Webtoon- Episode 2

**Episode 2** is the second chapter in the Legend of the Northern Blade webtoon series.

## Summary

The Silent Night completely erased their presence from the world and the world began to believe that they finally disappeared. Since the Northern Heavenly Sect, the frontline defense against the Silent Night had been disbanded, the Central Heavenly Alliance used the sudden reappearance of the Silent Night as justification to dispatch mercenaries to keep watch over the ruined Sect area. However, that is just an excuse. The true purpose of doing all this is to keep watch over a certain individual, just in case he starts learning the martial arts of the Northern Heavenly Sect and starts planning his revenge. The true purpose of these mercenary groups is being a guard. Because, the person they are watching over is none other than the descendant of the Northern Heavenly Sect and the last living blood of the former Sect leader, Jin Mu-Won.

Currently, the Third Mercenary Group has been tasked by the Alliance to keep watch over Jin Mu-Won. The group rides through desolate lands and reach the ruined Northern Heavenly Sect. As they walk into the Sect, they see a ragged looking, long haired Jin Mu-Won wearing the attire of the Northern Heavenly Sect. When they come face to face with him, the Third Mercenary Group Vice Captain, Seo Mu-Sang remembers that the last group who kept watch stated that the former Sect leader, Jin Kwan-Ho only allowed Jin Mu-Won to read books and nothing else, so he had no knowledge of martial arts.

Anything pertaining to martial arts were all taken away by the Central Heavenly Alliance, and by the Great Four of the Northern Heavens and after thoroughly searching the whole sect for anything hidden, the previous group was unable to find anything. The leader of the group stated that after doing nothing or a year, Jin suddenly seemed to have regained his senses and stated that he needed to learn a skill that would allow him to earn a living and started to practice blacksmithing.

Remembering this, the Third Mercenary Group Captain, Jang Pae-San says it is hard to believe that the son of the great Northern Heavenly Sect wants to learn blacksmithing as a way to make a living and says that it is even harder to believe the fact that there aren't anymore martial scrolls hidden in the Sect. He then says that if it is true, there is no need for the group to waste their time, staying in the Sect for the next 3 years.

All this while, Jin Mu-Won has been looking at the group and ha starts to walk away and as he is walking away, he mutters to himself saying that the group must be the new guards and says that things are going to get annoying again. Jin then walks into a building in the Sect known as the Home of Ten Thousand Spirits. As he is walking in the building, he remembers the building's history. The building used to hold over ten thousand Confucius and martial scrolls but the Great Four of the Northern Heavens pillaged the place and took everything away.

Anything pertaining to sword techniques were taken by the Cursed Ghost Blade, Yeon Cheon-Hwa. Anything pertaining to fist techniques were all taken by the Demon Fist, Jo Cheon-Woo. Anything pertaining to foot techniques were all taken away by the Tempest Storm, Kyung Mu-Saeng and anything pertaining to refined qi cultivation were all taken away by the Iron Blood Ruler, Jae Hyeok-Shim. A large amount of the Sect's disciples ended up following the Great Four and each of them took a part in destroying the Sect in order to find a ruling position in the mainlands. Jin realizes that he has become utterly alone and him and the Sect have been completely abandoned.

Jin Kwan-Ho in his last moments says that Jin Mu-Won is the next leader of the Northern Heavenly Sect and proceeds to kill himself by stabbing himself in the chest with a sword. Jin Mu-Won then sees the an image of the Great Four of the Northern Heavens and the Nine Skies looking at him. He then wakes up gasping for air and realizing that it was just a dream, calms down. He then proceeds to eat a meal of rice and after changing into the Northern Heavenly Sect's clothes and getting ready, he walks to the place where he practices blacksmithing and on reaching the place, starts doing so.

Outside the Northern Heavenly Sect, no life exists within 20 Li(Approximately 10 kilometres or 7 miles) in all directions. It can be said that time had stopped and the state of the destroyed Sect is also a representation of the state of Jin Mu-Won.

