Chapter 390
The Youngest Son of the Silver Sea Trading Company Chapter 390
Chapter 390. Seolpungung Did Not Destroy the Clan (2)
I smiled and praised him.
“Well done.”
“Kui?”
“Did you really do well? Yes, you did very well.”
“Kui. Kui!”
“Don't just say that, give me the coin. Do you know how hard it was?”
“Kui!”
I see. That's Jin-ryung.
When I gave Jin-ryung a coin, he shook his head and wrote a number on the floor.
Oh, there were a lot of white blood cells, so he wants three?
Sure, give him that.
I handed the silver coin to Geum-ryung and looked up at Palace Head Byeong-hae-rin.
“Han Ho-soo is growing faster than I thought.”
I could see that he was embarrassed.
He's not very good at controlling his emotions.
“That's right. But it's a good thing. If it weren't for him, the damage would have been much worse.”
Fortunately, no one died.
“There's a lot of blood here, so I think we should move a little and treat them.”
“I agree.”
So, we moved about half an hour away and found a suitable place to begin treating the wounded.
In the meantime, I had something to do.
I had to chase after the mysterious man in black who had been watching us earlier.
“I have something to do, so I'll be leaving for a while.”
“In the North Sea?”
Jin-ho tilted his head.
He may be a little simple, but Jin-ho's intuition is quite good.
“What is it? Tell me the truth.”
He seemed to sense something suspicious and was questioning me.
“What do you mean? I'm going to practice martial arts.”
I continued.
“My martial arts is ice magic, and its power changes in terrain like the North Sea. So I'm going to see how different it is.”
I continued.
“I couldn't check that earlier, so it was difficult.”
Palace Head Bing Haerin nodded at my words.
“I see. That could very well be the case.”
With her support, Jin-ho reluctantly nodded his head.
“Well then, have a good trip.”
“Yes.”
With that, I left my companions and called out to Geum-ryung.
“Geum-ryung. Come here.”
“Kui!”
At my call, Geum-ryeong came out from inside my sleeve.
“Did you eat the silver coin I gave you earlier?”
“Kui!”
“Did you eat it? Do you want some more?”
At my words, Geum-ryeong's eyes sparkled.
“Do you remember the smell I told you to remember? Show me where he is.”
* * *
He had no name.
That was because he had already been treated as a dead man in this world.
However, for convenience, his superiors called him Chue. It was because he resembled a loach.
It wasn't just because he looked like a loach. It was because he was so skilled at getting away like a loach after completing a task.
That's why his superiors brought him here, disguising him as a dead man and promising him immense wealth and martial arts training.
He has completed dozens of tasks so far.
And he has never failed once.
Thanks to that, he has been entrusted with an important mission.
His mission is to make it difficult for the Northern Sea Ice Palace to obtain food.
“Of course, it is difficult to completely destroy the Northern Sea Ice Palace. But what if we hint to the Palace Head, who lost his precious disciples, about the culprit?”
In other words, he planned to use the Northern Sea Ice Palace for his own purposes.
He couldn't completely destroy the Northern Sea Ice Palace, but he planned to make their food supply difficult and make them harbor resentment.
“The Palace Head of the Ice Palace will surely break his silence. Then it's only a matter of time before this martial arts world becomes a sea of blood.”
He didn't know why, but it was clear that his superiors wanted chaos in the martial arts world.
He didn't know what they hoped to gain from the chaos, but...
“I don't need to know that.”
All he had to do was complete his mission and receive his reward.
He first approached a man named Cho-seok.
He incited him under the pretext of teaching him how to get revenge.
As expected, Cho-seok immediately hired wanderers and headed for Yô-ning.
In order to escape from his mission, it was essential to set up another front man.
That way, he could pin all the blame on him and get away scot-free.
Cho-Seok used the fake medicine he had provided to cause a severe food shortage in the Northern Sea Ice Palace.
Everything seemed to be going well.
However, a problem arose.
