Who threatened Cheonma Hara with a knife - Chapter 66



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Who threatened to call me Cheonmahara with a knife? Episode 66

First Test (1)

“There are ten tokens of this shape hidden here in Taecheonbong Peak, where the Magic Hall is located. The letter depicts the locations where five of the tokens are hidden, so your task from now on is to collect as many of those tokens as possible.”

After explaining the rules of the test, Chu Il-hwan held out a wooden sign and showed it to me.

“The test will last a total of four hours, and points will be awarded differentially based on the marks obtained by each group.”

Everyone nodded as if they understood the rules to some extent at Chu Il-hwan’s explanation.

‘Collect as many as you can and get into second place! Then, get recognized by Confucius and become Jin Ha-yeon’s junior!’

Joo Seo-yeon has only one thought on her mind.

‘Whew. If you’re looking for signs in a wide mountain, you won’t meet other people, right?’

Jeong-Hyeon is relieved that he will be able to meet fewer people.

‘You’re saying that you have to run around like crazy to get the token first? I hate sweating.’

It was just a day filled with thoughts of just being annoying.

I wanted to just hit him hard, but I couldn’t bring myself to do that.

If the news that he had failed the first test because he had been lazy reached his teacher’s ears, he had no idea what terrible things would happen.

Ilmok was worried.

How can I achieve decent results while moving as little as possible and sweating as little as possible?

Then, something occurred to Ilmok and he asked Chu Il-hwan.

“Instructor. So, combat is prohibited in this exam?”

To Ilmok’s question, Chu Il-hwan answered with a bright smile.

“Now, it is a competition for the exam, but you are all classmates. Anyone who kills or seriously injures someone will be punished accordingly.”

* * *

After giving a few more explanations, Chu Il-hwan announced the start of the test and left.

As soon as Chu Il-hwan left, Joo Seo-yeon and Choi Woong came close to Ilmok, who was holding the letter.

“Me, me too… .”

Jeong-hyeon, who couldn’t bring himself to approach, muttered in a voice as if he was crawling on an ant, but everyone else was so focused on the letter that they couldn’t hear his voice.

“First of all, this seems to be the closest one.”

Ichimoku looked at the map and pointed to the location of one of the signs with his hand.

Since the Dokdo method of the map produced by Cheonmasingyo was something I had already learned during Instructor Eunryeo’s training session, it wasn’t that difficult to learn.

Led by Ichimoku, they launched a light attack toward the location drawn on the map.

For a moment, I ran through the bushes, past zelkova trees and rocks.

After running for about an hour, they were able to reach the place drawn on the map without difficulty.

“From now on, search this area.”

While moving in unison according to Ilmok’s instructions, Joo Seo-yeon shouted in a lively tone.

“Master! I found it! I found it!”

She was waving an object that looked exactly like the wooden plaque that Chu Il-hwan had shown her.

“Hahaha. At this rate, we could probably take half of them within an hour!”

Choi Woong, who was terrified at first because he was in the same group as Ilmok, burst into a refreshing laugh as if he felt better.

Since we were moving in the same group, it seemed like he felt something like camaraderie towards the fearsome Ichimoku Confucius.

Choi Woong, who thought that Ilmok was feeling similar emotions, spoke confidently to Ilmok.

“Your Majesty! Where is the next location? We should move quickly and secure it first.”

“It will take a little longer to get to the next location than it does now.”

“We should speed up even more! So that we don’t get taken away by the other group. No, how about the four of us split up and quickly find the remaining four?”

“Separation is the worst demand.”

“???”

Choi Woong had an expression on his face that said he couldn’t understand at all, and Joo Seo-yeon and Jeong Hyeon also tilted their heads.

“Think about it. Five groups of twenty people, a test to find only ten signs. If we consider the time it took us to find one sign now, honestly, it wouldn’t take even an hour to find all the signs. But the test time is given as long as four hours. What does that mean?”

Choi Woong, who was relatively sane, asked on behalf of Joo Seo-yeon, who was not thinking much, and Jeong-hyeon, who was about to say something but hesitated and stopped.

“… But didn’t Instructor Il say that fighting is prohibited?”

“Remember well. He said not to kill or cause serious injury, but he never said anything about forbidding combat.”

“!?”

