Chapter v7c12

“There is a very dreadful bandit living in this mountain. He has no blood, tears, or snot! He never leaves any money for the people he meets. He takes everything from them! That is his lawless rule! I was unlucky enough to encounter that ruthless robber. How tragic is my fate that I cannot tell without tears. And that too, when I am this old.”

That’s when the slightly long-winded story of Bi Ryu-yeon began. The Five Phantom Swords were not interested, but they had no choice but to listen. They regretted asking him, but it was too late.

“So that’s what happened!”

The story was long, but the point was simple.

‘I was on the road. A bandit came out. I was robbed by the bandit. Therefore, I am now penniless!’ That was the end.

“So what do you want?”

Sang Jungha, who had endured the story with extreme patience, asked with a twisted face.

“Do you have any money?”

The eyes of Sang Jungha, the first of The Five Phantom Swords, widened. How rude to suddenly ask for money!

“What do you mean?”

Bi Ryu-yeon, who wore a straw hat upside down, scratched the back of his head and said.

“Ah! I was robbed by the bandits, so it’s natural that I’m penniless, and wandering on the road you see.”

Bi Ryu-yeon said with a smirk.

‘Wandering because you lost money?’

The five of them tilted their heads as the words did not connect logically.

“We’ll lend you some.”

Sang Jungha quickly stepped forward. He wanted to get out of this place as soon as possible. if he had not suffered a defeat so easly by Bi Ryu-yeon’s strange martial arts a while ago, he would not have surrendered so easily.

“Oh! Would that be a bother?”

Of course, it was a polite question. If he said, of course it would be a bother, he had another plan. Then he would say, ‘Oh, really? Then take a few hits!’ and that would be the end.

“A bother? Of course not. Don’t all the people in the world say that they are brothers? Moreover, as a junior, it is right and proper to help and give to the senior who is in trouble! Yes! That’s right! It’s a matter of life and death, isn’t it?”

Sang Jungha, the Sword of the Whispering Soul, wrote a letter and pounded his chest.

The other four swords looked at him with a surprised expression. They thought he only knew how to kill, arson, and rob, but they didn’t know that his tongue could be so smooth. They all witnessed his new talent. Indeed, the leader had to have many talents.

“Here you go.”

Sang Jungha quickly searched his pocket and took out some money. He had received a lot of money for the special mission he was on.

“Wow!”

The sound of money always pleased Bi Ryu-yeon’s ears. But contrary to his happy and willing mind, his face began to distort horribly.

Sang Jungha, who noticed the strange sign, broke out in a cold sweat. There were only four bills. Someone had not given his . He didn’t have to check to know who the culprit was.

He quickly winked at Kang YakYak, who was next to him. It meant to hand over the money quickly. The face of Kang YakYak, distorted without reservation. The movement of facial muscles, the intensity control, and the arrangement and combination, clearly showed his refusal. He was a kind of person who loved money as much as women. He didn’t want to give his precious money to an old man he didn’t know.

‘Uh!’

Sang Jungha also started to move his facial muscles in response to Kang YakYak’s reaction. His forehead folded three times and his eyebrows raised sharply. The muscles around his eyes changed drastically, and he reached the realm of ‘glaring’ as it is called.

When the most difficult skill, the muscles around his lips, fluttered, Kang YakYak could no longer resist.

Even after taking Kang YakYak’s bill, Bi Ryu-yeon still didn’t seem satisfied. The wrinkled facial muscles of the old man did not relax. Rather, his spirit grew stronger.

‘Damn! I got caught.’

The Five Phantom Swords realized then that they had stepped on sh*t. The old man in front of them was saying that the part of their wealth that they had given up was not enough.

‘How did he know there’s more emergency money?’

Even if they were caught, they were caught firmly. The figure in front of them was clearly a formidable bandit. And not just any bandit, but one who used extreme violence!

There was a limit to patience.

Even though they called themselves masters, they had no idea how much more superior the person in front of them was compared to them. Ignorance sometimes comes with the right to act with impunity. They decided to actively exercise their right to impunity.

The exercise of rights appeared in the form of violence.

“Die!”

The first one to rush in was Kang YakYak. He was confident that he could succeed if it was a surprise attack. He didn’t miss this opportunity and the other four joined in. They were originally experts in surprise, assassination, and robbery.

“If you can!”

That was Bi Ryu-yeon’s answer.

They were people who could kill someone just because they were annoying or upset. Thus far, they felt no remorse for what they had done. Of course, they had no need to feel remorse for their actions this time either. The person in front of them, who they could easily kill with their impunity, was not someone with a life force weak enough to die from a simple exercise of their impunity.

Their impunity came with a terrible price. Instead of remorse, they had to taste bitter regret. They were given plenty of time for reflection.

Bi Ryu-yeon’s lips drew a dangerous warning curve. The punishment that followed his smile was so terrible that even the expression ‘cruel’ felt light. At times leaving quickly without looking back and avoid the place was the best way to live.

