Monochrome Sovereign (Novel) - Chapter 178 - Destiny (3)

Chapter 178 – Destiny (3)

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Translated by Heavenly Cat

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“What? An attack?”

“Seeing that they appeared at such a time, it seems they have been watching us continuously. They seem to be guys talking about the Orthodox Path from the Central Plains, but we don’t know their exact identity.”

Pa Sa-reuk frowned. Annoyance lingered in his blue pupils.

“Did they look strong?”

“They… did look quite strong. Their numbers are also quite high.”

Hang Chun was a guy who always upheld him as the best. Even if it were empty words.

For the words that the opponent looked strong to come out of such a guy’s mouth must mean they were no ordinary guys.

“What about the guys sent to the neighboring village?”

“We sent a few more kids just in case. They will join us soon.”

“Well done.”

What was done well was done well, and being pissed off was being pissed off.

Boom!

Pa Sa-reuk’s large fist smashed the stone wall of the warehouse.

“What kind of sons of bitches they are, really.”

This invasion of the Sea Dragon Merchant Group was not just done to pass the time. It was because he had received a request from a human who was one of the strongest in the Central Plains and even more wicked than himself.

Of course, even if it were the strongest in the Central Plains, they couldn’t move the Gray Wolf Squad with a clumsy conciliation. Because Pa Sa-reuk was a person with strong pride as much as he was quick-witted.

However, it couldn’t be helped this time. Because ‘That Person’, whom even the boss of the number one bandit group beyond the borders dared not ignore, had given an order to join hands with the strongman of the Central Plains.

“This is why we shouldn’t join hands with guys from the Central Plains. Retarded bastards! If small fries attached themselves, shouldn’t they have told us in advance?”

Hang Chun spoke carefully.

“Perhaps they are beings that even they don’t know about?”

“Isn’t that obvious? Would those guys have intentionally not given us information just to stab us in the back?”

He couldn’t exclude the possibility of betrayal. But Pa Sa-reuk thought there was absolutely no way that human would betray him.

It wasn’t because he trusted his character, but because he trusted the situation. To him right now, even a combat power as small as a mere ant was precious.

“Murim Alliance.”

Pa Sa-reuk snorted.

“If it’s a force that human finds hard to grasp and is presumed to be the Orthodox Path, there is a high probability that it is the Murim Alliance founded not long ago.”

A fast brain rotation that did not suit his tremendous build. That was the reason why the Gray Wolf Squad led by Pa Sa-reuk could move unhindered beyond the borders for ten years.

Hang Chun’s face stiffened.

“If the opponent is the Murim Alliance, shouldn’t we run away?”

“We should run.”

Pa Sa-reuk’s face immediately became indifferent.

“We definitely have to run, but isn’t there no suitable retreat path? A fight is inevitable.”

“T-that’s true.”

“Tsk.”

Pa Sa-reuk looked at the corner of the warehouse.

A dozen young women were shivering and trembling. They were all women with beautiful appearances.

“It’s a real shame. To think I have to tear them without even tasting them.”

Tear? It was a word whose meaning was hard to know, but the brutality felt from his tone was tremendous.

Pa Sa-reuk smiled meaningfully.

“Prepare the skewers.”

“Commander, the enemy’s leader is coming out.”

“I know.”

Murong Yu’s cool eye light crossed the broken defensive wall of the Outer Courtyard and headed towards the Inner Courtyard.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

The bandit group approaching while stomping their feet vigorously.

‘They are well-trained.’

Before martial arts, it felt like their physical bodies were very well refined. It was not a physical body made through thorough training, but a body that naturally became trained while going through countless real battles.

‘Their individual capabilities are lower than the Demon-Sweeping and Evil-Annihilating armies, but if they wage a group battle, they will surely…’

It was then.

“…!!”

Murong Yu’s expression distorted slightly.

“W-what is that?”

“Crazy bastards!”

Hundreds of bandits revealed themselves while acting arrogantly. However, behind them, the bandits standing around a giant man with an exotic appearance each held iron flagpoles over one zhang in length.

And at the ends of those iron flagpoles, corpses with their limbs cut off were hanging instead of flags. As if pierced by a skewer.

By human moral concepts, it was a sight too hard to bear looking at with open eyes.

Killing intent lingered in Jin Pae’s eyes.

“Commander, let’s sweep them away.”

Even the 1st Unit Leader Jin Pae, who was said to be the oldest and most cautious in the Demon-Sweeping Army, could not suppress his surging anger.

Murong Yu did not open his mouth. It was because he felt like profanities would pop out without him realizing it if he opened his mouth.

