Entomologist in Sichuan Tang Clan Chapter 34

Natural Enemy 3

A dark, cloudy night with no trace of the moon.

It was a quiet night, with only the sound of owls hooting.

Three figures were quickly crossing the shallow part of the Tangga River that flows quietly along Tangga Mountain.

While stepping on the rocks that occasionally appear above the water.

-Knock knock knock knock.

The three people’s true identities are men wearing black sleepwear and black hoods.

The three people who crossed the Dangga River hid behind a large rock on the shore of Dangga Mountain.

[I’ll confirm this again, but you must never be caught! That’s why we, who are the best at stealth in the school, are given this order. Do you understand!?]

As soon as they hid behind the rock, the one who appeared to be the leader warned the other two, and the two masked men answered while prostrating themselves.

[The second coming of the Blood Cult! The Blood of the World! Of course. Lord!]

[Of course!]

[According to the information we have, neither the head of the Tang family nor the Mandokshin Army are currently within the Sacheon Tang family. Today is the right time, so we must succeed.]

[yes!]

[When you retrieve the emergency kit, head to where he is by any means necessary. However, if you are caught while retrieving the blood poison, bite the poison in your mouth and surrender for the sake of the great cause.

When you fail, you should never reveal your identity. You should not reveal your identity so that unauthorized people will swarm you like bees.

Your blood will hasten the bloodshed of the world!]

[Cheonhahyeolha! Understood!]

The three hid inside the Tang gate when the Tang gate’s warriors were changing shifts.

At first, I checked the Gajujeon, but there was no result, then I checked the Mandokjeon, but I couldn’t even get inside.

The prior information that it was impossible to enter Mandokjeon was not wrong.

[Finally, let’s go to the Mandokshin Army’s residence!]

[Yes! Lord!]

Lastly, the hiding place of the Mandokshin Army just in case.

[This!]

The masked men who had been hiding were able to get their hands on a copy of the Bloodthirsty Bird in the darkness.

It was because a copy of the Bloodthirsty Poisoner’s Manual, with various graffiti on it, was placed on the nightstand in Mandokshingun’s quarters, perhaps because he was examining the martial arts.

[Copy of Bloodthirsty Bird!]

[I couldn’t find the original, but I managed to get my hands on a copy at the Mandokshingun’s residence!]

[It is clear that Heaven is helping the teachings! Let’s go to the tangent point!]

The three of them were delighted and immediately left their quarters to head towards their destination, the mountain range beyond Danggasan.

This was because when they came in, they had to change shifts to match the turn of the warriors on duty, so they would not be able to go out towards Danggaha.

However, it was good that they had entered the depths in time for the Tang Dynasty warriors to change positions, but perhaps they had entered too deep, as the outer boundary had become much more fortified than when they had entered.

[There are too many warriors standing in opposition to the information we have obtained.]

[Has the security become tighter without the Gaju and Mandokshin troops?]

The leader of the masked men was looking around for a while on the roof of the Mandokshin Army’s quarters with a look of defeat on his face.

The smokescreen that can be seen ahead is revealed as the clouds clear.

A wide smoke field extending from the depths of Dangga towards the peak of Dangga Mountain came into view.

This was because, contrary to what he had known, there were no warriors standing guard there.

‘Why?’

If you recall the information you checked before sneaking into the Tang family, there should always be four warriors standing guard, but the lanterns were turned off and there were no warriors standing guard.

I thought it was strange, but I had no other choice.

The three masked men quickly flew towards the training ground.

And the moment they set foot on the training ground.

Something strange began to rumble like thunder from the hollow of an old tree standing in the smokehouse.

-Woooosh!

[Wow, is this a machine-type formation?]

Behind the three masked men flying with surprised faces, not a swarm of martial artists but a real swarm of bees was rushing in.

***

“Stop! You bastards! How dare you sneak into the party gate!”

“Stay there!”

The shouts of warriors can be heard from afar.

We saw several torches moving quickly towards the mountain, and we followed the shouts and arrived at the direct line’s dedicated training ground.

Now, it’s an apiary for bees? An apiary? Anyway, it’s turned into a place for bees.

“What the hell is going on!?”

In response to the older sister’s question, the leader of the poisonous blood unit, Mr. Gupae, who was among the warriors gathered at the entrance to the training ground, quickly ran out and reported.

“Miss Hwa-eun, there are intruders! Two of them ran towards the mountain, so the Lord of the Poisonous Blood Corps is chasing them with his men, and one is over there…”

At the older sister’s sharp shout, the leader of the poisonous blood corps, Gupae Ajae, explained with an urgent look and pointed his finger inside the training ground.

Then, a person lying face down in the moonlight caught my eye.

I wanted to take it out and check it, but it seemed like I couldn’t get close because of the golden phoenixes.

‘Why do my pet insects always end up killing people when they cause trouble? They really do all sorts of things when they come into the Tang family.’

Since I was the only one who could take it out, I woke up the surrounding Golden Crown Kings and apologized to them. Then, I closed my eyes tightly and dragged out the body, which appeared to be already dead.

The old man who examined the body that was dragged out like that.

First of all, I was worried that my pet insects would keep killing people, even though they were thieves. But then, the old man who examined the bodies came to an unexpected conclusion.

“This wasn’t something that happened to the Golden Phoenix Kings. You bit the bullet and turned yourself in?”

