“Gods, this is brutal,” Yu Jeong-san groaned, his voice ragged with exertion.
The path leading up to Mount Wol was so steep that even the villagers who lived in its shadow rarely dared the climb. Fortunately, they had escorts to guide them, but for an ordinary man, it was a harrowing ordeal. The fact that this was their second ascent in less than a week taxed his body and his spirit.
“Ugh.”
“Keep your strength up, Owner Yu!”
“I’m trying!” Yu
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