Return of The Mount Hua – Chapter 1460. It won't be that bad (5)
Editor: Hoamzz
Co-Translator: Xoxo
“Die!”
Chung Myung’s heel crashed violently into the crown of a fleeing Evil Sects man’s head.
Kwaaaaang!
“Hie- Hieeeeeek!”
At the absurd sight of a person being driven into the ground like a nail, the Evil Sects filling the main street screamed in utter panic.
"I- It's Mount Hua Chivalrous Swoooooord!"
“Plum Blossom Sword Demon! Plum Blossom Sword Demon has coooooome!”
Fame was a strange thing.
Just because one’s fame rises doesn’t mean their skill increases with it. Even though Chung Myung’s reputation had soared after the Hainan journey, his skills hadn’t magically skyrocketed to match.
But the Evil Sects people facing him now couldn’t think that way.
"U- Uwaaaah!"
Just knowing that Chung Myung had appeared here caused such great fear that there was nothing they could do.
Not that they needed to try escaping. Before the two characters for ‘retreat’ could even surface in their minds, Chung Myung had already rushed in.
“Euraaaaargh!”
Kwaaaaang!
Chung Myung struck down the Evil Sects members who were trying to flee and sent them flying in one breath. Those hit by his sword didn’t even have time to scream before they were flung away.
“You bastards!”
They couldn’t even be considered opponents. And rightly so. If even the elites of Myriad Man Manor couldn’t handle Chung Myung, how could this ragtag bunch possibly hold their ground?
It was clear that just casually swinging their sword with one hand would sweep them away like fallen leaves in the wind. But the sword Chung Myung was swinging now carried overwhelming power, far too much for the level of his opponents.
Seol So-baek exclaimed as if he understood.
“As expected of Dojang! Even when hunting rabbits, a tiger gives its all…"
"You piece of shit came from Gangnam, didn't you! Bet you were having a good ol’ time back then! I’ll kill every last one of you! Uraaaaaagh!”
"—in everything it does..."
Chung Myung's eyes bulged as he rampaged like a starving wolf. The fragile (?) Evil Sects members fell with screams. Seol So-baek, who seemed to sense something subtly amiss, briefly looked up at the sky before collecting himself.
"L- Let's go together, Dojang!"
"I'll kill youuuuu!"
Leaving behind Seol So-baek’s oddly deflated voice, Chung Myung brought his sword down. In his eyes flashed a grotesque madness too terrifying to face directly.
“...He’s having way too much fun.”
Im Sobyeong clicked his tongue as he watched Chung Myung kick the backs of fleeing Evil Sects heads. Well, that’s....
'It would be stranger if he hadn't developed a stress disorder by now.'
He was never the most patient man to begin with, and after being herded around like a rabbit from Hainan Island all the way here, how could he not be seething? If those being pummeled had made a mistake, it was simply that they ran into this Chung Myung.
“But Nokrim King!”
"Hm?"
Im Sobyeong glanced back. Namgung Dowi stood there, his face pale from channeling his internal strength. He asked, voice thick with confusion.
“I- Is it really okay to be running wild like this? Shouldn’t we finish what we came for and get out of Chengdu? If Myriad Man Manor shows up while we’re…"
Im Sobyeong stared at Namgung Dowi and then clicked his tongue briefly.
“Maybe the truly frustrating one was elsewhere.”
“...Did you just insult me?”
"Oh. Your brain may be slow, but your intuition is good. As expected of a Namgung?"
“This damn yangban?”
Just as Namgung Dowi gritted his teeth, Im Sobyeong replied indifferently.
"There will be no reinforcements. At least not until we've rampaged enough in Chengdu and returned."
"What?"
"I'm saying Myriad Man Manor is not in a position to come here now. They’ll be tied up for at least three more days. Somewhere over in the east.”
Namgung Dowi looked at Im Sobyeong with eyes that seemed to say, ‘What kind of utter nonsense is this bandit bastard spewing now?’ Im Sobyeong simply shook his head slowly.
"Anyway, just understand it like that."
"Don't brush it off so casually. Give me an explanation, an explanation."
"Ah, an explanation?"
Im Sobyeong looked at Namgung Dowi with a triumphant smile. Then he said.
"Just shut up and do it."
"Huh?"
“It’s the general’s order, so what explanation is needed? When told to do it, you do it. Tsk, tsk. Haven't you grasped the situation yet?"
“....”
"Hmm. This is really convenient, you know. Doesn’t even make my mouth tired."
"...but this bandit bastard?"
"Generaaaal-nim! General-niiiiiiiim! The Namgung young master is idling around heeeeere!"
"Damn it! I'm going, I'm going!"
Namgung Dowi ran off, spewing out a torrent of curses unbefitting of the refined Namgung surname. Im Sobyeong laughed as he watched his back. Then he glanced at Chung Myung.
'Anyway, what an extraordinary fellow.'
Even Im Sobyeong had realized that Chengdu was vulnerable right now. But Jang Ilso wasn't a fool either. He vacated Chengdu precisely because he deemed it safe to do so.
To Heavenly Comrade Alliance, Chengdu had long since become a useless piece of meat on the bone. If they rashly attempted to occupy it, they risked being surrounded by Evil Tyrant Alliance.
So normally, the obvious thing to do would be to pull back rather than take that risk. And isn’t it urgent to lead Tang Family survivors to Huayin anyway?
"...That would be the conventional way of thinking."
But that guy turned it upside down.
If there was nothing to gain from occupying, then don't occupy. If there was a risk of being surrounded when entering Chengdu, then bring only a small number that won't be surrounded. If it was hard to face all the defenders of Chengdu with a small number, then bring a small number with power disproportionate to their size.
