THE CURSED ONE - THE BOY WHO CHALLENGE DESTINY

Tiger Claw Super Formation

"You arrogant bastard, do you think that with your ability, you can beat us all? Don't you see how many of us are here? I'll crush you to pieces." Baotan answered Princess Imma's challenge, he felt angry because he was belittled by the woman in front of him.

"Today, you will learn that numbers are not what matters most in a battle." Princess Imma replied she feel confident that she would be able to overcome Baotan and his troops.

Baotan, who was already furious, doesn't waste time and immediately gave a code to his men to attack Princess Imma and Munjim who were still in the area. More than 30 guards of the Tiger Claw sect's surrounded Princess Imma and Munjim, they were using a special formation that belongs to the Tiger Claw sect, the Lion Siege formation.

"Only your corpses can get out of this Lion Siege Formation, you won't be able to come out alive." Baotan feels like he has the upper hand, he was sure that their Lion Siege formation that made by a lot of people would not be able to be penetrated easily even if the opponent was a high-level swordsman.

"Be careful, Boss, that woman is very skilled, and her inner strength is extraordinary, she is the one you need to watch out for the most," Yong The Butcher who was standing beside Baotan warned his master to be careful with Princess Imma's extraordinary strength and he had already felt it firsthand.

"Calm down, this formation is not just any ordinary formation, no one ever come out of this Tiger Claw sect's pridefully formation unharmed, after all, the main show hasn't started yet." Baotan is still confident in his sect's formation.

More than thirty peoples that armed with swords continue to actively move around Princess Imma and Munjim, at first glance, their movements seem random, but in fact, they move with a regular rhythm and change in their formation. Every position left by one person will be filled by others in many layers of defense and attack. This was the thing that made this formation special and so difficult for anyone to escape from inside.

Princess Imma continued to observe the movements of the people who surrounded them, there was absolutely no visible opening in the formation that they had made, inevitably Princess Imma had to admit that she underestimated the abilities of these people a little bit.

"Mr. Munjim, they will start attacking, I feel if this will be a little difficult, we have to try to hold on until Mr. Hyung Jae and Munlim come back here and give us an opening to get out of the encirclement of this formation." Puteri Imma wants Munjim to prepare for an all-out fight.

"I will risk my life for you, my Princess," Munjim replied with full determination. Since he passed the tribe's exam to become the princess's personal bodyguard, he was ready to sacrifice his body and soul to protect Princess Imma.

"Save your life for later, Mr. Munjim, there are still many great adventures that we will go through, we still have to find the killer of our brothers, you must not die before our revenge is avenged." Princess Imma said this to make Munjim fight as hard as he could in this battle of life and death.

"Yes, my Princess, I will fight as you wish, with all my might." Munjim understood his Master's wishes with burning determination.

The guards of the Tiger Claw sect began to attack them fiercely from various directions, Munjim looked very overwhelmed by their attacks, several times he exposed gaps and almost got hit in a fatal area, but Princess Imma closed the gaps in Munjim's defense very well while she defending herself.

The sound of repeated swords clinking made the atmosphere of the forest, which was usually crowded with the sounds of small critters, is now changing to the fullest by the fierce and riot sound of that extraordinary battle, the battle of life and death.

Hyung Jae who managed to go far from the battle area put down Jin that he was carrying and asked Jin to stay hidden until he came back, "Jin, you stay here, hide as long as possible because there might still be reinforcements from the Tiger Claw sect coming here, right now I can't protect you because I will help Miss Imma, do you understand?! " Hyung Jae said while holding the shoulders of Jin who looked at him with serious mimic.

Jin nodded in understanding, "Be careful, Big Brother." Jin said it sincerely from his heart, he worrying about Hyung Jae and Princess Imma's safety. 

Jin didn't want to be a burden to Hyung Jae and Princess Imma, but circumstances forced him to do it because he wanted to save Youra. A feeling of guilt strictly through his heart because he plunged Hyung Jae and Princess Imma into a battle that shouldn't be their problem. This regret in his heart further strengthens his determination to be able to recover from the Curse of the Black Devil so that his body can learn martial arts and inner strength so that he will no longer be a burden to Hyung Jae, Princess Imma, Youra, or anyone else, and he will be able to achieve his ultimate desire to avenge Hyul and Mandook's family that makes Jung Kook died.

Meanwhile, Hyung Jae, who has succeeded in bringing Jin to a safe place, runs as fast as he can, he must rush to Princess Imma's place because he believes that currently Baotan and his bodyguards are attacking Princess Imma and Munjim with all-out force. Right now, every second was precious to him.

Elsewhere, Munlim had also succeeded in taking Youra far away from the battle scene. He asked the little lady to hide as long as possible because she was not at all safe from the kidnappers. Without many words, Munlim immediately runs away to return to the place where Princess Imma and Munjim stayed. He was very worried about the safety of the Princess and her siblings.

Youra did not deny Munlim's request at all and could only see Munlim running quickly towards the cave where he had been hiding earlier. In his heart, Youra is very grateful to Munlim and his friends because these people that she did not know, wanted to risk their lives to save her. Youra didn't have the chance to ask Munlim about who they actually are because the time and conditions still did not allow them to have a long conversation.

