Martial Artist Lee Gwak - Chapter 0 Prologue

Light Novel: Prologue

Manhwa: 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.

“Such powerful eyes you possess!”

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.

SoundlessWind21’s Notes:

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).

Update – October 21, 2023:

I have now made a new Patreon account dedicated to Martial Artist Lee Gwak:SW21 Translations. You can join for free to get notifications when a chapter is posted or become a member for $1 to show your support!