Dokmaeuiseon - Chapter 148
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Chapter 148
‘No. If it were Energy Sword, the energy wave couldn’t be this small. Then it’s not Energy Sword…!?’
It definitely wasn’t Energy Sword.
No matter how skilled one was, when launching Energy Sword, energy waves had to extend outward.
That was common knowledge any martial artist would know.
Yet that common knowledge was being shattered before his eyes.
The flying blades that man launched were more secretive and swift than that. Like those of an assassin.
At the same time, they moved as if alive while possessing tremendous power.
‘If it’s not Energy Sword, then how exactly?’
The martial artist watching this couldn’t understand what method was being used.
What mattered was the phenomenon occurring before his eyes.
‘Using so many flying swords as Energy Sword is impossible in itself, so it’s definitely something else. But I can’t figure it out.’
Before he could understand what was happening, over twenty messenger pigeons were skewered and lined up before him.
The dead messenger pigeons were visible, their eyes bloodshot red as if they didn’t know why they were dying.
Puhwaaaaak-!
Kwajuk- Kwajuk-
Ju Ma-ji-sal glanced at them briefly, then pulled out the flying blades again.
Each time, blades were extracted and blood burst forth around them.
A brutal sight!
However, Ju Ma-ji-sal performed this without batting an eye.
And so, after collecting all the messages in his hands.
“Hmm…”
He unfolded them for all to see.
Even though they must have inwardly suspected it meant invasion.
To show it so boldly.
Openly displaying something disadvantageous was an unexpected audacity.
Inside the unfolded messages.
Though each handwriting was different, their contents didn’t stray from expectations.
‘As expected, it’s an invasion! The enemy is invading!’
The fact that someone had attacked the Jusan Archipelago.
* * *
The martial artists from the Jusan Archipelago who had been quietly watching this.
They expressed their doubts about this.
‘Who exactly? Why?’
Who would appear here?
Was there any reason for other outsiders besides Ju Ma-ji-sal to come to this place? There wasn’t.
For a long time, no one had sought out the Jusan Archipelago.
To be precise, there were virtually no forces. This was because there was little to gain from dominating the Jusan Archipelago.
‘What is there to pick up here?’
Instead, those called foreigners had come to settle in this archipelago for various reasons. But even they were few.
In the end, it was merely a refuge.
Such invasion news was almost unheard of.
At most, warships would come claiming to achieve merit. But even that usually ended as mere formality.
Yet an invasion had come.
They couldn’t help but be surprised.
‘Did this old man anticipate even this far?’
‘I thought he was just making us prepare for nothing…’
‘If he predicted this too, just how far does this old man’s vision see?’
The Jusan Archipelago martial artists were surprised twice.
Once, they were amazed by Ju Ma-ji-sal’s insight, who seemed to have anticipated this situation and shown thoroughness.
“I know who it is. Tsk.”
The second time was even more surprising.
They were amazed that he had figured out the identity of the intruders, which wasn’t written in the messenger pigeons at all.
* * *
Ju Ma-ji-sal wasn’t exaggerating at all.
He had actually noticed who had come to this place.
Because there was only one force that would dare attack him.
‘That physician bastard. Did Gyeom Gwang-ja go and inform him? That guy has sided with them!’
At the same time, he deduced even Gyeom Gwang-ja’s actions.
He read that he had sided with Jung Myeong.
It was as if he was sitting in the Jusan Archipelago and seeing a thousand li ahead.
At the same time, his mind became complicated.
‘Tsk. This is why I visited that bastard first to deal with him. From what he said then, did he fail to satisfy his greed? Really, a guy whose greed exceeds his capacity.’
The reason he sought out Gyeom Gwang-ja first was simple.
To confuse him and prevent him from moving.
Because that guy had a habit of being unable to make choices at crucial moments.
He had deliberately given him information to use this against him.
‘I left him as a variable, but he became a blunder.’
However, he had moved faster than expected.
This was beyond his predictions.
Who could have created such a variable?
‘It must be that physician bastard. This isn’t good.’
The only one Gyeom Gwang-ja could have latched onto was Jung Myeong.
The moment he read this far.
Ju Ma-ji-sal adjusted his inner judgment about Jung Myeong.
To someone more dangerous than he had thought.
At the same time, Ju Ma-ji-sal also felt regret.
‘Tsk. If only I had met him a few years earlier, things wouldn’t have turned out this way. How tangled things have become. Is Heaven’s will no longer reaching me?’
In his thinking, if the situation had been just slightly different.
No, if only it hadn’t been for when he entered the Guild Master’s embrace a few years ago.
‘I might have become good friends with that physician bastard.’
Regardless of age, Ju Ma-ji-sal inwardly thought they might have had a different relationship than now.
