Chapter 558: Side Story 58

Chapter side_58

They are insanely persistent.

Jin Tae-gong seemed to know why people say the Sichuan Tang Family is venomous. Even though four days had already passed, their pursuit was continuing.

Running and running again on the rough mountain path, when he felt he had distanced himself a bit and felt relieved, they would show their appearance once again without fail. As if playing with a person, the chasing and being chased pursuit battle rarely ends.

“Haa, haa… haa…!”

Jin Tae-gong panted for rough breath.

For a few days, not to mention meals, he couldn’t even properly touch water to his mouth. As such a situation continued, now he didn’t even have the strength to stand.

In such a situation, the voice heard grated on his nerves for no reason.

“Is it still… far?”

“Haa… haa, s-soon we can shake them off.”

“I think I’ve already heard only that word a hundred times.”

With a sigh of ‘Ehyo-’, a small sigh was heard.

Although it looked like he gave her a sense of disappointment, this is something that cannot be helped.

Who would have known that the pursuit technique of the Sichuan Tang Family would be this outstanding?

Also, who would have known that the persistence of the Sichuan Tang Family would be to this degree?

Even to Jin Tae-gong, he did not feel this situation was good.

Even more, the one who is struggling is himself.

Did she think running in this rough mountain with a person on his back was an easy thing? The grumbling of a person who merely was carried on his back without doing anything did not even enter his ears.

“I always believe in you.”

“H-Haha. Th-Thank you.”

Jin Tae-gong distorted his expression and barely handed a reply.

Believe, my foot.

No matter how much he thought, something is strange.

Even if it was a master-servant relationship, if it was this situation, she would likely bring out some solution herself, but this girl called the Holy Maiden is merely leaving everything up without having any thoughts.

Was it not the Holy Maiden who must break through the difficult situation showing outstanding ability more than anyone?

Countless cultists looked at the Holy Maiden and praised her as an existence that transcended humans, and Jin Tae-gong also deemed her as such, but a doubt of whether he had been deceived was dwelling, no matter how much he thought.

But Jin Tae-gong shook his head side to side.

He must not doubt the Holy Maiden.

Was she not a woman who left the immortal realm and descended to the human realm?

Denying this woman was soon equivalent to denying his entire life that had believed and followed the Heavenly Earth Cult until now.

“Soon, a road will come out. If we snatch a horse or anything there and run, we can sufficiently escape.”

“I will look forward to it.”

“…….”

At her voice speaking with a gentle smile, Jin Tae-gong nodded his head silently.

Something is strange.

Whether it was because his mind and body were driven to the limit, her single word was not touching him deeply. Even though it was surely words over which he should dance with joy in normal times.

Jin Tae-gong shook his head side to side and put more strength into his feet. For now, it seemed best to escape this difficult situation and try thinking.

Soon, leading his exhausted body, he ran down the rough road quickly. The mountain path which had been rough began to ease little by little, enough that he could expect a path where people walked would come out soon.

The moment he ran about fifteen minutes more like that.

The road was seen.

It is surely a path where people come and go.

Whether it was because it was a slightly late hour, there was no one coming and going, but if time passed, those riding horses or carriages would surely show their appearances.

While he was catching his breath with such thoughts.

“Yee-haw!”

From afar, a large carriage was seen approaching toward this side. Jin Tae-gong, who watched it quietly, showed a smile of satisfaction.

No matter how much they were the Sichuan Tang Family, since they fled riding a horse, would they chase to the end?

Jin Tae-gong slowly grasped his sword in his hand.

* * *

“It has already grown dark, so what should we do? Not even a nose of a village is seen nearby…”

Dan Woo-hyun glanced at the surroundings at the sound coming from the driver’s seat. The sun had already set, and even the slowly rising moon was covered by clouds, so a thick darkness was laid to the point that the front was not seen properly.

It seemed to be the end of the hour of the Rooster.

Since it was a time when the sun set quickly, if they did not find a place to camp outdoors around here, it seemed they could not go forward any further.

Although other people would be fine, Dan So-mi was likely to have a hard time.

“Search for a place to camp outdoors nearby.”

“Yes, yes! I was going while looking around anyway.”

Whether it was because he had been driving the carriage for a long time and was considerably exhausted, Jang Sam-tae slowly killed the carriage’s speed while wearing a broad grin.

Then he came to see something strange.

Not very far away, a shadow like a human was standing blankly.

For some reason, he was taking a threatening posture with his sword drawn, but the strange thing was that he had a person hanging on his back.

“…Manor Lord, there is something strange in front.”

“I saw.”

“It seems like he will swing that sword?”

“I know.”

Jang Sam-tae frowned.

If he knew, he should do something about it.

Even so, he couldn’t just run him over, could he?

He glanced at Namgung Cheon and Sa Do-hak, but whether they had zero interest, they were doing either meditation or sleeping with their eyes closed gently.

Once again, he turned his head and looked at Namgung So-hye.

She was seen slightly grasping her sword hilt.

It felt as if she would rush out at a moment’s notice.

Jang Sam-tae, who gained strength from that, gripped the reins even stronger and squared his shoulders. It seemed there was a feeling of relief that if Namgung So-hye stepped forward, he didn’t need to step forward himself.

“Stop!”

