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The rocks crumble and *pop pop pop*!
The wood explodes and turns into powder.
Chaechaechaeng!
Sharp blades and overflowing sword energy.
Aaaargh!
The corpse that became a ghost after being struck by that sword energy.
“Brother Kang!”
The person who was living perfectly fine and complaining just yesterday is no longer breathing.
However, one is not even given time to hold the corpse and accept the grief.
Snap out of it!
Because if you are consumed by grief, you too will inevitably face death sooner or later.
The horrors of the battlefield were not much different in the past and present.
“Do you intend to die together like this!”
“Jin So-un…….”
He lifted up the frustrated student, but he couldn’t even display half of his abilities.
A sudden surprise attack, the unexpected death of a friend, harsh climate and environment.
With all these things mixed together, this place became hell for the students.
“Eunho, where are our team members?”
We are responding in accordance with the screenings. However, if other places collapse, it will eventually become dangerous.
“…….”
I was going to rush over to my team members right away, but it seems I have some time to spare.
“Of course, if I don’t resolve this situation before then, even if I rush over, it will eventually be after everyone is dead. Remember. Remember.” What I must do right now.
We must find a way to survive here.
I am not alone.
“With my people.” “Yes, with my people.” After sorting out my thoughts, I said to Eunho.
You go back to your team members.
“Senior Brother……!”
And make sure our team members don’t die.
The secret of the White Tiger Sword varies depending on its operation.
The place Eunho should be right now is among the group members.
“All right.”
Eunho nodded and met my eyes again.
I can see determination in his eyes, as if my intentions were conveyed.
“Please don’t die, Senior Brother, either.”
Watching Eunho run away, I drew up Taeeul Jingyeong with all my might.
Do not die, do not die… … .
As the Jade Blue Heavenly Power ignites, the darkness recedes.
I took my eyes off Eunho, who had disappeared far away before I knew it.
“of course.”
The eyes of the man in black, who had been hiding in the darkness, opened wide.
“Gasp!”
The man in black trying to back away, feeling instinctive fear.
It feels refreshing.
Because in our past lives, we were always the ones to step back.
So, I should return what I received back then.
“I have no intention of dying until I’ve killed all of you!”
Rustle.
The man in black collapsed to the floor without even letting out a final scream.
A fountain of blood shot up from his severed neck like a signal flare.
He scattered the Great Heavenly Sword Technique, enveloped in the Jade Blue Heavenly Power, in all directions.
Not to deceive someone.
To avoid being deceived by the other person.
“I take in the form briefly revealed by the light of the Jade Azure Heavenly Power and compare it with my memories of my past life. ‘Light stealth techniques, overly efficient sword techniques, and indistinct demonic energy.’ The armed force of the Demonic Cult, known as the ‘Stealth Wolves’ within the Murim Alliance in my previous life.”
Jeogeummarangdan.
Guys who are skilled at stealth and surprise attacks, as they do not clearly reveal their demonic energy.
“It looks like an ambiguous armed group that is neither here nor there, but on the contrary, it is used effectively here and there. ‘But there were definitely traces of demonic energy as well.’ I stopped thinking before my mind became too cluttered.”
Right now, the priority is to deal with these damn bastards.
The problem is that those who have made stealth a way of life even wear black clothes, making them even harder to spot.
Even if you examine their energy, they are no different from the academy students, making them incredibly difficult to deal with.
“Aargh!”
“Cough!”
Those arrogant academy students collapse and die without even being able to properly demonstrate their skills.
“……
Damn it.
The only thing I can do is make the lights shine as brightly as possible.
But the more that happened, the more the Marangdan bastards hid themselves in the shadows following my light.
“Jin So-woon!!!!!”
Just then, a bear-like guy came running toward me like a madman, barely covering his head with both arms.
Pow!
Two members of the Marangdan who had been hiding in my shadow sprang out, and I immediately unleashed my sword at them.
Rustle, rustle.
One of them collapsed, bleeding from his neck, and the other hid himself once again in the darkness with his arm severed.
Even though it is clear that both of them have suffered fatal injuries, they do not let out a single groan.
The bear clicked its tongue in disgust at the sight.
“Damn it…! I wonder where these bastards came from.”
The bear-like man is none other than Nam Hwa-seong.
“Nam Hwa-seong. Why did you come here?”
To think the guy who should be with the Twelve Peaks by now has come all the way here.
“What is happening? Jin So-un.”
At that question, which seemed to firmly assume that I knew everything, I turned my head, forgetting that I was in the middle of a fight.
Did you come all the way here just to ask that?
