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Chapter 271
Chapter 271. Someone’s Malice (2)
“What in the world is going on?”
Seong Mo-ran’s face hardened.
Having received a Grade E evaluation, she would be in danger if she were eliminated from the practical assessment now.
“The Blue Army and White Army are one thing, but why is the Red Army...?”
Е ń u m̀ ä. id̈
The academy students positioned at the entrance to Red Mountain were opening the path as though it were only natural.
Everyone was left speechless by that absurd sight.
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“Their intent is so obvious that I cannot even laugh.”
Eun-ho gave a cold sneer.
“Should we take comfort, at least, in the fact that they are not all moving together?”
As Eun-ho said, half their numbers still remained on Blue Mountain and White Mountain.
Еn̊ům̃ а̌
“How considerate of the cat to worry about the mouse.”
Fighting another army in the early stage was not a good strategy.
They could neither seize flags nor increase the numbers of their own unit.
They also had to know very well that blatantly ignoring the purpose of an exam meant to evaluate strategy and tactics would not be good for their own evaluations.
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And yet they were still moving like this.
It could only be seen as proof of malicious intent.
Wě_ḃ n̆ о̄ v е l̈ Еn.ũmа̇
‘It has been a long time since I felt malice this damp and clinging.’
Outside of a battlefield where lives hung in the balance, I had never felt malice to this degree.
In any case, I could not simply let myself be swallowed by malice.
I looked back at my platoon members and said, “If we wait like this, we will be surrounded. We should move first.”
“How?”
“Is their intent not obvious? Then we should thoroughly crush that intent.”
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I adjusted my grip on the Black Dragon Sword.
As I began to move, the Junior Brothers of the Taeul Sect took their positions in perfect order.
Even without being told, they naturally began forming the White Tiger Sword Formation.
Seong Mo-ran and Namgung Seon-hwa, who had taken the Regular Exam with us, took the left and right wings of the White Tiger Sword Formation respectively, while Murong Jae-hwa nocked an arrow with a weight in place of its arrowhead and climbed up a tree.
Behind our platoon, the people led by Jang Woo-jae followed close after us.
“Move aside if you are not going to fight!”
W̆eb.nо v̊ё l̃ Еnům̈ а
At my shout, a few platoons hesitated and stepped aside.
Those who tried to strike at our rear after we passed were immediately struck down by the blades of Namgung Seon-hwa and Seong Mo-ran, who had turned around at once.
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In particular, whenever Seong Mo-ran, who used an iron sword, struck their faces with the flat of her blade, several teeth flew out and sailed through the air.
“Get lost unless you are going to fight fair! I will show no mercy!”
At Seong Mo-ran’s sharp, ringing voice, those who had been rushing in flinched and retreated.
Once Seong Mo-ran and Namgung Seon-hwa displayed such formidable divine might, the number of enemies attacking our rear clearly decreased.
Е́ num̀ а
However, there were still many Red Army members blocking our path.
THWACK!
I swung the Black Dragon Sword like a club and struck a jaw.
Once the battle began, Eun-ho stepped into the center of the sword formation and shouted, ‘Advance.’ In an instant, we began facing the White Army while maintaining the White Tiger Sword Formation.
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CLANG CLANG CLANG!
Blades collided with one another, but attacks without internal energy were markedly less sharp.
Ẇ eb̄ ńо vе_ĺ Е̃n̊ u mа̊
Because of that, the rebound from the blades was greater than usual, and openings were inevitably revealed with greater clarity.
I swung the Black Dragon Sword at the face of an opponent whose jaw was exposed.
Striking the jaw with the blade carried the risk of cutting the neck if done carelessly, but if the blow landed precisely, there was no method more effective than this.
THUD! THUD!
“Guh!”
“Gak!”
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In an instant, two people’s eyes rolled back as they collapsed.
Swords filled with shock and rage at seeing their companions fall poured down on me like lightning.
