Chapter 208 – 207 – Yajin
The boy, who seemed seriously injured at first glance, ran away with great vigor. He even adjusted his luggage and stood bravely.
Mancellarion, who wondered if he should have a guardian, looked relieved. And she shrugged, as if she thought it was a misunderstanding.
“It looks like he was covered in blood from hunting Newtrock. I thought he was dying, but I’m glad.”
“Should we escort those kids?”
“It’s okay. The entrance to the city is in front of here. If we take out even one of the four combatants in the first place, our side could be annihilated.”
Mansell said, pushing away the assailant’s knife with all his might.
“Even though this enemy looks so humble, isn’t it the target of a special mission!”
The gunman who tried to split the head showed his teeth as he grabbed the large sword that had been pushed away.
“Are you knowing that and yet you’re slacking off right in front of me, Knight of the Sunset, Mancellarion Sunstorm? Are you looking for a place to die?”
“I wonder if I should be happy that the infamous and most wanted criminals ‘Baekgeomgwi’ and ‘Yajin’ are aware of my reputation.”
Swordsmen, wizards, and martial arts fighters attacked from all directions. As the troubled gunman ground his teeth, Mansell laughed.
“I was not looking for a place to die, but a way to live. Because I have many children.”
“You have so many children, why do you come to me, you crazy person?”
“Because it’s a game worth risking, Yajin. Just like I am with you.”
“What use do you have to me, Mancellarion?”
“The one who wins will gain a reputation equal to the name of the other. Isn’t it true that both heroes and villains want the same thing?”
“Damn…”
Yajin was furious. Mancellarion, who was full of blood, thought that his opponent was overwhelmed by his daring and confidence.
Smirking, Mansella Leone joined his colleagues and beat up the gunman. As she turned around while being carried by Tan, Tena’s eyes sparkled at the sight.
“Whoever wins gets it all. Fight with all your might!”
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“I missed it.”
Mancellarion, who had bruises on his eyelids, looked at the ceiling and sighed.
“Even though two A-class and two special-class people rushed at me. Damn it, what is that guy?”
“We won. In the end, he ran away, right?”
“···Are you stupid? The mission is successful if you catch him. Even if both limbs are intact, if he ran away, he won.”
“You don’t look energetic, Mansell. You seem embarrassed by our skills and don’t know what to do.”
“Ah, that’s enough. If you want to think you won over something you couldn’t capture in a 4-to-1 fight, feel free to think whatever you want.”
“Rather than that, let’s think about how we can go after the guy we missed, Mansell. Wouldn’t that be more productive?”
“Do you really want to get hit?”
This is the scene unfolding beyond the window of the inn that Tena was just passing by. Tena didn’t notice her bickering right away.
This is because as soon as he opened his eyes at the temple, he got up and frantically begged for help while begging passers-by. Without even being able to change her bloody clothes.
“Please help, my friend… My family is dying!”
At that time, Tan spent all of her remaining funds and barely entrusted Thena to her temple. She fell asleep on the straw in the stable without receiving her healing.
Tan is dying. And all the penniless orphan Thena can do is plead.
However, this was not a pioneer city where there was a branch of the Party Federation, where there were many people favored by Tan and Tena.
The other side of the mountain, where I had run away as soon as I could, was far from the reach of the public authorities or the party alliance. Thanks to this, the human spirit was extremely cruel. This is why the temple, which was occupied by a violent gang, demanded money from dying children, and why people rejected Thena’s tearful hand.
“Let go, you crazy bitch!”
“Please!”
“What can I help you with? Can you buy me a pack of matches?”
“It’s a recovery potion. Even a thin one is fine, so just one bottle of potion-“
“That expensive one? Damn, if you give me anything, I’ll take the neuralgia medicine instead.”
Every moment of being cruelly rejected, Tan was dying. Her deep sense of helplessness strangled Thena.
And right then, when Tena was about to sit down, someone grabbed her wrist and lifted her up.
“Come here first!”
The slightly guilty young man shouted urgently. And then he ran, leading Thena somewhere in her alley.
Tena, desperate for a little hope, unconsciously moved her legs and ran along.
“How can someone be sick? What is the name? What is the name of the disease?”
“Tan, Tannhäuser. He was stabbed by a stone spear and there was a lot of blood…”
“That’s it. I get the basics. It’s okay now!”
It’s okay. Those words melted Thena’s frozen heart. Thena unconsciously began to look for positive indicators about her opponent’s outfit.
A bandana or apron makes one look like an expert in some task. It seems that free slum doctor’s tools will be pouring out of many foolish pockets at any moment.
And the handcuffs that were suddenly placed on Thena’s wrists… Cannot be explained by anything other than the harsh climate of the city.
“You don’t have to think about that anymore. From now on, forever. Open the door! I’ve caught a prize!”
Tena, who regained her senses at those words, immediately lost her senses.
The young man, who was knocking on the door of the gang’s hideout with her Tena’s wrist hanging from a lamppost, quickly turned around when he heard an unusual screeching sound coming from behind her.
The girl he had kidnapped to sell was pulling out a streetlamp from her floor.
If I hadn’t been attacked inexplicably, I would have crushed dozens of Newtrocks and the like with my fists.
So, the whole time she was moving on Tan’s back, Thena, unlike Tan, was filled with not only fear but also resentment.
And that anger exploded right here and now. It didn’t matter that I had just left the patient situation.
