Chapter 1: Prologue: The Lost Child of the Namgoong Clan
Thud—
A sword, shrouded in an ominous black aura, °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° pierced straight through Ilhwa’s heart.
Caught completely off guard, she had no time to react. Thick, crimson blood trickled from her lips, staining her robes as it dripped onto the cold ground.
“Wh... why...?”
Her dazed gaze slowly lifted to the one who had struck her down—the very person who had raised her since childhood and taught her everything she knew about martial arts.
The Supreme Leader of the Blood Demon Cult.
The infamous Blood Demon.
The sword that had run her through was his.
“My disciple,” he murmured. “Do you remember what I wished to achieve through you?”
She had heard those words countless times since she was a child—so often that they had been hammered into her very soul.
"Destroy the Namgoong Clan. You must break their sword with your own hands!"
She never understood why her master harbored such hatred for the Namgoong Clan. But that was irrelevant. For twenty-five years, Ilhwa had lived for one purpose alone—to bring about their downfall.