The Ruler Of Darkness - Chapter 562
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Episode 562
Part 11: The Worst News
bang!
The door opened roughly, and the head of the Sunwoo family, Sunwoo Kang, came in.
“What the heck is going on?!”
Inside were the current heads of the sixteen imperial families, just like Sunwoo Kang.
“That’s the latest news. That’s all the Sunwoo family has heard.”
“We also haven’t heard anything more.”
“then?!”
Sunwoo Kang’s voice grew louder.
“Is it true that the Akga (岳家) head and the Bokyang (陽家) head were attacked?!”
“I don’t know exactly.”
One of the heads shook his head.
“They may not be dead. Some say one of them is missing.”
Another head of the household also spoke, holding up the documents he had received.
“Maybe they’re both missing. Or maybe they’ve both taken refuge in a safe house and can’t be tracked.”
“What is that…!”
Sunwoo Kang beat his chest as if he was frustrated.
“So, are you saying that the two people died or lived?!”
“That’s right…!”
“Didn’t we say we don’t know either?!”
Then, the voices of others also began to rise.
“This is all the news I just received, and I have relayed it to you as is!”
“We are also trying to understand the situation further!”
“No, what…?!”
Sunwoo Kang couldn’t understand what they were saying.
“Nowhere else, but the Imperial Capital, the Imperial Capital!”
He slammed the table down and shouted.
“What happened in the Imperial City, which is just like our territory! And what’s more, a large-scale incident in which the heads of the same sixteen families may have been involved and died! Everyone in the Imperial City should be aware of the situation, so how can the information be so confusing?!”
There was some truth to what he said.
“… … .”
“… … .”
Some of the heads of households here also had similar doubts.
If something this big had happened.
Even aside from themselves, the Sixteen Clans, countless organizations and groups in the Zodiac should have already swarmed in like a swarm of bees to grasp the situation.
“How on earth do we have to listen to these rumors instead of real information…?!”
Sunwoo Kang’s voice became louder and rougher.
“If…!”
He growled, pointing to the other heads of households in the room.
“If any of us are messing around in the zodiac-!”
“Sunwoo’s family.”
Just then, the door opened and a voice interrupted him.
“The Apostle’s house… .”
Sunwoo Kang, who saw his face, trailed off.
The head of the Sado family, Sado Wi-ryeong (司徒威?), was in charge of the palace’s intelligence agency and was someone that even Sunwoo Kang could not easily deal with.
“There’s no need to get excited. There are no traitors among us.”
The apostle spoke as he sat down in his empty seat.
“The problem is not that information is blocked. Rather, the problem is that there is too much information.”
He had just been collecting real-time information coming from the makeshift intelligence room nestled in the innermost part of the building.
“The problem is too much information…?”
Despite his explanation, Sunwoo Kang frowned, as if he was not easily convinced.
“In the first place, isn’t it basic to sort out and organize the useful information from the flood of information? But-.”
“They are so paralyzed that they can’t even perform basic tasks properly.”
“What is that…?”
“The problem is not here, but the Hwangdo. The Sunwoo family. The time and place when this information was written. That is, since late yesterday afternoon.”
The Apostle’s Spirit lit a fire at the beginning of the fire and said, blowing a long stream of smoke.
“The zodiac is in a state of chaos, practically paralyzed.”
“… … !”
“… … !”
At those words, the heads of the household, including Sunwoo Kang, stopped all actions as if they were frozen.
“First reason, heavy rain.”
The voice of the apostle flowing out calmly echoed throughout the room.
“Since yesterday afternoon, the Hwangdo has been experiencing localized, heavy rain. The Hwangdo was so dark that it felt like midnight due to the thick clouds, and it was said that the record-breaking rain was enough to flood the mansions in the lowlands in an instant. But the strange thing is… ”
He tilted his head, still holding the cigarette, and continued reading the document he had organized.
“That level of rain was really, localized. That is, it was confined to the entire Equator.”
“therefore….”
The head of the Yuan family narrowed his eyes and asked.
“That kind of heavy rain only falls in the Yellow Sea? Is that possible?”
The head of the Mohist family opened his mouth.
“I have heard that in the past, in the Yue Kingdom, which is further south than Sichuan, such things often happened.”
Immediately, a rebuttal from another family emerged.
“That’s not the zodiac. Isn’t that a story about a dense jungle that is terribly hot and humid?!”
“I said I heard a story like that, that it happened in the zodiac-.”
“for a moment.”
The apostle raised his hand and spoke to the sensitive heads of the households, preventing them from clashing.
