Chapter 153. Trying to Row a Boat On Land (24)

Chapter 153. Trying to Row a Boat On Land (24)

‘The report said that a massive tiger and an expert with a sword attacked those dumbass Blood Wolves. It was probably that bastard.’

“Our horses might get rattled because of the tiger. Dismount here and attack him.”

Nu Jin-Cheol was a very thorough tactician, so he didn’t miss that detail.

The entire battalion dismounted and ran behind him.

“Let’s wreck that arrogant bastard who dares to stand alone before us!”

“OOORAH!!!!”

The strength of the Great Desert Black Demon Battalion was in no way diminished as they dismounted. Not only were the majority of them at least First Class experts, but nearly a hundred of them were Peak experts, while about thirteen, including Nu Jin-Cheol, had even reached the Transcendent stage.

Yet even with this level of strength, the Great Desert Black Demon Battalion was merely ranked fifth among the Cruel Sandstorm Riders, leaving the bandit group’s true strength a mystery to the gangho.

It was only after they started the charge that Nu Jin-Cheol saw the small child standing in front of Woo-Moon.

‘What the hell? Is that a child?’

“Trample them all!”

Anything that blocked their path was nothing more than an annoying obstacle, even a child.

However, he was quickly forced to change his original assumption completely.

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“Huh?”

One of the Transcendent class experts of the Great Desert Black Demon Battalion swung a great axe at the child blocking his path, only to be surprised when the child dodged the axe and grabbed both of his shoulders with his tiny hands.

‘W-what the hell?’

“AGH!!!”

Just like a normal child would catch a dragonfly and tear off its wings, the child giggled as he tore the bandit with the great axe in half.

Covered in internal organs, the child haphazardly threw the two halves of the corpse to either side.

SQUELCH!

Screams rang out simultaneously as those hit by the two halves of the corpse were crushed to death by the impact.

“Keke. You know, I wondered why I kept smelling trash in the air lately. That’s the only reason I woke up. You Martial Heaven bastards smell so bad that your stench wouldn’t let me sleep!”

Woo-Moon was already taken aback by the faint aura of a Paragon exuding from the child, and he was even more surprised by the latter’s words.

‘He knows what Martial Heaven is? Moreover, he recognizes that these bastards are from Martial Heaven, too. On top of it all, he also has an incredible grudge against them?’

The words of Jin Yo, whom he had met in the Forbidden City the other day, came to mind—there were people who had fought against Martial Heaven long before Woo-Moon stepped on his own road to vengeance.

‘Could he be one of those who survived?’

The corpses around the child Paragon floated up before shooting forward simultaneously.

“Aah!!!”

“UGH!!!”

The child simply lifted all movable objects around him, coated them in aura, and shot them forward. From a distance, the scene looked much like a naval battle, with one ship firing countless shells at the boats surrounding it.

“We can’t just sit around and watch, Eun-Ah. These bastards are ours!”

ROAR!!

With a roar, Eun-Ah jumped high and fell into the center of the Great Desert Black Demon Battalion.

BOOM!

“AGH!!!!”

The bandits were torn to pieces from the sheer force of Eun-Ah’s landing, sent flying in all directions.

Raising Inkblade into the air, Woo-Moon instantly formed four sword spheres and sent them flying toward where the battalion had the most people.

BOOOOOOM!

As one of the sword spheres exploded, at least sixty or seventy bandits were shredded to bits and scattered around like the feathers from an exploding pillow.

“Oho, not bad!” the child muttered in satisfaction as he looked at Woo-Moon.

The three[1] went out killing members of the Great Desert Black Demon Battalion at a frightening speed, as if they were competing with each other.

Woo-Moon’s sword soared, sending dozens of heads into the air. Meanwhile, under the control of the child, the corpses turned into cannonballs, flying straight into groups of their comrades and blasting them to bits.

It took mere seconds to annihilate the thousand-strong Great Desert Black Demon Battalion.

Placing his hand on the left chest of Great Desert Black Demon Battalion Leader Nu Jin-Cheol, the child smiled eerily.

Crunch!

The sound of his bones cracking and flesh tearing filled the air as Nu Jin-Cheol’s heart was ripped out.

