Chapter 64 – Laughter of Martial Arts
“Then subdue the blood right now! Quickly!”
Eun-wol was puzzled by his words, but she started suppressing him by pressing his blood without a word.
“It’s done.”
After her words, Seong-il’s body felt heavy. He desperately held his body on the verge of collapsing and reaped the silver moon with the ball he retrieved.
After that, hide the ball in the inventory, and recite the starter word again to close the inventory. Seong-il passed out naturally.
“Ummm…”
Seong-il opened his eyes feeling his whole body as heavy as iron.
An old man whom he has never seen before speaks to him.
“Ah… Did you open your eyes?”
“Hmm? W… Where is this? And who are you?”
“Ah. This is a doctor in the Murim League, and I’m a doctor working here. By the way, the soldiers of the League found Sohyeop who had fainted in the gymnasium and brought him back, and I treated him.”
“Ah… How long has it been since you fell?”
“I think it’s been a little over half a day, but…”
Seong-il looking around at the old man’s words
‘Hmm.. It seems to be around noon, so I must have passed out for about 12 to 14 hours..’
Seong-il sat absent-mindedly and lost in thought, when the old man stood up and said,
“There are people who want to see you when a small agreement occurs. Now that a small agreement has occurred, I will bring them. Please do not go anywhere and wait.”
“Yes? Ah.. Yes..”
At the old man’s words, Seong-il gave a clumsy answer and thought.
‘Hmm.. It’s probably because of the seal and the hyeonmudangju incident that happened yesterday. The excuse I prepared should work well…’
Not long after Seong-il started to worry, soldiers and leaders who seemed to be quite high-ranking came to his side.
“Are you awake?”
“Ah! Lord of the Lords is here!”
Seong-il greets Jin Chun-hwi as he enters the room.
Dissuading him from doing so, the leader replied.
“It’s okay. The old lady isn’t a hard-hearted person enough to make an example to a friend who went through a hard time last night.”
“Yes.. Thank you.”
Seong-il sits on the bed again because of his consideration.
As he sat down on the bed, Maengju sipped a cup of tea and started asking him questions.
“Yesterday. Do you know that the Demonic Cultists invaded this alliance?”
“Yes. I know. Actually, I also faced them and ended up like this.”
At Seongil’s words, the leader replied with a benevolent smile.
“I appreciate that. In that sense, I’d like to ask you a question. Is that all right?”
“Of course!”
“Heh heh, it’s good that the young friend’s answer is cool.”
After saying that, Maengju touched his beard with his hand and asked Seongil a question.
“Did you know there was a huge fire at the opening yesterday?”
“Yes.. It was strangely bright at night, so I was puzzled and asked the unmanned person, and he said there was a big fire…”
“To be exact, yesterday the Demonic Cultists set fire to the opening and came in.”
“!!”
“Of course, half of it was our intention.”
“Yes..?!”
Seongil looked at the leader with a shocked expression on his face, and the leader answered with a firm expression.
“That’s right. If we secure the Seal of the Blood God in the Almighty, we expected them to come desperately to secure the seal.
Obviously, the attack would be threatening, but paradoxically, I thought it was an opportunity to subdue the hidden magicians.
Because of this, we deliberately intended to show an opening and induce an attack. In fact, the ploy was successful and they succeeded in driving them to the brink of destruction.
Of course, it was a gambler to lure them out by minimizing the defensive forces within the group in the form of a lure, but I was confident.
At first glance, the number of warriors remaining in the alliance seemed very small and flimsy, but in reality it was not.
Most of the 100 or so warriors left there were masters. There were no clumsy ones.
Also, I thought that I would be able to block the enemy without any major problems because I had placed the Blue Dragon and Hyeonmu Dangju, which I trust the most among the four great princes.
But what about…”
After saying that, Maengju took another sip of tea and closed his eyes and opened his mouth.
“Yesterday, shockingly, it turned out that the head of the Hyeonmu clan, whom I trusted the most, was an agent of the Demonic Cult.
Using internal command as an excuse, he approached with a handful of guards and seals, slaughtered the warriors of the League and robbed the seals.”
Having said that, he looked into Seongil’s eyes and asked.
“And after that you’ll know better than I do. So I’ll ask. What the hell happened yesterday?
