The Supreme Who Rules the Boundless Sky - Chapter 37

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Spear Heaven Martial Emperor Episode 37

Namgung Hyeok came out of his comrades’ mansion after spending the night.

He would have liked to see So Baek before leaving, but he was currently away on trading company business, so it couldn’t be helped.

Namgung Hyeok headed straight for the border region as if his business here was now finished.

“Well then, I suppose we should part ways around here.”

At the crossroads leading to Shandong and Anhui, Ak Biho spoke.

“Now that we’re leaving, who knows when we’ll see each other again.”

Ak Yeonhu let out a light sigh as if feeling regretful.

However, Namgung Hyeok simply patted his shoulder calmly.

“We’ll be able to meet again soon. The Ak Family and the Main House aren’t that far apart.”

“That’s right, we’ll need to discuss how to respond when the Evil Path Alliance makes their move.”

“Right. We can see each other again then. Even if not, we can always maintain exchanges. Don’t feel too regretful.”

At Namgung Hyeok’s words, Ak Yeonhu reluctantly nodded.

“We’ll see you all next time. Stay healthy until then.”

“Haha. Farewell, Young Master.”

“May you stay healthy too, Young Master.”

“See you again!”

Ho Young, Jeon Wook, and So Yeon each offered their farewells.

They parted at the crossroads and headed toward their respective families.

So Yeon stretched on horseback and spoke leisurely.

“Yawn. Being out and about for so long is quite tiring. Lord, let’s hurry back and rest?”

“Right. It won’t take long to reach Hefei anyway. We’ll probably arrive in a few days even if we take our time. I’ll give you all a vacation once we return to the family estate.”

“There’s really no one like our Lord.”

So Yeon giggled with delight.

At that sight, Namgung Hyeok chuckled and urged his horse forward.

But while they were heading toward Hefei like this.

“Hmm?”

The group could sense a band of warriors approaching from the distance.

Their number was roughly fifty or so.

“Let me see…”

So Yeon, who had the best eyesight in the group, enhanced her eye power with internal energy.

She examined the warriors visible in the distance with narrowed eyes. They were all mounted, and their skilled horsemanship suggested they were quite elite.

And most importantly.

“Those bastards. They’re charging at us with their blades drawn? And their eyes are half-crazed too.”

“Hmm.”

Namgung Hyeok pondered for a moment, then spoke decisively.

“Shoot them.”

* * *

Jang Hyeok, an executive of the Evil Path Alliance, was in an extremely furious state.

The reason was naturally because all of the Red Wolf Gang’s tribute money had been stolen.

At first, he suspected it might be the work of the Red Wolf Gang’s remnants…

But he soon learned that it was Namgung Hyeok’s doing.

There were more than a few people who had seen him leading a cart full of something toward a nearby city.

“Namgung Hyeok! That damned bastard!”

Naturally, Jang Hyeok ground his teeth.

Namgung Hyeok’s actions were a provocation against himself, and furthermore, the entire Evil Path Alliance.

Therefore, he relentlessly pursued Namgung Hyeok’s trail.

He wanted to get revenge on that guy somehow and give him a taste of his own medicine.

In the midst of this.

“He’s coming up from Henan.”

A report came to Jang Hyeok at just the right time.

“How many guards does he have?”

“Just three, they say. It seems he’s separated from the Invincible Iron Spear he was moving with.”

“Really? Good. An opportunity has come to us!”

He became excited.

The one who was always surrounded by the military force called the Pungwoon Unit was only accompanied by three guards?

Then this was literally an opportunity. A chance to somehow capture that troublesome Namgung Hyeok.

Of course, this was a thought he could have only because he had no idea what the combat strength of those guards was.

From the beginning, he had no information about who had killed the Red Wolf Gang’s leader and taken over their headquarters.

If he had known that, he would have thought differently, but unfortunately Jang Hyeok couldn’t do so.

“We’re going after him! If we can capture or kill him here, all our failures will be forgiven!”

“Yes!”

Therefore, Jang Hyeok and his subordinates were currently rushing to capture Namgung Hyeok.

Swooooosh!

What greeted them was an arrow that flew from a great distance.

Thunk!

“Gahk!”

A subordinate whose chest was pierced through rolled off his horse.

The fallen subordinate was trampled by the horses charging from behind, becoming a pitiful sight.

Due to this aftermath, the charge of Jang Hyeok and his subordinates had to rapidly slow down.

“What!?”

“They hit us with an arrow from this distance?”

Everyone was shocked.

Since Namgung Hyeok’s skills were widely known, it wasn’t strange that the enemies had noticed their presence…

But they weren’t currently within arrow range.

Yet to accurately hit someone charging like this?

Thunk!

“Guk!”

But the arrows didn’t end with just one.

Rather, they continued flying, sniping Jang Hyeok’s subordinates.

Only then did Jang Hyeok realize something was wrong.

Intuiting that there was an archer of considerable skill among the enemies, he quickly shouted.

“Spread out! We can’t take any more damage from arrows!”

Following Jang Hyeok’s words, his subordinates spread out widely.

It was a fairly good judgment.

Staying clustered would only make it easier for enemy arrows to hit, so they spread out so they wouldn’t interfere with each other.

“Heh.”

But seeing this, So Yeon only twisted her lips in a smile.

She simultaneously grabbed and shot three arrows at once.

Thunk thunk thunk!

The arrows that flew hit horses or people without a single error.

In an instant, over ten casualties occurred.

“Th-this damn…”

Jang Hyeok felt his mind go blank.

