Eunryong Chronicles, Episode 54
At the time the group was conversing in the main hall, Jehwa was having a meal at a restaurant.
“Haah! Why am I so tired these days? I haven’t even done anything.”
Jehwa grumbled.
Even now, his body was suppressing Jehwa’s tremendous power.
Just as Jehwa was muttering in dissatisfaction, someone sat down behind him.
“Who might you be?”
“Huh?”
Startled by the sudden voice from behind, Jehwa tilted his head back in puzzlement.
There, a man was silently drinking alcohol.
“Then who are you?”
“Huhuhuhu!”
At Jehwa’s words, the man let out a low laugh.
“Who do you think I am?”
“How should I know?”
Jehwa frowned at the man’s words and began to focus on eating again. No, he tried to eat.
“…!”
Just as he was about to pick up a dumpling, Jehwa’s eyes widened, and he shot his body away in an instant.
Kwagagagagang!
Along with him, the spot where Jehwa had been sitting was blown away.
Jehwa’s face twisted fiercely as he glared at the man.
Before anyone knew it, the gazes of everyone in the restaurant were already fixed on the two of them.
“What the hell is this?!”
“It’s quite suspicious, you see… That someone as terrifying as you is wandering around after such an incident occurred.”
At Jehwa’s cry, the man swung a massive greatsword befitting his large frame with an expressionless face.
Even compared to the greatsword of Ma Taeak, the Black Lion Greatsword, the greatsword of the man before his eyes looked bigger.
Moreover, it didn’t seem to be made of steel, but of something else.
“Hmph! Don’t talk nonsense!”
In an instant, Jehwa’s momentum shifted. Then with flashing eyes, he charged at the man.
Tung!
“Hm?”
Kwagagagagang!
Jehwa’s body slam scored a direct hit on the man, and with a strange sound, he went flying from the second-floor guesthouse.
“Huh, what was that?”
Jehwa, who had attacked the man, made a slightly puzzled expression.
It was certainly a different sensation from that of an ordinary human.
After making a puzzled face for a moment, Jehwa soon threw aside his confusion.
“Well, whatever. I just have to beat that guy.”
Having said that, Jehwa launched himself again.
***
Hong Yuhwa, who had been lying dazedly on the bed in her room, suddenly sprang up from her seat.
“What’s going on all of a sudden?”
“A certain man has clashed with Lord Jehwa.”
“What?”
Heukhwa, who had appeared at some point, informed Hong Yuhwa, who was frowning and getting up, of the outside situation.
“How is the situation?”
“I do not know for certain yet, but it seems Lord Jehwa is at a slight advantage.”
“Really? Then I’ll go check later. If it’s not those guys, there’s no one who can pose a threat to Jehwa….”
Hong Yuhwa muttered like that and lay back down on her bed, gazing up at the ceiling.
***
BANG! CRACK! THUD!
BWOONG~ HWOONG~
The man and Jehwa, who had climbed onto the building’s roof, were swinging fists and swords at each other.
But the fight looked quite one-sided.
While all of Jehwa’s attacks landed direct hits on the man, the man’s attacks didn’t hit Jehwa at all.
“What the hell kind of body do you have?!”
At that moment, Jehwa’s annoyed voice rang out. Along with it, a silver aura began to surge from Jehwa’s hands.
Likewise, a golden aura surged from the man’s greatsword.
“Damn it! Fall down!”
Jehwa shouted in annoyance.
Thus the exchange of blows began anew, but this time it was Jehwa who began to be pushed back.
At that, Jehwa’s face twisted fiercely. His attacks were having no effect on the man whatsoever.
No matter how powerfully he struck, the man simply swung his sword with an expressionless face.
Though clearly sluggish, since the attacks had no effect, Jehwa couldn’t help but be pushed back little by little.
Then, a savage attack struck Jehwa once. Of course, Jehwa defended.
But what happened was shocking.
BANG!
“Kuk!”
KWAGAGAGAGAGANG!
Jehwa, who had blocked the man’s attack, felt an enormous force striking his entire body and ended up flying to the roadside, crashing into the ground.
“W-what kind of strength is this….”
Jehwa, whose bodily functions momentarily stopped from the man’s attack, muttered with a dumbfounded face.
The man possessed monstrous strength surpassing even that of Hong Yuhwa.
THUD!
Then, the man who had leaped down from the roof began approaching Jehwa.
Watching that, Jehwa, who had risen with difficulty, flashed his eyes.
When the man entered Jehwa’s range, Jehwa raised his aura.
GOOOOOOOO!
“…!”
At the atmosphere clearly different from before, the man flinched for the first time.
But Jehwa charged at the man without paying it any mind.
The man also swung his sword at Jehwa.
Kwagagagagang!
The shockwave from the clash between the man and Jehwa blew away their surroundings.
“Hmm….”
At that, the man’s expression changed subtly.
“Hm?”
When Jehwa, who had retreated a few steps from the man’s sword, was frowning, the surrounding buildings began to collapse, and between them stood a young boy.
“Waaaaaah!”
Shortly after, as the young boy’s cry was heard, Jehwa’s and the man’s gazes turned toward that spot.
In that instant, putting his fight with Jehwa behind him, the man ran to save the young boy.
Watching that, Jehwa’s expression also changed subtly. The man who had picked a fight for no reason was absurdly kind.
