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Bloody Du and Yeom Gwi-bi are masters of the dark path who went into seclusion after being designated as public enemies of the martial arts world twenty years ago and ten years ago, respectively.
It seems he crawled out into the secular world after hearing the news of the formation of the Black Alliance.
“Nice to meet you. You arrived quite early?”
Yeom Gwi-bi approached, shaking the blood off her hands.
Akbyeongbi slammed his fist on the iron bars and warned.
Stop!
Akbyeongbi also seemed unaware of the bloody battle with Yeomgwibi, but seeing that the atmosphere was unusual compared to the inn, she appeared to have heightened her vigilance.
In contrast, Empress Yeom maintains her relaxed smile and acts coquettishly.
“Oh my! If you speak so coldly, the girl will get hurt…….”
Yeom Gwi-bi pouts and makes a sullen face.
Compared to Akbyeongbi, who certainly looks older even among middle-aged women, Yeomgwibi, who appears to be just under thirty, does look like a young girl on the outside.
However… … ‘Isn’t that woman over sixty?’ As someone who knew the truth, watching that scene was quite an ordeal.
Anyway, I became curious about the intention behind those two leaving their group behind and coming here separately.
Because I’m not naive enough to believe in coincidence.
Akbyeongbi speaks, still not letting his guard down.
“What are you getting into?”
His gaze turned toward the corpses scattered to one side, then shifted to the trembling bandits.
Yeom Gwi-bi claps her hands together as if it were no big deal.
Ah! I was in the process of guiding them because they were committing evil deeds.
“Guidance?”
“Yes! It is wrong to covet other people’s lives and belongings while trying to collect a toll, isn’t it?”
“…….”
Yeom Gwi-bi smiled sweetly with her luscious lips and continued speaking.
If our presence is inconvenient for you, please feel free to just pass by.
“……
hmm.”
Suspicion remained on Ak Byeong-bi’s face, but Yeom Gwi-bi merely smiled sweetly at him.
“Of course. We are merely trying to punish those who dare to pretend to be bandits when they aren’t even real bandits.”
I see.
Did they think it was just a fight between villains anyway?
Finally, Akbyeongbi nodded, turned around, and shouted.
“Keep going!”
The carriage moved slowly at Akbyeongbi’s command.
The escorts and members of the delegation did not let their guard down against the two people throughout the entire journey.
Yeom Gwi-bi and the bloody battle are merely watching passively as promised, taking no action.
However, as I passed them, I looked around and let out a deep sigh.
It is a welcome thing that Yeom Gwi-bi and Hyeol-tu are letting me go quietly. That much is certain. But… … .
Shivering
The bumbling bandits, pale and trembling as if they had met the Grim Reaper.
It looked as if they had brought their farming tools exactly as they were, with the only weapons being things like sickles and pitchforks.… …
No matter how hard I try to ignore it, it keeps catching my eye. ‘Haa… Why did it have to be Yeom Gwi-bi and Hyeol-du of all people… If it had been us, it would have ended with just a beating and broken bones…’
It is something that should have originally ended there.
I eventually stopped walking.
“What do you plan to do with those people?”
“Jin So-un!”
“Jin Siju!”
Those ahead of me were surprised by my question and called out to me, but I continued to stare at the bloody battle with Yeom Gwi-bi.
Yeom Gwi-bi’s eyebrows twitch strangely.
“Why are you curious about that, Confucius?”
“They look like people who had no choice but to become bandits because of the famine…….”
I scanned the bandits who were subdued and trembling, then glared at Yeom Gwi-bi.
“I think killing him is too harsh a measure.”
“That’s too much?”
Yeom Gwi-bi, who was caressing her lips with her long, blood-stained fingers, giggled.
We lost our group because of them. They must take responsibility for that.
Is that method death?
A moment of resolute light flashes in Yeom Gwi-bi’s eyes.
If you have stepped into a world of survival of the fittest, your responsibility is always your own life.
“Moreover, if we hadn’t condemned them, Confucius and his party would have suffered at their hands. Is that alright?”
We aren’t that weak, either.
“Hmm…….”
Empress Yeom, who had been gazing at me with a strange intensity, continued speaking.
“Then, are you saying you’re going to fight us for the sake of those who might have targeted Confucius?”
A clear provocation.
However, I did not avoid her eyes.
The martial arts level I remember from the bloody battle with Yeom Gwi-bi is the Eight Evils.
Two steps ahead.
If we were to fight a battle here, the damage on our side would be considerable.
“Surely you didn’t get involved in our business without even that kind of resolve?”
At that moment, Yeom Gwi-bi turned her head halfway and spoke.
Tuno.
“I get it!”
Bloody battle called Tuno knocked down a half-baked bandit he had caught and tried to stomp on his head to smash it.
“crazy!”
I stepped on the Taeeul Palman Shinbo, passed Yeom Gwi-bi, and blocked Tuno’s path.
puck.
“Aaaargh!”
The bumbling bandit, whose head had nearly exploded, screamed and fainted, and the area between his legs became soaking wet.