At that time, Pa Sa-reuk, the Gray Wolf Squad Leader who came out to the Outer Courtyard, shouted.

“Hey!”

For a moment, it seemed like the atmosphere rippled. It was a voice containing a tremendous resonance.

Prrrrt.

The warhorses ridden by the Demon-Sweeping Army stomped their feet in place and snorted. They felt anxious at the strange internal energy contained in Pa Sa-reuk’s voice.

At that time, Murong Yu raised his greatsword.

Vwoooong!

The Heaven and Earth Eight Extremes True Qi that blossomed strand by strand from the greatsword spread out thinly and made an intangible defensive barrier.

It was a veil of true qi encompassing all directions. It was a divine skill that couldn’t even be imitated with passable enlightenment and internal energy.

Prrt!

The warhorses quickly calmed down. Being wrapped in a familiar energy, they regained their stability.

‘Oho.’

An unusual light shone from Pa Sa-reuk’s eyes.

‘A young master from a prestigious family, is this it?’

It was an age that roughly looked around thirty. Even so, he showed such detailed internal energy control.

It was an internal energy operation that Pa Sa-reuk couldn’t do. Not because he was weaker than Murong Yu, but because of the difference in the tendencies of the martial arts themselves that he had learned and polished all his life.

‘He is a genius.’

Pa Sa-reuk smiled.

He had met countless so-called geniuses until now. And all those geniuses died miserably after being toyed with by his hands.

A well-educated genius from a prestigious family. He was a good opponent to play with.

Paaak!

Pa Sa-reuk, who ran out in a single breath, stood at the front of the group.

‘Hmm.’

Pa Sa-reuk, who looked at Murong Yu from the entrance of the Outer Courtyard, stroked his chin.

‘He is not a clumsy genius.’

Seeing the look in his eyes, the answer came out. The opponent’s eye light looking down at him contained deep anger and cold-hearted caution at the same time.

Murong Yu opened his mouth.

“Are you Pa Sa-reuk.”

Look at this?

Interest arose on Pa Sa-reuk’s face.

There was not a speck of trembling in his voice. It wasn’t that he was trying not to tremble; he actually wasn’t trembling.

It meant that although he was angry, his mind was tranquil. Pa Sa-reuk felt a strange burden at that unexpected aspect.

‘It won’t be easy to play with him.’

Pa Sa-reuk looked around the Demon-Sweeping Army.

“Heavens, where did you gather these petty miscellaneous soldiers from?”

Tssss.

Killing intent spewed in unison from the bodies of the Demon-Sweeping soldiers.

Even without that, they were having a hard time holding back the surging anger at the enemy’s ruthless acts. Being insulted on top of that, they could hardly control their minds.

However.

“Choose.”

As Murong Yu opened his mouth, the killing intent emitted by the entire Demon-Sweeping Army rippled.

“Either fully disarm and surrender, or clash head-on.”

Pa Sa-reuk chuckled.

“Do you trust these miscellaneous soldiers that much?”

“I’ll give you a quarter of an hour.”

Zzzzt!

The extremely heated Heaven and Earth Eight Extremes True Qi dyed Murong Yu’s eyes blue.

Because it wasn’t an innately born Blue Eye like Pa Sa-reuk, it was all the more mysterious and terrifying. Pa Sa-reuk felt his fist flinch and tremble for a moment.

“If you surrender, your dantian will be sealed, the meridians of your four limbs severed, and you will be imprisoned in a dungeon to serve a ten-year sentence. But if you resist, I will kill you all.”

“…”

“Anyway, isn’t survival the top priority task for you bandit bastards? Even if it means begging.”

Pa Sa-reuk’s smile deepened.

It was quite a stimulating provocation. It was all the more frightening because that provocation was not made up but sincere.

“You make a brutally bloody offer. How am I supposed to live being this scared?”

Pa Sa-reuk trembled his body as if to show off. His intention to mock the opponent was clear.

“Then shall we make an offer too?”

Pa Sa-reuk twitched his hand.

“Kyaaaak!”

The bandits parted to the left and right, and naked women were dragged out by their hair.

Killing intent rose on Murong Yu’s face.

Pa Sa-reuk smiled a fishy smile.

“If you don’t get lost a hundred li away right now, I’ll tear these bitches to death one by one.”

“…”

“Just like this.”

As soon as the words fell, a bulky bandit grabbed a woman’s neck.

Crunch!

Soon, with a terrible sound, the woman’s neck was pulled out.

“Uwaaaagh!”

“Kyaaaak!”

Blood splattered in all directions.

