Chapter 110 : Bridgehead
“Get down!”
As soon as my roar fell, the air around the carriage twisted.
Dozens of arrows pouring like rain from the top of the cliff. They were not simple arrows.
Dark blue poison qi dwelt on every arrowhead, and the piercing sound tearing the air proved that the internal energy of those who shot the arrows was not ordinary.
Clang! Clang-clang!
Baek Mu-yong and Eun Bin imdiately threw their bodies and blocked Seol Ye-rin’s front.
Eun Bin’s sword rotated so fast it couldn't be seen and struck away the arrows, and Baek Mu-yong swept the ground with heavy sword qi to twist the arrows' trajectory.
“Moyong Geum! Hide under the carriage!”
“Yes!”
Moyong Geum quickly crumpled his body between the wheels of the splendid carriage.
The rchant guild’s escort warriors also raised their shields and started to return fire, but the terrain disadvantage was clear.
Whiz—!
At that ti, there was a hidden weapon flying in with a bizarre sound through the rain of arrows.
A hidden weapon in the shape of a circular saw blade rotated and rushed toward the roof of the carriage Seol Ye-rin was riding.
“Lady Seol!”
My body soared into the empty air.
Whoosh!
Extre Yang Qi spewing from my palm ford a curtain of fla and received the saw blade hidden weapon head-on.
Sizzle!
As fla and tal clashed, the hidden weapon heated up red and fell to the floor.
I landed lightly on the carriage roof and raised my head to stare at the top of the cliff.
“Who are you guys!”
-Keulkeul, they are wearing blood robes.
-Are they Blood Cultists?
At the Sword Venerable and Demon Queen’s words, my eyes flashed.
“Wi Ji-yeong! Tae Un-seo! Protect the rchant guild people! The rest follow !”
I kicked off the ground and climbed the nearly vertical cliff.
“I entrust the Young Palace Head to you.”
After saying that, Eun Bin took Yu So-dong and started following .
On top of the cliff, n in blood robes wearing black masks were setting up camp.
“…….”
As one of the masked n flicked his wrist, dozens of needles poured out from inside his sleeve.
They sure have a lot of hidden weapons.
I, who retrieved all the needles using the Ten Thousand Heavens Poison Hand, returned the needles as they were.
Thwip-thwip-thwip-
The needles embed directly into the n in blood robes.
Looking at the enemies falling down the cliff after being hit by needles, I recited coldly.
“This is disappointing. Are you trying to catch us through rely these kinds of dirty tricks?”
It was then.
Blood-colored fog rose from the forest behind the cliff, and a bizarre laughing sound was heard.
“Kikik… Is it okay to leave Seol Ye-rin alone like this?”
n wearing blood-colored silk robes appeared piercing through the fog.
At the man’s words, I looked back.
With the sound of Boom, n in blood robes popped out from under the carriage.
***
The ceiling of the carriage was torn off with a roar.
“Young Palace Head!”
Han Seol-bi’s scream guarding outside the carriage was heard, but shadows wearing blood-colored clothes were already pouring in through the torn ceiling.
They were the Blood Cult’s ambushers hiding under the rchant guild’s carriage wheels and in the piles of dirt on the path.
Seol Ye-rin calmly put down her teacup.
The fingernails of the man in blood robes who barged in right before her eyes rushed aiming for her neck.
Fishy blood scent pricked the tip of her nose, but Seol Ye-rin’s pupils were deep and calm like the abyss of the North Sea.
Crackle—!
Extre Yin Qi spewing from Seol Ye-rin’s entire body froze the inside of the carriage in an instant.
The tea water fluttering in the air beca ice awls and pierced the chests and shoulders of the n in blood robes.
“Keoheok!”
The attackers froze with their feet stuck to the floor.
But as if they couldn't feel pain, the guys ignored their flesh being torn off and rushed in again.
‘Is it a Jiangshi? No, this is…….’
Movent like a doll without life dwelling in it.
It seed to be a Jiangshi, different from the Poison Jiangshi seen in the Poison Palace.
“Who dares to aim for whom!”
Fire Spirit Qi exploded from Cheon Deung-jin’s palm.
The n in blood robes trying to pierce through the carriage wall were swept away by flas and bounced off.
But the number of enemies showed no sign of decreasing.
n in blood robes were constantly pouring out not only from the top of the cliff but also from the forests on the left and right of the path.
Seol Ye-rin slowly moved her steps out of the carriage.
Every ti she took a step, the ground turned into a pure white ice sheet.
“Young Palace Head, I will block this place!”
Baek Mu-yong wielded his sword and cut down the approaching enemies, but the offensive of the n in blood robes was terrible.
If he cut one guy, two guys rushed in, and every ti their blood touched the floor, bizarre smoke rose and clouded the party’s minds.
Seol Ye-rin raised her head and looked at the top of the cliff.
She saw the figure of Hyeokryeon Yeom slaughtering the enemies.
He was also struggling surrounded by nurous enemies.
‘I cannot put the burden only on Hyeokryeon Yeom.’
Seol Ye-rin’s blue hair fluttered riding the strong wind.
She put her two palms together at chest height.
Glacial Seal.
A blue light curtain starting from under Seol Ye-rin’s feet spread out in all directions like a wave.
Not only the n in blood robes surrounding the carriage, but even the enemies climbing up the cliff foot froze up to their waists at once and stopped.
“……!”
The Blood Cult n looking down from the top of the cliff flinched as if flustered.
Seol Ye-rin flashed a cold eye glint and captured a shadow approaching secretly aiming for Hyeokryeon Yeom’s back on top of the cliff.