“arbitrariness?”

When I hear that the Bongwangs weren’t the ones who killed them, I feel relieved.

At the words of the old man who was a traitor, the older sister’s face turned cold and she gave a sharp order to the gathered warriors.

“If you have bitten your tongue and volunteered, it means you have a lot to hide. Ask your mother to take care of the family. I will immediately form a pursuit team, so gather the elders of the family!”

“Yes, Miss!”

At the older sister’s command, the warriors began to move in all directions.

***

-Bam! Thud thud thud!

My body, which was performing lightness exercises, suddenly fell down with a whoosh along with a pile of dirt.

I definitely didn’t make a mistake with the steps.

“Kkaaaah!”

“Little Dragon! Take my hand!”

As I screamed in surprise, my body started to fall, but the old man quickly flew up and caught me.

It was the moment when I was suddenly sucked into a hole up to my knees as the floor suddenly gave way.

“Thank you. Phew, I thought something bad was going to happen.”

“Are you hurt? If you are hurt, the young lady will be sad, so you must be careful.”

As I grabbed the old man’s hand and pulled myself out of the hole that reached up to my knees, I heard an eerie sound from beneath my feet.

-Shhh!

-Shhh!

Startled by the eerie sound, I quickly stepped back and looked inside the pit.

This was because it was clearly an eerie sound, but at the same time, it was a familiar and welcome sound that I knew.

“What is this!?”

The hole I almost fell into was too high for me to climb out on my own, and sure enough, there were a lot of snakes coiled up inside the hole.

“Is it a snake cave?”

A hand on my shoulder.

The old man who saved me looked inside the pit and answered that it was a cave.

The saying goes that if it’s a cave, it’s a snake cave.

In my previous life, there were places where snakes gathered to spend the winter or hide, so I knew what a den was because there were places where many snakes gathered.

But there was something a bit strange about this.

Usually, a cave is just a place where many snakes gather, such as a crevice or hole in a rock, but the inside of that hole had a dark and eerie feeling.

It feels like some kind of creature with its mouth wide open.

I had this uncomfortable feeling that I didn’t really want to approach it.

Even the snakes look strangely angry.

-Kurururung!

The sky seemed to agree with my thoughts, as suddenly thunder and lightning struck, and I saw rain clouds gathering in the distance.

“But something feels strange?”

“Oh, sometimes snakes make dens in places where yin energy gathers. The poison builds up quickly, so you have to be careful.”

When I studied martial arts, I learned about yin and yang energy, but I didn’t know what bloodletting was, so I nodded.

Let’s ask what it is later.

“I see. The tiger-spotted snake is definitely not that ferocious, but strangely enough, I said it was ferocious…”

If we are talking about lake snakes, we are talking about flower snakes and bloodsuckers, but most of the snakes in the pit were flower snakes that do not bite people very often.

But looking at the hissing sound, it feels like it’s definitely full of poison, just like the old man said.

He said to the warriors, thinking that he would stop by later when he came to catch snakes.

“It’s because of me that we’re late. It looks like it’s going to rain. Let’s move.”

“Yes, Little Dragon. I guess I should do that.”

There was a brief incident, but we hurried to move as we watched the rain clouds gathering in the distance.

Because I had to catch the thief.

It’s been two days since we came out to the Tang gate, and the reason we’ve been wandering around the mountains like this is to catch a thief.

One of the thieves bit the poison stick and committed suicide as soon as he was caught by King Geummobong in the middle of the night, but the remaining two escaped by climbing the mountain towards the mountain range.

You may wonder what the thief and I have to do with each other, but my mother-in-law is not very skilled in martial arts, so she was in charge of internal discipline, and I volunteered when I heard that my older sister was leading the elders and warriors of the family alone to chase down the thief.

I told my grandfather that I would protect my older sister and mother-in-law, because I couldn’t send my older sister away alone.

We’re all scattered now, as we’re trying to split up while chasing those guys.

It was then that I flew into the sky again and followed the trail left by the pursuers ahead.

Not long after the chase resumed, someone’s shout was heard from up ahead.

“Over there! Grab him!”

At the urgent shout of someone, the pursuit party consisting of ten people including me and Mr. Gupae immediately flew towards the sound.

“Over there!”

The place we arrived at was an empty lot in front of a shallow cliff.

It wasn’t a cliff that couldn’t be climbed with a light sword, but I could see the Tang family warriors surrounding the two thieves firing arrows at them every time they tried to jump over the cliff.

-Ting! Ting!

“Escape ends here!”

“Tch!”

A man with a bad reputation shouting at the thieves as he rushes into the open space where the warriors are facing off against them.

As we joined them in a situation where they were being held back by the enemy, the two of them hid behind the rocks scattered in front of the cliff with a look of defeat on their faces.

“Close the encirclement and rush in at once!”

There were twenty of us, including ten warriors from the Tang family who had already been chasing the guys.

As per the old man’s orders, except for me who was weak in martial arts, the other nineteen surrounded the guys and slowly narrowed the encirclement.

And as the guys got closer, the real hunting began.

“Hit!”

At the shout of the old man Gupae, the Tang family’s warriors who had been slowly closing in on the surrounding area all at once leapt towards the sparsely popped rocks.

The sparkling rain and sparkles spraying from the warriors’ fingertips.

