The Supreme Who Rules the Boundless Sky - Chapter 166
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Spear Heaven Martial Emperor Episode 166
Namgung Hyeok turned his head to look at Eom Donghyeon.
Smirk.
A smile formed at the corner of his mouth.
A mocking smile.
Eom Donghyeon drew his sword, furious to the tips of his hair.
“Kill that bastard!”
Clatter!
The warriors who had been trying to put out the fire rushed at Namgung Hyeok and the infiltration team.
Namgung Hyeok thrust his sword toward them.
Swish swish swish!
In an instant, three warriors met their end.
The Eom Family warriors collapsed like puppets with severed strings.
Those who saw this hesitated for a moment.
And at that moment.
Boom!
“What, what is it!”
With the sound of something exploding, a pillar of fire shot up from the opposite side.
This time it wasn’t the food storage, but where the armory was located.
Namgung Hyeok smiled and said to the infiltration team members who came with him.
“We retreat!”
“Yes!”
They began to quickly escape using the path they had prepared in advance.
“Block them! Don’t let them get away!”
Seeing this, Eom Donghyeon gritted his teeth and shouted, but.
“Argh!”
“Gurgh!”
The warriors who tried to block them only became guests of no return without any resistance.
In the end, despite their superior’s orders, no one stood in the way of Namgung Hyeok’s group.
Namgung Hyeok threw hidden weapons at the last one who charged at him, then leisurely disappeared.
What remained were only the food storage and armory still burning.
“Aaaaaahhhhh! Namgung Hyeok!”
Eom Donghyeon kicked the ground violently and vented his rage.
But there was nothing he could do about the enemies who had already disappeared.
* * *
“What’s the damage situation?”
“Two men suffered minor injuries. No one was seriously wounded or killed.”
“Can those who are injured continue fighting?”
“As I mentioned, they’re only minor injuries. There’s no problem with fighting.”
“That’s fortunate. We’re returning as planned.”
Namgung Hyeok returned to the main base with the infiltration team.
A little later, the unit led by Jeon Wook also returned.
This side also had no casualties.
They had eliminated the enemy’s provisions and weapons without suffering any losses.
“You’ve worked hard, Seonghwa Gate Master.”
Baek Doryang welcomed them back.
His eyes held respect.
The achievements Namgung Hyeok had accomplished over the past two days were extraordinary.
“Attacking them as soon as they returned was truly a strategy that caught them off guard. Truly remarkable.”
“It was thanks to their carelessness. If their security had been more thorough, we couldn’t have inflicted this much damage.”
“Still, exploiting that gap was entirely due to your skill, Seonghwa Gate Master. Have you commanded many operations like this?”
“It’s a strategy I used often when fighting the nomadic tribes. Small special forces can always bring benefits beyond their numbers if they’re willing to take risks.”
Namgung Hyeok said this while looking around.
“By the way, where did Elder Bing Hyeon go?”
“Elder Bing left for a nearby Ice Palace branch just before you returned, Sect Master. He said he would gather them to annihilate the enemies…”
“I suppose he didn’t want to see me return with achievements.”
Baek Doryang smiled bitterly at Namgung Hyeok’s words.
In his opinion, Bing Hyeon had definitely left with such thoughts.
He probably thought his chance for glory had been stolen.
“Unit Leader Baek. Are you sure it’s alright that you didn’t follow him?”
“Someone had to guard this place. Well, the probability of them attacking immediately was low.”
“Now that probability has increased. It would be good to stay alert.”
“What? It’s increased?”
“Most of their provisions and weapons disappeared in one night. Unit Leader Baek, if you were their commander, what decision would you make?”
“If it were me…”
Baek Doryang thought for a moment before speaking.
“I would either request support from the rear or retreat entirely. Taking on further threats would be foolish.”
“That’s certainly the standard approach. But there’s another option, isn’t there?”
“Another option would be…”
“Doing exactly the same thing that was done to them.”
“…!”
Namgung Hyeok continued in a calm voice.
“We went and struck them when they had let their guard down. In other words, we achieved victory. And the victorious side naturally tends to relax.”
“You’re saying they’ll take advantage of that gap to strike us the same way?”