He had planned to auction off the real medicine to destroy all evidence, but...
“What? You sold fakes at the auction in Gui-Mae-Jang?”
“Yes. That's why the Gui Maeshi side is very angry right now.”
“...”
When he heard the news from his informant in Gui Maeshi, he realized that things had gone terribly wrong.
If Choseok revealed everything about him, it would be a disaster.
Then it would be impossible for him to escape like a slippery eel.
No matter how much money and martial arts skills he would receive as a reward, his safety was more important.
He left Yingning without hesitation and learned that there was a trading company that was helping the Northern Sea Ice Palace.
If the food they were carrying reached the Northern Sea Ice Palace, this mission would be a complete failure.
There wasn't enough time to report to his superiors, so he hurriedly proceeded with his next plan.
This was a plan he had prepared in case the first plan failed.
He would mobilize the White Blood Clan.
They were spiritual beasts that were fierce, violent, and traveled in packs, making them difficult to deal with.
On top of that, they had a voracious appetite and would eat all the food.
“It's a shame about the food, but it can't be helped.”
He secretly stole a baby from the White Blood Pressure Clan and sprinkled its blood to lure the Trading Company into a confrontation with the clan.
The White Blood Pressure Clan never backs down when their young are in danger, and they became even more violent and ferocious.
The Trading Company and the White Blood Pressure Clan clashed, and a battle ensued.
He was enjoying watching the battle... but suddenly, the fighting was getting closer to where he was.
He had no choice but to leave the area.
“I have to go see the outcome...”
Just as he was muttering with a troubled expression,
“It's you.”
“...!”
He turned his head at the sudden voice beside him and was startled.
A man wearing a smiling mask was looking at him. The mask looked scary, and he almost wet himself.
“Who are you? If you're human, back off! Even if you're a ghost, back off!”
“Are you scared because you did something bad, or because of my appearance?”
“....”
He instinctively drew his sword and swung it at him.
Boom!
But the man wearing the smiling mask easily dodged his attack and counterattacked.
“Ugh!”
Moreover, the power behind the attack was stronger than he had expected.
“His martial arts skills are better than mine! This is going to be trouble!”
In that case, there was only one thing to do.
That was to use the thirty-sixth move, “Running Away.”
“The thirty-sixth move is called ‘Running Away’! I'll run away and plan my next move!”
Bang!
Choo immediately set off a smoke bomb.
The smoke bomb, which he developed himself, completely blocked the view within a three-meter radius.
However, he didn't know.
He didn't know that there was more than one person wearing a smiling mask. And he didn't know that even with their view blocked, they had no problem catching him.
Puk!
“Ugh!”
He was hit on the back of the head and fainted.
* * *
I gathered my strength and cleared the smoke around me.
Then I approached Seo Woo, who had subdued his opponent.
“You did well.”
“No, I was just doing my job.”
Of course, I couldn't let Jin-ho go alone. So, before Jin-ho could say anything, I told Seo Woo and Jin-yu to come with me.
The two of them would be enough help.
Thanks to them, we were able to quickly find out who was behind this.
“Handcuff him.”
“Yes.”
“Understood.”
At my order, the two warriors handcuffed him tightly. They also removed the poison from his mouth and collected all the weapons from his body.
Then they buried him up to his neck.
There was so much snow that they were able to bury him completely.
Then
smack!
They slapped him on the cheek to bring him to his senses.
“Huh!”
“Are you coming to your senses now?”
Realizing the situation, he cursed.
“Damn it...”
“So where is your superior?”
“I don't know what you want to hear from me, but I won't say a word!”
“Go ahead.”
“What?”
“To be honest, I'm curious to know who ordered you to do this... But I'm sure your superiors have their own superiors.”
“...”
His expression confirmed my guess.
I didn't feel the need to pry any further.
If he was hindering me, he would show up in front of me again someday.
I tracked him down and captured him because I was concerned that he would interfere with our journey.
“I just asked where your superiors were to break the ice. It's cold.”
I said casually.
