blenderwars Chapter 377 : Chapter 377
Chapter 377 : Chapter 377
Vol 2 Chapter 17. This is Nullllll and Vooooid! (2)
Patrick felt a somewhat affectionate feeling.
Yes. The place called Jianghu was like this. That thought occurred to him.
Patrick extended both hands forward and politely clasped them, saying.
“As the Bong-gong of the Twin Dragon Sect, I will formally answer.”
“Mmm….”
“Regarding the future steps of the sect, it is for the Sect Leader to decide, so it is difficult for me to give a definite answer. However….”
“…….”
“Our Twin Dragon Sect is an Orthodox sect that keeps the Righteous Path and practices chivalry. We may engage in friendly competition with the Kongtong Sect, but we will not be hostile.”
“…….”
“Is this enough of an answer?”
“Ah… Yes. It is sufficient.”
Virtuous Governance Sword was flustered.
The opponent’s aura itself changed completely.
The frivolous and playful feeling disappeared completely.
Now, he felt a gravity as if he were meeting the elders of his sect.
No, honestly, judging by the feeling alone, it is beyond that.
It was like facing a huge mountain whose peak is hidden by clouds and whose end cannot be seen.
Truly a Heaven beyond Heavens….
“Right. Then you’re done here, right. Go now.”
“…….”
“What are you doing? I said go?”
It must be a misunderstanding.
Mm, definitely a misunderstanding.
It must be a misunderstanding.
* * *
“You stupid fool!”
“Keo-eok….”
Blood Wave Saber Guest Ma Jae-ho woke up.
And the first thing he did after regaining consciousness was to grab and squeeze the neck of the strategist, whom he usually didn't touch directly.
“Admit the sect’s defeat? You dare to smear shit on the face of this Blood Wave Saber Guest Ma Jae-ho?”
“Se… Sect Leader. I….”
“Shut up!”
Snap!
Strategist Jang tried to say something, but couldn't finish his words.
Ma Jae-ho had snapped his neck bone just like that.
“Trash-like bastard.”
Ma Jae-ho threw away the corpse of Strategist Jang, who died with an unjust expression unable to even close his eyes, and as if that didn't relieve his anger, he drew his saber.
And he hacked Strategist Jang’s whole body to pieces.
“Uaaaaaah!”
It was truly a frenzied venting of anger.
Other disciples of the Blood Saber Sect couldn't even think of stopping the Sect Leader and were desperate just to avoid his gaze.
In fact, they all knew.
The biggest failure of this battle was because Blood Wave Saber Guest Ma Jae-ho was knocked out in a single blow.
Fifty percent of the Blood Saber Sect’s power comes from Ma Jae-ho alone. At the point where such Ma Jae-ho couldn't do anything and was unilaterally beaten, the war was already lost.
Dragging the war further after that would only increase the damage to the Blood Saber Sect.
In a situation where the Sect Leader fainted and was unconscious, Strategist Jang minimized the sect’s damage.
But Ma Jae-ho killed such Strategist Jang.
Anyone could see.
That it was to cover up his own defeat.
After hacking Strategist Jang’s corpse until it couldn't even maintain a human form.
Ma Jae-ho gasped for rough breath and said.
“I…. To think this Blood Wave Saber Guest Ma Jae-ho was defeated by such a brat.”
Grind.
“How can I lift my face in the Jianghu now? Damn it….”
“What does it matter if you can't lift that mere face?”
It was then.
A voice that didn't care at all about the angry Ma Jae-ho intervened.
Instantly, the atmosphere of the crowd froze. And Ma Jae-ho growled towards the direction the voice came from.
“Who dares…. Gasp!”
The moment he confirmed the opponent.
Anger disappeared from Ma Jae-ho’s eyes as if washed away, and bewilderment settled in.
“Seventh Se… Seventh Senior Brother.”
“Long time no see. Junior Brother.”
What Ma Jae-ho saw was a peerless handsome man for whom the word 'noble young master' fit perfectly.
The moment he saw the man appearing in wide robes unsuitable for these mountains, unconcealable fear appeared on Ma Jae-ho’s face.
He walked in front of Ma Jae-ho and said.
“By the way, which Junior Brother were you? Hmm… I can't remember.”
“One… One hundred seventieth.”
“I see. Please understand. As Junior Brother knows, we have so many fellow disciples, don't we?”
“…….”
Ma Jae-ho dared not answer.
He was recalling memories from a long time ago.
Childhood.
Ma Jae-ho, rumored to be a genius of the Mysterious Spirit Sect, received an offer to become a disciple of the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor.
