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| Reaper of the Drifting Moon mtl, Chapter 308 |
Type- Light Novel, Web Novel
Manhwa- N/A
Translation-MTL
Sea Dragon Pavillion’s lord Jang Ha-Moon was wandering around.
It was a time when he should have been asleep, but his mind was too troubled so he was wandering around without sleep.
He couldn't sleep because his mind was so complicated.
"Heh!"
He let out a sigh.
What Lee Seong-hak brought back from his journey was bothering him.
After thinking for a while, he headed to the warehouse behind the sea dragon pavillion.
The size of the warehouse behind the Sea Dragon Pavilion was very small. It was built in the early days of the Sea Dragon Pavilion and was once used effectively, but now it is not used anymore.
mymtlnoveltranslationsCurrently, there are larger warehouses than this place, so it was being used for Jang Ha-Moon’s personal use.
Just a few days ago, the warehouse was empty, and there was no one to guard it since there was nothing important to protect. But now things are different.
Two men were standing guard in front of the warehouse.
"Lord Jang!"
"What brings you here at this hour?"
The guards recognized Jang Ha-Moon and lowered their guard.
"Is everything okay inside?"
"During the day, there was some commotion, but now it's fine."
"Really?"
"Yes! It seems calm now."
"Can I go in and see for myself?"
"Are you sure you want to go by yourself?"
"Yes!"
"Alright."
mymtlnoveltranslationsThe men opened the door to the warehouse.
Jang Ha-Moon entered, holding a torch given to him by the men.
Inside the warehouse was extremely dark, to the point where without the torch, he couldn't see a thing in front of him.
In the unused warehouse, there was a room made of large iron bars. It was like a prison cell.
Inside the cell was a bed and a small table, and in one corner, there was someone crouched down.
The person crouched down was a very emaciated man.
His body was as thin as a stick, covered in scars.
His eyes were unfocused, and he drooled constantly from his mouth. It was clear to anyone who saw him that he had suffered greatly.
This was the prisoner that Lee Seong-hak had brought here.
Lee Seong-hak had rescued the man from the sea while on his way here.
The man was floating naked in the water, completely exhausted. Lee Seong-hak had tried to feed him to help him recover his strength, but the man had gone crazy and he couldn't handle him.
The skinny man was so strong that he even injured the men who were trying to subdue him on the ship.
Lee Seong-hak, in desperation, had forced him to take the sleeping pill and put him in a box, which he then brought here.
But even after coming here, the man's condition did not improve.
mymtlnoveltranslationsThe man had seizures at certain times, and each time he had a seizure, the men of Sea Dragon Pavilion also suffered.
Eventually, he was forced to lock the man in a cage, just as Lee Seong-hak had done.
"Ugh!"
The man was crouched down, making bizarre breathing noises.
Jang Ha-Moon silently looked at the man.
The man cowered, as if afraid of something.
Jang Ha-Moon asked, "Who are you? Why were you wandering in the sea?"
"..."
Of course, the man didn't answer.
Jang Ha-Moon glared at him with a furrowed brow. But the man didn't respond.
In his heart, Jang Ha-Moon wanted to take care of the man right away.
This was because he felt a dangerous aura emanating from the man.
Jang Ha-Moon had a hunch that such a person carried disaster with him.
If it had been the usual Jang Ha-Moon, he would have dealt with him without hesitation.
However, the sword placed on one side prevented him from acting.
Jang Ha-Moon looked at the small sword on the table outside the iron bars.
The crescent-shaped blade and handle were foreign-looking objects that he had never seen in the central plains.
What caught his attention the most were the various jewels embedded in the handle and blade of the sword.
mymtlnoveltranslationsThe crescent-shaped sword with red and blue gems embedded in it was a treasure in itself.
It seemed like an invaluable piece that couldn't be priced.
The man was obsessed with the piece.
He held onto it tightly, even when he was adrift at sea or having a seizure on the ship.
The piece was so sharp that it cut everything it touched like rotten wood. That made it harder to restrain the man, but once they managed to overpower him and take the piece away, he became noticeably calm.
Jang Ha-Moon grabbed the sword on the table. Then the man inside the iron bars blinked his eyes.
"Ah!"
Jang Ha-Moon quickly put the sword back down, thinking the man might have another seizure.
"Where did you get this treasure?"
Lee Seong-hak, who had rescued the man, had suggested that they search the nearby sea.
He thought that the piece was not the man's property. Surely, the man had stolen it from somewhere, and there might be more treasures where he had stolen it from.
There was no evidence, just Lee Seong-hak's guess. However, Jang Ha-Moon also agreed with his opinion.
As the leader of the Sea Dragon Pavilion for a long time, he had the ability to recognize whether the other party would be beneficial or harmful in a brief moment.
The man smelled of gold along with his assets.
That was why Jang Ha-Moon could not easily get rid of him.
mymtlnoveltranslations"Damn it!"
His eyes were filled with greed.
***
Taemu Sang sat on one side of the port and looked out at the night sea.
The place where he was sitting was not where ordinary large ships or vessels came in, but mainly where fishing boats anchored.
Even if you called them fishing boats, they were so small that they could barely hold three or four adults.
If high waves hit them, they easily overturned and sank. In fact, several boats could not come back from the sea every month.
Of course, the fishermen on board also became victims.
If you stayed here, you occasionally saw the bloated bodies floating in the water. They were the bodies of missing fishermen who had gone out on a fishing boat.
Seeing such bodies was commonplace here.
Everyone risked their lives to board a boat.
Taemu Sang's father was one of the people who lost their lives. The only difference was that Taemu Sang's father did not end up being washed up here.
His mother died of an illness, and the tiny inheritance was divided among relatives.
Afterwards, Tae Musang was left alone.
