How to Live as a Magician in the Martial Arts World Episode 45
Chapter 11. Guigokjangwon (3)
It didn’t take that long to clear out the thieves.
Mansu and Dang Hwa-ryeong were first-class masters. In addition, the subordinates that Mansu brought along were not lacking in skills.
“It’s not like I’m going to be treated like a bunch of thieves and gangsters who only do nothing but prey on innocent people.”
Mansu muttered as he rested his sword on his shoulder like a club and shouted.
“Hey, you little punks. Do you think this is someone’s house and sneak in here?”
“I, I don’t know, shit. Where would an owner be in an abandoned manor like this?”
“Where is it? It’s right in front of you. Should I show you the house deed? Do you want to hold hands and go to the government office together?”
Zhuge Xuanmong was amazed.
He was really a friend, but he looked like a rascal drawn in a picture.
It was even worse because it seemed like he was doing it purely for fun, rather than with any intention.
“Well, they’re thieves anyway. This much is fine.”
“That’s true.”
As Jegal Hyunmong and Mansu were talking, the thief who had just been threatened by Mansu opened his eyes wide.
“You, you!”
“huh?”
“Hey, what’s wrong? Where the hell do you come from?”
“You, no… … you, maybe that one!”
Looking closely, it seemed to be referring to Jegal Hyeonmong himself.
“Do you know me?”
“Yeah, you’re that scholar who used strange tricks back then! Yeah, how did you get here?”
“Hmm.”
Jegal Hyunmong, who was puzzled by the sight of the thief shouting as if he was having a seizure, soon clapped his hands as if he understood.
Yulryang-hyeon, thief. Golden top.
“Are you by any chance the thief who followed the Kyo-eom and Kyo-jin brothers?”
“What? Are these guys their subordinates?”
“I guess so? What coincidences really do exist.”
As he said that, Jegal Hyunmong stared at the thief.
It was a look that didn’t really contain any intention, but the thief stirred up a fight and bowed his head.
“Hee, heeeek! Sorry, I’m sorry!”
“I didn’t do anything.”
Jegal Hyunmong couldn’t understand why Mansu and the other people were acting like this while looking at him, as they were the ones who had been happily beating up the thieves.
“I heard late. Your Majesty is the reincarnation of Empress Wu!”
“… … .”
The expression on Jegal Hyunmong’s face rotted away.
“Poohahahahahaha!”
“Don’t laugh at that. And there.”
“Yes, yes!”
“Don’t ever call me by that shameful name again. Do you understand? And then go back and spread it. That rumor about the Second Coming of the Immortal is completely false.”
“You are truly humble, rookie!”
‘This won’t do.’
Zhuge Xuanmong realized that mixing words would have no effect, so he did not try to persuade her any further.
Because his head was starting to hurt, Jegal Hyunmong decided to change the subject.
“So, you ran away then and came back here? It’s been a while, so why are you still here?”
“That, that… … .”
The thief rolled his eyes and finally sighed.
It was a sigh mixed with some resignation.
“Even if you try to hide it, you can’t. In fact, I came here to find the treasures that the bosses have hidden.”
“treasure?”
The thief nodded and spoke.
Originally, Kyo-eom and Kyo-jin were not from here.
However, based on his outstanding martial arts skills and leadership skills that attracted people, he quickly gathered a group of bandits and created a huge force.
And it is said that he used this estate as his base and plundered the Hwangga and Geumga merchants.
Of course, he gave some of it to thieves and spent it lavishly, but he still had a considerable amount of money left over.
The surviving thieves had come here in pursuit of the treasure.
“so?”
“I searched everything, but… … .”
The thief shook his head as he said so.
Mansu also bit his lip as if he felt regretful.
“I must have changed it into a voucher and left it there while you guys weren’t looking. It would have been better if you had left it in our battlefield.”
Because the treasure that is not sought after soon becomes treasure on the battlefield.
Only then did the thieves realize that the Zhuge Liang people had not come for the treasure, and they felt wronged.
“Then what on earth are you doing here? Honestly, unless there’s some treasure here, it doesn’t seem like a place you should come to.”
“What does that mean?”
Dang Hwa-ryeong, who had been harassing thieves elsewhere, was loitering.
“Actually, something sinister happens here. Last time, I saw a ghost of someone who had been hanged wandering around… … Kkeuk!”
“Oh, kid, I barely forgot, but you’re making me think about it again.”
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Before more specific eyewitness accounts could be revealed, Tang Hua Ling, who had knocked out the thief, became angry when Zhuge Xuan Mong stared at him intently.
“Ah, what, why.”
“no.”
Jegal Hyunmong responded like that, raised his magic wand, and lightly stimulated the body of the unconscious thief.
Let’s slightly change the properties of the magic and inject some thrilling energy into it. The thief jumped up as if he had been splashed with cold water.
“Wh, what!”
“No big deal. Let’s continue with the story. What specifically happened and what kind of ghosts appear most often?”
“Then I’ll be there.”
“me too.”
“Then at least one of you two should stay with me. What if a bandit attacks me?”
“… … Has he been like this since he was little?”
“It was like that.”
Mansu and Dang Hwa-ryeong started to gossip about Jegal Hyeonmong, but Jegal Hyeonmong paid no attention and asked the bandit.
“What happened?”
“There were many things.”
The thief trembled as he tried to get his luck back.
“When I first came under the command of the chieftains… … it wasn’t long after I stayed at this manor. Strange rumors started to spread. Rumors of a ghost wandering around. It was said that the ghost of a woman who had been unjustly killed in this manor was wandering around, screaming in vengeance. Resentment, and delusion. That kind of rumor.”
