NOVPUBThe moment he found Ham Geun-hyung, Maeng Hyo-don almost stopped moving.
The day he escaped the fight club, Ham Geun-hyung was waiting for him at the clock tower of the Eun Kwang-go in the heavy rain, and now overlapped.
If he hadn’t been fighting, he might have just stood there and watched the arrows fly.
‘Teacher... ...!’
The first thing he felt was relief.
Then and now, Ham Geun-hyung appeared in a desperate situation and reassured Maeng Hyo-don.
Even though the situation was not good, Maeng Hyo-don’s morale soared just by Ham Geun-hyung’s presence.
Crack!
The three arrows Ham Geun-hyung shot accurately hit the crystal, but it was so durable that it only cracked and didn’t break.
However, smoke rose from the cracked crystal, and the concentration of the power wave became faint.
Maeng Hyo-don didn’t know what the Floor Master was going to do, but he knew that the crisis was over.
Ham Geun-hyung gathered his powers while pulling his bowstring, as if he was planning to shoot a more powerful arrow next time.
Kukugugugu... ... .
As the yellow crystal cracked, the Floor Master stopped chanting the spell for a moment.
On the other side of the barrier, the Floor Master stared at the place where the arrow had been shot.
Soon, the Floor Master discovered Ham Geun-hyung and waved the hem of his robe.
Then, the enemies who had been targeting Maeng Hyo-don all raised their heads and looked at Ham Geun-hyung.
Whisper!
The Floor Master waved his hand heavily and pointed at Ham Geun-hyung.
Then, the enemies rushed toward Ham Geun-hyung.
Ham Geun-hyung, who had been gathering strength to destroy the crystals in one breath, was defenseless.
Maeng Hyo-don quickly understood the situation and blocked the enemies’ path.
“Where are you going!”
Paaaat!
Maeng Hyo-don activated the power of Gwangrim, the fighter, and tied up all the enemies.
The enemies stopped advancing as the giant fist-shaped power wave rose and dispersed.
The area Maeng Hyo-don had designated as the battlefield did not include the place where Ham Geun-hyung was standing, so the enemies could not advance any further.
The enemies soon changed direction, realizing that they had to defeat Maeng Hyo-don to get to where Ham Geun-hyung was.
Maeng Hyo-don also clenched his fist and ran towards the enemies.
“Get out of my sight, teacher!”
Maeng Hyo-don’s fists and kicks mercilessly struck the enemies.
Maeng Hyo-don’s fights incorporated various martial arts that Tak Geo-san had taught him.
Lowering the body and punching the side, grabbing the back with a quick kick, etc. It was so mixed up that it was hard to tell what kind of martial arts he was using.
What was clear was that the enemies couldn't keep up with Maeng Hyo-don's fighting skills and movements.
'My fists and feet feel several times lighter!'
They were the same enemies I had just faced, but I could deal with them much more easily.
It was partly because my physical abilities had increased thanks to the activation of Gwangrim, but that wasn't the only reason.
Ham Geun-hyung was behind Maeng Hyo-don now.
Just the fact that he wasn't fighting alone made him feel lighter.
Ssaeaeaeak!
Maeng Hyo-don still had enough time to fight the enemies on his own, but Ham Geun-hyung finished preparing and shot an arrow.
The three arrows shot in succession flew to break the crystal, illuminating the surrounding area with few light sources.
The Floor Master quickly waved the hem of his robe and gave instructions to the enemies.
It seemed like the enemies were telling them to block the arrows even if they had to fly.
However, the enemies tied to the battlefield could not escape Maeng Hyo-don.
Kwaang!
The sound of an explosion filled the surroundings, and the debris of the crystals that the arrows had burst scattered around.
As the crystals shattered, the stone pillars lost their light and cracked, and the shield surrounding the Floor Master disappeared.
Ham Geun-hyung pulled his bowstring again.
This time, he was aiming at the core of the Floor Master, not the crystals.
Ham Geun-hyung was currently using Gwangrim, the Sharpshooter’s Gaze and Gwanggong (光弓), so his eyes, borrowing the eyes of a higher being, were shining brighter than usual.
