42 Chapter 41 (1/2)
”I've come for the Essence of the Spiritual Wolves in this mountain. It's good that you're here since I'll be taking your head as well.”
The young man sighed.
The man was none other than Kang-hyuk.
”Essence? Ha! Your face looks like it's asking for a good beating!”
Kang-hyuk looked at the man in front of him. The man was clothed in black leather, and was wearing a black conical hat made out of woven bamboo. His sword was stained with the blood of the wolves.
”Are you going to be pigging out on the Wolves' Spiritual Essence on your own? If it's not that….”
Kang-hyuk glared at the man.
”What kind of elixir are you planning on making?”
”....”
The man's facial expression said all that needed to be conveyed.
”As far as I'm aware, there's only one elixir that is made out of Wolf Essence- the Dark Medicine Valley's Blood Mad Wolf Elixir.
”...!”
The man cried out in exclamation.
”Th-that, how!”
Even the memories of his past encounters with the Blood Mad Wolf Elixir put Kang-hyuk in an unpleasant mood.
A person who had consumed the elixir would jump onto random people, like a blood crazed wolf.
After an hour of the experience, the blood vessels and tendons of the person would cut off and die from the strain, however, the effect of the elixir would be that their physical strength and Qi capacity would be greatly increased.
Those who would be classified as unpaid, unemployed wanderers, and whose lives didn't seem to have much worth, were usually given a dose of the elixir. The trouble arising from this wasn't minimal.
”By the tattoo on your wrist, it seems that you're from the Black Snake Sect. Why would someone from the Black Snake Sect be working for the Dark Medicine Valley…..”
All of a sudden, Kang-hyuk's eyes narrowed, with a fierceness enveloping over them.
”Thinking about it, the Dark Medicine Valley is under the Blood King Valley isn't it? Therefore if the Black Snake Sect is working for the Dark Medicine Valley, it means that the Black Snake Sect is also working under the Blood King Valley.”
The warrior from the Black Snake Sect was clearly startled.
Kang-hyuk recalled what the man had said to him earlier.
'Carry on with your field trip….'
His words clearly meant that he had been aware that the Academy was on a field trip, and this in itself could have many implications.
”I just thought of something to ask you.”
”Don't think I'm going to speak so easily!”
The warrior from the Black Snake Sect pulled out his sword, brandishing it towards Kang-hyuk. Kang-hyuk didn't remain still.
He immediately placed his hands into his sleeves and swung his arms in a rolling motion towards the sword.
”...?”
With Kang-hyuk's single movement, the warrior's sword had split in two. The man's mouth went agape in astonishment.
A sword that hadn't broken under the strain of the claws of Spiritual Wolves, had been snapped into two almost effortlessly.
”Wh-what on earth is this…?! My sword!”
”Ah, this?”
Kang-hyuk held out the object he had been clutching.
”Attendance book.”
”A-attendance book?”
”Yes, it's an attendance book. It's a book you use to call the names of students.”
”Yo-you broke my sword with an attendance book? It doesn't make….”
”It doesn't make sense? You're a funny fellow. It's a general rule that regardless of the power of a weapon, if the man who is wielding it doesn't have much to do with it, the weapon's power will be halved.”
”Arghhh!”
The man attempted to attack Kang-hyuk once more, but his hands were unable to reach him.
”It's a little bothersome, but I guess I'm going to have to repay your murder of the Wolves by giving you a good beating.”
”What? This bastard teacher must be crazy.”
”I'm a little sick of hearing that I'm crazy. I've heard it one too many times. Why don't you think up of a different curse this time?”
At that instant, the Black Snake Sect Warrior had goose bumps all over his body from head to toe. His natural instincts were reacting to the energy flowing out from Kang-hyuk.
”You should be thankful that I'm not going to kill you because I have a question to ask you. Seeing as you killed five wolves, I think five beatings should be okay, right?”
However, the warrior ignored his natural instincts and his snapped sword, speaking out in a mocking manner.
”What kind of bullshit….”
The warrior was unable to finish his sentence. Kang-hyuk's attendance book had come flying towards towards him, and hit the left side of his face.
”....”
His spirit had been shattered in one blow.
Time seemed to have stopped for a while.
As the man's internal organs began to twist, Kang-hyuk felt that that level of pain would be sufficient. However, within a few moments, the man began to experience a level of pain that was beyond what a normal person could ever experience.
The blood that the man had vomited contained fragments of his internal organs.
It was a pain that he didn't want to experience again.
He remembered that he had four beatings remaining.
The man felt as though cutting his right arm off would be preferable to receiving another beating.
He quickly cried out.
”Wa-wait a minute! I'll tell you! I'll tell you every…”
Kang-hyuk's attendance book flew towards the other side of the warrior's face.
”Arghh!”
The pain seemed to be worse than his last experience.
The man immediately slumped down, beginning to beg.
”Ahhh! I have done a great wrong! Please forgive me! I've done something incredibly unforgivable!”
”If you knew that you were performing misdeeds, then why did you proceed in your massacre of the peaceful wolves? The fact that you did it whilst knowing that it was wrong is more disgusting! You bastard!”
”Oh no!”
The Black Snake Sect warrior spat out blood once more.
He went in a daze. Despite his state of consciousness, he realized that Kang-hyuk was intending on giving him the full five beatings he had promised.
This was what had spurred him to make an unfortunate decision.
”Aaaahhhhh!”
He decided to run away.
”Ah. That's annoying.”
Kang-hyuk threw his attendance book at the warrior, who was running for his life.
The attendance book flew through the air at a speed that was faster than the pace of the warrior, hitting the back of his head.
Kang-hyuk reached his hand in the direction of the warrior, who had fallen backwards at the strike of the attendance book.
He had used the technique of Heogongseopmul*.
The warrior had been pulled back, and was now face-to-face with Kang-hyuk thanks to the utilization of the energy technique.
The attendance book was also back safely in Kang-hyuk's hands.
”Uhhhh…..”
The warrior, who was trembling in fear, looked up at Kang-hyuk. Kang-hyuk clicked his tongue and asked.
”Tsk tsk, didn't I tell you?”
”...?”
”That if you tried to run away, the five beatings would turn into fifty beatings.”
”….Y-you didn't mention that.”
”Are you now trying to say that I'm lying?”
”Sorry?”
”Did I not just say it right now?”
The Black Snake Sect warrior was in disbelief.
'He's mad! He's really a madman!'
Kang-hyuk spoke nonchalantly, not giving a damn whether the man would internally curse him or not.
”And so, if we minus four beatings from the fifty…. You know what? It's bothersome having to calculate it. I'll just have to beat you fifty times.”