“The possibility is sufficient. They don’t have much provisions left, right? That means they don’t have time to deliberate either. If they hesitate and act indecisively, the losses will continue. If their commander isn’t a fool, he’ll know he has to make a choice.”
Either accept the losses and flee, or pay us back in kind.
“If he’s afraid of taking responsibility for defeat, or if he’s greedy for military achievements, he won’t just quietly retreat. He’ll either hold out by plundering provisions from the village they’re occupying, or try to steal ours entirely.”
“So you’re saying the probability of being attacked has increased.”
“Of course, I’m not saying my words are absolute. They might quietly withdraw like the choice you made. But there’s no harm in being cautious, is there?”
“I’ll have them take defensive positions immediately.”
“I’m counting on you.”
Baek Doryang nodded and disappeared.
Namgung Hyeok then turned to Jeon Wook who was beside him.
“You heard everything, right?”
“Yes. I’ll immediately gather the disciples scattered in various places.”
“No, there’s no need for that. The possibility is low, but their blade might be aimed at other villages.”
They had to defend against possible invasions together with the local forces in various places.
If they called them back and other places were attacked, that would be a problem too.
“Then what do you plan to do?”
“We’ll stop them with just the personnel here. We have fifty of our forces and about a hundred Ice Wheel Group members remaining, so it should be manageable.”
Of course, compared to the hundreds of enemies, they were clearly outnumbered…
But here were Namgung Hyeok, Jeon Wook, and Lee Cheolgun.
Also, Ice Wheel Group Leader Baek Doryang had considerable skills, so he would be of great help.
“Just in case, I’ll set up traps at the village entrance.”
“No, not at the entrance, but focus on installing them around the surrounding wooden palisade. Leave the village entrance as it is. So they can only enter through the village entrance.”
“I see, you’re planning to limit the battlefield.”
Jeon Wook had been with Namgung Hyeok for a long time, so he could immediately understand what he meant.
What Namgung Hyeok was trying to do now was fix the routes the enemies could invade through.
By doing so, he would narrow the front lines.
‘Truly our Lord.’
Jeon Wook was inwardly impressed.
By doing that, even if there was a difference in troop numbers between enemies and allies, they could efficiently block them.
“Then let’s move.”
“Yes.”
Namgung Hyeok and Jeon Wook each led their subordinates and hastily installed snares and sharpened stakes around the village’s wooden palisade.
While doing so, they didn’t forget to have Lee Cheolgun, who could see like daylight even at night with his internal energy, guard the village surroundings.
How much time had passed like that?
It was almost time for the morning sun to rise.
“Huh, they really came.”
Lee Cheolgun could spot numerous warriors moving beyond the horizon.
It was an enemy attack.
* * *
At the same time.
“Hurry up! The sun will rise soon.”
Elder of the Eom Family, Eom Donghyeon was urging his subordinates.
Following his orders, the Eom Family’s Elite Forces were cutting through the darkness.
Behind them, the Hungry Ghost Gang including Seong Pilho was following.
“Listen here, Elder Eom. Are you really going to do this?”
Seong Pilho, who had approached the front of the group, asked with a worried voice.
“I think there’s no way they haven’t prepared countermeasures for a surprise attack. Rather, we should retreat now and reorganize…”
“What nonsense! So you’re saying we should just let such humiliation pass?”
Eom Donghyeon shouted with an intense voice. It was a reaction filled with considerable emotion.
“If we retreat like this, what do you think the Main Force will say? They’ll treat us like incompetent defeated soldiers! If that happens, both you and I are finished!”
“…”
“They must be letting their guard down after succeeding in this surprise attack. Besides, didn’t you hear too? The enemy numbers are less than half of ours. If not today, reinforcements might come from elsewhere. Then we won’t even be able to fight using our advantage of superior numbers.”
“But…”
“Enough with the weak talk. Don’t you remember what mission you received? You were assigned to assist me in defeating the enemies in the south! Then follow quietly!”
‘This damn bastard…’
Seong Pilho held back the curse that had risen right up to his throat.
He was displeased that this incompetent and weak fool dared to treat him like a subordinate.
But as Eom Donghyeon said, he was the commander of this unit.
As an adjutant, he had to follow Eom Donghyeon’s orders.
Because that was exactly the mission the Divine Cult’s upper echelons had given him.
