Chronicles of the Lazy Sovereign Novel - Chapter 47

Chapter 47

“That, that crazy bastard really!”

Gok Bi-hang immediately wanted to jump into the carriage and grab Wei Yan-ho by the neck to shake him to make no sense, but under the circumstances, he could not put his thoughts into action.

He simply stared at the top of the carriage with angry eyes before turning to the bandits of the Green Forest to defend his case.

Dealing with that crazy bastard would have to come later.

I swear on the honor of the Speed Dragon Express that such a thing will never happen. If such rumors are heard after this moment, wouldn’t it be too easy for the Green Forest to annihilate the Speed Dragon Express? But why would we waste our lives!

The bandits of the Green Forest showed signs of slight contemplation, as if there were any merit in their words.

Also, we have had good relations with the Green Forest all this time. If this escort mission fails, the express company will be ruined! So, the revenues of the Green Forest would also decrease, right?

“Mmm…”

The Green Forest bandit nodded his head.

Not bad.

Just when the Green Forest bandit who thought that was about to let the escort group pass.

“That’s not right.”

The sound of a clicking tongue came from the top of the carriage.

Gok Bi-hang stared at the top of the car with his eyes wide open.

“Ah, sir, you’re really frustrating. You can’t persuade people like that. Those people aren’t dumb either. As soon as rumors spread, the Peng family will already be making a scandal for declaring war on the Green Forest. What would be achieved then by eliminating a small courier company? Fire would already be around the corner. In the long run, it would be much more profitable to eliminate the source of the problem from the start. Those people aren’t silly, so that wouldn’t work.”

The Green Forest bandit nodded quickly with his head.

– We’re not fools! I was thinking the same thing.

At that time, Gok Bi-hang fell into a very deep contemplation.

‘Since we’ve come to this anyway, should I beat that young bastard to death first?’

So they would all die together, but he really wanted to see that brat die first. If by chance Gok Bi-hang died first, he could not close his eyes even dead.

Although he wanted to jump immediately into the carriage, Gok Bi-hang exhausted his patience over and over again to calm his mind.

Now was not the time to make things bigger.

“It looks like we can’t let you live after all.”

Then Peng Daoji whispered softly to Gok Bi-hang.

“It seems that these people have no intention of leaving them alive, so as long as I stop them, please escape from here.”

“But…”

“Don’t worry about me, I’m not that weak, I can give you enough time to escape, so when I attack…”

Then once again a voice was heard from the top of the carriage.

– No, no, that won’t do!

“Shut up, you brat, you talk a lot!”

Gok Bi-hang screamed without realizing it.

What was that bastard trying to cause trouble with now?!

Before you do anything, it would be beneficial, in many ways, to put a bundle of luggage in that bastard’s mouth.

“No. Sir, don’t get excited and listen to what I’m saying. Even if you run away with this luggage, how far could you go? You’d be caught even before you get to the middle of the mountain, right? What could someone block who runs away because he couldn’t handle the situation from the start, and for how long?

“…”

The problem was that what that fucking brat was babbling was actually sounding pretty plausible.

“And what he’s saying isn’t very reliable either. Honestly, all this happened because he snuck into an escort party that was good for him, and if he hadn’t come, this wouldn’t have happened. If we died, it’s his fault, you know?”

Wei Yan-ho’s words became a dagger that stabbed Peng Daoji.

“And speaking of proper words, if you’re going to die, die alone. Don’t get all these people into this and then pretend to do them a favor by saying you’ll block them now so they can escape. That’s ridiculous. It’s like throwing someone off a cliff, giving them a rope, and then pretending you did him a favor for the trouble of finding her.”

Another dagger went through Peng Daoji.

“Where do you get shameless, as if you’ve seen it all, when if you really look at it, you’re the worst person here? You should have some conscience, some conscience!”

Thud!

Peng Daoji’s body swinged.

“If you were going to do that, you should have dared from the beginning and asked for help. If you knew and you did anyway, you are a bad person, and if you didn’t know and you did, you are a fool.

Thud!

Peng Daoji collapsed right there and pressed his hands against the ground.

Wei Yan-ho’s words were not wrong in the least.

“I-I didn’t mean that…”

Peng Daoji looked around.

It seemed that the eyes of the people watching him had cooled.

Peng Daoji squeezed his teeth.

Certainly, the words coming from the roof of the carriage were not entirely wrong. He himself had put all those people in danger.

When he thought that his hope of an unlikely stroke of luck, due to the relentless pursuit of the enemy, had endangered all these people, Peng Daoji felt like biting his sword and collapsing at that very moment.

“Whoever ties the knot must untie it! Since I caused this problem, I will solve it. I will block them, so here…”

“Oh, that guy, he’s stupid, why don’t you understand what people are saying?”

“…”

Now Gok Bi-hang and Peng Daoji feared what he would say next. Even the Green Forest bandits standing in front of them were attentive, wondering what he would say next.

‘If you’re going to help, just help this side, you fucking bastard!’

Why did he help both sides at once?

