How to Live as a Magician in the Martial Arts World Episode 80
Chapter 17 Sacheondangga (12)
“You’re here. Sorry to call you out at this late hour. You were preparing to go home, right?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“I see. Then I think it would be best to unpack again.”
Jegal Hyunmong was shocked by Dang Jincheon’s unexpected request.
‘The people of the martial arts world… …!’
The guest said it was time to go home, so why are you holding him back from going?
“Actually, I would like to ask you a favor.”
“Are you telling me your request?”
“Yes. I heard you visited the dark temple before.”
Jegal Hyeonmong could predict what Tang Jincheon would say.
“It’s because of the method of preventing the outflow of poison.”
“Yes. I would like to ask you to build a building using that formation.”
“… … .”
I immediately felt like I didn’t want to do it.
It was something I had never done before, and I had a feeling it would be a hassle.
The problem is that the other party is the head of the Sacheondang family. If the head of the Sacheondang family personally steps forward and entrusts a request, who would refuse it simply because they don’t like it or find it annoying?
“I’m sorry, but this is a difficult story for me to tell alone.”
“Even if we mobilize the craftsmen of Tangga Chang?”
“I am not a guest after all. No matter what, it would be difficult for me to give orders to the craftsmen of Sacheondangga. What if they were the craftsmen of Cheolhwabang… … .”
Even Jegal Hyunmong has a sense of humor.
Dangga Chang and Cheolhwa Bang!
These are two groups of craftsmen who are famous in the world.
But Sacheondangga invites Cheolhwabang and makes him build a building?
From the perspective of the Tang family, this could be considered a humiliation.
‘This is ridiculous. Aaam.’
At the moment when I was trying to feel reassured by making what seemed to be a reasonable excuse.
That ridiculous thing happened.
“Good. I was just about to send a request to the ironworks store.”
“… … Are you serious?”
“Of course I’m serious.”
The ‘sincerity’ that the two spoke of was a different sincerity.
“It is true that there are quite a few people who are concerned about bringing outsiders into the Sacheondang family. However, after hearing the teacher’s words the other day, everyone in this party also realized something. I am sure that through this exchange, we will be able to develop further by exchanging knowledge with each other.”
Jegal Xuanmong cursed his past self.
“… … But why such a request all of a sudden?”
From the perspective of the Sacheondang family, a formation that can block the outflow of poison is very useful.
But it’s also true that we’ve been doing well without it so far.
Now I couldn’t figure out why I was asking for this favor.
“The Sacheondang family values kindness. And the kindness you have shown to the Sacheondang family this time is by no means small. I intend to repay it.”
Naturally, Dang Jin-cheon investigated Jegal Hyeon-mong and found out things related to him.
Of course, the Nokrim Road Alliance as well.
“I heard that the financial condition of the Nokrim Road Alliance is not very good.”
They did create a supply and demand system by building roads and charging tolls to those who use them.
Not everyone took that route.
Most of the funds that still support the Nokrim Road Alliance came from the Mangum Battlefield, and Daeryongpyo-guk provided some support.
“I think it would definitely be helpful if I accepted the request from my family. If the results from the request from my family are good, it would be even more so.”
It’s not that it wasn’t, it was like that.
There was just one problem.
“I see. So that’s why you’re asking me to do the job.”
From Sacheondangga’s point of view, they only entrusted the request after seeing Jegal Hyeonmong.
Of course, if Jegal Hyunmong leaves out in the middle, it would be like putting the cart before the horse.
Jegal Xuanmong unfolded the black cow ship.
There was one good thing about changing the magic wand to a black line. It was that I could hide my facial expressions.
If not, I would have been caught with the corners of my mouth trembling.
‘This is an offer I can’t refuse.’
The proposal that Tang Jin-cheon brought was truly timely and scratches an itch.
Except that you have to work in the middle!
“This is not the end.”
“Is there anything else… …? It’s okay. I think this will be enough.”
“There is no need to decline. Sacheondangga will definitely repay the favors received double.”
‘Can you please stop saying that now?’
It seems like a more convenient word than I thought.
How is this any different from swinging a baton around like some kind of news report and ultimately doing whatever you want?