Tingling.
I, too, felt a sharp jolt in my bones as I stood blocking the foot of the bloody battle.
Feeling like it would really break if I applied just a little more force, I kicked his foot up with all my might.
Whoosh. Thump.
Although the crushing force was so strong, the bloody battle whizzed through the air as if it were a feather and landed lightly on the ground.
Clang clang clang.
The members of the delegation also prepared for battle.
Ak Byeong-bi tightened his grip on the iron spear, Il-myeong put the prayer beads in his bosom, and Dang Seo-hui tucked the flying dagger between his fingers.
He grinned as if he were enjoying the bloody battle.
“See? I told you I’m an interesting guy.”
Even though the aura emanating from the delegation was formidable, Hyeoltu and Yeom Gwi-bi simply continued their conversation amongst themselves.
Yeom Gwi-bi also covers her mouth with her hand and laughs heartily.
“I know. They said he was even more interesting than Sobul. He really did withstand Tuno’s leg strength, didn’t he?”
At her words, the faces of the delegation turned sullen.
Knowing Sobul’s true identity means that he is acting nonchalantly even though he knows this group is an envoy from the Murim Alliance.
Bloody Battle pointed at me with the tip of his chin and asked.
“Kid, where is your sect?”
I answered while meeting his gaze.
“Isn’t it the etiquette of the Jianghu to mention one’s own sect before asking about the other’s?”
Hyeoldu, who had been making a face as if he had been punched at my words for a moment, bursts into hearty laughter.
“Hahahahaha. You really are a funny fellow.”
Then, he immediately wipes the smile off his face.
“So you won’t tell the story?”
Of course, I am not the kind of person who forces politeness on others.
I am Jin So-un of the Taeeulmun.
I can feel it.
I can feel the sulky stares of the delegation members.
But what am I supposed to do? The opponents are bigwigs of the Dark Sect who were designated public enemies of the martial arts world.
At my answer, Yeom Gwi-bi and Hyeol-tu seemed to feign surprise.
“Huh? You’re the Black Flame Dragon?”
“Oh my? Really?”
Two people suddenly approaching, letting go of their jealousy.
What’s with these reactions?
You look gentle, unlike what I expected.
“You said you were a joint successor of the Black Dao, but who taught you?”
My mind went blank for a moment. ‘Don’t spread rumors! There’s an ideological interrogator right there!’ Lacking the courage to voice my inner thoughts in front of the two masters, I quickly changed the subject.
In any case, since they are likely the heads of their households, I ask that you let them go at the level of corporal punishment.
While Yeom Gwi-bi did not take her eyes off me as if she were no longer interested, Hyeoltu frowned and shook her head.
“I don’t want to!”
“yes?”
“Because I have never let anyone who interfered with my work live in my entire life.”
Wasn’t he branded an enemy of the Murim Alliance because of that temper?
How can you not reflect on it even once after twenty years?
While I was still bewildered, Hyeoltu crossed his arms and made a proposal to me.
“I will listen to your opinion only if you win a bet against me.”
“What kind of bet are you talking about?”
“Take this three-step technique I unleash. Then I will spare them.”
I pointed at the Evil Spirit Monument without the slightest hesitation and said.
That person over there is the leader of our guild; can’t he be the one to receive it?
“……!”
I can feel Akbyeongbi’s wide-eyed gaze.
But what can I do? I’m scared of a bloody fight too.
However, Hyeoldu firmly shook his head.
“No. You are the one who must withstand my third move. Otherwise, I will kill all of you.”
Look at that temper.
I finally let out a sigh.
“Haa… that’s good.”
As I spread my legs shoulder-width apart and assumed the sword-drawing stance, curiosity flickered in Bloody’s eyes.
“Ho, so there was a sword drawing ceremony at Taeeulmun?”
“This is the first time I’ve heard that Bloody Battle has such a long tongue.”
For the first time, surprise appeared on the face of Yeom Gwi-bi and the bloody battle.
Of course, the delegation and the escort agency personnel were on the verge of fainting at their true identities.
Bloody Battle wears a serious expression, unlike before.
Did you know us?
Aren’t you starting?
Hehe, this is fun.
When I didn’t answer, Hyeoltu raised one knee to his waist with his hands behind his back.
Then, soon a red aura gathered around his feet, and a tremendous energy began to emanate from them.
It is a single technique.
Bang!
With a sound that tears through the air, a powerful energy shoots out like an arrow, targeting the heart.
I raised my internal energy and unleashed the first move of the Baekwol Jecheon Samsik.
Swipe—although it was much later than the blood energy shot out by Blood Battle, Baekwol Jecheon Samsik’s ‘Extreme Speed’ was enough to catch up to the speed of the energy.
And the moment the two energies collided right in front of my nose.
Zzz
“Gasp, gasp, gasp.”
I barely managed to block one move, but I felt all the energy draining from my body.
“Huh? That black… you bastard?”
I quickly covered the mouth of the bloody battle.
This move remains.
The more I look at him, the more interesting he is.
