Chapter 549: Side Story 49

Chapter side_49

Dark clouds thickly gathered in the dark night sky.

The surroundings were full of moisture, and even the wind blew fiercely. The feeling that a storm was about to hit was evident.

Perhaps because of that, the night was even darker, and even small sounds echoed loudly.

Thwack- thwack-!

Jang Sam-tae ground his teeth and swung his fists.

There were so many people rushing in that if he caught one, another followed, and if he avoided that, they attacked from the side. They were swarming ignorantly to the point he couldn’t gather his senses.

“Ah-! Damn it! Until when are you going to chase us?!”

“Probably until we are all caught or all die.”

Namgung So-hye frowned her beautiful eyebrows and swung her sword. She moved without drawing her sword as if she was showing mercy in her strikes, but her speed was so fast that she was taking down twice as many as Jang Sam-tae.

It was to the extent that one would think if they continued fighting like this until daybreak, wouldn’t she be the one standing at the end.

“The opponents are masters! You definitely must be on guard!”

“Let’s perform a joint attack!”

Namgung So-hye was shocked by the words coming from everywhere. They had been climbing the mountain for about an hour, and just the number of people they had knocked down seemed to easily exceed thirty.

Even so, they relentlessly swarmed in, and despite showing overwhelming strength, they seemed to rush in even more fiercely.

Where else would there be people this persistent?

Pow, pow, pow!

“Ah! Old men, please do something about this! This kind of thing is your specialty, isn’t it!”

Jang Sam-tae, sweating profusely, shouted roughly toward the two old men. If they just stepped forward, they would quickly resolve the situation, but they stood behind protecting Dan So-mi and showed no thought of moving.

“This kind of thing is all- experience. And since you survived in situations worse than this, why are you bitching about it being so hard?”

“Just how many years ago are you talking about!? And I was young back then!”

From a bit far away, Sado Hak made a nonchalant expression. Around him, numerous people were sprawled out suppressing groans, and all of them looked like they didn’t even know when they were hit and laid down.

It meant that Sado Hak and Namgung Cheon’s abilities were that overwhelming.

“Haha- But they really are swarming endlessly.”

Swish-!

At that moment, a presence was heard from somewhere.

Namgung Cheon, whose forehead twitched momentarily, casually extended his scabbard.

Thwack-!

“Keuk?!”

A person who suddenly appeared from midair was struck in the abdomen and plummeted to the ground. He hadn’t even realized yet that the ambush he believed was perfect had failed, and he rolled on the ground with his eyes wide open.

Smack!

“Kkeuaaak!”

Soon, Sado Hak confirmed the man rolling around while screaming, and lightly swung his fist to strike his face. It was definitely a blow without much strength put into it, but the man let out a bizarre scream and rolled on the ground.

“Um… I’m fine, so please help Mister and Sister.”

“Haha, those kids will be fine too. Shall we climb a bit further up?”

“But still…”

Dan So-mi looked at Jang Sam-tae and Namgung So-hye with a worried expression. Although they seemed to be overwhelming the people attacking from all sides, since they swarmed endlessly, she felt like they would eventually get exhausted and fall.

Shouldn’t they help at times like this?

Dan So-mi made a firm resolution and took one step forward.

At that moment.

Swish-!

A person who revealed themselves from somewhere stopped in front of Dan So-mi. It was an extremely sudden situation, and for Dan So-mi, who had no such experience, it was a situation she couldn’t help but be terrified of.

Shortly after, the moment the man’s sword was swung.

Crackle!

“Kkeuak?!”

Suddenly, lightning struck down from the sky and crashed into the swung sword. Trembling violently, he plummeted to the ground without being able to do anything.

“S-Surprised me…”

Dan So-mi looked at it and stroked her chest in relief.

Because the two old men were beside her, she didn’t think she would die, but having a sword fly in front of her eyes still felt terrible.

“A-Are you okay?”

“Kkeuo… oooh.”

Dan So-mi hurriedly approached the charred black man. Fortunately, seeing him let out groans, it seemed he had somehow managed to stay alive without dying.

“You look… fine.”

She soon breathed a sigh of relief and clenched her fists.

She thought she could no longer just watch this situation.

“Such a pitiful bastard…”

“It would have been a bit better if you just got hit… Haha.”

Sado Hak and Namgung Cheon broke out in a cold sweat as they watched the scene. Although a storm was blowing, lightning, which had been quiet until now, suddenly struck.

Of all times, at that exact moment.

If the heavens weren’t protecting that child, wouldn’t it be an impossible event?

Namgung Cheon let out a hearty laugh.

Anyway, she was a child whose heavenly luck showed no signs of fading.

At that moment, the grass rustled, and the white tiger revealed itself. As if it had no interest in the battles occurring everywhere, it lazily approached and settled down next to Dan So-mi.

“You’re going to protect her?”

Grrr-

Sado Hak looked at the white tiger with an absurd expression.

Although he knew it was a spiritual creature, it was because it was so fascinating that a mere beast could understand human speech.

