Segye Army

"Are they robbers?" asked Lee Gon as he found several boxes of gold on the cart.

"They're robbers sent by Wonam. Black-robed robbers," Ling Fei replied, causing Lee Gon and Bai Lu to stare at her.

"You mean Segye's troops?" asked Lee Gon again.

Ling Fei nodded his head and looked back at the black-robed troops. Lee Gon and Bai Lu also looked back at the robbers who were partially covering their faces with black cloth as they hid behind the bushes. The robbers seemed to be very busy organizing their journey to who knows where.

Of the many horse-drawn carts, there were several boxes containing gold bars and silver. In fact, one of the carts even had 2 chests that were large enough to fit and store so many gold and silver coins.

One of the workers' big bosses seemed to be organizing their long journey, asking them to speed up the horse-drawn cart.

"Isn't that the gold supply that should be given to their King?"

Lee Gon, Ling Fei and Bai Lu immediately glanced back as they heard a voice that was familiar and not quite unfamiliar to them. As soon as they turned their heads, there was a man they were familiar with in the past few days.

"Kang Taeshin, what are you doing here?" asked Lee Gon, Ling Fei and Bai Lu simultaneously who looked surprised by his sudden presence.

"I told you yesterday, that we will definitely meet again in the near future."

"But, not so soon!" exclaimed Lee Gon as he shook his head, then looked back at the robbers.

"What are you guys doing here? Why are you sneaking around like criminals?" asked Kang Taeshin with what the three brothers were doing.

"We were about to continue our journey westward to meet Ogumsha. Unintentionally, we ran into an army of robbers who, it seems, were going to take their loot somewhere," Bai Lu replied.

"Segye you mean, the black-robed troops that were quite famous in Joseon from the Shilla Empire?"

"You know about them?" Bai Lu asked back.

"Of course, they're the robbers who often riot in traditional markets. Wonam, the long-lived supreme leader of the Segye often took the people's money, and robbed the treasures of high-ranking officials in the kingdom, for his personal use. Do you know why Wonam lived so long?" Taeshin asked, looking at the three brothers' faces one after the other.

Bai Lu, Ling Fei and Lee Gon shook their heads in ignorance.

"He made a pact with one of the most notoriously cunning and feared gumiho on earth," he said in reply, "he is Aeshin," he continued.

"Aeshin? So, this is all still related to Aeshin?" asked Ling Fei while looking at Kang Taeshin's face who was staring at the robbers, who called themselves the Segye army.

Kang Taeshin nodded his head. "Yes. There are many things that you all don't know. Aeshin's life cycle is very long. He did many things that even immortals like us don't know about. The history I heard, Wonam asked Aeshin for a long life, and asked her for full power and unending power.

"In return, Aeshin asked for offerings such as human blood and made Wonam give his life to her. Wonam's life and death belong to Aeshin alone. If Aeshin needs anything, Wonam must always be ready to help Aeshin. That's the history I've heard so far about Wonam's longevity."

Ling Fei looked at Kang Taeshin's face with admiration. Apparently, this being who had a speed above Lee Gon, knew many things that he had never known.

"But, shouldn't we help the people of Joseon? That gold doesn't belong entirely to Segye's army. We must break the chain of this great robbery here. Don't let it spread to the next life." Bai Lu looked meaningfully at Kang Taeshin's face.

Hearing Bai Lu's words, Kang Taeshin seemed to be amazed. Her humanity was so great and she also had a warm heart. A female swordsman like Han Yuram did indeed have a noble and holy soul like a God.

No wonder all enemies were eager to kill her. Because Han Yuram herself was always defending truth and justice. And, she always interfered in other people's problems in order to do what she thought was right and praiseworthy.

"It is impossible to defeat and disperse the Segye army. Wonam is under Aeshin's rule, which is automatically very difficult to fight. How can we fight Segye's army when we can't even match the power of Wonam or Aeshin."

"We can defeat Segye's army," said Ling Fei suddenly, making Lee Gon, Bai Lu and Kang Taeshin stare at him.

"How?" asked Lee Gon curiously.

"We steal back their loot. We make them feel what the people of Joseon felt all these years."

"I've done that before, Ling Fei. And still, we will never succeed against the great Seyge army," Taeshin told him.

"Let's fight those Segye troops together. You, me and my two brothers."

"How?"

"You forgot, me and my two brothers are the Jeonsa Goljjagi. And, you know, Han Yuram is an uju haneunim who will be very difficult to defeat. Moreover, with a great warrior like yourself, our strength will be even greater. If we manage to fight them together, believe me, we will be able to easily defeat them, and free the people of Joseon from the biggest mass robbery committed by Segye's army."

"You're very confident, Ling Fei."

Ling Fei smiled broadly and looked back at the Segye troops who had gone away.

"That's a must, Taeshin~shii. So, are you willing to work with us to crush the evil segye?"

Kang Taeshin seemed to be thinking. Lee Gon and Bai Lu were also heard waiting anxiously for Kang Taeshin's decision this time.

"Alright, what should we do now?"

Ling Fei smiled widely. Hearing that Kang Taeshin was willing to cooperate with him to crack down on the crimes committed by the segye troops, Ling Fei immediately devised a grand plan.