Episode 1114 Can I do well? (4)
“…Okay. “There is no sound in my body.”
Danjan massaged my numb chin. My jaw where that damn bastard hit me is still throbbing.
“You damn bastard….”
Even the look in Jogeol’s eyes that was shining with determination to survive is still vivid. It was clearly a punch filled with emotion.
Danjan, who was gritting his teeth, screamed and grabbed his chin. As I ground my teeth, my jaw started to hurt more.
“Next time, I will definitely kill that bastard!”
Danjan, showing his raw negative emotions, shook his fist. I felt foolish for once feeling good about being from the same neighborhood.
“older brother. “Isn’t it too much for those volcano bastards to do… brother?”
Danzan, who had been casually talking to the party leader, tilted his head. The party leader was sitting on the bed with a serious expression on his face, contemplating something.
“older brother. Are you okay?”
“Hmm.”
A sigh came out from the mouth of the party leader who was deep in thought.
“Are you in a lot of pain?”
“….”
“He seems harsh.”
At those words, the party member unconsciously rubbed his eyelids. Before I knew it, the eyes where Yu I-seol’s regime had been locked up were black and bruised.
“My sister Soso was following me while thinking and thinking, so I wondered why she was like that… She was indeed not an ordinary person. So don’t make that face. “You might get hit a little bit in life.”
“That’s not it.”
“…yes?”
The party’s defeat distorted his expression.
Danjan seems to think that he is hurt because he was hit by a woman. Of course, Sacheondangga is basically a place where martial arts is not taught to the women of the family, so it is unlikely that you will be beaten by the women. So, depending on how you think about it, it may come as a shock.
But that wasn’t the reason why the party’s defeat had become so serious now.
“Jan,”
“Yes, brother.”
“…Are you okay?”
“Me? I am okay. My teeth seem to be a bit loose, but to this extent…” “
No, that’s not what I’m saying.”
The party leader shook his head.
“Didn’t you lose again?”
“Oh, that’s what you mean.”
Danjan scratched his head.
“no. Well… I lost, but if you really think about it, I didn’t lose, right? “If I had actually used poison and memorization, I think I would have definitely won.”
“Do you really think so?”
Tang Zan, who was about to say yes, of course, saw the expression of defeat on his face and kept his mouth shut. The expression on the party leader’s face was more serious than expected.
“Of course, if we had used extreme poison as you said and used memorization for practical purposes without considering the damage to the opponent, the situation could have been a little better. But isn’t that also true of volcanoes?”
“What do you mean….”
“Your jaw hurts and my eye is black because it’s sparring. “If it had been a real fight, your head would have been cut off and my eyes would have been blown out.”
Only then did Danjan’s face become serious. Dangpae sighed deeply and said.
“They are inspectors. In particular, isn’t Hwasan’s swordsmanship evaluated to be more vicious than that of Sapa? “Do you think they would ever stab one person twice in a real fight?”
“….”
“Their swords I saw at Maehwa Island were simpler and more brutal than the swords of any other sect. If that sword had been swung at us… they wouldn’t have had to waste time taking us down. “The moment he got within the range of the sword attack, his life would have ended.”
Tang Zhan could not refute these words.
If the sparring that took place today had been a real fight, all he would have seen was not Jo Geol’s face as he turned his chin with his eyes fluttering, but only Jo Geol’s cold back as he cut off his head and passed by.
Thinking about that, a chill ran down my spine again.
“Of course, if it had been a real fight, they wouldn’t have succeeded either. But… no matter how much I think about it, I don’t think the result would have changed.”
“…older brother.”
“There is nothing more foolish than trying to deny the undeniable. The important thing is not to deny the fact, but how to solve the problem. “What do you think is the problem with the party now?”
Dangjan was troubled by the question asked by Dangpae. When I tried to find the problem, there were more than one.
“There are so many things that come to mind, but I think there is one thing that is decisive.”
“What is it?”
“Practical experience.”
The party leader nodded his head loudly.
“I think the same thing.”
There was a reason why the two people had the same problem. It was only after experiencing this sparring that the two realized that the Sacheondangmun sect had no experience in properly fighting against other specific sects.
“…There was no problem like this on Maehwa Island….”
“You were mistaken.”
The party leader spoke in a bitter tone in response to Dangjan’s compliments.
“At that time, we were happy that we had shown the majesty of the Tang family to the world, but looking back, it was not that the Tang family did well, but that Huashan was great. “Didn’t they block all the attacks that would come to Tangga and even clear the road?”
“We even took on enemies who were targeting us in the water.”
“okay. But we thought that was Dangga’s skill. “It was like an archer bragging about his accomplishments by comfortably shooting arrows while his comrades risked their lives and raised shields to protect him.”
Danjan bit his lip slightly at that harsh evaluation.
It was an overly cold assessment, but I couldn’t bear to refute it. It was because I knew that the person who felt sick saying this was a party loser.
“You can’t find problems unless you actually experience it. “It was only after going through this sparring that I could see the problems the party had.”
Danjan nodded. After listening to it, I felt many things.
It is no exaggeration to say that the Tang family is the best faction in the world when fighting from a distance, but as soon as the distance gets closer, it cannot display even half of its skills.
The problem is that the battle they have to go through from now on is likely to be a melee with enemies coming from all directions. Isn’t it very easy to imagine what would happen if you were exposed to the enemy without protection in such a situation?
Tang Zan, who had been lost in thought with a stern face, suddenly raised his head and looked at the party flag.
“But brother.”
“hmm?”
“Then… did the Hwasan Sword Association anticipate all of this and create this situation?”
“maybe.”
