Around the territory of the Yangjok in Aewol-eup.

Through the cooperation of the sheep holding wool connected to the entire Jeju Island, Hwangho grasped the current situation of Mt. Halla.

The situation was not so good.

Among the main forces deployed on Mt. Halla, there were quite a few who had no news.

If it were just a battle and the situation was inferior, it would have been enough to send the Hojok to join, but the situation was not simple.

Even though Mt. Halla looked stable with the naked eye, it was dark in many places, and the Yangjok complained that there were many parts that he couldn't see because he was in a bad mood.

"We succeeded in recovering the feathers, and it seems that the descendants of the Dragon Tribe prevented the volcanic eruption, but the evil darkness has greatly expanded."

"We deployed Yongjegeon and the Emperor of Hongyeon here. If Yongjegeon is here, no one will die."

Hwangho and Cheongho spoke briefly and then fell silent again.

These two were warriors of the Ho clan who had fought in the dark ages ago, but they could not move easily.

The Black Mask had been preparing for a long time to capture the Ho clan, and he kept pouring out items with legends of tiger hunting.

In particular, the Hwangho was greatly affected by the influence of intellect, so it was not easy to move.

When the operation to recapture Ungnyeo was carried out, the Gunggi planted a formation on the ground that seemed to have been received from the Black Mask, and the intellect boiled and the Hwangho was under attack.

Currently, the intellect of Hallasan was unstable, so it was obvious what would happen if the formation was carved into the ground.

If King, who had no intention of capturing him this time, charged in person and entered the trap himself, Jo Ui-shin thought that he would try to capture King first.

- Stay with the Blue Tiger, who can fight even in the dark, and the Dragon Clan or Red Lion members who are not affected by the legend of fighting tigers. And do not enter Hallasan. If I find you, I’ll prioritize catching you over making Senior Yeom Jun-yeol go berserk. I’ll mess up his intelligence, explode the volcano, release the evil darkness, and turn it into a battlefield to fight.

―Even if that happens, isn’t this the Korean Peninsula? I can at least move my main body.

Even though he said ~Nоvеl𝕚ght~ that, he didn’t intend to reject Jo Ui-shin’s offer.

He just reminded her of his abilities again to ease her worries, but Jo Ui-shin took it seriously.

―The amount of damage a clone takes affects your main body, right? And if Hallasan becomes like that, the damage to the residents will increase, and the seniors will get caught up in it and suffer casualties. And there’s also a subordinate of the mastermind that I have to capture this time.

Hwang Ho said a word, but he couldn’t get his money back and got scolded.

Baekho watched the scene as if it were someone else’s business, Jeokho didn’t care and put a bite of chopped dried persimmon directly into Ungnyeo’s mouth, and Cheongho looked at her pitifully, saying, “Just stay still.”

He didn’t really like the idea of ​​having to protect that unsatisfactory Yangjok in this big incident.

However, it seemed that Jo Ui-shin had placed Hwangho around the Yangjok’s territory not just to be wary of the dark side’s truth and intellect.

―And it means a lot for the leader of the Hojok to step forward and save the Yangjok. When he visited last time, the Hojok didn’t leave a very good impression on the Yangjok, right?

―It doesn’t really matter whether the impression I leave is the worst or the best.

―It doesn’t matter. The dark side tried to shake up the 12-branch alliance by using the Woojok and the Donjok. The dark side wants the alliance to become distant, so we have to move in the opposite direction.

After hearing Jo Ui-shin’s explanation, Hwang Ho’s mood improved.

In the end, what Hwang Ho had to do hadn’t changed at all, but thanks to Jo Ui-shin’s few words, it looked different.

―The Yang clan doesn’t like to interact, but if you personally take action and show favor, their attitude will inevitably change. In particular, the mastermind will target the sleeping Yang first, so it will be easier to interact as a leader to leader.

Jo Ui-shin considered his position and prestige as the leader of the Ho clan, and also considered the interaction and alliance between the Ho clan and the Yang clan.

For the sake of the benefactor who considered even such things, Hwang Ho personally stepped forward for the thick-skinned Yang clan.

However, looking at the current situation confirmed through the Yang clan’s wool, he couldn’t help but feel frustrated.

‘Both Jo Ui-shin and Eun Ho warned me several times that I shouldn’t step forward myself. No matter how frustrated I am, I shouldn’t go looking for them myself.’

