Dokmaeuiseon - Chapter 71

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Chapter 71

 

 

“Keueuuk. Keuk….”

“Leader… poison….”

“What?!”

“Po… poison….”

 

Suddenly the word poison was heard.

Kuuung. Kung.

Soon the sound of people collapsing came from here and there.

 

“Kut….”

 

At this, Goshan Sword was surprised and flustered, but took out the Poison Immunity Bead from his chest and put it in his mouth.

 

‘With this…!’

 

It was a Poison Immunity Bead that nullified a hundred poisons.

Most poisons could not invade him.

After securing his safety, when he looked to the side.

 

“!!!!!”

 

He couldn’t help but be shocked to the point of fainting.

All the comrades who had been beside him had collapsed with pale complexions.

 

‘Damn…!? Was it poison smoke from the beginning? Was it a trap!?’

 

Goshan Sword belatedly realized he had fallen into a trap.

He instantly completed a quick judgment.

 

‘First I need to get out!’

 

That wasn’t a judgment as a Martial Artist, but as a petty person.

Hadn’t the plan gone wrong? Goshan Sword had no confidence in beating that Seol Mae-geom in a one-on-one fight.

So, there was only one remaining judgment.

Only escape!

 

“Damn bastards!”

 

Tuhwaaaaak-!

With the Poison Immunity Bead in his mouth, Goshan Sword leaped far away.

All of this happened within five breaths.

 

“We need to catch that guy!”

 

At this, Seol Mae-geom, who hadn’t regained her composure, reacted belatedly.

By trying to chase after that Goshan Sword.

Teok.

However, it was thwarted by a hand that suddenly grabbed her arm.

 

“Physician?”

“Now doesn’t seem like the time to chase after him.”

“We need to completely destroy that guy to end this….”

“Look over there.”

“Ah…!”

 

The place Jung Myeong was pointing to.

A group of Martial Artists was running from there.

Were they brought by Goshan Sword? No, they weren’t.

 

-Stop!

-Where do you think you’re going without paying the toll!

-The weather’s nice, let’s take a boat ride together!

 

It was a pack of wolves who came after belatedly learning that something had happened at the Ferry Terminal.

 

“What is this…. Why are they coming here?”

“This is what Hangzhou is like.”

“Pardon?”

“The surrounding Martial Artists came out thinking there might be something to pick up.”

“What do you… earlier you said the public order was good….”

“That’s limited to ordinary citizens.”

“Ah…!”

“Come, let’s go!”

 

Seol Mae-geom was flustered.

Jung Myeong grabbed her wrist and urged her.

To quickly get back on that ship over there.

How could she not understand this?

 

“Hoo….”

 

Tuuuk. Tuk.

She succeeded in reaching the ship’s rail by using Lightness Skill with him.

While she was getting herself ready again.

Jung Myeong shouted.

 

“The games end here. Let’s depart.”

“Hehe. Sounds good!”

 

At this, the boatman responded as if he had been waiting.

Holding an oar bigger than his body at some point.

Huuuung-!

He swept the oar greatly like wielding a Banana Leaf Fan, pushing away the waves.

Soon the ship began to quickly move away from the Ferry Terminal.

Faster speed than expected!

 

“Stop! Stop!”

“Damn it! Those bastards!”

 

The Hangzhou Martial Artists who arrived late could only stomp their feet in frustration.

In the midst of that commotion.

 

‘I… I survived…’

 

Goshan Sword, who had retreated with the Poison Immunity Bead in his mouth.

He thought he had at least managed to survive.

But was Hangzhou really such an easy place for a half-hearted person to survive?

 

“Ho. So you were here?”

“You are…”

“Come with me.”

“Why should I go with you…! Kuk…!”

 

Goshan Sword couldn’t even prepare against his opponent.

With his neck seized, he fainted just like that.

It was an instant suppression.

Kuuung-

The person looking down at him as he collapsed unconscious.

He was one of the subordinates sent by Black Point’s Gyeom Gwang-ja.

He was also the one who had sold information to Goshan Sword just a few hours ago that Jung Myeong would leave this Ferry Terminal with Seol Mae-geom.

Looking at the boat departing in the distance, he said.

 

“Hmm… Things are taking an interesting turn. The Elder would be pleased to hear this!”

 

He only smiled with amusement as if finding it entertaining.

It was a moment when the turmoil of eating and being eaten was temporarily suspended.

 

 

* * *

 

 

‘What on earth is going on?’

 

Seol Mae-geom’s heart was still turbulent and chaotic.

Even while on the boat, she found it difficult to calm her mind.

It was even more so when she looked at what was before her eyes.

The Boatman who had revealed his true nature.

The one who had seemed like the most cowardly person, screaming and shrieking before, had completely disappeared.

 

“Hehe. Ten silver coins for this one job is quite cheap, isn’t it?”

 

He had cunning eyes and was grinning wickedly.

The person had completely changed.

Earlier he seemed like an honest boatman, but now he clearly had the air of a crafty swindler.

 

‘What is this?’

 

Looking at him, her mind couldn’t help but remain unsettled.

But Jung Myeong, who was dealing with him, already seemed accustomed to it.

 

“The boat ride fee will be separate later, won’t it?”

“Isn’t that obvious? This is a special side business.”

“That damn side business of yours. Just take it.”

“Hehehe. As you command!”

 

In fact, this wasn’t Jung Myeong’s first meeting with this person.

When Gyeom Gwang-ja had brought the Medical Clinic before, the one who had acted as a Broker was this very person before his eyes.

