THE CURSED ONE - THE BOY WHO CHALLENGE DESTINY

Knowing the Truth

Munlim tried his best to survive the attack of the 6 people, his mind was unfocused because of thinking about the safety of Princess Imma and Munjim that made him nearly hit by fatal attacks several times. As soon as he regained his focus, he realized that he can't go to Princess Imma's place immediately without defeating all of them this time in this place. He also must not let them pass because they will find out where Youra is.

Munlim desperately tries to hold all of them in this place so that they could not pass to chase Youra, but, no matter how hard he tried, fighting 6 high-skilled people was not an easy thing, 2 of his opponents managed to escape and went to the direction where Youra was hiding. Munlim could not pursue those 2 men because he was still fighting with 4 other people, at this time he only hoped that Youra would obey his orders and continue to hide so that she won't get caught by them, if she was caught, their hard struggle would be futile.

Meantime at Jin's hideout, he plans to go and looking for Youra. He knew where Youra possibly was because he had seen that Youra and Munlim were running to the east area while he and Hyung Jae run to the south. After back and forth, Jin finally made up his mind to walk to the east toward Youra direction. Even though he didn't know where Youra exactly was, but he estimated that there is a big chance that he will meet Youra if he keeps walking towards the east area of this forest, and if he can't find her, he planned to comes back to this place.

Jin does not want himself to be a burden without doing any helps in this fight, he knew if the one that was being targeted was Youra, not him, so it is not possible for people from the Tiger Claw sect would send pursuers to look for him, most likely it was Youra they would be looking for, therefore Jin wanted to help Youra, besides, he is the one who knows that Kim Yong has betrayed Golden Flame sect, he must warn Youra. 

Jin gets out of his hiding place after he carefully observes the surroundings and sure enough that there was no other human other than himself. He walked as fast as he could while leaving traces in the trees he was passing through with sharp stones, he does that to makes him able to return to his hiding place if he got lost in the woods.

After walking for a while, in a long-distance away in front of him, Jin saw someone else running quickly between trees towards the east area. Jin immediately hid behind a large tree as he continued to observe the person's movements, and after close enough he can identify that person turned out to be Master Kim Yong of the Golden Flame.

"This is bad! That was Master Kim Yong, Youra probably doesn't know if that person was the mastermind behind her k********g. If Youra meets him, he will be taken away easily by Master Kim Yong." Jin said to himself.

Master Kim Yong passed without noticing the existence of Jin who was hiding behind a thick tree, his mind was too much focused on finding Youra that makes him not too aware of the surroundings. When Jin feels if Master Kim Yong has run far enough from him, he immediately ran in the same direction, toward the east. He knows of Master Kim Yong's speed is unmatched by his, he only able to hope that he could find Youra first and warn Youra about Master Kim Yong's involvement.

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In another place, the young lady that becomes the main source of this commotion, Youra, still hiding safely according to Munlim's request. She hides on top of a big tree that has thick leaves so she can observe a large area. As the time getting late afternoon, her worries about the safety of his rescuers have increased because there are no signs of Munlim's return. Youra doesn't want to be quiet while other people put their lives on the line for her, she decided to wait for a while before she goes to look for and help their fight, she confident enough that she can take down one or two opponents with her fighting skills.

In her worries, from a far distance, she suddenly saw the arrival of two people towards her hideout. The distance and the thick of the trees made it difficult for her to identify who the two people were. She keeps hiding until they close enough, Youra hopes those men were his rescuers but if they were the enemies then she will keep hiding.

Youra's heart immediately pounded when he saw the two people wearing the same uniform as the kidnappers who she saw in front of the cave earlier, Youra jumped down very slowly to avoid any noise and hid behind the big tree. His heart continued to beat rapidly when those two men were very close to her position, Youra peeked at them from the small gap in the tree, those two people were seen looking for traces around the surroundings, one of them looked very good at finding traces. Youra suddenly realizes something after seeing the two enemies that made to reach her hideout, her heart beating rapidly faster and faster as she is afraid if all of her rescuers had been defeated by the enemy.

