Episode 15. The Thief Who Uses a Knife Well
Kang Mu-deok glanced at the direction the arrow had come from and shouted as he approached Poongyeon Elementary School.
“Clean up the thieves!”
As soon as the order was given, the guards standing next to Dalguji also drew their swords.
Poongyeoncho took a step back as if he had encountered a tiger. No, it would not be an exaggeration to say that Kang Moo-deok was actually a tiger to him.
When the attack of the Bow of Conversion was ineffective, Poongyeoncho fell into a state of panic.
Certainly, Mansu Sangbang was different from Namyang Sangbang.
Not only did they have an advantage in power, but the name Green Forest also didn’t work.
In times like this, running away is the best policy.
It was when Poongyeoncho slightly turned his upper body to escape.
Someone quickly passed by Pungyeoncho and walked in front of Kang Mu-deok.
Be in love.
The surprised Poongyeoncho reached out her hand to stop him, but it did not reach Yeonjeokha.
Kang Moo-deok was shocked when a small boy suddenly intervened.
“Huh! A young punk is already stealing! You were born to bad parents! Today, I will take your parents’ place… … .”
Yeon Jeok-ha, who had been listening quietly, interrupted Kang Mu-deok.
“Don’t swear at your nanny.”
However, Yeonjeokha’s expression was calm even though he had experienced mountain climbing once.
Actually, there is a reason why he is so calm.
Earlier, when Kang Mu-deok cut the arrow, I felt like I was looking at Cheon Gi-deok. It was a feeling that he would never lose. The move that made Poong Yeon-cho tremble in fear seemed to have boosted Yeon Jeok-ha’s confidence.
“Oh my! Where does a guy with no brains get his mouth to live… … .”
Suddenly, Kang Mu-deok stabbed him with his sword.
At the same time, the sword of the Yeonjeokha cut through the air.
Shh. Chae-ang-.
‘huh?’
Kang Moo-deok looked straight ahead with surprised eyes.
The moment I heard the brisk metallic sound, I knew something was wrong.
When he came to, he saw that the sword he was holding was broken in half.
A chillingly sharp aura flowed from the old sword in the boy’s hand.
‘You’re an expert!’
I felt like my limbs would fall off if I moved even a little.
Kang Moo-deok froze like a statue, holding the half-broken sword.
Cold sweat ran down his face as he was gripped by extreme tension.
Yeonjeokha said with a frown.
“Oh, I’m so sorry. I can’t control my strength well yet. I almost cut off your neck.”
Only then did Jang Mu-deok feel his throat burning.
I felt around with my left hand and saw that my skin had been cut and there was sticky blood.
‘Huh! It’s not a distance that Park Do can reach… … .’
If so, then it means that a typified sword energy was extended in that moment.
Kang Moo-deok’s face turned pale.
There is a saying in Gangho that goes, ‘Beware of children, women, and the elderly’, and it looks like I met my master today.
“Please, spare my life.”
With just one word from Kang Mu-deok, the whole fight was settled.
After a while, Poongyeoncho received forty nyang of silver from Gwak Imsaeng, who was making a fuss.
Even though Kwak Im-saeng had his money stolen, he bowed and said he was grateful.
On the way back to Sanchae, Poongyeoncho asked Yeonjeokha a question.
“Hey, what was that just now?”
“Did you cut it with a knife?”
“Oh, yeah, that one.”
“It’s the anti-magic technique that my second older brother taught me.”
“Anti-Magic Law?”
Poongyeoncho, who had been glancing at Yeonjeokha and Takgomyeong, tilted his head.
His own Heaven and Earth Magic and Anti-Magic methods are just third-rate magic methods. Using such magic methods to cut off the sword of Seomjeongeom Gangmudeok! He couldn’t believe it even after seeing it with his own eyes.
As soon as Poongyeoncho returned to Sanchae, he asked Yeonjeokha to demonstrate the magic of anti-magic.
In the middle of the yard, Yeonjeokha performed the Samchosik of the Anti-Magic Technique.
