Who threatened Cheonma Hara with a knife - Chapter 33



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Who threatened to call me Cheonmahara with a knife? Episode 33

Recruitment (2)

After finalizing the coordination of opinions with the former bandits and current slaves, we headed to Hwajeonghyeon.

Leading nearly twenty slaves into Hwajeonghyeon was too conspicuous an act, so we decided to take the bandit leader hostage.

The rest of the guys were said to have been ordered to sleep out some distance from Hwajunghyeon.

Perhaps because we were a little delayed by the bandits, by the time we arrived at Hwajeonghyeon, the sun had already completely set.

As in Gochahyeon, I stayed at a guesthouse for a day and started touring Hwajeonghyeon the next morning to give thanks.

I spent a long time wandering around the village with the former bandit leader who was dragging me around with a look of pain on his face.

“Hmm.”

He stroked his beardless chin and came to a conclusion.

“It’s not much different from Go Cha-hyeon.”

It was similar to how Bunta’s unmanned people helped the villagers with their work, and how someone who appeared to be Bunta’s master taught children.

The children were constantly chattering and struggling to continue their classes while being harassed by other children who were nagging them.

The only fortunate thing is that the people here didn’t go wild in anger.

By the time I concluded that there was nothing more to look into.

A loud noise was heard from somewhere.

“Guys! Please help me!!”

A middle-aged man was shouting while holding onto the trouser leg of a young man dressed in the attire of a demonic cult.

And the young man, who appeared to be a member of the Demonic Cult’s branch, had a puzzled expression on his face.

Judging from the luggage he was carrying in his hand, he seemed to be a warrior who was helping with other work.

‘Hmm. Are we short-handed?’

Of course, it would be difficult for the warriors belonging to the Bunta to help with all the livelihoods of the village. I knew that they would be helping each household in turns.

However, compared to the help of children, the labor force of trained martial artists would be much greater, so even if they did it in turns, the efficiency would be higher.

‘Ugh. You just have to wait your turn. Or maybe, in this Bunta, they only help those who are close to them and are already committing corruption?’

I was thinking that way, but after listening to the conversation that followed, I realized it was my misunderstanding.

“Please wait a moment. I have sent a message to the church, and they will dispatch a force soon.”

“What if they run away in the meantime?”

“Please trust the Shinkyo’s armed forces. Even if they run away, they will be able to chase after them and punish them.”

“I appreciate that you help other people with their work and teach children how to read and write, but you still need to catch the bad guys! Isn’t that why we donate to the church?”

It seemed like someone had stolen or robbed him of his belongings.

Somehow it seemed necessary to find out more details, so I approached them and asked.

“Is there a problem?”

And in response to my question, the man who was holding Musa’s trouser leg explained the situation, saying that it was unfair.

The situation was simple.

The man was a nomad who traveled back and forth between Xinjiang and his colleagues, looking for pastures to feed goats and donkeys, and stopping by villages to sell milk and animal by-products. It is said that he encountered bandits on his way to Huading County.

Fortunately, he survived, but all the animals he was leading were slaughtered and he ended up becoming a beggar.

And after hearing the whole story, I hit the back of the head of the former bandit leader who was standing next to me.

puck!

“Ugh… .”

While the bandit leader, who had become powerless after being subdued by the Bloodthirsty, groaned, the poor nomad man and the Bunta warrior looked at me with expressions of wondering what was going on.

Meanwhile, I lifted the chin of the bandit leader who was holding the back of his head and spoke.

“Doesn’t this guy’s face look familiar to you?”

The eyes of the nomad man, who had been closely examining the bandit leader’s face at my question, flashed.

“Hey, it’s him!! He must be the leader of that bandit gang!!”

“!!!”

At that shout, everyone, including the Bunta’s unmanned troops and those watching nearby, looked at me and the bandit leader in turn with surprised faces.

And then I turned my head and looked at Jin Ha-yeon, who was holding my identity card.

