Beastly and Fearlessly - Chapter 101
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“What are you doing? Now that we’re done talking, let’s each do our own thing.” Episode 101
“Dude, give me a cold drink quickly. Shit, I’m still hot all over.”
Joo Pal-gwang, once a promising talent at Chilseongbang, drank the liquor from a large bowl with trembling hands.
“Ugh.”
Joo Pal-gwang put down the bowl with trembling hands and fell flat on his back.
The black uniform that was the symbol of Chilseongbang was stained here and there.
The corners of the clothes had already blown away and turned to black ash.
“No, I have to tell you what happened. Where did all the people I went with go? I heard on the way here that a hundred people gathered there?”
Gyeduk Yu asked as he poured the drink back into the empty bowl.
The two are best friends who grew up together since childhood.
I came to Chilseongbang with a big dream.
As I was running to my room after hearing the summons, I met Ju Pal-gwang on the street.
And then he forcibly dragged me to a nearby guest room, telling me that I shouldn’t go to my room now.
“One hundred and twenty-two! There were a whopping one hundred and twenty-two. Does that make sense? There were three subordinate lords in addition to them. Two-legged lords, four-legged lords, and five-legged lords.”
If there’s one strongest master in Chilseongbang, it’s Seven Bangs, no matter what anyone says.
Among them, excluding the one-sided Yang Joong-san, the other side is the strongest.
Because he is a master who has reached the peak.
Of course, the rest of the arks are masters who can’t even look at themselves.
“How many of them were there?”
“Three! There were only three of us. What the hell. Does that make sense? Are we going to fight some kind of martial arts alliance or demonic cult? We just went to capture a barbarian from the South… … .”
Ju Pal-gwang’s hands were still shaking.
“No, how can three people beat a hundred people?”
“It wasn’t a hundred, it was a hundred and twenty-two. How many times do I have to say that, you punk?”
“Shut up and explain. What kind of guys were they?”
“Ha. Where should I start explaining this?”
Joo Pal-gwang opened his mouth with a big sigh.
“First of all, there was this girl who was incredibly pretty. Her face and body were just… … . Anyway, she was holding two short swords in each hand… … .”
“however?”
“I fucking thought it was just a leopard flying around. With a pretty face and an expressionless expression, stabbing me in the heart. Oh, and then there were three real leopards flying around too.”
“What the hell is this crazy kid talking about? Where’s the leopard in Kunming?”
“Shut up and keep listening. And there was this guy who was thin and looked like a girl. He was nowhere to be seen once the fight started.”
“Did he run away?”
“I couldn’t see it because it was going too fast, you punk. Stop interrupting me and just listen. I’m also out of my mind right now.”
“Okay, okay. Go ahead.”
“Just something blue and black would pass by, and every time it did, the heads of the Chilseongbang guys would roll around on the floor. Like marbles. That bastard’s sword cut so fast that the blood would bleed out after a long time. That bastard was just a ghost. A ghost you couldn’t see. Ah, I guess I should call it a will-o’-the-wisp.”
Joo Pal-gwang drank another glass of wine without any side dishes and grabbed his head with both hands.
Gyeduk Yu looked at the sight without saying a word.
This is the guy who has been with me since I started on the path to darkness.
He may make lame jokes sometimes, but he’s never the type to brag.
“No, if there are such strong guys, shouldn’t the arks step forward and give them some help? They are true masters, not third-rate blacksmiths like us.”
“Expert? Expert? Hehe. What kind of experts are those guys?”
“No, but this guy is quite famous for his sword. Even now, there are people who wet their pants when they hear the name Chilseongbang’s Pungryeogwido (風雷鬼刀).”
“Kuuu, I was serving those guys and it was crazy. As soon as the fight started, the head of the foreigner flew away.”
“Huh? A foreigner?”
“Just listen to the end of the story. Sigh. How much did I say?”
“You mentioned a pretty woman who is as ferocious as a beast, and a handsome man who is as fast as a ghost. You said there were three of them, so now there’s only one left.”
“The real one was the one left. Did you hear that story? The story about how Yahwaru became a sea of blood.”
