Five Rings (2)
“….”
Lennox reached out into the coat without saying a word at the sudden momentum of the spear.
Power entered the woman’s feet, who had been watching closely.
[Wait wait wait!! I still don’t want my hair to break… … !]
Kuung!
Changsa’s foot passed through Manson’s head without hesitation and made a large contact with the ground.
However, Changsa, who realized that there were no metal fragments left in the meantime, raised her gaze startled and said,
“It’s fortunate that it’s not a creature.”
“…!!”
Lennox said and shook Manson’s head lightly in his hand.
“But a little bit…. It’s heavy.”
coo!!
[Take it gently… … .]
Changsa frowned slightly when he realized that Manson’s head, which had been under his feet, crossed the space and was in Lennok’s hand.
“Moving space…Is it the transfer side?”
“You are not wrong.”
The Archangel’s Compassion, an artifact acquired in the battle with the Arashak Exploration Team.
Manson’s head could be pulled out with the teleportation ability that could only be used on an inanimate object at a limited distance.
This was possible because Manson’s head was completely made of metal.
“We are not here to fight you. If you had been watching, would you have noticed?”
Lennox said to the spearman as he reattached Manson’s head back to his body with a magician.
“The head of Oryunga has something to see. Guide me.”
When Gaju was directly mentioned, Changsha reacted.
She looked back at Lennok with slightly half-open eyes and silently shook her shoulders.
The tightly closed lips twitched.
“…You talk a lot about the subject of coming with the agent of the six spirits.”
Clap!
Raising her sword and aiming it at Lennok, she straightened up again.
“Even with two people, no problem. I will deal with you no matter what.”
“…I can’t speak.”
It’s a problem that she brought Manson, but it’s also a problem that she recognizes him as an agent of the flesh.
The moment Lennok shook his head and was about to take out the ticket from his arms.
Mistaking it for drawing a weapon, the spearman thrust out one foot forward and sped like an arrow.
Wedge liquid!!
Right after that, Manson, who recovered his head, quickly stood in front of Lennok.
[This woman doesn’t even recognize the real customer… … !]
At the same time as Manson drew his sword from his waist, the two superhumans started fighting properly.
Right after Manson and Changsa twisted their upper bodies in different directions, sparks flew dozens of times in the air, and a crash resounded in succession.
Tatatatatatang!!
Each time the two blades were swung, they rotated and bent, drawing colorful trajectories.
As one trajectory splits more than five times, they are attacked from all sides, but rather than aiming for each other’s vital points, they aim to preoccupy the space.
A fighting style that takes the initiative in battle rather than aiming for a kill in short-term combat.
It was Manson who moved first.
[Huh… … !!]
Along with the sound of heavy breathing, Manson lowers his stance, dodges the horizontally drawn changgeuk, and fixes his sword.
In an instant, the blade that had been lead to the waist flowed out as if it were pouring out, drawing a blurry and soft swordplay like a wave.
The swordplay that dug inward while flowing through the trajectory of the spear blade’s shot quickly regained its momentum and sharply cut through the spear’s close range.
Correspondingly, the spearman also rotated the spearhead in his hand counterclockwise.
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee… … !!
A clash with the blurry magic light blending into the Sword God and Changgeuk.
Aaaaaaang!!
With the shock of a bomb exploding, the messy yard turns into a mess.
The moment when the two of them stepped back for a very short time due to the reaction.
A gigantic ice mirror appeared from the air and slammed down between them.
Woooooo!!
“…!!”
“Just go there.”
Lennok stepped forward as the two warriors, who in an instant faced each other instead of their own, flinched.
“Once again, I have no intention of fighting. Rather, there are things I want to do with you.”
“…I have told you many times that there will be no appointing an agent.”
Changsha heard the wrong words.
“How much longer are you going to wield our family? Oryun’s intention must have already been sufficiently revealed. Stop talking nonsense and go back.”
“…what?”
It seemed that the founder of the Five Rings was mistaken after going through something similar several times before.
Just as Lennok was about to answer that question, someone came running through the smashed door.
“sister!! What is this!”
The young man who rushed out and stood next to Changsa opened his mouth wide when he saw Lennok’s face.
Likewise, when Lennok recognized the young man’s face, his expression changed queerly.
“Wait, you….”
