Episode 23. Beast vs. Beast
“Where are you?”
Song Myeong-cheon’s voice was heard again.
“Here it is.”
Han Ibi shouted, raising one hand.
But then the sight of an animal bouncing towards me caught my eye.
It was already just around the corner.
Sharp claws were sticking out of its front paws as it flew off the ground.
Han Ibi, who had no preparations, instantly jumped up and fell to the ground.
At the same time, the claws fiercely clawed at the empty space.
Han E-bi felt sad.
Even though the first attack failed, the bastard showed no signs of disappointment and lunged at Han Ibi again.
This was a movement more like a martial arts master than an animal.
Han Ibi tried to get up from her seat as if she were Bruce Lee, but she had no choice but to roll over again and run away.
There was no time to feel the coldness of the snow.
“Hey hey! why are you like this?”
The guy missed the swing again, but without any sign of giving up, he hit straight at Han Ibi.
Han Ibi rolled her body backwards and jumped up, raising her long sword high.
“hey. Cutie. I don’t want to hurt you. But if it comes out like this…”
He swung his long sword with all his might at the flying beast. The ‘whoosh’ sound of the wind tore through the air.
This air attack must have been surprising to it as well, as it turned around as if swimming in the air and turned back to glare at Han Ibi while keeping the distance between itself.
“Crrr.”
It was similar to a cat, but it made a much lower-pitched sound and was threatening.
Ebi Han said.
“hey. I’m really hungry right now, but I don’t want to cook and eat you. So, get out of here now. “I’m dying already…”
Han Ibi couldn’t finish her sentence.
That’s because it kicked off the ground like a spring again and bounced up.
This time, Han Ibi also looked at him with a straight face and used her sword.
It seems like the attack worked this time. At any moment, Han Ibi’s sharp sword was about to cut off the beast’s body.
But… the feeling of lifting the knife is strange.
Huh!
Han Ibi could not help but believe her eyes.
Surprisingly, the beast was standing on the back of Han Ibi’s sword.
It was an amazing sense of balance.
Han Ibi, who was very nervous, quickly turned the sword to get rid of the guy.
However, the guy changed his stance again and got on the side of the knife.
Han Ibi shook off her sword. Then he moved along and maintained his balance.
Then, it suddenly took off and was running towards Han Ibi.
toenail! Be careful of those sharp claws!
Embarrassed, Han Ibi threw away her knife and struggled to get out of the range of the charging guy.
But….
“Ugh-!”
A scream of pain echoed through the mountains.
So much attention was paid to the claws…
but in fact, the simple fact that the weapon of the beast in general is ‘teeth’ was overlooked.
In addition to helping the digestive system, it is optimized for ‘hunting’ purposes.
The guy was holding Han Ibi’s right shoulder tightly. And with tremendous grip strength.
The pain gradually got worse.
At that time, I felt the ‘whoosh’ sound of the wind reaching my ears. Song Myeong-cheon came closer and swung his stick at him.
Realizing the danger, the beast immediately got away from Han Ibi.
Then he looked at Song Myeong-cheon with wary eyes.
“Master!”
Han Ibi expressed her joy with a happy expression on her face.
“Master. You are here. sorry. But I think I’ve finally found ‘it’.”
Song Myeong-cheon asked while still having a snowball fight with the beast.
“What do you mean?”
“That one over there. “This time, it really seems like that answer is correct.”
That flower. Those purple-colored flowers.
It seemed to glow from behind the cute but foul-tempered beast.
Or maybe that cute monster is trying to protect the flower.
Song Myeong-cheon glanced at them and said.
“Madokungri(魔毒熊狸).”
Han Ibi asked back.
“yes?”
“That guy is called Madokwoong-ri.”
“Madocungri?”
Song Myeong-cheon took a deep breath and said.
“Yes. “It’s one of the scary poisons that live in the central plains.”
“If it’s poison…”
Wow. They say it’s poisonous. Are you saying that a guy like that bit him?
Then, I felt that my shoulders suddenly became heavy and stiff, as if I had frozen shoulder.
Song Myeong-cheon said.
“Don’t move and don’t speak as much as possible. “Don’t use Jinki clumsily.”
“yes.”
Only then did Han Ibi realize the seriousness of the situation.
Song Myeong-cheon said.
“Geummyeongcho has tremendous positive energy. In fact, it can be said that fire is transformed into the shape of a flower. And these elixirs are always surrounded by spirits with similar properties.”
After hearing those words, Han Ibi said as if she realized something.
“So that means that grass is actually goldenrod. “That beast is a sentinel to protect the spirit plant.”
However, Han Ibi could not hear the answer.
This is because Song Myeong-cheon’s eyes had already turned pitch black.
It’s starting again. That beast mode.
So, will this be a fight between beast and beast?
Perhaps sensing that Song Myeong-cheon’s momentum had changed, Ma Dok-woong-ri’s posture also became more fierce.
The sharp growling sound of Madokwoongri was creepy.
widely!
Madokungri climbing the ground with all his might.
Song Myeong-cheon swung his stick and closed off Madokungri’s path. Madokwoongri flexibly turns his body in the air with a ‘binggeul’ sound.
It leisurely evaded the defensive passage and swung its sharp claws.
Song Myeong-cheon spread his footwork and dispersed Madok-woong-ri’s movements. Now their places have been swapped.
At that time, Han Ibi found it difficult to stand. I felt very nauseous and my muscles began to harden like dry firewood.
He sat down without realizing it.
‘damn. The floor is really cold….’
“Wow!”
At that moment, I saw Madokwoong-ri running towards me, exposing his sharp teeth.
The course was not much different from that of a top-class expert performing a light attack.
