Chapter seven
“Hmm.”
Joo Seocheon looked at the object in front of him and was lost in thought..
‘It's a spell……’
a staff six feet long.
And the award-winning book placed underneath it..
It was the treasure of the cannibal tribe..
The wand amplifies the power of magic, and this book is a kind of secret..
The priest's magic was recorded.
Regardless of whether it was the South or the Central Plains, it was clear that if this secret was leaked to the outside world, it would cause a bloody storm..
So, just in case, when I left the temple, I asked the major to search the priest's body and secretly retrieve it..
“I think I can learn this if I do it well.……”
After reading the priest's spell book, it wasn't as difficult as I thought..
There were some conditions, but they weren't too strict..
A person's vitality or vitality was the price, but it was seriously consumed at the moment, so it could be replaced by internal energy..
After reading the magic book, I was able to understand the reason why the martial arts people covet the brains and hearts..
The rest are tattoos drawn on the skin..
You can activate it by simply drawing a picture or letter..
In other words, regardless of whether the subject was a warrior or not, he could become stronger through the spell as long as he had a bet..
“It's that much power, but it only meets these conditions.……”
Joo Seocheon couldn't help but be amazed as he thought of the priest..
In terms of martial arts, it is truly a divine and magical attack..
All you have to do is get a good tattoo and accumulate enough energy..
It didn't require any kind of enlightenment or feeling, so the more I looked, the more I couldn't hide my surprise..
“Sigh. It must be difficult to write it yourself..”
No matter how many social statuses there are, isn't he a guru of the old faction, a true sect in name only?.
I couldn't draw something that looked suspicious at first glance on my skin..
I thought about it carefully, but no matter how wasteful it was, I couldn't use it because I felt like I would be cornered..
Are there any invisible tattoos??
I was willing to spend as much as I could as long as it wasn't noticeable..
There is no need for it because it is a person's essence and inner strength..
It was just the right new power..
Just in case, I read the spell book again carefully and looked for it..
Fortunately, I was able to find information about the synthesis and manufacturing method for tattoo paint..
But unfortunately, there is no such thing as an invisible tattoo..
Still, there was something similar.
In Nanman, there is a creature called a chameleon..
This creature had the ability to change its skin color at will, to the point where it was hard to detect even if you looked closely, giving it a huge advantage in the face of predators..
It is impossible to make it completely invisible, but it is possible to make it not visible at all..
But this also wasn't right.
When emotions are heightened, rather than hiding them, they have a light glowing effect..
To a man-eating tribe, tattoos are a way to prove one's strength as a warrior and to be recognized. There was no concept of hiding.
“Hmm, it's an emotional uplift.……”
Joo Seocheon’s eyes rolled to the side..
The major, standing alone, came into view..
Once you become a master of the Flower Sutra, it is easy to control your emotions..
However, it is only a control, not non-existence..
However, ghosts who have gone through the process of murder are different..
Since there is no heart, there is no emotion, no sense of elation..
There was no problem in practicing martial arts and magic at the same time, so it was just the right condition..
“Okay, then I'll have to grant it to you. Is that okay?”
“yes.”
“done. What would you ask?.”
Because of the influence of the ghost ship, no matter what I order, I immediately listen to it..
It was comfortable, but a part of my chest felt uncomfortable..
I tried my best to treat him like a person and not a tool, but since he wasn't like that, it was a pain in the ass..
It's not that I haven't thought of a way to return my heart..
But Simsal’s influence was too great..
“I guess I'll have to stop by the temple again..”
Before leaving the temple, I looked around to see if I could find anything else..
Among them were gold and silver treasures and weapons, and a room for making poisonous needles was also discovered..
Perhaps one of them also contains paint materials for drawing tattoos..
However, the temple is currently occupied by a major tribe..
It's one of the places that will have to be conquered if war breaks out anyway, but it was annoying to have to do the same thing twice..
“Major, I have a lot to give you..”
Joo Seocheon stroked the major’s head..
