Chapter 54
Raon and the trainees followed the instructor through the dimensional gate and moved to the southernmost tip of the Sieghart estate in one day.
Originally, he would have moved slowly and gained experience, including homelessness, but his mission suddenly changed and he had no choice but to move as quickly as possible.
Perhaps because of the tension of the first mission, the trainees’ faces looked more gloomy than the darkened sky.
“I’m going to rest there today.”
Limer pointed to the village visible down the hill. Although it was a small town, the gray smoke from the roof seemed friendly.
Because it belongs to the Sieghart estate, a burning sword pattern was engraved at the entrance to the village.
“Instructor. It’s not a break, you have to go right away, don’t you?”
Burren came out next to Limer and asked.
“Look at you guys. I used up all my stamina just by crossing the portal, can you track it down?”
“Well… .”
Burren looked back and swallowed.
Dimensional gates consume a lot of stamina and stamina instead of being able to travel long distances.
Most of the trainees were more exhausted after using the Dimensional Gate for the first time.
“Tonight is the last rest. Don’t worry, I’ll track you down from dawn tomorrow without rest or sleep.”
“But if we are late, there may be other damage… .”
“The Seolhochae bandits are few, but they are the ones who have set foot in the South and North Korea. Let go of the idea that you can win unconditionally just because your strength is high. If we run into each other while we are tired, you may be hurt.”
Limer’s cold eyes fell on the trainees terribly.
“Did I tell you when we left? Don’t be vigilant and don’t be nervous. Now you are nothing Take a break today and make up your mind again.”
“Yes… .”
“Then let’s go.”
He headed to the village first, followed by Raon and the trainees.
“Well?”
Raon narrowed his eyes. A familiar yet strong wave was felt in the village.
“Instructor.”
“why?”
“Is there any family prosecutor in the village?”
“You really kill a persimmon.”
Limer whistled and nodded.
“Did you feel it?”
“I felt a strong force from the inside that didn’t fit the town.”
“right. The family inspector is here. Just in case, bandits might come and attack you.”
“ah… .”
The Sieghards are a group famous for protecting villages and cities within their sphere of influence. As soon as there was a problem around the village, it seemed that they sent a test immediately.
“Your senses are amazing.”
“Uh… .”
“huh!”
Burren frowned at Limer’s admiration, trying to feel the presence of a swordsman himself, and Marta sneered as if it was nothing special.
“The Sieghard prosecutors are here!”
“Wow!”
When they arrived in front of the village, the villagers cheered and waved when they saw the burning sword pattern on the instructors’ uniforms.
“Open the door!”
Without even checking properly, the door to the village opened. It was in this place that he could see what Sieghard’s name meant.
‘Robert was similar.’
In a previous life, the people of the South also had a similar reaction to them when they moved with the design of Robert at times.
“Whoa.”
Raon entered the village with a burning desire for vengeance under his chest after a long time. The smell of cooking dinner wafted out.
“Welcome to the swords of Sieghard. This is Jarten Village Chief Kemen.”
An old man with gray hair approached with a cane and bowed his head.
“My name is Limer.”
“Sighard’s lightsaber! It is an honor to meet you!”
The mayor said it was an honor and bowed his head several times. Limer turned to face the village chief with a smile.
“They say that they will guide you to the accommodation. Today is the last day you can sleep comfortably. The meeting is before sunrise. Everyone, don’t be late.”
“I am still very fit. We will figure out the surrounding terrain.”
Burren raised his hand. eyes flashed.
“It’s good momentum. It would be convenient if you knew the way in advance. But do you know the geography of this area?”
Limer looked down at Beran with blunt eyes.
“Gee, on the map… .”
“The village is surrounded by forests and mountains. Even if you look at the map, you can’t really know where it is if you go there. What if a bandit suddenly surprises you in such a state? You won’t be able to counterattack properly and your neck will fly off.”
Limer patted Burren’s head and laughed.
“I know your heart, but if you get impatient, you give them a chance. Like I said, they can’t leave this area. Calm down slowly.”
“Oh, I see.”
Burren and the fellow trainees bowed their heads with awkward eyes.
“Even if you want to rest from tomorrow, you won’t have time to rest, so rest well. We will start the search operation from tomorrow morning.”
“Yes!”
“Then let’s go.”
The trainees followed Limer to the center of the town hall.
* * *
the next morning.
As Rimer declared, the forced march to the south continued without a break. I ate on the move and ate dry, and I didn’t sleep for more than 3 hours.
Then, suddenly, a heavy snow fell, blocking the view, and the trainees’ steps slowed to the point where the turtles said to go away.
“Hmm.”
Raon wiped the snow covering his shoulders and looked around the trainees.
“Whoa.”