Returning to the battlefield of Princess Imma and the Baotan group, the battle was getting fierce, Munjim's body had been grazed several times by the sword from his opponents, the formation movements that changed so quickly made it difficult for Munjim to withstand and block all of their attacks. Different conditions happened to Princess Imma, she could still withstand all the attacks that were directed at her without being hurt at all, even many times she had to close Munjim's gaps to protect him. This condition makes Munjim felt that he only was a burden for Princess Imma. Munjim has a desire to sacrifice himself so that Princess Imma would not be burdened anymore by his presence and she might even escape from the siege of this terrible formation, but his heart prevented from doing so because the Princess's hopes for him were very obviously, to endure as hard as he can, and that is also why Princess Imma has to close the gaps in Munjim's movements and tries to protect him.

Amidst the onslaught of the people from the Tiger Claw Sect, Princess Imma not only survived, but she also continued to try several ways to destroy this formation from within. Princess Imma had tried to muster up her inner strength with every swing of her sword, just as she did against Yong The Butcher, but it still failed to destroy the formation because every time their assailants were overwhelmed by the swing of her sword and knocked them out of position, someone else would quickly fill the void, and the person who was out of position immediately readjusted to the movements of his friends inside the formation. The same thing always happened after several times she had tried to attack that way. Princess Imma stopped trying to attack in that way again because it would only waste her inner strength.

Princess Imma and Munjim had no desire to surrender, the Princess thought of destroying the formation by stopping their movements with a burst of energy, but to do that, Princess Imma needed a moment to gather her inner strength and it was very difficult to do in the midst of incessant attacks From this formation, she could even say that it would be impossible to attack them in such a manner as it would also cause Munjim who was nearby to be injured.

Princess Imma is running out of ideas, the situation would be easier if only she was alone confined in that formation without Munjim. Princess Imma firmly believed that she could get out of the formation with her speed and strength, but right now that was also impossible because leaving Munjim alone in the formation would be the same as killing him. 

"Looks like it's impossible to get out of this formation without causing Munjim not to get injured, even if I can get out of here, there are still strong people to deal with, is there no other way except to sacrifice Munjim?" Princess Imma thinks in her head, she still hesitates to sacrifice her men even though she believes that Munjim is ready to sacrifice his life in this fight.

Baotan watched the progress of the battle with satisfaction, "How is it, Yong? This formation is very powerful, right?" Baotan asked Yong The Butcher's opinion confidently, "moreover, the main attack of this formation is just about to begin." Baotan continued to explain.

"You're right, Boss, this formation is extraordinary." Yong The Butcher admitted that the formation made by the Tiger Claw people was very difficult to penetrate from the inside, he never imagined that someone as strong as Princess Imma could be suppressed by the formations made by fighters whose abilities were far below him. But Yong knew that the reason she couldn't come out from inside the formation was that she can't leave the man beside him.

"You see, the main show of this formation is about to begin, it seems we don't have to step in to eradicate them." Baotan again said confidently after seeing his men prepare to launch out the main attack on Princess Imma and Munjim who were in the middle of the siege of the Lion Siege formation.

In another place, Youra was hiding under a large tree that was enough to cover several adults who were hiding behind it, still in the place where Munlim had left her earlier. She was waiting anxiously for the outcome of the battle, she really worried about the safety of her helpers. Youra remembered her reckless actions around two days ago that allowed the kidnappers to catch her.

It all starts about two days ago when Youra heard the news of Jung Kook's death who was attacked by a g**g of robbers in Baika Forest, she was very surprised to hear the news and she only got the information about Jung Kook's death a few days after Jung Kook was buried. This because of his parents, Ja Som Fa and Youha, guarding her very tightly inside their home due to her being the subject of discussion of all members of the Golden Flame sect after defending Jin who was accused of being a thief few days ago. Her father, who is the head of the Golden Flame Sect, had to temporarily limit her movements until the uproar within the sect disappeared, another reason why Ja Som Fa was keeping her daughter very tight is that the threat of someone who wants to kidnap his one and only daughter was still there.

Even though he was closely guarded in her house, with his ingenuity he managed to trick his mother and his guards and sneaking out of his house to find exact information in the Food Warehouse where Jung Kook's former subordinates were. It was from them that she knows that the place where Jung Kook was buried was in the Sinmu City public cemetery, and that day she decided to sneak out of the sect area to go to Jung Kook's burial place even though he had to walk all the way to Sinmu City.

It was at Jung Kook's burial site that the kidnappers took her away. They seemed to have predicted that she would visit Jung Kook's grave alone because she knew that the person who drugged her was the same person that she saw sweeping the deserted grave area. When she woke up she found herself awoke in a stilts house with her hands and feet tied, she screamed so loud that someone with a large machete asked his men to sedate her again. Falling asleep under the influence of drugs for the second time made her sleep longer, and when she woke up she was already in the cave with Mr. Munlim, at first he thought Munlim was in the same group as the kidnappers, but when Munlim explained briefly she believed that Munlim was not a bad person because Munlim untied all of his hands and feet, even Munlim helps to find foods and drinks for her.

Remembering all of that made Youra feel regretful, she felt guilty because it was her selfishness that made everyone in big trouble. Youra who still regretting her actions suddenly felt that there was something strange about the kidnappers, how did the kidnappers know that she would sneak up to have condolences in front of Jung Kook's grave? As far as she remembered, only people in the sect that knew about his relationship with Jung Kook and during the first attempted k********g case she already felt a strange thing because it was the second time she left the sect environment alone, and she had never told anyone about her plan, but the kidnappers could act in the right time when she was out alone without any significant escort.

Youra finally understands that someone inside the sect was the real Kidnapper, and she promised to herself and to Jung Kook who has died that she will find who the impostor was.