chapter 1114 - Unchanging Thoughts (5)
Ungnyeo suppressed her emotions by grabbing the red cloth soaked in rain with the hand that was not holding the fan.
The red fog before her eyes was the red smoke of the Red Tiger.
‘Red Tiger!’
It couldn’t have been the last thing she saw before she died, or an illusion someone had created to deceive Ungnyeo.
Ungnyeo had distinguished reality from fantasy countless times over the thousands of years.
She couldn’t give up the expectation that the Red Tiger, who had figured out everything, might appear next to Ungnyeo and kill the Ungjok together, so she held vain hopes whenever she saw lightning or red energy.
That hope was shattered every time by Ungnyeo’s cool-headed reason and the reality that the Red Tiger was tied up in a red frame.
Throughout the process, Ungnyeo quickly developed the ability to discern the true power of the Red Tiger.
‘… … Is he still thinking of me?’
There was no doubt that Black Tiger had confessed everything to Red Tiger as soon as he opened his eyes.
Red Tiger must have known everything and rushed to him.
However, she could not be sure what Red Tiger was thinking.
There was no way Red Tiger, who had been tied up in a red frame and suffered severely for thousands of years, would not have resented Ungnyeo.
Even if he found out everything late, the pain he had experienced and the agony that had tormented him would not disappear all at once.
She could not tell whether Red Tiger’s thoughts were unchanging or worn out.
‘Even so, I want to see you. The red fog alone is not enough.’
At the moment when death was near, Ungnyeo’s love that appeared before her eyes shook her self-control.
The longing she had suppressed for a long time was about to swallow Ungnyeo.
Ungnyeo had to bite her lips to keep herself from calling Red Tiger’s name without realizing it.
“Red smoke only covers the appearance, not the substance. I’ll cut it down with the fog.”
When the Bear of Hatred, who recognized Red Smoke, spoke in a low voice, Ungnyeo’s appreciation ended in an instant.
Ungnyeo looked at the red fog still rippling before her eyes.
Red Smoke shook unsteadily due to the wind blowing so loudly that it hurt her ears.
Even if it was fog controlled by a supernatural ability, it was greatly affected by the environment since it was a power of the natural world.
It was impossible to maintain the thick fog for a long time in this strong wind.
That wasn’t all.
‘Red Tiger got caught between me and that gloomy sword fight! It must have consumed a lot of strength.’
No matter how well Red Tiger had prepared, he must have suffered damage because he blocked the fatal attack that the two Ungjoks launched to kill each other.
Nevertheless, there must be a reason why Red Tiger maintained Red Smoke.
Even if they had been separated for thousands of years, even if all she could see now was the red fog, she could tell.
Ungnyeo remembered every single detail of the way Red Tiger fought, shoulder to shoulder.
Ungnyeo fixed her fan and glanced at the sky that was hard to see due to the wind and rain.
The moment she heard thunder and the clouds took on an ominous color, Ungnyeo’s hands moved quickly.
Crackle! Kwak!
The moment lightning struck the sky, Red Tiger’s red lightning filled her vision, and Bear of Hatred, who had been gathering strength to cut through the fog, quickly swung his sword upward.
It was difficult to handle Red Thunder due to the strong wind brought by the typhoon, but Red Thunder gained great strength thanks to the thunderclouds.
Ungnyeo realized that Red Tiger had hidden himself in Red Thunder to hide the timing of using Red Thunder, so she helped him gather the lightning.
The red lightning that had swallowed the lightning collected by Ungnyeo grew stronger and aimed for the three bears.
“Ugh!”
The bear of hatred holding the greatsword groaned.
The evil darkness greedily swallowed the red lightning, but the red lightning that it could not swallow flew here and there.
In particular, the two hands holding the handle of the greatsword quickly burned red.
“Hatred! Get back!”
The bear of great desire cut off the power wave that was being sent to maintain the evil darkness and stepped forward.
Then, the sword of evil darkness twisted as if it was distorted, but at the same time, a huge rock rose into the sky and blocked the falling red lightning.
The red lightning moved fiercely to deal with the bears along with the rock, but eventually failed to break through the hastily built stone wall.
