Chapter 558: Five Swords, Six Stars (5)
While the masked middle-aged swordsman known as Lord of Hocheonseong had returned to Jeong Yeon-shin’s camp and was quietly wiping Sword Saint Hyeon So-baek’s leather shoes with a piece of cloth—
Geomdan, his already disheveled hair now verging on wild, still sat blankly in place.
[Why did I fall...?]
Though the boy’s internal energy remained strong and buzzing even after the fierce battle, the fighting spirit had long vanished from his voice.
Meanwhile, the Prince of Chi Geuk wiped the blood from the corner of his lips with his smooth hand and gave the Sword Saint a silent bow.
The pale skin of the Great Warrior of the Dreamlike Body, already ghostly, had become even whiter—but his form still looked as if it had stepped out of a dream. Though he could have kept fighting, he chose restraint.
“Why haven’t you taken the title of Northern King...?”
But he received no answer.
For the time being, the Prince of Chi Geuk would say nothing of merits or sarcasm. At least not for a while.
“...I have far more years ahead of me anyway.”
The words spilled softly from his crimson lips.
And so, the Dreamlike Body’s Great Warrior never spoke of slaying five Divine Sword Corps Heavenly Dragons right in front of the Northern King Yaryul. He remained a sovereign under the Northern King’s banner—and noble.