“I heard that you are interested in learning. The elder Danghwagun said that you were curious about how to make secret weapons and how the organs work. Is that correct?”
“hmm.”
Jegal Hyunmong hesitated.
It was a really good suggestion.
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‘Surprisingly, knowledge of martial arts also helps with magic.’
For example, even if you do the same thing, the idea itself is different.
All the magicians that Jegal Hyunmong saw in his dreams simply focused on forming their magical power into the shape of a blade and quickly flying it when using magic to manipulate the blade of wind.
If you study a little more there, it would be things like paying attention to trajectory or controlling the blade simultaneously.
But martial arts wasn’t like that.
If you throw a pitch, how do you throw it, what posture do you have, and where do you apply your strength?
We delved deep into whether to simply throw it fast and hard, or to create variation while throwing it the same way.
In Zhuge Xuanmong’s judgment, if magic was wide from left to right, martial arts had depth from top to bottom.
‘Not a bad suggestion.’
Of course, I won’t teach you vision.
But even if you only learn the introductory level, it would be a great harvest.
‘It won’t be easy, but it’s worth it.’
“And in the dark battle, he wanted to teach me how to poison myself.”
Jegal Hyunmong, slightly tired of the never-ending suggestions, asked weakly.
“… … What is Hondok?”
“I heard that you seem to be quite interested in poisons.”
‘Not at all.’
Jegal Hyunmong had an ordinary sensibility no different from that of an ordinary person.
Although it did have some connection to poison, I didn’t really like it.
But the person in front was the head of the Sacheon Dang family.
“Yes. Actually, I am somewhat interested. The Lady of Tang is very good at handling poison. I was very impressed.”
Anyone would find it impressive.
Every time he poisoned someone and explained what kind of poison it was and what effect it had, how many times did Zhuge Xuanmong think that it was fortunate that Tang Hua Ling was not his enemy?
“Hahaha. I’m glad that the Lord Muhujaerim looks favorably on my daughter.”
“… … That’s too much praise. More than that.”
Jegal Hyunmong was about to ask with the intention of politely refusing, but Tang Jincheon’s explanation was much faster.
“Oh, you asked about poison. It’s simple. It’s mixing poison with poison to produce the desired effect. It can manifest poison in a completely different direction, and sometimes it can even reverse the poison and make it weak.”
It was much more useful than I expected.
Of course, if there was no poison, no matter how much knowledge you had about poison, it would be useless… … .
Didn’t Jegal Hyunmong have quite a bit of poison that he got from Gal Sa-ryang?
And I had a premonition.
‘This might help with magic too.’
Wouldn’t it be better to mix them even if they aren’t poisonous?
You can mix magic with magic. What if you could mix different attributes to create the attribute you want?
No, even if that wasn’t the case, there’s nothing better than poison when you’re in a hurry, so it’s good to secure as much variety as possible.
“If you teach me, I will try my best to learn it.”
Dang Jin-cheon nodded.
As expected, Zhuge Xuanmong had ambition, and in order to achieve that ambition, he had a great thirst for knowledge.
“I’m glad that you like the favor I gave you.”
If you didn’t like it, you had no choice but to repay it with gold and silver treasures, which was truly fortunate.
Anyone would think that the knowledge of the Tang family is more valuable than gold and silver treasures.
“By the way, who taught you this?”
“Ah, Elder Dang Hwa-gun will teach you about memorization, and Dang Jung-hyeok will teach you about poison.”
“… … .”
The image of Tang Hwa-gun forcibly taking the request while pressing down on his shoulder and Tang Jung-hyeok trembling with his eyes and lips rolled back flashed through Zhuge Xuanmong’s mind.
‘I can’t say anything now, can I?’
Jegal Hyunmong blamed himself for not asking in advance.
* * *
A month has passed.
It’s been quite a crazy month.
Cheolhwabang accepted Sacheondangga’s request.
I heard that Margin Gwang showed open dislike at first.
‘I got into trouble with Samasega, and now you want to work with Sega again?’
The thoughts of the ironworkers were the same.
I really didn’t want to get involved with Sega.
However, the amount of money offered by Sacheondangga was not small.
Thanks to this, the request was granted, and Jegal Hyunmong had to come up with the design by discussing it with the craftsmen.
