◈ Jeokhodan (1)
“If it had been an injury that would heal in two days, we wouldn’t have come here.”
To Mujin’s point, Ouyangpae sighed and answered.
“Whew. It’s not a complete recovery, but I have no problem moving around on my own. “There is less than a day left until the time I agreed to with my companions, so I must go now.”
“Don’t worry. That doesn’t mean I won’t send it to you. “I was worried about sending it alone, so I said let’s go together.”
After saying that, Mujin turned his head and shouted at Mugung.
“Mugunga!”
“why?”
“Let’s go get a drink for a moment.”
“Why me again?”
When Mugung asked, Mujin pointed to Muyul.
“Muyul is busy right now, and she feels anxious about being left alone, so we should leave Mukyung as a babysitter.”
“I can stay as a nanny and take Priest Moogyeong with me.”
When Mugung sells himself as if it is natural, Mugung says, “Mugung is executed…” … ?” and desperately called his name.
Of course, it didn’t work for Mujin.
“It’s because I really need you this time.”
“Hmm. “I-I really need it?”
“okay. “Maybe something happens that can’t be solved without you.”
“Hmm. “If that’s the reason, you can’t do it.”
Mugung snorts when he hears that it is not for the sake of being a dutiful person, but because he is absolutely needed.
He was quite a simple guy.
However, I didn’t say that just to entice Mugung.
‘It’s not a possibility, it’s because it will definitely happen.’
In Part 1 of the original novel, Rok of the Return of the Heavenly Demon, Ouyangpae, who fought a blood monk, arrives at the agreed upon location just in the nick of time.
Although he did not suffer severe internal injuries like this time, Ouyangpae suffered minor injuries during the duel with the blood monk.
So, Ouyang Pae treated the minor injuries and summarized the knowledge gained during the fight.
After resting and meditating for a day, I headed to the meeting place.
And at the place he arrived, he joined the Red Tigers and at the same time came into conflict with a certain group.
A healthy Ouyangpae would be able to overcome that problem, but right now, the injury was not fully healed yet.
And if things went as Mujin thought, there was no one who could solve the conflict with that group.
* * *
Somewhere in the south.
The place where the Red Tigers were originally divided into five groups and then decided to gather.
As the promised time approached, members of the Red Tiger Corps were gathering there one by one.
And the woman who had just arrived at the place glanced at the people gathered there and then turned to Danju.
“Danju! “Where has the card gone and I can’t see it?”
That woman was one of the leaders of the Red Tigers who came here via the other side. And the person she was looking for was none other than Ouyang Pae.
To her question, Danju frowned slightly and answered.
“It got scattered on the way here.”
“Scattered?”
“The teams moved separately, saying they had something to handle separately. “I said I would come here by the promised date, so don’t worry.”
“One, Danju.”
Is it because he has a special affection for cards? As she continued to criticize Danju’s words, Danju’s eyes changed.
“… … sorry. Lord Danju.”
When she realized that she had crossed the line, she swallowed her frustration and had no choice but to lower her head.
“I know how you feel, so don’t worry. Let the members get some rest first. “How can it be said that the leader cares more about the members of other groups than the members of his own group?”
“sorry.”
Isn’t this a typical unit? A thought occurred to her, but she was stupid enough to not say it out loud.
Even excluding personal feelings, Ouyangpae was the son of the current Heavenly Demon.
Of course, he was in a situation where he was not treated like a son.
However, as the leader of the Demonic Cult Armed Forces, it was impossible for him to discriminate against members based on their status.
You could have treated him that way implicitly, but it would have been foolish to say it out loud.
And this was the same as the Danju of the Jeokhodan.
‘Where on earth and what are you doing?’
Danju, who actually scolded her, was also very disturbed.
At best, Ouyang’s group wouldn’t have to struggle against those who were just running magic tricks in a quiet place like the forest.
The fact that it hasn’t arrived yet means that there may be some problem.
Swish.
To get rid of those anxious thoughts, Danju shook his head.
‘With the Ouyang group, even if a problem arises, we will be able to overcome it.’
Rather than focusing on those things, now was the time to focus on the mission that needed to be done after the guy, who would join in on his own, returned.
After gathering himself, Danju finally took out the letter that he had kept in his arms after receiving it before leaving the Demon School.
Their goals were written here.
A person from the Demonic Cult who had to come all the way to Nanman to be killed. Or information about the organization.
* * *
At a time when Danju and the female commander of the Jeokhodan were worried about the Ouyang group.
“Not now. “What do you mean?”
Ouyangpae was arguing with the beast palace lord.