“It’s like dust from the sky!”
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Neither Burren nor Marta were able to walk properly because of their knee-high eyes.
“Oh, I’m going to die!”
“How long is the heavy snow?”
“I’m not fast.”
The two of them were having a hard time, so of course the other trainees were clogged with snow and ice, and their movement speed was not even half of their usual speed.
“Fufu.”
Only one. Only Runan was smiling while collecting snowballs, but that’s something special about this guy.
In any case, there was a possibility that the bandits would really be missed if this was the case.
Limer and the instructor didn’t say anything and just watched from the side.
Coming as a guardian, he seemed to think that advice was a luxury. In the end, I had to do it myself.
“stop.”
Raon came forward and stopped everyone.
“You should not strain your ankles on a floor with a lot of snow. It’s slow, and it’s just wasting stamina.”
Raon continued looking around the trainees.
“Relieve your ankles and knees, and step on the snow like a leaf of grass. I’ve learned the karambo technique, so with a little practice I’ll be able to do it.”
As if demonstrating a demonstration, he gently stepped on his eyes and moved forward. My legs went much smoother than when I was walking normally. Like sliding on an ice sheet.
“uh?”
“Wow.”
Seeing this, the trainees gasped.
Raon demonstrated a few more times so that everyone could follow the snow steps.
“From now on, we will move in one line. Come forward, Burren.”
“Why?”
“When there is a blizzard or a strong wind, it is basic to move in one line to reduce the influence of the wind. You lead the other children in front.”
“Well!”
Beren’s eyes twinkled at the word lead.
“The rest look at Burren’s back and line up.”
A line was created in which Beren stood at the front and Runan stood in the rear of Marta in the middle.
“The leader changes every hour. depart.”
Raon did not get caught in the line, but came out to the side and led the trainees.
As the trainees who learned to walk with their eyes moved in one line, their movement speed was nearly doubled.
“her.”
“Gee, it’s really fast. It’s nothing different from usual.”
“How did Raon not know this?”
“Because he’s a strange guy.”
The trainees shed tears as they looked at Raon, who walked through her eyes more easily than anyone else.
“Are you okay?”
“Iknow, right. The teaching method is very effective. It’s like you’ve been marching.”
“I was going to give you a hint, but I didn’t need it.”
The instructors behind them also looked at Raon’s back and stuck out their tongues.
Limer looked at both Raon and the trainees and smiled.
* * *
Raon and the trainees were able to get through the snowstorm and arrive at a village.
However, the village was swept away by fire, and more than half of it was burnt to the ground, and no one was alive.
A side of the village was full of corpses whose names and faces were unknown.
It was the village that Seolhochae bandits attacked.
“Wow!”
“Wow!”
Among the trainees, the children with weak stomach vomited, and the children with strong stomach frowned or turned their heads.
However, Raon looked at the corpse next to Limer with a nonchalant face.
‘I first cut it with a knife and burned it.’
Most of them did not die by fire, but were cut by a knife and died first. As I heard, they seem to have attacked this place, stole their possessions, and then ran away.
‘but… .’
I don’t know what the bandits aiming to attack here, all they have to do is clear the mountain roads and get money.
“Are you okay?”
As I continued to look at the corpse, Limer approached me with a worried face.
“it’s okay.”
“it’s okay.”
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Not that it wasn’t, but Raon and Marta were the only trainees who saw the corpse in front of them.
‘Also… .’
I’ve felt it for a long time, but Marta seems to have seen corpses often. Or killed yourself.
“Big.”
Burren bit his lip and came over to examine the corpse. It seemed to be forced.
“Well… .”
Although it was difficult, Runan tried to grasp the bandits’ swords by examining the scars of the corpses.
Just seeing the blood made me a different person than when I was scared. I don’t think I need to worry anymore.
“This is what Seolhochae bandits did. Never forget it and keep it in your heart. Never slow down your sword when you meet them. start again.”
“Yes!”
At Limer’s last advice, the eyes of the trainees flashed blue. The trembling of the first mission turned into a force of anger.
two days later.
Raon and the trainees arrived at the Ruten Mountain area, where Seolhochae bandits are expected to hide.
It was Gwando, where the road was blocked by two more days, and the bandits were definitely hiding here because the swordsmen of the family were narrowing the siege.
“Attention everyone.”
Limer clapped her hands to gather the trainees.
“This is our base. From now on, we will form a team and track down their locations.”
He made the group himself. Raon was in the same group as Runan.
Compared to other groups of 3 to 4 people, the number was small, but in terms of force, it was rather overwhelming.
“Let me take the flute one by one.”
Limer handed him a silver flute, one for each group.
“It is a flute that only trained people can hear. If something dangerous happens, blow. The instructors watching you will move immediately.”
