall anything.
If I’d broken out in this much cold sweat, it must have been quite a nightmare, so why couldn’t I remember any of it?
“…What?”
An uncomfortable feeling settled over me.
Could there be a worse morning than this? Irritated, I tried to push myself up—
Throb—!
“Ugh!?”
The sensation coursing through my body made me immediately bend my knees.
No, the moment I tried to bend them.
Sting—!
“Argh!”
Pain shot through my lower body this time.
Both my upper and lower body were acting up at once.
I collapsed face-first and could only groan pathetically.
“Gasp… ugh….”
What is this now?
I checked my condition while suppressing groans of pain.
Only after looking around could I understand.
My upper body was wrapped in bandages, and my thighs—where the pain had come from—were the same.
How had this happened?
In the moment of confusion, I remembered.
“Where am I now?”
Why was I here? I was clearly….
‘I should have been in that dungeon…?’
The day I had set out to search for Sanchen Gwiin.
I had discovered traces of spiritual essence scattered around the mountains, and shortly after, found the dungeon.
And then.
‘That bastard Leader threw me in….’
I had encountered Sanchen Gwiin inside.
I had tried to resist in every way possible.
‘Then Yeon Socheon’s escort suddenly betrayed me….’
It seemed Yoo Hyeong-in’s abdomen had been pierced, and I had faced death.
‘That’s right, my wounds match exactly that.’
On my thigh, on my back… the painful places were exactly where I had been attacked in that memory.
If that was the case, then this wasn’t a dream….
“…Then where is this?”
The place I had awakened in was far from a dungeon—it was an extraordinarily luxurious room.
Unlike the dormitory where the disciples stayed, everything from the furniture that composed the room to the materials of the walls.
It was a level of luxury I had never seen since my transmigration to the Central Plains.
“What?”
What is this? How did this happen?
As I barely managed to sit up and looked around.
Click—!
The door in front of me opens.
“…!”
Tension immediately surged at the sound of footsteps.
Wondering if I had been kidnapped, I tried to find something to grab for defense.
“Gasp!”
But before that, I heard a startled cry.
The person who opened the door and entered widened their eyes upon seeing me.
The one who entered was a middle-aged woman… and her face seemed familiar.
“Oh.”
I remembered.
She was Physician Gakju, who managed the medical office at the Anhui Branch.
A woman whose face I had seen only rarely, since she only examined the branch’s executives.
But why was this woman opening this door and entering—
“Y-Young Master Bang has awakened! Quickly, prepare for an examination!”
“Pardon?”
“Contact the Branch Master immediately!!”
At Physician Gakju’s words, loud commotion echoed from beyond the door.
-I’ll prepare warm towels right away!
-Bring the medical instruments immediately….
-Contact the Daeju’s side at once…!
“What…?”
Suddenly, chaos erupted.
Bewildered by the inexplicable situation, I rubbed my eyes. What the hell. Am I still dreaming?
Suspecting it might be a dream, I slapped my own cheek with my hand.
Crack—!
“Ugh…!”
“Huh!?”
It hurt. It hurt tremendously.
So it wasn’t a dream. With pain this intense, I could be certain.
The problem was that the moment I slapped my cheek, Physician Gakju let out a gasp of shock.
“M-Master!! What are you doing…!”
She rushed toward me in alarm, extending her hands.
Yet she was hesitant to actually touch my skin, instead expressing her emotions through her expression.
“Oh, dear…. I should have examined you more carefully… If, if you’re dissatisfied, I’m truly sorry. Please, just end my life…!!”
“…Physician Gakju, why are you like this?”
Why is this woman acting so terrifying?
Whenever I’d visit asking for treatment, she’d scoff and hand me off to the junior physician.
Even when I injured my head catching a lustful demon last time, she did the same.
“I, I didn’t recognize your esteemed status, and I’ve caused you trouble all this time…. I’m truly sorry. Please, just end my life…!”
“No…! Why are you really doing this!”
This is genuinely frightening.
Something felt fundamentally wrong with the world.
The fact that this woman is here means at least the Branch is correct.
What in the world is happening?
“L, let me examine you right away. Is there any discomfort? Please, calm your anger for a moment…!”
“….”
I wasn’t angry.
Can’t she see I’m trembling in fear, not rage?
So I just stared at Physician Gakju with a blank expression.
“Please end my…!”
“I’ll lie down. I’m lying down, okay? Please….”
Lying down should settle this. Stop already….
Fearing she’d cause more of a scene, I decided to lie down first.

* * *
I lay on the plush bedding in a daze, staring at the ceiling for what felt like half an hour.
“…Fortunately, there appear to be no complications. The regeneration is progressing well. You should make a full recovery within two months.”
The room wasn’t occupied by Physician Gakju alone—several other people had entered as well.
Most were physicians, and they assisted her with each examination, hovering at her side.
It was a peculiar sight.
‘Do physicians normally come in groups like this?’
