Chapter 23

“Dawn Heaven Sect?”

“Dawn Heaven Sect?!”

At Il-dong’s words, Yi-dong and Sam-dong reacted before I did, and I also soon pondered the name ‘Dawn Heaven Sect’.

Dawn Heaven Sect, huh……

I was thinking about establishing a sect anyway, and after establishing it, I needed a name since I couldn’t call myself a ‘bounty hunter’ anymore.

Since Il-dong came up with a decent idea at the right time, I nodded and asked Yi-dong and Sam-dong.

“I think it sounds good, but what do you guys think?”

Then,

“I agree, Older Brother. We’re guys who have gathered together because we trust you, big brother. Dawn Heaven Sect. It’s perfect, perfect!”

“Hehe. It’s good to have a name, whatever it is. So now I’m officially the 3rd in command of the Dawn Heaven Sect, and Kang Sam-dong, who corresponds to the 3rd seat? Keke!”

Yi-dong also had a positive reaction in his own way, and Sam-dong seemed delighted enough to be excited.

I clapped my hands and got up from my seat.

“Then now, with this, we have become members of the Dawn Heaven Sect. I am naturally the first Sect Leader of the Dawn Heaven Sect, and you guys can decide on your own rankings and positions.”

“So-cheon Older Brother! Then I’ll be the Vice Sect Leader!”

“I think I’d like to be the Chief Elder!”

“No, these Older Brothers? If you take the Sect Leader, Vice Sect Leader, and Chief Elder positions, what am I supposed to do? I’m the one who’s actually going to fight Boar, the boss.”

They’re really going crazy, they’re really going crazy.

I wonder if I can raise a sect well with these guys……

Anyway, life is about going for it, even if you can’t have everything, so I have no choice but to try.

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As expected, as soon as the rumor spread that Sam-dong and Boar, the boss, were going to have a showdown, the area in front of the Lotus Pavilion was packed with people, as if all the merchants in the marketplace, as well as the residents of Chang’an, had come out.

“I…… It was real?”

“The Green Gang guys have really been beaten to a pulp?”

“Oh my…… Those bounty hunters have really done it this time. But, weren’t those Kang Il-dong, Kang Yi-dong, and Kang Sam-dong brothers part of the Green Gang in the past? What a change of times.”

People murmured to each other.

Those among them who had been tormented by the Green Gang would truly rejoice at their downfall, and those who had benefited from the Green Gang’s misdeeds would be quite disappointed.

But no matter what the people’s reactions are……

I’m just like that.

Anyway, the reason I cleaned up the Green Gang was for my and the Dongdong brothers’ benefit, and I didn’t care about the public good from the beginning.

So am I a bad guy?

That’s not it either.

After living life twice, I realized that purpose or motivation isn’t important.

The world is concluded only by results, and if what I and the Dongdong brothers did for personal gain ultimately guarantees the ‘public good’, then we become ‘good people’.

Therefore, the ‘Dawn Heaven Sect’ is a good sect.

“Now! As you all know, from now on, there will be a spar between Boar, the former boss of the Green Gang, and the current manager of the Lotus Pavilion, the 3rd Commander of the Dawn Heaven Sect, and I, Kang Sam-dong, who will dedicate my life to the order of Chang’an.”

……

What is he saying now?

For a moment, I doubted my ears, and Il-dong and Yi-dong’s faces were burning red with shame.

Even the Green Gang members who were dragged out tied up and the residents of Chang’an looked bewildered, but the most dumbfounded person was Boar, the boss, who was going to have a duel with Sam-dong.

“You’re really crazy. What the h*ll are you talking about?”

Boar snorted and sneered at Sam-dong.

Well, he was unconscious all day when we fought, so he wouldn’t know Sam-dong’s current skills.

If he knew, he wouldn’t react like that.

“This, this d*mn……”

At that moment.

Just as Sam-dong was about to hurl curses at Boar, I sent him a telepathic message.

