Chapter 108 – 108 – MR. WEAK
“Damn it, my back is to the sun so I can’t even see and hit it!”
Morgan held out his pistol past Lenny’s shield and returned fire several times before calling out to us on the rock side.
“If you’re going to make a decision, do it quickly. We’re stuck in a small space right now! If you hadn’t been wary of my gunfire, he would have come back and stuck a poisonous needle on us a long time ago!”
Garam, who was holding both of my hands tightly, was worried. He groaned. And finally I decided.
“Damn. I get it. That’s fine. I’m hired. I’ll fight for you until the end as long as you pay me properly.”
But the other Tigris hesitated. Because ‘Cheonmushinism’ is their ally and neighbor.
It seemed like the elders had made up their mind and decided that they had come with rote memorization, but they seemed to be doubting whether they could revolt at will. Lennie sighed.
“I’m not asking you to kill me, I’m just asking you to help me suppress it. Damn it. I wasn’t going to use this number.”
“What?”
“I’ll give the guy who works the hardest a date.”
“···No way, it’s a lie.”
“Do I look like I’m going to lie? Can’t you see I’m sweating right now? I’d sell my soul for a glass of water!”
The guy that Lenny smashed with his shield last time was the second strongest guy among their ‘hunting party’ after leader Garam.
And for those with the blood of wild beasts, a strong woman is an object of envy. Leni, one of our party’s cute twin mascots, has suddenly become something similar to the ideal type of fantasy for these Tigris guys.
The young men, who were too polite to be rude but too energetic to refuse an opportunity like this, began clamoring among themselves that they would take the initiative.
And in that moment, we ended the entire strategy meeting with whispers and gestures.
“Now!”
The Tigris who heard Garam’s cry stopped arguing and making a fuss and divided into two sides in perfect order and ran out. The attackers who were setting up fire nets were taken aback.
“What, you guys? Are you really going to accept a request from those guys!”
“Sorry, guys! Sometimes it’s so important to a man that he has to risk his life!”
“···You crazy bastards. If you wanted to put your lives in danger, you wouldn’t have come by putting arsenic poison on the bullets of Usui Yeonno! Can’t you just stay still!”
The attackers pulled out another device that shoots poisonous needles from the ground and split the fire net into two sides. However, the trajectory of the needle is low.
Even though it is a suppressive weapon, there is hesitation about whether it will hit a vital spot. As if he had been ordered not to hurt anyone.
Garam told me a little while ago. He said he would not be able to harm the children of Hwanhwagok, his ally.
The leader of the assassin group called Cheonmu Shingyo is his father, and the leader of the mercenary group called Hyanghwagok is his mother.
Since they are two forces bound by marriage, the political burden would be too great if they see blood.
So, they should not be meat shields thrown in front of paralysis poison. Their role is to suppress at critical moments. Just in case you make a mistake and pull out a weapon used for actual murder.
In that moment of panic, Isilun suddenly stood up and raised the warrior’s sword.
Turning away from the sun was a good choice. But there is light here too.
Just as Adamantone once did, Isilun drew his warrior sword and aimed in a split second.
“Answer my call, ‘Great Responsibility’!”
It’s a much better name than Adamantone’s ‘Lighthouse of Uza’. The light that flickers and flashes out is also much brighter than that of adamantone. Is it because the purity of a warrior is high?
The moment the light flashes like a thunderbolt, the screams of the attackers suddenly ring out. Even those of us who had covered our eyes beforehand felt pain as if our eyeballs were burning for a moment.
Their number does not exceed twenty. It was only when the screen disappeared that I could see straight ahead. That’s enough.
They must have been highly trained, so they focused until the end and aimed their memorized launchers at us. However, the attacks launched while blinded for a moment did not reach us.
We charged courageously, shedding a torrent of memorization.
Morgan and Isilun hiding behind Leni’s shield, Garam hiding behind my backpack, and…
“Answer my call, ‘Shield of Friendship’!”
Eshen hides behind a stunned Nithro. Perhaps surprised by the cruelty of using his comrades as a shield, one of the assassins freaked out and took out a dagger and threw it away.
I’m sure Nidrogar wonders what caused his chest to bounce and cut the straps of his top. I don’t know how he was going to make excuses, but Eshen adjusted Nidroga, who was still stretched out.
Even those who had been through all sorts of hardships before birth could not help but be embarrassed. When else have you seen a person grabbing his ankle and swinging his friend around?
“I think I had a bad dream. Why are my clothes tattered? Why is my hair so matted?”
