Genius Salsu of the World to Be Destroyed - Chapter 108
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Episode 108
A monster with two heads and a snake instead of a tail.
The bastard’s heads were cleanly separated from his torso and fell to the ground.
cutting.
There was no loud fighting during the process.
All there was was a flash of Mugang’s sword, and the bastard’s head fell off.
However, only a very small number of people were able to catch even that flash.
Most of the people there didn’t even realize what was happening.
All we saw was that Mu-gang had stepped forward and the monster’s head had snapped off.
An experience where time seems to have been compressed, with the process disappearing and only the cause and effect remaining.
The truly frightening thing about that swordsmanship that seemed to have already set foot on the outside world was that this was only a glimpse of the swordsmanship that Moo-gang could show.
A sword that cannot be fully described with words like quick sword or fast sword.
Only the nickname of Geomjon could give one an idea of that distant realm.
“…oh my god.”
“It’s over.”
The chase, which had lasted a day and a half and claimed the lives of eleven unmanned men, ended like this.
Moo-gang said.
“Let everything come out.”
The unmanned units hiding in the grass all approached the fallen monster.
Only when I got closer could I see the monster in its full glory.
First of all, the two heads were each those of different animals.
One is a lion, the other is a goat.
And the snake growing on the tail was hissing and spewing out poison.
But soon after, I withdrew and died alone.
The fur was a dull yellow, like a bull that had been washed in water.
I could tell when I saw it up close like this.
“What is this… … ?”
The fact that I have no idea what kind of creature this is.
“Hey, have you never seen anything like this? Don’t you spend your days looking at the Mountains and Seas Classic?”
“This wasn’t in the version I saw.”
Even in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, which contains information on all kinds of creatures and spirits, such a creature did not exist.
Even the leader of the martial arts world, Mu-gang, had never heard of such a creature.
So there was only one thing to do.
“Listen.”
“yes.”
“Transport this monster’s body to the Blind Headquarters. Prepare.”
“yes!”
And so the monster hunt came to an end.
But no one understood what the appearance of this monster meant.
* * *
The headquarters of the Murim Alliance.
The first person to welcome Mu-gang upon his arrival was his closest aide, Sa Hyeon-ik.
“Hello.”
“It looks like you have something to say. I’ll say it as we go.”
As soon as their eyes met, Moo-gang got to the main point.
Hyunik began his report with careful words.
“The Goga family was destroyed.”
“Are you talking about King Gojong’s family?”
“yes.”
Hyun-ik described exactly what he saw in the expensive mansion.
I’ll add a little bit of subjectivity at the end.
After hearing the report, Moo-gang spoke with an indifferent expression.
“You see this incident as a declaration of war by the Demonic Cult.”
“In my humble opinion, yes.”
“Don’t say that. I think so too. Besides, I found other evidence that seems to be the work of the Demonic Cult during today’s hunt.”
“… Are you talking about the corpse that is being transported now?”
“Yes.”
The corpse of an unidentified beast.
Mu-gang spoke briefly about the strange animal that was a combination of a goat, a lion, and a snake.
“As of now, we are assuming that it is a monster created by the Demonic Cult.”
“then……!”
“It may be that the rise of the Demonic Cult is approaching. But, have you not seen anyone who appears to be a Demonic Cultist near the high ground?”
“Yes. According to my senses, I have not seen anyone exuding magical energy.”
“What is the public sentiment?”
“If you say public sentiment… what exactly are you referring to… … .”
“A local family was wiped out overnight. It’s a perfect situation for groundless rumors to spread among the people. Rumors that could shake the public sentiment.”
“… … !”
“Once the rumor starts to spread, there is nothing we can do to stop it. However, we can stop it in the middle.”
“Please give me a way out.”
“Choose two men who are currently being punished and imprisoned and have them beheaded and hang them in the marketplace, and put up a notice saying that they murdered a nobleman.”
In short, it meant to pick a scapegoat and blame him for crimes that didn’t occur.