『Control yourself, Sam-dong. You’re not the ruffian Sam-dong of yesterday, but a member of the Dawn Heaven Sect. At least in front of the residents of Chang’an, you need to be composed.』

『Ah…… You’re right, Older Brother.』

『So take out your frustration with your fists after the spar begins. Don’t act like a fool with your tongue.』

『Yes!』

Sam-dong, who heard my telepathic message, slightly rolled his shoulders and prepared for the fight.

Then, Boar, who still seemed to find Sam-dong funny, said with a sneer,

“Kang Sam-dong. I may have been defeated by that Jin guy and lost everything, but I’m going to take your life before I d*e, you b*stard.”

And Sam-dong’s response to this……

It was truly a masterpiece.

“Hahaha! Look at this. Aren’t you being too harsh? I’m going to severely punish your vicious heart and set an example for the people of Chang’an. It’s not me, but you who should be prepared.”

“……???”

I’m fine with it, but.

For a moment, Il-dong couldn’t stand to hear his youngest brother’s nonsense any longer and was about to clench his fist and strike his head……

Fortunately, I intervened in time and stopped Il-dong.

“Il-dong, calm down.”

“H, Older Brother…… Isn’t that b*stard completely crazy?”

“It’s common for someone who has lived without anything to go crazy for a while when they get money. He’s probably lived his whole life as a third-rate neighborhood gangster and is now becoming a martial artist, so let it be.”

“Hoo…… Alright.”

“And Il-dong.”

“Yes.”

“You’re not that normal either. From my perspective, you, Yi-dong, and Sam-dong are all the same, so don’t act like you’re the only sane one. It’s disgusting.”

“……?!”

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As soon as the duel began, Sam-dong led the fight as I instructed.

The attribute of the Nature Meridian inherent in Sam-dong’s body is the fire attribute.

The fire attribute mass excels at instantaneous internal energy explosions and has the advantage of being easily influenced by the mind and manifesting quickly.

‘Physical Combat’ is the most efficient way for Sam-dong to attack.

Kwaaaaaang━!

Sam-dong charged like a boar that had been hit with a firecracker and rammed into Boar, the boss.

It was funny to see a boar hitting another boar, but that’s from the spectator’s point of view, and Boar, the boss, who was being hit, must have been horrified.

Kooong━.

Boar, who was hit by Sam-dong’s physical combat, couldn’t withstand the pressure and was thrown more than a foot into the air before falling nearly two feet away and crashing to the ground.

At the same time, the residents of Chang’an let out exclamations of admiration, and the Green Gang members closed their eyes with grim expressions.

“Ugh……”

Boar, bleeding from the corner of his mouth, struggled to get up.

He must be bewildered too.

Why wouldn’t he be?

He has a physique that can’t be described as anything less than massive.

It’s not like a soft domestic pig, but rather a solid physique that reminds one of a wild boar, so he probably never imagined he would be thrown away like a fallen leaf in hand-to-hand combat, right?

However, this is the absolute difference between those who use internal energy and those who don’t, so it’s hard to overcome.

Of course, if you’re an experienced fighter, you can use techniques to compensate for your lack of internal energy and turn the fight around, but a mere gangster boss wouldn’t be able to do that.

“Now you understand? I’m not the Kang Sam-dong of the past.”

Sam-dong imitated my Fast Whale Steps and dashed forward, closing the distance with Boar.

I taught him the Fast Whale Steps, but it’s a complex movement technique with intricate steps, so Sam-dong’s attempt was nothing more than mimicking the movements.

But that was enough.

Sam-dong, who had closed the distance of two feet in an instant, then struck Boar’s jaw with his fist as big as a cauldron lid.

Kwang!

“Ugh!”

Sam-dong’s fist landed squarely.

However, Boar, who I thought would be turned into a b*oody mess, counterattacked as soon as he was hit. Now I think I understand how Boar became the boss.

‘He’s a natural-born fighter too.’

When I judge a fighter, I first look at their ‘fighting spirit’.

Skeleton, strength, agility, flexibility are also important, but in reality, a fight starts with fighting spirit and ends with fighting spirit.

In that respect, Boar’s fighting spirit, which allowed him to immediately reach out after being hit by Sam-dong’s monstrous cauldron-lid punch, was worth watching.

