A Pair of Eclipse Swords
Chapter : 218 – Despair Sung Han
Sung Hwa was confused about what to do because for now, the person he trusted the most was Sung Han. There was no one in this fortress that he could trust, because everyone was certainly hostile to the Red Eagles.
Sung Hwa takes Sung Han to the forest and tells him to rest there. With a worried and fearful look, the young man asked.
"What are you gonna do?"
Still busy applying makeup to return to Han Ji, Sung Hwa replied. "Don't let the troops that pound the village of Alang-Alang get here."
"I asked what you were going to do" Sung Han said. "Not asking about your response."
Sung Hwa snorted, staring at Sung Han with pursed lips. "Just be quiet here, can't you? I have a plan to stop them."
Sung Han was still too tired to argue. The wound was terrible, both inside and out. Samurai-samurai general Fujimiro very strong. Even when Sung Han clashed with him, and he aided some samurai, he became overwhelmed.
The samurai swordsmanship of Fujimino Shiro's forces is very much different from that of Suga's general army. The difference is like the earth and the sky. Sung Han now doubts whether General Suga managed to get the general position with clean hands.
He looked over his entire body, cursing inwardly why in such a state of emergency, he was completely helpless. Finally Sung Han decided to collect the environment. But only then did the flow of nature enter, the pain pierced his chest and he vomited blood.
"Don't force yourself" Sung Hwa's task force and lifted Sung Han's body, leaning him against the tree trunk. "You know how bad you're doing–"
"I know!!" Sung Han roared. His face looked red with anger, but on the other hand his eyes shone with despair. "I know ..." continued lirih.
Sung Hwa looked at him softly. He knew how hard a man's heart was, let alone a warrior. If once he declared himself a swordsman, he would feel ashamed once he was unable to complete his goal until the end. It was even more shameful when he was alive and saw all those failures.
Sung Han looked tired, tired and inward. Sung Hwa was able to see that and tried to understand Sung Han's heart. The young man apparently wanted to quickly die by helping with the detention of troops coming from the west, from the village of Alang-Alang.
Sung Hwa's heart ached as he recalled how young he was, witnessing all sorts of rapes, murders, and sacrifices of his fellow brethren without being able to help him. And he can only run. Sung Han must have considered himself a coward.
"Why did you choose to leave at that time? Not to die with the others?" This question sounds cruel. But Sung Hwa's tone of voice was not at all mocking. Subtle understanding.
"If I die, what difference does it make? This country is just going to collapse, and it's the same as running away from reality" Sung Han replied. "When I ran away from there, my actions were even more cowardly. But at least I can tell you here, and after that, no matter how small it is, I hope there is a chance to win. I was lucky to meet you, so there was no need to bother thinking about how to convey this message to the generals."
"You don't have a choice. Ah, you were forced to be such a coward ...."
Sung Han looked at Sung Hwa and instantly his eyes glared with anger. Sung Hwa trembled slightly for this.
"I'm not asking you to pity me! Who is afraid of death? This time I'll go down to a head-on fight, the Solar Eclipse Sword will show its fangs!"
"Sung Han calm down ...."
Sung Han vomited blood again for forcing him to meditate. Presumably his inner power center was so badly injured that even to absorb the air of nature, he was unable to.
"I don't deserve this sword. I guess I'm starting to envy Kay Su Tek's determined determination to make a decision without fear of risk." The young man smiled bitterly.
"Sung Han ...." Sung Hwa pressed the young man's shoulder. Gripped her. Making Sung Han groan a little to endure the pain. But Sung Hwa did not move and looked at the young man's eyes. "Sung Han, do you believe me?"
"Who else can I trust?"
Sung Hwa smiled. "Then stay here and heal your wounds slowly. Do meditation as it gathers the magic air, it can lighten the deep wounds in your inner power center a little."
"Heh, how do you know that?"
Sung Hwa smiled proudly. "There is not a single human being in this world who understands the magic of air like my teacher."
Sung Han was silent. Stare confused.
"I know that too. My teacher taught me that too." Sung Han scowled. "I tried it, and you saw–"
"Sung Han." Sung Hwa cuts, and somehow Sung Han doesn't dare to fight back. "You had absolutely no intention of healing your wounds."
"You know what? I–"
"Sung Han."
Sung Han was silent, then lowered his head. "I don't want to look weak. I don't want to just sit here and watch everything fall apart."
Sung Hwa smiled. "When will the team from there get here?"
"Maybe until you become weak. If you keep buying time by fighting here, they might as well wait until you can't hold back the onslaught of their fleet."
Sung Hwa nodded. "I'll inform the generals."
After the girl got up and was about to leave, Sung Han pulled her hand. "You fool, how can they trust you? You have no proof, you can't even trust me right now."
"Hahaha," Sung Hwa laughed suddenly. "Sung Han, I'm a woman. Also warriors and defenders of the nation. You know, I'm willing to sacrifice anything for our victory."
Sung Han was silent, waiting for the next sentence from Sung Hwa. But the girl just smiled while looking at him, as if she did not intend to answer.
"Then?"
Sung Hwa's smile grew wider. "If necessary, I can tempt them into believing."
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"I'm sure, now we better go over there investigating. For us, is it hard to sneak outside?"
Nie Chi and Khuang Peng nodded in agreement with Han Ji's proposal. The two looked at each other and nodded back.
Khuang Peng said. "Your nose is good, miss."
Han Ji smiled brightly and new hope appeared in his mind. Who here would dare to look one eye at the Blood Swordsman and Iron Stick Swordsman. Even if the generals consider them to be wild adventurers, at least the warriors will have great respect and trust in all the words of the two men.
Han Ji had previously told Sung Hwa to woo the generals if necessary. But she is not a stupid girl who is a lowly prostitute, of course it is only the last choice to do if all kinds of efforts are not successful.
He also did not want to give his body freely to the old men. He may never come out of their tent again. Because he was quite proud of his body shape. She had sworn to use it only to serve her husband one day, if it violates then die!
And now that those two have trusted him, why worry about surrender? So that very night, Sung Hwa, Nie Chi and Khuang Peng slipped out of the fort and went west. Conduct investigations.
They told the guards that the three would leave and that maybe tomorrow afternoon would be back.
The guards nodded because according to the estimations of the generals, tomorrow Jeiji would not attack again because the damage they received was quite severe. It may take some time to recover.
On the other hand, the Chang empire also did not dare to attack back. That way, their situation also becomes weaker. After all, the Jeiji empire had a large fleet and warships. The water battle is unfavorable.
With the speed of a true swordsman, they had briefly left far away the territory of the fortress. For their size, just an ordinary running speed was several times faster than running a horse. So maybe overnight, they can reach the border and lurk.
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