Solid trust in the boy’s two eyes.
“Isn’t this kind of mess your specialty?”… …
Is this a compliment?
Anyway, since I’m here, I might as well make use of it.
“Good. Set the fire now.”
“fire?”
I gestured around.
“We need to see something to even think about fighting.”
At that, Nam Hwa-seong furrows his brow.
“Don’t you know how damp Mukrim is! Even if we burn firewood, all that comes out is smoke and that is it…”
“Who told you to burn the forest?”
then?”
I kicked a torch that had fallen on the ground and threw it into the barracks.
Whoosh.
The flames spread in an instant, brightly illuminating the area.
Barracks made of oil-treated cloth for waterproofing are vulnerable to fire, so they are set up at a distance from torches.
So, it is the best firewood.
Nam Hwa-seong coughs at the smoke billowing from the barracks engulfed in flames.
“Hey, where are you going to sleep! Cough, cough.”
To think he’s talking about sleep in a situation like this. It’s so typical of him that it actually gives me strength.
I glared intently at the back of his head.
“Is it better to sleep in hell, or to sleep in the dew?”
I won’t go to hell because I’ve done a lot of good deeds.
“Bullshit.”
Thanks to the sudden burst of light, the academy students, who had been struggling to fight the beings in the darkness, moved nimbly to dodge the swords of the Marangdan.
Then, as Nam Hwa-seong threw a torch into the barracks just like I did, the surroundings became brighter.
It seems there were some guys who finally got their act together after seeing our behavior.
“Light! Turn on the light!”
Burn down the barracks!!
“Hurry! They are using stealth!”
Bright flames rise from various parts of the garrison.
Thanks to the brief moment when it became as bright as day, the Jeonse market, which had been unilaterally losing ground, began to gradually regain stability.
“You bastards……! What is your true identity!”
“Do you know who I am! I am the Three Great Swords of Wudang!”
“I will definitely find out your sect and take revenge!”
Counterattacks were attempted in various places, and some began to overwhelm the Marangdan.
However, the Jeonse situation is still unfavorable.
“Nam Hwa-seong. Where is Cheol Sun-jik?”
“Cheol-hyung? What about you, Cheol-hyung?”
“We can’t fight all night like this! Find them and come to the center of the base.”
“In this situation?”
“If you want to work in a safe environment, you should have learned to read and write. Why did you learn martial arts!”
For some reason, Nam Hwa-seong’s shoulders seemed slumped, but there was no time to worry about it right now.
Come inside Ildakyeong.
Ah, I get it.
He unfolded the Taeeul Palman Shinbo to create five illusions, and then executed the Socheon Sword Technique and the Daecheon Sword Technique in succession.
Shhhhh.
Scratch, scratch, scratch, scratch.
A strange sensation, which I could not feel in my past life, settles at my fingertips. ‘Is this what murder is?’ A sense of competence that proves my efforts.
The confidence that you can do anything.
The sense of omnipotence that the opponent’s life and death depend on my hands.
Even though I am committing murder, a strange sensation makes my head hot.
Did the demons who roamed the battlefield have this kind of sense?
My heart sank coldly as the thought crossed my mind that this was why the demons had laughed so much on the battlefield.
Phew.
Red Light Sword that struck the vital spot.
Even if I draw the sword like this, he will die.
However, in that state, he twisted the sword half a turn.
Pergerger.
With the sound of bones shattering, the Marang troupe member’s eyes widened as if a dying flame were burning his nerves.
“Fine, don’t open your mouth until the very end.”
He stabbed the guy’s thigh again with the drawn sword and twisted it.
“Ugh…….”
For the first time, a scream escaped the dying man’s mouth.
Perhaps, due to the heart stopping, the mind could no longer enforce self-control.
Even the guys who had been hiding in the darkness to avoid the light of the Jade Blue Heavenly Power sensed something was off and rushed at me at the same time.
A total of eight.
He pulled out the Red Light Sword embedded in his thigh and immediately unleashed the Manhae Heaven and Earth Sword Technique.
The Ten Thousand Swords, split into six, unleash the Twin Heaven Sword Technique.
Shhhhhhhh!
The sword energy of the illusionary and real swords, unfolding in dozens and hundreds, engulfs the entire space like a storm.
yet.
Amidst the storm of sword energy, black demonic energy launches a fierce counterattack.
The atmosphere rang out with a loud crash, and the flames of the barracks, which had been burning with shock, scattered like sleet.
“I knew I’d miss it……!”
I gripped the Red Light Sword even tighter and brought it down on them.
Rustle, rustle, rustle.
Three corpses falling down with blood.
