episode_0012

“Yeah, I didn’t like you either! If you give me the position of debt holder, I should be grateful! Because I treat you so well, you want to sit on the bed and poop!”

“Stop talking nonsense! Why are you talking nonsense about how well you treated me? Wasn’t that the scared guy who was watching you nervously for fear of taking over your spot? I didn’t like you from the beginning. If you come out right now and stick your neck out, I’ll kill you nicely!”

Chaeju raised the bakdo with a red face. Then, like a mange dancing a sword dance, he grabbed the handle briefly and lunged forward like an animal.

“It’s fast. Can you respond?”

Sanyeo looked at me and asked. I blinked, then swung the ax in the air, recalling Chaeju’s movements.

visor!

The weapons of the debtor and creditor clashed vigorously, and I shook my head and said,

“Surely, we cannot win in an all-out war. No matter how I swing it, it seems slower than that speed.”

Sanyeo nodded and said.

“That’s your situation right now. Even if you think you’ve become stronger, you’re in a position where you can’t win in a head-to-head match with the Chaeju you’re playing with now.”

I could understand what she meant. This means that you should not think that you are strong just because you control creditors and debtors.

“In Gangho, people who don’t know their own skills tend to live short lives. Since we are in the same boat, we should live as long as possible, right?”

Sanyeo gave me a look. When I saw his red eyes blinking, I nodded and said.

“Yes, I will live a long time.”

“Thank you?”

Sanyeo was blinking. I didn’t know what answer he was asking for, so I shook my head and turned my head away.

And in contrast to our peaceful atmosphere, Chae-ju swung his weapon sharply and pushed Chae-ju away. The wind pressure, achieved only by physical strength, swept away the tent of the nearby fan owner and knocked it over, and the owner rolled backwards and barely regained his balance.

Chae-ju, seeing Chae-ju distracted, laughed heartily and readjusted his weapon.

“Hahahaha! That guy named Chaeju is ugly! If they see you rolling around, who will call you a borrower?”

“Shut up! Aaaah!”

Chaeju shook his head, gritted his teeth, and held the bakdo with both hands. As he strained his body with his eyes full of strength, he could feel the flow of his energy moving even from afar. Although he had not reached the level of manifesting sword energy, the internal energy spread throughout his body was clearly strengthening his body.

Sanyeo looked at that and said.

“I’m not as familiar with using internal energy as I thought. Is it because I learned only a thousand martial arts skills? Or is it because I have been living a drunken life and neglecting my training? The technique used with the bakdo is not that sharp.”

Cold sweat broke out on Chaeju’s forehead. As he took a step forward with his stance in place, Bu Buju hesitated for a moment, then raised his club forward and began to move forward. It was as if he decided to trust his own strength more than Chaeju’s martial arts skills.

Chaeju spoke while sweating profusely.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen the Jeolsan Dobeop (絶山刀法) herbivorous method, right? uh? Do you remember? This is the martial art I used to defeat the arrogant brat of Nokrimchae Seventy-Il Seok!”

“Well, Jeolsan Dobeop… !”

“Well, it’s been a while since you used that technique!”

“Avoid everyone! If you get caught, you might die!”

The subordinates were also making a fuss as if a missile had been dropped. Apparently, the Chosik of Jeolsandobeop prepared by Chaeju was quite sharp. Sanyeo spoke with an expression of displeasure despite the fuss made by her subordinate thieves.

“Ah, I saw that, and it’s a useless technique. just… .”

“Uh huh.”

I covered Sanyeo’s mouth as she tried to say something more. Sanyeo stared at my palm, then put her head back and said.

“What, there’s nothing to see even if I look forward to it. There’s really nothing special.”

I looked at her again. Sanyeo looked at my expression and tilted her head and said.

“What’s wrong?”

“….No.”

What can I say? I watched the fight again with a dull expression on my face. Chaeju, who was in a confrontation, straightened his back for a moment and trembled at Chaeju’s words, but soon changed his expression and screamed.

“Your third-rate martial arts skills are no longer a threat! The longer I talk, the more I guess I’m afraid! If you don’t come, I’ll go first! You coward!”

The word coward seemed to echo particularly loudly. The subordinates who were running away, both Sanyeo and Chaeju, all reacted by shrugging their shoulders or widening their eyes. In particular, Chaeju’s reaction was violent, as if he had scratched a painful wound.

He rushed forward with his eyes half-closed, foaming at the mouth, and swinging his sword.

“Are you a coward? Again, a coward! okay! I’ll cut you into pieces and kill you! Take it! Herbivorous diet according to the Jeolsando method!”

Chaeju also gained confidence in his opponent’s reaction and rushed towards Chaeju, swinging his club with all his might.

“Wow!”

“Aaaah!”

The herbalism of Jeolsan Dobeop flashed brilliantly. On the contrary, the debtor’s club was flying precisely towards the vital point, relying only on its own strength and instinct.

Chaeju’s sword seemed to go straight down, and it momentarily shook the blade. As the optical illusion appeared as if the sword was splitting into three prongs, the fan owner’s face was also colored with confusion.

However, debt stocks did not block either side. He was swinging the bat sharply towards Chaeju’s head, ignoring all the swords flying in three directions.

Now it was Chaeju’s turn to be embarrassed. However, Chae-ju also gritted his teeth while looking at the trajectory of the bat, and the afterimage, which had been split into three parts, merged into one and flew towards Chae-ju’s left shoulder.

