The Ruler Of Darkness - Chapter 582



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Episode 582

Part 6 Deep Questions

Again, again, again.

It is said that a master can guess the level of an opponent just by watching his footsteps.

However, the steps of the Empress who ruled the Hwangbo family with an iron fist made anyone who saw her feel that she was a warrior of a different class.

“…you!”

After she passed, one of the Empress’s attendants came out and called the person in charge of the scene.

“…Is the seat ready?”

The attendant kept his voice low, even as he made sure the Empress was walking down the corridor ahead of him.

“yes.”

The person in charge of the scene, who had come running, bowed his head.

“This is the best seat.”

“…what?!”

The attendant was impressed.

“… You still don’t know your master?!”

Not only did he lower his voice to the lowest it could be, he grabbed the scene manager’s shoulder and cast a proximity transmission spell.

[This guy! It’s not ‘top’, it’s the best! How on earth did you get to that position with such a job?!]

[That, that…!]

The site manager quickly shook his head.

[I tried to get the best seat, but it was already impossible…!]

[You’re the one who’s there to make that happen?!]

[But the best seats are-]

at that time.

As they passed through the hallway and through the numerous attendants, a single ray of voice struck them directly.

“It’s noisy.”

It was the voice of the Empress.

“… … !”

“… … !”

The two men turned their stiff, white heads, sweating profusely as if they had seen a ghost.

‘How about that close combat sound…?!’

The empress, standing in front of the exit where bright sunlight was streaming in from afar, was looking at them with a frown.

“I already have a headache because of all the unnecessary security noises coming from all directions, so you guys shouldn’t make noise too.”

“I’m sorry…!”

The two men ran naked and bowed deeply before the Empress.

“I’m sorry I didn’t prepare the best seat!”

Normally, it wouldn’t be strange if someone’s head was blown off after work was done.

“I guess that can’t be helped.”

“… … ?!”

“… … ?!”

Her words caused the gazes of the attendants, the site manager, and other personnel to momentarily blur.

Just look at that.

I could usually feel what kind of person the Empress was in the Hwangbo family.

“The best spots for viewing have been occupied by the swordsmen from the beginning to ensure security on site.”

“That, that’s right…!”

The Empress sensed it in this hallway?

The site manager nodded, his eyes widening.

“As a measure to prevent any possible sniping or raid attempts, no one was given the best view spot…!”

“okay?”

A faint smile appeared eerily on the corner of the Empress’s lips.

“What if the Namgung family had obtained it?”

“T-That can’t be happening?!”

A cold sweat ran down the foreman’s forehead like rain, and his eyes shook as if an earthquake had occurred.

“They couldn’t have found a better place than here…!”

The undefeated Empress of the Hwangbo family sat in a lower position than the King of Swords, the uncrowned Emperor of the Namgung family?

That’s never true.

It was something that shouldn’t have happened.

“That, it is a measure taken directly by the Four Princes of the Sword Family. Even if it is the Namgung Family-.”

“Okay.”

The Empress cut him off.

“Hey, here comes that inspirational guy.”

“… … !”

Everyone turned around to follow the Empress’s gaze.

Step by step.

The momentum that burst out from the end of the hallway as if flowing backwards was leisurely yet eerie.

The portrait of the person who appeared with great momentum was short for his age and even his back was slightly bent.

but.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Just looking at his footsteps, no one would dare to think of him as an ordinary old man.

“Hey, isn’t this the old lady of Hwangbo Se-ga?”

“… … !”

Clank clank.

The Hwangbo Se-ga clan members all frowned and grabbed the hilts of their swords.

Then, the Namgung Sega clan members who immediately appeared following the Sword King also grabbed the hilts of their swords.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Both sides are extremely tense.

If anyone accidentally draws their sword in this narrow hallway, the hallway will become a sea of ​​blood.

but.

Again, again, again.

Step by step.

