CLS-Chapter 524

Chapter 524:

“Stop them.”

“Huh?”

“Stop them.”

“……Stop them?”

“Yes.”

Wei Yan-ho gaped at Wei Jeong-han, who nodded his head calmly as if it were someone else’s business.

“Stop who?”

“Who do you think?”

“Those guys?”

“That’s right.”

Wei Yan-ho turned his head to look in one direction. A massive army moving across the desolate land while raising clouds of dust came into his view.

“Uh…… so?”

“What do you mean ‘so’? It’s obvious what I mean.”

“Yes. So…….”

Wei Yan-ho seemed to ponder for a moment before opening his mouth.

“You’re telling us to stop those guys we can see over there with just the people we have here?”

“Exactly right.”

“Hahahaha! How ridiculous.”

Wei Yan-ho smiled broadly.

“If he’s gotten senile with age, he should just retire! What kind of wealth and glory is he trying to enjoy by still clinging to that position?”

“Hey, you bastard! What kind of nonsense is that! Do you know who Divine Strategist is!”

“What kind of person is he! He’s just a senile old man!”

Wei Yan-ho burst out shouting.

“Would anyone with even a shred of sanity give such an order? Why? He might as well tell us to bring back the head of the Demon Cult Leader! Since he’s going to give impossible orders anyway, he might as well go with something really challenging!”

Jang-il kept nodding his head.

While Wei Yan-ho never said anything right and never did anything properly, at this particular moment, Jang-il completely agreed with Wei Yan-ho’s words.

“I don’t usually want to take this bastard’s side, but…”

Jang-il was seriously considering whether to write in his report to the Beggar’s Sect: ‘Divine Strategist has gone senile, so please request a leadership reshuffle.’

What? Stop them?

Stop what?

The Demon Cult?

‘Geez, this is freezing cold.’

There’s a saying in the world: “hitting a rock with an egg.”

But if we liken the Demon Cult to a rock, comparing them to eggs would be insulting to eggs. At least eggs could make the rock sticky.

If they went out to stop the Demon Cult, most of the Demon Cult members wouldn’t even realize they had been killed.

“You have to say something that makes sense for good words to come back. How are we supposed to stop that?”

“I agree.”

Wei Jeong-han sighed.

“When I say stop them, I don’t mean for us to defeat those bastards by ourselves. So, we just need to delay them a little so they can’t arrive in the Central Plains on time.”

“How?”

“……We’ll have to think about that from now on.”

“Heh heh heh heh.“

Wei Yan-ho laughed helplessly.

Seeing Wei Yan-ho’s obvious reaction, Wei Jeong-han pointed at him and said:

“Just a few days ago, you were burning with enthusiasm, saying you’d rescue your brother, but now that the situation has changed a bit, how can you be making such a long face!”

“Is this the same as that? This and that?”

Wei Yan-ho also thrust his head forward, not backing down.

“With my brother, I thought I could somehow sneak in, knock him unconscious from behind, and bring him out! Who could have imagined we’d be fighting the Demon Cult!”

“Life is like that. Sometimes we must face unexpected situations.”

“Don’t suddenly act all solemn. It doesn’t suit you!”

“So are you going or not!”

“I’m not going.”

“I’m not going either.”

“Eh, that’s a bit…….”

“Amitabha.“

As everyone backed out as if starting a riot, Wei Jeong-han’s beard trembled.

“Are you going to disobey the Alliance’s orders?”

“I’m not part of the Righteous Alliance, though?”

“I belong to the Beggar’s Sect, so…….”

“I’m from the Peng Family.”

“I’m from the Zhuge Family.”

“Amitabha.“

Even that bald monk is chanting refusals!

Wei Jeong-han struck his chest.

“When I was young, there were countless young men who would risk their lives for chivalry! How did the world become like this!”

Wei Yan-ho raised his hand.

“What?”

“Where are all those young men who were overflowing with chivalry now?”

“They’re all dead.”

“…….”

Faced with the stares looking straight at him, Wei Jeong-han had no choice but to cough awkwardly.

“So, I’m not saying we should charge in recklessly either. I know how precious life is.”

“Didn’t you think that fighting the Demon Cult itself is reckless?”

“Is that something for you to say!”

Wei Yan-ho turned his head to look at the massive dust cloud again. Then he shuddered as if getting chills.

“Crazy, just crazy.”

Even just watching from this distance makes his legs go weak.

If he had known the Demon Cult was like this beforehand, he would have considered surrendering immediately when the Demon Cult attacked Mount Hua. Even from this great distance, the demonic energy they emit stings his nose.

“How are we supposed to beat those guys!”

“Why can’t we beat them? We beat them before.”

“Did we really win?”

“Well, that’s a bit ambiguous…….”

Wei Yan-ho shook his head as if he couldn’t believe it.

“Those guys aren’t at a level that can be stopped by the people I’ve seen so far.”

“It’s all possible.”

“No, don’t just say it with words!”

Wei Yan-ho struck his chest.

‘What exactly did Master see?‘

He never imagined the Demon Cult would be this strong. Of course, he already knew from experience that the Demon Cult’s bishops were strong. Not just the Demon of Madness, but all the other bishops would obviously be strong too.

But if the regular followers are this strong too, what are they supposed to do?

He thought the Demon Cult members who attacked Mount Hua were ones with some skill in the Demon Cult, but looking at those guys now, it seems like they just gathered a bunch of riffraff.

