The Grand Mudang Saga [Path of the Shaman]

Episode 157

“Name?”

“I am the enemy.”

“A red child? Are you hearing this for the first time?”

“It’s not that famous.”

“I see.”

The bachelor at the reception desk took a peek at the rostrum ligament following him and said.

“Are you going to join us?”

“yes. We intend to participate as ronin.”

“Hmm then go over there and get in line.”

“yes.”

Jeoksaeng answered politely and headed to a place a little away from the reception desk.

There were already many people waiting there.

“Brother, you will be assigned to the fleet this time too, right?”

When Foshan asked, Jeoksaeng nodded.

“Probably, if it’s our rosin-in-dae’s skills, it seems like that.”

“It’s going to be pretty tough this time too.”

“hmm.”

Unam, who was listening to the conversation between Jeoksaeng and Posan, asked curiously.

“What do you mean?”

“yes?”

“What about being placed at the front end?”

I don’t know why Jinmu participates in the battle of Sapa, but everything was a new experience for him.

Earlier, when Punghwan taught him, he said that there is no distinction between politics and politics in learning. Unam faithfully followed the teachings.

“Ah, you may not know because you are a woman. In fact, this is a place to evaluate the skills of nameless ronin like us.”

“Are you evaluating?”

“yes. No matter how Sapphire they are, they don’t send those with weak skills into battle.”

“Oh, I see. No matter how much it is a war, meaningless death is to be excluded as much as possible.”

“…”

At Unam’s words, Jeoksaeng smiled bitterly.

“Anyway, with our skills, we’ll pass, but we’ll probably be deployed at the front end of the battle.”

“Hoo? It’s a front end. Isn’t that the most important place? You are amazing. Not having a name was just modesty. From what I’ve heard, it sounds like you were often assigned to the fleet.”

“…Yes, almost.”

Jeok-saeng looked at Un-am’s innocent admiration curiously, then laughed bitterly again, and Jin-mu, who was listening next to him, snorted inwardly.

that sounds stupid

Saffians don’t worry at all that those with weak skills will be swept away in battle and die.

They are recruiting ronin to die instead, so why worry?

It’s just because it’s a waste of money to hire useless ronin.

And the meaning of standing at the front of the battle is different from Unam’s idea.

A regular faction usually places its elite members at the leading edge, with the masters leading. It is so because I believe that all fights are to protect something.

But Sapa is different. Their fight is to win.

The front end is nothing more than a blade for draining the enemy’s strength.

That’s why most of them die.

But to think that he survived for ten years while standing on the front line and fighting every time.

Jinmu glanced at the enemy.

He thought that maybe his ability as a military might be better than he thought.

However, Jinmu did not think of standing at the tip of the ship.

What he decided to participate in battle with the ronin.

First, to know why they were fighting, and second, to attack Cheonungbang, who was no different from my own family, because I was curious about the face of the guy who came from Sapaecheon’s hometown.

If he had been him in the past, he would have immediately stormed into Sapaecheon’s castle, beaten everyone down, and then interrogated him.

But now it was Jinmu’s body.

There’s no way I could do something like that.

So far, I haven’t been able to compete with Sapaecheon.

So, I was planning to participate in the battle as a member of the Nangindae and watch the situation.

What pissed him off more than anything else were the disciples and the elders.

Even if the damn disciple’s son came to a stupid conclusion, the elders below him had to object, saying no.

What the hell is this Chun Woo-myeong doing?

Shouldn’t it have taken the lead?

Let’s see, these bastards.

First of all, I know the reason and memorize it, and later, when I get only the Positive Mind Gong, I will definitely visit you and beat you so that you can’t recognize my face.

While Jinmu was brooding and thinking for a long time.

“Come forward to the Red Sagittarius.”

My enemy is about to step out at the sound of my name being called.

“I will.”

Jinmu, who was silent, grabbed Jeoksaeng by the shoulder.

“…yes?”

Jeoksaeng squinted his eyes and looked at Jinmu passing by him in a puzzled way.

