Inspection Again - Chapter 764



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Episode 764 Grabbing the Hair

“Quickly, we have to hurry.”

“Everyone must move quickly!”

“There is only three weeks left before the next bloody storm falls from the sky. So, you must harvest as many ‘green fruits’ as you can.

Remember! Pick only the ripe ones. Be careful not to hit the car. Don’t touch the unripe ones!”

“Oh, no…….

Mr. Mountaineer, the east wall of the first stone garden collapsed. All sixteen fruit trees had their bark eaten away. All the trees are dead.

It’s clear that those damn ‘wild boars’ came and turned things upside down.”

“Mountain Man, the underground waterway of the third stone garden is blocked by sediment. I think it needs to be repaired……”

Lively voices were constantly heard here and there.

Baeksan Mountain answered their questions one by one.

Baek San-ak, who is sixty-eight years old this year, was an elder of the Baekwol village.

He was also the leader of this food harvest platoon.

He had no left leg.

The right arm was only up to the elbow and was empty below that.

The face was dark as if it were made of black iron.

His right eye had only an old scar from a knife cut instead of an eye.

His head was almost split in half, to the point where it was hard to believe he was still alive.

It was hard to imagine how he could have survived such serious injuries.

He wasn’t like this from birth.

In his youth he was one of the most handsome and strong warriors in his village.

In his youth, he went out with only a pair of iron axes and killed countless monsters in the wilderness, earning the people’s admiration.

He was the idol of the village girls and was one of the candidates for the village chief at the time.

However, twenty years ago, while out protecting the tribe’s food collection, he was caught up in a battle with the one-eyed giants, and his left leg and right hand were cut off by the giants’ king, and one of his eyes was gouged out before he collapsed.

He lay in a small, black room in the village for ten whole nights.

After absorbing the thick medicinal water and herbal sauce all over his body, he miraculously survived.

But after that he was forced to step down from the warrior ranks.

He became one of the elders who farmed, harvested food, and trained warriors.

The iron axe he always carried was forged into another weapon and turned into a weapon for his younger juniors.

But Baek San-ak had no regrets.

It was only by the grace of the great Lord of Hegemony that I was able to live to be sixty-eight in this cruel world.

Considering that his peers had already died in the wilderness to the enemy thirty or forty years ago, Baek San-ak felt that each day was precious.

So he had to live harder than anyone else.

He had to work hard and burn himself to make a great contribution to the Baekwol tribe, and help his descendants continue the tribe’s lineage and succession.

At that moment, the sound of brisk footsteps was heard.

“Grandpa, Grandpa, since we have plenty of time, I want to go outside the city walls and look for some ‘star mark herbs’. Grandma said yesterday that the herbs in the jar were almost gone……”

His young granddaughter Baek So-so ran over and spoke in a bright voice.

The girl, barely fourteen years old, had firm, smooth, wheat-colored skin and a charming, small, oval face.

She inherited Baek San-ak’s physical features from when he was young.

Peach blossom-like eyes, clear and pure pupils, a straight and high nose, glossy red lips, and a voluptuous and slender body.

She was already one of the most beautiful women in Baekwol Village.

Baek San-ak’s affection for this young granddaughter has already reached its peak.

A hint of hesitation appeared in his single eye.

He thought for a moment, then jumped up the stone wall, which was about three feet high, on one leg.

And then I took a quick look around the distant wilderness.

I looked around, but there was no sign of any demons approaching.

Only then did Baek San-ak nod and speak.

“Go, but you must come back quickly.

Don’t go too far… … . Be careful of safety.”

In the meantime, many ‘farmlands’ in the castle were experiencing problems, so not only were farmers unable to plant medicinal herbs, but the tribe also ran out of food.

Because of that, even the shamans began to get anxious.

So many village warriors had no choice but to take risks and gather wild herbs to cure their illnesses.

Among them, ‘Sungheoncho’ was in high demand because it was one of the main ingredients in manufacturing hemostatic powder used by shamans.

Fortunately, since it was around the stone garden, I was able to take the opportunity to collect it.

“Haha, I get it, Grandpa. Don’t worry.”

Baek So-so, who had received Baek San-ak’s permission, was delighted and ran into the field with her younger sisters to start looking for the ‘Stigmata Herb’.

The sight of them chattering and jumping around excitedly looked like a small white bird that had just escaped from its cage.

She searched diligently for the ‘Stigmata’, scattering joyful laughter across the desolate fields.

“Little Sister, in a month, the Holy Land Disciple Garden selection ceremony will take place once every three years. Are you going to participate this time?”

“Of course I have to go. Haha, if I pass the examination, I will have the opportunity to enter the holy land of our Heo tribe and meet Sister Geumun……”

“Oh, hearing that reminds me of my older sister Geumun. It’s been over a year since she left and she hasn’t come back yet.”

“According to my grandfather, Sister Geumun is doing very well in the Holy Land. She has already become the princess of our realm.

I don’t know when my sister will come back. I miss her… … .”

“I had a dream last night, and Unnie Geumun appeared.”

