Chapter 12
“Treat the group from Jungwon with the utmost respect..”
Wei Yihai expressed his gratitude and treated him accordingly..
Although we were blessed in many ways, most of the people who came from across the sea were people we could not deal with..
Needless to say, it was Ohryongsambong, the later exponent of the political faction, and when I heard the name of Sinui, I could not believe my ears..
We also talked about various things related to business with Lee Eui-chae..
“I mean trade.?”
“The tropical fruits and seafood from the South Sea that we served you recently were excellent. If the Namhae inspection is okay, we would like to take charge of it and do business back and forth between Jungwon and Namhae..”
Haenam Island also had active trade in the past..
Accessibility is difficult due to the surrounding turbulence and changeable sea, but the rarity and taste of tropical fruits have played a role in increasing its value..
However, when Namhae Yongmun appeared, starting with the fight with Nokhhoemun, trade with Jungwon was almost cut off..
Lee Uichae, who noticed this, realized that he could monopolize Haenam Island's trade rights and began preliminary work..
“It is a grateful thing to be able to take charge of a closed trade route again, but it is only possible if the dispute with the Namhae Dragon Gate is resolved..”
“Do not worry.
Joo Seocheon Daehyup will solve the problem..”
Lee Uichae smiled confidently and prepared for the Haenam branch of Geumui Sangdan..
Meanwhile, Haenam Island continued to be a hot topic due to the visit of the Central Korean people..
The hot topic alongside the eradication of pirates was beauty..
“Hey, look at your fair face..”
“I heard that the beauty of the Qingcheng Sect and Zhuge Dynasty's phoenix is comparable to that of Shang Tian, but I didn't know it was that good..”
“If the fairies said to live in the Dragon Palace were real, wouldn’t they be those women?……”
Haenamdo has a tropical climate..
Because the sun is hot all year round, everyone has healthy, tanned skin..
In the case of Namhae Yongmun, it was excluded because it was so unique..
Aside from the skin, the hair color is light-colored..
Although he generally had an outstanding appearance, he was feared by the Haenam Swordsman and Nokhoemun as a sea devil..
Even to ordinary people, he was not a person but an object of mystery and awe..
Haenam Island prepared for war with the Namhae Yongmun despite experiencing various changes amidst all kinds of turmoil..
And ten days later, Ju Seocheon finished his training and came out..
* * *
Namhae Yongmun, Yonggung.
There are pillars on both sides that look like a dragon's body wrapped around it..
In between, there was a line of red silk, and at the end of it was a golden throne, followed by a staircase..
On the throne sat an old man with a long white beard like a hermit and a solemn expression..
On either side of the old man, a beautiful woman with light-colored hair was smiling kindly while holding a fan in the shape of a banana leaf..
However, even that laughter disappeared without a trace, startled by the roar that shook the palace..
“How long do I have to wait?!”
The beard of the South Sea Dragon King, the South Sea Dragon King, trembled with wrath..
“I'm so angry that the guy who cut off Jeong's fingernails is still alive and breathing on land. Does that mean I still have to wait??”
“Dragon King, please fix it..”
The Left Dragon Woman calmed down the Dragon King of the South Sea..
“As you know, wasn't manpower mobilized so that Ganyaja could safely complete the repairs to the Dragon Palace?.”
Woo Yong-nyeo (Right Dragon Woman) explained again as if persuasively..
“So, it is better to postpone Yongjo’s revenge until later.……”
“It's urgent.!”
It was then.
The dragon gate was opened roughly and a messenger came running..
“What's going on?!”
“It is said that Haenam Geompa and Jungwon martial arts people were seen gathering on the coast.!
In addition, there are several ships in the nearby waters.……”
The South Sea Dragon King suddenly stood up from his seat..
His face was hardened with anger and murderous intent..
“Not only did you make the sea angry with your greed, but you pulled out your sword without admitting your guilt... … How foolish..
There is no need to wait any longer. Prepare for all-out war.”
“Ha, your Majesty. Currently, there is a shortage of manpower to help Ganyaja.……”
“Then why not just stop paying for a while?!”
The Dragon King of the South Sea was furious and gave an order..