“Eh, that’s cheating.”

At that moment, someone who had been quietly observing the situation spoke up softly.

“But you guys.”

“Yes?”

When they turned their heads, they saw Yeom Mong looking at them with a helpless expression.

“Is the Demon Cult scary?”

“Of course it’s scary. What kind of question is that?”

“But why are you making such a fuss? Why? Should we dance because we’re here?”

“…….”

Everyone quietly shut their mouths.

“Tsk!“

Yeom Mong clicked his tongue loudly and turned his head to look at the Demon Cult.

‘They can’t not know.‘

There’s no way all the people here are stronger than the Demon Cult members. That means the Demon Cult side already knows there are people here.

Yet they don’t come to eliminate them.

‘Do they think there’s no need to kill us?‘

He thought the first ones to die would be themselves when the Demon Cult made their move. The Demon Cult also knew they were monitoring the main force.

You ask if they weren’t hiding while watching?

That’s not hiding. When watching openly, there would be Demon Cult members who would come to kill them just because they were annoyed, so they were at least pretending to hide. From the beginning, it was impossible for them to monitor the Demon Cult without being detected with their martial arts.

Therefore, he thought their heads would be the first to fall when the Demon Cult started rampaging, but unexpectedly, the Demon Cult didn’t touch them.

‘Either they thought we weren’t worth dealing with, or…….‘

They judged that dealing with us would take more effort than expected.

If the latter is the reason, the basis for that judgment wouldn’t be Yeom Mong. Yeom Mong’s gaze reached Wei Yan-ho.

‘They’re that wary of this guy?‘

That arrogant Demon Cult?

It doesn’t make sense.

‘Logically speaking…… if they judged this guy to be that dangerous, they should kill him here and go…….‘

He couldn’t understand the Demon Cult’s judgment.

‘Well, the Demon Cult isn’t the only thing I can’t understand.‘

That bastard who says he’s scared to death of the Demon Cult but keeps shouting in front of them was equally beyond the scope of understanding.

If you’re scared, just run away. What’s the point of lingering around like someone poking at a persimmon they can’t eat?

Yeom Mong shook his head.

He hasn’t experienced Wei Yan-ho much, but he knows there are people in the world who are hard to understand with common sense.

“So you guys won’t lend your strength to stop the Demon Cult?”

“It’s not that we won’t lend our strength…….”

“Then?”

“Even if we lend it, it’s useless.”

Wei Yan-ho shook his head vigorously.

“The estimate doesn’t work out. How are we supposed to stop those guys?”

“…….”

Yeom Mong quietly turned his head to look at the moving Demon Cult.

‘It’s not wrong.‘

This is an impossible order.

Delay the time for them to enter the Central Plains even a little? If such a thing were possible, what in the world would be impossible?

An order to go somewhere and get a wish-fulfilling jewel would have been more realistic.

‘But Divine Strategist isn’t someone who would give orders that don’t make sense.‘

He’s not someone who opens a path to survival. But he was someone who gave missions that could be accomplished if you risked your life. If Divine Strategist hasn’t gone senile as Wei Yan-ho said, then he judged that it’s possible to trip up the Demon Cult with just this force…….

‘As expected, it would be this guy.‘

Yeom Mong quietly looked at Wei Yan-ho, who was grumbling.

If there’s someone here who could be a variable, it’s only Wei Yan-ho. The others would have a hard time even tripping up a Demon Cult foot soldier, let alone the Demon Cult.

Then Divine Strategist judged that Wei Yan-ho is a master who can face the Demon Cult’s forces, even if briefly — but just how strong does that mean he is?

“Hmm…….“

Yeom Mong, who had been scratching the back of his head, sighed.

Trying to understand something incomprehensible only gives you a headache.

“Fine. But since orders have been given, we have to follow them.”

“Yes?”

“I won’t tell you to take the lead and stop them. But you can help me with my work, can’t you?”

“Help with work?”

“Yes.”

Wei Yan-ho tilted his head.

“You’re going to stop those guys? Uncle?”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

Wei Yan-ho asked with a dumbfounded expression.

“How?”

“Why do you think I’ve been monitoring those bastards here?”

“Can I be honest?”

“……No, don’t answer.”

It would be better not to hear it. He was certain that hearing it would definitely make his insides explode and kill him.

“Yes. Well, for Uncle’s longevity, I’ll hold back.”

“……Thanks.”

He wondered if this was really something to be thankful for, but Yeom Mong continued.

“I wouldn’t have spent twenty years here just to monitor them and then inform people when they started moving, would I?”

“I thought that’s what it was.”

“Wasn’t it?”

Wei Yan-ho could understand. However, what really got Yeom Mong heated up was Wei Jeong-han asking back as if surprised.

“What exactly do you think of me?”

“……May I speak honestly?”

“Don’t you do it either! You damn bastards!”

If nothing else, Divine Strategist definitely didn’t properly grasp these guys’ personalities. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have entrusted these crazy bastards with the important task of tying up the Demon Cult.

“I have a plan prepared. Will you help, or will you just leave?”

“Yes!”

Wei Yan-ho raised his hand high.

“Yes, that’s the spirit of cooperation…….”

“Let us discuss among ourselves first!”

“…….”

“So please step back over there. It’s hard to discuss when you’re listening right there.”

Yeom Mong’s insides were burning up as he turned around and walked away without a word.

‘How did the martial world come to depend on such people?‘

It was a tragedy for the entire martial world.