“When will my sister come back? I heard that Aunt Yeong missed my sister Geumun so much that she cried so much that she lost her eyesight……”

“Hey, that’s a lie! Aunt Ling’s eyes are sooty and blurry from the fumes of the herbs.

Sister Geumun is practicing so well in the Holy Land, so why would Aunt Ling cry so much that she goes blind? That can’t be happening.”

“Wow, there are a lot of stigmata here. Come here quickly.”

“Hey, I see something over there. No, this is…….

“It’s a dragon’s tongue flower, right? It’s a complete dragon’s tongue flower!”

The girls began to cheer at the unexpected discovery.

Before they knew it, they were out of the safe distance.

“Soso, don’t go too far! Come back quickly!”

Baek San-ak’s cry could be heard from the distant stone wall.

“Grandpa, it’s okay. There are a lot of dragonflies here. We……”

Baek So-so got up from her seat, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and smiled faintly.

But before she could finish speaking, her expression became blank.

Because suddenly a slight vibration was felt from the ground.

Before Baek So-so could even react, Baek San-ak’s pitiful and sharp voice rang out from the stone wall in the distance.

“Come back quickly, quickly…! Run quickly! Run quickly…!”

Baek So-so’s heart suddenly started pounding.

As if she realized something, she slowly turned her head and looked in the direction where the vibration was coming from.

In the distant wilderness, hundreds of ‘bristly rats’, which resembled grey-brown rocks, could be seen swarming madly.

The ‘Bristled Rat’ was one of the most common dangerous monsters seen around the tribe.

The adult ‘stemmy rat’ was very large, reaching a height of about 5 feet when running on all four legs.

Its back was covered with poisonous bone spikes, and its teeth and claws were strong enough to crush rocks in an instant.

Even the bravest warrior in the tribe would not want to face a pack of madly charging ‘Bristled Rats’.

“Run quickly!”

Baek So-so woke up her colleagues by shouting loudly.

However, she despaired when she realized that her best friend, Socho, had run away to a faraway place.

It was only about a hundred and fifty feet from a pack of ‘steel rats’ rushing madly from afar.

“Small outpost……”

Baek So-so’s mind went blank for a moment.

She didn’t know where the courage came from, but she threw away the herbs in her hand and started running madly towards where her friend was.

She tried to bring her friend back.

“no!”

When Baek San-ak saw this, he felt his heart sink.

With his wealth of combat experience, he intuitively felt that he would be unable to save either his granddaughter or her friend Socho.

The sixty-man food harvesting party he led was powerless to confront such a large group of ‘steel rats’ head-on.

It is already too late to seek help from the castle.

However, the bond between blood and siblings, which is said to be thicker than water, ultimately led him to make the choice to fight persistently.

“Everyone, go back to Seokwon…!”

After ordering the others to retreat to the stone circle, he jumped down from the high wall alone.

Although his body was broken, he used all his remaining strength to rush madly towards his granddaughter who was in danger.

Baek San-ak’s mind went blank.

There was no sound in my ears anymore.

His eyes were focused only on his granddaughter.

‘Absolutely no accidents are allowed!’

Even if she put aside her family ties, Baek So-so was the most outstanding girl among the young generation of Baekwol Village.

She was worthy enough to enter the Heo clan’s holy land and was equipped to continue the declining glory of the Heo clan.

But it was too late.

She seemed so close, almost within arm’s reach, yet so far away, as if she were at the end of the sky.

Even if he were in his prime, he would be beyond rescue from the ‘strong-haired rats’ in this situation.

Moreover, he was now one-eyed, one-legged, and one-armed.

The ‘strong-haired rat’ ran madly, kicking up dust, and in an instant, reached Socho and Baek Soso.

“no……!”

Baek San-ak screamed as if his heart was going to burst.

The two girls were about to fall asleep when they were surrounded by a swarm of bloodshot-eyed rats.

Suddenly an unexpected change occurred.

Shhh-!

A single ray of light flew obliquely from behind.

Thud- thud- thud- thud- thud-!

The dozens of ‘steel rats’ that were charging at the very front suddenly exploded and disappeared into thin air, turning into a cloud of blood.

‘Huh, what is it?’

Baek San-ak paused for a moment and his steps stopped.

A white spirit appeared like a god descending from the sky.

Shinyoung was very fast, passing by like a white lightning bolt.

Baek So-so and So-cho, who were holding each other in fear, suddenly felt someone grabbing their hair and dragging them away.

“Ah …

The two girls screamed.

Who would have thought that someone would drag two girls by their hair?

The two girls were dragged into a situation they could not even imagine without being able to react.

I just felt like the scenery was rotating rapidly before my eyes.

The moment I realized what was happening, I had already fallen down in front of Baek San-ak with a ‘butt-thrust back’ motion.

Baek San-ak was the first to come to his senses and immediately helped Baek So-so and So-cho up, then turned around and ran towards the stone wall.

Meanwhile, the white spirit was already surrounded by a group of ‘strong-haired rats’ running towards him like crazy and was fighting.

Under the dazzling light of the sword, the ‘steel-haired rats’ fell one by one like grass being cut down.

The identity of the white spirit was none other than Bukjin.