“Oh no, the current test isn’t a test you do alone.”

Jeoksaeng stopped him and tried to explain, but Jinmu was already approaching the examiner.

“huh? what? It says “Languin Dae”, so how can I be alone?”

Examiner Chun Gorak frowned.

The current test was not about individuals, but was an evaluation of those who participated in the rongindae.

However, those who looked like a party didn’t even think about moving, and it was embarrassing to see a bright young guy come out alone.

“What are you doing? Can’t you bring your gang quickly?”

“I do not need.”

“what? What about this young bastard? Are you crazy? Do you know who I am and talk nonsense? A fool with no name!”

You talked half-heartedly, so I spoke half-heartedly. Why?

“Aren’t you busy? There are a lot of guys waiting, so evaluate quickly.”

“what?”

“I’m enough for this kind of evaluation alone, so stop talking and tell me to hurry up.”

“…”

Jinmu frowned and said, and Cheongorak lowered his anger and smiled faintly.

It’s crazy.

Coming for a skill evaluation means having a name that is so bad that the reception desk doesn’t know about it.

The rosin ligament around them also had a puzzled expression.

“I will see all the crazy ones. good night. This test is to see how much your sacral ligaments can withstand, and you just have to endure the combined efforts of the five evaluators for a while.”

“At a time?”

When Jinmu made a slightly surprised expression, Cheongorak laughed.

“Why are you scared?”

“Haa, fear is a plague. Start soon.”

Seeing Jinmu with his hands behind his back without even pulling out his sword, Gorak Cheon approached the warriors who were preparing for a skill evaluation.

“싸가지 없는 놈의 새끼. Pluck the bristles.”

“yes. I see.”

The five unmanned soldiers who acted as evaluation officers stepped forward to Jinmu with cruel smiles on them.

I was pretty exhausted from evaluating my skills as I went to check on him that was out of my temper.

My cheeks flushed with excitement when I thought that I had a chance to taste my hands.

“Look at that stupid bastard. Aren’t you going to pull out your knife?”

The evaluators continued to choke at the sight of Jinmu standing with his hands behind his back.

tired.

These guys are just test tubes.

It was worth knowing the skills of those who will be evaluated by those guys and go to the vanguard of the battle.

It was certain that they would be annihilated the moment they collided with the unmanned corps dispatched from the nature of Sapaecheon.

“Hey, are you telling me to draw a knife, young friend?”

“Haha, I went out with courage, but now it seems I’m afraid.”

Jinmu sighed at the sound of the evaluators flirting.

“Can I attack first?”

“what? It doesn’t matter, but…”

The moment when one of the evaluators, who was confused, murmured without knowing himself when Jinmu asked.

Break up! blah blah!

I didn’t even see it move.

can’t be seen If it’s their poor skills, it will end in an instant, even if Jinmu doesn’t bother to use his inner energy.

Now who’s got to hold out for a moment?

jump! Perpuck! baek!

I couldn’t understand what was happening right in front of my eyes.

I thought I could hear a strong beating sound, but the five evaluators lay down on the ground amicably, and Jinmu stood in the center of them with his hands behind his back.

“Hey, is this all?”

“…”

Jinmu asked, but Cheon Gorak only blinked his eyes with a dazed expression.

The ronins who were waiting for the evaluation also had a different expression. It wasn’t enough to open their mouths, and some of them had their eyes wide open.

“hey!”

“…yes?”

Go-Rak Cheon unknowingly treated him with respect.

“Is it over?”

“…yes.”

“All right. then. Where can I go?”

“If you go to the outer hall…”

“I get it.”

Jinmu returned to the party as he had walked casually, and the party immediately moved toward the outer hall that Cheon Gorak had mentioned.

Gorak Chun, who had been staring blankly at their backs, hurriedly went to see his superior in a sudden thought.

* * *

The outer hall was the outer hall, but it was just a tent outside the inner hall of Cheonungbang.

With the help of Jinmu, Jeoksaengdae, who passed the skill evaluation without doing anything, went to one of the tents where the ronin were waiting.

