< Episode 73: Line of Fire (2) >
Cheonho Mara Hyun frowned and gently turned her head.
That’s because her neck was stunned but her live cadet was also peeling the face of her badge stone raw.
It was natural that even if you had a strong stomach it would be difficult to look at the peeling of the face.
-Squeak!
Mok Gyeong-un who was cutting out the skin on his face spoke casually to him.
“I guess it’s hard to see right?”
“…What would be nice to see?”
“It seems you have a weaker stomach than I thought.”
“…..”
It’s a shame but it’s hard to take it off when you’re still alive and not already dead.
Of course the reason was explained by Mok Gyeong-un.
[When you die your skin dies quickly. It is much better to do it beforehand while it is still a little more elastic and fresh.]
It was a valid reason but it was still burdensome.
Mara-hyeon who was tongue-in-cheek soon left the interrogation room to avoid the situation.
After coming out he let out a long sigh.
“ha.”
It was something I could never understand under normal circumstances but I couldn’t refuse what Mo Kyung-un wanted.
Even though they do such terrible things.
Even though it was said that they had chosen someone who would be safe to touch this was truly cruel.
[Cadet Bae Ji-seok?]
[okay.]
[Is there no problem with this person?]
[He is from Goa and before joining the demonstration department as a training cadet he was a member of the city administration gang who threatened and extorted elderly merchants and harassed the weak on the streets. He is a person who would have been replaced in advance if he had not been recruited and asked for favors by one of the powerful factions the Hang Yun faction in order to find people with potential military fortune.]
[So you’re saying he’s not a very good person?]
[…Among them yes.]
[Good. Then let’s use this person.]
It wasn’t a problem since he wasn’t the main force of the Hangyun faction anyway and he didn’t deserve to be on the Gold Council in the first place.
But he was a little pitiful.
No wonder he was caught by such a demon and died in such a gruesome manner.
* * *
Early the next morning.
After the period of basic training for the Geumuiuiui the cadets moved to each ministry following the heavenly heads of each assigned group for full-scale apprenticeship.
Among them a total of 11 members were assigned to the firing squad.
Among them the one who received the highest score was Joo Yun-hyang a cadet who ranked second in the first exam.
There was someone watching Zhou Yunhyang closely from behind.
He was none other than cadet Bae Ji-seok or rather Mok Gyeong-un wearing his face shell.
A small spark appeared in Mo Kyung-un’s eyes.
‘Your energy has increased considerably?’
Zhou Yunxiang’s innate Qi was greater than before.
He must have worked hard after competing with himself or had a small talent.
However Mu Qingyun’s magical energy had advanced to an extent that could not be compared to when he competed with Zhou Yunxiang or Six Heavenly Tiger So Yerin a few nights ago.
Maybe that’s why Zhou Yunxiang’s energy level right now didn’t bother me too much.
Mok Kyung-un licked his lips.
‘I thought you would notice a little bit.’
Like other cadets Zhou Yunxiang did not notice his presence.
Of course it could have been because the gap in his skills widened further but it was quite disappointing considering what I expected.
Eventually he arrived at the main temple of the Six Seon-gwan Four Seon Departments.
Saseonbu was the department that managed all the gold jade within the imperial palace.
Mak Myeong-bo the Cheonho of the firing squad who was walking ahead pointed to a building and said.
“ruler. “This is where you will stay for five days.”
It was somewhat smaller and shabby than the accommodations at Yukseon-gwan the main building of the Geumuiwiui to which we had been temporarily assigned.
Do I have to stay in a place like that for five days?
Most of the cadets probably had similar thoughts but their expressions were not very appealing.
Then someone walked out of the firing squad’s main building holding their backs.
The moment they saw the red beer uniform everyone put their hands together bowed their heads and showed respect.
-chuck!
The person who came out of the main building of the Saseonbu was none other than the person in charge of this place Yukcheonho Lim Gyu-wol of the Saseonbu.
He was a man with slit eyes and a pale face.
The overall feeling was like seeing a white snake.
At that time Lim Gyu-wol suddenly opened his mouth.
“Who is Zhou Yunxiang here?”
“It’s me.”
Zhou Yunxiang bowed his head and answered politely.
Then Lim Gyu-wol smiled and he walked forward to Joo Woon-hyang and said.
“I heard that he ranked second in the endurance test of the selection process. “I would say he is a great talent.”
Hearing his praise Yeomgyeong a student of the Hwasan Sect bit his lip.
It was because he was jealous that Zhou Yunxiang was receiving attention from the beginning of his apprenticeship.
However unlike his jealousy these were not words with good intentions.
-Sigh!
Lim Gyu-wol came right in front and placed his hand on Joo Woon-hyang’s shoulder.
At that moment the scent he had picked up with his head down flinched.
Mo Gyeong-un who was watching this from behind narrowed his eyes.
‘Hmm.’
It seemed as if that person named Im Gyu-wol of the Six Thousand Issues was not just grabbing his shoulder but was putting pressure on him with his inner strength.
That prediction was accurate.
The energy flowing out of Lim Gyu-wol’s hand was flowing into Joo Woon-hyang’s shoulder causing pain.
-closely!
Lim Gyu-wol smiled casually and said letting out his inner energy.
“I have very high expectations for you.”
Zhou Yunxiang was shocked to see this.
He was an absurd person.
He said he had high expectations and was trying to subdue him with his true spirit.
I don’t know why but there was no way he could have let his massive power weigh him down like this without someone pointing out something was wrong with him.
So I raised my head and glanced at his face and instead of smiling I saw that he was looking at me with a disparaging look in his eyes.
‘Why are you doing this?’
