As Prophet - Chapter 126
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Episode 126. I’ll Open the Door
Yoo Seok-do, who had been tapping his head, made a clicking sound with his thumb and index finger. When the guy flinched, four arrows flew toward him. The guy’s sword drew a figure 8 and struck the arrows, and he dodged one. It was no ordinary feat to block a fast-flying arrow with a thin sword.
Yuseokdo made another sound. Four more arrows flew, and two more came flying from beyond the wall on the other side. At the moment when the guy blocked them all and dodged, Yuseokdo’s fingertips reached forward. The arrow, slightly longer than the palm of his hand, extended out in a white straight line and pierced the ground.
“Huh?”
The black clothes staggered as a suffocating groan was heard. Even bad guys are just like normal people when a knife is stuck in their body. The bastard trembled while holding onto the knife stuck in his stomach.
“They say he wields a sword like a ghost… … . They didn’t say he was good at blocking arrows.”
Yuseokdo snapped again. Now two more shots, eight more, flew towards the creature. He fired again, but only two were hit, and the remaining six were stuck in the creature’s body. With each arrow, the creature’s body swayed as if dancing.
He was a tough guy. He didn’t fall even after being hit by six arrows. He was on one knee, still ready to swing his sword.
Yoo Seok-do slowly approached. The bastard struck the final blow. The sword, which had been prepared, drew a semicircle toward Yoo Seok-do’s neck. However, the bastard’s body, which had been hit by arrows here and there, could not swing the sword properly. Yoo Seok-do twisted his shoulder to slightly dodge and struck the bastard’s shoulder. He hit with the back of his sword and there was a sound of something breaking. The shoulder was broken.
“Ahh!”
The cruel stone also broke the bastard’s other shoulder.
The soldiers ran over and tied his hands behind his back, then tied him to a pillar.
“Search inside!”
“Loyalty!”
“Oh my, why did you put so many arrows in here? What if I die like this…?”
There is no such thing as a thug who speaks as if he is thinking of the victim. Four men searched the inside, and two more men ran over the fence and were shot by arrows and fell. The men who fell were dragged into the yard and tied up.
“Now, where is Yeoui? Ask where the Yeouiju is by biting it?”
There is no answer.
“Kill him.”
“I can’t just kill you because I have something to find out.”
“You dirty little bastard! Shooting with a bow. Are you a prosecutor?”
“Well, I’m an archer, an archer! Don’t you know what an archer is?”
“dastardly.”
“You guys are cowards, hiding and plotting things secretly, you brats.”
Yuseokdo hesitated. This guy is difficult. He has swords and arrows stuck in his body, but he still says everything he wants to say. He is a vicious guy. If something gets stuck in his body, an ordinary person would give up everything and be unable to do anything, but this guy says everything he wants to say even though several arrows are deeply stuck in his body.
Hitting him won’t do anything. You have to find his weakest point, but his eyes are slit open and cruel. He’s the kind of guy who wouldn’t say a word even if I were to get beaten to death.
“Okay, that’s the wrong question. Who is Yeoui?”
“I don’t know.”
Yuseokdo grabbed the tip of the arrow embedded in the bastard’s body and spun it around.
“Ahhhhhhh!”
A piercing scream erupted.
“Oh, sorry. I didn’t know that was where it hurt. Is this it?”
Yoo Seok-do fiddled with the tip of the arrow stuck next to him. It had somehow hit him and was stuck in his side. Cold sweat flowed down from his body. His blood-stained clothes were soaked with sweat.
“Oh, that wasn’t it either. Sorry.”
Yuseokdo stabbed the flesh embedded in his thigh with a sharp thrust. The stinging sensation of the arrow tearing through his flesh made the man tremble in his legs.
“Oh, what’s wrong? How many people have you killed? How many have you pushed into their limbs?”
“Ugh… … . Kill me.”
“If you tell me the name of Yeoui, I can kill you.”
“I don’t know.”
“Are you a royal relative?”
“I don’t know.”
“Manager?”
“I don’t know!”
