I’m Here to End This Fight - Chapter 373



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Episode 373. Tracking (1)

A port city in the Enright administrative district, attached to the Dale River and serving as a transportation hub.

These characteristics really brought a lot of people into the city.

And then one sunny afternoon.

That day, like any other day, was an ordinary day with many people coming and going into the city.

People are also flocking to the only gate.

The bored expressions of people waiting in line to be checked.

The fierce gaze of the guards conducting the inspection.

Everything was just routine, repeated every day.

Something a little suspicious happened in my ordinary daily life.

Dagudak- dagudak-.

“Huh?! What is it?!”

“Hey! It’s dangerous!”

A luxurious-looking four-horse carriage pulled up in front of the checkpoint, ahead of the line of people.

It was only natural that those who had already lined up first had dissatisfied looks on their faces.

What added fuel to the fire was the attitude of the guards at the checkpoint.

Nod-.

The coachman nodded slightly and handed something to the sentry.

The sentries who had been observing this for a moment exchanged glances with each other.

“Please pass by.”

They passed through the gate without any inspection inside the carriage.

Step by step, step by step-.

A carriage passes through the checkpoint in an instant and drives away.

Then a shout erupted from those standing behind them.

“Me, me?!”

“Where is this happening!”

“Some people stand in line, and they let them go!”

The sentries snorted at the complaints that erupted here and there.

“I sent it because there was a reason to send it.”

“What reason is there for sending it away!”

“Do you want to know?”

The sentry gave the protester a cold look.

“If you find out… that neck won’t be safe, right?”

Not only those who openly protested the sentry’s sincere warning, but even those who agreed with him kept their mouths shut.

The sentry, whose complaints had been suppressed so easily, shouted loudly.

“next!”

Only then did the checkpoint, which had been at a standstill for a while, resume.

It seemed like the somewhat special and suspicious incident that happened at the checkpoint was swept under the rug and forgotten by everyone.

But if only there weren’t eyes watching the checkpoint closely.

Ssuk-.

The entrance to an alley with a clear view of the checkpoint.

The beggar who had been lying next to him yawning suddenly got up with his eyes shining.

Then he picked up the broken dishes and straw mats that had been placed for good deeds and disappeared into the alley.

A beggar walked quickly down a winding alley and stood in front of a shabby shack.

He let out a nervous voice.

“Me, Your Majesty?”

There was a brief silence at the beggar’s call.

The beggar swallowed his saliva and was about to open his mouth again.

“…What is it?”

A thick voice flowing out from inside a shabby shack.

At this, the beggar’s back was bent at about 45 degrees.

“Poem, what you asked me to do. Well… I confirmed that you were leaving a little while ago… … .”

“Are you sure?”

“Oh, yes, I am sure! It was definitely the carriage you mentioned!”

“hmm…….”

“I’ve been begging on the floor of that alley for over a decade, and I’m sick of looking around! Trust me, I’ve got a good eye for this!”

Despite these confident words, no answer came for a while from inside the shack.

At that moment, the beggar’s expression turned anxious.

Bam-!

A silver coin flew out of the hut and landed in front of the beggar.

And then I heard a murderous voice.

“Wherever you go and talk nonsense… … .”

“Don’t worry! I won’t reveal anything about today even if I die!”

The beggar quickly picked up the silver coin that had fallen at his feet.

Although it was only one silver to others, it was an amount that would take several months of charity to save up for oneself.

I couldn’t help but smile when I got punished for something so trivial.

He quickly packed the silver coins into his bosom and ran out of the alley as if he was afraid someone would see him.

The beggar disappeared a while later.

Ssuk-.

The back of the hut opened and a man appeared.

A middle-aged man with a grim face.

He looked around and then quietly left the place.

The middle-aged man then headed to the back door of a shabby general store on the outskirts of town.

dripping-.

A man knocks on the door and a few minutes later.

With the sound of small footsteps, a small window the size of a palm opened in the back door and a pair of eyes appeared.

A woman’s voice was heard from beyond the door along with him.

“What’s going on?”

“I confirmed that the target has left.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yes, the carriage you told me about was correct.”

“…all right.”

With those words, a small pouch appeared through a small window.

The man who received it and checked the amount of silver coins inside left the store with a smiling face.

After the man left like that.

Squeak-.