The two supreme beings, not caring about such tension, calmly approached each other and stood facing each other.

“It’s been about ten years since the best sword in the world was laid down. Have you finally found the courage to come out? Your Majesty?”

How many people can say such things to the world’s greatest swordsman?

I can confidently say that the Empress was one of them.

“I heard a rumor that there was an old lady who couldn’t retire because she didn’t have a proper successor, so I was curious about her poor face. So it was you, huh?”

A conversation that mercilessly exposes each other’s shameful parts, without any trace of intimacy.

“… … .”

“… … .”

At the same time, the warriors on both sides put more strength into their grips on their sword hilts.

A moment of imminent destruction from which neither side can back down for the sake of their pride.

Groan, groan.

At the end of the bright hallway where they were about to leave, the sound of a crowd roaring loudly could be clearly heard from outside.

“You came.”

“I see you’re here.”

and.

The moment the two people’s voices ended, a loud voice full of history was heard from afar.

“The heroes of our Luoyang Swordsmanship who led the Second Northern War to victory are entering…!”

Waaaa …

The voices of the people of Luoyang, even those who came to see the Dragon and Phoenix Festival, combined to make even the walls of the corridors vibrate.

Again, again, again.

Step by step.

The Empress and the Sword King turned away from each other and headed outside, as if the tension from before had been nothing.

Waaaa …

Let’s get out of the hallway.

The daytime cityscape of Luoyang, a super-metropolitan city with a population of millions, was revealed as it was, and the thunderous cheers were heard even louder.

“… … .”

“… … .”

The attendants on both sides could almost simultaneously sense the expressions on the two supreme beings becoming slightly unpleasant.

Their gaze was directed towards the cityscape of Luoyang, filled with high-rise buildings that overwhelmed the viewer.

The largest city in Central Asia.

One of the greatest cities in the world today.

and.

Not their own family.

A city ruled by the Luoyang Sword Family, the best family in the world.

“… Every time I see it, I feel that it is an incredible city.”

“… … .”

The Empress did not respond to the Sword King’s monologue.

But without her knowing it.

I realized that I was comparing Jinan and Luoyang in Shandong Province, the major cities where the Huangbo family’s hometown is located.

Her graying eyebrows were furrowed in discomfort.

“It’s a shame that a city like this could soon fall into the hands of someone who isn’t even worthy of being called a minor. It’s a shame.”

The Sword King revealed his blatant greed without even hiding it.

“So, we. We’re all here together.”

His gaze scanned the surrounding area, the top floors of the highest pavilions.

The heads of Sega or other large families.

And it was not difficult to find the appearances of the agents and the highest-ranking military leaders of the Daemunpa (大門派).

“… … .”

“… … .”

Among them, some with keen senses noticed the appearance of the Sword King and the Empress and looked this way.

But neither of them responded.

“Leader…!”

“I see the leader…!”

There was a person who appeared first on the street far away.

“… … .”

A somewhat rough gait.

Her close-cropped hair fluttered in the wind, and the scars on her face stood out along with shallow wrinkles under the intense afternoon sun.

And five swords hanging from his body.

“… The Sword of Stealing Ghosts.”

The demon sword strode forward with brisk steps and spread out both arms toward the people cheering for him on the street and in the hall.

“Waaa …

“Talmyeonggwigeom! Talmyeonggwigeom! Talmyeonggwigeom!”

He was met with thunderous cheers and a shower of colorful paper flower petals thrown by the people.

“Hahahahahaha…!”

The exceedingly satisfied laughter of the Demon Sword could be faintly heard through the cheers and even from the high pavilion.

A ghost sword that has been disguised as a ghost, waving its hands in all directions while receiving a flood of attention and enthusiasm.

“Hahaha! I am the Talmyeonggwigeom!”

His face looked so happy that it almost resembled a child’s.

That sight may seem funny.

The two supreme beings did not change their expressions at all.

“It’s been a long time since I first heard reports about the author.”