Soon one of them was subdued and fell to the ground, but the urgent shouts of the old man Gupae erupted.

“Watch out! One of them is moving strangely!”

“Understood! Commander!”

Certainly, as Mr. Gupae said, the masked man’s movements as he threw himself towards the encirclement to avoid the attacks of the Tang Dynasty warriors were not ordinary.

Because I was watching two of the Tang family’s weak warriors fall down after being hit by the guy’s sword.

“Crash!”

-Whoooooooo!

-Thump, thump. Thud. Thud thud.

Raindrops starting to pour.

Amidst the raindrops that were just beginning to fall, the Tang family’s warriors and the masked man began to engage in a chaotic battle.

But what if you’re good at it?

There is no way to do business in Daguri.

The masked man was unable to overcome his numerical disadvantage and was immediately driven back towards the cliff.

The moment the masked man turned his back to the cliff.

“Get out of the way! Samhwansal (Three Illusions Kill)!”

The Tang family’s warriors disperse at once with the shouts of the old man who defeated them.

The sword that left the old man’s hand was shot at by the masked man.

-Kkang! Chaekkang!

“Ugh!”

It was clearly only one dagger that was thrown, but when the guy swung the daggers he was holding in both hands, there was the sound of two daggers bouncing off each other, followed by the guy’s scream.

The bastard grabbed my shoulder and leaned my back against the cliff.

Immediately afterwards, blood spread from the bastard’s shoulder.

The blood of the man mixed with the raindrops quickly dyed the surrounding area red.

“You’re lucky. If it hadn’t rained, I could have completely subdued it with the paralyzing poison of the rain.”

Listening to the story of the old man who was in trouble, I felt like the poison I had put in the rain had been washed away.

But now that he had been wounded, it was only a matter of time before he was completely subdued.

-Whoooooooo!

But it was at a time when we were all thinking of a hopeful future in which the bastard’s subjugation was a given.

Someone flew in front of him with a clap of thunder and a flash of lightning.

“Hahahaha! Everyone get out of the way!”

-Whoaaah!

“Keuhk.”

A hand swings between the Tang family’s warriors and the masked man.

Red blood rose like mist and soon disappeared in the rain.

And then, suddenly, one of the warriors fell to the floor with his chest torn by the claws of the assailant who had made a surprise attack.

“Back off, you idiot!”

A middle-aged man with red uniform, dark eyebrows, and hair tied back.

The old man, who had been in a hurry, pushed the warriors back and shouted at the bastard.

“What kind of guy is this!”

But the guy didn’t answer my question and instead asked the guy who grabbed his shoulder from behind.

“Did you get it back?”

“Yes! Here. I haven’t recovered the original, but it seems to be a copy recorded by the Tang family.”

“It’s a shame, but can’t we help it? Yeah, you did well.”

What the masked man took out was a book wrapped in red paper, but strangely enough, it had a thin yellow thread.

The old man and the warriors looked like they were wondering what it was, but it was a book I was very familiar with.

I knew that my grandfather, Mandokshin-gun, was studying that and that he would sometimes look at it when he was teaching me.

“The secret of the blood poisoning!?”

Everyone’s eyes turned to me as I spoke.

Nemesis 4 (Free Last)

“Is that the secret recipe for the Bloodthirsty Toxic Bird!?”

The surprised voice of the old man who lost his job.

He nodded toward the old man and answered.

“It looks like a copy made by Grandfather Mandokshingun. I have seen him examine it.”

Because the book I read was definitely right.

I clearly remembered it because I tried to take a quick look once, but my grandfather told me not to be curious and just look at it.

Since you said that you only studied how to use the poison claw from the blood poison claw and how it could be used in the Tang Dynasty, it may not contain all the information.

You said that there is no knot and only a shape, but I don’t know what you mean by that.

Then the old man with the old man’s face turned on them with an angry expression.

“What kind of people dare to sneak into the Tang Dynasty and take away the cursed boatman!”

When I was recovering the blood poison from Haenam Island, I emphasized to my father-in-law that it was a very bad thing, saying that I needed blood and marrow.

But as expected, the middle-aged man has no answer to the old man’s question.

The man took the book from the rain, put it in his arms, and spread his hands with an eerie smile.

“The cowards of the religion were afraid of bugs and told us to just bring blood poison as quietly as possible, but there were so many bugs around···”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”

“No, it’s good. The other guys will make a fuss, but isn’t this a good excuse?

It may be a little early, but the blood poisoning has been recovered. The old man from the Mandokshin Army will be gone too. There will be no better sacrifice to let people know that we are back.

“Since we’ll have to deal with all of them to get out of here anyway, I permit you to use the Blood Shadow and Religion martial arts! Don’t leave a single one alive!”

“All right.!”

‘Teaching?’

A word meaning a confusing religion.

It was a time when I tilted my head at the word ‘Kyo’.

The man in the red uniform, who was holding the injured shoulder behind him, reached out to his comrade who was lying nearby.

-Whoaaah!

Then, blood spurts out from the fallen masked man’s body.

Oddly enough, the blood began to be sucked into the bastard’s fingertips and wounded shoulder between the falling raindrops.

“That’s it!”

‘What!? Are you a vampire!? Isn’t this a martial arts world or a martial arts school?’

It’s like a scene straight out of a vampire movie from a previous life.

The old man said in a bewildered voice as he watched the bastard sucking blood.