The distance from the enemy was still quite considerable.

Yet those terrifying arrows kept pouring down without missing.

At this rate, wouldn’t more than half of them be taken down before they could even get close?

Even if they managed to get close, that would be a problem too.

If one of the opponent’s guards possessed such formidable power, what if the rest of the guards had similar skills?

Jang Hyeok and his subordinates would surely be annihilated.

That couldn’t happen. He had to avoid such an outcome at all costs.

“Everyone retreat!”

Finally, he made his decision.

Though they had already suffered casualties, he decided to retreat to prevent further losses.

His subordinates quickly responded to Jang Hyeok’s command.

They began fleeing without looking back. Namgung Hyeok watched them from afar and chuckled.

“He’s not a complete fool.”

“Should we pursue them?”

“No need. At this distance, it would be difficult to catch them.”

It might be different if they were riding Sweating Blood Horses used in battlefields.

With the horses they were currently handling, they would exhaust themselves chasing after them.

In that case, it would be better to let them go.

“Let’s take care of the survivors.”

They went in the direction the enemies had come from and gathered the prisoners who were dying from arrow wounds and several horses.

Namgung Hyeok ignited Sacred Fire to cauterize the prisoners’ wounds.

They screamed and then fainted.

“I’ve given them first aid, so they won’t die from infected wounds. Since we had nothing to do on the way, we might as well interrogate them.”

“Well, I doubt they have any useful information though.”

Ho Young replied with a hearty laugh.

The four of them tied them up securely, loaded them onto horses, and resumed their journey.

They didn’t have much farther to go to reach the Namgung Family Estate.

* * *

Namgung Hyeok’s group was able to arrive at the Namgung Family Estate within a few days.

During that time, they had interrogated the prisoners and obtained various pieces of information.

They learned that the prisoners’ true identity was warriors belonging to the unit of Jang Hyeok, an executive of the Evil Path Alliance, and that they had come looking for them because the Red Wolf Gang’s tribute money had been stolen.

But as expected, there was no other useful information beyond that.

They were all merely low-ranking members who only followed orders from their superiors.

“Release these guys. Keeping them in Thunder Prison would just waste food.”

“Are you sure that’s alright? If they return to the Evil Path Alliance, our information might be leaked…”

“Hah. What information?”

Namgung Hyeok looked at the worried Wind Cloud Unit member and chuckled.

There was no information exposed to them that could be leaked in the first place.

All Namgung Hyeok had done was interrogate them on the way here.

‘At most, they’d know that I have many skilled fighters by my side…’

That much had already been discovered by Jang Hyeok who had escaped earlier.

So it didn’t matter at all.

Instead, Namgung Hyeok wrote a letter and entrusted it to the captured prisoners.

“Take this and return to the Evil Path Alliance. Show it to your superior.”

“Wh-what is this?”

“That’s not for you to know. By the way, it’s sealed, so it would be better not to open it and check first.”

Namgung Hyeok spoke with a menacing aura.

The prisoners gulped and nodded.

Somehow, Namgung Hyeok emanated an atmosphere that seemed impossible to defy. They felt that something terrible might happen if they disobeyed his words.

“I’ll give you one silver coin each for travel expenses. That should be enough to cover the costs of your return journey.”

Namgung Hyeok said this and drove the prisoners away.

The prisoners expelled from the Namgung Family Estate hesitated briefly before heading toward the Evil Path Alliance.

After all, unless they were completely withdrawing from Murim, their destination was already decided.

* * *

The prisoners spent several days finding a nearby Evil Path Alliance branch.

“You, you guys!”

Fortunately, Jang Hyeok, who had arrived earlier, was staying there.

He widened his eyes upon seeing subordinates he thought had surely died.

“What happened? Did you escape from that place?”

“Th-that is…”

The prisoners hesitated briefly before telling the truth.

That they couldn’t escape and were captured as prisoners, and that they received treatment from Namgung Hyeok.

And that they were interrogated all the way to the Namgung Family Estate.

At the end of that detailed account was also the story about the letter Namgung Hyeok had told them to deliver.

Jang Hyeok’s subordinates who had been captured as prisoners hesitantly handed it to Jang Hyeok.

“Was this all? Didn’t he say anything else?”

“Yes. He just told us to deliver this when we saw our superior…”

“Hmm. Anyway, you’ve returned safely. I’ll speak to the branch leader here to provide you with lodging, so get proper treatment and rest well.”

“Yes.”

Jang Hyeok’s subordinates who had returned from captivity bowed and withdrew.

At the same time, the Evil Path Alliance Bongtae Branch Leader approached. He made a strange expression seeing the subordinates leave.

“Shouldn’t those guys be punished? They might have spilled secrets about us.”

“Hah. What secrets? Those guys don’t know much anyway. At most, they would have told some trivial stories. Punishing them for that would lower our troops’ morale.”

“Hmm. Well, do as you see fit. They’re your subordinates after all. But what’s that letter about?”

“They said it’s a letter that bastard Namgung Hyeok sent to the Main Alliance. I was just thinking of opening it now.”

Jang Hyeok said this and tore open the letter’s seal.

Soon, blood vessels bulged in Jang Hyeok’s throat as he saw the contents inside.

“That damn bastard…!”

“Wh-what does it say to make you react like that?”

“Read it yourself.”

Jang Hyeok handed the letter to the Bongtae Branch Leader with an enraged face.

Written there in scrawled handwriting were these words:

[Don’t mess around anymore.]

“Good heavens.”

The Bongtae Branch Leader’s mouth fell wide open after reading the letter.

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