In fact, the reason Ichimoku asked about the battle was not because the test time was long.

‘I was just planning to rest for a while and then beat up everyone I met and steal them.’

Because I hated running around and sweating hard.

However, after hearing Instructor Chu Il-hwan’s answer, I began to have doubts, and the moment I obtained the first sign, I became certain.

“Suppose all the signs were found in one hour. Our group has obtained fewer signs than the other groups, and there are three hours left. What would you do? Would you wait three hours and fail? Or would you take a gamble?”

“ah….”

This exam was designed to be a fight from the beginning.

“Didn’t they say that there was even a formation outside the mountain in case the officials got lost? On the contrary, it was a warning that if you try to avoid fighting and run away, you’ll end up trapped in the formation.”

Although it was said to be a formation that was designed to prevent students from getting lost, Chu Il-hwan warned that if students got lost in the formation, they would be considered failed.

At that time, Choi Woong asked with a look of belated incomprehension.

“There is one strange thing. As you may have noticed, the level of each group was somewhat adjusted. If the skills are similar, it is not easy to subdue them without causing injuries. Of course, they will fight to avoid failing, but wouldn’t that actually cause injuries?”

“If this were simply a martial arts test, then yes.”

“???”

“The purpose of this test was to check what you have trained so far. Namely, martial arts and external skills. And even the non-combat training you have received from Instructor Eunryeo. The idea was to collect as many marks as possible by encompassing all three.”

This test was a kind of guerrilla warfare that took place over the entire mountain. It started out as a treasure hunt, but it probably would have turned into a tail-catching game as it progressed to the second half.

“Whether it’s digging a trap, sneaking in and launching a surprise attack, or using tracking techniques to find out where your opponent is hiding. There are many ways to turn a battle to your advantage. Oh, maybe that’s why wounding or killing is prohibited. I think it’s meant to create an overwhelmingly advantageous situation where you can subdue them without causing any injuries.”

Immediately after Ichimoku finished speaking, a faint sound was felt through the bushes in the distance.

At the same time, all four eyes turned towards the bushes.

“Kiyut?”

A rabbit poked its head out from between the bushes, tilted its head, and then flew away.

The man who had immediately caught their attention looked back at his crew members and spoke.

“So when heading to the next location, there’s no point in simply moving quickly.”

After saying that, Ilmok returned the wooden plaque that Joo Seo-yeon had given him to her.

“The main officer should keep his wooden sign slightly exposed. The main officer is a kind of bait. Rumors have already spread that the main officer’s entrance exam score is low, so he will probably look like a tasty bait.”

It was almost like a dismissive remark, saying, “You’re weak,” but Joo Seo-yeon didn’t care at all.

“I will do my best, Your Majesty!”

She just wanted to act as bait and get high scores and come in second place.

“And Choi Gwan-do, please act as bait along with Ju Gwan-do.”

“It’s okay to act as bait, but would you be fooled by another group? There are only two people in the signing group who are moving around separately.”

At Choi Woong’s remark, Ilmok laughed in vain.

“Didn’t Choi Gwan-do say that a little while ago? How about the four of you moving separately to quickly obtain the token?”

“ah!!”

Choi Woong, who realized that he had said something stupid, looked away to avoid embarrassment.

“But if you’re going to use bait anyway, wouldn’t it be better to use two Eulbans as bait?”

In the place where his gaze was directed, Jeong-Hyeon was standing alone, about a foot away.

At Choi Woong’s comment, Ilmok smiled brightly and walked briskly towards Jeong Hyeon.

Shudder.

Whether Jeong-Hyeon was trembling or not in surprise, Ilmok patted Jeong-Hyeon on the shoulder with a trustworthy expression on his face and said.

“In this test, our group’s secret weapon is none other than the Jeong Gwan-do.”

Choi Woong thought as he looked at Ilmok, who was speaking with a serious expression, and Jeong-hyeon, who was holding onto Ilmok and trembling with a thoughtful face.

‘… I guess it seems like it’s ruined.’

It was a word I couldn’t bring myself to say.

Even now, Choi Woong occasionally has nightmares about being beaten by Ilmok.

* * *

After Ilmok finished giving further detailed operational instructions, they left the place where they had retrieved the token.

And after a while.

“Phew.”

