3. Wormhole Chase (5)
3. Wormhole Chase (5) – Planting a flag on the stage with the law of the green forest
“It’s hard to understand.”
Mokjin spoke in a rather stiff tone. His mood was quite uncomfortable as he watched the spaceships approaching beyond the cockpit.
“Even if the spaceship is disabled, how can you say they just captured it without putting up a fight?”
As a martial artist, it is the way of the martial arts world to judge right from wrong by competing with each other in martial arts, but as soon as the spaceship was disabled by the EMP capture bomb, Seolyeong quickly raised both hands and surrendered, so much so that Mokjin felt disappointed with Seolyeong’s behavior.
Mokjin wasn’t afraid of the green forests that were gathered in the universe. Even if he had installed an internal energy drive or something, they were all thieves at heart. No matter how many there were, they wouldn’t be able to touch his body even with a single fingertip.
But Serin was not shaken at all by Mokjin’s words. Her face was still wrinkled as if she had chewed something, but her eyes were not those of someone who had given up. Serin opened her mouth in a calm tone.
“If we were on the stars, we’d fight to the death, but you can’t do that in a space battle. If the spaceship explodes, we’ll all die. That’s why the Nokrim kids run around like that.”
“I’ve heard there’s an unwritten rule that says you can’t fight inside a spaceship. But are you going to just sit there and take it without doing anything when you’re faced with a bunch of guys who might demand your life at any moment?”
Wait. It’s not over yet. Seolyeong shook her head at Mokjin’s words. Mokjin’s eyes met hers and became strange.
“······I guess you’re after something?”
“If there is an unwritten rule and you don’t use martial arts, then you are a martial artist. After all, we martial artists are supposed to decide things with martial arts.”
I don’t know about anything else, but I liked what Serin said just now. Mokjin’s hardened face relaxed a little.
The time will come soon for you to demonstrate your power, so don’t say you’re not confident later. Mok-jin raised the corners of his lips in silence at Se-ryeong’s words.
“That’s amazing. That’s admirable. Thanks to you, our Black Panthers suffered a lot of damage. I respect that a B+-class unmanned unit has been able to achieve this much alone.”
Clap. Clap. Clap. Kim Sung-beom’s slow applause echoed through the spaceship. There was a smile on his lips, but his words were clearly sarcastic.
Could there be any other reason? Five percent of the castle’s available power was lost for the simple task of catching a child. As the head of the organization, he couldn’t possibly feel good.
Seolyeong, who had read his state of mind, smiled and shrugged her shoulders. She looked proud, as if she had been praised.
“Even so, our nickname is Nachal. We can’t just catch them with our mouths open.”
“This damn woman······.”
The provocation was effective. As the enraged Kim Sung-beom strode forward, Elena, a tall woman who had been watching quietly from the side, grabbed his shoulder.
“You didn’t think it would be easy from the start. Isn’t that why you called me? Don’t take your anger out on me for no reason.”
“But, Sister······.”
“Don’t do anything stupid.”
Kim Seong-beom closed his mouth with a dissatisfied expression at Elena’s words, who seemed to be saying that she would not tolerate any more complaints. It was a conversation that made the hierarchical relationship in this place clear.
Mokjin looked at the woman named Elena, who was taller than him, with eyes that were filled with wonder.
A woman with a height of nearly 190cm and a solid body with prominent muscles, worthy of the name Palcheoktugui, was something I had never seen in the old martial arts world. Who would have thought that a body trained to the limit could look this beautiful? Mokjin couldn’t help but be amazed when he saw her body, which seemed to have been tempered by arduous training to the point where it was comparable to that of a martial artist training external skills.
However, from the perspective of Mokjin, who was an ancient man, it was inevitable that he would find the sight of her wearing only a leotard-type suit and a flight jacket to be masculine. If he had not been used to Seolyeong’s tank top-wearing outfit during his travels, he would have been horrified at the sight of Elena’s outfit, which clung tightly to the contours of her body and exposed her thighs and hip bones.
But Mokjin didn’t show any sign of discomfort. Everyone said that the future’s attire would be like this, so what more could Mokjin say?
