step 09

Ryu Hee-gyeom thought it was just a ritual blessing from the Neungha tribe. Worrying about their future for the western grasslands with their men, they soon forgot.

However, the celebration of the lady was true.

He revived five times, and this was his sixth and final life. There were no more opportunities left. Fear rose to the tip of my head when I thought it was the last time.

Ryu Hee-gyeom clenched his trembling hand with nervousness. The last five lives were not long-lived, and what was to come was uncertain.

I was careful about everything like walking on thin ice, but somehow many things got twisted. There was no life left, but there was no place to go back. After losing one of his men, there is only one left. Indeed, this was the last time.

There was a sense of hopelessness in sight, but Ryu Hee-gyeom clenched his teeth and held on. It's too early to give up.

The raft, which was slowly moving forward, stopped a little away from where Hwajin-guk's military ships were anchored. There was a campsite for the Hwajin-guk army. Most of the troops, with the exception of the minimum number of people guarding the ship, were staying in a camp on the lake's coast.

On the lake, which was located moderately away from the campsite, there was a building where the general commander of Hwajin-guk stayed. It was originally a villa for aristocrats, but it was rented for this battle.

In Hwajin-guk, King Suk, the 19th emperor, was sent as a nominal commander. The emperor had no military authority, but the fact that he participated as a nominal commander in a large war between the countries meant that the emperor's trust was so great and important.