Return of Mount Hua Sect

The sled ran freely on the snowy field that stretched white.

I didn't expect much because it was a sled pulled by a dog, but it was amazing to see him go out faster than I thought.

"Accident. They're really good at running."

"You're right."

Even Yoo-Esul, who was insensitive to everything, was watching dogs running with curious eyes all along the way.

But there were others who didn't pay any attention to it.

"Ugh. I'm dying!"

“…….”

"No! If it's windy like this, I'll put up some tents! Why do you ride a sleigh without a tent?”

“…….”

Song-won's face twitched with irritation.

I wanted to ask why the author, who is a warrior, was so exaggerating, but when I saw Chung-Myung shaking for a second, I couldn't even say that easily.

'What a mysterious man.’

Strangely, others, except him, are riding sleds with great will. He can't be the only one special.

"I'm almost there, so hang in there."

"Do you know how many times you've said that?"

When Chung-Myung's annoying reply returned, Song-won, who couldn't stand it, screamed.

"Ilda asked you five times before you passed, and I had no choice but to say the same thing! Hang in there!"

"I'm going to freeze right away.

"Oops!"

Song Won suppressed his anger and gritted his teeth.

"What kind of guy is this?’

At this rate, even before arriving at the mine, he was about to fall into a vase.

In addition, Chung-Myung or something was more upset because of the dambi who held out his head and held out his hand whenever he was angry.

Songwon clenched his teeth and rushed the dogs.

The only solution was to arrive as soon as possible.

"……It's getting colder and colder."

"The ice caps are the most negative in the North Sea. Of course it's cold."

"Isn't it getting colder the further north? I don't think we're going north."

"It's a little different."

Songwon's mouth is slightly twisted.

"You'll find out when you see it."

It was then.

"Jung-Myung, there!"

Yoon-jong, who was running on a sled from the side, shouted loudly and pointed forward.

"Huh?"

Chung-Myung extended his head and looked forward. Then he opened his eyes wide and opened his mouth wide.

"Wow, what's that?"

What came into his sight was a huge hole in the ground.

No, that cavity was too big to bring up the word hole. It was close to a large valley where a few large war angles could be inserted.

With the mouth wide open as if it were an entrance to hell, Hawsan's disciples were stunned and speechless.

"That's the mine that digs up the ice."

Songwon's mouth twisted cynically.

"…I thought you were selling a mountain because you said it was a mine."

Chung-Myung's words represent the minds of others. Don't tell me this is the form of mining for ice crystals.

Whoosh!

Deep in his wide pupils, the sound of the wretched wind flowed out.

"Are you digging an ice boat down there?”

"That's right."

"It looks dangerous."

"It's very dangerous and hard work. More than ordinary people can do."

Songwon chinned towards the bottom of the valley.

"As it goes down, the temperature goes down and the negative energy gets stronger. Ice caps can only be dug in such extreme conditions."Hwasan's disciples looked at the ice-covered area with curious eyes. Armed with thick fur clothes, people were diligently moving around.

Chung-Myung said in a cool voice.

"Let's go."

"Well."

The rest of the Hwasan disciples and Hye Yeon followed suit.

"…I can see why ice cream is so expensive."

"I know."

In this environment, anything other than ice crystals will have to be expensive.

"Please come this way."

Songwon led them and approached right in front of the valley.

The closer the wind got, the stronger it got. In time, standing in front of the distant valley, a deeper pit threw up the darkness as if it would devour them.

"I'm going down. Are you ready?"

"Yes."

"Be careful because you have to climb down the cliff in line. If you make a mistake and fall down, you won't be able to cut your bones.”

I said it in hopes of being frightened, but Hawsan's disciples only nodded with a wistful face.

"…I'm not kidding."

"Yes, I know."

“…….”

Song-won frowned at a different response than expected.

Did everyone lose their heads?’

Those who saw the cliff for the first time were usually so numb that they could not even stand properly. However, they showed signs of surprise, but showed no signs of fear.

Hawasan's disciples held their heads out and muttered looking down the valley.

"It looks like half the cliff of Hawsan.”

"Ey. It looks like that because it's black, not half a chance."

"Should I?"

“…….”

The absurdity in Songwon's eyes looking at them was young.

How would he know? They have been training while climbing cliffs carrying stones.

This cliff was like a front yard for Hwasan's disciples.

"……Well, be careful, anyway."

Songwon frowned and grabbed the rope installed on the cliff and began to go down the cliff.

The movement of holding the rope with both hands and taking each step with the feet firmly attached to the cliff was very cautious and cautious.

Song-won, who went down for a long time, suddenly raised his head with a frown. Hawasan's disciples were staring down at him from the cliff, not following him.

"What are you doing, not following me down? There are several lines ready, so you can grab the other line and come down."

"……Do I just have to go down?”

"Yes! As long as you don't look down, come on down!"

Then Baek Cheon looked at Chung-Myung.

"Go?"

"Sure thing."

With a nod, Baek Cheon grabbed the rope in front of him.

"Come with me, everyone.”

"Yes!"

Then, he literally flung himself toward the cliff.

"What, what!"

Songwon was so freaked out that he almost missed the line. What was even more surprising was that not only Baek Cheon but also the disciples and monks of Hawasan, were flying down the cliff, holding the rope roughly in one hand.

Tatatatatatatatatatat!

They started to go down and down as if they were flat-footed. It was truly a tremendous speed.

“…….”

Song-won looked at Hwasan's students running far away with blankly. But then a curt voice came from right next to him.

"Go down a little faster. Have you boiled a snail?

“…….”

"Tsk."

