Low In Booties
69. Tue
Southerners basically revere martial arts.
Like the Han Chinese in the Central Plain, they farmed, raised livestock, and mined gold and silver in the rivers and mountains, but in the end, the most important thing for them was military force.
What to do with riches, even if the crops were prosperous that year and the fence was full of livestock, in the end, strength was needed to protect them.
Warrior. And beasts of prey that can fight alongside warriors.
It was a sword that could be inserted into the chest of an enemy and at the same time a shield to protect this land.
The southerners, who had gone through a long history of struggle, were well aware of this fact, and devoted considerable effort to training warriors and beasts even after the fall of Wu Dok-mun and the establishment of the Southern Manchurian Palace.
Whether it was a large tribe or a small tribe, it was the same. In the end, if you don’t have power, you will be weeded out and fall.
Yo-hee, the chief of the Yo-jok, one of the four major tribes, was not much different from this.
No, rather, he showed more enthusiasm than the other tribal chiefs, as his ambition was great.
She invested the gold and silver treasures she received in return for acquiescing to Baeksang’s actions in military power.
They recruited young and talented young men and raised them as warriors, identified the strengths and weaknesses of each type of beasts, and even improved them through breeding.
but… … .
Swoop.
The moment she stood up in the shade and faced it, Yo-hee, who had faced so many wild beasts, felt her heart sink.
Would it feel like this if a bolt of lightning penetrated the top of your head?
In fact, in terms of size and strength, no beast of prey can match the elephant.
It’s the size of a small garden, its long, thick nose is strong enough to break trees, and its sharp tusks can pierce even armor.
However, ‘it’, that black tiger, was different.
Yohee could feel it. A huge, overwhelming force emanating from a black tiger never seen before.
‘This, this… …
It was not simply a matter of size or appearance.
If the prize is a small garden. That black tiger is Taishan.
Although it didn’t have a long, thick nose or sharp tusks like the statue, it felt powerful enough to cut and crush everything just by standing tall.
It cannot be expressed in the word beast. spirits? It is the same.
The black tiger now reflected in her eyes was much deeper than that of spirit creatures, and it radiated overwhelming energy.
‘What the hell is that… …
When Yo-hee swallowed the silence, a cool wind flowed from the Black Tiger at the center and hit the surroundings.
Go flat.
The grass and flowers that fill all sides bend your back, and the clear water that fills the small pond sways.
A memory flashed through Yo-hee’s brain as it swept through her body.
‘I’ve felt this wind before, twice.’
It didn’t make any sense at the time, but now it seemed to me.
The same wind blew right before I completely lost my mind from the single ring given by Heukwoong, and when I first opened my eyes in an unknown huge space.
‘Then what saved us from Black Woong… …
As the thought reached that point, Yohee’s eyelids trembled.
However, before she could even open her mouth, Black Tiger, who had been silently staring at the stranger with blue-white eyes resembling Muyaho, suddenly turned and disappeared behind a huge tree.
Shaaa.
At the same time, the wind slowly fades away.
Belatedly, Yohee cautiously approached the tree, but for some reason, Black Tiger was nowhere to be seen in the wide shade.
It is gone.
like a ghost without any signs or traces.
M?
how?
It feels like being possessed by a ghost. If it hadn’t been for Mu Yaho’s cries that came the next moment, she might have been standing in her place with her face completely bewildered for a while.
-Greung.
Took
Crying, wet nose, elbow
touch the teeth
Yo-hee raised her head like a person who had just woken up and remembered the existence of a person she had forgotten for a while.
‘Jin Tae-gyeong.’
My head was cluttered with unresolved thoughts, but now more important things remained.
Yo-hee, who hurriedly ran to the pond, first checked Jin Tae-gyeong’s condition.
Light breath flowing through the nose and mouth. Fortunately, he fell into a deep sleep from accumulated fatigue, but his condition was not bad.
No, on the contrary, Yohee seemed much better than the last time she saw her.
‘Is it because of my mood?’
Yohee tilted her head and grabbed Jin Taekyung’s arms.
No matter how clear water is, if it seeps into the wound, it will be difficult to improve the condition. It was to bring him who was already half submerged in the pond to the shore.
And when Yo-hee tried to raise his body with all his might.
chin.
Yohee’s paws covered with pure white fur
covered the back of the hand. She asked, perceiving the meaning behind her actions at first glance.
“Leave me alone?”
一 Kreung.
“I’m sorry, but I can’t… …
– Kreureung!
Splash, splash!
It happened literally in an instant. Feeling the sudden pain, Yo-hee collapsed into the pond and looked at Baek-ho with startled eyes.
A sharp pain felt in the back of the hand.
The sharp claws of a beast passed by
The blood that flowed from his skin was staining the surface of the water red.
‘Why the hell?’ However, it was only for a moment that I was taken aback by the unexpected situation. Soon after, Yohee realized why the clever Baekho acted like this.
Suaa
“The wound… … Are you healing?”
Literally. She opened her eyes, looking at the back of her own healing hand in her clear sleep.
The cut flesh is joined little by little, and the flowing blood stops.
Slowly, but surely.
It’s such an amazing phenomenon that you forget the pain you feel during the healing process.
When Yohee raised her hand to take a closer look at the wondrous sight, the skin that had been healing stopped recovering and faint blood began to flow out again.
‘pond. It’s because I took my hand out of the pond.’
My guess this time was correct. After dipping her hand into the pond again, Yo-hee confirmed that the wound was starting to heal and murmured.
“… … A pond that heals wounds.”
It is a story that is more absurd than the legendary elixir, Gongqing Petroleum (空淸石乳), which is said to give one-up energy with just one drop. But now it wasn’t surprising anymore.
Because I saw and felt everything with my own two eyes.