“Yes!”
“But instead of blowing the flute unconditionally, try to do what you can. It is okay to unite with each other, or it is okay to stick together once without our help. However, their swords have no mercy, so don’t be vigilant.”
“All right!”
The trainees remembered the horrors of the village the bandits had attacked and started moving in the direction they chose.
However, Raon did not move first. I looked around from the mountain road where I was standing now, to Mount Luten to the east, to the low hills to the west, and to the dense forest next to it.
‘That mountain.’
His gaze turned to Mount Luten. You can look down here from the mountain, and you can get out of it, so if that’s the norm, it’s the norm.
But it is not that mountain because it is a standard stone.
The siege was closing, and the bandits who knew there was a pursuer could not have been hiding in the mountains.
The forest is similar. It’s a dense and dense forest, so it won’t be easy to spot, but it’s hard to escape.
‘Then maybe… .’
Raon’s eyes turned towards the hill for the last time. It seems like a very open place, but there may be other terrain in there.
I thought it would be good to look from there first.
“Laon.”
When I woke up after making up my mind, my fellow member, Runan, approached me and tilted my head. He looked like he wasn’t going.
I wondered why I tied myself up with Runan, but it seemed to mean that I should take care of Runan, who has a soft heart.
“Let’s go this way.”
“yes.”
Raon took Runan and went up the hill.
‘Also.’
It was as expected. There was a forest that could not be seen from below inside the hill where there seemed to be nothing. It wasn’t dense, but it looked pretty deep inside.
He lowered his gaze and looked at the entrance to the forest. It was difficult to find traces of humans because there were so many wild animals and small footprints.
‘However.’
It’s just an ordinary hunter or chaser. Leon was different.
To be the best assassin, you don’t just have to be good at killing. Traceability, sensation. In order to become the best assassin, all information gathering must be of the highest level.
Raon did not give up and proceeded slowly through the forest, looking for traces of the bandits. They are experts in the mountains and forests, but since they are humans, they cannot help but leave traces.
‘found!’
Raon’s eyes burned red. not the floor There were very small traces of people passing through the bushes at shoulder height.
“From now on, follow me without even making a sound.”
“yes.”
Raon lowered his posture as he listened to Runan’s answer. Following the traces he had barely found, he moved slowly, estimating the location of the bandits.
“stop.”
Raon stretched out his hand behind him.
“why?”
“There is a trap.”
There was a trap made of transparent thread right in front of it. The moment you pass this, your leg will be cut off, and a signal will be sent inside.
‘I can’t see that.’
Raon cleared the trap so that the signal did not sound and moved forward.
– Did you see it?
A sigh escaped from Lars’ mouth.
– I really don’t know what you’re doing. Even with the eyes of the king who has lived for a long time, it is impossible to know.
‘I was lucky. shone in the sun
-huh. funny sound.
Lars snorted, saying he didn’t believe it. After telling him to think as he pleases, he went into the forest a little deeper.
There were many traces of bandits. I searched the floor to relocate them and found a strange trace.
‘This… .’
There was a small footprint that didn’t fit the situation. It was like a child’s footprints.
‘Is that the village’s child?’
It seems that they were trying to kidnap children from the village and use them as hostages.
‘Damn bastards.’
He exhaled, calming the rising anger.
“Lunan.”
“yes.”
“From now on, you can’t even make a sound. Walk like me.”
He taught Runan to walk without a sound. The application of the Garambo method taught me to follow, so I was able to follow it right away.
“A flute?”
“not now.”
I don’t know if there are no hostages. If you blow the flute while the children are caught, the instructors may come and make a sound.
In the current situation, it is right to play the flute looking at the location of the children and bandits.
“Blow the flute as soon as I give it a signal.”
“yes.”
Runan nodded while holding the flute tightly.
“let’s go.”
Raon pointed forward and lowered his posture.
“Now we are almost there.”
* * *
After traversing the forest for about 10 minutes with a low posture, traces of bandits began to appear everywhere.
‘I just went there.’
The trail was reduced to the extreme at the beginning of the hill and forest, and a trap was installed in the middle, but not here.
It was full of traces of promiscuity, as he thought he would not be noticed.
‘I didn’t see anything wrong either.’
Raon looked around and frowned. Traces of the child were also left here.
“The bandits are holding the child hostage.”
“hostage?”
“okay. Let’s figure out the situation first, then decide whether to blow the flute or move between us.”
“yes.”
Runan nodded his head coldly as if he would believe whatever he said.
“Then let’s go.”
Raon nodded and crawled forward, followed by Runan.
Maybe 10 minutes? A human voice began to be heard in front of me.
Raon’s eyes darkened like a shadow.
it’s guys