While Hwang Ho was getting anxious, he heard good news.

One of the sheep holding the wool shouted.

“I found the Eun Gwang High School kids! They’re coming down this way.”

“Really? How many of them are there?”

“One, two, three... My hands hurt and there are so many of them that I can’t count them. There are more than all the tigers and sheep here combined!”

He counted on his fingers while holding the wool, and the wool got tangled in his hands, so the sheep made a sad face.

Finally, they were able to check on the Eun Gwang High School students, but Hwang-ho and Cheong-ho’s eyes became sharp when they saw the sheep acting so frustrated.

The sleeping sheep must have been frustrated too, so they stepped forward themselves.

“Tch, can’t you count them? Let me count them! There are really a lot of them. Wait, I found the mountain goat!”

“Really? Are you okay?”

“Yeah, there’s no hiking trail here, so I wondered how they found the path and were coming down, and our mountain goat guided the kids...”

“Check quickly.”

After Cheong-ho clenched his fist and spoke, he was finally able to hear the numbers.

He confirmed that all the students were safe, but he was caught because he had been holding onto the wool around the students for too long.

A student wearing half-rimmed glasses stared at the thin wool and the goat alternately, and Su-myeong-yang grumbled, saying that he would be caught. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Cheon Dong-ha had noticed this a long time ago, and he had only thought of a way to use the observation to contact him, so Su-myeong-yang’s worries were meaningless.

Hwang-ho instructed them to look at a few more places besides Hallasan.

Unlike Hallasan, there was no dark darkness there, so they could quickly check the news.

“The waves are huge! But there are enemies too! What’s floating in the sky!”

“Humans and enemies are on the streets. Strange people and people with pretty writing fight together.”

Hwang Ho organized important information in his head from the naive report.

Considering the destructive power of Kim Yu-ri and Mujigi, Hwang Ho thought that Jecheon Daeseong could possibly join them midway, but the situation did not seem favorable.

Geum Chan-sol and Wang Chan-sol decided to go around Jeju City with Jegal Jae-geol and return to the hotel when the situation stabilized, but they were still fighting.

It felt like the enemy’s resistance had grown stronger due to something, rather than the fact that the mastermind had brought more forces than expected.

‘Could it be that the enemy was strengthened by the evil darkness, and that they too were affected by it even though they were far away?’

Hwang Ho looked up at the sky after listening to the report.

It was still a bit dark due to the volcanic ash clouds that had not yet completely disappeared, but it was daytime now, and the weather was good today.

The reason the enemy desperately tried to stop Baekho from opening the sky that was closed due to darkness in the distant past was because they were afraid of the heavenly god and the sun beyond.

‘It’s fortunate that it’s not night. If we had to fight at night, things would have gotten worse.’

The mastermind would have wanted to do it at night, but the students climbed the mountain during the day.

In addition, the students’ physical abilities were good, so they could climb and come down faster than planned, so they had no choice but to set the number early.

It was when Hwangho was still looking at the sun high in the sky.

“Something is coming.”

Hwangho opened his mouth earlier than expected to warn the surroundings and set up a barrier.

The sheep, who had been holding their wool and looking at Hallasan Mountain, were startled by the headaches from the dark darkness and crouched down.

The sleeping sheep tried to use its supernatural power reflexively, but was stopped by Cheongho, who said, ‘What if the other tigers sleep?’

The identity of the something coming this way could be quickly seen by the sheep’s eyes that were peeking while being scared.

Paaaaat!

The surroundings were filled with jade, symbolizing the wish granted by the Yeouiboju, a power close to a miracle in the dictionary sense.

As the light faded, those wearing red lion cloaks and Yongjegeon wearing suits with traces of flesh being torn off were seen.

Yongjegeon’s condition was also a mess, but the condition of two of the humans who had just appeared looked very bad.

One of them in particular was in a state where it wouldn’t be strange if he died at any moment, so several Yangjoks screamed, and the Red Lion team members who had been waiting with the Hojok hurriedly ran toward them.

Yongjegeon, who was floating half a span in the air, said.

“Oh, I was going to go back to the hotel, but I ended up here. Is it because there’s one Red Lion? Well, it’s not easy to ignore the spirit and move in a group through the dark. I don’t think we’ll be able to go far.”

