Chapter 419: Chapter 419

“What a disgusting smell.”

“That’s because they didn’t even clean it up.”

The men who entered the cabin covered their noses and frowned. The disgusting smell was spreading crazily to the point of giving them a headache.

Some of them were already dry heaving.

However, their gazes looking at the trembling child in fear did not change at all.

Their eyes were filled only with greed.

“But there’s some unknown guy here?”

Then they suddenly turned their heads and looked at Bi Cheon-ung.

Contrary to the thought that the young child would be alone, since there was a man giving off a strange feeling, they felt unnecessarily anxious and tightened their grip on their swords.

They all distanced themselves alike, seemingly preparing for any unforeseen situations.

These men of Hochon were all hunters.

Since they made a living catching many threatening beasts including bears, they knew the basics of combat to some extent.

They did not let their guard down.

Such were the gazes looking at Bi Cheon-ung.

The child, trembling in fear, hid behind Bi Cheon-ung’s back.

But soon the child clenched their fists.

They didn’t want someone else to die because of them. It wasn’t something a mere ten-year-old child would typically think, but this child, who had already lost their parents and had their face turn hideous, seemed to have given up even on their life.

The child took a step forward.

They already knew there was no way to escape.

That was why they had no choice but to step forward.

“W… what brings you here?”

“You wench! You’re hiding something from us, aren’t you?”

“I have nothing!”

The child shook their head and vehemently denied it.

There was nothing they were hiding.

Or rather, if there was anything, would it be Bi Cheon-ung? But they didn’t think taking care of an injured person was a bad thing. Because of that, the child, no, Yeo Eun-wol, strongly hoped with vehement denial that these men would leave as soon as possible.

“Don’t lie, you brat!”

*Boom-!*

A man wearing gloves yelled loudly and approached the child.

The reason he didn’t care even with Bi Cheon-ung right in front of him was because he trusted the other men around him.

He approached just like that and grabbed and dragged the child.

However, as the child resisted strongly, his hand flew out unconsciously.

*Slap-!*

The sound rang out lightly.

The small child’s body fell helplessly to the floor.

“Can’t you hear me telling you not to lie? You hid it, the wealth your mother and father left behind…”

“You people took it all! There’s nothing left!”

Yeo Eun-wol resisted and shouted.

Perhaps because death was imminent, she seemed to fear nothing. Her gaze looking at the men was sharp, and no matter how one looked at her, she did not look like a ten-year-old child.

The man ground his teeth.

“This bitch!”

*Slap!*

A hand flew out once again.

The child’s body collapsed to the floor and he kicked her stomach. With a *Thud!* sound, she curled up like a shrimp, and a groan leaked out from the surging pain.

It was by no means an act that should be done to a young child.

“…….”

Bi Cheon-ung clearly engraved that scene in his eyes.

The child lying face down was hovering between life and death just from the beatings a moment ago. Bloody foam was leaking from her mouth, and her eyes had already rolled back.

Yet the man’s violence did not stop.

Bi Cheon-ung, who was quietly watching, soon clicked his tongue with a ‘tsk’.

“Stop.”

“What?!”

*Thud!*

The moment the man yelled, his head floated into the air.

An inexplicable bizarre incident had occurred. Even those watching couldn’t understand what happened to their comrade.

The moment the head dropped, they just blankly watched the blood spurting from the body.

“Wh… what?”

“Just now…”

The men still didn’t know the reason.

A person died right in front of them. The head was cut off, and the body fell over, vomiting blood profusely.

Despite that, they didn’t know why this situation happened.

Why was that?

The moment they tried to resolve the question in their minds, Bi Cheon-ung reached out his hand.

A dagger hanging on the man’s waist naturally sucked into his hand.

The moment they saw that, the people realized.

“Te… Telekinesis…!”

“An, an expert!”

“Uwaaaaah!”

Run away.

They started to run away, pushing aside even their comrades without looking back.

No matter how ignorant of Murim they were as hunters, they knew that taking an object without even touching it was something only a tremendous expert could do.

Knowing that he was a monster they couldn’t beat even if all the countless hunters in Hochon attacked at once, they desperately sprinted and fled.

However, that was nothing more than an attempt.

*Stab!*

“Keugh!”

No one could escape.

Blood Emperor Bi Cheon-ung drew his sword and harbored murderous intent.

Even if the other Five Emperors were here, they would never be able to escape that blade.

*Slash!*

It was an instant.

The moment the men’s bodies were slashed and their heads fell, bidding farewell to life.

It was absurd in the first place for those who hadn’t even learned martial arts to escape the Blood Emperor’s reach. Before they could even leave this cabin, about ten men became wandering spirits in an instant.

Bi Cheon-ung flicked off the blood on the dagger.

“…….”

Then he turned his head and looked at the fallen child.

The child, fallen without even being able to breathe properly. Not to mention her eyes, even her body was slowly dying.

Since she was a frail child to begin with, she probably couldn’t withstand the man’s violence.

He engraved the expression of the dying Yeo Eun-wol in his eyes.

Did she foresee her own death?

She tried to smile brightly no matter what.