“Look over there! There’s not even anyone standing guard. They must be fast asleep, intoxicated by victory right now.”
Eom Donghyeon said, pointing to the village that was obviously pitch black.
As he said, the entrance there only had the wooden palisade closed, with no guard troops remaining.
“It was worth deliberately waiting until just before sunrise. I knew there would be no sentries outside at this hour.”
The truly vulnerable time for surprise attacks wasn’t the midnight everyone expects, but just before sunrise.
This was the time when everyone was letting their guard down.
Probably beyond that wooden palisade there would be those nominally standing guard, but they too would certainly have relaxed their vigilance.
Eom Donghyeon, who had advanced to the front of the wooden palisade under cover of darkness, gave his order.
“Break it down.”
As the order was given, warriors of the Eom Family holding large hammers rushed forward and smashed the village entrance.
Bang!
They must have been quite skilled warriors, as the wooden palisade blocking the entrance was blown away in one strike.
Eom Donghyeon immediately drew his blade and shouted.
“Kill all the bastards inside!”
Clatter clatter clatter!
The troops who had cleared away the broken wooden palisade entered inside at terrifying speed with Eom Donghyeon in the lead.
It was indeed swift movement befitting the Eom Family’s elite.
But when about a dozen or so warriors had entered.
“Fire!”
Swoosh swoosh swoosh!
A barrage of arrows shot as if they had been waiting pierced through those who had entered inside.
“Aaaahhh!”
“Kugh!”
More than half the warriors died instantly, and the rest suffered fatal wounds.
“Wh-what!?”
Was it because he was an elder of the Eom Family after all?
Eom Donghyeon, the only one who had deflected all the arrows, wore a bewildered expression.
He couldn’t help it.
Before he knew it, what appeared to be dozens of warriors were surrounding him.
And one man at the head of them.
Namgung Hyeok spoke as if mocking him.
“Kill everyone inside?”
“You, you bastard…!”
“Go ahead and try.”
His eyes gleaming sharply, he continued.
“If you can, that is.”
Whoosh!
Namgung Hyeok’s sword wrapped in Sacred Fire rushed toward Eom Donghyeon’s neck.Spear Heaven Martial Emperor Episode 166
Namgung Hyeok turned his head to look at Eom Donghyeon.
Smirk.
A smile formed at the corner of his mouth.
A mocking smile.
Eom Donghyeon drew his sword, furious to the tips of his hair.
“Kill that bastard!”
Clatter!
The warriors who had been trying to put out the fire rushed at Namgung Hyeok and the infiltration team.
Namgung Hyeok thrust his sword toward them.
Slash slash slash!
In an instant, three warriors met their end.
The Eom Family warriors collapsed like puppets with severed strings.
Those who saw this hesitated for a moment.
And at that moment.
Boom!
“Wh-what!”
With the sound of something exploding, a pillar of fire shot up from the opposite side.
This time it wasn’t the food storage, but where the armory was located.
Namgung Hyeok grinned and spoke to the infiltration team members who came with him.
“We retreat!”
“Yes!”
They began to quickly escape using the path they had prepared in advance.
“Block them! Don’t let them get away!”
Eom Donghyeon gritted his teeth and shouted upon seeing this sight.
“Argh!”
“Kugh!”
The warriors who tried to block them only became departed souls without any resistance whatsoever.
In the end, despite their superior’s orders, no one stood in the way of Namgung Hyeok’s group.
Namgung Hyeok threw a hidden weapon at the last person who charged at him, then leisurely disappeared.
All that remained were the food storage and armory still burning.
“Aaaaaaaah! Namgung Hyeok!”
Eom Donghyeon kicked the ground violently and vented his rage.
But there was nothing he could do against enemies who had already vanished.
* * *
“What’s the damage report?”
“Two men sustained minor injuries. No one was seriously wounded or killed.”
“Can the injured continue fighting?”
“As I mentioned, they’re only minor injuries. There’s no problem with fighting.”
“That’s fortunate. We return as planned.”
Namgung Hyeok returned to the main base with the infiltration team.
A little later, the unit led by Jeon Wook also returned.
This side also had no casualties.
They had destroyed the enemy’s provisions and weapons without suffering any losses.
“You’ve worked hard, Seonghwa Sect Master.”