“half?”
“…Was it Chen?”
A freelancer who was commissioned by an agent to deal with warlocks and terrorist organizations.
He was quick-witted and helpful in the last operation in the factory area, so Lennok remembered his face and name.
I even remember grumbling that I was asked to earn start-up funds, but I never thought I’d see it again in a place like this.
“….”
When the two of them made faces that looked like they knew each other, Changsa, who was holding a sword with a sad expression, also lowered the spearhead subtly.
Realizing that there was a misunderstanding, she coughed awkwardly and muttered:
“Hmm hmm…that…If you are my brother’s acquaintances… … that i made a mistake… … .”
As Lennok stared at her, Changsha meekly lowered his head.
“…sorry.”
* * *
“I was really surprised. I didn’t even think that you would visit the citadel.”
Chen, who served coffee to Manson and Lennok, who sat on the smooth wooden floor, laughed awkwardly.
Lennox also smiled when he saw that face.
Come to think of it, even though Chen knew Lennok was a very good wizard, he didn’t respect or fear him.
However, he did his best in the operation with the eyes of treating a thoroughly competent colleague.
A person who didn’t particularly put himself forward, but was sure to do more than one person in the job he was assigned.
There was no doubt that he was a capable man in every respect.
“It’s unavoidable because we both must have been busy.”
He casually set down the coffee in front of the two of them and took a seat next to Changsha.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen your face. But I think we kept in touch after the work was over.”
“Is it so?”
Chen smiled, not caring.
“The years are so fleeting. I was the same freelancer until about two years ago, but now I have become an unapproachable nobleman.”
“well. Isn’t that the flattery that got worse while you couldn’t see it?”
“What are you talking about? A mage who fought head-to-head with the Three Heads and won would need a much more plausible title than this.”
“….”
Until then, the woman who had been quietly listening to Chen’s conversation shook her shoulders and looked at Lennok with a slightly surprised look.
“Right…. Was that the divinity of District 49 that had recently been incorporated into the Cartel’s leadership?”
“Um….”
“I’m sure it was called ‘fastness’ in the world….”
Looking at such a woman, Lennok calmed his gaze slightly.
I thought the people inside the fort were indifferent to outside news, but this woman knows more about outside rumors than I thought.
It’s probably because she’s a high-ranking person enough to be interested in outside news, or because she’s an outsider.
And if you look at Chen’s reaction to her, the answer is probably the former.
“How did you start your business?”
Chen averted his gaze at Lennok’s sudden question.
Lennok was not surprised and continued.
“Oh Ryun was your family. Did you return from work outside because there was a problem in your family?”
“It is my fault.”
The woman who had been listening to the story with a gloomy expression spoke.
“I was driven to such a predicament that I could not maintain my family without the help of my younger brother who had left home… … It is truly pitiful.”
“That is not your fault.”
Chen calmly retorted.
“It’s the karma of my father who wasted that long time satisfying his own greed until Chaeju changed.”
There was even a faint contempt in his voice.
Changsa, who was called sister, shook her head quietly.
“…don’t say that Even so, I had to take care of those who depended on this family for their living. I couldn’t even do something as simple as that.”
[This atmosphere is more serious than I thought.]
Manson whispered, tilting his head to Lennok.
Anyway, it was a machine voice anyway, so the two people sitting across from me could hear it.
Chen tried to say more about what he said, but gave up and smiled bitterly.
He got up and gestured outward.
“Shall we go outside and talk?”
Leaving Changsha with his head bowed while clutching his coffee cup, the three went up to the roof of the mansion.
It is a mansion that has been damaged and dirty here and there, but it is an antique mansion that allows you to feel a bit of an atmosphere in between.
Even compared to other houses or buildings inside the fort, it is clearly beautiful.
The night view of the inside of the fortress, seen through the balcony between the tiles, was quite beautiful even in Lennok’s opinion.
Instead of streetlights and fluorescent lights, soft lanterns illuminate the streets and fireflies fly in the sky.
The thrilling sound of stringed instruments coming from the street. The thick smell of wood that cannot be hidden.
It was clear that it was a landscape that was not easily seen in the Balkans.
Chen leaned against the railing on one side and looked down at the night view in a daze, then smiled.
“It was a street I didn’t like to see when I was young…. I never thought I would come back at this age.”