When Jinmu settled down roughly anywhere, Jeoksaengdae carefully sat a little away from him. It was because the burden was burdensome.

I didn’t know why such a talented person was with them or why he was trying to stand at the leading edge with the inferior rotator cuff, but I couldn’t dare to ask.

“Is that Jinmu…?”

Unam, who could not bear to be called a dojo, approached cautiously.

“what?”

“I have one question for you.”

Jinmu looked at Unam.

No matter how angry you are, you have to distinguish between public and life.

Unam was Samho, a proud subordinate of Jinmu, and a person who would play a pivotal role in getting Jeongmu-maeng into his hands in the future.

“say.”

“Why did you participate? Isn’t it a fight within Sapaecheon and not a political alliance?”

I was just curious.

Aren’t the people of the age also paying close attention?

What can I say?

How should I twist it?

Let’s see, first of all, he’s far away from others, and the only ear he can hear is Dang Se-ryeong.

“There are two reasons for that.”

“Two or two?”

“okay.”

“Well, I will listen.”

As if Unam was being taught, he took a neat posture.

It’s strange.

Unlike Dang Se-ryeong, who secretly steals like a rat, he is ready to learn.

“The first is broadening your knowledge.”

“yes? What if you say knowledgeable?”

“How much do you know about Sapaecheon?”

“….”

“How do they fight? what about inaction? Did you see Go Soo’s face?”

“Not really. For those whose names are known, there are portraits of Kunlun. Sometimes a brief explanation is added.”

“You don’t know what to say.”

“yes?”

“It is said that one hundred words is worth one thousand words.”

“ah!”

How could Unam not understand that it is better to experience once than to hear a hundred times?

However, Unam had a face as if he had received grace.

“Then what about the second?”

“Why are we with the ronin? would be curious.”

“Please tell me.”

Unam, who had already passed over the first reason, waited for an answer like a thirsty deer.

“The three of us are still unknown to the political affairs league.”

“yes? no way Are you a shaman swordsman?”

“Shh lower your voice.”

“sorry.”

“People don’t believe what they see with their own eyes. Those who have seen it in person do not hold my name in high esteem. Those who only heard the story won’t even care? He’s probably eager to lash out at me saying it’s exaggerated or something.”

“Um…”

“Anyway, our faces and names that are not well known even in the Jeongmu Maeng cannot be known in Sapaecheon.”

“okay.”

“That is the second reason.”

“…?”

“Equality unknown.”

“ah!”

He’s a really good guy to admire.

“okay. If you’re not a member, but an unknown ronin, they won’t be interested. Do you want to take a look at them from their nearest place? You are so amazing. Somehow he didn’t speak for a while, so I didn’t know you were making such a plan. I respect you. Mr. Jinmu.”

I can hear you quite a bit.

Moreover, it was not enough to even interpret the words that were roughly thrown by themselves, and their eyes were growing in respect.

“If you do, you will have to hide your skills, right? Just like when Jinmu-nim looked at the evaluation a while ago.”

“okay. If possible, don’t use Kunlun’s martial arts. The same goes for the inner workings.”

“All right. I will.”

Unam nodded.

“Then go. Go and have a chat with the ronin. I’ve lived on the battlefield for ten years, so there’s a lot to learn.”

“yes! Mr. Jinmu!”

Unam blazed with enthusiasm for learning, bowed politely, and left.

In the meantime, Jinmu glanced at Dang Se-ryeong’s expression.

What would you say?

But he doesn’t say anything.

“Are you not asking anything?”

“why? ask me?”

“No, what…”

“You won’t teach me even if I ask anyway?”

Not really.

“And when did I ever throw up on you?”

Even though I didn’t have a cheap thing, there was never such a thing.

“You would be like that then. What are you asking? It’s pointless…”

Jinmu couldn’t help but wonder at Dang Se-ryeong’s reaction.

Something has changed, but I don’t know what.

Jinmu tilts his head.

“Who is leading the Jeoksaengdae here?”

The warrior from Cheonungbang approached.

Carrying the subordinates.