“Maeng Hyo-don, don’t look at the Floor Master!”
Ham Geun-hyung, who was observing the Floor Master, shouted.
Maeng Hyo-don followed Ham Geun-hyung’s words without asking or questioning, and turned his back on the floor master and fought the enemies.
The enemies were acting even more strangely as if they had been electrocuted since the crystal broke, and the floor master seemed to be doing something, but Maeng Hyo-don faithfully did not look at Ham Geun-hyung as he said.
However, Ham Geun-hyung did not take his eyes off the floor master.
‘I don’t think I should look at that floor master bastard. Is the teacher okay?’
Maeng Hyo-don trusted Ham Geun-hyung, but he was also worried that he might take risks to protect himself.
Ham Geun-hyung opened his mouth as if he had read Maeng Hyo-don’s mind.
It was rare for Ham Geun-hyung to speak up during a battle.
“You have the ability to interfere with minds. But it’s not enough to shake the minds of the sharpshooters.”
Ham Geun-hyung’s words were not a bluff.
Even though he was staring straight at the evil energy that the Floor Master was spewing, Ham Geun-hyung’s arrowhead didn’t waver, and the clear supernatural powers gathering there were growing bigger and bigger.
The Floor Master seemed to be vulnerable to physical attacks, just as Maeng Hyo-don had initially predicted.
It seemed that he had to hide behind a solid defense barrier and a large number of enemies to exert his power.
Ham Geun-hyung also recognized this accurately and decided to immediately destroy the Floor Master.
‘That bastard, it looks like he’s going to run away.’
Maeng Hyo-don wasn’t looking at the Floor Master, but he sensed that he was withdrawing his strength and retreating.
The Floor Master gave up on trying to trick Ham Geun-hyung and chose to retreat.
Maeng Hyo-don briefly considered activating the fighter’s manpower again and tying up the Floor Master as well, but gave up the idea.
Ham Geun-hyung couldn’t miss this.
‘The teacher told me not to look at the Floor Master. Let’s leave it to him.’
The Floor Master started running.
Ham Geun-hyung didn’t care if the target moved.
Ham Geun-hyung fired an arrow without hesitation at the Floor Master who was running away in a panic.
The Floor Master hid behind a cracked stone pillar as if he was going crazy.
Kwaaaaaaa!
Ham Geun-hyung’s arrow shattered the stone pillar and pierced the Floor Master as well.
The core was shattered between the scattered robe hems like rags.
As the Floor Master completely lost his strength, the stone pillar and the enemy Maeng Hyo-don was fighting began to disappear.
Even when the disappearance effect was visible, Ham Geun-hyung and Maeng Hyo-don did not let their guard down.
Buss... ... .
Only after everything had turned to stone dust and scattered did Ham Geun-hyung take his hands off the bowstring and Maeng Hyo-don release his ready stance.
Ham Geun-hyung, who had been positioned high up, jumped down to the floor where Maeng Hyo-don was standing.
Maeng Hyo-don looked at Ham Geun-hyung coming down from above and recalled the scene he had seen when he first went to school.
Ham Geun-hyung checked Maeng Hyo-don’s body as soon as he arrived.
“Maeng Hyo-don, are you hurt anywhere?”
“... ... No.”
Maeng Hyo-don tried to say thank you for coming and thank you for saving him, but Ham Geun-hyung spoke before he could.
Ham Geun-hyung looked fierce and embarrassed.
“I’m sorry for making you fight the enemies alone. That type of gimmick sometimes causes a debuff effect if you don’t destroy it at the same time, or it sometimes doesn’t break at all.”
Ham Geun-hyung explained the gimmick simply like a teacher.
Floor Master seemed to be the type that uses tools and gimmicks to attack mentally, instead of being vulnerable to physical attacks.
It was said that if you destroy the crystals that have concentrated power at the same time, it becomes very easy to attack, but if that’s not possible, it’s a difficult type.
‘What are you trying to do with your mind... ... .’
The explanation was short and concise, but Maeng Hyo-don nodded his head while listening half-absorbed.
