Who threatened Cheonma Hara with a knife - Chapter 90



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Who threatened to call me Cheonmahara with a knife? Episode 90

Forgetting myself (3)

It was not even the first day of the week when the exams started.

Red smoke began to rise in the sky.

There were no casualties or casualties yet, because the sticks distributed to the officials were something that produced yellow smoke.

Although it was not explained to the officials in advance, the red smoke was the smoke created by the trap.

“Huh. That’s ridiculous.”

Chu Il-hwan, who was laughing in vain at the sight of the red smoke, spoke to those who were waiting with him.

“There’s still time, but I’ll go and check first.”

“If you do, we will leave on time.”

After finishing his conversation with the instructor and assistants, Chu Il-hwan opened his light attack and headed towards the direction where the red smoke was rising.

And soon, upon arriving at the place, a trap with blunt wooden stakes stuck into the bottom of the pit was revealed.

Chu Il-hwan lightly climbed down into the pit and smashed the stick that was emitting red smoke with his Black Lightning Sword.

This bar was installed in every trap and was a kind of safety device.

Although these traps were designed to have a reduced lethality, there were still cases where people fell into them and suffered serious injuries.

And those who were seriously injured often did not have the luxury of using the signal sticks or whistles given to them.

That’s why this safety device was put in place. Instructors and assistants would come to the activated trap to check if there were any casualties.

Fortunately, in this case, there seemed to be no one caught in the trap.

Instructor Chu Il-hwan, who had disposed of the stick so that no other assistants or instructors would have to come here again, got out of the pit with light movements.

In the distance, red smoke was rising again.

And Chu Il-hwan began to guess who the stupid official who had been setting traps one after another from the beginning was.

“It looks like you’re running in a straight line without any sense.”

* * *

As Chu Il-hwan had expected, it was Dokgo-pae who had already activated two traps.

With a powerful spirit, he ran only in a straight line.

If a huge tree blocks the road in front of you.

“Haaaaaap!!”

With a powerful shout, he unleashed his Dokgogu Sword and cut down the beautiful tree with the large sword wrapped in black energy.

bang!!

A tree with its trunk cut off falls over, making a loud noise.

The chain reaction caused a small tree nearby to split, triggering a trap set nearby and releasing red smoke.

“ha ha ha!”

But as if he didn’t care about that, he just continued to run forward while performing light moves again.

* * *

Bang Mi-hwa let out a laugh at the continuous explosions heard nearby.

“It looks like that Dokgo family’s wild boar is running wild again.”

“If you keep doing that, it will turn out just like Mi-hwa said.”

“Of course. Hahaha.”

At Ha-young’s retort as they moved together, Bang Mi-hwa burst into laughter, cocking her nose proudly.

Unlike Dokgo-pae, the two were moving forward calmly.

In addition to moving while checking for traps along their path, the two were also carefully deploying light techniques to leave as little trace as possible.

Instructor Chu Il-hwan had said that, just like the last test, the assistants and instructors would start chasing after a while.

Even unlike the last test, it wasn’t just one instructor, Chu Il-hwan, chasing after me.

Of course, unlike the last test, the testing area was much larger, and since it was an individual test, all the officials were scattered.

Since they only had to reach their destination, they were in a much more advantageous position.

‘As long as it doesn’t leave a trace.’

“Now that I look at it, that red smoke seems to be coming from a trap. If you activate the trap, even if you don’t get caught in it, it will leave a trace. I’ll have to be more careful in the future.”

“Wow! It’s Mi-hwa! How did you notice that already?”

“Ohhohoho. Isn’t that obvious? That boar keeps leaving traces, so it’s obvious that the instructors or assistant instructors will catch it sooner or later. I don’t know how he got second place with that kind of brain.”

The two moved forward while chatting away.

In the meantime, each person looked left and right and tried their best not to trigger the trap.

In addition, as you move around trees and rocks to avoid leaving traces, you should carefully check the map to make sure you don’t get off track.

And, contrary to Bang Mi-hwa’s arrogant haughtiness, this was not a method she came up with alone.

The officials who had already taken the test twice and were somewhat accustomed to the methods of the Magic Academy were able to quickly come up with a plan to solve the test.

There were cases where several people moved together, like Bang Mi-hwa and Ha-young, and cases where they moved alone, like Dokgo-pae, but everyone was careful to move without leaving a trace.

And this was also the same thing, but with one difference.

‘Since that Dokgo gang member is the one taking all the aggro anyway, now is the chance.’

Ichimoku also noticed that the person causing trouble in front was Dokgo-pae.

So, Ilmok slightly changed course and headed down a side road, away from the path that Dokgopae was moving.

Since the assistants and instructors would be the first to chase Dokgo-pae anyway, if they went along the same path, sparks could fly.

And after successfully getting off the beaten path to some extent, he turned back towards his destination and increased his speed by further increasing his internal energy in his danjeon.

‘As long as you don’t trigger the trap, it’s okay to leave small footprints.’

While the attention was focused on Dokgo-pae, he planned to quickly attack from the side.

* * *

After a moment of time has passed.

The instructors and assistants set out to pursue the officials.

Among them was Chu Il-hwan, who had set off first due to a trap set by Dokgo-pae from the beginning.

He chased after two or three more traps just in case, but stopped there when he was sure that the Dokgo gang was on the loose.

It was for the fairness of the test.

And now, a moment has passed.