Liquid for chains. Liquid for chains.
Every time Park Do moved, his career spread out in all directions.
The mouths of the nine thieves fell open as the branch they had been entangled in broke.
That’s not the marketplace’s magic trick.
If there was a devil in the world, I felt like I would run away in panic.
For a while after that day, the thieves begged Tak Go-myeong to teach them the magic of anti-demonization.
***
As winter came, O Bong San Chae became quite famous in the surrounding area.
After paying the toll from Namyangsangbang to Mansusanbang, the merchants paid money voluntarily. As long as each merchant paid about one nyang of silver, Poongyeoncho did not make a fuss.
As his name became known in the local community, gangsters who had been chased by government troops came to him one by one.
By the time the year turned, the number of thieves in O Bong San Chae had reached twenty.
Daebyeolsanchae, who heard the news late, even sent alcohol to congratulate him.
I went on a total of fifteen mountain hikes from fall to winter.
During this time, there were five instances of knife fighting.
The escort warriors from above collapsed, unable to withstand even a single second of Yeonjeokha’s attacks.
A rumor spread among the warriors of the upper class who crossed Mt. Obong that there was a thief who was good at using swords in Mt. Obong.
After the five scuffles, the merchants who traveled up and down Mt. Obong quietly paid their tolls. As a result, Yeonjeokha never used his sword again.
One night, the sixth son, Jang So-bong, quietly called out to Yeon Jeok-ha.
Jang So-bong, who was walking in the snow-covered front yard, asked quietly.
“Hey, aren’t the new recruits listening well?”
“Not really.”
An awkward smile appeared on Jang So-bong’s lips.
Because I can’t tell exactly whether he’s listening or not.
“I think your older brother is a little worried. He’s worried that you might be too harsh on him. We have to go on a hike, but wouldn’t it be bad if the newbies’ arms and legs were cut off?”
The new recruits who have recently joined the Sanchae are all notorious. Among them, there are even those who have heard the sound of a madou in Hanam.
What they want, of course, is to rise in the hierarchy.
From the eighth, Lee Cheol-san, to the tenth, Han Chae-yeon, they knew how to bend, so they didn’t touch them. The first checkpoint for the demons who wanted to go up further was the seventh, Yeon-jeok-ha.
It’s been like this since Yeonjeokha declared a while ago, “If you want to challenge the older brothers, go through me.” In effect, that meant not to touch the sixth.
Suddenly, Jang So-bong looked at Yeon Jeok-ha with a gentle gaze.
He felt burdened by Yeonjeokha, but also grateful.
Last summer, when Poongyeoncho and Takgomyeong picked him up when he was dying, he, the youngest at the time, was left to fend for himself. That may be why Yeonjeok could have gone up even higher, but he insisted on staying in seventh place.
It seems like only yesterday that I was praising you for being ‘good at it without being nervous’, but in just four months of dating you, you’ve changed so much. How can a seventeen-year-old country bumpkin become famous?
Jang So-bong was even jealous of the somewhat vague rumor that ‘there is a thief who is good at using a knife in Mt. Obong’. Isn’t that how nicknames are created?
Yeonjeokha stopped walking and asked.
“Brother, is it because of the rain tomorrow? Are you afraid those old guys will get hurt?”
As it snowed for several days and they couldn’t go hiking, the new recruits requested a raincoat.
Let’s make sure the order is clear or something like that.
“Huh? Huh… … .”
Jang So-bong stopped in his tracks at the swear words that poured out without hesitation.
It is true that the Madou’s mouth is wide and their actions are rough, but it felt strange to hear the words ‘unscrupulous old man’ from the mouth of a young boy like him.
“Do you hate them?”
“Chaeyeon said that those old men were badmouthing her older brother behind his back. Oh my! If I had caught them, I would have pulled out all their teeth on the spot… … .”
“ah!”
Only then did Jang So-bong realize why Yeon Jeok-ha was more excited than usual.
He would not stay still if anyone disrespected him or his brothers.
It seems that the new recruits who don’t know that yet have their eyes firmly set on Yeonjeokha.
