Chapter 54: Dispatch-4
Frustrated that he couldn’t pursue the enemies due to Seonwoojin’s insistence, Manjongim frowned and asked him.
“Why tell us not to pursue?!”
Earlier, Seonwoojin had anticipated that those from Maeng would try to block their path, and had demanded that Manjongim follow his orders if that prediction proved correct.
Moreover, Seonwoojin had anticipated this ambush as well and warned Manjongim.
Given that it was Seonwoo Jin speaking, Man Jong-im now found herself unable to simply ignore his words.
But he couldn’t help feeling resentful.
Glaring at the attackers who had vanished in an instant, Man Jong-im shouted in frustration.
“If you let those bastards go now, they’ll come back next time in even greater numbers! Don’t you understand that?!”
At Manjong-im’s fierce shout, Seonwoo-jin merely smiled faintly and nodded obediently.
“Yes, that’s right. The Lord’s words are correct.”
Surprised by the ease of his agreement, Man Jong-im pressed further.
“What? What did you say? But why let them…?”
“If we pursue them immediately, won’t they flee farther? Now they’ll think we’re not chasing them, so they’ll stop soon enough.”
“…What?”
Manjong-im’s expression twisted.
I couldn’t understand what the hell he was talking about.
We’d already lost sight of them. What good would it do if they stopped right away somewhere out of sight?
But Seon Woo-jin, seemingly uninterested in resolving that confusion, still smiled as he looked around at the people nearby and said.