Chung-Myung, who even said this, was running down the cliff without holding onto the rope. While passing by him, he even showed the ease of talking to him.Watching Chung-Myung disappearing down there, Song-won looked up at the sky with a blank face.

I can't do this, man.

A little later.

"Kkwuh-cha.

"…Well, it takes a long time."

"You need to train hard.”

On the floor, Song-won desperately turned a blind eye to the words from the left and right. Normally, I would have retorted a word, but I had nothing to say in this situation.

"……This is where we dig for ice."

"You're changing the subject."

"Stop it. You must be ashamed."

I hate him the most when he's the last one.

That's a little....

Then Jo-Gol shuddered with his hands between his armpits.

"Sasook. But this place is no joke. I've been feeling a bit chilly since earlier."

"…I see."

It wasn't just cold. Not only does the biting wind take away your temperature...… I felt an unknown gloom coming down to my bones.

This is what it means to have a strong tone.

If a person is constantly exposed to such an environment, his or her body will be damaged in an instant.

"Here's the ice...….”

When I looked up, the sky looked very small as if I were looking from a well. Hundreds of homophilia, large and small, were punctuated from side to side of the long-split valley.

It's a man-made mine.

I can't believe we're digging through a hole in this environment to find an ice boat.….

It's more harsh than I imagined.

"You're all going through a lot."

Among the workers wearing animal skins, those dressed in unclothes of the Bingo went back and forth like custodians. Those workers and fighters seemed to be working together to dig for ice.

"Oh! There!"

Looking around, Jo-Gol hurriedly pointed to somewhere as if he had found something.

A worker heading toward the cave faltered and fell to the floor. Then, an unmanned man in the maintenance palace rushed toward it.

"We need to help...….”

Baek Cheon, who was speaking with a worried face, opened his eyes for a moment.

"This guy!"

Whoosh!

The shaman of the bingo suddenly opened up a whip taken out of his sleeve and began beating the fallen worker mercilessly.

"What did you do?"

Baek Cheon was speechless in shock.

Even though the worker who fell to the floor collapsed and wriggled, the shaman of the bingo whipped him without mercy.

"Don't be lazy!"

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Every time the whip cut through Ho Gong, the worker's clothes were cracked and soaked in red blood.

"I...!"

When Baek Cheon tried to rush in, Song Won reached out his hand and blocked him.

"Don't be on the lookout."

Baek Cheon glanced at Songwon with a fierce face as he glanced at him.

"What are you doing all of a sudden? I don't think he's done anything wrong!"

"That's not up to you to judge."

Song-won lightly kicked his tongue when Baek Cheon still did not loosen his expression after hearing the answer.

"You don't seem to understand me. I didn't tell you. Ordinary people can't work here."

"…what do you mean?"

He pointed his chin at the workers.

"They're not ordinary workers. They sinned against the bingos and paid for their services.”

Baek Cheon took a closer look at the workers.

I didn't know from a distance, but when I looked at it properly, everyone looked haggard.

"What sin have you committed?….”

"Rebellion."

The short answer, which came without delay, left Baek Cheon silent.

"Other than that, they have sinned.”

Hwasan disciples and Hye Yeon's eyes are on the workers...…. No, he headed for the prisoners.Now I can see his pale face, his eyes relaxed, and his skinny body hidden in thick clothes.

Everyone was barely moving their feet with a body that was about to collapse.

At a time when Baek Cheon was at a loss for words, Chung-Myung opened his mouth.

"They're all fighters."

Then, Song-won's eyes looked young. Chung-Myung shrugged.

"Even though my craft was forbidden."

"…Exactly."

"Yeah."

Chung-Myung looked around with interest.

"Rebellion."

It is rather the princess who committed treason. This means that those who work here are followers of the former palace.

It was either lost and captured on the day of the rebellion, or it was overpowered while rebelling.

"I thought the ice palace was completely under control, so you pushed all your opponents in here."

Those caught will be here, and those who fled like Hanyi Myeong will be hiding and wandering the North Sea all the time.

Yoon-Jong opened his mouth in a dark voice.

"No matter how guilty they are, aren't you being too reckless?"

"I don't know."

But Song-won said firmly and bluntly.

"These are the ones who should have repaid their sins with their lives. But the Lord of the Palace has shown mercy, giving them the opportunity to repay their sins through labor.”

“…….”

"So there's no reason to sympathize."

Yoon-Jong tried to say more, but eventually shook his head when he saw Jo-Gol pulling his collar.

Surely it was not polite to tell other people what to do.

"Do I look cruel?"

"Honestly, yes."

When Yoon-jong replied with a firm face, Songwon smirked.

"Ice crystals are objects that need to be dug up to overcome extreme yin energy. Otherwise, it's hard to get."

"One……."

Song-won grinned as Yoon-jong tried to refute.

"Aren't you here to win the ice, too.

“…….”

"It's interesting. We need ice caps. We need ice caps. Those who came all the way to the North Sea sympathize with those who prying for ice caps. If there's no one like you who wants ice cream, they might be released."

The blatant sarcastic remark hardened Jo-Gol's face.

"It's……."

But I couldn't find the right words to reply. Song-won shook his head and said.

"If they look so pitiful, you'd rather help them with their work. Their labor time has increased due to the reduced yield of ice crystals. They might be a little more comfortable if they dig up an ice cube."

Then Chung-Myung, who had been listening, smirked.

"How much do I need to dig?”

"…what did you say?"

"He's not gonna say it in one word, is he? Go get the person in charge. I need to hear how long you're going to let these people rest."

Chung-Myung rolled up the corners of his mouth.

"I'll dry up the seeds of the ice."

With the voice of confidence, Song-won frowned unknowingly.