Chiwoo: War God Reborn

I was still… breathing. On the blood-soaked ground, the corpses of my brethren lay piled like mountains. The earth was stained red. I knelt, clutching a broken sword.

"Kuhaha! Chiyoo! Finally, this damn war ends!"

His voice.

That sneering, drawn-out tone, all too familiar to my ears.

I slowly raised my head.

On a nearby hill, silhouetted against the crimson sun, stood golden armor.

Huangdi…

He had finally revealed himself before me.

"Does it please you so much? For the Son of Heaven of the Empire to prance about, having caught a mere chieftain?"

My voice creaked like rusted iron, but he paid no mind.

"Kukuk! To call the leader of the Nine Tribes, the Guryeo Clan, a 'mere chieftain'… Indeed, one must eliminate promising sprouts early."

"Do you think the Guryeo Clan will bow to you just because I am gone? That's a pipe dream. As long as my brothers live, never. You dare not break the spirit of the Guryeo Clan!"

At that moment, Huangdi laughed, stepping closer to me, and whispered with a triumphant smirk.

"Aren't you curious how I managed to capture you? You can hold hands on your way to the afterlife."

He commanded the general beside him.

"Give it to him!"

"Yes, my lord!"

The general beside me pulled out a leather pouch and inverted it, and something stained with blood tumbled out.

[Thud, thud.]

Scattered across the ground were severed wrists…

Among them, the familiar tattoo on the back of a hand caught my eye.

It was the wrist of my brethren, Woosa and Pungbaek.

"..."

"It was quite a sight, how they groveled, begging for their lives."

At that moment, my heart pounded as if crushed.

And—clenching my teeth, the taste of blood filled my mouth.

"Huangdi! For my fallen brethren, even if I must become a demon—I will tear you into a thousand pieces, chew you, and swallow you whole!!"

"Now, history will be distorted. The Guryeo Clan will be recorded as the Dongyi people, my subjects. And you… the king of demons who defied the Son of Heaven? Well, I wonder if your name will even remain. Hahaha! History belongs to the victor!"

Huangdi abruptly stopped laughing.

"But a demon, you say… I truly despise variables.

Dismember him into five pieces so he cannot even wander the Nine Heavens, and discard his corpse in various regions so it can never be found!"

He commanded the general beside me once more.

"Yes! I obey the Son of Heaven's command!"

The helmed general raised his mace above his head and responded.

Huangdi nodded, a silent command in his eyes, and the general brought the mace down with all his might.

As the mace descended, I murmured to the sky.

'Oh, Lord Hwanin, God of Heaven, look upon my brethren and the Guryeo Clan… Hwansa, I leave the rest to you.'

And at that moment—

[CRASH!]

The thunderous roar of the mace falling on my head.

That sound shattered the doors of reality.

[BANG!]