“Yongjegeon, what happened?”

“I scratched the palace and the dark and evil darkness swelled. It must have gotten even stronger now.”

I wondered why the evil darkness suddenly became like that, and it seemed to be Yong Je-geon’s fault.

“So you lost to Gung-gi and ran away because of your wish?”

“Yeah, that’s right. You took a hostage, but you would have lost even without the hostage? Bang-yeol guessed it, right?”

Then, several of the Red Lion team members who were concentrating on emergency treatment looked at Yeom Bang-yeol in disbelief.

Yeom Bang-yeol did not deny it.

The team members could not properly gauge the power of Gung-gi, but Yeom Bang-yeol, who approached Gung-gi, felt its power up close.

Yong Je-geon smiled and said.

“Then Bang-yeol will explain the next part.”

“There’s something I want to hear from you.”

“Then I’ll have to wait a long time. I’ll be fine soon.”

Thump.

Yongjegeon, who had finished speaking, fell to the ground like a doll whose strings had snapped.

Before his entire body completely crashed into the ground, Yeom Bangyeol moved in an instant to receive him, but Yongjegeon had already lost consciousness.

It seemed that the aftereffects of activating Gwangrim right after suffering a major injury and not even regenerating had returned.

He had not fallen from a high place, so he should not have been hurt, but blood began to flow out and pool on the floor.

Yongjegeon was a hated person to the Yang clan, but seeing the Jin clan they knew bleeding like that made them weep here and there, as if they were scared and sad.

“Hwangho.”

“Yes, there is still one left to deploy. I don’t know where it is wandering, but there is not much area left to search, so it will be found soon. Find it quickly.”

“What? Wouldn’t it be better to move them to land sooner? We can’t fix that!”

“It would be better to move them after they are treated by the deer that makes the bad medicine. They are said to be good at climbing mountains, so let’s look for dangerous places.”

Jo Eui-shin recommended Hyang-rok as a move that could immediately respond to the place where a large amount of rampage inducers are being used.

Hyang-rok is not good at running in the field, but he was excited when he heard that a large amount of rampage inducers would be released and that they would be administered to young and strong players, including descendants of the Dragon Clan.

Hyang-rok is a pharmacist, but he also has some knowledge of medicine, so it was a move to prepare for an emergency.

“I will move my clone to contact the Dragon Palace. When their condition improves enough to be transported, go immediately.”

“Thank you for your consideration.”

“Then listen to the palace.”

The location has not been confirmed yet, but thinking about the spirit of the deceased somewhere on Mt. Halla made my head hurt, but for now, I had to check the situation first.

After hearing Yeom Bang-yeol's report, I talked to Cheong-ho, who had a complicated expression.

"I was sorry that Da-in wasn't here just now, but now I think it's fortunate. Da-in might not be convinced, though."

Jo Ui-shin finally decided to fight the students, and suggested Andain’s participation following Kim Yu-ri.

Although he considers himself a tiger, Andain, who is human, is not affected by tiger hunting weapons.

Furthermore, since he is a young human, he is less affected by intellect abnormalities.

Therefore, he was perfect for Hwangho and Cheongho’s assistance.

Also, Hwangho and Cheongho were placed in a relatively safe place for this operation, so it was appropriate to place Andain.

However, the couple fiercely opposed it, and as a result, the couple and Andain had their first argument.

―You always praised me and showed respect to the mythical clans, so I thought you trusted me, Jiho, and Han. Am I mistaken in my belief?

―Dain, even so, I can’t send you to the land where evil darkness is creeping in!

―I heard that your parents fought against the Woongjok who wielded evil darkness a while ago. I will fight too.

―I can’t say I can’t! I will never let you I won’t send it!

The couple shouted excitedly, but the more they talked, the more the color drained from their faces.

It was as if they were looking at faces from the days when they wore masks.

In the end, Jo Ui-shin, who couldn’t stand to see his parents and children fight because of his suggestion, withdrew his words.

Hwang Ho also intervened and said, “While everyone is away, let’s protect Eun Gwang-go and reconcile.”

Hwang Ho actually understood the couple’s feelings more this time.

Considering how they lost Andain, it couldn’t be helped.

“It’s inevitable that the couple is anxious. They lost Andain a long time ago because of the evil darkness.”