There was nothing to think about.
Who would refuse when they could become a disciple of the World's Best?
Ma Jae-ho spat on his sect, Mysterious Spirit Sect, and headed to the Hegemon Blade Sect. And the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor saw him and said.
[Mediocre talent.]
[…Yes?]
[Doesn't matter. Chess pieces need pawns too.]
That is what the Master said while taking him in.
For Ma Jae-ho, it was a humiliating evaluation.
‘Pawn? I am a pawn?’
He absolutely could not accept it.
No matter if he was the World's Best, he could never accept such an evaluation towards himself.
He thought he would overturn that Master’s evaluation someday.
At first, that is.
Indeed, the World's Best.
The Master’s evaluation was accurate.
After entering the Hegemon Blade Sect and confirming the fellow disciples with his own two eyes, he realized.
That there are monsters in the world that he could never catch up to even if he died and woke up again.
The person right in front of him is exactly that.
White Face Death Lord Yu Seop.
The seventh disciple of the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor and a Killing Ghost who killed more people than anyone else in the Hegemon Blade Sect.
On the outside, he looks like a pretty boy who would live enjoying romance in a brothel, but he was an object of fear even within the Hegemon Blade Sect.
Because once his killing intent turned, he never spared even fellow disciples.
‘Why is this crazy guy here right now….’
Yu Seop, who approached Ma Jae-ho closely, said.
“By the way, Junior Brother. Judging by the situation, seems like you are running away after being beaten like a dog somewhere?”
“Th… That is….”
Slap slap!
Yu Seop slapped the cheek of Ma Jae-ho who hesitated to answer.
It was an unpleasant slap rather than a painful one.
As if disciplining a subordinate.
‘Keuk….’
Ma Jae-ho clenched his fist tightly but didn't dare to extend that fist.
Yu Seop looked at such Ma Jae-ho pitifully and said.
“Dare to use your brain against me? Suddenly curious what’s inside Junior Brother’s head? Shall I take it out and check?”
“N… No. That is actually….”
Ma Jae-ho knew.
If it was Yu Seop, he would more than practice those words.
He obediently told everything that happened.
“So to summarize….”
“…….”
“You thought it was an easy place and invaded, but there was a master Junior Brother couldn't handle, so you got beaten like a dog and barely saved your life and returned?”
“…Yes.”
“Tsk tsk tsk, you are disgracing the sect all by yourself.”
“…….”
Ma Jae-ho’s face turned red with shame.
“Well, still, nominally a fellow junior brother was beaten, so as a senior brother, it wouldn't be right to pretend not to see, right?”
At Yu Seop’s words, Ma Jae-ho raised his head sharply.
“Will you help me?”
“Well, as long as Junior Brother cooperates with this Senior Brother, there is no reason I can't help.”
“Thank you. Senior Brother. I will never forget this grace.”
Ma Jae-ho knelt on the spot and bowed his head in gratitude.
Honestly, he didn't have the confidence to take revenge on that foreigner himself.
He was unilaterally beaten without even a chance to gauge the opponent’s skill level.
That meant the difference in skill between him and himself was immense. But….
‘Using barbarians to control barbarians (Yi Yi Je Yi) is this kind of thing.’
He didn't know how strong that foreigner was, but if it was the monster in front of him, revenge would be sufficiently possible.
No, the best thing would be for both to destroy each other. If that happens….
“Hmm? What are you thinking, Junior Brother?”
“Ah, nothing.”
“Tsk tsk, your inner thoughts are so visible.”
“Ah…, no. I am thinking nothing….”
“Forget it, before taking Junior Brother’s revenge, Junior Brother must also grant one trivial favor of this Senior Brother.”
“Yes?”
“Don't want to?”
“Ah, no.”
Anyway, he had no choice.
Ma Jae-ho straightened his face and answered.
“I will grant anything if it is Senior Brother’s request. Just speak.”
“Mm, a desirable attitude. Then Junior Brother.”
“Yes. Spea….”
“Thanks for the meal.”
“…Yes?”
Crunch!
The feeling of something chewing and swallowing him whole.
That was the last memory of the human named Ma Jae-ho in his life.
* * *
A while later.
“Hmmmm…. Is it because he was the one hundred seventieth disciple? Doesn't even fill the stomach.”
Yu Seop grumbled with a face full of dissatisfaction.
“Well, little drops of water make the mighty ocean, so moving diligently must be the answer. Before other guys notice.”
Leaving those words, Yu Seop walked away leisurely. In the place he left, hundreds of Blood Saber Sect disciples were all dead in miserable conditions.
