The Bloody General Sword
Vol 12
Akai's journey continues. The five Akai depart for the highest and coldest mountain of Kyojin. They left Geem sitting some distance away from the five Akai.
"Hei Geem." call hatachi.
"Go home don't sit here, go back and find a safe place."
Geem looked at him still with a puzzled look, then Otaru added .
"Take yourselves, go far, and endure to live, that's our general's last gift." After saying that to Geem, they finally left the little boy and the Kyusu river where the general became frothy.
The top of Kyojin mountain was clearly visible, almost midnight the five of them got up there, the snow was so cold and the wind was pounding very fast in addition to the rumbling, the, there are no trees up there, only frozen ice. By the time the five Akai reached the top of Kyojin mountain, they saw a tree so large that it was rooted in snow, they finally decided to sit under the tree, it was as if the tree was waiting for the fifth coming of Akai.
"On the count of three," said Hatachi while looking for a style that suits his wishes..
"One, two ...." But suddenly hatachi shouted.
"Stop. Stop that!" Rui growled and gritted her teeth.
"What else this time?"
"Wait a minute, if we go back and our frost is gone, does anyone know what our general looks like?" They all looked at Hatachi.
"It's fine" said Matsue.
"Nobody of us knows our general's face, if his voice, we've all heard it."
Suddenly Rui answered their question.
Fourth Akai looked at him. Rui was slightly misbehaved, yet still revealed her calm face.
"I saw a painting on display in the royal family of Ochtosk in the former king's residence, which the present king had seized, and there was a painting of the only daughter of the previous king Ochtosk."
"The general was the daughter of the previous king who was taken by the second brother of king Ochtosk because that was why the princess became a general, and the only painting of him was there."
The four Akai were astonished to hear it. Hatachi was struck by lightning.
"Why don't I know that?" he said full of disappointment to himself.
"And before becoming a general, even if only for a short time .." continued Rui, he was silent for a while.
"The general was my childhood friend and was once my fiancee." Rui stuffed the black pearl into her mouth with a bowing attitude as well as freezing, no more heartbeats could be heard from Rui.
"A-what?? wait a minute.. hey, hey." Shouted Hatachi, the others followed Rui, they stuffed the pearls into their mouths, upset, Matsue stuffed the black pearls into Hatachi's mouth in a kneeling and shouting style. Eventually the five Akai froze looking lifeless, they would petrify and wait for their general's presence to return.
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The air in the country of juseo is very fresh, fragrant flowers in the spring is very pronounced, as breeze blows the trees in the kingdom of juseo, the residents of juseo move as usual. In 1487 Ochtosk's army was repulsed by the three great kingdoms at the time, then changed to the name of the kingdom that brought more peace, namely juseo.
37 Years have passed since the invasion of Ochtosk's forces into the kingdom of Hanyang, the kingdom of Joseo is more concerned with peace and preventing wars.
In a large enough house, a middle-aged man was staring at the rushing water in his yard, he crossed his arms behind his back, occasionally looking at the sky and sighing, He crossed his arms, the sound of a noise roused him from his daydream.
