The Farmer Who Ended Up Teaching the World’s Greatest Martial Artist - Chapter 16

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| Chapter 16

“He’s a target for capture. Don’t let him get a single scratch. Five men take him, the rest continue what you were doing.”

As soon as Gu Jung-ho confirmed it was Yoo Eun-hyun, he gave the order. He turned his gaze away as if nothing else mattered.

Ho Won felt puzzled by the unexpected command, but the order had already been given. He erased any further doubts and moved to carry out the mission.

“?!”

The moment he took a step toward Yoo Eun-hyun, he felt something strange in the presence around them. Gu Jung-ho immediately shouted loudly.

“Form the formation! Five Rings Formation!”

With Gu Jung-ho’s shout, the Cheonhwang Paewundae members gathered in groups of ten, forming five circles.

Just then, a group of people poured out from a different direction than where they had come up.

“Wh-what?”

Yoo Eun-hyun’s surprise was natural. The people who appeared this time seemed to be similar in number to Gu Jung-ho’s group before his eyes.

Just the people here now numbered roughly a hundred.

It was the first time Yoo Eun-hyun had seen so many people gathered together.

And they weren’t ordinary people either. Each one emanated a murderous aura, as if something was about to happen at any moment.

While Yoo Eun-hyun was caught between them in an instant, unable to do anything and panicking, a man walked out from among the group that had appeared late.

“Well, well. Look who it is. Isn’t this Gu Jung-ho, the 3rd Squad Leader of Cheonhwang Paewundae?”

The man who appeared to be the leader of the group from the opposite side sneered as he greeted Gu Jung-ho familiarly.

Then light returned to Gu Jung-ho’s eyes, which had been expressionless the whole time, and looking at the person who spoke to him, he bit his lip slightly and spat out words.

“Jeongeumtae Jeogeum Division Vice-Leader Jang Man-eung…”

Within the Cheonmu Alliance exists a separate Jeongeumtae that specializes in blood feuds with Maegyo. Jeongeumtae is divided into three divisions: Jeogeum, Cheongeum, and Hwangeum, and among them, Jeogeum Division was where warlike warriors who had long made fighting their profession gathered.

Jang Man-eung, the Vice-Leader of such Jeogeum Division. He was famous as one of the top experts in the Cheonmu Alliance and a scoundrel with a terrible temperament. From Gu Jung-ho’s position as a Maegyo member, he was the last person he wanted to meet.

“Don’t you have anything better to do than crawl into a mountain village like this? Thanks to you, we had to follow you all the way into these deep mountains too.”

Jang Man-eung complained while thrusting his massive blade into the ground, but his gaze and momentum were full of hostility and fighting spirit.

Gu Jung-ho also couldn’t lose in momentum, so he spoke while threateningly swinging his sword.

“I didn’t know you guys were still chasing our tails. Chasing after men’s butts… Your preferences are highly questionable.”

“Haha. I won’t deny that it’s quite attractive. But when I see something attractive, I want to kill it, you know?”

“Do you intend to interfere with our work?”

Gu Jung-ho, who had only been posturing from the start and had no intention of conversation, quickly got to the point. In fact, there was nothing to ask about.

If they hadn’t intended to interfere with their work from the beginning, why would they have chased them all the way here?

“No. Looking at your sorry state, it seems you’re just cutting grass, so I have no intention of interfering.”

But unexpectedly, Jang Man-eung shook his head. Gu Jung-ho wondered what was going on and immediately replied.

“If you have no intention of interfering, then withdraw. Then we won’t be hostile to you either.”

Since it was a Class A directive, nothing other than securing the target mattered at all.

In the end, whatever reason they appeared here for didn’t need to be considered at all. He just needed to secure Yoo Eun-hyun as ordered and withdraw.

“I would.”

But the words that followed made Gu Jung-ho hesitate.

“If you hand over that person.”

What Jang Man-eung was pointing at was Yoo Eun-hyun, who was still standing awkwardly, unable to properly grasp the situation.

“Me?”

When everyone’s gaze suddenly turned to Yoo Eun-hyun, he asked back in a bewildered voice. Jang Man-eung spoke to such Yoo Eun-hyun.