“Then take her and stay far away. It seems it will get a bit noisy here.”

“Eh?!”

Dan So-mi was startled by Sado Hak’s sudden words and widened her eyes. She had to help Namgung So-hye and Jang Sam-tae, but to go far away?

That was practically saying there was no need for her to be here.

“W-Wait a minute, I also!”

“Go play and come back-“

Sado Hak smiled and waved his hand.

* * *

Things were flowing strangely.

Things that seemed to be aligning correctly at first had gone awry before they knew it, reaching a situation impossible to salvage. The number of martial artists, which was five hundred, was rapidly decreasing.

Because the mountain paths were so rugged and the bastards’ numbers were small, just finding them was an extremely perplexing task. If they luckily discovered them, they were defeated individually, so no matter how large their numbers were, it couldn’t be called a good situation.

“How could this…!”

“What should we do?”

Chu Jakhwan ground his teeth at this nonsensical situation. The Orthodox Murim warriors who rose up to eliminate the Heaven and Earth Cult were completely useless.

Rather, the cult members mixed within them were suffering even more casualties.

“What exactly are they… Keuk!”

Chu Jakhwan felt bizarreness in this situation.

It was merely six people.

Their side would be hundreds, and even if a ragtag group was mixed in, the overwhelming numbers should have covered such a gap.

But look around.

Just the people lying down already exceeded a hundred.

The Orthodox Murim warriors, of course, and even the Heaven and Earth Cult members who were mixed in acting as instigators; if he summed up all the numbers of those who fell while climbing Mount Wudang, half of them must have been taken down.

Was this reality and not a dream?

Chu Jakhwan looked at where the bastards were.

He saw the girl riding on the back of the white tiger and rapidly moving somewhere. If he lost her like this, that would become a troublesome situation on its own.

However, that damn bastard was in front of him.

“Aigoo, I’m really dying!”

“Stop running your mouth and fight, please!”

“I am working hard!”

That guy, swinging his fists along with a girl, looked clearly quite exhausted just at a glance. Looking at the flowing sweat and even his panting for breath.

In the end, his plans weren’t completely ruined.

“Gather everyone. We’ll break through and ascend all at once.”

“Yes!”

Gather the cult members scattered in all directions to one place and push through in one breath. If they first cut down the damn bastard and chase after the white tiger, they could set straight all the situations that had gone wrong again.

Piiiiiiiiiik-!

Soon, with the sound of a whistle, cult members everywhere started moving.

Chu Jakhwan gripped his sword and unleashed his momentum.

Here, he would sever this sickening ill-fated relationship. Paying back all the humiliation he suffered, and tearing apart his group in front of him would complete all of his revenge.

Chu Jakhwan stroked his own face and regulated his breathing.

Soon, he let out a long sigh and exploded the anger he had built up all this time.

“I will kill you. Definitely!”

* * *

“W-What is that now?”

Jang Sam-tae was terrified by the sudden swarming sound and looked around. Centered around one man, countless numbers of bastards were seen approaching at a fierce speed.

None of their momentum was anything to scoff at.

“Ah-! Fuck, what is it again, seriously!”

“Haa-“

When he spat out rough curses and looked at Namgung So-hye, she also sighed with a slightly exhausted expression. It was natural, as she had suppressed a much larger number than Jang Sam-tae and had moved that much more.

“What are you doing? You have to look straight ahead. You’ll get hit by a sword, you brat.”

“Ah, please help me out!”

“Uhaha! You brat, are we at the age to deal with such greenhorns?”

Sado Hak burst into loud laughter.

Helping them wouldn’t be difficult, but he didn’t seem to have any intention of lifting a finger. Whether he considered it a bothersome chore or thought of it as a form of training, all the two old men did was sit leisurely in one place and watch.

Jang Sam-tae frowned and looked forward again.

Then what caught his eye was the man at the very front. His killing intent was surging so fiercely that it was enough to give him goosebumps.

“Huh? That bastard is?”

“Do you know him?”

Jang Sam-tae nodded at Namgung So-hye’s question.

How could he forget that face?

He had smashed the only potato he had into his face.

“You know, that one. The one I said attacked us every time…”

“Ah… You mean that half-wit? But his face is quite a sight to see.”

Sado Hak turned his gaze and looked at Chu Jakhwan, whom Jang Sam-tae pointed at. He had already approached closely, and as his face was clearly revealed, his hideous skin could be fully seen.

“That’s what I’m saying. He looked extremely pretty when I first saw him…”

And the words Jang Sam-tae spat out echoed a bit loudly. It was loud enough that even those approaching could hear it, so it naturally reached Chu Jakhwan’s ears.

“You… son… son of a bitch?!”

“Haha- I’m telling you he looked totally like a girl. But now… what is up with that?”

“Just die, you son of a bitch-!”

Soon, Chu Jakhwan swung his sword and poured out his extreme internal energy. The sword aura that shot out advanced at a fierce speed and engulfed Jang Sam-tae.

Bang-!

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