novelraw Chapter 13 : Chapter 13
Chapter 13 : Chapter 13
Chapter 13 - The Green Forest King’s Wrath (1)
The next morning, bearded man greeted Jaun, who opened his eyes, with a bright smile.
“Whew. Little Brother, do you know how surprised I was yesterday? Suddenly, something like a whirlwind surrounded your body and dragged all the surrounding objects……. I almost got blown away too. I lived my whole life with sandstorms, but that was the first time I saw a wind of that speed. It’s a relief it ended quickly.”
Looking up and around, traces remained showing that all the furniture in every direction had moved.
Jaun, lifting his body which felt as light as a feather, offered an apology to bearded man.
“Something like that happened without me knowing…… I’m sorry.”
“Haha. Not at all, not at all. Surely you achieved some accomplishment last night, right? I know well how difficult it is for a martial artist to take a step forward. Congratulations, Little Brother.”
bearded man, who congratulated Jaun on his achievement with a bright face, continued.
“Anyway, there actually isn't much time left. I was wondering if I should wake you up forcefully.”
bearded man, who glanced out the window once to gauge the time, turned his head back towards Jaun.
“Since the Green Forest King is arriving in Shenyang soon, we have to think of a way……. No matter how I think about it, we shouldn't let the Moyong Family and the Green Forest clash. If that happens, it will only be a good thing for the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult.”
Jaun nodded at bearded man’s words.
“To strike the Demonic Cult, a corresponding force is needed. We cannot lose the elites of the Orthodox and Unorthodox Factions meaningless like this.”
Jaun nodded at bearded man’s words.
“That’s right. So, I am watching the situation, and if it really seems like the two forces will clash, I am thinking of stepping in.”
“……You? Will it be resolved if you step in? What are you planning to do?”
Jaun lowered his voice and whispered something into bearded man’s ear for a long time. Listening to Jaun’s words, bearded man squinted his eyes and tilted his head.
“I think this might work……. I can't use the Heavenly Demon Divine Art openly, but I will have to try my best with other martial arts I am practicing.”
“Hmm. Since there is no other way, if it really doesn't work out, we have to try at least that. I will also lend my strength depending on the situation. Since the Frenzied Wind Thirteen Decisions , a martial art of the Frenzied Wind Sand, is unfamiliar in the Central Plains, there will be few people who recognize it.”
Jaun and bearded man, who shared various plans with their heads together for a long time, soon nodded and stood up from their seats.
***
“Open the gate.”
It was a low voice, but it rang clearly even in the ears of the government soldiers guarding the Shenyang city gate.
The government soldiers, looking at over a hundred martial artists of the Green Forest and Unorthodox Faction occupying the front of the city gate, trembled.
“Is, is that guy the Green Forest King?”
“I can't even breathe properly. How can a person emit such rough energy?”
Looking at the alliance of the Green Forest and Unorthodox Faction who were not hiding their momentum, the government soldiers shrank their necks and swallowed hard.
“Open, the gate.”
Once again, the Green Forest King’s low voice rang in front of Shenyang’s city gate.
Mad Beggar, who was out on the fortress wall, looked around and scratched his head.
“Ha, damn. He brought only seriously scary guys. Tsk. Seeing so many familiar faces, all the big shots from nearby mountain fortresses must have come down. Huh? That guy over there is from the Blood Immortal Sect ? Even the Black Sword Sect ?”
Mad Beggar, who was checking the gathered members of the Green Forest and Unorthodox Faction one by one and quickly writing something on paper, felt a chilling sensation in an instant and turned his head.
The conspicuously large Green Forest King took a step forward.
Then, the Green Forest King effortlessly lifted an axe larger than his own body with one hand.
Despite appearing to be of tremendous weight, the Green Forest King lifted it so easily and snorted.
“Uh…… Uh?”
“What is he doing?”
The words of the government soldiers right next to him sounded like voices coming from far away.
Mad Beggar, who felt the blazing energy around the Green Forest King’s body, shouted with internal energy with a pale face.
“Everyone get away from your spots!”
─ Kwaaaaaang!
Simultaneously with Mad Beggar’s shout, the Green Forest King’s axe fell down.
The energy wave bursting out in all directions created a strong wind.
“Aaaack!”
Government soldiers standing on the fortress wall were flung away and rolled on the ground, and screams followed from various places.
Mad Beggar, who was crouching down covering his ears, jumped up from his spot and poked his head out of the fortress wall.
A deep trench had formed from where the Green Forest King’s axe fell to the ground all the way to the city gate, and the large city gate of Shenyang had been blown away without a trace.
Several government soldiers bleeding from being hit by fragments of the city gate were visible, but fortunately, it seemed no one lost their life.
