Chapter 326
Translator: Ace
Chapter: 326
Chapter Title: Wherever You Go?
Han Seol-bing's gaze turned toward Na Hong-ryeon.
"She's the head overseer of our Han Clan."
Ha Mu-baek looked at her.
"Do whatever the head overseer asks. I can't move right now myself."
He lifted the corner of his mouth slightly as he said it.
"Ah, Miss..."
Na Hong-ryeon trailed off, her face full of confusion.
"Sister. She's someone with the power to grant whatever you wish. So go ahead and vent all that pent-up resentment against the Tak Clan."
"Th-that..."
Just how incredible was this person?
"Let's go."
Ha Mu-baek approached Na Hong-ryeon and spoke.
With Han Seol-bing's words in mind, she took the lead once more and headed upward.
As they emerged from the annex hall, three Stormwind Squad members were already desperately fighting on the rooftops again.
Ha Mu-baek glanced at Na Hong-ryeon.
His eyes held a silent question: What should I do?
At that moment.
Six more Stormwind Squad warriors were slowly descending from the sky.
"For now, please take care of those nine."
Na Hong-ryeon said cautiously, her expression uncertain.
Ha Mu-baek nodded and slowly stepped up into the air.
Right into the midst of countless arrows flying toward the Stormwind Squad.
He ascended as lightly as if strolling through a village.
Not a single arrow from the barrage came near him.
"Wh-what the hell is that guy?"
The Stormwind Squad members were startled by Ha Mu-baek's figure.
"I don't know. Attack him anyway!"
They currently had no corps leader to guide them.
Having been defeated by Ha Mu-baek and captured after plummeting to the ground.
Following the flow of warriors continuously sent up by kites from outside the formation, the newcomers simply fought furiously upon arrival.
The Stormwind Squad warriors hurled firebombs at Ha Mu-baek.
Those projectiles streaked toward him, trailing smoke.
Ha Mu-baek smirked and reached out to grab one.
Kwaa... shwoong.
The ones on the verge of exploding with massive blasts simply fizzled out powerlessly in his grip.
Six more firebombs followed in quick succession, but they vanished into his hand in an instant, meeting the same fate.
"Wh-what the...?"
It was utterly absurd.
Not one of them had detonated.
How could anyone handle those barehanded?
Ha Mu-baek casually dusted off his hands and continued walking leisurely through the air until he reached them.
The moment he swung his hand lightly.
Three of them plummeted straight down.
At that instant, the six who had been descending slowly hurled firebombs at Ha Mu-baek, but the result was the same.
Seeing the firebombs go silent in his hand.
They changed their descent path.
Not toward the rooftop where Ha Mu-baek stood, but to the distant ground.
Though Han Clan and Bing Clan warriors packed that area.
They wouldn't block firebombs like that intruder had.
As they pulled firebombs from their robes to hurl at the ground.
"Wherever you go?"
Ha Mu-baek extended his hand forward.
The energy of Air Grasp seized the six and pulled them in.
"I said I'd handle you all."
No matter how they struggled, they were drawn by Ha Mu-baek's Air Grasp and crashed onto the annex rooftop.
In that instant.
Thud! Thump! Thud!
Ha Mu-baek's fists swept them away.
Only Ha Mu-baek stood tall on the rooftop.
The Han Clan and Bing Clan warriors had long forgotten to shoot their arrows, staring dumbfounded.
Na Hong-ryeon was no different.
At that effortless display.
She couldn't even begin to imagine the extent of his cultivation.
"Next?"
Ha Mu-baek asked Na Hong-ryeon calmly.
"Uh, uh... Please keep taking down the intruders."
Na Hong-ryeon finally managed to reply, snapping out of her shock.
She hurried back to Han Seol-bing.
"Huff huff. M-Miss. Th-that person is... what...?"
How frantically had she run?
Na Hong-ryeon gasped for breath, asking with a flustered face.
"I told you. A tremendous monster."
She had said that, but.
She never imagined this level.
"How's it going?"
"I asked him to suppress the enemies coming through the hole in the sky."
Han Seol-bing nodded.
She could ask him to sweep away the entire Tak Clan force outside, but.
The formation concealed everything anyway.
"Pavilion Lord. How many of those Stormwind Squad guys are there?"
"A hundred, I heard."
Han Seol-bing looked at Na Hong-ryeon.
"Let me know when you've taken them all down. I'll open one side of the formation then. The spot Jang Mu repaired. Just tell him to handle the ones coming through there too."
Following Han Seol-bing's instructions, Na Hong-ryeon headed back up.
In the meantime, the latest six Stormwind Squad intruders had been subdued, kneeling on the ground.
Ha Mu-baek sat bored on the rooftop, yawning up at the sky.
"Ch-Chief Overseer. Wh-who the hell is that guy?"
One of the Han Clan warriors spotted Na Hong-ryeon and asked.
Na Hong-ryeon slowly shook her head.
She didn't fully know herself.
Another kite took to the air.
Ha Mu-baek looked up from his seat.
The six Stormwind Squad warriors aboard the massive kite peered down through the hole.
Five leaped out, leaving one behind.
The five descending slowly were swiftly subdued by Ha Mu-baek.
The one who stayed aboard watched the whole scene clearly.
His face hardened rigidly.
Ha Mu-baek met the gaze of the one who hadn't jumped and gave him a bright smile.
"How's it going?"
Tak Yo-beom's question.
"Seems to be proceeding without issue. I'll go check."
Everything had gone smoothly so far, so Yang Jeok-san answered accordingly.
He stepped out of the command tent to survey the assault's progress, but.
"H-how is that possible...?"
Some outsider had walked through the air into the formation.
And from then on.
The faint explosions of firebombs from the hole in the formation's sky had ceased.