“…Wouldn’t there be no aftereffects if I do that?”
“Truth and falsehood are made by the person who makes them. What matters is not how it actually was, but what makes you believe it. Haven’t I always said that the only thing in the world that is truly true is… .”
“Only power.”
“Yeah, just strength.”
India, intention, courtesy, and cooperation are all valid only when backed by force.
It is an extremely obvious proposition that no one speaks of because it is a fact that everyone in the world of martial arts tacitly agrees on.
But when those words were repeated once again from the mouth of someone who stood at the top of the martial arts world, they took on a terrifying weight.
“Hyeonik.”
“Please speak.”
“We must prepare for war.”
“… … !”
Hyunik suddenly felt a cold sweat running down his face.
“I won’t make the same mistake I made five years ago. This time, I will destroy the Demonic Cult and erase the ‘Blood Jade’ from the world.”
“I will accept it.”
The seeds of the wind of blood began to swirl so slowly.
* * *
At that moment, the main gate of the Murim Alliance headquarters.
Yeongsu approached the guard at the main gate.
Youngsoo said.
“Open the door.”
The sentry glanced at the commander.
A man wearing a gold mask and Haomenju’s clothes.
The sentry ran through the complex list of orders in his head.
It is a command about who to open the door to and who to block it from.
Among them, the orders related to the gold mask are… … .
“The gold mask is a must-have.”
The sentry pulled open the iron gate of the Murim Alliance with all his might.
The front door opened with a heavy sound.
Yeongsu said as he crossed the threshold of the main gate.
“thanks.”
This was the power of the gold mask.
Anyone who wore this golden mask could pass through any gate of the Murim Alliance and meet with the leader at any time without making an appointment.
So, no one bothered Youngsoo within the headquarters premises.
Even the checkpoints within the headquarters that required high security levels could be passed automatically by simply showing this mask.
In that way, Youngsoo dug into the heart of Maeng without hesitation.
While walking like that.
“hmm?”
Youngsoo saw several people clinging to each other and moving something large.
A huge object wrapped loosely in white cloth and rope.
Judging by the blood oozing out here and there, it was certain that there was a corpse inside.
And crucially… … .
“Hey, put your tail in there!”
“Oh my, why is this sticking out… … .”
Youngsoo saw it.
A snake suddenly emerged from the tail of that large, bulky corpse.
As far as Youngsoo knew, there was only one such creature.
‘chimera.’
A monster with the head of a lion and a goat, and a snake growing out of a tail.
However, chimeras were creatures that lived in Eldrunia.
In other words, it was a creature that should not be here in the Central Plains.
But the fact that chimeras were discovered in the Central Plains… … .
‘There is a major conflict between Eldrunia and the Central Plains as well.’
The phenomenon of worlds overlapping with each other due to encroachment by other worlds, known as Daejunghap.
Of course, the center of the mass superposition phenomenon was Earth.
However, that does not mean that erosion did not occur between other worlds.
As Eldrunia encroached upon the Earth and Central Plains encroached upon the Earth, a small conflict occurred between Eldrunia and Central Plains.
The appearance of that chimera was proof of that.
But there was no way the Murim Alliance knew that fact.
However, the Murim Alliance was not an organization that would just pass it off as a ‘monstrous creature.’
So it was clear that they would come up with their own explanation for the creature.
maybe…….
‘You’ll probably think I’m a monster created by the Demonic Cult.’
Youngsoo’s thoughts were exactly right.
In fact, the leader judged the chimera to be a ‘life form created by the Demonic Cult.’
‘And because of that, the wariness against the Demonic Cult would have been even higher. Even if you only looked at the traces left of the Goga, it would have seemed like it had been destroyed by the Demonic Cult.’
If things had continued this way, the outcome would have been obvious.
war.
A war between the Demonic Cult and the orthodox martial arts world.
‘The prerequisite for obtaining the Blood Jade is war. But if things continue this way… … .’
From now on, there was a high possibility that war would break out naturally without Young-soo having to specifically step forward.
