Surviving as a Rival in a Martial Arts Novel

Chapter 44 – Sword Dragon Namgungjeon (02)

Anyway, Sikbong was eating alone, and Geomryong finished his meal after drinking alcohol and a few pieces of meat, so he left Seol-ah in the care of Sikbong and headed to the vacant lot next to Yongbonggak.

‘They are vicious guys.’

The surrounding ground was tamped down and solid granite bricks were laid on the floor to prevent it from being easily damaged. Anyone could see that if they were going to fight, they should do so here.

With such outstanding figures as Oryong Chilbong gathering together, it’s not like they have a dance once or twice.

Gooooo……

The sword dragon silently drew his sword. Unlike the thin swords generally used by swordsmen, it was thick and elongated and was generally classified as a two-handed sword.

Furthermore, a heavy feeling can be felt here as well, and the only metal that comes to mind when it comes to the feeling of heavy weight on the black body of the sword is hyeoncheol (玄鐵).

‘Hyeoncheol is hard, but heavy and difficult to sharpen, so it is usually used as a blunt weapon.’

Geomryong Namgung calmly took a deep breath, controlled the intoxication rising in his body, and slowly put his right foot forward and took a sword pose.

“Go first? Go second?”

“Either way.”

“I’ll attack first.”

The sword dragon, perhaps unable to bear it out of curiosity, immediately rushed at me, swinging its ink sword.

‘It’s a strong sword. The walking method is quite…’

He approached me using the Changgung martial arts technique that the Namgung family is proud of, but the power contained in the roughly swinging ink sword was strong and the charging speed was fast, so even a decent expert could not easily respond. It was at the level of being cut or hit by a sword and flying away.

Of course, since I was not at the level of a decent expert, I studied the Changgung martial arts sword technique slowly and swung my sword looking for an opportunity.

Tieeing!

Intentionally collide the sword face with the sword face, causing the swords to bounce off each other.

If I used the Jade Rangcheon Sword and faced it with reckless force, the ink sword would shatter into pieces and the sword dragon’s grip would explode, but I had no intention of neutralizing one of the Murim Alliance’s strengths with my own hands.

“This clear resonant sound and the elasticity of the sword that bends without breaking.”

As he felt the vibrations of his own hands, Sword Dragon Namgungjeon laughed and shouted.

“Is this a sword made of cold iron?”

Well, that’s right.

The sword used by Okmyeoncheongeom was a treasured sword made by smelting pure Hancheol as a gift when he entered the Black Moon Temple.

As I said before, in the early days, the Black Moon Party had so much money that they even gifted weapons made of pure steel to their executives.

How dare you make spider legs mixed with cold steel even for an assassin who is worse than an executive?

‘Right now, I may be running out of money because I’m plotting all sorts of things against the central government.’

If it weren’t for a treasured sword of this caliber, there would be no reason for me to carry around an item that was obviously given to me by Okmyeoncheongeom.

At first, even if the sword was made of Hancheon, it was an item of Okmyeoncheongeom, so I tried to give it to the grave and use an ordinary Cheonggang sword, but in order to maximize the power of the dawn, extremely strengthened elasticity was needed, and the sword body made of Hancheon was the most superior. It shows efficacy.

“If the level of the weapon is similar, just with a different direction, you can swing the sword with peace of mind!”

‘So you liked it?’

Gooooo!

An enormous amount of internal power begins to pour into the ink sword.

The swordsmanship of the Namgung family tends to boast of fast or powerful blows, and they use a mixture of the two. I heard that there are many people who are famous as well-balanced swordsmen, but in the case of Geomryong, looking at the shape of the sword and how to use internal attacks, it is said that he just hits it with one blow and destroys it for the first time. It seems like it is giving out .

“Ah! The king’s invincible sword!”

Sikbong, who was watching our sparring from the side, let out an exclamation.

‘Geomgang? ‘That sword?’

In an instant, the sword came to my head and I stopped the sword, but the internal power just poured out of the ink sword to the point of dripping, and it did not coat the surface of the sword as neatly as I expected.

‘Ah. Is that the name of the swordsmanship? It’s not good. Since I am also a defeated sword…’

I don’t think I’ll lose, but I had to be careful because if I hit it with the Jade Rangcheon Sword without thinking, it could break the ink sword into pieces or cripple my wrist.