Since the gratitude towards Hwa Jeong-hyeon has already been roughly concluded and people’s attention is focused on him, he felt there was no need to hide his identity.

Jin Ha-yeon, who had figured out my intentions, took out her identification card from her sleeve and thrust it forward.

“This is Confucius Ichimoku, the eighth disciple of the Supreme Being.”

“I meet the disciple of the Heavenly Demon!!”

As soon as her introduction was over, the unmanned Bunta started to kneel, and those who had been watching nearby also started to kneel one by one.

“Stand up.”

Since I wasn’t used to this kind of bullying, I just woke up the people and spoke.

“I am the eighth disciple of the Supreme Being, and I have come here after hearing that there are those who are disturbing the territory of our new religion.”

“Ha, so you came back after wiping out all the bandits that were harassing us!?”

“exactly.”

I answered very confidently.

The original purpose was gratitude, but there was no reason to hesitate and explain it.

And above all else.

‘As expected, there are people who are starting to lack faith little by little.’

As I told my Master, when people continue to receive favors, they tend to take them for granted. The words that the nomad shouted while grabbing the man’s trouser leg were proof of this.

So, on this occasion, it seemed necessary to correct that wavering faith.

‘I don’t know why I have to play that role, but…’

At that time, the one who lacked faith after hearing my explanation, the nomad, quietly asked a question.

“Ha, but why is it only that boss?”

“We killed all the rest. It would have been a hassle to drag dozens of corpses here, so we captured this one as proof that we had eliminated the bandits.”

“!!!”

This time, Jin Ha-yeon, the two escorts, and the bandit leader who were next to me looked at me with surprised faces.

And I looked at those four and said with my eyes.

– Just respond appropriately and tactfully!

As if sending a message that cannot be delivered because the realm is not yet sufficient.

“Ahem. That’s right.”

However, as if they had understood my intentions, the two escort warriors coughed in vain, and Jin Ha-yeon also returned to her usual blunt expression.

Just then, an oblivious onlooker asked a sharp question.

“But haven’t you been wandering around the village with that bandit leader since morning? Why did you keep that fact a secret?”

Of course, it was for the sake of gratitude. Besides, this bandit leader was not to be killed, but rather used for some other purpose.

But if I were to explain that in detail now, the power contained in language would inevitably be blurred.

“It was to check your hearts!”

I decided to give an answer befitting a disciple of a cult leader.

“I went around the village to see how much you believe in our new religion, and frankly, I was quite disappointed!”

At my shout, the villagers, including the nomads who had the least faith, knelt down again and began to speak in tongues.

“Oh, my lord!!”

“Please forgive us!!”

“I have committed a mortal sin, Your Majesty!!”

As I glanced over those who were diligently confessing their sins, I felt a surge of guilt, but I had already given up. It seemed better to wrap things up quickly.

Bam.

“This is compensation for the sacrifices you took from these guys. If it is not enough, I will check with my headquarters and provide additional compensation.”

First, I threw the money bag containing my emergency funds to the nomad who had lost all his belongings, and then shouted again.

“The new religion is trying to help and protect you. If you take our kindness lightly, we will not be able to help you either. I will turn a blind eye to this matter, so I hope you will trust and follow the new religion a little more.”

“Ahhhh!!”

“I will believe and follow you, Confucius!”

“One thousand years, one thousand years, one thousand years!!”

“Please save us!!”

Perhaps because they believed that they had repented their sins and were forgiven, the villagers bowed down to me as if they were their teacher.

“If you do that, I’ll drag this guy to the classroom and finish this off. Everyone, watch what you’re doing.”

After saying that, I immediately turned around and headed towards the guest house where the carriage was parked.

It wasn’t just because he felt burdened by the thought of acting like a cult leader.

‘Damn. If I had known this would happen, I would have sent you far away.’

There was a risk that the bandits waiting outside the village would be discovered by others while they were stalling.

In particular, according to the story I heard a little while ago, a request for support had already been made to the headquarters.

