As Prophet - Chapter 159



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Episode 159. Raid – Seo Saeng-won

“Human desire is the driving force behind life. It cannot be completely absent. That is the nature of human existence.”

The old general who spoke politely was a general with a white beard and the dignity he had gained from experience. The new king looked at the general.

“What do you think, Commander-in-Chief?”

“Actually, I said something casually when Jin-in asked me if I had any idea who Yeo-ui was, and Jin-in connected the matter logically. When I thought about it, it seemed plausible.”

“I must meet His Majesty the King.”

“What are you going to do?”

“I just want to ask, without any reason or purpose. Did you like the throne you ascended to?”

The match inspector arrived late and reported.

“Loyalty! We had sporadic encounters with the enemy who had returned from the north, but they all fled after the defeat of our main force was announced.”

“Thank you for your hard work. What about the casualties on our side?”

“It’s not small. There were more casualties and deaths because the battle took place in a forested mountain. I’m sorry.”

“Ugh. Their martial arts skills are no ordinary skill, aren’t they?”

“In close combat, their superiority is clear. Two, no, three or more people must rush in together to barely maintain balance. In particular, the black-clothed unmanned units required a dozen or so men to stick together.”

The battle was over now, but the game inspector’s shoulders shook as if he was still afraid.

* * *

Dalcheon sent soldiers to three enemy camps that he had confirmed. Below Namsan, Dongdaemun, and below Cheonggyecheon were the places that Dalcheon had confirmed. He sent hundreds of heavily armed soldiers, but they had already disappeared. He asked the villagers and searched for any remaining traces.

Dalcheon investigated the hole in the south of Cheonggyecheon where the guy had disappeared. He made the floor collapse and the iron gate close from above. Now the iron gate was open, and there was nothing left where the guy had taken refuge.

When I went up, I saw that the documents and books that the men had burned were piled up in ashes. I searched here and there, but I couldn’t find a single piece of information that could help me track them down.

Mukhyeong approached Dalcheon.

“Are you catching anything?”

Once he pointed it out, Mukhyeong quickly followed suit. He made excuses like his health was not fully recovered, but it was also because the new king was too concerned about his own safety. It was not something to blame Mukhyeong for. However, he could not blame the new king, so he scolded Mukhyeong.

“What should I do with your Majesty?”

“Jo Dong-gil is right next to me.”

“Their actions and those of Mukhyeong-nim will be different.”

“We must be where force is needed. Right now, we must be with the true man.”

“Ugh. That’s why I wanted to say that it’s not a good idea to spend your whole life as a bodyguard. It’s presumptuous to meddle in other people’s lives, but since Your Majesty has ascended to the throne, I urge you to live your own life.”

“Whew. Okay, what should I do now?”

“You said it was unmanned.”

“A warrior trains himself and fights the enemy in times of need, that’s what you teach children.”

“Yes.”

“Now is the time to fight the enemy.”

“Yes.”

The two left the empty enemy camp and crossed Cheonggye. After asking around, they heard that the men had gone east, so they headed toward Dongdaemun. As they were crossing Supyogyo Bridge, a group of women who were doing laundry turned their heads. They tilted their heads as if they knew us.

Dalcheon slowed down and expanded his senses to the surroundings. He felt like countless people were swarming around him, but there was no sign of the enemy. He tilted his head and walked, and Mukhyeong asked.

“Why? What’s strange?”

“I wondered what was there because the women doing laundry all turned away at once.”

“They may have collaborated with the enemy knowingly or unknowingly, and then they may perceive us as the enemy. They must now know that our sons and husbands have joined the rebels… … .”

I crossed the Unjong Street and headed toward Dongdaemun, but the place where the men had been based was empty. A group of soldiers came running and started slaughtering people, but they couldn’t find anything. Not a single rat was left.

Dalcheon headed to the house of Seo Saeng-won, which was not far away, just in case. No, not his house, but the house where he had gone to contact him when he was injured. He thought that there might be a person called Dae-gam-ma-nim there. After wandering through the alleys and alleys, he found a door that said, “Beware of Dogs.”

Before going in, I checked the people inside. I felt a presence that was taking over the space by expanding my senses, and there were quite a few people. I hit the jackpot.

“Oh, it’s here.”

“Is this the place that General Yu was tracking?”

“Yes, there are people.”

“Oh ho ho. It looks like this place doesn’t seem to be exposed.”

The two men, who had secured a clue to track them down, knocked on the door proudly.

“Come here! Come here!”

A man who appeared to be the gatekeeper opened the front door.

“There is a student here.”

“Yes? Are you Mr. Seo?”

The moment the doorman thought about it, Mukhyeong, who had read the gap between the duty of welcoming people and the duty of pretending not to have anything, pushed open the door and went in.

“I told you there is no such person as Seo Saeng-won!”

Dalcheon snickered at the shout of the old man at the gate. It wasn’t a question of whether he was there or not. It was no different from telling someone else to avoid the student.

Fearing that they would escape, I jumped up onto the fence and then flew down onto the roof. I checked the perimeter of the fence first and checked if there was a back door. In the yard where the love and the servants’ quarters were connected, Mukhyeong was arguing with the doorman, and several young men came out and confronted him shoulder to shoulder.

Had he been holding back all this time? It seemed like he exchanged a few words, and then he quickly knocked them down. Five or six men tried to push him away with force, but he countered them, and when he struck his chin with a short fist, one of them fell down with a groan. After that, he extended his fists and swords to the left and right, and the two men who had approached him fell down. One of them held his stomach and bent his waist, and the one who had been hit in the head with a fist stood stiffly and fell backward, as if his soul had suddenly left him.