When the bear of great desire took the power wave and the rock turned into stone pieces, the red lightning also stopped.
When the lightning stopped, heavy rain and wind swept over the surroundings again.
Saaaaah… … !
The red fog disappeared as if being erased by a strong wind, and Jeokho appeared.
Jeokho was standing right in front of Ungnyeo.
She knew he was nearby, but now she knew he was close enough that she could reach out and lean on him.
When Ungnyeo exhaled, her breath touched Jeokho’s wet back.
They had never been this close since the day Ungnyeo asked Jeokho to break her gun.
When Ungnyeo saw Jeokho guarding the front as if he would not show her anything dirty and dark like the evil sword of darkness or the bear of hatred, Ungnyeo’s head and heart seemed to turn red.
“…….”
Jeokho, who appeared, did not say anything.
Even when he used rough language, and even after meeting Ungnyeo and starting to use somewhat pretty language, Jeokho, who had always been talkative, was silent.
That wasn’t the only strange thing.
‘Only Jeokho?’
The moment Ungnyeo found out that Jeokho was using red smoke, she thought that Jeokho wasn’t the only one.
Ungnyeo had seen Jeokho use red smoke to move secretly with his friends and play pranks several times.
That’s why she thought that even after the traces of red fog were revealed, he didn’t release red smoke right away in order to seize the timing to attack and launch a surprise attack with his friends who came with him.
However, Jeokho was alone in this place right now, and there was no sense of the other clans around him.
It didn’t seem like Jeokho, who was gasping for breath after pouring out red lightning, would be maintaining red smoke in this strong wind.
It seems that Ungnyeo wasn’t the only one who thought of this possibility, as the Bear of Desire, who was wasting his strength and staggering, the Bear of Anger and the Bear of Hatred, who were stabilizing the Sword of Darkness, also openly looked around the enemy.
Ungnyeo, who knew that the enemy had come to fight alone, took a step forward instead of standing behind his broad back.
“…….”
The moment Ungnyeo stood next to him, the enemy looked at her for a moment.
Ungnyeo only looked forward, so she couldn’t tell what kind of expression the enemy was making.
She could only feel that the side of his face that her gaze touched was burning hot.
The Bear of Hatred glared at the enemy and Ungnyeo, who were standing next to each other.
“You found this place well. Why did you come alone?”
“…….”
The enemy was still silent.
Usually, the enemy would say, ‘It’s noisy. Is it because it’s raining that you’re barking? He must have said something like, ‘I’ll burn your mouth, so keep talking.’, but he didn’t say anything.
Not only Ungnyeo, but the other Ungjok also looked puzzled.
“I don’t see any of your friends. Are you the only one from the Hojok who came? It would have been impossible to erase what had piled up for thousands of years with just the testimony of the Black Tiger.”
“…….”
Jeokho was still silent.
She didn’t know why Jeokho was silent, and she had no intention of agreeing with what the Bear of Hatred had just said, but Ungnyeo thought that what he had just said made sense.
After the destruction of the Hosinchong, the Hojok and Ungjok had been at odds for a long time.
In fact, Ungnyeo was innocent, so there were too many things that had happened to ask her to go save her.
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Jeokho’s friends would have been more than willing to jump in if he asked, no matter what the aftermath would be, but it wasn’t easy.
‘The Hojok got in trouble a while ago because of a team of teenage pro players.’
Ungnyeo knew that something big had happened to the Hojok at the Rose Farm, to the point that Red Tiger had been injured.
It had only recently happened, and Hwangho was the leader of the Hojok, so he couldn’t move carelessly.
Baekho was a beast of burden, Cheongho was missing, and Eunho was in a deep sleep.
Also, Black Tiger had just regained his existence, and even if he was in perfect condition, he would still get hurt, so he must have left him behind.
Perhaps Hwangho had wanted to send at least one clone, but perhaps it was because he was still in a difficult position to use a clone due to the past incident?
In that case, the reason Red Tiger was silent might be because of impatience or anger.
Seeing that Jeokho, who never stopped talking no matter what situation he faced, was keeping his mouth shut like that, the suspicion spread among the Ungnyeo and Ungjok that the situation was really serious.
