Episode 44
Tang Seo-yeon and I stood facing each other in the center of the vast training hall.
“This is what I’m betting on.”
“knife?”
“Damro (湛盧). Have you ever heard of the fa of Gu Yazi (歐冶子)?”
“Isn’t he a figure from the previous era? He was said to be the best swordsman in the central region…”
“This is one of the five famous swords he made in his later years.”
“Is it okay to bet on sothing so precious?”
“Didn’t you say it was an item that could irritate the small cooperatives?”
A laugh escaped .
I never would have thought that such a valuable item would be worn on a simple jewel.
Are you sure that you will never lose?
Or do people who are directly descended from the five major families have different values than ordinary people?
I took the sword handed to by Tang Seo-yeon and looked around.
“It’s a good sword.”
“What would you like to bet on?”
“well. I never thought that Gu Yaja’s famous sword would co out. “I’m not confident I can offer equivalent conditions.”
“It doesn’t have to be money or things.”
“……?”
“How about sothing like this? “If I win, the cooperative will grant one request to .”
“Anything?”
“yes. Anything.”
I frowned slightly.
You have to do one favor unconditionally.
What kind of scary conditions exist?
‘……I guess it doesn’t matter. ‘I’m going to win anyway.’
Although his physical condition was far from perfect due to taking Cheondokdan, it did not an that he was so weak that he could not help a girl who was not even twenty years old.
I nodded, returning Damro to her.
“great.”
Even though my opponent was a direct descendant of the infamous party family, I never had the slightest thought that I would lose.
Of course, the woman in front of was probably thinking the sa thing as .
“I will not call a notary separately. “I believe that if you are a small cooperative, you will keep your promise.”
“We both share the sa. “I will trust Sozer.”
* * *
I took the lead first.
I had no intention of wasting ti on exploration.
The opponent is a poisonous person.
It would be foolish for a fool to take his ti when fighting an opponent skilled in poison poisoning.
The first herbivorous current month.
Tang Seo-yeon, who was staring at the sword rising in a gentle curve, lightly shook her wrist.
A dagger protruding from inside the sleeve was caught in her hand.
Kakakakak!
There was an unpleasant friction sound.
Tang Seo-yeon, who exquisitely tilted her dagger to dodge the attack, imdiately went into my arms and struck out with her left hand.
An unpleasant aura waved across my outstretched palm.
I pushed Shinhyeong back and held out my left hand toward him.
Pow!
The mont our hands clashed, the sound of a leather drum exploding rang out.
A massive light wave swept across the area.
I jumped into the air despite the shock and muttered as I corrected my posture in the air.
‘It’s poison.’
The tingling sensation I felt at my fingertips seed to indicate that poisonous energy had infiltrated .
After landing on the ground, he imdiately used the White Lightning God Attack to burn off the miasma.
‘If it goes on for a long ti, my side will be at a disadvantage.’
A quick decision.
When dealing with the Tang Dynasty’s Germans, it was better to see the match as quickly as possible.
I kicked off the ground and rushed towards Tang Seo-yeon.
Tang Seo-yeon threw down the dagger in her hand and bit Shin Hyeong.
Kaang!
I swung my sword and deflected the dagger, and in the next mont, dozens of reflections filled the front.
Kakakakak!
I avoided what I could and eliminated the rest.
In the anti, Seoyeon Dang, who had widened the distance, held a new morization in her hands.
‘I won’t give up my distance easily.’
Whoops!
Kakakakakak!
morizations that I don’t know where they ca from kept popping up.
As I tried to avoid the flying morization, I couldn’t close the distance.
‘The tactic itself isn’t bad.’
I laughed wildly and kicked the ground hard.
The high-flying new model drew a parabola and fell towards Tang Seoyeon.
The 19th herbivorous month (播月).
He swung his sword and unleashed the Wolyeonggeom attack.
The sword energy spread out in all directions and swept the entire area.
The morization that had been flying in all at once bounced away.
The image of Tang Seo-yeon looking this way with a puzzled expression ca into view.
‘It looks like you don’t have much experience fighting against high-level warriors, right?’
She certainly had outstanding skills for her age.
I also knew how to lead the fight to my advantage.
However, that alone could not make up for the fundantal gap in capabilities.
‘Such a stable fighting thod does not work against opponents stronger than oneself.’
Absolutely! Quick!
A white electric current flowed through the sword body.
Tang Seo-yeon instinctively sensed danger and stretched out her right hand forward.
Following the clanking noise, a large spit ca out of the sleeve.
‘Is it an organ device that fires morized energy?’
I avoided it by simply tilting my head back.
Is it because the number of spleens has beco useless?
Tang Seo-yeon’s face showed a hint of nervousness.
“Sigh!”
I imdiately got into the gap between her and swung my sword.
Tang Seo-yeon hurriedly took the chair and countered, but the difference in power was clear.
A sword strike whose power is amplified by incorporating thunder energy.
“Wow!”
Tang Seo-yeon flew away, blood spurting from her mouth, and tumbled awkwardly on the ground.
I caught up with her right away to finish.