But there were still many people in the world who believed that recklessness was courage and were deluded.

It was a human duty to give experience to the experientialists. Bi Ryu-yeon was not a jerk who would break that duty. His hand slowly gained strength. He felt like putting up with a little trouble. Bi Ryu-yeon’s hand stretched out like a lightning bolt. The result was already obvious.

“Slap! Bang! Bang! Thud!”

“Aaaah!”

The screams were excruciatingly intense. There was no forgiveness in the old man’s touch. The punishment was so severe because they had failed to recognize the master.

Being a master was not something anyone could become. Their fatal mistake was not understanding the simple and clear fact that a master could do far more than a subordinate in ways that subordinates could never imagine.

He did not understand their psychology of wanting to deny reality. They wanted to avoid falling to the bottom of the cruel reality as much as possible. They were looking down on the lower world from the high tower, and suddenly a thunderbolt struck from the clear sky, and their social status and pride that supported them collapsed in an instant. They were looking at cruel reality that they did not want to admit even if they died twice and woke up.

Last ditch effort was understandable, but Bi Ryu-yeon was the only one who didn’t understand that fact. And he didn’t feel the need to understand it either.

He was just annoyed. He had no sympathy for the foolish and arrogant people who ran into the fire like moths, without facing reality.there was no room for sympathy. thus the First Phantom Sword, who was considered a foolish person. had no choice but to be resolute. Of course, the price for that was pain, needless to say.

Today, they had gained valuable experience that allowed them to deeply contemplate what true pain was. Moreover, the price to be paid was not yet over. There were still extra costs waiting for them.

It could be said that it was a day of valuable lessons in many ways. They prayed that it would be a nightmare they never wanted to recall again.

They had to go back naked, stripped of all their property.

Being a bandit was a very noble profession.

If the Five Reaper Blades knew what had happened to the Five Phantom Swords,

thry would have thought it was very funny.

But unfortunately, they couldn’t hear the news that the Five Phantom Swords were robbed by Nosa-bu

they were also fervently indulging in desire, blinded by it, as they vigorously pursued their advances.

“Third, we’ll be first, right?”

It was unacceptable to be later than the Five Phantoms.

“Of course! But we can’t be complacent. YakYak must have noticed by now. How dare he aim for the woman I marked… Damn him!”

Number two of The Reaper Blades, who felt competitive with YakYak, a fellow expert in the field of women, narrowed his eyes and glowed with greed.

The five of them believed that this evil deed, like the many previous ones they had done, would go smoothly. But they were mistaken. They learned the hard way that there is a variable called exception in everything in this world.

“Wait! Stop!”

The appearance of the variable was very unexpected.

“Who are you?”

The first reaper of the reaper blades felt suspicion

He shouted angrily.

“Me? I’m a very great person. A volunteer who travels around the Jianghu!”

The five of them were surprised to see the figure that suddenly appeared. The person who showed up in the woods looked like a bandit, no matter how you looked at him.

He had a huge sword that was so crude that it looked stupid, and a leather coat that covered his upper body. Especially the leather coat looked very hot to wear in the summer. It was a typical bandit look that would only appear in story books.

“Do people still do business in that outfit these days?”

he couldn’t contain his growing curiosity and asked his friend.

“Well, I wonder? Such old-fashioned clothes are very rare. And wearing leather armor in this hot summer! Ha ha ha ha!”

The leather coat made of animal skins and the sword that looked stupid from the start! It was not a sample of a bandit, but a standard! It was now rather outdated.

“Hahahahaha!”

They all laughed out loud. Anyway, a bandit like him was nothing but trash that wouldn’t even be a snack after a meal.

It’s noisy! How dare you make noise in front of a distinguished person like me? You guys have lost your heads. I will show you something scarier than a ghost in this world, which is even more terrifying than you mothers!”

“What? No matter how I look at you, you don’t look more than a bandit. What do you base your greatness on? You must want to die!”

The First Reapers body emitted a terrifying aura. A bandit like him was not even a second-rate to The Reaper Blades. With his sword, a bandit like him would be cut into thirty-six pieces in an instant.

But the bandit in front of him still didn’t realize how scary, cruel, and brutal they were. It was a matter of choosing the wrong customer.

“No! Don’t you people know how great and noble and self-sacrificing the Bandits are? Oh, my God! How can there be such a shameful thing in this world…”

“What can you do to help us?”

It was a ridiculous story.

“Ah, you’re a frustrating friend! Don’t you understand my kind heart? I’ll take care of all the wicked silver coins that make your body heavy. Please don’t refuse my sincere help!”

“Say it simply!”

The First Reaper Blade said impatiently. He didn’t like beating around the bush.

“Give me your money!”

It was a simple and concise statement from the bandit.

First Reaper had to suffer a ridiculous thing in broad daylight. A mere bandit dared to block the way of the five top masters who were called the death gods among The Reaper Blades. No wonder he was speechless.

“What?”

The First Reaper asked back as if he was amused.