Dokmaeuiseon - Chapter 43

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Chapter 43

 

 

Jung Myeong had already decided who he wanted.

The Donghwa Guild Leader.

His intention was fulfilled.

The Donghwa Guild Leader’s gaze turned toward him.

 

“Who’s a master?”

“Isn’t there the Medical Clinic where you sent Assassins before, Guild Leader? It’s that Physician.”

“It must be a false rumor.”

“Just in case, I contacted Black Point.”

“What did they say when you checked?”

“They asked how he could have survived and taken revenge back then if he wasn’t a master.”

“Hmm…”

 

The Guild Leader who heard the news swallowed a groan.

He had thought that sending the Assassin Sect to warn him back then was sufficient warning.

The Guild Leader had been trying to ignore it with self-consolation.

However, even if he ignored it, the truth didn’t change much.

Anyway, Jung Myeong had survived.

And now, several months later.

He had succeeded in making him worry about him again.

 

“That fly keeps being annoying.”

“…”

“Isn’t it?”

“It is indeed a fly.”

 

In fact, it was beyond worrying and had become annoying.

He wanted to deal with it immediately.

However, carelessly touching it wouldn’t be worth it.

Hadn’t he suffered great losses when he sent Jangwol Gate before?

The losses were enormous since he couldn’t even recover the Secret Manual he had received from Gyeom Gwang-ja.

But now, to think he was even a peak master.

 

‘Tsk… What should I do?’

 

The Guild Leader mentally wanted to deal with him immediately.

In fact, if given the chance, he was confident he could go alone and kill him.

The problem was the situation.

 

‘If it were one-on-one, I could deal with him right now…’

 

Creating a one-on-one situation was realistically difficult.

That cunning bastard wouldn’t give him that opportunity.

That was the problem.

 

“That bastard. He rarely leaves the Medical Clinic, right?”

“From what I’ve found out, that’s correct. Black Point said that after seeing him go to Hao Gate once, they haven’t seen any special movements since then.”

“Hmm… There’s almost no opportunity to touch him, is what you’re saying.”

“He’s probably being careful, isn’t he?”

“He would be. He must value his own life too. Hmm…”

 

The Donghwa Guild Leader couldn’t see any opportunity at all.

 

‘If only I were given a chance…’

 

If the situation were right.

He could kill him with a Single Strike.

That situation was the problem.

The Guild Leader naturally felt frustrated.

He couldn’t help but feel anxious about this.

 

‘How annoying. So annoying. Tsk.’

 

As the rumor that Jung Myeong was a master grew like a snowball.

His anxiety grew even greater.

 

‘What should I do?’

 

He felt like he should rush out and kill him immediately.

Even a timid rabbit moves with confidence when it digs multiple burrows.

But that bastard wouldn’t come out at all.

As if he knew he was being targeted.

That made the Guild Leader even more anxious.

 

Then one day.

 

“Guild Leader! Guild Leader!”

“Why the commotion again?”

“That bastard is going Outside!”

“Oh. Really?”

 

Enticing news reached the Guild Leader.

 

 

* * *

 

 

The Guild Leader focused on the news.

 

‘Interesting bastard.’

 

Jung Myeong going Outside was quickly confirmed.

In the process, he was going to places where the lower class people stayed and providing Treatment. And for almost free money at that.

 

‘It seems like he’s trying to win the people’s hearts. Hmm…’

 

That location was quite coincidental.

It was a place almost directly opposite from where the Donghwa Guild was located.

For the Guild Leader, it was a position that was difficult to easily touch within his territory.

 

What was interesting wasn’t just that.

His way of moving was also intriguing.

Physician Jung Myeong never came out alone.

Song In who followed him. In addition to that, he brought along more Martial Artists from who knows where.

Their identity was quickly revealed.

 

“The Martial Artists he brings around are from Hao Gate?”

“Yes. They’re not openly from Hao Gate, but… they’ve been confirmed to be connected to them. Black Point confirmed it too.”

“Hmm. So when he thought things weren’t going well, he switched sides from Black Point to Hao Gate?”