Baek Doryang welcomed them back.
There was respect in his eyes.
The achievements Namgung Hyeok had accomplished over the past two days were extraordinary.
“Attacking them as soon as they returned was truly a strategy that caught them off guard. You’re really amazing.”
“It was thanks to their carelessness. If their security had been more thorough, we couldn’t have inflicted this much damage.”
“Still, exploiting that gap was entirely due to your skill, Seonghwa Sect Master. Have you commanded many such operations before?”
“It’s a strategy I used often when fighting the nomadic tribes. Small special forces can always bring benefits beyond their numbers if they’re willing to take risks.”
Namgung Hyeok said this while looking around.
“By the way, where did Elder Bing Hyeon go?”
“Elder Bing left for a nearby Ice Palace branch just before you returned, Sect Master. He said he would gather them to annihilate the enemies…”
“I suppose he didn’t want to see me return with achievements.”
Baek Doryang smiled bitterly at Namgung Hyeok’s words.
In his opinion too, Bing Hyeon had definitely left with such thoughts.
He probably thought his achievements had been stolen.
“Unit Leader Baek. Are you alright not following him?”
“Someone had to guard this place. Well, the probability of them attacking immediately was low though.”
“Now that probability has increased. It would be good to stay alert.”
“What? You said it increased?”
“Most of the provisions and weapons disappeared overnight. Unit Leader Baek, if you were their commander, what decision would you make?”
“If it were me…”
Baek Doryang pondered for a moment before speaking.
“I would either request support from the rear or retreat entirely. It would be foolish to risk any further threats.”
“That’s certainly the orthodox approach. But there’s another option, isn’t there?”
“Another option, you say…”
“Doing exactly the same thing to us that we did to them.”
“…!”
Namgung Hyeok continued in a calm voice.
“We went and struck them when they had their guard down. In other words, we achieved victory. And the side that achieves victory naturally tends to relax.”
“Are you saying they’ll take advantage of that opening to strike us in the same way?”
“The possibility is quite high. After all, they don’t have much provisions left, right? That means they don’t have time to deliberate either. If they hesitate and act indecisively, the losses will continue. If their commander isn’t a fool, they’ll know they have to make a choice.”
Either accept the losses and flee, or pay us back in kind.
“If they’re afraid of taking responsibility for defeat, or if they’re greedy for military achievements, they won’t just quietly retreat. They’ll either hold out by plundering provisions from the village they’re occupying, or try to steal ours outright.”
“So you’re saying the probability of being attacked has increased.”
“Of course, my words aren’t absolute. They might quietly withdraw as you suggested. But there’s no harm in being vigilant, is there?”
“I’ll immediately establish defensive positions.”
“I’m counting on you.”
Baek Doryang nodded and disappeared.
Namgung Hyeok then turned to Jeon Wook, who was beside him.
“You heard everything, didn’t you?”
“Yes. I’ll immediately gather the disciples scattered throughout the area.”
“No, there’s no need for that. The probability is low, but their blades might be aimed at other villages.”
They had to defend against possible invasions alongside the local forces stationed in various locations.
If they called them back and another place was attacked, that would be a problem in itself.
“Then what do you plan to do?”
“We’ll stop them with just the personnel here. We have about fifty of our troops and around a hundred Ice Wheel Group members remaining, so it should be manageable.”
Of course, compared to the hundreds of enemies, they were clearly outnumbered, but…
This place had Namgung Hyeok, Jeon Wook, and Lee Cheolgun.
Also, Ice Wheel Group Leader Baek Doryang possessed considerable skill, so he would be of great help.
“Just in case, I’ll set up traps at the village entrance.”
“No, don’t set them at the entrance, but focus on the wooden palisade surrounding the area. Leave the village entrance as it is. So they can only enter through the village entrance.”
“I see, you’re going to limit the battlefield.”
Having spent a long time with Namgung Hyeok, Jeon Wook could immediately understand what he meant.
What Namgung Hyeok was trying to do now was fix the routes through which enemies could invade.
By doing so, he would narrow the front lines.
‘Truly befitting of our Lord.’
Jeon Wook was inwardly impressed.
By doing that, even if there was a difference in troop numbers between the enemies and allied forces, they could defend efficiently.
