Episode 1080 Next time, it’s your neck. (5)
“Uh…”
The moment Sapaeryeon could no longer be seen, a sound as if the wind had been knocked out of Jo Geol’s mouth came out. As if that was a signal, the other disciples of Hwasan also fell down on the spot, their legs feeling weak.
Baekcheon, who was staring blankly at the horizon as if he had lost his soul, spoke in a voice that had no strength left in it.
“…Did you go?”
“I think he’s gone?”
“You’re not coming back, right?”
“Don’t be rude, Sasuk.”
Baekcheon weakly shook his head as if he was tired.
“…I thought it was really falling.”
They have overcome numerous crises so far, but this seemed like the first time they had been as anxious as they were. Just the Demonic Cult alone felt like my heart was going to explode, but I also had to deal with that damn Jang Il-so and the Black Ghost…
Yunjong was literally lying on the floor, muttering.
“It seems like my lifespan has been given a year….”
“For me, it’s three years.”
“Five years for the Hinayana…”
Everyone shook their heads with relaxed faces. But even so, I couldn’t completely relax. Even now, I keep thinking that those scammers might change their minds and come back.
‘Jang Il-so.’
Baekcheon looked across the barren land toward the horizon. If you think about it, for them this war started with a bishop and ended with a funeral. The impression of Danja River, which showed its bloody inaction, was eventually covered by Jang Il-so.
‘And… the bishop.’
Baekcheon bit his lip without realizing it. Thinking of the man who pierced Danjagang’s heart, my body naturally trembled.
‘Are there so many monsters in the world?’
I thought I now knew why Kangho was called Yongdamhohyeol. There were three monsters left after overturning Kangho one by one. I can’t believe I get to see three of those people at the same time. It is difficult to judge whether this is a blessing or a misfortune.
‘No… not three.’
Baekcheon turned his head.
‘Four.’
I saw Cheongmyeong standing expressionlessly.
‘If you think about it, this guy is truly amazing.’
At least Jang Il-so came with the Black Ghost and the Red Dog, and the bishops also brought with them the Demon Cultists. However, Cheongmyeong, accompanied by only a dozen people, shook up the situation in which the monsters ran rampant to eat each other.
‘How would I feel if I saw this guy from the enemy’s perspective?’
Perhaps those who dealt with Cheongmyeong may have returned with something greater than the fear he felt when he saw the bishop or the intimidation he felt when he saw Jang Il-so.
Every time this happens, I feel it again. I’m so used to it that I forget about it, but how great this guy is.
“why?”
Cheongmyeong seemed to sense Baekcheon’s gaze staring at him and asked bluntly. Baekcheon thought for a moment and then opened his mouth.
“Are you feeling okay?”
There were so many things to ask, but in the end, this was the only thing I had to ask first. It’s a little late now, but I have to ask anyway.
Cheongmyeong chuckled after hearing that.
“Nothing to worry about…”
He said calmly, but for a moment he closed his mouth and tilted his head slightly to the side.
“why? “Who is coming?”
“No, it’s not like that.”
“then?”
“…no. “I felt like something was a little strange.”
The moment Baekcheon was about to ask what that meant, red blood flowed from Cheongmyeong’s nose and mouth. Baekcheon’s eyes widened for a moment.
“You… you you… oh no, you, what’s wrong with you?”
“uh?”
In response to Baekcheon’s reaction, Cheongmyeong reached out and wiped his face. Cheongmyeong’s expression changed when he saw the blood soaking his palm.
“…uh?”
“Wow, you were lucky! You bastard! “I was so lucky, why did you do that?”
“…no. Because I was busy regaining my strength… I wasn’t even able to heal wounds through luck…”
“What?”
The disciples of Hwasan, who saw the color draining from Cheongmyeong’s face, jumped up in fright.
“no it’s okay. This isn’t a big deal… huh? Why am I dizzy…”
“So Soso! Sosoyaaa! “That bastard is going to die!”
Jo Geol screamed as she saw Cheongmyeong falling backwards, possibly due to dizziness.
“Hey, you crazy human!”
And before his screams even ended, Tang Xiaoso had already rolled his eyes and was rushing towards Cheongmyeong.
There was emptiness in Cheongmyeong’s eyes as he lay down looking at the sky. My lips were soft.
“Hey…”
Pugh!
“Ugh…”
Cheongmyeong, who had a needle stuck in the middle of his upper lip, rolled his eyes and trembled.
“Why are you putting spit on these lips?! “This has nothing to do with treatment!”
“It’s a snout treatment technique I developed. “When it comes to the death penalty, the mouth is the biggest problem.”
“no!”
Phew!
Before Cheongmyeong could say anything, this time a needle was dug into the center of his forehead.
“…Keep talking. continue.”
A chill like the fierce wind of hell flowed from Tang Soso, who was holding a bamboo needle and rolling his eyes.
Qingming quietly closed his mouth. It may be surprising, but he also has his wits about him. Especially at times like this.
“No, this crazy person. I bought you so much time to get lucky, but what? Don’t you do magic? “Are you really crazy because you want to be fucked, you bastard?”
“Soso… But your death penalty….”
“What?”
“…There was an empty space on the top of my head to insert a needle.”
“yes.”
Phew!
The moment the needle hit the top of his head, Cheongmyeong fluttered and convulsed like a fish on a fishing hook. Watery eyes glared at Baekcheon with resentment. Baekcheon avoided his gaze with a guilty look on his face.