“Tongue, blood clots···.”

‘Blood sect? Blood sect?’

The mention of the old man’s bloodline brought back memories from a while ago.

Clearly, I remembered the surprised expressions they gave when I showed the original copy of the Blood Poisoning Toxic to the adults in my collateral line.

““This, this is the words Blood Cult and Bloodwater Dokjo written on the cover of the book! And the letters written in blood! It’s definitely Bloodwater Dokjo!”

“Sure. It was a book that came from the blood sect…”

And only then, as if all of our thoughts were correct, did the man in red answer, nodding his head.

“Yes, this body is none other than the elder of the Blood Cult, Blood Hawk Claw, Goocheonak! Become the sacrifice that announces the second coming of the Blood Cult!”

“Elder of the Blood Cult···.”

The old man with a defeated expression on his face at the bastard’s words.

But the old man, who quickly regained his composure, shouted at the warriors and me.

“Deploy the Five Poison-Extinguishing Flame Formation! Little Dragon! Signal with your sword!”

“All right!”

At the shout of the old man with the old man’s name, the Tang clan’s warriors quickly formed a formation, and I quickly put my hand into my bosom.

It was to take out the signal sword used as a substitute for the first letter of the Tang Dynasty.

Then the elder of the Blood Cult points at me and shouts.

“Blood Shadow, if they all come at once, it will be annoying, so stop them! Just don’t kill them. There is nothing better for recovery than a boy’s blood.”

“yes!”

“Stop him! Don’t let him go to Little Dragon!”

“Try to stop it! Hahaha!”

-bang!

“Kwaaak!”

The old man with the broken arm looked surprised at their conversation and led the Tang family’s warriors to block the two, but the formation collapsed due to the tension released by the Blood Cult Elder and the Blood Shadow was shot towards me.

It was fast before, but now it’s almost as fast as an arrow.

Before I could even take the knife out of my hand, the bastard had already grabbed my wrist.

“Then, rest for a moment! It seems the elder wants to take your blood.”

“Little Dragon!”

The old man who was defeated shouted in surprise at my urgent situation while clashing with the elder of the blood cult.

But I couldn’t help him when he was dealing with the elder of the Blood Cult, and the moment he raised his arm as if to strike the nape of his neck with the water pipe,

-Quadduck.

He was no longer of this world.

It was because my raised arm to stop him, my hand that was caught, and the Goku that came out of my stomach bit his stomach, arms, and the back of his neck without mercy.

“Ugh···.”

His eyes losing the light that entered my field of vision as I faced him.

The Wukongs had shed their skin once and their poison had become stronger. Last time, when Tak Yunyang died, the person had simply turned black and died. This Blood Shadow’s appearance was even more gruesome.

Because it felt like the bitten part was melting a little bit.

-Cheolbuk.

A member of the Blood Cult named Hyeolyeong was left as a corpse, lying in a puddle of water created by a sudden shower.

The surroundings are soaked in the poison that flows from the corpse.

-Wow!

When I turned my head at the loud noise I heard, the bloody man shot his strength at the Tang family’s warriors, pushing them back, and then looked at me with an expression of disbelief.

“Spirit? Things are going well?”

He had an expression on his face that said he didn’t think I would die, but I ignored his gaze and quickly shot my sword into the air.

-Beep. Beep. Beep.

Then, immediately after, people from the surrounding area began to gather around after hearing the signal.

***

-Whoaaah!

“Ugh!”

“You seemed confident enough to throw the sword, but without the Mandokshin Army, you’re all dead anyway. Hahaha.”

Another warrior, who had suffered a long wound to his chest from the claws the bastard had swung, clutched his chest and fell backwards.

Then comes the warning:

“Don’t get too close!”

“What a tremendous amount of history! Don’t fight!”

He dragged out the wounded warrior by the hands of other warriors, and tore his uniform to stop the bleeding.

Because I needed to do something to help.

What I have learned so far is the internal energy method, lightness technique, and beginner level of flying technique.

My older sister entrusted me with the task of saving her, saying that if she did not learn the Dharma, she would be of no help in that confusing situation.

“Ugh!”

“Just hold on a little longer!”

There are already twenty fallen warriors around me.

And one adult from the collateral line.

It had only been a few minutes since the rain had cleared, but the situation was turning increasingly unfavorable.

At first, I thought it would be an easy victory because the Dang family members immediately flocked to the area after the rain.

I thought that he was trying to reduce the number of people before they came in, so he drove the old men and warriors like crazy and retired about half of the warriors, but no matter how strong he was, I thought it wouldn’t be difficult if I thought of him as a raid.

Among the newly added members of the family after hearing the sound of the rain, there were a few elders of the family and my older sister whom I trusted.

“”Little Dragon! Five Poisons and Five Dying Flames!? What the hell is going on?”

My older sister asked me after seeing the chaotic situation.

“The author is said to be an elder of the Blood Cult! We must help the leader of the Old Guard!”

“Blood Cult!?”

“Elder of the Blood Cult!?”

Everyone looked incredulous at the mention of the elder of the Blood Cult, but the older sister, who understood the situation, immediately gave an order.

“Everyone, help the leader of the Gupae unit!”

“Understood, Miss! Let’s go! I’ll change the Odokmyeolhwajin into the Nine Poisonsmyeolhwajin!”

