Episode 13: The Way of the World (2)
The wild vegetables of Heuksando Island engulfed in war clouds.
There was a calmness hovering over this place, as if it were before a storm. This is because an uninvited guest came to the entrance.
“Where has everyone gone?”
“The entrance to the mountain lodge is open and you can’t even see the nose.”
“You expected it, right? “The fact that they are trying to fight us is ridiculous.”
Those who arrived at the entrance were three first-generation disciples and five second-generation disciples of the Shaman sect.
They thought they ran away because they were scared of the bandits.
At that time, the person with the highest allocation raised his left hand and said.
“Everyone, please be quiet.”
He closed his eyes and moved his head slightly from side to side.
After a while. Suddenly his face took on a sneer.
“Thank goodness. “They haven’t escaped yet.”
Dozens of small log cabins can be seen inside the mountain lodge. The bandits were clearly hiding inside.
Afterwards, someone who sensed their energy spoke with a nervous expression.
“I think there are more than a hundred people. Would it be okay?”
“Hyunhee has a lot to worry about. It’s actually a good thing. “It can be wiped out in one go.”
“For some reason, I don’t feel well... Why don’t we just go back today?”
“Are you out of your mind? “Are we going to come all the way here and just go back empty-handed?”
“No, I just...”
One of the disciples who was watching gently pushed her back with a sword sheath.
“Hyunhee is the best among Lee Dae’s students? Well then, I guess I can show my skills this time. “Take the lead somewhere.”
Hyunhee, who was walking with great strides as if being pushed, suddenly stopped.
Soon her shoulders began to tremble slightly.
“what’s the matter?”
“...over there.”
Deep within the mountain forests of Heuksando Island. Two people were kneeling there. He bowed his head like a prisoner about to be beheaded. They were Shaman sect gurus who did not show up at the gathering place.
Behind them, an older bandit was clutching a sword.
At that time, the sharp blade of the sword began to strike their necks.
“Take one step closer. Then I will cut off their heads.”
The Taoist monks of the Shaman faction were both embarrassed and deeply indignant.
“How can you do such a cruel thing!”
Among the group, Cheongjin had the highest distribution of military merit.
Despite his shouting, the bandit snorted and raised his sword high.
“How dare words such as cruelty come out of your mouths? “Isn’t it cruel for those so-called Taoists to enjoy killing in the name of revenge?”
“You brought it all on yourself.”
“Then you can be sure that the Shaman faction has never persecuted an innocent person before?”
At that moment, the bandit’s raised sword struck the monk’s neck.
Sukkyung-!
One supply and demand fell to the ground and rolled several times.
And the monks who saw his face turned pale.
“Hyun Hyeonseong?”
“It’s Priest Hyeonseong....”
There was still one more person left. It must be Hyeon-ho, who traveled with him.
Someone asked with suspicious eyes.
“Isn’t he already dead?”
I couldn’t tell because he was only looking at his back with his head down.
At that moment, Cheongjin shook his head once and said.
“no. “I just wriggled.”
“What should I do?”
The bandit was already raising his sword again.
Just when the monks were panicking. One of the leading disciples of the Shaman sect could not stand it anymore and started running.
Everyone flinched at the unexpected situation. Cheongjin tried to stop him, but it was already too late. No one could stop the lightning-like movement.
“I will kill you!”
The bandit’s sword was already heading towards the neck of the kneeling monk. The blade of the sword dug into the gap and attempted to strike.
At that moment, something unbelievable happened. Isn’t the bakdo that was heading towards the nape of the neck changing direction? The changed target was the front chest of the running Taoist. It was a very natural movement, as if they had already anticipated this situation.
However, the first disciple of the Shaman faction was not an easy person.
Suddenly!
A sharp blade cut through his front chest. However, the only thing that was cut off was the gi. It was missed by an inch.
The first disciple stumbled in his posture with an expression of bewilderment. He seemed like he couldn’t believe that he had just almost been killed by bandits.
Of course, an ordinary bandit would never suffer this kind of humiliation. This was possible because the person who grabbed Park Do was none other than Yu Jin-san.
‘It’s not easy.’