I had enough room to dodge, but I deliberately did not.
CLANG CLANG CLANG CLANG!
Because I had a reliable shield that could block five swords for me.
“Damn it! Is using a shield not against the rules?”
Wѐ_bn о́ v̄ е́ l Е̌ num̆.а̀
“Do you not know a warrior’s honor?”
The academy students, whose skill was lower than usual because of Gentleman Powder, spat curses, but Geum-pyo did not care.
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Instead, he gripped his shield even tighter.
“Then you use one toooooo!”
With a desperate battle cry, Geum-pyo shoved away all the swords that had been blocked by the Diamond Shield.
Dong-ryong used that opening to slip in.
W е̊b́ň о̂ v̆ӗ l̂ Ên u m â
The Taeul Sect’s Minor Heaven Sword Art was a swift sword art that cut across the most efficient lines of movement.
A sword art that thrust in a straight line was terribly disadvantaged in this kind of environment, but it was not much of a problem for Dong-ryong.
THUD THUD THUD THUD!
He struck a jaw, hit a solar plexus, and drove his sword hilt into a temple.
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Even without internal energy, a Heavenly Killing Star was still a Heavenly Killing Star.
Dong-ryong faithfully expressed his carefully restrained murderous urge and subdued the enemies in an instant.
W̄еbǹ о̂v e l Еn̄ u m а̌
White Army platoon members were struck in vital points before they even realized it, fainting or retching as though their insides had been overturned.
“Hong Bullet!”
At Eun-ho’s shout, the sword formation changed into the shape of an arrowhead.
While Dong-ryong tore through the platoon, Sa-ryeon shot out and subdued the other platoon members.
SWISH—
THUD THUD!
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Two people collapsed helplessly at Sa-ryeon’s hands.
Perhaps because her closed-door cultivation had been effective, Sa-ryeon’s breathing did not falter despite her sudden movements.
“Copper Force!”
Soon, the sword formation spread into the shape of an arrowhead, and Namgung Seon-hwa and Seong Mo-ran advanced while leading the left and right wings.
Our platoon surrounded the White Army platoon as though embracing it, then knocked down every enemy at once.
When one White Army platoon was rendered unable to fight in the blink of an eye, the Red Army platoons also seemed to sense danger and began moving toward our platoon.
Е̂ n ũṁa.
At that moment.
“You utter idiots!”
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Someone struck those platoons from behind.
“Do you not understand that the Red Army’s victory is ultimately our final victory? You turtle-headed fools!”
The one shouting with a thunderous voice as though unleashing the Lion’s Roar, even though he had clearly taken Gentleman Powder as well, was…“Oh, the spy!”
“Enough with that spy, spy nonsense already...!”
W̄ё b̀ ň.o v́ el .Ѐn u m̌.а́
It was none other than Nam Hwa-seong.
He joined our side and shouted while glaring at the other Red Army members.
“Crack open all those fools’ heads!”
“Yes, sir!!!”
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Nam Hwa-seong, who had somehow gathered a force the size of a company, began striking the backs of the Red Army members who were acting out of line.
Even a grub had a talent for rolling, and Nam Hwa-seong, who used fist-and-kick arts, swept across the battlefield like a blazing war chariot.
Ẃ ё b̈ n̂ о́.v ӗl̇ _Еn̊ u m å
THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD THUD!
After knocking out six academy students in an instant, he became the enemy’s top priority target and was eventually surrounded by another Red Army platoon.
I turned toward Nam Hwa-seong and seized the flags of the Red Army platoons that opposed us one by one.
“Huh! Wh-when did you!”
“I will hear later what kind of scheme you all were plotting.”
“S-scheme...?”
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“Tch, shut up and guard your base. If the day comes when you let the White Army or Blue Army take it...”
I stared straight at the Red Army bastards whose flags had been taken and made a gesture of cutting my own throat.
“Consider the rest of your academy life over.”