In her worries, Youra tries to remain calm and not make any sound because the two of them are so close, she thought that those men manage to get so close to her because they are following the trail that left by herself and Munlim. Youra peeks again and sees that the two people stopping right in front of the big tree where Youra hiding, They Seem to watch the surrounding conditions carefully for a few moments. At a glance, one of the pursuers' eyes looks at the hole where Youra peeking, this made Youra immediately lowing down her head and have to hold her breath so that her existence will not be caught by them. After waiting for a moment, she dared to peek again through the same hole and see the pursuer walks again in the right direction away from where Youra was hiding, she felt very relieved to have managed to escape from them.

"Wait a minute, aren't there two of them? Why did I only see one person? Where was the other person? Did he run first?" Youra asked in his heart without daring to peek or to look around.

"Finally, I found you." Minglan Said.

Hearing a sudden sound from above her head made Youra startled half to death. Before she could run, that man jumped in front of him and closed his running path.

"I FOUND HER!!! HURRY UP, COME HERE, HAN..." Minglan called his friend, Han, who was looking to the east.

"Luckily I am an expert at finding traces, it looks like you guys are too panicked and leave traces that are too clear, I followed your footsteps and the tracks disappeared near this tree, I saw that there were many visible tracks under this tree, and I guessing if you were hiding around here and my guess was right, and I found you," Minglan told Youra how he could find Youra who was hiding. "You better surrender, young lady, I do not want to fight, please don't make things difficult for us, we are just doing our work and I also don't want you to get hurt." Minglan persuaded Youra to come with them without a fight so as not to complicate their task.

Youra did not answer, he chose to attack the man with the moves she has mastered, Youra lunges and kicks with a jump towards Minglan's chest. Minglan underestimates Youra's ability, he is unprepared for the attack and only withstands the kick with his one hand because he feels that he will be able to withstand a young girl's kick easily. Unfortunately, Youra was no ordinary girl, her kicks were full of energy, numbed Minglan's hands, and make him pushed back a few steps.

"Damn, this girl kicks so hard, I underestimated her. I forget if she is the son of the Golden Flame Leader." Minglan grunted in his mind, he realized his folly for underestimating Youra.

Seeing Minglan pushed back, Youra immediately attacked again with a similar kick, and this time Minglan manage to avoid the attack. Minglan's ability also couldn't be underestimated, he was able to dodge every Youra's attacks. Youra's movements are very fast and flexible, she has a lot of energy more than a normal kid in their age, and what surprises Minglan, even more, is that the moves which Youra uses are high-level moves even though it still looks imperfect.

Youra continued to corner Minglan who didn't use his weapon, they fought barehanded.

"Damn, this child's attacking blindly, if I use all my strength and make her injured, I can be killed by Mr. Baotan." Minglan feels in a dilemmatic position, on the one hand, he wants to capture Youra without getting hurt but on the other hand, Youra is not an easy opponent to beat. Minglan hoped that Han would come soon enough so that they can take her down without causing her to get hurt.

Han, Minglan's partner whom he had been waiting for, finally arrived at the place where Minglan and Youra were fighting. Seeing his partner cornered, he immediately helped him and attacked Youra. They put aside the shame of ganging up on a girl to catch her unharmed.

The fight turned around, Youra inexperience and strength were pushed easily by the combination of the two adults, she could only dodge and defend.

"I'm no longer able to withstand the attacks of the two of them, will I be caught again? Is there no any other way?" Youra murmured to himself, she was feeling hopeless.

Suddenly, a figure with a hoody robe moved towards them and helped Youra to attack Minglan and Han. This man's attack resulting Minglan and Han took a few steps back from Youra, while the cloaked figure stood right in front of Youra as if protecting her.

"Are you okay?" Master Kim Yong asked Youra who looked exhausted.

Youra immediately recognized the person who was in front of her from his voice, "Uncle Kim Yong? How did you get here?" Youra is shocked to see that Kim Yong, his mother's younger brother, is in here, a place that is very far from the Golden Flame sect.

Minglan and Han realized that the man who wears the robe was Master Kim Yong of the Golden Flame, a colleague of his boss, Baotan.

Minglan was about to give his greetings after seeing the person he knew was here, he thought that with the arrival of Master Kim Yong, it would be easier to catch Youra.

"Greetings, Mas ..." Minglan unable to finish his words because a small knife flew very fast and pierced his head, the knife was thrown by Kim Yong because he did not want Youra to know his involvement with the kidnapper's group.