“….”
“As you can see, I can’t do anything to help you in this situation. I don’t know why Van you came to the citadel… … If you need the power of the 8 families, you’d better look elsewhere.”
“There must have been something wrong with the family.”
The Chen that Lennok remembered was a person who was quite clean about making and breaking up.
Didn’t he hide his appearance really neatly for his business even after dealing with the terrorist organization including the black magician like him?
If a man with such a temper was going to come back to the ruined family and make amends, it was only natural that there was a reason for that.
“My sister and I have different mothers.”
“….”
“As a child of a concubine, I ran out because I was fed up with this family…. But until then, my sister cared about me a lot.”
After talking that far, Chen sighed and shook his head.
“…I was talking about something. What does it mean to say something like this?”
[…] … .]
With that low sigh, Manson glanced back at Lennok.
Lennox sensed Manson’s thoughts in the gesture, but neatly ignored it and asked Chen.
“What do you want to do?”
“what?”
Chen didn’t tell much, but it wasn’t hard for Lennok to guess what had happened to Oryunga.
After the sudden death of Chae-joo, the Oryunga, which could not ride the flow among the struggles for power structure of the 8 families, fell out and the family-ju died.
The reason must be some kind of mistake due to the greedy nature of the family head.
The only successor who succeeded him is in a situation where it is difficult to use power due to the loss of power.
Hearing of the situation, Chen visits the citadel to help his half-sister, but is of no help.
The landscape of this mansion, which could not even hide the damage of the political strife, clearly proved it.
“You said you were gathering people and preparing for a business. If it was your personality, you would have produced results in some way.”
“…“
Are you thinking of throwing away everything you’ve built up so far and helping your family?”
“You’re right.”
Chen replied.
“I don’t have much time. The number of employees who believe in me and follow me is quite large. Actually, originally I was going to help my sister along with my friends who help me in my business.”
“however?”
“Right after entering the citadel, everyone except me was forcibly expelled.”
“….”
“It must be to prevent a family that is certain to be defeated from making useless resistance.”
He clenched his fists and murmured.
“I don’t know if I had the right to appoint you as my agent….”
I can guess why Chen gave up bringing his friends.
It is realistically difficult to wage an all-out war with the five families of the fortress on the spot.
It is impossible to guarantee victory, and regardless of victory or defeat, enormous damage will be suffered.
He probably didn’t want to harm the safety of his friends who helped him with his business.
“Then are you thinking of letting it all go?”
Lennok asked.
“Watching your blood slowly wither away?”
It was a stimulating provocation.
Needless to say, Chen, who had put his business aside for a while to find a blood relative, treasured her.
Wasn’t it because he valued her life more than the continuation of the family he had abandoned?
Even if it was Lennok, the corners of Chen’s mouth twisted faintly as if he couldn’t stand the words.
“Then, are you thinking of helping me at least?”
“….”
“No, right? I’m sorry, but I’d like you to keep your mouth shut.”
Chen said with a painful expression on his face.
“I haven’t worked with you for long, but I know what kind of person you are. I check and judge based on my own standards and sort out the answer. I won’t move unless a clear decision is made.”
“hmm.”
“I don’t hesitate once I make a decision, but the decision itself is very prudent and heavy. I don’t hate you too much, but I don’t think such a person can help us.”
As a colleague, you can trust him, but as a colleague, it is not easy to become a colleague.
That must have summed up the overall impression Chen had of watching Lennok from the sidelines while working together.
Even though he thought it was a judgment based on somewhat radical and conclusive grounds, Lennok thought that the words were not wrong on the one hand.
It must be because he has his own perspective as a person who goes out to meet people and does business.
Chen, who spoke quickly, helped himself.
“…I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. sorry.”
“No, I looked right.”
As Lennok said that, he closed the distance towards Chen.
Seeing Chen’s flinching face, Lennok silently took out the ticket from his arms and held it up.
“Like you said, I like to see and judge with my own eyes. So I was able to make a decision.”
“Wait, this thing….”
Lennok smiled as he confirmed that Chen’s eyes widened when he saw the sentence drawn on the ticket.
“Starting today, the ‘such person’ you mentioned will help you guys.”
Genius Magician Who Takes Medicine Chapter 270
