The Hwangbo Clan’s Beloved Live-In Son-in-Law - Chapter 61

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Chapter 61

“Waaahhhhh!”

Enemies swarmed from all directions.

Shouts and screams, cries and curses mixed together, making it hard to hear even one’s own voice.

They had screamed so much that everyone’s voice was hoarse without exception.

Half a shichen (one hour)?

No, one gak (about 15 minutes) felt like three years.

Having moved for just that long, his limbs felt heavy.

“Move!”

“Sister!”

Her reaction was slow.

He grabbed Peng Sohui’s hair and pulled her back, then struck away the incoming blade.

At the same time, he kicked up the bottom of his staff to strike the soldier’s groin.

“Urgh!”

The soldier bent over and retreated.

But it was shallow.

Even the thin cotton armor of local troops was enough to reduce the impact by half.

If only he had internal energy.

Meaningless words.

Hahee gritted his teeth, kicked the bent soldier’s face, then pushed him away.

There was no time to rest.

Immediately the next soldier charged in. In an instant, the staff he held wavered and then shook the jaws of three soldiers.

Beside him, Peng Sohui wildly swung her blade without even fixing her disheveled hair.

Hwangbo Yeonghil’s staff instantly struck beneath the helmets of the fallen soldiers.

“Fall back!”

The moment his breathing was blocked, Namgung Bin pulled Hahee’s body back.

In an instant the formation changed and breathing room was created.

Indeed Nam Gilin, when his sword heavily struck down, soldiers with cracked foreheads fell like autumn leaves, regardless of helmets or anything else.

Not one could withstand a single blow.

Without him, even the initial charge would have been difficult to withstand.

“Move aside.”

However, Hahee stepped forward again without resting at all.

Taking advantage of the gap, what surged in his mind was.

-Hee.

The one he had loved so dearly.

“Snap out of it!”

Clang!

With the shock that reached his shoulder, he quickly raised his head to see a soldier scowling.

A stone that had pierced the soldier’s eye fell along with the stone that had struck his shoulder.

There was no time for thanks.

He immediately gritted his teeth and fiercely swung his staff.

Huff. Huff.

“Damn it, hasn’t even half a shichen passed yet?”

“…Two gak!”

Everyone’s body was drenched in sweat.

Muscles trembled, and breath rose to their chins.

Yet internal energy showed no sign of stirring.

Two gak.

It sounded like a bolt from the blue.

They had fought for so long, yet only two gak had passed?

Namgung Seol gritted her teeth and fought even more wildly. Thanks to her fighting in all directions, they had managed to hold out this long.

Huff. Huff.

Fortunately, perhaps intimidated by the truly overwhelming martial prowess of the six warriors, the soldiers who had been charging seemed frightened, and their offensive had diminished.

The encirclement was still solid, but fewer were attacking.

How many had they brought down?

Dozens? Maybe a hundred?

…Damn, they had to do this nine more times.

“Huu… If only internal energy would circulate…, we could break through.”

Dang Cheongi muttered.

Huff, huff.

But his condition wasn’t good.

He had originally injured his leg.

Even though his role was supporting from the center, he was equally exhausted.

Even if internal energy returned, with the body this exhausted…

Still, that was their hope and lifeline.

“What are you doing!”

However, perhaps because they had dragged it out too long.

The soldiers’ command moved.

No, not because they dragged out time, but because they were sufficiently exhausted.

Three mounted figures entered among the soldiers who had begun to merely pretend to fight.

“If you can’t handle them, crush them with your bodies! You idiots!”

Of the thousand troops, only about three hundred had actually attacked.

The remaining forces stood around watching.

The three Baekho leading the three hundred soldiers looked back repeatedly with defeated faces.

Because they could clearly see their narrow-minded superior turning red and blue with anger.

“Huff. Huff… Instead of… just babbling from behind… come fight yourself!”

As soon as the words of the figure who appeared to be the commanding Baekho ended, Peng Sohui shouted.

Her words, which precisely pierced the soldiers’ hearts, made the soldiers who were about to charge at their superior’s command flinch.

Then Maun, one of the Baekho of the Uibin Guard’s Cheongseokso, shouted.

“What are you doing! Charge right now!”

