Chapter 3
I ran as much as I could without stopping, but I couldn't not rest..
If you were a hermit, you wouldn't know it. No matter how much you were a hermit, as long as your body was human, you had to sleep, eat, and rest..
It's okay to eat roughly with Byeokgokdan, but you need to pay attention to your body's condition when it comes to sleep..
It relaxed my tired muscles. Consumed energy was also recovered..
Doing light attack for a long period of time consumed more than expected..
And I didn't rest anywhere either..
Mainly divided into two.
It was a sparsely populated place, but on the contrary, it was a village with many people..
In the latter case, it was due to the acquisition of information..
Geumui Sangdan, Ghost Valley, and Hao Moon were mainly used..
Information is important in war. I had to check it every now and then..
Fortunately, the speed of information transfer was relatively fast..
Although real-time is impossible, it was still possible to get a half-day difference..
Thanks to the financial power of the Geumui Sangdan, it was possible to fly Jeon Seo-eung and Jeon Seo-gu all at once..
“The Demonic Cult prepares its stance?”
Joo Seocheon was puzzled after hearing the latest information..
“…… There is no way a demonic cult would act like this with common sense in a war..”
It may sound strange, but it's normal..
The only tactics of the Demonic Cult are attack, defense, escape, and flight..
To put it bluntly, resting or waiting is an escape..
Normally, I escaped from the front lines and satisfied my demonic nature..
It was difficult to move, stop, and even control the devil's nature in such a large scale in perfect coordination..
Funnily enough, this departure from common sense and brainlessness that has been shown so far has, on the contrary, become a kind of strategy..
This is what happened during the times of war..
The Demonic Cult broke through without even forming a formation..
But when he came in so openly, I thought it was a trap..
So, instead of leaving it at the table, I used a different tactic, but this thoughtless rush was so real that I was defeated..
It is similar to the first clash of the Jeongma War that took place not long ago..
It escapes people's common sense and the concept of strategy and tactics, and it becomes impossible to read the numbers because you don't know where they will land..
Animals that are not afraid of losing their lives and leave everything to their instincts become this scary when they take power into their hands..
they were chaos.
‘there is someone.’
The worries didn't last long.
‘Amcheonhoe! It's a rock club! That too!’
Crackling.
It's both good news and bad news..
‘The Amcheonhoe has reached the point where it has to lend a helping hand to the Demonic Cult..’
Even in its past life, Amcheonhoe did not try to manipulate the demonic and blood cults in as detailed a manner as the righteous or evil sects..
We planted only the minimum number of spies, and ended up only setting a direction and inciting them..
It's not because I don't have enough strength or resources, but because it doesn't fit my nature of making calculations and making all kinds of plans by seizing weaknesses from behind or taking advantage of human nature..
Blood religion still has the condition of witchcraft or blood sacrifice, but magic religion does not have such a thing..
The reason they wanted to invade the central plains was because of the relief of violence and a sense of conquest, not because there was any great significance..
No matter how I try to control it, I can't because there are countless crazy people who don't do what I want..
So, since the Amcheonhoe was not lacking in power, they thought there was no need to move these unstable things, so they left them alone..
In other words, the situation is so bad that we have to seek cooperation from this demonic cult by helping them..
‘The damage was so severe that extreme measures had to be taken..’
I couldn't help but laugh as I imagined Cheonki heading towards the Demonic Bridge as if he had no choice..
But even for a moment.
I couldn't laugh at all at the conclusion that followed that possibility..
‘The truth of the Demonic Cult is power. If you subdue with the power of Amcheonhoe, moving will be no problem... … No, no way.’
head turns rapidly.
I thought of a lot of possibilities in my head and lined them up..
“The Demonic Cult's command system is straight. With all the demonic cultists… … It's a cult leader. What it means is that someone……”
* * *
While the Demonic Cult was dissolving its demonic nature, the Murim Alliance worked hard to reorganize its troops..
The left and right armies joined the central main force, sent open arms with excellent mobility to the reconnaissance unit, and took a rest..
A meeting for reorganization was held in the command barracks..
“One thousand five hundred.”
Jang Mun-in and Sang-myeong Jin-in of the Kunlun Sect hardened their complexions..
“There are over 1,000 dead and over 500 injured..
In particular, the damage to the central main unit is heavy..”
“Okay.”
Sighs were released here and there..
“What is the situation of the injured??”
“The doctors at Hwain Clinic are treating me..”
Gokyain, the old beggar of openness, answered.
There was a knot at the waist that indicated status and rank within the opening, and the seven knots belonged to the elders..
“By the way, I can't see the staff..”
Grandmaster Eunha muttered curiously..
“He died after being swept away by the first wave. Although it is not enough, a girl is in charge of command and strategy..”