This time it was difficult to avoid. Song Myeong-cheon swung his stick and tried to block it.
However…
Madokwoongri landed softly on the wooden stick he was swinging and was glaring at Song Myeongcheon.
It was the same movement as when dealing with Han Ibi.
Song Myeong-cheon’s eyes, filled with enormous darkness, seemed as if they could engulf Ma Dok-woong-ri at any moment.
Madokungri did a lunge on the pole. No, I wasn’t going to do it.
However, just as he was about to use the recoil, Song Myeong-cheon read the direction and swung the stick to cancel out the recoil force.
Madokungri tried to throw his body away again. However, Song Myeong-cheon’s stick offset it again.
As a result, he was in a situation where he could stand on the pole and stare at Song Myeong-cheon from a short distance away, but he could not do anything about it.
Madokwoongri then seemed to have given up on his attack method and jumped down to resume his confrontational stance.
It seemed like he also realized that Song Myeong-cheon was a formidable opponent.
At that moment, Madokungri suddenly rushed towards the ground with his body low. He changed his mind to target the lower body.
Because that guy had a natural weapon called poison.
You only have to get caught once.
Song Myeong-cheon also changed his stance lower and swung the stick for a long time.
Perfect!
There was a loud sound as Madokungri’s claws and sticks collided.
Right foot, left foot, right foot, left foot.
Madokungri’s claws tore through the air and unleashed a sharp attack. Accordingly, Song Myeong-cheon’s stick was also dancing and blocking the path.
At that time, Madokungri suddenly kicked off the ground and flew up.
Song Myeong-cheon turned around, changed direction, and hit the guy hard on the head with the stick.
‘it’s okay!’
At that moment, Han Ibi, who was watching with sweating palms, cried out in delight.
Sigh! There was a loud sound.
But it wasn’t the sound of Madokungri’s skull being crushed.
The guy grabbed the stick with a strong grip and was hanging on to it.
Then, Song Myeong-cheon must have been embarrassed and swung the stick violently.
Still, he clung tenaciously, not knowing that he would fall.
Then, perhaps because he was timing it, he jumped at the timing of the big shake and swung his front foot towards Song Myeong-cheon.
At the same time, Song Myeong-cheon quickly retreated his whole body backwards and thrust out his left fist.
Blood splattered.
What happened?
Han Ibi shouted in surprise.
“Master!”
In the end, Madokungri’s front paw inflicted a long wound on Song Myeongcheon’s neck.
However, Madokungri’s abdomen was also hit by Song Myeongcheon’s left fist… It
was a devastating blow that would have killed him in an instant if he had not curled up at the last moment to lessen the shock.
The mark of courtesy was seen appearing on Song Myeong-cheon’s forehead. Also, his facial expression is distorted as fiercely as a wild beast.
Although there were no injuries, it was quite painful and Madokungri was trying to relieve the pain by licking the area around his abdomen where he had been hit with his tongue.
But in the end… Song Myeong-cheon suffered a loss.
This is because the terrible venom of Madokungri is expressed throughout the body, and the wounds caused by the claws will eventually cause symptoms of poisoning.
Then there was a loud noise.
“Wow!”
A loud roar that seemed to split heaven and earth.
It was the sound of Song Myeong-cheon roaring loudly.
At the same time, every part of his body was seen turning black. The blood vessels close to the skin were all stained the same color.
A color as dark as ink began to spread along the blood vessels that spread like a spider web.
Han Ibi shuddered at the horrific scene, like something you would see in a horror or science fiction movie.
Song Myeong-cheon now looked even more monstrous than Ma Dok-woong-ri.
It didn’t seem like an addiction. If that were the case, Han Ibi would have changed like him first.
In the end….
‘Ah. It seems that Old Man Song has pushed the Hong Mong Daebeop or something to the limit… What should I do… Even if he wins because he overexerted himself like that, he will eventually run out of control and collapse. Then, the method is….’
Suddenly, Geummyeongcho in front of me caught my eye.
‘That has to be there.’
Han Ibi glanced and saw that the fight between the beasts was becoming more intense. One man and one animal, each of whom had received ten, began to engage in a fierce battle of defense.
‘Let’s secure it first.’
Han Ibi forcibly awakened her body, which had now become too stiff, and crept towards Geummyeongcho.
It was then.
“Kyaak-!”
Ma Dok-woong-ri, who noticed Han I-bi’s movements, stopped fighting with Song Myeong-cheon and suddenly screamed and rushed at Han I-bi.
If things continued like this, he was going to be torn to pieces by the claws of that beast.
At that time, a scary sound of the wind was heard.
Hehehehehehe!
The wooden stick that Song Myeong-cheon had thrown was spinning and flying towards Madok-woong-ri.
Song Myeong-cheon runs after him.
Madokungri was also quite embarrassed, so he turned around and rolled around on the floor.
Snow fluttered everywhere. But is there something different about the animal’s body?
The guy showed reflexes beyond imagination.
Before he could even straighten his body, which had been rolling around in the snow, it jumped up again toward Song Myeong-cheon, who was running at him.
Right now, Song Myeong-cheon had no weapon.
He stretched out his fist towards the beast. The sound of flapping sleeves echoed through the quiet valley of the mountains.
Madokungri twisted his body to the right in the air to avoid the fist. So Song Myeong-cheon’s left upper body was now defenseless.
Han Ibi shouted.
“Be careful! Master.”
Just as Madokungri’s sharp teeth were about to bite off Song Myeongcheon’s left shoulder.
Perfect!
A loud sound rang out.
But….
‘Why is there a clicking sound when I get bitten on the shoulder?’
(Continued in the next part)