Actually, I wasn't cold at all.
“Goodbye.”
“What? Where are you going?”
“We have to go.”
“What about me? What am I supposed to do?”
He trailed off.
“You said you didn't want to say anything, so I have no reason to let you out. I was going to let you out if you said something. Don't worry. This road isn't used by spiritual beasts. They won't come after you.”
I continued.
“Of course, no humans walk here either.”
“Then you want me to starve or freeze to death!”
“You've learned martial arts, right? So, wouldn't starving to death come first?”
“Ah. No... I can't...”
“Why?”
I chuckled.
“Are you feeling wronged because you're going to suffer the same fate you intended for the Northern Sea Ice Palace?”
“...!”
My words filled his eyes with confusion.
I pretended not to notice and waved my hand.
“Anyway, that's all we wanted to say. We'll be going now.”
As we were about to leave, he cried out in desperation.
“Please spare my life! I'll tell you everything! I'll answer all your questions, so please spare my life! I don't deserve to die like this!”
There was no need to torture him until he bled.
The smarter a person is, the better they understand their situation.
“Well then, where is your superior?”
“That's...”
“Don't hold him if you're not going to tell us anything.”
And with no second thought, we started walking again.
“Ugh! I'll tell you! They were wearing masks when they met me, so I don't know who they are! But I saw them clearly before! They... They... They had red leaf-shaped tattoos on the inside of their arms!”
Red leaf-shaped tattoos...
They are the ones who carried out the operation against the Northern Sea Ice Palace. So they must be the ones at the top.
We have a clue about them.
“And?”
“It seems that their goal is to cause chaos in the martial arts world through this incident. I don't know what they hope to gain from it, but...”
“And?”
“I don't know anything else...”
“Is that so? Then we'll be going.”
“No, wait! I'm sorry! I know something!”
After repeating this several times, he ended up revealing even the smallest details.
It seemed like he had told them everything he knew.
“Alright. Then take him out.”
At my words, Seo Woo and Jin Yu pulled him out with shovels.
Puk!
“Ugh!”
“I'm sorry.”
There was even an unfortunate incident where he was hit with a shovel. With great difficulty, he finally emerged from the snow.
“Ugh...”
He was shivering from the cold. Perhaps it was warmer inside the snow than outside.
The wind was blocked, so it was warmer inside the snow.
However, his body had stiffened while he was buried, and he couldn't move well.
“Let's go.”
“Huh? Where are you taking me?”
“You have to go to the Northern Sea Ice Palace, right?”
“Hey, that's not what you promised! You said you would let me go!”
“When did I say that? I said I would get you out of the snow, not that I would let you go. Now let's go. The disciples of the Ice Palace are waiting.”
His face turned pale at my words, and he suddenly tried to run away.
Yeah, like that's going to work.
Paf!
He couldn't even run away for a few seconds before falling backwards.
But it wasn't us who knocked him down.
“So who is this guy?”
Um...
It's Jin-ho.
“How did you get here?”
“How do you mean? I can tell you're up to something just by looking at your face.”
“Hahaha.”
“So who is this guy?”
“He's the one who sank the Northern Sea Ice Palace's ship.”
“What?”
My words made Jin-ho's face turn ugly.
“Say that again. Who is this bastard you want to tear to pieces?”
Judging from his harsh words, he hadn't misunderstood me.
But I am a good younger brother, so I repeated myself slowly.
“He is the one who starved the people of the Northern Sea Ice Palace and your mother-in-law and grandmother-in-law. I caught him and got a confession.”
SMACK!
As soon as I finished my answer, Jin-ho punched him.
SMACK!
SMACK!
Before he even reached the Northern Sea Ice Palace, he was beaten to a pulp by my angry brother Jin-ho on a snowy day.
“Hey, bro! You know you can't kill him, right?”
“Don't worry. Now I understand why you told me to use my head and distribute my strength when fighting. You meant that I should slowly torture this guy.”
Um... That's not what I meant.