‘Okay, things are going my way.’
So now what Youngsoo had to do was extremely simple.
Just go with the flow.
“The one wearing the golden mask wishes to see you, my lord.”
As the sentry outside the door spoke, the leader’s voice was heard.
“Tell them to come in.”
Rattling.
A sentry opened the door to a building.
This building is the office of the Murim Alliance Leader.
It is a place that is so difficult to enter that even for an ordinary martial artist, it is hard to say whether you can get in even if you make an appointment several days in advance.
Yeongsu could easily have stepped into such a place.
It was a moment when the effort to steal the gold mask shone through.
In the room, Mu-gang was drinking tea alone.
So finally, Youngsoo faced the leader of the martial arts world.
‘No power… …!’
An old man with a long white beard stood in front of Yeongsu.
Although he was in his 90s, the aura he exuded was sharper than any blade.
Even Youngsoo became nervous for a moment.
Moo-gang opened his mouth.
“You are not Haomenju.”
“Hao Wen Zhu is not a name, but merely a title. I inherited it rightfully. This is the proof.”
As he said that, Yeongsu tapped the gold mask he was wearing.
But Moo-gang said it as if it wasn’t even funny.
“This is a fairly elaborately forged mask.”
“You might think so, but.”
Yeongsu took off his gold mask.
And then he showed the inside of the mask.
“The signature of the lord engraved on the inner side cannot be forged, right?”
“Hoo.”
Only then did Moo-gang show a slightly interested expression.
“It’s the real thing.”
“Yes.”
“Then the problem becomes bigger. Where did you get that?”
“I got it from the deputy director of Haomenju.”
“Did you kill him?”
“I killed him.”
“this.”
Zzuzuzuzu-
A gloomy and sinister aura slowly began to fill the space.
Even though the temperature had not dropped, I felt cold, and a sense of anxiety rose to the tip of my chin, as if an invisible sword was pointed at my throat.
Moo-gang said.
“If he knew what that mask was for, he must have known that I had a close relationship with him.”
“… Of course.”
“Wouldn’t it be safe to say that killing someone like that is an insult to my throne?”
“Still, I had no choice but to kill him. He himself had given up his qualifications as the Haomunju.”
“What are you talking about?”
“Wasn’t Haomun originally an organization established to protect the rights and interests of the lower class, such as merchants, gisaengs, coachmen, janitors, boatmen, and butchers? But Buhyeonggwan was no longer like that. Instead, it was just exploiting them to fill its stomachs.”
“… … .”
“Just as Mencius said that if a king does not behave like a king, he is no longer a king, so if a lord forgets his duty, he is no longer a lord. That is why he was killed.”
“You look like you’re boneless, but you play with your tongue like a scholar. Would you still be able to do that if I pulled out your tongue?”
No, you can’t pull out my tongue.
You can’t kill it.
I know what you’re thinking.
What kind of tool can I use that guy who has the guts to kill the deputy chief and walk all the way here?
That must be all you’re thinking about.
Just like you used the Vice-Minister as a tool for your plans, my damned Master.
“Then, since you’re going to pull out your tongue, would you like to listen a little more?”
“Do I sound like I’m joking?”
“I will be your new tool.”
Wiggle.
Moo-gang’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.
“equipment?”
“Yes. You will have a tool far superior to that of the Vice-Minister. But only if you promise a very small price.”
“It’s a price.”
“Please lend me a map of the realm of Uiryeonggok.”
Uiryeonggok.
The place where the doctor who can cure Hwang In-woo’s palsy resides.
“Heh heh… … .”
Moo-gang let out a dry laugh and reached out his hand to Yeong-su.
At that moment.
Swish!
Yeongsu’s body was dragged towards Mugang.
With a force so strong that resistance is impossible.
Bam!
Moo-gang’s hand grabbed Yeong-su’s neck.
But even at that moment-
‘Puhhhh… … .’
Yeongsu was laughing inside.