He had approached as if he would step forward at any moment.

It seemed they still looked like they had strength left.

Or perhaps their reputations were too burdensome to attack directly.

However, how could the soldiers know that.

They simply couldn’t refuse when a Baekho pressed them right before their eyes.

Waah!

Forced battle cries rose as the Baekho forcibly pushed their subordinate soldiers forward, and Hahee and his companions gritted their teeth and raised their unmoving hands…

It was when the fighting began again.

About one suyu (roughly 5 minutes).

Adding that much again made one dagyeong (roughly 10 minutes).

That short time, supposedly just enough to drink a cup of tea, felt endlessly long.

Adding that much again,

One gak.

Huff. Huff.

Sweat poured down like rain, dripping steadily.

While moving his body frantically, Hahee felt indescribable sorrow.

He had wandered battlefields, hadn’t he?

-Since you’re a fool who lost his memory, how about Mang (Forget)? Little Mang.

He had crossed swords with soldiers from fierce foreign nations at the country’s borders, hadn’t he?

-Are you a dog? Hey, open your eyes nicely. Ah, then. How about Seong (Nature), little Seong?

And so, with not a single part of his body unharmed, he returned as a cripple?

-A monkey! That has a good meaning! Ugh, really, that temper of yours. Hey. How about Hwa (Fire)? That’s perfect for you.

Like that,

Like that, she must have endured alone through all this bickering.

-…Hee (Joy). Let’s call you Hee. That works, right?

My beloved, whom I loved with all my heart.

What clouded her vision, she couldn’t tell if it was sweat or tears.

Hahee, amidst the roars that shook the battlefield, before countless soldiers charging solely to take her life, covered by that malice that rushed forward only to kill and be killed.

Thinking of someone she missed so dearly that even longing had become frightening,

Heh.

She smiled for the first time.

Crack!

The club burst from her hands.

It had been old and worn down to the point of danger.

Just like her heart.

“Aunt!”

“Sister Hah!”

“Miss Hah!”

“Hee!”

Through the spreading debris, a large iron mace came into view.

Namgung Bin deflected it, and Hwangbo Yeonghil pulled her close as if embracing her.

A strange sound reached her dazed ears.

“Aunt! Are you alright?”

-Hee!

At first she thought it was Namgung Bin calling.

-Lüli!

“Snap out of it!”

It wasn’t.

He was still standing firm like the sky, striking down countless soldiers.

Then who could it be?

-Hee!

“Sister?!”

Namgung Seol? No. Peng Sohui? No. Dang Cheongi? That can’t be.

-Lüli!!

“Huh?”

It seemed that voice wasn’t heard by her alone.

Everyone looked around slightly.

The sound that had been approaching faintly from afar, piercing through the battlefield’s noise, had somehow.

-Hee!

With clear intent, finally.

“Hee-mae!!”

Reached them.

“Over there!”

Following Hwangbo Yeonghil’s gesture, their gazes turned outward.

The soldiers’ eyes did the same.

No, they were first.

If the noise had originally been spreading from inside to outside, now murmurs were spreading from outside to inside.

Shouts and screams, some kind of dull noise flowed inward.

The battle line collapsed, and chaos was carved in.

“Enemy!”

“Cavalry!”

“Cavalry? Did you say cavalry?!”

What could be more terrifying than cavalry striking the rear of infantry?

Even those who knew nothing of war were well aware of that fear.

Terror spread instantly.

They were originally soldier-farmers from local garrisons with low morale and discipline.

Even in formation, they might not be able to stop cavalry, but if struck from behind, it was over.

“It’s just one!”

“Only one enemy! You idiots!”

Again, words came from outside to inside. Only then did the eyes of those who had been looking for escape routes in fear turn back.

Just one horse, with one cavalryman standing tall upon it.

There were no more soldiers charging around.

“…Mon, monster!”

However, that one cavalryman.

Crossed the battlefield.

“Get out of the way! Move, I said!”

Even as the horse trampled people, its speed didn’t decrease at all.

Every time the cavalryman swung his hand, people flew.

The horse bit and threw away weapons, and through that gap the cavalryman’s long hammer swept.

Truly.

“One against…”

A hundred.

“Hee! Lüli! Hee-mae! Hee!”