“You must be Young Master Yoo Eun-hyun, right? They said there’s only one person living in this place.”

Though basically somewhat blunt, it was incomparably kinder than his attitude toward Gu Jung-ho.

Yoo Eun-hyun expressed affirmation through silence instead of answering. And Jang Man-eung, who seemed to have been certain from the beginning, didn’t try to confirm further with Yoo Eun-hyun even at such a reaction.

“We came under orders to protect you, Young Master. Come to our side. We’ll protect you from the hands of those vicious Maegyo members.”

“Whose orders?”

“I can’t tell you that.”

Jang Man-eung firmly shook his head.

Naturally, Yoo Eun-hyun’s mood worsened further. They had turned the front of his house into a mess and wouldn’t even explain what was happening – wasn’t this natural?

“That won’t do.”

Before Yoo Eun-hyun could even answer, Gu Jung-ho intervened. Then Jang Man-eung’s eyes instantly became menacing.

“Won’t do? Don’t you know how much we’re compromising right now?”

“I know. But it still won’t do.”

Gu Jung-ho was well aware of how favorably Jang Man-eung was approaching this.

Jang Man-eung became limitlessly cruel when it came to anything related to Maegyo. No matter how strong the opponent, he would rather fight to the death than watch Maegyo members turn their backs in front of his eyes.

Naturally, he didn’t want to deal with a madman.

“Huu…”

Jang Man-eung’s complexion visibly darkened after his proposal was flatly rejected.

Judging by the murderous aura emanating from him, it wouldn’t be strange if he attacked at any moment, but he didn’t move. He just tried to suppress the rage rising within him, his eyes only becoming bloodshot.

Though he had been bantering with words, Jang Man-eung wasn’t originally a talkative person. Especially not with Maegyo.

However, he had to endure because of the mission he received. Especially since the one who gave the order was So Bi-won, whom Jang Man-eung respected most in the world, so he couldn’t cause a scene.

Jang Man-eung let out a long breath and looked at Gu Jung-ho again.

“What’s your mission? Isn’t it just cutting grass here? Or did you perhaps receive orders to assassinate the Young Master?”

“As you said, our mission is to devastate this place. And it’s also to secure Young Master Yoo Eun-hyun without a single scratch.”

Gu Jung-ho honestly revealed the contents of their mission. Normally it would have been right to hide the details of their directive, but since they had already confronted Jeongeumtae, there was no need to hide it.

“I agree about not a single scratch, but the securing is our job. Young Master. Come to our side. Those are vicious Maegyo members. We are the Cheonmu Alliance that upholds justice in the martial arts world.”

Jang Man-eung frowned as he called to Yoo Eun-hyun. Then Yoo Eun-hyun flinched and began to ponder.

Yoo Eun-hyun had heard enough to know that the Cheonmu Alliance was a good organization and Maegyo was a wicked one. Of course, he didn’t know about things like the righteous path or demonic path, but that didn’t matter.

Weren’t those called Maegyo destroying Yoo Eun-hyun’s farmland? That alone was enough for them to be the most vicious bastards in the world to Yoo Eun-hyun.

As Yoo Eun-hyun tried to slowly move toward Jang Man-eung’s side, Gu Jung-ho issued a warning to Yoo Eun-hyun.

“Young Master. Don’t move. If you approach any further, I won’t just stand and watch.”

At Gu Jung-ho’s sharp words, Yoo Eun-hyun naturally had to stop. Those words became the fuse that made Jang Man-eung explode.

“Kekeke… So you want to do this after all?”

“If you interfere with our work.”

Gu Jung-ho knew too. That having provoked Jang Man-eung, he had to be prepared to bury his bones here.

Jeongeumtae alone were extraordinary masters, and Jang Man-eung was an expert with almost similar skills to Gu Jung-ho. If these two clashed, one of them would surely meet their end.

But Class A directives didn’t need such judgments. If there was even the slightest possibility of succeeding in the directive, all other methods were simply excluded.

“Good… I never thought you’d pick a fight first. This works out well. It’s been a while since I killed Maegyo bastards, and my digestion hasn’t been good lately, so it would be disappointing to let this pass. Young Master, I’ll kill all these Maegyo bastards and use them as fertilizer for you, so you can look forward to this year’s harvest. Kekeke.”