“It’s not over yet. The second reason why the zodiac is paralyzed is the appearance of the Dark Heavenly Lord. It’s because of that.”
“… … .”
“… … .”
When that name comes up again.
Moment in the conference room.
A heavy silence fell.
“It has been confirmed that the ‘being’ was first revealed and observed as a member of the Min family.”
In the silence, the voice of the apostle continued.
“As soon as ‘it’ appeared, the Min family was thrown into complete chaos. In the meantime, according to a document that summarizes the statements of witnesses… .”
The apostle’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.
“They experienced extreme fear due to hallucinations, visual hallucinations, and auditory hallucinations, and it is said that a proper investigation is impossible at the moment due to symptoms such as mental confusion.”
Even the apostle’s usually calm voice began to tremble slightly at the end.
“There were many deaths at the scene, and the list has not been properly compiled yet.”
“… Did the head of the Min clan die? What happened to the Min clan?”
The one who brought up that question was the head of the Yang family.
Already mentioned several times before.
Although they told me that they could not confirm the information about the deceased, they repeated the same question.
“… … .”
“… … .”
However, there was a reason why there was no reason to point that part out.
“… My father went missing in Bukmangsan Mountain.”
The heads of both families lowered their heads.
“Now, all of a sudden, I’ve lost my only daughter and my in-laws…?”
“Both families… .”
“… … .”
“…actually.”
And then,
The apostle was about to speak, but paused.
“What else is there, Apostle? Tell me.”
“Regarding the situation at Bukmangsan at the time. There was something that was so uncertain that I didn’t bother to tell you.”
“What is that? Please speak…!”
As the two heads of the household repeatedly urged him, Sadowi-ryeong hesitated until the very end before opening his mouth again.
“At that time, when the previous head of the Yang family went missing, there was a rumor that the Amcheon Lord had also appeared on Bukmangsan Mountain.”
“… … !”
“… … !”
As everyone’s eyes widened, the heads of both families suddenly stood up from their seats.
“So, then…?! So that Dark Heavenly Lord was involved in my father’s disappearance?!”
“After all, it’s just a rumor.”
The apostle shook his head.
“There is no basis whatsoever, and no proper source. At that time, here. It was a rumor that circulated for a while in a corner of Luoyang and then disappeared.”
“… … .”
“… … .”
The head of the Yang family clenched his fists, and the other heads of the families’ expressions distorted.
If it were the past.
The ghost story about the Dark Heavenly King that they had simply laughed off and forgotten about was now threatening them with its true form.
Even because of that.
Even the most trivial rumors from the past resurface and shake them like water ghosts.
“…maybe, more than I thought.”
Sunwoo Kang said in a bitter tone.
“That being called the Dark Heavenly Lord. It seems like he may have had a bad relationship with us from before.”
“…there was already a bad relationship.”
“… … .”
Some people held their foreheads, some turned their heads to look out the window, and some bowed deeply.
“…to be honest.”
Sunwoo Kang shook his head.
“Still. I can’t even begin to believe that such a thing exists.”
“That’s what I mean… .”
Some nodded.
“… I felt that way too.”
“… I wonder if maybe there was some kind of mistake due to the record-breaking downpour and such. I have such doubts.”
It was said that a truth so great is difficult to realize.
Outside the window.
The sight of Luoyang, bathed in the splendid early autumn sunlight, is simply beautiful.
“… … .”
“… … .”
That scenery and the nightmare-like information I was hearing now were mixed together, creating a terrible gap.
“… I want to deny it myself.”
The apostle brought the family back to reality in a soft voice, extinguishing the cigarette that had already burned out.
“All the information I have heard so far has been verified.”
“… … .”
“… … .”
As the heads of households remained silent, one of their subordinates popped his head out of the intelligence room.
“Director.”
“Just a moment. I’ll be leaving.”
As the apostle left the place, the tense atmosphere was relieved.
“…her.”
Sunwoo Kang sat down in his seat and laughed in vain.
“Yeon So-hyeon. That guy really seems to be bringing a storm.”
“…What do you mean?”
When asked by another head of the household, Sunwoo Kang shrugged his shoulders and answered.
“Since that guy finished his retreat, everywhere he goes, isn’t it like it’s been hit by a storm and left in ruins?”
“but….”
The head of the Mukga household nodded and spoke without thinking.
“First, starting with Bukmangsan (北邙山), then turning Luoyang upside down, then moving on to the north, and now even to the capital city… ”
He clicked his tongue.