This time the main door of the general store opens.

A woman in her 30s with a [Business closed] sign hanging on her door was walking away in a hurry, buttoning up her collar.

The place she finally arrived at was a bar not far from the general store.

The woman entered secretly through the back door, met someone there, and relayed the information she had just heard.

It means that the goal has been lost.

This has continued to be passed down through the mouths of many people since then.

Give information and get paid.

Also, those who heard the information moved to another location and sold the information to someone else.

Each time, the amount received increased slightly, and this process continued for a total of 7 more times.

[50 minutes ago, we confirmed that the target had left.]

A man wrote down the information he had heard on a note and folded it into a small piece of paper.

Then, after looking around to make sure no one was there, he put a note in the crack of a tree in the park and left.

A few minutes later.

A man, presumably with his hood pulled down low, passed right by the tree.

Ssuk-.

The note that had been inside the box disappeared without a trace.

The man wearing the hood along with him also disappeared completely.

But surprisingly, something similar was happening elsewhere at around the same time.

The person, who appeared to be a thin woman, took a note out of the pocket of the clothes that someone had left hanging.

The man with the huge physique took a piece of paper out of a glass bottle that someone had placed in the river.

Although the locations were different, those who had gotten their hands on the note with similar content headed somewhere in a hurry.

***

There was a person in the water with a thin ray of light extending down.

Glass floating in the river as if sleeping.

But he wasn’t asleep; he had his eyes closed and was replaying the fight that day.

Blair Iscario, who is expected to be at a similar level to himself.

The fight with him was his complete defeat.

Of course, I could have made an excuse that it was unavoidable because my physical condition was not good.

Because the opponent was too strong for me to deal with with only 30% of my original skill level.

But Yuri looked back on the fight that day and scolded herself.

‘I only had 30% of my potential, but that day I was such a cripple that I couldn’t even make good use of that potential.’

Even though it was only 30%, there were still a lot of usable patterns.

madman.

Last month.

Maru.

Wind and rain.

Not only that, but he also has the basic and fundamental magic thundercloud.

In the past, during the cradle days, didn’t you fight against opponents stronger than yourself with just thunderclouds and magic currents?

So even though he only had 30% of his skill level, he could have easily dealt with Blair if he had made full use of what he had.

But that day, Yuri was completely on the defensive without being able to use her abilities properly.

No, it was so embarrassing that I was embarrassed to even call it a waste.

‘I was floundering around like an idiot.’

Utilizing your abilities?

I was so completely taken advantage of that I didn’t even care about that.

And Yuri knew the reason all too well.

‘The area has been sealed.’

The moment when Blair was enveloped in the crimson fog she used.

The realm of absolute sense that I had always believed in and was confident in was completely destroyed.

A feeling where the sense of the absolute is all jumbled up.

Even thinking back on it now, it was so terrifying that it made me dizzy.

Yuri clicked her tongue as she recalled this again.

‘Tsk, I’ve been relying too much on the realm all this time.’

Two types of realms obtained by reaching the 7th Dan level.

That is, after obtaining Jin:Yeong-Rang and Wei:Yeong-Rang, Yuri was confident.

He said that if his opponent was also a 7th dan, he would never lose.

And this was clear until I met Blair.

Jin: Yuri, who uses the area offset and the area above at the same time, was a disaster that even a 7th dan of the same level could never stop.

Yuri also knew this, which is why she had been relying heavily on the area.

The problem is… … .

‘I relied on you too much. No, I trusted you blindly.’

His own way, which he believed without a doubt to be absolutely invincible.

But it was not invincible.

It had a fatal flaw.

‘So you can neutralize the area like that too.’

Rather than neutralizing the area with a counter-effect, it is neutralized by confusing the senses.

This is for the strong who have achieved the realm of absolute sense rather than the weak.

In particular, it was a very fatal method for Yuri, who operated two sensory areas: Jin:Yeong-yeok and Wi:Yeong-yeok.

Yuri reflected on her own attitude of fighting a battle that relied on territory, while worrying about Blair’s bloody fog.

How can we possibly break through that fog that is confusing our senses?

also…….

‘That’s quite tempting, isn’t it?’

How can you make it your own?

At that moment, Yuri was worrying like that.

-Leeeeeeee!

He leapt out of the water at the sound of something mumbling, but clearly calling his name.