She had golden hair that stood out like a lion’s mane, reflecting her aggressive nature, and her sharp, upturned eyes. She spoke with a leisurely smile like a predator at the top of the food chain.
“This kid isn’t that bad, but he lacks experience and is still lacking in some areas to lead a large organization. I’ll apologize on his behalf.”
“Compared to other things, that’s considered polite, so please refrain from being so harsh, Senior Elena.”
“Yeomhwanachal······No, was he called Yeomhwa Kwaigeom? I’ve heard a lot about his fame in the martial arts world. Since I heard he was so good at swordsmanship, I wanted to try his martial arts skills at least once if I had the chance, but it’s a shame we ended up meeting in a place like this.”
“Compared to the fame of my senior that covers the western universe, a bounty hunter like me is nothing. I will have the opportunity to meet you again someday and learn from you.”
Mokjin looked a little surprised at Seolyeong’s polite response. It was the first time he had seen her, who had maintained a rough and tough attitude like a street thief, show such a humble attitude. Judging from the fact that she always called him “senior,” Elena, a Westerner who looked to be in her early thirties, seemed to have a higher status in the martial arts world than he had thought.
She turned her head and introduced herself to Seolyeong’s group.
“It’s nice to meet you. I’m Elena Kim, the daughter of the West Heavenly Sword Queen and known as the Eight-Foot Fighter among the martial arts community. Although I’m not from the Green Forest, I’m siblings with Kim Seong-beom, the Black Panther leader here, and that’s why I got involved in this matter. Although we’re enemies, if you obediently follow my demands, I promise on my name that I’ll treat you like a gentleman.”
“It’s Sunja. If you, Elena, can guarantee it, I would be grateful. We were also chased away for an unexpected reason, so I hope that things can be resolved amicably if possible.”
“Hey, it’s Robert. I’ve heard a lot about Senior Elena’s reputation! It’s an honor to meet you!”
“It’s Lee Mok-jin.”
Following Sunja and Robert, Mokjin introduced herself. Elena tilted her head at Mokjin for a moment, then muttered, “Am I mistaken?” and stepped aside slightly to allow Kim Sungbeom and Seolyeong to talk.
Now that the introductions are over, it’s time to talk about work. Kim Seong-beom opened his mouth with a much more calm expression, perhaps because his excitement had died down or because his older sister was in front of him.
“Ugh······. I’m angry, but work is work. What do you think? Will you hand over the child purely? Or will you follow the laws of the Green Forest?”
Seolyeong, who seemed to be thinking for a moment, asked.
“Before we negotiate, let me ask you something. Would you believe me if I told you that we didn’t know that little Sodanju had stowed away on our spaceship?”
Kim Sung-beom frowned quietly. It was absurd that a master like Seol-ryeong didn’t notice that a small group leader who hadn’t even learned martial arts had smuggled himself into the country.
However, looking at Seolyeong’s face, he didn’t see any intention to deceive or mock him. Kim Sung-beom chose to recall the proverb from the martial arts world: “Unimaginable things always happen in the martial arts world.”
“······Honestly, I can’t believe it, but it’s too late to resolve this situation positively. I lost my subordinate. I won’t ask you to give up your life, but you will have to pay a price for it.”
Pay the price and go. It was a legitimate demand from the Black Panthers’ point of view. In this part, Elena also seemed to be watching with a wait-and-see attitude, as if she had no intention of getting involved.
The price that Kim Sung-beom is talking about is obviously money. If he doesn’t have enough money, he’ll have to become a mercenary belonging to the Nokrimchae, which is not in his fortune, and do that much work.
Normally, it would be difficult to trust the thief Nokrim, but if Elena, the eight-legged demon, can guarantee it, it’s a different story. Of course, since it’s something that’s connected to the Demonic Cult, you can’t help but accept that you’ll be temporarily detained.
There’s nothing to worry about. Seolyeong shrugged.
“Then I have no choice. I will follow the laws of the Green Forest.”
She had a corner of her faith.
“Off-stage?”
Mokjin asked back, looking puzzled. What do you mean, a stage suddenly appeared in the middle of an empty universe?
