episode_0024

“Miss Seolrin. Please have breakfast.”

Morning with the sun rising.

Fortunately, the Tang family members who spent the night without additional attacks had much better expressions than before.

Among them, the attendant who serves Seolrin is one of the people who somehow survived the catastrophe.

And as usual, she stood in front of the tent Seolrin was using to prepare Seolrin’s breakfast.

“…Miss Seolrin?”

Normally, she should have heard Miss Seolrin’s drowsy voice buried in sleep because of her exhaustion, but today, not even that answer was heard.

Could it be that she couldn’t sleep because she was restless because of the attack?

With such worries, the attendant went into the tent despite knowing the Miss’s personality of getting angry if she entered without permission.

And the attendant, looking at the empty tent, couldn’t help but scream.

* * *

“How on earth did this happen….”

Tang Seolryun looked blankly at Seolrin’s empty tent.

There were no attacks during the night.

Those who stood guard said they didn’t see anyone suspicious. But why did this happen?

Really, for a moment.

For just a moment, the masked man came to Seolryun’s mind.

But soon, he erased the thought.

‘That’s too much to think.’

Why would he kidnap Seolrin?

Of course, he still doesn’t know why he, belonging to the Yeomgun, is suddenly heading to Sichuan, but if he came here to take Seolrin away, there would have been many simpler and better ways than this.

“….What’s going on?”

“Ah, Ilryong.”

Did he feel the commotion from early morning?

Jang Cheonwoo, who had been staying slightly away from where the Tang family was staying, parted the group and walked over.

“That, that is….”

“Has the Tang family’s young lady disappeared?”

“That’s right. But…, do you know anything?”

Looking at him who grasped the situation so easily, the excessive thought that he had recalled a little while ago wriggled and rose again.

Could it really be?

No, even so, it doesn’t make sense.

If he kidnapped her, he would have done it, but why would he come back here?

“I do know something. The Tang family’s young lady put a ‘Thousand Mile Fragrance’ on them to track them down, and took our group with her.”

“!”

After hearing those words, he could realize it.

His fellow excellent Dongbang swordsman, Miss Baeklyeon, was also not to be seen. In addition, according to his words…, Seolrin is the one who made the reckless operation to leave here first and chase them.

This is a situation where the blame can be placed in reverse!

“D, didn’t you stop them?”

“I couldn’t stop them. They talked and left without me knowing.”

The two of them!…

Seolryun felt like his mind was getting dizzy when he heard that story.

“Even if they had talked in front of me, I wouldn’t have stopped them.”

“W, what is the reason! Isn’t Baeklyeon-sojeo your companion?”

“Before being a companion, she is a martial artist. If someone points out her path this way and that, that’s not a companion, but a nanny.”

That’s…, certainly true.

“More than anything…, I can’t leave this place.”

“You can’t leave? What on earth….”

“Didn’t you say that you couldn’t resist them on your own?”

“!”

He certainly said that.

He asked, ‘Do you have the strength to respond when another attack occurs?’, and he answered, ashamed, that he currently did not have such strength.

Could it be because of just that?….

“As you said, Baeklyeon is my companion. So I know about her strength. At least she has the ability to take care of herself. But you are different. If you were attacked in the meantime while I left to stop those guys, what would be the point even if you brought the Tang family’s princess?”

“But! Then!…”

He was about to ask what would happen to Tang Seolrin, but he closed his mouth.

He chose.

Whether to protect the only Tang family member, the Tang family’s princess.

Or to protect the many Tang family members, including himself, the young master of the Tang family.

He just chose the latter of the former and the latter, so he couldn’t ask him for more than that.

“As the young master of the Tang family, and as Seolrin’s older brother, may I ask you for a favor?”

“….What is it?”

“…Please save Seolrin.”

“Then what are you going to do?”

At his question, he looked around him.

The Tang family martial artists and family members who had been listening to his and his conversation nodded with a firm determination.

“We will definitely survive.”

“….”

“I am very ashamed to be indebted to Baeklyeon-sojeo and you once again. But…, even at the risk of such shame, I ask you. My younger sister…, please save her.”

“It might be unnecessary meddling. Tang Seolrin could have been a sufficient threat to them, and if Baeklyeon is added, they might be able to track down and completely eliminate the guys who have already been half destroyed.”

At his words, he shook his head.

Of course…, that is the most ideal situation.

The guys have already been driven to the brink of destruction once by Baeklyeon-sojeo.

Seolrin and Baeklyeon-sojeo successfully tracked them down and completely eliminated them.

Then this incident can be treated as a simple commotion.

But….

“They have thoroughly planned to strike us. To seal our strengths and expose our weaknesses. I think they will have something prepared for when things don’t go as planned as a contingency plan.”

“…Indeed, that’s a reasonable inference.”

“So I ask you. If nothing happens, that would be great. But…, if something happens…. As the person in charge of the Tang family members who have stepped forward for this Yongbongjihoe, as the young master of the Tang family, as the older brother of a child, I have no face to see Father…, the head of the family.”

“Stop. That’s enough. I understand.”

He raised his hand to stop him and turned his body.

“I hope you meet safely.”

At that moment, his figure disappeared.

“…After all, his skills were not all of that.”

He couldn’t even see that he, who had been talking to him until just now, was using his movement technique without any preparation and disappearing.

* * *

“Damn it! Kkeureuk!”

Seomgae gritted his teeth, trembling.

He never thought that ashes would be sprinkled on the rice that was already cooked like this!

Moreover, the one who interfered with them was a beastman who inherited the blood of the White Tiger!!