“Then let’s move.”
“Yes.”
Namgung Hyeok and Jeon Wook each led their subordinates to hastily install snares and sharpened stakes around the village’s wooden palisade.
While doing so, they didn’t forget to have Lee Cheolgun, who could see as clearly as daylight even at night with his internal energy, guard the village surroundings.
How much time had passed like that?
It was almost time for the morning sun to rise.
“Huh, they really came.”
Lee Cheolgun could spot numerous warriors moving beyond the horizon.
It was an enemy attack.
* * *
At the same time.
“Hurry! The sun will rise soon.”
Eom Donghyeon, an elder of the Eom Family, was urging his subordinates.
Following his orders, the Eom Family’s elite forces were cutting through the darkness.
Behind them followed the Hungry Ghost Gang, including Seong Pilho.
“Listen here, Elder Eom. Are you really going to do this?”
Seong Pilho, who had approached the front of the group, asked with a worried voice.
“I think there’s no way they haven’t prepared countermeasures for a surprise attack. Rather, we should retreat now and reorganize…”
“What nonsense! So you’re saying we should just let such humiliation pass?”
Eom Donghyeon shouted with an agitated voice. It was a reaction filled with considerable emotion.
“If we retreat like this, what will the main force think? They’ll treat us like incompetent defeated soldiers! If that happens, both you and I are finished!”
“…”
“They must be letting their guard down after succeeding in this surprise attack. Besides, didn’t you hear? The enemy’s numbers are less than half of ours. If not today, reinforcements might come from elsewhere. Then we won’t even be able to fight using our numerical advantage.”
“But…”
“Enough with the weak talk. Don’t you remember what mission you received? You were assigned to assist me in defeating the enemies in the south! Then follow quietly!”
‘This damn bastard…’
Seong Pilho held back the curse that had risen right to his throat.
He was displeased that this incompetent and weak fool dared to treat him like a subordinate.
But as Eom Donghyeon said, he was the commander of this unit.
As an adjutant, he had to follow Eom Donghyeon’s orders.
Because that was precisely the mission given to him by the Divine Cult’s upper echelons.
“Look there! There’s not even anyone standing guard. They must be fast asleep, intoxicated by victory.”
Eom Donghyeon pointed to the village that was clearly dark.
As he said, the entrance had only the wooden palisade closed, with no guard forces remaining.
“It was worth deliberately waiting until just before sunrise. I knew there would be no sentries outside at this hour.”
The truly vulnerable time for surprise attacks wasn’t the midnight that everyone expected, but the precarious moment just before sunrise.
This was the time when everyone let their guard down.
There were probably those nominally standing guard beyond that wooden palisade, but they would certainly have relaxed their vigilance.
Eom Donghyeon, who had infiltrated up to the wooden palisade under cover of darkness, gave his command.
“Break it down.”
As the order was given, warriors of the Eom Family holding large hammers rushed forward and smashed the village entrance.
Bang!
They must have been quite skilled warriors, as the wooden palisade blocking the entrance was blown away in one strike.
Eom Donghyeon immediately drew his blade and shouted.
“Kill everyone inside!”
Clatter clatter clatter!
The troops who cleared away the broken wooden palisade entered at terrifying speed with Eom Donghyeon in the lead.
It was indeed swift movement befitting the Eom Family’s elite.
But when about a dozen or so warriors had entered.
“Fire!”
Swoosh swoosh swoosh!
A barrage of arrows shot as if they had been waiting pierced through those who had entered.
“Aaaaargh!”
“Guhk!”
More than half the warriors died instantly, and the rest suffered fatal wounds.
“Wh-what!?”
Was it because he was an elder of the Eom Family after all?
Eom Donghyeon, the only one who had deflected all the arrows, showed a flustered expression.
He had no choice but to be flustered.
Dozens of warriors who seemed to have appeared from nowhere were surrounding him.
And one man at the head of them.
Namgung Hyeok spoke as if mocking him.
“Kill everyone inside?”
“Y-you bastard…!”
“Go ahead and try.”
His eyes flashing sharply, he continued.
“If you can, that is.”
Whoosh!
Namgung Hyeok’s sword wrapped in Sacred Fire charged toward Eom Donghyeon’s neck.
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This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
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