I understand that Hyewon and Hyemyeong, the two disciples of Wongak who were with you, subdued the traitors, but how did you, a warrior not even third-rate, survive at the hands of Hyunmudangju? And how did he die?
Also, there is another trace of another person besides you in the gymnasium. The problem is that he only has traces of fighting, and there is no sign of entering/exiting anywhere.
Is he a ghost? Are you a person? He thinks anyone who survived the scene would know. Can you answer me?”
A leader reciting a long speech toward the holy day. Seong-il struggled to open his mouth toward him.
“Um… First of all, Hyunmudangju wasn’t a traitor.”
“What…?!”
“Hmm… Looking at his actions, you can easily think of him as a traitor… Yesterday, as a result of my conversation with the Hyeonmu Dangju, he was not the Hyeonmu Danglord.”
“What do you mean by that?”
The leader asked Seong-il with a frown on his face. Seong-il answered for him.
“Do you know the blood religion?”
“!”
“Yesterday, the current shaman, the lord, said that he himself is a blood horse of the blood religion, and that he is manipulating the head of the family with the great law of blood marriage.”
“…Did you say that with your own mouth?”
“Yes. They told me that it was no money on the road to the underworld.”
“…”
The face of the lord of doubt. Seeing his expression, Seongil sighed and replied.
“He made the blood boil in his body, and while emitting steam and red aura, he tried to kill me and steal the seal.
But then, the demonic cult’s minor master appeared behind him like a ghost and attacked him.”
Those who are silent all at once, as if they were hit by a bomb at Seongil’s words.
“…What?!”
“It’s literally. He came out of the shadows like a ghost and struck Dangju to death.”
“But why are you still alive? You must be the owner of a martial art strong enough to kill him?”
At his words, Seong-il pretended to be as grieved as possible and began to answer.
“They thanked me.”
“…?”
“Thanks to me, I was able to find traces of blood ties, and as a bonus, I was able to obtain a seal.”
“!!”
“And he ridiculed me by mocking my master and brother-in-law Qing Myung-jin and Handan. He said that he might be being used from beginning to end because all his teachers are idiots.”
After saying that, Seong-il sighed and covered his face with his hands, pretending to be as grieved as possible before continuing.
“After saying that he wouldn’t kill an idiot like me because being alive is helpful, he subdued the blood and laughed at it, then disappeared like a ghost again.”
“…”
“Everything I went through yesterday is like a dream. I’m so helpless…”
“Hmm…”
Even after the conversation, Maeng-ju could not answer the question, so he asked Seong-il for forgiveness and continued intensive interrogation for two days.
The Murim Maeng interrogated Seong-Il through strong pressure, but Seong-Il’s statement was consistent because it was a lie based on facts, and he evaded the questionable part, saying that he did not know it or that it was like a mysterious witchcraft. There was no
“Are you really going to let go of the author like that?”
The white tiger and the blue dragon dangju strongly protest against the leader.
Seeing them like that, the leader shook his head.
“Then what do you think is the right thing to do? Since the three young men who risked their lives to stop the traitor are suspicious, should we torture them and put them in prison?”
“…”
Looking at those who were silent, the lord continued.
“In fact, there were traces of the side effects of the blood ball used by the blood demon in the body of the lord of the Hyeonmu-dang, and it was the black slaughter horse of the demonic lord who killed him.
Is that all? To see that child as an agent of the Demonic Cult, the seal he brought was real. That fact alone doesn’t make him a spy. In fact, the reason the items were stolen is bigger than that because we were careless!
Considering it to be anti-scheming, the Demonic Cultists suffered tremendous damage from this raid. Even if you don’t, you won’t be able to recover your age for decades. Then it doesn’t even make sense to say it’s anti-scheming.”
Meng Zhu sighed and looked at them, continuing his words.
“I don’t understand either. I know it doesn’t make sense. But the remaining evidence clearly proves that he is innocent. It is also clear that the Demonic Cult and the Blood Cult are involved in this case. And we have no idea about the process. I couldn’t even grasp the truth!
In that case, it is better to let that young friend go. It would make more sense to dig behind them after that.”
Hearing the words of the leader, the head of the Blue Dragon asked.
“Are you saying… That we should continue to pursue that young warrior called Muhak?”
“Shouldn’t that be the case? Isn’t that level of persecution.
The heads of households nodded at his words.
