The World’s Greatest Martial Arts Instructor - Chapter 265

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Chapter 265. I’m Disappointed

 

 

The Waryong Corps First Squad was easy to find.

It was morning, the time when they should have been attending classes at the school building.

At this hour, the only ones rolling around in the training ground were the five from Waryong Corps First Squad.

They were training while ignoring even the general curriculum of Gyoryong Hall.

Of course, this was possible at the discretion of the Waryong Corps First Squad’s supervising instructor.

Ha Mu-baek also took the Maengryong Corps Seventh Unit out at his own discretion.

However, the Waryong Corps First Squad’s supervising instructor was not present at that spot.

Whether he had given in to Gu So-so’s nagging, his figure could not be found anywhere.

Instead.

The one currently drilling the Waryong Corps First Squad was Gun Mu-han.

A group battle between the five Iron Armor Cavalry and the five from Waryong Corps First Squad.

Ha Mu-baek quietly observed the scene.

It was fairly well-organized.

However.

‘The Hatuje isn’t fought this way.’

It was a natural thought.

They were currently facing the Waryong Corps First Squad using the Iron Armor Cavalry’s combat methods.

The Waryong Corps First Squad was responding to it while also learning the Iron Armor Cavalry’s combat methods.

The Iron Armor Cavalry, as their name suggests, were a mounted unit.

They were optimized for battles on wide plains where cavalry could maneuver.

It was a method that didn’t match the Hatuje, which was guerrilla warfare conducted in the mountain forests of Moklan Mountain.

 

“Hm?”

At that moment, Gun Mu-han’s gaze, which had been watching the Waryong cadets’ training, met with Ha Mu-baek’s.

Ha Mu-baek gave him a slight smile.

‘Ha Mu-baek…’

Gun Mu-han’s discovery of Ha Mu-baek was by chance.

He hadn’t sensed his presence and looked in that direction.

Feeling frustrated by the pathetic performance of the Waryong Corps First Squad cadets, he had looked up at the sky to cool his mind.

The rooftop of the school building came into his view.

He discovered the person there and their eyes met.

Indeed, a monster was a monster.

Even though there was quite some distance, Gun Mu-han himself had been completely unaware of Ha Mu-baek’s presence.

No one else in this place had noticed Ha Mu-baek’s existence either.

Everyone’s attention was focused on the Iron Armor Cavalry and the cadets.

Even though the Iron Cavalry was appropriately matching their level, the five cadets’ coordination was falling apart.

Nevertheless, Gu So-so had a fairly satisfied expression.

She seemed to think that level of coordination was acceptable for that level of skill.

Gun Mu-han secretly shook his head.

‘Now that Ha Mu-baek has returned… what will happen…’

He was teaching those brats because it was the Sect Leader’s order.

Honestly, he was skeptical.

He had never seen the Waryong Corps Twentieth Group kids.

However, he had heard they were kids who had been doing odd jobs for the Shinjin Eight Gates.

Logically speaking, it was an absolutely unloseable fight.

However.

The existence called Ha Mu-baek was the problem.

The human called Ha Mu-baek, whom he had experienced and heard about in the last war.

He was a monster who made the impossible possible.

‘Well, this is enough here.’

Having seen everything he needed to see, Ha Mu-baek’s figure disappeared in an instant.

The place he headed to was his own dormitory.

He needed to check on the Maengryong Corps’ training situation before leaving.

First, he decided to get some sleep.

There was time left until the afternoon training.

 

***

 

Fortunately, the Maengryong Corps’ training was progressing well.

They had achieved the level Ha Mu-baek had envisioned.

Han Seol-bing had been paying attention during this time, and the other instructors had also worked hard.

For some reason he couldn’t understand.

Watching the training, their eyes gleamed as they looked at the cadets.

And they observed the training situation really thoroughly and strictly.

Thanks to this, those who were inadequate without exception experienced the hardship of receiving additional training.

‘Are they getting revenge?’

Ha Mu-baek suddenly had that thought.

Under the pretext of training the Maengryong Corps, he had put the Maengryong Corps instructors through a hard time for over a month.

Looking at how the instructors were treating the cadets now, it seemed like revenge for that.

Whatever their intention, thanks to that, the training condition was good.

