Who threatened Cheonma Hara with a knife - Chapter 443



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Episode 443: The Wonder (5)

Let’s take a moment to watch each other intently, each steeling their resolve.

The changes taking place in Ichimoku’s body became more intense.

This was because the Soo-Soo-Ma-Gong absorbed all of the remaining energy of the inner sphere and grew in size.

The veins on his forehead stood out in pain, and his throat throbbed. He looked like he was forcibly swallowing the blood that was trying to flow back.

When Hyukryeon Seon-ah and Jeong Hyeon were startled by this and tried to step forward, Jin Ha-yeon reached out and stopped them.

“Don’t act rashly. Aren’t you still in control?”

If he had vomited back blood or fainted because he couldn’t hold it in, it would have been different. Intervening while he was still conscious could have caused greater danger.

Hyukryun Seon-ah glared at Jin Ha-yeon for a moment, then turned her head to look at him again, and Jeong-hyeon started biting his fingernails with an anxious expression.

Jin Ha-yeon also felt like biting her fingernails.

How long did it take to look around in such anxiety?

A change occurred in Ilmok’s body, which had been anxious and ready to explode at any moment as the cold and hot elements mixed together.

The two energies that had been raging violently calmed down a little, and Ichimoku’s frowning expression was gradually becoming more relaxed.

It was certain that the two energies that had run wild were gradually beginning to be controlled.

Only then did the servants breathe a deep sigh of relief.

“ha.”

It was the same sigh of relief, but it felt subtly different.

While Jin Ha-yeon sighed in relief at the fact that everything was safe, Jeong Hyeon and Hyuk Ryeon Seon-ah’s sighs were mixed with a tiny bit of ‘regret’.

‘It was a chance to be with my brother.’

‘I, I could have helped you, Jo, Jo Sa, just like Captain Jin.’

The two women who had such thoughts quickly shook their heads.

‘Brother’s health comes first. What a horrible thought. Above all, being with other women.’

‘What, what impious thoughts! I, I am so glad that the Master is safe.’

While the two women were quickly shaking off their distracting thoughts.

Ichimoku’s body, which was gradually finding stability, began to change again.

The energy that had been running wild throughout his body finally calmed down, and soon the three energies were divided into the upper, middle, and lower tian.

“Swoop. Phew.”

Finally, Ichimoku took a deep breath and his eyes widened.

“???”

Ichimoku, who had a puzzled expression on his face at the sight of the four women looking down at him, was soon able to grasp the situation.

“I guess I made you worry. I’m sorry for coming so late.”

“We are fine. More importantly, we congratulate you on your progress.”

“Congratulations.”

“Oh, congratulations.”

As the women, starting with Jin Ha-yeon, continued to offer their congratulations, Ilmok tilted his head.

Aside from the congratulatory words, there was something strange about the reaction.

Jin Ha-yeon’s reaction was the same as usual, and Joo Seo-yeon was looking at her with an expression as if she was looking at an inanimate object.

Meanwhile, for some reason, Hyukryun Seon-ah was looking at him intently with a slightly blushing face, and Jeong-hyeon, who was also blushing, was slightly turning his head to avoid eye contact.

Ilmok, who was feeling puzzled by the various reactions, soon felt something ominous and turned his head to look around.

There were piles of ashes scattered all over the floor, as if something had burned there, and they were all damp.

They were remnants of the clothes he had originally been wearing.

Ichimoku, who realized that he was naked, opened his mouth quickly while still looking away.

“Hey, could you please step out?”

– Why are you sending them away! Burn all those bitches who saw your shame!!

– Oh my! Burning women to death. Don’t you know this is your chance? Since you’re naked, you’re going to burn them too.

‘shut up!!’

It seemed like the energy that had barely calmed down would run wild again.

* * *

The next morning.

Ilmok put on new clothes and left the palace.

Last night, the women who left the room were so kind that they opened the door slightly and put the clothes in the room with their hands.

“Have you coughed?”

When the women who were standing guard came to greet him in the morning, Ilmok responded with a cough.

“Ahem. P-You must be tired, so everyone should close your eyes for now.”

Ilmok tried hard to encourage them to rest.

