A Baby Cat Who Commands the Dog Clan - Chapter 151

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Chapter 151
I had been so caught up in our argument that I hadn’t even heard the Human-Faced Spider approaching.
Hong Seol quickly threw herself backward, trembling violently.
“W-what do I do? The adults still haven’t arrived yet…”
At this rate, I wouldn’t just fail to capture the Human-Faced Spider—I’d have to worry about my life.
Then a black shadow suddenly stepped forward in front of the children.
It was Maeng Woo Hee.
“I will serve as the bait.”
“!”
“After all, capturing the Human-Faced Spider is for my sake. So it only makes sense that I bear the risk.”
Before Hong Seol could even respond, Maeng Woo Hee shouted with all her strength.
“Hey, you stupid thing!”
Somehow, Maeng Woo Hee had already drawn an axe from her waist.
Kee-eek!
Delighted at rediscovering its prey, the young Human-Faced Spider let out a sound I’d never heard before.
Emboldened, the Human-Faced Spider thrashed its tail powerfully.
It was clearly preparing to unleash those sticky threads again.
“M-Master of the Valley!”
“Don’t worry. I have a plan.”
Maeng Woo Hee crouched low and circled around the Human-Faced Spider.
Each time her feet touched the ground, bone fragments crunched beneath her.
How many people had this creature devoured over all this time?
Most of them were likely the missing persons from Five Poison Valley.
Maeng Woo Hee ground her teeth.
“Come then, monster. The Master of Five Poison Valley shall face you herself!”
Shrieeek!
The moment the Human-Faced Spider raised its tail high, its back pattern gleamed yellow.
Thwack!
Maeng Woo Hee’s axe, infused with her inner force, struck true against the young Human-Faced Spider’s forehead.
Kee-eek!
It was exactly where Hong Seol had driven her fist.
Maeng Woo Hee had immediately applied what she’d observed in actual combat.
“Striking this spot seems to disrupt its balance.”
And she was right.
Flipped onto its back, the Human-Faced Spider couldn’t muster any strength, as if struck by lightning.
Right then.
Whoosh!
The three children watching simultaneously launched themselves forward.
Their prized Heavenly Wind Divine Method and Eight Immortals Palm Technique adorned the cave wall beautifully.
“Master of the Valley!”
Hong Seol’s sharp cry pierced the air.
Whoosh.
Maeng Woo Hee quickly rolled her body and escaped.
A net woven from heavenly silkworm thread descended like a feather over the young Human-Faced Spider.
Heavenly silkworm thread.
Silk extracted from a creature called the heavenly silkworm.
It couldn’t be severed by ordinary strength, nor could blades pierce it.
It couldn’t be burned by fire or dissolved by venom—truly the perfect material for capturing a massive Dok Geo Mi.
And the children holding the three corners of the net.
“Hngh!”
Each of them poured every ounce of their inner energy into drawing the net’s opening tight into a single point.
‘We’re almost there! We’ve captured the Human-Faced Spider alive!’
The moment Hong Seol’s eyes sparkled with triumph.
“Who dares lay hands on our children!”
A thunderous roar echoed from the upper cave as a sword’s blade plunged downward toward the Human-Faced Spider’s head.
Hong Seol’s face went pale.
“No, no, Grandfather! Not the Imperial Sword technique!”
“This child told you to step back!”
At those words, Tian Tong Gai suddenly burst forward, shoving Nam Goong Ho aside and leaping into action.
In his hand was a green bamboo staff radiating killing intent.
Even from a distance, the aura suggested everything nearby would be obliterated.
Startled, Hong Seol cried out.
“Tian Tong Gai! Gently, gently!”
“Understood!”
Tian Tong Gai twisted his body with ghostly grace above the Human-Faced Spider and extended the green bamboo staff.
Tap.
A light tap with the green bamboo staff was all it took.
The young Human-Faced Spider spewed bubbling venom foam from its mouth and lost consciousness.
Tian Tong Gai proclaimed triumphantly.
“There we are? I’ve punished it exactly as much as it tormented you.”
But Hong Seol couldn’t bring herself to speak.
Tian Tong Gai’s appearance was appalling.
He was originally a beggar—his clothes being rags was nothing new—but….
“Master! Your, your hand….”
Yang Do Jin, who had gone pale only moments later, came rushing over.
Where Tian Tong Gai’s left index finger should have been, there was nothing.
He had merely pressed an acupoint to stop the bleeding and wrapped it haphazardly with torn cloth.
Nam Goong Ho, who had descended from the upper cave, wore a bitter expression.
