episode_0094

94. Refinement.

The martial artist abruptly raised his head. His face flushed red, he shouted.

“How dare you! Who are you to interrupt our conversation!”

Sir Gong was startled by his angry shout. He knew nothing of martial arts.

The shout, faintly infused with internal energy, had something that weighed down ordinary people.

Nevertheless, Sir Gong steadily maintained his stance. He could not back down here.

Yohan said.

“Stop, stop. Didn’t I ask you? What do you think? I don’t know why you’re suddenly yelling.”

“Th, that is…”

“Well, never mind. That’s answer enough.”

The martial artist’s complexion paled. What to do? Am I really going to die here?

Fortunately, Yohan had no intention of killing him yet. I don’t know what will happen later, but at least not now.

“Let’s go. Guide me. And take all those people with you.”

Yohan pointed to the slaves and fallen managers and said that.

The martial artist wore a bewildered expression.

“I don’t know what the level of the guys in the village is. Is the leader there?”

Perhaps because his intentions were exposed, he replied with a resigned expression.

“The leader is in another village. Our Black Forest Squad has more than just this one village under its control.”

That was something I didn’t know. Certainly, the insider’s information was better than Sir Gong’s.

Yohan told the martial artist to get up. Then he jumped up.

“Lead the way.”

“……Yes.”

Yohan made eye contact with Sir Gong. As if responding to Yohan’s gaze, Sir Gong turned around and shouted.

“Everyone! Follow me! We’re going into the village! Hey! You managers, come this way too!”

The managers and slaves hesitated at the same time. Sir Gong added.

“Those who want to follow, follow! If you don’t want to, you don’t have to! But! All the managers must come!”

The managers frowned.

They didn’t like that a man who was just a slave, not Yohan, was shouting.

But behind Sir Gong was Yohan. They grumbled and followed the three.

Some of the slaves followed Yohan, while others decided to stay on the farmland. Yohan did not force them to act.

Yohan, who was walking in front with the martial artist, opened his mouth.

“I understand that the leader is not in the village. Then only the executives will be guarding the village. Right?”

“That’s right.”

“Are they about the same level as you?”

“Even so, I’m quite a senior member.”

“So the guys left behind are all about the same. What’s the number?”

The martial artist spoke fluently as if a dam had burst.

“There are five guys like me, thirty people at the manager level, and you don’t need to worry about the rest. They’re all just slaves like them.”

“Is that all?”

Yohan said that. The martial artist was a little taken aback.

Thirty sturdy men and six people, including himself, who had mastered martial arts to some extent. It was by no means a small number.

This number was more than enough to take over a small rural village.

And there was a man in the village who was much stronger than the martial artist.

“The vice leader is there. He may not be as good as the leader, but he’s really strong. You should run away now…”

“Don’t play tricks, if I was going to run away, I would have killed you a long time ago.”

“……”

That wasn’t wrong. The martial artist, having nothing to say, closed his mouth.

Yohan suddenly asked.

“What’s your name?”

“……Cheong. Jang Cheong.”

“Cheong? Okay Cheong. Do you think I’ll lose?”

Yohan stroked the corner of his lips. Perhaps because he had received the memories of the body’s original owner, his speech seemed quite similar to that of the people living through this trial. It wasn’t bad.

After pondering for a while, Jang Cheong opened his mouth.

“Honestly, I don’t know. You look too young to be a master, and I can’t feel your internal energy very well. Who are you?”

Yohan smiled slightly. You can’t feel my internal energy?

“You can’t feel my internal energy? Then how about this?”

Yohan said that as he drew up his magic power. His hair floated up.

Jang Cheong was startled by the sight.

“Huh! What is this!”

Jang Cheong said with wide eyes.

“How deep is your internal energy? This is at least above the vice leader!”

“Well, I don’t really know.”

Yohan stared straight at him.

“Do you still think I’m going to lose? I’m curious to know what you think.”

“……Honestly, I think you might have a chance.”

“Really?”

At that moment, a village appeared before their eyes. It was right there after passing a rather large tree. It was quite close.

“I’ll give you a choice.”

“Yes?”

“If you think I’m going to win, fight with me. Conversely, if you think I’m going to lose, attack me.”

“……”

Jang Cheong pondered. Can this man really beat the Black Forest Squad? All alone?

Honestly, he was a little skeptical. Even if his internal energy was at the vice leader level, fighting wasn’t just about internal energy.