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“It’s already late. Countless poisonous insects and spirits live here in the great jungle. This means that walking around late at night is no different from suicide. And we at the Beast Palace are not so irresponsible as to let our guests die in vain!”
It was the beast palace lord, flexing his muscles and shouting in a tone full of pride.
However, that consideration was only frustrating for Ouyangpae.
“I’m not afraid of poisonous insects or spirit creatures!”
“joy. “You seem to be thinking of the weaklings of the north, but the poisonous insects of the jungle here are of a different order from what you think!”
When Beast Palace Lord and Ouyangpae were about to argue, Mujin intervened in the conversation.
“Both of you, calm down. Beast Palace Lord. It’s no different, this guy has to visit a certain village before midnight tomorrow. “Is there no way?”
“Wouldn’t you like to know the location of that village if you tell me?”
As Mujin and Beast Prince looked at him, Ouyangpae, who thought for a moment, finally told them where the Red Tigers were scheduled to gather.
“It’s a village named Maengdon (孟顿, မိုငးတုံမြို့).”
The Beast Palace Lord laughed heartily at Ouyangpae’s answer.
“Ha ha ha ha ha. If you’re there, you don’t have to worry. I will appoint the fastest warrior in our Beast Palace as your guide. “If he is that guy, he will be able to leave tomorrow morning and reach that village before the sun sets.”
After saying that, the beast palace lord shouted to the guards waiting in the palace hall.
“Call Su Linya!”
It seemed that the name of the warrior who would guide Ouyangpae and Mujin to Mengdon Village was Xu Linya.
Mujin and Ooyangpae were also curious about who the guide was, so they waited there with the beast palace lord for a while.
Rattling.
When the door to the palace was opened and the warrior appeared, Mujin swallowed his saliva without realizing it.
‘Wow.’
That exclamation almost came out of my mouth without me even realizing it.
As expected, the warrior named Surinya was a woman.
A typical athlete who boasts a resilient body with evenly developed fine muscles.
However, it wasn’t as if I almost burst out in admiration simply by looking at the body shape.
As the owner of a gym, it was Mujin where I often encountered such women, whether as trainers or members.
The reason Mujin was surprised was not only because of her body, but also because of her clothes.
When she came to visit Gungjujeon, she was wearing a leopard skin that narrowly covered only two very important parts.
Looking at the attire, it almost seemed like the Beast Prince had summoned a woman to serve the night, rather than a warrior.
‘Well, is that the basic outfit of Beast Palace warriors?’
If you think about it, the Beast Palace lord was like that in the first place, and all the Beast Palace warriors he met before were sporting barbarian-like clothing that only covered important parts.
“I came here after receiving a call from the palace lord.”
It was Xu Linya, kneeling on one knee and showing utmost respect to the Beast Palace Lord.
Swish.
As his posture changed, Mujin, unable to find a place to focus his eyes, ended up turning his head and ignoring the scene.
‘No. ‘This isn’t modern times.’
It seemed like he still had some of the emotions from when he was Choi Kang-hyuk.
Now, I was no longer a trainer who always had to be careful about whether a minor misunderstanding at the gym would create the stigma of sexual harassment.
It was said that there was no need to avoid eye contact.
Mujin, who was so excited, turned his head again, but she had already straightened up again.
“Surin. “I’ve called you because I have something to entrust to you.”
“Please give me your name. Lord of the palace.”
“Before the sun sets tomorrow, guide them to Maengdon Village.”
“I will follow your orders.”
After finishing her conversation with the Beast Palace Lord, Su Linya looked at the two men she would be guiding.
“Hmm~?”
In particular, when Ouyang Pae was staring at her with intense eyes, she let out a strange snort.
Ouyangpae was glaring at her with doubts as to whether she would be able to guide him to his destination in time.
She took that look with a slightly different meaning.
“I’m sorry, but a man with a weak lower body like you can’t handle me.”
“… … “What did you say just now?”
When Ouyangpae asked the question as if it was absurd, Su Linya answered by snapping her fingers.
“To reach Maengdon village before the sun sets, we will have to run all day without stopping. “If you spend time with me tonight, those skinny legs won’t be able to handle it.”
Su Lin Ya, who instantly downgraded the descendant of the Heavenly Demon to a man with a weak lower body, turned his head and glared at Mu Jin.
“A warrior like you might be able to hold out long enough. “Hehehe.”
She was staring at Mujin’s muscles with vicious snake-like eyes.
* * *
Sadly, Mujin’s hot night with Su Linya did not happen.