“No more waiting.!
The servants of the Dragon Palace, quickly prepare to go out.!”
“I will obey your orders.!”
In front of the Dragon King of the South Sea, the warriors of the Dragon Palace responded..
* * *
Haenam Island, South Coast.
“It seems like it's slowly biting its tail..”
Dan Lihua looked into the distance and smiled..
“Is this the fun of fishing?.”
“……”
Jeon Su-guk looked surprised when he saw the head floating on the water far away..
“Everyone get ready!”
Jeon Su-guk sent a signal to the waiting Haenam Geompa..
Then he looked over the sea again and was amazed..
“I never thought it would really show up……”
“Our counselor is very capable..”
Dan Lihua smiled slightly and narrowed his eyes..
It was like looking at a fish and thinking about how to cook it..
“It's truly amazing..”
Going back in time, not long ago, as soon as Joo Seo-cheon finished preparing and came out, he went to see Wei Yi-hae and talked to him..
The topic was definitely the war with the Namhae Yongmun..
“I appreciate your help, but honestly... … I just don't know how to fight..”
Namhae Yongmun was invincible on the sea and beach..
Maybe he knew that, but he never tried to set foot on the ground..
Haenam Geompa is not stupid either..
Although he was proud of being a strong faction, he was not arrogant enough to fight at a disadvantage..
I tried to lure him to land somehow, but it was frustrating because he wouldn't follow me..
However, if we did not fight, Haenam Island's criticism grew stronger, and if we could not go to sea, our livelihood would become difficult, so we had no choice but to move forward..
“Zhuge Xiaozhe, now that you have a counselor, the Four Seas attack is no longer a problem..”
“I know it because I heard it before.
One, doesn’t the Namhae Yongmun side also know that??”
“no need to worry about that.”
Zhuge Suran answered the question instead..
“Due to previous experience, the only two people who have broken through the Four Seas are me and Zhou Gongzi..
There is a high possibility that Namhae Yongmun is simply overlooking it, dismissing it as a coincidence..”
If Namhae Yongmun is indeed a mysterious sect that appears in legends and has a long history, the possibility is even greater..
If a person possesses unbreakable power for a long time, he or she will become conceited and arrogant..
Zhuge Suran dug into the gap..
“So, you're saying we're going to compete on the beach... … I'm sorry, but the Haenam Sword Sect doesn't have that much power..”
The Haenam Geompa not only fought against the Nokhhoemun for a long time, but also suffered a lot of damage due to the Namhae Yongmun..
I thought that maybe the reason I didn't participate in the war in my previous life was because of this..
“So, I plan to disperse the enemy's power to the sea and beaches..”
“Do you mean to destroy them individually? but……”
Wei Yihai’s complexion darkened..
You might think I'm being too cautious, but I wasn't at all..
Namhae Yongmun was such a powerful clan..
In particular, I knew deep in my bones through experience how monstrous it was on the sea..
No, to be precise, even the people of Haenam Island cannot exert their strength properly in the sea..
The sea is the domain of craftsmanship.
“Do not worry. Leave the sea to us.”
“we?”
Joo Seocheon pointed back with his thumb..
The attention of the audience gathered in one place.
“Ahem!”
The Zhuge Dynasty raised his nose and puffed out his chest..
The strength of the Namhae Yongmun was around 600 people..
It's at the level of a fairly large family..
It's surprising that this many masters haven't appeared in the powerhouses..
In front of Yonggung Palace, about 600 soldiers were waiting before dispatch..
“I'll report it to you!”
The cry of Yongmundo Island in the Namhae, which climbed to the surface and conducted reconnaissance..
“About 300 people gathered on the coast, including the Haenam Sword faction and the small and medium-sized faction that supported it.!”
“and?”
“Six ships appear in the nearby sea, not far from Yonggung.!”
“Disturbed……”
A short woman with her hair long enough to go past her waist narrowed her eyes and was lost in thought..
Yongmi (龍尾), red sorghum water (龍尾)).
It was called the dragon's tail of Haenam Yongmun, and it was a master at a level comparable to that of Yongjo, who had recently become vacant..
Her worries didn't last long.
