Chronicles of the Demon Faction - Chapter 921



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Side story 271. Bloody battle in the shadows (6)

Song Ha gritted his teeth.

“This was a showdown. It was a fight to the death, where you and I tested each other’s skills. But you mobilized others.”

Baek So-dam said coldly.

“You’re an idiot. If you wanted to test my skills with a life-or-death decision, you should have insisted on a fair one-on-one match instead of turning the Blood Soul Pavilion into this?”

“shut up!”

Perhaps because he was prepared to die, he couldn’t see anything. Even though he was the former head of the Hwanheewon, it was very rude to speak to a senior member of the Shingyo sect in this way.

“That’s our fight! It was my judgment and skill that turned this place into a battlefield!”

“If that’s the case, then it must have been Heaven’s skill that drew me in.”

“That’s ridiculous! That’s… … !”

At that time, Lee Cheon-sang said.

“Make no mistake, this is not our fight.”

“what?”

“It was just an accident that you did on your own. I never agreed to this kind of fight. It was just a nuisance that you forced yourself to do, believing that you had judged it yourself and agreed to it on your own.”

“… … !!”

“That’s why your fight is different from mine. You wanted to gain recognition by killing me, but my fight was to subdue you as quickly as possible to reduce the damage to the Blood Soul Pavilion.”

Lee Cheon-sang’s eyes sank coldly.

“Otherwise, I have no interest in you.”

Song Ha’s face turned bright red.

“이 개새끼가!”

“If you did something wrong, you should apologize. But it seems like you have no intention of apologizing to them.”

“What are you talking about, you idiot!”

“Then, to relieve the victims’ resentment, you must stay alive.”

At that moment, Song Ha felt goosebumps.

Being prepared to die and being the target of someone you don’t even know are two different things.

In addition, the torture techniques of the Shinkyo Penalty Party are said to be at the peak of the Central Plains. They say that even in a laparotomy or chest opening state, using all kinds of drugs and delicate tools, one can survive for half a day without dying.

If I had just died, I would have died. I couldn’t let that happen. Song Ha quickly used his internal energy to try to burst the heart pulse.

Pubbuck!

Of course, her attempt was not successful, because Baek So-dam, who had noticed her like a ghost, had taken possession of her demonic and astral blood and even blocked her internal energy.

Baek So-dam looked at Lee Cheon-sang.

“What do we do now?”

Lee Cheon-sang did not answer and kicked Song Ha in the lower abdomen with his foot.

Boom! Gulp.

Song Ha’s face turned bright red. She wanted to vomit blood, but she couldn’t spit it out because of the blood clots. Eventually, the blood that had flowed back into her nasal cavity flowed out through her nostrils.

But something more serious than that is…

Saaaaah.

Magic energy was leaving Song Ha’s entire body.

Although it was only a short moment, it was a moment where he lost the internal energy that had allowed him to obtain superhuman strength with his genius talent. Lee Cheon-sang used a poisonous foot massage to completely crush his danjeon itself, making it impossible for it to be regenerated.

Song Ha, with a pale face and a nosebleed, soon fainted. She had lost her mind from pain, anger, fear, and deprivation.

Baek So-dam looked at Lee Cheon-sang with somewhat worried eyes.

“Heaven.”

“This woman has already prepared herself for death. If you commit a crime, you must be punished, but the price you can receive from someone who is prepared to die is not much.”

It is said that even psychological pain must be inflicted in order to make a profit. In fact, the moment Song Ha’s danjeon was destroyed, he fainted, feeling the worst sense of loss and pain he had experienced in the past five years.

Baek So-dam nodded.

“I understand what you mean. Let’s sort out the blood feud first.”

“Before that, there’s something I want to ask you.”

Lee Cheon-sang looked at Baek So-dam with indifferent eyes.

“Did you, Wonju, commit the bombing of the military headquarters?”

Baek So-dam shook her head.

“I’m not.”

“Your reaction is calmer than I expected.”

“I didn’t do it, but I’m not the one who did it.”

“… … .”

“In other words, I guess you could say that I was also quite involved.”

Lee Cheon-sang nodded.

“You are my disciple.”

Baek So-dam smiled bitterly.

“I thought I had found a unique and groundbreaking method, but I never thought I would end up blowing up the military.”

“… … .”

“I was surprised, but I didn’t stop him. He’s a thoughtful child, and it was his own choice. I trusted him to that extent.”

In fact, there were not a single casualty in the military headquarters bombing. It was just a place where top-secret information was stored that went up in flames.

“What happened to the information?”

“I didn’t ask about the details. However, if it was Sohong, he would have left everything out in advance. Elder Baekgol will have to investigate later.”

“As you know, any bombing incident, including the exposure of top secret information, is a felony.”

“I know.”

I know everything, but I still didn’t stop him.

It is true that the disciple is a concern. However, it is also the teacher’s job to watch the disciple’s judgment and actions.

If your disciple is in big trouble because of that, you can step forward and help him. Of course, you won’t be able to give him any help once his identity is revealed, but you can’t treat a grown disciple like a child.

This was the relationship between the priests and the disciples of the Demonic Cult. If you teach them enough, from then on, they will do what they want. In a way, you could say it was a strict law of the jungle.

“Okay, I understand. Let’s start by taking care of the blood marriage.”

That was when.

‘… …?!’

Both of their faces hardened.

“What is this energy?”

Baek So-dam looked far away to the northeast.

Hwaaaaah!

A powerful magical energy emanating from an unseen, distant place.

The ultimate power that only those who were born as humans and reached the pinnacle of evil can possess, surpassing even the most extreme realm, which is like an endless desert.

“Extreme!”

Wheeeeeeeek!!