Kwasik!

Chae-joo’s bakdo tore through Chae-ju’s chubby body and got stuck. It went through the shoulder and sliced open half of the body, exposing the red flesh like meat cut from an unsanitary butcher shop.

bang!

At the same time, the debtor’s club hit the debtor’s temple precisely. Chae-ju succeeded in chopping Bu-ju’s body almost in half, but he missed the blow and his head was crushed in half and bounced to the side.

“Uh… !”

“Oooooh…!”

Chaeju was thrown to the floor and rolled around holding her head. The fan holder with the hammer was spouting out blood and was shaking with a pale face.

Our subordinates and we were holding our breath and showing curiosity about victory or defeat, and the fan owner’s wife, who crawled out of the half-collapsed tent, looked rather happy when she saw that the fan owner was dead.

“Keueoeook…!”

The winner appeared intuitively.

This was because the debtor poured out red blood from his mouth and fell flat on the floor. On the other hand, Chaeju was exhausted and his head was broken and bleeding, but he got up anyway.

His eyes were out of focus and his steps were unsteady, but the winner of this fight was clearly Chaeju.

I made eye contact with Sanyeo. Sanyeo nodded, and I held the ax and carefully walked out of the tent.

*****

Chaeju looked at his subordinates. My head was dizzy and my vision was blurry, so I couldn’t clearly see the expressions of my subordinates, but the important thing was that I had won now. Blood was flowing from my head, but I thought it could be cured if I stopped the bleeding.

Chaeju took a step forward.

The annoying debt-ownership was visible a little more clearly. The fan was reduced to a piece of meat cut in half and collapsed miserably. The debtor’s wife could only be seen crouching, but she seemed to be sad.

Things could get better now.

In any case, an unfounded positivity that everything would get better swirled in the borrower’s mind.

Turning pale and feeling weak, Chaeju opened her mouth to reveal her aspirations.

“I… !”

Kwasik!

And Chaeju’s head was split into two.

*****

I pulled out the ax stuck in the owner’s head. It hit the back of the head so accurately that Chaeju’s head was split like firewood. Even if he were a Jiangshi, he would not be able to survive if he was shattered like that. I pulled out the ax and, together with Sanyeo, stepped on the corpse of the owner and stepped forward.

The sight before my eyes was full of thieves. They were looking at each other and didn’t seem to understand the situation in which I suddenly appeared and killed Chae-ju.

I scanned the floor.

Chaeju’s cigarette stand was lying on the floor.

I picked up the cigarette pipe and held it out to Sanyeo. Sanyeo raised her handcuffed hands and lightly flicked her fingers to light the fire.

The thieves were just watching what we were doing, fascinated, like audience members watching a magic show. I put the cigarette pipe that Sanyeo had given me in my mouth and took a leisurely puff. There was almost nothing inside, so there was nothing other than a faint burnt taste.

“After… .”

He frowned, licked his lips, and exhaled smoke.

And he looked at the bandits who were still frozen and said.

“You know the rules for wild vegetables, right? The strongest one becomes the lender.”

Only then did the thieves, one by one, relax and repeatedly wink at each other or grab their weapons. Each of them harbors an arrogance in their hearts that they can become the owners of this 60-six-six mountain house.

Ironically, this dream that may seem simple to some was an overly arrogant dream that did not fit their needs.

I said, throwing down my cigarette.

“Because I’m not interested. You guys, fry it, fry it and eat it.”

Cigarettes fly in the air.

I turned back with Sanyeo and started walking, and the guys inside the mountain hut who were said to be using a lot of force started swinging their weapons at each other without anyone taking the lead.

“I am the borrower!”

“No! I will become the borrower!”

The thieves standing on the watchtower came down and participated in the fight, and the women in the mountain hut were screaming and gibbering. Before we knew it, the debtor’s wife was running away in the opposite direction from us, carrying a lot of luggage.

It was a really sharp year.

“Ugh!”

“Aaagh!”

The sound of spear knives clashing and the terrible sound of flesh falling apart were mixed together.

Torches fell to the ground and tilted, setting the building on fire, and corpses fell over barrels and oil drums, catching fire.

bang!

As if to decorate our departure, a large firework erupted in the middle of the mountain village.

I laughed, enjoying the flames on my back, and threw the ax into the air, caught it, and looked at Sanyeo. Sanyeo leaned over and said.

“Why did you smoke?”

“It’s cool.”

“Haha!”

Sanyeo smiled briefly and nodded. And he looked at the path we were taking and said:

“That’s right. It’s cool.”

pop!

The explosion sounded again. We turned our heads. The flames were rising endlessly. Sparks were spreading brightly like pollen, and people’s shadows were screaming to escape from the flames. However, most of them were scorched by the fire and could not be found, turning into black corpses and dying on the ground.

Sanyeo looked straight at the scene and said.

“Docheol.”

“What’s wrong?”

“Call my name.”

“Mountain.”

Sanyeo spoke with her eyes still fixed on the flame.

“Sing louder.”

“Mountain-Yeo?”

The corners of Sanyeo’s mouth rose.

“Bigger!”

“Mountain!”

Sanyeo’s name rang through the forest.

Sanyeo was nodding her head with her eyes closed, as if she was enjoying the situation.

When there was not even an echo left behind when I shouted her name, she turned and spoke.

“Let’s go. Now I have to go down to the village.”

She was a truly unknown woman.