Episode 390 We didn’t laugh at each other.
As I thought about the blood cult leader leaving in a hurry, I felt a little strange. King Tap, the new Usa, had already died, and Yongmyeong also left for Hyeolya Palace.
If I keep in mind that things in the world don’t always go as I want, I have a feeling that something bad will happen.
Of course, there is some basis for this premonition.
Even though the old Usa killed the believers and escaped, the believers, including the Black Forest Scouts, were completely unmoved.
Silence has various meanings depending on the time.
The silence that fell around Jaha Gaekjan this time was a mixture of tension and calm, but if I had to be specific, the proportion of tension seemed to be much higher.
It’s kind of like the entire army is on standby.
As I was analyzing this silence in my own way, I realized that the religious leader was coming soon. It occurred to me that the person named Jwasa above was not a political figure that could be created alone.
I returned to Jaha Gaekjan with my eldest brother and spoke to Yunnan Seven Years Old.
“Lay out the table and prepare drinks and water. There is no need for snacks. No dust. First, organize everything you see.”
As soon as Yunnan Seven Years heard my words, he moved quietly. They were also perceptive and must have noticed that my mood had changed a little.
The eldest brother went to the bench, put aside the wooden sword on top, and then wiped the blade of the light sword with a cloth.
I looked at the waving flag.
“….”
Did I make a mistake by planting the flag?
Seeing that a considerable amount of time had passed and the cult leader had not appeared in person, I began to suspect that some forces had clashed with the cultists.
How could a person who moved all the way to Ilyanghyeon go somewhere else?
After some time has passed.
I felt like a carriage was approaching, so I went outside and saw that a carriage I had never seen before near the Black Forest Scouting Team had arrived.
Is it a newly elected priest or a religious leader?
The carriage was painted black, even the wheels. The driver of the carriage was a black horse, and even the saddle was black.
Anyway, it was all black.
The man who came out of there looked around at the believers with his back exposed, and all the believers around him followed his gaze and fell to their knees.
There was no particular slogan.
Next, an additional black warhorse arrived, and the men in black jumped down and grabbed the reins. It was unclear whether he was gagged or trained, but he had a knack for shutting up even military horses.
The newly appeared men in black had slightly different attire from the Black Forest scouts who had arrived earlier, so they looked like a bodyguard or bodyguard. Even from a distance, I could see that the SS was much larger than the average prisoner.
The SS moved comfortably without kneeling like other believers, and then took their places slightly scattered around the area.
The man who had appeared from the carriage then turned and walked towards Jaha’s guesthouse.
It was quite far away… but
the leader was walking alone here.
As soon as I suddenly saw the leader, I let out a small sigh. I kept having strange thoughts.
Wouldn’t it be better to rush this way with troops?
Wouldn’t it be better to give the order to charge the entire army and hit Jaha Gaekjan?
Or wouldn’t it be better to just open up and run in a very angry state?
Everything I had hoped for went wrong.
The leader walked alone without any subordinates accompanying him. I was closing the distance with the atmosphere I disliked the most.
This is why the leader is not a man who acts according to his will.
Because if you are that confident, I have no way of dealing with it.
It’s been a while since I saw the leader’s face…
but I wasn’t happy at all.
In life, I don’t often get a chance to drink alcohol while looking at the faces of like-minded people, so I felt skeptical as to why I should meet a man like that.
The leader came like darkness from where the believers were waiting to where I was.
I learned that darkness does not arrive quickly like a wave, but rather arrives slowly.
There is no way to avoid this darkness.
When I sighed a second time at the entrance to the guesthouse, the religious leader approached me and spoke in a normal tone.
“Munju.”
I had no choice but to put my hand inside.
“You’ve come a long way. “Let’s go in.”
Anyway, since I was a guest, I was guided to my guest room.
I had no choice but to show my back to the religious leader.
Are you turning your back on the religious leader? This is why the customer is king. Even though I knew that this was a man who had no reason to surprise his back, I felt quite a chill down my spine.
The eldest brother, who was sitting on the bench, also greeted the religious leader.
“You came.”
The Yunnan seven-year-olds were scattered here and there with mesmerized expressions on their faces, but as soon as they saw the leader, they fell to their knees.
“…meeting the leader.”
I reached the table and turned around.
The eldest brother put down the cloth he was cleaning the Light Sword with and then sheathed the blade. The leader looked around and sat down in the seat he had hastily prepared.
Only then did Yunnan Sevens quietly stand up, bring a water kettle and some alcohol, put them down on the table, and then left.
The eldest brother was sitting on the table with his arms crossed and didn’t seem to have any intention of coming to the table.
In the end, I sat across from the religious leader.