A dagger with blood-colored energy dwelling in it was held in the guy’s hand.
“Be careful behind you!”
Seol Ye-rin stretched out her finger and flicked the empty air.
Swoosh—!
A sharp ice arrow flew cutting the air and accurately pierced the chest of the person aiming for Hyeokryeon Yeom’s nape.
Only then did Hyeokryeon Yeom look back and et eyes with Seol Ye-rin.
Hyeokryeon Yeom curled up the corners of his mouth and shouted sothing, but it was buried in the high mountain wind and not heard.
But Seol Ye-rin knew.
“Lady Seong, Lady Cheon. Please stay behind . Because I won't let a single guy cross this line.”
Huge ice flowers blood around Seol Ye-rin.
***
The Blood Lord leading the Blood Cultists.
Among them, the youngest in charge of the seventh, Seventh Blood Lord Blood Bone Lord Yeon Jeok-ha frowned.
‘The Demonic Cult's Third Young Master and the North Sea Ice Palace's Young Palace Head.’
He intentionally repeated attacks to separate the two and hunt them.
It seed he invested all the military power the Seventh Blood Lord had, enough to use Jiangshis.
‘But…….’
He couldn't catch either of them.
‘The Moyong rchant Guild's escorts are almost useless.’
The problem is those people.
‘The military power of those protecting the Young Palace Head is stronger than I thought.’
The two move secretly and chase down the Blood Cultists.
The big guy protecting the Young Palace Head and the woman using flying daggers.
And even the won using Ice Art and Fire Art beside them.
‘That old man and granddaughter aren't even moving yet.’
Plus even the boy holding a sword and watching the situation.
‘There are too many variables.’
To hunt the two quickly and kidnap the Young Palace Head, it seed he had to input a few more people.
“What are you trying to do?”
A situation confronting Hyeokryeon Yeom.
At my question, the Seventh Blood Lord smiled.
“Indeed, can you protect the Young Palace Head?”
Rumble.
The ground starts shaking again.
How many Jiangshis did he hide on the way to the Outer Regions?
No, if not that, maybe the number of Jiangshis he originally carries around is this much.
-It's quite a lot.
-If they push with quantity offensive, there is no answer!
The Sword Venerable and Demon Queen’s words are right.
“It seems killing that guy is the fastest way.”
They are soaring up.
The Jiangshis.
But this ti, they were not ordinary Jiangshis.
“Bones?”
“I am the Blood Cult's Seventh Blood Lord, the Blood Bone Lord in charge of bones!”
As the Blood Bone Lord raised both arms,
Splash-
Nurous bones popped out.
I made an interesting expression looking at that.
Not ordinary Jiangshis, but Jiangshis made only of bones started attacking .
What naturally cos to mind is,
‘Skeleton?’
The skeleton soldiers of the previous life had to co to mind.
They said the Blood Cult’s magic arts were close to evil arts, and it felt like they implented magic.
‘If so…….’
If I research the Blood Cult’s evil arts, wouldn't I also be able to handle those Jiangshis?
Interest started to arise.
Of course.
Roar-
-Kiiiiiik!
The skeleton screams.
The flas rising from the toes were showing firepower enough to burn the bones and turn them into ash.
“H-How…….”
“I bet I'm not the only one it doesn't work on?”
I pointed behind.
Crackle-
The skeletons freeze from their toes.
Extre Yang Qi burns everything, and Extre Yin Qi freezes everything.
“If you want to deal with us, you should have prepared sothing that doesn't burn well and doesn't freeze well.”
I flicked my finger with those words.
“Fla Butterfly.”
The butterflies that flew in fluttering,
“Keuaaak!”
Set fire to the Seventh Blood Lord’s body.
***
Moyong Geum quickly examined the situation.
‘This great army…….’
Was being handled by just two people.
Those appearing to be Jiangshis made of bones all froze.
Flas ripple on top of the cliff.
He ca to realize that there was no one who could easily deal with the combination of the North Sea Ice Palace's Young Palace Head, Seol Ye-rin, and the Small Snow Squad Captain, Hyeokryeon Yeom.
‘Holding hands with the Ice Palace was a very good thing.’
Just the profit earned from selling Cold Iron is an astronomical amount.
Plus, with just the fact that he traded with the Ice Palace, he beca able to trade with another Outer Region.
The trip to the Great Thunder Temple undertaken this ti was also like that.
Plus,
‘To think the Beast Palace, not the Poison Palace, occupied Namman.’
Moyong Geum, who found out about Namman’s situation while talking with the Divine Physician, thought he should maintain friendship with the Ice Palace in the future too.
The fact that the person traveling with the Ice Palace's Young Palace Head was the Potala Palace's Young Palace Head was also big.
Like this, the Moyong Clan rchant Guild might be able to beco a bridgehead connecting the Outer Region Murim and the Central Plains Murim.
Moyong Geum could be said to have watched the Ice Palace’s moves from the closest distance.
‘Perhaps…….’
The place the Ice Palace would go after touring all of Namman and the Western Regions should be seen as decided.
‘Murim.’
When that ti cos, Moyong Geum will have to make a choice.
Whether to go towards accepting the Ice Palace, or towards excluding them.
Which choice would be beneficial to the Moyong Clan rchant Guild was no different from being already decided.
Therefore,
‘I should present the sword made of Cold Iron commissioned to a master artisan as a gift at least.’
Since the engagent gift was prepared simply, thinking he should prepare the gift to give Hyeokryeon Yeom and Seol Ye-rin matching the wedding date aningfully, Moyong Geum slowly stood up.
Because the battle had ended.
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