Ringingly!

It was precisely then that a robust shout was heard.

The sound spat out loaded with internal energy rang his ears strongly. Would you believe it if said to be a sound like thunder? By that alone, he guessed that the opponent’s skill was out of the ordinary.

However, Namgung Cheon and Sa Do-hak still did not open their eyes, and Dan Woo-hyun showed no interest at all.

Jang Sam-tae looked at Namgung So-hye once again.

She firmly gripped her sword with a somewhat tension-filled expression.

She noticed that he was not an ordinary fellow.

“What should we do?”

Jang Sam-tae asked, looking at Dan Woo-hyun once again.

At the expression mixed with the meaning of ‘he tells us to stop, shall I stop?’, Dan Woo-hyun let out a small sigh with a dumbfounded expression.

Soon, he stood up lightly inside the rattling carriage. Although it was a large main road, because the road was bad, despite it rattling and shaking here and there, his body did not have the slightest shaking.

“It is a good wind.”

“Yes? No wind is blowing…?”

The moment Jang Sam-tae could not suppress his puzzlement at the out-of-nowhere sound spat out, something suddenly blew in and grazed beside him.

The moment Jang Sam-tae and Namgung So-hye opened their eyes wide.

Boom!

Together with an immense explosion sound, fragments exploded entirely.

Neigh-!

The horse burst into crying and stopped, raised its two hooves, and wailed. Soon, snorting and hovering, it was just like speaking words that it cannot go forward.

“When did he go?”

“I do not know either.”

Jang Sam-tae lost his words, looking at that sight.

Looking back, Dan Woo-hyun’s appearance was not seen. Soon, calming down the horses and looking straight ahead, he was seen standing blankly in the middle of the road before he knew it.

In front of him, two figures were seen stretched out like frogs, but approaching near and looking, they seemed to be a man and a woman.

and the girl who was carried on his back fainted, unable to endure the impact.

Jang Sam-tae slowly got off the carriage and stood close to Dan Woo-hyun’s side.

“They don’t seem like bandits… just what are they, these things?”

“…Do I even need to know that?”

“No, since you beat them up blindly, that’s why I’m saying…”

Jang Sam-tae closed his mouth in an instant.

Dan Woo-hyun, who was standing quietly, was seen slightly clenching his fist. He instinctively felt that even if he said more useless words, he wouldn’t see a good sight.

Even more, had Jang Sam-tae himself not done so?

“Put them in the luggage compartment.”

“No, well… are they baggage?”

Jang Sam-tae wore a dumbfounded expression at the sound heard soon. He didn’t say load them, but put them in? No matter who looked, was it not baggage treatment.

However, at the silent pressure telling him to speak no further, he urgently closed his mouth and slowly approached toward the prostrated person.

At that moment, Dan So-mi, who was inside the carriage, approached wondering what was going on, and discovering the two people stretched out like frogs, she opened her eyes wide.

“Huh…? This woman is…?”

“What? Is she someone you know?”

“Ah… yes! She is the middle-aged lady who read fortunes in Chengdu…”

In an instant, Jang Sam-tae let out a cold sweat tricklingly.

He saw the woman’s face, but it was not a feeling of being that old. Should he say she was equivalent to or slightly older than Namgung So-hye? Yet she calls her a middle-aged lady?

Then does it mean Namgung So-hye is also a middle-aged lady?

Without realizing it, he turned his gaze and looked at Namgung So-hye.

In an instant, her eyes were seen glaring fiercely.

“Why is she sleeping in a place like this?”

“That’s because the Manor Lord…”

“Yes?”

“…….”

Jang Sam-tae, who was about to say because he beat them to a pulp, closed his mouth once again. It felt as if an invisible momentum was pricking his entire body like a sword blade.

He cannot say a word.

“You shouldn’t fall asleep in a place like this. Right?”

Dan So-mi approached toward Geum Ji-ran with a gentle smile. Managing with difficulty that funny appearance stretched out like a frog, she carried her on her back powerfully.

“…….”

Jang Sam-tae could not close his mouth at that sight.

Just how are those slender arms, legs, and body made? Even if she is a woman, she is an adult, but carrying her up lightly, it was a work that an ordinary person could never do.

Jang Sam-tae recalled the past for a moment.

That small child who broke down everything if she just touched it, because she ate a spiritual medicine wrongly, that is.

Whether he shuddered just recalling it, he shook his head.

“Then I will put her in the luggage compartment!”

“Okay.”

“Gosh…”

Soon, at the single word spat out with an innocent expression, he glanced at Dan Woo-hyun. Whether it was because they were father and daughter, they clicked together perfectly.

Treating a person as baggage is not only Dan Woo-hyun.

“What are you doing? Without moving him.”

“Ah… yes.”

Jang Sam-tae slowly approached toward the collapsed one and shook his head. Seeing Dan So-mi whose deeds were somehow becoming similar to Dan Woo-hyun’s, an uneasy future was drawn in his head for no reason.

‘I must teach her better.’

Without realizing it, he spat a sigh while having such thoughts internally.

At least that child, he must make her escape from Dan Woo-hyun’s evil clutches.

Because if he recalled Dan So-mi who closely resembled Dan Woo-hyun, there would be no other work that made him shudder as much.

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