Prologue
Chapter 1
A man asked,
What s your name?
I m Lee Gwak.
The man s eyes were cold like a snake, as his gaze swept over my entire body.
It was a gaze so eerie that it bordered on terrifying. Even though it was midsummer, I felt a chill. Goosebumps have crawled on my skin.
Still, I tried to look at the man straight in the eyes. I was scared, but I didn t want to appear like a coward.
A cold smile appeared at the corners of the man s mouth.
I ve heard that many times before.
As a person who lost both of my parents, if I want to survive in this harsh world, I need to be spiteful. That s why I had lived with my eyes wide open. It was my last shred of pride.
Perhaps pleased by my gaze, the man chuckled and turned away. However, it didn t take long for me to realize that I was mistaken.
The man spoke to his subordinates standing next to him,
That young man seems to have quite a lot of spite and guts for an orphan who s wandering the world… But he doesn t need anything like that here, so scrape them off cleanly.
I didn t know then.
Just how scary the true meaning of those words were…
I wonder how I looked back then in the eyes of others.
The way I am now, having been beaten and battered.
This is another work of Woo-Gak, the author of the novel, Reaper of the Drifting Moon (RDM). I will try my best to translate this novel but it will not follow the same schedule as RDM (i.e. daily releases). I ll try to upload 2-3 times a week if I can but it s not guaranteed.
I might host another Patreon for this maybe once I catch up to the manhwa (i.e. chapter 100) or if readers want me to release more chapters per week haha (since that ll incentivice me to constantly update).
I have now made a new Patreon account dedicated to Martial Artist Lee Gwak:
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