“Slaughter the king!”

Buuung!

The blow used by the sword dragon had enough power to break or bend a sword made of iron, even if it could not cut it.

He unleashes black internal power and strikes me with a greatsword that is more than twice as thick as before. If I don’t catch it, my body will explode and I will die instantly…

‘This guy is quite crazy too!’

Or I am confident that I can withstand or destroy this attack.

“Huuu-!”

‘Some internal injuries will be okay. Just by looking at it, the body looks strong.’

Pasasasasa-!

In the past, when the achievement of the Jade Rang Heavenly Sword was not that high, the surface of the sword was slightly cool, but the sword made of iron, which basically contains cold air, and the techniques of the Jade Rang Heavenly Sword that had reached the 9-star achievement were combined, making it the North Sea Ice Blade. Although it was not at the level of covering the surrounding area with ice, it was able to condense water vapor on the surface of the sword and form a slight ice formation.

Wow!

Just as if you touch a frozen piece of iron in the middle of winter and it sticks to it, I locked the sword of the sword dragon against my iron sword.

Cow!!

And then just hold on.

Just as in a bull fight, when the two clash with each other with their horns out, shock is applied to both sides, but the relatively light and weak bull is completely thrown away, the sword dragon that used the Emperor’s Invincible Sword Gang in front of the defeated sword of the Okrangcheongeom was unable to overcome my rebound force and struck down it. It was soaring into the sky as is.

“Ugh!”

The sword dragon, which had risen up into the air due to the recoil of the emperor slaughter attack it had inflicted, flew back, spitting out blood from its mouth as its energy and blood flowed back.

Soak.

From the rumor I heard from Sikbong, I heard that Geomryong’s level was similar to Jeonryong’s, but in actual experience, Geomryong’s level was a level higher than Jeonryong’s.

No, if there was an actual sparring, a well-balanced sword dragon would be able to take time or even draw a draw against a sword dragon who is ignorantly obsessed with strong attacks and single strikes, so should we consider it similar?

‘Either way, it won’t work for me’

Diiiiing-!

In order to vent the shock I had just received, I made a loud noise and grabbed the trembling Hancheol sword with my fingers, forcing it to stop vibrating and sliding it into the scabbard.

“Are you satisfied?”

“Cough! I was satisfied.”

The sword dragon spewed blood from its mouth, but with a grinning face, it got up and tried to attack me, but even though it fell out ugly with internal injuries, it coolly admitted defeat and wiped the blood from its mouth and sat on the five dragon table. I picked up the alcohol I had and poured it down my throat.

“Prince Nangong. If you drink now, you’ll get sick…”

“Only in this way will the wound be disinfected.”

No, something like that can never be disinfected. It’s just crazy.

Since it was not my body, I was leaving it alone, but Geomryong poured two bottles of alcohol, wiped the blood from his mouth, and held out his hand to me.

“It feels good to cross swords with yours. Treat me like a friend.”

“……Sword Dragon, I understand that you are older than me.”

As far as I know, Geomryong was in his late teens when the Yongbong Branch first opened.

10 Years have passed, and they are now in their late 20s, but Yeon Cheong-ha is currently in her early to mid 20s, so there was quite a bit of age difference between them.

If you look at the lineage of the clans, there would be a difference of about one generation.

“Don’t worry about trivial things like that. If we participate in the same Yongbong branch and are compatible, there’s no reason not to become friends.”

If I was willing to do that, I had nothing to lose, so I joined hands and accepted Geomryong’s opinion.

‘If you add up my original age before possession, I would be older…’

If you look at it that way, it should be Master and Brother and Sister, not Five Dragons and Seven Peaks, so let’s move on.

Usually, the Namgung family that appears in martial arts shows are popular guys who are smart and good at swordsmanship, but they are like unlucky model students. However, contrary to that image, Namgungjeon was somewhat dashing and manly.

‘This is better than unlucky guys’

“When I heard the rumor from Yakgok, I thought it was exaggerated like the case of Ban Gyu-seong. It turned out to be even worse than I thought.”

“……Ban Gyu-seong?”

“Are you interested too?”

I am Ban Gyu-seong’s rival, so if I am not interested, it could be said to be dereliction of duty.