The man howled and shouted continuously.

His eyes were fixed solely on one place.

Soon, no one could stand before him. Even the command was the same.

Anyone who dared stand before him would need to be prepared for death.

Three hundred soldiers froze before just one cavalry.

The three Baekho who had been constantly looking back bit their lips.

The main force didn’t move at all.

The three Baekho exchanged glances, then two of them spurred their horses.

They had to break his momentum somehow, even a little.

“Hiya!”

“You bastard! How dare you attack the Imperial Army!”

“Get out of the way!”

Thud, thwack, thud!

It was instantaneous.

Without slowing the cavalryman’s speed even slightly, the two Baekho fell to the ground.

So naturally, a path had to open.

Huff. Huff.

The horse’s breath rose in white puffs.

The horse’s glaring eyes were so fierce it was hard to believe they belonged to a horse, as if facing a wild beast.

“…A war horse is indeed a war horse.”

In the now quiet battlefield, Namgung Bin stepped forward.

Chun-gil stood before him.

Thud.

“Brother Jin.”

Whinny.

The horse neighed softly.

Xie Baowei, who had dismounted, passed by as if he couldn’t even see Namgung Bin.

Step by step, step by step.

As if there was no one around.

Weapons scattered on the ground, soldiers who couldn’t be moved back in time.

Xie Baowei stepped over all of them as he walked.

Sometimes he staggered, sometimes he nearly fell, but he couldn’t see anything.

Only one thing was visible.

“…Hee.”

What should he say?

He had worried so much about it.

He had practiced over and over again.

But nothing came to mind.

Standing before her, just gazing endlessly at her face.

“…I’ve returned.”

That was all he could do.

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“…Whew. Hmm. Lady Peng, doesn’t it seem like my internal energy is starting to return?”

“Oh my. Young Master Dang. Are you being tactless? Just shut up and watch.”

Perhaps because they had moved more vigorously than expected, his internal energy returned a bit faster.

Thanks to that, his body felt somewhat lighter.

Dang Cheongi quietly picked up stones and broken weapons with a slightly dejected mood.

Looking around, the soldiers seemed bewildered, while Lady Peng and Lady Namgung were inexplicably holding each other’s hands and getting teary-eyed.

They seemed absorbed in the drama.

As for Hwangbo Yeonghil…

Oh my, this one had already shed a tear that rolled down his cheek.

Ah, I saw him wipe it away.

Then his eyes met with Namgung Bin’s.

At least he seemed to have his wits about him as he nodded.

A solemn aura began flowing from his body.

That was good.

“Prepare yourself.”

“Are you going to create an opening?”

When he quietly approached him, Namgung Bin whispered while observing the situation.

Dang Cheongi also secretly drew up his internal energy as he replied.

While doing so, he kept glancing at the war horse that cavalry had ridden.

It was large in size and had sturdy legs.

It could carry at least one person, no, even two more.

He added another comment.

“…Is that fellow the famous Sandong Daeyun?”

“That’s right.”

“Are you close?”

Namgung Bin looked at Dang Cheongi while watching for an opportunity.

Why ask that suddenly?

Dang Cheongi smiled awkwardly.

“My leg is like this.”

The injury from being captured was still throbbing.

He could barely endure it, but it wasn’t enough to escape through this chaos.

Namgung Bin shrugged his shoulders.

“Personally… someone I’d like to become close with?”

“So you’re saying you’re not close.”

Coming all this way, what were you doing instead of becoming friends?

Dang Cheongi frowned with that expression.

Well, I’ll have to stick close to Lady Ha.

Then suddenly.

“Does Young Master Namgung also have someone he’d like to become close with?”

Look at this bold fellow, what wind has blown into this man who rarely lets anyone close except for Hahee, his childhood friend?

Dang Cheongi’s eyes looked at him while recalling Namgung Bin’s relationship with Hahee and the various rumors that followed.

Could it really be?

At Dang Cheongi’s suspicious gaze, Namgung Bin frowned uncharacteristically.

“That’s quite an unpleasant look you’re giving me?”

“Ahem. It’s nothing.”

That’s when it happened.

“You scoundrel! Who are you to harm the Imperial Army!”

It was Maun, the remaining Baekho.

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