Chapter 68: Praying For Rain (6)

Chapter 68: Praying For Rain (6)

When the bell announcing the start of the spar rang, they couldnt think about anything else.

Both sides drew their swords. At the same time, they raised their spiritual energy.

Seol Youngs sword shone in blue.

Meanwhile, Seo Geoms sword began to shine white.

There was no way to tell who was killing which demonic being. They just had to kill them quickly.

I need to hurry up.

Seol Young started right away.

The demonic beings lurking in this place began to appear. He immediately used his talismans to kill them.

At the same time, a flutes melody could be heard.

?

When he turned around, Seo Geom was playing the flute.

It was the Divine Dragon Flute.

It was the divine object that only the leader of the Blue Dragon Troops could use. The flute was known to ward off the evil that was nearby by playing the ritual tune for the patriotic dragon.

Seol Young was quite familiar with it.

During the fight in the past, he heard Seo Geoms uncle play that flute several times.

But

It was his first time hearing the tune he was playing. The melody had a force to it, as if each note being played seemed to come alive.

And as if in response to this strange flutes tune, screams came out from the temple.

Wooo

And soon, black shadows appeared in twos and threes.

These were the demonic beings hiding in this place, but their behavior was odd.

When the melody of the flute went up, their bodies stretched up, and when the melody went down, their bodies shrank. It was like their bodies were moving as if they were dancing.

Seeing this bizarre sight, he thought of something.

Like Seol Young, Zaha couldnt understand what was happening, so he asked,

Seo Geom-rang! What is that?

Seo Geom took his lips off the flute and said,

A song that has been restored.

A song to subjugate a tiger.

When they heard that name, a thought came to mind.

A long time ago, a poor woodcutter climbed a tree after being chased by a streak of tigers, and as his last resort, he took out a flute and blew into it, and all the tigers danced to the sound of the flute, and they all fell down and died.

The woodcutter made a fortune by controlling the tigers with the flute and selling their skin.

It must have something to do with that legend.

And Seol Youngs guess was right.

This Tiger Song was made by the old ancestors of the Blue Dragon Troops based on the legend.

But isnt this more like a quick-paced song?

At Zahas words, Seo Geom answered,

Yes. And it isnt forbidden

Yes.

He nodded his head. The songs that could be played by that flute were divided into the Divine Songs and the Second Songs.

The Divine Songs were the ones that called the wind or the clouds and attacked the demonic beings around. These were the sacred ones.

The songs that werent on the list of the Divine Songs were just the Second Songs, in the sense that anyone could learn them or not.Ñøv€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.

But after losing seven years ago, feelings of resentment built up inside of him, and Seo Geom began to study the Second Songs little by little.

It wouldnt be a huge deal if the songs that I play are the ones that arent used much, right?

With such thoughts, he began to learn and understand the Second Songs, reaching a certain level he had not expected to reach.

Wooong

The demonic beings hiding in this place began to dance to the flute. Even those that Seol Young was aiming for were dancing to the melody.

Soon, the entire place was full of demonic beings, and Seo Geom changed the tune.

Wind Song.

The sound of the flute infused with spiritual energy struck the demonic beings, making their bodies explode.

Ack!

Their screams resounded. Seeing the horrific scene unfolding before them, the demonic beings that regained their senses tried to run.

Where are you going?

Seo Geom moved his sword before they could respond. A black wave rose as he swept away the demonic beings.

It was truly shocking, as if a divine dragon had cut down the demonic beings.

Seo Geom slaughtered dozens of them in an instant.

Wonderful! As expected, you are good at everything other than the Divine Song.

Zaha praised him.

Seol Young watched this from the side while killing his own share of demonic beings.

Tiger Song.

Meanwhile.

Eiik! Kuaak!

The other side didnt stop screaming. A number of demonic beings fell to Seo Geom.

Knowing that time was running out, he was doing his best, and then the bell rang.

Stop!

Zahas voice made them lower their swords.

On one side, the blue aura was raging, and on the other side, demonic beings were affected by the white aura.

The Hwarangs were confused.

The number of demonic beings that the Great-rang took down is one hundred thirty-six, and the demonic beings Seol Youn-rang killed is sixty-seven

They looked at the spider spirit.

Sixty-eight.

At that moment, everyone thought the same thing.

He wasted so much time killing one huge thing, but isnt it just one?

But

One hundred thirty-six to sixty-eight.

Was a huge difference.

And Zaha said,

Seo Geom-rang won?

Seol Young stepped forward.

Wait.

The outer skin, which was like iron armor before, was now normal skin and was split open.

Something spilled out between it. They were demonic beings. All of them had a blue aura, which meant that they died at Seol Youngs hands.

?

Everyones expression changed.

They could now see that the spider was just a shell. The little things inside were the ones controlling the spider.

Seol Young spoke with an expressionless face,

And dont say that I did some cowardly thing. Even Chu Nam, the fortune teller, says that one should count the things hidden in the stomach too.

Chu Nam was a fortune teller in Goguryeo. The queen put a mouse in a box and asked him to guess how many were in there.

He answered eight and was executed. But later on, when the rats stomach was opened up, seven pups were found inside.

According to one theory, the fortune teller held a grudge against the family and vowed to destroy them by reincarnating in Silla.

It was a story that the Hwarangs knew.

So they were at a loss for words.

Zaha told them,

Count.

Yes.

And they began to count the demonic beings one after another.

After a while, the results came out.

Seventy-two

What? Seventy-two?

Zaha frowned.

There was so many inside? Then I will have to do the math. Even though they are small, they are individual demonic beings

And they glanced at the spider with its stomach open.

If we take away the one from the sixty-eight and then add the seventy-two. It will be?

One hundred thirty-nine.

What? Did you calculate it correctly?

It is one hundred thirty-nine.

Then Seol Young-rang won. With a difference of three.

Seo Geom was shocked at this.

What is this?

His gaze wandered for a moment.

Seol Young was there with a blank face as usual, and next to him, Zaha was looking at Seo Geom as if saying, What! Werent you supposed to win?

Right. I lost.

Seo Geom thought.

According to the rules, it is true, but

His eyes wandered.

In the meantime, all the things that had happened with Seol Young passed through his mind.

Did I get defeated again?