“That finger went into the mother Human-Faced Spider’s belly.”
Nam Goong Ho’s own clothing was similarly and unusually disheveled.
Smoke rose from the sleeves of my clothes, soaked in the Human-Faced Spider’s venom, and my body was caked with blood and sweat in countless places.
A thin trickle of blood was visible where I had wiped it from the corner of my mouth.
“Master!”
Yang Do Jin cried out.
Then Tian Tong Gai barked sharply.
“You fool! If you weep over such matters, you’d have endless reasons to cry in the Jianghu! At my level, this is nothing—so dry your tears.”
“But, ugh!”
Tian Tong Gai patted Yang Do Jin’s shoulder with his hand, which had only four fingers.
Despite his harsh words, his touch was remarkably gentle.
“Your old master finds this acceptable as well. So cease your weeping.”
He glanced at the young Human-Faced Spider before continuing.
“Today I took the life of someone’s mother, so this much is a price I must bear.”
The atmosphere grew solemn at those words.
“However, it is also true that the Human-Faced Spider took the lives of many, including the previous master of Five Poison Valley. So let us consider this one finger a settlement of all debts owed to the previous generation.”
He was saying he would not blame them for choosing to spare the young Human-Faced Spider.
“Yes, sir….”
Tears glistened in my eyes as I looked at Tian Tong Gai’s hand.
Tian Tong Gai deliberately laughed heartily as he spoke.
“The Human-Faced Spider won’t wake for some time, so why don’t we accomplish the other purpose we came here for?”
I nodded in agreement.
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After suspending the Human-Faced Spider with a Heavenly Silkworm web, our group moved forward.
Deeper, ever deeper.
The cave seemed to stretch endlessly.
“Indeed, this is a fitting place for Wu Hen Shen Tou to conceal secret techniques.”
Just as Nam Goong Ho clicked his tongue in amazement, we came upon a clearing filled with ancient cobwebs.
“Wow!”
Yang Do Jin, arriving swiftly, gasped in wonder.
The place was riddled with natural stone caverns, like a honeycomb.
It was truly a perfect place to hide.
Nam Goong Ho peered into one of them and drew a sharp breath.
“This is it.”
Inside lay a skeleton, now bleached white, stretched out flat and gazing at the ceiling.
The height was remarkably small, perhaps only five feet, and the bones were as delicate as a child’s.
Beside it lay objects that must have belonged to the deceased in life, arranged with meticulous care.
“They knew they would meet their end here.”
There were also two wooden coffins sealed with pine resin.
The moment I saw them, my heart began to race as if by instinct.
‘That’s it! Those coffins must contain the secret techniques of the Twelve Beast Martial Art!’
Every hair on my body stood on end.
“Y-yes, grandfather.”
Nam Goong Ho nodded as his eyes met Hong Seol’s.
“I’ll open it. There might be some kind of mechanism inside.”
It was a small consideration for Hong Seol’s sake.
Creak.
Nam Goong Ho twisted the wooden box open.
Inside lay a single, worn book.
On the first page, the characters “Twelve Beast Martial Art” were clearly visible.
“We finally found it!”
Maeng Woo Hee’s delighted voice rang out.
But Hong Seol found herself unable to simply rejoice.
Half of her wanted to return quickly and learn the Twelve Beast Martial Art, while the other half wanted to pretend she knew nothing.
‘If I really am a child of the Southern Barbarian Beast Palace….’
Then it would mean parting forever from my mother at the Myo Family Estate.
And that wasn’t all. I would need to question how a child of the destroyed Southern Barbarian Beast Palace came to be raised at the Myo Family Estate.
Perhaps blood would be spilled between the Myo Family Estate and the Nam Goong Family.
And if the result was discovering that no true family remained for me….
‘Then I would truly become alone.’
Fear made Hong Seol’s eyelashes tremble.
Meanwhile, Nam Goong Ho and Tian Tong Gai were opening the second wooden box.
“This is….”
As Tian Tong Gai’s complexion changed upon peering inside, Nam Goong Ho leaned his head forward.
That was when it happened.
“M-master, please look at this.”
At Yang Do Jin’s trembling voice, the entire group lifted their heads.
His finger pointed at the wall, where scratches made by fingernails were clearly visible.
“Is this Wu Hen Shen Tou’s dying words!”
At Nam Goong Ho’s words, Hong Seol sprang to her feet and looked up at the wall.
Tian Tong Gai slowly read the words carved into the stone.
“…I, Wu Hen Shen Tou, leave these words, regarding this place as my tomb.”
What was inscribed there was a story that had never appeared in any historical record.

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