The Ruler Of Darkness - Chapter 559



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Episode 559

Chapter 8: Existence that is not a choice

“… … .”

“… … .”

The area around the Gam family’s main gate was plunged into a shocked silence.

Swaaaaaaaaaaaaahh …

The rain was falling heavily, creating a thick fog around the area.

Land, thud, thud…!

The warriors of the Gam clan could even hear the sound of raindrops hitting their swords.

“Haa, haa… .”

With tension reaching its peak, my breathing, which had naturally become rough, became like breath due to the cold air surrounding me.

‘It’s dark so I can’t see properly.’

They gathered their wits and focused even in dire situations.

‘but…!’

Flash-!

The moment when lightning flashes and illuminates the heavens and earth.

[now-!]

They exploded with energy and simultaneously swung their swords at the being wearing the white mask.

however.

Kururururururung…!

“… … !”

That split second before a nearby lightning strike illuminates the surroundings and the sound of thunder echoes.

Puhwahahahahahahahaha!

In the darkness, they were already being torn into dozens of pieces.

* * *

“… … ?!”

The head of the Gam clan blinked quickly.

Something.

I thought I saw blood and limbs splattering for a moment, but it was only for a moment before lightning illuminated the heavens and the earth.

He couldn’t be sure.

I wanted to step forward with a lantern and see the situation for myself, but I didn’t dare to do so.

But he didn’t have to do that.

Thud thud thud…!

“What is this…?”

The butler who was holding an umbrella for the head of the Gam family wiped the liquid that had splashed on his face with his hand and his eyes widened.

What he had turned over was bright red blood.

“… … ?!”

And the moment he took a sharp breath.

Degurrrrr.

In his field of vision, a head rolled towards his feet.

A member of the Gam family.

It was a face he knew.

“Ugh, euaaaak… ?!”

He fell to the ground and screamed at the top of his lungs.

“Eww!”

and.

The tension that had been reaching its peak suddenly turned into fear, which burst out like an overflow from all directions.

“It’s the Dark Heavenly Lord…!”

“A dark heavenly being has appeared in the family…!”

The servants and maids scattered and ran, screaming.

They fell and rolled in the dark, scattering in all directions.

“Everyone run away…!”

“The Gam family is now finished…!”

If such a commotion had occurred within the family on a regular basis.

Lights would have gone on everywhere, and many people would have rushed outside to check the situation.

But now.

“It’s the Dark Heavenly Lord…! The Dark Heavenly Lord has appeared…!”

No one tried to light the bonfire that wouldn’t light, and no one tried to run outside relying on dim oil lamps.

“Eww, ewww…!”

Instead, everyone.

He went into the closet and hid, went into the storage room and locked the door, and went into his room and held the doorknob and prayed.

“Amitabha, Amitabha…!”

“Oh, God of Heaven and Earth…!”

Some even crawled into the unlit furnace.

* * *

“… … !”

The second son of the Gam family, Gam Hyo-seong, blinked, unable to accept the situation.

‘Our Gam clan’s warriors were swept away in an instant…?’

It was he and the young people of his family who were prepared to die.

just.

Because I felt like if I didn’t do something, it wouldn’t work.

It was a suicidal act, as I had just jumped in with a weapon.

however.

With the appearance of one being.

Just by his appearance, all of their fates were turned upside down in an instant.

“What a disappointment.”

“… … !”

moment.

Gamhyo Seong’s heart sank as he realized that those words were spoken to him by the Venerable Amcheon.

But it wasn’t.

“You are so timid and full of fear. How can you be the head of the Yue family, the military family representing this Central Plains country?”

that.

It was a mockery directed at the evil head of the household who was rolling on the floor on the other side of the gate.

“This, this monster…!”

It seemed like the evil one was trying to shout.

But the voice coming from him was buried in the sound of the rain and could not be heard properly.

“Haven’t you earned many medals by achieving great feats in battles big and small? Indeed.”

Sigh.

Underneath the mask, the ghost openly laughed at him.

“All your military achievements are just stealing the credit from other generals.”

“Okay, let’s talk for a moment…!”

Thud, thud.

rather.

The sound of the footsteps of the Amcheonjonja approaching him was clearer and more vivid than the voice of the Akga family head shouting.

“I said let’s talk…! What do you want…?! What on earth do you want…!”

‘ah….’

At that time, the second son of the Gam family.

Gamhyosung suddenly realized.

The sixteen families of the imperial capital.

The head of the family at the top of the highest family with omnipotent power in the zodiac.

How much is that guy called Gaju?

How everyone followed and yet was afraid.

Was it difficult?

“You have stolen the credit of your fellow generals who died in battle, and have robbed your family of the honor their fathers should have been proud of.”

“No…! No…! It’s all a misunderstanding…!”

Crunch…!

The head of the evil family, who was hastily stepping back while sitting down, slipped his hand and fell to the floor.

“I can explain everything…! I can explain it…!”

Looking at the head of the evil family crawling on the ground covered in mud and muddy water, Gam Hyo-seong, the second son of the Gam family, saw the true nature of those whom everyone in the imperial city feared.

“How many casualties were there caused by operating the army with arrogant thoughts from the safety of the rear without ever having fought a real battle?”

The head of the evil family was particularly feared by many of the heads of the sixteen families.

He himself was a master who had overcome walls and had distinguished himself in numerous battles.

They even had tremendous influence over the military stationed near the capital.

There were even rumors that he had an imperial assassination squad that he used like his own people.