Zhuge Suran answered for me..
She was young, but no one looked down on her.
Fame is fame, but it showed ability on the battlefield..
“Please explain the situation..”
“Three days have passed since the first clash. I went down from Cheonghae Lake in a southeast direction and arrived in the northern part of Sacheon..
The magic school is waiting half a day away.……”
Zhuge Suran looked at Qu Yain..
“The damage from the Demonic Cult is approximately 2,000. The news is that all the experts, including the Four Great Tigers and Bugyoju, are alive and well..”
Gokyain answered. Reconnaissance and intelligence are his job..
“……Um, eight thousand?.”
The Murim League is 6,500, and the Demonic Religion is 8,000..
Despite being raided, it did well..
The Demonic Cult did not back down and maintained its assault formation to the point of ignorance, gaining attack power but no defense power..
Even though it was advantageous at first, there was so much damage..
Also, the fact that there were fewer Gosu than the Murim League also played a role..
“In the beginning, we failed to supply supplies due to being busy and leaving the military, but fortunately, we received a call from the Sacheon branch of the Geumui Sangdan offering support, so there is no need to worry..”
“I've thought about that money maker for a long time, but his skill in getting you what you need when you need it is amazing..”
Everyone showed a subtle reaction..
Since they were born martial arts people, even if they tried to like Geumui Sangdan or Geommun, who bought martial arts with money, they couldn't like them..
However, it was also a symbiotic relationship as they were involved in large and small wars between political factions and supplied necessary materials appropriately and quickly..
The Daemun faction also benefited greatly from this..
“So, what do you plan to do next??”
“To make up for the loss of troops, I plan to join the shamans who are on standby..”
Sangmyeongjinin answered on his behalf..
“I didn't know where the Heavenly Demon would come out from, so I watched from a close range and tried to ask for help, but I don't think that would be necessary if the Demon Cult doesn't continue to disperse..”
“If you are an independent… … By any chance, did he come??”
Taegeuk sword (太極劍) Woon Gwang (雲光)).
He is currently a member of the Seven Seas of the Sangcheon and a shaman in the martial arts world..
He was also famous as an absolute master of Taegeuk Shingong (太極神功), one of the three major new techniques of the Shaman sect..
“That's right.”
He seemed relieved when Woon-kwang's name came up..
In order to deal with the Seven Seas of the Supreme Heaven, which are beyond human limits, the only way to deal with them is to be an expert in the Seven Seas of the Supreme Heaven..
Since this common sense is absolute, the defeated army was also able to occupy the vacant seat in no time..
“Since it's close by, there won't be any difficulty joining... … If we move, the demonic religion will also follow..”
“Magyo, it doesn’t matter since you don’t know the geography of the surrounding area anyway.?”
Zhuge Suran shook his head in response to someone's question..
“After watching it for a few days, I don’t think that’s the case..
Sangmyeongjinin said that since he is an animal, human strategies and tactics are not applicable, but I guess……”
“I guess?”
“I think there must be someone skilled in military strategy next to the religious leader..”
“That's impossible.”
Sangmyeongjin retorted, arching his white eyebrows..
“This old man is stubborn without any basis and ignores his counselor's words. I'm speaking based on my own experience. Due to the environment of the Demonic Cult, it is difficult for military strategy to develop..”
Sangmyeongjinin explained the magical techniques and strategies of the Demonic Cult..
As they had the Demonic Cult as their nemesis, the Kunlun faction knew them better than anyone else in the martial arts world..
“So, what about bringing it in from outside??”
“from outside?”
“yes. I don't know about other places, but in the Demonic Cult, power is power..
If Heavenly Demon wanted it, no one would complain..”
“Umm… … It's not impossible..”
However, from an outsider's perspective, there is no reason to help a place as dangerous as the Demonic Cult..
In order to survive there, you also need to have adequate military power, but if you were that talented, there was no reason for you to be in the Demonic Cult..
It's not that I don't agree, but there were still some issues..
“Well, it doesn't really matter whether it is or not.?
It's not a bad idea to leave room for the possibility..”
Qu Yain agreed with Zhuge Shuran's opinion..
The basis of information collection is suspicion. It's no different from military strategy..
The difference is that unlike intelligence gathering, military strategy leads to direct damage..
“Well, that's definitely true. I'm sorry, Mosa. Please continue.”
The audience's attention was once again focused on Mosamibong..
“Until the shaman faction joins, I think it is important to not get involved with the demonic cult and to shake them off..
So I have some thoughts……”
* * *
The next day, the Murim Alliance sends Jeon Seo-gu to the Shaman faction and begins moving to join them..
The Demonic Church also chased after him as if he had been waiting..
Both sides are fully prepared.
