Chapter 249
##249fury. Spirit hunting practice (4)
Kyaaa!
The fur ball stirred and tried to scratch the beast with its front paws. However, there was not even a scratch on the arm where the external attack was trained..
“A small crab, wow! Stay still.”
Ya Su-hyuk frowned and threatened him, but the fur ball resisted fiercely, saying it was a wild beast in its own way. Yes, I just felt like my hands were itching as I was wiggling..
Beside me, the white water dragon looked closely at the fur ball and said..
“It doesn't seem like a cat... … . It looks like a tiger cub.”
“…….”
Ya Soo-hyuk flinched at the word tiger..
At the same time, the expression on his face as he looked at the furball became stiff. It even showed a glimpse of life..
‘Why is this guy like this??’
Baek Soo-ryong wondered why Ya Soo-hyuk was suddenly like this, but then remembered a story he heard before and understood Ya Soo-hyuk's reaction..
‘You said that your father suffered from misfortune when you were young..’
Later, Ya Su-hyeok succeeded in taking revenge on Dae-ho for biting his father, but it seems that his hatred for the tiger still remained..
Ya Soo-hyuk frowned and said.
“Can a tiger be this white? There are no stripes on the body…….”
“This guy is called Eunho (銀虎). It's harder to see than a white tiger. This is my first time seeing it in person too.”
If it was Eunho, it was a very rare species among spiritual creatures..
Unlike ordinary tigers, they are known to have a docile personality and do not attack people..
In addition, it was sensitive to energy and had a very high intelligence, so much so that there was a legend that it was a spirit creature that immortals had been friends with since ancient times..
‘But why is the cub walking alone??’
There could be one of two reasons why such a small tiger cub wanders around alone..
This means that the mother is dead or unable to protect the cub even if she is alive.…….
While Baek Soo-ryong was quietly thinking, Ya Soo-hyuk spoke in a low voice..
“……Should I kill you??”
“why?”
“It's obvious that when he grows up, he'll eat people..”
“Eunho is not that kind of beast… … . Just give it to me.”
Baek Soo-ryong felt like Ya Su-hyuk would crush baby Eun-ho with his hands if left alone, so Baek Soo-ryong received a gift from Ya Su-hyuk..
Once in the hands of Baek Soo-ryong, Eun-ho, who had been shaking all over when in the hands of Ya Soo-hyuk, surprisingly became calm..
Kiing…….
Su-hyeok Ya grumbled in annoyance at the sight of Baek Soo-ryong looking at him..
“Distinguish between animals and people.”
“There must be a mother somewhere. I need to find my mother sometime..”
“I'm going to find the mother and kill her together.?”
“…….”
Baek Soo-ryong did not bother to answer the question filled with personal feelings..
If a spirit like Eun-ho suddenly dies, you must first find out why he died..
Was he killed by a martial artist who was targeting Naedan like himself??
Or is there another reason??
I was going to find it and figure it out, then decide whether to kill this little guy or keep him alive..
“Let's get out of the cave first..”
“yes.”
Baek Soo-ryong held the calm baby Eun-ho in his arms..
At that time, Eun-ho, who made eye contact with Ya Soo-hyuk again, cursed..
Kyaaa!
“This is it!”
“be quiet.”
At Baek Su-ryong’s words, the two growled heads turned in opposite directions..
* * *
The two were hiding in the grass and secretly watching Eunho..
Ya Soo-hyuk whispered in a dissatisfied voice..
“teacher. I have to do this?”
“fizzle.”
After coming out of the cave, Baek Soo-ryong released Eun-ho..
Of course, it wasn't really released..
I decided to pretend to release him and follow him to see where he goes..
Twisting…….
Eunho, who looked around for a moment as if anxious, began to move. The two followed him secretly..
Even though it was still a young cub, it was still a young animal. When I made up my mind and started running, I was much faster than most people can run..
However, I guess I haven't run alone in the mountains much yet, so there were times when I lost my footing..