This bizarre space that cannot be explained even with the four words “Kimunjinbeop”. From the existence of an unknown black tiger to the wounds on the back of his hands that have healed completely without any scars before he knew it.
It seemed that now he knew why Muyaho, who suffered a sword wound on the nape of his neck, survived intact.
“This is why you stopped me. He will recover faster if he stays in the pond.”
一 Greung.
Muyaho let out a faint cry and slowly licked the back of his hand.
Yo-hee, who was looking at the spirit creature expressing her regret in its own way, opened her mouth.
“Then did the black tiger that disappeared a moment ago save us? Did he treat you and Jin Tae-kyung?”
head nodding greatly. After confirming that her guess was correct, Yohee poured out a series of questions.
“What is the reason? Do you know what kind of existence this black tiger is and who the owner is? Where is this place?”
After hesitating for a moment, Muyaho shook his head.
Just seven days and nights ago. Muyaho, who followed Beast Myowang and Jintae-gyeong to Aenye Mountain, had already encountered a black tiger once, but the existence of a black tiger was a realm of incomprehensibility even to him, a born spiritual creature.
1 Shin Woo. You don’t even know.”
– Turn it off.
“are you okay.”
While Yohee brushed the nape of Muyaho’s sullen neck, her mind was complicated. A situation where there is too little information to think about anything.
Where is this place. how much time has passed and… … When will Jin Taekyung be able to regain his consciousness?
In the midst of this, one fortunate thing was that the black tiger, whose identity was unknown, was kind to them.
‘At least it has nothing to do with Amcheon. If that was the case, everyone would be dead.’
Yohee’s gaze, muttering in her heart, suddenly reached a person.
Half submerged in water, he doesn’t even move like a dead person.
Jin Tae-gyeong, whether aware of what was happening around him or not, was in a deep sleep with a peaceful expression on his face.
‘If it were me who fell, not him… … If Jin Tae-kyung had been awake, all the problems would have been solved.’
It’s a clumsy idea that comes from stupidity
may be However, Yo-hee believed in Jin Tae-gyeong deeply.
Jin Tae-kyung is equipped with excellent martial arts and human will to single-handedly defeat two superstars.
He only wore the skin of the warchief. Unlike himself, who is practically a traitor, if he did not believe him, who was more active than anyone else in order to save others from danger, then who should he trust?
‘If Baeksang and Amcheon started to move in earnest, the King Yayul alone would not be able to fight against them. I’m running out of time.’
Most of Yo-hee’s anxiety was realized in reality.
In the flow of time she could not know, King Isumyo, who was branded as a traitor, suddenly turned into enemy territory.
No, maybe it was lava that could melt even an iron pot.
The warriors of each tribe in response to the general mobilization order moved toward the outer palace in a row, and the Miao people, whose leaders were all imprisoned, held their breath in confusion, and in an unknown location, the completion of the great precepts was just around the corner. Because Namcheon Mahu was smiling brightly.
However, Yo-hee did not know that fact, and could not know it. He was only confined in a strange and unknown space.
If there is a sky, please.’
Please wake him up as soon as possible. He doesn’t mind if he dies, so he wakes up as much as one person from a deep sleep, but he doesn’t see Yo-hee, whose eyes are tightly closed with a desperate wish. A very small but vivid change that happened right in front of her nose.
千
Someone’s fingers moving minutely. The concentric circles that spread out on the surface of the water began to spread little by little and farther.
I had a dream.
The reason I was able to realize that all of this was a dream was simple.
Because as soon as I opened my eyes, I saw someone’s face that was infinitely familiar. Along with the voice that was slowly forgotten in time.
“oh. Why are you awake at this time? no more sleep.”
At that moment, my throat was tight and my heart was full.
I said hello while holding back the welling tears.
long time no see. father.
However, contrary to my will, the voice that flowed through the lips that moved spontaneously was drunk with drowsiness.
“I don’t know. I just woke up.”
Only then did I know
The role given to me in this dream is just an observer watching old memories.
And the father, who had no way of knowing that fact, just grinned.
“It’s crazy, I’m impressed. How did Dad know that he was going to work and did this sleepyhead wake up on his own? huh?”
A rough hand pokes the ball. My past self grumbled at a trivial prank.
“Oh, don’t do it. You will sleep better.”
men and horses. sleep what else The sun is mid-heaven.”
“How old are you?”
“Six People]. Isn’t it the perfect time to start the day?”
Yeah, I don’t think so.”
The past me buried my face in the pillow, and my father laughed and got up.
Grow up, son. Dad goes to work.”
“Eh. You’re still six, already?”
“I have to go to the countryside early. I might be a little late today.”
I kept repeating it in my mind.
can’t let it go like this father please
Do not go. please.
But in the past I was different. I was young and immature.
It is also true that this moment will be the last memory with my father.
“Yes. Goodbye.”
A word uttered in a sleepy voice.
Seeing me like that, my father grinned and tousled my hair with an affectionate hand.
okay. See you later.”
That was all. father turn around
And soon, the door closes. And in a few hours I will be called by my homeroom teacher.
As I recall, it must have been.
but… … .
“But son.”
I jumped up at the sudden voice that pierced my ears.
It was not the me of the past, but my own will, now in my late twenties, and my father tapped the watch on his wrist and said a word mixed with laughter.
“You don’t have to wake up now
what?”
That moment.
shit.
Everything around me collapsed and shattered.
Familiar ceilings and rooms. father’s face. all those things. And at the same time, something cold hit his whole body.
Peace! aak
In the spray of water that scatters in all directions, I see a woman’s bulging eyes. Soon after, a trembling voice pierced my ears.
“… … how.”
well.
I was brainwashed in my heart. Like a young and immature boy in a dream that is still vividly felt.
I don’t know. just woke up
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