Episode 23
Taewon Jinga.
As the name suggests, its home base is Taiyuan. However, as with large corporations in reality, the influence of Taewon Jinga was not limited to one place in Taewon.
200 years since the family was established. It has been a long time since they expanded their sphere of influence by establishing branches in hyeon-eup scattered throughout Shanseo Province.
[Reconnaissance in the vicinity of Jeongyang within five days and return.]
This is the first mission given to the reconnaissance team. Upon hearing the order, the first reaction of the members was divided into two.
“No big deal.”
Some were disappointed like Hyuk Moo-jin, while others were relieved like Han-yeop.
Of course, neither reaction was to my liking.
Hyuk Moo-jin’s side is obsessed with useless sympathy, and Han-yeop’s side is afraid of fighting.
‘Yes, I’d rather have a safe mission.’
Take these guys and face your enemies. Just imagining it is terrifying.
It would be less dangerous to fight on the front lines with people you trust.
‘Should I apply for a job transfer?’
He sighed deeply and raised his fist. This is one of the incoming calls that you have already familiarized yourself with. means stop.
purr.
The eleven horses, which were running at a moderate speed, stopped with a gurgling sound. Hyuk Moo-jin, who was running to my right, said bluntly.
“Why are you stopping?”
“rest.”
“also?”
“Move in one go. momentary break. Didn’t I tell you beforehand?”
“I can run more!”
“Then you run alone.”
I chinned the back slightly. The other members of the crew were breathing heavily. Moving on horseback is fast, but consumes a lot of stamina.
Hyukmujin, who had a much higher level, managed to hold on, but the other team members were accumulating fatigue.
“If you want to rest, rest. It is an order.”
Ignoring Hyuk Moo-jin’s crumpled face, he said to the members.
“Rest for a moment.”
corner. A 15-minute break was given, but the scouts did not look very bright. Because I immediately pulled out a large leather backpack.
I put my hand in my backpack and thought.
‘Inventory open.’
With a clicking sound, three shields were summoned into the backpack.
The wooden shield with iron on the surface was obtained from the arsenal before leaving Jinga, Taewon, and it was light and hard, so it was usable.
“No. 7, No. 8, No. 9.”
Three of the designated scouts took the shields wearing death wounds.
Those three are the tankers that I forcibly chose.
‘Seven dealers. three tankers. and me.’
It was a combination that would be slain if they entered the gate, but first of all, they should be satisfied with this much.
“To their respective positions.”
Next is the formation.
“Basic Large.”
Three with shields stand at the front, and six swordsmen from No. 1 Hyukmujin to No. 6 are in the second row, with me and Han-yeop in the rear.
It is a front-oriented boundary.
“Unfold. get through spread.”
Their faces were full of dissatisfaction, but now they do it quite skillfully. This is much better than an F-rank Hunter who just graduated from the Hunter Training Center.
‘The NPCs here are better than people.’
It will be the difference that comes from the presence or absence of gongpower.
Unlike F-class hunters who can’t handle mana itself, Moorim’s NPCs know how to use air power, albeit insignificantly.
It’s just that the level is low and there is no experience.
I entered the final phase of the formation.
“Power retreat.”
For a moment, the scouts stopped.
“yes?”
“What is a force retreat?”
“Literally. Retreat with all your might.”
“Then what formation… … ?”
“At that point, formation is meaningless.
Just jump out with all your might. Don’t even look back and spread out as much as possible.”
“Kuk-kuk. Are you saying that?”
The owner of the ridicule was, of course, Hyuk Moo-jin.
“I can’t stand it anymore. Three Gongja, is war a childhood game? You should have read at least one of the war books to make your nonsense sound plausible.”
“The martial law book?”
“okay. The War Book! Retreating in an orderly manner is the basis of the basics of strategy, so what kind of nonsense are you talking about?”
As Hyuk Moo-jin openly protested, negative voices leaked out even among the scouts.
“That’s right.”
“Even though we are not soldiers of the government office, we practice formation and forcefully lift shields…
“Power retreat? I’ve never heard of such a thing.”
Look, everyone thinks the same as me.
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Hyuk Moo-jin’s elated face seemed to speak.
Then Hanyeop intervened in a stuttering voice.
“I-I don’t think so.”
“what?”
“Isn’t it because the Samgongja, no, the chief has thoughts? yo. this?”
“thought?”
Hyuk Moo-jin rolled his eyes.
“What are you thinking! From a young age, training is a backfire and drinking with women is the third Gongja. On such a subject, he went around getting hurt by accidents. Is that all, or what caused this war… … “
“Can you stop?”
As he interrupted, Hyuk Moo-jin flinched. He seemed to realize that he had made a mistake himself.
But often there are people like that.
When you have to step back, rather, those kind of people who take a step forward.
“Isn’t it the Three Gongs who provided the cause!”
Hyuk Moo-jin was a guy with too much pride to stop talking about himself.
At the words he finally spat out, a chilly silence descended.
gulp. Someone’s neck was greatly shaken. Nine pairs of eyes were looking at me and Hyukmujin.
“Ha, do you have something to say?”
what to say Of course there is.
“Everyone gets more rest.”
At the same time, he slapped Hyuk Moo-jin’s cheek with his straightened palm.
Po-!
“one.”
Hyuk Moo-jin’s chin turned. It’s a simple slapping with no gong power.
With that face dazed by the sudden situation, he slammed his palm for the second time.
“What is this!”
Still, I raised my arm to block it, wondering if it was Young Meng Tang. If there’s one thing he overlooked, it’s the difference in strength.