Powok!
Eun-ho tripped on a protruding tree root and fell down. The guy who fell headfirst woke up whimpering..
Twisting…….
Eunho shed tears and licked the wound on his front paw with his tongue..
Ya Soo-hyuk clicked his tongue as if he didn't even like that sight..
“Ugh. stupid kitten.”
Si-jin and Si-jin started chasing Eun-ho together, but he slowed down..
As Eun-ho entered the deep valley in the mountains, Ya Soo-hyuk muttered with a puzzled expression..
“That's a living vegetable.…….”
It was a mountain lodge in a green forest surrounded by a fence. It was cleverly hidden inside the valley, perhaps to avoid the eyes of the government, and Eunho went inside..
But at that moment, Baek Soo-ryong’s expression as he looked at the mountain vegetables hardened..
“I smell blood inside..”
“yes? no way… … This bastard!”
Kwaang!
Ya Su-hyeok, who shot out like a cannonball, jumped over the wooden fence surrounding the living quarters in one go. White Water Dragon immediately followed him..
Baek Soo-ryong's expression frowned as he quickly looked inside the living quarters..
‘It's miserable..’
More than half of the wooden fence surrounding the mountain temple was broken, and dozens of corpses were visible inside..
Most of the bodies looked as if they had been crushed by a huge rock..
Ya Soo-hyuk's eyes were half-turned when he saw that..
“This dirty beast……!”
At that moment, Ya Soo-hyuk saw the horribly dead bodies and the face of his father, who had died from a tiger bite, overlapping with each other..
And that anger was directed at Eun-ho, who was crouching among the corpses and glaring at him..
The little guy was shaking and showing his teeth..
“kill!”
Baek Soo-ryong blocked the path of Ya Soo-hyuk, who was trying to walk with his life in full swing..
“calm down. This isn't what he did..”
“That guy's mother must have done it.!”
“Look closely at the corpses. That is…….”
“Get out of my way! This is Green Forest's work! If you interfere, no one will leave you alone.!”
As if trying to show that he wasn't empty, Ya Soo-hyuk swung his fist at Baek Soo-ryong..
Whoa whoa!
White Water Dragon looked at the huge fist approaching in an instant and sighed softly..
“I know you're angry, but let's come to our senses first..”
At that moment, Baek Soo-ryong’s hand moved like a thunderbolt..
Wow!
Ya Su-hyuk’s head jerked to the side. It was so powerful that my whole body shook..
Thanks to this, the anger that had soared to the top of my head subsided a little..
But Ya Su-hyuk still looked at Baek Soo-ryong with resentful eyes..
“why…….”
Ya Su-hyeok glared at the small beast seen over Baek Soo-ryong's shoulder and spoke as if chewing one word at a time..
“why. That kind of beast. Wrap it around?”
“It's because you're taking out your anger on something for no reason..”
“…….”
“Calm down your excitement and look over there..”
The white water dragon pointed at the corpses with his chin. Ya Soo-hyuk's eyes moved together..
“Look carefully at the condition of the corpses. I didn't get hit by a tiger. The teeth marks were small, and most of the bodies were crushed to death. There are also traces of poison. In your eyes, does that look like something a tiger did??”
“…….”
Ya Su-hyeok, who finally regained his senses, looked at the corpses and slowly shook his head. It was a face that looked confused..
“……It was a snake, not a tiger, that did it. But I've never seen a snake that big.…….”
“If it's a spirit thing, it's a different story..”
Even to White Water Dragon, it was a snake that crushed the corpses. Teeth marks and bluish poison spread throughout the body..
Moreover, there were traces of a huge body moving on the floor..
“Let's ask people for more details.”
“Everyone is dead, but to whom?…….”
When Baek Su-ryong turned his head and looked at the place where the wooden fence had collapsed, a middle-aged man with a shabby appearance appeared behind it..
“Who are you?…….”
There were survivors left in a mountain village that was thought to have been wiped out..