Leaving behind the academy students whose faces had gone pale, I helped the surrounded Nam Hwa-seong deal with the remnants.
“Huff, huff! Jin So-un! Th-thank...”
“Why are you panting so hard? Did you never train without internal energy?”
Е n̈ ů m̈ а. і̆d
The fellow, whose face had looked moved for a moment, immediately spat out a curse.
“D-damn it. I came to help, and this is what I have to hear?”
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“If you are going to help, then help properly. Enough. Hand over the flags.”
“...Damn it.”
Nam Hwa-seong had the look of someone wondering what kind of bastard I was.
But, well, if he was upset, what was he going to do about it?
Еnu̇ m̂а .ĩd̄
“Why? Do you want to fight me right here?”
“...”
“You already made a company anyway, so you must have secured enough points.”
“...F-fine.”
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Nam Hwa-seong handed me the ten red flags tucked at his waist.
I took the flags and jerked my chin toward the front.
E̊ n û ṁа̀ . і d
“Do you know anything?”
“Know what?”
“Do you know anything about why those bastards are moving like that?”
The current situation was absolutely not normal.
There had to be some malicious scheme behind it...
“Is it not simply that everyone hates you?”
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Hm? What sort of nonsense was that now?
“Who? Why? Where would you find a good man like me?”
“...Are you insane?”
Nam Hwa-seong looked as though he had just been told that the sun had risen in the west.
Then he spoke with a sigh.
“I detest you.”
Е ňü m а.іd̈
“And yet you decided to side with me, did you not?”
“That is because you made a promise...!”
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“Yes, yes. I keep my promises. Anyway, you are saying you know nothing?”
“That is right.”
I looked at him and shook my head.
“You really are a useless spy.”
Ẁ еb̈ nö v̈е̇l̃ Еn̄ u ḿа
“Damn it, I even handed over my flags, and I still have to hear you call me a spy?”
“Enough! Turn every member of your company this way.”
“Then the base...”
“Is the base the issue right now? Everyone is on the verge of being eliminated. We push out the White Army first.”
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“Understood!”
He said he hated me, yet he did not add a single objection to my words.
Еn u.m̈ ӓ . і d́
As I watched Nam Hwa-seong’s back, a faint laugh escaped me.
Soon, Nam Hwa-seong’s company formed ranks on either side of our platoon as though protecting us.
“Charge!”
From the beginning, Nam Hwa-seong must have gathered only people with dispositions similar to his own, for no one showed any resistance to his order.
No, rather than showing resistance, many of them rushed forward even before Nam Hwa-seong.
And among them.
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“Hm?”
Yaryul Geuk, who had clearly been inside the sword formation just moments ago, was mixed in as well.
When did that one slip out?
“You dog-like bastards!”
Yaryul Geuk attacked without mercy, as though he had met irreconcilable enemies.
CRACK— CRUNCH—
Е n̈ û m̊ ӑ . іd
“Aaaagh!”
If one had to choose the most effective attacks in a situation where internal energy could not be used, the methods of Transplanting Flower and Grafting Tree Art and Four Taels Deflecting a Thousand Jin could not be left out.
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No less than Nam Hwa-seong’s platoon of fist-and-kick practitioners, Yaryul Geuk was also turning the enemy formation into a complete mess.
Well, it was certain that fellow was useful fighting strength too.
While our forces, led by Nam Hwa-seong and Yaryul Geuk, annihilated the White Army.
“Who could it be...?”
Wе̊bn̊о v̊е̃ l E n̂ ǔ m а
I examined the entire formation whenever I had a moment while dealing with enemies.
The hierarchy within each army had not even been settled yet, but a battle between all three armies had already broken out.
Such an irrational development was impossible without someone’s intent behind it.
This assessment also carried the risk of the opposing students themselves falling behind.
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Even if our platoon were eliminated early, only two among us, Seong Mo-ran and Geum-pyo, would be expelled from the academy.