Zhou Yunxiang did not hide his doubts.
I don’t know why but Lim Gyu-wol of the Sixth Heaven was clearly acting emotionally towards him.
His prediction was correct.
‘You’re getting So Yerin’s attention?’
From the moment Lim Gyu-wol the Sixth Heavenly Tiger first saw So Yerin the other Sixthousand he fell in love with her beautiful appearance and had been in love with her for a long time.
However she was called the ice flower above gold and she always treated herself coldly.
Whenever she showed interest she always coldly refused.
‘But why is she interested in you and her cadets?’
It was something that could not be tolerated.
‘I don’t know how great a talent you are but I won’t make you regret being assigned to the main building.’
Anyone who received even the slightest attention from her could not be left alone.
She will make you aware of the subject.
At first I was going to suppress the truth inflict internal injuries and show hell for the five days I was here in the firing line.
‘I’ll get you eliminated from my line right away.’
This was his territory anyway.
She had no one to blame or blame herself for being eliminated after bullying her to her heart’s content.
Yukcheonho Lim Gyu-wol further increased his endurance.
Even though he ranked second in the airworthiness test he was only a cadet.
‘You will feel your stomach churning.’
But something is strange.
By now it would have been normal for Zhou Yunxiang to not be able to hold back the pressure that was pressing on him and either collapse or scream.
But there was no reaction.
-Jump and run!
At that moment the floor that Zhou Yunxiang was standing on cracked.
Seeing this one of Yukcheonho Im Gyu-wol’s eyebrows rose upward.
This was a phenomenon that was only possible if the true energy he had injected flowed into Yongcheonhyeol.
‘Look at this guy?’
He was a guy who hadn’t even reached his terms yet.
A guy like that let his energy go?
okay. That’s right right?
-Gooooooo!
At that moment Lim Gyu-wol’s performance increased.
-Shudder!
“Six thousand number!”
The Cheonho Mak Myeong-bo who noticed this called the Six Cheonho Im Gyu-wol.
As he continued to hold on to Joo Woon-hyang’s shoulder he did nothing but he had no idea that he was putting such internal pressure on the cadet.
But Lim Gyu-wol had no intention of ending it here.
‘Try to hold on to this too.’
Lim Gyu-wol further improved his performance.
Then Zhou Yunxiang’s body gradually began to tremble.
‘Tsk.’
He tried to channel away the incoming energy by protecting his shoulders with his innate true energy but as his energy increased it became increasingly difficult to do so.
-Blah blah blah!
Before I knew it the cracks in the cracked floor had reached the other cadets next to me.
Surprised they stepped aside.
Before they knew it everyone’s eyes were on them.
‘What on earth are you doing?’
‘Why is Six Thousand Tigers acting like that?’
Anyone could see that Lim Gyu-wol of the Sixth Heaven was putting pressure on Joo Woon-hyang with internal attacks.
Seeing Zhou Yunxiang’s complexion getting worse I didn’t know if it would be four months.
At that time Cheonho Mak Myeong-ho approached him and tried to dissuade him.
“Yukcheonho. stop…..”
“Don’t step forward.”
Lim Gyu-wol of the six thousandth generation made a small stop and waved his hand.
It meant not to intervene.
At this Cheonho Mak Myeong-ho could not help but feel embarrassed.
Because I had served Lim Gyu-wol for a long time I knew his personality better than anyone else.
If you tried to stop him here the anger could have reached you.
-Blah blah blah!
“Hmm.”
For the first time a small moan came out of Zhou Yunxiang’s mouth.
It seemed that Lim Gyu-wol’s continued pressure had finally reached his limit.
Since he was in the position of an apprentice going through the selection process for the Geumui rank he could not resist the examiner so it was an unavoidable situation for him to unilaterally endure it.
‘Hehehe. ‘Now it’s the limit.’
The corner of Lim Gyu-wol’s mouth went up in a sly manner.
It was surprising that he had endured his strength in a way that was not appropriate for his age but that was over now.
Lim Gyu-wol pulled up and made sure to finish him off.
-Blah blah blah!
As he increased his power even further the floor split even further.
Zhou Yunxiang’s complexion worsened as if he had reached his limit.
That was exactly the car.
-Park!
Then someone grabbed his right wrist.
‘huh?’
Lim Gyu-wol who had raised his internal strength to almost 7 stars had a horribly distorted expression.
Among his cadets he had no one who could stop him.
He naturally assumed that Cheonho and Myeongho had intervened.
hereto
“The main office told you not to intervene… did you?”
He was none other than cadet Bae Ji-seok or rather Mok Gyeong-un who was wearing the shell of his face as a bast mask.
Seeing this Lim Gyu-wol raised one of his eyebrows.
An apprentice cadet who was neither Cheonho nor Myeongho and wasn’t even in the top ranks in his first exam now grabbed his wrist?
Im Gyu-wol was shocked by this and tried to shake it off.
however
-Wow!
‘Anit?’
Lim Gyu-wol’s eyes wavered.
As expected he couldn’t shake off his hand.
He even raised his attack power to 8 stars but it was still close to being immovable.
Mok Gyeong-un smiled at the perplexed man and spoke in a polite voice.
“Yukcheonho Great Man. “I think we’ve tested the cadets enough so why don’t you stop at this point?”
“you…..”
What the hell is this guy?
His aerodynamic strength was much stronger than that of Joo Woon-hyang who received second place in the aerodynamic test.
Yuk Cheonho Im Gyu-wol’s eyes quickly scanned the surroundings.
All of the apprentice cadets were looking at him and he felt that if he continued to struggle here he might end up embarrassing himself.
< Episode 73: Line of Fire (2) > end
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