THE CURSED ONE - THE BOY WHO CHALLENGE DESTINY

Difficult Mission - 1

Jin is reminded of Jung Kook's wish to restore his father's house and garden, Jin promises to save Jung Kook's money and will use it someday in the future to fulfill Jung Kook's wish he only will use his own money to fund his journey. However, his priority is to see her mother's grave and find a way to remove the curse of the black demon on her body, for now.

Hyung Jae and Jin ride in one horse towards Wangdu Forest without stopping, it's been a quarter of a day for them to travel and this is only half the way they have to go before they reach that place. Hyung Jae looks at Jin who looks tired, he decides to stop and rest for a while before continuing his journey. 

"Jin, let's take a break under this tree, this is a pretty comfortable place. You can sleep if you want to, your body hasn't fully recovered yet." Hyung Jae got off his horse and tethered it to a nearby tree and give a sign to Jin to rest his body.

This is indeed the right place to rest, the shady mango trees provide coolness for anyone who takes shelter under them, while the vast expanse of fields with the gurgling small river in front makes the atmosphere very suitable for releasing tiredness during the day. Jin sat under that tree and fell asleep almost an instant, Hyung Jae who saw this scenery just smiled, he knew that Jin must be tired so he let Jin do whatever he wants and doesn't disturb him.

What Hyung Jae needs to do right now is to find some foods to eat, they don't bring food supplies in this travel because based on Hyung Jae's estimation they should now have arrived at Mantis City and he initially planned to rest in that city, but the estimation that Hyung Jae made has missed and their trip was a little late than expected, this all because the speed of the horse was not as fast, as usual, this was due to the additional passengers on the horseback.

Hyung Jae who now stands on the riverside looked closely at inside the small river, there are quite a lot of tilapia fishes milling about in the clear water of the river, he wanted to catch those fishes. Hyung Jae does not bring any equipment to catch that fishes therefore the only way is to use his inner power. Hyung Jae traces the stream of the small river to find a place where a lot of fish gather, he arrives at a small niche that is not too deep with some quite large fish swimming in it. Before the fish escape, Hyung Jae immediately lifted a lot of water in the niche with his internal power, the water raised and flying in the mid-air. It continued to rotate and formed a clear circle of water that trapped the fish inside. Hyung Jae threw the water sphere onto the flat ground, all the water immediately disappeared and the fish trapped inside it were seen floundering on top of the ground. Such an unbelievable demonstration of an extraordinary inner power by Hyung Jae, something that surely will amaze anyone who saw it. 

Hyung Jae gets 4 medium fishes and he feels if it is enough to fill a two-person stomach. He goes back to the resting place and still sees sleeping Jin, he then immediately make a fire with available dried tree branches and leaves to grill the fishes. Jin woke up when his nose smelled of burning fish, the smell that enough to make the saliva of any person who smelled it dripped off."

"Jin, it's good you're awake, that's your fish, eat it. But see first if it's fully cooked or not." Hyung Jae said while pointing at the two fish that were pierced by bamboo and burned into the ground. 

"Thank you, Sir." Jin immediately took the fish stick that stuck in the ground after he saw it was fully cooked. 

"Anyway, Jin, do you remember the incident in the Baika Forest? Who helped you there? I'm pretty sure that there is someone who very strong that help you to kill all the robbers and made them died only in one attack without being able to fight back. An attack with that strong magnitude can only be done by a martial artist in the legendary level, and I also felt a huge force explode from within the forest. Unfortunately, when I arrived at that place everything was over and the person who helped you has gone. " Hyung Jae spoke with a serious tone.

Jin thinks for a second, "All I remember was before I fainted, Mr. Hyung Jae, I remember they, I mean the robbers was asked Grandpa Jung Kook to leave me because I am the only ones they were after, but Grandpa kept fighting and finally they stabbed Grandpa and made him fell and fainted. After that my mind felt empty, I saw my body move but as if I was not there and suddenly there was a big explosion that made me pass out. That's what I remember, Sir. " Jin told what he knew, actually he was also curious about what was happening in Baika's forest. 

"Hmm ... It's strange, you feel your body moving but you weren't there?" Hyung Jae has some suspicions about Jin's condition but he doesn't want to tell Jin until he has clear evidence.

Hyung Jae is silent for a moment, his mind trying to analyze what happened on that day to Jin and Jung Kook. His first guess is that Jin was dreaming, but this theory can't explain how the robbers all died. Another possibility is that there is someone who uses the Soul Suppressing Body Retrieval technique on Jin, but this is not a common technique in today's world, maybe only a few people who know about this ancient f*******n style. This technique allows a person to take over someone else's body by putting his consciousness on the target's body and suppressing the target's consciousness, he will be able to move the target's body at will. This is one of the terrible moves that can be used for various things such as spying on enemies from within. The problem with this theory is that besides this technique has long been lost, it also does not answer how all the robbers die, even if there is someone with high knowledge of ancient technique overtake and move Jin's body, that person can only use internal power limited to Jin's ability, and Jin doesn't have sufficient internal power to kill the muggers with energy explosion like that. Whatever the answer, Hyung Jae is pretty sure something extraordinary happened to Jin at that time. 

"Sir, why don't you eat your fish?" Jin asked because he saw Hyung Jae just sit and be quiet without touching his grilled fish. 

"I was thinking about something earlier. Don't call me Sir any more, just call me Big Brother, anyways I'm not too old either." Hyung Jae asked like that because he doesn't want Jin to formally with him because he feels awkward if anyone speaks formally to him.

Jin who almost finished eating his meal replied, "Alright, umm ... Big Brother."

"Anyway, you say you had a way to get rid of the curse of the black demon on your body right? What way do you mean by that? As far as I know, currently, no healer in this world can remove that curse from someone's body." Hyung Jae asked with curiosity.

At first, Jin hesitated to answer it, he questioned if it was the right thing or not to be honest with Hyung Jae, someone whom he's only known for a few days. In the end, Jon decided to tell this because Hyung Jae has been so kind to him and proven to be a trustworthy person these days.

"The key to removing the curse of that black demon is Han Bi Hun's legacy," Jin replied bluntly. 

"What ?! Han Bi Hun's legacy?! How do you know about that and what kind of inheritance does it mean?" Hyung Jae is curious about Jin's answer, he doesn't expect this little boy in front of him to know about the ancient warrior who is considered the greatest warrior of all time. 

"Err... I also don't know what does it means, Big Bro, that's why Jung Kook and I wanted to go on an adventure to find the clues even though it failed in the end," Jin answered. 

"Any accurate information about Han Bi Hun's story has long been lost from the world of martial arts, most of the stories that are currently gloomy have been embellished with myths whose truth cannot be ascertained, I feels your mission will be very difficult, Jin, but if there is Han's heritage that can save your life and get rid of the curse of the black demon, then that thing is worth to looks for. " Hyung Jae explains the challenges that will be faced by Jin.

Jin understands the challenge that he will face, but somehow he feels if his adventure will be far more difficult than he thought.