< Episode 20 Jin-ui (5) >
A dead monster wolf with its torn muzzle no a monster.
This was not released to kill.
It was released to survive this.
But this thing is dead.
‘under…’
I was truly amazed.
For a moment everyone could not take their mouths off at this sight.
Then a warrior in red belts asked the exhausted boys.
“Who did it?”
At his question the boys’ eyes naturally turned to someone.
Although they were all similar this boy was particularly handsome with his entire body covered in blood.
He was Mok Gyeong-un.
‘….Is it that guy again?’
There was a strange look in the eyes of the warriors in red belts.
I was interested because of what I saw in the battle for the iron ball but I couldn’t help but be surprised by this one.
“Sir…does this make sense?”
A warrior whispered as if he did not understand.
That’s because for a monster of that size it seems difficult to deal with it even with a certain amount of inaction even if the internal attack is not prohibited.
But they made it like that with the spiracles blocked?
‘No matter how much I train my external skills that…’
It’s impossible.
Even if I’m properly armed I’m not sure if I can fight him.
The most senior warrior among the warriors of the Red Belt looked Mo Qingyun up and down.
The other boys look exhausted and exhausted but their eyes are especially alive.
No you don’t look tired.
‘no way?’
The senior warrior’s eyes narrowed with suspicion.
He said this.
“you. “Come here.”
“Is there something wrong?”
“Who said you could talk back?”
“…..”
Mok Gyeong-un shrugged his shoulders and stepped in front of the senior warrior.
Then the senior warrior roughly snatched Mok Gyeong-un’s wrist and immediately examined the condition of his body.
This was to check whether the spiracle was blocked or not.
But
‘…It’s blocked.’
I thought maybe he had opened the spiracle but no.
It was blocked as is.
After confirming this I am even more amazed.
‘You raised this guy just from being a softwood swordsman?’
No matter how prestigious the martial arts family was it was not a major family like Gupailbang.
I think this will be quite controversial.
This was the first time since Sihyeolgok was in operation.
* * *
The corpse of a monster Galjeo with its snout and head torn off and completely separated from its lower body.
The officer in Dobok who was watching this made a bewildered expression.
Even so we took action to send a signal to Bangsulro Galjeo and have him return at the moment of dawn.
But he didn’t come back so he felt strange and came all the way here.
Someone spoke to him like that.
“Is this possible?”
“yes?”
“I asked if it was possible.”
The person who asked the question was none other than Sihyeolgokju wearing a demon mask.
He climbed the mountain belatedly received a report from the warriors of the Red Belt and arrived here to check on Galjeo’s body.
He too couldn’t help but be surprised.
From the beginning the role of the monster Galger was an ordeal for the boys.
The purpose was to further maximize the will to survive by putting them in more extreme situations.
But killing this thing?
“This…ha…”
The commander in uniform gave no answer.
If a warrior who had learned martial arts was like this he would have responded by saying “It seems like he has great martial arts skills.”
But this was really unexpected.
‘Should I tell you this?’
What was even more difficult was Galjeo’s condition.
‘….Becoming a Eucharist.’
Even so he felt that he was slowly getting closer to the Eucharist.
However not yet he thought it would be enough for a couple more months so he put this guy in.
However in that short period of time it became a complete adult.
It had become a monster not a beast.
‘I’m going crazy. ‘How did they do this?’
It is difficult for even trained martial arts or third-rate warriors to handle this.
However when it reached the level of a monster it would be difficult to catch it unless top-notch experts worked together so I couldn’t believe that one of the boys with blocked spiracles was able to catch it.
I had to say this but I couldn’t bear it.
That’s because the beast alone could be said to be an extreme ordeal and even if there was a protective space like a flag a monster like that would almost be a massacre.
‘Should I say I’m lucky?’
It was fortunate that this guy was killed before any more accidents occurred.
However it was difficult to completely confess this fact.
Accordingly this was ruled out.
“To be honest I don’t even understand how they caught it.”