Maeng Hyo-don felt as if he was taking a class, and thought absentmindedly.
‘But didn’t you say you were going on a business trip? Why are you here?’
When Kim Yu-ri was adjusting the schedule for the Teacher’s Day event, she said that Ham Geun-hyung was going on a business trip today.
She didn’t ask where the business trip was going.
When Ham Geun-hyung went on a business trip, he usually went to Hongcheon, and most of the kids in the class assumed that this would be the case this time too.
‘Could this really be the business trip? Or maybe the vice president did something suspicious... ... .’
Maeng Hyo-don thought stupid thoughts and guessed things that were close to the truth at the same time.
But that was the extent of his thoughts.
Maeng Hyo-don tried to think about it on his own, but he couldn’t figure out what had happened.
Even if Ham Geun-hyung had followed him because he was worried about Maeng Hyo-don, he had no idea how he had come all the way here.
The structure of this garden is very complicated, and the owner interfered, so didn’t he break up with Ju Soo-hyeok up there?
So he decided to ask honestly.
“How did you find it?”
Ham Geun-hyeong answered right away, as if he had no intention of hiding it.
The first thing he said had nothing to do with the thoughts Maeng Hyo-don had in mind.
“I heard that a certain Jin tribe in Hongcheon owes you a debt.”
Hongcheon is Ham Geun-hyeong’s regular business trip destination, isn’t it?
If the Jin tribe there owed him a debt, shouldn’t it be Ham Geun-hyeong, not Maeng Hyo-don?
Maeng Hyo-don thought so.
Do you remember doing something in Hongcheon?
Then Maeng Hyo-don suddenly remembered an incident.
‘Ah, the day the typhoon came!’
When the typhoon hit the Korean peninsula, Maeng Hyo-don was training with Tak Geo-san and Bang Yun-seop on a mountain in Hongcheon.
At that time, the association requested cooperation in rescue activities, and he responded to the emergency call.
In the meantime, Maeng Hyo-don rescued a wild horse that was caught in a trap.
However, it turned out that the wild horse was an important being, either a member of the Demon Tribe or a divine beast.
The leader of the Demon Tribe, the Black Horse, came to Maeng Hyo-don in person to express his gratitude and give him a gift.
“Isn’t there an item that the Jin Tribe gave you in your room?”
“Uh... ... I think so?”
Maeng Hyo-don had forgotten about the gift itself, but he remembered the moment he received it.
He remembered being suddenly called to the chairman’s office and being given several gifts without realizing it.
He also remembered Chairman Hwang Myeong-ho, who looked very similar to Dol-ai in the same class, looking very happy, as if he was a relative.
‘Was it a dream catcher? The other kids said it was for the bedroom, so I did it.’
The guards gave him a dream catcher as a gift for Teacher’s Day, and when Maeng Hyo-don said he had seen it before, the other kids explained what the item was.
Maeng Hyo-don’s dream catcher was a unicorn’s tail.
It was a precious item made of fur, but to his eyes, it was just a ball of fur.
However, since the children in his class were enthusiastically explaining the item, Maeng Hyo-don took out the dream catcher that he had left in a corner of the room that day.
It was just something that had been somewhere in the room and moved to a corner where it could be seen, but Maeng Hyo-don recognized the item anyway.
“As you know, the leader of that Jin tribe is the Black Horse. And the item you have is said to have been made from the tail hair of a tribe that the Black Horse treasures. I followed that energy and found you.”
Ham Geun-hyung seemed to have come here with the Black Horse.
Judging from the fact that he was no longer visible, the Black Horse seemed to be acting separately after telling Maeng Hyo-don where he was.
He knew what process he went through to get here, but there was something strange.
Ham Geun-hyung couldn’t possibly know everything about the relationship between the Black Horse and Maeng Hyo-don, or the item he had received as a gift.
‘Maybe he planned this... ... .’
Only one person who knew all this and prepared for it came to mind.
Ham Geun-hyeong then said the name Maeng Hyo-don had thought of.
“Jo Ui-shin called me and the black horse.”
