After leaving the store, Pyo-wol’s gaze turned to the next alley.
“Who told you to go use the hammer?”
“Are you crazy? How dare you grab a hammer that we’ve never held before?”
Some men were trampling on someone.
It was the Tang Sochu who he saw in the workshop.
He was being ruthlessly beaten with his back bent like a shrimp. The people trampling on Tang Sochu were the apprentices who were learning blacksmith work in the Fire Dragon Building.
Fire Dragon Building was basically a clan made by artisans. The ark is operated, but the authority of the Fire Dragon Building comes from the craftsmen.
That’s why it was important to be an apprentice of a particular master artisan. Buntaju was a very good craftsman in the Fire Dragon Building, and there were countless apprentices who wanted to be taught by him.
However, in order to become a formal apprentice, a lot of waiting was required, and in the meantime, it was an implicit rule to have to do chores.
Tang Sochu broke that rule and grabbed the hammer.
In a way, it was natural for the apprentices to be angry with Tang Sochu.
“This is for having such dirty blood of the Tang family.”
“This is for breaking the rules every now and then.”
The apprentices spit out curse words and used violence. Even though Tang Sochu was beaten like that, he did not scream once. His eyes remained ull of poison, and his lips were clenched. His flesh was torn or burst and blood was flowing red, but his eyes never softened.
Pyo-wol looked carefully at the face of Tang Sochu.
As time passed, the violence of the apprentices became more severe. However, Tang Sochu gritted his teeth even more and persevered.
Pyo-wol liked the poisonous eyes of Tang Sochu.
Because he himself survived with such an attitude.
Tang Sochu’s eyes turned to Pyo-wol as he felt his gaze.
Their eyes met in the air.
Pyo-wol’s eyes, as if the flow of time had stopped, and Tang So-chu’s eyes, which seemed empty but full of poison, were somehow similar.
Thunk!
Pyo-wol threw the throwing knife which he just bought from Buntaju, towards Tang Sochu.
The throwing knife fell right in front of Tang Sochu’s hand.
Pyo-wol replied to Tang Sochu’s eyes who had a questioning gaze, as if asking about the meaning of Pyo-wol’s action.
“Human beings are more ferocious than beasts. Once you look down on them, they will bite until they die. Their beating will not end if you put up with it like this. Don’t endure it. If it becomes your habit to endure the pain and beatings, you will continue living like a wretched dog.”
“Huh?”
“When?”
It was only then that the apprentices realized that someone was standing in the alley. They had a puzzled expression.
This kind of violence was usually done in secret. There was nothing good about going outside. The oldest of the apprentices said with a fierce expression.
“Hey, customer! Don’t talk nonsense and just go. This matter only concerns our Fire Dragon Building.”
His voice was polite, but the meaning of his words wasn’t. The very mention of the Fire Dragon Building was used to pressure Pyo-wol.
In fact, the prestige of the Fire Dragon Building in Sichuan was great.
Although the force itself is declining, many sects in Sichuan Province were connected with them as they are the only clan that can supply high-quality weapons in large quantities.
For that reason, some problems were resolved by using the name of the Fire Dragon Building.
The apprentices were also aiming for that so they used the name Fire Dragon Building. However, Pyo-wol was neither intimidated nor scared by the name of the Fire Dragon Building.
He already experienced too much to be terrified of such a threat.
Pyo-wol didn’t even look at the apprentices, but only looked at Tang Sochu. Such an attitude of Pyo-wol further fueled the anger of the apprentices.
“Go before—”
It was a moment when the atmosphere of the apprentices became even more sinister.
“Keuk!”
Suddenly one of the apprentices screamed.
The other apprentices flinched and quickly turned around. They saw Tang Sochu biting the shoulder of the apprentice who had been screaming.
With how deeply he bit, an enormous amount of fresh blood flowed from the apprentice’s shoulder, staining Sochu’s face and chest red.
“You crazy bastard!”
“Come on, let go!”
The apprentices were frightened and tried to get rid of Tang Sochu’s head from the apprentice. However, when Tang Sochu threatened to wield a dagger, they could not approach him ahead of time.
“Keekkeuck!”
Having his shoulder bitten, the apprentice struggled with pain.
Just before he lost his breath, Tang Sochu released the shoulder tha he had bitten.
“You crazy bastard–”
“Are you crazy? How can you bite a person like a beast?”
The apprentices supported their bloody comrade and stared at Tang Sochu. Despite their accusations, Tang Sochu did not care.
“When did you guys treat me like a human? You treated me like an animal.”
“Do you think you’ll be safe after this?”
“It doesn’t matter, now I’m tired of being beaten by you guys for no reason. I’m going to attack any bastard who abuses me again.”
Tang Sochu threw his dagger at the apprentices. Then the apprentice’s eyes shook.
There seemed to be naturalization in the eyes of Tang.
Those bloody eyes made the apprentices feel weak.
Even rats bite when they’re cornered, and that’s exactly what Tang Sochu did. The only difference is that the rat has only a small fang, but Tang Sochu has a dagger in his hand.
It is also a dagger that has been forged in a blue color.
“Damn! You, you! Just wait and see!”
“Crazy bastard!”
The apprentices eventually withdrew with the injured apprentice. When they all disappeared, only then did Tang Sochu spit.
“Kaak! Heek!”
Blood was mixed in with his saliva. His internal organs were very badly damaged.
“Shit!”
Pyo-wol supported the body of Tang Sochu when he fell, and asked,
“House?”
“No! Take me to the dormitory inside the workshop.”
Pyo-wol took Tang Sochu to the place he was talking about.
Tang Sochu’s accommodation was so poor that he could only escape the rain and wind. Even a pigsty couldn’t be any worse than this. Inside the room, there was only a single, shabby lump of paper.
Pyo-wol looked into the room and murmured.
“It’s nice.”
“You like this? Are you crazy?”
“It’s like an avenger palace. I lived in a place infested with snakes.”
“You don’t have to lie. Do you think I will be comforted if you say that?”
“Do you see me as a person who can comfort others?”
“Not really.”
Tang Sochu said. It didn’t seem like a person with emotionless eyes like Pyo-wol could comfort others by telling lies.
‘Then is it true that he really lived in a snake pit?’
Tang Sochu let out a sigh of relief. It was because he instinctively felt that Pyo-wol’s words were true. Pyo-wol got up from his seat.
Tang Sochu asked.
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