Call Of The Spear [EN]: Chapter 350

Nangseon’s Adventures – Part 2, Episode 59

“Alright, U-myeong Mu-seon. Ask your question.”

“I understand that the Yangcheon Martial General is fighting against illusions due to the Enchantment. But why is the Chief doing that?”

“Good question.”

The Yangcheon Martial General is a warrior who has dedicated himself to martial arts, so he might be vulnerable to illusions.

However, the Yangcheon Chief is involved in astronomy. It’s puzzling that even such a Chief is being manipulated by Cheonbeom’s Enchantment. The Munseons and Museons who were fiercely fighting just moments ago were also curious about this, waiting for the Head of the Ministry of Military and Literary Affairs to speak.

“People are easily caught off guard by simple tricks in the fields they know best. What the Chief is seeing is a different kind of Enchanted Formation than what he knows. From the start, the Enchanted Formation itself is an illusion, so trying to break it in the usual way leads to this outcome.”

The Munmuseons wore wry smiles.

Because the Yangcheon Chief was tearing at his hair as if he had lost his mind.

“How… is that possible?”

“He’s fixated on the fact that I showed him how to draw an Enchanted Formation with Go stones. This tactic is possible because the Enchantment was subtly applied from the very beginning. If this were a real battle situation, both of them would have died by my hand.”

Cheonbeom nonchalantly approached them, drew his sword, and placed it against their necks.

At that, the Munmuseons all swallowed nervously.

“In a real battle, you need everything and must use everything. You must exploit the opponent’s carelessness and gain an advantage from it. Once an advantage is gained, it accumulates, prolonging your life and creating multiple opportunities to kill the opponent.”

His words were sincere, filled with his experience.

“Got it! I’ve broken it!!”

After a long time, the Yangcheon Chief finally broke the Enchantment.

But his joy was short-lived. He blushed when he saw the Munmuseons sitting around watching and the Yangcheon Martial General punching the air.

What he broke was the Enchantment, not the Enchanted Formation spread out here.

“Head of the Ministry of Military and Literary Affairs, what do we do in this case?”

This time, it was Paeng Ga-yeon.

“Good question. If one of them breaks the Enchanted Formation, the key is to minimize my losses and maximize the enemy’s damage.”

Swish.

With a flick of his finger, the Yangcheon Martial General’s eyes changed, and he charged at the Chief.

Whoong!!

The sharp energy of the Yangcheon Martial General’s fist grazed the Chief’s ear.

“Y-You’re crazy, Yangcheon Martial General!”

“Hehe, Head of the Ministry of Military and Literary Affairs. Trying to deceive me is useless!”

Thwack! Thwack!

In the Yangcheon Martial General’s eyes, the Chief was appearing as the Head of the Ministry of Military and Literary Affairs.

The Chief had no choice but to dodge the Martial General’s attacks with a forced smile.

“This will greatly weaken both of their Seon Power [spiritual energy] and energy. It may seem cowardly, but in war, being cowardly is smart, and being brave is foolish.”

They nodded in agreement.

“What? Is the Enchanted Formation that powerful? If so, I should have become a Munseon [scholar-warrior] too….”

“What, you idiot? Do you think anyone can become a Heavenly Munseon!”

“If you can do it, I can do it too. It can’t be that hard!”

They’re fighting again.

How can these men, who are thousands of years old, fight like children at the drop of a hat?

I can’t understand it.

“That’s not true. Heavenly Museons [martial artists] also have their strengths. I’ve seen many who lost their lives even when facing elaborate and powerful Enchanted Formations.”

“Is that true, Elder Head?”

“Yes. It seems faster to show you once than to say a thousand words….”

Crack, crack.

Cheonbeom, who was loosening his body, waved his hand and erased the Yangcheon Martial General’s Enchantment.

“Huh, Yangcheon Chief! Why… are you there?”

“Why am I here…!! Ugh….”

The Yangcheon Chief had already been beaten by the Martial General and had a black eye.

“If you’re done, let’s play with me a little, Yangcheon Martial General. There’s something I want to show the Munmuseons.”

The Yangcheon Martial General realized he had been manipulated, and his face turned bright red.

He gritted his teeth and glared as if he wanted to kill someone.

“Chief, please join us as well.”

The main strength of a Museon is that 80% of their training is focused on strengthening the body.

And Munseons tend to rely on formations, puppets, or magical artifacts.

They will realize something if they have to face those two with only physical skills.

“…Don’t regret it.”

Cheonbeom then erased his Enchanted Formation.

As if waiting for this, the Yangcheon Chief took out a brush.

With a single stroke in the air, the drawn formation disappeared instantly, and the training ground vanished, replaced by bamboo shoots springing up everywhere.

The Munmuseons climbed onto the rising bamboo, leaving Cheonbeom alone.

“Does anyone know what to do first when trapped in an opponent’s Enchanted Realm?”

Then one of the Munmuseons shouted.

“Find the core of the formation!”

“That’s not wrong, but it’s not easy in a one-versus-many situation. The first thing to do in this case is to stay calm.”

There’s a saying:

Even if you’re caught in a tiger’s den, you can survive if you keep your wits about you.

Old sayings are never wrong.

“You talk too much!”

Whoong!!

The bamboo swayed as if it would be uprooted by the Yangcheon Martial General’s fist.

As expected, a Heavenly Martial General is a Heavenly Martial General.

He was manipulated by the Enchantment, but his body seems to have undergone constant training.

“But martial arts are too vulnerable to those with higher achievements.”