While we were wasting time here, there was talk that the bandits might be annihilated by the Demonic Cult’s armed forces.

It was a problem that the lies were exposed, and it was also difficult for those who had a separate purpose in mind to die so meaninglessly.

‘Haa. I have to go back like this without even receiving any hospitality.’

The hospitality I had received at Gochahyun flashed before my eyes, and I glanced back to see Jin Hayeon, the two escort warriors, and the bandit leader all looking at me with different expressions.

It looked like an expression of gratitude, and it also looked like an expression of wonder.

He again struck the back of the head of the bandit leader, who was still looking like he had chewed shit.

puck!

Because of this guy, I ended up going back without even receiving any hospitality.

* * *

The carriage that left Hwajeonghyeon headed to the place promised to the bandits.

Because their leader was being held hostage, they were waiting there quietly, and we headed to the headquarters of the Cheonmasingyo with them.

Just in case, all the bandits followed us on horseback with their blood vessels subdued and their internal energy sealed.

And the bandit leader, who was like a hostage, was loaded onto the carriage with them so that the bandits would not even think of rescuing him.

The bandit leader, who still had a shit-eating face, asked Hang-Geon.

“What are you so dissatisfied with?”

“… You’re being dragged away and treated like this, so how can you not be dissatisfied?”

I answered with a hollow laugh.

“Didn’t you hear what I said in the village earlier? I’ve called in the religious force to kill you. If it hadn’t been for me, you would all have had your balls cut off within a few days.”

“If I’m going to be treated like this, I’d rather die!!”

As I listened, I started to feel annoyed.

“I’ve felt this since yesterday, but there really is no such thing as a complete idiot. It’s a shame that those guys risked their lives to save someone like this.”

“If you’re going to insult me ​​like this, just kill me!”

“Your life is all about you? If you have people following you, shouldn’t you have a sense of responsibility? Yesterday, when you were committing banditry, it was the same. The boss is making it seem like he doesn’t want to do it, but he just watches while his subordinates do the work. What a idiot. It’s obvious why he was framed.”

“Hey, what did you just say!”

“Shut up and listen! You idiot with nothing but pride left. Anyway, that guy who came to Jeongcheonho was a rich kid, right? He would have risen to a higher position where you wouldn’t even be seen after a few years anyway. Was it really that hard to endure those few years? To the point where they had to risk their lives and desert as a group just because of you?”

“!!!”

Hanggeon’s eyes shook greatly.

If this guy had answered, ‘I didn’t order him to do that! They made me desert on their own!’, then regardless of whether it was my plan or Nabal, I would have just killed him or kicked him out.

Working with such irresponsible trash was a surefire way to ruin the job.

“If it were me, I would have taken it as an opportunity. I would have swallowed my pride and flattered him to grab his strings. Yes. That young man must have seemed incompetent to you. But then, wouldn’t it have been better to flatter him to some extent and become close to him, and then give him some advice later? You should have done that for the sake of those guys who believe in you and follow you. Don’t you think so?”

“… … .”

Was it because I kept shooting at him? Hanggeon, who had been fighting back, lowered his head as if he had lost his spirit.

Seeing that look of someone lost in deep thought, my excitement also subsided a little.

And after a while.

Hanggeon asked in a calm tone, asking if she had gathered all her thoughts.

“If we do that, do you plan on saving us?”

“I will have to discuss it with the teacher first, but I have no intention of harming you as long as you do what I tell you to do.”

“I must survive somehow, even as a slave. For the sake of my brothers.”

At Hanggeon’s bitter last words, I, whose emotions had calmed down, smiled softly and answered.

“Don’t worry. If you do your job well, you won’t have to live like a slave. I may be young, but I am a disciple of the Supreme Being. Shouldn’t I hold the line properly this time?”

“!!!”

Hanggeon, who had a surprised expression on his face, immediately bowed down and hit his head on the carriage floor with his arms tied.

“I will serve you as my lord!”