 

‘He tried to take money back then too.’

 

It was the same this time.

He was completely obsessed with money.

Only after persistently receiving one more silver coin from Jung Myeong did he seem satisfied and step back.

He became a faithful boatman.

Chaak- Chaak-

While rowing forward like that.

Only then did Yeo Eun-so ask Jung Myeong.

 

“What exactly was that incident earlier?”

“Which incident do you mean?”

“The incident at the Ferry Terminal.”

“Ah. It’s simple. It was a double trap.”

“Pardon?”

 

How is a double trap simple?

Jung Myeong’s quiet voice reached the surprised Yeo Eun-so.

 

“You’re an Orthodox Sect Martial Artist who chased all the way to Hangzhou, aren’t you? That means you must value the Precious Treasure that much.”

“…For them, being a small minor sect, such a Precious Treasure would be precious. Since it’s an item that easily increases Internal Energy.”

“Yes. Thinking about that, I figured they would move persistently too.”

“So?”

“So I dug a trap in advance.”

“How?”

 

Hadn’t he been only at the Medical Clinic the whole time?

But how could he set up such a complex trap?

 

“It’s simple. One was to have a conversation as soon as they came, and one was to send a person. In other words, I just had to plant traps for both.”

“What do you mean by both?”

“When you think of information, there are sides that come to mind, aren’t there?”

“Beggar’s Sect and Hao Gate?”

“Excluding Beggar’s Sect. This is Hangzhou after all.”

“Then… Black Point?”

“Yes. Correct. Hao Gate and Black Point.”

“!!!!”

 

Black Point. For her, they were people difficult to encounter easily.

They could use Hao Gate if they wanted, but Black Point was absolutely a place they could never enter.

But Black Point, of all places.

 

“Is it okay to negotiate with Black Point?”

“There’s no need to think too hard about it. Isn’t this urgent? You just need to think without being too picky.”

“…Not difficult, you say. I don’t really understand emotionally, but I get it logically.”

“Well, then the matter becomes even simpler.”

“How so?”

“I told Black Point to openly sell information about us when Gosan Sect comes looking. Even about how we plan to move.”

“What!?”

 

This means he openly had them leak information.

For what reason would he do such a thing?

 

“Isn’t it natural?”

“Natural?”

“If you leak information, they’ll move in that direction, won’t they? Without a single variable.”

“…Hah.”

 

His intention was clear.

By giving information, he conversely made the Gosan Sect members fall into a trap.

He restricted their movements.

By giving them information!

 

“Thanks to that, Black Point must have made a killing, right?”

“Hehe. Isn’t that natural?”

 

The Boatman gave a definitive answer to that.

He had them sell that information from the beginning.

Black Point would have made money twice.

Once from Gosan Sect, once from Jung Myeong.

For just giving information once, it was quite profitable business.

 

“What happened after is as you saw.”

“You made Gosan Sect come this way. And then you release poison?”

“Exactly right.”

 

It was a kind of luring strategy.

Then poisoning with poison smoke. A strategy to lead them to death.

 

‘Simple but deadly…’

 

It was a trap they couldn’t help but fall into.

Here, Jung Myeong made his final move to crown the plan.

 

“Ah, and I didn’t just release poison. What the Boatman released first was poison. What I threw next was an antidote.”

 

Precisely an antidote.

 

“Even that was a trap, wasn’t it?”

“It was a double trap using psychological warfare. If they had come to save the Boatman like proper Orthodox Sect martial artists, they would have lived. Otherwise… as you can see?”

“…”

 

Even if he was from Black Point, as long as they were working together, the Boatman was also an ally.

He couldn’t let an ally die.

Releasing an antidote for him was essential.

Jung Myeong simply released it using smoke in the same way as the poison smoke.

If they had tried to save the Boatman belatedly, like proper Orthodox Sect martial artists, they would have lived.

 

‘But they couldn’t do that.’

 

Because they didn’t have such a mindset, they ended up poisoned.

And with a delayed poison that took some time to take effect!

 

‘Everything was a thoroughly crafted trap. Gosan Sect entered the game he created and collapsed completely. Just what is this Physician… what is he?’

 

Seol Mae-geom understood all of this.

She trembled involuntarily from the goosebumps that rose without her knowing.

 

“I can never quite figure you out, Physician. When you first treated me, you were like a sage, but at times like this…”

 

She unconsciously expressed those goosebumps.

To this, Jung Myeong answered as if it were completely natural.

 

“It was merely a desperate struggle to survive?”

“Just a struggle?”

“Yes. A struggle.”

 

For Jung Myeong, this was an all too natural move.

When he was wandering as a Gangho Physician, he felt threats to his life every moment.

So he desperately struggled to survive.

He dug traps more meticulously than anyone, trying to overcome those stronger than himself.

The recent scheme was the same.

Gosan Sect, whom he had already judged as enemies.

He simply made a light move against them.

 

‘They had as many as three chances to live.’

 

Once if they had returned the Precious Treasure.

Twice if they had given up without pursuing.

Three times if they had tried to save the Boatman, even belatedly.

 

They kicked away all those opportunities themselves and died.

Therefore, it was their own doing.

Did Yeo Eun-so understand his feelings?

 

“…Hmm.”

 

What meaning was contained in that contemplative sound, only she would know.

Thus, amid the strange silence that was created.

Splash splash— splash—

The ship simply cut through the water and moved forward.

 

 

* * *

 

 

And so, half a day later.

 

“We’ve arrived!”

 

They successfully set foot on the Island that was their destination.

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