Later in the day, as evening approaches, Jin Mu-Won climbs up onto the rooftop of the Home of Ten Thousand Spirits and stares blankly at the destroyed Sect sprawled out in front of him. He thinks about his current state, thinking that he is in a sorry state. He then thinks that he didn't climb in order to diminish his weakness, he climbed in order to build and solidify the foundation of his will. He thinks that if he falters now, everything his father did and the life he gave up would all go to waste.
By this time, night has fallen on the Sect and Jin Mu-Won is wandering about the Sect, thinking about all this and staring absent-mindedly at the sky. A few mysterious people seem to be watching and following him.

Jin Mu-Won screams as his right index finger is cut off. He is helpless as he finds himself with both his hands tied to a suspended, horizontal log leaving him suspended with his legs dangling in the air. He sees that he is surrounded by a group of mercenaries in an unknown room.

Seo Mu-Sang who is watching Jin being tortured in this way sighes and asks if they really had to go that far stating that Jin is a mere child. Jin shouts out "the Nine Skies" and asks the Third Mercenary Group if they have forgotten about the promise made between his father and the Central Heavenly Alliance. At this remark, Jang Pae-San is surprised. Jin continues by saying that He doubts that the group is permitted to act this way. He states that there are no martial scrolls and artifacts left in the Sect. He asks the group of they really think the Central Heavenly Alliance would leave anything behind. He says that they swept the place clean.

He then taunts them by saying that if they are going to kill him and go back to the mainlands, they should go ahead and try. He says that although they are now with the Great Four of the Northern Heavens, the only reason they are is because they were forced to join the Northern Heavens 3 years ago and there are still some loyal disciples of the Northern Heavenly Sect. He asks the group if they think the disciples will let them get away with killing Jin stating that the disciples will immediately know the difference between suicide and murder and will not hesitate to come after the lives of the group. He asks if Jang Pae-San thought that the previous guards were all ignorant fools. Jin asks if Jang didn't wonder why the previous group did nothing to him but silently wait for the past 3 years.

At this continuous provocation, Jang Pae-San gets really angry and is about to unsheathe his sword when Seo Mu-Sang puts his hand in front of Jang and stops him. He states that what Jin just said does hold some truth. Mu-Sang says that they have already searched the Sect. He says that the Sect does not have anymore martial scrolls or valuable artifacts. Jang Pae-San thinks about all this and decided to let Jin go. Jin then states that the Sect is his home and the Mercenary Group are intruders. He says that he expects them to at least maintain proper behaviour as guests and he is willing to look past what they did to him today if they do so. Jang Pae-San hears this while walking out of the room and says that he is letting Jin go for now. But the moment Jin does anything suspicious, the Central Heavenly Alliance and the Great Four of the Northern Heavens will give him permission to kill Jin.

Jin is freed from the ropes tying his hands to the suspended log and the group members start leaving the room. Jan Pae-San asks Mu-Sang to come out of the room and to keep an eye on Jin. As Jin is freed from the bonds, he bends down and supports his right hand with his left due to the pain of having his right index cut off. Mu-Sang sees this and and gives Jin a white cloth stating asking Jin to forgive the group and states that the cloth can be used to stop the bleeding. Jin says nothing and takes the cloth. Mu-Sang leaves the room and Jin is left alone. Jin voices his pain and falls to the ground, crouched up and mutters to himself saying that if the disciples were truly loyal, they would have come and rescued him from this hellhole already. He berates himself asking if he really thinks there are people who still care about a ruined Sect. He mutters to himself saying that nobody will care if he lives or dies, rather he is sure people want him to die.

As Jin Mu-Won is walking up the Home of Ten Thousand Spirits, he is thinking about the fact that while it's true that everything was taken away from the Northern Heavenly Sect, the heart of the Sect is still alive. As he reaches the rooftop and sits there, he thinks about the fact that the greatest secret of the Sect that even the Northern Heavens do not know about , the ultimate martial scroll of the Northern Heavenly Sect is the Sect itself.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Seo Mu-Sang
* Jang Pae-San
* Jin Mu-Won
* Yeon Cheon-Hwa*(Mentioned)*
* Jo Cheon-Woo*(Mentioned)*
* Kyung Mu-Saeng*(Mentioned)*
* Jae Hyeok-Shim*(Mentioned)*
* Jin Kwan-Ho*(Shown)*

## Organizations in Order of Appearance

* Northern Heavenly Sect
* Nine Skies

## Locations in Order of Appearance

* Northern Heavenly Sect
* Home of Ten Thousand Spirits