Choaaaak-!

Yuri leaped out of the river like a dolphin and landed gracefully on the ground.

He shook his body vigorously, shaking off the water droplets.

Just like a puppy shaking off water.

Fooddeuk-!

Gunther frowned as he dodged the water droplets that were splashing everywhere.

“Can’t you just dry it a little more normally? What is this? It’s like a beast.”

“What are you talking about, you little brat.”

“… … .”

… That kid is an animal and I am still a human, so why do I feel like I was the one who lost more?

Gunther’s fists began to tremble.

Meanwhile, Arin was poking her finger at the rainbow that Yuri had created by shaking off the water droplets.

She asked, looking at the things Yuri had brought out of the river.

“I was wondering where it went, and it turned out you hid it there?”

What Yuri brought out were his sword, his black dragon shield, his money bag, and his elixir necklace.

“Yuri answered, putting the necklace back on her neck.

“Because the weak like to prey on corpses the most.”

Even if they are weak, they are not good or conscientious beings.

They too could at any time become predators targeting beings weaker than themselves.

And the target was mostly a corpse.

Knowing this physiology well, Yuri hid important items deep in the river before entering the Sadong Great Law.

Just in case he were to float up to the surface of the river, having become helpless due to the Sadongdae Law, he left behind only one mercenary badge to verify his identity.

And thanks to that foresight, Yuri was able to keep important items safe.

He put the recovered sword on his waist and asked his friends.

“Since you guys are gathered here, does that mean those kids have moved?”

“hungry!”

“Yeah, that’s right!”

“Fifty minutes… no, it’s been about an hour now. They say they left the city gate around that time.”

Poppy, Arin, and Gunther.

They relayed to Yuri exactly what was written in the note they received.

At this, Yuri’s lips turned crooked.

“Ha, these kids… are they finally moving now?”

After the fight that day, I gave up on my trip to Belgrade and settled down in this port city, and now it’s been three days.

But now that they’re finally leaving the city, they must be quite heavy-handed.

‘Well, I’m actually happy about it.’

We shouted to our friends with happy smiles on our faces.

“What are you doing? Everyone pack your bags!”

And then another 30 minutes later.

A single cart pulled out of the port city and began to head south.

***

Yuri, Arin, and Gunther sitting in a cart pulled by Poppy.

When the port city was far away, Gunther looked at the glass and brought out the curiosity he had been holding back.

“glass.”

“why.”

“Is there a reason why it has to be done like this?”

At his question, not only Arin but also Poppy, who was pulling the cart, looked back at Yuri for a moment.

The look in the eyes of the two people was not much different from Gunther’s.

“hungry.”

“That’s true, but isn’t that just a waste of time? Wouldn’t it have been better to chase after them quickly?”

That day, Yuri, who had woken up from the Sadongdae Law, told her friends.

[First, I need you to do something. Find someone to run errands for you until I get back. Do it as secretly as possible.]

Yuri left a message to the errand boy telling him not to show his face and disappeared somewhere.

He came back a while later and handed me three elaborate drawings of carriages and said:

[Tell them, if a chariot like this leaves town, let me know.]

And then the following request.

[Remember, you must have at least five subcontractors per errand boy. Absolutely!]

In other words, this meant that the errand boys would have to use someone else to guard the checkpoints, rather than having to do it themselves.

After that, Yuri even made the unbelievable statement that she would bear any costs that came with it.

It goes without saying how much he cares about those requirements.

In this way, the information he wanted was secretly passed on to Gunther, Arin, and Poppy after going through many channels.

Gunther and other friends immediately felt that the process was too much.

It’s also inefficient.

Meanwhile, Yuri’s expression hardened at her friends’ questions.

“Do you think I’m just making a fuss over finding my old lady’s sword? Or do you think I’m chasing that kid to force him into a sparring match?”

Gunther and others shut their mouths tightly at the rather sharp voice.

At this, Yuri smiled cruelly.

“I’m telling you, I’m not the type of person who would let a guy who tried to kill me go home unscathed. Everyone knows that, so why do you do that?”

The implications of those words were so simple that Gunther’s pupils fluttered slightly.

“You, you wouldn’t… … .”

“What the heck?”

A cold air came into Yuri’s eyes as she answered without a second of hesitation.

“You were planning to kill me? Of course.”