It is said that at first even the thieves dismissed it as nonsense and even laughed at those who spread such rumors.
But soon, many people began to claim to have seen the rumored ghost, and even the brothers Kyo-eom and Kyo-jin claimed to have witnessed it.
The image of a vengeful spirit floating in the air with its neck broken behind its back.
“And from then on, many people started to suffer from strange illnesses. They became nervous, fought with each other more often, and eventually even killed each other. Everyone pretended not to know, but I heard many stories that they were possessed by ghosts.”
“Ugh.”
Behind him, Dang Hwa-ryeong groaned softly.
“And, there were people who disappeared from the estate without our knowledge.”
“Are you missing?”
“Yes. At first, I thought they had escaped… … But that wasn’t the case. Whenever Jangwon came, people would disappear. It was as if they were possessed by a ghost. Sometimes they would just disappear, and sometimes they would be found later.”
The thief swallowed hard.
“They appeared with their necks broken, hanging themselves, or impaled on broken wooden poles, just like ghosts.”
“… … !”
Tang Hwa-ryeong screamed silently and slapped Jegal Hyunmong on the back.
Aside from the fact that my hands were extremely hot, it definitely seemed like there was a ghost.
“Okay, I guess we’ll have to meet in person first.”
“You’ve met a ghost in person? Are you out of your mind?”
“If we meet up and ask what the problem is, maybe we can solve it? And.”
Jegal Hyunmong’s eyes lit up.
“If I do it right, I might be able to tell you where the ghost’s hidden treasure is.”
“… … .”
You may be able to obtain not only the hidden treasures of the Golden Tower, but also the treasures hidden by thieves.
‘That’s good.’
I was already short on money.
Tang Hwaryeong pouted at the sight of Jegal Hyeonmong’s enthusiastic appearance.
“Okay, then.”
“then?”
“I heard that a lot of strange things happen around midnight, so I’m going to close my eyes for a bit.”
“Are you able to sleep in this situation?”
Dang Hwa-ryeong didn’t think he would be able to sleep at all tonight.
Then, Jegal Hyunmong nodded slightly as if it was a good idea.
“Then, I guess you should just practice the technique I taught you.”
‘Wouldn’t it be okay to hit him once?’
Tang Hwa-ryeong sighed deeply as he thought about that.
* * *
“Phew.”
Tang Hwa-ryeong was practicing sorcery as Zhuge Xuanmong had suggested.
And when I actually did it, it wasn’t as bad as I thought.
Because I was able to clear a lot of distracting thoughts while moving my body and using my head.
‘I’m just a guy.’
Jegal Hyunmong succeeded in mixing the magic he knew with his martial arts.
It wasn’t a new martial art that was created, but rather one that could be combined with existing martial arts.
When I used my internal energy according to the formula and unfolded the first formula, miraculously, the wind circulated as planned.
Phew!
‘Spiral.’
WHEEK!
‘Return.’
Each time the wind blows, it bends and snaps in a certain direction.
It may still feel a little rough, but if you keep practicing, you will eventually reach a level where you can read with just a single small gesture.
‘And then, being the best in the world isn’t just a dream.’
I felt a little better when I pictured that future.
Satisfied, Dang Hwa-ryeong exhaled deeply, condensed his internal energy, and then wiped away the sweat that had dripped down with the cotton cloth he had prepared in advance.
My whole body was drenched in sweat, and I wanted to wash up if possible, but I didn’t want to be naked in this haunted mansion with only men.
It was the moment when I wiped the sweat from my face and lowered the muslin cloth.
A ghost appeared before my eyes.
“……uh.”
Like a frog before a snake, the sugar content hardened.
The ghost had no head.
No, the neck was abnormally long, so there was no face where the face should be.
Although Tang Hwa-ryeong really didn’t want to do it, he climbed up the neck with a bit of curiosity and fear.
And our eyes met before our chins met.
A woman with a long, hunched neck, her face turned upside down, and tears of blood streaming down her eyelids was looking at him.
“Kkaaaah!”
With a scream that could not be attributed to a ghost or to himself, Dang Hwa-ryeong swung the nameless sword he was holding with his internal energy.
It was just a simple cloth, but the hardened cotton cloth soon cut through the ghost.
But I didn’t feel any taste at all.
The performance only attracted the ghost’s attention.
‘It doesn’t work.’
To be honest, I had thought to some extent that even if a ghost appeared, it wouldn’t be able to harm me.
Although it looked scary, I had learned martial arts, so I thought, what could my vengeful spirit do?
But when that martial arts technique didn’t work, it felt like the armor I had been mentally armed with was being ripped off.
-Huhhh, whioooooo.
The ghost gradually began to approach Dangwharyeong.
“Oh, don’t come! Mr. Lee.”
As he said this, Dang Hwa-ryeong took a step back, but soon his escape route was blocked.
There was nowhere to run anymore.
-Ughhhhhhh.
The ghost has come.
“When I die, then you die and I die. If we become ghosts together, I’ll beat you until you die!”
“What kind of threat is that?”
“… … !”
A familiar voice was heard.
The ghost also looked back as if it sensed the presence belatedly.
Jegal Hyunmong, who had suddenly appeared, was aiming his magic wand at the ghost.
“Ah, as expected.”
Jegal Hyunmong smiled and waved his magic wand from top to bottom.
The next moment, the ghost disappeared as if it had burst.