A martial artist’s accumulated internal energy, external skills, techniques, intuition, situation, fatigue… Everything in their life is poured out in an instant in a battle.

You can’t beat the man in front of you. Jang Cheong’s reason was shouting that.

But his emotions moved his tongue as they pleased. Eventually he said.

“I’ll trust you, once.”

Yohan grinned at Jang Cheong’s answer. This guy has good instincts.

“By the way, what is your name?”

“Shin Yohan.”

“Yes. Yohan-nim.”

With that, Yohan moved towards the village with Jang Cheong, who had a determined look in his eyes.

***

The village was surprisingly peaceful. The faces of the residents were a little dark, but not too bad.

At least they treat them better than they treat the slaves.

Rumble-

Currently, Yohan was moving with a large number of slaves. Naturally, the eyes of those around him were drawn to them.

“What are those guys? Aren’t they the ones in the back mountain farmland?”

“Oh, really? Why are they here?”

Suddenly, someone who noticed Jang Cheong next to Yohan shouted.

“Huh! Isn’t that an executive of the Black Forest Squad?”

“What? No way… Th, that’s right?”

The buzzing noise grew louder.

The fact that the slaves were here, and even the executive who had gone to work on the farmland, had returned. What’s going on?

Yohan had no reaction to their commotion. He wanted them to make more noise.

‘That’s how they’ll bite the bait.’

Soon, Yohan’s intentions hit the mark. A group of people pushed through the crowd and approached them.

The faces of the people in the group were all fierce, and they didn’t look like they were doing legitimate work.

The man at the very front shouted. His face had a long scar on it.

“Jang Cheong! You bastard! What are you doing there! How dare you not take the pigs back to work!”

It was quite an aggressive tone. It was because the atmosphere between the slaves and Jang Cheong was unusual.

It didn’t look like they had come with good intentions. The man growled like a hedgehog with its quills raised.

Jang Cheong bit his lip and stepped forward, answering.

“Wi Gang-ah, where is the vice leader?”

“Didn’t you hear me? Report in detail how you came to be here, and take the slaves back right now!”

Jang Cheong sighed. Tch, well. This is it.

“Can’t you tell by looking? Wi Gang-ah. You’re barking so hard like a frightened puppy. You’re so loud.”

“What! You, by any chance, are rebelling…”

“If anything, call it a generational change. What rebellion, anyone would think you’re the emperor.”

“You son of a bitch… You don’t really think you can defeat the vice leader with your skills, do you? Huh?”

“Haha, no way.”

Jang Cheong pointed to Yohan and shouted.

“From now on, the Black Forest Squad will be under this person. You should quickly switch sides too. I’m saying this specially because of our friendship as former colleagues.”

Yohan was dumbfounded. Until just now, he had been exuding animosity, but now he was no different from a very clever Jindo dog.

Everyone’s attention was focused on Yohan, who was chuckling. Ah, Jang Cheong was aiming for this.

The man named Wi Gang looked at Yohan and said.

“You’re saying that a young punk like him is after the vice leader? You must be crazy.”

“Heh, I used to think the same way as you. Well, you’ll change your mind soon.”

Wi Gang’s eyebrows formed a reverse character. Crazy bastard. You need a beating to deal with a crazy dog.

Wi Gang reached his hand forward.

“Hit them.”

“”Yes!””

The strong men who responded loudly charged at Yohan’s group.

Yohan looked at the approaching men and the four men behind them.

‘Twenty dummies, and four skilled people at Jang Cheong’s level.’

I could easily deal with them by showing just a little bit of magic, but that would be a waste.

‘When else will I get an opportunity like this? I should take this opportunity to improve my martial arts.’

It’s useful to have close combat skills honed to some extent.

Yohan kicked off the ground.

Taat-!

Wi Gang, who was watching this from behind, slightly opened his mouth.

Fast.

‘He looks young, but he’s not an ordinary guy.’

By the time he had that thought, Yohan had already arrived at the men.

He reached out to the closest guy.

Thud-

Whatever it was made of, the fabric was quite tough. That was good for him.

Yohan felt his abdominal muscles contract. His figure rotated like a windmill.

Soon, the man grabbed by Yohan flew towards his comrades.

Thud!

“Kkyaaaaak!”

It wasn’t as fast as a bullet, but it was a difficult speed to avoid.

Thanks to that, the formation of the guys was noticeably disrupted.

Shling, Yohan drew a sword from his chest. In reality, he took it out of his inventory, but at least that’s what it looked like to others.