Chronicles of the Demon Faction - Chapter 898



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Side story 248. Civil war, civil war (8)

Bam! Bam!

“You fucking bitch! Die! Die!”

Taaaaaah! Slap!

“What the heck… … Uwaaaaaaaaa!!”

Heo Seong-gwan swung his whip violently, causing blood to spurt out.

Blood soaked the ground. The sticky blood had an unusual color. The fine mist rising up seemed to be corroding the ground rather than seeping into it.

The soldiers and crew members, except for the Milmajojang, retreated. They felt an unbearable poisonous aura from the blood that Heo Seong-gwan had vomited out.

The Milmajojang spoke cautiously.

“Your Majesty, please go to the Blood Soul Pavilion and receive treatment first… … .”

“Shut up!”

Heo Seong-gwan’s bloodshot eyes looked as if they would bleed out at any moment.

He swung his whip again.

WHACK! WHACK!

“You lowly bitch! You slutty bitch! How dare you pour poison on the sacred body of the Generalissimo?!”

Baek So-dam’s body, curled up on the floor, flinched every time the whip hit her.

It was a truly miserable sight. The normally perfectly equipped bow was torn to shreds by the whip and turned into a rag. The exposed shoulders, back, abdomen, and thighs were covered in red whip marks.

Considering Heo Seong-gwan’s power, it wouldn’t be strange if his flesh fell off. Right now, he was deliberately not using his internal energy. If he did, the opponent would die.

It was not something that could be killed like that. Heo Seong-gwan planned to see the end today.

Heo Seong-gwan clutched his chest after whipping it several times. He felt as if the world was going to end with the poison that was rising up in his throat.

“Your Majesty the General.”

“Coolook!”

Still, he regained some sense after being whipped a bit.

Heo Seong-gwan, who was coughing again and releasing toxic air, gave fierce instructions.

“Bring me a chair.”

“yes?”

“Bring me a chair!”

Milmajojang sighed inwardly. Even though he had regained his senses, he did not go to the Blood Soul Pavilion. It seemed like he was planning to end it here and now.

After a while, when one of the assistants brought a chair, Heo Seong-gwan sat Baek So-dam down himself and tied her arms and legs tightly with rope. He firmly secured her arms to the armrests and tied both her ankles together.

When he took his hand away, his head, which had not been fixed properly, drooped. His whole body was covered in blood, and he looked like a criminal, bound up, which was extremely pitiful.

A cruel smile appeared on Heo Seong-gwan’s face.

“Okay, I admit it.”

He bowed.

“I admit, you’re such a pervert.”

His face gradually became distorted as he grabbed Baek So-dam’s hand that was flushed red.

“Consider it an honor. Since I took office as General of the Army, I have never been more excited than I am today.”

“… … .”

“This won’t happen again. Do you know what I mean?”

“… … .”

“A lowly and ignorant woman like you has left an indelible mark on my life for the next fifty years.”

Boom!

Baek So-dam’s left hand was bent in a strange direction.

She flinched, but otherwise showed no other reaction.

Heo Seong-gwan grabbed her ring finger.

“I can’t forgive that. But you know? Even though I’m angry at myself for being in that state, I’m also impressed.”

Boom!

The ring finger was also twisted in a bizarre way.

Heo Seong-gwan’s hand catches the stop again.

“You’ve really grown up a lot, Baek So-dam. When I first met you, you were just a lowly slut who didn’t know anything. When I think about how fiercely that lowly and stupid bitch lived to get to where she is now, I can’t help but be amazed.”

Stop!

Baek So-dam’s shoulders trembled slightly. No matter how physically and mentally exhausted she was, the pain of her healthy fingers breaking one by one was difficult to bear.

Heo Seong-gwan, who had been quietly glaring at her, soon swung his fist.

Crunch!

Her left arm was broken along with the armrest.

“That’s why I can’t forgive you anymore.”

He grabbed Baek So-dam’s hair and lifted her up, then waved his palm.

Thud! Thud!

Every time he slapped her cheek, blood poured out of Baek So-dam’s mouth. The inside of her cheek became tattered in an instant.

“Our school is rotten to the core. The fact that we are accepting a beggarly woman with no background, personality, or ability shows how rotten our school has become. What’s more, she’s not a foreign worker, not a prostitute, but the head of the Hwanheewon? Is this even possible?”

The faces of several soldiers watching turned red. Most of the members of the military department were from poor families or orphans. Now, Heo Seong-gwan was cursing Baek So-dam and also cursing his own subordinates.

Heo Seong-gwan growled, unable to read the mood of the soldiers.

“After the current leader ascended to the throne, I tried to purify the sect. It was one of my long-held desires to eliminate all those with low blood, low family, low appearance, and low character.”

“… … .”

“The same goes for you, too. Honestly, if you hadn’t shown your teeth like this, I would have burned you in a spectacular manner as the final sacrifice of my purification. But, well… … .”

Heo Seong-gwan smiled faintly.

“This result isn’t bad either.”

Phew!

Baek So-dam’s head, which had been bent as if it was going to break, drooped again.

Heo Seong-gwan spat on her hair.

“You’re a bitch who’s worse than a dog. You succeeded, Baek So-dam. Since the General of the Army himself got his hands dirty, I won’t feel wronged even if I die.”

He looked around and shouted.

“Who would want to cook this bitch? Even if she’s a piece of trash, she was once the queen of Hwanheewon! That name alone makes her worth embracing!”

The soldiers’ faces turned pale. The commander-in-chief was now well over the line.

Even if he had just killed her, it would have been politically burdensome. But he had his subordinates rape her. It was an idea that no one in their right mind could have come up with.

