The Lazy Young Master of the Jin Clan

The General Fortress Master of the Seventy-Two Fortresses of the Green Forest.

The method to become the king of the barbaric bandits is simple.

You just have to kill all your competitors and prove that you are the strongest bandit.

The flying swords that had been nailing down the chain were all pulled out.

Along with that, the giant axe that had soared up was held in Kang Seopyeong's hand.

"From now on, we both have to risk our lives."

His words were not a lie.

In fact, Jin Sohyun had to roll his feet, risking his life.

The giant axe blade cut through the empty air.

Kwagagagang—!!

With a roar that tore through the atmosphere, the ground where Jin Sohyun had been standing split and exploded.

"Kyaak!"

At the exploding storm of qi, Siu screamed and rolled on the floor, then fainted.

"D-Damn it! This is crazy!"

Palbong looked at the battlefield where the two martial artists were fighting with a bewildered face.

'To think the General Fortress Master's power is that much!?'

Even in the Green Forest, few had seen Kang Seopyeeong fight with all his might.

In the first place, there were no enemies that required him to use all his might.

Palbong, who had seen his full power, had no choice but to give up hope.

'How am I supposed to beat a monster like that?'

About half of the mountain fortress was blown away by a single axe swing.

The sturdy fence of the mountain fortress exploded as if it had been hit by a thunder bomb and was scattered here and there.

When Palbong, who had thought Jin Sohyun was dead, had given up on everything and had sat down on the spot, Jin Sohyun appeared from between the sand and dust, coughing.

"Mister Palbong... cough!"

"Y-Young Master! You're alive! How are you alive?"

"I managed to live somehow. Take Siu and Mister Mu and get as far away from here as possible."

"Y-Yes!"

While Palbong was taking Mu Yonghu and Siu and leaving the mountain fortress, Jin Sohyun faced Kang Seopyeong, who was holding an axe in one hand and a chain in the other.

"Have you decided to go all out now?"

"Cough! Shall we stop here? I'm tired and annoyed to death."

"I can't do that. When martial artists draw their swords, shouldn't they at least cut off an arm?"

"Tsk."

Jin Sohyun bit his lower lip as he watched the slowly approaching Kang Seopyeong.

'What should I do? Should I run away?'

He wanted to run away if he could, but the problem was that Siu and Mu Yonghu were still on the mountain.

If they chased him and took the two as hostages, the problem would become bigger.

'But that mister is too strong.'

Unlike the assailant he had met at Jiao Lake, Kang Seopyeong's power was so strong that it made his flesh tremble.

Above all, the power that emanated from the giant axe was enough to destroy a small mountain.

"Ugh...! This is why they say you'll suffer if you leave home."

Jin Sohyun spread his hands and retrieved two flying swords.

"Hahaha! Jin Sohyun! Let's fight properly!"

Kang Seopyeong came right in front of Jin Sohyun in just two steps.

The axe in his hand flew in as if to split Jin Sohyun.

Thump!!

Once again, the ground was crushed like tofu, and its fragments flew around.

Jin Sohyun threw two flying swords at the same time as he dodged Kang Seopyeong's attack.

The two flying swords, imbued with the power of the Lightning Flash, emanated a blue lightning qi and rushed towards Kang Seopyeong.

"Hup!"

Kang Seopyeong swung his axe wide and parried the two flying swords at once.

The flying swords, which had lost their target and had been repelled, flew in all directions and fell to the ground.

'At this rate, my internal energy will run out first.'

He lacked the internal energy to deal with Kang Seopyeong while picking up the flying swords with the Heavenly Hand.

Jin Sohyun, who was starting to taste sweetness in his mouth, had to roll his head and dodge Kang Seopyeong's axe, which was approaching closely.

Whoosh—!!

Kang Seopyeong's axe grazed over his head.

Jin Sohyun stepped back and caught his breath.

'What should I do now?'

Jin Sohyun wanted to ask his three masters.

Then, Bieunggaek's voice came to his mind.

—The strongest thing in this world is a speed that cannot be reached. Speed is the best! Speed is the best!

As if he were not the master of movement techniques and the best thief in the Central Plains, called the Shadowless Thieving Ghost, Bieunggaek insisted that speed was stronger than any other power.

Even Kang Cheon did not deny this.

—The faster the speed, the stronger the power contained in it.

The reason the Lightning Flash could contain the most powerful force was because it had the fastest speed in the Flying Heaven Ten Swords.

And the Shadowless Divine was the fastest movement technique that Jin Sohyun knew.

'If I combine these two, I can make up for the lack of flying swords.'

Jin Sohyun's pupils moved busily.

"Your eyeballs are busy. Are you perhaps thinking of running away?"