Of course, there were multiple opponents, and the streetlight was an uncomfortable object to wield. Above all, no matter how good a hero she was, Tena was young.
Thena’s outcry barely ended when her limbs were tightly held by her gang members.
In the dark warehouse, passed out gang members were spread out. The middle manager who was looking at them one by one screamed.
“What kind of girl is this strong!”
“···Because he is apt to be a hero.”
Tena gritted her teeth and answered. The middle manager’s expression quickly turned red.
“What, is that really true? Tarem caught this guy’s stuff. If you sell it to a mercenary group, you’ll get a lot for it. Good job…”
The middle manager looked back at the man who brought Tena, but he was unconscious. He had a large lump where he was hit by a streetlight.
The middle manager shrugged his shoulders.
“···If that bastard doesn’t remember what happened today, I’ll just pretend that I brought him in and sold him and keep the fee myself. Huh? What? Why is everyone looking at me like that? I didn’t say anything. Anyway, tie this guy up securely somewhere. ‘Hell hound.’ I have to decide whether to sell to the ‘Dan’ or the ‘Warmongers’ group, until then-“
“I want to bid first.”
Someone peeked out from behind the middle manager and said.
The gang’s middle manager looked behind him while answering businesslikely.
“No matter how gangsters are, they have loyalty. They have friends who have broken the deal, so what a rude suggestion…”
The middle manager’s head dropped as he looked back.
The gang members, who were exhausted just from dealing with Tena, thought they had seen nothing.
And it was only after hearing Tena’s scream that I understood the situation.
Before the headless corpse of his superior fell, several members of the organization quickly followed him and lost their heads.
The bidder, who had no intention of buying Thena with money, brushed off her blood from his ivory-white greatsword. Tena recognized him right away.
A man who was transformed into a monster he met in the mountains. It was ‘White Sword Demon Yajin’, the most wanted criminal targeted by Mancellarion.
“Hello.”
“···What do you want from me?”
Yajin had a smile on his face. Thena was horrified by the non-human expression.
“Why do you think I want something from you?”
“You can’t claim that we ran into each other by chance. You’re targeting me, right?”
Tena decided to calmly imitate her tan.
“There’s a Mancellarion nearby. He’s looking for you.”
“Oh.”
“He even talked to me. I don’t know about you, but we have a way to find each other. If you don’t let me go, you’re in real trouble-“
“Call me.”
“Yes?”
“Make as much noise as you can and really try to lure Mancellarion into this alley. I would like you to do that.”
“···Are you bluffing? You couldn’t withstand four people and ran away?”
“My goal is not to make trouble in the world by killing them. I’ve already made that mistake a few times. Mancellarion’s visit is proof of that.”
Yajin frowned as if she was annoyed.
“If you kill someone like Mancellarion, who has both good skills and reputation, then something bigger will come. The military will be next.”
“Are you scared?”
“I tried eliminating a country because I wasn’t scared, but it was very tiring.”
Yajin tilted his head strangely and muttered. Strangely, to Thena’s ears, it didn’t sound like a lie.
But she assumed it was a lie. I couldn’t bear to think that that level of violence was what I wanted.
“Moreover, my main battlefield is in the dark. Don’t you know that they can’t deal with me?”
“You should try that-“
“If you blocked my sword fight once even in the dark, you would know, right?”
Why did Tena, who would later be called the vanguard of the new generation, have her pride broken by a low-level monster like Newt Rock?
This is because her first blow did not come from Newt Rock. It was only after hearing Yajin’s words that Tena realized what was going on.
A chilling premonition of death that flew in the darkness of the night, extinguishing the bonfire with wind pressure.
She managed to get it out with her sheathed sword, but her wrist and leg bones were broken.
“I’ll ask you the same question. You’re not going to claim that you blocked it by accident, are you?”
“···What if I didn’t stop it by accident? What do you want from me?”
“Slaughter between priests.”
“···I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“My name is not ‘Yazin’. I became ‘Yazin’ after killing my teacher. It is a title that has been passed down from ancient times and refers to the absolute master of swordsmanship.”
They stand the child among the corpses and talk. Responsible adults don’t do that.
The man who won the title of Yajin smiled and spoke like a child who has only grown old.
“There is only one Yajin in the world. So there was only one teacher. It would have been better if there had been multiple clans or schools.”
“···Are you saying you wanted to kill me several times?”
“That’s right. The moment I clashed swords with Yajin of my squadron, the moment the similar swords aimed at each other’s lives was so ecstatic. Once I got a taste for it, I couldn’t stop. That’s why I’m looking for a disciple.”
Unlike a teacher, a person can have multiple students. However, rather than an invitation to enroll or become initiated, it sounded more like an invitation to accept becoming a pig in a slaughterhouse.
“I recognize your qualities at first glance, but I will respect your free will and give you a choice. One, make a fuss and kill Mancellarion. Two, do not follow my orders and run away, begging for help all day long. Didn’t you tell the human traffickers a little while ago that you were killing that kid named ‘Tan’?”
Tena gritted her teeth. Yajin chuckled.
“Third. Learn how to use a sword from Yajin. I’ll raise you up to the toes of God. Do you know, you’ll kill me…”
The man tapped the huge ivory-colored knife with blood stains here and there on his back.
At that moment, Thena had a subtle impression? The knife seemed to be absorbing her Thena’s gaze.
For some reason, I felt like that sword wasn’t supposed to be that color.
“Will you gain the title of Yajin and become the owner of this ‘Despair Lockdown’?”