Jang So-bong said no more.
If it’s a problem like that, even if my older brother steps in, I won’t listen.
‘If I just stayed still like a sack of barley that had been placed there, wouldn’t I know…?’
Once he made up his mind, no one could stop him.
At the same time, the other bandits’ quarters were also noisy with anticipation of the next day’s event.
The square-jawed man spoke with spittle flying from his mouth.
“Once you knock down the seventh kid, the rest will be easy. Excluding Poong Chae-ju and Tak Bu-chae-ju, the third through sixth kids aren’t even worth a single punch. They’re bastards who can’t even look me in the eye.”
The old man with the goatee, Gumilbokgeom Sim Yang-gak, scratched his head and asked.
“Do you know anything about Poong Chae-ju and Tak Bu-chae-ju?”
“I heard that Feng Chae-ju learned the method of Heaven and Earth, and Bu Chae-ju learned the method of Anti-Magic.”
“It sounds strangely familiar. Surely this isn’t one of those magic tricks that wandering medicine vendors show off at the market?”
“Why not? Chaeju definitely learned it from a herbalist, and Buchaeju learned it in a temple.”
“Tsk tsk! That’s what the higher-ups are saying. The Nokrim has its pride.”
The square-jawed, strong man who had recently entered the mountains, Huang Yeomyeong, spoke with a spit-spitting voice.
“You are right. They say that when spring comes, there will be a green forest competition. We should clean up everything and go now. They say that the rankings are determined by the order in which the top ten climb the mountain. What kind of green forest is this? It’s not even a school for children. Please correct the energy of the mountain vegetables. I will only trust you two elders.”
Another old man who had been listening silently, Muyeongshintu Baekgyo, opened his mouth.
“But isn’t there too little information about the seventh son?”
Huang Yeoming hesitated.
In fact, he knew almost nothing about Yeonjeokha.
I grabbed Han Chae-yeon and asked her a few questions, but she just smiled bashfully. It wasn’t much different for Lee Cheol-san or Cheon Gi-deok, who had lived in the mountains for a long time.
“I heard that he learned anti-demon techniques from a debt collector who was in love with him. Don’t worry too much about it… … .”
“dog sound.”
The curse came out of Baek-gyo’s mouth right away.
There is a reason why the guards from above call him ‘the swordsman of Mt. Obong’. It is not something that can be achieved with magic or anything like that.
Huang Yeoming couldn’t even say anything because what he said didn’t make sense.
Sim Yang-gak said, stroking his goatee.
“Hehehe. Don’t worry too much about it. Even if Yeonjeokha’s martial arts skills are as rumored, they can’t compare to Baek Hyung. Even the best martial artists of the Five Great Masters would be amazed by the martial arts.”
“Haha. That’s too much praise. If I had to choose, I would go with Gumilbokgeom Shim Hyungman.”
Sim Yang-gak and Baek-gyo looked at each other with meaningful eyes.
Now they were thinking about what would happen after Yeon-jeok-ha. One of them had to become Chae-ju, and both of them hoped the other would yield.
In fact, considering the reputations of both people, it wouldn’t have been strange if one of them had become the creditor.
“We will only trust you two elders.”
Huang Yeoming bowed his head on behalf of the new and skilled thieves who had entered the mountain.
***
As the day dawned, a strange tension settled over Obongsanchae.
That is why the battle for rank among bandits is taking place today.
The total number of people in the mountain village is twenty-five.
Twenty of them were not dissatisfied with the leadership of the leader, Poongyeoncho. This was not only because the leader, Poongyeoncho, was not a bad person, but also because he respected Yeonjeokha’s wishes.
But the five who recently entered the mountain were different.
They walked around with tense eyes and stiff faces since morning.
Those were gestures that made it seem like something was about to happen to anyone who saw them.
As the sun rose into the middle of the sky, Sim Yang-gak nodded to Huang Yeo-myeong, who was in the corner of the room.
It’s a signal to slowly catch the wind.
Wuxia,
