Chapter 1513 – 1513. Map of Ascension
Uhhhhh!
The cry of a tiger echoed in the valley. The birds were startled and flew high.
The footsteps of the ronin who were walking toward the valley stopped at once. The relaxed atmosphere is tightened. The ronin went on alert with their weapons in their hands, no matter who they were.
Together with Mi-ryung, I glared at the source of the sound.
Too far. It’s so far away that it’s hard to see the youkai even with my own eyesight. Of course, I couldn’t find out by feeling.
“I heard you.”
“Yes. Mr. West. The cry of the black tiger is loud.”
“Some of them are overwhelmed by the momentum.”
Look at the ronin in front. There were a few ronin who shivered. What they have in common is that they look young. I didn’t even see the black tiger, but it looks like this. I gave up my expectations for the ronin.
‘Well, they’re not the ones I called to punish the black tiger. These guys are to deal with Black Tiger’s thugs.’
You yourself will know that too.
Dealing with Black Tiger was up to me and Gu Ji-gum, Jeong-cheok, the head of the Nanginhoe branch.
“Can you tell me the exact location with magic?”
“That’s what you can do. The problem is that it will take some time to prepare. There is nothing to base it on. And I don’t think they’ll wait.”
The nervous ronins were slowly approaching the mountain valley.
I was troubled. Are you getting out of here, or are you standing still? They don’t know anything about Mi-ryung. I only know the woman I brought with me.
“What do you do?”
“I don’t want to step out. I can use any technique for the sake of the West, but I have no intention of using it for someone whose name I don’t know. And even for the sake of Jongnam’s heavenly sacrifice… I’d better keep my identity hidden for now.”
Even if you use magic, you must at least hide the realm. If the fact that there is a sorcerer who has reached the level of the Three Kings is known, there will be an uproar. It was only natural that he would attract the attention of the sectarian faction.
“Great. Let’s watch.”
There would be casualties, but it wasn’t my business.
Uhhhhh!
The tiger’s roar rang out again. Closer than before The sound came from the front.
‘Are you going to attack me from the front? If you’re a Yo-kai who has reached the level of the five energies, your intelligence will be as high as a human’s.’
There were words that passed through my mind.
Trap. We must throw away the arrogance that only humans can set traps.
The subjugation team is nervous and goes into a thick forest. Even though it was broad daylight, the surroundings were dark. This is because the densely grown leaves blocked the sunlight.
“Come.”
“It’s coming.”
Me and Mi-ryung said at the same time.
The bushes all around sway. It was too late when the ronins realized what was strange. The black tigers that had been crouching down jumped out. It gleams terrifying red eyes and bites the bodies of the demons.
“Aaaaagh! It’s an attack!!”
“Don’t deal with it alone! Get together! Gather and respond!”
“Fuck! The devil is dead! That fucking kitty!”
In an instant, it became an abyss.
The reactions of the ronin are different. A Nangin who pulls back without trying to fight, a Nangin who wields his sword confidently believing in his martial arts, and a Nangin who goes mad with anger at the death of his comrade.
There was no order for the ronin. Jeongcheok, who was supposed to lead the ronin, gave up command. Instead, they actively go out and deal with the black tigers. That’s a wise decision. Because it doesn’t seem easy to lead the ronin.
I feel a presence behind my back. As soon as I sensed the presence, I swung the knife out of the water. He swung without looking, and his judgment was correct. The black tiger that attacked me was split in half and died.
I feel a special yogi from the dead black tiger.
“It’s a 5-tier monster.”
“It’s just the level of the ronin.”
If humans and monsters are on the same level, who will have the advantage? It’s different each time. In general, youkai have an advantage. Because the body of a youkai is superior to a human by itself. But humans have martial arts and magic.
‘There’s no law that requires you to learn martial arts and magic just because you’re a monster.’
Only the strong guy wins. That’s all.
I killed the charging black tigers. After killing about 3 of them, the black tigers didn’t dare to attack me and started aiming for other ronin. Relaxed, I stood still and watched the situation. I didn’t bother helping the nerds.
Ohhhhh!
The roar of the black tiger echoes. The black tigers retreated swiftly as if they were waiting for a signal.
The situation was shit.
More than 100 Nangin died, and about 30 black tiger corpses are visible.
“Why! Why didn’t you help us?!”
A young ronin who grabbed the corpse of a colleague poured out his resentment on me. Mi-ryung and I looked at him. Is it because of his voice that is so desperate? The eyes of others were also directed at us.
Mi-ryung and I looked at him coldly.
“Why should I help you?”
“With your help, my friend could have lived! A lot less people would have died here too!”
“You seem to be misunderstanding something. Just because I belonged to the punitive squad doesn’t mean I became your ally. Your friend fell behind because you and your friend were weak. And.”
Swung a knife The sword flew away. A red line is drawn on the guy’s neck. He later realized that his head had been cut.
“The reason you die is because you stood up to me.”