The result? Those people would be feeling it in their flesh right now.
"Don't run away! Those who flee will have to bear Ryeonju's wrath!"
"Anyone who retreats dies! Didn't we say we'd kill you!"
Members of Myriad Man Manor, mixed in among Evil Sects mob, shouted at the top of their lungs.
But those completely overcome with fear continued their desperate flight despite such frantic threats, even climbing over walls and stepping over their comrades behind them.
"These... these worm-like bastards!"
In the end, Evil Sects is Evil Sects.
When they had momentum, they were more terrifying than anything in the world. But once that momentum was broken, they were as scattered and useless as grains of sand.
And unfortunately, they did not have the power to put the scattered grains of sand back together.
"Vi- Vice Daeju! We're collapsing! They're coming!"
“Thi- This....”
The face of the man called the vice daeju turned pale.
"Those goddamn bastards! Why did they come here! Why!”
These are not people who can be evaluated simply by headcount. With that number and that level of power, they could wipe out a few average sects overnight without leaving behind even a single ant.
Unheard of, unseen before. The idea that sect leaders of such caliber would abandon their subordinates and gather in one place to fight.
Isn’t there such a thing as basic common sense in the world? Yet the sight unfolding now was destroying every shred of that common sense.
“S- Send a request for reinforcements! Now!”
"Where should we request them from? Ryeonju-nim is now..."
"Request from anywhere, I said! Damn it, anything!"
"Da- Daeju! F- Front! In front!"
"What?"
Turning his head reflexively, he saw it.
The pure white blade that had come right up to my nose. And along with it, a deep crimson aura.
'Fuck....'
Paaaaaaang!
A head rose into the air with a burst that split the air.
Chung Myung, who had blown off a person's head in one breath, flicked his sword to shake off the blood, then cracked his neck once.
"Talking about reinforcements, what nonsense."
"Ugh..."
“Honestly, your run-of-the-mill Evil Sects scum, if I just told them to lay down and die, they probably would. So there's no real need to stab them in the back, but..."
Chung Myung smiled brightly.
"You guys aren't like that, right?"
“Uh....”
Myriad Man Manor members retreated hesitantly from Chung Myung. Has the Myriad Man Manor uniform on their bodies ever felt so cursed?
Chung Myung shrugged.
“Ahh, nothing to worry about. Sure, if I started talking about my grudges, I could probably go on for three days and nights straight. But thankfully… I'm not the only one here who has grudges against you lot."
“Hm?”
"Take it easy, take it easy. Too much and people get scared."
Confusion appeared on the faces of Myriad Man Manor members. And soon, they came to understand those words.
Paaaat!
People emanating icy blue killing intent from their eyes sprang out from behind Chung Myung. The Myriad Man Manor members recognized them just by the swords in their hands.
"Aaaaaaah!"
A bloodcurdling scream echoed throughout the skies of Chengdu. Chung Myung chuckled.
“Tsk. These bastards never listen, I tell you."
“Come this way, Daegongja-nim!”
"N- No, outside right now...!"
“You’ll get hurt if you stay there! Don’t you know that for nobodies like us, if we get caught up in something like that, we won’t even leave behind bones?!”
“…Yes, I know. But still…”
Jo Woong kept looking back toward the door with a face full of lingering attachment even as he withdrew. He could tell something major was happening outside, but as someone untrained in martial arts, he had no way of comprehending the situation from this distance.
"But there's clearly a battle going on. Perhaps..."
“Aigoo, Daegogja-nim! What did you just tell me a moment ago? Didn’t you say there’s no way something like that would happen! If you needlessly poke your head out at times like this and get marked wrongly, not just you but everyone will die! Do you really not understand?"
Jo Woong closed his mouth tightly and nodded. That's right. In moments like this, keeping one’s head down was the best course of action.
"What are you all doing! Stop peering around and get inside immediately! Hurry!"
"Y- Yes! Daegongja-nim!"
Those who had been hesitating with faint hope turned back with disappointment. But right at that moment.
Kwaaaaaaaang!
The main gate, already destroyed once and only barely patched together, was blown apart again. In the stunned silence, everyone craned their necks and looked toward the gate.
'W- Who...'
As the billowing dust settled, a figure came into view. A swordsman stood there with a blood-dripping sword slung over his shoulder. His gaze was cold.
"Y- You..."
The swordsman's cold eyes coolly swept over them. He, who had appeared emotionless, soon slightly tilted his head to the side as if puzzled.
"Huh... Is this not the right house?"
"It is! You madman! Why are you destroying someone else's gate and causing trouble!"
“It was already broken when I got here! Why are you blaming me!”
At the sight of the two people bickering at the entrance, the mouths of those who had been standing in a daze opened.
“Chung… Myung Dojang?”
“G- Gol-ah!”
Jo Woong's mouth fell open. Why was that crazy guy here...?
"Hyung-nim!"
Jo-Gol shouted upon seeing Jo Woong.
“Haha! We’ve come to save you!”
It was truly a moment of overwhelming emotion. A different heat and emotion surged through his heart displacing the despair and anxiety. Just as Jo Woong was about to surrender to those emotions, the sullen voice of the general chief suddenly pierced his ear.
"You said he wouldn't come because he calculates too quickly?”
“....”
"Huh?"
“Haha....”
Jo Woong muttered with an embarrassed laugh.
"He must be dumber than I thought, I guess?”
“Huh? Hyung-nim, what did you say?”
“...No.”
Nothing at all.
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