At this level, it seemed there would be no major problem even if he was away until the Hatuje.

Next was.

‘It’s going to be busy.’

Ha Mu-baek had the thought that somehow, he was abandoning a comfortable life for himself.

His steps headed toward Moklan Mountain.

 

Rustle.

The sound of stepping on a fallen leaf echoed.

It wasn’t a completely dried leaf.

Since it was early summer, it was a leaf that still had life remaining in it.

The sound of stepping on it was extremely small.

But to the ears of the one who had misstepped, it sounded like thunder.

“Caught you.”

As a result.

Dang Jin-san’s voice came from behind.

“Phew. I lost.”

Eun Hwa-ryang said with a deep sigh.

Dang Jin-san nodded with a satisfied smile.

“Then catch them well. Dinner is at stake.”

With those words, he handed over the red band that had been wrapped around his left forearm and quickly disappeared.

Eun Hwa-ryang quietly closed his eyes.

And when he had counted to three hundred in his mind.

He opened both eyes and began to move quickly.

Ha Mu-baek was quietly watching all of this unfold.

‘Not bad.’

What they were doing looked like simple hide-and-seek, but.

It was stealth and tracking training.

Last year, he had to handle all five by himself, but.

Now there were many people.

Thanks to that, so many of them were roaming the mountain forest doing stealth and tracking training.

The effect was even better.

In the Hato Festival, countless people move around in the mountains.

If that was the case, the more people and traces there were, the more similar the situation became to the Hato Festival.

Ha Mu-baek moved quietly.

Where he headed was where Han Seol-bing was.

Han Seol-bing had climbed a tall tree and was observing the cadets’ situation.

“Not bad.”

Even at Ha Mu-baek’s words as he suddenly appeared, Han Seol-bing remained calm.

This was thanks to Ha Mu-baek approaching while slightly revealing his presence.

“You’re finally here.”

Her voice contained resentment.

“You’ve worked hard.”

Simple words. However, Han Seol-bing’s mood didn’t change.

“How did your business go?”

“It was roughly resolved well.”

“What kind of matter was it?”

Han Seol-bing asking for the reason.

Since it was clear that Han Seol-bing’s resentment would grow even more if he didn’t tell her even now that everything was over.

Ha Mu-baek roughly summarized and explained the situation to her.

Namgung Yu and Namgung Hu.

If those two returned to Gyoryong Hall, they would roughly know.

“He’s insane. Namgung Hwa-hyeon.”

“Even the former Family Head.”

Ha Mu-baek added to Han Seol-bing’s sigh.

“I never thought that would actually be true.”

He had thought it was just common gossip among idle talkers circulating in Gangho.

“Human desire always exceeds imagination.”

At Ha Mu-baek’s calm words.

Han Seol-bing suddenly thought of her own sect.

Ice Heaven Palace.

Looking at that bastard Tak Mu-jeon, it seemed like something was happening at Ice Heaven Palace too.

‘Should I go visit once?’

Such a thought suddenly occurred to her.

And then she glanced at Ha Mu-baek.

Even this guy had abandoned Hocheon Corps and found his family.

Yet she still hadn’t visited her sect.

Perhaps she was even more indifferent than this guy.

Such a thought occurred to her.

 

***

 

“You couldn’t find her?”

Gong Ya-jang-cheon asked with a frowning face.

“I’m, I’m sorry.”

Mun In-baek-song, the Military Advisor of Sahae Alliance, couldn’t lift his head.

Who would have thought they couldn’t find her even after mobilizing all of Sahae Alliance’s information networks.

“The Haomun bastards are being uncooperative?”

“On the surface, they seem to be doing their best, but since that incident happened last time…”

“Tsk.”

Gong Ya-jang-cheon clicked his tongue at Mun In-baek-song’s words.

“I must look quite ridiculous too.”

There was subtle anger in those words.

However, there was nothing he could do.

With Haomun’s power already weakened from the last incident.

If Sahae Alliance took action, it would be destroying Jeongcheon Alliance’s information organization that opposed Beggar Sect with their own hands.

Haomun probably knew this fact well, which was why they were acting this way.

“Tsk.”

Gong Ya-jang-cheon clicked his tongue once more.

“Military Advisor.”

“Yes.”