The balance became tense as the leader of the poisonous clan and the adults of the collateral clan rushed at him.

But that balance didn’t last long.

The elder of the family who had collapsed next to me spoke with a somber expression.

“Damn it! It didn’t even rain!”

The reason the adults in the collateral line were acting so badly was because we had some bad luck.

Bad news, it’s a shower.

Most of the poison on the secret weapon of the Tang family was washed away by the pouring rain that made it difficult to see ahead.

Although some of the items were prepared to be waterproof, they were all useless in the pouring rain before I could take them out and throw them away.

And the Odokmyeolhwajin or Jigeummyeolhwajin that the Tang family is using to fight that guy right now need to be used with things like poison smoke or poison powder to be truly effective, but they couldn’t be used in rainy weather like this.

So I had to fight with just brute force, but the problem was that he recovered.

“Ugh! Kkaaaak!”

As I turned my head at the screams while tending to the patient, I saw one of the warriors being held by the guy, his blood being sucked out with a nail stuck in his stomach.

‘Damn, I got caught again.’

Our side is getting tired all the time, but if you catch one person like that and suck their blood, they become energetic.

Moreover, since the sound of rain did not travel far in the rain, reinforcements had not yet arrived.

About half of those gathered here are from the clan.

As I dragged the indignant adult further down the tree, I heard my older sister’s loud scream from where the clash was taking place.

“Nine Illusion Kills!”

Rain poured down on him at the same time as my sister’s scream.

It looked like a higher version of what the old man had shown earlier, and the adult in the collateral line clenched his fist and shouted at the sight.

“Did you get hurt!?”

‘Oh, shit’

A grown man who blurted out words that should never be said.

As expected, my sister’s sword, which she thought would be stuck in the bastard’s body, flew back towards me as soon as the bastard waved his hand.

-Kaga River!

“Tch!”

“Your hands are really sharp! Judging by your half-and-half face, are you the poisonous moon? Stop this too!”

-bang!

“Whoa!”

My sister quickly dove to one side as the rain flew in, but the guy was already in front of her.

After being hit by the bastard’s sword, my sister was pushed towards me.

I blocked it with my arms, but blood was flowing from the corner of my sister’s mouth.

He quickly ran, supported his sister, and dragged her under the tree.

It was because my older sister was in such a precarious position that she looked like she might collapse.

“Hwaeun, young lady!”

“Cow, cow! Whoa. Whoa!”

Sister Hwa-eun staggered to the tree and tried to head towards where the fight was breaking out again, but as soon as she took a step, she started spitting out blood again.

I quickly helped my sister up again. She looked at my hand for a moment, then squeezed my hand tightly and asked me to do it.

“Little Dragon, ah, that won’t do! Little Dragon, please hurry up and tell the family and bring more members of the Tang family! The Blood Sect absorbs vitality to restore internal energy and stamina, but we are not enough right now.”

He told me to run and call for reinforcements.

It’s true that it’s not really helpful and that’s all I can do, but I still hesitate.

It was because I didn’t feel comfortable leaving them behind in this situation.

So as I hesitated, I started hearing other people’s voices in my ears.

“Little Dragon, please! Please do it for the sake of the Tang family!”

“We’ll do whatever it takes to stop him until he comes back with his family. Hurry up!”

From the old man Gupae to the great lord.

The elders of the family also nodded their heads.

If this was the case, I had no choice but to go.

It was clear that I was the only one who didn’t have any effect on my power even if I took my body out now.

“Okay, I understand. But I’m not used to light combat yet, so I’m not sure if I can do it well….”

It was when I was nodding and turning around.

Suddenly, I felt my sister’s embrace, soaking wet and radiating heat.

My sister held me in her arms and spoke quietly into my ear.

“Little Dragon, do you remember what I taught you? You can do it. And then again… Let’s practice together at night.”

Then he immediately turned around and flew towards the place where the elders of the Blood Cult and the people of the Tang family were clashing.

My first hug with my sister.

Although it was a strange situation, I immediately turned my back on my sister and flew towards the party.

Because there was no time to hesitate.

-Knock knock knock knock.

In my head, I’m thinking of the fastest techno dance song I know.

To run as fast as possible, because if it’s a fast beat, it’s a techno dance song.

How long did you run like that?

-Knock knock knock.

-Knock knock.

-widely.

The footsteps that had been moving madly in the air slowly stopped.

It was because something strange was lingering in my mind.

We’ve been tracking the masked men for two days now.

Although it wasn’t an all-nighter, it was still a considerable distance traveled.

Yes, at least half a day’s running at full speed to get to the house and drag the people there.

I wondered if those left behind would be able to endure it.

There was another question.

Those with strong martial arts skills in the family have already been taken away by the craftsman and the grandfather of the Mandokshin Army.

Is there really anyone left in the family who can defeat that guy?

There was no need for a ton of effort.

Because all I need is a strong master like my grandfather or my father-in-law to heal him.

In the end, the question came down to one thing.

Could it be that he sent me here under the pretext of calling for reinforcements to save himself, when the situation seemed dire?

Since I am the youngest, I will try to save the young country as well.

I remembered the faces of the old man and the great master, the eyes of the elders of the family who had sent me off, and the words they all said in unison.

“Then from now on, you are our family.”

“Of course! Of course! Even after death, you are still a member of our family!”

“Little Dragon, please! Please do it for the sake of the Tang family!”