The Sword King’s eyes narrowed sharply.

“Didn’t the Supreme Master of the Sword Family say that he picked it up in Gangnam?”

“…a unique fighting style that completely disregards one’s own body.”

The Empress answered as if talking to herself.

“Just like those people always did in the past. I thought they would shine for a moment and then disappear, but before I knew it, their reputation had become ridiculously heavy.”

“How are you, Grandma? Do you still feel empty?”

The Sword King grumbled without taking his eyes off the Demon Sword.

“They say that guy crossed the Sword Wind River in Kaifeng in less than thirty hops.”

Kaebong, the city of ronin.

There was no way the Empress would not know how heavy the name of the man known there as one of the Ten Great Ronin carried.

“no.”

“hmm?”

When the Sword King looked at her, she shook her head calmly.

“The author is a ghost. The rumors have actually been underestimated.”

“… … !”

Rather, it was the Hwangbo family members who were most surprised.

It was very rare for that arrogant empress to think so highly of someone.

“… Hmm.”

The Sword King agreed, stroking his short beard.

“I thought that it was theoretically possible to control one’s innate madness and murderous desire with blood and reach perfection….”

At that moment.

“… … .”

The Talmyeonggwigeom, who had found the King and Queen of Swords accurately from below, snickered and showed his teeth with a ghostly smile.

It was a fighting spirit that did not shrink or diminish in the least even after witnessing the supreme beings.

“… Let me hear it.”

The Empress said as she watched the back of the departing Talmyeonggwigeom.

“They say that Yeon So-hyeon was the one who found that guy and completed it.”

“… Indeed. Is that so?”

The Sword King stuck out his tongue.

“Grandma. Do you think Grandma makes sense?”

“What are you talking about?”

The Sword King hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth and said a name.

“Yeonsohyun.”

“… … .”

Those who entered the street next appeared, but the Empress’s gaze was fixed on the Sword King who brought up Yeon So-hyeon’s name.

“A young man who didn’t even have a contract started out with no foundation and came this far in less than a year?”

The Sword King spoke while looking at the conspicuous figures from Yeonseonhyeon’s side passing by the street among the people.

“The next in line of the Sword Forest, Sword Ghost Mark, Sword Peak Broken Mountain, Yeom Gwak-chu, the leaders of Jongnam, Jeomchang, and Gongdong (??), who are now affiliated with the Sword Family but are clearly descendants of the Nine Great Gate Sects, and on top of that… ”

The Sword King stuck out his tongue.

“Damn, just listing all the people I see right now is tiring this old man out.”

But he didn’t stop talking.

“He’s not even here. He has people all over the Central Plains. I understand to some extent. He’s a man of incredible wisdom and strategy. But you know… .”

The Sword King’s gaze turned to the Empress.

“Is it possible?”

A deep suspicion appeared in his eyes.

“The being that possesses all of the things I mentioned earlier has now reached the same level as us…?”

The suspicion was not so much directed at Yeon Soo-hyun as it was at his own wavering world view.

The appearance of a being called Yeon So-hyeon.

It was enough to shock the roots of this old, giant figure.

“… … .”

It was a question that both of the Lords here had pondered countless times over and over again.

The Empress did not answer.

No, I couldn’t answer.

‘The four princes’ Yeonbi… .’

The first boy who suddenly came to her mind was a young genius.

The Empress herself, and the Sword King next to her.

No one she knew was as good as the boy his age.

And the fact is.

At the same time, it was clearly revealed how unrealistic the existence of Yeon So-hyeon that the boy was following was.

“…the answer to that question is.”

The Empress is far away.

I opened my mouth, looking at the end of the line that had already arrived.

“I think it would be better to continue after seeing him with our own eyes.”

Behind a procession of fully armed women, a unique armored carriage pulled by two spirit creatures.

The iron fortress of Yeonseonhyeon was slowly revealing itself.