Episode 799. If you’re handsome and unlucky, you’re a real loser. (4)
“Where are the people fighting?”
Jogeol looked ahead with a slightly shocked face.
It’s been a while since Hwasan held a party, but the other scholars who were discussing among themselves have no intention of moving.
“execution. I guess they have no intention of fighting today? “The scenery would be nice. Aren’t you planning to take a leisurely look around and then withdraw?”
“Walk.”
“Yes, death penalty!”
“Close your mouth.”
“….”
As Jo Geol lowered her head, becoming sullen, Yoon Jong sighed. These days, if you look closely, it seems like Jo Geol-i has a better side than Cheong-myeong. How can you think of saying something like that while looking at those prominent sects?
But this time, Baekcheon seemed to have similar thoughts as Jogeol.
“…but it doesn’t move too much.”
He frowned and muttered. It doesn’t seem like they are preparing anything, but time is being delayed too much.
Then Yoonjong looked at it for a moment and said.
“Isn’t that why conquering that valley is more difficult than expected?”
“Hmm. “That could be possible.”
The moment Baekcheon nodded, Cheongmyeong, who had been listening quietly, chuckled.
“It’s not like that…”
“Huh?”
“We are in the midst of a bloody fight right now.”
“…fighting?”
Baekcheon looked ahead with puzzled eyes. The leaders of the four clans were still leisurely leaning back, looking across the river.
“We’re not fighting with swords, but are you saying we’re fighting a battle of wits?”
“You can say that.”
“There is a counselor in the Black Dragon House who can deal with them?”
“no. “The enemy is not the numbers, but the things next to me.”
“Eh?”
Cheongmyeong looked at the heads of the four sects and twitched the corner of his mouth and sneered.
“They are so busy fighting amongst themselves that they don’t even care about the numbers in front of them.”
“…It doesn’t look like that?”
“Normally, high-ranking nobles pretend to be polite on the outside, but are upset on the inside.”
A look of pity flashed in Cheongmyeong’s eyes. It was because I remembered the past.
‘It was like that in the old days. Damn you bastards.’
This was around the time when Magyo first came into prominence and pushed into the midfield. No, it was around the time when the Demonic Cult began to turn the outside world into a wasteland and the central plains into a sea of fire.
Even back then, if the Jungwon had united as one to fight against the Demonic Cult, the future might have been a lot different.
However, the midfielder was ultimately unable to unite.
On the outside, it seemed like they were united under the goal of stopping the Demonic Cult, but on the inside, they were intent on somehow reducing the damage from the group and taking advantage.
“haha. They remain the same over time. Haha… ha… ha….”
The smile on Cheongmyeong’s face gradually faded and disappeared.
“Think about it. “Those bastards are pissed!”
Flames erupted from my eyes.
‘Even in simple operations, we fought all day and night over which faction to deploy. Those damn bastards!’
The more I thought about it, the more my teeth chattered.
At that time, I should have just ripped the heads off those bastards without even looking back! Why did I put up with it so that I could enjoy wealth and fame, only to end up like this?
It would have been fine if everyone had just been defeated regardless of whether the hearing would stop the death penalty.
“…Why are you always babbling like that?”
“Okay.”
Cheongmyeong sighed deeply.
“There will be a conclusion soon.”
“huh? what?”
“In the end, we will be fighting over who will take the lead.”
“…is that that important?”
“It’s important.”
Cheongmyeong shakes his head loudly.
“Being a leader is a position where you can make the greatest contribution and at the same time take the greatest risk. So, I’m saying this because it’s a delicate, complicated, and ambiguous position that feels strangely uncomfortable for me to step up to, but it’s also a shame to leave it to someone else.”
“What is he saying now. “Crazy guy.”
“…What would Sasuk know?”
“….”
Looking at the dumbfounded Baekcheon, Cheongmyeong clicked his tongue and gestured towards the front.
“don’t worry. As I said, this is a matter with a definite conclusion. No matter how much controversy there is, there is only one place to be at the forefront.”
“Shaolin?”
“No, the Namgung family.”
“huh?”
Everyone who heard those unexpected words widened their eyes. Jo Geol spoke on behalf of everyone’s feelings.
“Uh… no, of course the Namgung family is not a sect that is going to end up in trouble, but…”
“There are Shaolin and shamans, so why is the Namgung family at the forefront?”
“huh.”
It was a question worth asking. Cheongmyeong explained with a small smile.
“If there was only one of Shaolin or Shaman, the Namgung family would not have been able to stand at the forefront. But if you have both, you can stand. “If Cheongseong is there, there is no one else but Namgungse to stand at the forefront.”
“What do you mean by that?”
No matter how much he thought about it, Jo Geol seemed like he couldn’t understand it at all.
However, Baekcheon frowned slightly as if he understood what Cheongmyeong’s words meant.
“…Are you saying that you would rather hand over the credit to the Five Great Families than see one of the same old factions take the lead?”
“oh. “Dongryong’s head is still spinning a bit, isn’t it?”
Baekcheon burst out laughing as if it was absurd. However, Yoonjong asked back as if he did not understand at all.
“No matter what, doesn’t Shaolin shaman Cheongseong belong to the same old group? Of course, they say they are close to the Five Great Clan, but they cannot be compared to the same old school, so why do you come to that conclusion?”
Cheongmyeong looks at Yoonjong as if impressed.
“Wow. Our executioner is also kind. “How can you be so naive!”
“…Just swear, Cheongmyeong.”
“It seems like the death penalty doesn’t really know, but it’s normal for people to not see others doing well, even if they die. And if a complete stranger buys the land, you might do it, but if your cousin buys the land, you’ll die from a stomach ache.”