When I was injured before, it seemed like a single physician would rotate through treatments.
Four physicians attending to one person—what kind of extravagance was this?
But that wasn’t the only absurdity.
“So, there are no serious complications, then.”
“Yes… that’s correct.”
Physician Gakju nodded at the man’s words.
Satisfied with her response, the man nodded as well.
“What a relief. Bang Disciple… I was deeply worried.”
The man gazed at me with such genuine concern that it was difficult to know how to respond.
This was someone I’d previously regarded with indifference, like dust blowing past—yet here he was, transformed overnight.
‘…Was this man even capable of such an expression?’
The man was the branch director of the Murim Alliance Anhui Branch.
In my year here, this was only my third meeting with him.
Unless you were a Daeju or a Leader, you rarely caught a glimpse of his face.
And yet such a person…
“I was so worried that I couldn’t sleep at night…”
…was speaking to me with respectful language while stammering nervously.
“…Ah, yes…”
How was I supposed to respond to this? I had no idea. So I couldn’t manage a proper reply.
If this wasn’t a dream, what on earth was happening?
I simply couldn’t comprehend the situation.
“Is there anything else you find uncomfortable? If the room is inadequate, I could offer you my own…”
“…That won’t be necessary.”
I answered with clear reluctance to the branch director’s offer.
Apparently, this room was reserved for important guests of the branch.
Ah, that explained it… so that’s why I’d never seen it before.
In my year as a disciple here, I’d never even known such a room existed.
No wonder the room felt so luxurious.
Even the bedding was remarkably plush…
‘No… this isn’t the time to be thinking about the room.’
How long had it been since I’d felt such comfort?
I nearly lost myself in that softness, but I shook my head and barely pulled myself back.
“Branch Director…”
“Yes, please go ahead.”
I really can’t get used to speaking formally.
I asked while deliberately ignoring my discomfort.
“Why am I here?”
I’d escaped the dungeon and fortunately made it back to the branch.
If that were the case, I should have awakened in the infirmary or the dormitory where the disciples stayed.
So why was I here, and why were the people around me acting and reacting this way?
Unable to comprehend the situation, I had to ask the branch leader directly.
“What is this…?”
“Ah…. Well… that.”
Upon hearing my question, the branch leader’s expression grew troubled.
Did it mean the answer was difficult to give?
Or did it mean something else? I couldn’t tell.
If this truly wasn’t a dream, shouldn’t there be some explanation for this situation?
‘How I escaped the dungeon in the first place is also a mystery.’
The injured Yoo Hyeong-in and Pung Yeon, who had betrayed us, were my guards.
Because of them, even Yeon Socheon was in danger.
How did I manage to escape from such a situation and end up here?
Moreover, wasn’t I also attacked and standing at death’s door?
‘…So at that moment, I’m certain.’
After Pung Yeon, who had attacked my thigh, left for Yeon Socheon.
And then… and….
A sharp sting.
“Ugh…!”
As I tried to recall, a headache throbbed in my head.
When I wrapped my forehead with my hand, those around me flinched.
“B-Bang Disciple!”
“Are you alright!?”
“A physician!”
“The physician is right next to us, Branch Leader…!”
“…I’m… fine.”
Their sudden alarm startled me enough that I said I was fine.
The headache was nothing compared to feeling like I might collapse.
“Never mind the pain. Just explain what’s going on….”
“If it’s an explanation you need, I shall provide it.”
The voice came from the entrance.
I turned my gaze to see a young man entering from the doorway.
A handsome young man with white hair and dark eyes tinged with a subtle blue.
It was Yeon Socheon.
However.
“…Yeon Disciple?”
I couldn’t help but stare at him in genuine surprise.
His appearance was drastically different from usual.
Instead of the martial robes he normally wore, he was dressed like a young master from a noble household.
With his already handsome face refined like this, admiration burst forth the moment I laid eyes on him.
He’s devastatingly beautiful. Infuriatingly so.
“….”
At my call, Yeon Socheon offered a shallow smile.
Then he approached me and suddenly moved his body.
‘…Huh?’
Yeon Socheon abruptly dropped to his knees and began bowing deeply to me.
“…I apologize for the late introduction.”
“Yeon Disciple? Why are you suddenly—”
“I am… Cheon Uijin of the Cheonwol Gate.”
“What?”
At Yeon Socheon’s words, my entire body went rigid.
Just now, where did he say…?
‘The Cheonwol Gate…?’
A name that would make one faint merely from hearing it had just escaped his lips.
Is it that Cheonwol Gate I know of? If so, that alone was enough to leave my jaw hanging open.
But what followed was even more shocking.
Yeon Socheon… no, Cheon Uijin didn’t finish his words, instead clasping his hands and offering me proper respect.
And then he added further words.
“This humble descendant of our sect pays respects to the predecessor of the Sword Saint.”
Upon hearing those words, my entire world came to a halt.
…Who is the predecessor of whom?

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