Episode 258: I am the leader here (3)
After the strategy meeting, Jin-san Yu was looking around the headquarters with Il-gwang.
While we were chatting, Ilgwang asked a question.
“By the way, where did you come from inland, Yang Gui Daehyeop?”
There was no reason to hide his identity, so Jinsan Yu told him honestly.
“This is Shaanxi’s Confucius market.”
At that moment, Ilgwang’s loud laughter made the lava cave vibrate.
“haha! ha ha ha! “Is there such an amazing coincidence?”
“Why are you smiling?”
“My hometown is Baekyang County in Shaanxi. “I’ve seen Mr. Yu a few times while passing by.”
Jinsan Yu looked somewhat surprised.
This is because Baekyang-hyeon was close to the village where the Yu family head was located.
You could say it was an unexpected coincidence.
“I can’t believe it. “I can’t believe I met people from Shaanxi in this far away place.”
“ha ha ha! That’s right. “There’s a place in my neighborhood called Soho Gaekjan that serves amazing meat noodles. Have you ever been there?”
“I’ve been there a few times. “Because my granddaughter really likes their food.”
Il-gwang muttered as he licked his lips.
“If I could just eat a bowl of Soho Gaekjan’s meat noodles, I wouldn’t have any other wish...”
His face was full of earnestness.
Jinsan Yu was lost in thought for a moment with a faint smile on his face.
‘Anyway, this is something I don’t understand. ‘If a master of this level is from Shaanxi, there’s no way I wouldn’t know about it.’
If a master like Il Gwang was from there, word of it must have spread in the local martial arts community somehow.
But no matter how much I tried to remember, no person came to mind.
Jinsan Yu could not contain his curiosity and asked directly.
“If Shaanxi is your hometown, may I ask where the recluse is?”
“I am not a martial artist. So even if you tell me, you won’t know.”
Jinsan Yu seemed to know the reason now.
I asked him what he was guessing.
“Were you by any chance a government soldier?”
“You have great insight. “It’s been a long time since I retired, but I was once the commander of Langa University.”
Langadae (狼牙隊). As a legendary fighting unit of the government army, Yujinsan was well aware of its name.
Although it was disbanded immediately after the end of the war, it was very popular among the people because it brought news of victory in all battles at the time.
Among them, General Somu, the leader of Langa Dae, was the strongest general in the history of the military and even had a statue erected in Jangan Castle.
General Somu’s adjutant and Ranga Dae’s vice commander was Il Gwang.
“But how come you are on this island?”
“I ended up here while traveling around the central plains with my wife. “It just happened to coincide with the time when the warrior dragon was going crazy.”
If it was a light attack by daylight, it wouldn’t have been difficult to get off this island.
However, the reason it remains to this day is probably because the residents of this place could not be ignored.
Even though he was a retired soldier, he clearly showed the image of a true general who risked his life to protect his people.
“What have the military and Moorim been doing all this time?”
“They didn’t just sit back and watch. “Until about five years ago, many government forces and martial people formed punitive forces and came here.”
“What was the result?”
Il-gwang, who was reminiscing about the past, became angry.
“Like an idiot, I was captured and only made my enemies stronger. “This place is now like an island of death that even the country has abandoned.”
It wasn’t much different from what I had researched beforehand.
It seemed that most of the punitive force had been killed or poisoned with red sedge and had become the warrior dragon’s subordinates.
The survivors are probably gathered here and holding on.
Is there any other place in the world so filled with despair?
Yu Jin-san sighed and changed the subject to ask something else.
“I heard that the only person who went inside the wall and came out alive was the captain. “What happened in there?”
Il-gwang stroked his chin and recalled an old memory.
“hmm. At that time I was full of confidence. “To the point where he attacks alone, regardless of who the opponent is or how many there are.”
“But I guess the situation wasn’t good.”
Il-gwang nodded without hesitation.
“It was a miracle that I came out alive. “To escape, I jumped over the barrier and ran straight into the sea.”
“Because of the warrior dragon?”
“He was great, but there were also some strange ones.”
Yu Jin-san recalled what he had heard from Lim Pyeong-il.