Cheonbeom dodged the Martial General’s fist by a hair’s breadth, grabbed his wrist and twisted it, and kicked his back knee to make him kneel.

“Gasp!”

The Munmuseons gasped at the too fast and precise skill.

But at the same time, hidden weapons flew from the bamboo forest, aiming for him.

Tatatak!

Cheonbeom dodged them instantly, and the Yangcheon Martial General, who had been kneeling, created distance.

His expression was dazed, as if he still couldn’t understand what had happened.

“Like just now, martial arts are helpless when facing someone stronger. Even without techniques….”

Cheonbeom’s figure disappeared.

The Yangcheon Martial General, who was watching him, was startled and then discovered Cheonbeom’s fist coming from his side, so he also threw a punch.

Clang!!

A tremendous roar erupted, and the Yangcheon Martial General was sent flying, knocking down all the bamboo.

“Like this, you get defeated too easily.”

The Munmuseons were now speechless and could only be amazed.

Thwack, thwack, thwack, thwack!

Then bamboo spears shot up from under their feet, aiming for Cheonbeom.

It was a threatening surprise attack, but Cheonbeom avoided the spears with minimal movement, as if he knew in advance.

“Now, I’ll show you how to break an Enchanted Formation and defeat a Formation Master with only martial arts.”

The Yangcheon Chief, displeased with his relaxed appearance, attacked him with all sorts of magical artifacts.

But Cheonbeom dodged all the attacks without being touched.

Then one of the Munmuseons, unable to contain his curiosity, asked aloud.

“How can you dodge everything even though you can’t see them?”

Cheonbeom answered lightly to his question.

“The answer is killing intent.”

“Ah….”

“Even in an Enchanted Realm created by an Enchanted Formation, if you can calmly sense the enemy’s faint killing intent, you can avoid all attacks like this.”

Sensing killing intent in an Enchanted Realm is ten or a hundred times more difficult than usual. That’s because the Enchanted Realm itself deceives nature and deceives the opponent.

But.

“If you repeat the training of sensing killing intent, you can find the source of even this faint killing intent. Just like this.”

Whoosh!

Cheonbeom, who had disappeared like the wind, grabbed the Yangcheon Chief’s neck, who was hiding among the Munmuseons.

“Gasp!”

Then the Enchanted Realm was immediately dispelled, and the training ground of the Cheonmungung Palace reappeared.

“You can find and fight a Formation Master with only martial arts. In the first place, the best way is to be proficient in both military and literary arts in all aspects.”

By now, the sun was hanging high in the sky.

“Has the time already come… If anyone has any questions, come to my Munmugung Palace and ask.”

Cheonbeom looked at the Yangcheon Martial General, who had risen from his seat, and the Chief, who was pale with dismay, and left the Cheonmungung Palace.

“We all do this to make a living, so we should eat when it’s mealtime.”

While everyone was dumbfounded, only Cheonbeom left the Cheonmungung Palace leisurely, as if nothing had happened.

Paeng Ga-yeon and U-myeong, who had been spacing out, hastily followed him, and the remaining Yangcheon Martial General and Chief also disappeared.

The remaining people were the Munmuseons of Yangcheon, and most of them recalled the Head of the Ministry of Military and Literary Affairs and said.

“That’s why….”

That’s why the position of Head of the Ministry of Military and Literary Affairs had been vacant until now.

* * *

“Hahaha!!”

Jucheon Martial General Yang Hwi, who was having a meal with Cheonbeom at the Munmugung Palace, couldn’t help but laugh, even though he knew it was impolite.

“It’s been a long time since I’ve laughed like this. I wondered what the three of you were doing, and then something like that happened.”

“It’s nothing. I understand their feelings, so I have to endure it.”

Contrary to his humble words, he had completely crushed them.

“Anyway, since you’ve disgraced the Yangcheon Chiefs from the first day, no one will dare to mistreat the Head of the Ministry of Military and Literary Affairs unless it’s a very serious matter.”

“Haha, if that’s the case, it will be easier for me to perform my duties.”

“It will be easier. Rumors in the palace spread faster than wings… By now, it would have reached most ears.”

As he said that, he wondered if he had gone too far. After all, they were also officials with the rank of Senior 5th Grade, so he wondered if he had humiliated them too much.

‘But I have to be thorough when I do it.’

The sooner the hierarchy is established, the better.

And when you do it once, it’s good to make sure they can’t climb back up.

If you can’t be an ally, it’s best not to make them an enemy either.

“Anyway, you guys must be happy. You’ve met a good superior and got one Sangseonbo [reward] and one Wongyeoldan [elixir] each.”

They are the people who work at the Munmugung Palace.

They were worried that the Head of the Ministry of Military and Literary Affairs, who had just been appointed today, might be a strange person, but suddenly they were told that they would receive gifts one by one, so they were naturally overjoyed.

“You never know when he might change his mind.”

“You don’t have to worry about that. So many people were watching, so he won’t be able to change his mind. This place is a place where rumors spread quickly.”

“That’s a relief then.”

Their annual salary, Sangseonbo, and Wongyeoldan will be quite a burden.

After finishing the meal and chatting with the Jucheon Martial General, Paeng Ga-yeon approached him cautiously.

“Head.”

“What’s wrong?”

“Something has come up that you need to see.”

Wondering what it was, he went out and saw that the Munmuseons were already gathering like smoke in the leisurely Munmugung Palace.

“Why are you gathered here?”

“That’s….”

Was it because the image he showed in the morning was too intense?

“I, I want to work at the Munmugung Palace too!!”

“I definitely want to learn from the Head!!”