“Wouldn’t that be the case? Black Point sided with us after all.”

“Does he know that?”

“Isn’t he a cunning fellow? He would figure out that much through intuition.”

“Heh. That’s true too. But… to the extent of providing him escort. Then he must have recently visited Hao Gate and pulled some strings.”

“It certainly seems that way…”

“Tsk…”

 

Hao Gate’s warriors were attached to him.

Their number was quite substantial.

 

“Can you deal with those warriors?”

“It’s possible, but. You know, don’t you?”

“It can’t be done quietly.”

“Yes. That’s the problem. It will leave traces.”

 

There must be no traces left. Those traces would someday strangle the Guild Leader’s neck.

 

“Doesn’t he travel alone?”

“That’s right.”

“There’s delicious prey right before my eyes… but it’s extremely difficult to catch.”

 

It seemed difficult to touch him right away.

The Guild Leader had been quite heated up.

 

‘If he were close to my territory, I could do something about it. Hmm…’

 

For him, this news could only dampen his enthusiasm.

Just as his heated body was gradually cooling down.

A few days later. As if someone was deliberately telling him, news came in again.

 

“Guild Leader.”

“What is it this time?”

“The numbers are gradually decreasing.”

“What numbers?”

“The warriors that Hao Gate assigned to him.”

“Oh. Really?”

“Quite some time has passed, hasn’t it? Whatever they promised, Hao Gate has shown enough goodwill, so aren’t they slowly pulling out?”

“Oho. Is that so?”

“How long would Hao Gate cling to just one person? If they’ve provided this much escort, haven’t they done enough?”

“Heh. That’s true too.”

 

The number of escorts was gradually decreasing.

For the Guild Leader, this was good news.

 

The news didn’t end there.

Wasn’t Jung Myeong moving in places far from Donghwa Territory?

Even when not going to see patients.

When purchasing medicinal herbs or meeting other people.

Jung Myeong only went to places far from the Donghwa Guild.

He always showed a thoroughly careful side.

However, changes were occurring in that as well.

 

‘Hmm… It seems like he’s getting a little closer?’

 

Should it be called letting his guard down?

Jung Myeong who had been tantalizingly moving only in the distance.

The direction of his movement had changed.

He was gradually getting closer to here.

The closer Jung Myeong came, the more the Guild Leader felt his body gradually heating up.

Nevertheless, he held his position until the end.

 

‘Still, you never know. Hao Gate that joined hands with him aren’t fools either, would they just watch that Physician move around dangerously? It could be a trap.’

 

The tantalizing feeling was gradually growing.

But still, Hao Gate was a concern.

Therefore, rather than moving according to his emotions, he was watching.

The last gamble had been crazy enough!

Nevertheless, he persistently kept his gaze on Jung Myeong.

If there was ever an opportunity.

With the intention of striking his head immediately!

Then one day it happened.

 

“Guild Leader! Guild Leader!”

“What now!”

“Didn’t you tell us to report immediately if he moved close?!”

“Did he move?!”

“Yes! He’s moving! And he was seen moving alone somewhere urgently!”

“Even so, isn’t he still far away?”

“No! He’s close!”

“Heh, really?!”

 

News came that would stimulate the Guild Leader who was heated to the extreme.

 

‘Now’s the time!’

 

Instantly, the Guild Leader had an intuition.

If he was going to catch Jung Myeong.

He had to target this very moment!

What was there to consider back and forth?

 

“Should we prepare the boys? Whoa! Guild Leader!”

“Go ahead! How hard could it be to catch just one guy! If an opportunity has come, shouldn’t we seize it!”

 

The Guild Leader hastily launched his body forward.

 

‘I’ll crush him!’

 

 

* * *

 

 

‘At this rate, I’ll be crushed.’

 

The Guild Leader felt confusion.

It wasn’t confusion he had felt for long.

The edge of the slum village where Jung Myeong had appeared. The place that bordered his territory. It was confusion he felt immediately after reaching that place.

What he felt wasn’t just confusion.