The guy screamed. Yoo Seok-do looked around. It was a scream that someone wanted to hear. No, it was a shout. If this guy doesn’t go, there could be another guy far away.
I questioned Ilgakyeo, but got nothing.
“Phew.”
I want to help him somehow, but I can’t help him unless I exert myself. I just sighed and gave up, then started pulling out the arrows embedded in his body. But that wasn’t helping him. It was torture. Every time I pulled out the arrows, his body trembled in pain. He fell down as if he had been hit by something, and couldn’t even hold up his neck.
I sprinkled a golden ointment on the spot where the arrow was pulled out and wrapped it with a cloth. While pulling it out, spraying the ointment, and wrapping it, I took out the things in the bastard’s bosom. There was nothing special. I hoped there would be a person’s name, but there was nothing like that.
When the treatment was over, the bastard’s gaze glared at Yoo Seok-do fiercely. The question ‘Why?’ came to mind in pain. We are not like you. What can we do with a bastard who has already lost his fighting power?
“Let go, you punk.”
“Huh? How did you catch it and then let it go?”
“Are you rebelling?”
“I’m sorry. No.”
“Let go!”
“debriefing!”
The soldier followed the order, his heels pressed against the ground. He gave the man, who could not even stand properly, a wooden stick as a cane to hold on to. Normally, he would not have been able to move like that, but he did. He staggered out the door as if he was going to fall, and his walking speed gradually increased.
Yuseokdo raised his chin.
“Track it!”
“yes?”
“Go and find out who to meet and where the next contact is!”
“Loyalty!”
The two men who received the order followed the bastard silently.
* * *
Meanwhile, the main force, following the signal of the advance guard, arrived at Salgot Bridge shortly after. As the soldiers surrounded An Ga, the wide open space seemed narrow.
Dalcheon gave the Gaemunjwabu to Training Center Director Lee Gi-moon.
“Why are you giving it to me?”
“It seems the most plausible.”
“What? Huh? You’re going to make this old man do it?”
“That’s right. Who would suspect that? If you come back from training and are late. It would be nice if you could bring all the personnel from the training center with you.”
“After that?”
“What did you do during the meeting earlier?”
“I went to the side office for a while.”
“Next is the East Palace. Go to Geonchunmun, send in those with the talismans, and enter the inner wall of the East Palace. There will be unavoidable circumstances.”
“There probably won’t be that many sects? The training center is a place to temporarily keep abandoned ones, so there might not be enough sects.”
“I just checked. It’s fifty.”
“Hiyu. If I keep doing this, I might end up being the leader of a rebellion.”
Lee Ki-moon opened the pouch containing the Gaemunjwabu and nodded.
“Go quickly. As time goes by, the opening and closing positions will change.”
“Do you know that too?”
“Of course.”
“I was going to go and say no.”
“Work with a sense of mission.”
There was no tension at all. The government stood up. The training center’s troops headed toward Dongdaemun, and the Yangju troops stayed behind. The horses were handed over to the Yangju troops, and the training center’s soldiers left.
* * *
When the operational instructions were given once more, Yoo Seok-do announced that he had dealt with Seo Saeng-won. A smile of satisfaction appeared on Dal-cheon’s lips. Dal-cheon called out to Muk-hyung.
“Let go and two soldiers are chasing after Seo Saeng-won. Follow him. He is said to be very skilled in martial arts, so he must have noticed the pursuit by now. He may have already been defeated.”
“The identity and location of Yeoui?”
“Yes, please don’t try to solve it yourself.”
“debriefing!”
Mukhyeong ran north where the bastard had disappeared.
“What do we do?”
“I’ll wait in front of Dongdaemun.”
Dalcheon organized a cavalry corps with the troops of Yangju and the demonstration of the large army. They were all cavalrymen thanks to the horses they received from the training center soldiers. He explained the roles to the generals again. Jin Dong-hee, who was listening to the order, asked.
“How do we get in?”
“Open the door and come in.”