“Then I’ll put someone on board right away.
“Let it be. But not too blatantly.”
“Yes.”
Seong-il left the Murimmaeng and returned to the resort where he stayed.
As soon as her Seongil returned, she summoned her Eunwol and started a conversation with her.
“After…”
“Did it go well, Gongja-nim?”
“Um… Half?”
After saying that, Seong-il began to explain in detail the situation he had been through.
“Um… You’re suspicious of Young master even in Meng, but you’re letting go because there’s no evidence, right?”
“Yes.”
“Hmm… Then what do you plan to do next?”
“For now, I’m going to leave for another world of imagination.”
“Yes..!?”
Eun-wol is shocked by Seong-il’s bomb declaration. Soothing her, she said her holy days.
“I can’t help it. Even if I don’t know, the Moorim League will start monitoring us. I could already feel that they were monitoring me from the week I spent in the League.”
“Hmm…”
“In such a situation, should I leave myself full of doubts?”
“It is.”
“Because of this, I want to be in another world rather than here for a while until I get the ability or great power to defeat them in another world.”
“Hmm…”
Eun-wol groans and makes a sad expression.
As she stroked her hair, she answered Seongil.
“Don’t worry. It’s a long time for me, but it’s only a moment for you. I’ll be right back!”
To his words, she replied with a smile.
“Well… If that’s the case. Have a good trip..!”
After seeing her off, Seong-il returned to reality.
“After…”
Seong-il went through bomb-like incidents for about a month.
‘Huh.. I stole the seal at the end for no reason.’
In fact, if she had returned the seal to the Murimmaeng, she could have ventured without much trouble, but when the opportunity came for her to create an alibi and take her things, Seong-il stole the car seal in her greed.
“No! If she hadn’t stolen, she might have been even more suspicious of how she subdued Hyeonmu Dangju…Did she do well…?”
While muttering that, Seong-il thought as she recalled her last month in the martial arts battle with laughter.
‘What are the strengths and weaknesses of Laughter Martial Arts?’
With that in mind, Seong-il tried to figure out the nature of the problem by recording the pros and cons on a piece of paper.
Advantages
1. Powerful martial arts.
2. Elixir and Giyeon.
3. Eunwol (translation delay).
Disadvantage
1. Powerful enemies.
2. Easy to be exposed to combat.
3. Compulsively fast-paced storyline.
‘Um… The point is that the bigger the return, the bigger the risk. Are you saying I’m not strong enough to take that risk?’
‘And… Advantages 1, 2, and 3 are definitely attractive, but… First of all, I haven’t digested everything I got from number 1, so it’s meaningless for the time being.’
‘If you try advantage number 2, you will be exposed to disadvantages 1, 2, and 3, so you pass. In the current situation, only three times are meaningful to me..’
Seong-il started to talk to himself while thinking about turning the pen.
“Then what should I do to effectively solve problems and become stronger…”
Seong-il pondered for a long time and came to a conclusion.
‘In conclusion, the level isn’t high enough to clear the Laughing Martial Arts War, so it’s best to go to a world where you can become stronger without fighting. As a bonus, the martial arts obtained this time should also be steadily trained in that world.’
‘After that, go to 『How to Become an Alchemist』, Solve the problem, and use the world’s resources to clear 『The Battle of the Laughs』!’
After thinking about it, Seong-il started going through the game list.
‘Let’s see… What would be suitable for a list of B-level games…’
‘Artoria Story? This is an article and there are a lot of battles, so pass.’
‘Guardian of the dungeon? It’s attractive because I don’t have to fight… But I don’t know what the return is, so let’s pass it.’
A game caught his eye in front of Seong-il, who was at a loss because he couldn’t find a suitable game even after searching for a long time.
“Huh? The Magic City and the Great Detective? Where did you see this?”
Seong-il looks at the game blankly and then fumbles through it.
“Ah! It was this game! Adventure game?!”
In a city where magic is developed like science, a young girl from a rich family reads a mystery novel that is popular in the city and is impressed. Weird game.
Despite being a female lead, several attractive women appear. It was a game that was treated as a masterpiece because it had various progression routes such as battle progress, dialogue progress, and reasoning progress.
‘This game.. Couldn’t you learn magic?! You don’t have to study for that?!’
An idea flashed in Seongil’s mind like lightning.
