episode_0224

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“Am I not very talented?”

“Disciple, your inability to make a sword properly is not a matter of talent. Because you are stupid.”

“Oh…”

Tang Xiaoyeol, who was born with the energy of geomunseong, had the power to insight people and see the essence of things.

In the eyes of the Party members, Ho Cheon-an’s talent was clearly outstanding. In the first place, even if Tang Xiaoyeol led the way and Heukmyo translated it, learning how to use bellows properly in just a week would have been impossible without Hu Cheonan’s effort and innate talent.

Tang So-yeol watched Ho Tian-an for a week and decided that he was a person who was unable to keep his head. He’s someone who can’t figure it out at all.

And now, after another week, I am able to understand Hocheonan a little better.

In Tang Xiaoyeol’s view, Hu Tianan was clearly a person with outstanding talent.

‘But there are more obstacles than that.’

Tang Xiaoyeol saw many people who had talent but could not display it. I am not confident in my talent because I have not had the opportunity to realize it. The reasons were varied, but it wasn’t such a big deal that few people were able to develop their talents.

However, in the eyes of those party members, it was the first time that they had seen someone as strangely oppressed as Ho Cheon-an.

People with great talent tend to quickly realize that their talent is outstanding, but Ho Cheon-an was the exact opposite.

Ho Cheon-an was only able to utilize the fragments of his own talent. Even though I have the potential to run up a few steps at a time, I hesitate and doubt whether I can climb a single flight of stairs.

If only that were the case, I could have just passed it off as just another timid guy.

I really had nothing to say since the person who looked at me like that was behaving so stupidly that his clothes were falling off, but he seemed confident that he was moving incredibly fast.

A person who could become a genius is satisfied with being slightly superior to Beomjae and shakes his head thinking that this is his fault. What else is that if he is not an idiot?

When Tang Xiaoyeol looked at Hu Tianan, he felt like a bird trapped in a cage and was filled with frustration. No, at least the bird trapped in the cage was trapped by someone else’s will. Ho Cheon-an’s frustration was doubled because he had tied himself up tightly.

If only I could develop all of those talents, I would have learned how to make a sword and unleashed my sword skills a long time ago.

Is this what it would be like to have a pearl necklace hanging around a pig’s neck?

“Stupid disciple.”

“….”

A party member with a devastating command of language. It was a sad thing for Party Soyeol to convey his feelings to Ho Cheon-an.

“No…”

Ho Cheon-an, who was trying to express his dissatisfaction by saying, ‘Well, every time you say something, you call me stupid!’ was never able to complete his words.

Kwagwagwagwanggwang!!!

This was because there was an explosion that shook the heavens and the earth.

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I felt a vibration along with the heavy drinking.

“Master.”

“Stay calm.”

It was an unusual situation for anyone to see, but the party members remained calm, only casting a glance toward the north, where the heavy drinking was heard.

“But…”

“Outside, party warriors are patrolling to respond to the current situation. Please wait calmly.”

Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

Soon enough, alarm bells began to ring. When the alarm bell sounded, Tang So-yeol shook off the ashes from his cigarette pipe and said:

“Disciple, turn off all the lights in the workshop. Braziers are no exception. Spray water from a distance.”

“…Okay.”

While I was putting out the fire, Tang Xiaoyeol started gathering his tools. Tang So-yeol put various tools into a leather case and carried them on his back, probably because they were tools he usually used. Finally, he put the hammer I used on his waist.

When I went outside, I saw a large amount of black smoke coming out of the north, where Dang Do-yeon told me not to go near it because dangerous poisons were stored there.

“It’s a big deal.”

Tang So-yeol’s face, which had maintained a listless expression despite the heavy drinking and the sound of the alarm, suddenly hardened.

“In case of an emergency, we are supposed to gather in front of Gajujeon, so let’s head in that direction.”

“Yes.”

In case anyone wasn’t a weirdo, Party Soyeol’s workshop was located on the outskirts of the eastern streets. The good news is that both I and Tang So-yeol can move as quickly as the peak masters.

When I headed to the center of the eastern region.

Ouch!

“Inom!”

The sounds of fighting began to be heard along with screams and flares.

“Here is the fighting dog Tang Do-gyeong!”

“Accept Dang Do-yeon’s solo story!”

What I saw the moment I left the alley I was running in using a light gun and entered the main street.

With countless Danga warriors lying down.

Dang Do-gyeong and Dang Do-yeon are coughing up blood and collapsing.

And it was a gunman wearing black lips who was blowing away two people.

As soon as I saw the strange man trying to move to finish Dang Do-gyeong and Dang Do-yeon, I reflexively took out Bido. Looking at the fact that I easily subdued the two people at the peak, I was at the end of the fire scene even if I was not at the opponent’s level, but before such thoughts could even occur, my body was moved by the crisis of the two people.

Of course, the black-lipped gunman lightly flicked his sword and deflected my sword. It wasn’t just Bido that was thrown away. Seeing something sparkling in the sunlight, Tang Soyeol also seemed to be heading towards the assailant.

“Hmm.”