That wasn’t all. Two bandits wildly hacked at the corpse of the woman whose neck was pulled out with swords.

Murong Yu’s eyes gradually became bloodshot. No matter how much he tried to hold back, this crossed the line.

Pa Sa-reuk burst into a pleasant laugh.

“I showed it to you as an example. If you listen to my words well, I’ll let those bitches live, so don’t worry too much.”

“…”

“How is it? Not a bad offer, right?”

“If you touch an innocent person one more time.”

Pssss.

Pa Sa-reuk’s eyes deepened.

The embankment of killing intent that he had painstakingly blocked up burst open. At the killing intent of Murong Yu pouring in, Pa Sa-reuk felt his internal energy squirming on its own.

“At that time, I will start by definitely killing you at least.”

A threat for a threat.

Murong Yu, who had lived the world quite roughly, had never received such a ruthless threat. But he also knew one thing.

That the offers and threats of villains should absolutely never be trusted.

The moment he showed weakness, it was the end. Murong Yu’s response was definitely not the best, but it wasn’t the worst either.

‘He’s for real.’

Pa Sa-reuk’s eyes flashed.

‘This guy is really planning to aim for me first.’

This situation is flowing quite interestingly.

‘Did I misjudge the person?’

No. The Murong Yu that Pa Sa-reuk saw was a person who prioritized the safety of hostages over annihilating the enemy.

Yet he threatens back instead? Is it simply because he doesn’t want to lose?

‘There’s no way that’s it.’

This guy was different from the half-baked fools he had seen numerous times.

‘He has something he believes in.’

His past experiences and quick wits saw through the situation in an instant.

Pa Sa-reuk shouted.

“Keep a strict guard on the surroundings! It seems these guys have other allies!”

Sasasak.

The Gray Wolf Squad watched all directions.

Although they hadn’t received group training, the formation itself was sloppy. Even so, there were no openings. The tactics unique to the Gray Wolf Squad, built up with countless experiences, were like a fierce wild wolf.

Pa Sa-reuk once again burst into hearty laughter.

“Hey, kid. If you want to negotiate with your opponent, you shouldn’t get caught on what cards you hold.”

Looking at Pa Sa-reuk who burst into loud laughter looking at the sky, Murong Yu opened his mouth.

“Half a quarter of an hour is left.”

“…?”

“After half a quarter of an hour, your destiny will be decided. Consider it deeply.”

“Oho.”

Pa Sa-reuk’s blue eyes flashed.

“You are a truly interesting kid. Aren’t you?”

“…”

“I clearly said I would let the hostages live if you listened well to my words, but it’s no fun if you keep coming out like this.”

Pa Sa-reuk twitched his hand once again.

At that time, a terrifying shout popped out of Murong Yu’s mouth.

“If you want to see your boss die!”

The ringing voice shook the area.

“Try touching those women. After splitting this pig bastard in half, I will bury you all in the sea.”

Flinch!

The heavily laid voice was full of an unusual killing intent.

Vwooong.

A blue energy circled the Demon-Sweeping Great Sword. It was a momentum to strike a single sword in a single breath.

The bandits standing around the women uselessly checked the mood. They had experienced such situations countless times, but the spirit of this opponent was great enough that it was hard to ignore.

A sneer floated on Pa Sa-reuk’s face.

“I cannot help but acknowledge your boldness at least. You’ll kill me? Do you have the confidence to do so?”

“Try touching them if you’re curious.”

“I originally have a personality that can’t hold back what I’m curious about.”

“That’s why I’m telling you to try it.”

Pa Sa-reuk, who was watching Murong Yu while smiling, shouted.

“Grab a bitch and tear her!”

“All members of the Demon-Sweeping Army, prepare to charge!”

Rumble.

An unusual wave of qi soared.

The bandits looked at each other in bewilderment. They couldn’t make a judgment on whether they really could kill the hostages.

Pa Sa-reuk yelled furiously.

“You sons of bitches! Since when did you guys ever do something called thinking! Tear them to death right now!”

“Even if it means letting those guys get away, we will definitely kill the boss!”

“Why aren’t you hurrying up and killing them, you sons of bitches!”

“Aim unconditionally for the boss first!”

It was a bloody battle of spirits. No one showed a weak appearance.

Hwooooong!

Pa Sa-reuk finally burst out his killing intent. The direction of that killing intent was towards the bandit group under his command.

“If you don’t kill them, I will kill you first.”

Only then did a bandit grab a woman’s hair.

Murong Yu’s eye light spewed fire.

“All members char…!”

It was then.

A stream of terrifying flash pierced the arm of the bandit who grabbed the woman’s hair.

Pow!