It was a series of questions for Mokjin. He said it was the law of the green forest and then sent me back to Serin’s spaceship, and now he told me to wait until the stage came. He said it was a chase and caused a fuss, but now he suddenly said something about the stage.
“Because I said I would follow the rules of the Green Forest. I told you earlier, right? There will come a time when I can show my abilities. I was aiming for this.”
The law of the green forest.
As a member of the martial arts world that judges right and wrong through force, it refers to a battle with the Green Forest.
If the Nokrimdo decides to charge in, there aren’t many martial artists who can escape their pursuit. Even if they are absolute masters who are far stronger than the Nokrimdo, they don’t have the spaceship piloting skills to surpass them.
That is why the Green Forest established the Green Forest’s laws. It was not humane to threaten and plunder using the destruction of a spaceship as an excuse, which would not only provoke the anger of the martial arts world, but also lead to the intervention of the human government, with which they had an inviolable symbiotic relationship.
– If they are strong enough in martial arts to defeat the Green Forest, then let them go.
If a martial artist is captured by Nokrim, he will compete in martial arts with Nokrimdo, and if he wins, he will be allowed to go his way, but if he loses, half of his property will be taken away.
This confidence was possible because the Green Forest of this era was a gigantic sect that roamed the galaxy, where the individual’s strength never waned. The Green Forest of the Mokjin era, which was nothing more than a group of bandits and not worthy of being called a martial artist, was something unimaginable.
Mokjin’s reaction was simple.
“Huh······. Those bandits have risen to fame.”
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But there were still some questions that were not resolved. Mok-jin asked Se-ryeong again.
“But how are you supposed to compete in martial arts in this vast, ocean-like universe? You said you brought a stage, but what does that mean?”
Was a stage originally something that could be carried around in a pocket? At least as far as he knew, a stage was some kind of building.
Seolyeong chuckled as she looked at Mokjin. Seolyeong pointed outside the cockpit.
“Look over there.”
“her?”
Following her fingers, Mokjin’s gaze turned out of the cockpit, and his eyes grew round.
“What is that······?”
It was a giant half-disk.
It was a strange metaphor, but at least as far as Mokjin knew, there was no more appropriate word to express it.
Is this a carriage or a building?
The spaceship looked like a giant gray disk folded in half, like a butterfly folding its wings, its length reaching over a hundred sheets. Unlike the small spaceships he had seen so far, Mokjin was speechless at the spaceship’s scale, which was unimaginable based on the values of the ancients.
Just as a butterfly spreads its wings, the spaceship’s disc, which was too heavy to be realistic, silently spread left and right. And when it fully spread out to form a single, gigantic disc, Mok-jin could only then realize that it was a stage. The stage of Mok-jin’s time, which was only about a dozen long, was like a child’s toy compared to this.
“If it’s Nokrimdo, they usually carry a few of those. They compete in martial arts up there and decide the outcome.”
Elena, who had accompanied him for a while as a watchdog, added. She seemed a little excited about the opportunity to observe other people’s martial arts, as if she had a kung-fu fanatic side that earned her the nickname “Fighting Ghost.”
“The stage setup will be complete in about twenty minutes. So.”
First, let’s find that f*cking smuggler who dared throw it.
Seolyeong’s murderous eyes flashed along with her calm voice.
This is it. Mokjin said as he entered the spaceship’s warehouse.
However, not only Serin, but even Elena looked around the warehouse with a puzzled expression. In a warehouse of this size, no matter how you hide, you can’t escape their eyes. However, I’ve never heard of a hidden technique that can’t be detected by even those skilled in the art.
“Are you sure this is the right place? I can’t feel anything.”
“Um······. I don’t know either.”
“This is the right place. Should I show you myself?”
“I have a favor to ask.”
Even Mok Jin, who has reached the highest level of a martial artist, the level of life and death, cannot believe that he is a human because of the faint energy. There is no way that Seolyeong, an over-class B martial artist who has not yet reached the threshold of the peak, or Elena, an S-class martial artist who has surpassed the peak and can be said to be at the level of a true master, could detect it.
Mokjin quietly stared at a corner of the warehouse. Mokjin’s gaze moved around the warehouse as if he was really following something. Mokjin, who had been quietly following something unidentifiable, opened his mouth.