Paint for tattooing is necessary, but the amount of energy must also be increased so that it can replace regular energy..
Now that I'm in Nanman, I thought I'd look for an elixir..
* * *
A search party to find just one person created a storm..
The name of the storm was war.
Nanman raised an army for the first time since the previous dynasty's failed rebellion..
However, despite this uproar, the Ming officials dispatched from the central plain did not budge..
“hmm. It is said that the Toho of the Cheonghwa region moved the army..”
“Hahaha, only three thousand? Isn't this kids' joke?.”
“They say the enemies are barbarians... … Tsk tsk.”
“Is there any reason for us to go out in a fight between beasts? Let's not worry about it..”
Officials were so uninterested in the situation in Namman that they did not even know Toho's name..
He scoffed and turned his head at the scale of the five thousand, saying it was just a power struggle between barbarians that always happened..
What was more important right now was how to oil the boat and what kind of beautiful woman to embrace..
Meanwhile, Yeo-ri, with the help of the soldier Wan-chae, led the troops gathered from all over the province and moved..
The number is three thousand. The troops were not dispersed at all..
With over 3,000 people moving at once, the sound was unusual..
Even animals that normally didn't care about people or anything else lowered their heads this time and stood guard in the dark..
Drumming!
Hundreds of birds flapped their wings and soared above the forest..
The sound of wings flapping all at once was like thunder, making me feel like lightning was striking a dry sky..
“The enemy's number is two thousand. Thousand from the beast tribe, seven hundred from the poisonous insect tribe, three hundred from the nine-hui tribe... … But that's not all.”
“If that's not all?”
“This must also include the beasts handled by the Beast Tribe. Most people keep wolves, and there are about three hundred of them..”
“Not as much as a human, but it must be quite annoying..”
“exactly.”
Two thousand people and three hundred horses. not a small number.
“But the good news is that there isn't much cooperation between the major tribes..”
“Indeed, that is definitely good news.”
A smile appeared on Joo Seocheon’s lips..
Belonging to a major tribe does not mean you are the same tribe..
Beast Tribe, Poisonous Tribe, Guxi Tribe.
There is no unified leader, so there is no way these unique people could easily join hands in the first place..
Since their powers were equal, I imagined that they formed a cooperative relationship for fear that if one side clashed, their power would be weakened and they would be invaded by another force..
The humble pride that believed only in individual strength and that even without cooperation was sufficient was optimal for victory..
“Normally, when moving independently like this, you would think about distributing your troops appropriately and destroying them individually..”
nod.
“But that's just a trick. The poisonous insect tribe hides in trees and bushes and uses all kinds of poisonous insects to attack them secretly. Never underestimate their power. With that, the remaining troops of the Dayue State were annihilated..”
As the war had already been lost several times, alertness to the enemy was high..
Countermeasures were also prepared.
“So, on the contrary, the Allied Forces should resolve the issue head-on without dispersing their forces. The primary goal is here.”
The audience's gaze turned to Wanchae's fingertips..
“Temple of the Cannibal Tribe.”
Meanwhile, while the Allied Forces were holding a strategy meeting,.
Major tribes also braced themselves for the bloodshed ahead..
The forces that had subdued Namman through force alone gathered together for the first time in years and held a tribal council for the first time in a long time..
There were three people sitting at a marble round table, and each one was full of personality..
The most striking thing was a person wearing a mask made of buffalo bones, but his size was so large that it was overwhelming..
His height alone was close to nine feet, so he didn't look like a human..
He was the ‘Black Buffalo’, the leader and great warrior of the Beast Tribe..
“We're going to move separately anyway, so is there a need to come together like this and talk??”
The black buffalo was the first to break the silence and asked:.
I agree..
Words of approval were heard from the other side..
He was the chief of a poisonous tribe..
His characteristic feature was that his skin was as pale as a corpse, which was not typical of a Southern Man, but he looked young for a chieftain..
but that doesn't matter.
What really caught my eye was the bug crawling on my skin..
