novelraw Chapter 111 : Chapter 111
Chapter 111 : Chapter 111
Chapter 111 Secret Scheme (4)
"I asked you what your identity was, you bastard!"
The Pavilion Lords shouted while surrounding Jaun.
However, Jaun exhaled a small sigh without giving any answer.
The Pavilion Lord who was closest shrugged his shoulders once and spoke toward Jaun.
"First, shall we properly check his face?"
A man, who cracked his neck with a CRACK, slowly approached Jaun.
When Jaun stood still without any particular resistance, the approaching man lifted Jaun's chin and met his eyes.
"Hmmmm."
The man, who checked Jaun’s face by turning his chin here and there, shook his head from side to side.
"It's certain. He's not a martial artist from our side. He's someone I'm seeing for the first time."
The Pavilion Lord, who flicked Jaun's face to the side, stood up and drew his sword.
"What should we do?"
"What else? Kill him quickly. There's no need to waste mental energy here for no reason. We have a given objective."
"True. Whether he's a bastard from the Sado Alliance or the Murim Alliance, it probably doesn't matter. The destination is right in front of us, so let's quickly take care of the target and return."
At the same time as the two Pavilion Lords turned their bodies, the Pavilion Lord who had approached Jaun thrust his sword toward Jaun as he was.
─ CLANG!
Jaun blocked the sword that shot forward in an instant.
It was a sword infused with considerable momentum, but it was helplessly twisted to the side.
"Oh?"
The Pavilion Lord who thrust the sword tilted his head as if it were unexpected and looked down at his sword.
It was a sword he had thrust with full intent. It was absolutely not a level that a child could withstand.
"……You?"
The brow of the Pavilion Lord holding the sword furrowed.
"What are you doing? There is no time to play around."
"This fellow is no ordinary brat."
"Tsk tsk. What an excuse. I told you to practice your martial arts. For a guy who's supposed to be a Pavilion Lord to be unable to handle a mere brat like this."
One of the Pavilion Lords who had turned his body from the front approached Jaun while clicking his tongue.
At the same time as the Pavilion Lord's hand moved toward his waist, a flashing light filled the forest.
Jaun raised his sword toward the incoming sword energy.
─ TING
─ BOOM!
The sword energy deflected by Jaun's sword dug into the innocent ground.
"Huh?"
"See. I told you he was no ordinary guy."
The two Pavilion Lords looked at each other as if it were absurd.
"No, how can a guy around the age of a Rising Star at best…… possess this much martial prowess?"
When both attempts ended in failure, a sense of seriousness began to settle in the eyes of the Pavilion Lords.
The Pavilion Lords slowly began to draw up their energy and walk toward Jaun.
The surrounding trees trembled from the enormous energy wave.
The momentum of the three people, who had properly raised their energy, shot toward Jaun stingingly.
Jaun's entire body throbbed with a tingling sensation.
Certainly, the three people seemed to be individuals with high-level martial prowess even among the Pavilion Lords of the Demonic Cult.
Jaun turned his head and glanced at the distant Stone Mountain.
Even now, no movement was felt from the Stone Mountain.
'If that's the case, I should play around properly.'
Jaun tightly gripped the sword of the Demonic Cultist he had snatched earlier.
Then, he lowered his stance as he was and took a defensive posture.
The Pavilion Lords, who were looking at Jaun with suspicious eyes, exchanged glances.
"This time we go simultaneously. Don't waste time."
When the man, who had been standing furthest away before approaching his comrades, spoke with a cold expression, the other two nodded.
The men slowly raised their swords forward.
─ WHIZ
It was not even possible to see them move their bodies properly.
Despite the three people drawing and stabbing their swords at the same time, only a very small noise spread around.
It was a sword strike unleashed by Pavilion Lord-level martial artists with full intent.
As a momentum that felt as if it would tear his whole body apart pushed in, Jaun began to suck in demonic energy. Then, Jaun's sword drew a round circle.
─ BOOM!
The sword energies of the three people were scattered at will and embedded into the ground.
At the same time, Jaun, who kicked off the ground, shot toward the closest man.
─ CLANG CLANG! SLASH
In just three moves, Jaun's sword brushed past the man's thigh.
Red blood seeped up through the torn martial robes.
However, there was no time to feel relieved. Before he knew it, the swords of the remaining two were shooting toward Jaun's back.