“Do you think you can hide and deceive the eyes of the original being? Quickly reveal yourself before you suffer a miserable fate.”
The deep murderous intent that was buried beneath the quietly echoing voice. Elena, who was sensitive to that murderous intent, flinched. She had sensed the murderous intent that Mokjin thought he had mastered well.
Even she, who has not felt the need to live properly, reacts like this, so what would happen to someone who has directly encountered the need to live? What more so if that person is an ordinary person who has not even properly learned martial arts?
“Sigh, sob······.”
A human figure suddenly appears out of thin air. At first, it is a translucent figure that is barely recognizable, but gradually, the figure is revealed and takes on the shape of a human being.
A short-haired, androgynous girl who looked to be about fifteen, with her legs loosened and slumped on the floor. The bottom of her pants, which looked like she might suffocate at any moment, were soaking wet, as if she was tired of Mokjin’s murderous intent.
Seolyeong, who saw Sodanju, who was embarrassed to be seen as a woman, quickly approached her. And-.
“It was you. You were the one who screwed us.”
Boom! Serin’s tightly clenched fist mercilessly struck Sodanju’s abdomen.
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Kim Sung-beom is 29 years old and Elena Kim is 35 years old. They are half-siblings with the same mother’s genes but different father’s genes, so their races are slightly different. There are several other half-siblings besides them.
Kim Sung-beom is classified as an A-rank martial artist, and Elena is classified as an S-rank martial artist. There aren’t many masters like Elena, even in the major sects.
Although they are siblings, Elena is not affiliated with the Green Forest. Even their mother, the Sword Lord of the West, is not affiliated with the Green Forest. In modern martial arts world, there are many cases like this where even family members have different affiliations.
As her nickname suggests, Elena loves martial arts. She enjoys practicing martial arts to match the skills of weaker fighters and learning various martial arts techniques.
Thanks to her strong martial arts skills and cheerful personality, Elena is popular as an object of admiration among many female warriors, including Seolyeong.
Elena and Kim Sung-beom’s mother, Seocheon Sword Marquis, is a senior martial artist who is ranked among the top twenty in the entire universe. Seocheon Sword Marquis mixes her genes with martial artists whose martial arts skills she acknowledges, gives birth to them through an artificial womb, and has nine children. Surprisingly, despite this family environment, she truly loves her children and has a good relationship with them.
The warriors that Seocheon Sword Lord wants to have children with do not discriminate between men and women. For example, in Elena’s case, the warrior who played the role of her father is a woman, so she does not have a father and is called her second mother.
Compared to Seocheon Geom-hu who has never been married or even dated, Elena has four husbands. This is because the marriage values of the universe are quite liberal. Surprisingly, Kim Sung-beom is still single despite his popularity.
The way Nokrim does business has changed a lot because of the Nokrim’s laws. The image of Nokrim as ‘a bunch of guys who suddenly appear like random encounters and start fights when their eyes meet’ has become fixed to the current martial arts community because of their business style of suddenly neutralizing them with EMP capture bombs and then talking about the Nokrim’s laws and then starting fights.
In the initial chase, any decent martial artist would be able to catch him without any effort. If he is confident in his skills, he would fight the green rim, but if he is not confident, he would just surrender and treat it as if he was bitten by a mad dog and give up half of his assets.
The most important thing in the business of the Green Forest is the interstellar mobile radio equipped with a stage. Small ones are only a few dozen meters long, medium ones are hundreds of meters long, and some large fortresses have large radios that are in the order of kilometers. The radio of the Black Panther is medium-sized, and is capable of group battles with up to 30 people.
Green Forest usually makes money by live-streaming the fights through Green Forest’s Law on Gangho Net. Since the general public doesn’t care about the plight of the unfortunate martial artist who was caught by Green Forest, but rather enjoys watching the fights, Green Forest’s Law channel is a popular channel. At this time, the company surprisingly shows its ethical side, and a portion of the profits are split to the martial artist who appeared together, and if the person wins the fight, he takes the entire share, but if he loses the fight, half of it is taken back to Green Forest.