“This crazy…….”
Looking around with a face drained of color, Mad Beggar muttered.
“Anyway, Unorthodox bastards have no common sense. Common sense. Phew.”
Shaking his head as if fed up, Mad Beggar began to draw up his energy.
─ Kwaang
Mad Beggar kicked off the ground and jumped inside. Behind Mad Beggar running quickly to the Moyong Family, the sight of bandits walking into the city gate was visible.
“Emergeeency! Emergency! The Green Forest King broke the city gate and entered Shenyang!”
At Mad Beggar’s shouting voice as he ran like the wind, civilians everywhere began to run away busily.
In the meantime, Mad Beggar, who ran with all his might and reached the main gate of the Moyong Family, stopped in front of Do Hyeok-rin.
“Gr, Great Hero.”
“I heard the sound. You said the Shenyang city gate was destroyed?”
“That is so. That Green Forest King seems like a complete crazy bastard. He shouted twice to open the gate and then just smashed the city gate.”
‘Calling the Green Forest King a crazy bastard……. You don't seem sane either.’
Do Hyeok-rin, looking at Mad Beggar with a complex expression, turned around and shouted towards the inside of the Moyong Family.
“All personnel prepare for battle! Deploy the Guardian Array, and the White Tiger Squad and Blue Dragon Squad defend the main gate of the Moyong Family!”
Moyong Family members quickly filled the front of the manor.
“Hehe.”
Ice Rakshasa, who was watching the Moyong Family people running around in all directions from afar, cheered while clapping her hands with a piece of candied fruit in her mouth.
“Go for it! Win, Moyong Family!”
Checking Ice Rakshasa cheering excitedly in one corner, Mad Beggar smacked his lips.
“Why doesn't that psychopath go to the Sado Alliance and is doing that here? Anyway, Unorthodox bastards are really not sane.”
Shaking his head from side to side, Mad Beggar quickly jumped inside the manor of the Moyong Family.
***
“Is it been thirteen years?”
Moyong Man took a step forward to the center where the Moyong Family and the Green Forest stood confronting each other and spoke to the Green Forest King.
“It seems to be about that long. Somehow, the Family Head doesn't age but feels younger.”
At the Green Forest King’s words, Moyong Man smirked.
“Back then, you were a vigorous young man, but before I knew it, you have grown up to become the representative of a respectable organization. In contrast, I have aged and withered, so now even breathing is difficult. It’s not like the old days. My knees ache too.”
“Kuk. Aren't you confident enough to wipe out the Green Forest even with those aching knees, seeing how you smashed Yongho Fortress like that?”
Even the greetings exchanged were sharp.
‘It seems he came with a firm resolution.’
Moyong Man, looking at the Green Forest King with a bitter face, sighed and opened his mouth again.
“How much more do I have to say it wasn't our doing for you to believe?”
“My sworn brother who faced the Moyong Merchant Group died, but if you say it wasn't the Moyong Family’s doing, where should I demand responsibility?”
“For now, Moyong is also confirming as much as possible, but since no traces have been found yet, I have nothing to answer.”
“Then I have no choice but to demand responsibility from Moyong.”
At the Green Forest King’s firm words, Moyong Man bit his lip.
Moyong Man, lost in thought for a moment, glared at the Green Forest King with sharp eyes.
“Be aware that since you came as a representative of a group, I am also being considerate of you accordingly. Speaking frankly, do you know what those rotten bastards, your sworn brothers, tried to do to my daughter?”
At that moment, a storm-like momentum emanated from Moyong Man’s body.
At Moyong Man’s momentum rushing in, the bandits were pushed back in droves, and some members of the Moyong Family also lost strength in their legs and slumped down on the spot.
Realizing that Moyong Man lost his reason the moment he brought up his daughter, Do Hyeok-rin quietly grabbed Moyong Man’s arm.
“Sir.”
Moyong Man, belatedly coming to his senses at Do Hyeok-rin’s voice, slowly calmed his momentum.
The Green Forest King, sweeping back his fluttering hair once, raised his eyes and looked straight at Moyong Man.
“They did nothing. Nor can you prove what they intended to do. However, the fact that my brothers were killed on that spot has been clearly proven.”
“They intended to! After using poison…….”
“That is merely the Moyong Family’s opinion! There are no other witnesses, and consequently, my younger brothers died a dog's death without committing anything.”
Haze rose shimmering over the Green Forest King’s shoulders.
Moyong Man, confirming the fact that the Green Forest King was barely holding back his rising anger, sighed.
“……Thirteen years ago too, you were a man who walked only looking forward. Still, since some time has passed, I expected you might have gained the flexibility to look around.”