Following the explosion of the sword energy, the remaining members of the Marang Troupe also could not withstand it, and parts of their bodies burst open as they tumbled across the floor.
When most of the barracks in the garrison were engulfed in flames and there was no longer a need to illuminate the view.
I retrieved the Jade Blue Heavenly Power and raised my killing intent.
Aaaaaaaah!
A spine-chilling scream swept through the arena, and the Red Light Sword transformed into a blade even sharper than usual, beginning to slice the Marangdan into pieces.
“Ugh!”
Is it because of the killing intent emanating from the Red Light Sword?
A scream escaped from Marangdan’s mouth as it was pierced through the vital spot.
A very weak appearance, different from the one I knew.
Why aren’t you laughing? Don’t you guys laugh when you fight?
I twisted the Red Light Sword and once again shattered the bones and nerves into pieces.
“Aaaargh……!”
The guy let out a scream instead of laughter and died right there.
At the horrific sight of the Marang member screaming and dying, a student shook his head with a pale face, as if disgusted.
“What are you doing? Do you want to die?”
“If you want to live, pick up your sword and come to the center of the encampment.”
“now……?”
“How many times do I have to tell you! If you didn’t want danger, you shouldn’t have wielded a sword!”
Ah, I got it!
Leaving the guy behind who looked terrified for some reason, I ran out again and looked around.
I definitely thought I would stand out because my hair was shining.
“Instant!!!!”
Where on earth is this bald guy?
In between eliminating the Marangdan guys, I asked the members of the Jeongdohoe about the location of Gak, but none of them knew the exact spot.
What was even more absurd was that one guy even said something like this with a terrified look on his face.
“Surely not… trying to… eliminate me in a split second?”
What kind of nonsense is this crazy guy spouting again?
“If we stay scattered like this, we will die. Didn’t you learn at the academy! Where is Ilgak!”
“Ah… if that’s the case, then over there….”
Damn, they really set up shop far away.
At the academy student’s finger pointing toward the outermost edge of the garrison, I kicked the ground after beheading one of the Marangdan.
“A single moment!!! Where are you!”
It was only after eliminating the seven Marangdan that the damn bald guy appeared.
however.
The moment I rushed toward him.
“He was fiercely stabbing me with the staff he was holding. ‘This crazy…’ I barely managed to twist my body in mid-air, kicked the staff away, and landed roughly on the ground.”
“Can’t you even tell friend from foe! Baldy!”
“Jin Siju?”
Only then did Ilgak recognize me and let out a small sigh.
“The killing intent was so intense… I naturally thought of them as an enemy.”
“Anyway, Master Jin, their methods are extremely cruel. Moreover, they are not letting out a single scream even in their dying moments.”
I know because I’ve dealt with them all on my way here. No, I’ve known since my past life.
Let’s go to the center of the garrison.
To the center?
“Go ahead and give the explanation!”
As the corners receded, the outer perimeter began to slowly collapse.
I quickly shouted to the other students in the dormitory as well.
“Gather in the center! There’s no end to staying here!”
Pow pow!
Since the focus was on movement for the time being, there was no time to chase after the fleeing Marangdan.
Instead, I made sure to kill the enemies in front of me.
“Aaaargh!”
For some reason, Ilgak is looking at me with a strange gaze.
Even they scream at the sword of the True Master.
I didn’t know what the problem was, so I just ignored it and ran out.
And when they reached the center of the garrison, Cheol Sun-jik, Nam Hwa-seong, and Namgung Seon-hwa had arrived.
As I met Namgung Seon-hwa’s eyes, she spoke.
I came because it seemed like you were planning to group them by faction.
He is certainly a clever person.
There was a reason why they did not hesitate to enter the Maryeong Plateau.
Welcome.
I am a little worried about the members, but with Eunho and Geumpyo there, they won’t be defeated so easily.
“What do you mean, Master Jin? Are you saying you intend to instigate division in the midst of this?”
Gak spoke with alarm.
Surprisingly, Cheol-sun-jik listened obediently without saying much.
Weren’t they opposite to each other?
“What can you do now when you haven’t even coordinated your actions? Just stick to your close friends. That’s exactly why everyone gathered here.”
What do you plan to do after that? We won’t be able to stop them like this.
“Who’s blocking it?”
“Jin Siju……!”
There is no such thing as a way to take a beating well when cornered.
Because if you block with your arm, your arm hurts, and if you block with your head, your head just hurts.
The best defense when getting beaten up is to stick an awl into the opponent’s stomach.
We will counterattack starting now.
Let’s see if you back down or not, you bastards!