“You don’t understand?”
“Where do you think humans have the strongest strength?”
“…Do you want to speak your mouth?”
“you’re right. It has the strongest bite force. Do you think it would be any different from an animal or something like this? “Unlike humans things called beasts have lived a wild life and accordingly have the teeth strength to chew even bones.”
Humans eat the hard bones.
However many animals are eaten with their bones.
Then of course the shape of the teeth and the grip strength had to develop accordingly.
“It would be understandable if you were lucky and stabbed the core which is the heart of this thing with a sharp object or something like that but this is not possible with just a little strength.”
It is only possible to tear it apart if you have a force that surpasses the teeth of the monster Galgeo.
At this the demon mask nodded.
“I see.”
“Please tell me who did that….”
“That’s it.”
“yes?”
“Didn’t you hear me? I said it was over now. “Take its body and go.”
I heard what I wanted.
Therefore there was no need for him to comment further.
“…..All right. “If you do I’ll just borrow a few people.”
“Do whatever you want.”
As Bangsa took the body with several warriors a senior warrior at the rank of Daeju who was assisting him approached him and said with an expression on his face.
“I checked.”
“Is the gold seal the same?”
“That’s right. “The Qi gates were blocked so the true Qi could not pass through the body.”
“But they did it like that.”
“It is not enough to say that strength is a business. In fact he might be stronger than the child in the secret scriptures.”
“hmm.”
Can we understand this as being strong?
The evil spirit mask had more experience fighting the so-called Imamangryang when he was a child than he does now.
If I refer to my memories from that time I still have doubts.
He did this without any knowledge.
‘I guess I’ll have to watch.’
He usually thought he wasn’t much of a brat but this made him more interested.
There seems to be something about him that cannot be explained by saying he comes from a prestigious family.
The demon mask turned the topic.
“Has everything else been gathered?”
“yes.”
“What is the total number?”
“A total of 259 people survived.”
Of the 468 members about half died.
Hearing this report from a high-level senior warrior the demon mask nodded and took a step forward.
As we climbed to the top of the ridge there was a large field and there were boys sitting in rows and rows.
But this was the number that survived and here again half was split.
Among the 259 people there were 200 on the right side and 59 on the left. The majority of the 200 people looked comfortable while the remaining 59 people were pale and shaking.
The reason was because they were the ones who couldn’t find the flag until dawn.
‘shit.’
‘Is this how I die?’
That’s why they were afraid.
The results had already been predicted.
It is death.
The demon mask standing in front of them opened its mouth.
“Congratulations on your success in capturing the flag. “The fifty-nine trash on the left also had a hard time trying to survive during the night.”
The words of extreme treatment were different.
In fact this did not reach the ears of the 59 boys.
I just wanted to live.
The demon mask then turned its head towards them.
-thud! thud! thud!
Their hearts were beating loudly.
The moment the demon mask gave its order it seemed as if the warriors in red belts were going to cut off their own heads at any moment.
however
“Fifty-nine scum go down that river.”
‘!?’
The eyes of the 59 boys widened at his command.
Of course I thought he would kill me on the spot but I couldn’t help but wonder when he told me to follow the robed military officer down the mountain.
Is it really possible to save my life?
-Roaring!
Color began to appear on their faces.
The warriors in red belts shook their heads at that sight.
It was never a good thing to be told to follow the directions.
I didn’t want to talk about what was going to happen in the future because I was so happy to survive for a short time.
“Shut up and get out.”
Those who liked them soon shut their mouths under the pressure of the evil spirit mask.
Of course the grinning was still there.
So 59 people pulled a cart and went down the mountain following the procession that was collecting Galjeo’s body and the bodies of the dead people.
‘Why are you making those facial expressions?’
‘There’s something there.’
I don’t know who went down but the 200 boys who had a rough idea of the situation by looking at the expressions of the warriors in red belts felt fortunate to see those going down.
What is not included there.
While doing so the demon mask opened its mouth again.
