Chapter 46 – Chapter 10 (1)

‘Jincheon… Where did you go…’

Hong Seol-lin kept glancing behind her even while moving, thinking that Jin-cheon might be belatedly chasing her.

‘The swordsman said that he left suddenly because something happened…’

The swordsman informed her that she had personally heard that Jincheon had been unable to put off an urgent task from the beginning and was about to fall in the middle.

Of course, it seems like a lie because it is so out of the blue and full of gaps,

‘There’s no way the swordsman would lie like that to someone like me.’

Because there is no reason for the swordsman of the world to lie about something like this, Hong Seol-rin can’t help but wonder what the hell this is all about.

And while moving with her Jujak Danju, Geomhu looked at her as if she was wary of her surroundings and checked the condition of her Hong Seol-rin.

After all, no matter what excuses she has, she believes that what she has done has separated a man and a woman who love each other.

Still, she believed her own behavior was right in the long run.

‘It must be frustrating and sad now. However, a talented and beautiful child like you is out of place to be with such a frivolous, disrespectful, low-key man.’

She is an iron-blooded Sura who is now the head of Sapa. Even Seon Ga-ryeong was kind and naive when she was young.

That’s why, no matter how much money the man clinging to her sucks, she doesn’t show her displeasure, but instead brings her money and even her body.

Swordsman continued to persuade and curse the man, saying that he was a garbage person, but Seon Ga-ryeong was devoted to the man to the end.

And in the end, to the shock of her kicking her pregnant belly at the foot of a man trying to escape, and her hatred for the man, she became the chief of Safa.

Even if the man doesn’t have that kind of heart, there is social pressure on women in this era to obey men.

An extreme situation like her junior with more talent than her own would not happen, but she worried that her achievement would not increase as she would still have to match her talent to a man.

‘You are a child who deserves to meet a better man and be happy. Don’t worry, time will solve your current feelings.’

Although she is a swordsman who only uses a sword, she has some knowledge of other weapons such as spears and swords, so she can feel that Hong Seol-rin has a great talent with spears.

And even though she received her own help, the way she tried to stand up on her own using it as a stepping stone without relying on it was enough to give a great impression.

If she dares to marry, she wants it only after she has fully developed her own talents.

As time passed, the Suzakudan of the Jeongmu League and the Doyoungdan of the Four Blood Alliance arrived at the herb village that the Medicine King had requested to investigate.

Although it was located deep in the mountains, it was a fairly wealthy village because you could get good quality herbs, sell them to the Medicine King or sell surplus herbs in a nearby big city.

However, the wealthy town had turned into a ghost town.

“All of the Medicine King’s investigators who entered this place have been lost. Be careful.”

The guide at the Medicine King’s Gate warned that he should be careful from here, and he himself began to check his surroundings.

This is because he is a guide, and at the same time, he also plays the role of checking and reporting what has happened.

“As everyone has heard, make sure to investigate while moving as a team of three. Report even the smallest things. Start the search!”

Jin Woo-cheong, the owner of Jujakdan, unleashed the Suzakdan to find the traces left in the village, but Yongjeo, the Doyeongdanju, who thought about something for a while, headed away from the village.

“We search the outskirts of town!”
“Um? Look here, Doyeongdanju.”

Jinwoocheong approached Yongjeo.

“Even though we are divided into factions and factions, how about cooperating together as we have a common goal?
“Isn’t it enough to investigate this village with only one master craftsman? So it’s better to search in different areas.”
“But, as I said earlier, you don’t know what kind of danger exists. Since the Medicine King’s investigation team has gone missing, there must be enemies…”
“Puhahahahaha!”

Yongjeo suddenly burst into laughter at Jinwoocheong’s words.

“At most, they’re bandits targeting wealthy mountain villages. Of course, it’s clear that they’re stronger than normal bandits. Even so, bandits are bandits. Do you think our Doyeongdan will be defeated against an opponent of that level?”
“But I still don’t know if he’s a bandit or not…”
“Ah, stop. I don’t want to argue with you. We’ll take care of them, so please reorganize the town and get some rest. Haha!”

Yes.
The League of Four Blood believed that the culprits who caused this incident were bandits who were determined to attack the village from the beginning.

It’s certainly not a very bad judgment.
If you think of a being that could cause trouble in a place like this with common sense, more than 90 out of 100 people would think of a bandit.