Mun In-baek-song bowed his head even deeper.

“I’m disappointed.”

Though brief words, they were filled with sincerity.

Mun In-baek-song couldn’t straighten his back.

“Why exactly is this happening? We mobilized all of Sahae Alliance’s power. What exactly is the reason we can’t find that child for over three months?”

It was a question filled with frustration.

Gong Ya-jang-cheon knew the answer. Even so, he had to ask again.

“That is… the Young Lady seems to have left Sahae Alliance’s territory. There are limits to searching Jeongcheon Alliance’s territory…”

Unless it was Haomun, they couldn’t freely investigate Jeongcheon Alliance’s territory.

The mutual blind eye that Jeongcheon Alliance and Sahae Alliance turned to each other’s information organizations was limited to Beggar Sect and Haomun.

Only up to here.

There couldn’t be cities without beggars and pleasure houses.

“We can’t inform Jeongcheon Alliance either.”

An obvious statement.

“Moreover, because of that artifact Ryeon-ju gave as a gift to the Young Lady…”

Mun In-baek-song trailed off.

Gong Ya-jang-cheon frowned.

“I shot myself in the foot.”

Gong Ya-jang-cheon muttered bitterly.

He had given it as a gift so that child could comfortably look around when she felt frustrated.

Who would have thought it would turn out like this.

“Someone who could find that child regardless of that artifact?”

“They would need excellent Ki Sense. They must be able to accurately feel presence.”

“What level would that be?”

Gong Ya-jang-cheon asked again.

“Since we’d have to search all under heaven, if it’s one person, they’d need at least the skill level of our Protectors. If their skill is lacking, we’d have to deploy as many as possible.”

Sahae Alliance’s Protectors stirring up Jeongcheon Alliance’s territory?

This would be telling Jeongcheon Alliance to fight.

Countless Sahae Alliance warriors traveling through Jeongcheon Alliance territory would be the same.

“Tsk.”

A story he already knew.

Mun In-baek-song watched Gong Ya-jang-cheon’s mood.

One method that came to mind while considering all options in his frustrated and anxious heart.

It seemed possible, but the chances of success were extremely slim.

“What is it?”

Gong Ya-jang-cheon, noticing Mun In-baek-song’s hesitation, asked.

“Well… it’s a method with very slim chances of success, but…”

“Speak.”

Mun In-baek-song had always repeated the same words until now.

Since a different solution came from his mouth, it was worth hearing.

“It’s… Ha Mu-baek.”

And the answer that came out.

Gong Ya-jang-cheon stared at Mun In-baek-song intently.

“Why that man all of a sudden?”

Though he asked this, his mind was working rapidly.

People commonly assume that the leader of Sahae Alliance, a demonic faction coalition, would be hot-tempered and ignorant.

Gong Ya-jang-cheon was the complete opposite.

A logical and rational person.

On top of that, he was even cold-hearted.

That’s why, even though Mun In-baek-song was reporting failure, not a single outburst of anger had emerged.

“Because he can do it.”

There was no need for lengthy explanations.

Mun In-baek-song could tell from Gong Ya-jang-cheon’s eyes that he had already grasped his intention.

“Right. Yes. That man could do it.”

Gong Ya-jang-cheon nodded his head.

His skills, plus that monster-like Ki Sense, a man who could freely roam not only Jeongcheon Alliance territory but also Sahae Alliance territory.

He was truly the perfect person for this.

However, it was such an absurd idea that Gong Ya-jang-cheon hadn’t thought of it.

Mun In-baek-song also hadn’t thought of it last time for the same reason.

“You really must be desperate to think of that man.”

At Gong Ya-jang-cheon’s words, Mun In-baek-song smiled bitterly.

“It would be terrible if the Young Lady went somewhere like Sanwol Demon Forest.”

Gong Ya-jang-cheon nodded at Mun In-baek-song’s words.

“Even so, she’s not a child thoughtless enough to do that.”

Nevertheless, his face was full of worry.

“Is that man Ha Mu-baek still at Gyoryong Hall?”

“I believe so.”

“Whether it works or not, we should at least try asking. Tsk.”

Thus, someone departed from Sahae Alliance toward Muchang.

Carrying Gong Ya-jang-cheon’s message bird.

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