"Are you going to let me run away?"

"No."

"That's too much."

Jin Sohyun, who had finished his confirmation, placed his hand on his chest.

'I can't faint this time either... please just endure it once.'

He put internal energy into his fingertips and brought it to his heart.

Jin Sohyun, who had concentrated his internal energy in his upper dantian using this, then began to rotate the internal energy of his whole body rapidly.

The internal energy circulated violently and hastened the movement of his blood flow.

"Hooooo—!!"

As he lowered his posture, exhaling hot air from his mouth, Jin Sohyun's hair and clothes fluttered.

Kang Seopyeong, who was watching this, unconsciously put strength in his two hands.

'What is he trying to do?'

Whatever it was, he couldn't just let it be.

Kang Seopyeong rotated the axe, holding the chain with both hands.

Whoosh— Whoosh—!!

A powerful axe qi bloomed from the axe blade, which was imbued with his internal energy.

Finally, the axe, which had been rotating in a circle, was shot at Jin Sohyun in a straight line.

The speed and the power contained in it were the strongest among all the martial arts that Kang Seopyeong had shown so far.

It was the moment the axe, which had flown in a straight line, was approaching as if to pierce Jin Sohyun.

"Hoo!"

With a final breath, Jin Sohyun disappeared.

Thump—!!

Kang Seopyeong's axe, which had lost its target, shattered the innocent ground.

At the same time, flying swords flew in from his eight directions, centered on Kang Seopyeong.

All the flying swords were imbued with the power of the Lightning Flash, and a blue lightning qi flashed.

'In what gap!?'

Kang Seopyeong, without even having time to be surprised, imbued his chain with internal energy and rotated it fiercely.

He had spread a kind of defensive barrier.

Kwagagang—!!

The flying swords, which were imbued with the power of the Lightning Flash, could not pierce Kang Seopyeong's chain and were repelled, but some flying swords squeezed through the gaps in the defensive barrier and grazed Kang Seopyeong's body.

"Ugh!"

While Kang Seopyeong was faltering, having been cut on his side and shoulder in an instant, other flying swords flew in from all directions.

'Again?'

The number of flying swords Jin Sohyun had was definitely ten.

But the number of flying swords flying in was more than that.

'Were there more flying swords? No, that's not it. More than that...'

The repelled flying swords were flying in again.

The reason this was possible was because of Jin Sohyun, who was moving so fast that he could not be followed with the eyes.

He was currently rotating fiercely around Kang Seopyeong, catching the repelled flying swords and shooting them.

'He's doing something unbelievable!'

Kang Seopyeong pulled the chain and held the axe handle in his hand.

"Hyaaaaah!!"

Kang Seopyeong's axe, filled with internal energy, swept around.

Since he couldn't follow him with his eyes, he had attacked the entire area at the same time.

'Where is he?'

While Kang Seopyeong was re-gripping his axe, Jin Sohyun appeared in front of him.

He held a total of four flying swords, two in each hand, and rushed at Kang Seopyeong.

Following that, the four flying swords imbued with the Lightning Flash flew at Kang Seopyeong at the same time.

"You can't defeat me with this!"

Kang Seopyeong swung his axe at the approaching flying swords.

Kwagagang—!!

The internal energy contained in the giant axe and the lightning qi contained in the four flying swords mixed together, and an explosion of qi occurred.

Kang Seopyeong staggered greatly, but his axe did not break.

'I'll cut you down together like this!'

The axe looked as if it would split Jin Sohyun in two.

But the repelled flying swords flew in again.

"Ugh!?"

As if to say they would strike until it broke if it didn't bend, the flying swords imbued with the power of the Lightning Flash continued to stick into Kang Seopyeong's axe.

Kang Seopyeong's axe, which had seemed like it would never break, staggered greatly and then was stuck in the ground.

Feeling a crisis at this, Kang Seopyeong pulled the axe.

At that moment, Jin Sohyun's two feet gently pressed down on the axe, and a single flying sword held in his hand touched Kang Seopyeong's Adam's apple and stopped.

"What are you hesitating for?"

At Kang Seopyeong's question, Jin Sohyun, who was emitting hot steam from his whole body, opened his closed mouth.

A hazy breath came out of his mouth.

"Shall we... stop... now?"

Jin Sohyun raised his head and faced Kang Seopyeong.

A terrible fatigue and boredom could be felt on his face at the same time.

"Really... what a hassle..."

Jin Sohyun's figure slowly crumbled.

Kang Seopyeong let go of the axe he was holding and then caught the collapsing Jin Sohyun and slowly laid him on the floor.

Looking at Jin Sohyun, who had fallen asleep as if dead, Kang Seopyeong was dumbfounded.