He was already busy looking for Jongli Chui. He probably couldn’t sleep much last night because of me.

That excuse was just an excuse, and it felt like it would be embarrassing if we stayed together.

Jin Ha-yeon is probably someone who has seen everything, but Ilmok had passed out at the time and had no memory of it.

Even if it was just Jin Ha-yeon, it would have been different. It was like showing his weakness to four women at the same time.

‘Chiburani! I’m proud of myself for being so great!’

Ilmok, who was indignant at the words that the Bokhonmara Sword Technique had uttered last night, shook his head from side to side and tried to shake off the memories of last night.

After forcing the women to rest, Ilmok headed to the training ground in a corner of the fortress.

“Phew.”

Ilmok, who tried to calm his mind, gathered his wits and moved the Yin Han Ji of the upper chamber.

I will unfold the first few techniques of the Soo-soo-makong that I learned from Jin Ha-yeon in order.

As it seemed like there was no big problem, Ichimoku immediately began to perform the first attack of the Sosu Magical Technique without regard to the order and just following his feeling.

Ilmok, who was performing martial arts as if dancing while scattering negative energy around him, soon stopped his movements and took a deep breath.

“Whew. Certainly, it seems the extreme horse has escaped.”

It was thanks to the enlightenment I gained while suppressing the outrageous minority magic attack during the process of absorbing the inner energies last night.

Even the size of the upper chamber had grown to a little over a thousand years.

Even considering the amount of negative energy that was previously in the upper chamber, it was a significant advancement.

‘As expected, it was a good decision to only eat half of the noodles.’

I was on the verge of death just from eating half a piece, so if I had been greedy and eaten one whole, I would have gone straight to hell.

After checking the level of the Soo-Ma-Gong, Ilmok then pulled out the Ascension Sword.

As I was using the hot water heater before the break, the blood vessels that had been cold became hot and I felt a tingling sensation.

However, the Typhoon Mara Sword Technique did not cause an outburst again.

In the process of suppressing the rampage of the Yeolyangjigi last night, the Leopard Horn Mara Sword Technique was also able to gain some enlightenment.

If the Soo-Soo-Ma-Gong had just escaped from the ultimate demonic state, the Typhoon Demon Sword Technique felt like it was somewhere in between the ultimate demonic state and the escape from the demonic state.

He uses the hot sun to swing the flame-covered ascending sword several times.

‘At this point, it’s worth a try, right?’

After examining the two magic arts, Ichimoku immediately used the two energies at the same time with a determined expression.

Then, a dark magic wand appeared on Ilmok’s left hand, and the sword of ascension held in his right hand was engulfed in flames.

Ichimoku, who was wrapped in two opposing energies at the same time, slowly and slowly swung his sword and left hand alternately.

Several times, the cold and hot winds alternately swirled in the air.

The slowly moving Ichimoku stopped moving.

The essence of the first attack of the minority magic and the first attack of the violent spirit mara sword technique that was about to be unfolded was that the yin cold energy and the hot yang energy had to pass through the same blood vessel at the same time.

And the moment the two energies collided, Ichimoku knew full well that he would explode.

After a brief moment of hesitation, Ichimoku, who had been standing still in a strange posture, used the magic energy that had been in his lower abdomen.

The intention was to surround the Yin and Yang Ji with the magical energy of the Talhonmujeonggeom, and have them act as a kind of buffer, just like when he unleashed the Mysterious Soul Jade Field.

After narrowly escaping the crisis, Ichimoku continued his swordsmanship by simultaneously using the Sosu Magic, the Bokhonmara Sword Technique, and the Talhonmu Jeonggeom.

When using unrelated bloodlines, it was a method of only dealing with two energies, and often using the magic energy of the Talhonmujeonggeom only at the moment of overlap.

To avoid exploding in vain or falling into a state of possession, Ichimoku continued his sword dance very slowly.

But even if the two opposing energies did not directly collide, this was a very dangerous act.

When the blood vessels that had been cold suddenly became hot, or conversely, when the blood vessels that had been hot suddenly cooled down, a tingling pain as if an electric current was running through the blood vessels would come up, or a tickling sensation as if dozens of ants were passing by would occur.