Dump.
He died along with his friend.
“…….”
A cool silence fell. Take a quick look around. The ronin hastily averted my eyes.
“I’ll clean up the body later.”
Ji-gum Gu’s hard voice broke the silence. He continued talking.
“What is urgent right now is the subjugation of the Black Tiger. If we hesitate like this, we will suffer. Think of the revenge of the dead ronin first. Advance!”
The ronin gritted their teeth and began to move forward.
Jeongcheok checked the furious ronin and approached me.
“Invincible Yujin Daehyeop. I have a favor.”
“If it’s a useless request, it’s a specification.”
“I promise a reward of more than 10 gold.”
It was tempting.
Because the more money, the better. In particular, I had a reason to raise money.
‘In order to raise the VIP level of the Cheon Kang-seong system, you need a Heaven Jade.’
One cheonok is worth 100 gold.
“If it’s not an outrageous request, I’ll do it.”
“Thank you.”
Jeongcheok pulled something out of his pocket. It was a rectangular animal skin. I don’t know what animal skin it was, but it wasn’t an ordinary item. I feel a strange power. There was a black dot in the center of the leather.
“Legal.”
“It’s a thing called dog blood. If the enemy’s blood is spilled here….”
He took out a blood-soaked rag and smeared it on his hide. The blood on the leather becomes a dot and moves smoothly.
‘Isn’t this a mini map?’
The black dot is the location of the leather. The red dots were definitely black tigers.
“These red dots are the black tigers that attacked us earlier. They are heading northeast.”
“It’s a pretty useful tool. The number of black tigers is not one or two.”
“To detect a similar being. There are about 60 black tigers…. All I ask of the Daehyeop is to hit the back of the Black Tigers. Perhaps the chief is behind.”
“Should I handle the boss?”
“I will give you the body of the chief.”
I pondered for a moment. If it’s the corpse of the Black Tiger boss, it will boast considerable value. The corpse of a strong youkai can be used as a material for magic tools.
“I will accept it.”
“Thank you very much, Grand Duke! I’ll lend you my bloodstain here. The wife next to me swears that I will risk her life to protect it!”
“She goes with me.”
Jeongcheok looked at Mi-ryung and me alternately. Mi-ryung stood still with an expressionless face.
“… I will respect the will of the grand agreement.”
•••
Me and Mi-ryung started walking away from the group of rongins.
“West! Can I take a look at that technique for a second?”
“I’m curious?”
“It’s like a mini-map. When it comes to normal magic tools, only weapons are made, so it’s hard to see auxiliary magic tools like this.”
She stared at Gaehyeoldo for a long time before doing something using magic.
“It contains the thread of the Mind Poison Magic.”
“Do you have a heart attack? What else is that?”
“It’s a spider monster. They mainly live in places with dirty water. It’s usually a level-headed youkai, but it’s ability to detect is very good.”
“Can you make something like this with that spider youkai’s thread?”
“No. I think there are many other things besides that. Even if you have all the ingredients… I’m not a mechanic, so I can’t make a magic instrument. I don’t know if there is a perfect blueprint.”
He nodded his head roughly because he had learned and knew that the gijangsul’s gijangsul was different from sorcery or martial arts.
“I think that’s a good thing… Shall I take it and run?”
“I do not know. From my point of view, it is the lowest level among the legal skills. If you try to use it, there won’t be many cases where it will be very helpful? First of all, the detection range is narrow, and there is a condition that the blood of the target to be detected must be buried.”
I looked at the blood flow. Aside from the conditions, I was concerned about the detection range.
‘About 2km?’
Obviously, the detection range was narrow.
“And these low-level magic tricks can be easily fooled with good stealth techniques. It’s just that black tigers couldn’t do that because they were stupid.”
Mi-ryung started a long speech about the secret thread technique while she was away. I listened through one ear and walked.
“Soon we will encounter a group of black tigers. I’ll use the stealth technique. The stealth technique will allow you to get close without being seen.”
Mi-ryung made a hand sign. At the same time as her hands moved dazzlingly, a letter of light appeared in the air. The text dedicated to the magic method, which I couldn’t recognize, infiltrated Mi-ryung and me.
Me and her presence disappear. His body became blurred and his presence diminished. If she hadn’t known that Mi-ryung was right in front of her eyes, she wouldn’t have sensed it and she would have missed it.
‘Is this a stealth trick? Pretty good?’
The stealth technique restricted my body. It was a constraint that could be released at any time. I could not stand the stuffiness and unintentionally released it, so I took the strength out of my body as much as possible.
We believed in the stealth technique and moved.
I caught the back of the black tiger group.
Dozens of black tigers gathered in one place. Among them, there was a black tiger that exudes a particularly strong presence.
The black tiger, which was well over twice the size of the other black tigers, sat cross-legged on a rock and held a smoke pipe in its mouth. Smoke billows from the end of the pipe.
Anyone can see that he was the leader of this group of black tigers.