“Yonglin (龍麟)).”
“speak!”
Yongrin, Red Sea Commander).
As befits its name, the king of the sea, he stands eight feet tall and has massive muscles..
His face was very dark, and his green beard had grown haphazardly..
The age group looked young like other marine mundos..
Like Yongjo and Yongmi, he is an expert in Namhae Yongmun..
“Take four hundred men and take charge of the coast..”
“Four hundred? Hahaha! Are you okay?!”
The Red Sea Merchant responded with a cheerful laugh..
“It's not land, it's the sea. Even two hundred people are too much for the reckless humans on the land..”
The enemy smiled..
In Yongmun of the South Sea, the person who is most skilled in handcraft is Yongmi..
In terms of mobility and inaction at sea, no one could match it except the Dragon King of the South Sea..
It's not a dragon's tail for nothing.
“I think the purpose is to disperse our power. It doesn't mean much.”
The enemy laughed coldly..
Haenam Island, South Coast.
Under the hot sun, hair fluttering in the sea breeze.
Beads of sweat formed on the foreheads of the warriors of the medium and small faction gathered around the Haenam Sword Sect..
It was never the fault of the heat.
“Namhae Yongmun……!”
Waves lapping the beach and running away.
What came out from under the surface of the sea, which was clear enough to see underneath, was not a clam or anything, but a person..
About four hundred Namhae Yongmundo members faced the Haenam Swordsman with eyes shining with murderous intent..
“ha ha ha!”
The Jeokhae merchant couldn't hold back his laughter and burst out laughing..
‘stupid things!’
The only land that Namhae Yongmun stepped on was the coast..
The entire coast of Haenam Island is the territory of the Namhae Yongmun..
Needless to say, it was a coast right in front of Yonggung Palace..
It got to the point where I thought there was no need to bring about 400 people..
“It's the Dead Sea!”
The Red Sea Merchant shouted at the top of his voice..
It was like they were openly advertising what they were going to do, but it didn't really matter because the attack on the Dead Sea was temporary anyway..
It was a perfect opportunity since I was in the middle of a sandy beach asking him to kill me..
however……
I didn't hear the scream I was waiting for.
The disciples of Haenam Sword Sect should have fallen into the sandy swamp and there should have been a bloody battle, but it was all quiet..
It was so quiet that the Jeokhae merchant, who had shouted excitedly, felt embarrassed..
“how did this happen……”
“It's now!”
Wi Il-hae, who holds general command authority on the Haenam Island side, shouted.
“Don't let the devils of the South Sea return to the sea.!”
“Oooooh!”
“For peace in the South Sea!”
Starting with Namhae Swordsman, cheers erupted..
It was large enough for a white fish wandering on the beach to run away in surprise..
“Tsk!”
It was only for a moment that the Red Sea merchant was embarrassed..
“Does not matter! The humans on land are no match for us anyway.!”
Powok!
The Jeokhae merchant made the sound by clapping his fists together instead of clapping his hands..
“kill it!”
Namhae Yongmundo responded to Yongrin’s command..
““For peace in the sea!””
““For the Dragon King!””
““There will be glory in the Dragon Palace!””
““sea punishment to the land!””
Namhae Yongmun and Haenam Swordsmen clashed.
Chaechaejang!
“Wow!”
“evil!”
Even though the Dead Sea Gangjin lost its function, the Namhae Yongmun did not give up..
fought with fierce spirit.
There is nothing unnecessary about the strength of Namhae Yongmun..
It boasted powerful military power even on the beach, not the sea..
Each individual's strength is great, but they are superior in numbers as well..
It was never an easy opponent..
If it were only the Haenam Geompa, they might not have been able to go far and avoid being annihilated..
But the power now is different from before..
Ju Seocheon’s eradication of pirates brought about various results..
Among them, there was support not only from the public but also from the small and medium-sized literary circles..
Thanks to him, he received support from hundreds of samurai..
He also received help from the elites of the Zhuge Dynasty and the Qingcheng Sect..
In particular, the one who performed particularly brilliantly was Pageumbong Danlihwa, a master who reached Hwagyeong..