Jaun kicked off the ground and floated his body into the air, making it rotate.
─ CLANG!
Jaun, who struck away the swords shooting toward his back, extended the Ink Ring on his left hand forward as he was.
─ SWOOSH
The Millennium Silk extending from the Ink Ring shot toward the neck of the Pavilion Lord standing further away.
The Pavilion Lord, who hurriedly swung his sword with a surprised expression and narrowly struck away the flying Millennium Silk, shouted loudly.
"Don't let your guard down! He's not a guy who only learned lightfoot! He's a guy who has been properly trained in martial arts. Everyone, stay alert!"
"I told you! That he's no ordinary guy!"
As soon as the words of the man who first thrust his sword at Jaun ended, the swords of the three people shot toward Jaun once again.
Due to the massive energy contained in the swords, the soil on the ground splashed in all directions.
Jaun, who hid his body amidst the rising thick dust, pulled up the Mad Demon Rotation Scripture this time.
─ WHOOSH
A small whirlwind began to wrap around the sword held in Jaun's hand.
When the swords of the three people that penetrated the dust met Jaun's sword wrapped in the whirlwind, their directions were subtly twisted and they brushed past Jaun's body.
The sword of Jaun, who had lowered his body to the utmost, glowed dark red within the dust.
─ BOOM!
Jaun's energy, which extended in a semi-circle, was shot toward the Pavilion Lords simultaneously.
"Ugh."
The expressions of the Pavilion Lords who blocked Jaun's sword hardened stiffly.
'Whew.'
Jaun, who took a breath, stepped out of the dust and lunged at the Pavilion Lord standing in the middle.
─ CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG!
Four sword strikes that passed in an instant.
The face of the Pavilion Lord who blocked those sword strikes hardened with shock.
"Th-this fellow!"
As the Pavilion Lord who faced Jaun's sword retreated several steps, the Pavilion Lord standing next to him began to pull up his energy with a hardened expression.
─ WHOOOSH
The Pavilion Lord's clothes fluttered, and soon, thick demonic energy began to wrap around the surroundings.
Jaun also pulled up his energy to meet it with a calm expression.
Rough demonic energy began to rise from his body as well.
Due to the demonic energy raised by the two people, the surroundings instantly began to grow dark.
The Pavilion Lord, who was looking at Jaun's energy, slowly raised his sword toward the sky with a tense expression.
[First Form of the Sovereign Destroyer Soft Sword.]
At the Pavilion Lord's murmur, the thick demonic energy began to writhe and move toward Jaun.
***
"We have to go right now!"
The Grand Elder, who received the cold gaze of the Ice Rakshasa, scratched her head.
"……."
"No, what on earth are you hesitating for? Did you not see the letter? It was written that Young Hero Jaun would fire the signal flare when he discovered the guys from the Demonic Cult!"
"Stay still for a moment. Don't we have to move after understanding the situation as well? It might have been fired by mistake."
At the Grand Elder's lukewarm reaction, the Mad Dragon, who was packing his saber nearby, looked at her as if he were suspicious.
"What are you talking about? What help is it to stay here? Even if we are to understand the situation, shouldn't we go there to do it?"
"The Man-wol Squad hasn't arrived yet either……. For now, once everyone gathers, let's listen to each person's thoughts and then move."
At the nonsensical answer, the Mad Dragon narrowed his eyes and looked at the Grand Elder.
"As for the Man-wol Squad, can't we just fire a signal flare to call them? Or they might have already moved there after seeing the flare."
"……Ahem!"
The Grand Elder coughed embarrassedly as if she were in a difficult position.
The Ice Rakshasa, who was looking at the Grand Elder as if it were absurd, clenched her teeth.
"I have no idea what you are thinking. Please move aside. I must go, even if I go alone."
The Grand Elder moved her steps and blocked the entrance of the Stone Cave firmly again.
"It could be a trick by the guys from the Demonic Cult. If you go for no reason and lose your life, the matter will become serious."
"Even if I lose my life, that is my business. I will choose my own path."
Cold frost began to emanate from the Ice Rakshasa's body.
"Law Enforcer Ice Rakshasa! Get a hold of yourself and look me straight in the eye!"
When the Grand Elder shouted loudly, the inside of the Stone Cave vibrated with a VRROOOOM.
"Just what kind of shameful thing is this! This is insubordination! If you want to remain in the Sado Alliance, follow my orders without a word."