In the meantime, the religious leader poured himself some water and drank it.
Is it possible to kill all poisons?
The head of the school swallowed the water next to his bed and looked at his eldest brother.
“…What was it like when you left school?”
The eldest brother answered.
“It’s normal. My daily life is normal, I eat and sleep. Even when you don’t have any thoughts, you’re normal.”
The leader, who seemed not to care about the tone of voice, nodded and asked something else.
“How did Usa become so crazy?”
“I don’t know exactly. People change for more than just one reason. There are also things accumulated in you. The martial arts might have been blocked. The reason is that he lost a lot of his subordinates to Munju. Have you been looking for a way to become stronger? Anyway, it seems difficult to live with sanity.”
The religious leader asked again.
“If you had to choose one thing among them, what would it be?”
The eldest brother shook his head.
“There is no one thing. If I had to pick two, it would be because of the head of the cult and the head of the clan. Two people.”
I poured myself a drink while the leader was looking at me.
I have never been so uncomfortable with a man’s gaze. However, if it weren’t for an opportunity like this, I didn’t think I would be able to stare at the man who was the best in the world for long, so I tried my best to avoid my gaze.
The religious leader said.
“Munju.”
“Please speak.”
“Your student seems smart. “Where did you meet?”
“It’s an auction house called Heukhyang, and it’s a place where children like Yoran are also traded, so I killed them all and brought them in.”
“Did you make him your disciple because you knew he was smart?”
I shook my head.
“Whether you are smart or stupid, you will become my disciple. Yoran said he wanted to learn martial arts first. “Did you like it?”
The cult leader nodded.
“I like it.”
“There are already many masters, so don’t be greedy.”
“I have no intention of teaching.”
“I’m glad. “I can’t lose my disciple to a disciple.”
“Please return the meat.”
“The reason is?”
“It is not a sword suitable for you. Your martial arts, your inclination, and your inclination do not match the purpose for which the sword was created. “You can’t live in the first place.”
I had nothing to say.
“….”
I pulled out Ilsal from my belt and placed it on the table. If Ilsal is mentioned after Yoran’s story, I can’t help it.
The leader grabbed hold of the blade, pulled it out halfway, and looked at the blade.
“….”
Without saying a word, the leader put his sword back and looked at the Sword Demon.
“If you want to become invincible as your master wishes, take the Light Sword. If not, return it. If what you want is a swordsman, the Light Blade won’t help you. “Are you saying your worries aren’t over yet?”
I looked at my eldest brother along with the leader.
Since what the religious leader said was not wrong, I had nothing I could say to help. The choice was up to the eldest brother, but there seemed to be no way out.
The sect leader asked the sword demon.
“…How is the bonding status?”
The eldest brother answered.
“It’s not perfect.”
“In that case, your life will not be in danger if you return it.”
The eldest brother looked at the religious leader and declined in a calm tone.
“Kill it and take it.”
“The reason is?”
“If I keep this with me, it will make you feel a little more uncomfortable. “When I die, I will tell people around me to return it to the school.”
The religious leader opened his mouth.
“Let’s do that. “Stomach left.”
From a distance away, Master Wei answered.
“Yes, leader.”
“Take it.”
After taking three or four breaths, the above monk appeared at the entrance to Jaha’s guesthouse. He came in without saying a word, took care of his life, and then turned around. I could hardly hear any footsteps from when I came in to when I walked away.
The religious leader said.
“How long will it take Munju to obtain new weapons?”
“I don’t know. Because I’m not obsessed with famous swords. “I need to get it quickly and if I don’t have it, I should at least use a long sword with teeth.”
The cult leader nodded.
“Do it that way.”
The leader was a man who clearly gave and received, so it sounded like this was the price of giving back.
I looked at the alcohol and asked the religious leader.
“Would you like a drink?”
The leader held out the cup from which he drank water. After pouring a drink for the leader for the first time, I looked at my eldest brother.
“Eldest brother.”
The eldest brother came over and grabbed the empty glass on the table. I poured a drink for my eldest brother and then filled my own glass.
We drank without saying anything, but it was also a promise to keep our promises to each other.
The leader, who put down his drink, spoke first.
“Choose a place.”
It sounded like a question asking where you want to die. I had no intention of dying, but I did think about the location.
Where should the final battle take place without regrets?
The eldest brother, who made eye contact with me, said to me.
“You decide.”
After thinking deeply, I spoke to the religious leader.
“Then let’s meet at the volcano.”
“What is the date and time?”
“Come when you want to kill. “I will go first and practice.”
The leader looked at his eldest brother.
“What about you?”
“Do you have somewhere to go? See you then.”
The leader spoke as if accepting the offer.
“In the volcano.”