“All the thunderclouds nearby have disappeared. You have no chance unless you can borrow the power of lightning.”
“…….”
The evil darkness had calmed down and stabilized into the shape of a complete sword again.
Jeokho took a breath without saying a word.
It must have been unusual for him to run all the way here from Eun Gwang-gu, use his great power, and still stand there like that, but Jeokho was looking straight ahead without wavering.
All sorts of thoughts were swirling around Ungnyeo’s head, but thanks to Jeokho’s presence next to her, her anxiety gradually subsided.
She had nothing to fear because she could fight by Jeokho’s side and die by his side.
“Red Tiger, our target is Ungnyeo. No matter what choice the awake bear of distress made, the ultimate goal of Jinung Palseon is not the massacre of the Hojok. Step back.”
Red Tiger silently gathered lightning in his hand.
Seeing the red lightning radiating, Bear of Hatred fixed his grip on the Great Sword of Darkness.
“That’s your answer.”
Kwaaaaah!
Bear of Hatred, knowing there was no room for negotiation, swung his great sword.
As fast as lightning, Red Tiger and Ungnyeo dodged the trajectory of the Darkness and dodged into its embrace.
The two accurately identified the movement of the sword and dodged, but the Darkness was not an ordinary sword.
Ungnyeo, who saw the Darkness wriggling on the blade, quickly folded her fan and dodged between Red Tiger and the sword.
Kwaadduk!
The evil darkness that grew like an irregularly shaped branch broke the bear girl’s fan and cut her shoulder.
The hem of the clothes covering the bear girl’s shoulder was cut, revealing her torn skin.
The blood flowing out through the gaps in her skin dyed the red cloth dark, and the evil darkness tried to dig into the gaps.
Ungnyeo, who knew that the darkness was eating away at her body, jumped back, distanced herself from the evil darkness, and tore at the wound with her fingernails.
Ungnyeo ignored the pain in her shoulder and wrapped her flesh stained with blood and evil darkness with her power.
“Your sword is dirty. It lacks the elegance of a white horse at all..”
“I don’t admire the martial arts of the White Tiger. If you remove the obstacle in any way… … .”
Kwaaaaaaaah!
Before the Bear of Hatred could finish his words, a red lightning struck him.
The Red Tiger, who had seen the blood of the Bear of Hatred, rushed towards the Bear of Hatred without any consideration.
The lightning was so fierce that it seemed as if the Red Tiger had burned its life force and was burning it, and the evil darkness could not exert its power.
The Red Lightning and the evil darkness clashed several times in the storm, and the Bear of Hatred’s claws grazed his °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° neck.
However, this precarious balance did not last long.
The Red Tiger’s momentum gradually declined as they exchanged blows.
“Red Tiger, you must have used up all your luck and wisdom to get here. How long do you think you can hold out with that kind of power!”
The bear who had been rushing at the words of the bear of hatred suddenly regained her senses.
After recalling the top priority of saving Jeokho, a thought occurred to her.
Jeokho’s appearance was not a coincidence.
So how did Jeokho find out about this place?
Could it be related to the morning star who discovered the identity of the black tiger and moved the crow demon king?
Did the morning star or the clan send Jeokho alone even though they knew that he would be in danger?
After thinking about it, the bear woman came to a conclusion.
The morning star who promised to save Jeokho would not have driven him to death without any countermeasures.
At that moment of conviction, the palace guard who had been flying in the sky and watching this scene quickly turned around and flapped his wings.
Paaaaaaa!
The intense supernatural wave covered the surroundings, and the surroundings were dyed in gold.
A golden barrier appeared next to Jeokho and the bear woman.
Between the storm Hwang Ho's voice spread widely through the power wave.
"Of course I can endure it."
Hwang Ho, who looked like he was in his twenties, was so far away that it was hard to see him in the typhoon.
Hwang Ho's presence was so strong that it felt like a lie that I hadn't felt it until just now.
"This body's close friend and his companion are not weak. There's no way they wouldn't endure until the siege is complete."
As Hwang Ho finished speaking, the clans that had been blocking the retreat and making no sound appeared one after another.