The sight of not just one or two, but dozens of bugs crawling around was disgusting..
“The same goes for this woman..”
A cold, dignified voice.
The owner was a beautiful woman who could have been mistaken for a fairy..
Her hair, which was long enough to just barely touch her collarbone, was red as if it was about to burn, and her skin was healthy and tanned..
Her body was also sensuous and made me boil with lust, but I had to barely hold back while remembering my status..
Because she is the matriarch of the Guxi tribe..
“good night. Then I'll take care of it..”
The black buffalo stood up and let out a satisfied laugh..
The other two chiefs also took steps..
* * *
Floating.
The drummer beats the drum..
The sound of drums rang loudly and spread everywhere..
As 3,000 troops moved simultaneously, the ground shook as if an earthquake had occurred..
I was helpless in front of the strangely overgrown leaves, vines, and jungle..
It was cut easily..
The allied forces marched in all directions and stopped in front of the temple..
“Look!”
Yeori raised her voice..
“A group of barbarians calling themselves a major tribe and committing all kinds of evil have come to the front in fear.!”
A temple that until recently was the domain of a cannibalistic tribe..
Now the major tribes were settled.
“Crumbling!”
The beast, boasting agile body movements and fangs visible in its mouth, was alert to the appearance of an enemy and howled fiercely..
“Listen, proud soldiers of Blue and White.!”
Yeori took out a decorative sword and raised it above her head..
“Don't you know what the barbarians have done so far? Think about it carefully.!”
The eyes of the Allied soldiers were bloodshot..
Some people seemed to be unable to control their anger and uttered curses and words of resentment..
“He brutally violated his wife, whom he had promised to live with, and brutally murdered his children, who were not in pain even when he put them in his eyes. Not only that, but his old and sick parents were taken away somewhere and never returned, and his wealth was plundered, leaving him to starve.!”
ridge! ridge! ridge!
The sound of drums rang along with Yeori’s voice..
That sound ignited the hearts of the Allies..
Hatred and anger burned and spread widely, raising the morale of up to 3,000 soldiers..
“Hold on no longer, warriors! Let's set an example to those who abandon humanity and morality and are worse than animals.!”
“Wow!”
“let's go!”
“Let's go!”
Jeori was a leader and commander.
The spirit of the Allied forces influenced by his shouts was truly overwhelming. I could almost feel the thrill..
As many as 3,000 troops attacked the temple..
“enemy!”
“Oooooh!”
A wolf the size of a human howled loudly..
The beast tribe kicked the ground, emitting an animal howl as if it resonated with them..
Thousands of warriors jumped in.
In general, in general wars, bows are used before engaging in close combat, but Namman was an exception..
Because the leaves, vines, and trees were so dense, it was difficult to hit unless you were a skilled archer, so it was not used often..
As a result, the Southern Man's war specialized only in close combat, and the beginning was a fierce battle like this..
“Wow!”
“Ouch!”
“my arm!”
The battle was also a fierce battle, but the numbers were no joke..
Looking down from above, there were so many that it was disgusting..
The temple of the cannibal tribe is not small, but even so, it is not large enough to fill more than 3,000 or even 4,000 people..
The situation was bound to become a melee, and fortunately, there was a temple in the center, so the battle could continue there..
When everyone's feet ran out of space, you could occasionally see people pushing up the stairs of a temple or up a hill..
“Dead!”
Allied soldiers were methodical.
Perhaps because of his military training, he was skilled in many-on-many fights..
Their main weapons were jungle swords and spears..
If you want to live in Namman, a jungle island is a must..
Naturally, military skills and jungle skills are bound to develop well..
It's not as bad as the man-eating tribe, but it's still pretty good..
A warrior or a wolf from the beast tribe who attacked with a curved sword was cut by the blade and fell down with blood spraying out..
The spear was a short spear, not a long spear..
Even though it is long among densely grown trees, it is difficult to use because it gets hit by obstacles here and there..
In fact, swords were better than spears, but they were developed because they were used to stab enemies hiding in the bushes..
