Rise of the Unyielding
PART 1: Chapter 1- The Shadows of My Departure.
The Reckoning of His Soul.
The Shadows of My Departure.
“Those after my demise walk blind, for fate hides its hand until the hour strikes.”~
In Seoul, there is a famous tourist destination.
A Bar that is a harmonious combination of a bar, restaurant, Jewellery store, spar and so much more.
This bar also has private rooms men and women can indulge in, the only catch?
It's extremely expensive.
As it is owned by Ms Park Lisa, no illegal activities are conducted in this bar.........
......Or so we thought....
Without further ado, welcome... to the Indulgence Bar.
In one of the private rooms.
A man lays unconscious with a lit cigarette in his mouth while another man stands up and walks to the unconscious man.
Unknown
*Checks the unconscious man's pulse*
Unknown
*Takes his phone out of his pocket*
Unknown
*Checks the ID of the caller*
Unknown
*Smiles and answers*
This "[ ]" means words translated from Russian.
Unknown
📲
Иван, я собирался....
[Ivan, I was about....]
Alexei Sokolov
📲
....чтобы позвонить тебе.
[.....to call you.]
Character Information
________________________
Name: Alexei Sokolov. (A.K.A Alex)
Age: 28 year old.
Nationality: Russian.
Occupation: Most Renowned Russian Assassin.
Specialty: He makes his assassinations appear accidental or of natural causes.
(All his assassination victims till date have died with cases solved, unrelated to M*rder.)
On the other end of the call:
9pm. Vladivostok, Russia.
[The time difference between Seoul, South Korea and Vladivostok, Russia is 1 hour]
Unknown
📲
Алекс, я полагаю, у тебя есть.......
[Alex, I assume you have....... ]
Unknown
📲
.......хорошие новости для меня.
[.......good news for me ]
On the other end of the call:
Alexei Sokolov
📲
Конечно, да.
[I certainly do.]
Alexei Sokolov
*Looks at the dead man*
Alexei Sokolov
📲
Ryu Sanggoo's Сынок, Джесок официально....
[Ryu Sanggoo's son, Jaeseok is officially....]
Alexei Sokolov
📲
Мертвый.
[Dead.]
On the other end of the call:
Unknown
📲
Молодец.... это лучшая новость, которую я слышал за день.
[Well done.... that's the best news I've heard all day.]
Unknown
*Slides his fingers through his hair*
Unknown
📲
Я приеду в Сеул поздно вечером.
[I'll arrive in Seoul late in the evening.]
On the other end of the call:
Alexei Sokolov
*Walks out of the Private Room*
Alexei Sokolov
📲
*Confused*
Но почему?
[But why though?]
Alexei Sokolov
*Closes the door behind him*
Alexei Sokolov
📲
Я прекрасно со всем справился.
[I've handled everything perfectly.]
Alexei Sokolov
*Walks away from the private room*
Alexei Sokolov
📲
*Smirks*
Ты мне не веришь, Иван?
[Do you not trust me, Ivan?]
On the other end of the call:
Unknown
📲
Доверять?
[Trust?]
Unknown
*Leans in towards his own desk*
Ivan Volkov
📲
Алекс, когда речь шла о доверии.
[When has it ever been about trust, Alex.]
Character Information
________________________
Name: Ivan Volkov.
Age: 30 years old.
Nationality: Russian.
Occupation: No. 1 or The Boss of the Most Powerful Russian Gang in history, Volkov. (He was also the heir to the fallen Mafia Clan, Volkov.)
Ivan Volkov
📲
Это все бизнес, я плачу тебе, а ты убиваешь.
[This is all business, I pay you and you k*ll. ]
Ivan Volkov
📲
Так было всегда и так будет всегда.
[That's how it's always been and that's how it will always be. ]
On the other end of the call:
Alexei Sokolov
📲
Ой..
[Awwr..]
Alexei Sokolov
📲
*Smirks*
Это ранит мои чувства.
[That hurts my feelings.]
On the other end of the call:
Ivan Volkov
📲
Хватит дурачиться.
[Enough fooling around. ]
Ivan Volkov
📲
Я буду там поздно вечером..
[I'll be there late in the evening.. ]
Ivan Volkov
📲
Я уже знаю, ты дал ему особый необнаружимый яд… ‘Поцелуй Фантома.
[I already know, you gave him the special undetectable poison… the Phantom’s Kiss.]
Note:
--------------
The Phantom’s Kiss was no ordinary toxin.
A rare, engineered derivative of botulinum, designed by a Renowned Russian Scientist, Alexei Sokolov himself.
The toxin mimicked natural causes of death—cardiac arrest, stroke, respiratory failure—while leaving no trace in standard autopsies.
Odorless. Tasteless. Invisible.
It could dissolve in wine, vanish into whiskey, or be laced into the paper of a cigarette without detection.
Within minutes, the victim’s body betrayed them, collapsing as though fate itself had struck.
Among those who knew of it, the Phantom’s Kiss was more than a poison. It was Alexei’s signature—a whisper of inevitability, a mark of power.
Ivan Volkov
📲
Мне просто нужно было подтверждение того, мертв ли бедный мальчик или нет.
[I just needed confirmation as to whether the poor boy is dead or not.]
Ivan Volkov
📲
*Looks down*
*Voice low and deep*
Это довольно печально, мальчик расплачивается за злодеяния своего отца. Черт возьми.. Это заставляет меня чувствовать..
[It's quite sad, the young boy is paying for the misdeeds of his father. Gosh.. This is making me feel.. ]
Ivan Volkov
📲
*Sounding sad*
Это заставляет меня чувствовать.....