“The plan to subdue the Tang family and expand the territory of the Beastman Alliance centered on Sichuan!…Kkeureuk!…”

If only this incident was successful, he could have risen to a plausible executive level instead of being such a low-level agent!…

Gulp gulp gulp

“Kyaa~ Well, how about being satisfied with having your neck still attached? Seomgae.”

A man with ominous black hair, drinking alcohol coolly from the bottle, looks at him with eyes slightly dazed due to the intoxication.

Seeing that figure, Seomgae was even more frustrated.

“In the first place! The reason why I ended up running away is all because of you!! Kkeureuk! If you had joined in time~!! Kkeureuk!”

“Ahahaha~ It’s because I was suffering from a hangover~…, Keoeok.”

As he burped, the pungent smell of alcohol filled the room.

This relaxed appearance made him even more frustrated, and Seomgae realized that beastmen could die from anger.

“Besides~…, don’t worry, Seomgae. Your plan hasn’t failed yet….”

“It hasn’t failed! I lost more than half of my subordinates and failed to capture the young master of the Tang family! And the head of the family’s daughter! Kkeureuk!”

“Eung? Weren’t you intentionally bringing that along??”

He tilts his head and asks back.

He thought that this person had finally gone crazy from being drunk, but he didn’t say that he was crazy out loud.

At least he is a beastman who can be called an executive.

“You…, you have ‘Thousand Mile Fragrance’ on you. Someone must have put it on you to track you down…, right?”

“Ch, Thousand Mile Fragrance? Who on earth!….”

The moment he said that far, Seomgae realized who had applied the Thousand Mile Fragrance.

The White Tiger beastman? No. He was definitely strong, but he didn’t show any signs of using such a special thing.

The Tang family martial artists? Their attacks didn’t reach him.

“Keukeuk…, Tang Seolrin…, that little rascal. Kkeureuk”

“Seomgae…, you’re in a good mood. Shall we have a congratulatory drink?”

“It’s not time yet…. Keuheuk…”

“Is that so?…. That’s a pity.”

As if he was truly sorry, he smacked his lips and put his bottle to his mouth and tilted it.

“Oh?…. It’s all gone? Hey. Someone bring me another bottle of alcohol…, unfortunately, I can’t drink alcohol.”

He got up from his seat.

At that figure, Seomgae’s eyes widened.

“Are you finally going to move! Ohgam-nim!! Kkeureuk!”

“Is it respect again at times like this?…, you’re a really interesting friend, Seomgae.”

Creak

“Seomgae-nim! A, an attack! Tang Seolrin and the White Tiger beastman are chasing and attacking!!”

“Good! Ohgam-nim! Quickly take care of those arrogant bitches….?”

Leaving behind the subordinate who came to report the expected attack, he was about to ask the black-haired man who had risen from his seat to step forward immediately, but only one black feather of a bird remained in that seat instead of the man.

* * *

“First of all, there is something I want to promise before hitting them.”

“What is it?”

“Anyway, we will be together for a while in this matter. Does Sojeo understand that?”

“I understand, so just tell me the conclusion.”

Looking at Seolrin who asked back bluntly, Baeklyeon nodded.

“I heard that you are definitely good at hidden weapons and poison. Then you can engage in battles relatively far away from me.”

“That would be the case.”

“What I want to say is this. I want you and me to combine our strengths, range and melee, and fight.”

“Hmph. I was wondering what you wanted to say, and that was it?”

Range and Melee.

In other words, she will attack from a distance using hidden weapons and poison.

Baeklyeon directly engages the enemy in close combat and protects Seolrin, who attacks from a distance, creating a 2-person 1-team unit.

Seolrin, who easily understood the meaning of those words, took out the hidden weapons she had prepared enough.

“Break through. I’ll get rid of those things completely.”

“We have to leave one person. We need to get information.”

Baeklyeon’s hair color turned white.

Snake-like scales appeared around Seolrin’s eyes.

And the two of them, almost simultaneously, rushed towards the abandoned house in the mountains where the toad beastmen were gathered.

“One Sword, Tiger Hunt!”

“Thousand Women Scattering Flowers!”

“! S, an attack!!”

The tiger’s strike covered them, and extremely sharply trained sharp hidden weapons pierced them.

They tried to resist, but their attacks did not reach Seolrin, and did not work against Baeklyeon.

“Come out!! You damn toad bastards!!!”

Seolrin had no intention of keeping Seomgae, who had insulted her so much, alive.

“Come out!! Tell me everything you know about the Red Devils!!!”

Baeklyeon had no intention of missing Seomgae, who knew about the Red Devils.

For similar but different goals, the two worked together to eliminate the enemies one by one.

“Seolrin! The Thousand Mile Fragrance!”

“It’s still here! It must be hiding somewhere here! Inside that abandoned house!!”

“I understand! Then I’ll break through!!”

Baeklyeon changed her posture.

Tensing her body as if she was about to pounce like a tiger, storing up power just before jumping out.

And she released her power at once and rushed towards the abandoned house.

“Hodo Gorge!!!”

Kwaang!!!

The ground that supported Baeklyeon’s two legs exploded and flew Baeklyeon away like an arrow.

As she tried to create a path by cutting down all the enemies in her path,

“Really. You’re energetic…, a white tiger.”

“!”

Kaang!!

A black-haired man blocked Baeklyeon’s sword, which no one could stop, with an incredibly black Black Blade.

“You are….”

“I’m not great enough to give my name, but…, you can call me Ohgam.”

Flapping

Black wings spread from behind him.

With that as the end, Baeklyeon missed his figure.