 

“Hrrgh…”

 

Crrrrrack-

An enormous pressure struck him.

His entire body was greatly crushed.

 

“This trivial thing!”

 

Whoooosh-

He tried to raise his Internal Energy to resist.

But somehow the pressure grew stronger.

Even for the Guild Leader who was a Transcendent Master, the overwhelming pressure struck him.

 

‘How vicious.’

 

Only after consuming four-tenths of his Internal Energy did the pressure finally lighten.

Four-tenths of his Internal Energy, having reached the realm of Transcendent Master!

His Internal Energy had long surpassed one jiazi cycle.

Having reached 90 years of Internal Energy and ascended to Transcendent Master, it had never been easily consumed.

Such Internal Energy was disappearing like melting snow.

 

‘Hah…’

 

Even with his powerful natural recovery ability, refilling it would be difficult.

Clearly a supernatural phenomenon!

As far as the Guild Leader knew, there was only one thing that could cause such a supernatural phenomenon.

 

‘This is a Formation!’

 

An unexpected Formation in the slum district.

And wasn’t this close to Donghwa Territory?

It was obvious who the culprit was that had set up a Formation in such a place.

 

‘That Physician bastard! Hah… I knew he had brought a great Formation Master into his fold. But even so, this shouldn’t be an easy task, should it?’

 

The culprit was Jung Myeong.

The problem was how he had managed it.

He knew there was a Formation Master in his employ.

But even if great, it wasn’t at this level.

Someone must have lent their strength. It was clear who the culprit was.

 

‘It’s Hao Gate!’

 

This made it certain.

Hao Gate hadn’t just put on an act for him.

From the beginning until now.

They had clearly planned and executed this together.

 

‘Damn Hao Gate! That damn Branch Leader must have devised the plan!’

 

Who had led the planning.

Except for that one fact.

The Guild Leader had succeeded in reaching the truth.

Well, who did it wasn’t important right now.

What mattered was what to do.

He quickly reached a conclusion.

 

‘I need to break through.’

 

He couldn’t be defeated so easily.

What was important at this moment was speed.

 

‘If the Formation set up nearby was that large, our Guild Members would have already detected it. The Formation itself must be small in size.’

 

So first, he would escape.

Rather than enduring, it was clearly advantageous to get out quickly even if it meant consuming Internal Energy faster.

And once he got out.

 

‘I’ll kill him.’

 

He would be able to see the Physician’s panicked face.

Using this opportunity, he would definitely kill him.

 

‘That guy probably never expected I would escape quickly!’

 

He must be letting his guard down.

In the end, it was a race against time.

Before he weakened. If he could reach that guy, it would be his victory.

Thud thud thud-

For that purpose, the Guild Leader gradually moved forward.

Sssssss-

Ignoring the Internal Energy flowing down like water.

Enduring the oppressive pressure.

He searched for a way out.

 

“Krrgh…! Something like this!”

 

Kwaang! Kwang!

Crackle-

He forcibly tore through the gaps in the Formation.

 

‘Wait for me, Old Bastard…!’

 

There was progress.

Sssss-

The oppressive pressure that had been weighing him down gradually grew lighter.

It meant he was properly moving forward.

 

‘Soon!’

 

It would be soon now.

He could escape.

There was hope.

Would he really pull it off?

Huurk-! Huk-

Breathing heavily, the Guild Leader pressed forward, burning with exhilaration.

And then.

 

“!!!!!!”

 

It was the moment he brutally broke through the Formation.

 

“Uwaaaah!”

 

The sense of achievement that he had done it.

The hope that he could finally tear that damned bastard apart!

The rage at being dared to be trapped in this place!

The Guild Leader let out a cry of triumph, filled with all sorts of emotions.

 

‘There you are!’

 

As he cheered, he simultaneously surveyed his surroundings.

And he even managed to detect the hidden presence.

 

“Old Bastaaaaard!”

 

It was the moment he finally locked eyes with Jung Myeong.

The Guild Leader’s eyes rolled back as he quickly headed toward him.

That was the moment!

Puhwaaaaak-!

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