[It's making me feel..... ]
Ivan Volkov
*Smiles Crazily*
Ivan Volkov
📲
*Smiles Crazily*
....Взволнованный.
[....Excited. ]
Ivan Volkov
📲
*Smiles Crazily*
Я хочу увидеть Ryu Sanggoo's лицо, когда он проигрывает.......
[I wish to see Mr Ryu Sanggoo's face when he loses....... ]
Ivan Volkov
*Smiles crazily*
Ivan Volkov
📲
........Все...
[........Everything...]
Ivan Volkov
📲
....Он.......
[....He.......]
Ivan Volkov
📲
........Держит......
[......Holds...... ]
Ivan Volkov
📲
.....Дорогой.......
[.......Dear.......]
Alexei Sokolov
*Walking away*
On the other end of the call, Alexei walked steadily down the corridor, his silence unbroken as Ivan’s manic excitement spilled through the receiver.
Then, suddenly, a chill crept down his spine. His smirk faltered, and his steps froze mid-stride.
Ivan’s voice droned on, unhinged and ecstatic, but Alexei’s attention drifted.
He turned his head slightly, eyes narrowing at the door he had just closed behind him. Something about that room felt… wrong.
A faint smirk returned to his lips as he dismissed the sensation. Perhaps the ghost of the boy I just murdered, he thought, amused.
With that, he continued down the corridor, undisturbed, his composure intact.
At the end of Ivan’s tirade, Alexei smirked faintly once more, his thoughts cutting sharp:
Alexei Sokolov
И меня называют сумасшедшей...
([And they call me crazy...])
Meanwhile, in the private room Alexei just walked away from.
“The living after me do not know what storms await their names.”~
Everything in the Private Room looked fine.
Even the unconscious man with a lit cigarette in his mouth.
On the surface, he looked like a man who had too much to drink and fell asleep while smoking.
But reality hides deeper horrors than we could ever imagine, for his poor soul had already.... left his body..
Unknown
*His heart*
"Badump"
His heart began to beat rhythmically again.
.........................
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Chapter 2: The Man Reflected.
The Reckoning of His Soul.
“The man reflected is a stranger, yet the closest truth he will ever know.”~
Indulgence Bar, Private Room.
He looked at the unfamiliar ceiling and surrounding.
Apart from the luxurious furniture, he was the only soul in sight.
Unknown
(Where am I and where are my brothers?)
Unknown
(And.... The ground... )
Unknown
*Looks down at the ground*
Unknown
*Thinking*
(The ground... It's intact..)
Unknown
(But how can that be....? It was crumbling to dust just a moment ago-----)
Suddenly and unintentionally, while looking around, he looked at a mirror... which had an unfamiliar face on it.
What he sees on the mirror:
Unknown
*Moves slightly to see whether that man in the mirror's reflection is truly him or not*
The reflection on the mirror moved exactly as he did.
Unknown
(And..... more importantly.......)
What he sees on the mirror:
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
*Removes the Cigarette from his lips*
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(......Who's that?)
Character Information
________________________
Current Name: Ryu Jaeseok. (Real Name From Previous Life: Geomjeong.)
Current Age: 21-year-old (Real Age From Previous Life: 🔒Info Locked.)
Current Nationality: Korean
Current Occupation: Pathetic Security Assistant Trainer at Security Personnel Department, in Ryu Enterprise.
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Chapter 3: Depths of Thought
The Reckoning of His Soul.
“In the silence beneath words, thought becomes an ocean—vast, unseen, and endless.”~
8 :07pm. Indulgence Bar, Private Room.
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
*Stands from his seat*
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
*Walks towards the mirror*
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
*Stares at his reflection*
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
..........
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
*Does some actions that further prove that the man in the mirror is him*
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
*Thinking*
(This boy...... Is me?)
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
*Thinking*
(This... This Doesn't make any sense..)
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(And....)
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
*Looks around*
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(I don't sense danger, but... What is this place...?)
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(It looks nothing like the "Palace" or any place in "Nytherra")
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(And neither are my brothers here...)
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(Mmm.... And these clothes, I've never seen such strange clothing my life...)
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
*Touches his neck*
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(And.... I noticed this earlier but..... this language I am thinking in...)
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(I've learnt all 2,751 languages in "Nytherra" but not a single one.. Sounds like this...)
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
..........
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(Yet I am able to understand and create sentences fluently....)
Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his heart.
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
*Places his palm on his chest*
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
*Thinking*
(This pain....)
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(I've been poisoned...)
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
*Looks at the cigarette in between his slender fingers*
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(I was too disorientated to notice earlier... But this Charred leaf roll.... It's mixed with a dangerous poison.)
He then pressed the cigarette onto the mirror and put it out.
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
........
He felt a bit strange, a feeling he hasn't been accustomed to for decades.
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(I feel.... Weak...?)
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
.........
Weak.. Geomjeong hasn't felt weakness for decades.....
And this feeling has become somewhat...
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
.........
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(I thought of the possibility that my real body had been altered in the crush but...)
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
*Looks at himself in the mirror*
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(This body is not my own...)
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(My real body is immune and unsusceptible to all poisons under the sun..)
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(And my Essence......)
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(I can't feel it.......)
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(Yet..)
__________________________
Essence.. This refers to Geomjeong's life force, energy or power. In this context, Geomjeong neither has nor feels the presence of his Essence in this body.
__________________________
__________________________
But since his soul is linked with his Essence, he is sure it will be tapped soon after a life or death encounter while conscious.
__________________________
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
...........
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(Could it be... )
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
...........
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(My soul has replaced...)
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
*Looks at his reflection*
Ryu Jaeseok (Geomjeong)
(The soul belonging to this body?)
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