The moment he felt the energy, the terrifying thing rushed towards this place at incredible speed.

It would not be an exaggeration to say that the speed is beyond imagination, literally like a ray of light.

It wasn’t even one.

‘Two? No, three!’

Lee Cheon-sang grabbed Song Ha by the collar and flew away, while Baek So-dam rose vertically and landed on the roof of the building.

Kwaaang!

Someone landed near where the two men were standing. Then the ground exploded and the two buildings that had been half-destroyed completely collapsed.

Gulp.

It’s overwhelming magic.

There was one who burned magic darker than the dark night sky.

He was the one who had obtained a power stronger than the sun while rejecting the existence of the sun. An old man with somewhat disheveled hair and clothes, but with a appearance similar to that of a god, slowly raised his head.

The moment she saw him, Baek So-dam immediately came down and bowed her head.

“I meet Elder Yin Yashinma.”

“Hmm.”

Surprisingly, he was the King of the Night Demons who had been caught in the trap of the guardian deity Wu Hongbaek and the lantern of the Jasodaema at his residence.

Wang In tilted his head.

“I’m the owner of Hwanheewon?”

“I am honored that you remembered me.”

Wang In, who had been staring blankly at her, looked back.

“No matter what, it would be best to leave now.”

“yes?”

“There are some idiots running towards me with their eyes wide open, trying to catch me.”

That was when.

“King!”

Flash!

The flying Wu Hong Baek landed five meters away from the king.

Sasa sasa sasa.

After that, about twenty of the elite members of the court came down.

Dozens of elite guards lost their lives in the fight at the residence. However, Wang In was fine and was still unscathed when he fought against Wu Hongbaek and Yan Lan.

Of course, he wasn’t injured, but it was natural that he would be overwhelmed. No matter how powerful he was among the Demon Lords, it wasn’t easy to withstand the combined attacks of fellow Demon Lords, Lotus Lantern, and the skilled Wu Hong Baek.

Life energy poured out of Wu Hongbai’s eyes.

“The crime of disobeying the orders of your superiors, beheading the court guardian, and fleeing is by no means light. From now on, I will convert the arrest of the Eumya Shinma into an order to kill.”

The king chuckled.

“He who accuses someone of a crime he did not commit is full of nonsense.”

“Shut up! This act of insulting our school is absolutely unacceptable!”

“It’s been that way since the old days. You’re a person who can easily be taken advantage of by others. You have such great talent, but you can’t use it.”

Wang In shook his head.

“You are too modest. In your desires and loyalty.”

“… … ?!”

“That’s why it’s so clumsy.”

Wu Hongbaek’s face turned bright red.

“King!”

Pararararak!

Lanterns descended next to the red and white lanterns.

“Don’t fall for the provocations of others. It’s just the evil of those who are cornered.”

Despite the lantern’s words, Wu Hongbai could not easily calm down. His eyes, filled with bloodshot murderous intent, looked as if he would tear Wang Ren apart at any moment.

The lantern spoke calmly.

“Have you managed to escape?”

“If you want to escape, go to the suburbs. Why would you come here?”

The lantern frowned.

“It seems like you’ve hidden some good stuff in the Blood Soul Pavilion. Well, it seems like it might have been your plan that the Blood Soul Pavilion ended up like this. Did you do something to lure us here?”

“Heh heh heh!”

The king burst into laughter.

“I never thought you would use that weak Great Guardian’s Law to drive me to betrayal. How could you have known and brought the Blood Soul Pavilion to this point?”

Yeondeung, who was about to say something, suddenly looked at Baek Sodam and Lee Cheon-sang who were far away.

The lantern’s eyes shook slightly. If the king were alone, it would be fine, but if Baek So-dam, who had gained great fame as the former head of the Hwanheewon, and Lee Cheon-sang, who secretly exerted powerful influence, were together, then what he had planned might spread throughout the entire Shinkyo.

“You found those two. That’s why you came here. Isn’t that right?”

“You think too highly of me. Well, that’s why you’ve been working under me for so many years.”

The king burst into hearty laughter.

“Thanks to you, I was able to live quite comfortably. It must have been very hard for the world’s best Jasodaema to cook and work the fields for his senior. To be honest, it was quite enjoyable to watch.”

Even in this situation, the provocation that came out naturally as if breathing was top-notch.

Even the leisurely lantern’s face began to crack. No matter how shameless he was, he couldn’t help but feel hurt when he heard that he had acted like a servant of the same demon lord in a crowded place.

And as always when he got angry, the lantern smiled brightly.

“It doesn’t matter what happens. Today, you will die as a traitor.”

The lantern shouted at Baek So-dam.

“What are you doing! The author is a traitor to the original religion! Even if he resigned from his position as the head priest, he is still a member of the new religion and must do what he is supposed to do… …!”

At that time, something strange happened.

“There’s chaos.”

A languid voice heard from afar.

Beneath that voice, which was filled with alcohol, there was a strange madness that made the listener’s nerves tense.

“I was wondering if you had something to tell me and made me come all the way here, but was it just to show me something to see?”

Not only Yeondeung and Muhongbaek, but even Lee Cheon-sang and Baek So-dam were surprised.

There was an old man walking through the explosion zone. He was walking with an empty bottle of alcohol in his hand, and he looked like he had just had a drink.

The king chuckled.

“Long time no see, Gwanghyeol.”

“It’s been a while for me too. The First Demon King’s thousand-mile teleportation, flowing through the night’s yin yang… … Well, it’s been so long I thought I was hallucinating.”

“Heh heh.”

“By the way.”

Baekheon tilted his head while looking at the lantern.

“Has that bastard finally decided to stop being your senior’s servant?”