Po-!
“Two.”
Hyukmujin, who was pinned to the ground with his upper body intact, jumped up. On one cheek was the mark of my palm, like a tattoo.
It didn’t take long for the embarrassment to turn to anger.
“이 개새끼가!”
I was really pissed off. His eyes widened and he tripped over the leg of the guy who was running towards him. At the same time, he struck with power with his left hand.
Poo.
“Generation.”
“Cheuk.”
I stagger as if my legs are losing strength. He was hit three times in a row with this much power, so the goal could be shaken.
“Would you like to save your energy and boil the soup?”
These words worked. Power enters the staggering lower body, and power overflows from the body. Eyes leaking poison glared at me.
“You will regret it.”
“I don’t think so.”
I caught a fist flying towards my face. speed, power and timing.
everything is visible Compared to Iso-gun, it is far behind.
“Four.”
Hyuk Moo-jin’s face turned back.
The gooey blood was splattered in the air like slow motion. Dilated pupils, limp legs.
But even Yongke didn’t fall.
Because that’s only possible if I let go of his fist.
“Five.”
pony
That was the limit. Hyuk Moo-jin passed out, unable to hold on any longer.
Something falls on top of Hyuk Moo-jin’s body, which is spread out in a strange posture.
‘eye?’
I raised my head and looked at the sky. The winter sky was white and was pouring out small trash.
“Break over. depart.”
I threw out a word and turned around, and behind my back, the scouts let out the breath they had been holding back.
The first thing Hyuk Moo-jin did after waking up after two hours was to run at me.
“What the f*ck-!”
Poo. dump.
“Take it away.”
“Yes, old!”
The guy fainted again with a sharp slap, and was pinned into a corner of the cabin by the hands of the other scouts.
‘It’s a hut. I’m lucky.’
According to Jo Won, who is familiar with the nearby geography, he should have arrived in Jeongyang at least by the time the sun went down today.
However, there was nothing they could do about the sudden heavy snowfall, and the only place they finally found was this cabin.
A hunter’s shelter that only those in the know know?
‘It’s ridiculously small, but thank you for this.’
Your mission may be delayed, but it’s a hundred times better than walking through the snow all night and running into enemies exhausted.
It was time to think like that.
“I am, Captain.”
It is a single leaf. The members of the crew behind my back glanced at me.
“Now what?”
“huh? You should sleep.”
“I-it’s not… … Looking at the hesitant scouts, something suddenly came to mind.
you can’t… … .
“Do you want to train?”
Nod. Look at those fierce head movements and those eyes full of enthusiasm.
‘They say it’s worth a hundred questions.’
It is better to lose once than to speak a hundred times.
It was around noon. The blade of the sword flashed in the sunlight, and that was the only thing the warrior could see.
“Cheuk.”
dump. My knees buckle and my face sinks into the frozen ground.
From his shoulder to his chest, blood poured from the gaping wounds. non-recoverable wounds. Musa had an intuition of death.
“Others… … please live.”
The exhausted voice cut off.
A middle-aged man clicked his tongue while looking at the warrior’s eyes wide open.
“Oh, you foolish friend.”
What would happen if you rushed like that? The words that followed did not reach the dead. Fifty or so ronins surrounding them giggled.
“To be caught by Dae-Hyung, he must be a bad luck guy.”
“For fear of someone not being a political faction bastard, play as a knight until the end. What should I do, large?”
Gleaming gazes turned to the remaining survivors. It was a group of six or seven, made up of women and children.
“Great bargain. Please save the children.”
At the words of the woman who seemed to be the eldest, the middle-aged Jo-pil, one of the first generation, laughed softly.
“I’m sorry, but what can I do? I am not a big deal.”
“But he is a person. How do you even want to kill children who can’t make sense of their own self?”
“Huh, with the body of a woman, you have quite a bit of strength. Wait, I heard that the family of the director of Sakju survived. if?”
“You are my husband.”
“Ah, I guess so. I never thought such an ugly guy would have such a wise wife.”
Jopil smiled, and the woman hardened her face.
“I have no intention of saving you.”
“Take it easy. I don’t have a hobby of liver killing.”
“The children… …
“This rough world. How can the young survive without a mother?”
“A guy who’s not even worth money.”
“Will, I heard you well.”
Those words were the signal flare.
The sword light flashed and screams rang out.
After a while, the blood-soaked ronin threw the corpses into the thicket in the mountain.
“Only wild beasts will prey on them.”
The puppies’ eyes murmured. He was Jo Pil’s right-hand man and was a first-class ronin known by the nickname Heuksando (黑山刀).
“We have to eat too. If you finish this job well, is it worth a thousand gold?”
Jo Phil smiled happily. The reward he would receive for this was enormous, but he was enjoying the situation itself.
“I can’t believe the day will come when we hunt Taewon and Jinga. I couldn’t have imagined it.”
Dirty leather shoes stepped on the fallen warrior’s corpse.
Musa belonged to the Sakju branch, one of the dozen branches belonging to Jinga in Taewon.
“Is that the last thing you just dealt with?”
“No. Large”
“You escape like a rat. How many heads?”
“Three in total. One samurai and two children.
They passed through Jeongyang just a few hours ago and are heading to Honju.”
“It’s a headache. It’ll take half a day.”
“I’ll be there without the need for Daehyung to step out.”
“Will you?”
A delightful smile appeared on Joe’s lips.
“Okay, take half. The deadline is half a day, how about it?”
The answer has already been decided. Heuksando bowed his head deeply.