“Damn it...”
After a while, his new form was swallowed up by the bandits as if a wave was sweeping over them.
There was nothing to be done about the endless sword blades coming from all directions. Moreover, the weapons of Pungho and Yujinsan were also mixed in between them.
Phew! Suddenly! Sigh-!
He couldn’t even scream and turned into a lonely soul. The situation of other Taoists was not much different.
It was around half past half hour.
Kwaang-!
After breaking through the siege of bandits, a Taoist monk appeared in the clearing.
He was the last disciple who survived until the end. His entire body was covered in large and small wounds, and he was covered in blood whose origins he did not know.
Pung-ho checked him and shouted urgently.
“You can’t miss it!!!”
I could never send it.
If you missed it, everything was over. It was clear that if he returned to the Shaman faction, disaster would come.
The bandits rushed to block the way, but there was no way.
“I will make you regret what happened today!”
The Taoist’s eyes were full of venom. There was no one standing in his way anymore.
This was when the bandits’ eyes were filled with despair.
Suddenly, a ray of red light shot through the small gap between them. It was aimed precisely at the back of the first disciple.
Phew!
The long spear filled with red lance burrowed into his abdomen, getting half of it stuck.
Yu Jin-san, who had already approached, pulled out his spear and muttered.
“This guy knew I would be like this.”
He retrieved the spear and looked at the situation.
The commotion everywhere was gradually fading away. Except for the pit where the Shaman sect’s Taoist monk was imprisoned.
One person was still alive there. And there were about 50 bandits surrounding him, aiming spears and bows.
“Get out of the way.”
It was a guru called Hyeonhee. She seemed to have given up on everything and was waiting for disposition, giving up resistance.
The bandits looked at Fenghu.
“What should we do, Chaeju?”
“Send it away. To the sky.”
It was an answer without hesitation. At that time, Jinsan Yu raised one hand and shouted.
“Stop!”
The movements of the bandits who were about to attack stopped at the same time.
Without realizing it, they felt that Jinsan Yu was a superior to Chaeju.
“Do you have any thoughts?”
Pungho looked puzzled.
“If we keep her alive now, Heuksando will also have a future. Lock him up first.”
It wasn’t difficult at all. Feng Hao nodded and gave orders to his subordinates.
“Break them and take them away.”
She looked as if her soul had been drained from shock.
How could anyone have expected that the shaman faction would be destroyed so much by bandits? There was not the slightest resistance until they were captured and dragged away.
At that time, Wang Gyu, the debtor, approached Pung Ho and asked.
“Now that we have killed all the Taoist monks, the Shamans will not remain silent.”
“Anyway, we have nowhere else to go but here. “We will fight until the end.”
Yu Jin-san, who was watching their conversation, snorted.
“You’re full of confidence because you won once. “Compared to the elites of the Shaman faction, these guys are nothing more than a bunch of idiots.”
“What should I do if I come here?”
Jinsan Yu crossed his arms and thought for a moment. Even so, it was something he was concerned about.
‘The shaman faction did not get along very well with the volcano faction. And if it’s a volcano, it’s not far from here.’
A dance competition held by late exponents in Hwasan a few years ago.
At that time, there was an incident where a disciple of the Shaman sect accidentally killed a disciple of the Hwasan sect. The anecdote that the relationship between the two factions became awkward after that was famous.
And Yu Jin-san decided to take advantage of this.
“Collect the Taoists’ clothing and weapon belongings and scatter them around the volcano.”
“Are you saying we should use a secret? They made it look like they were hit by a volcanic wave. But will the independents really be fooled?”
“Of course I won’t be fooled. It’s just to confuse tracking. “Please don’t pay any attention to this place for the time being.”
“I think it would be a good idea to do so. As expected, the more I see of the old man’s plans, the more surprising I am.”
“Tell me it’s not a ruse, it’s wisdom. “When you say that, doesn’t it make me look like a villain?”
At that time, a baby was toddling from behind the mountain hut.
It was a rumor hidden in a safe place in the back.
“Habae!”
Eugene San reflexively got down on one knee and spread his arms.
“Hehe! You were hiding here, my baby.”