The area where Tak Pung-geon had entered showed no major changes for a while now.
Something had shifted.
Yang Jeok-san sent a man to report the current situation to Tak Yo-beom first.
Then he hurried to find the Stormwind Squad.
Figuring out what was happening inside took priority.
The corps leader and deputy had already entered.
Squad leaders were launching kites in turn, leading their squads.
"You there."
"Yes, Strategist."
"Are those the ones launching this round?"
"Yes."
They were just pulling down a kite.
"Who's the one with the best internal energy among you?"
At Yang Jeok-san's question, the five looked toward one man.
"You, don't jump this time. Watch the inside through the hole from the kite as much as you can, then come down and report. Absolutely do not jump in."
"Understood."
And so.
Under Yang Jeok-san's orders, the man clinging to the kite watched everything and.
Landed on the ground with a dazed expression.
"What's wrong?"
Yang Jeok-san asked urgently at the sight.
"Th-th-th-ere's a m-m-monster."
"A monster?"
Yang Jeok-san scowled deeply at the trembling warrior's response.
He repeated the question, but got no answer.
"Hm?"
A foul stench crept up from somewhere, and upon checking the warrior before him, his pants were soaked between the legs.
Hah. What the hell did he see...?
He sensed the situation had drastically changed.
Inside that formation.
Something ominous.
Had appeared.
"I'll go up myself."
Words alone wouldn't suffice.
Yang Jeok-san hurriedly boarded a prepared kite.
He ascended with five Stormwind Squad warriors.
He witnessed the exact scene that previous warrior had seen.
The five who jumped from the kite after aligning with the hole, maneuvering through the air.
The black-clad warrior sitting idly on the rooftop.
The moment he flicked his finger lightly.
The five plummeted to the ground.
Yang Jeok-san poured all his internal energy into viewing the scene.
With that?
An extraordinarily skilled warrior had appeared.
The very intruder from moments ago.
Capturing warriors at this distance with mere finger winds was astonishing beyond belief.
An incredible feat; he couldn't even gauge the man's realm.
However, it didn't seem quite enough to terrify a Stormwind Squad warrior into wetting himself.
The moment Yang Jeok-san tilted his head in doubt.
The black-clad warrior looked up and met his eyes.
Their gazes locked.
The warrior smiled brightly.
But then.
"Gasp!!!!"
In that instant, a killing intent that strangled his entire body.
His vision blackened.
An overwhelming terror gripped him, plunging him into an abyss where he couldn't move a muscle.
It was a fleeting moment.
Truly an instant, and the fear dominating him vanished.
Yang Jeok-san yanked the kite string to signal, landing back on the ground.
"Urgh."
A groan laden with every emotion escaped him.
The Stormwind Squad warriors looked at him with puzzled faces.
"Stand by until new orders come."
He couldn't sacrifice more troops, so he halted the kite assaults for now.
Yang Jeok-san staggered toward Tak Yo-beom's tent.
"What happened?"
Tak Yo-beom eyed him, having taken longer than expected.
Yang Jeok-san's face was rigidly set.
Tak Yo-beom's expression hardened at the sight.
"What is it?"
"A m-monster... appeared in the Pavilion Lord's Hall."
Tak Yo-beom furrowed his brow.
"What do you mean?"
"That sudden intruder..."
Tak Yo-beom nodded.
He'd received the report on that.
Suddenly appearing and leaping into the formation.
He'd assumed the intruder got trapped and dismissed it from mind.
But apparently not?
"That bastard was on the Pavilion Lord's Hall annex rooftop... intercepting Stormwind Squad members with finger winds."
Yang Jeok-san's voice trembled.
Tak Yo-beom's face stiffened.
He pictured the scene in his head.
The hole in the sky.
The annex rooftop of the Pavilion Lord's Hall.
The distance between.
And the typical range for finger winds.
Impossible.
Toppling enemies across that gap with finger winds.
"He wasn't even trying hard. Just casually flicking them with a bored look."
"Hmm..."
Tak Yo-beom let out a groan.
"And the moment our eyes met..."
Recalling that instant, terror surged again, making Yang Jeok-san's body shudder.
His teeth even chattered.
"An endless fear crashed over me. Truly immense killing intent... A real m-monster."
Seeing Yang Jeok-san's state as he reported, Tak Yo-beom couldn't doubt it.
Just remembering evoked such a violent reaction.
"Then Han Seol-bing entering the Pavilion Lord's Hall and activating the formation..."
"Sh-she was probably waiting for that monster."
"..."
Silence fell over the tent.
"What do we do now?"
After a long pause, Tak Yo-beom asked Yang Jeok-san.
His voice brimmed with bewilderment.
"N-no matter how monstrous he is... he can't block ten hands with one."
Yang Jeok-san's voice still quivered slightly, unsettled.
"There's only one entry through the formation right now. Unless Pung-geon carves a new path."
Tak Yo-beom pointed out the flaw in Yang Jeok-san's plan of overwhelming with sheer numbers.
"Even if Tak Corps Leader breaches one side now, it means nothing if that monster guards it."
"What if we keep pouring in troops until he tires?"
Yang Jeok-san shook his head.
The monster he'd seen wasn't something you whittled down with small waves.
You'd need to crush it with an overwhelming force all at once for any chance.
That was his judgment.
Tak Yo-beom's brows twisted upward at the report.
"As if that bastard's some Ha Mu-baek..."
He stopped there.
Yang Jeok-san stared at him in shock.
Their gazes intertwined in the air.
"That guy..."
"That monster..."
Two murmurs escaped simultaneously.
"Ha Mu-baek!!"
"Ha Mu-baek!!"
Shouts burst forth.
Tak Yo-beom and Yang Jeok-san's eyes shook violently.