Bi Cheon-ung, who was engraving each of those sights in his eyes, carefully placed the child next to her mother and father’s corpses and stood up.

He couldn’t save her.

He didn’t have an elixir to restore the child, nor was his body recovered enough to infuse her with the internal energy to hold onto her life.

“I feel terrible.”

It was different from when he saved Dan So-mi.

With a life he couldn’t save right in front of him, he thought his decision was foolish and couldn’t hide his bitter feelings. If he had stepped forward a little earlier, no, if he hadn’t let them approach the child in the first place.

Would all of this have been different?

A moment’s hesitation determined everything. Bi Cheon-ung thought he made the mistake of his life.

In the end, he failed to choose the path of living as a person rather than a tool.

Bi Cheon-ung gripped the dagger straight.

“At the very least… I’ll get revenge for you.”

He had to move to find his sword.

If he did that, revenge would be accomplished naturally.

Bi Cheon-ung made up his mind like that and slowly moved.

* * *

“It’s this way.”

Dan Wu-hyun was walking through the back alleys of Hochon with Jang Sam-tae. This bizarrely quiet place seemed to foreshadow the calm before a storm.

“It’s too quiet…”

“Isn’t it because a fire broke out that everyone went there?”

“…….”

Dan Wu-hyun looked to the east.

Billowing smoke was still rising. He didn’t know if the people were still gathered together or if there was another reason, but this bizarrely quiet sensation was eerie.

“Anyway, there are so many strange places in the world. To kill people for money and live in luxury with that money… Not just one person, but the whole village.”

“It’s not our business to care about.”

“Of course. But I should at least give Lord Hong a hint later.”

Jang Sam-tae was displeased.

To ruin a family and live off their money? Although it was said that humans are a race inevitably blinded by money, wasn’t this going too far?

With the entire village being like that, it was enough to make him want to vomit.

In his heart, he wanted to gather them all and kill them.

“Is it far?”

“No, it’s just ahead.”

Jang Sam-tae stepped forward and pointed to a place.

The innermost part of the back alley.

A shabby cabin built in a space unfit for human habitation was seen. The moment they got quite close, a disgusting smell began to reek, and Jang Sam-tae dry heaved after smelling it.

“Ugh! What is this smell?”

“It’s the stench of corpses.”

“Ugh…!”

Jang Sam-tae covered his nose with a deadly pale face. A stench of corpses meant there was a rotting corpse. Just thinking about seeing it made his vision turn dark already.

However, Dan Wu-hyun walked as if nothing was wrong.

It had been quite a while since he smelled such a strong stench of corpses.

What heightened Dan Wu-hyun even more was the smell of blood wafting along with the corpse stench.

“What are you doing? Not going in.”

“A-are we really going in?”

“Aren’t we here to go in?”

“The corpses…”

“…….”

When Dan Wu-hyun didn’t say anything, Jang Sam-tae suddenly snapped to his senses. The scariest thing in the world was a silent Dan Wu-hyun.

Unable to express his complaints, he opened the door. But as the corpse stench wafted disgustingly, Jang Sam-tae hesitated, unable to step inside.

“What are you doing?”

“M… Manor Lord… c-corpses…”

“I know.”

The smell of blood meant there were corpses.

Dan Wu-hyun frowned and pushed Jang Sam-tae in with his hand. The moment Jang Sam-tae went inside, he almost tripped over a corpse.

Barely catching his balance, he glared sharply at Dan Wu-hyun.

“No, really-!”

“It’s one person.”

Dan Wu-hyun didn’t pay attention to Jang Sam-tae’s voice. Checking the corpses scattered around one by one, he was certain there was someone else here besides the child.

“It’s clean. A flawless skill.”

“Do you check things like that too?”

Jang Sam-tae looked at Dan Wu-hyun with a dumbfounded expression. He quietly watched the corpses of the dead and checked the severed cross-sections.

That sight was enough to give him goosebumps just by looking at it.

Soon, turning his gaze, Dan Wu-hyun discovered two corpses covered with a cloth. Realizing that was the cause of the stench, Jang Sam-tae stepped back in fright.

But he checked the child lying next to them.

“Over there, a child is…”

“I know.”

Dan Wu-hyun, who replied indifferently, approached the child. Engraving the hideous appearance in his eyes, he reached out and checked the pulse. The faintly beating pulse was in a situation where it wouldn’t be strange if she died right away.

“C-can she live?”

“Yes.”

Dan Wu-hyun didn’t have such hesitation as to whether he should save her or not.

Like a person who only had the thought of saving her, he naturally infused the Heavenly One Harmonious Art and held onto that faint breath.

“You, return to the village immediately.”

“M-me alone?”

“Yes, if there are any disturbing signs, let me know right away.”

“A-alright.”

Did he realize that Dan Wu-hyun’s voice was heavy?

Jang Sam-tae readily nodded his head.

Seeing that his demeanor was unusual, he felt that some trouble might definitely occur.

Soon, the moment Jang Sam-tae went outside.

Dan Wu-hyun held the limp child in his arms and looked around once again.

“One guy…”

His eyes narrowed.

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