Chu Il-hwan appeared near the bush where the rabbit had jumped out a moment ago.

“As expected, you have a good sense.”

Chu Il-hwan’s eyes lit up as he recalled what had happened a little while ago.

I never thought you’d figure out the purpose of this test so quickly.

It was surprising to realize that this examination was not simply a contest of lightness and dokdo skills, but also included martial arts, external skills, tracking skills, stealth skills, and strategies.

– Ah, maybe that’s why they forbid killing or injuring someone. I think it was meant to create an overwhelmingly advantageous situation where you can subdue someone without injuring them.

When he finally heard those words, Chu Il-hwan flinched and made a noise, unable to suppress the urge to kill for a moment.

Usually, young warriors of this age tend to blindly follow only the conditions that are shown on the surface.

But the youngest Confucius was able to pinpoint the exact purpose of the instructors who prepared these tests.

Because the sight was so interesting, Chuil-Hwan felt a growing desire to keep playing with it like a toy.

“Phew.”

Chu Il-hwan, who barely controlled his impulses, started chasing Ilmok and his party in the direction they left.

‘Okay, next time I’ll have to switch groups with different instructors.’

In fact, it wasn’t just Instructor Chu Il-hwan who was chasing the officers with stealth techniques. In order to prepare for any accidents that might occur and to conduct detailed evaluations of each officer, other instructors were also tracking each group.

* * *

Four officials dressed in the attire of the Magic Hall were moving through the bushes.

“It’s over there.”

As the man leading the group pointed ahead and spoke while checking the map drawn on the temple, everyone approached him and began to search the area.

While I was looking around for the wooden plaque.

“Someone is coming.”

The four people’s gazes turned to one place at the soft muttering of someone who sensed presence.

There, two officers from another group were approaching.

“Tch. There was a passenger.”

“Then we should go somewhere else!”

The two of them also discovered the four officials and turned their backs and walked away.

While looking at the back of his head, something occurred to him and he muttered quietly so that only his crew could hear.

“Have you seen it? The official in charge of Ju Seo-yeon was carrying a wooden signet.”

“What does that mean? Shouldn’t fighting be forbidden?”

“Remember, I didn’t say to forbid fighting, I said not to cause injury.”

“!!”

“And the main body is at the bottom of the class. There are four of them, but two of them are weak. Even if there is one of them, wouldn’t it be possible to subdue them without getting hurt?”

As soon as he finished speaking, greed filled the eyes of your official.

Immediately after turning their heads to each other and making eye contact, the four nodded simultaneously without saying who would go first and quickly flew towards Joo Seo-yeon and Choi Woong, who were about to leave.

The four who approached by surprise formed a circle and surrounded Joo Seo-yeon and Choi Woong.

“What are you doing now?”

“Wasn’t fighting forbidden?”

The two asked with bewildered expressions, but what they received in return was violence, not words.

“Haat!”

It was a gang of four who began to corner Choi Woong and Joo Seo-yeon, each using their swords or swords, or their martial arts or martial arts.

“How dare you!”

However, Choi Woong was barely able to withstand the two’s joint attacks, as he was a member of the upper class, but Joo Seo Yeon was becoming increasingly more entangled.

This was something I was able to endure because I was trying to subdue my opponent without causing any injuries.

visor!

The moment when the spear that collided with the sword of one official bounced off and Joo Seo-yeon’s posture completely collapsed.

“Haat!”

The woman who had been attacking with him shouted with a powerful spirit and used the Golden Nagetsu technique, reaching out to aim for Ju Seo-yeon’s acupoint.

And just before the woman’s fingers touched Ju Seo-yeon’s blood.

Pot!

A tree emerged from between the bushes and rushed toward the woman at incredible speed.

Since he had been carefully sneaking up close before the battle even began, Ichimoku was able to close the distance in an instant.

“this!”

The man who had kicked out Joo Seo-yeon’s window shouted in a loud voice and swung his sword to help her.

No, I thought I swung it.

puck.

“Ugh!?”

The man frowned at the pain that was belatedly transmitted through the bloodstream, and rolled his eyes as his body became paralyzed.

Bam.

‘…when?’

And then he saw the shape of an arrow that had fallen to the ground. It had a blunt tip, perhaps to avoid causing injury.