Unexpectedly, the leader held out his drink again. While I was refilling the drink like Jeomsoy, the leader said.
“It wasn’t a good strategy, Moonju.”
“Why is that so?”
The leader pointed at the waving flag.
“…The location of the headquarters is not bad, but how can you fight a war without messengers and scouts? Because of the flag, he knew that reinforcements were coming from various places, and after receiving reports from scouts, he sent troops in advance to deal with each corner of the road. “It’s been a while since I rode around in a carriage and saw the world.”
“hmm.”
The cult leader looked at me.
“I have read old books and a few books on war, but there is no record of a general who developed an emotional strategy like you. King Gungeom, who was coming to support, had a fight with Jwasa Wei once, and the Namgung Geomje was unlucky and met me. “He was a quick-thinking man, so he didn’t want to engage in an all-out war, but rather wanted me to deal with him one-on-one.”
“What happened?”
“My right arm was cut off, so I can no longer use the nickname Geomje. They promised 100 years of bondage on the condition that they not be massacred. It’s like I got caught up in your strategy and was defeated individually. Of course, we did not win on all fronts. King Gwon’s side had fewer people, but the damage on our side was greater than on other sides. But they were short on numbers, so in the end, they inhaled the poisonous smoke and ran away somewhere.”
I had nothing to say.
The religious leader said.
“There is a lot of information that has not yet been reported, but what happened on other roads is likely to be similar.”
In other words, I was attacked individually because of the flag I displayed. This means that Jaha Gaekjan was used as the battle site, and the leader isolated Jaha Gaekjan as much as possible and attacked the surrounding area before appearing.
A strange thought occurred to me when I saw this religious leader.
Would a soldier like Sima Yi have this kind of aura?
In general, the leader seemed like a lonely person with no one to compete with in terms of force or strategy. In short, he is a man born in the wrong era. Or maybe they were born in the wrong place and are doing this…
I wasn’t actually defeated, but those who tried to help me were either severely beaten or already defeated by the cult leader.
I just honestly admitted defeat.
“You saw it well. I suffered because I was stupid and emotional. It seems that he understood the world as a guesthouse. It’s a shame. “Have you received any further reports?”
The religious leader said.
“Sega is generally stagnant, rotten water, so it is easy to deal with. When the head of a household or a large number of troops move, if you send just a few assassins to the main house to stir things up, they usually decide to retreat due to their wealth. The Seomun family also made a comeback like that. Property and a home are more important than helping others. “It is the limit of whiteness.”
“Lim Maengju?”
I chatted with the leader at the table as if we were playing baduk without a stone.
“I heard that Lim So-baek was a man who knew how to use scouts and messengers, so he was busy. The subordinates also could not properly determine Lim So-baek’s location, but in the end, they clashed with the first guy’s troops near the Murim Alliance, causing many casualties on both sides. Lim So-baek would have had no choice but to return. “That’s because he is a man whose priority is to save people rather than kill them.”
The first guy sounded like it meant the archduke, the eldest son of the religious leader. So, it seems that the Archduke hindered the Murim Alliance’s advance or caused a stalemate by engaging in a fight.
The leader’s words continued.
“Not everything goes as planned for you or me.”
“That’s true.”
“The price of the life of the believer you killed did not end with you dying alone, so several powerful people paid for it. It’s probably somewhat similar now. Because of your inclination, you have made this happen, something that would have ended if you had challenged me in the first place. “Are you that scared?”
I shook my head.
“I was more frustrated than scared.”
“I hope that when viewed from a volcano, it is at least similar to other Samjaes. Is it possible?”
“You don’t even know that.”
“It would be in vain for me to go all the way to the volcano and watch you commit suicide. “Isn’t that right?”
The eldest brother answered while looking down at the leader.
“Do you really think Munju would choose suicide? “Don’t be too proud, because you might disappear along with the volcano.”
The cult leader nodded.
“We will limit the number of people who can climb the volcano. Cheonak Shingae Munju Geomma White Clothes Student. Limit it to around ten people at most. “But I don’t want to see Lim Sobaek.”
“Why do you hate Lord Lim so much?”
The leader looked at me with a pitiful expression.
“What kind of religious leader likes a leader?”
I never thought I’d be able to stop laughing while talking to the religious leader, but now I am. Because the atmosphere was serious, I didn’t laugh. I pushed out my cheek a little with my tongue.
I can’t believe I’m trying to laugh in the midst of all this…
I know I’m crazy, but this has crossed the line.
“Lim Maengju, then let’s just move on. Let’s leave the number of people at that. The old beggar may not come because he is old. “You’re at retirement age. Are you eating properly?”
I tried teasing him a little, but the leader didn’t laugh.