‘Although he actually neglected his duties for two years’

“He is one of the new masters that the Murim Lord is supporting these days.”

“He’s the most famous, bro.”

“How dare you say that the Murim lord is trying to get Ban Gyu-seong’s heart by giving his daughter in marriage?”

“Hmm… Is that so?”

“Originally, my purpose was to confirm Ban Gyu-seong’s true identity. Does he have that level of skill, or is he an exaggerated hero who was forced to create a person by the Murim Alliance to fight against the Black Moon Party, as assessed by the magistrates?”

‘Is Ban Gyu-seong evaluated to that extent by Five Dragons and Chilbong?’

Originally, he should be more active and unite the Murim Sega and the Gupa Ilbang, which were torn apart by their secret fight, but why did Ban Gyu-seong not do anything that he should have done as a protagonist during my two years of training?

“……I have a headache…”

Even though it was different from the original, it was so different that I couldn’t guess the future development.

Thinking about the future, my appetite got sour that I took the drink from Geomryong’s hand and poured only one drink into my mouth.

“Whoa…”

It was sweet and delicious, perhaps because it was not the cheap liquor served in guest cups but the expensive liquor prepared by the Murim Alliance.

“Didn’t you say it’s not possible due to your constitution?”

“If you have a constitution that is not suitable for drinking, you can solve it with internal energy.”

“Kkekekekeut… I like the answer.”

Thinking that it was just a hangover that I could drive away with inner energy, I had a drink with Geomryong, my first friend in this world.

* * *

“Kyuuung…”

Even though I chased away the alcohol and fell asleep, my bones throbbed.

Luckily, Seol-ah was next to me, so I was able to get rid of my hangover just by letting her sit on my head.

“Help me, Seol-ya…”

I was able to start my day after holding on to Seol-ah and relieving my hangover in bed for about 15 minutes.

“I must never drink alcohol from now on…”

Today was the day when all Oryong Chilbong members had to participate in the Yongbong branch.

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Even so, Jeonryong Cheongsang and Saengbong Gyuwolhyang were unable to participate due to escort and injury, respectively. Because I have to participate in his place.

‘Today, the wise woman Zhuge Yeonji and Dangji Ji will appear… I should take the opportunity to ask for information about Samae.’

I spent the morning relieving my hangover, and in the afternoon, I headed to the Yongbong branch banquet hall set up in Yongbonggak.

Today, the Yongbong branch was holding a banquet starting from lunch until late at night, and the Murim League sent a message that guests would be arriving in the afternoon.

Of course, there were guests from the Murim Alliance and I would get a bad impression if I left my seat, so I wrapped Seola around my neck and headed to the Yongbong branch banquet hall.

“Brother!”

On the way, Sikbong runs up to me and clings to me.

Now, I’m used to seeing people cling to each other comfortably, so I felt awkward when I went to eat with them without a food bowl.

‘I wonder if the open ark would have raised food in this way…’

When I entered the banquet hall of the Yongbong branch with the food baton next to me, Geomryong, who had already taken his seat, was welcoming me while raising his drink, and it seemed that the other Ohryongchilbong had not yet arrived.

Naturally, I took a seat across from Geomryong and it was time for us to touch the chair so that Sikbong could sit next to me.

“Hmm!”

A middle-aged woman from the Murim League who was waiting was clearing her throat and giving a look to me and Sikbong.

“The practitioner can sit here on the royal table, and the teacher can sit on the banquet table.”

‘Now that I think about it, there was a designated seat.’

“But the food here is better?”

“There will be new food there too.”

“Still, eating next to my brother tastes better…”

“If you don’t follow the rules of this place, I have no choice but to report it to the Open Ark.”

After hearing those words, Sikbong ran to Sikbong’s seat and took a seat.

‘Oh my gosh, Sikbong…’

At least I was glad to hear that they were reaching an open ark.

“Would you like to have a drink today?”

“I don’t mind.”

Geomryong was drinking alone, sipping, while he heard footsteps coming into the Yongbong branch banquet hall.

‘Then… Is this really the Yongbong branch from now on?’

Except for Jeonryong and Saengbong, who were unable to attend due to circumstances, and Geomryong and Sikbong next to me, Samryong and Ohbong were all entering the banquet hall at once.