The mont you try to swing your sword again.
‘for a mont.’
I felt a chill running down my back.
My intuition rang an alarm.
I felt a sense of discomfort from the sight of Tang Seo-yeon, who urgently corrected her posture and raised her head.
‘I can’t see the ornant that was always on the top of my head.’
I quickly looked back.
A golden butterfly had already arrived right in front of my nose.
‘Bjeop of the soul of the soul!’
I was barely able to avoid it by twisting the new model, but a scratch appeared on the back of my neck.
Even as I breathed a sigh of relief, my vision suddenly changed for a mont.
‘poison!’
My sense of balance was lost and all strength was drained from my body.
I imdiately used the white thunder energy, rotated the new type around my left foot, and sprayed the Wolyeonggeom’s cutting grass.
Twenty-third herbivorous month (水月).
The remnants that remained along the sword’s path crumbled into countless blades.
“Aaaah!”
Tang Seo-yeon’s scream rang in my ears.
It seems that I was swept away by the illusion while attacking while my senses were paralyzed.
After so ti, the distorted vision and body sensations returned to normal.
Seo-yeon Tang was breathing heavily and glaring in this direction from a distance away.
“I was a little surprised.”
“…….”
“I think we’ve shown everything we have to show each other, so let’s finish this soon.”
* * *
I said, aiming my sword at the neck of Tang Seo-yeon, who was lying on the ground.
“I think I won.”
“…….”
“I will take the damro (湛盧) as promised.
It was harder than expected.
Basic skills are good, but I never thought he would be so good at psychological warfare.
‘Even considering that it wasn’t in perfect condition, it wasn’t soone who would have this much trouble.’
Tang Seo-yeon raised her upper body and said with a bitter expression.
“You are strong as expected.”
“I was lucky.”
“no. It wasn’t luck or anything. It’s just that Yeon Sohyeop was much stronger than .”
“I have sothing I want to ask.”
“……?”
“Why are you working so desperately on this mission?”
“What are you talking about?…”
“I felt it while I was dancing. Sojeo is pouring his all into this dance. “Didn’t you ask to join you simply because you wanted to find out my skills?”
“…….”
“Since you are not answering, I will change the question. “What were you planning to ask if I won the bet?”
“I didn’t really think about it.”
“I didn’t think about it…”
“I tried to think about it slowly after winning the match.”
“Then why did you bet on a famous sword?”
“Honestly, I regret it a little bit. “I made a decision based on emotion without thinking about what would happen later.”
I narrowed my eyes and sharpened my sword.
For so reason, I felt like she was seeing soone else through .
“Is it possible that the reason you had an affair with has sothing to do with you, Master?”
“It’s a sha, but it is.”
A voice mixed with self-deprecation.
A shadow fell over the woman’s face covered in burns.
“I once asked my benefactor for a favor. “Please accept as a disciple.”
“…….”
“But I was rejected. You cannot learn the martial arts of Tenreimun, so give up. After being rejected several tis, I finally gave up and learned my family’s martial arts. In the end, I gave up living as a woman and beca a German.”
I thought I knew why she was so persistent in asking to do the massage.
It seems that she wanted to prove her strength to Dokgo Woojin by defeating .
“Maybe I felt jealous the mont I saw Sohyeop.”
“…….”
I felt like I had a little idea of how Tang Seo-yeon felt when she saw Dok Go Woo-jin taking as her disciple.
Of course, Dokgo Woojin would never have been able to accept her as a disciple.
Isn’t it impossible to kill a close friend’s daughter by drowning her in a fire demon?
‘I’d like to clear up any misunderstandings.’
In my heart, I wanted to say this.
Baekroe Shingong is said to be a martial art that cannot be learned except with extre skill.
The reason why Sojeo was not selected as the contemporary successor to Cheonleimun was not because she was a woman or because she lacked qualifications.
‘But that won’t work.’
If you offer comfort in a clumsy way, you could end up incurring resentnt.
In fact, I am an exceptional case in which I learned the White Thunder Godkung even though I was not a despondent.
Even the sa words can be comforting or deceptive depending on who says them.
I didn’t want to upset her by saying sothing unnecessary.
“sorry. “I caused trouble to the cooperative by using my childish emotions.”
“it’s okay.”
I quietly took my blanket and left the training ground.
Tang Seo-yeon did not follow or see off, but just watched leaving blankly.
* * *
Accommodation in Hwangryongmugwan.
I muttered, looking at the black-edged blade as if fascinated.
“It’s Gu Yaja’s famous sword.”
I unexpectedly ca into possession of a valuable item.
As I was looking around, I had a strong urge to swing it around right away.
“…There is no such thing as a monster.”
I shook my head once and returned the sword to its sheath and placed it under the bed.
I felt like I could sleep comfortably for the first ti in a long ti.
Tang Seo-yeon’s situation?
I already forgot about that.
My own pleasure took priority over other people’s feelings.
What are the side effects of taking Cheondokdan?
For today, I was able to laugh it off.
‘It was a rewarding day.’
I buried myself in bed with a smile on my face.
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