“You’re really making a mess of the test.”

With a life-threatening smile on his face, he was chasing Dokgo-pae in a straight line.

Of course, since the test was tailored to the level of the trainees, the instructors and teaching assistants did not track down ‘every trace’.

The instructors could pursue the officers even if they tried hard to cover up their tracks, but the policy for this test was to let it slide unless there were any obvious traces.

In that sense, it may have seemed like going against the purpose of the test to blatantly pursue just one Dokgo-pae.

‘Isn’t this too blatant!’

He left traces of himself saying, “Please kill me,” so shouldn’t I kill him?

In addition, there was another reason why Chu Il-hwan was angry.

This exam was designed to simulate several real-life situations.

Situations such as securing confidential or special items and transporting them alive to the new religion, or sneaking deep into enemy territory in mountain warfare.

And such a reckless charge was the worst possible method, not suitable for any of the calculated situations.

Even with that crazy guy constantly setting traps, there could have been a situation where there wasn’t enough manpower to chase down the other officials.

‘If this was a group evaluation, I would have at least praised it as a Seongdong-gyeok competition, but this is an individual competition, you boar-like guy!!’

Chu Il-hwan, with his smiling face and sinewy muscles, ran in a straight line, swinging his sword every time he passed a trap set by Dokgo-pae.

And the black lightning that shot out from his hand shot down the stick that was belching smoke diligently, putting out the red smoke.

This was to prevent the assistants and instructors who had just begun to pursue from the rear from chasing these ships.

I ran for a while, cleaning up the poop scattered by the Dokgo gang.

After the test started and just a little over this angle, Chu Il-hwan managed to catch up with Dokgo-pae.

Pot!

Chu Il-hwan then launched himself into the air, stepping on the branches of a large tree one after another as he ran through the air.

And after he overtook Dokgo-pae, he got down on the ground and blocked Dokgo-pae’s path.

“Whew. Before I subdue you, I have one question for you. Dokgo Kwan-do. What were you thinking when you did such an ignorant thing?”

“Because it’s the fastest way to get to your destination, Instructor.”

“Isn’t this how a pursuer will come along?”

“If you have a pursuer, just defeat them and that’s it!”

“… Phew.”

Chu Il-hwan let out a sigh to calm his heart that was pounding with the urge to kill, and said with a smile.

“First, let’s get started.”

* * *

I ran for a while, checking out the red smoke rising ceaselessly in the distance.

“Hmm?”

At some point, Ichimoku realized that the red smoke had disappeared and slowed down.

“Looks like he got caught after all.”

It was a moment when he noticed that Dokgo-pae, who had been gathering attention on his own, had been subdued.

“Still, thanks to that guy, I’m glad I was able to buy it comfortably.”

After roughly estimating his current location by looking at the map, Ichimoku began to move carefully from then on so as not to leave any trace.

Some people say that you should move with extra caution.

It had been less than half an hour since the test started, and we were about halfway to our destination.

“!!!”

From far away, I could hear the faint sound of bells tinkling.

When Ichimoku realized that one of the assistants or instructors was wandering around nearby, he walked cautiously, trying to hide his presence as much as possible.

Facing the opposite direction from where the sound of the bells is heard.

As soon as they gained some distance, the faint sound of bells disappeared, and Ichimoku turned around again and headed toward his destination.

But soon the sound of bells was heard again, and Ichimoku hid his presence again and turned around.

I changed direction to avoid the sound of the bells, and then changed direction several times towards my destination.

“Phew. Is it completely gone now?”

At some point, when the sound of the bell was no longer heard at all, Ichimoku breathed a sigh of relief.

“Tsk. I wasted time for nothing.”

Ichimoku lightly clicked his tongue, checked the map, and then picked up speed again.

Pot!

How long did it take to push through the bushes?

Ilmok felt a strange sense of unease.

‘I think it’s about time we arrived?’

According to the map, the destination should now be in sight.

That would be the case, since he had already passed one of the mountain peaks on the map and was climbing the next peak that was his destination.

furthermore.

“This stream isn’t even marked on the map?”

Before his eyes, a fairly large stream was flowing down.

Of course, the maps the teaching assistants gave us weren’t that detailed. They weren’t maps that had everything drawn on them, like trees and rocks.

But at least all the distinctive places were marked, like cliffs or wide open spaces where trees somehow didn’t grow.

But why isn’t this large stream drawn?

While Ilmok was pondering such questions.

“Who are you?”

Suddenly, someone’s voice was heard from behind.

‘You’re a master!’

When Ichimoku turned around, startled by the approach without even noticing a sound, he saw an old man holding a cane looking at him with a kind face.

‘old man?’

As doubts grew, Ichimoku took the lottery. Since his opponent was a master, he decided to take the example.

“My name is Ichimoku, the head of the Magic Hall.”

“Hehehe. The Magic Hall. What a nostalgic name.”

It seemed that the old man had also completed training at the Magic Academy when he was young.

The old man briefly reminisces about the past with a blank expression on his face.

The old man tilted his head once and asked Ilmok again.

“Who are you to dare to step into the sacred territory of the Divine Faith!”

“!?”

“Oh my! This must be the assassin sent by the Murim Alliance!”

“!?”

For a moment, I was startled by the old man’s continued nonsense. Thanks to that nonsense, Ilmok was able to realize belatedly where he was.

‘Fuck. Why did it have to be Mang-a-ryeong?’