Who threatened Cheonma Hara with a knife - Chapter 445



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Episode 445: Righteousness (1)

Near the West Gorge, the border between Hanam and Shaanxi.

There, the Cheonmasin Church’s troops, consisting of about ten thousand men, were standing in line and facing the government troops.

They had quite an unusual composition.

About one-third of the troops were dressed in uniform attire, but the remaining third were dressed in a variety of different colors.

Those dressed in various colorful costumes were martial artists who had gathered from all over the Central Plains.

There were many who were dissatisfied with the government of Han and those who wanted to establish justice, but there were also many who joined simply for personal advancement.

Just like the King of Fighters, Jeokri River.

In the first place, most of these people had gathered after hearing the news that Jeokri River had joined the Cheonmasin Church.

Naturally, Jeokri River became the spiritual pillar of such people, and even now, he is with those who follow him here.

“Captain, aren’t you bored waiting around like this?”

A man who had become close to me after rolling around the battlefield with me several times approached me and shook the bottle at his side.

It was originally a bottle meant to hold water, but judging from the way it spoke, it was definitely meant to contain alcohol.

Jeokri River shook its head.

“That’s it. You never know when another battle might break out. Did you come here to get drunk and die?”

When the man showed a look of regret at Jeokri Kang’s nagging, Jeokri Kang smiled and added.

“I came here to take a seat, so let’s enjoy it after establishing our specialty. All of us.”

At Jeokri River’s words, everyone gathered around him burst into laughter.

Looking around at the people gathered around him, Jeokri Kang also smiled with satisfaction.

‘Hehehe. If we do this well, we might be able to build up quite a large force after the war ends.’

He had never been able to build up his own power due to the restraints of the main political factions, including the Murim Alliance.

As the number of people who called me “Captain” and followed me increased day by day, I felt good.

‘If my power grows, it will be difficult for the Demonic Cult to hit me in the back of the head after the war ends.’

While Jeokri Kang was doing those calculations in his head.

“colon!”

Someone called him in an urgent tone.

When Jeokri Kang turned his head, the man who had called him was pointing somewhere with his hand.

Beyond the distant mountain ridge, a thick cloud of smoke was rising.

“It looks like a new god has appeared in the north!”

As soon as the man’s shouts ended, the sound of drums rang out from near the command barracks.

It was the sound of drums ordering preparations for battle.

“It seems heaven is helping us.”

Jeokri Kang also laughed bitterly at the words of the man who was shaking the drink next to him.

“Hehehe. That’s true.”

Shin Seung had attacked another unit. That meant there was no Shin Seung in the enemy camp ahead, so there was nothing to be afraid of.

Of course, the unit suffered great damage from Shinsung’s attack, but it was not a problem for the enemy at Jeokri River.

From the beginning, I devoted myself to taking up a position by following the flow of the new era, and I had no interest in justice or cause.

Those who were about to die for Shinsung also thought of themselves as the same as him, although they were outwardly hypocritical.

He simply thought that they were unlucky and incompetent and that he was lucky and incompetent and that the opportunity had come to him.

In any case, Jeokri Kang and those around him quickly prepared themselves.

Then the beat of the drum changed.

It was a sound signaling an advance.

At that sound, the Cheonmasingyo troops began to advance toward the enemy forces who had formed a camp a few li away.

“Let’s go!”

Jeokri Kang and his followers advanced ahead of their allies to the forefront.

Because now, when there is no new recruit, it is the perfect opportunity to further my major.

Given the flow of the war, capturing Shin Seung would have been the greatest feat.

However, Jeokri River boldly gave up that greed.

Just once. Because I had the experience of facing a new champion on the battlefield.

It was a monster that even the Twelve Heavenly Lords did not dare to confront.

Jeokri Kang was able to survive by running away without looking back that day.

From the beginning, the first rule of the Cheonmasingyo’s combat rules was to retreat unconditionally when a new spirit appeared, so there wasn’t really a problem.

Jeokri Kang, who had finally made it to the front lines of the friendly forces, charged towards the enemy lines while performing light attacks, and the ronin-like men following him moved as if to assist him.

Perhaps to block their approach, the enemy’s drums rang out one after another and arrows were scattered into the air.

But it wasn’t enough to stop a master as strong as Jeokri River.

No. From the beginning, arrows were flying in a sparse manner, perhaps because they were flustered by the sudden situation.

“Hahahaha! What a rabble!”

When I used my inner strength to sharpen my vision, I saw that the enemy soldiers were all tangled up in a mess.

This was because the majority of them were conscripts who had been forcibly taken in.

Jeokri River, who had advanced through the hail of arrows in an instant, pierced through enemy soldiers who had not even been properly trained with his spear.

Soon after, the martial artists who had followed him began to slaughter enemy soldiers, widening the path that Jeokri River had opened.

“Retreat! Retreat!”

As expected, because there was no new enemy, the startled enemy chose to retreat.

The problem was that many of them were not even properly trained and could not even properly retreat.

They were stupidly entangled with each other and the camp was collapsing.

Kwajik!

Jeokri Kang, who had dug into the confused flock, swung his spear madly and slaughtered the enemy.

‘Let’s pursue our major to our fullest!’

Jeokri River suddenly had that thought.

I wish Shinsung would have continued to harass the Cheonmasingyo a little longer.

That way, you will have more time to develop your specialty and grow your power.

While Jeokri Kang and his followers were clearing the road and slaughtering enemy soldiers.

The remaining Cheonmasingyo troops also arrived at the enemy camp one by one and began swinging their weapons.