But……

Such fighting spirit only works when you can compete to some extent.

“You b*stard?”

Sam-dong grabbed Boar’s collar, who had thrown a left-handed punch in the air, and pulled him inward in a circular motion.

Then, Boar’s massive body was pulled towards Sam-dong,

“Huh?”

In that instant, Sam-dong tripped Boar’s outer leg and slammed him to the left side of the ground.

Kooong━

“Keke. Boar. This is Standing Grappling. Well, how would a third-rate thug like you know?”

“……”

With this blow, the fight between Sam-dong and Boar completely turned around.

Standing Grappling.

This is the technique I’ve been training the Dongdong brothers in for the past few months.

The concept of grappling itself is vague, so even those who are members of prestigious righteous sects, not just third-rate thugs like Boar, don’t really know it.

Especially those who aim for the righteous path, the Baekdo people, only focus on striking in unarmed combat, so they can’t help but be ignorant of ‘grappling’, which involves clinging to the opponent’s body, breaking, choking, and crushing them.

Come to think of it, I taught the Dongdong brothers all the good stuff.

Well, they’re still clumsy, so they’re likely to get beaten to death if they meet someone strong, but I can say they’re doing a good job of imitating for what they’ve learned in a short period of time.

“Wh, what are you doing?”

At that moment.

Sam-dong’s next move, after completely slamming Boar to the ground, was beyond my expectations.

Even I was surprised, so how much more surprised must Boar be?

“Boar b*stard. I’m going to break every single joint in your body today!”

Sam-dong threw himself at Boar, who was lying on the ground, and pinned him down, then immediately put Boar’s arm between his legs, lifted his spine, and lay down on the ground.

‘He’s going to use the arm-bar, I see.’

The ‘arm-bar’ is the most effective technique among my grappling techniques for breaking an opponent’s arm, but honestly, in this situation, it was close to a waste of effort.

Sam-dong was standing, and Boar was sprawled on the ground, so if I were Sam-dong, I wouldn’t bother lying down and using grappling. I would either stomp on his face with my feet, kick his balls, or crush his bones with a Thousand-Pound Fall while stepping on his hip joint.

Well, it’s up to the fighter, so I can’t say anything about it, but anyway, since he’s using that technique,

“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaa!”

The match was decided.

“Hey, you b*stard. Does it hurt? Of course it hurts, you b*stard. Tsk tsk.”

Sam-dong, holding Boar’s arm, leaned back further and smiled triumphantly.

It was probably his first time using grappling in a real fight, so he must have felt a strange sense of accomplishment.

“Let go! Let go, you b*stard!”

Boar’s screams echoed.

Then, the expressions of the onlookers changed variously. The owners, employees, and innocent people who had been exploited by the Green Gang for more than ten years mostly looked like they were going to d*e of joy, and the Green Gang members clearly showed their despair with their facial muscles, as if saying, ‘It’s over now.’

“Sam-dong.”

At that moment, I called out to Sam-dong, who was gleefully crushing Boar’s ligaments and arm.

“So-cheon Older Brother! Don’t stop me. A villain like this needs to be punished thoroughly without regret……”

“Stop.”

“Yes?”

“Break his legs too.”

“Ah……”

“While you’re at it, break both his arms and legs, and maybe a couple of ribs too. If he dies, it’s his fate, so don’t worry about it.”

“Yes……”

“And.”

“Yes?”

I answered Sam-dong’s question with a telepathic message.

『From now on, when there are a lot of people like this, call me Sect Leader instead of Older Brother. We’re already from a bounty hunter background, so we need to be careful about changing people’s perceptions.』

『Ah…… Right, Older Brother.』

『Since you’re calling me Sect Leader.』

『Ah! Yes, Sect Leader.』

『Good. Concentrate on what you’re doing and do it thoroughly.』

『……???』

『I’m telling you to cripple the Boar b*stard.』

『You’re ruthless, Sect Leader.』

『You’re more.』

『Older Brother is more.』

『I told you to call me Sect Leader. Did you forget already?』

『……』