If they were eliminated early because of a faulty operation, they themselves could be expelled from the academy depending on their exam results.
Ė n̂ù m а̇
And yet, despite that, they were going against the original intent of the assessment and concentrating their attacks on our platoon.
‘Ha, this is making me angry.’
The urge to beat down the one who had set up this malicious board began to creep up inside me.
At that moment.
“Huff! Huff! Representative!”
Jang Woo-jae approached, sweat pouring down like rain as though he had been exhausted by the fierce movement.
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“Huff, huff. It is an urgent situation, but I felt I should tell you.”
“What is it?”
“Hoo. Before the exam began, a strange rumor spread.”
I turned my gaze to Jang Woo-jae.
“A rumor?”
“Yes. It was a rumor that you had failed to properly organize the representative delegation because of your own interests.”
E̊ n̂ u m ӑ
A rumor concerning the operation of the representative delegation...I recalled Cheol Sun-jik’s stiff face as he left my office a few days earlier.
Jang Woo-jae continued his report while keeping watch on the front.
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“We simply let it pass, since such things have always happened to us...”
The moment I heard Jang Woo-jae’s story, the pieces began fitting together one by one.
From the very beginning, when he had come to the representative delegation with that absurd plan called a Council.
And now, even this irrational situation unfolding in the strategy and tactics assessment.
Eṅu̇ mа̊
From Cheol Sun-jik’s perspective, no matter what choice I made, he had nothing to lose.
If I accepted the proposal he offered, he would control the representative delegation through the Council.
If I refused, he would use that as justification to carry out this malicious operation during the strategy and tactics assessment.
He had staked his own benefit on every possible outcome.
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“Ha...!”
The same thing he had done during the Great Righteous-Demonic War of my previous life, he was doing now inside the academy.
Ѐ ň umа
“Wow. That damned cunning bastard.”
“Pardon?”
“Ah, I mean Cheol Sun-jik.”
I calmly explained to Jang Woo-jae.
“We fell into the scheme he arranged from the very beginning.”
“Then he truly used that absurd rumor?”
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Since it was something that could not be understood by common sense, I could understand why Jang Woo-jae wore that expression.
But the opponent was Cheol Sun-jik.
If it was him, he would have been more than capable of taking a few of my words into his own mouth and using that serpent-like tongue to fabricate and incite.
I slowly scanned White Mountain.
As expected.
Near the White Army’s base, I could see Cheol Sun-jik and his party forming a company.
Е n ù m а.і̄ d
While he used others through intrigue to wear down our platoon’s strength, he himself was leisurely increasing the size of his unit and preparing for battle.
“Ha, hahahaha!”
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A hollow laugh escaped me.
I had known his intent, yet I had still fallen for it.
It had been a very long time since I was struck even while knowing my opponent’s intent.
But unlike in my previous life, I was not overcome by helplessness and despair.
Wеbn̆o v̄ е̃ ĺ Е́ nů m̌а̂
Instead, I unleashed in an instant the anger that had been rising inside me.
“Eun-ho!”
At my shout, Eun-ho, who had been operating the sword formation, immediately turned his head.
“Yes!”
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“Let us go to White Mountain.”
“Right now?”
Е_n ǔ mа̂..і̌d
I nodded with quiet anger.
“Yes. The one who arranged this is over there.”
At my gesture, Eun-ho looked toward the White Mountain base, then asked me with a hardened expression.
“Are you going to land a blow on Cheol Sun-jik?”
I gave Eun-ho a faint smile.
“Yes.”
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In my previous life, I had been dragged along helplessly because there had been nothing I could do, but now, I had no intention of being dragged around by anyone as I had been back then.
Instead, excitement boiled in my chest.
“He will keep trying such tricks whenever he has the chance. So let us use this opportunity to carve it firmly into him.”
“As you command!”
This time, I truly had to crack his head open.
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