‘sorry.’
But wouldn’t it be wise to avoid the blowing wind?
“But Sasuk.”
“huh?”
Jo Geol asked as if it were absurd.
“Usually… can you divide the use of fortune into restoring internal strength and healing the body?”
“You can’t usually do that, right?”
At that moment, a complex state of mind appeared on Jo Geol’s face. He thought as he looked at Cheongmyeong. Being able to use that great talent like that is also a talent.
Ungeom looked at Cheongmyeong, who was shaking with needles stuck all over his body like a hedgehog, and asked Tang Soso.
“How was it?”
“It’s a mess.”
Tang Soso spoke clearly and then sighed deeply.
“He was not very human, so he would have recovered, but if he had fought any longer, he would have really died. No, I have a real thought….”
“If I hadn’t done that, not only would I have fallen, but everyone here would have died…”
Ungeom couldn’t bear to see the needle flying towards Cheongmyeong’s snout like a beam of light, so he closed his eyes tightly. .
Phew.
“Ugh…Ugh….”
If I just kept my mouth shut, I would be less likely to get hit by even one needle. Is that really that difficult?…
A sigh escaped Ungeom’s mouth.
‘It’s not something I don’t understand.’
Tang Xiaoxiao is foolish and angry at Qingming, but in fact, she probably knows. Even if Cheongmyeong had finished his luck just a little later, he didn’t know how the situation would change.
It was impossible to recover internal strength and recover the body at the same time within that short period of time. In that situation, Cheongmyeong would have had no other choice.
The reason Tang Xiaoso is angry is probably because of his helplessness and self-blame for putting Cheongmyeong in such an unreasonable position. Just like Ungeom is feeling right now.
“no. Even if I save you, what will you say? Do you think there would have been a way if I hadn’t done this? Anyway, these days… keueuuuuuu!”
Yu Iseol, who was squatting at Cheongmyeong’s bedside, pushed one of the needles stuck into Cheongmyeong’s forehead with the tip of her finger.
“accident. “I understand how you feel, but if you let it sink in too deeply, you will be sentenced to death.”
“That’s what I said.”
Tang Xiaoxiao glanced at Yu Yi-seol’s expressionless face and quietly lowered his eyes.
“…I put out the fire urgently.”
“What should I do to start the fire again?”
“…But I still want to live.”
“hmm.”
Yu Yi-seol looked down at Cheongmyeong as if she didn’t like him at all. Even Cheongmyeong of the world had no choice but to avoid her eyes at that moment.
“That guy is really crazy.”
Baekcheon, who was watching this, muttered and shook his head.
“Sosoya.”
“Your dormitory.”
“So when will the treatment end?”
“Because it is impossible to fully recover here. Just enough to breathe. “It’s already over.”
“huh? But why do you keep inserting the needle?”
“Shall I pick it?”
Baekcheon hesitated for a moment and pondered, then nodded heavily.
“Let’s leave it in a little longer.”
“yes.”
Lim So-byeong, who was listening to the conversation of his disciples in the harsh wind, suddenly shivered from the chill that struck him.
“…Gout alone will make you cry.”
Cheongmyeong’s face distorted as he looked at his clothes, which had hundreds of holes in them. Then Dangsoso grabbed the needle that he had recovered.
“why? cold? “Would you like me to close that hole again?”
“…What did I say? “I didn’t say anything.”
Qingming quietly retreated from Tang Xiaoxiao. Personally, at a time like this, the party leader is scarier than the bishop.
“Anyway, really.”
Tang Soso gritted his teeth. The sound was scary. Lim So-byeong smiled bitterly alone.
‘Should I say I owe you something?’
Even if Jang Il-so had not overexerted himself like this, he would have sent Cheongmyeong alive. That was what Lim So-byeong thought. Cheongmyeong is someone who should never die for Jang Il-so at this point.
But Lim So-byeong knows. The fact that all Jang Il-so needed was Cheongmyeong. For the rest of Hwasan’s disciples, it doesn’t matter whether they die or not. No, it might have been better to kill him.
‘For me, it’s a no-brainer.’
If he had been Jang Il-so, he would have definitely killed Lim So-byeong right here. Whatever it takes.
Because Cheongmyeong guessed all this, he tried to regain the power to threaten Jang Il-so. Leaving a lucky adventurer in the middle of this dangerous battlefield.
‘As a result…’
In the end, we succeeded in not leaving a single casualty in this bloody battlefield. It’s absurd.
Lim So-byeong had thought that it was just luck that the volcano had not caused any casualties. Considering the battlefield they have been through, it is even more strange that there are no casualties.
But after going through this battle, I learned something for sure.
‘It wasn’t luck.’
Luck means something that is given unintentionally. The result of the leader’s thorough preparation to the point of extreme is not called luck.
I know because Lim So-byeong also leads an organization. How meaningless and how difficult it is to exclude sacrifice from strength.
However, the Hwasan Sword Association was actually accomplishing such unthinkable things. Sometimes we prepare, sometimes we rush, and sometimes we risk our lives.
Lim So-byeong could not even imagine how much trouble Cheongmyeong must have had while leading the sect called Hwasan to this place.
‘What a great person.’
Lim So-byeong looked at Cheongmyeong with new eyes. At this moment, the back of Cheongmyeong, standing tall on the desolate land, felt infinitely larger.