What was peculiar was that among the corpses, there was one corpse dried up like a mummy.
What was certain was that there was not a single witness to tell what happened in this place.
* * *
Kongtong Sect.
Although the Kongtong Sect had a passive tendency even among the Nine Sects One Gang, today the Sect Leader and all elders gathered in one place after a long time.
The reason they gathered like this was to discuss someone’s punishment. That someone was….
“This time, we must punish Yun Gi severely.”
“That is correct. Obtaining trivial empty fame in the Jianghu, he is running wild without knowing how high the sky is.”
“Dare to go against the sect’s order and run wild. You must punish him severely.”
It was precisely Virtuous Governance Sword Yun Gi.
He was now kneeling like a sinner in front of the elders of the sect, waiting quietly.
Turning back time a little….
When the Blood Saber Sect moved to Tianshui County.
Naturally, the Kongtong Sect also knew that fact.
The Kongtong Sect wasn't blind enough not to know when 300 Unorthodox practitioners were moving in their territory.
However, the dilemma here was whether the Kongtong Sect should step forward to respond to the Blood Saber Sect or not.
If the Kongtong Sect mobilized its full power against the Blood Saber Sect, they would surely win.
But the Sect Leader of the Blood Saber Sect is a disciple of the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor.
The Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor had hundreds of disciples, and they have now become big shots dominating the Unorthodox faction in the Jianghu.
If Blood Wave Saber Guest Ma Jae-ho lost his life at the hands of the Kongtong Sect, it could give an excuse for revenge to the disciples of the Heaven Breaking Martial Emperor.
With the Murim Alliance dissolved and the connection of the Nine Sects One Gang not like before, could the Kongtong Sect really fight a war against the entire Unorthodox faction and win?
The leadership of the Kongtong Sect discussed fiercely over several days but couldn't easily derive an opinion. Meanwhile….
[Se… Sect Leader, it’s a big problem.]
[What is it?]
[Yun Gi left a letter and left the sect. He seems to have gone to Tianshui County.]
[What?]
The Sect Leader of the Kongtong Sect hurriedly received the letter and read it. There….
‘As a martial artist of the Kongtong Sect, I cannot bear to ignore the suffering of the commoners.
This disciple will fight against the invasion of the Unorthodox faction.
Please forgive me.’
“Hu…. Huho…..”
The Sect Leader laughed despondently.
He was dumbfounded.
While he and the elders were confronting each other over profit and chivalry, the disciple was already taking action.
Although proud, he couldn't just praise this recklessness.
“Did he go alone?”
“No. It is said he led the first-generation and second-generation disciples who follow him and left.”
“The number?”
“Approximately around thirty.”
“Huuu…. Right. I see.”
Jeong Seon stroked his beard and sighed.
The water was already spilled.
If it were Yun Gi alone, it could be called an individual’s rampage, but if dozens of disciples were mobilized, the Kongtong Sect had to take responsibility for their actions.
“Summon all elders and first-generation disciples right now. We will go to Tianshui County and drive out the Blood Saber Sect.”
“Yes!”
An unavoidable war.
Then they must win with overwhelming power at least.
With the power of Yun Gi and the disciples following him, they wouldn't fall vainly overnight.
If they endure to some extent, gathering the power of the Kongtong Sect and sweeping in, defeating the Blood Saber Sect is nothing.
“In the first place, the Great Kongtong is not one to curl up in fear of the likes of the Blood Saber Sect.”
The Sect Leader strengthened his resolve as a swordsman after a long time.
He had to regain his self from the days when the fellow Taoists of the Jianghu called him Demon Subduing Divine Sword Jeong Seon.
And the next day.
Jeong Seon gathered the disciples and elders in one place and said.
“Listen everyone. Our Kongtong has for generations….”
At that time….
“Sect Leader! Sect Leader!!”
At the frivolous voice, Jeong Seon frowned and said.
“What is it?”
Interrupting at an important moment.
If it was something trivial, he intended to punish severely. However….
“Senior Brother Yun Gi and other disciples have returned.”
“…What?”
Jeong Seon was dumbfounded for a moment.
No, he is just about to inspire fighting spirit with a long speech to the disciples departing ahead of the war.
But the kids who went out came back?
His own fighting spirit disappeared completely.
“What happened to the war? Did the Blood Saber Sect not invade?”
“They say they came. But….”
“But?”
“Senior Brother Yun Gi said they made a wasted trip in the first place.”
“…….”
It is full of incomprehensible things.
Jeong Seon sighed deeply and said.
“Call Yun Gi. I must hear the circumstances personally.”
“Yes!”