“They tried to hack you to pieces, but we managed to save you. I’m glad you’re safe, buddy.”
Nidro, who was not injured at all but was still slightly out of anesthesia, scratched his head and nodded.
The assassins glared at Eshen with eyes asking where such bullshit was coming from. And when Morgan pointed her pistol, she quickly covered her eyes.
“Don’t raise your eyebrows. Don’t do anything stupid.”
“···I get it.”
“It would be better to assume that you don’t know and be as careful as possible. There are times when even if you just lift a finger, they mistake it for nonsense and blow off your head.”
When Morgan rolled her thumb, the ball made an eerie sound. The assassins who took the warning seriously froze calmly.
Isilun finally took out his water bottle from my bag and asked, pouring the water on his head with a happy expression.
“Shall we interrogate them? I want to see these people struggling with thirst too.”
“There’s no need for that. You said you don’t mind if there are eyewitness reports.”
Salsu wheezed and took down his mask. As soon as he did that, Morgan fired a shot behind him.
A deafening sound. And a very slightly torn ear flap. As a trickle of blood flowed, Salsu swallowed his saliva.
“The second bravest will die the first. Try it.”
Morgan growled, rolling her eyes just like her father.
“But since I decided to keep talking, you can say it.”
“Damn, Morgan. That’s fucking cool.”
“Shut up. Depending on how useful the information is, I will decide whether to cut off your limbs and release you, or take your weapons and release you. Are there more assassins from your organization coming besides you? What exactly do your masterminds want?”
“Two million.”
The sprinkler pointed to my pocket. Isilun carefully took out the paper from the front drawer and unfolded it.
Eshen took it in astonishment, then tapped his forehead and shook his head.
“He’s publicly wanted.”
“Two million. In exchange for ‘Lan Bantai’ disappearing before he can set foot on the territory of Shingyo or Hyanghwagok. The intention of the cult leader is exactly as Princess Garam said. So, of course, more assassins are coming. Not just the doctrine. Not just people, but the whole of the central plains! It would have been better for them to have caught us. Then, even if they couldn’t avoid a bad situation, at least they would have suffered a terrible death-“
A needle was stuck in the killer’s head. As he fell like an old tree, we turned to look at the person who had shot me.
The culprit was Lenny, who had been looking around at their weapons a while ago. Rolling his eyes and glaring at the fallen assassins, Lenny fully loaded their weapons.
“What did this say? Usuyeonno?”
“That’s right. Usu Yeonno.”
“I really like this. Our party member was wanted for assassination? Our party leader, Tena, sent us to those people? It’s absurd.”
While saying that, Lennie casually shot a nearby cactus.
Then, the figure that looked like a cactus suddenly turned into a human, screaming and rolling around. We looked around in shock and just blinked.
Lennie said with an expression holding back his anger.
“I know how to deal with assassinations. For example, don’t go to places full of assassins. Let’s just pretend this mission never happened. I didn’t know Eshen’s parents were such sensitive people. If you need their help, , persuasion can be done slowly through Thunderbolt Owl Mail.”
“I’m sorry everyone. I was so thoughtless. My daughter told me to take her friends to see her face and it ended up like this.”
Eshen nodded grimly. And when Garam scoffed, he scrunched up his face.
“To begin with, strong guys are bound to have no thoughts. My mother is the head of Hwanhwagok, and you are the eldest daughter. Since there was no one who could control me by force or authority, I was the type that couldn’t even think about heaven and earth.”
“Losing.”
Eshen lifted his gloomy face and glared at the horizon. The next ones were coming without any time to rest. At very high speed.
“Her sister is holding back because it’s not the time to fight.”
“You held up well, Eshen. Go Nithro? Do you feel better?”
I shook Nidroga’s shoulder.
“Can you transform and run away with us?”
“···If I do it now, it’s no different from drunk driving…”
“Hey, you poor pay bastard!”
Nidrogar was unable to refute Eshen’s shout and crumpled.
However, the words I heard from the enemy a little later turned my head upside down.
“If you try to run away now, it will be of no use, so give up. Not only all the small factions, but also the Sa Sect and the Black Path groups will be encircling you from your escape. There are even sacred objects that can snatch the wings of a dragon. In the West, they are called artifacts. “Did you call me? Anyway, running away would be like committing a fall to your death.”
“Did you hear, everyone? If you had run away with me in the first place, something worse would have happened! So the fact that I was a little under the influence of the anesthetic was actually a much better thing-“
“Are you half asleep, Nidro?”
“···Where is this place?”
“Don’t worry. We’ll take care of it.”