All issues have been resolved, all that remains is to fight again..
The majority of the Murim Alliance thought that Demon Bridge was half a day away, but since they did not know the terrain, they would not be able to chase after it, but they were mistaken..
There was no deviation or shaking..
Moreover, unlike in the first clash, the troops were dispersed..
The troops were divided, so the pace of advance was faster..
This made me confident about the existence of the military..
Meanwhile, the Demonic Cult was easily pursuing the Murim Alliance, but they fell into a trap just as they were about to engage in a secondary clash..
Wow!
“You crazy guy! Who are you hitting??”
“key hack!”
Among the dispersed troops, the unit led by Buksahobeop showed an abnormality along the way..
Even though they were not engaged in a fight, their eyes suddenly turned red and they became vicious and either left or started attacking their allies..
“Shit! You stupid bastards! I don't have time for this!”
Eom Guyu was irritated as if he was frustrated, but he was helpless..
The subordinates who listened were in the minority..
As I tried to calm them down, I had no choice but to get stranded..
“……”
Cheon-ki narrowed his eyebrows when he saw that scene..
A variety of thoughts and possibilities came to mind..
“Welcome... … Nope.”
“It smells.”
Cheonma answered for me..
“smell?”
“okay. It's bitter and spicy, so it's poison..
Wasn't the Tang family of Sichuan an ally??”
“If you are talking about Cheonchu, you are wrong..
The Tang family is not in the hands of Tianqiu, but in the hands of its father, King Tao..”
Cheon-gi remembered the list of poisons he had received from the head of the encyclopedia in the past..
The number alone exceeded one thousand units..
“Has a person called the Poison King appeared? I heard that the head of the Five Great Families doesn't often appear on the front lines... … What a weird one..”
“……Not a poison king.”
Cheongi collected information from a spy planted in the Murim Alliance..
Among them, there were definitely members of the Jeongma Daejeon..
“A poison of this magnitude, especially if he is skilled enough to poison a large number of people... … It's a poisonous bee..”
Dokbong, Danghye.
As one of the annoying Joo Seo-cheon's few friends and colleagues, he is a late member of the political faction who is presumed to be in a romantic relationship..
He is also a blood relative of Cheonqiu, and he has not caused any direct damage to the Amcheonhoe like Ju Seocheon so far, so he has just left it alone..
but now it's different.
If you disturb me like this right in front of my eyes, the story will be different..
‘I don't know what Tianqiu will think, but if you interfere at such an important moment,……’
Cheonki’s eyes became cold..
A land where demons run wild.
Looking down from above, it looked like hell..
‘The young lady's solo skills are increasing day by day.!’
Tang Yan, the elder of the Tang family, could not help but be impressed..
“Brain poisoning scent)……”
As the name suggests, it is a poison that drives the brain crazy. It is sprayed into the air like smoke and blown into the wind, poisoning people..
As a type of dragon poisoning technique, it was a slightly different method from replacing internal poison like his brother, Tang Myeong-in..
‘Joo Seocheon, since he died, you have become much crueler.……’
Hero of the political faction, Geomryong Ju Seo-cheon.
He was a man who showed inaction that deviated from common sense in Nanman and seemed like he would never die, but he ended up dying..
It was a meaningless ending considering that he survived the decisive battle with the blood demon..
Was it from then?.
Danghye stopped working as hard as she sometimes did, and went into a closed room to practice, as if trying to forget the news..
And after a while, when the summons was issued due to the Great War, he came to Cheonghae as if he had been waiting..
And while she was in confinement, she slightly raised her level and created various poisons. Among them, the most powerful but slightly strange one was the Brain Light Poison Fragrance..
‘It's as if it was made targeting demonic cultists.……’
It drives my brain crazy..
It certainly seems powerful, but it has some weaknesses.
‘If your understanding is superior and your mental power is superior to others, it will not work very well..
It mainly works only on people who are weak-hearted or have brain problems such as being emotional and unable to maintain their rationality.……’
In the latter case, it was limited to people with magic who were apparently mentally insane..
‘Miss, could you see him?……’
* * *
Of the 8,000 demonic forces, 2,500 fell away..
With this, the 5,500 men and the leader of the Murim Alliance let out a cheer..
There was also an opinion that this was worth a try..
“no. I think it's better to be more certain..”
I was able to take a breather thanks to Dokbong and Danghye, but it is too early to feel relieved..
continued to retreat.
The Demonic Cult lost approximately 2,500 men, but instead of stopping, it accelerated its pace even further..
“Is it time to come??”
The Murim League did not just choose to flee during their retreat..
We prepared several traps like a thunderbolt poison scent..
There is a road you must pass on your way out..