“ruler. Are these guys here the ones who found the flag?”
“…”
“Now you’re making some useful looks.”
He said he was satisfied with the demon mask.
As expected the boys’ eyes were noticeably different from last night.
Even before the battle for the iron ball I felt very immature but now even though we are all exhausted our eyes have become closer to rawness.
After suffering with blood on his hands he became ferocious.
‘It’s worth choosing.’
It is said that it is a task to select Sihyeolgok in a different sense and it was here.
But among these people there was one who particularly stood out.
“…”
It was tree cultivation.
There was so much blood that the clothes had turned dark red.
However many of the other boys were haggard and still trying to catch their breath but they were the only ones who looked very normal.
Moreover his facial expression is particularly relaxed compared to others.
the other side
-Purrrrr!
The group members around Mok Gyeong-un were particularly alert.
It seems as if he is reluctant to be near Mok Gyeong-un.
‘You’re afraid.’
The demon mask could guess their reaction.
Normally if we cooperated with each other and succeeded in protecting the flag we would show trust in our fellow group members.
However being so afraid was an unusual case.
‘What have you done?’
I got curious.
But right now I couldn’t show any particular interest in one person.
The demon mask continued speaking again.
“good. It’s time for selection again.”
‘Selected?’
The expressions of the boys who had been relieved to hear the word “selection” turned to bewilderment.
Of course not everyone was like that.
In the meantime the groups were internally cheering as if they had guessed this situation.
While doing so the demon mask pointed to the left and said.
“Those who realize the true meaning of the flag should go to the left.”
“What do you mean by truth?”
“What do you mean?”
-Roaring!
The boys were excited.
While doing so some people got up from their seats.
Then with a triumphant expression on his face he moved to the left.
Of course the same was true for Mokgyeongun’s Joe.
Looking at the boys moving like that several groups tried to move to the left without even knowing what was going on.
“If you are caught moving without knowing what the true intention is you will be summarily executed.”
-Shudder!
I had no choice but to stop at this warning.
So the boys were divided into left and right again.
Of the 200 boys there were 80 boys on the left side and 120 boys on the right side.
‘What on earth is true intention?’
‘We didn’t pass?’
The 120 boys on the right could not hide their anxiety.
When I used the expression “selection” I was afraid that I might die if I didn’t pass it.
While doing so the demon mask looked at the boys remaining on the right side and said.
“This is your limit.”
“…”
“Be thankful for one thing. “As of now you have become low-ranking warriors of the Heaven and Earth Council.”
‘!?’
The boys’ eyes widened at this declaration of the demon mask.
They were afraid that they might die because they could not pass the gate.
But it was a completely unexpected result.
However those who were relieved that they had survived rather than died collapsed on the floor as their legs seemed to have lost their strength.
“ha…”
“I lived.”
It is said that most people who enter are dead and leave with their bodies.
The joy of surviving here was so great.
On the other hand nearly half of the people looked sour as if they were not in a good mood.
That’s right too
‘Damn it!’
‘A low-level warrior.’
The purpose of most of those who entered Sihyeolgok was never to become low-level warriors.
The purpose of risking one’s life to pass through the gate was to be chosen.
However they failed at this.
‘Stupid things.’
‘You took the test simply.’
Seeing them like this the 80 people realized the true intention of the gate and looked at them with a sneer on their faces.
This was because they were qualified to go to a higher place.
While doing so the demon mask took out something from its arms.
It was a silver plaque with the word 2 written on it.
‘ah!’
The eyes of several people including Jusalgok’s Yeomga who recognized this sparkled.
It was a badge given to those who passed the gate first.
‘Are you trying to determine the chief?’
If that was the case I couldn’t help but be interested.
They knew in advance the information that having that increase would be quite advantageous in the end.
However unlike the battle for the iron ball there was nothing special about this one to determine superiority.
The good news is that we found out that there were two types of flags and even this was a lot because there were 80 people.
‘What are you going to do?’
While I was wondering this the demon mask muttered.