Heo Seong-gwan’s face turned red and blue.

“These are some fucking idiots.”

“… … .”

“Do you know why I gathered you all together? It is because I felt that as a member of the military department, as the arms and legs of the military, it was necessary to awaken once again!”

That’s a lie. He was just drunk on his power and wanted to show everyone Baek So-dam’s miserable state.

The soldiers thought so, and indeed they were right. But no one dared say it out loud.

“It’s a world where if you’re strong in martial arts, you’ll be treated well. That’s how it’s always been in the world of martial arts. However, the ones who can rule over those strong warriors are people like us! How long are you going to live like that, acting like a fool!”

Heo Seong-gwan looked around at the soldiers.

They all bowed their heads. No one raised their head proudly.

Heo Seong-gwan was shocked.

“Are you saying that you have lived with such idiots as your subordinates all this time? There really must have been another reason why our school became a mess.”

That was when.

“Please kill me now.”

Behind the soldiers, a middle-aged man walked forward.

Heo Seong-gwan’s face was distorted horribly.

“What did you just say?”

Baek No-gak-ju Wen Qinqi sighed and said.

“Your Majesty, she is the Queen of Hwanhee.”

“so?”

“If you kill her now, everything that has happened so far will be for naught. Don’t you have the power to do that, Your Majesty?”

“… … .”

“But if we cross the line here… … then this story will definitely leak out.”

“What does that mean?”

Heo Seong-gwan openly showed his displeasure. Once he exploded, he did not hide his desires or personality.

“Who am I? I am the General of the Military! The most authoritative and powerful power group in the contemporary Shinto religion is the head of the Military Department! Who can bring me down? Who can criticize me?”

“Everyone can do it.”

“What?”

Moon Heum-gi sighed again and spoke with strength in his eyes.

“The leader is the god of our church, and we are all his servants.”

Heo Seong-gwan’s face slightly distorted. At this moment, when he had let out all the arrogance he had been suppressing, Moon Heum-gi’s words, asking if he was also someone’s servant, were extremely irritating.

But I couldn’t deny it. Even if they were my subordinates, if they didn’t admit this, things would get really bad.

“Not all paper is the same.”

“Yes, we have ranks and responsibilities.”

Moon Heum-gi shook his head.

“Power is responsibility. People with more power have more responsibilities.”

“What are you trying to say?”

“Your Majesty, the Commander-in-Chief, who holds the most power in our school, bears a heavier responsibility than anyone else. That is why… … .”

“… … .”

“You have to be calm. You have to be calm and collected.”

Heo Seong-gwan’s fist trembled.

Keep calm and collected.

It was a common saying, but I knew someone who had been repeating those words so loudly that it rang in my ears.

Keep a calm and collected eye on the situation. You may lack knowledge, but you must not lack wisdom. Even if it is slow, you can handle it, but if you rush, you cannot handle it, so do not let anything pass by carelessly… … .

These were the words of Hwang In-ak, who held the post of military commander before Heo Seong-gwan.

An unfortunate soldier who disappeared after the previous leader died and the new leader, Jajeonshinma Jo Baekcheon, took the throne.

He was Moon Heum-gi’s teacher and Heo Seong-gwan’s superior. No, he was the teacher and superior of everyone working in the military department.

And Heo Seong-gwan was one of the people he hated the most. Moon Heum-gi was just spitting out the words that such a person always had on his lips.

“I don’t know what happened between you two, but Baek Won-ju even used poison on her superior. If there is no good reason, it is a crime that deserves death. So, I think it would be best to kill her right now and settle the matter.”

Heo Seong-gwan, who had been glaring at Moon Heum-gi with menacing eyes, slowly smiled.

“You were quite friendly with this lowly bitch, weren’t you?”

“That’s right.”

Moon Heum-gi did not hide that fact.

“I guess you don’t want to see your friendship get ruined even more.”

“I’m saying this after observing the situation calmly, but honestly, I can’t say that I don’t feel regret.”

Moon Heum-gi smiled.

“Just as the General said, all of us here, including myself, are lowly people.”

Heo Seong-gwan, who was about to call him a crazy person out of the blue, flinched for a moment.

The soldiers who had been bowing their heads were looking straight at him. But their eyes were not kind. He could see all sorts of emotions, such as disappointment, anger, confusion, and sadness.

Only then did Heo Seong-gwan realize that he had been overly excited.

‘Fuck.’

He flinched again, instinctively trying to tell her that it wasn’t that, that it was just a slip of the tongue.

‘Why me?’

Why should the person with the highest authority in the new religion have to live while looking at the faces of his subordinates?

Hwaaaaak!

A terrifying murderous aura emanated from Heo Seong-gwan’s body.

The leader of the Milma clan, who had read his will, took a step forward. Then, the members of the Milma clan also followed the leader and followed behind Heo Seong-gwan.

Shock appeared on the soldiers’ faces.

I could tell without even saying it. Right now, Heo Seong-gwan was so excited that he was thinking of getting rid of them all.

The soldiers were shocked by the unbelievable situation.

Moon Heum-gi sighed.

“So this is how it ends up.”

“Moon Heum-gi!”

Heo Seong-gwan shouted in a fit of convulsiveness.

“Know this and die. These guys are dying here because you stepped forward without knowing the place… …!”

That was when.

“Your Majesty!”

An informant burst through the military headquarters’ gate and shouted, prostrating himself.

“Something terrible has happened! All the masters who headed to the treasury of the Hwanheewonju have been wiped out!”

“What!!”

The frightened Heo Seong-gwan looked back at Baek So-dam for a moment.

Amidst the swaying hair, the corners of her lips were slowly rising.