Minglan fell to the ground in no time and died instantly, Han was shocked beyond anything, he was unable to see the knife's attack, it was too fast for his eyes, but he knew that it was Master Kim Yong who throws it, a person that he thinks on his side.

"Wh ... Why, Mr..." Just as Han started to speak, another knife pierced his forehead which killed him instantly, Han was hit by the same attack as Minglan.

Youra was very surprised to see his uncle kill those two people without further ado, he felt strange about his uncle's actions as if his uncle was a different person from the one he had known so far.

"Uncle ... What are you doing? Why did you kill both of them?" Youra felt that killing the two people was too much because Youra understood that the two people were only carrying out the orders of their leader.

"They dare to attack you, there's no mercy for someone who does something like that." Master Kim Yong tried to come up with an excuse that seemed reasonable, he didn't want Youra to be suspicious of him.

Youra keeps protesting his uncle's actions, "But, you don't have to kill them, it's enough to just paralyze them." There was a feeling of sadness to see the death of two people before her eyes. Youra has never experienced a real battle, this is the first time he has fought a real enemy and also the first time he has seen death in person, closely, that's why his emotions are shaken.

"Calm down, Youra, the important thing is you are safe, let's leave this place." Kim Yong didn't want to prolong the conversation about those two people's deaths, he immediately distracted Youra's mind.

Youra obeyed his uncle's invitation, the two of them immediately left that place and let the bodies of the two poor people without doing any burial. Youra still doesn't know that Kim Yong, who is next to her, is the main actor who planned to kidnap her.

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Meanwhile, in other places, the battle conditions had changed. Princess Imma and Hyung Jae now have the upper hand after the main army of Baotan have been defeated. Princess Imma moved closer to Munjim who was seriously injured, the princess took out a small bottle of the medicine container and took out a pill from it, and gave it to Munjim to help him speed up his recovery.

Munjim who knew about the rarity and privilege of the pill immediately refused Princess Imma's gift, "Princess, that pill is only reserved for our tribal leaders, I don't dare to accept such an honor, I'm sorry I have to refuse your gift." Munjim tried to refuse with the best possible words so that Princess Imma would not feel offended.

"You have to accept this, your internal injuries are quite severe, you can lose your life. After all, this fight is not over yet, I won't be able to protect you, you have to be able to stand up and leave this place immediately, without the help of these pills you won't be able to do it at this time. I, the leader of the Southern Desert Tribe, will be responsible for this. " Princess Imma forces Munjim to accept it.

"But, Princess, it is a Dragon Blood Pill that is thousands of years old, no one else able to make it again, such a precious pill is only for saving the life of the chief, not an ordinary person like me." Munjim is still adamant about his stance, he doesn't want to accept the Pill because he knows that his life is not worth the value of the medicine.

Princess Imma lost her temper, she knew that right now they were still in the middle of a battle, no time to talk about insignificant things like this because the enemy could attack at any time. Princess Imma with the speed of her hand-poked Munjim's blood flow and made Munjim's body unable to move, then the princess opened Munjim's mouth and put the Dragon Blood pill into Munjim's mouth, she then put his palm in Munjim's mouth and pushed the pill inside Munjim' throat and stomach with her inner strength. After the pill entered Munjim's body, Princess Imma released the blood acupressure on Munjim which made him able to move again. Princess Imma was forced to do this because Munjim's refusal could put them in dangerous conditions.

Hyung Jae is very surprised to hear the name of Dragon Blood Pill, according to his Master, there is a medicine that can heal all kinds of internal and external wounds, even the d**g is said to be able to heal people who are near death, the name of the medicine is Dragon Blood Pill. But according to his teacher, Dragon Blood Pill is just a myth that cannot be verified its existence because the pill is no longer available in this world and no one can make it.

Munjim's body that had swallowed the Dragon Blood Pill suddenly shook violently, he forced himself to sit cross-legged and tried to control the flow of his internal power, his body stopped shaking but then releasing steam from all over his pores. Everyone was stunned to see this rare event, including Princess Imma, who saw someone taking this pill for the first time because she had never faced a condition that required her to take this pill for the first time. Baotan and the other 3 people were also stunned to see the incident, they were even willing to wait and didn't carry out any attack just to see the effect of that legendary Dragon Blood Pill.