The party leader smiled bitterly.
“I guess it meant experiencing it and feeling it yourself. “The Hwasan Sword Association is second to none when it comes to actual combat, so wouldn’t the problem of the Tang family be clearly visible?”
“Even the head of the house didn’t know… or maybe the head of the house knew… But anyway, the Hwasan Sword Association is the first to point out that part?”
“Don’t be mistaken.”
At that moment, the party leader’s voice subsided slightly.
“The head of the family may be a stronger expert than the Hwasan Sword Association, but that and experience in actual combat are two different things.”
“….”
“While other factions were exposed to life-threatening battles, the Tang family always took a step back. “Didn’t the party even participate in the Yangtze River Disaster, when even members of the old faction had to risk their lives, or in the Hangzhou Demon Rebellion this time?”
“…That’s true.”
“The only real battle we have experienced in the past ten years is Maehwa Island. However, the Hwasan Sword Association has been constantly fighting against an enemy that threatens its life for several years now. Our headquarters was attacked by the Ten Thousand Gangs, and we fought against that Demonic Cult in the North Sea. “I fought with Jang Il-so in the middle of the Black Dragon Battlefield. How about this time?”
Danjan couldn’t say anything because he felt dizzy for a moment.
“It is true that we have been friendly with Hwasan, but perhaps because of that familiarity, we have thought too easily about the sect called Hwasan and the warriors called Hwasan Sword Association. “They are greater than we think.”
Danzan let out a deep sigh.
“Then you could have just said it.”
“Then do you understand?”
“….”
“I guess I pretended to understand. However, it may not have been engraved deep into my bones. “People always roughly accept things they haven’t experienced directly.”
I touched the area around my throbbing eyes.
“For the price of learning such a lesson… this kind of hurt is cheap.”
Tang Zhan looked at the party flag blankly for a moment. The party leader asked with a puzzled look.
“Why are you doing that?”
“no. it’s nothing.”
Danjan shook his head without answering.
At times like this, I felt it. Why is the party leader given by Soga of the Sacheon Dang family and he is just the son of Tang Gunak? It’s hard to say that it’s just because of age. The vessels are different and the perspectives on how to accept them are different.
For a time, I had a dream that the party would be overthrown and he might become the head of a small family, but now it seems laughable.
“older brother. So what should I do now?”
“You have to experience it.”
A look of determination flashed across the party leader’s face.
“Didn’t the Hwasan Sword Association lay the boards with such care? Didn’t he generously give his most cherished disciples of Hwasan to make up for his shortcomings as much as possible? “Then isn’t it our duty to use it gratefully?”
“I understand what you mean.”
“but.”
“yes?”
The party leader smiled.
“But that doesn’t mean we can’t just keep breaking things like we are now. “Gather the children and come.”
“What are you trying to do…”
“What the head of the family or the Hwasan Sword Association wants us to do is not just to crash into each other and break things. “I guess it means desperately thinking about it and making improvements to find a way to compete on an equal footing with the volcano.”
“….”
“That’s not a problem that can be concluded by you and I alone. “It’s an issue that more people need to listen to and more people to think about.”
“But brother… if you do that, your authority will be…”
“You’re talking nonsense. Within Hwasan, the authority of Hwasan Sword Association is stronger than anyone else. So, why is the Hwasan Swordsman Association blocking their ears and yelling at us to just follow what they say?”
“I think so?”
“….”
Dangpae, who was speechless, looked dumbfounded for a moment.
“Uh… uh… no. Well….yeah, that’s true. “That’s… Wow!”
The party leader quickly cleared his throat to brighten the mood.
“Anyway, I think what we need to do is not assert authority. Perhaps the power of the volcano comes from distributing everything from top to bottom and talking and communicating informally. “It would be foolish to close your eyes and ears and just stick with the way things are done when there is the best example right in front of you.”
The party leader smiled.
“Let’s open it a little more. The fact that the Hwasan Sword Association is asking us to do this now probably means that they are coming closer to us and opening their hearts a little more. “Someone who has as much as me opens himself up, so how can we keep it closed and only protect what we have?”
Danjan shook his head at those words.
“To be honest, I don’t really understand what you’re saying. Isn’t Hwasan just a new sect at best, and our Tang family a sect that has already proven its skills as the conqueror of Sichuan for hundreds of years? “Of course there will be opposition from everyone.”
“…That could be possible.”
“But…”
Tang Zan looked at the party flag with resolute eyes.
“I will follow your words. However, I want you to know that it is not because the volcano looks amazing to me, but because the person giving the order is none other than my brother.”
Dangpae, who was silent for a moment as if speechless, bowed his head once and spoke in a low voice.
“Thank you.”
“Then I’ll be back.”
“okay.”
After Tang Zhan hurried out of the room, Tang Pai let out a deep sigh.
‘I guess I thought it was too easy.’
I thought that if everyone came together, everything would be resolved easily. However, the moment different people gathered in one place, what was visible was each other’s differences and their own shortcomings.
“Even if that’s the case, you can’t ignore it.”
The party leader lightly clenched his fist.
Even if Hwasan led the Cheonwoo Meng, he had no intention of remaining just a supporting role next to them. The Tang family will never become those who assist Hwasan. Sometimes you have to lead a volcano, and you have to be a sect that the volcano can rely on at any time.
That was the pride of the people of the Tang family and the pride of the party members of the small family of the Tang family.
“Before that… I have to let those volcanic demons know what defeat is. Let us feel what we felt.”
The party leader gritted his teeth.
Unfortunately, he didn’t know. His expression was already beginning to resemble that of volcanic devils.