“I heard. Those guys over there were so scared that they cracked people’s heads with one punch and ripped off their limbs with their bare hands. That’s some bullshit.”
“Ha. That’s true.”
“huh?”
“It’s true that he smashed people’s heads with his fists and ripped off their limbs like they were pieces of paper with his bare hands. I was drinking there at the time. I even peed my pants a little. I peed myself a little bit at the Chilseongbang’s Jupalgwang… … Ah, shit.”
“S, no way… … .”
“At least back then he was bare-handed. This time he came out with a sword as tall as a person. It was probably too heavy for guys like us to even lift. But… … .”
Ju Pal-gwang shuddered as the horrific scene from that time came to mind.
“however?”
“… … It was a dragon. There was a dragon dancing on his sword.”
“What are you talking about? Why is there a dragon all of a sudden… .”
“The black sword, which seemed to be made of something, suddenly turned bright red and burst into flames.”
“Flames shooting out of the sword?”
“I was swinging that sword around without mercy, and it seemed like a red dragon was just stirring up the darkness. The whole place was sweltering with heat, and screams could be heard here and there… … It was just hell, hell!”
Jupalgwang was trembling all over as if he were still there.
“And then, out of nowhere, something whitish appeared and swept past my eyes, and I couldn’t even follow it with my eyes. Anyway, wherever it passed by like lightning, one by one, someone grabbed the back of its neck and fell.”
“Oh, no, what is that? Is it some kind of memorization?”
“No. I thought so at first. But later, when I was running away, I saw the guy clearly.”
“What, what was it?”
“A white kitten! And what a cute kitten it was. It must be a little bigger than the palm of my hand. Haa. What kind of dream was this? Does it make sense that the Chilseongbang’s unmanned people died with their necks bitten off by that little kitten? Even if we’re third-rate.”
Gyeduk Yu’s mind suddenly became blank.
It is said that he tore off people’s limbs with his bare hands and flames shot out from his sword.
Pretty girls were running around with leopards, and people were flying around like will-o’-the-wisps.
And a kitten the size of your palm bit a person to death.
If this isn’t a dream, then what is?
“It doesn’t matter whether you believe it or not. Even I, who am talking about it right now, don’t believe it. But don’t go to the main broadcast right now.”
“Ah, no, but the one-sided leader personally gave the summons… … .”
“A summons? Haa. You little punk, have you been listening to my story through your asshole? You little punk, you think you’re lucky you met me halfway. Chilseongbang is over anyway. I don’t know why those savage bastards are acting like this, but not only Chilseongbang, but here in Gonmyung, there’s no place for Heukdo to set foot.”
“Then what are you going to do now?”
“ha…….”
Jupalgwang looked up at the sky and let out a big sigh.
When I was young, I dreamed of becoming a great warrior and traveling the world.
In the end, he became a third-rate blacksmith and went around collecting protection money.
“Let’s go back to our hometown together. We can start a small business together with the money we’ve saved up. It would be even better if we went to a place like Pyo-guk.”
“Is that so? I don’t think threatening people and extorting money is something that suits my personality.”
This should have been done a long time ago.
If you go around carrying a knife that doesn’t match your body, you’ll probably be found dead in some dark alley with a knife stuck in your stomach.
“But why are they doing this? What grudge do they have against Chilseongbang?”
“I don’t know. What’s certain is that Chilseongbang will be finished sooner or later. That’s for sure.”
* * *
Fortunately, the Bokmi-gak where we were staying was located quite far from the downtown area.
I even chose that place on purpose.
If the fight had taken place in the middle of a busy downtown area, the surrounding buildings probably wouldn’t have been left standing.
In the first place, it would have been difficult to fight with over a hundred people entangled together.
“Everyone worked hard. Deoksam worked hard to protect Umochi, and Umochi also worked hard to watch without running away until the end.”
“Ah, no, that’s because you were planning to jump down right away when the moment of danger came. But that moment never came. Haha.”
Nok Seung-seo, who was quietly wiping the blood off the sword, asked.
“But those guys called Chilseongbang or something, are they all the hundred people from before?”
“No, I don’t think so. There are probably still ships left.”
“Then how about going right now while you’re at it?”