Slowly shaking his head left and right, Moyong Man took a step forward and shouted loudly towards the Green Forest King.
“As long as you do not believe Moyong’s words, there is nothing more Moyong can do for you. Still, if the Green Forest truly intends to exact a blood debt from Moyong, I will gladly accept that challenge. I will prove to the world once again that Moyong’s sword is still sharp.”
As Moyong Man finished speaking, the Green Forest King, who was staring at Moyong Man, burst into laughter.
“Kukuk. Kuhahaha!”
As the Green Forest King raised his head and burst into wild laughter, all the martial artists of the Green Forest and Moyong Family standing everywhere covered their ears.
Just the internal energy contained in the laughter was at a level that could kill a person.
“Stop !”
Moyong Man urgently emitted his momentum to cancel out the Green Forest King’s laughter.
Moyong Man, looking at the Green Forest King with a hardened expression, let out a small sigh.
“……I will consider that I received your answer with this laughter instead.”
The moment Moyong Man glared at the Green Forest King and brought his hand to the sword at his waist, some of the Green Forest bandits standing at the very front flopped down on the spot.
“Uh? Uh uh?”
“My, my neck…….”
Although the sword wasn't drawn, the bandits, who felt as if their necks had fallen off just by Moyong Man’s hand touching the sword, began to step back little by little while sitting down with trembling legs.
A touch-and-go situation.
If a clash between the two absolute masters occurred, the aftermath was unimaginable.
“Wait a moment!”
“Wait!”
At that moment, Mad Beggar and Ice Rakshasa jumped out simultaneously and stood between the Green Forest and the Moyong Family.
Mad Beggar, glancing at Ice Rakshasa, whispered quietly.
“Can’t you take the candied fruit out of your mouth before speaking?”
“None of your business.”
Ice Rakshasa, quickly chewing and swallowing the remaining candied fruit with a crunch, bowed and greeted the Green Forest King.
“Nice to meet you. O Green Forest King. I am called Ice Rakshasa, a Law Enforcer of the Sado Alliance. Can you listen to this girl’s words for a moment?”
“Girl, my ass…….”
Leaving Mad Beggar’s muttering behind, the Green Forest King turned his head towards Ice Rakshasa.
“I heard the news that the Sado Alliance investigated. Is there anything found?”
Ice Rakshasa, blushing as if the Green Forest King’s low voice was enchanting, opened her mouth.
“Third-party intervention. And we confirmed that Yongho Fortress used Energy Dispersing Poison.”
“……Ahem.”
At Ice Rakshasa’s words, the Green Forest King coughed as if uncomfortable.
The bandits standing behind began to murmur.
“Black Rock Steel Fist did? He is not someone who would use poison…….”
“Since the Sado Alliance says they confirmed it, it probably isn't a lie.”
In front of the murmuring bandits, Ice Rakshasa, holding up the paper that turned blue, opened her mouth again.
“We have certainly verified that poison was used. As you know, it is a clear fault that the Green Forest used poison without receiving the Sado Alliance’s permission.”
At Ice Rakshasa’s words, the Green Forest King answered with an uncomfortable expression.
“Shut up. Although we belong to the Sado Alliance, that does not mean we must receive permission for every single trivial thing.”
“O Green Forest King. Those are natural words. However, judging from the fact that Yongho Fortress used poison instead of swords, I cannot erase the suspicion that Black Rock Steel Fist tried to do something to the Moyong Family’s daughter as the Moyong Family claims.”
As soon as those words ended, the Green Forest King glared with intense eyes, and Ice Rakshasa, whose breath was choked, turned pale.
“You bitch, I was overlooking it out of respect for the Sado Alliance’s name, but you are crossing the line excessively.”
At the moment Ice Rakshasa’s face turned blue, Mad Beggar intervened in between.
“Wa, wait…… Can you please…… stop? I am Gong Il-geon, an investigator of the Murim Alliance and the successor of the Beggars’ Sect.”
Mad Beggar’s face, having taken the Green Forest King’s momentum instead, turned red.
Seeing Mad Beggar looking up at him while barely supporting his trembling legs, the Green Forest King sighed.
“Why is it so complicated? Sado Alliance and even Beggars’ Sect. None of it is needed! I just came to collect the blood debt of my sworn brother. Do not get involved in this matter anymore and get lost!”
At the Green Forest King’s shout, Mad Beggar sat down on the spot and caught his ragged breath.
Ice Rakshasa, who inhaled urgently, came out in front of Mad Beggar again.
“S, so, as someone representing the Sado Alliance’s stance, I would like to make a proposal!”
At Ice Rakshasa’s words, everyone gathered turned their heads towards her.