“We’ll do whatever it takes to stop him until he comes back with his family. Hurry up!”

“Family… Was family really such a meaningful word? Or is this also a threat? Are you protecting me by putting me under your armpit because I’m weak?”

A member of the best assassin clan in the Central Plains.

I didn’t think much about its meaning, and thought that I wasn’t a full member of the Tang family yet, but they weren’t.

Everyone except me thought of me as family.

A smile escaped my lips at the warm-heartedness of the assassin clan.

And I thought.

Here’s how to overcome this situation.

No, I had to think about it.

‘Call together the warriors of the Tang family scattered around? No, it’s too late. Even if we gather them all, we can’t guarantee victory.’

To be honest, I was scared.

Because I’ve never experienced a fight that was so deadly.

But is it because I watched too many hero movies in my past life?

I didn’t want to be a coward who ran away and abandoned those who thought of me as family.

Blood, blood, bloodletting, recovery.

A lot of thoughts crossed my mind.

As I was lost in thought, a cool sound flowed into my ear.

-Shhh!

“What is this sound?”

As I ran towards the sound, a cave with its mouth wide open appeared.

It was the sound of the snakes in the cave I almost fell into earlier.

I walked slowly to the cave and looked down.

Then the snakes hissed at me.

“Just wait here for a moment. It’s okay.”

After looking at the guys and thinking for a moment, he put the Wukongs aside, cut off the nearby kudzu vines, and threw them down into the cave.

And I too immediately threw myself into the dark cave, following the kudzu vines.

“Spicy Fabre must be solved in a spicy Fabre way.”

‘Ha… If I die from a snake bite this time too, it’ll be a problem…’

I shouted excitedly, but honestly my heart was pounding like crazy.

Because the approaching black pit was swallowing me like a giant snake’s mouth.

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-Shhhh!

-Shhh!

As I jumped into the gaping, black hole, the snakes’ warning cries filled my ears.

And as soon as my soles touched the bottom of the pit, the snakes started biting me from my ankles up.

-Crunch! Crunch!

But it only stung a little.

That’s because the guys haven’t really started asking yet.

-Tsrrrr!

And the sound of the Wukongs above my head, surprised at my appearance jumping into the pit.

“It’s okay. I’ll be out soon, so just wait a moment!”

I yelled at the Wukongs to calm down and looked at the guys below me.

The English name for these creatures, which the bloodsucking snakes commonly call flower snakes, is tiger keelback.

They are named for the fact that they swallow their prey upside down, unlike other snakes that swallow their prey head first, but their unique habits are not limited to just one thing.

Although they swallow their prey upside down, there is another thing that sets them apart from other snakes.

What is it?

These creatures, known to be non-venomous, actually have two types of poison, the first being the venom in the nape of their neck, which they collect from the toads they eat and store there.

When natural enemies try to eat them, they spray the toad venom to prevent them from being swallowed.

And the second thing is their fangs, and their fangs have a very unique shape.

Backward Curved Teeth.

Unlike most snakes, whose fangs are shaped like hooks that curve inward from the front of their mouths, these snakes’ fangs are very small and located at the very back of their mouths.

Posterior canine fang.

Unlike other snakes, it has very short and small fangs located at the innermost corner of its mouth.

It was also because of their fangs that they were mistaken for non-venomous snakes until the early 2000s.

It is small and located at the very back of the mouth, so even if it is hidden in the grass and a person steps on it and bites its ankle, it cannot inject venom.

In order for these guys to bite a person and inject venom, they have to open their mouths as wide as possible and push the bitten part all the way inside, but they can’t put their fangs in a thick area like an ankle.

So, for these relatively small snakes to properly inject venom, the biting area must be small, like a wrist or a finger. However, since these snakes do not have muscles behind the venom gland to inject venom, their power to push in the venom is weak, so even if they bite, there are no fatalities, so they were not thought to be venomous for a long time.

-Gulp.

I looked down at my feet and saw snakes writhing in the pit, ready to bite each other.

I swallowed hard at the thought that now I had to let the guys bite properly.

Although I like snakes, I don’t enjoy being bitten, and what’s more, I died in my past life because of a snake.

But there are also the Ten Poisons and the Two Won-gongs, and there are many antidotes to poison in the Tang Dynasty, so I have no choice but to believe them.

And no matter how much I thought about it, there was no other way to save all the people who were complaining about their family, or even to give them even a little hope.

It’s a long way to the party, and even if we gather all the other warriors scattered around, we can’t guarantee that we’ll be able to defeat him.

‘You can do it, Fabre!’

I recalled the flow of the Ten Poisons and Two Won Gong that my grandfather had imprinted on my body.

It is said that all of the Tang sect’s internal energy methods have the effect of resisting poison and slowing down the progression of poison.

The flow of energy felt in the danjeon and body.

I calmed my anxious mind by quietly feeling the flow of history.

My grandfather said that the internal energy method of the Tang sect is the introductory method of the Five Poisons and the Twin Poisons method that I use now.

At first, I misunderstood that the name was Ten Poisons Double-Won Kong, and that it was an internal energy method that suited me, a Ten Poisons Body, who could only accept ten types of poison. However, it turned out to be an internal energy method that the founder of the Tang sect created after seeing the Twin-Headed Monk.

The warriors learn something else and accept poison, and this is a secret method that only the Tang family can learn?