Unidentified people wearing golden masks.
“You mean the ones called the Golden Temple?”
“That’s right. I ran into three guys, and they all looked like Hwa-gyeong level. And just like the warrior dragon, the martial arts they were using didn’t seem to belong to the central plains.”
Subduing the enemy without killing him was several times more difficult. Moreover, to defeat such a large number of people in a uniform manner.
One thing they have in common is that they all have frayed front ends. As if they were searching through their belongings.
What on earth happened here?
I was full of doubts, but I would find out in a moment.
The daylight continued to advance.
There was no need to worry about ending the lives of the fallen masked warriors. The subordinates following you will take care of it.
He only thought about the safety of the residents.
After a while, let’s launch a light attack like that. Finally, the temple came into his sight.
And the image of a girl wandering alone in the front yard.
His eyes were wide open as if he was surprised to see his own grim face.
‘Tsk! I can’t believe you don’t recognize this handsome face and are scared. Anyway, everyone seems to be safe.’
The girl’s identity was an evil monster who was protecting the village.
However, Il-gwang misunderstood the Yoo Seol in front of him as one of the residents’ children. This is because there was no trace of any martial arts training.
I felt relieved, but I still had to make sure other residents were safe as well.
Il-Gwang continued to run without stopping.
As soon as he tried to enter the inside of the temple, he was startled and flinched.
“omg!?”
It was because of a girl who didn’t care and tried to pass by.
Before you know it, you’re punching right in front of your own nose. It was truly a flash-like move.
In response to the sudden surprise attack, he urgently crossed his hands to defend his abdomen.
Whoops-!!
“Ugh!”
With a single groan, the large body began to slide away.
Il-gwang had an absurd expression on his face.
‘Do you really think this kid was a pervert? But where did such an ignorant power come from...’
He tried to reveal his identity, but was not given the opportunity.
Because it was already rushing towards me at lightning speed.
I wasn’t confident that I could fully take it with my self-defense skills.
Il-gwang also stretched out his fist reflexively. It was not an opponent whose strength could be controlled. A red-hot air current enveloped his thick arms and burned them.
From the other side too, the fist of the evil monster was approaching.
It was a cute fist, less than half the size, but Il-gwang was clenching his teeth in preparation for impact.
After a while, their fists collided, creating a strong shock wave between the two.
Kwaaang-!!
Ilgwang’s new model, the size of a house, floated away due to the heavy impact.
Rumors flew towards him like lightning.
“Wait a minute! “Oh, I’m mistaken...”
Il-gwang, who was flying backwards, shouted urgently, but Yu-seol’s ears could no longer hear it.
“Die, you monster!!”
Soon, the two fists began to beat the daylight indiscriminately, creating dozens of afterimages.
Took-! Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-!!
The unimaginable speed was such that I couldn’t even think of avoiding it.
Il-gwang had no choice but to hit frantically, covering his vitals with both arms.
“Ugh!”
Quang-!!
Il-gwang, who had been thrown to the ground, had a miserable expression on his face.
At the same time, I felt fear as I saw Yin Goe with his index finger outstretched in the air.
This was because the flow of energy condensing at the fingertips was unusual.
When the tension reached its peak. A savior has finally appeared.
“You’re on our side, baby! “Stop it!”
It was Eugene Mountain that appeared late.
In fact, I arrived a little earlier, but I was intentionally delayed one step.
It was to check Il-gwang’s martial arts level and I wanted to let him feel Eum-goe’s skills firsthand.
At that time, Yoo Seol approached the grandfather with an expression of disbelief.
“...Really?”
Yu Jin-san nodded and answered in full voice.
– Anyone can see that he is a bad guy, but it is clear that he is an ally. He is the leader of the resistance army.
Finally, as if he felt sorry for the joke, he approached Il-gwang with a puzzled attitude.
“I’m sorry, mister. “What should I do if he suddenly runs to me in surprise?”
Il-gwang, who was sitting down, raised his left hand as if to say not to worry.
Then I started laughing hysterically, wondering what was so good about it.
“Hahaha! Puhahaha!!”