Episode 44
“Keueook….”
Gokjung, who was greatly shocked in succession, fell back in vain.
The sight of him falling down with a loud noise was quite comical.
“Huh huh…!”
Jang Sam-tae looked at it and breathed heavily.
This situation right now felt like a dream. This means that he won against someone who was not even a small child but who seemed to be the strongest.
My heart was beating so hard that it felt like it was going to burst at any moment.
I can’t believe I did it.
“Chaeju has been defeated!”
The remaining bandits shouted loudly. That’s why Chae-ju’s collapse was so surprising. This was even more surprising because he was someone who used to boast that he would never get tired of it unless it was at Changbaeksan Mountain.
They aimed their swords and ran toward Jang Sam-tae.
That moment.
Pukpuk!
“Keuok!”
“Aaaah!”
I fell helplessly when something flew out of nowhere.
I couldn’t see where anything came from and I couldn’t even figure out who attacked.
Their vision suddenly darkened, and their consciousness was sucked into darkness.
“This should have been enough.”
Dan Woo-hyeon suddenly stood up, threw away the arrow, and shook his hands.
“I heard you died?”
“Haha, it would take at least a million arrows to kill me like this.”
Jang Sam-tae also knew well that he was a man who could not be helped by arrows and the like.
Jang Sam-tae sat down, caught his breath, and grinned.
“I did it!”
“Yes, you did it.”
“Wow, I really almost fell behind.”
“That’s what life-and-death fights are all about. “Unless you risk your life and fight, you will not be able to shake off your fear and will become intimidated.”
Jang Sam-tae nodded and looked down at his hands. I definitely recognized that feeling a moment ago.
It wouldn’t have been strange even if he died right away.
That’s why I was even more afraid and didn’t want to die, so I did my best. Then, something suddenly occurred to me, so I quickly turned my gaze and looked at Dan Woo-hyeon.
“I mean, Lord Jang.”
” What?”
“…Even if I didn’t win and almost died, you didn’t think about helping me, right?”
“Of course. If you want to become strong, you cannot rely on anyone. Experts and underdogs are divided depending on how they use their power. “You did what you could in an emergency situation, and did it pretty well.”
Looking at Dan Woo-hyeon’s eyes, I realized that he was not lying.
Even if it felt like his head was going to be blown off, Dan Woo-hyeon wouldn’t have done anything.
Because he was a person who knew better than anyone else that only by standing alone can one become a true warrior.
Jang Sam-tae laughed awkwardly.
Although he said he wouldn’t help, he was able to survive because he taught him how to turn the situation around by blowing an electric shock at the end.
Even if they don’t directly help you, they teach you how to survive.
If you don’t do it, you die. If you do it, you become stronger.
‘Fuck… he’s an asshole, but he’s cool.’
Even though it was definitely something that would make him angry, Jang Sam-tae thought Dan Woo-hyeon, who was more confident than angry, was really cool.
He sighed heavily and shook off his thoughts.
“Did you say you were in the middle of a song? “Try to wake him up.”
Jang Sam-tae suddenly got up from his seat and approached Gokjung.
Gokjung slowly came to his senses when he felt something touch his face.
In my clouded mind, I slowly opened my mouth.
Squeak –
something warm entered my mouth.
It was very fishy and tasted strange.
Gulp –
I slowly opened my eyes without realizing it due to the strange feeling going down my throat, and I saw a man in front of me with his pants down and pointing at me with a hideous object.
Something yellow could be seen between them.
In an instant, my sanity came back.
“Phuoc!”
“Oh, you’re finally opening your eyes. “No matter how much I tried to wake him up, he wouldn’t wake up, so I took the last resort.”
Horrified, Gokjung hurriedly tried to step back, but a disgusting smell seeped into his nose.
“Kekkeek…! “Wow!”
I was so nauseous that I thought it might be food I just ate the day before.
As time passed, the real Gokjung slowly glared at Jang Sam-tae with eyes burning with anger and screamed.
“What are you doing?!”
“So who won’t wake up?”
Jang Sam-tae responded with a nonchalant expression.
“You… you crazy bastard!”
“Enough of that.”
at that time.
The atmosphere suddenly calmed down.
Gokjung turned his head at the heavy voice he heard.
Only then was I able to discover one person. He could also see his subordinates scattered around him.
As soon as I made eye contact with Dan Woo-hyeon, who was sitting in a corner, I was overcome with fear, as if I was being sucked into the flames of hell.
Gokjung swallowed dry saliva.
‘Surely… wasn’t he the one who fell down screaming that he was going to die after being hit by the first arrow?’
“Who are you…”
“I don’t have time, so let’s stop chatting. Rather, I have something to ask you. Do you know the interest?”
Dan Woo-hyeon took out a single Yongmopa flag from his arms and showed it to him.