Yoo Eun-hyun wanted to argue that burying corpses would take years to make the soil fertile so it wouldn’t help immediately, but he kept his mouth shut.

He could feel the air getting heavier and heavier.

Starting with Gu Jung-ho and Jang Man-eung, the entire Cheonhwang Paewundae and Jeongeumtae began to build up their momentum in response. Yoo Eun-hyun gulped at the overwhelming power.

Then Yoo Eun-hyun, who had been reading the situation, slowly backed away and suddenly ran off.

In fact, he didn’t really care whether they fought or not. He just didn’t want to get involved with them.

“Tch… Chase him!”

Seeing this, Gu Jung-ho clicked his tongue and gave an order, so one Cheonhwang Paewundae member chased after Yoo Eun-hyun. Then Jang Man-eung also nodded and pointed at Yoo Eun-hyun, and one Jeongeumtae member followed behind.

“No more long words are needed.”

“Kill them!”

And with Gu Jung-ho and Jang Man-eung’s simultaneous shouts, Cheonhwang Paewundae and Jeongeumtae clashed.

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Around that time. Yoo Eun-hyun, who had been running blindly, was in despair. The peach trees that were already in chaos were being cut to pieces by the martial artists’ swords.

“Wh-what? What are those crazy bastards? Why did they suddenly come to someone else’s house and do this?”

Yoo Eun-hyun muttered as if he couldn’t understand.

Why would martial artists come to destroy a farm in the first place? Yoo Eun-hyun had no connection to martial artists whatsoever.

“Well, not entirely. But they both left so gratefully? Why on earth…”

Sa Un-sik and So Bi-won had visited before.

But no matter how much he thought about it, there was no reason for them to attack. But it made even less sense for martial artists unrelated to those two to attack.

So Bi-won aside, there was definitely something suspicious about Sa Un-sik’s attitude. But then he should just try to take him away – why try to destroy the fields?

Yoo Eun-hyun’s experience was too lacking to understand such logic yet.

“This isn’t the time to be pondering. Fighting is fighting, but I have to protect at least the fields…”

Yoo Eun-hyun had spoken boldly while looking at the relatively intact fields, but that didn’t last long.

Kwagwang!

“Aaah!”

Soon, a thunderous sound came from outside, making Yoo Eun-hyun scream. Then the ground began to shake sporadically as loud noises started echoing. Feeling as if a typhoon was blowing, Yoo Eun-hyun gritted his teeth.

“How troublesome you’re making this.”

At that moment, a dry, emotionless voice came from behind. Ga Un-seok, a member of Cheonhwang Paewundae who had followed Yoo Eun-hyun, was slowly approaching him.

“What exactly are you people? Why are you doing this…?”

Yoo Eun-hyun questioned back, recognizing that Ga Un-seok was one of the people who had been at that place earlier. But Ga Un-seok only shook his head.

“I cannot tell you. I merely carry out orders. Since I was commanded to escort you safely, you’ll need to come with me for a moment.”

Ga Un-seok approached Yoo Eun-hyun while extending his hand. At that moment, another man stepped between Ga Un-seok and Yoo Eun-hyun.

“That’s not your job to do.”

When Soon U-gi, a member of Jeongeumtae, shrugged his shoulders and spoke to Ga Un-seok, Ga Un-seok slightly furrowed his brow.

“An interferer has butted in.”

“That’s my line.”

Ga Un-seok and Soon U-gi said this while looking at each other once, then moved their bodies as if no further conversation was necessary.

Of the two, the one who moved slightly faster was Ga Un-seok. Ga Un-seok rushed toward Yoo Eun-hyun, trying to subdue him in one swift move. As long as he accomplished his objective, there was no need to worry about Soon U-gi.

Nothing was better than pressure point attacks for subduing someone without injury. Ga Un-seok reached out toward Yoo Eun-hyun to strike the fainting point that would momentarily block the flow of blood vessels and cause unconsciousness.

Thwack!

But that movement was blocked in an instant.

“?!”

Ga Un-seok’s face, with his wrist firmly grabbed, was naturally filled with shock.

Because at the end of his gaze was not Soon U-gi, but Yoo Eun-hyun.

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