“How do we decide on a senior? “Should I call him someone who has memorized the nine precepts?”
Several people including Yeomga shook their shoulders at these words.
That’s because they secured two types of flags with compositions in the beginning so they were successful in memorizing them in advance.
I was confident if that was the case.
“Or should I say it’s the one who shows off Gugyeol the best?”
Some of the shoulders that had been shaking due to the subsequent mutterings calmed down.
They were busy defending and capturing the flag all night so although they barely had time to memorize the rules they didn’t have time to practice.
This was also the case with Yeomga in Jusalgok and Yeonmuung in Bigyeongmun.
I was able to unfold Choshik according to the verses I had memorized right away but since it was my first time unfolding it I was not confident that I could unfold it perfectly.
In fact it would be the same for anyone.
‘But the conditions are the same.’
First of all if I was asked to do a vegetarian meal I was definitely going to do it.
As I was doing this the demon mask spoke.
“good. I guess I’ll have to do this. “Is there anyone among them who can properly explain what the phrases on the flag are?”
As if waiting for that question someone raised their hand and quickly stood up first.
-Pot!
“It’s swordsmanship!”
At this shout snorts erupted here and there.
That’s because anyone who memorized or even looked at the nine rules could know that it was a sword technique.
“Are you saying that?”
Just by looking at the cold look in the demon mask’s eyes the boy seemed to know that he had made a mistake and sat down quietly.
At that time Jusalgok’s Yeomga stood up with his hands raised.
“It is a quick sword technique in which the attack and defense aimed at the three yo-hyeols of Jeong Jung-seon and the six major yo-hyeols are integrated and the style changes depending on the use.”
‘ah…’
At this cheap explanation Yeon Woo-mung of the secret scriptures licked his appetite as if he was disappointed.
So did others.
It succinctly and accurately explained the characteristics of swordsmanship.
Any further explanation was unnecessary.
‘How do you feel?’
Jusalgok’s Yeomga looked at Mok Gyeong-un and Big Gyeong-mun’s Yeon Mu-ung in turn with a triumphant expression on his face.
There was no need to look at Moharang in Mohwa’s room as he was lying down after receiving treatment.
He was confident that this victory was his.
The demon mask opened its mouth.
“It’s quite impressive that you figured out that much during that time.”
‘it’s okay.’
The song of Jusalgok made me feel happy inside.
Judging from the demon mask’s reaction it seemed that what he had figured out was correct to some extent.
There was a strange look in Mo Yu-cheon’s eyes.
He didn’t particularly want to be the chief so he didn’t speak up first.
But rather than that
‘You have an excellent eye for detail.’
It was almost identical to what he had figured out.
Although he was a cunning guy he certainly seemed to have a talent for radish that was no different from his own.
He wondered what level it would be when the gold gate chain was removed.
“Hmm.”
As he was doing so the demon mask glanced at the senior warrior of the Great Lord level.
Then the senior warrior also nodded.
In any case they were engaged in a battle to defend the flag for nearly three hours fighting to the death without being able to rest or sleep.
Just understanding it to this extent was impressive enough.
The demon mask held out a silver plate and said.
“good. This gateway is…..”
It was before I could finish speaking.
“Isn’t it just a checkup not just swordsmanship?”
‘!?’
The demon mask frowned and turned his head.
Who just said that?
As I was doing this the person who said those words was none other than Mok Gyeong-un.
‘under!’
At this the demon mask stuck out his tongue as if it was absurd.
That’s because this sword technique had a simple form so it was not possible to tell whether it could be used as a checkup just by looking at the shape of the sword.
It was difficult to notice unless you were a swordsman who had at least reached a high level with the sword.
But did you think that the bright blue baby was able to tell the difference just by its globule?
‘What is it?’
It was Cheom-ga who laughed inwardly at the word “medical check-up” that came out of Mok-gyeong-un’s mouth out of nowhere.
But what is this reaction of the demon mask?
< Episode 20 Jin-ui (5) > end
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