Even as he screamed that his entire body’s blood vessels were in danger, Ichimoku continued to train slowly.

‘If both magicians can enter the stage of de-mah, they will definitely be able to reach a new level.’

Rather, I felt this hope.

If the two magicians had not escaped the extreme demon, instead of feeling the tingling sensation or tickling like now, they would have fallen into the state of possession by the coin.

If we develop further here, we can see the possibility that we might not even have these symptoms.

‘If that happens, I might be able to kill Shin Seung and Tae Gong Gong.’

How long did it take for him to continue training with such thoughts in his mind? Due to the extreme exhaustion of mental strength, sweat poured down from his entire body like rain, unlike his slow movements.

Still, a smile remained on Ichimoku’s lips.

As it was a training that required extreme concentration, all distracting thoughts had already disappeared from his mind.

All that remained was the thought of martial arts.

While he continued his sword dance, the spirits of the Soo-Ma-Gong, the Bok-Hon-Mara sword technique, and the Tal-Hon-Mu-Jeong-Geom technique in his head were mixing together, creating something new.

* * *

A day and a half dedicated solely to martial arts, excluding the time spent eating, sleeping, and washing.

When Ilmok was dancing to his sword in the training hall without fail.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Then, the sound of drums echoed from the fortress, and soon someone was running towards Ilmok.

“Stop.”

When the women who were guarding the practice stopped the man from interfering with Ilmok’s practice, the man quickly opened his mouth.

“Oh, those damn bastards! They’re approaching the fortress!”

Jin Ha-yeon frowned slightly at the man’s report and turned her head to look at Il-mok.

There was no way to know what would happen if I tried to force Ichimoku, who was undergoing dangerous training, out of his state of trance.

But fortunately, Ichimoku had already taken hold of the Sword of Ascension and was catching his breath.

It seemed that he had already come out of his trance because of the sound of the drum.

“Let’s go.”

After saying that, Ilmok headed towards the main hall where the Jongli Chu would be located.

“Welcome, Your Majesty.”

Although Ilmok was his priest, Jongnichu was willing to use the honorific title because Ilmok was higher in rank.

“The Myeol-a-geol guys are approaching, so I ask you to take command.”

Ilmok shook his head at Jongli Chu’s words.

“Since General Jong-ri has been preparing to deal with them here, I will leave the command to him. I will be in charge of fighting directly on the front lines when the battle begins.”

“The rules of the religion are so strict, how can I have a left-wing monk to lead the followers?”

“The death penalty, command ability, and rank of the instructor are all unrelated. Above all, I think it would be more efficient for me to fight directly rather than command here.”

After thinking about it for a moment, Jongli Chu accepted Ilmok’s proposal.

The fight with the Myul-A-Geol warriors who had been dragging him away as a hostage. And the fight with the spirit that had been seen in fragments in the lake.

Considering the priest’s realm, it seemed better to go out into battle rather than command.

“I will do so, Your Majesty.”

When Jongli Chu accepted his proposal, Ilmok opened his mouth again.

“But how long do you think it will take them to get here?”

“If the report is correct, it will probably take at least three hours.”

“Then, I will take a quick break and have a snack.”

Since I had used up quite a bit of my internal energy during my training, I needed to refill my danjeon before the battle.

While Ilmok was sitting cross-legged and recovering his internal energy, Jonglichu gave instructions without pause.

Soldiers were moving busily all over the walls and fortress.

Through the wide open gates, various nomadic tribes that had converted to the Cheonmasin religion were also rushing in.

Because they were there, we knew in advance that these damned bastards were coming.

For a long time, everyone prepared for war in their own way.

As the sun began to set and the sunset began to fade.

Eventually, beyond the horizon, a huge number of nomads appeared.

Even if it was visible, it was quite far away, as the northern grassland area was almost completely flat.

They didn’t seem to intend to launch a siege in the dead of night, so they came a little closer, then stopped and formed a camp.

A night passes in the suffocating atmosphere leading up to war, and the next morning.

With the sound of a small horn trumpet coming from afar, the Myeol-a-geol guys began to approach the fortress.