Even in the Jeongmu-maeng, more than half of them already saw it as a problem caused by bandits.

That’s why the Sasindan, an armed force of the political affairs league composed of young intellectuals, dispatched a jujakdan with intermediate skills to gain experience and skills to induce young people to gain practical experience to grow.

At first, Qin Yucheng also thought it was a bandit problem, but he felt that the atmosphere was unusual when he saw the condition of the village.

‘Bandit? No. If you were a bandit, the village could never be this clean.’

If it is the work of a bandit, traces of massacre must be found in broken furniture, destroyed grounds, and scattered here and there.

However, there is no trace of destruction in this place, and it feels desolate as if it suddenly disappeared after living normally.

In other words, those who raided this village had no intention of obtaining a sacrifice in the first place.

Whether or not the dragon knew this, he was full of thoughts of subduing the bandits in order to impress the Medicine King.

You can share your questions with him even now,

‘If Sapa fails, the opportunity will pass to us.’

They were not bandits aiming for a small fortune, but a group with a different purpose.

Besides, since they annihilated the Medicine King Gate investigation team, they must have already noticed that they were coming.

They prepare for a surprise attack, and support is provided after Sapa’s Doyeongdan faithfully fulfills its role as an arrowhead.

Besides, she had warned him well enough.
The one who did not listen and ignored it was the dragon himself.

While searching the village, Jin Woo-cheong was wary of a surprise attack, and Do-yeong-dan left behind such a group of masters and began to move to find the being who attacked the village.

As if they had found something, they chatted among themselves and started to move in the northeast direction.

“There is no sign of a battle inside the village.”
“Everything in the building was laid out as it normally would.”
“It’s clear that they only targeted people and kidnapped them.”

As expected, while checking the village, the information the Jujak members found out matched Jinwoocheong’s prediction.

“Are there any other signs?”
“Danju! I found some traces of people moving to the northeast!”
“Northeast? There is a natural cave that the village uses. The villagers were using it as a warehouse.”

When a member found a trail and reported it, the guide who was familiar with the village immediately explained what was there.

‘There must have been a reason why Doyoungdan moved that way.’

“After rearranging the power, head to the northeast cave!”

As I thought before, Jin Woo-cheong deliberately hesitated and spent an appropriate amount of time before starting to move in the direction of the cave.

“Keuheuk! Kuk! Do…Help…Give…Soo…!”

While moving like that, a wounded samurai appeared from the depths of the forest.
It was a warrior wearing the uniform of Doyeongdan.
I knew the face because I was around like Yongje’s adjutant.

‘What? It’s only been 15 minutes or so since it preceded us?’

How long has it been since you’ve gone in the direction of the cave that you’re asking for help with these injuries?

Embarrassed, Jinwoocheong urgently inquired about the situation.

“No, what the hell happened…”
“Go… Jiangshi…! Jiangshi…! Near the cave, the Jiangshi ambush…!”
“Kangshi!?”

Originally, Jiangshi was a being created with Taoist magic to manipulate the dead and make them move themselves to return to their hometown.

However, the Legion of the Dead, which feels no pain and does not need rest or food, is very attractive, so an evil secret technique to turn the Jiangshi into a weapon has been developed under the shadows.

Of course, since no one wants to be used as a jiangshi even after death, let alone a political faction, even a sapper, this wicked secret technique was used only by groups such as the Demonic Cult.

But did the Jiangshi show up here?

“Move to Breaking News! Support Doyeongdan!”

If it’s Jiangshi, the story gets serious.
Even more so if it was the Jiangshi of the Demonic Cult.

Jin Woo-cheong, realizing that it was not time to split up and fight, started moving quickly.

“Let’s go first.”

At that time, Sword Hu passed by Jin Woo-cheong and sped up at once.

Let’s run so fast and reach the cave,

“Kwaaaaak!”
“Uhhhhh!”
“Die!”
“Khehe!”

I witnessed Doyoungdan and the Jiangshis waging a melee, and Geomhu fighting a masked man who covered his face.

“Support Doyeongdan! Attack!”
“Wow!”
“The Suzakudan is here! Endure more!”

The right faction’s Jujakdan and the Sa faction’s Doyeongdan, who would normally growl at each other.

However, in front of a monster called Jiangshi, they became one and began to fight to the death.