Bachelor Swordsmanship Remastered [EN]: Chapter 130

‘In that case.’

Mo Yongmi bit her lip slightly, thinking.

‘It seems inevitable that Godokgaek will die today.’

The self-proclaimed Taeheo Seven Knights had already drawn their swords and blades.

Under the blue moonlight, the swords and blades gleamed, and a tense, murderous aura filled the surroundings.

Amidst them, Godokgaek, holding his sword, looked as eerie as the Grim Reaper.

“Fellow martial artists of the Gangho [the martial world]!”

One of the Taeheo Seven Knights raised his voice loudly.

He looked around the forest shrouded in darkness and said.

“This man injured the Taeheo Sect Leader with a cowardly scheme and has been slaughtering countless lives while fleeing here! How can we expect any chivalry from such a person? So, don’t worry about tarnishing your reputation and step forward bravely!”

It was an open suggestion for a joint attack.

No, at this point, it couldn’t even be called a joint attack.

From the moment the Taeheo Seven Knights stepped forward to face Dokgo-rang alone, it was far beyond common sense.

Despite his cry, the response was not significant.

However, the expressions of the Taeheo Seven Knights remained confident.

“We, the Taeheo Seven Knights, only wish to punish this rebellious and wicked man. If you help establish justice in the Gangho, we are willing to give up all rights.”

This time, there was a definite reaction.

The Taeheo Seven Knights giving up all rights meant they were relinquishing their claim to Godokgaek’s secret manual.

There were still many hidden in the forest, but Godokgaek Dokgo-rang was alone.

If anyone could behead Godokgaek during the chaos, they could seize the ultimate secret manual.

“How can we believe those words?”

At someone’s voice, a triumphant glint flashed in the eyes of the Taeheo Seven Knights.

As if by agreement, they all bowed and paid their respects to the surroundings.

“We, the Taeheo Seven Knights and the Taeheo Sect Leader, stake our names on it.”

As the seven voices of the Taeheo Seven Knights echoed, the atmosphere around them changed instantly.

People who had not shown themselves in the darkness began to stir, and some had already revealed themselves.

A deep smile hung on the lips of the Taeheo Seven Knights.

And at some point.

“Yiaaaa!”

Someone shouted and charged at Godokgaek.

As if helping at the opportune moment, the Taeheo Seven Knights moved in unison.

Swish.

Numerical superiority obscures rational judgment.

Those who were more concerned with the movements of the people next to them than with Godokgaek, belatedly drew their swords.

And recklessly began to charge at Godokgaek.

“Yiaaa!”

“Kuaaa!”

Strange shouts filled Cheoljeong Mountain in the middle of the night.

A free-for-all had begun.

“This won’t do. Even I…….”

Just as Mo Yongjin was about to grab his sword and stand up, he felt Yunhyeon grab his arm.

“Lord Yun?”

“Not yet.”

Yunhyeon said quietly. He still couldn’t take his eyes off Godokgaek Dokgo-rang.

“He still has something to show.”

Yunhyeon continued with shining eyes.

“Because he is talking.”

Mo Yongjin turned his head and looked at Godokgaek Dokgo-rang.

Godokgaek was silent.

However, Godokgaek’s eyes were shining more sharply than ever.

And what was rising on his lips was not despair, but a faint smile.

‘Smile!’

Mo Yongjin flinched.

The unknown meaning contained in that smile sent a chill down Mo Yongjin’s spine.

And only then could Mo Yongjin see it.

Wooong.

Godokgaek’s sword was crying.

A strange blue energy, never seen before, was rippling in the sword that was emitting a low cry.

And the next moment.

Huuuuk.

There was no warning.

Godokgaek’s blade, imbued with a strange energy, cut through the air towards those who were charging with swords and blades.

Kwagwagwak.

Godokgaek’s sword cut and shattered everything.

Neither the sharp sword, nor the brutal blade, nor the glittering greed and desire had any meaning before it.

By the time people realized the meaning of that blue trajectory, the horrific result had already unfolded before them.

“Keuak!”

“Euaaak!”

Blood spurted out, and screams erupted.

Swords and blades lay scattered on the ground, and those with severed arms and legs rolled on the ground, screaming.

It was a sword strike that had no mercy, let alone any compassion.

Even Mo Yongmi, who was watching, frowned.

But she didn’t turn her head.

Because this was the true face of the Gangho martial world, only with a difference in degree.

It was then.

Shwiik.

With a sharp sound, something flew towards Godokgaek, drawing a silver trajectory.

Godokgaek immediately swung his sword.

Kakang.

It was three small throwing knives.

Two of the throwing knives aimed at Godokgaek failed to achieve their purpose and were deflected.

However, one succeeded in grazing Godokgaek’s shoulder.

Pit.

Red blood spread from Godokgaek’s shoulder.

There were already many large and small wounds.

But this time it was different.

Godokgaek, who had been like a god of death, was wounded before their eyes.

Godokgaek glanced at his shoulder and raised his head to look into the darkness.

However, those who threw the throwing knives did not reveal themselves.

“That bastard is wounded!”

A surviving Taoist from the Taeheo Seven Knights raised his voice.

“Moreover, that bastard is exhausted. Perhaps that was his last struggle, so whoever beheads that bastard!”

The Taoist shouted as if screaming.

“Will obtain the ultimate secret manual!”

Godokgaek did not refute.

Those whose morale had been broken once again gripped their swords and blades and began to shine their eyes.

Greed was once again covering people.

Like the smell of blood filling all directions.

Seuk.

Godokgaek gripped his sword again.

His eyes were burning blue through his disheveled hair.

***

Seogeok.