The young boy bowed to the man who had saved him and then instantly moved away from the battlefield.
“Why didn’t you attack? You had plenty of openings.”
“You were saving a person.”
“….”
As Jehwa said with a grin, the man made a blank expression.
“That aside… are you human?”
To the man’s question with a puzzled expression, Jehwa answered with a sly grin.
“I’m human.”
At those words, the man, who had been silent for a moment, opened his mouth.
“It seems… I was mistaken.”
“Huh? About what?”
“I thought you were the one who did that to Gaizhou in Liaoning.”
“So I was attacked by you because of that misunderstanding?”
“That is correct.”
Upon hearing the man’s reply, Jehwa grabbed him by the collar and began shaking him.
“You damn bastard! You attacked someone without even being sure? You want to die by my hand?”
“I apologize.”
“Because of you, I couldn’t eat my precious food.”
“….”
At Jehwa’s words, his face on the verge of tears, the man made a blank expression.
Seeing that expression that looked so sad, the man unknowingly took something out from his bosom and handed it to Jehwa.
“W-will this do?”
“Huh? It’s gold!”
And a huge chunk of gold the size of the man’s fist.
“You’re a good person!”
Thinking that with this gold, he could eat lots of delicious food, Jehwa spoke joyfully.
Truthfully, what Jehwa wanted was to eat food at all hours.
These days, Jehwa’s appetite had increased to a degree incomparable to before.
But the rest of the group, who held the money, did not give Jehwa food outside of mealtimes.
Therefore, even though Jehwa ate more than before, he was quite dissatisfied.
At times like that, the man who had given him something worth money seemed like a truly good person to Jehwa.
He had long since forgotten about being attacked without warning.
“But I’m going to Gaizhou too.”
Jehwa, smiling as he put the gold away, spoke as if he had just remembered.
“Why?”
At those words, the man made a puzzled expression.
“I don’t know. One of my companions said we’re going there?”
The man, who pondered for a moment at Jehwa’s words, spoke with a sigh.
“You must be careful.”
“Huh?”
“There is someone stronger than me there. If you fight him, you will be at a disadvantage.”
At those words, Jehwa grinned slyly.
“It’s fine. Because I’m strong.”
At Jehwa’s confident words, the man stared blankly at him. And for the first time since meeting Jehwa, he smiled faintly.
“My name is Ji Ugyeom.”
“My name is Jehwa, Eun Jehwa.”
At the words of the man, Ji Ugyeom, Jehwa replied with a bright smile.
Chapter 15. Silver Dragon vs Blue Dragon
“Did something happen in Beijing? You look happy?”
“I met a good person.”
Sawollin asked Jehwa, who looked to be in a good mood, with a puzzled expression, and he replied with a sly grin.
These days, Jehwa’s mood hadn’t been very good.
As Jehwa suddenly increased the amount he ate and tried to eat food at all hours, they wouldn’t buy him food outside of mealtimes.
Because of that, Jehwa’s mood was quite wounded.
Perhaps it was fortunate that Jehwa didn’t hit people just because they didn’t buy him food?
Of course, if you teased him with food, you got beaten up severely.
Once before, I Seolhye had teased him with food, thinking it would be fun, and ended up getting pummeled into a pulp by Jehwa; since then, they hadn’t teased him with food again.
Anyway, Jehwa’s group could easily tell that the closer they got to Liaoning, the more government soldiers they saw.
“There are a lot of soldiers….”
“Of course. An entire county’s worth of people all died; would the nation sit still?”
Sawollin said with a nonchalant face to I Seolhye’s words.
Having passed through the pass between Hebei and Liaoning, the group could see the noticeably increased number of government soldiers.
“You there.”
“Huh?”
“You there, boy.”
“Me?”
Jehwa made a puzzled expression at the soldier’s call.
“Come here.”
“Again?”
“What’s with all this just because his hair color is like that?”
Hong Yuhwa and Sawollin made annoyed expressions at the soldier’s words.
Jehwa also approached the soldier with an annoyed expression.
“You.”
“Are you going to say I’m suspicious?”
“Huh?”
“I’ve heard plenty of that since earlier! What’s wrong with my hair! What’s so suspicious about it!”
The soldier made a bewildered expression at Jehwa shouting back at him.
“W-well, it’s just… things are quite uneasy because of this incident….”
“If they’re martial artists, people with unusual hair colors like this appear from time to time.”
Hong Yuhwa hugged Jehwa, who was growling and showing his annoyance, to stop him, and Sawollin explained with an awkward smile.
Actually, Sawollin wanted to stop Jehwa but lacked the strength to do so, so she had no choice but to explain.
Thus, Jehwa’s group once again safely overcame the difficulty and let out a deep sigh.
“If this keeps up, it’ll never end.”
“Right….”
“Get off!”
At I Seolhye’s words, Hong Yuhwa rubbed her cheek against Jehwa’s head as she spoke, and Sawollin burst out screaming at the sight.
“Anyway, let’s hurry to Gaizhou. I’m reaching my limit.”
Jehwa said, his face twisted.
If they were inspected by government soldiers a few more times here, Jehwa might become a walking thunderbolt bomb.
Jehwa as a walking thunderbolt bomb… It was horrifying just to imagine.