Every time Dan Lihua unfolded his seventy-two swords, even the South Sea Longmen Island in the world could not help but struggle..
In addition, Haenam First Sword and Jay Sword participated in the war..
It was truly a force worthy of an all-out war..
Even though they were fighting on a sandy beach and were at a numerical disadvantage, they were able to cope..
“Yes these guys!”
Yonglin's anger swept over the coast..
The appearance of the Red Sea Merchant has suddenly changed..
Its entire body was covered with scales, like the arms of Dragon and Red Tiger, and it looked as if it was wearing scale armor..
As he was eight feet tall, he looked like a celestial warrior from a myth..
“Yonglin Foreign Attack (龍麟外攻))!”
It is a German-style martial art given only to Yongrin of the South Sea Dragon Gate, and is clearly an external attack, not an internal attack..
When practiced, the skin turns into scales and when used, covers the entire body..
He boasted a solid defense with martial arts worthy of the nickname Yongrin..
“khaap!”
The Red Sea Merchant waved his arm widely..
Boom!
“Heheheok!”
Powok!
I just swung my arm.
Two disciples of the Haenam Sword Sect were hit in the arms and rolled miserably on the floor..
It was clear that the bone had been broken, as the area where the arm had been hit was swollen blue..
“Come on……”
Shuuk!
The Red Sea Merchant frowned and stepped back..
A long sword mark was left on the surface of the arm he swung..
“Innoom……”
“This Haenam Jayeom Jeon Su-guk will repay the grudges of the executioners who fell at the hands of you guys..”
Jeon Su-guk opened a sword fight with his left hand..
As the fierce battle was taking place on the coast, the sound of drums was heard at sea to raise morale..
ridge! ridge! Boom! ridge! ridge! Boom!
A drummer beats the drum to a certain beat..
Six ships maintained a certain formation and stopped on the sea level..
It was right above the Dragon Palace..
‘How do you know??’
fifteen depths of water.
The two hundred Namhae Yongmundo, led by Yongmi and Jeoksusu, waited under the six ships without being able to climb up..
‘How do you know the birthplace of Yonggung Guard?……’
There are several Gimunjins near Haenam Island..
Among them, the most infamous one was the recently appeared Dragon Palace Guardian Jin..
No, to be exact, it has existed since ancient times, but it was just perceived as the fear of the sea and a natural disaster..
Anyway, thanks to the Yonggung Guardian Jin, Namhae Yongmun was able to block outside access for a long time and remain as a mysterious sect..
The reason why the Namhae Dragon Gate was not discovered until now was because of the Yonggung Guardians, but the problem was that someone from Haenam Island came in looking for the few raw gates..
‘I can't believe there's a traitor inside... … No, that can't be possible..’
The importance of the Dragon Palace Guardians goes without saying, so the information about them is kept confidential..
The only thing I knew about Saengmun was the Dragon King of the South Sea, Yongjo, Yongrin, and Yongmi..
Yongjo or Yongrin are not positions that can be achieved through martial arts alone..
Loyalty to the monk was also required..
‘Is it a trap??’
The enemy was of a cautious nature..
I checked to see if there was a net or something spread out, but I couldn't see anything..
Actually, even if there is a net, it wouldn't be that much of a problem..
An ordinary drone might not know this, but the Namhae Yongmundo, which exerts more than its power underwater, can easily cut and cut nets..
‘No matter how much I think about it, I can't find an answer anyway.
This is what happened, let's catch a few people and interrogate them..’
Jeoksusu looked up with determined eyes and moved his body..
The way it swims and shakes its body resembles a legendary mermaid, and it also looks like a dragon's tail..
The Namhae Yongmundo, numbering two hundred, followed Jeoksusu and, at her instructions, divided into six equal parts and headed toward the ship..
Puha!
“came up!”
The Geumuigeommun warrior who was looking up and down the ship shouted..
Shouts also spread from the remaining five ships..
“Attack the side of the ship!”
As soon as the enemy showed his head, he gave an order..
The stern, stern and keel are solid..
The design of the bottom plate is roughly the same..
Flat, wide and thick.
This was especially true for large ships..