The monster’s movements stopped. The emotions mixed in the light moan were interest and…perplexity.

While the gunman was stroking his beard for a moment, I took stock of the surrounding situation. About ten Tang family warriors had collapsed, and on one side, craftsmen could be seen hiding. Could it be that they were attacked while the warriors were trying to encourage the civilians to flee?

It’s a serious situation.

The signal has already been fired, so if we take the time, reinforcements will arrive… but will the reinforcements alone be able to overcome the current situation?

No, is it possible to take time in the first place?

Although he drew his sword and took the stance of Ilhwi Cheongun Sword, he was an opponent who wondered if it would be possible to swing the sword even once. So, I guess I should at least say something and take the time.

“Why are you doing this? Aren’t you afraid of the party’s revenge?”

“Would you have done something like this if you were afraid of the party’s revenge?”

Fortunately, the gunman agreed to my conversation.

“You speak like a member of the Tang family even though you wear black lips. What is it?”

“…I am a Sichuan ronin.”

“Hmm. Are you staying here at the request of the party?”

I was willing to talk about my story for three days and two nights if I could take the time, but when I heard that I was a Sichuan ronin, I kept my mouth shut considering the strange man’s expression of distress.

“How about you take a step back? You are at best a peak, and I am a master who easily defeated ten warriors mixed with three peaks. Who would blame you if you ran away?”

“….impossible.”

In the worst case scenario, I was prepared to repel the attack from the gunman who would attack me angrily, asking how dare I reject my offer, but the gunman somehow chuckled after hearing my answer.

“Yes, to be a Sichuan ronin, you have to follow your own will without giving in to external pressure.”

“…He talks as if he is also a Sichuan ronin.”

“Once upon a time.”

Is the identity of the assailant a former Sacheon ronin? I was given a clue that could help me guess the identity of the gunman, but I put it in a corner of my mind for now. If that person decides to attack, someone like me will be defeated in a matter of days.

There was absolutely no time to think about random things.

“I never thought I would meet a junior in a place like this…”

The gunman continued to stroke his beard and ponder… Then he looked towards the residential area and put his sword back into its sheath.

“This would be a sufficient result. Would it be okay if a junior or senior gave me a word of advice?”

“…Tell me.”

“Get away from the party, or rather, the political faction. No matter how much time passes, they never acknowledge the ronin as their fellow warriors.”

I didn’t answer. The stranger also seemed to think that I would be influenced by his words and burst into laughter.

“Think about it carefully.”

And then disappeared without a trace.

“….Phew.”

As the tension subsided, I felt my legs shaking. No, it wasn’t just my legs that were shaking. My whole body was shaking slightly.

It wasn’t just tension.

I just didn’t feel it. That monster had already pushed my career towards me.

Even though all the energy and nerves in my body were tense, it was as if I opened my eyes and cut my nose.

It was only after the gunman retreated that the difference in skill became apparent.

If the other person hadn’t looked at me because he was a former Sichuan ronin, this moment would have been Hocheonan’s memorial day.

I was truly lucky.

“Disciple, are you okay?”

“…It’s okay.”

The complexion of Tang So-yeol, who asked how I was doing, was extremely pale. Is it because he was subdued by the strange man?

“Thanks to you, I survived.”

As I was sighing in relief, I felt a tremendous force approaching quickly in this direction.

It was a poisonous old man.

Did the gunman sense the presence of the old man and disappear?

Under the command of the old man in the dock, the first aid was quickly completed by the soldiers, and a stretcher was made on the spot to lift the injured.

“The poison storage facility in the north has been destroyed and all kinds of poisonous substances are leaking out. The entire Dangata may be covered in poison, so I will leave Dangata like this.”

A situation in which ordinary craftsmen who do not know martial arts are mixed in while carrying the injured person on a stretcher. Because the moving speed was not fast, there was plenty of time for conversation.

I approached the old man in the dock and reported the situation from earlier.

“…a strange man who is presumed to be a former Sichuan ronin.”

The old man in the dock let out a long sigh.

“That person must be the culprit of the current situation. So far, this is the only place in Dangata where the signal has sounded.”

After those words, there was no further conversation.

I came out of Dangata and joined the Danga people who were moving to escape the poison. A dangerous black-green poison that no one could guess what kind of poison it was was gradually encroaching on the party.

“Ahh….”

“Dangataga…”

As the people of the Tang family ran away from the poison, they kept looking back.

Eventually, the poisonous elder seemed to have completely escaped the poison’s influence and stopped the group.

Except for some lawmakers who are busy taking care of the injured…

Most of the people in Tangga only looked in the direction of Dangata.

Dangata was already completely engulfed in a variety of indescribable poisons.

It may be hasty to say this, but it won’t be easy to return to Dangata, which has been contaminated with such poison.

I’m sure I’m not the only one who felt that way.

Some people bit their lips and clenched their fists, while others shed tears.

The people of the Tang family lost their hometown overnight.

However, the hardships of the Tang family did not end here.

“What kind of people are they!”

Even before the sadness of losing my hometown subsides.

Murim people appeared from nowhere and began to surround the Tang family refugees.