They fought back against the barbarians, recalling memories of training with each other's backs..
“Oooh!”
In comparison, the Beast Tribe was haphazard..
It showed a fight that was more like an animal than a human..
But that doesn't mean it's easy to deal with..
As if to prove that they were not the main tribe of the Namman for nothing, their strength was at a level that would make you shudder..
The harmony between humans and beasts was scarier than I thought..
The scream that came out when it was bitten was horrendous..
“joy.”
The leader of the beast tribe, the black buffalo, snorted..
“Is it barely this much??”
Numbers were meaningless before the black buffalo.
The difference in power was more than half, but that didn't matter..
Isn’t there such a difference in each individual’s power?.
“Still, I praise you for not making a fuss and coming with all your troops..”
No one could have imagined that the Qing and Chinese allied forces would not divide and attack with just 3,000 troops..
Because of this, the entire beast tribe ended up joining in, but the black buffalo liked it even more..
Anyway, the Allied Forces are nothing more than numbers superior..
So, I thought.
It was an incredibly intense battlefield..
It's such a fierce battle that you can't tell who has the upper hand even when looking down from above..
However, there were people who stood out in the midst of all the screaming..
They were warriors with unfamiliar behavior..
“That bitch is mine!”
The hairy warrior opened his eyes wide..
The ones caught in the eye were none other than Dokbong and Danghye..
The Beast Tribe were people who were closer to beasts than people..
There were a lot of primal desires like sexual desire..
Even during the fight, he was rubbing his crotch and laughing crookedly, probably because of his sexual desire..
“Where! It's mine!”
“I will commit it!”
A vulgar laugh.
As many as six warriors from the beast tribe rode on wolves and attacked Tang Hui..
“uh?”
The moment it rushed forward, emitting a cloud of dust, the wolf, whose mouth was open, blinked and fell forward..
The beast tribe warrior on top of him was also naturally thrown outward by elasticity and rolled on the floor..
His neck was instantly broken and he died instantly. He was making an incomprehensible expression..
“How dare you spit such nonsense at a young lady?……”
In front of Dang Hye, the guard warrior Won Dae-sik took the lead..
“poison?”
The remaining nine warriors trembled and suddenly stopped..
Instinct sounded a warning in my head..
“don't forgive!”
“number of people!”
As Won Dae-sik takes the lead, Tang family warriors follow behind him..
Dangyeom also waved his beard and fired a poison dart..
“Wow!”
“Ouch!”
Half of the nine warriors rolled around on the floor, clutching their stomachs as if they were poisoned..
Half of them hurriedly took the antidote out of the bag they brought with them and tried to take it, but they couldn't..
Dan Ha-seong's sword cut off their necks as if condemning them..
“Kang!”
The warriors of the Beast Tribe all left their jobs, but not the wolves riding below them. It was still fine..
He rushed towards his enemy, Dan Ha-seong, while letting out a cry that was unclear whether it was sadness at losing his master or anger..
Its size was beyond the normal level, and its immense power and intimidation were unusual. There were four of them too..
“Move.”
However, before they could attempt revenge, the four wolves' bodies burst and they were blown away by an external physical force..
It's not just me. was thrown hard onto the floor.
I heard a pitiful scream from behind me..
Ju Seo-cheon passed by Dan Ha-seong and grabbed the back of an Allied soldier who was in danger of being bitten..
“Wow!”
The soldier let out a surprised voice and stepped back..
The wolf's mouth hit the spot where he was and made a clicking sound..
“where!”
Joo Seocheon clenched his fist with his right hand and swung roughly..
Wow!
A fist turned into a mace struck the wolf's head..
The skull was cracked and completely shattered..
“huh?”
I catch something in my sharpened senses.
I stopped jumping and turned my gaze to the side..
nettle!
There was a sound of the air being torn apart..
I saw something flying, drawing a trajectory like a meteor..
“arrow?”
A surprised voice came out naturally..
My hand moved reflexively and caught the arrow aimed at my neck..