It was better to drill a hole in the side and sink it..
Still, in preparation for an unexpected situation, half of them did not stick their heads out and tried to attack by crowding under the bilge plate..
however
“Open (open))!”
The voice of a young man resounding in Namhae was the reign of Zhuge..
Leap! Rumble! Rumbling!
Square windows opened on the sides, port and starboard sides of the ship..
I thought maybe Nora was coming out and trying to take an evasive maneuver, but that was a big mistake..
“shoot!”
Kwaang!
It was a binge, no, a roar..
It was a deafening roar..
But the problem wasn't the sound.
It was a harpoon.
Dozens of harpoons per ship were shot like arrows, covering the sky and even the sea..
“Wow!”
“Ahhhh!”
I knew there was something, but the unexpected attack caused Namhae Yongmundo to panic and move around..
However, most of them were unable to avoid it and had harpoons stuck in their bodies..
Even the Namhae Yongmundo, known as a mermaid for its skill in handcraft, could not avoid the attacks of harpoons fired at abnormal speeds, which amounted to over a hundred shots per ship..
Fortunately, the 100 Namhae Yongmundo who were set aside survived without damage, but the damage was not minor..
“why……!”
The few who survived, the opponents were astonished..
It was the person who put his body out of the water to sink the ship..
Even if it is a harpoon, if it goes below the surface of the water, it loses its strength shortly, but the problem was that it was above..
Not even one ship, but six ships fired at the same time, so hundreds of harpoons rained down..
“Success! success!”
Zhuge Heir burst into laughter on board the ship..
“Hot hot hot, it's a kid after all!”
Choryeon leaned back and laughed out loud..
“Rain, you're cowardly!”
The enemy's face was distorted in shame..
“This is what an institution is like.!”
Zhuge Emperor sat with his hands on his hips and grinned..
If Jeong Pa-in saw it, it was a tactic that would make him curse..
The enemy bit his lip and dived beneath the surface..
“Hot hot hot!”
It was not only Ju Seo-man who prepared for war..
While Ju Seo-cheon was practicing hand techniques, other people were also preparing various things..
Zhuge succession and Yi Ui-chae were representative examples..
“Brother, if you are good at this, you can remodel it and use it.?’
Six pirate ships taken from Bangjun.
Originally, Lee Uichae was planning to use it as a transport ship on the upper deck, but upon inspection, the pirate ship was remodeled in various ways..
It was a battleship to fight against the navy..
Zhuge's successor saw this and installed an organ to transform it into a weapon..
Since gunpowder is controlled by the government, it is difficult to obtain it in large quantities even with the power of the Zhuge Dynasty or the Jinui Sangdan..
So, instead of a harpoon, an organ device like this was attached..
It wasn't difficult to get a harpoon..
“Ask for all the harpoons?
No, then what should we eat for a living? No matter how much I helped eliminate pirates, I was an outsider.……”
“How about this amount?”
“Long live the gold top! It's been my dream ever since to be on friendly terms with the Central Plains people! If someone bothers you, just say something.!”
In front of Lee Eui-chae's money, everyone was competing to give him a harpoon..
Since it was a pre-renovated pirate ship, it was completed with only a little bit of work..
Manpower didn't matter because there were pirates..
The warriors of the Gold Costume Division were divided into six ships as guards and escorts, took command, and shouted..
‘that……!’
The enemy trembled and moved below the ship..
‘Yes, it doesn't matter. It's a bit time consuming, but if you're down here... … Wow!’
The enemy was startled by the sword cutting in from the side and hurriedly retreated..
It looked as if they were practicing footwork on land..
‘……?’
The enemy shuddered and looked to the side as a chill ran down his spine for a moment..
There, Joo Seo-cheon, a young man wearing a uniform with plum blossoms drawn on the sleeves, his eyes shining, was there..
Jeok Soo-su was surprised to see Joo Seo-cheon and then sneered..
‘That's foolish.!’
Watercraft boasts strength even above the sea, but its strength increases significantly below..
In addition, no matter how great a martial artist is, it is difficult to demonstrate proper power underwater, so the gap is large..
‘We'll make you regret coming into our territory.!’
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