Hyeoltu, who had been holding his hands behind his back, releases them and begins to curl them into a circle.
Whoosh
The sound of air being sucked in from all directions echoed, and a massive energy gathered in his hand.
I also prepared the Gwangcheon Divine Palm and counterattacked.
pop!
Kwaaaaang!
The energy of the bloody battle and the energy of the Gwangcheon God intertwined, echoing loudly throughout the entire nameless mountain.
Among the trembling bandits and thugs, some could not withstand the shock and began to vomit blood.
Shhhhh
As the thick sand dust cleared, Bloody Battle was looking at me with eyes that showed disbelief.
A glint flickered in his eyes. “Hmph… I thought the rumors were exaggerated, but perhaps I was actually underestimated.”
Having blocked this move from Bloody Battle, I was no longer in a physical condition to answer. ‘I’m going to die at this rate.’ Usually, an absolute master would hold back their attacks for the sake of fun, but this madman, Bloody Battle, had no such thing.
I also put on a lot of bravado because I didn’t want to lose.
One move remains.
Even the bloody battle nods as if in high spirits.
“Alright, alright. If you get this out of me as well, I’ll grant your request.”
The bloody fighter who was performing the standard-bearing ceremony soon lightly extends his fist.
A red energy shot out from his fist.
It was a simple technique without any feints or variations, but the immense energy contained within it made me involuntarily blurt out a curse. ‘Fuck… You really intend to kill me!’ As I unleashed the Ten Thousand Seas Heaven and Earth Sword Secrets, I enveloped a single Ten Thousand Sword in strong energy and poured all my internal energy into it.
Although Kwon-gang was incredibly slow without a moment’s hesitation, it felt like he had arrived in the blink of an eye.
“Hwaaaah!”
And the moment the fist energy and sword energy clash.
Vroom.
The energy of the area exploded, momentarily creating a vacuum, and as air was sucked into that vacuum, explosion sounds rang out in all directions.
Boom boom. Boom. Boom.
I held out until the very end, but eventually, overwhelmed by the pressure, I left the place.
“Gasp, gasp, gasp, gasp.”
Even though I wasn’t moving vigorously, I was gasping for breath, and cold sweat was automatically flowing all over my body.
After the explosion subsided, Bloody Battle stood in front of him, still in place, staring at his fist.
“How about that? I won, right?”
Bloody battle smiles faintly as it watches me leave the spot.
The moment his hand reached out toward the bandits.
I stood between him and the bandits and extended the Black Dragon Sword.
The eyebrows of the bloody battle twitch slightly.
Do you want to die in my place?
I don’t want to do that.
In that case, move aside.
I don’t even want to.
“Eh?”
The face of the bloody battle, which had been full of playfulness until now, stiffens.
“I’ll let it slide a couple of times just because it’s fun. If you don’t want to die, you’d better get out of the way.”
I didn’t want to die, but I didn’t want to see them die either.
It won’t be easy.
“her…….”
Fortunately, thanks to quickly pulling myself out, I suffered no internal injuries.
Moreover, after the third move ended in my defeat, the delegation also took their places and surrounded Yeom Gwi-bi in a bloody battle.
A situation where water can be dispensed at any time.
At the very least, it should buy time for the half-baked bandits to escape.
While he was having such thoughts, Hyeoltu looked at Yeom Gwi-bi.
Judging by the way Yeom Gwi-bi’s lips were twitching, it seemed she was sending telepathic messages.
“Hmm?”
Bloody Battle soon made a strange expression and nodded.
Then, Yeom Gwi-bi opened her mouth.
“Then how about we do it this way? The reason we intended to punish them in the first place was because we had lost the companions who were supposed to guide us.”
You were killing people because you got lost?
As expected, they are just like crazy dark thugs with absolutely no common sense.
While I was speechless with disbelief, I heard something even more absurd.
So, how about you let me go to Confucius’s alms table with you?
Huh, I really can’t predict this.
Do you know where we are going when you say that?
“Aren’t you going to the Black Alliance’s inauguration ceremony?”
Yeom Gwi-bi adds, widening her eyes.
“Oh, don’t misunderstand. I was just guessing. I heard the news that the Murim Alliance sent an envoy.”
Then are you saying you will spare them?
Yeom Gwi-bi shrugs her shoulders and answers.
Of course. The problem has been resolved.
I am not the leader of my gang. To be precise, it is not even my gang.
If permission is required, you must naturally obtain it from Ak Byeong-bi, who is in charge of the troupe.
As I turned my eyes to look at Akbyeongbi, he shook his head slightly.
A clear indication of refusal.
I nodded to Akbyeongbi and then spoke to Yeomgwibi.
“Very well. Let’s go together. But you will have to keep your promise.”
“……!!!”
Regardless of whether Akbyeongbi glared at me from afar as if to kill me, Yeomgwibi smiled at me and answered.
Of course.
But well, even so, hasn’t the suspicious look I’ve been receiving all this time just turned into a look of murder?
It’s better than someone actually dying.
Of course.