“How many loyal generals of the Central Plains were sent to a deadly place from which there was no return because of your tricks?”

“No…! It wasn’t me, it was the Yang family…! It was the head of the Yang family who did it…!”

“… … .”

And it wasn’t just Gamhyosung who was breaking the illusion inside me as he watched that sight.

“… … .”

“… … .”

All the young people of the Gam family who shared his purpose and stood here prepared to die.

I was watching all of this vividly.

“Are you still spouting lies?”

Damn it.

“Ugh, ugh… ?!”

The evil lord retreated, struggling in the mud, but the dark lord caught up with him in just a few steps.

And then she looked down at him and smiled.

“Do you still think you can fool me with a few plausible words? Do you still think I am someone who can evade your fate with plausible excuses?”

“Don’t come…! I told you not to come…!”

The evil lord threw a lump of mud as if he was going crazy, but the dark lord dodged it with shocking ease just by nodding his head.

Their distance became closer.

‘hmm…?’

That fleeting moment.

Gamhyoseong intuitively felt something was strange.

‘In this situation, how can a master like the head of the evil family throw a lump of mud?’

and.

Before his intuition could properly be organized into thoughts, the body of the evil master who had been lying on the floor disappeared like a lightning bolt.

No, it wasn’t gone.

As expected of a master who had overcome walls, the evil spirit moved at a speed that Gamhyosung’s eyes could not capture.

“Huh…!”

And before Gamhyosung even realizes it, already.

The sword he was holding was digging deep into the abdomen of the nearby Dark Heavenly Lord.

Phew…!

“How is it?!”

Only after the evil master stabbed the sword deeper with both hands and laughed viciously did Gamhyosung realize the identity of the sword he was holding.

‘That’s the sword of our family’s warrior…?!’

That’s right.

The evil man, who was crawling on the mud pit floor, skillfully picked up the sword of the Gam clan warrior who had fallen dead.

“Huh…?!”

“this…?!”

Sighs erupted from young people all around.

But Gamhyosung opened his eyes wide and shouted.

“Look properly…!”

“You too, in the end, if you get stabbed by a knife, you’ll fall… huh?”

A scream of embarrassment burst out of the mouth of the evil master.

“Uh, uh uh uh… ?!”

He thought he had stabbed the sword deep into the abdomen of the Dark Heavenly Lord, but for some reason.

The abdomen of the Amcheonjonja, visible through the torn hem of his clothes, was a black hole.

“W, what is this-?!”

His screaming voice had no end.

Ugh!

What appeared to be a blood clot was actually a strangely shaped mouth, and it bit the hand that held the knife without mercy.

“Kuaaaaaaaaaaaaah…!”

The screams of the evil lord who lost his wrist rang eerily in everyone’s ears.

“My hand, my handeeeeee?!”

Fortunately, he seemed to have pulled out his left hand quickly, but his right hand was already completely gone.

As he screamed in excruciating pain, laughter was heard in his ears.

“Even though I have taken human form, do you still consider me a human being?”

“Ugh, euaaaaaaaaaaaa…!”

The head of the evil family started to run away screaming.

“Euaaaahhhhh, euaaaaahhhh!”

He quickly disappeared through the rain, but the Dark Heavenly Lord did not chase after him.

“… … .”

“… … .”

The young men of the Gam family held their breath.

and.

The effectiveness is.

I thought I knew why the Dark Heavenly Lord didn’t immediately pursue the evil family leader.

“… … .”

This must be because his father, the head of the Gam clan, and his older brother had disappeared into the family during that time.

Thud, thud.

Amcheonjonja slowly passed through the main gate of the Gam family and entered the grounds of the Gam family’s main house.

Thud, thud.

And ‘it’ began to slowly pass through the young people of the Gam family.

A cold air swept through them, and the stench of sulfur made their minds dizzy.

Gulp.

“… … .”

“… … .”

The young people of the Gam family could not even swallow their saliva properly and none of them opened their mouths.

I couldn’t even move a single fingertip.

Thud, thud.

They could do nothing as they watched ‘it’ pass through them and head deep into the family.

‘Ah, I see…!’

Gam Hyo-seong, the second son of the Gam family, was in that terrible fear.

“There isn’t much time left. Before that ‘time’ comes to the Zodiac, the Gam family must be put right.”

He recalled the last line of the letter sent by his cousin, Hwasan Sword Dragon Gam Woo-hyeon.

“It’s not a choice.”

And soon.

“Kuaaaaaaah!”

“Ewwhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…!”

The final screams of the two familiar voices echoed throughout the Gam clan.

“… … .”

The Dark Heavenly Lord represents heaven.

The two heads of the Gam clan were punished for their sins, their deep karma was cleared, and the price was collected.

And then soon.

Hwaruk-!

Fires that the servants had been trying so hard to light but would not start began to flare up in the braziers.

“… Oh my, my lord!”

“… Everyone, come out and see! Hurry up!”

The windows of the mansion outside began to light up one by one, and people could be heard shouting something.

“… … .”

Does this mean that the Dark Heavenly Lord has left?

The head of the household and the first.

Does this mean that the two people paid the price for the Gam family’s sins?

‘…no.’

There was no way that could happen.

Just that.

The deep sins this family had accumulated over the years could not be forgiven with just two lives.

I don’t know what the rest of the family thinks, but at least.

Now, Gam Hyo-seong, who had become the head of the Gam family, did not think so.

‘My responsibilities from now on will be enormous… .’

“… … .”

“… … .”

The young people of the family remained there for a while after that.