In southern Manchuria, archery is a lost skill. no one writes.
But it was surprising that the arrow came flying..
I looked in the direction the arrow came from to see what was going on, but all I could see was a densely packed tree..
I breathed energy into my eyes just in case..
As my eyesight temporarily improved, I could see beyond..
‘Archer?’
There was an archer sitting on a thick tree branch, shooting arrows at a string, and his characteristic feature was a mask reminiscent of a falcon..
“I know how to borrow the power of a bird?”
Joo Seocheon muttered with a hint of admiration..
‘saw me?’
I was also surprised by every mask..
But then he shook his head left and right and denied that it couldn't be that way..
The distance to the target is never close.
There is no one else in the tribe with this level of vision other than yourself..
Thinking that he was probably just checking the direction the arrow had come from, he moved to a nearby tree..
Mei profit.
Put the arrow back on the string and pull with all your might..
The moment I focused my eyes, thinking that what I had just blocked was just a coincidence, Mae Mask's breathing stopped..
What was reflected in those eyes was not the target, Joo Seocheon..
It was a dagger flying in a straight line..
deeply!
There was no time to scream..
The hawk mask on the tree fell backwards with a dagger stuck in its forehead..
The expression revealed through the removed mask was one of disbelief and astonishment, an inability to believe anything..
“That's amazing……”
Gye Dal, a thousand-man general of the Allied Forces, was impressed..
What he saw in his eyes was Joo Seo-cheon, a martial artist in the central plains, who was rampaging through overwhelming inaction..
When I first heard about the man-eating tribe, I honestly had a hard time believing it..
Has been fighting as a commander in the Cheonghwa region since ancient times..
This means that they have a lot of experience in wars with major tribes..
Gyedal knows how scary the man-eating tribe is..
I shudder just hearing their names..
I couldn't believe that monsters that were engraved in my memory as horrors were annihilated with only sixty people without a single fatality..
‘The military lied to gather power..’
News of victory is usually exaggerated..
To raise the morale of allies and lower the morale of enemies..
It wasn't strange for the winner to exaggerate his or her accomplishments..
I thought it was part of it.
If we say we have won an overwhelming victory, the number of forces participating in the war will increase..
Even when I first saw Joo Seo-cheon at a strategy meeting, my thoughts did not change..
No, on the contrary, I even doubted it..
‘Is it true that the man-eating tribe was truly defeated by Iza??’
Even though I was young, I was too young..
To be honest, I wouldn't have believed it even if a warrior in his 30s was the driving force behind the victory..
However, I couldn't believe that a particularly young-looking person among the people of Central Plains had defeated that southern priest..
I sent a scout to check and it was clear that the cannibal tribe had disappeared from the map..
But many questions remain.
Of course, that didn't mean he could go and ask rude questions to the benefactor who saved his lord Yeo-ri's life..
I came to the temple with an uneasy feeling, but I opened my mouth when I saw his powerlessness with my own eyes..
‘No, how can I be so strong at such a young age??’
Inspections crisscrossing the battlefield.
Nothing could stand in front of his sword..
Everything was cut with a single sword.
The processed skin of a wild beast split along with the flesh, spattering blood, and the head of the charging wolf was shattered with one or two punches..
No matter how many or how many people attacked, there was no problem at all..
I was just helpless in front of him..
A warrior from the beast tribe who falls like a fallen leaf in the autumn wind..
It was shocking to be treated like that by one person..
The other martial arts people were just as strong, but they were still on a different level. Thunder struck in my head..
‘can win.’
When Gyedal came to his senses, he realized that a smile was spreading across his face..
major shortage!
Even as I entered the battlefield, I couldn't shake off my anxiety..
Although the power differential was dominant, morale was still low..
Anyone from the Great Forest gets scared when they hear that name..
Gyedal, who is an expert in his own way, is also very nervous..
A feeling of anxiety and defeat in a corner of my heart..
It was so deeply engraved that I couldn't erase it, but not anymore..
‘can win!’
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