Godokgaek Dokgo-rang’s sword cut down people without the slightest hesitation.

Although he did not unleash the same overwhelming sword energy as before, screams erupted without fail every time his sword flashed.

“Kkeuaak!”

A man holding a large blade spat blood and collapsed.

However, Godokgaek was not unscathed either.

As the free-for-all continued, his wounds increased, and he had almost no stamina left after being chased for several days.

Above all, there were those who had not yet revealed themselves.

They occasionally threw throwing knives from the darkness, hindering Godokgaek.

Most of the new wounds were caused by trying to avoid those throwing knives.

Because although the first throwing knife was not poisoned, he could not be sure that the other throwing knives were not.

“Keuaak!”

Another scream erupted.

Blood stained the surroundings red and hindered Godokgaek’s movements.

Godokgaek’s stamina, already exhausted from being chased for several days, was gradually reaching its limit, and the pressure from the unseen enemies was psychologically driving him.

The reason why he couldn’t use sword energy was precisely because of that.

He couldn’t face them with all his inner strength exhausted.

He wanted to rush at those hiding right away, but those consumed by greed were holding Dokgo-rang back.

In the end, Godokgaek had no choice but to cut them down one by one.

That’s how his wounds increased and his stamina was depleted.

Shwiik.

Godokgaek’s sword cut through the air.

The battle on Cheoljeong Mountain still showed no signs of ending.

How much time had passed like that?

“You, you bastard!”

One of the Taeheo Seven Knights, now only three left, shouted.

His neatly grown white beard was stained with blood, and his voice was trembling as he shouted.

“Do you think you will be safe after harming so many people like this!”

Only nine people were standing in this place where blood was flowing.

Everyone except Godokgaek, three of the Taeheo Seven Knights, and another five were either fatally wounded and fled or lost their lives.

Just the corpses visible right now numbered over thirty, which meant that one small to medium-sized sect had been annihilated.

“……If you are afraid of that.”

Godokgaek Dokgo-rang said.

His breathing was rough, but his voice contained a heavy power.

“Throw away your swords and leave the martial world. And don’t covet what is not yours.”

“Kuek!”

The face of the one who shouted turned red. It was the moment he was about to shout something in anger.

“That’s right.”

Jeobeok.

A quiet voice was heard from the darkness.

The voice was strangely distorted as if it had been deliberately altered.

With that unpleasant voice, five different people revealed themselves under the moonlight.

“If you were going to tremble with fear to this extent, you should have left the martial world a long time ago.”

They were all wearing black martial robes and covering their faces below the eyes with black cloth.

There was no mark on the martial robes, so the sect could not be identified.

Hiding their faces was also to conceal their identities.

“The saying that you shouldn’t covet what is not yours is also correct.”

The black-clad man in black martial robes chuckled.

“Because the owner of the treasure is always separate.”

Chalgeurak.

One of the black-clad men with a slender figure lightly tossed a short throwing knife and caught it.

It shone eerily in the moonlight and was the very throwing knife that had been hindering Godokgaek until now.

Godokgaek could clearly tell that although their faces were covered, their eyes were sneering.

“Ah, this is.”

Seeing the five who had revealed themselves, Yeongho-jun wore a troubled expression.

“I didn’t expect it to be them?”

Mo Yongmi couldn’t hide her puzzled expression.

Didn’t that mean that Yeongho-jun knew their identities?

“Do you recognize who they are?”

“I don’t recognize them.”

Yeongho-jun smiled bitterly.

“……No, well, there is something like that.”

He trailed off.

He knew that Mo Yongmi was looking at him with suspicious eyes, but Yeongho-jun couldn’t answer.

How could he say that one of them was a woman and that he remembered the woman’s figure?

“Hmm, this is really troublesome.”

Yeongho-jun muttered.

“If the letter goes over there, I can’t help it either…….”

That was a big clue for Mo Yongmi.

It meant that even with the authority of the Martial Alliance, they could not put pressure on them or their sect.

“Their aura seems familiar from somewhere.”

Suddenly, Yunhyeon said from behind.

Yeongho-jun smiled bitterly and turned to Yunhyeon.

“Do you recognize them?”

“I’m not sure, but…….”

“If you want to keep that uncertain memory of Secretary Yun buried.”

Yeongho-jun said, interrupting Yunhyeon.

“What can I do for you?”

Yunhyeon tilted his head.

“Why are you doing this?”

“The fact that they are oppressing Godokgaek here is quite serious.”

Yeongho-jun continued in a soft voice.

“Enough to get their concession from the Martial Alliance’s agenda at least once. So, I want Secretary Yun to hide their identities. Because if everyone knows, it’s no longer a secret.”

Yunhyeon understood what he meant.

Plum Blossom Sword Yeongho-jun is a representative of the Hwasan Sect.

He wants to get political concessions from their sect in exchange for keeping this a secret.

And he is asking Yunhyeon for that cooperation.

“In that case.”

Yunhyeon nodded.

There was no need to think for long.

What was needed was already decided.

“Help Godokgaek.”

“Me?”

Yeongho-jun asked back with a puzzled expression.

“But that’s what Secretary Yun also…….”

“I have something else to do.”

Yunhyeon said firmly.

Then he smiled and continued.

“And I think the Plum Blossom Sword can solve it without fighting.”

Yeongho-jun smiled bitterly.

“Well, I can’t say no.”

Saying that, Yeongho-jun looked at Godokgaek Dokgo-rang and the five people wearing black martial robes.

Then he sighed deeply.

“I don’t really like stepping out for a man…….”

Seuk.

Even as he said that, Plum Blossom Sword Yeongho-jun stood up.