“Isn’t that looking at the world too much like you?”
“Then see.”
Cheongmyeong gestured toward the front again.
“Perhaps I was wrong.”
“….”
Yunjong looked in the direction pointed by Cheongmyeong with suspicious eyes.
At that moment, those who had formed a camp began to move.
“Where is it?”
Among those lined up with everyone’s attention, those wearing light blue military uniforms rushed to the riverside all at once.
“It’s the Namgung family!”
Baekcheon looked at Cheongmyeong with slightly tired eyes.
‘How on earth does this guy get this right?’
“why? Interesting?”
“….”
“There’s nothing to be surprised about. “If you just understand what kind of guys they are, anyone can guess it.”
Cheongmyeong twitched the corners of his mouth as if mocking him and drank again.
“By the way… that head of the Namgung family also seems to be a person with a great sense of honor. I see you biting into it so hard that I give you that spot. Well… since the Tang family broke away from the Five Great Families, we need to somehow make it known that the Five Great Families are still alive and well. “Giggle.”
Baekcheon sighed softly as he listened to what he said.
‘Anyway, this guy is really unpredictable.’
Now everyone in Hwasan knows that Cheongmyeong is a lot smarter than they thought. But even so, I never thought that even the heads of the nine factions and the five generations would move within his predictions.
Even as they were talking, the battlefield was moving.
The disciples of the Namgung family ran to the river and jumped onto the ship anchored on the riverside. The process from completing boarding to retrieving the anchor passed by literally in the blink of an eye.
‘be good at.’
Baekcheon was deeply impressed.
It might be possible to somehow imitate that speed, but that unerring consistency was something that a volcano could not even dream of. It was a sight that made one guess how strictly they lived under control and how hard they trained.
‘That’s Namgungse…!’
It seemed to prove that the reputation of being the head of the five major families was not something that was earned by just everyone. The ships carrying the Namgung family quickly moved towards the enemy ships occupying the other side of the river.
Jo Geol shouted in a slightly embarrassed voice.
“Break through head-on?!”
“No matter what, they are outnumbered!”
The other disciples of Hwasan also looked at the fiercely rushing ship of the Nangung family with startled eyes.
The number of ships captured by the enemy was greater than expected. But even that was only a handful compared to the numerous enemy ships that filled the other side of the river.
“Wouldn’t it be okay? “Isn’t the quality of the troops different?”
“Oh no, but if it attacks from under the water, there’s no way to stop it, right?”
Perhaps they had the same thought as Baekcheon, when the enemy saw the approaching boat and began to jump into the river. It was clear that the intention was to reach down and blow a hole in the bottom of the boat.
However, King Namgung was not left to his own devices.
A person stood on top of the lion-shaped figurehead at the front of the ship moving ahead.
Slurp.
The head of the Namgung family. Emperor Namgung drew his sword and stared ahead with an angry face.
“How dare you insignificant enemies!”
He raised his sword high above his head.
Gooooooooo!
The energy that erupted swirled around the sword like a storm. Soon, milky sword light bloomed from his sword and enveloped it.
“Taaaaaap!”
The sword was brought down from top to bottom at once.
At the same time, a sword the size of a house, which was hard to believe even with the naked eye, was shot out like a cannonball.
Sssssssssssssssssssssssssssww!
The moment Geomgang, which cannot even be described as formidable, touched the river, the flowing river water surged in all directions as if exploding. In an instant, the river was pushed to the left and right, splitting into more than a section.
“What is that!”
“crazy!”
The disciples of Hwasan were astonished and let out an exclamation that was almost like a scream.
“Separating a river with a sword? really?”
It was truly a spectacular sight.
The milky black river moved forward without losing its power even after splitting the river. And in an instant, it crashed into the ship camped in front.
A ship made of planks was too weak and insignificant to deal with the strong sword that split the ship.
Kwaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
The ship was cut apart and exploded, with debris exploding like firecrackers in all directions.
“Aaaahhh!”
“Aaaahhh!”
Those who were swept away in the aftermath, screaming and flying away, were in a better situation. Those who were hit directly by the sword were torn to pieces and died without even knowing how they died.
Kwaaaaaaaa! Kwaaaaang!
As if completely destroying one ship was not enough, the Geom River subsided only after destroying two ships in succession and half destroying the remaining one.
1 sword.
With a single sword, he shattered as many as three ships and slowly sank one ship into the water.
“Aaaahhh!”
“What is this!”
The screams were not only heard from the ship.
The embarrassment of those who jumped into the water was incomparable to theirs.
The destructive power contained in Emperor Nangong’s sword completely destroyed the water. Those who were swept away by the suddenly generated vortex were swept away without any time to use their water, and most of them had to face a bizarre situation they had never even imagined, where their bodies escaped through the side rather than the top of the water.
What greeted them as they fell was a deep riverbed that they thought they would never see with clear eyes in their entire lives.
thud! thud! thud!
Soon, a huge amount of water poured down on the victims lying on the riverbed. The divided river regained its original position and immediately crushed the enemies with water pressure.
Emperor Nangong, who had created a situation that was completely incomprehensible to common sense, in which his enemies on the Yangtze River drowned and died, roared like an angry tiger.
“Hit!” “Please clearly inform those insignificant enemies of Namgung’s name!”
“insect!”
As soon as Emperor Nangong’s words were spoken, the disciples of the Nangong family rushed out of the boat without any hesitation and jumped into the swirling Yangtze River.
Everyone who watched the scene could not help but shudder.
“…that’s the Namgung family.”
“The King’s Sword… Emperor Namgung.”
It was a moment when Hwasan’s disciples could see with their own eyes the majesty of a truly powerful man who commanded the world.