Here, it can be either a thousand or ten thousand poisons, but I am not qualified to accept more than ten poisons.

I had to learn this and go through the process of mixing the special medicine and poison of the Tang sect to allow my body to accept the poison. As each poison is added, the effectiveness and power of the internal energy method increases, but I was told that if there are more than ten, my body won’t be able to handle it.

So I relaxed and dropped my arms, relieved that I didn’t have to worry about the venom of the bloodthirsty tree becoming one of my ten poisons.

The only areas that the Hoban-like bloodsucker can bite with certainty are the fingers and wrist.

-Crack! Crack!

The guys who hang on to your arms and fingers as soon as you put your arms out.

I waited for the guys to push the door part deep into my mouth.

“Okay, just ask.”

Snakes wrapped around your wrists.

Fortunately, they were not capable of climbing up trees or bodies, so their wave stopped at around the wrist.

-Tsrrrr!

-Tsrrrr!

I told him not to worry, but he seemed worried because the Wukongs were making crazy noises above his head.

“Calm down, guys, I’ll be out soon.”

He calmed the Wukongs down once more, waited until the snakes had injected enough venom, and then pulled out his arm.

Countless holes in my fingers and arms.

It was clear that he had been bitten properly as drops of blood started to rise up.

Now I had to go back quickly.

That was when I was trying to move my feet to climb up while holding on to the vines that had fallen earlier.

Legs that cannot move due to coiled snakes.

“Uh… I didn’t think of that?”

I couldn’t get my foot out because a swarm of snakes were wrapped around my leg.

I also felt like we were all wrapped up together and slowly rising upwards.

‘No, this wasn’t planned?’

It was a time when I was flustered in a completely unexpected situation.

-Knock. Knock. Knock.

The feeling of something hitting your head.

Immediately afterwards, the Wukongs began to move quickly down my face.

-Tsrrrr.

The warning sound of the Wukongs.

Then something amazing happened.

The snakes wrapped around the bridge all retreated to the edge of the pit like an ebb tide.

Of course, there was a latecomer, Bin-i, who jumped off my body at lightning speed and bit the guy, throwing him to the ground.

-Tsurukruk! Tsurukruk!

-Easy!

The snakes retreat as if trying to crawl into the wall every time Binnie steps forward and threatens them.

Binnie’s antennae shake rapidly, as if he is very angry.

The guy who got bitten by Bin-i immediately turned black.

“Binah, let’s go. It’s okay.”

Binnie threatened the snakes twice more before they crawled back up onto my body.

‘Oh, Dad was so touched by you guys!’

My heart ached at the sight of those guys.

It was worth raising them. The three sisters Cho, Hyang, and Bin came to rescue their father when he was bitten by a snake.

Isn’t this much more amazing than a cat or a dog?

But once I calmed down my emotions, I grabbed the vine and climbed up.

Because there was no time, no time.

“Let’s go! To where Mom is!”

I concentrated my energy on my legs and flew towards where the fight was taking place.

It reminds me of a techno-style dance song I heard at a club one day.

This is the fastest.

***

-Whoosh.

After two clashes, there was a lull with both sides taking a step back.

The bastard was digging his fingers into another warrior’s chest and sucking his blood.

But no one could stop him from sucking blood.

A rough breath came out of Dang Hwa-eun’s mouth.

“Haa···. Haa···.”

In two clashes, most of the family’s warriors and adults were swept away by the man who was rampaging like a tiger.

The warriors of the family lay sprawled on the floor, groaning in pain.

Now that Xiaolong was gone, there was no one to help the warriors of the clan.

‘By the way, Soryong… Are you doing well?’

As I thought about Soryong, I began to worry about the Soryong I had sent away alone earlier.

I was worried that maybe he had let other guys loose around him.

Then, I remembered the scene earlier where the little dragon had walked away from the Tang family with careless steps through the rain.

At that sight, a smile appeared on Dang Hwa-eun’s face for a moment without her knowing it.

And I promised.

If I get out of here alive, I’ll ask what song it is…

Dang Hwa-eun, who was out of breath, wiped the blood flowing from the corner of her mouth with her wet sleeve and shouted at the remaining warriors.

“Don’t get close to him, stay as far away as possible and keep him at bay! The rain will stop soon, so send a signal to the surrounding warriors again!”

“Yes, Miss!”

It was Hwa-eun’s decision to tell So-ryong to go to the family and summon the warriors.

The moment I got hit by the guy and was supported by the little dragon, the thought occurred to me that I couldn’t leave him here.

I couldn’t leave a fifteen-year-old boy who didn’t even know that he had become a member of the party in this situation where there was no light.

That was why he had no choice but to send him back to his family and bring the warriors.

It was a lie.

The distance was far, but to subdue the bastard, my father and several adults or grandfather would have had to come. My father was leading a poison extinguishing force, and my grandfather had gone out with the elders of the family with long history to cure the addiction of Sacheonseongju.

Even if we brought all the remaining warriors and adults in the family, there was no guarantee that we would be able to catch that guy.

There is no one in the family right now who is specialized in dealing with people and has the internal energy to block even that one blow.

In order to cure an addicted criminal, several masters with strong internal energy were needed to drive out the poison from his body, so they all followed their grandfather to cure the high-ranking figure of Sacheonseongju.