Gokjung looked at it for a moment, raised his eyes, then furtively looked to the side and pointed.
“Isn’t this here?”
“No, you damn bastard!”
Gokjung flinched as he saw Jang Sam-tae screaming loudly. But no matter how you look at it, most likely, the picture of this person in front of you was correct.
At that time, Dan Woo-hyeon sighed softly and muttered.
“Opium came out of the bodies of your subordinates. “Where did you get it?”
“Oh, it’s opium, of course…
in the back alley…” Dan Woo
–
hyeon sneered and sneered.
Gokjung heard that sound and turned his head with trembling eyes.
“Do you think I came all this way to do farming?”
“No…”
The momentum was no joke.
It felt like a tiger was roaring right in front of me. Therefore, no harsh words or expressions came out of my mouth.
‘Go Go Go Soo!’
That’s also a huge expert.
“Bah… but if I open my mouth, I’ll die!”
Dan Woo-hyeon smiled while holding out his hand.
It was a simple act, but to Gokjung, it was like the hand extended by the Grim Reaper.
“If you don’t tell me, I will make you feel a pain worse than death.”
After hearing those words, Gokjung quickly answered without even thinking.
“It’s Samdohoe!”
“Samdohoe?”
Dan Woo-hyeon tilted his head and looked at Jang Sam-tae.
But he shook his head as if he didn’t know.
“Please continue explaining.”
“After the fall of the Black Demon Association, didn’t those who were holding their breath start rampaging in all directions?”
When the huge organization called the Black Demon Association collapsed, those who were holding their breath began to scream.
On the outside, it seemed like peace had been restored with the disappearance of the Black Demon Association, but behind the scenes, the forces operating in secret were continuing to increase.
Dan Woohyun narrowed his eyebrows.
However, this was something I could have predicted to some extent.
“Among them, a group called the Samdohoe operates in the Honam area… They supply not only opium but also women
.”
“What kind of guys are they?”
“It’s strong. Even the poor people are learning martial arts, so we can’t do anything about it. Moreover, I wear a mask every time I do business, so you don’t even know my face. “Actually, I didn’t want to touch opium or anything like that, but they beat all of our children with force and started selling us hard… There were more than one mountain village that disappeared because we didn’t listen to them.”
Gokjung felt unfair.
He knew well how much opium ruined people. That’s why I deliberately didn’t touch it until now, but one day, people suddenly came by and gave me a hard sell.
In order to survive, he had no choice but to pay money to buy opium, and in order to pay for the high price of opium, he resorted to theft more often, and ended up getting beaten up by Dan Woo-hyeon.
“Where is it?”
“I don’t know either. “He comes here once a month, but I have no idea when he will come…”
Dan Woo-hyeon stroked his chin.
It didn’t really seem like he was lying. There was no way there would be loyalty to keep secrets among thieves who were all the same.
In that case, it means that they are a group similar to the Black Blade Club that operates in the Honam region, and that they are learning martial arts at a fairly high level so that the bandits who even shoot bows can’t do anything about it.
“After all, this guy doesn’t know anything, does he?”
“I don’t think it’s a lie.”
“no way! “Then how are you supposed to catch me
?”
Dan Woo-hyeon turned his head and looked at Gok-jung, who was shaking.
“Give me all the opium you have. Even the girls.”
” yes’?”
“Didn’t you hear?”
months-!
With a light wave of the hand, the front blade of the grain was sharply cut off. When Gokjung saw this, his complexion turned red and he nodded vigorously.
“Ah… I understand! “I’ll give you everything!”
If you go quite deep into Agyang, there is a place where shabby houses are huddled together.
A woman wearing a hat and covering her face with cotton thread looked around the place and frowned.
Some people were moving around energetically, but there were also others who looked blankly at the sky or crouched in a corner and moaned.
Like a person addicted to drugs.
“More… more… give me more… I need more…”
“Ugh… ugh”
Just looking at it, it seemed like there were more crazy people than normal people.
This did not only apply within Agyang. A similar phenomenon was occurring in numerous villages in Honam that I saw on my way here.
The woman left them behind and walked. Biting his lip, he expressed his dissatisfaction that he did not like it. But she knew that there was nothing she could do about it now.
After a while, the woman arrived at Ak Yang’s hometown.
Beyond the countless people, I could see men standing in various places in the alley, watching the surroundings.
Then, as if he had spotted the woman, he quickly disappeared into the back of the alley.
The woman hurriedly walked towards them.
At that moment, she did not notice her surroundings and ended up colliding with someone.
“ouch!”
“Gwae… are you okay?”
The woman looked down in surprise.
A small girl touched her nose and let out a small moan. But soon he raised his head and smiled.
“Somi is okay. “Is your sister okay?”
The woman saw the child’s cute face and opened her eyes wide.
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