Having lost everything, Tae Musang drifted into a poor neighborhood and naturally became the leader of the children there.
To take care of the children, Tae Musang did things he had never done before, like stealing and pickpocketing. He even once took a beating from a gang until he was nearly dead.
After going through many close calls with death, he became very daring. He could face any situation without flinching.
However, even for someone like him, yesterday's memory was too shocking.
The vivid image of nine blades floating around Pyo Wol came to mind.
He had never imagined being able to unleash all nine blades without even touching them.
mymtlnoveltranslations"I want to become strong too."
It was the first time he had felt such a strong desire.
Although he had seen countless strong men before, he had never had such a thought. Pyo Wol's martial arts had been a great shock to him.
He didn't know who Pyo Wol was or why he was there. But he wanted to learn his martial arts.
If he could learn even a little bit of his martial arts, he could take care of many more children than he could now. He could live a much more prosperous life than he does now.
"Hoo! In order to do that, I need to obey his orders well."
Even now, his younger siblings were scattered around, keeping an eye on Tarha and Yul Ayeon.
Although they were young, their senses were so sharp that Tae Musang wasn't too worried.
Adults didn't see young children as a threat, and Tae Musang's siblings knew how to take advantage of that.
It was when Tae Musang was getting up, slapping his butt.
"Huh?"
An odd expression came over his face all of a sudden.
Several fishing boats were seen entering the harbor.
"At night?"
mymtlnoveltranslationsNo matter how experienced a fisherman was in the local currents, they would never sail out after sunset. This was because there were reefs scattered throughout the area.
Sailing out into the pitch-black ocean and hitting a reef would mean death, especially for a small boat like a fishing boat.
Even fishermen who were familiar with the sea in the Sea Gate area didn't dare to untie their boats at night and didn't even go near the harbor.
However, someone was entering the harbor at night without even turning on any lights, and it was several boats.
It was not a normal situation by any means.
Taemu Sang lowered his body, feeling uneasy.
The fishing boats anchored in a vague area of the harbor.
People jumped off the docked fishing boats.
There were as many as twenty people. They filled the small boat to capacity.
Gulp!
Taemu Sang swallowed dryly.
Even from a distance, the atmosphere of the people who got off the boat was not normal, which made him feel uneasy.
Even in the darkness, it seemed like their eyes were flickering.
Taemu Sang knew exactly what that kind of gaze meant.
"Outsiders!"
And they were not outsiders of the level commonly seen in Sea Gate.
He had never seen such cold and eerie eyes in the outcasts of the Sea Dragon Pavillion or the Red Guild Association.
"What's going on? What is happening in Sea Gate?"
Tae Musang instinctively realized that something suspicious was happening.
It was the instinct of someone who had survived at the bottom.
It was unusual for a group of about twenty men to secretly come into the harbor.
Tae Musang watched as the people disembarked from the boat, holding his breath.
Especially the white-haired man who got off last was the one he paid attention to. His hair was so white that it shone in the darkness.
The white-haired man's gaze was so terrifying that it couldn't be compared to anyone else's.
Even watching from a distance made Tae Musang's heart sink.
Gulp!
The moment Tae Musang saw the white-haired man's gaze, he swallowed dry saliva once again.
Then it happened.
Suddenly, the white-haired man's gaze turned towards where Tae Musang was hiding.
Tae Musang realized that the man had noticed his presence.
"Shit!"
Instinctively, he stood up and ran away.
At that moment, one of the men next to the white-haired man began to chase him.
Papapat!
He was closing the distance between him and Tae Musang in no time.
Tae Musang gritted his teeth and ran.
He could tell from the speed at which the other person was approaching that he couldn't be separated from him using normal methods. If
He knew he would never be able to pull him off by normal means. At this rate, they'd catch up to him before he was halfway there.
"Who says he'll be caught?
The back alley of Sea Gate was just like his courtyard.
He was piercing through the maze-like alleys as if tracing them with his fingers.
Tae Musang turned in different directions and ran through the alley, but he couldn't shake off his pursuer.
"Kuk!"
He didn't know what tactics the pursuer was using, but he was following him like a ghost.
It was impossible to shake off the pursuer using ordinary methods.
In the end, Tae Musang had to make a decision.
His choice was the underground passage where the sludge of the slums flowed.
The underground passage where all kinds of sludge flowed was so foul-smelling that ordinary people could hardly bear even a corner of it.
However, the entire underground passage was not flowing with sludge.
There was a clean place in the middle like an island, where the stench was hardly noticeable, and it was a hiding place for children and where he sometimes stayed.
Although the path continued straight to the hiding place, after that, it was complexly intertwined like a maze.
The back alleys on the surface were so complex that people who came in for the first time were almost certain to get lost.
In fact, many people who came in here without knowing were lost and died.
If he could just make it to the hiding place, he could shake off the pursuer.
With that in mind, Tae Musang ran through the underground passage.
"Huff, huff!"
As his breath reached his throat, Tae Musang finally arrived at the hiding place.
.
"Eh, big brother?"
"What brings you here at this hour, big brother?"
But there were a few children in the hiding place.
"Why are you guys here?"
Tae Musang's pupils shook.
Playing here was only allowed until sunset. Leaving before sunset was the rule among them.
That's why he came here.
"Just because the older guys won't let us play...."
"Sorry, big brother."
The children answered with a scared expression, knowing they had done something wrong.
"Damn it! Follow me now!"
"Why, big brother?"
"Stop talking back and just come on, now!"
Tae Musang's rage made the children realize that something was seriously wrong.
"Damn it! Damn it!"
mymtlnoveltranslationsHe ran ahead, spitting out curses. The children followed him as best they could with their short legs.
Thud! Thud!
The sound of their pursuer's footsteps grew closer and closer behind the children.
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