* * *
The middle-aged man introduced himself as the debt owner of Sanchae. A few surviving bandits stood behind him, looking intimidated..
“Chaeju passed away not long ago, so I am now in charge of this place.…….”
The bandits were stunned by Ya Su-hyeok's magnificent physique. Even at a glance, it looked like a cilantro..
It was common for so-called charlatans to kill bandits like flies. Therefore, the debtor, who was very nervous, answered obediently to the questions asked by the two people..
Baek Soo-ryong asked first..
“I think I was attacked. who did this?”
“It was a large snake with a horn on its forehead..”
“……He is a single person..”
Baek Su-ryong sighed softly..
It was also an attack by a spirit creature..
The poisonous snake was a snake with a horn on its forehead and was extremely poisonous..
However, even for single-legged temples, their sizes vary greatly. The one who attacked this place said that his body was as thick as a man's thigh and over five feet long..
If it's not an exaggeration, he was a huge guy..
“Our Chaeju was also a top-notch expert, but he was defeated without even trying. The rest were so numb they couldn't move..”
The bandits trembled, as if they were reminded of the fear of Dokgaksa..
The debtor swallowed his saliva and continued..
“Fortunately, if Eun-ho hadn't appeared and fought Dokgaksa at that time, we would all have died..”
Ya Soo-hyuk was surprised and asked a question..
“Why is Eunho?”
“that is…….”
The debtor's gaze turned to baby Eunho. The guy proudly raised his head, as if he knew it was his story..
Yes, it felt like the hairball was a little swollen..
“We once rescued him from a trap, and since then, his mother Eunho would sometimes bring him wild boar or pheasant..”
“…….”
It was said that the mother was trying to repay the favor of saving her cub. Ya Soo-hyuk's expression changed a little strangely as he listened to the story..
“However, mother Eunho also seemed to have a hard time fighting her love. We fought for over an hour, but in the end, we couldn't handle it and lured the Dokgaksa to run away..”
The furball eagerly licked its body with its tongue. When I looked closely, the inside of the fur was full of small wounds. Debt-ju looked at baby Eun-ho with a pitiful expression..
“That one also tried to follow its fleeing mother, but I forcefully caught it. I think my mother wants that too…….”
“…….”
Everyone's eyes were on baby Eunho..
Perhaps the mother Eunho was killed by a poisonous snake..
Otherwise, I would have already come looking for the cub..
It was then.
Twisting.
Eun-ho suddenly approached Baek Su-ryong and rubbed his body against his leg..
When Baek Soo-ryong picked him up, Eun-ho jumped into his arms and curled up in his arms..
haam-
It seemed like I was comfortable in Baek Su-ryong’s arms. I opened my mouth wide, yawned, and then closed my eyes..
The owner of the debt saw that and said with a curious expression..
“Huh. Even though he is small, he has great pride... … . Anyway, this all happened yesterday. I think he went out alone to find his mother and met the giants..”
“…….”
The situation was roughly organized in Baek Soo-ryong’s mind..
“I would like to ask one more thing. What was the color of the horn of that poisonous snake??”
“It was black…….”
“…….”
Baek Soo-ryong’s expression hardened slightly..
As far as he knew, the horns of the poisonous snake were white or gold..
There was only one type with black horns..
‘This guy has become a monster..’
Master Meng’s request came to mind again..
-There are cases where spirit creatures that lose their home overnight become monsters. Those guys need to be more careful..
Unlike spirit creatures, monsters eat whatever is in front of them and kill anything they see..
It's not that I didn't expect there to be monsters, but the poisonous snake was a monster that far exceeded expectations..
-They especially like human meat.
‘If we don't find him quickly, he might come down from the mountain and attack a private house..’
My thoughts went to the disciples who are still running around in the mountains..
If you're not careful, you could get seriously injured if you meet a poisonous snake..
Gororong Gororong…….
As Baek Soo-ryong's worries deepened, the fur ball sleeping in his arms swelled and shrunk repeatedly..
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