Pyo-wol, who was riding on the horse’s back, looked around.
There was still a little time left before the sun began to set, but Pyo-wol decided to camp at this point. He knows from experience that the sun goes down faster in the mountains.
The moment a person would say ‘fighting!’ the sun would have already set, engulfing the mountains in darkness.
Travelers with little to no experience often lost their way in the thick darkness by forcing themselves to continue traveling down the road.
Pyo-wol was not a person with little experience, nor was he the kind who would get lost in this much darkness. But he had no desire to continue traveling on the road at night.
Pyo-wol looked around.
He was trying to find good terrain where he could set up camp.
He then saw several large boulders the same size as a house which lay near each other. The shape of the overlapping rocks was exquisite. Its structure looked like it’s capable of sufficiently blocking the rain and wind.
There was also a small stream nearby, so he would have no difficulty obtaining drinking water.
Pyo-wol tied the horse to the side of a rock and gave it plenty of water. Beside the rock was a thick bush, which was enough for the horse to eat.
Pyo-wol picked up dry twigs and gathered them.
Rumble!
At that moment, a rumble rang out from the sky.
There is not a single cloud in the sky, but the sound of thunder rang out.
Pyo-wol wrinkled the tip of his nose.
He could feel thick moisture from the air he just inhaled.
“It’s going to rain.”
Although he couldn’t see it now, it was only a matter of time before the clouds gathered.
Pyo-wol looked at his surrounding terrain once again.
Fortunately, the place where he was located had a higher topography than other places, so he didn’t have to worry about the water collecting in his area.
Pyo-wol raked up dry twigs and piled it up next to him. He also transferred and brought the horse under the rock. Thankfully, the space under the rock was quite large, so even though such a large horse came in, there was still enough space left.
As Pyo-wol prepared to camp like that, the sun went down and darkness came.
Darkness so thick that it was impossible to see an inch ahead completely engulfed the mountain.
Pyo-wol hurriedly lit a bonfire.
After lighting a bonfire, he felt more relaxed.
Pyo-wol leaned against a rock and tore off the beef jerky he bought on the way.
The beef jerky was salty and tough, as if it was made from poor-quality meat. Still, Pyo-wol did not frown and chewed the jerky in silence.
He chewed it as slowly and for as long as possible. It took him almost half an hour to eat a piece of beef jerky the size of his palm.
When he was about to put the last remaining piece in his mouth,
Patter!
Raindrops started falling on the rocks.
It’s finally raining.
The rain that fell one or two drops suddenly turned into heavy rain and hit the ground.
Fortunately, the rain did not hit the place where Pyo-wol had settled down. He would have no problem storing and preparing dry branches in advance and lighting a bonfire all night.
Pyo-wol took a break feeling the warmth of the campfire.
But his rest did not last long.
“There’s light!”
“Let’s go over there!”
He could suddenly hear people’s voices coming from afar.
Pyo-wol looked in the direction the voices came from.
After a while, a group appeared through the darkness. They ran towards the place where Pyo-wol was, drenched in the rain.
Those who appeared like drowning mice all looked like warriors. All of them had weapons hanging from their waists.
A person, who seemed to be the eldest among the group, stepped forward and said,
“Young man! We’re indebted to you!”
He came under the rock abruptly without even asking and waiting for Pyo-wol’s permission. The rest of the members of the group followed suit and hurriedly entered.
“I told you to hurry, didn’t I? Look at us now. We’re all wet because you were late.”
The woman brushed off the water from her body and harshly criticized the man.
The woman, who appeared to be in her mid-thirties, had quite a beautiful appearance. But her eyes were sharp and fierce.
The woman sat down in front of the bonfire without asking Pyo-wol’s permission. The warmth of the bonfire softened her expression, which used to be fierce.
The warrior who seemed to be the eldest shook his head and said,
“Who would have thought it would rain so suddenly? Take it easy.”
“Whatever. When I asked you to hurry up, you didn’t even listen to me.”
“Didn’t everything work out well in the end? We already managed to avoid the rain by coming here. Anyway, to think you managed to find a place like this where not a single raindrop could come in. Young man, thanks to you, I’m alive.”
Only then did the woman’s eyes turn to Pyo-wol.
“You saved my life. Thank you!”
She spoke curtly.
“Haha! Maybe because she’s wet with the rain, but Hwa Mae’s beauty seems to come to life even more.”
“Hoo! It’s cold!”
Warriors sat to the left and right of the woman. They held out their hands to the bonfire. Their faces lit up once they felt the warmth coming from the fire.
The chief warrior used his qi. His face suddenly turned red, and intense heat radiated off of him.
Chiii!
The heat quickly evaporated the water from his body.
“Hoo! I think I’m going to live a little now.”
The chief warrior had a refreshed expression on his face.
The other warriors had no choice but to dry their bodies and clothes over the bonfire since they weren’t as strong as their leader.
The chief warrior sat down right next to Pyo-wol and said,
“For you to find the perfect shelter from the rain like this, you must have quite a lot of experiences. Did you know it was going to rain?”
The light which reflected on his eyes made his eyes shone even more sharply.
“I heard the thunder.”
“Really? We haven’t heard of it. And even then, you’ve found a great place to set camp.”
“It wasn’t too difficult.”
“What’s your name?”
“Why do you ask that?”
“It’s fate that we met like this, so shouldn’t we introduce ourselves?”
“Then wouldn’t it be polite to reveal your name first?”
“Haha! That’s right.”
The chief warrior laughed out loud. But his eyes remained sharp.
He revealed his identity first.
“My name is Yang Cheol-hwan.”
“……..”
“You haven’t heard of it? Not one person in Henan did not know about Yang Cheol-hwan, the Iron-blooded Bear.”1
“……..”
“You really don’t know? Heup!”
Yang Cheol-hwan smacked his lips with an awkward expression.
Then the woman said something,
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