***

Before heading in this direction, Woo-Moon had gotten information from Princess Mok Yong and the others about the whereabouts of the North Sea Ice Palace—an island in a lake located in the northeast.[2]

As he continued traveling northeast on Eun-Ah, the weather gradually became colder. It was no problem for Woo-Moon and Eun-Ah, but by this point, there were hardly any human settlements around.

At some point, snow started to fall from the sky.

Upon seeing the snow, Eun-Ah roared in good spirits, causing all of the wild animals to tremble and whatever tiger hunters there were in the vicinity to panic.

As he headed further northeast, he couldn’t see any soil any longer; instead, he came up on a snowy field, white drifting across the landscape.

With every step, Eun-Ah left massive pawprints.

At this point, Woo-Moon began to feel a little worried. No matter where he looked, all he could see was snow across the entire expanse of the horizon, leading him to worry he might have gotten lost.

‘Where the hell is the North Sea Ice Palace?’

Fortunately, he suddenly saw a group of people passing by in the distance. With a happy heart, Woo-Moon jumped on Eun-Ah and ran toward them at once.

“E-eeek!! It’s a tiger!!”

“Run!”

It was only at this point that Woo-Moon realized his mistake.

Even people of the murim who had cultivated to some degree would be afraid of a massive tiger like Eun-Ah, let alone ordinary people.

“It’s okay, she won’t bite.”

Woo-Moon’s voice, imbued with the qi of the Forbidden Divine Art, rang softly to the terrified people, who had been so scared that they had wet their pants.

The strong and steady power contained in his voice calmed them down.

“I-it’s a person.”

“Is there someone riding that white tiger?”

Seeing Eun-Ah standing still and hearing Woo-Moon’s reassurance, the people heaved a sigh of relief.

“This white tiger is my companion and is named Eun-Ah. Please don’t be afraid. I completely forgot myself and didn’t even consider that you might be afraid. I’m sorry.”

Woo-Moon got off Eun-Ah’s back and bowed, apologizing to the group of about twenty people.

Seeing his apologetic attitude, they let their guard down a little, and one of them called out to him. “What is it that you need from us?”

“Oh, would you happen to know of a place called the North Sea Ice Palace?”

“Yes, we do. As expected, you are from the murim, too. Are you trying to go to the North Sea Ice Palace?”

Seeing as they seemed to know what the North Sea Ice Palace was, Woo-Moon nodded.

"That's right. Can you tell me where I can find it?”

As the two spoke, Eun-Ah walked over to the side toward the children who were staring at her.

When she looked at them, she could see the figure of Gun-Ha, the girl with whom she had played so joyfully.

Eun-Ah tried to act friendly by approaching the children and acting all cute, just as she used to do with Gun-Ha in the past.

“A-ahhhh!!!!!!!”

One child eventually couldn't hold it in and started crying loudly. Then, the child's mother, who was nearby, came running with a stick and stabbed at Eun-Ah, screaming.

"Go away! Get away from my son!”

Grrrr.....

Instead of playing with her, the children were scared and started to cry. Coupled with the mother’s scolding, this left Eun-Ah very discouraged. She walked away slowly, her head drooping to the ground. It was a very sad sight... yet a very cute one at the same time.

An unusually confident child approached Eun-Ah and stroked her face with her tiny hands.

“Hehe, it’s okay. There, there, don’t cry.”

Eun-Ah had actually begun to cry as she remembered Gun-Ha and the others, who were now gone and not with her any longer. But she was so touched by the friendly child’s gesture that she immediately cheered up a little and licked her back.

“Kyaha~! Don’t, it tickles!”

Seeing as the child was not afraid of her, Eun-Ah lowered her body as much as possible and stuck out a paw.

“Huh? Do you want me to get on?”

Eun-Ah nodded her head slightly in agreement.

The child smiled brightly, grabbed Eun-Ah's fur, and climbed on top of her.

“Wow!!!! It’s so high!!! Ahahah!!!”

As the child played happily with Eun-Ah, the other children who were crying gradually stopped and ran to Eun-Ah and started to play with her.

1. Says two in the raws, but we can’t forget our dear Eun-Ah. ☜

2. I know, it’s named the North Sea Ice Palace. But it says explicitly lake (??) here. ☜