“I told you, if you get out of here, you’ll get caught in trouble, won’t you? And if you get away, what happens? You know about the Speed Dragon Express. The Speed Dragon Express will be destroyed before the Peng family knows anything, right?”

Peng Daoji’s shoulders became infinitely narrow.

It’s like a ghost of water, a ghost of water.

Tears sprang from Peng Daoji’s eyes.

Gok Bi-hang, who had now fully surrendered, sighed and looked at the carriage.

“So what should we do?”

He was angry, angry, hateful and wanted to beat him to death, but it was clear that Wei Yan-ho was the one who looked at the situation most coldly among all the people here.

That’s why Gok Bi-hang asked Wei Yan-ho for his opinion.

“What do you mean what should we do? We have to fight.”

“With them?”

“If we run away, we’ll have to fight only with the escort staff, but if we fight here, since that ghost of water is here, it’ll be of great help to us. It’s most likely.”

“I see.”

Wei Yan-ho’s words made sense. If they had to fight, dying fighting there would be cleaner than running away and being stabbed in the back.

And the probability of survival would also be slightly higher.

Gok Bi-hang turned his head to look at the bandits of the Green Forest.

“Are you really not going to let us go?”

“My mouth hurts to say it twice.”

Hearing those words, Wei Yan-ho sighed.

At times like this, you should say you’ll let them go, catch the ghost of water first and then attack the express company, but that’s why they make a living being bandits.

The face of the Green Forest bandit turned bright red.

Why did that bastard have the talent to make people feel bad even when he kept saying things that were right?

Gok Bi-hang’s eyes and the Green Forest bandit were found in the air.

For a moment, there was an exchange of views through his eyes on whether they should join their hands first to catch and kill that crazy bastard.

When the conflicted Gok Bi-hang looked away because of his sense of duty as an escort leader who could not capture the goods with his own hands, the Green Forest bandit squeezed his teeth.

Moler.

“You bastards… even if you die, you will not die in peace.”

Gok Bi-hang now looked at the carriage with a face that transcended everything.

“If I could strike a single blow with my sword before I died, I would feel less aggrieved.”

Gok Bi-hang realized that there would be no more negotiations.

Then there was only fighting.

Close protection guards who understood the situation approximately slowly placed themselves next to Gok Bi-hang.

They also knew that this was a situation in which their lives were not guaranteed, but they also understood that they had to fight to live.

‘What would happen if we scattered and ran in different directions?’

Gok Bi-hang shook his head.

Then someone could survive, but even if he survived, there would be no future.

In the end, the express company would also be destroyed.

“Get ready.”

When Gok Bi-hang’s words fell, the staff of the express company began to form their battle formation.

Peng Daoji was at the front.

Knowing he was the strongest among them, he took the most dangerous position.

But even the martial arts of Peng Daoji were on a level that would allow them to face two bandits of the Green Forest.

The remaining eight would have to be handled by the escort guards.

‘Would they be compatible?’

In Peng Daoji’s opinion, it was naturally impossible.

Even with only three Green Forest bandits, the escort guards would be swept away in an instant.

But there was no time to worry. Seeing that their formation was established, however rudimentary it was, two Green Forest warriors did not give them time to prepare countermeasures and charged them at full speed.

“Kuk!”

Peng Daoji grabbed his sword and blocked the incoming sword.

The sword and blade collided, sending a sharp metallic sound that resonated in the air.

That was the signal.

As long as he could not turn his eyes off the Green Forest bandit in front of him, the sound of weapons collided everywhere.

Peng Daoji frowned unconsciously at the tremendous force pressing his sword.

Despite having been trained since childhood with good elixirs, good martial arts and the best teacher, he found it difficult to face two bandits of the Green Forest simultaneously.

‘The martial world is really vast…’

Peng Daoji was full of regret.

If he had known that the world was so vast and dangerous, he would not have been involved in this matter. Having always faced alone with equals, he had forgotten how frightening the martial world could be.

Although he had heard it from childhood, although he had heard countless times that a moment of carelessness could cost him his life, why had he underestimated the enemy?

From the moment he was praised as a promising young hero of the later generation, an unknown carelessness had quietly taken root in his heart as a poison.

“It’s too late to repent.”

It was not time to repent. It was time to fight desperately.

He could regret it long after he escaped from this place.

Suddenly, the sword of a Green Forest bandit headed toward Peng Daoji’s throat.

“Ha!”

Peng Daoji turned his body back, trying to escape the reach of the sword. “But the sword of the Green Forest bandit did not allow it.”

“Kuk!”

The Green Forest bandit’s sword mercilessly attacked Peng Daoji, who was retreating. Peng Daoji’s face paled.

Two people?

Even that was arrogance. Peng Daoji, trained with great care by the Peng family, was on a level that he could not even with two elites of the Green Forest. His hands and feet were chaotically shaken.

“It’s over, brat.”

An unstoppable sword pierced his throat.

Peng Daoji understood his death. If it were only his death, he could accept it with joy. But his death meant the death of all others.

“It’s my fault.”

Peng Daoji’s eyes were stained with despair.

That was the time…

“How boring.”

A loud, rough, annoying and slow voice was heard.