Looking at the Grand Elder, the Ice Rakshasa bit her lip hard.
"Grand Elder. Then please tell me a reason I can understand. Why on earth can we not move right now?"
The Grand Elder, who was smacking her lips, opened her mouth.
"……There was an order from the Alliance Leader. An order not to leave this Stone Cave until there is a separate instruction."
At the Grand Elder's words, the Mad Dragon and the Ice Rakshasa furrowed their brows at the same time.
"Therefore, we will guard this place until there is an order from the Alliance Leader."
"That is some nonsensical……"
The Ice Rakshasa tried to open her mouth, but the Grand Elder raised her hand forward.
"Calm your emotions and think carefully. The moment we leave this place and cross over to Guangdong Province, the justification we have will disappear. If we remain here, it becomes a case of the Demonic Cult attacking us, but if we move, the situation becomes the opposite."
The Grand Elder looked straight at the Ice Rakshasa.
"Are you only going to come to your senses after having to be branded with the infamy that the Sado Alliance attacked the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult first?"
At the Grand Elder's frost-like shout, the Ice Rakshasa could not open her mouth.
"I also know well that it is a regrettable situation. However, that child should not have gone out like this. He should have stayed and guarded this place instead."
The Ice Rakshasa clenched her fists tightly.
The Mad Dragon, who had been listening to the conversation, sighed and toyed with his saber.
"Grand Elder. Then how about just going to the vicinity? If that child Jaun is under attack, we are simply joining in, so it doesn't seem like it would be a big problem."
"Mad Dragon. Wait for the Alliance Leader's order. Since I have released the guys from the Information Bureau, they will bring word soon."
The Ice Rakshasa, who had been biting her fingernails, shook her head from side to side.
"……I cannot do that."
"Ice Rakshasa!"
Even at the Grand Elder's rebuke, the Ice Rakshasa did not hesitate to speak.
"Right now, Young Hero Jaun might be in a dangerous situation. He might lose his life while we are waiting for the Information Bureau here!"
At the same time as the Ice Rakshasa shouted, the clash of a massive energy wave was felt from far away.
The eyes of everyone in the Stone Cave turned toward the entrance, and the Ice Rakshasa's complexion turned pale.
"You all felt it, right? I…… must go."
As the Ice Rakshasa walked forward, the Mad Dragon scratched his head.
"Good grief. This situation is ambiguous."
"There is nothing ambiguous. You just have to follow the Alliance Leader's order. You wench Ice Rakshasa, are you not thinking about the consequences? You're saying you will move first?"
The Grand Elder blocked the front of the Ice Rakshasa once again.
The Ice Rakshasa, who clenched her teeth, took an Iron Plaque out from her robes, gripped it tightly in her hand, then reached out and handed it to the Grand Elder.
"Thank you for everything until now. I, Law Enforcer Pan Bing-yeong, shall resign from all positions within the Sado Alliance as of today."
"Ice Rakshasa!"
The Ice Rakshasa, who pushed the Grand Elder's shoulder and passed by her, rushed out of the Stone Cave and shot forward at a high speed.
"Hmmmm."
The Grand Elder narrowed her eyes and looked at the entrance of the Stone Cave.
"Hmmmm."
The Mad Dragon paced around the Stone Cave restlessly.
Looking at the Mad Dragon, who was contemplating while gripping and releasing his saber several times, the Grand Elder exhaled a sigh.
"I hope even you do not make a foolish choice."
"Dammit. Just when is the guy from the Information Bureau coming?"
The Grand Elder, who turned her head toward the murmuring Mad Dragon, spoke with a regrettable expression.
"……No one will be coming."
"What?"
The Mad Dragon looked at the Grand Elder with wide eyes.
"The Information Bureau isn't coming? Is that not different from what you said earlier?"
"That was merely something I said to try and keep the Ice Rakshasa held back."
The Grand Elder, who was looking down at the Iron Plaque held in her hand, wore a bitter smile.
"……The Alliance Leader said that she might not be able to stop that child, and those words were right."
The Mad Dragon furrowed his brow and approached the Grand Elder.
"……Just what on earth are you guys up to right now?"
The Mad Dragon, who brought his face close to the Grand Elder's face, grabbed her two arms tightly.
"Just what on earth is happening here, I asked!"
A small whirlwind began to form around the Mad Dragon's body.