Eshen sighed and laughed softly.
The handsome nobleman, who was looking at us accompanied by a hundred swordsmen, also smiled when he saw the assassins sleeping peacefully at our feet after being stung.
“Shingyo’s Dark Heavenly Division has failed. It feels great to see those who are so arrogant as the remnants of the Nine Murim fallen. I think it will be even more enjoyable to see you fall.”
“Mister, do you really want 2 million gold?”
“It’s 3 million. When I signed the contract, it was up to 3 million, Eshen Taiga. It’s an amount that anyone would covet.”
“Do you know me?”
“Don’t you know, the eldest daughter of Gokju of Hwanhwagok? Even after giving me such humiliation? Do you really not remember me?”
“Would you ask if you knew, idiot?”
The nobleman in white clothes, whose tone of voice changed as if he was oppressed, smiled calmly and stroked his hair. Then he pulled out his sword from behind his back and held it out in front of him.
“Everyone in the martial arts world knows the evil you have been guilty of, Eshen! I am Yang Il-gi, the son of the head of the Yang family! You have rendered the head of the family half paralyzed and destroyed the family’s elite Cheonpungdae! You have trampled and burned our family’s plaque. “You really don’t remember that? Thanks to you, we lost our base and had to be humiliated!”
“···What on earth did you do before crossing over to our continent?”
“I don’t remember… Really.”
As Eshen’s eyes twitched at my question, Garam rolled his eyes.
“You probably don’t remember. I guess there were one or two people who beat me up.”
“···You only beat those who needed to be beaten? Including you?”
“Are you ignoring me right in front of you, you bitch? That’s right, I’ll give up empty words and politeness! Let’s get on with the frenzy. It’s time to show off the spirit you’ve honed by voluntarily falling into the low-level assassination sect!”
Yang Ilgi shouted with an eerie force.
“I, Yang Il-gi, too, after chewing gall and dreaming of revenge by grinding stones, I became a warrior who reached the pinnacle of defeating many powerful enemies! Heaven and earth know my grievance and the time to bring the fruition of God’s counsel is coming quickly. It’s coming. Today, I chewed on the raw flesh of four bitches, and I personally skewered that bitch with the poisonous dragon sword with the poisonous dragon sword-“
Isilun gasped and covered his mouth. Eshen’s expression, on the other hand, became grim.
“Fuck you.”
I don’t even know what the peak state is. I don’t even know what the Gwangpungdae are doing. Honestly, I don’t know how deep that person’s resentment is.
However, it was clear that he was still no match for Eshen.
Eshen straightened up and jumped up, hitting the guy on the chin with his head. Poor Yang Il-gi, who was curled up with his teeth sticking out of his mouth, was grabbed by the collar without being able to resist properly.
“What did you say?”
“Do, Poisonous Dragon Dispatch Sword-“
“Not the name of your technique. Who are you going to mess with?”
Eshen grabbed the blade and put it back into its sheath with force. In the process, his arms were bent backwards, and before he could even scream in pain, he was caught and flew up into the sky.
The eyes of the Tigris on our side rotate in an oval shape. The same goes for Gwangpungdae’s eyes. Although there were people watching Yang Il-gi rolling on the floor, raising dust, no one came forward to save him.
“What kind of external attack is that…”
“Damn it. I told you that I shouldn’t get involved with Tigris again.”
Still, did you feel like you had to step forward out of loyalty? The Gwangpungdae quietly walked forward, looking at each other. However, it was blocked by a huge wall.
That living wall has a name. Nidroga’s front paw.
A red dragon that looked like it could chew any house like a cookie was looking down at the people of the East. The Gwangpungdae, which seemed to be the last desperate unit of a group that was ruined based on their behavior, unfortunately lost motivation before they could show anything and immediately laid down their weapons on the ground.
Now there is no one to help the son of a ruined family. I raised my head as I heard Yang Il-gi’s screams, which made me feel ten times more pitiful.
“Are you awake?”
[I finally woke up. Thanks to Monica. And after hearing that bastard say he was going to skewer you.]
“I feel reassured now that I’m a bit like Nidro. If we had continued to hesitate until the end, we would have had to stand still and deal with a hundred men holding swords, and then we would have lost quite a bit of stamina. It’s going to be a very long battle.”
Lenny, who had placed the Black Heavenly Killer’s stinger launcher on top of his great shield, was horrified to see more of them running from beyond the horizon.
“It’s not a good idea to run away, so get ready. The murder experts are coming. They’re aiming for our porter’s head.”