On the left, there was a cliff that looked like it had been cut down, and on the right, there were a lot of large trees tightly packed together..
It was a suitable place for an ambush..
Even a fool knows that the enemy is hiding here..
The troops under the control of Cheonma and Cheongi also went with a little caution to make sure they did not miss anything that was clearly visible to the eye..
And just as I was about to run out about half an hour later, the space suddenly bent and the scene before my eyes changed..
“What is it!”
“Wow!”
It was clearly a forest on the right, but it became a cliff like the left. And the road became so narrow that there was no place to step..
The strange thing is, even though there were 5,500 people passing by, I realized that it was a place where only one or two people could pass by..
“it's okay!”
“Ki Moon-jin succeeded.!”
The Murim warriors hiding in the bush cheered silently..
Following Mosamibon's orders in advance, flags and other objects were placed in designated locations to trigger the Kimunjin..
I was nervous because it seemed like I might get caught on the way, but luckily I didn't get caught..
“Hahaha, how many thousands of people were caught??”
“Zhuge Sega's Phantom Mirajin! It's truly scary.!”
The preparation process for the Qimunjin method is complicated and takes a long time..
So, before Zhuge Suran moved his large army in advance, he sent people in advance and installed a welcome mirror on the retreat route..
The result of that effort was truly amazing..
“Okay, then report… … Wow!”
“Hehehe!”
“Who, who… … Ouch!”
Just as we were happy, the warriors belonging to the Murim Alliance, who were in charge of installing, repairing, and maintaining the Phantom Mirajin, were attacked..
“complete.”
The Black Man, the Seven Star Soldiers, destroyed the Kimun Jinbeop..
I didn't just destroy it..
The truly scary thing about Kimunjin is that if you touch it incorrectly, the raw and sad gates will become twisted..
Even if the attack is carried out from the outside rather than from the inside, ignorance of the Qimun Jinbeop can lead to the worsening of the situation..
“Demonic cultists are people who leave everything to instinct rather than reason..
Even if you don't have a brain, when you see a place that could be an ambush, you instinctively judge that it is dangerous and become more alert..”
Cheongi snorted, hmm..
“No matter how effective a surprise attack is, preparing a trap in an obvious place is the worst of all..
Although it is commendable that a small number of security guards were set up near the end of the road past the ambush site... … That's it.”
Zhuge Suran's strategy is not bad at all..
It wasn't an all-out war anyway, it was just a way to kill time..
This was decent enough.
But she was unlucky.
If the military had not been hired from outside, or if it had not been just a matter of luck, it might have been successful..
Cheongi not only read the numbers, but also knew the location of the illusionary Mirajin and the method of destroying it..
Even if I knew, it would take time to dismantle it accurately, but I passed on Cheongi without any hesitation..
“Struggling as much as you can, Murim League..
There won't be any time left to live anyway……”
* * *
The hell unfolding in this world.
There was no one anymore at the place where the lightning poison incense was sprayed, but a few demonic cultists were still going crazy..
While they were going crazy and tangled with each other, the shadows of a man and a woman appeared on the hill..
“I think something happened here... … Seeing as the Murimmaeng is nowhere to be seen, it looks like he's still safe..”
Joo Seocheon breathed a sigh of relief..
finally caught up.
‘I can't just pass by..’
It looks like it will self-destruct if left alone, but if one of them breaks away and goes to a nearby village, it will be a big problem..
It was an urgent situation, but I couldn't look away once I saw it..
‘Hey guys.”
“yes.”
the major answered.
After that, I saw twenty ghosts..
I joined for various reasons, like gathering information or something..
“Let's finish it as quickly as possible.”
“honorary name.”
Joo Seo-cheon's divine form became blurred, and hell also appeared in the middle..
Ghosts also held daggers around him..
A tattoo appeared on the major's skin, emitting a black light..
She grew from a child to an adult woman..
“Hahahaha!”
“die, die!”
‘Every time I see you, you're out of your mind.’
Whether it's a past life or a present life, there are some things that don't change..
If I were to pick one of them, they were the magicians..
There was no difference between the blood religion and the demon religion..
“Let’s see… … I think it's a little over a thousand..”
Joo Seocheon thrust his sword with all his might..
Crying!
A roar like thunder.
‘‘Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeating”.
It's Jahagaebyeok.
There was no brilliantly shining purple color..
It's an intangible steel..
It was an offering that would make people stick their tongues out when they saw it..
The fired sword immediately spreads out in a fan shape..
It was a J-style Hwawoo Sun type..
“Kaak!”
“Wow!”
Dozens of demons ran away screaming..
Because they were mixed together, the damage was great..
A nearby demon cultist was stabbed in the neck or heart while fighting, and collapsed after shaking..
The number of demons began to decrease rapidly..
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