Naturally, since Zhuge Liang did not know the design and the craftsmen did not know the formation, they had to complete it through trial and error.
And in the remaining time, they had to go to Dangga Chang or Amdokjeon to study the knowledge of Dangga.
To be honest, it was quite difficult.
‘What level of introductory level is this?’
At first, I was able to keep up somehow, but as I continued, I couldn’t see the end, and the difficulty of learning began to increase exponentially.
‘You’re not going to teach me vision, are you?’
I even had such ridiculous thoughts.
Anyway, I had no choice but to do my best and learn.
That wasn’t the only thing that happened to Zhuge Xuanmong.
Tang Hwa-gun wanted to know how to engrave magic on objects, and Tang Jung-hyeok wanted to know how to control poison.
After about a month, Jegal Hyunmong came to a conclusion.
‘If this continues, I think I’ll end up spending my whole life in Sacheondangga.’
What was originally a brief stay was stretching out like a string of taffy.
Even the Great Dragon Kingdom sent someone to Sacheondangga to ask what was going on.
The one who came was Lim Jun-gyu. He watched Jegal Hyeon-mong, who was going around here and there in Sacheon-dang for a day, handling various affairs, and then blurted out.
‘Why does it seem like I work harder than the government?’
Then, for some reason, he got upset and went back alone.
‘He really is a useless guy… …!’
In the end, there was no one I could trust, no matter who it was.
After such an eventful day of work.
It was one day when I was sitting on the veranda and looking at the moon in a miserable mood.
A noise was heard.
-If you scream, you die.
Jegal Hyunmong did not scream.
It was because the voice was quite familiar.
As Jegal Hyunmong remained silent, a masked doll appeared.
“My Lady… …!”
-Keep your voice down! Do you want to get caught?
Jegal Hyunmong kept his mouth shut.
This is because I was speechless at the sight of the daughter of the head of the Sacheondang family running around like a rat in Sacheondangga.
‘Why are you doing that?’
-Listen carefully, Jegal. I’m going to get you out of this house now. Do you want to leave? If you want to leave, nod your head.
Nod nod!
The reason is unknown. However, what Tang Hua Ling made was truly an irresistible offer. Gratitude welled up in Zhuge Xuan Mong’s heart… … but he stopped himself.
Wasn’t it none other than Dang Hwaryeong who brought you here in the first place… …!
-There’s not much time. Hurry up and pack only the essentials and come out.
At Tang Hua Ling’s urging, Zhuge Xuan Mong quickly packed his bags.
Heukwooseon was holding it, and Chosun was… … .
After thinking for a moment, Jegal Hyunmong sent a message to Chosun and woke him up.
-First, if you scream, you die.
“… … .”
Jegal Hyunmong, who quickly put what he had learned from Dang Hwa-ryeong to use, quickly put the first line around his neck and went outside.
Dang Hwa-ryeong kept a close watch over his surroundings, then took Jegal Hyunmong’s hand and began to move forward.
Indeed, the promise that he would help me escape from Sacheondangga was not a lie.
The appearance of Dang Hwa-ryeong, who was moving forward while thoroughly hiding his appearance, gave off the appearance of an expert.
As we got to a certain point, Dang Hwa-ryeong took off his mask and said.
“Now that we’ve come this far, it’s okay to speak quietly.”
“You got out easier than I thought. Oh, and did the Great Hero Danggon help you out too?”
“Don’t ask when you already know.”
Dang Hwa-ryeong grumbled and scratched his head.
“Anyway, since the battle of ranks is over, why are you dawdling around instead of going back quickly?”
“It was the Sojeo family that stopped me as I was trying to go home… … But what is this all of a sudden? Why Sojeo Dang all of a sudden?”
Going home is pretty nice, but isn’t it a bit unexpected?
Then, Dang Hwa-ryeong scratched his head and said.
“It was a pretty dangerous situation. There was no time to be picky.”
“It’s dangerous, you say? Right in the middle of Sacheondangga?”
Are you saying that the Five Great Horsemen might have formed an alliance and come to Sacheondangga?
“No. Adults keep asking me what my relationship with you is and if I have any plans to get married.”
A cold sweat ran down Jegal Hyunmong’s spine.
“That’s really dangerous… … !”
“This kid?”
