After some hours...
All of them were walking through the empty road. And the night sky was still very clear.
“Uhhhh! What the hell?! It’s already been some hours since we started walking. When are we gonna arrive at the nearby Murim Alliance branch?”
“...”
“By the pace we are going... We’ll probably arrive by the morning, young master.”
“What...?”
Wolryung’s eyes went wide.
“What did you say? Morning...? Are you kidding me right now?”
“...”
“We are quite far. And arriving in the morning is the bare minimum I said. It might take even longer than that, young master.”
“...”
Upon hearing that, Wolryung’s face went stiff and he looked toward the thugs.
There stood two thugs, they were beaten so badly their faces were unrecognizable. Especially the thug who got beaten by Wolryung. It was hard to tell if that swollen face belonged to a human.
Ah, right. If it wasn’t for these bastards, they wouldn’t have ended up this far into a vast forest.
Thud!
“Uhhh!”
Wolryung kicked one of the thugs’ asses.
“What did I do now?”
The thug looked like he was gonna cry any moment.
“What...? Did you just yell at me?”
Thud!
“Ahhh! It hurts! When did I yell?!”
Thud!
“F*cker! Talking back again?!”
Thud!
Seeing Wolryung beating him again. The others felt pity for the thug.
Thud!
“Ahhhh, no! Please spare me! I was wrong!”
Thud!
“Brat. Don’t vent your anger on others like that. It’s your fault that you don’t know any martial arts. Otherwise, you guys could arrive at your destination much earlier. They are the ones suffering because of you.”
Wolryung turned his head toward Cheon Jo.
“...”
“Now it’s my fault? Did I ask them to bring us this far?”
“...”
Cheon Jo was speechless at that.
He was right though. How is it his fault when they bring him this far?
Ignoring the old man, Wolryung started beating the thug again.
Thud!
“Ahhh! Uhhh! Please spare me!”
Thud!
“Would you’ve spared me if I was in this situation?!”
“...”
Thud!
“You bastard! Why do you go silent when I ask you something?!”
Thud!
“Ahhh!”
Thud!
“Talk you bastard!”
“...”
“Y-Young master...”
Wolryung turned behind toward the voice with bloodshot eyes.
“What?!”
“...?”
“At this rate, he is really gonna die.”
“...”
“...”
Wolryung looked at the thug again who looked like his soul might ascend to heaven any time.
“Tch!”
Clicking his tongue he stopped beating the thug. But he still looked pissed off.
“I won’t beat you anymore. Now go cut some big trees.”
“...”
What is the meaning of this now?
Everyone looked puzzled again.
“What? Didn’t you guys hear me? Or do you want us to cut them?”
“T-That...”
“Tsk! Still have something to say? Want me to start beating you again?”
“...”
“N-No. We’ll do it.”
“...”
Cheon Jo, Jin Ho, and the chubby boy had the same thought.
‘How cruel!’
“...”
The thugs came in front of him again.
“What now?”
“Ah, it’s just. How many trees should we cut?”
Oh, right. How many trees does it need to make a temporary cart?
“Cut as many as you can. You will be making a cart with them.”
Huh? Cart?
“Why cart out of nowhere?”
All of them looked really shocked. While Jin Ho stepped in.
“Ah, young master.”
“Hmm.”
“Even if we make a cart, who would pull that? We don’t have any horses.”
“Yep, right. Right.”
Cheon Jo nodded in agreement. Though Jin Ho couldn’t see or hear him.
On the other hand, Wolryung looked really confused.
What was there to be confused about?
Right. How did he forget? This young master of his had already gone mad. So it was still understandable if he was confused about it. However, the words coming out from Wolryung’s mouth made everyone’s face stiff.
“Who said we don’t have any horses?”
“...”
“We have two horses though.”
“Pardon? Two horses?”
Wolryung then looked toward the thugs who looked equally confused.
“Can’t you see?”
A wide grin was forming on his face.
“They are right in front of us.”
“...?”
“...By in front of us, you mean...?”
“Yep, you two. You two are the horses.”
His smile brightened again.
“B-But we are human though.”
“...What?”
Wolryung’s eyes went wide again.
“Who said it? Which bastard said it?! How dare someone call a horse human?! Do they have no common sense?!”
He turned toward the chubby boy and Jin Ho.
“Did you guys say it to them?”
“...”
Does anyone need to say it, you evil bastard?
A human is a human by their appearance. It’s you who is talking nonsense.
Though the thugs couldn’t say it out loud. They didn’t want to get beat up again.
“See.”
Wolryung looked at the thugs again.
“No one is saying you guys are humans. So, from now on you are horses.”
They also didn’t say we are horses, you bastard.
“...”
“Understood?”
“Y-Yes.”
“Good. Good. Then start cutting some trees and chopping wood, and make the most comfortable cart for us to ride.”
“...”
“But horses can’t do those things though.”
Upon hearing that, Wolryung looked at the thugs, narrowing his eyes. And for a moment there was only silence. Which made the thugs uncomfortable again.
‘Ah, did we just cross the line?’
“You are humans until you finish making the cart.”
“...”
Everyone’s face contorted at that.
Sighing, Cheon Jo approached Wolryung.
“At least say something that has a bit of logic. What’s with this nonsense you’re spouting?”
“...”
Like always, Wolryung just ignored him.
“Why are you still staring at me?! Go and cut the trees already!”
“W-We need something to cut the trees.”
“...?”
Ah, right.
Wolryung looked at Jin Ho.
“Jin Ho, where are the swords of these bastards?”
Jin Ho immediately came with two swords.
“Here, young master.”
“Not me. Give it to them.”
Jin Ho handed out the swords to the thugs as ordered, his eyes filled with killing intent.
“Don’t even think about doing something reckless! Or you’ll lose your heads.”
“...”
What do you expect us to do? You already destroyed our dantians!
***
After a while, the thugs were having a hard time cutting the trees with their swords. No, it would be a lie to say that they were cutting trees.
Shing! Shing!
Everytime they hit the tree with their swords, the swords just bounced off the tree.
“Uh, f*ck! Why are all the trees here so strong?!”
It’s not the trees that are strong, it’s just that you and your swords are weak.
‘Who in their right mind would use a sword to cut trees?’
At least give us an axe to cut it.
‘Ahhh! If we go say it to him... he will just beat the shit out of us again.’
“What are you doing?! Hit harder you bastard! Do you want us to get beat up by him again?!”
Now his own comrade was yelling at him.
Really...? When did the world become so cruel?
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