"An unpredictable brat."

"Fortress Master!!"

Gil Simun, who had evacuated to a distant place, ran to Kang Seopyeong.

He held the axe in his hand and aimed it at the collapsed Jin Sohyun.

"Are you alright?"

"I'm not alright. My pride has been greatly wounded. My heart hurts."

"Even now, this brat...!"

"Stop. We are bandits, but we are not thugs or gangsters. It was a fair fight, and the winner is this brat."

Gil Simun could not accept it. No, he should not accept it.

If it became known that the General Fortress Master of the Green Forest had been defeated by the Slothful Young Master of the Jin Family, who had not even become an adult, the world would surely look down on the Green Forest.

So even now, he had to kill Jin Sohyun and protect the dignity of the Green Forest.

"Fortress Master! You must make a choice for the Green Forest."

"A choice for the Green Forest? Haha! We'll see what the real choice for the Green Forest is."

Where Kang Seopyeong had turned his head, a group of bandits came running.

These were the bandits of the Homun Fortress, who had set up a mountain fortress at the entrance of the mountain.

"Fortress Master! It's a big problem!"

"What is it?"

As Gil Simun asked instead of the tired Kang Seopyeong, the bandits of the Homun Fortress said with ashen faces.

"The Family Head of the Jin Family has come attacking with all the martial artists of Shanxi! He says he will burn down the entire mountain if we don't hand over Jin Sohyun immediately! Among them is the Thunder Roar Kick!"

"Thunder Roar Kick Gongsun Su? Damn it!"

The number of Green Forest bandits currently in Shanxi was very small.

If they gathered all the mountain fortresses and bandits of the Seventy-Two Fortresses of the Green Forest, there would be nothing to worry about, but it was impossible for now.

"What should we do?"

"If they want him back, we have to give him back. You all go and pick up all the scattered flying swords. Without missing a single one."

Kang Seopyeong gave the order and then slung the lying Jin Sohyun over his shoulder.

"It's time to meet the famous Family Head of the Jin Family."

***

The number of martial artists gathered at the foot of the mountain was enormous.

The number was so large that it filled the forest road, as if they had brought everyone who knew martial arts.

In the center was Jin Seomok.

He stared at the mountain with an angry gaze.

"I turned a blind eye because they said they had never harmed anyone, but how dare they touch my son."

Jin Seomok was determined to annihilate all the bandits of Shanxi, even if it meant leveling the entire mountain.

If they were affiliated with the Green Forest, he would even erase the name of the Green Forest from the Central Plains.

It might require betting the entire fortune of the family that he had accumulated over a very long period, but Jin Seomok had no intention of backing down.

"If you want a war... I'll give you one."

Jin Seomok, who had not learned martial arts, could not be called strong, but he had the financial power to move the provincial capital of a region and connections that were not inferior to those of a prestigious martial family.

"Someone is coming down!"

At the news that someone was coming down from the mountain, Jin Seomok and Gongsun Su ran together.

"I've never seen you before. I am Kang Seopyeong, the General Fortress Master of the Green Forest."

As Kang Seopyeong, who had come down from the mountain, introduced himself first, Jin Seomok calmly suppressed his anger and said.

"I am Jin Seomok, the Family Head of the Jin Family."

"I heard you came looking for your son."

As Kang Seopyeong carefully put down Jin Sohyun, who was slung over his shoulder, sparks flew from Jin Seomok's two eyes.

"What did you do to my son?"

"Don't worry. He's not injured... he just collapsed from fatigue."

Gongsun Su, instead of Jin Seomok, approached with his hands behind his back and checked Jin Sohyun's condition.

As Kang Seopyeong had said, there were no visible injuries.

It was just that there was almost no qi left in his body.

'He's exhausted.'

Gongsun Su personally held Jin Sohyun and returned to Jin Seomok.

"He seems to be uninjured, other than being exhausted."

"Hoo... there must have been others with him, what happened to them?"

As Kang Seopyeong tilted his head instead of answering, Palbong personally pulled a cart.

On it were the soundly sleeping Siu and Mu Yonghu.

As Jin Seomok's eyes flared up again at the sight of the injured Mu Yonghu, Kang Seopyeong shrugged his shoulders and said.

"I'm sorry, but the number of Green Forest bandits injured because of that person is not one or two."

"Are you trying to argue about who's right and who's wrong?"

At Jin Seomok's sharp voice, Kang Seopyeong raised both hands to shoulder height.

"Then we have nothing to say."

As Kang Seopyeong took a step back first, Jin Seomok let out a sigh of relief and said in a solemn voice.

"It seems we need to talk more."

(End of Chapter)