Chapter 42: Lion Dance (10)
At first, Baek Eon, Song Ok, and Hyo Wol were mistaken too.
They met Seol Young early in the morning, and so they thought that he was the one who summoned the spirit of the lion that was now fighting Sa Daham.
But no.
Didnt Great-rang teach him the sword technique of Young Master Sa Daham? If that is the case, then Seol Young should be able to use it.
Song Ok said.
It didnt matter what he looked like, but the more they watched, the more convinced they were.
Seol Young learned it.
The others dont know, but we do.
Even at this moment, when the Hwarangs were throwing their shurikens, Seol Young was dodging them well.
But it was only a matter of time before they hit him.
The key was to repeat the sword forms, which flowed like water. But with so many weapons being thrown at him, how could he finish the sword technique?
At that time, Hyo Wol discovered something.
Great-rang! That!
He pointed Baek Eon to one side, and that was where the musicians were seated for the ritual.
Ah, right.
The three left their positions and hurried over there. Hyo Wol flashed them a friendly smile and quickly reached his hand out.
I will borrow this for a moment!
He snatched the drums from the musicians.
At the same time, the lion engaged in the battle was rushing forward and relying on its senses, and then its head emerged from the flags and fluttered in front of him.
The flag poles were being crushed, and the flags were torn. Seol Young didnt waver and calmly continued the sword technique.
The weapons of each troop came for him and
Tung!
At that moment, a powerful vibration rang in everyones ears, making them all shocked.
Baek Eon, the head of the White Tiger Spirit Troops, was standing in front of a drum. He raised one hand and struck the drum, and the force broke the stick off.
A drumstick should be used according to the size of the hand and the strength of the person holding it. And it didnt fit him because he was in a hurry.
Great-rang, over here!
Knowing this would happen, Hyo Wol prepared another long black stick, which he got from one of the musicians.
Thanks.
Baek Eon threw the broken one away and beat the drum again. The powerful vibration continued and made everyone surprised again.L1tLagoon witnessed the first publication of this chapter on Ñøv€l--B1n.
This time, they realized it. The two energies were clashing fiercely, so no one could intervene, which is why they were throwing their weapons from a distance.
But Baek Eon was intervening by hitting the drums. It was impossible for anyone who didnt have strong spiritual power and experience.
As expected of Baek Eon-rang.
Everyone was amazed, but it was only for a while.
?
Everyone was in doubt. This powerful sound, which vibrated in their ears, was intended for Sa Daham.
But it didnt hurt at all. He just kept missing at crucial moments in the fight.
What happened?
They looked at Baek Eon, puzzled, and Seol Young also glanced at him.
He knows.
Baek Eon had a calm face as he hit the drum. Song Ok and Hyo Wol were guarding either side of him, so no one could intervene.
The identity of the murderer was a Demonic Sword? Everyone was shocked.
Amitabha. Seol Young-rang is right.
A monk with broad shoulders and gentle eyes stepped forward.
I am Do Cheol, a monk of the In Hyesa Temple. When I was younger, I stayed at the Jang Insa Temple with the deceased man.
Then several Hwarangs remembered the story of what had happened.
Ah, that monk.
When they confronted the family, they all saw and heard about it. This monk was the one that Seol Young went to protect.
That Demonic Sword is terrifying, and the fake monk was sealed inside of it. He killed all of the monks of the temple to gain great power, and when everyone was dead, the place became empty and I was the only one left, so Seol Young-rang tried to protect my life.
Do Cheol said without pausing. In this way, he released the feelings he had kept bottled up.
But the problem was huge. Seol Young-rang was trying to find out the identity of the evil spirit and was injured by it. The evil spirit became one with the sword, and it moved like a Sword God. How could it be defeated? I wondered.
Certainly, that is a difficult task.
Everyone thought so. And then they all turned to look at Zaha.
He shook his head, saying,
I had a hard time too.
This wasnt about winning. This was a battle where they had to protect someone from a Demonic Sword.
Jin Rim looked at Seol Young again.
Is this why this happened?
Yes, Governor.
Seol Young answered.
I decided that it would be impossible to win if the fake monk was in its sword form, so I had to force him to possess something else, and that was Suan Ni.
And Seol Young-rang became Young Lord Sa Daham?
Yes. The only person the fake monk feared was him, so I tried to subdue him by taking the form of the person who installed fear in him.
Then why do it here? You must know that the Sword Dance is underway right here today.
The Governor asked. He wasnt scolding him or anything, and from the tone of his voice, he roughly guessed why too.
Can I speak again?
The monk asked.
Seol Young-rang didnt deliberately disturb the Sword Dance. He did it to preserve the life of this poor and frail monk.
Skimming past the words poor and frail, Jin Rim asked,
To save the monk?
Yes. He said if he summoned the fake monk and fought in the Sacred Forest, where the Sword Dance was happening, other Hwarangs would be able to protect my life even if he failed.
As I thought.
The Governor nodded. Of course, the ritual was important, but so was human life, and this was what Hwarangs were taught.
The fake monk had taken advantage of Seol Young-rangs intentions. If he appeared in the form of Sa Daham, everyone would think of him as an evil spirit and attack him, right? And that is how it happened.
Silence passed as the Hwarangs were motionless.
How could they have ever guessed that this was the situation?
They saw the family of the victim point to Sa Daham, and during a fight that they couldnt intervene in, they had to take the other side.
It wasnt like they wanted to blame him. They just felt incompetent.
It was like everyone came forward for the evil spirit wrapped in their own thoughts!
And this was confirmed again.
From the time they have entangled with the Ghost Demon King eight years ago until now, they have been constantly humiliated.