Survival Guide for the Reincarnated - Chapter 42
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Chapter 42
“Stop… Stop what you’re trying to do right now. Money…? I’ll give it to you. I’ll give it, so please stop. Let’s have a conversation…”
“Haven’t we been having a conversation this whole time?”
“…So… didn’t I say I’d give it to you?”
Seol Woon-hwi stopped walking in front of Jeong Mu-gi.
“You made me waste my precious time. So now the price has gone up a little.”
“Tell… tell me. I’ll give it. I will give it.”
“The 2,000 nyang in silver coins has changed to 20,000 nyang in gold coins, and the 300 geun of Han-reung Jade Crystal has changed to 30,000 geun.”
At such nonsensical bullshit, Jeong Mu-gi’s mouth fell wide open.
“My time is more precious than anything else in this world. If I could buy it with mere money, I would have bought it. Magistrate, what will you do?”
“That… that’s an unrealistic amount, isn’t it? How could I possibly…”
“It sounds like you’re saying you can’t give it.”
“…Who in the world could give that!! You need to say something that makes sense, you crazy bastard…”
“Then I have no choice either. Since you say you can’t give me money, I’ll take all of the magistrate’s remaining time.”
He raised his sword.
Taking his time didn’t mean he would use him as a subordinate or anything like that.
It simply meant he would kill him, and Jeong Mu-gi clearly understood this.
“Wait! I am a magistrate! A magistrate of the Yang-je Kingdom! If you kill me, you will cause consequences equivalent to declaring war on the Yang-je Kingdom…”
“I’ll handle that myself. That kind of thing.”
Thunk-!
Seol Woon-hwi’s sword pierced Jeong Mu-gi’s heart.
He pulled it out. Jeong Mu-gi’s head, coughing up blood.
Slash-!
He sent it flying.
* * *
Everyone stared blankly at the magistrate’s head soaring into the sky.
They never thought he would go that far.
No, touching the government?
It was as if time had stopped.
“…Tower… Tower Lord…?”
These people know what it means to kill a magistrate.
Seol Woon-hwi must know this too, but surprisingly, he didn’t seem to care much.
He gripped his sword properly and kicked off from his position.
Slash-!
The head of a constable on the other side soared into the sky.
In the blink of an eye, the head of another constable next to him also soared.
As Seol Woon-hwi spun his body greatly and swung his sword.
Slash slash-!
Three heads fell to the ground.
Having killed five constables in an instant, Seol Woon-hwi said briefly.
“Kill them. All of them.”
Jin So-hyeop and Baek Myeong-gaek were still hesitating, but the other three were not.
Won Yang began swinging his sword before anyone else, and Cheon Pung and Han Mu-rin followed.
Kill and destroy all.
This is an alley. Even if there are countless people in Yang-ryeong watching the situation closely, if they kill everyone now, they can at least block the eyes and ears of this place.
The time it took for all the constables to die was less than a quarter-hour.
Seol Woon-hwi shook off his blood-stained sword and said.
“Jin So-hyeop, Baek Myeong-gaek.”
At those words, the two men raised their heads.
“Do you not want to do it?”
“…Tower Lord. I think touching Yang-ryeong’s Four Major Sects had justifiable reasons, but touching the government is different.”
These were Jin So-hyeop’s words.
“I think this is not the right thing to do.”
These were Baek Myeong-gaek’s words.
Seol Woon-hwi, who had been quietly looking at the two, seemed to think about something, then silently nodded.
“It seems we need to have a long talk separately. I’ll arrange a meeting after today’s work is done.”
“…Thank you.”
Seol Woon-hwi turned around and said.
“We’re going to Ju-ryeong Sword Gate. Follow me.”
* * *
Thus, Seol Woon-hwi’s group headed to Ju-ryeong Sword Gate.
However, it was five men and women, excluding Seol Woon-hwi, who entered Ju-ryeong Sword Gate.
“Did you say there was that Gongcheong Seokyoo thing at Blue Dragon Rock?”
“That’s what he said. Han Jang-kwang did.”
It was a conversation between Cheon Pung and Won Yang.
As the two said, Seol Woon-hwi headed to Blue Dragon Rock. To find the Gongcheong Seokyoo that Han Jang-kwang had promised.
That’s why only these five came to Ju-ryeong Sword Gate.
There were warriors from Iron Mountain Sword Gate and Yang So, and in their center, the family members, warriors, and stewards of Ju-ryeong Sword Gate were kneeling.
It was bitter that Ju-ryeong Sword Gate had been reduced to a level where they couldn’t even stop Iron Mountain Sword Gate after their elite forces were annihilated at Seolhan Gorge, but what could they do?