By the time more than half of the soldiers from the Cheonmasin Church reached the enemy camp.

Crunch!

A cool noise pierced Jeokri Kang’s ears.

What Jeokri Kang saw as he turned his head due to an inexplicable ominous feeling was a rather eerie sight.

The man who had been swinging his sword beside him. The body of the man who had offered him a drink a while ago was torn in two and collapsed.

However, Jeokri Kang was not horrified by the man’s death.

‘when?’

Until the man died, Jeokri River could not feel any movement.

Likewise, I didn’t feel any aura from the old man who killed the man.

‘Eunuch?’

I could tell by feeling, having killed several of my fellow classmates in the war.

Because their appearance and atmosphere were somehow similar to those of those guys.

At that moment, the old man looked at the Jeokri River and clicked his tongue lightly.

“Tsk. I’m not so lucky today. I only caught this one small fish on my first fishing trip.”

Even though he had called for his capture, Jeokri Kang could not dare to get angry.

The moment I got angry, it was because of the eerie feeling that my throat was about to be cut off.

“Who are you?”

When Jeokri Kang asked in a tense tone, the old eunuch laughed bitterly.

“Do you think I would tell a stray like you?”

Immediately after that, the old man dove into the river as if he was bouncing.

In Jeokri Kang’s eyes, it looked as if the old man’s body had been split in two.

It was an amazing feat of lightness that reached the point of transformation.

However, since Jeokri Kang was also a master who had reached a high level, he was not completely surprised.

He swung his spear briefly and concisely at the old eunuch who had closed the distance in an instant.

The old eunuch avoided the blow by slightly turning his head, but was followed by a concise parry from Jeokri Kang.

In the meantime, Jeokri Kang kept moving his legs, somehow maintaining his distance from the old eunuch.

Distance control is important in all martial arts, but it is especially important in spear fighting.

For Jeokri Kang, a master of spearmanship, this was a very natural move.

“Tsk. What a piece of crap.”

As the old eunuch, who clicked his tongue as if it was a bother, swung his sword repeatedly in the air, the sword began to swing wildly and blasts of energy came out at strange angles.

They all flew in from a direction where the Red River could move its feet.

As Jeokri Kang, who had lost all places to hide, was forced to fly into the air, the eunuch, as if he had been waiting, threw his sword.

Wheaaaaaaaaa!

Jeokri River spun his spear at incredible speed, forming a kind of bulwark, and soon after, the sword collided with the bulwark.

bang!!

A huge explosion rang out, and then the Red River was thrown back, spitting out blood.

In the meantime, Jeokri River tried to do a mid-air walk by twisting his body somehow.

Wheaaaaaaaaa!

The old eunuch had been controlling the sword with his swordsmanship, and it had already reached his chest.

“Fuck….”

Crunch.

An eerie noise echoed throughout the battlefield.

The corpse of Jeokri Kang, whose heart had been pierced while floating in the air, fell to a corner of the battlefield with a crashing sound.

The martial artists who had followed Jeokrigang and dug deep into enemy territory all looked at Jeokrigang’s body with blank expressions.

At that moment, the old eunuch let out a sharp shout.

“What are you guys doing! Kill all those bastards!”

As soon as the old eunuch finished shouting, his fellow students who had been hiding everywhere appeared and rushed towards the martial artists.

Go ahead.

“Tsk.”

The old man, who had retrieved the sword in the air, waved it in the air with a displeased expression, and a torrent of energy poured down, mercilessly slaughtering the martial artists.

* * *

A few days later.

A letter arrived at the border area of ​​Cheonmasingyo in the northwest.

Ilmok, who had just taken a break after fighting the Myeol-a-geol guys on the castle wall, returned to the fortress upon receiving a sudden call from Jong-ri-chu.

“What is it? Death penalty.”

When Ilmok asked with a puzzled expression, Jonglichu handed him a letter with a rather serious expression.

As he read the contents of the letter, Ichimoku’s face distorted.

There was news that Shin Seung had attacked the unit led by Yan Jiahui and Heklian Cheonjiang, and although both barely survived, Yan Jiahui had suffered serious internal injuries.

It was even written that in the process of saving those two, more than half of the ten thousand troops were annihilated.

What was written after that was even more serious.

Taking advantage of the opportunity to learn of Shin Seung’s location, another unit charged toward the enemy lines. The unit led by Guyangpae and Jeokri Gang suffered losses that were close to total annihilation.

Guyangpae barely survived, but Jeokri Gang was said to have lost his life to an old eunuch.

Even he, a master of the Inhae Kyung, couldn’t even endure ten rounds.

The letter ended with the survivors reporting that they had heard one of their classmates refer to the old eunuch as ‘Taigonggong’.

“You finally crawled out.”

The mastermind behind the plan to wipe out the martial arts world has finally revealed himself.

However, Ichimoku was not happy at all. Rather, he was on the verge of gnashing his teeth.

‘How many more people have lost their lives in vain because of this guy?’

Even if what was written in the letter was true, this damn mastermind’s power seemed considerable.

The situation, which had been turning in his favor as the Southern Army was reorganized and the winds of uprising blew throughout the Central Plains, was in danger of becoming complicated again because of Taegonggong.

‘This isn’t the time to be hanging out with those idiots who are just going to die.’

Ilmok thought as he recalled his recent achievements with Kiyeon.

I will return to the Central Plains and kill Shin Seung and Taekong Gong as quickly as possible.

To end this terrible and lasting war.