It might have been just his own delusion.
But he truly thought so and felt regret.
Even amid this, he continuously worked his mind.
‘That physician made the first move. And I took the hit. Hmm… what should I do?’
He visualized a map of the entire archipelago in his head.
On it, he marked in black the locations of islands invaded through messenger pigeons.
Thus, he drew out a single route.
‘Though it seems to move here and there, if you look closely, it’s moving toward one direction!’
Through this, he could deduce a single destination.
And so he reached a conclusion.
“This bastard. He’s trying to rescue Ju Tae-gong!”
“What!?”
“He’s trying to rescue the imprisoned Ju Tae-gong.”
“How do you know that…?”
He didn’t explain.
Instead, his eyes were filled with certainty.
“Isn’t the direction being drawn that way?”
“What!?”
“Draw it in your head. Can’t you see the moving line?”
“I can’t see it…”
“Fine. I don’t expect that much from you. So hurry and gather the Martial Artists on the island!”
“Y-yes!”
He immediately gave orders.
While doing so, he briefly evaluated Jung Myeong’s strategy of moving to rescue Ju Tae-gong.
‘Until now he’s made superior moves, but this time he’s made an inferior one!’
He looked down on Jung Myeong’s move to act for Ju Tae-gong.
‘Even if he’s between orthodox and unorthodox, he’s said to possess orthodox sect characteristics. His nature of wanting to take care of his own people first must be reflected here!’
If he had been Jung Myeong.
He wouldn’t have moved at all to rescue Ju Tae-gong.
Instead, he would have concentrated all his strength and rushed toward one place.
Right here where he was!
Thus, he would have knocked him down in one blow and taken his head, ending everything.
Ju Tae-gong might suffer in the meantime.
But sacrificing the small for the great was unavoidable, wasn’t it.
‘You’ll finally feel what it’s like to collapse from one wrong move, boy.’
Therefore, Ju Ma-ji-sal inwardly mocked Jung Myeong.
It was a moment when he was certain of victory over the one who had made an inferior move.
* * *
Ju Ma-ji-sal, filled with certainty, had no hesitation.
He immediately gave orders and moved those on the island.
“Let’s go!”
The destination of those who received his command was one.
The island where Ju Tae-gong was barely holding out.
“Should we go and hand over Ju Tae-gong?”
“No. That wouldn’t be fun.”
“What?”
“We’ll first knock down those who came to rescue Ju Tae-gong.”
“Ah… They’ll think someone came to rescue them, but then die right there – how despairing that would be.”
“Exactly!”
“After that, we’ll deal with those whose morale has been broken, and it’ll be over.”
“Ohhh…!”
Their purpose was simple.
Defense. Then offense.
It was a simple but effective method.
Everyone inwardly felt certain about this.
‘The Jusan Archipelago will soon be unified.’
‘Ju Tae-gong is finished now.’
‘Next is Hangzhou, is it? Finally, back to foreign lands!’
That the unification of the archipelago would soon end.
And that direction would be for their benefit.
With this, everyone trembled with excitement and joy as they boarded the ships Ju Ma-ji-sal had prepared.
“Hurry and board! Hurry!”
“Depart!”
The ships set sail each time they were packed full of people.
Since time was of the essence, their speed had to be fast.
Ships carrying countless people departed from the island.
* * *
Ships departing in the distance.
There were those who gazed at them endlessly.
Their number was three.
Cheong Yeon-geom, Wol Swae-do, and Cheon Pung-il Geom.
These were those who showed strength against the select few elites rather than the many among the Martial Artists that Jung Myeong had personally assembled.
Except for Cheong Yeon-geom, they were also those whose service under Jung Myeong was not well known.
Unlike usual, they hid their bodies secretly and only looked ahead.
“They’re leaving.”
“Just as the Physician said.”
“Then soon…”
“It means it’s time for us to move too. Prepare to move immediately once the signal comes.”
“Yes!”
Their expressions seemed full of excitement.
Thinking about what was about to happen, they couldn’t help but feel that way.
“Maintenance complete.”
“The Spirit Pills the Physician gave us?”
“I chewed and swallowed them right away. I never thought I’d use them this way…”
“Don’t feel sorry about it. He said he’d give us more next time.”
“Haha. Was it that obvious?”
“I feel the same way.”
“Huh, even the renowned Cheong Yeon-geom?”
“Using Spirit Medicine that increases Internal Energy for Internal Energy recovery—no matter who I am, I can’t help but feel it’s a waste, can I?”
“That’s true.”
“Now, now. Enough chatter. Let’s go.”
“Good!”
“I’ll go first!”
Having made thorough preparations,
Swoooosh—
As soon as they raised their bodies, they shot forward like arrows.
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