“The reason we are attacking Chilseongbang is to plant the flag of the Beast Palace here. If the Beast Palace is established here in Yunnan, the southern part of the country will be safer. In order to do that, we need to keep our promises.”
Deoksam, who had been listening quietly, started talking nonsense.
“No, is the Nanman Beast Palace now the Yunnan Beast Palace?”
“Deoksam, let’s live while thinking about ourselves.”
Just think of the name slowly.
Well, you could probably build it something like Beast Gate.
First of all, it is important to establish the roots of the Beast Palace in Kunming, the center of Yunnan.
“Anyway, as promised, Chilseongbang will visit in a month.”
* * *
Chilseongbang.
“What? What did you say?”
Yang Zhongshan, who was sitting at the top, suddenly stood up from his seat.
“Those, those, the lords who led the way are all dead.”
Bang bang bang.
Yang Zhongshan shouted, throwing the empty chair.
“Is that what you saw? Over a hundred guys rushed in? You say there were only five? Is that guy the best in the world?”
The guy who couldn’t avoid the flying chair answered with blood pouring out of his mouth.
“That, that was three, not five… … And the moment the foreign lord’s head was cut off with a single sword, half of the men who followed him immediately ran away.”
“Five or three! Three is even more ridiculous. And you ran away? Catch all the runaways!”
I said that, but where are you going to catch those guys who got scared and ran away?
It looks like Chilseongbang is going to fly away right now, and there’s no way I can go looking for them.
After a while, Yang Zhongshan regained his senses and asked.
“Where is he?”
“I’m still in the early stages of recovery.”
“You little shits! Why are you suddenly messing with our Chilseongbang?”
No matter how much I thought about it, there was no problem between Chilseongbang and the Beast Palace.
The Geumbuhoe members that were destroyed last year were the ones who kidnapped women from Namman, so that could be possible.
But why Chilseongbang?
If there’s a guy who crawls up to you for nothing, is it so wrong to stab him in the stomach with a knife? If there’s a pretty girl on the street, is it so wrong to pick her up and treat her well?
Aren’t all the other black guys doing it too?
Why are you harassing the honest and upright Heukdo who lives an honest life while receiving protection money?
“hmm…….”
Now is the time to be calm.
Even though the guys who were sent were third-rate black magicians, there were also second-rate ones among them.
The fourth and fifth ones aren’t guys who can be easily defeated either.
Those guys got hit without even putting up a proper fight.
The difference in skill between the second son, who was beheaded by a single sword, and himself is not that great.
It means that he is not a master that you can deal with.
“Flames were shooting out of the sword?”
“Yes. There are more than one or two people who have witnessed it. They said that the red flames shot up to the very edge of the sky, and it looked like a red dragon ascending into the sky… … .”
It’s an unrealistic story, but there are more than a few people who have seen it.
‘if……?’
In the distant South Bay, there is an absolute master called the Beast King.
I’ve heard it said that fire shoots out of his fists.
Of course, I didn’t believe it even then, telling him not to talk nonsense.
‘Is this kid… … the Beast King?’
A ridiculous idea occurred to me, but I quickly pushed it out of my mind.
There’s no way that blue little guy could be the Beast King, right?
Even if he were a true Beast King, he would never leave Nanman and come here to Kunming.
And that too with only a few people.
I looked out the window.
A bunch of rascals huddled together in the training ground.
Now there are less than a hundred left.
The quick-witted ones have already run away.
Actually, I feel like I want to run away right now.
But where can I leave behind the Chilseongbang that I have achieved throughout my life?
‘Haa. I guess there’s nothing I can do.’
One person came to Yang Zhongshan’s mind.
A true master who has been hiding in Yunnan to avoid the pursuit of the Murim Alliance.
Even though I am being chased by the martial arts world.
The red appearance of the magic jade blood palm.
I happened to find out where he was hiding, but I haven’t opened my mouth to tell anyone yet.
Because Chilseongbang is not someone that can be dealt with.
I was just thinking, why did you sneak into Yunnan and make me worry?
‘But it turned out well… ‘
In return for your help, you could ask for the entire Chilseongbang, but there is no other way right now.