The fact that they weren’t using swords seemed to indicate that they still thought of them as civilians. As the two surprised men stepped back, the side door of the servants’ quarters opened and several people crawled out. However, they were all armed.

“Who are you?”

Mukhyeong glanced up and pressed the lock on the sword. When it clicked, the blade popped out slightly. Dalcheon’s lips twitched.

[Transmission] ‘Can I help you?’

He uses his voice freely as if he were having a daily conversation. Mukhyeong shook his head. A long sword was pulled out.

“Who is Seo Saeng-won?”

No one answered. Instead, those with drawn swords approached and surrounded the left and right. Just before the clash, there was a loud noise and one of them dropped his sword and fell down. Blood gushed out from the center of his forehead. When I looked up, Dalcheon had thrown something. I wouldn’t die, but I don’t think I’ll be able to function properly for a while.

There was another loud noise, and the two men who were turning to the side fell. While they were looking up, Mukhyeong’s sword drew the character 爻. When he stepped on the front, back, left, and right slashes, two men fell down, and three men retreated far away. He stepped aside from the roof’s firing angle, but Mukhyeong did not let him go. He crossed his legs and jumped, then crossed the space.

I cut down the guy standing under the eaves. He raised his sword to block, but he fell down, unable to block the next sword strike due to the rapid succession of attacks. Blood gushed out like a fountain from the place where he was cut. I raised my sword to block the attack from the guy who came around to the side, and I struck the forehead of the guy who was trying to retreat with the back of the sword handle.

“evil!”

“Ahh!”

“Ahhhh!”

Meanwhile, the black unmanned men are standing in front of the corridor that seems to be their room, their swords hanging down. They do not rush in together, but wait for their turn. While several screams are heard and several people fall, the black unmanned men standing behind do not attack. Some of them look elsewhere, as if they are frustrated with enduring the boring time. That is how they learned.

Mukhyeong asked.

“Who is Seo Saeng-won?”

One of the guys’ eyes was fixed on a room whose door was not open. He didn’t say anything, but it seemed like he was dealing with his frustration by telling the guy whose tail had been stepped on the location.

Mukhyeong walked slowly towards the student’s room. No one attacked him. At least he seemed to think that his turn was after the student’s.

“Seo Saeng-won, come out!”

The door opened slightly and the guy stumbled out. His entire body was wrapped in white cloth, and he was in no condition to fight. Still, he threw away his sword and crawled out.

“I am a student of the West. Why! Sipa!”

The appearance is pretty, but the mouth is tight. Originally, there was no correlation between them, but is it because they think that there should be? Mukhyeong smiled bitterly.

“Let me ask you a few questions.”

“There is nothing you can hear from my mouth.”

He came out even stronger because he thought that An Ga had been exposed because of him.

“He didn’t say anything even though he was going through a lot, but he told me nicely… … It’s hard to survive in this world anyway, right? My body is injured, so I think it would be a good idea to change ships.”

He makes a suggestion that he might or might not be able to say in secret, in a place where no one is around, with his sword facing the other. I can’t tell if it’s because he’s lacking or because he’s confident enough. Either way, it can’t be.

“Would you do that? Dengshin-ah.”

“If it were me, I would do that to find a new path, Deungshin-ah.”

It is impossible for a person without a voice to persuade someone through conversation. But the silent one asks again.

“Where did Yeo-ui run away to? They say she dug a hole and ran away in panic before the battle even started.”

“Hey! What do you have to gain by provoking me?”

“At least give me an answer.”

Meanwhile, while Mukhyeong was killing time, Dalcheon searched the house. He inspected the back room where Yeoui was supposed to have been, and checked the guest rooms and storage rooms. It was just a few thoughtless guys who returned, not the main body of the guys. He was greatly disappointed by his false expectations.

As I watched them go out to the Love Yard and confront them, I suddenly rushed in and knocked them down one by one. I sneaked up behind them and stabbed them in the vital points, and they fell down without even being able to scream. Only after three or four people had fallen did those who noticed the trouble start to run towards Dalcheon, shoulder to shoulder.

The sound of a sword cutting through the air came quickly. They swung their swords fiercely toward Dalcheon, quickly, concisely, and viciously. There was no place to take a step as two or three people seemed to have practiced in a group, but Dalcheon calmly dodged and blocked them, knocking them down one by one. It was a simple technique of striking the philtrum with a raised index finger and hitting the Adam’s apple with a knife, but they all fell down in one move. After knocking down about twenty people, he approached Seo Saeng-won.

“But you still talk!”

“Who are you?”

“Your father.”

When the young boy called out for his father and mother, Seo Saeng-won could not hold back and rushed at him. He could not even walk properly, but his swordsmanship was sharp. He stretched out his entire body as if he had prepared a single move and thrust his sword. It was a sword that did not think about the next move.

Dalcheon, who was carrying a backpack, slightly turned his upper body to avoid the attack, and raised his knees at an angle that tilted the guy’s upper body. The guy who was hit in the chest fell to the floor without breathing, groaning silently. He was able to breathe after hitting a few points on his back, but his whole body trembled. The few guys who fell behind twisted their bodies like they were wringing laundry because of how much pain they were in.

Mukhyeong whetted his appetite.

“Ugh! If you do it all by yourself like that.”

“What happens when you’re done?”

“What am I doing?”

“Please start interrogating them now. I’ll wait. Please find out anything that could be a clue.”

“Ugh.”

They say that work is neither noble nor base, nor is it heavy or heavy, but there is a clear difference. There are things I want to do and things I don’t want to do. I always leave this dirty work to others. I also want to take on the burden and order them to do it simply and then figure it out, but how come the world doesn’t give me that opportunity.

“Okay, just wait.”