Before the issue with Ryu Seol-hwa or his status as a monk.
‘If it wasn’t for the smell… … .’
It was thanks to the thick sweat and body odor of the warriors living in the jungle that it brought back the sense of reason that Mujin had almost lost.
Anyway, early morning the next day.
Mujin, Mugung, and Ouyangpae left the Beast Palace with Su Linya.
And like most beast warriors, Sulinya had an animal as her friend, a female leopard named Charida.
“that… … Is it okay to wear your friend’s skin as clothing?”
When Mujin asked out of curiosity, Su Linya burst out laughing as if it was cute.
“Hehehe! This is not Charida’s clothes. Clothes made from the skin of Mard, Charida’s mother. Mard was also my friend, but he passed away at the end of his life a few years ago. “It means that I am with Mard for life, and she is wearing her skin.”
And she added that all warriors of the Beast Palace make clothes out of their close friend’s skin and wear them when a close friend dies.
It was a useful time learning about the unique culture of the Beast Palace, but Ouyangpae was pressed for time and frowned.
“How about we talk about that as we go?”
Eventually, with Ouyang’s encouragement, they began to move.
Indeed, the Beast Palace warrior who lived his entire life in the jungle was different no matter what.
Sulinya did not travel along the main road that the people of Southern Manchuria used to travel.
We were literally heading south through the jungle.
He takes the lead and shows the way, and follows the path that Su Linya calls the ‘shortcut’.
‘That’s really fast.’
Mujin clicks his tongue as he looks at Su Linya running ahead.
That’s right, Surinya was running on all fours with her friend Charida, covering places like bushes, rivers, and even cliffs as if they were flat ground.
The speed was so fast that Mujin and Mugung were falling behind little by little.
However, Sulinya’s level of light attack was not superior to that of Mujin or Mugung.
It’s just that the countless trees and rocks in the rainforest are preventing you from running freely.
As if there were no such obstacles. No, rather, it was just strange that Sulinya used that obstacle to gain more acceleration.
‘It reminds me of the old days.’
Naturally, Mujin was reminded of the time when he was learning Gyeonggong from Hyeon-gwang.
In fact, there was another big reason why Mujin and Mugung were falling behind little by little.
‘Wow.’
It was difficult to find a place to focus my eyes as I tried to chase after Su Linya, who was running on all fours wearing only a skin-patterned undercoat that covered only the important parts.
Mu-jin, who was somewhat resistant, managed to find peace of mind by recalling memories with Hyeon-gwang.
“What are you doing! “I keep falling behind!”
Seeing Mugung continuously falling behind, Ouyang Pae finally couldn’t hold back his anger and screamed.
Since his internal injuries are not fully healed, he is being carried on Mujin’s back.
But whether Ouyang Pae was angry or not, Mugung had a hard time coming to his senses.
For Mugung, who went from a simple country child to a monk, the sight of Su Linya was an unbearable kind of mental attack.
‘Namu Amitabha Buddha. Tree Amitabha Buddha.’
No matter how much I chanted in my heart, the illusion of an unknown world beyond the seemingly invisible skin patterns of Su Linya, running on all fours, was completely blowing away the immobility I had built up over the years.
‘No, it doesn’t work! No, it doesn’t work! For me, it’s a hundred and a half… … . No! Baek Sojeo is not possible!! I am a Shaolin monk! Wooden Amitabha Buddha. Namuami… … Wow… … .’
Mujin, who was examining Mugung from the side, sighed as he saw Mugung’s complexion changing every moment.
“Surin! “I think I need to rest for a while!”
As Mujin shouted, Ouyangpae, who was riding on Mujin’s back, sighed as well and translated his words.
Xu Linya, who had been ahead for a while, finally stopped and looked back at them with a puzzled look.
He looked like he couldn’t even keep up with this speed.
But those doubts last for a moment.
Seeing Mugung’s appearance turning so colorful and not knowing where to place her eyes, Su Linya smiled and said, as if it was cute.
“Hehehe. If I’m a warrior like you, I’m not bad either. But since we don’t have time now, what about after we arrive at Meng Don Village?”
As Su Linya said that, her eyes were focused on Mugung’s massive muscles.
Ouyangpae, who was wondering whether or not he should translate something, eventually translated it with a sigh at the puzzled looks of Mujin and Mugung.
“Mae, mae, what do you do when you arrive at Maengdon Village?”
And a little late, Mugungi started to play.
“… … “At this rate, I end up having to put away an invoice before I even arrive.”
Mujin was worried that Mugung might die from a poisonous spell.
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