This is Murim.
Han Mu-rin asked Won Yang with a grin.
“But aren’t you worried?”
At those words, Won Yang tilted his head.
“Worried? Me?”
“We touched the government, so this will definitely become a big issue.”
“…”
“No matter how much we kill and destroy all, if it’s an investigation team from the Yang-je Kingdom, they’ll be the best of the best. Ah, I don’t know.”
Won Yang, who had been thinking for a moment at Han Mu-rin’s words, answered in a firm tone.
“I think he’ll handle it somehow. I do.”
“Wow… you really trust the Tower Lord a lot?”
“Don’t you trust him, Han Mu-rin?”
“I do trust him, but trust and faith are a little different, aren’t they?”
“…”
“Just saying.”
Han Mu-rin.
He was truly an unpredictable person.
Even when Won Yang revealed her disguise, he just grinned as if he had expected it, and when Seol Woon-hwi ordered someone to be killed, he moved without a moment’s hesitation, almost on par with Won Yang.
Although Won Yang had killed the most constables earlier, that was because Won Yang was Yang Gwang I Hyeon. If Han Mu-rin had been Yang Gwang I Hyeon, he would have killed even more than Won Yang.
“Do you know something?”
“What do you mean?”
“You know, people change a lot when they just hold a sword.”
Han Mu-rin grinned again this time.
“Whether that appearance or this current appearance, in the end, it’s all you.”
“…Don’t you think it will be a problem?”
“I don’t think so, but it seems Won Yang doesn’t agree.”
“…”
“Then rather than me, why don’t you do something about those two over there.”
Where Han Mu-rin pointed, there were Jin So-hyeop and Baek Myeong-gaek. And there was also Cheon Pung approaching those two.
He didn’t say anything, but Cheon Pung had been somewhat angry since earlier.
Cheon Pung spoke.
“Hey, are you guys crazy?”
Baek Myeong-gaek was naturally a man of few words, so he remained silent without bothering to speak, but Jin So-hyeop was different.
“What did we do wrong that you’re getting so worked up?”
“Wow, this bastard is something else. Did this wound on my shoulder just appear out of nowhere? What about that wound on Won Yang’s calf over there? Han Mu-rin’s torn side? All of that happened because you two idiots hesitated stupidly, don’t you know that?”
Rarely, Cheon Pung was very serious right now. It wasn’t even a secret that he was aiming for the vacant deputy branch leader position, but this was different from that.
It was a matter of basic trust. But at those words, Jin So-hyeop actually snorted.
“I really don’t think you know who’s being stupid here. Fighting the Four Major Sects? Killing all their family members? I acknowledge all of that. It’s Murim after all. But the government is different. Touching the government doesn’t just make that government your enemy, it’s the same as making all of Murim your enemy.”
“So you were a complete coward bastard?”
“Don’t you know the difference between being a coward and being stupid?”
“Wow ha… This bastard…”
Someone grabbed Cheon Pung’s wrist as he tried to draw his sword. It was Won Yang.
“Why are you interfering too?”
“Don’t do it.”
“So why? Don’t you see those bastards’ attitude? Bastards like that need to be half-killed…”
“You know what the Branch Leader wants too.”
“…”
Won Yang turned his head to look at Baek Myeong-gaek and Jin So-hyeop.
What does Seol Woon-hwi want most?
Limbs that will absolutely obey.
Those two did participate together in the process of killing the warriors and family members of the Four Major Sects, but when government affairs got involved, those two didn’t kill even a single constable, no joke.
They only deflected swords or subdued them.
The ones who killed were these three—Cheon Pung, Won Yang, and Han Mu-rin—excluding those two.
Already at that point, those two had distanced themselves from Seol Woon-hwi’s ideal.
What more was needed?
This had moved beyond Branch Office business and now became Seol Woon-hwi’s business.
Seol Woon-hwi knows too.
That the wounds on these three men’s bodies were because of those two.
Regardless of the level of martial prowess, the Five Snow Ice Flower Formation required all five to move as one body. When not just one person but two people start hesitating and stopping, it’s natural that the remaining three would suffer the damage.
That’s why he said he would arrange a separate meeting later. It would be inappropriate for Won Yang or Cheon Pung to interfere here.
So Won Yang turned away, and Cheon Pung sharply turned his head as if expressing his hurt feelings, unfitting for his large frame.
Only Han Mu-rin, standing far away with his arms crossed, was smiling as if he found this situation amusing.
And before long, Seol Woon-hwi arrived.
He immediately recognized the division that had formed among these five, and expressed his thoughts very briefly.
“What a mess.”
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