That was when he gave the order that might be the last for the warriors.

The elder of the family, who had been knocked down early by the bastard’s attack and carried down a tree, shouted at Hwa-eun.

“Hwa-eun! You too, stretch out like a little dragon!”

“No! How could a direct descendant of the Tang family step down alone, leaving behind the Tang family members who are fighting!?”

At the shout of the elder brother of the collateral line, Dang Hwa-eun grabbed his whip again.

The memory has already been lost.

If you approach him, you might get caught and have your blood sucked, so you took out your side.

“If we can’t even save you, how can we face our master? The collateral branches are all for the sake of the direct line! You have the mission to preserve the family line, so at least you should escape!”

“I sent only So-ryong as you said earlier, but how can So-ryong continue the family line on his own?”

“Stop talking nonsense! The Tang family will never back down from its family!”

At the two’s shouts, the elder of the Blood Cult grumbled, tossing his rain-soaked hair back.

“If the toys keep running away, I’ll lose interest. When I feel like I’m lacking, since there’s no Mandokshin-gun or Gaju, it might be fun to wipe out these guys and turn the Tang family into a mess. Yes, I should give them a fancy greeting to announce the return of the Blood Cult.”

A threat to go to the Tang family if he does not commit enough killings before his anger is relieved.

It was said that running away was not acceptable.

“Shit!”

The elder of the family gritted his teeth at those words.

Now, there were only two options: either we all fight to the death here, or we kill the bastard.

If even one of them escapes, he will storm into the Tang Dynasty. I don’t know if that’s true or not, but there was no one in the family who could stop him right away.

“Even if everyone dies here, I’ll take at least one of his arms with me!”

“Okay, miss!”

That is why it was time for all the family members gathered here, including Hwa-eun, to make their final decision.

“That’s right. The Tang family never backs down from its family.”

Someone’s voice is heard from behind.

No, his voice, which had come to mind at this moment when Hwa-eun was preparing for the end of her life, was heard from behind.

“Cow, little dragon?”

“Little Dragon!?”

“Oh, how did you come back!”

At first, I was expecting that he might bring someone.

But the little dragon leaves the Wukongs tied to the tree and walks alone.

“They say that a family member will not step down and leave their family behind.”

And then, with a smile, the little dragon took off his top like a third-rate rascal and shot at the guy while holding a dagger in both hands.

“Ah! No!”

“Little Dragon! No!”

Urgent cries erupted from the dragon’s sudden actions.

It makes no sense for a little dragon who has never properly learned either the martial arts or the new techniques to fight that guy.

As expected, the little dragon flew towards the guy with bold and reckless footwork, but was immediately grabbed by the nape of the neck by the guy.

A little dragon struggling with its neck held.

“Ugh···.”

“Oh my. Could it be that you have volunteered to offer your blood to the Blood Cult?”

The guy who had a happy expression on his face while holding the dragon immediately dug his nails into the dragon’s abdomen.

-Bam!

“Ugh!”

“Huh? Did you stop it? Don’t you know that blood from a fool can penetrate your arm?”

As if trying to make a last stand, So-ryong blocked the bastard’s claws with his overlapping arms, but the Blood Cult Elder’s claws pierced through So-ryong’s overlapping arms.

Soon his fingernails began to suck blood greedily.

I could see the veins on Soryong’s arms rippling.

“Kkaaaah!”

“Little dragon!”

“Save the little dragon! Everyone, come at me!”

Everyone was shocked by what had suddenly happened and rushed to the guy to save Little Dragon.

But this clash hastened the destruction of the party.

They rushed in blindly to save the little dragon, but the bastard threw the little dragon away and counterattacked, so most of the remaining elders and warriors of the family were no longer able to fight.

The sky is finally clearing up as most of the family members of the Tang family have collapsed.

The clouds cleared and the sun came out, but the Tang family’s fate remained dark.

Hwa-eun, who caught the thrown dragon, held it in her arms and despaired.

Adults who have experienced the past Blood Cult Blood War used to say that the Blood Cult’s masters were strong, but this couldn’t be explained by the word strength.

Monsters that become stronger as they suck people’s blood.

How many people’s blood has that elder taken?

“iced coffee···.”

“Hahaha. It was annoying because you kept throwing your weapons around like flies, but thanks to that kid, you solved it all in one go. I’ll let you go without any pain.”

An elder of the Blood Cult slowly approaches Hwaeun.

At that sight, Hwa-eun hugged So-ryong.

That was when.

Did he take about three steps?

The guy suddenly shouted with a bewildered look on his face.

“Wh-what have you done!? You! Ugh… Th, this is… S-scattering poison!? No, that can’t be true. The doctrine’s internal energy method is clearly scattering poison… This is ridiculous! What the hell are you!?”

At the word ‘san-gong-dok’, Hwa-eun looked at So-ryong with wide eyes.

The Tang family’s warriors and themselves knew that they were chasing thieves, so they didn’t carry any strong poison or poison that could be used in the rain, so it’s impossible for a little dragon to have something like mountain air poison.

No, the poison wasn’t even given to the dragon.

Moreover, I haven’t even learned the dragon poison technique.

Then, in Hwa-eun’s arms, So-ryong smiled with his face completely pale and bloodless and shouted at the bastard.

“What? I am your natural enemy!”

At Soryong’s words, Hwa-eun’s heart started beating like crazy again.