“Yeon So-hyeon, it’s not that he’s bringing the storm. It’s to the point where I doubt if he himself is the storm-.”
‘It’s not that Yeon So-hyeon is causing the storm, but Yeon So-hyeon is the storm itself?’
Sunwoo Kang’s eyes narrowed.
“for a moment.”
“hmm?”
The head of the Mukga family looked at Sunwoo River with a puzzled look.
“Sunwoo, why are you like that?”
“Yeonsohyun, that guy.”
One by one, the eyes of the household heads gathered on Sunwoo Kang.
“I don’t know if my guess is right, but isn’t the place and time of appearance of that guy Yeon So-hyeon and Amcheon-jonja similar?”
“… … !”
“that…?!”
In an instant, the heads of the household froze as if struck by lightning.
“Hmm….”
The head of the Silent House said, stroking his beard.
“… The story about the Dark Heavenly Lord is nothing more than a folk tale, so I have never properly confirmed it before. However-.”
Sunwoo Kang spoke for him.
“I think it’s time to check out all those rumors.”
“And what if, really, the rumors about that bastard Yeonseonhyeon’s path and the appearance of the Dark Heavenly Lord match up?”
Sunwoo Kang answered.
“… At least Yeon So-hyeon has a close relationship with Amcheonjonja. Even-.”
The head of the silent household continued speaking.
“That means you could see them as the same person.”
“If the relationship between him and the Dark Heavenly Lord is revealed….”
Knock knock.
A voice filled with seething anger echoed softly along with the sound of a chair being pushed.
It was a noble family that had lost its father, daughter, and in-laws.
“From then on, this kind of political play will end…!”
He spoke firmly to the audience with eyes full of murderous intent.
“A full-scale war using all our forces is about to begin between you and me.”
Gulp.
The owners swallowed dry saliva.
“… … .”
“… … .”
Total war.
It was like saying that the entire Central Plains had become a battlefield.
The pungent smell of blood already seemed strong in their noses.
“This wasn’t the time for me to be doing this.”
The head of the household began to pack up his belongings and said:
“My family and I will begin separate verification immediately.”
“for a moment…!”
“What do you mean by a little while?!”
Sunwoo Kang tried to stop him, but the head of the Yang family, whose eyes were rolled back in anger, would not listen.
“What is more important to me than that?!”
“Both families.”
at that time.
Inside, the door to the intelligence room opened and the Apostle appeared and spoke.
“Even if you go, it would be better to hear this news before you go.”
“What?”
“According to the information just received… .”
The apostle spoke in a bitter tone.
“It is said that the head of the Bokyang family was found in one of the safe houses in the imperial capital.”
“… … .”
“… In the end, was it true?”
The other heads of the families kept their mouths shut with heavy expressions, but the heads of the two families acted as if it didn’t matter.
“So?! What other information do I need to hear-.”
“-and.”
The apostle interrupted him, saying:
“At that time, when the Dark Heavenly King appeared in the Min family.”
His voice became even heavier.
“It is said that His Majesty the Emperor and Yeon So-hyeon were visiting there.”
“… … !”
“… … !”
“…what?”
The apostle said, pressing his aching temples as if he was suddenly becoming tired.
“The zodiac is in shambles, everything is in disarray, and the most important news is arriving late.”
“No, if that happens-?!”
“The throne will become vacant-?!”
“Yeon So-hyeon and Amcheon-jonja again-?!”
“Wait a minute! I haven’t finished speaking yet.”
The apostle stopped the others and said:
“This information is not yet fully verified, but….”
After blocking out a lot of talk, in reality.
The head of the Yang family, who was frustrated with the attitude of the apostle who was not speaking well, urged him.
“Say something!”
“… … .”
The apostle sighed deeply and said.
“First of all, it appears that His Majesty the Emperor has returned to the palace safely.”
“… … .”
“… … .”
Regret and relief.
The sound of breathing with all kinds of emotions flowing out came from all directions.
“And because of that, in the zodiac now… .”
The apostle continued speaking in a bitter tone.
“It seems that rumors are spreading rapidly that the Emperor is not a tyrant as the world has believed, but is in fact a saintly king who has never seen the light of day.”
“… … ?!”
“What, what does that mean?”
The apostle clicked his tongue and answered.
“Even though the Emperor was in the place where the Dark Heavenly Lord appeared, he did not receive any divine punishment. The Emperor is a person directly acknowledged by Heaven.”
“… … !”
“… … !”
That news.
For those who have been reigning over the imperial capital by undermining the authority of the emperor, the heads of the sixteen imperial families.
It was the worst news.
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