The question wasn’t asking for that, but Dalcheon answered naturally like a child, leaving me speechless. I thought there must be some way, but I couldn’t think of anything. How can I open the gate? I looked back at Cheolmuwoong, but he just turned his head.
We headed towards Heunginjimun with a difference of about half an hour.
* * *
The training center’s troops with the open gate entered safely, and the gate was closed again. Dalcheon looked in the direction that Mukhyeong had followed and shook his head.
The frustrated general asked again.
“How do you plan on getting in?”
“I will open the door.”
Same answer, but the subject that I didn’t mention before was quite clear. It sounded like I was saying that.
Dalcheon went forward alone and jumped up in front of the gate. Jumping up abnormally is not something a person can do. Dalcheon’s body, which had landed on the gate tower, moved quickly, swaying back and forth, left and right. There was no sound, but in an instant, the soldiers on guard on the gate tower fell down.
“Phew.”
He shook his hands and came down the stairs. Two guys were leaning down and dozing off below. He felt their blood and blood transfusion. People fell down like corpses without strength. It was as if their souls were leaving them. He gently grabbed them as they slowly collapsed and laid them down so that their heads wouldn’t get hurt.
He sneaked up to the two guys inside the door and knocked them down easily. He moved his hands as fast as lightning, and somehow or another, a perfectly healthy person fell down.
Dalcheon, who had entered under Hongye, lifted Janggunmok*. It was heavy.
* Janggunmok: A long lock that crosses the castle gate.
“Okay.”
After lifting two more locks on the top and bottom, I opened the door. I used my whole body to open the large door, and from a distance, it looked like bad guys ordering a child around.
When Dalcheon waved his hand, the troops came in silently. Dalcheon covered his mouth with his fingertips and said, “Shh!” Then he lined up the soldiers inside the gate. He had them close the gate again and looked at the street extending to the west.
“Huh-huh!”
The prince was dumbfounded. He said he would open the door and go in, and he really did. We imagined too much in such a simple world.
“Then why don’t you just open the door and come in without saying anything like ‘open the door and come in’?”
“I respect the rules here.”
The saying, “If possible, follow the laws of the lower world” came to mind again. Perhaps to him, castles, palaces, kings, and princes have no meaning. Since he tries to follow the laws of this world, he may live according to them.
“Let’s go.”
At the signal of Dalcheon, he ran toward the empty Unjongga. He saw a few night watchmen holding lanterns. Since there were about fifty cavalrymen moving, he assumed there was a reason and did not touch anyone. Not only did he not arrest them, he did not even ask what was going on.
The group turned around at Dongsipjagak and headed toward Geonchunmun. Those who could not enter because they had no guards stood in a line at the gate. As Dalcheon approached, Sajik, who was leading them, greeted them cheerfully.
“Why are you doing that?”
“We have no vices.”
“Ugh. Those who went inside should get some. Why aren’t you all using your heads? There should be a box at the royal secretariat.”
After finishing his speech, Dalcheon left the soldiers to stand by and walked along the wall alone. He jumped over the back wall of the palace from the wall where there were no people. From there, it was a breeze. He jumped over the inner wall and then jumped up onto the roof. I went there once before.
He jumped over the porch surrounding the Seungjeongwon on the right side of the main hall and got down on Don-dae. The Seungjeongwon official on night duty was dozing off. The royal guard guarding the door did not even know that Dal-cheon had come in. Dal-cheon snuck in and came out with a box containing the scepter.
As I came, I saw that the soldiers from the training center who had entered earlier had completely surrounded the palace, and were tussling with the night guards at the main gate. When seen from a distance, life is just a funny fact. My existence is based on it, so it is difficult and painful, but if you move a little further away, it looks different.
Dalcheon quickly climbed over the wall and handed out the sacks. It seemed like adding 50 more people would not change the situation, but among those 50, there was a general. To be exact, a general and his guard soldiers.
If the Grand Prince had changed his uniform, it would have been easy for him to enter the palace, but it was not the case for the guard soldiers. The fact that the guard soldiers were not given permission to enter and exit the palace was very suggestive. When he entered the palace, the Grand Prince was virtually defenseless.
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